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Sunday, May 29, 2011
In defense of incremental innovation
As regular readers know, I am a fan of Clayton Christensen, author of The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail. Christensen is the one who first coined the phrase disruptive innovation, which has become almost a cliche these days for anything "new" in the world of technology.
But when we say a certain innovation, or a certain technology, is disruptive, what does that mean? Disruptive of what? Disruptive to whom? Without a clear explanation, the term is ambiguous.
This became quite clear in a presentation that I gave to a client. At one point, we used the word "disruptive," and several individuals in the room grimaced. One of them spoke up and said something to the effect of, we are a conservative organization--we're not sure we are ready to be disrupted. Ironically, this is a high-tech company, at the forefront of its industry in terms of innovation. Yet, when it came to its own information systems, the word disruption was not viewed as a good thing.
Should our client have been concerned? I don't think so. Go back and read Christensen's book. In it, he is quite clear that the disruption caused by a new technology is not disruptive to technology buyers--it is disruptive to technology sellers, especially the sellers of older technologies that are replaced by the new technologies. In fact, buyers find the new technology anything but disruptive. They find it simpler, easier, and cheaper to use. It is the sellers of the old technology, which is more sophisticated, more feature-rich, and more expensive that are disrupted by the newer, cheaper, simpler technology.
The vendor's responsibilityThis thought came back to me last week when I read a post by my friend and associate Vinnie Mirchandani, who attended, as did I, SAP's user conference in Orlando, Florida. In Sapphire Now: Innovation at the Edges, he writes:
But if there is plenty of innovation at the edges, the core [SAP's core products, such as ECC and the rest of its Business Suite] still seems fairly static. The lightbulb still has not gone on that if on-demand functionality can be delivered for sub-$100 a user a month, there is little justification for on-premise price points to be 10, 15, 20x that. That if Apple and Google and amazon can build mobile ecosystems of hundreds of thousands of applications and games with a cottage industry of entrepreneurs, SAP cannot continue to magically expect its current SI and outsourcing partners to match that speed or those price points. If small teams can build fairly ambitious HANA applications part-time in a matter of days, SAP's and its partner's project time scales need to be similarly compressed. if on-demand benchmarks are showing frequent upgrades and importantly instant propagation throughout the customer base, SAP cannot afford to have old-school and grudging multi-year customer base migrations at the core.Now, I have no argument with the thought that SAP needs to transform its core products with the same technologies that it is using to develop its new "edge" products, such as its line-of-business applications. In fact, SAP co-founder Hasso Plattner and board member Vishal Sikka emphasized this same point in small group discussions I participated in.
That is SAP's next big challenge. It has picked up a whole bunch of hammers and sickles as it innovates at the edges. It now needs to use them to bombard the core.
Where I do have a different point of view, however, is with any thought that SAP's existing customers would be well-served by a disruptive transition of SAP's core products. Call it the curse of the installed base or whatever you want. But the fact is that thousands of organizations use SAP's core products to run mission-critical systems that support their businesses. SAP cannot, and should not, disrupt or otherwise undermine the investment that those customers have made. Whatever SAP does in the way of innovation, it should do so in a way that preserves and extends those customer investments.
It's not that SAP doesn't know how to rewrite its core products. It's already developed a full ERP replacement built on a true multi-tenant, in-memory SaaS platform: its Business ByDesign product for small and mid-size businesses. And it is using the same platform to deploy its "edge" products, which Vinnie refers to. Ultimately, it intends to migrate functionality from the core to these new technologies.
Lest anyone think I'm an apologist for SAP, please search this blog for posts I have written about SAP since 2002, the majority of which are critical of SAP. But on this point, I respect what SAP is trying to do.
The customer viewCustomers of SAP, Oracle, and other legacy vendors are in a difficult position. Many, such as the client I referred to earlier, see value in new technologies, such as mobile applications, cloud computing, and in-memory analytics. But the value does not justify a complete replacement of their core systems, which may be stable and meeting their basic requirements. Why replace those systems? How can the customer extend the value of those legacy or core systems, while at the same time acquiring and implementing new technologies?
Rather than focus on acquisition and implementation of a new technology just because it is new, I would prefer to focus on business value. If an old technology has value, why replace it? If a new technology is not cost-justified, or not justified for strategic reasons, why implement it? If an existing technology is already implemented, what is the business case for change?
That is the need that SAP (and Oracle, and other vendors with large installed bases of customers) is trying to address. It's not easy. In fact, one might say that if SAP can meet this need, SAP would be quite innovative. It would be like allowing a driver to swap out the engine while the automobile is moving down the highway at 75 miles-per-hour. I'm having a hard time thinking of an example where a legacy enterprise software vendor has made such a transition.
So, what most companies, especially large companies need is incremental innovation: implementation of new technologies for new applications, while at the same time preserving and extending the life of their existing systems, while over the long term incorporating these new technologies into those core systems. The alternative--ripping and replacing those core systems--is painful, expensive, and, yes, too disruptive for most organizations.
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011
SAP innovating with cloud, mobile and in-memory computing
Based on my attendance at SAP's SAPPHIRE NOW conference this week, SAP appears to be making major advances in three strategic themes of innovation. But to succeed, it needs to do two things equally well: reach new customers with leading-edge technology while at the same allowing its legacy customers to adopt these technologies in an incremental way.
I arrived in Orlando Sunday evening just in time for dinner with SAP's co-CEO Jim Snabe and a small group of bloggers. It was a chance to get to know Jim up close and exchange views on SAP and the enterprise software market. The conversation was very frank, and most of it was off-the-record. Jim described his own roots at SAP as well as his vision for the future, which currently revolves around three broad themes of innovation: cloud, mobile, and in-memory computing. Not surprisingly, these turned out to be major themes throughout the keynotes and briefing sessions I've attended.
Cloud computingAs Jim pre-announced with us Sunday evening, SAP just sold customer No. 500 for Business ByDesign (ByD), its pure SaaS solution for small and midsize businesses. This puts SAP ahead of its goal to reach 1,000 customers by the end of 2011, a point of pride. On Monday, I met in a small group briefing with Rainer Zinow, who is in a leadership position with both ByD and SAP's new line-of-business applications for customers of SAP's Business Suite. The ByD platform, though originally developed for the small business offering, now serves as the platform for all of SAP's on-demand applications, such as its Sales On-Demand.
On Monday, I also took time to walk out to the show floor for a test drive of the ByD application. I was impressed by the extent of functionality offered by the product, though I did find screens to be crowded and a bit difficult to navigate at first. Some of this might be resolved at implementation, as screens can be customized to reduce the amount of information displayed.
On Tuesday, I interviewed an early ByD adopter, who confirmed that they did find it helpful to configure screens to remove unnecessary information. This configuration can be easily accomplished by end-users. Nevertheless, it points out that once you get into implementation and change management, there's not much difference between an on-demand and on-premise solution.
Mobile computingSAP took a big step into mobile computing with its 2010 acquisition of Sybase. Much of the focus since the acquisition has been on development of the Sybase Unwired Platform (SUP), which provides the infrastructure for mobile applications (for example, device management). Now, with the platform now in place, the focus is turning to mobile apps themselves. SAP is showing dozens of mobile apps on the show floor. I got a look at some of them on the floor and also in a blogger briefing with SAP's Ian Kimbell. Kimbell reports that initially it took SAP's team a week or two to develop the initial apps, but after coming down the learning curve, the team now only required a couple of days to developa new application. This sort of productivity will hopefully lead to an explosion of innovative mobility applications, not just to replace desktop apps but to enable new business processes.
Some of the new apps are quite simple, such as expense reporting or management approvals, while others carry deeper functionality, such as those for patient data reporting or field service management. Some are developed directly by SAP, while others are being developed by partners. Most are or will be available through the newly announced SAP apps store.
See the video I shot, below, of some demonstrations of these mobile apps.
In-memory computingMost enterprise software vendors consider cloud computing and mobility applications as the top two innovations currently disrupting the enterprise software marketplace. But SAP consistently lists a third innovation: in-memory computing. The strategic place of in-memory computing was made clear in my meeting with SAP co-founder and current Supervisory Board chairman Hasso Plattner.
In memory computing is simply an computing architecture where an entire database resides in main memory and all reads/writes are performed directly in memory, instead of in disk storage. (In SAP's implementation, disk storage is still used as staging area for source data, for failover integrity, and to archive inactive data.) In-memory computing is enabled by the rapidly the improving price-performance of computer processors and memory, allowing main memory to reach into many terabytes, limited only by the number of nodes in the cluster.
SAP's flagship use of in-memory computing is in its HANA in-memory appliance, although the technology is also being deployed in other applications, including SAP's Business ByDesign, described earlier. SAP referenced a number of early HANA adopters during the keynotes, most of which focus on business analytics with very large data sets. Early adopters include:
These are just four of the many case-studies presented by SAP board member Vishal Sikka and discussed further in my briefing with him after his keynote session.
- Colgate Palmolive, which uses HANA to generate detailed real-time sales reporting for customers. The firm is also working with SAP now on a HANA application for trade promotions management.
- Medidata, a SaaS-provider of clinical trials data management. The firm uses HANA to allow its customers (generally large drug and medical device developers) to analyze clinical trial data from around the world for trends in quality issues and to quickly take remedial action, potentially saving large amounts of money in each trial.
- Caterpillar, the manufacturer of large earth-moving equipment, which uses HANA to analyze large numbers of product configuration options and design-to-order features. This application of HANA allows the firm to determine what configurations are feasible from instantly analyzing millions of rows of data.
- Canoe Ventures, a joint-venture of several cable TV companies that uses HANA to customize delivery of ads to millions of individual viewers, allowing them to instantly request more information. This is an application that uses HANA for non-SAP data. Once the ad and viewership data is no longer needed, it returns to its sources. Nothing is held in a permanent data warehouse.
As a data analysis tool, HANA competes with Oracle's Exadata product line. In-memory computing itself is not unique to SAP. It is also employed by other enterprise system providers, such as Workday, as well as data analytics firms such as QlikTech.
Interestingly, SAP has at least two connections between in-memory computing and cloud computing. First, its cloud ERP offering, Business ByDesign, itself uses an in-memory computing architecture. Second, SAP plans to offer HANA as a service, running in SAP's own cloud, for customers that cannot afford or cannot justify an on-premise purchase of a HANA appliance.
What does it all mean?SAP is one of the largest and oldest enterprise software providers. It has a large installed base. In pushing forward on these three fronts of innovation—cloud, mobility, and in-memory computing—it has two goals. First, to keep its installed base customers supplied with new technology, to keep them from looking elsewhere. Second, to provide new and interesting solutions to prospects that are not yet SAP customers.
These two goals can be seen in each of the three themes.
Will SAP be successful in these three themes of innovation? It certainly has the resources to do so. Its large installed base throws off billions of dollars in maintenance fees that SAP can invest in new development. It also has a long and proud history of engineering excellence. And in its acquisitions of Sybase and Business Objects it gained the subject matter expertise and customer base to give it a foothold in mobility and analytics.
- With its cloud offerings, SAP is aiming its line of business solutions, such as Sales OnDemand at its installed base, some of whom have been leaving the fold, choosing Salesforce.com for sales force automation rather than SAP's own on-premise CRM solution (as evidenced in a recent deal I was involved in). At the same time, SAP is targeting its Business ByDesign service to new prospects--small and midsize companies--that are increasingly looking at cloud solutions, such as NetSuite. In addition, SAP thinks it has a winning strategy in selling ByD to small subsidiaries of its large customer base, which might otherwise look to Microsoft, Epicor, Infor, or QAD, for example, in a two-tier configuration.
- With its Sybase Unwired Platform, SAP is trying to make life easier for its installed base customers, who otherwise would have to develop their own mobility applications or integrate offerings from a variety of providers to run on a variety of devices. At the same time, SAP thinks it can sell its mobility applications to companies outside of and separate from its installed base, potentially serving as an entry point for other SAP products. My associate Dennis Howlett thinks SAP should be even more aggressive in this strategy, by providing the Sybase Unwired Platform at low or even no cost, to gain a foothold in new organizations.
- With its HANA in-memory data appliance, SAP is looking at providing supercharged data analytics capabilities to its own installed customer base, such as its Business Objects users. At the same time it has taken great pains to ensure that HANA plays equally well with non-SAP data, to position HANA as a general purposes data analytics solution, as shown in the Canoe Ventures case-study, outlined above.
If there is any area where I might have reservations, however, it might be in cloud computing. Cloud solutions are an entirely different animal than on-premise systems, in terms of how they are developed, sold, delivered, and maintained. The revenue model is different, and as a public company, SAP is very sensitive to short-term constraints on its profitability.
When it comes to investing in the resources SAP needs to make ByD or the line of business applications successful, will SAP willingly pull resources away from its high-margin on-premise business or its multi-million dollar HANA deals? Those who are fans of Clayton Christensen understand the "Innovator's Dilemma." It is not an easy step for market leaders such as SAP. The leaders in the Business ByDesign and the line of business applications areas are certainly smart, talented, determined, and visionary. But will SAP as a whole stand behind their efforts when there is easier money to be made elsewhere?
Whether SAP as an organization can maintain the level of commitment needed to make them successful remains to be seen. The early results, with 500 new ByD customers is encouraging, but there are many more months and years ahead.
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Grafix USA needed a new t-shirt design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 35 designs submitted by 11 freelance designers.
Digital Racing Images
I am a motorsports photographer and I cover all types of racing; off-road, oval, street and drag racing. In additoin to editorial photography I also cover some racing events and offer customized tee shirts with photos of the racers. I have done several of the designs in the past on my own, but am looking to others for that duty as my time is better spent elsewhere. I am looking to the creative designers on 99designs to help me out.
I am looking for a design to use in conjunction with event photography for motocross (dirt motorcycles) races. I want a design that will allow me to slide in a photograph of a racer and then print onto white tee shirts.
I need a layered design that I can edit in Photoshop, so .psd files are best. I am a looking for a design (or designs as I may purchase more than 1) that includes elements related to aggressive motocross racing with an empty layer that allows me to place my photos on a layer in the design. I want all elements to be in layers for editing later.
Deisgn should be no more than 11" x 17" to fit on a standard tee-shirt, 300 dpi, in .psd (Photoshop) format and RGB colorspace. Design should include the race series logo attached (TORN) and our company logo attached (Digital Racing Images). Bright colors are preferred. The image will be printed on a whitel shirt.
Other than the details above, have fun with the design. We are looking for impact designs!


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DoughboyCowboy's Cowboy Round-Up
First off, Michael Irvin is on Dancing with the Stars. I was very excited about this. With his popularity and his moves from the football field, I think he is the man to beat. If he wins, next up is Troy. Go Playmaker of the Stars!
OK, now for the Cowboys… I don't take too much into pre-season but it is nice to see the players get off the rust in a live game. Tony Romo looked good. His first series was off. But the way he moved the offense in his second series was great. Showing a little bit of what could be a great season, he spread the ball around and utilized all the weapons available to him.
As soon as I seen Felix Jones run a few yards. I admit I said this out loud, "Felix I missed you". The offensive will be awesome. This year I am really focusing on Witten and hoping he has a spectacular year. There is a hidden agenda with that one, more of that later.
The defense looked OK. While the 2nd and 3rd strings gave up a lot of points, the first team looked good. I am excited about Anthony Spencer and DeMarcus Ware. The opposition wont know where DeMarcus will be coming from. Look out for a top 5 defense.
It was nice to see Keon Lattimore get a few reps too. I think he is a sleeper for this team if he makes the full roster. Jesse Holley was also playing in a few plays too. It was nice to see number 16 running down the field. Sometimes players who are trying for a spot on the team don't play that much. We'll see if he completes the dream. I still think Hawkins should of made the team instead.
I am looking forward to this Friday's game. I wont be able to see it here in Illinois, but it will be on NFL Network on Saturday. I want to see the inside of the new stadium. Look for a great season to come!
Each Monday I will talk about the Cowboys and what I think about the team. If anyone can think of a better title let me know. I am looking forward to a great Cowboys season! – DoughboyCowboy


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Soldier Soldier Classic TV Show
With a six month tour of duty in Northern Ireland behind them, the officers and men of the King's Fusiliers Infantry Regiment look forward to an emotional return to their Midlands' headquarters. Major Tom Cadman, the Company Commander, has to deal with a military problem which results in his judgement being called into question and Corporal Tony Wilton has pressing worries of his own - will he get back in time to see the birth of his first child?
Soldier Soldier Fan Tributes17 shereen from zimbabwe: did a very good job in africa when shooting season 7
16 caroline brammeld from stoke on trent : loved soldier soldier be loverly to have a one off with garvey and tucker years later ive got the boxed set i am watching alot better than the stuff what on tv these days
15 Scot from Glasgow: Absolutely love this show. It inspired me to join the Army.
14 Mark Wayne Large from Leeds, West Yorkshire: Soldier Soldier was the best TV series ever ... they should bring it back on TV. Rating 100000%
13 angela from uk: good tv show shame its gone bring it back
12 Linda from Ottawa Ontario: I absolutely loved the series. My husband was in the British Army for 9 years and it gave me a little insight into life in the Army. Robson Green is definitely the "star" of that series.
11 dee&lee from worksop: classic telly they dont make them like this any more.
10 Eddie Murphy from Falkirk, Scotland: my favourite moment was when kate butler sang you dont know me just before she married kieran vose.
9 Richie from Stephenson: What a programme this was, love them in their uniforms & the special effects were superb when people were getting shot etc. Still have a thing for Robson Green!!
8 Men & Motors from ITV: Just to let you know that Soldier Soldier is airing on Men & Motors every Tuesday at 22:00 and repeated every Saturday at 22:00
7 kims from darwen lancashire: I remember watching the programme when i was younger lad it was inspiring to watch and i jionned the british army my self so thank you and i wish it came back on tv it would be great and hope i will one day give inspired children to jion up when they leave school thank so very much kims
6 JANET BURGESS from St.Helens: I think soldier soldier was my all time tv series and I would like to get the theme tune - anyone know where?
5 Wyn Tweedy from Toronto, Canada: Soldier, Soldier is a wonderful series and hope we see more along this line.
Cannot wait for 10.00p.m to arrive each evening in order to watch another series.
4 Angie Ivory from Canada: Please keep this series coming. I hope it never ends, my husband and I watch it every night. Donna be nice to Tucker
3 lesley from edmonton: excellent series i look forward to watching this mon -fri...shame it took so long for me to discover this great series...
2 Pam John from Canada: I live in Beautiful British Columbia, Canada. We are so lucky to have got this wonderful series, which plays weekdays, Monday to Friday. My sister and I watch it , and look forward eagerly to the next show. The cast are well chosen, and soon become like family to the viewer. We will be so sorry when the series finishes, we can hardly wait for the next show each day.
Please, Ann Trickelwood, produce more of this wonderful series. The production is superb.
Thank you.
1 Cat from Suffolk: This programme certainly changed my life. Ever since ive loved men in uniform - specially Army. Wouldnt it be great to see another run of this fantastic programme.
Rosie Rowell who played Donna used to live a few miles away from me and she's a really nice person.
Soldier Soldier
Genre: Action
Year: 1991-97
Robson Green is Fusilier Dave Tucker
Jerome Flynn is Corporal Paddy Garvey
Holly Aird is Sergeant Nancy Garvey
Rosie Rowell is Donna Tucker
Rob Spendlove is Lt. Michael Stubbs
Denise Welch is Marsha Stubbs
Angela Clarke is Colette Daly
David Groves is Fusilier Joe Farrell
Dougray Scott is Major Rory Taylor
1962-09-05: Peter Wingfield (Nick Pasco) was born in Cardiff
1964-12-18: Robson Green (Dave Tucker) was born in Hexham
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There are several files I need to access and update from practically any computer I usemy web browser favorites, contact lists, web-site passwords, and my .NET programming tips. Although I keep these files on a flash drive, it's not always convenient to take the drive everywhere I go. I'd rather store the files on a server and access them over the Internet, as long as it's reliable, secure, and inexpensive. Xdrive.com offers 5 GB of Internet-accessible storage, but the $10.00 monthly fee is more than I pay for hosting my entire web site. Fortunately, Amazon's S3 web service offers secure Internet file access at modest prices. Additionally, .NET 2.0's FtpWebRequest class offers access by programs to FTP sites. In this article, I show how to use S3 and FtpWebRequest to securely synchronize files on multiple machines.
To illustrate, I use Visual Studio 2005 to develop a sample application named "Synchronize Files" (available at http://www.ddj.com/code/). You can build it with Visual Studio 2005 or Visual C# 2005 Express Edition (http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualcsharp). This program encrypts files for security, and compresses them to conserve bandwidth and storage space. It takes advantage of the Microsoft Enterprise Library for cryptography, logging, and exception management.
Building and Running The Sample App
The sample app uses the Cryptography, Exception Handling, and Logging "Application Blocks" from the January 2006 Microsoft Enterprise Library for .NET Framework 2.0. Before building the app, download the Enterprise Library (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnpag2/html/entlib2.asp) and run the install. After installing the library, specify an encryption key to encrypt/decrypt your files. To specify your key, first ensure the sample app's app.config file is writable. Run the Enterprise Library Configuration program. Select File/Open Application and open the sample app's app.config file. Right-click the Symmetric Provider on the left and select Remove. Then right-click Symmetric Providers and select New/Symmetric Algorithm Provider. Select RijndaelManaged and press OK. Make sure the Create a New Key radio button is selected, then click Next. Click the Generate button, then Next. Specify the key file path and press Next. Specify the data-protection mode and press Finish. On the right, change the Name from "RijndaelManaged" to "Symmetric Provider," which is the name the sample app expects. Finally, select File/Save Application.
Now it's time to build the app. Open SynchronizeFiles.sln in Visual Studio 2005, build the app, and run it. Select Options/Settings and select the S3 or FTP radio button to specify where your files will be stored. If you're using S3, enter the Access Key ID and Secret Access Key you received when signing up. Then press Get Canonical User ID and your Canonical User ID and Display Name is filled in. For an FTP site, first use an FTP program to create a folder on the FTP site for your home directory. Then go back to Synchronize Files and enter the FTP site (ftp://upload.comcast.net, for instance), the home directory you created, and your User ID and Password.
After entering your configuration information, press OK. Click the New button to create a bucket (folder) to hold your files. Then click Upload to upload your files. When files are selected by checking the checkbox in the DataGridView's leftmost column (Figure 1), they can be downloaded or deleted. When you press the Synchronize button, all files with a check in the Synchronize column are uploaded to the server if they've changed on the local machine.


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2010-05-19 / Obituaries
James Smith: Good Sam Trustee, former Pres. of West Islip Lion's Club
For his many years working with charitable, nonprofit organizations, West Babylon resident James J. Smith was honored by the Suffolk County Boy Scouts, the Museum of Stony Brook and Good Samaritan Hospital where he served as a Trustee. Mr. Smith died April 25, 2010 at the age of 88.
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4 family members shot dead in Mississippi
3 women and a 5-year-old boy were killed
3 women and a 5-year-old boy were killed
A woman, her two daughters and her grandson were found shot to death Tuesday morning at a home in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, authorities said.
The bodies of Edna Durr, 65; Kierra Durr, 27; Tomecca Pickett, 42, and her 5-year-old son, Owen Pickett, were found about 7:45 a.m. at a house on Butts Road in the Toomsuba community, authorities said.
Demetrus Durr said the victims were his mother, sisters and nephew. Durr said his 3-year-old niece, Bailey Ruffin, was found unharmed at the home. Authorities said the girl, who Durr said is a special needs child with health issues, was taken to a hospital.
Durr said he believes the killer is someone his family knows.
"A very cruel and evil person," Durr said. "There was no money involved, just hatred."
Investigators have received numerous leads from the community, and will "continue the investigation until there is a resolution," authorities said.
Neighbors called 911 to report that they hadn't seen a lot of activity at the house. Deputies found the front door smashed in with a single bullet hole in the door frame, authorities said. The bodies were found inside the house.
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation and the state crime lab are assisting the Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office in the investigation.


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The History of Kitley House, South Devon
Kitley House has a rich history, spanning over 500 years. Whether you are fascinated by armoury, heraldry, literature, architecture or fine arts, there is something for you here.
Once a family home turned hotel and restaurant, Kitley has a diverse history, its location a picturesque snapshot of tranquillity and abundance. As you step through the doors and into a property steeped in so much history and tradition, we hope that you will become familiar with a building full of not only character and charm, but of many influences and styles. Its sympathetic Tudor style is also enriched with Regency elegance and Jacobian gentility. Its story is not yet complete, and many aspects of the house still remain undiscovered- the Bastard family still reside in Yealmpton however and interest from the public continues to make Kitley House a very unique and historical destination.
Tudor origins
Thought to have been built during the reign of Henry VII by Thomas Pollexfen, the house has early Tudor origins; some speculate that the house was built between 1457 and 1509. The Pollexfens (pronounced Poulston) resided at Kitley until 1710, when Edmund Polloxfen died. Anne, the heiress of the estate, married William Bastard of Gerston Manor, an estate located near Collapit Creek, not far from Kingsbridge estuary. The family became tied to the Bastard line, a line that could be traced back to the Norman conquest of 1066. William was MP for Dartmouth and recorder of Totnes during the period of 1603-1625 when King James I was on the throne.
Edmund Bastard, a Lt Colonel and second son of Colonel William Bastard, eloped to Greta Green with Spanish Galleon Heiress Jane Pownoll, whose father gained her fortune by capturing the 'La Hermoina' Frigate in 1763. Captain Pownoll and the HMS Apollo brought back a tremendous fortune of £500,000, £65,000 of which was the Captain's share, and Jane took the opportunity to invest wisely. She and her husband are said to have been so determined not to be caught in their flight, that William hired out all the carriages in Plymouth to prevent detection. The HMS Apollo can be found (in model form) upon the upper landing of the house, at the top of the magnificent 18th century wooden staircase. Colonel William Bastard himself was respected for his command of the East Devonshire Militia in 1779 and his son Edmund Pollexfen Bastard became Colonel of the same regiment in 1799. In 1782 Edmund became a member of Parliament for Truro and was a keen member of the Tory party throughout his life. His nephew, also called Edmund, succeeded him in 1812 in the Devonshire constituency. Figures of military and political aptitude, the Bastards were influential and fashionable, witnessing a great amount of cultural and social change over the centuries, as well as making the house famous through many different spheres.
Literature and Art: the prominent cultural influence of Kitley House
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Kitley has seen many famous faces come and go during its existence, particularly those linked to art and culture. Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) stayed at the house whilst on a sojourn around the South Hams in 1762 with his friend the famous portrait artist Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792). Reynolds himself hailed from the nearby town of Plympton, and at 39 years old (not yet awarded his knighthood) he had relatives to visit and paintings to inspect. Reynolds by that point had become a renowned portrait artist in London and had also made a name for himself in the West Country. He had painted a striking portrait of Anne Bastard circa 1757 five years previously, and it certainly leaves a lasting impression. The painting not only demonstrates the skill and talent he had for his vocation, but shows how Anne is portrayed as both attractive and respectable within the portrait. With her hand on her hip and her gaze looking outside the frame, she is made to seem elegant and striking, whilst embodying the poise and mystique so admired by Reynolds in Greek and Roman classic art. A self portrait of Reynolds was hung at Kitley in the drawing room up until a few years ago.
Old Mother Hubbard
Sarah Catherine Martin (1768?-1826), famous for her poem 'The Comic Adventures of Old mother Hubbard and Her Dog' was aunt to the Pollexfen-Bastard children, following the marriage of Edmund Pollexfen Bastard to her sister Judith Ann Martin on 2 July 1809. Sarah wrote the poem in 1804, allegedly to amuse the children. It is thought that the character of Old Mother Hubbard is actually based on Kitley's resident housekeeper, whose cupboard is located in the area which is now the basement where the housekeeper had her sitting room. In 1806, after sending her manuscript to John Harris, a London based publisher, Sarah was soon asked if Harris and his publishing company could create 10,000 copies to distribute. And the rest as they say is history! Sarah wrote another adventure for Old Mother Hubbard and her dog in 1806 and the poem is still as cherished as it was two hundred years ago.
Sarah also captured the hearts of some very prestigious admirers. While her Old Mother Hubbard charmed a nation of children, she became closely linked to Prince William Henry, who later became King William IV. At 17 years old she could have been married into royalty and become Queen of England, though she later declined his proposal.
William Butler Yeats
Susan Pollexfen was the mother of poet William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) in Dublin. William Pollexfen was his maternal grandfather, and his character is revealed to be quite fearsome to the young Yeats, who recalls "for all my admiration and alarm, neither I nor anyone else thought it wrong to outwit his violence or his rigour" in 'Reveries over Childhood and Youth'. Yeats looked up to the 'Lear-like figure' that influenced his young life and provides an interesting account into the military background that dominated the reputation of his grandfather. Elizabeth Polloxfen (born 1798) was William Butler Yeats' great grandmother and married Irish merchant William Middleton when she was just 15 years old. Kitley's Irish connection had begun generations before William Butler Yeats was born, opening another window of enquiry onto the Kitley House story…
A Setting of Natural Beauty: the House and its Design
At the head of the Yealm estuary's wooded creeks sits Kitley, its Tudor heritage still identifiable, if a little influenced by the renovations of 1820. The grounds in particular were enhanced by Late Georgian taste, particularly by the construction of a dam across the tidal waters, creating a freshwater lake. The house itself was taken into the considerably well traversed hands of Humphry Repton's youngest son George Stanley Repton (1786-1858), who had previously worked under John Nash (1752-1835) and became interested in cultivating the Tudor and traditional styles within his work. Kitley's 'Late Regency' interior allowed the house to combine the old and the new, mixing tradition and trend and incorporating the most sought after elements of any fashionable country home at that time.
Kitley bore a close resemblance to other local country houses of the era c. 1720, particularly Anthony, Plympton House and Puslinch. With its 600 acres of grounds and mile long driveway to the house, the house itself stands as a remarkably clear construction, its silvery Devon marble-granite effect and tapering shapes as striking in daylight as in moonlight.
Kitley's entrance hall still bears the early marks of the family ancestry, its mock heraldic shields and banners demonstrating to any visitor the pedigree of the family tree and the proud reputation of its early Tudor age. Pre-dating Repton's work is the grand central staircase, which was an unusual feature for 17th century Devon houses. With its fluted and spiral balusters, arched doorways, fielded panelling and inlaid steps, it sets a grand tone and demonstrates excellent craftsmanship.
In 1820 Repton started work by making water-colour drawings of his plans for the house from each aspect as he saw that it could do with improvement. The H shape of the original 16th century house is still visible, its courtyard filled in by a low wing added by Repton. Behind this is a large window (added in the 18th century) above the staircase in the Great Hall, which is dominated by a clock and belfry on the west side. Repton's reworking of the property was extensive and radical; the ground floor of the Tudor house became the basement of the Georgian one. A terrace was designed to conceal the basement level on the south side where the ground drops. The east side saw a saloon added to the east forecourt but the Georgian entrance on the North side was altered only slightly. Repton replaced the hipped roofs and sashes by gables and mullions and added pinnacles to the parapet.
The thickness of the internal walls in the middle of the house proves that much of the Tudor structure was integrated into the 18th century rebuilding, but the north and south fronts were then rebuilt. This, coupled with the changes to the surrounding landscape, was designed to enhance the natural beauty of the area and capture the trend for picturesque homes and gardens.
Kitley's fascinating history does not end here, as there is still so much more to discover. We hope that this has enlightened you as to the many intriguing elements of Kitley, and that you may be keen to further explore the house's unique past. We can recommend the following texts for further reading:
- Simon Jenkins' superb 'England's Thousand Best Houses' (London: Penguin Books, 2003), which provides excellent introductory information. Other local houses are listed in this volume and are described with a keen sense of detail. It is worth noting that Kitley is now placed well within the top 200 best houses in England!
- After Sarah Martin came W.B Yeats in the Kitley connection to literature, and 'Reveries over Childhood and Youth' (which can be downloaded from www.gutenburg.org/ebooks) is a very honest and lyrical recollection of childhood memories and family recollections by the poet.
- www.thejohnsonsociety.org.uk contains some fascinating information regarding Dr Johnson's trip around Devon with Reynolds in 1762, including a recreation of the steps taken by the two men by Johnson enthusiasts.
- Mike Brown's 'A Guide to the Heraldry at Kitley House', particularly for those interested in medieval history and for those who would like to get to know the terminology within Heraldry.
Tall Family Living at Kitley Quay Cottage,Kitley Lodge and Old Mother Hubbard's Cottage, Yealmpton 1871 – 1916
by Delyse and Martyn Upton
Delyse and her son Martyn (who now lives in Australia) recently visited Kitley House for a family celebration dinner. They had been researching into their family history, in particular Delyse's great grandfather, Joel Tall and his wife Elizabeth. They knew that they had both worked for the house and for the estate in the 1800's and 1900's, and had been living in Kitley Quay Cottage for at least 20 years.
Delyse and Martyn have kindly sent us some information on their family history, with the Tall family a big part of life at Kitley.
Please click on the link to find out more Joel Tall-Kitley Quay Cottage history


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By Ethan Siegel
"The atoms come into my brain, dance a dance, and then go out – there are always new atoms, but always doing the same dance, remembering what the dance was yesterday." -Richard Feynman
Here you are, a human being, a grand Universe of atoms that have organized themselves into simple monomers, assembled together into giant macromolecules, which in turn comprise the organelles that make up your cells. And here you are, a collection of around 75 trillion specialized cells, organized in such a way as to make up you.
But at your core, you are still just atoms. A mind-bogglingly large number of atoms — some 1028 of them — but atoms nonetheless.
Those two things — you and an atom — may seem so different in scale and size that it's hard to wrap your head around. Here's a fun way to think about atoms: if you broke down a human being into all the atoms that make you up, there are about as many atoms that make up you (~1028) as there are "a-human's-worth-of-atoms" to make up the entire Solar System!
All the matter in the Solar System, all summed together, contains about 1057 atoms, or 1029 human-beings-worth of atoms. So an atom, compared to you, is as tiny as you are in comparison to the entire Solar System, combined.
But that's just for perspective. The 1028 atoms that are existing-as-you-right-now each have their own story stretching back to the very birth of the Universe. Each one has its own story, and so today I bring you the story of just one atom in the Universe.
There was a time in the distant past — some 13.7 billion years ago — when there were no atoms. Yes, the energy was all there, but it was far too hot and too dense to have even a single atom. Imagine all the matter in the entire Universe, some 1091 particles, in a volume of space about equal to that of a single, giant star.
The whole Universe, compressed into a volume of space that one large star takes up.
Yes, back then it was too hot to have any atoms at all. But the Universe didn't stay that way for long: it may have been incredibly hot and dense, but it was expanding and cooling incredibly rapidly back then. After less than a second, the quarks and gluons had condensed into stable protons and neutrons, the building blocks of all atomic nuclei.
The atom we're thinking of started out as a neutron. Protons tried to fuse with it to create deuterium, but the Universe was too hot for that to happen, and each time it formed deuterium, it was blasted apart less than a nanosecond later.
After about three minutes, a few of the neutrons had decayed into protons, but this one remained, and finally the Universe had cooled enough so that nuclear fusion could proceed. The neutron quickly formed deuterium, then Helium-3, and finally found another deuteron to become a Helium-4 nucleus. Only about 8% of the atoms in the Universe became Helium-4 like this one; the other 92% were just plain old protons, also known as Hydrogen nuclei.
It took another 380,000 years for the Universe to cool enough for this to become a neutral atom, and for two electrons to join this nucleus. The Universe — despite its rapid expansion and cooling — remains 100% ionized until the temperature drops to just a few thousands of degrees, which simply takes that much time.
Over the next hundred-million years or so, this atom found itself caught up in the gravitational pull of the Universe, which began to form stars and galaxies. But the vast majority of atoms — more than 95% — weren't a part of the first generation of stars, and neither was this one in particular.
Instead, when the first stars formed, they kicked the electrons out of the atoms that surrounded them, creating ions once again.
It was only by luck that this atom we're following wound up in a dense molecular cloud, shielded from this radiation. After more than a billion years in this collection of neutral atoms, it finally found itself pulled in by gravitational attraction to what would become a giant star.
This atom lost its electrons and fell to the core of the star, where it lay dormant for millions of years, as hydrogen nuclei fused into other helium nuclei just like this one. When the core ran out of hydrogen fuel, helium fusion began, and our atom fused with two others to become a carbon nucleus!
While other atoms even closer to the center of the star fused further, carbon was as far as this particular atom went. When the core of the star collapsed and the star went supernova, our atom was blown out into the interstellar medium, where it resided for billions of years.
While billions of other stars went through the life-and-death cycle, this carbon atom remained in interstellar space, eventually picking up six electrons to become neutral. It found its way into a gravitational collection of neutral gas, and cooled, eventually getting sucked in to another gravitational perturbation, as star-formation happened all over again.
This time, the atom didn't find its way into the central star of its system, but rather into the dusty disk that surrounded it. Over time, the disk separated into planetoids and planetesimals, and this atom found itself aboard one of those.
It first joined together with four hydrogen atoms, becoming methane, and went through millions of different chemical reactions over time.
After life took hold on Earth, it became a part of a bacterium's DNA, then a part of a plant's cell wall, and eventually became part of a complex organism that would find itself consumed by you.
The atom is currently in a red blood cell of yours, where it will remain for a total of about 120 days, until the cell is destroyed and replaced by a different one.
Although the cell — and all cells in your body — will be destroyed and replaced, you will remain the same person you are, and the atom will simply take on a different function, whether in your body or out of it. The atoms in your body are temporary, and can all be replaced — unnoticed by you — by another of the same type.
And each of the 1028 atoms in your body has a story as spectacular and unique as this one! As Feynman famously said,
"I / a Universe of atoms / an atom in the Universe."
The story of the Universe is inside every atom in your body, each and every one. And after 13.7 billion years, 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 of them have come together, and that's you. The Universe is inside of you, as surely as you're inside the Universe.
You, a Universe of atoms, an atom in this Universe.


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In early 1912, the telegraph was the new gadget, a novelty used by upper-class travelers to chat with their friends back home. The equivalent of today's smartphone with Facebook.
|Jerry Neal as Guglielmo Marconi
I learned about the wireless aspect of the famous disaster last weekend during Jerry Neal's performance as Guglielmo Marconi. Neal is the co-founder of RF Micro Devices, Inc. (for cell phones and other applications) and owner of Linbrook Estate, where I saw his performance. Since childhood he's been fascinated with Marconi (1874-1939), who invented telegraph technology and sent the first transatlantic wireless signals in 1901.
As part of the deal between Marconi and White Star Line, he and his family had free passage on Titanic's maiden voyage. But Marconi decided to take earlier transport to America and his wife and children joined him later.
|Titanic artifacts at Linbrook Hall
The operators weren't the only ones to stick to their posts in an attempt to save as many passengers as possible. Engineering crew members stayed to keep the lights on as long as possible. Boiler operators, firemen, and the famous band, all kept working.
With 1,523 casualties, Titanic remains the greatest peacetime disaster in maritime history. In honor of that, Neal's grandson Charles Neal composed a song, "Signals," for the occasion. He also played a solemn trumpet solo of "Nearer My God to Thee."
After the performance, Neal answered questions in character about Marconi.
Earlier in the evening I got to tour Linbrook Hall. I'll share more about that in Monday's post.
Meanwhile, if you'd like to learn lots of details about the Titanic, including the people onboard and recovery operations, I recommend the book Titanic: Destination Disaster, The Legends and the Reality.
Photos courtesy of Linbrook Heritage Estate.
Disclosure: I received a complimentary ticket to this event through my chamber of commerce membership, with no obligation to write about it.


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Three years ago, as part of a curriculum review, the leaders of Staples Motley Schools in Staples, MN, were debating how to put more computing power into their students' hands. As part of that strategy, the 1,400-student district was looking to create a blended learning environment that would carry it forth for at least four years—if not longer.
"Our principal at the time asked us to start preparing for a 48-month timeframe—not just one year," recalled Clay Houselog, a high school physical science teacher. "We wanted something futuristic."
Getting there would require a major effort from the district and its teachers, who were working with 20th century technology, a tight budget, and a student body that was both underwhelmed and disengaged. With some government funding available, Principal Ryan Luft and his team considered which hardware, software, and curriculum options were available to help create a "backbone" for a digital learning program.
The district was already using ODYSSEYWARE's online e-learning solutions for credit recovery, so it saw potential in using the same vendor to help it develop a 21st century blended learning environment. "The solution fit with what we were doing in the classroom and our desire to advance and change," said Houselog, "so we started using their curriculum to get ourselves and our students into the digital world."
As part of that initiative, the district initially invested in classroom sets of netbooks, which Houselog said enable easier typing/data entry than tablets, and also tend to work better with the software that the district chose. Houselog currently uses 36 netbooks across the three sections of physical science that he teaches, while some other rooms have begun using tablets in conjunction with the netbooks.
Combined with the ODYSSEYWARE cloud-based curriculum, the netbooks have slowly replaced the district's traditional textbooks. The curriculum is customizable and includes both courses and assessments. Teachers like Houselog use it to combine online and text-based resources, and to create their own courses (using both online lessons and external resources, such as instructional videos from organizations like Khan Academy).
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To support the introduction of new mobile devices on campus in 2012, the district installed new routers in strategic locations throughout its buildings. Houselog said, "Initially we just didn't have enough WiFi capacity, and the lessons wouldn't load when too many students were trying to access them. But we resolved that problem and haven't had any internet issues since."
Houselog said the new classroom technology allows him to infuse both blended and "flipped" learning into his science instruction. "I introduce a new topic and then we have a classroom discussion around it," he explained, "but I also post all of my classroom notes online for the students to review in advance." After the classroom discussion wraps up, Houselog uses assignments and assessments to gauge student understanding of the material.
Having his course materials digitized lets Houselog get an instantaneous picture of where his students stand and whether it's time to move along to the next chapter. He can also quickly pinpoint problem areas and intervene with individual students on those areas. "I set the system at four attempts," he said. "If, after that many times, the student doesn't get the material, I seek him or her out and find out where the trouble spots are."
Those "trouble spots" are of high interest to students these days, according to Houselog. "I'm literally wearing out my pants by bending down and working with students individually more than I ever did before," he said, laughing. "Students are constantly asking me to pull up their tests and review them because they're dissatisfied with their grades. I've never seen them work this hard and be so engaged."
Measuring the Results
The results of a 2012 student survey support Houselog's assertions. Working with an outside firm, Staples Motley surveyed its pupils to find out what they thought about their new technology-equipped classrooms and 21st century pedagogy. "Above all," Houselog said, "they said they loved the fact that they can retest and relearn to get the grades that they want." Of course, there are also complaints about the system. "One student told me that he hated the new process because now he actually has to learn," Houselog said.
The district has also seen improvements in its graduation rates and student retention. Its credit recovery program has benefitted from the tech initiative. In 2012, for example, just one student failed to graduate from the program—down from 22 nongraduates the previous year.
Houselog concluded that, thanks primarily to the technology infusion, both student and teacher engagement have improved significantly. "Our students are excited about learning and using their brains; it's very invigorating and rejuvenating for all of us," he said. "It's definitely been a success."
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The number one reason why Halloween is my favorite holiday (aside from Christmas of course) is because it is that one time of year when we get to play dress up as adults and have it be totally acceptable. Yes, it is fun to wear an awesome scary costume every once in a while and get a few screams out of unsuspecting victims, but deep down inside everyone loves an excuse to dress up like a princess or super girly character. A personal favorite for the sweet and girly costume is the classic Strawberry Shortcake. Pink wig included, there are so many fun ways to wear this costume, and don't worry, you can still be a sexy Strawberry Shortcake with some floral sexy swimwear.
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Located at northern part of the Karnataka, within the range of the Bellary district. This city was developed around the Virupakksha Temple at Hampi; original religious center at Hampi. Most part of the city lies on bank of Tungabhadra river. Vijaynagara city was capital city of Vijaynagara Empire which was spread around northern part of India. Vijaynagara was the most powerful kingdom of its time, which was extended over most part of the southern India. Vijaynagara was founded by Harihara and Bukka; two brothers, well known as Sangama brothers. The whole empire was built under the supervision of Harihara, which was further expanded by his brother Bukka Raya. After basic establishment, the Nagara tried defensible tactics and move towards secure location on southern part of the river. You can find the clues of massive wall that was built to enclose the whole area. The walls enclose more than sixty square miles area. Most of the area of this Nagara was fields and gardens, which was watered by the canals of Tungabhadra river.
The majority of houses were built with Hindu architectural style, and most of them were palaces, temples, public buildings, busy markets, and all other construction that require for a well develop Nagara. According to some historians size of this whole city was twice of the worlds biggest European city Paris. Had approximately 500000 inhabitants. Because of its cultural values and architectural suprimacy this city was included in the list of World Heritage Sites. The important construction found in the city are Virupaksha Temple, Krishna Temple, rock cut idols of Lakshmi and Narsimha, Sugriva's cave where Rama meet Hanumana, Kodandarama Temple, Vittala Temple and many more historical constructions are present at this place.
How to Reach
By Road
You can reach this place from Bangalore, which is 350 km away. Karnataka State Corporation buses will take you to the destination from the Bangalore. Private bus options are also available to reach out this place. To explore the complete area you can also get Bicycle, which is more suitable for you.
By Plane
The nearest airport from this place is Hubli, which is 143 km away from this place. Where you can get flight for major cities of India.
By Train
The nearest railway station Hospet is at 13 km away from this place.
Best Time to Visit
Hampi's climate is generally dry and hot. March to early June is the summer. Monsoon brings some wet weather that typically lasts from late June to early August. The colder period of the year is from November to February. Irrespective of the climate, Hampi is open for visitors all round the year.
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2008 Toe Jam Rail Final
Today began the start of a three day saga known as the Toe Jam Finals in Orlando, Florida, and if things keep going the way they did today we are in for one heck of a ride. I rolled into the Projects in time to check the majority of the first round of sixteen. After the dust had settled from round one, eight riders were one step closer to clenching the title of Toe Jam rail champ. It was on hardcore…the wakeskating that is. There were energy drinks, trucks, griptape and Basset hounds all over the place in Bithlo today and boy did it feel good. What better a way to kick off the quarter finals round then with two previous rail park champions, Brandon Thomas and Reed Hansen, going head to head? With several uncharacteristic falls for BT, Reed was quickly able to flip trick his way into the semis. Reed was deadly all day with his three go-to flip tricks: the kickflip, varial flip, and frontside flip. Hardly ever falling on any of them, they definitely are key to his continuing success on the Toe Jam circuit. Up next was some serious Texas representation, with Brett Little and Aaron Reed taking to the water, another pair of past champions. Brett impressed the judges with his ollie power and switch moves, and took the win over Aaron, but we still love him! Round three was definitely interesting, with the consistencies and experience of Brian Grubb getting pitted up next to the up and coming shredder, Andrew Pastura. Grubb is known for his prowess behind the boat, but Andrew dominated the rails scattered through the lake, and stuck a frontside flip to take out Grubb. That's three past champions in a row taken out before the semis! The last round went to Nick Taylor, who definitely had to keep his game up to beat the up and coming shredder from Australia, Chris Kallas. Kallas was turning heads with his 540 backbig and solid backside 360 off the kicker, but Nick never fails to turn his game on and an inside out varial flip was one of many things that put Nick out on top. So then there were four…
The semi finals. It's getting exciting. Hansel was up first against Brett, and once again came through strong with his flip tricks. Brett killed it on the incline ledge, sticking a backlip shuv and a very impressive shuvit to boardslide up it, but it wasn't enough to take Reed out. Finalist number one had been chosen, and it was clear Reed was out for the win. The second round couldn't have gotten much more exciting. It was Andrew Pastura versus Nick Taylor, and we were in for a show of some of the most amazing wakeskating talent ever. Andrew seemed to struggle a little on the rails compared to some of his previous runs, but his kickflip to frontside flip was on lock, and he even managed to stick a flats backside flip before the timer ran out. Nick was up next and got pretty serious switch rail tricks in, as well as getting a kickflip, varial flip, and toe backbig. Apparently it wasn't enough though, and the finals had been chosen: Reed Hansen and Andrew Pastura.
It was about to get rowdy. Andrew won the coin toss and decided to make the call to go first. Of course it was clear this was all part of his intimidation technique he had been taking advantage of all day. He had already been striking fear into the hearts of his opponents with his mustache and silent wakeskate shredding, so this came as no surprise, and definitely threw Reed for a loop. When Andrew actually hit the water he was absolutely going for gold, stomping all kinds of bigspins and 360s that linked together perfectly. Andrew was solid as ever on the rails, and also must have taken note of how necessary it would be to keep his flip trick game up against Reed, so he busted out a solid kickflip to flats frontside flip line, and even a flats toeside frontside flip.
Reed took to the water and nailed his kickflip, varial flip, and frontside flip. Despite three falls, Reed was still able to pull it together at the end to stick a perfect (and I mean perfect) 360 flip coming into the dock. And so that's that. No results, no conclusions, and all we have to look forward to is tomorrow's boat finals and winch contest, and the exciting announcement on Saturday of who won today. One more Toe Jam final, one more chapter in wakeskating's history written.
See you guys tomorrow for more action.


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In that group of words, the noun 'John' is not the grammatical subject of the verb 'come'; the implied subject is indeed 'you'.
English Teacher
I have a basic question, however, as native speakers do not agree on this everywhere, I would just like to ask grammar specialists.
So the question is simple:
John, come here!
Is John the subject in this sentence? Or is it "you"?
In my opinion, and in Spanish for that matter, the correct answer would be "you", NOT John, as the person addressed is second person, not third person.
Of course, John and "you" are the same person here....++
Thanks for taking the time to answer, and if you can add a link to some grammar explanation, I would be grateful
In that group of words, the noun 'John' is not the grammatical subject of the verb 'come'; the implied subject is indeed 'you'.
HI 5jj, you wouldn't know a web page where I could read more about this?
Thanks for all answers and explanations.
An imperative is always directed in some way at a person or people- that person or those people are the implied subject. I don't honestly think there's much more to it than this. You can add things like institutions and dogs, but there's always a target- there's no point in giving an instruction to no one or nothing. That's your implied subject. You could remove John from that sentence and it would still be a complete sentence Naming the person doesn't change anything, even if they and the implied subject are one and the same.
HI Tdol, very good point, you remove the name and it would still be a complete sentence, thanks a lot!
thanks to everybody


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Breakfast Bread Pudding
* 12 slices white bread
* 1 package (8 ounces) Philadelphia® Cream Cheese, cubed
* 12 eggs
* 2 cups milk
* 1/3 cup maple syrup
* 1/4 teaspoon salt
* Remove and discard crusts from bread; cut bread into cubes. Toss lightly with cream cheese cubes; place in a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan. In a large bowl, beat eggs. Add milk, syrup and salt; mix well. Pour over bread mixture. Cover and refrigerate 8 hours or overnight.
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What parent hasn't struggled with the influence of electronics? Unless you have no television you probably have too much television in your life and there's nothing more pleasant than being the referee between your children and the lure of things with a screen.
There's a new product from Hopscotch Technologies that offers to be the detox solution: BOB Time Manager. Use it to control time on computers, video games or television:
"BOB allows you to set time allotments for the connected device. Just decide how much screen time each child should have either per day or per week. When a user wants to access the connected device they must enter their PIN. BOB then tracks the time. Once all of their time has been used up, BOB turns off the connected device and restricts further access for that user."Now let me first say that parents shouldn't abdicate their jobs as regulators. In order to be effective, you need to be able to make unpopular decisions such as "You've had too much television, it's time to turn it off" without having to resort to electronic backup; however, there are many times when parents aren't there to regulate and a device like this would be terribly helpful--and better than seventeen straight hours of Pokemon.
Also, with the start of a new year approaching and new year's resolutions coming on strong BOB would be a great way to introduce new habits to your family in a way that would appeal to children and take some of the pressure off you as the Bad Guy. Kids will love having a secret PIN and the novelty of the gadget could be enough to get the whole party off the ground and get the family watching less television.
So now that your family is getting less television and video games how are they going to fill up that free time? How about with some good old-fashioned reading? Discovery Girls is a new company that combines a website, magazine and books aimed at the pre-teen years and appears to be all a modern, hip girl could ask for.
Discovery Girls produces Fab Girls books which seem to be the answer to mothers who can't take another ounce of Bratz. Designed to help girls navigate the social and emotional pitfalls of life, the series of four books examines topics like friends, bullying, divorce, family and (of course) boys.
Now for the prizes (yes I said PRIZES--plural). Good news folks, the good people at Hopscotch are offering a $10 discount toward the purchase of BOB if you enter SCRIBBIT in the coupon code at checkout here anytime through December 24th. Shipping is already free. But if you're feeling lucky you can have a chance to win one of two BOBs that I have available.
AND Discovery Girls is offering a set of Fab Girls books to another random winner. Because I have three prizes this week I will draw three names from the pot, the first two get a BOB, the third gets a set of Fab Girls books but if you have a preference and really want one of the prizes over the other please note that in the Message field of the entry form. I will try to accommodate as best I can (but make no promises).
And now . . . here's how to win:
Before 12 am Monday go to the giveaway entry form on this page and enter your name and email. I will pick one of the names at random, contact the winner via their email and publish the winner's first name and home town in next Tuesday's post. See the bottom of the entry form for more details.
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Initiatives and Programs
Release date: Tue 7 December 2010
Last updated: Thu 5 January 2017
Youth Initiatives and Programs
Victoria Police is committed to ensuring the safety and welfare of young people throughout the state.
Growing up is challenging!
Young people generally feel overwhelmed by the pressures placed on them by different groups within society. Friends and family particularly, have expectations that often conflict.
Everyday, police see the impact that this has on young people. It is a responsibility of police to take positive steps to address some of the problems Victoria's youth face in society.
Youth Resource Officer
The Youth Resource Officer program is a policing youth framework that increases the capacity of police to deal with police and youth issues; meeting the needs of modern policing, operational police, the local community and government.
Youth Resource Officers are assigned to Local Government Areas.
Youth Programs
Specifically, the youth programs developed by Victoria Police encourage them to engage in positive social interaction. The activities are safe, as well as drug and alcohol-free.
Victoria Police Youth Corps (VPYC)
Victoria Police Student Resource Page
The student resource page provides links to information on news and campaigns, crime statistics, school visits, work experience and placements and more.


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The Phelps County Commission Thursday approved purchasing new carpet for several rooms in the county courthouse from McCall's Floormart, of Rolla, which was the only vendor that submitted a bid for the work. The company's bid of $36,110 includes materials and labor.
The Phelps County Commission Thursday approved purchasing new carpet for several rooms in the county courthouse from McCall's Floormart, of Rolla, which was the only vendor that submitted a bid for the work. The company's bid of $36,110 includes materials and labor.
Mark Brookshire, county facilities manager, said $27,066, which covers the materials, will come out of the 2012 budget with the remaining $9,044, which will cover the installation, coming out of next year's budget.
New carpet will be installed in Courtroom One, the hallway in the courthouse's bottom floor, a computer room and offices of the circuit clerk, county clerk, commissioners, assessor, treasurer and collector.
District One Commissioner Larry Stratman said that after the budget impact of health insurance costs decreased, he no longer has reservations about paying for the carpet.
The installation would likely take place at night or on weekends, Brookshire said.
Also at Thursday's meeting, the commission heard a request through Sue Brown, circuit clerk, and Brookshire from Judge Mary Sheffield, who was appointed by Gov. Jay Nixon to the Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District.
Sheffield is requesting new office space in the courthouse. According to state statutes, the county may offer the judge office space if available.
District Two Commissioner Bud Dean said the courthouse is going to run out of space, but Brown replied, "We already are short (on space)."
"We don't have a courtroom problem. We have a scheduling problem," Dean said. "I hate to obligate funds (for space) that we can use in other places. I'd like to do this, but it takes money and it takes space."
Brown said Sheffield suggested placing her office, where probate files are stored, but Brown said she doesn't know where to relocate the files then. "All of my storage is full," Brown said.
Stratman said he received a request from the public administrator for more space and noted that the prosecutor's office had to be relocated at one time. "Everyone in the court system is expanding," Stratman said.
Presiding Commissioner Randy Verkamp said the commission will consider the request, but made no decision Thursday.
Additionally, it was noted that as of Thursday morning, nobody had filed for the one seat open on the Phelps County Regional Medical Center Board of Trustees.
The trustee elected will serve a five-year term. The seat is currently held by Dr. John Park, board chair. Qualified candidates may file until Jan. 15 at 5 p.m. in the county clerk's office.
Also, there are four seats up for election on the Phelps County Emergency Services Board. The candidates elected will serve four-year terms. The seats are volunteer positions.
Two of the candidates must live in District One of Phelps County and the other two candidates must live in District Two. Candidates for these races also can file until 5 p.m. Jan. 15 with the county clerk's office.


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Athletics Academic Services
Additional Resources
Athletics Academic Services works closely with faculty, coaches and other student support services to ensure the academic success of Titan student-athletes.
The mission of Athletics Academic Services is twofold:
1) to provide effective life skills and academic support services for CSUF student-athletes to encourage timely graduation
2) to ensure student-athletes receive the information they need to be in compliance with institutional and NCAA rules governing continuing eligibility. Academic assistance is provided to all student-athletes through a variety of academic programming and services outlined below:
It is mandatory for all new and continuing student-athletes to meet with an Athletics Academic Services Counselor at least once per semester for general education academic advisement. Additionally, once student-athletes have declared a major, they must also meet with their major advisors at least once per semester to ensure they are making satisfactory progress toward graduation in major coursework. Student-athletes are advised to select courses which will not only help them maintain athletics eligibility, but also lead them directly to graduation. Further, the advisement process encourages student-athletes to take ownership of their academic progress and make appropriate decisions regarding their goals.
Academic counseling is designed to provide proactive academic monitoring and guidance for student-athletes confronting a variety of academic challenges. Regular individual meetings with Athletics Academic Counselors are designed to facilitate the development of study skills, such as note-taking, effective reading strategies, test preparation, and time management. Referrals to tutoring provided by Athletics Academic Services or other campus resources are made on an individual basis.
Priority registration helps ensure that student-athletes can develop schedules which will allow them to carry a full class load, make progress toward graduation and compete in their respective sports. All student-athletes, including those who have exhausted their eligibility, receive priority registration. Student-athletes are notified of the first day of priority registration. They are strongly encouraged to take advantage of the priority registration date to ensure that they get the classes they need for graduation and for scheduling purposes.
Tutoring is provided to student-athletes in a variety of ways including:
• University Learning Center (PLN, 2nd Floor; x2738): Tutoring for almost all undergraduate general education courses. Appointments or submit a paper for online writing: fullerton.edu/ulc
• Writing Center (PLN, 1st Floor; x3650): Assistance with writing assignments. Drop in and appointments.
• Math Lab & Tutoring Center (MH 187, x3631): Mathematics tutoring on a drop-in basis.
• Opportunity Center for Student Success (MH 488 x4158): Math, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics tutoring on a drop-in basis.
• College of Business and Economics (SGMH 2404 West Pavilion x2704): Accounting, Business Writing, Statistics, Programming and Finance tutoring. Drop in and appointments.
Athletics Academic Services can arrange one-on-one tutoring sessions for more specialized needs.
The Athletics Study Hall provides a structured learning environment with computers and study tables for student-athletes to work independently on their class assignments. Computer Lab Monitors are on hand to maintain a quality learning environment, record attendance and assist with lab maintenance. All first semester freshmen and student-athletes whose cumulative grade-point average falls below a 2.5 are required to complete mandatory study hall hours each week. Student-athletes that do not meet the above-mentioned criteria may also be required to attend study hall if their Athletics Academic Services counselor and/or coach determine it would facilitate their academic success. The Athletics Study Hall (LH-217) is open Monday-Thursday from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm and Friday from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm.
Athletics Academic Services requests mid-semester Academic Grade Checks for every student-athlete at least once per semester. Academic Grade Checks are initiated via an online, web-based program in which individual faculty are prompted to complete a form assessing the academic performance of student-athletes in their class(es). For additional feedback, Athletics Academic Services counselors may request that an individual student-athlete meet with faculty to complete a "hand-carried" Grade Check. This practice encourages student-athletes to communicate directly with faculty concerning their performance in courses and possible strategies to improve their academic success.
This feedback is organized and reviewed by Athletics Academic Counselors and disseminated to the appropriate coaches. If feedback from the Academic Grade Checks indicate a need for academic support and/or tutoring, Athletics Academic Services works with coaches, faculty, and the student-athlete to address concerns and make any necessary referrals and/or plans for improvement.
Titan Athletics, the Big West Conference and the NCAA honor student-athletes who excel academically and athletically. Continuing student-athletes that are enrolled in at least 12 units and achieve a 3.0 average for the preceding spring and fall semesters, along with first semester freshmen and first semester transfer student-athletes that are enrolled in at least 12 units and earn a 3.2 GPA for their first semester, receive the Titan Scholar-Athlete Award. If a student-athlete's semester GPA is a 3.50 or higher for at least 12 units of graded coursework he/she will be place on the University-wide Dean's Honor List for that semester.
All first-time freshman student-athletes are strongly encouraged to take University 115. University 115 is a one-unit course designed to help student-athletes develop skills in personal, academic, career and community service success. The course is available for interested transfer student-athletes as well.
The NCAA CHAMPS/Life Skills program was developed to prepare student-athletes for life challenges beyond the playing field. The program helps student-athletes develop the individual skills necessary to lead successful, productive lives and become leaders and contributors to the community and the nation. The program consists of five components: academic excellence, athletic excellence, career development, personal development, and service, and is designed to help student-athletes not only bridge the gap from high school to college and from college to the professional world, but also to make meaningful contributions to their communities. The program serves as a resource for students who want to explore issues in personal academic service and career development and provides speakers and/or facilitates discussions on other life skills related topics
In order to minimize interference with student-athletes' academic programs, coaches will limit organized practice activities, the length of their playing seasons, the number of regular-season contests/ dates of competition, and participation in non-collegiate-sponsored athletics activities. All schedules are reviewed and approved by an appropriate Athletics administrator. No schedules may be created or contests scheduled without the approval of the appropriate sports supervisor. An important purpose of the review is to minimize missed class time. Any excessive class time missed by a team must be approved in advance by the Athletics Advisory Council.
No class time shall be missed for practice activities except when a team is traveling to an away contest and the practice is in conjunction with the contest.
No intercollegiate events may be scheduled during finals week, with the exception of NCAA or Big West Conference post-season competition, which occasionally coincides with finals. Any exception to this policy must have prior approval of the Athletics Advisory Council.
Athletics Academic Services utilizes a "Missed Class Letter" for notifying instructors of competition and travel dates. Student-athletes should submit this letter to each course faculty during the first week of school that their sport is in season. The "Missed Class Letter" includes a sports schedule and dates of classes the student-athlete will miss for away-travel. Student- athletes are responsible for reviewing the syllabus for each course right away to determine what, if any, classes will be missed due to competition-related travel. At this time, student-athletes must discuss conflicts with each course faculty to determine plans for making up missed class time, assignments and/or exams. If there are potential problems, it is imperative that student-athletes speak with their Athletics Academic Counselor, as soon as possible, as students cannot drop and add classes after the second week of class.
Student-athletes are expected to attend every class meeting unless competition, serious injury, or serious illness prevents such attendance. Students who must miss class to represent the University or to participate in a University-sponsored activity must remind the class instructor in writing a minimum of two weeks in advance of the absence. Given prior notice, instructors are encouraged to allow students to make up class work, complete class work in advance of the class absence, or complete an alternative assignment without penalty. In case of a disagreement about whether an activity constitutes a University-sponsored activity, the appropriate administrator will make the determination.
Student-athletes are expected to be on time for every class. If unforeseen circumstances cause a student-athlete to be late or miss the class, he/she should meet the instructor after class or make an appointment to apologize and explain the circumstances.
The mission of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) is to enhance the quality of the student-athlete experience at Cal State Fullerton. SAAC is dedicated to connecting student-athletes to the university and to one another, and providing student-athletes with avenues for voicing opinions and concerns to Athletics and the University.
The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee:
Strives to develop champions for life through leadership, school involvement, academic support and community outreach; Establishes and maintains open channels of communication with all student-athletes and administration in order to appropriately express any issues of concern relevant to student-athletes; Gives student-athletes the opportunity to contribute to the betterment of the University and the community as a whole in the hope that they will use their athletic abilities to enhance the lives of others as well as themselves; and Educates student-athletes about rights and regulations that pertain to them in accordance with Conference and NCAA guidelines.
SAAC has two voting representatives from each of the intercollegiate teams, as well as the cheer and dance teams and the student athletic trainers. Each team elects two representatives to the Committee. The team representatives on the Committee elect their board members. All student-athletes are welcome to attend Council meetings and should contact a representative if they have interest or inquiries. At the meetings, representatives discuss matters affecting student-athlete life and welfare, learn about NCAA and Conference rules, and plan events. The Associate Director of Athletics/Director of Athletics Academic Services and the Assistant Director of Athletics for Compliance serve as Staff Advisor to the Council.
Council meetings are held once per month and are open to all student-athletes.
SAAC members participate in the Big West Conference SAAC (meetings twice per year attended by two officers) and in the NCAA Division I national SAAC.


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Reviewed by Averie B. (age 8)
My favorite part of the book is when he stops moving and he is not moving at all. I thought it was really funny.
I liked mouse the best because he was really good at the things that he was doing to try to calm down. Like when he tried to stomp around like bear.
This book reminds me of when we had a mouse in our house in our pantry.
I for kindergarteners and maybe first graders too. They would like it because it is a funny book and maybe they get mad like mouse sometimes.


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Centre scored both of its offensive touchdowns on drives which totaled just three plays and added a defensive score on the way to a 24-10 win over Centre in the Tigers' home opener at Blackstock Stadium. The Tigers slipped to 1-3 with their third straight loss, while the Colonels improved to 4-0.
DePauw's defense came up big in the opening quarter as the Tigers stopped the Colonels on fourth-and-goal from the 1 with Jack Quinn stopping Centre's Jonathan Pinque.
The Tigers quickly moved out of the shadow of their own end zone and drove to the Centre 31 after Jackson Kirtley (left) completed a 33-yard pass to Brody Schoen on third down. DePauw fumbled on the next play, but Centre fumbled on the recovery which gave the Tigers the ball on the Centre 41. DePauw was unable to capitalize and was forced to punt.
Early in the second Centre recovered a DePauw fumble at the Tigers' seven and needed just two plays with quarterback Tyler Osterman scoring from the 5 and giving the Colonels a 7-0 lead.
On their next series, the Colonels drove to the DePauw 5, but the Tigers' Steve Valdiserri intercepted Osterman in the end zone to end the threat. Centre's Jordan Gay booted a 30-yard field goal as time expired in the first half with the Colonels leading, 10-0.
Centre quickly pushed that to 17-0 as Michael Del Prince returned the second half kickoff 48 yards and Osterman completed a 45-yard scoring pass to Rob Melillo on the first play of the half.
DePauw reached the board on its initial possession of the third as the Tigers' drove to the Centre 13 before Eric Malm booted a 31-yard field goal to trim the lead to 17-3 with 8:41 remaining in the third.
The big blow for the Tigers came early in the fourth as Les Bolden scooped up a DePauw fumble at the Tigers' 20-yard line and scored to make it 24-3 with 12:54 remaining.
The Tigers' next series ended on downs at the Centre 30 and the following one on an interception.
DePauw's Myron Burr blocked Gay's 24-yard field goal try with 2:21 left and the Tigers took over on their own 15. Kirtley drove the Tigers to the Centre 1 including a 24-yard scamper and Bryan Coleman scored form the 1 with just 41 seconds left.
DePauw held a 20-19 advantage in first downs including 11 in the fourth quarter. Centre outgained the Tigers, 329-284 with DePauw holding a 143-137 edge on the ground.
Kirtley paced DePauw with 95 rushing yards on 18 carries and passed for 141 yards while completing 15-of-32. Schoen hauled in seven for 78 yards.
Osterman completed 15-of-25 passes for 192 yards with Melillo catching five for 74 yards. Pinque rushed for 74 yards on 19 carries.
Ben Brandstatter (right) led the DePauw defense with 14 total tackles, while Mitch Dwenger and Robby Schuler each added seven. Patrick Keller had the Tigers' lone sack.
Jared Ferguson led Centre with nine tackles with Michael Bozarth and Ryan Gallas adding seven each. Paul Megilligan and Grant Poston had one sack apiece in the win.
DePauw is off next week and returns to action on October 15 when it travels to Sewanee.