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Thursday, March 31, 2005
HP's new CEO: the un-Carly
Hewlett Packard has a new CEO, Mark Hurd, and according to the San Jose Mercury News he's making a positive first impression with employees:The HP employees started out with polite applause Wednesday, as they met their new boss for the first time.Fiorina, who was forced out by HP's board in February, spent more time building her CEO-celebrity image than bolstering HP's financial performance.
But they erupted in spontaneous claps of delight when Mark Hurd told them he won't chase the limelight -- setting clear distance between himself and his predecessor, Carly Fiorina.
To get a read on how Hurd might change things at HP, analysts are studying Hurd's 25 year career at NCR, where he was CEO until this week. I checked with my own source within NCR about how NCR folks feel about losing Hurd. He wrote,No doubt it is a big deal. For NCR it is bad news, as evidenced by our $600M loss in market cap over the past two days. It is very painful, but financially rewarding, to "right the ship", which is what he did here. It will be interesting to see if he can do it in a different and much larger context at HP. [The press is] portraying him as low key. While he is not very well known, he is very high energy. Let's see how much he avoids the spotlight. Personally, I think he will welcome it!The San Jose Mercury News has more on Hurd's reception at HP.
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Tuesday, March 29, 2005
The Microsoft ERP lock in effect
Earlier this month, Microsoft laid out its roadmap for Project Green, its next generation ERP offerings. But one aspect that has not been fully discussed is how Microsoft will be locking in customers of its ERP systems to its own technology stack.
Although Microsoft's Project Green will provide an improved user interface, better interoperability via Web services, and new features for business intelligence, it will do so by tying the ERP system more tightly to several Microsoft infrastructure products, such as Microsoft's SharePoint portal, Exchange, Outlook, SQL Server, and SQL Reporting Services. This is great, if those products are part of your infrastructure strategy. If not, it pretty much guarantees they will be, or else you will miss out on the improvements of Project Green.
To be fair, Microsoft's strategy to lock in ERP customers to its own infrastructure technologies is not much different than Oracle's, which has made it clear that it intends over the long term to move its newly acquired PeopleSoft and JDE customers to Oracle's database and middleware. The big difference between Oracle and Microsoft, however, is that Microsoft plays in so many levels of the technology stack, including server and desktop operating systems.
VNUnet.com has more.
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Saturday, March 26, 2005
Software on demand: attacking the cost structure of business systems
I've long been convinced that the "on-demand" model for business applications has much to offer. Now, after listening in on a conference call with Timothy Chou, former head of Oracle's On Demand business, I'm even more persuaded that we're at the beginning of a major change in how business systems are sold, implemented, used, and maintained.
ThinkEquity Partners, an investment analyst firm, hosted the conference call with Chou. He presented more material than I can cover in this post, but I'll summarize what I consider the major insights.
What is software on-demand?
First, by way of review, the concept behind software on-demand is simple. Instead of a software vendor selling you a software license that you then implement and maintain on your own computers in your own data center, the software vendor hosts the system on its own computers in its own data center and sells you access to the system on a subscription basis. In a nutshell, software on-demand turns software from a license sale to a subscription service.
There are variations in the on-demand model. The vendor may host a separate system for each customer (the "single tenant" model). Or, the vendor may host multiple customers on the same instance of the system (the "multi-tenant" model). It is a relatively simple matter for most software vendors to deploy software on-demand in a single tenant model. But only vendors that have specifically designed their systems from the ground up to host multiple clients on a single instance can host the multi-tenant model.
Oracle's on-demand offering is a single tenant model. Oracle has to build a separate instance of its E-Business Suite for each customer. Salesforce.com, on the other hand, is a multi-tenant system: many customers are sharing the same single instance of the system hosted in a Salesforce.com data center.
In response to my question, Chou agreed that software on-demand is really the return to a very old concept in business systems: the service bureau model of timesharing. However, he pointed out that in the old days, timesharing was a way to address the high cost of hardware, specifically mainframe computers. Today, the problem is not the high cost of hardware but the high cost of software, and especially the management of software. This is the problem that the software on-demand model solves.
Changing the cost structure for providers and customers
Chou's main argument is that the traditional cost model for software is broken. He says,On the side of the customer, IT guys are spending 75% of their budgets managing installed systems, and the percentage is growing. At the end of the day, if we as an industry do not solve this problem it will be the end of software, because there won't be any money left for customers to buy new software.On the customer side, the total cost of ownership of business systems is heavily weighted toward on-going support. Customers often worry about the cost of software licenses. But the license cost is dwarfed by the support cost.The rule of thumb is that a customer is going to spend four times the purchase price of the software per year to manage the software. For example, Oracle's E-Business Suite costs about $4,000 per user. Therefore, the support cost is $16,000 per user per year, or $1,300 per user per month!. Gartner reports similar numbers for SAP. This ratio is even true for applications such as e-mail. This is why IT department budgets are dominated by the costs to maintain existing software systems.If the cost structure for customers is unworkable, it is no better for vendors. Chou says,
But if I can come in and say, it's not $1300 per user per month, but $100, why would a customer not take my offer? Particularly if I can argue that I can do it better than he can.On the producer side in the software industry today, we are seeing massive top line pressure. The days of million dollar software deals are over, there is increasing competition, and there is increasing pressure from the open source community. If a vendor cannot significantly alter the cost structure of the software business, there will be no margin left.Chou breaks down the cost structure of a software vendor into three main categories and shows how the on-demand model addresses each of them.
Let's see how the on-demand model attacks these three categories of cost for the vendor. A pure on-demand vendor, such as Salesforce.com, avoids many R&D costs because there is only one configuration of hardware, database, and software to worry about: the one that the vendor runs in its own data center. Therefore, the on-demand vendor does not need to spend as much on R&D, because the complexity on the customer side is greatly reduced.
- The cost of R&D, which is typically 15-20% of the cost in a software company. However, much of a vendor's R&D investment is swallowed up by work other than developing new functionality. For example, developers have to test against various configurations of operating systems and accommodate back-levels of various infrastructure components. Chou estimates that less than 5% of the R&D cost is actually spent on innovation.
- The cost of support. This includes the vendor's help desk and second level customer support to answer customer questions about how to set up and operate the application. Chou claims that prior to the PeopleSoft acquisition, there were over 4,000 support staff at Oracle, and "none of them are involved in building new stuff."
- The cost of sales and marketing. In a traditional software company, the sales force spends much of its time answering questions from the prospect's technical staff regarding hardware sizing, infrastructure requirements, and other support issues. Chou also points out that when you are selling multi-million dollar software licenses, sales cycles tend to lengthen because a lot of money is at stake up front.
The on-demand vendor also has lower costs of support, because many technical support calls are eliminated. Software on-demand addresses this cost by taking over the support function from the customer and handling it with the vendor's own staff.
Finally, the cost of sales for an on-demand vendor is lower. Although software on-demand still needs to be marketed and sold, most of these issues become moot inasmuch as the customer will not be hosting the system. In addition, because the up-front commitment is less, sales cycles are generally shorter.
Obstacles to software on-demand
Chou says that many of the early objections to software on-demand, such as security, have been largely overcome. Furthermore, CIOs these days seem to have less of a need to be "server huggers," as he calls them—CIOs that want to be able to see the computer sitting in the corporate data center.
However, there is one objection against software on-demand that still arises--the fact that software hosted by the vendor does not easily accommodate modifications. Chou's response is that the on-demand software providers today are doing a better job of allowing customers to make configuration changes without having to actually modify the software. But he also points out that CIOs really want fewer customizations. CIOs know how expensive modifications can be, and how much trouble modifications to packaged software can introduce. Ultimately, modification of packaged software is an economic decision.
Making the transition
Chou believes that most of the major traditional software vendors have not embraced the on-demand model because it requires changes to nearly every aspect their business. It is not just a matter of rewriting the application but of changing how software is developed, marketed, sold, paid for, and supported. He says,This change touches every aspect of a software company, from sales, finance, R&D, distribution, and service. It's not a simple shift, such as rewriting everything in Java. One of the challenges that the traditional guys have is not technical but organizational. The traditional guys have got to make the crossing, or they are finished. Many of them, including Oracle, have made a great effort, but they have to. The challenges are not insignificant.In conclusion, Chou is not optimistic about the future of many traditional software vendors, many of who will probably not be able to make the transition to the on-demand model. Therefore, the future of software requires new players. The economics of the on-demand model are inexorable. Providers, such as Salesforce.com, Webex, and Rightnow, are showing that the on-demand model is not only viable but also thriving.
Some vendors fear that software on-demand will just turn software into a commodity. But, as Chou says, "It's not bad to be a commodity--it's just bad to be in second place."
For more development of these ideas, check out Chou's book on the subject, entitled, The End of Software.
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Friday, March 25, 2005
New study claims Microsoft more secure than Linux
Fans of Linux point to better security as a benefit of Linux over Microsoft operating systems. However, a new study by security applications firm Security Innovations comes to the opposite conclusion.
The study found that Web sites running on the default configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 3 are less secure than those running on the default configuration of Windows Server 2003. The study uses a "days of risk" metric, which is calculated as the number of days that each vulnerability is known by the vendor but not patched.
Critics of the study immediately jumped on the fact that, as it turns out, the study was funded by Microsoft. It's not the first time that a Microsoft-funded study has found Microsoft superior to Linux. Back in 2002, I wrote about this IDC study funded by Microsoft that touted Microsoft's benefits over Linux. I later did a detailed rebuttal to an Aberdeen study that found Linux and open source products less secure than Microsoft's offerings.
Although Microsoft's funding of the study calls into question its objectivity, the results should not be dismissed out of hand. A more thoughtful approach would be to look at the data and the methodology and determine whether the conclusions are valid. Security Innovations, to its credit, has published both the data and the methodology, making such an evaluation possible.
Red Hat, which was not given an opportunity to review the findings prior to publication, criticizes the study for not taking into account the severity of each vulnerability when calculating the days-of-risk metric. In other words, vendors should prioritize their efforts and should fix the most critical vulnerabilities first. Red Hat claims that under a severity-weighted calculation, Linux is more secure than Microsoft Windows Server 2003.
I might also point out that the Security Innovations study assumes that users run each operating system with its default out-of-the-box configuration. That's a questionable assumption in practice. If the security of a specific Web application is critical, the real question should be, how difficult is it for a system administrator to secure the application?
The Security Innovations study is on the firm's Web site. A brief response from Red Hat is on the Red Hat People blog. An article on ZDNet has more reporting on the debate.
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Monday, March 21, 2005
SAP walks away from Retek deal
Oracle has just announced that it has reached agreement to acquire Retek for $631M. Retek is a leading vendor of retail management systems. SAP, which made the initial offer of $8.50 for Retek, refused to respond to Oracle's latest offer of $11.25 per share.
I predicted last week that if Oracle countered, SAP would walk.
There's more detail in a press release on Oracle's web site.
Update, Mar. 22. SAP isn't exactly walking away empty handed. SAP had negotiated a $25 million termination fee if Retek cancelled the deal. According to an article in CNET this morning, SAP plans to "take that termination fee and reinvest it in its retail strategy." So, in effect, Oracle helping to fund SAP's retail applications development effort, or contributing $25M toward SAP's next acquisition.
Who might SAP go after instead of Retek? Keep watching JDA, a main competitor to Retek. A JDA acquisition might be particularly apt, seeing that JDA is a partner to PeopleSoft, which could mean SAP would be gaining a foothold in some Oracle clients.
Forbes has a more in-depth analysis of the battle between SAP and Oracle in the retail market space.
Update, Mar. 28. Bruce Richardson at AMR thinks that Oracle overpaid for Retek.Price aside, Retek is strategic to Oracle because of the pull-through effect. Most Retek customers use Oracle's database and run the financial and human resources software. Plus, Oracle didn't want SAP to box it out of the retail market. Did SAP's counterbid cause Oracle to pay too much? In my view, yes.Related posts
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Friday, March 18, 2005
Oracle loses You
CFO Harry You is leaving Oracle, after only eight months on the job, to become CEO of BearingPoint (formerly KPMG Consulting). The new position won't be a big adjustment for You: prior to taking the job at Oracle, he was CFO at Accenture, a major competitor to BearingPoint.
The timing of You's departure is not good for Oracle, as it is still digesting its acquisition of PeopleSoft and is in the middle of a bidding war with SAP for Retek. Oracle co-President Safra Catz, who already has a lot on her plate, will fill the CFO slot until a full-time replacement is found.
Because the major consulting firms, such as BearingPoint, have significant influence with large Oracle customers, it's important that Oracle maintain a positive relationship with You. CEO Larry Ellison said, "We wish Harry good fortune in his new job and look forward to partnering with him and BearingPoint for years to come."
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Thursday, March 17, 2005
SAP ups the ante for Retek
SAP is raising its offer price for Retek from $8.50 per share to $11, topping Oracle's bid of $9. SAP says that's its best and final offer, and it will expire April 1. SAP's latest offer raises the total deal to $640M.
My prediction: if Oracle counters, SAP walks.
Update, Mar. 17. Oracle has responded, increasing its offer to $11.25. Let's see if SAP's "best and final offer" was really its best and final. We'll also see whether my prediction that SAP walks was correct. The San Jose Mercury News has a good round up of the bidding war so far.
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Wednesday, March 09, 2005
Bidding war: Oracle fighting SAP over Retek
Oracle is offering $9 per share for Retek, a leading software vendor for the retail industry, topping SAP's deal with Retek last week at $8.50 per share. At the time of the SAP/Retek announcement, I said that the deal was probably motivated by SAP's attempt to gain ground against Oracle in the retail industry, especially since Oracle's acquisition of PeopleSoft gave Oracle a stronger presence in the retail sector. Apparently, Oracle saw it that way as well and is trying to block SAP's move.
As of this writing, Retek shares are trading above Oracle's price, indicating that investors are expecting a bidding ware between Oracle and SAP.
But looking at Retek's stock price, you wonder whether there might have been some insider trading going on. Oracle announced its bid for Retek after the market close on Tuesday. But on Monday and all day Tuesday, Retek's share price began to climb above SAP's offer of $8.50. On the other hand, Oracle revealed that it has already accumulated 10% of Retek's stock, so maybe that accounts for the price rise prior to the announcement.
Oracle's move was a surprise, since Oracle has its plate full with PeopleSoft right now. But apparently, Oracle does not want to stand by and allow SAP to scoop strategic deals unless it is willing to pay top dollar. So, what other software vendors might be the next Retek? JDA Software, Retek's main competitor in the U.S., is an obvious candidate. But I'll go out on a limb and put Lawson and Manugistics on the list as well. Both could be strategic deals for either SAP or Oracle, and neither of them are large deals. Lawson's market cap is about half a billion, similar to Retek's, and Manugistics is valued at only $176M.
Update, Mar. 11. In an e-mail exchange, Peter Coleman at ThinkEquity, an investment research firm, writes that he doesn't think there will be a bidding war and that Oracle needs Retek more than SAP does.[For a bidding war to take place,] you need to have two irrational buyers, and in this I think there is only one. SAP may come back with one better but that will be it. They will walk away before it gets to $10.50.Coleman also points out that JDA is probably not an alternative target to Retek for Oracle, even though PeopleSoft already has a relationship with JDA. The reason: JDA's products are based on Microsoft's technology, which is of no interest to Oracle. Retek, on the other hand, is Oracle based.
I don't think it's a bluff. This is a must have deal for ORCL. They had been planning on buying Retek but were not in a rush because they thought Retek wasn't going anywhere. PSFT gives them some stuff in retail but not the core transaction system. With out Retek, Oracle is done in retail. On the other hand, SAP still has their solution. It's not growing as fast as they would like, but it is gaining traction.
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Tuesday, March 08, 2005
Microsoft: Project Green to appear in waves
At its Convergence conference this week, Microsoft laid out its vision for Project Green, its roadmap for Microsoft business applications, which include acquisitions Great Plains, Navision, Axapta, and Solomon, as well as Microsoft CRM. According to Doug Burgum, head of the group, Project Green will appear in "waves" of incremental improvements in functionality and changes to the underlying technology to bring the applications into line with Microsoft standards and platforms.
It's easy to poke fun at Microsoft for having to scale back its ambitions for Project Green. But frankly, I'm glad to hear that the road ahead will be more evolutionary than revolutionary. Business users prefer stability, continuity, and incremental improvements in business systems, rather than radical wholesale disruptions.
- The first wave, which is now appearing until the end of 2007, will incorporate into the products common Microsoft technologies, such as Microsoft's Sharepoint portal, its workflow engine, and SQL-Server business intelligence capabilities. This wave will also create a common Web services architecture among the products to facilitate integration.
- The second wave, which will run to the end of this decade, will allow the products to take advantage of features in Microsoft's next generation Longhorn operating system and the next version of its Visual Studio developer tools.
- What about the original vision of Project Green: to merge the four disparate products to a single code base? Burgum said that would be a third wave, maybe. Quoted in a CNET interview, he said, "It's a tough challenge. Some of it was expected to be tough, and some of it was even tougher than what was expected."
Microsoft's plan for Project Green is a realistic and acheivable roadmap for its business applications. Existing users will be glad that they will be able to stay on their current systems and take advantage of new technology as incremental upgrades. New prospects will be able purchase Microsoft's applications today, knowing that they are not investing in products that will soon be at their end of life.
For more details, check out the article on CNET and another one on Microsoft Watch.
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Thursday, March 03, 2005
Microsoft fuzzes up the definition of Project Green
Satya Nadella, head of Microsoft's Project Green, appears to be redefining success in delivery of his initiative. In an interview with Computerworld he says,Project Green is one of those things that with a little help from us gets written up as different things by different people. Project Green is a bunch of research we're doing on those design pillars I talked about. It is also actual product delivery of that research in the context of releases of Great Plains or Navision or CRM. Project Green is showing up in our products today. When we start taking the innards of the business logic of these apps and start putting models on them, putting them on a single model, that's when you'll start to see us having a convergence of our core code.The goal of Project Green originally was very clear: the development of a single code base that would be the successor product to Microsoft's four acquisitions: Great Plains, Solomon, Navision, and Axapta.
But, Project Green has had a rough go from the start. First, it fell behind schedule and Microsoft cut the number of developers assigned to it from 200 to 70. Then it faced further delays with the push back of delivery of Longhorn, Microsoft's next generation operating system, which was to supply the developer tools and other infrastructure pieces for Green.
Now, if I'm reading Nadella correctly, Green isn't a product at all, but a process--a bunch of research that produces incremental enhancements in existing products. At some point, the four products will converge into one core system. When will that be? Nadella doesn't say, but it sounds like a long time.
To be fair, in the rest of the interview, Nadella says some good things about evolving Microsoft's applications into a service oriented architecture (SOA), one that will make them easier to incorporate into composite applications that include components of other vendors. But, based on the track record of Green thus far, one has to ask whether Microsoft can deliver on even this scaled back vision.
Nadella's interview continues to show the difficult time that Microsoft is having in developing, marketing, and selling enterprise applications.
Update Mar. 7. Information Week has an article confirming that Microsoft is changing the definition of Project Green. Further clarification from Microsoft is expected at the MBS Convergence partner show this week in San Diego.
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Tuesday, March 01, 2005
i2 founder gives up top spot to new CEO
Floundering supply chain management vendor i2 has appointed a new president and CEO. Michael McGrath will take over the top spot from co-founder Sanjiv Sidhu, who will remain as chairman. McGrath is coming out of retirement to take the job. He was formerly a co-founder of the consulting firm PRTM.
McGrath will have his work cut out for him. i2 has had a tough few years lately: it was delisted from Nasdaq last year, and in its most recent quarter posted a $2M loss.
According to an interview in Computerworld, McGrath plans more layoffs, up to 20% of the work force. He also plans to focus on consulting services to help customers actually achieve benefits from its software.
Novel idea.
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Neon is still looking like it will be quite big for spring, and while neon is probably not what you'd call "classic", I'm certainly glad that it's sticking around for awhile longer.
Neon brights are flattering on absolutely everyone, no skin tones excepted. When thinking about what neon color to choose, you want to stick with the same color palette that you'd normally wear: if you have paler skin / hair, and yellow isn't normally great on you, neon yellow isn't going to look any better. (Notice how in the last two pictures, you notice the brunette first & then the sweater, whereas on the blonde, you almost only notice the dress.)
If you have a lighter complexion and hair: pinks, reds, and blues.
If you have a darker complexion and hair: greens, yellows, and blues. and reds. and pinks. (you can pretty much pull off anything.)
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The benefits of methadone as a component of a
comprehensive treatment program for opioid addiction
have been validated by dozens of clinical studies and
confirmed by numerous authorities in the addiction
treatment field. These include:
The broad goal of methadone maintenance treatment (MMT)
is to help opioid-dependent persons cease their use of
heroin and/or other abused opioids and lead more stable,
productive lives in recovery. However, good MMT programs
strive to help patients achieve many more specific
objectives, including:
Attending to all of those
issues is a tall order and usually takes months or years
to accomplish. Addiction recovery in MMT is an ongoing
process, often moving forward in small steps at a time.
Methadone, itself, is only a medication that helps get
the hard work toward recovery started; the rest depends
on the motivation of the patient in cooperating with
program staff and making the many life changes necessary
for rehabilitation.
Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) is a form of drug
replacement therapy, using a medication (methadone) to
overcome the compulsive need for other opioid drugs
(such as heroin or other abused opioids). While the
person is, indeed, physiologically dependent on
methadone, the pharmacologic actions of methadone are
quite different from addictive opioid agents – methadone
is not a mere substitute.
An analogy is how prescribed insulin is used as
replacement or "substitution" therapy in an individual
with diabetes. The person remains "dependent" on
insulin; however, a chronic disease condition is kept
under control and effectively managed by the
administration of a licensed, prescribed medication.
With adequate methadone, addictive behaviors cease.
Persons on methadone may not be "drug-free"; however,
they are being helped to overcome the debilitating
influence of illicit opioids and lead more healthy,
normal lives in recovery. It also is important to note
that the behavioral hallmarks of true addiction – such
as unsuccessful efforts to cut down on drug abuse, the
endless search for more drug, avoidance of obligations
in pursuit of drug, and use despite personal harm – are
eliminated during MMT.
The many specific benefits
of MMT overshadow any concerns about continued reliance
on the use of medication for treating the chronic,
relapsing disease of opioid addiction. Some people have
discounted methadone as being nothing but a "crutch" for
persons who are too weak to become drug free. However,
as Vincent Dole, MD – a developer of MMT – once
commented, "There's absolutely nothing wrong with using
crutches if it helps the person get back on his feet and
move forward in addiction recovery. We need more
crutches like that."
Methadone, given on a daily basis as part of a
comprehensive recovery program, may be useful for
treating addiction to any opioid drug. This class of
drugs includes those made from the opium poppy, like
heroin, morphine, or opium itself – these are often
called "opiates." Other opioids are made synthetically,
like oxycodone (Percocet ®), hydromorphone (Dilaudid ®),
hydrocodone (Vicodin ®), codeine, and others.
All of the opioids work on similar areas in the brain,
called mu-opioid receptors. Methadone, which is a
synthetic and very long-lasting opioid, works in those same brain areas, occupying the receptors so completely
that it blocks the effects of other opioids. In this
way, methadone prevents opioid withdrawal symptoms and
reduces drug craving. To do this, methadone only has to
be taken once a day, every day – called methadone
maintenance treatment or MMT – and, at the proper dose,
it does not make the person feel "high" or drugged. So,
the person can lead a more normal and healthier life.
MMT is not intended for
treating addiction to non-opioid drugs, such as cocaine,
alcohol, marijuana, or others. In fact, taking those
other substances of abuse while in methadone treatment
can hinder the person's progress in recovery. However,
research has demonstrated that the majority of patients
receiving adequate methadone doses decrease or eliminate
their use of other psychoactive substances. Counseling
and psychosocial therapy, including participation in
12-Step groups, provide important treatments for dealing
with the problems of other drug and alcohol abuse.
Long-term retention in MMT also is vital for allowing
enough time for such approaches to exert their
beneficial effects.
Time in treatment is a critical factor for ongoing
addiction recovery. Typically, methadone-maintained
patients must attend a treatment program each day to
receive their oral dose of methadone; however, stable
and compliant patients are usually allowed to eventually
take home a number of doses, thus reducing their clinic
visits. Appropriate psychosocial therapy and other
support services are integral components of ongoing MMT.
Credible and authoritative
sources have concluded that patients treated for fewer
than 3 months in MMT generally show little or no
improvement. Studies have routinely demonstrated
reductions in illicit opioid use of up to 80% or more
after several months, with the greatest reductions for
patients who remain in treatment more than a year.
Patients often require MMT indefinitely, as would be
expected with any chronic medical condition. Once a
patient has been stabilized on MMT, withdrawal from
methadone carries substantial risks. Virtually all who
abandon MMT and do not pursue further recovery treatment
of some sort eventually relapse and potentially
Since methadone creates a physical dependency on the
drug, stopping it abruptly (e.g., "cold turkey") would
lead to intense withdrawal symptoms and drug craving.
The accepted way of discontinuing methadone is called
medically supervised withdrawal (MSW). Its main
objective is to relieve or prevent uncomfortable
withdrawal symptoms and craving while the patient
gradually achieves an opioid-free state.
During MSW – sometimes erroneously called "detox" – the
daily dose of methadone is decreased by small amounts
over time, taking many weeks or months. This should only
be done under the care of a doctor, and only after
discussing the reasons for wanting to discontinue
methadone and considering ongoing treatment
alternatives. Relatively few persons who withdraw from
methadone or other opioids, and who do not continue in
some form of addiction treatment program, stay drug-free
for any extended length of time.
A more rapid form of
withdrawal, taking only hours, requires that the person
first be put completely to sleep (under general
anesthesia) in order to tolerate the otherwise severe
withdrawal symptoms, and then certain medications are
used to purge the body of methadone or other opioids.
This method is expensive and still undergoing study in
terms of its safety and long-lasting benefits. Many, if
not most, persons undergoing this treatment have
eventually returned to illicit-opioid abuse (relapsed).
Surveys have found that substantial numbers of MMT
patients are concerned about difficulties in withdrawing
from methadone, claiming it is harder to "kick" than
heroin. However, this is a persistent myth that was long
ago disproved.
A blind comparison study years ago at a federal facility
for addiction treatment in Lexington, Kentucky, found
that withdrawal symptoms actually were less severe in
patients maintained on methadone than in those taking
equivalent doses of short-acting opioids like heroin.
Because it is long-acting, withdrawal from methadone
does last much longer than withdrawal from short-acting
opioids. Therefore, a person who has experienced "cold
turkey" withdrawal separately from heroin and methadone
might say that "kicking" methadone was worse – because
it lasted longer. This is one way the myth might have
started and it ignores the fact that methadone
withdrawal should never be done "cold turkey" to begin
However, gradual withdrawal from methadone, when
properly done under medical supervision, can be
virtually free of discomfort. On the other hand,
patients who try to withdraw from methadone by
themselves, on their own time and dose schedule, almost
always experience undue discomfort and fail.
Also, some patients forget
that the reason they came into MMT was because they
could not stay away from opioid drugs on their own. When
they decide to leave MMT and find they cannot just stop
taking methadone, they blame the methadone rather than
the heroin or other opioids that deranged their brain
chemistry in the first place. For many former illicit-opioid-addicted
persons, methadone is a lifelong medication necessary
for stabilizing brain function, much like a person with
diabetes needs insulin every day to live a normal life.
YES, Buprenorphine was approved by the FDA in 2002 as
the first medication for treating opioid dependence
available for use in office-based settings through
implementation of DATA 2000 and through opioid treatment
programs. Multiple studies have shown that Buprenorphine
is a safe and effective alternative to methadone for
managing opioid dependence, and is a particularly
effective option for patients with prior, not current,
methadone experience.
Community providers who are interested in becoming
certified for prevention services should contact the
Office of Prevention Services to obtain basic information on the
standards and credentials required for certification.
Yes. Other funding sources within the state currently
do not require certification.
The majority of prevention programs currently funded
are Universal prevention programs. Future programs will
need to assess the needs for Selective and Indicated
programs. Communities may also need Environmental
strategies and applicable policy and practice changes to
alleviate substance abuse issues.
A prevention directory of certified providers may be
obtained through the MHSA receptionist or the
Office of
Prevention Services.
Two clearinghouses within the state are available for
the public and community providers. The North Regional
Information Clearinghouse in Anniston 256-237-8131 and
the Drug Education Council 251-478-7855 in Mobile is
the South Regional Information Clearinghouse. These
services are offered at no cost to the consumer.
ADA is the primary contact for individuals to attain
Prevention credentials. The contact number is
256-796-4490. Additionally, individuals are required to
have twenty (20) hours of continuing education per year.
The following websites will be of help:


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Malaria is a communicable parasitic disorder spread through the bite of the Anopheles mosquito. Major symptoms may vary depending on which species of parasite causes the infection and the stage of development of the parasite. Chills and fever commonly occur, although not every case follows the same pattern. Although the disorder was once thought to be under control throughout the world, malaria is a widespread infection especially in the tropics where certain types of mosquitos are becoming resistant to pesticides. The annual number of cases reported in the United States has increased in recent years.
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Honestly, I'd love to see Dynasty Mode do all the things that MyLEAGUE is doing (rather than the MyGM approach), but I highly doubt it's feasible to pack that much content into one development cycle; even an extended one. Dynasty Mode already features a lot of the basics - trades, free agency, the Draft, training, etc - but there's still quite a few essential functions missing, and extra content that would really put the mode back on track.
For me, some of the must-haves are as follows:
- Ability to edit jersey numbers. When I trade for a player, I'd like to be able to set his jersey number, and change the number of a player already on the roster if I wish.
- Ability to edit player positions. It makes things easier when lineups automatically get automatically re-ordered, and can probably help a few trades get through.
- Ability to edit Draft Classes, and scout players during the season, not just during a phase in the offseason.
- Ability to trade during the free agency period (though newly signed players shouldn't be able to be traded until December 15th, as per the NBA rule).
- This one relies on in-game injuries being a thing, but if they are, injuries carrying over to the next game, not just the ones that occur during simulation.
- Ability to control more than one team, and to switch control between teams without starting a new Dynasty game.
- A few sliders/settings to control tendencies such as trade frequencies, injury frequencies (again, if they're a thing), cap increases, and so forth. Ideally I'd like to see lots of settings, but a handful would be a start.
- Include full transaction listings, year-by-year records of award winners and results, injury listings, and expanded stat tracking.
- "Commissioner Options", allowing us to override transactions and control other teams. Could perhaps be toggled on and off.
- Ability to hire and fire head coaches, not just the other members of staff.
- Ability to retire jersey numbers; recognition of retired jersey numbers for all teams (even if the names can't be included in the game), unless the user chooses to override that setting.
- Further enhancements to trade and free agency logic; fewer free agents who fail to latch on demanding big contracts, or even the Mid Level Exception.
- Ability to scrimmage with your team whenever you want.
- More control over player development; playable drills, or at least more frequent training sessions.
- Allow stats to be adjusted/normalised for 12 minute quarter lengths, when playing shorter quarters.
- Implement All-Star voting. If the whole All-Star Weekend ever makes it back into the game, it should be a part of Dynasty Mode, too.
A few other things that I do really want to see, but I'd say can wait based on the importance of getting some of the basic functionality and features back in there:
- Ability to protect Draft picks.
- Dynasty Cutscenes (I really enjoy them and if they're easy to do, by all means include them, but not at the expense of core functionality).
- Season/game-to-game fatigue.
- Hot and cold streaks.
- As above, detailed sliders and settings for much more of a "sandbox" experience.
- Three team trades, with the ability to suggest movement between two CPU controlled teams.


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Exercise balls are one of today's top fitness tools - and for good reason! Using an exercise ball will improve the strength of the abs and the lower back. Since the exercise ball is unstable you have to constantly adjust your balance, which in turn will improve your balance, proprioception and flexibility. As an extra challenge you can use the exercise ball as a bench using free-weights to target those hard to reach stabilizer muscles. The Swiss Pro Ball is used by top professional trainers and athletes. Specially designed for your exercise with dumbbells, this ball has extra firm support for controlled movement during weight training. Sissel exercise balls are made with a special material that prevents the ball from dangerously exploding if accidentally punctured. Acrylic particles allow air to release gradually so Secure Max System balls deflate slowly - and safely. The Swiss Pro Ball is burst-proof up to 500lbs and supports a static weight up to 2200lbs. All our Exercise balls are latex-free.
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Poteau boys soccer team's strong second half lifts it to victory over Subiaco
SUBIACO, Ark. — The Subiaco Trojans, whose roster resembles that of an United Nations soccer team, jumped on the Poteau Pirates early as they had the wind at their back. They scored at the 18-minute mark of the first half and did not score again until seven minutes remaining in the game as the results of a penalty kick.Poteau got a score from the foot of Grant Scowden. Then for the second game in a row, the Pirates had another player register a hat trick, Kendrick Hardaway, to rally the Pirates for a 4-2 victory.


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The Julia Group ("Juliagruppen") has presented the panel participants for the forthcoming seminar Nets and Conversations ("Nät och Samtal") on Aug 19th at 13:00-19:00 CET, in Stockholm, Sweden. The seminar will be held at the National Museum of Science and Technology and it is a public seminar where participants are going to discuss, share thoughts and to picture a future about an open internet with its various challenges.
This seminar – unlike other recent seminars with similar subject matter – will aim at emphazising a user-driven, open and decentralized development and to create a community for the advancement of such an expansion. The Julia Group would appreciate if this initiative could spawn further conversations between different fields in research and academia, as this will be needed not only to advance the expansion of the 'swedish' net infrastructure, but also to develop ideas and tools in order for us to re-establish Sweden as one of the most advanced in terms of net activism and net political solutions to a wider audience.
Participants come from industry, academia and grass-roots initiatives and everyone will get a chance to get to know each other after the panel sessions. This intimate setting will hopefully enable people to dig deep into the different possible futures of the net.
The Julia Group is a newly formed coalition of people from research, journalism and industry previously engaged with the EU telecoms package who are now arranging a seminar series on different aspects of the future of the net. The aim is to examine and develop new political strategies and posibilities for working towards a future where openess and transparency is still a central and vital part of the internets project. With the seminars the hope is to establish a community of people working with these issues.
I recommend that you read material concerning law, regulation, anonymity, internet infrastructure, the European Union, net neutrality, HADOPI as well as the telecoms package etc. prior to the seminar.
Here are the details for the seminar:
13.00 – 14.45 – Infrastructure
Is there a future for an open and free internet? What type of obstacles, technical and political possibilities do we face during the forthcoming 5-10 years? Is net neutrality important in Sweden and in Europe? Is there a cause for concern within the IT-sphere? If yes, then how should we face and challenge this concern?
Panel participants:
Nicklas Lundblad (Swedish IT-committee),
15.00 Talk: Jeremie Zimmermann, La Quadrature du Net
Jeremie Zimmerman needs no lengthy introduction. As co-founder and spokesperson for the french initiative La Quadrature Du Net – which is an activist group that works with information and net political questions – Zimmerman will give a key note speech that connects the two fields with each other, thus introducing both the net political questions for a wider audience and hopefully give a few pointers about where we are heading in terms of an open internet with its different unregulated innovative solutions and possibilities. If you want to see a possible unification of European net activism and politics, then this is one of the key figures we ought to listen to.
15.15 – 17.00 – Net activism
Recently we have seen how the internet has spawned a realisation of democratic ideals, however, how do the newly formed net based grassroot initiatives work and what are links are there to legislators, politicians and the media? How important is anonymity and what net political tools do we want to develop during the forthcoming years? How do we develop net activism?
Panel participants:
Emma Marie Andersson (Net activist and blogger),
Joakim Jardenberg (Mindpark.se),
Johanna Nylander (Journalist and blogger, now at Expressen.se),
Erik Josefsson (Hired by the Green group in the European Parliament, working for the Swedish Pirate Party).
17.00 – 19.00 – Conversations
As this initiative aims to be a positive and forward thinking seminar where we all meet, discuss and envision a future with an open internet, we need to rethink our positions and how we can re-envision a fruitful and forward thinking path for the future. After the seminar, there will be at least two hours of discussion and a chance to meet new people, network and to gain new and valuable perspectives on how we all use the internet, as well as talk about where we are headed. Be sure to prepare those in-depth questions, to think about what concerns you, your profession or related to how you use or are affected by the internet.
The Julia Group hopes that this seminar will create a positive conversation and interconnect different views and spheres in the mutual interest for the future of the internet. Information is also available in swedish at the National Museum of Science and Technology or Juliagruppen.
When the huge impact of internet technologies on our society becomes clear to both politicians and businesses at the same time as an economy in crisis is looking for new areas of growth, the question about the future infrastructure of the net is once again at stake.
At the same time, internet users all over Europe have gained a new interest in the democratic process through issues such as immaterial property, digital civil rights and the role of digital technologies in shaping our networked society. These issues cut across traditional lines of conflict and create new methods, alliances, actors and publics. The internet is both the thing at stake and the platform used in this new political space.
The seminar will be broadcasted live @ http://bambuser.com/channel/juliagruppen


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Porosity and Permeability of Magmas
This activity was selected for the On the Cutting Edge Exemplary Teaching Collection
Resources in this top level collection a) must have scored Exemplary or Very Good in all five review categories, and must also rate as "Exemplary" in at least three of the five categories. The five categories included in the peer review process are
- Scientific Accuracy
- Alignment of Learning Goals, Activities, and Assessments
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For more information about the peer review process itself, please see http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/review.html.
This page first made public: Nov 1, 2007
This material was originally developed by Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum as part of its collaboration with the SERC Pedagogic Service.
In this Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum activity, students will consider porosity and permeability of a magma and the means that gas may escape the magma. They will use iteration to calculate ideal values for porosity, pressure, and volume. This is a self-paced activity in which students follow a PowerPoint presentation to create spreadsheets and graphs using Excel.
Learning Goals
- Link porosity and permeability using empirical relationships.
- Explore one mechanism by which gases may escape from a magma.
- Use Excel's iteration function to calculate accurate values for porosity, pressure, and bubble volume.
- Gain an understanding of the interdependence of porosity, bubble volume, and pressure on melt density.
- Learn to use Excel's iteration function.
- Calculate pressure using a sum of partial densities.
Context for Use
Equipment: Each student or pair of students needs a computer with Excel and PowerPoint.
Classes: This module has been used in an Introductory Physical Volcanology course with upper level undergraduates.
In the class, the module was introduced during lab to be completed as homework due the following week. Students turned in hard-copies of the Excel spreadsheets and graphs, as well as their working Excel files. This worked well for junior and senior level students with excellent quantitative skills.
Description and Teaching Materials
PowerPoint SSAC-pv2007.QE522.CC2.6-Student (PowerPoint 956kB Nov1 07)
If the embedded spreadsheets are not visible, save the PowerPoint file to disk and open it from there.
This PowerPoint file is the student version of the module. An instructor version is available by request. The instructor version includes the completed spreadsheet. Send your request to Len Vacher (email@example.com) by filling out and submitting the Instructor Module Request Form.
Teaching Notes and Tips
This module, like the others in this collection, works best if coordinated with lecture and lab material.
If students have difficulty in getting their equations to produce the correct numbers in the orange cells -- especially if their results are off by orders of magnitude -- tell them to check their unit conversions. You cannot ever emphasize unit conversions enough.
Some students jump ahead to the end-of-module assignments without working through the main part of the module carefully. Those students have trouble.
The end-of-module questions can be used for assessment.
The instructor version contains a pre-test
References and Resources
Cashman, K.V. and Mangan, M.T. ,1994, Physical aspects of magmatic degassing II. Constraints on vesiculation processes from textural studies of eruptive products. Reviews in Mineralogy, 30: 447-478. [a starting point for understanding bubbles in rocks]
Blower, J.D., 2001, Factors controlling permeability-porosity relationships in magma. Bulletin of Volcanology 63: 497-504. [accessible development of a best-fit statistical model of permeability based on analysis of pyroclasts].


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Water Quality Program Successes
Featured Link:Preserving and Improving Water Quality
An overview of how the TCEQ defines, measures, evaluates, and manages the quality of surface waters in Texas
The TCEQ monitors the quality of surface water to evaluate physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of aquatic systems. Water quality is monitored in relation to human health concerns, ecological condition, and designated uses.
The same methods must be used by everyone collecting water samples, using reliable procedures that yield repeatable results. This allows for comparison of data collected by different organizations.
Screenshot of Coordinated Monitoring Planning Tool
Standards and Assessment
In order to protect water quality, we must first define and measure it. So we first define standards. A water quality standard is the combination, or pairing, of a use and associated criteria. Uses are the purposes for which the water should be suitable. Criteria are the indicators used to determine whether quality is good enough to support the uses.
Measuring water quality requires reliable, consistent, quality-assured data. Those data are collected and shared through the SWQMIS—the Surface Water Quality Monitoring Information System.
Every two years, we report the status of Texas' natural waters, based on historical data, in the Texas Integrated Report of Surface Water Quality.
The state uses several strategies to protect rivers, lakes, and bays. One of those strategies is regulation of stormwater and wastewater discharged to natural waters through permits. Texas' collection of rules, guidelines, and permits is called the Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.
To make it easier to apply for some permits, the TCEQ made applications available online through its secure STEERS ePermits system. These ePermits make it faster and less expensive for both dischargers and the TCEQ to process permit requests.
When protective strategies are not sufficient to keep natural waters clean enough for all their uses, we take action to restore water quality.


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Lululemon Gets to Bottom of Sheer Problem, and More
What's News: Lululemon finds its fabric testing procedures were inadequate and the company's product chief will exit. MF Global report blasts former CEO Jon Corzine. President Obama gives back 5% of his salary Joanne Po reports. Photo: Getty Images
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CPART celebrates 2013, looks ahead to 2014
The big news for 2013 was CPART's agreement with the Vatican Apostolic Library to continue the Syriac manuscript research and publication project. The next phase of the project will focus on 80 Vatican Syriac manuscripts. These manuscripts will appear online, be freshly catalogued, studied, and made the subject of an academic conference. Of course, we […]Read More


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Sports Birthdays for August 30 — Andy Roddick and More
Here are some of the people in the sports world celebrating birthdays on August 30:
Jean Claude Killy
Age: 69
Profession: Retired Olympian
Best Known For: The most successful male skier of the late 1960s, Jean-Claude Killy won three gold medals in alpine skiing events at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France. Killy also won the first-ever World Cup titles in 1967 and 1968. After his competitive skiing career ended, Killy became a spokesperson for various products and dabbled in race car driving.
Robert Parish
Age: 59
Profession: Retired NBA Player
Best Known For: A nine-time NBA All-Star center, Robert Parish played for the Golden State Warriors, Boston Celtics, Charlotte Hornets and Chicago Bulls from 1976 to 1997. Nicknamed 'The Chief' because his staid demeanor mimicked that of a similarly named-character in 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,' Parish was part of the Boston Celtics 'Big Three' along with Larry Bird and Kevin McHale. Parish was a starter on the Celtics' teams that won the NBA title in 1981, 1984 and 1986. He also won a championship with the Bulls in 1997. Parish was named to the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team in 1996. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003.
Marlon Byrd
Age: 35
Profession: MLB Player
Best Known For: Marlon Byrd is a free agent outfielder who has played Major League Baseball with the Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Nationals, Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox since debuting in 2002. Selected as a National League All-Star while with the Cubs in 2010, Byrd has amassed more than 1,000 career hits. After being released by the Red Sox in June of 2012, Byrd was suspended 50 games for testing positive for a banned substance.
Shaun Alexander
Age: 35
Profession: Retired NFL Player
Best Known For: A three-time Pro Bowl running back, Shaun Alexander played for the Seattle Seahawks and Washington Redskins from 2000 to 2008. While with the Seahawks, Alexander led the NFC in rushing in 2004 and the NFL in rushing in 2005. After scoring a league-record 28 touchdowns in 2005, Alexander was named the NFL's Most Valuable Player and its Offensive Player of the Year. Alexander was named to the NFL's 2000s All-Decade Team and finished his career with 100 rushing touchdowns.
Cliff Lee
Age: 34
Profession: MLB Player
Best Known For: Cliff Lee is a starting pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies. A three-time All-Star, Lee has played for the Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies, Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers since making his MLB debut in 2002. While with the Indians, Lee won the 2008 Cy Young Award. He was 4-0 for the Phillies in the 2009 post-season.
Adam Wainwright
Age: 31
Profession: MLB Player
Best Known For: Adam Wainwright is a starting pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals. He has played for the team since 2002, reaching All-Star status in 2010 and winning a Gold Glove Award in 2009. Wainwright was a member of the St. Louis teams that won the World Series in 2006 and 2011.
Andy Roddick
Age: 30
Profession: Tennis Player
Best Known For: Andy Roddick was formerly ranked as the world's No. 1 tennis player. Winner of the 2003 US Open, Roddick has won 32 career men's singles titles since debuting in 2000. In addition to his US Open victory, Roddick has reached four other Grand Slam finals, but lost to Roger Federer every time. He is married to model Brooklyn Decker.


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28 May 2010
Weekend Kneeler Jeopardy Zwei
Here's another one since the last one was snapped up in a NY minute. You guys are too smart.
Category: Great moments in history
Dante wrote this man into his Paradiso and called him a "Defender of the Faith" because if this man had failed, it is likely there would have been no Charlemagne, no Holy Roman Empire, no Papal States.
St. Alex says, please place your answer in the form of a question in the combox, and say a few Hail Marys while you wait for the answer to be revealed.
Demerits for using Google and other sneaky searches. Educated guesses are welcome and encouraged. Good luck!!
The first correct answer in the form of a question wins the highly coveted WKJ ribbon to display on your blog, cubicle or refrigerator door.
Thanks, Vincenzo, for the updated design:
13 comments:
- dominic said...
Could it be Constantine?
- May 28, 2010 at 10:20 AM
- swissmiss said...
Good try, Dominic, but it wasn't Constantine!
- May 28, 2010 at 10:40 AM
- Ray from MN said...
Was it, perchance, St. Martin of Tours? Can you believe I got in late and there still hasn't been a winner.
- May 31, 2010 at 3:52 PM
- swissmiss said...
I just got home and was about to post a hint when I found your comment. It is not St. Martin of Tours, but this person had an important victory at the Battle of Tours. You must be channeling the answer.
- May 31, 2010 at 4:03 PM
- Ray from MN said...
Was it the knight Roland?
- May 31, 2010 at 5:10 PM
- swissmiss said...
Getting closer...Roland served under this person's grandson.
- May 31, 2010 at 5:26 PM
- Ray from MN said...
I kinda knew it wasn't St. Martin and then when I checked him out I see he died in about 400 and the Battle of Tours was around 750-75 or so as the Saracens were moving north from Spain towards Paris. If Paris had fallen, that would have been it for Christianity.
I have a time-line on Islam attacks on western-Christian civilization. But I don't want to cheat.
I have gotten St. Martin confused with this guy in the past. I think that there is a pretty famous painting of him in the battle.
- May 31, 2010 at 5:47 PM
- swissmiss said...
I wanted a question that was challenging enough that I could be away for the weekend, but this one seems a little too difficult. One more hint before I give it away.
This person is known as the hammer.
- June 1, 2010 at 11:53 AM
- ArchAngel's Advocate said...
I know who it is, but I cheated & researched it. A simple Google search did NOT give it to me.
- June 1, 2010 at 1:04 PM
- swissmiss said...
I see my blog is becoming a near occasion of sin by causing cheating!! Tsk tsk.
Alrighty then, the answer is, as some of you have found,
Charles Martel
The grandfather of Charlemagne who stopped the Muslims from advancing at the Battle of Tours.
- June 1, 2010 at 1:15 PM
- Ray from MN said...
I'm stumped, Swissie!
Even "hammer" doesn't do anything for me.
That three month vacation of yours turned you into the Queen of Jeopardy Tyrants!
- June 1, 2010 at 2:45 PM
- Ray from MN said...
Great question, Swissie!
I would have gotten it only if you had made it one of the answers of a multiple choice question.
But I did know it was that battle, one of the most important in world history.
- June 1, 2010 at 2:49 PM
- ArchAngel's Advocate said...
Th operative word is "Near". I did not answer, so I did not sin (raised by Jebbies, I am!).
From the sources I found, it also appears that ol' Chuck may have been a close personal friend of Dante. Friends in High Places, I guess.
- June 1, 2010 at 3:46 PM


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