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Those of you that know me, know two things; 1> I LOVE linux. and 2> I LOVE to complain.
Now I get to satisfy BOTH my loves in ONE RANT!
There is a change in developement direction in the Linux community as of late… Gnome. I like gnome and above all else I have really not had many complaints about it. it's the GDM. The display manager. The gui. I have grown accustom to how it works, looks, and feels. I quite like gnome 2.3 and I thought I'd never NOT like gnome! untill now.
The Gnome development group (gnome.org) some 13 months ago started to rethink their graphic environment. Maybe it was the general "same-ness" they perceived in it's similarities between gnome and the other WMs out there, maybe they dropped one too many acid hits. I don't know. but this idea came up that they wanted to develop a "shell" over gnome. Now I understand the concept of "sand-boxing"–which is where you build safeties into your environment by making most of said environment static and unchangeable– however when you make that sandbox not only visible, but in some ways an obstruction to actual function, that's where you lose me.
In gnome 2, when I wanted to change my wallpaper, I could right-click on the desktop and select "change wallpaper". In gnome 3… I have to go to system preferences, then background, then I can change the wallpaper… why the extra step?
In gnome 2 when I wanted to switch to an application on another workspace, I need only right-click on the application tab in the panel and click move to workspace-<which ever workspace I wanted>. in Gnome 3 to move an application to another panel, I have to click on "activity" then drag the application to another workspace. Now for this example, moving the application is just as easy–some would argue it's even easier–however, I point out that the original option is absent! I don't even have the option to perform the task the way I am used to!
And this brings me to example 3. In gnome 3 If I don't like the gnome shell, I can disable it. A nice feature to be sure as this brings me to a version of the Gnome desktop I am most familiar with! however, this desktop has lost much of it's old functionality… remember in my last two examples I pointed to the "right-click" menu? well in gnome 3, there is no right-click. in every test instance I have tried of gnome 3, from fedora 15 to Suse, to arch, every test instance of gnome 3 minus the gnome shell, there. is. no. right-click.
I'm, sorry Gnome developers… but… really? The act of FORCING your users to change mindset like that is something Microsoft would do. do you really want to be lumpped into the same group as Micro$oft, $ony, or worse, A₱₱£€?!?
I could ignore the obvious imperfections of the gnome shell, if you gave me a way to have a regular looking gnome desktop back… but you removed the right-click functionality outside the shell…
and here's the kicker, I seem to be the only one who makes these complaints… why is everyone else so quick to jump on the change bandwagon?!? all the major distros seem to be migrating to gnome 3!…like it's some great new thing!
I try to love linux… I really do… but sometimes you "community" developers make it so damn difficult.
…and renfeld, before you start telling me how great windows 7 runs… STFU.
My favorite part: "Isn't this [world] enough?", "to guild refined gold, to paint the Lilly, to throw perfume on the violet is… just… fucking silly. "
unboxing videos suck…
ya'know, when did this become a vlog?!?
Why can't people wrap their minds arround this? Read 3D will not have a 2D plane to focus on, it will be 3D, plain and simple.


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Jeux sans frontieres is a Europe-wide television game show that was inspired by the matches between French cities which were usually played in swimming pools. The real inspiration of such games came up from the head of the General Charles de Gaulle whose wish was that French and German youth would meet in a series of funny games to reinforce the friendship between France and Germany.
In 1965, three French men (Pedro Brime, Claude Savarit, Jean-Louis Marest) brought the idea of the European games. Teams representing France, Germany, Belgium, and Italy took part in the first edition of the show called Inter Nations Games.
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I could do this one! I like this because it is just fun.
Wow! I love it. She wore her sweater backwards...I love that styling.
what happened to some of your recent pics from men.style.com?
the equestrian male boots and the silk print scarves--i can't find them anymore on the blog there.
was there a glitch? i really loved those shots!
thanks, scott.
she looks adorable...this outfit would normally look very shapeless but somehow it works! Love her curls too!
For a quick second I thought her head spun all the way around!
Very cute, lovely smile, one of the friendliest girls I've seen on the blog, the kind that used to leave me heartbroken and unconsolably sad when I returned to Toronto from summer holidays in Sorrento, when I was in high school.
Even though I really love this look, I personally would have chosen another sweater, something not too baggy.
how would you define the overall style of milan? of the younger people mainly? because i have lived in london for two years now but lived in italy before, and i've always felt young italians are much more clichèed than the rest of europe or the world..what do you think?
I used to do that in high school... guess I wasn't wrong after all!
That reminds me of my hi-school days, we wore our shetland cardigans backwards.
No, this time I don't agree with you sart... it's all too baggy. Dress must do something for your figure.
Ah, I see the popularity of Kris Kross has finally made it to Milan after all these years.
(FYI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kris_Kross)
did she wear her sweater backwards or was it designed like that? i remember having one of these when i was really young...
feels like the 80s! yay!
ps. love her tights - she looks so fun!
Absolute genius...Everything ties in together. This one is such an inspiration. :D
A friendly smile is priceless.
She looks like someone who's working a show.
You make me jealous! I want to go to Italy, too!!
She looks awesome! Love the sweater!
Love it -- and she looks so happy. Love that her pieces aren't all dark colors.
I like the black tights or the shoes, but not both.
Oooh the skirts from Marni - fall collection. Suits her.
believe it or not I wear my sweaters backwards sometimes...I love it!
She looks like a very lively person, but her clothes are doing her no favor. It's all too baggy and the oatmeal sweater is terrible. Trust me, unless you are quite dark(maybe), the color oatmeal is not your friend.
Good Lord, Sart! I love the buttons down the back look, but really- this is mid-90's with mod print. Sorry, but this is the first time I have to disagree.
i wish the sweater were bigger or smaller - or something. this doesn't work for me...
I like her, and isn't it unusual to see someone in Milan who doesn't appear to take her clothes too seriously? Italian fashion is impeccable but sometimes stifling. Nice print on her skirt too.
If I were a man, and I am not, I would absolutely fall in love with this woman. She looks so sexy, carefree, fun and huggable. Don't you just want to whisk her away for an afternoon at an amusement park eating hotdogs in the sun? 100% woman, not girl, without advertising this fact to the world with tight clothing. You can't fake this kind of authenticity. We all dream of being this kind of woman.
Total Marni look...
Shame I hate to crit such a lovely and friendly looking girl but that oatmeal (I mean even the name of that colour sounds terrible) granny sweater ain't cool, not at all.
A Balenciaga First can be surpassed only by a Balenciaga First used and distressed witin an inch of its life!
who gives a flying fig whether the colors/prints are "it" for this year or if the sweater isn't the prescribed shape. here is a lovely picture of a lovely young lady looking, well, lovely. she doesn't look like she slobbers over a magazine being force-fed a look that she must, absolutely must emulate for fear of rejection. in fact, she looks HAPPY! what a breath of fresh air! how in the world can anyone criticize that?
So fun! Proportionally I wold have chosed to wear it with a tight pair of scinny black jeans. If the Cardigan is long enough to cover her bum it would also look awsome with thick, black wool stockings (not tights, seen that enough). The skirt with the big size cardigan makes it all a little unshapable. But she pulled it of being so cherful and sweet.
The sweater is not working for me. She looks nice and approachable, but also like it started raining and she borrowed a sweater from a friend to protect the silk top she was wearing ... just no.
i love this look, but i think it would look more feminine with a belt.
Like the Senor Wences toes with the skirt. Like her comfort in general.
Would itch to roll up those sleeves, backwards or forwards, after some time of posing.
She looks so good! Love the black and tan and all the trouble she has gone to, to coordinate her outfit. And wearing the cardigan backwards is such a great idea to turn it completely into "her own".
Does everybody on this site blindly adore every ensemble? This is not a good look.
I love this, I'm going to have to try the backwards sweater sometime!
Yay Sara! She always looks amazing. Love her Cardi! Miss you! x


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The Downsizing Marathon
Packing up the family heirlooms lets everyone involved relive great memories.
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When I was a girl, I had a yellow Easter dress with a matching parasol purse. Hand-me-downs were a way of life for us, so it was exquisitely special to have a dress that was all mine from the time it was new. I wanted that dress to remain mine—forever. I would squeeze myself into it like a sausage into its casing while proclaiming that it still fit, hoping to avoid the dreaded act of passing my favorite along to my younger cousin. That's a bit how The Big Move has felt—as if we were trying to squeeze all my parents' treasures from a large, four-bedroom house into a two-bedroom apartment. I think my parents really thought they'd be in their house "forever," just the way I had felt about my dress.
The decision to move and the process of choosing my parent's new home were physically and emotionally exhausting for all of us. In hindsight, however, they were nothing compared to the downsizing process. There were myriad decisions to make, including sorting through a lifetime of precious keepsakes from my parents' travels around the world, clothing, antiques, family heirlooms, furniture, and books. It was a daunting task—overwhelming to me (and if I felt that way, you can imagine how my parents felt about it). Just contemplating the need to part with a lifetime of acquisitions was exhausting for my parents, and I wanted to spare them as much of the strain as possible.
To make matters more intense, other responsibilities had forced me to delay my arrival in Arizona to the week before moving day. A downsizing marathon in a week? Crazy? Yes, indeed.
What Happens to the House?
Determining the fate of the house was crucial. That decision would, in part, determine the time line and flexibility in packing and moving. It's not a great time to sell a house in Phoenix right now, and I've wanted to be near my parents to support them in the coming years. So I've decided to try cross-country living for a while.
I will have a base in my parents' home and will travel back to Washington, D.C., as needed. For many years, I have lived in Washington and traveled quite frequently to Phoenix. I want to help my parents with this transition, to ensure they receive quality care and support, and to spend as much time with them as possible during, as my dad has jokingly referred to it, their "golden years."
What Goes and What Stays?
Many families going through The Big Move hire consultants to help with sorting. It's difficult to part with that favorite set of dishes or item of clothing, and even with mementos that may not look like much but have sentimental value. Sometimes an objective person rather than a family member makes the process faster and easier.
However, because I am a glutton for punishment and like to organize, I undertook this process mostly by myself, as my sister's time during that week was eaten up with other responsibilities. This was a money-saver but also a time-consumer. While the abbreviated time frame made the process stressful, I had worked with my parents bit-by-bit on organizing and weeding-out projects for several years. I was exceedingly grateful I had initiated those projects, as we had less work to do in the home stretch.
The review-sort-pack process helped ease some of the grieving as we laughed, tried things on, and found "ancient" treasures, some of which my niece had never seen. The artifacts helped us relive family stories, such as:
- Mom's wedding dress that my grandmother made but hadn't quite finished on wedding day—instead of putting in a zipper, she'd sewed it on my mom! I'm afraid this set a precedent for many not-quite-ready episodes for our family.
- Dad's wedding shoes, shiny and barely worn since that day in 1950, still fit perfectly. A spontaneous reenactment of the wedding took place as we packed, of course.
- Dad's infant sweater and cap, hand-knit by his mother, did not still fit perfectly, although we tried of course.
- A porcelain doll my mom remembered making, adorning with painstakingly handmade clothes and booties, still had its perfectly hand-painted eyelashes.
- Scores of hats included a red polka-dot floppy hat worn by my mom in the '60s, a little cap worn by my dad when he was a kid, and a beach hat with a bright orange tie (my mom had worn it so stunningly that I thought she looked like Jackie Kennedy). All of us packers tried on hats, and silly-hat photos were a must—a great way to break the packing tension!
- The pièce de résistance was my dad's letter sweater from Riley High School, which still fits him, 68 years later. He put the sweater on and, a bit choked up, heartily sang his high-school fight song. I captured it all on video, to create a new family treasure. How many of you can still sing your high-school fight songs?!
There were many surprises. As we sorted through clothes, filling 10 bags with items to give away, I discovered my dad had 20 short-sleeved white shirts. Yes, a score. We pared the number down to about 14, a major triumph. No, he said, he was not contemplating a career in a bakery; he just likes white shirts. "They go with everything." So true.
To determine what furniture would fit into the new apartment, I used large, flip-chart paper pre-marked with a grid. That enabled me to count out the square feet and create a huge floor plan of the apartment. I used the gridded paper to cut out proportioned representations of all my parents' current furniture. We tried all the alternative arrangements and narrowed down which of their treasured antiques and practical favorites could make the move. This helped us decide what had to be packed.
The goal was to give the apartment as much of my parents' current setup as possible. I observed their everyday routines and tried to arrange things so they would feel as few disruptions as possible. For my parents, there would be many unpredictable new things, so minimizing the extent of change was essential:
- We recreated the setup in the family room and dinette area.
- The key things in my mom and dad's bedroom would be set up the same way—such as the cedar chest at the end of the bed, where my mom sits to put her shoes on each morning.
- The phones would be placed in similar spots.
- A cabinet with a counter-height top would strategically adjoin the table so their calendar and other items they kept on the kitchen counter would be easy to reach.
The layout chart greatly reassured Mom, who thought she'd have to leave more behind than she actually needed to in the end.
It all looked good—on paper anyway.
Preparing the Apartment
To ensure all would be ready on moving day, I made lists on flip charts and posted them where we could all see them and track our progress. Organization was crucial for our sanity—especially seeing the progress. When the lists seem unending, it helps everyone immeasurably to plainly see that we have been racing, or more accurately, inching, forward.
I created and updated four lists as we progressed: 1) "The Big Move" Master Plan; 2) Decisions to Make; 3) Things to Do; and 4) Shopping.
We chose paint colors and got a contractor to build the fence for my parents' dog, Jackson. We shopped for a new refrigerator with a water dispenser in the door, because that was what they were accustomed to at home (hydration being a major issue in Arizona). Only after trips to several stores did we discover that refrigerators do not come small enough to fit into the new kitchen. So instead, I arranged to have a reverse-osmosis water filter installed.
We bought outdoor carpeting for the patios to help prevent slips and falls. I bought handheld showerheads to make bathing easier and checked to make sure the new faucets would be easy to use, even for people with arthritic hands. Details, details, details—and of course, none of the home accessories had simple, one-step installation; each one came with its own adventure.
We struggled with what would make the apartment feel like home. Their familiar furniture would work, but we wanted to add a few other touches. Besides, it's exciting to get new things. Before the move, we settled on a new sleeper sofa, recliners, and new towels, shower curtains, and other bathroom accoutrements.
Shopping for the bathroom accessories late one night after a long day of packing went something like this (I wish I'd had a video camera):
Mom: Stare at one shower curtain for 15 minutes, then at another one for another 15 minutes. Repeat four times. Choose the first one she found. (She is more like her mother every day.)
Dad: Spend two minutes looking at shower curtains. "That one is blue. I like it. Anything blue is good." (It matches his eyes.) "I'll get that one." Done.
Mom: Stare at each and every color towel in the store (she picked a white shower curtain so any color towel would work). Repeat four times. Finally decide on a color. Look at each type of towel in that color at least twice.
Dad: "Those towels are blue, and they are on sale. I like them. Get those towels." Done.
It was hilarious, and an extra dose of drama was thrown in as the store began to close around us. It was reassuring to see that some things never change. As we age, we are who we are—just more so.
We were assured all would be ready by moving day. We believed the promise and therefore didn't call to check before we loaded the moving van. That was our first mistake…
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According to published reports, several members of the board's Parks Committee protested that the Committee Chairman, Steven Fiedler, has a conflict of interest that prevents him from being open-minded about a dog run at Juniper Valley Park.
Although the borough president and her staff is reviewing the protest this week, the Executive Committee saw no reason the issue should be taken out of the hands of the Parks Committee.
Joe Pisano, president of the Juniper Valley Park Dog Association, which is advocating for a dog run, said he hopes a resolution can be reached soon.
"Only good things will happen from this," Pisano said. "I don't understand what the hold up is."


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This week's bake coincides with Baking with Dorie's first anniversary as a group!! Happy Anniversary to my fellow BWDers, Grapefruit who is also our founder, Chaya, Laurie, Rebecca, Mia, Jen and Elizabeth.
We collectively chose Brownie Buttons on page 106 of Baking from My Home to Yours by Dorie Greenspan. These were ready in a spiffy and so yummy too!!
Instead of white chocolate frosting as suggested by Dorie, I went the easy way out with Nutella and and sprinkled some decorative pearls for a festive look! For the recipe, go to Grapefruit's blog.
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Friday, 22 April 2011
Felting for the fearful...
We were all indulging in wet felting and started by choosing what we would like to make in our two hour session, a felted flower or scarf moving on to using more complex techniques with a resist which holds the two sides of your felting apart if you were making a bag or an all in one flower. We then chose from the luscious colours of the merino tops... these are what you would use if you were going to spin your own wool. I defy you not to find a shade you like!
Felting is a process of layering and matting the fibres to hold together using teased fibres, hot water and soap. You can see in the pic below, various shade of merino together with some silk threads to give softness and contrast.
And if you have the imagination you can even add in beads (!) light fabrics - the sparkles are on a net fabric which has been trimmed to make the centre of a flower. As long as you overlap the "foreign" objects to catch them, they will stay in place.
Bet you are all wondering what the bubble wrap is for... well you use that to agitate the fibres. You place the fibres on the wrap as you lay them out and then thoroughly wet all the fibres with a warm water and soap solution and place another layer on top, then more soap and water and start what I can best describe a deep tissue massage to mat the fibres together.
Next stage is wringing out the soap solution and rolling up to shrink with a bamboo mat... messy but your hands will never be cleaner! Then off to rinse with hot water to remove all of the soap solution.
Here is Jeanette Trim (in the centre) showing a couple of classmates how to style a finished flower... check out the flower on her scarf.
And here are a couple of the flowers which my colleagues created.
I made something a little different, a flower with a resist (an solid pattern piece around which the felting is done) and when the felting process is completed you cut it out to reveal the swirling pattern inside.
And for a first go, I am pretty chuffed... especially with the stamens and the way that the stem looks as though it belongs to the flower.
So there you go, my FO Friday make for Ravelry - let me know what you think?
13 comments:
- Tink said...
I love your flower! It looks so real.
So interesting to see fiber being used in a different way. Thanks for sharing!
- 22 April 2011 at 19:17
- Becca said...
Your flower is beautiful! :D
- 22 April 2011 at 23:10
- Aviya Glass said...
Gorgeous flower, love the colours! Well done!
- 23 April 2011 at 06:10
- Picto said...
looks really lovely, nice colours too.
Jan x
- 23 April 2011 at 15:04
- Yarn Dependent Me said...
I might be visiting and borrowing some flowers. Just you know, temporarily.
- 24 April 2011 at 06:00
- Your Friend Susie said...
Oh wow. Oh wow! Looks fun, but it looks like a class would surely be called for. Your flower is stunning! Super job! I'm so impressed.
- 25 April 2011 at 15:44
- Carolee Crafts said...
The flower is so pretty and the colours very effective.
- 25 April 2011 at 16:35
- Wendy said...
Wow, wow and more wow. I was so excited reading this I think I need to go on a felting course!!! Like I need another obsession/craft/thing to do! I love that flower!
Thanks for taking part in HM x
- 25 April 2011 at 16:57
- loody said...
They're beautiful!!! Well done :D
- 25 April 2011 at 21:06
- Polly Polkadot said...
Love the way the stem blends into the flower, just like a real flower does. Fab
- 26 April 2011 at 10:28
- dreamstar said...
I've just spent this weekends craft fair back to back with a felter and she was demonstrating so i have seen all that you have described first hand and was fascinated by the technique. Your flower looks great Ros, well done.
My flowers sold well, by the way at the weekend tho my pen cases and mobile phone cases were more popular than anything.
- 26 April 2011 at 22:51
- GiftsByJenny said...
What amazing flowers! Felting is something I would love to have a go at one day - I keep hinting to my husband about a local felting course (my birthday is coming up in the summer) but he says it would be too much like work. Sometimes men just don't 'get it' do they?!! x
- 27 April 2011 at 13:24
- rosiepink said...
Your flower (made with the resist) is wonderful. Look forward to seeing what you make next!
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One year ago today was one year since I wrote on this blog. Since I even opened the blogger page, as a matter of fact.
There are many, many reasons behind this. One, that I've talked about before, is Facebook. That's my outlet now.
But that's not the biggest reason. The biggest reason is that, contrary to what I thought on June 12, 2010, CPE experiences are, many times, not something to be shared. It is such an intense, personal, unique-to-every-person, challenging experience, that a public blog isn't really the place to write about it. (That said, if you found my blog because you are a chaplain/ spouse and are headed to CPE, contact me. I will share. :-)
On June 12, 2010, I had no.idea. what was about to hit. I think someone could have even told me about what CPE was like for them, and I still would have been unprepared.
Enough on that.
On to other news. Thankfully (though that word seems immensely inadequate), CPE is OVER! Next week we are on to Ft. Leavenworth, KS, where Jon will be utilizing the CPE training at the prison. He will do well in that environment... and I will do well back in the midwest and within a day's drive of family! :-)
Speaking of family... #3 will be here in September! I might just break my "once a year blogging" routine and tell you a little more about that. Maybe.
Anyway. Last night, I got a Facebook message from Meredith telling me she found a comment I left on her blog a couple years ago - long before we ever imagined we'd meet, let alone knew our husbands would go through CPE together! It gave me some motivation to sign back in, and here I am. Will I come back any time soon? Probably not. Maybe. We'll see...


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Micron today announced a new PCIe all-flash I/O accelerator to improve overall performance in enterprise servers, appliances and storage platforms. The new Micron P420m combines consistent performance with the inherent power efficiency of an all-flash system to deliver improved economics for enterprise data centers. The P420m accelerates performance of today's demanding data center applications, including online transaction processing (OLTP), data warehousing and virtualization. The drive will be available in 350GB, 700GB and 1.4TB capacitiesi. Micron is currently sampling the P420m with production expected to begin in June 2013.
"The P420m is a true workhorse—it delivers where performance matters most," said Ed Doller, VP and general manager of Micron's Enterprise SSD division. "Introduction of the P420m is a testament to our commitment to storage innovation for all levels of integration. We've expanded our portfolio to address the changing storage needs of today's data centers, regardless the workload."


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In 1951, Ralph Moore purchased a section of land on the western shore of the Tennessee River at approximately mile marker 30. This land was undeveloped and could have been utilized for any number of projects. In fact, for many years after its purchase, cattle and sheep grazed upon this diamond in the rough. Moore, a developer and homebuilder by trade, constructed a four-unit cottage, a bait shop and a campground.
A few years later, Moore added a restaurant and grocery to the grounds and soon to follow, a gift shop. This property, known as "Moore's Camp," had become the second tourist-related facility on a very young and yet undiscovered Kentucky Lake. The business developed primarily as a result of family vacationers, who continued to return with their children and grandchildren every season. Over the years Moore's Camp established itself as a family tradition.
By the 1970's the "camp" had become a full-service resort facility and was renamed Moors Resort & Marina. The business was family-owned and operated by the Moore family until 1986. That year, a group of investors from western Kentucky and northwest Tennessee bought Moors Resort with hopes of promoting expansion and development in this area of the country. In 1990 they hired Mark Wood to manage the resort facility. He was no stranger to the lakes, having been employed in tourism-related businesses since the 1970's. In October 2002, Mark and Kathy Wood saw a dream become a reality when they became the sole owners of Moors.
Paradise Found
Kentucky Lake has blossomed over the years and developed into a vacationer's paradise. While Kentucky Lake is known as the "Crappie Fishing Capital of the World," many nationally-recognized tournaments and organizations come for bass fishing as well. Let's not forget the leisure-time fisherman either, because nothing relieves stress as much as getting into a boat and sitting in calm water dangling a line, whether anything happens to bite or not. Fishing is one of the more obvious draws to the lake, but the list of activities is endless. Boating has something for everyone in the family. Dad may want to fish while the kids want to go tubing and mom may want to stretch out in the sun with a good book. The famous "Rock Quarry" is just across from the Moors and lures thousands of guests each year. The cliff walls are covered with graffiti, not tacky or distasteful, and many of the "rock paintings" show quite an artistic flair.
Another draw to the area is Land Between The Lakes. This inland peninsula formed when the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers were impounded, creating Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley. Bordered on three sides by water, Land Between The Lakes is a 170,000-acre national recreation area in Western Kentucky and Tennessee. The eastern shoreline of Kentucky Lake, the land you see when you look across the lake from Moors Resort, is the USDA Forest Services Land Between The Lakes (LBL) National Recreation Area. LBL offers all the outdoor recreation "basics," with some unique opportunities for environmental education and historic interpretation. This recreation area consists of many attractions, trails and facilities. Beyond the traditional water sports, sightseeing is the ultimate for those who enjoy nature and all things beautiful. The lake area is a photographer's dream, amateur and professional alike.
Future Plans
While 57 years have come and gone since the Moore family stared this operation, the "Moors Family" is stronger than ever. Still family-owned and operated, the Woods, along with their two daughters Mandy and Lizzy, look forward to the continued growth and expansion of Moors Resort & Marina. What began all those years ago as a campsite for enthusiastic fishermen has expanded to include a full-service marina facility with 200 slips capable of housing boats of all sizes, a ships' store and gas dock, two concrete launching ramps and a large fleet of rental boats. The campground has become a 115-site full hook-up camping area surrounded on three sides by the lake and bath-house facilities that include showers and coin operated laundry. A recreation department is available during the summer months and offers activities for guests and their children.
Finding something to do is not a problem, as the resort has a sandy beach, a day-use picnic area with a volleyball net and basketball court, swimming pool with hot tube area, swing sets, shoreline fishing and postcard-perfect scenery. Lodging facilities are versatile. There are 34 cottages, a 24-room lodge with a great room, which is often used for holiday events, tournament meetings and family reunions. The Moors Restaurant offers onsite catering and on Sunday mornings beckons resort guests and hungry boaters off the lake for the famous all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet. The newly-designed restaurant offers indoor and outdoor dining in a charming, fishing lodge atmosphere, complete with buoys, anchors, nets and nautical memorabilia, representative of a time enjoyed by Ralph Moore and the Moore's Camp families of yesteryear. The gift shop contains souvenirs, knick-knacks, clothing and a limited amount of grocery items. Tucked away in the corner of the gift shop is a country store, selling hand-crafted items and antiques for those who appreciate attention to detail and fine workmanship.
To find Moors by water, travel approximately six miles south of Kentucky Dam. Moors Resort & Marina is located on the west shore at Mile Marker 30 at the mouth of Bear Creek. By land, take exit 25A from Interstate 24 onto Purchase Parkway. Take the first exit (47) and turn left onto US Hwy 68. Go approximately five miles and turn left onto Moors Camp Highway (formerly Hwy 963) and then follow the signs to Moors Resort, about five miles.
For more information on the Gilbertsville, Ky. marina, call 800-626-5472 or visit www.moorsresort.com.
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First thing, I'm not going to beat up on Romney. He ran as Mitt Romney and it is what it is.
The big takeaway is that we are a 50-48 nation, and in some of our most important states, we are a 49-49 state. No blowout, no mandate; a status quo election, and the results in the Senate and House validate that.
Some can say that like Carter and Bush 41, Obama was beatable. Carter was a rolling train wreck inside a rolling train wreck. Bush 41 thought he could spend a ton of post Desert Storm political capital by throwing his base under the "No New Taxes" bus, and as a result got a 3rd party run that put Clinton in the White House with 43% of the vote. Obama is many things, but he is not Carter or Bush 41.
President Obama continues to be what he is - regardless of what you think of his policies, he is a likable guy. That counts. He managed to get over 50%, he wins.
The Republicans will spend a fair bit of time picking their belly buttons, and that is good and healthy. While they pick away, here are some thoughts from Sal on self-improvements.
1. Re-balance. Purges are bad, but there are some things that need to be put in their proper place. First of all, the DC-Consultancy once again has proved that is doesn't have what it takes to win. They got their candidate and campaign in 2008 and 2012, and the results speak for themselves. Secondly, going with the "you need good candidates to beat good candidates" idea, the DC-Consultancy along with the another group picked a strange mix of also-rans, old bulls, and untested types that just were not ready for prime time in this election. Even with Obama winning the general - look what happened in the House, with good candidates the Republicans should be at 51 seats minimum in the Senate. The DC-Consultancy needs to find different people and ideas, starting with themselves. The models that put McCain and Romney at the top just ain't cutting it, and neither are they.
Oh, who is that second group that needs re-balancing? It is the people I call the "700 Club socio-cons." These people are part of the conservative block, but their influence needs to be attenuated to their percentage of the vote. That is coming from your humble blogg'r - and evangelical Southerner. Those people's political instincts are about as good as their choice in hair styles. You saw their influence in more than a couple of Senate races. Nuff said.
2. Next, we need a flush of new blood. We should just skip the Baby Boomers and go straight to the exceptional bench of younger Republican leaders in the Senate and Governorships who will be at or near ~50ish in 2016. That bench is strong.
Somewhere is the USA version of a Steven Harper from Canada. If you want success right of center, benchmark him.
3. The Republicans need new blood in their national security advisory circles as well. The "600-ship Navy" and "New Syrian Army support" parallel universe of the last few months was off key, temporally displaced, and never survived the follow-up question. There are a lot of good people with modern ideas, move them to the front of the table please.
4. There are two things that were not emphasized that should have. They are Republican issues, but are being put in the background when they should be on the front.
-- First are the government unions. When government employees have exceptionally higher salaries, better benefits, job security, and better retirement plans than those they are supposed to "serve" - then you have a neo-feudal system of producers and takers. The takers want more and more from the producers and provide little in return but spite and disrespect. Who is serving who again. One, two - a thousand Scott Walkers, please.
-- Freedom. What is the core of freedom? To live your life without as little interference as possible from government, and to keep the fruits of your labor. People want more freedom for their children to have more to look for but poor jobs and high taxes to pay for the debt their parents built up. No one really wants to be a ward of the state. Figure the freedom line out people. It is a wide open field no one has put their flag on properly.
So, "forward" it is. This is a great nation - and there is a lot of ruin in a nation. Four years will be over before you know it. Don't quit, don't withdraw, don't despair (OK, you can despair until the 11th - then think of those who died to let us have elections, and then grow up and get back to the business of a representative republic).
If you think all the above is bollocks and I've gone squish - don't worry. Part of me is, like Mark, with Sir Richard,
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UPDATE: A lot of you need to listen to Ann Coulter .... yes .... Ann Coulter.
Purist conservatives are like idiot hipsters who can't like a band that's popular. They believe that a group with any kind of a following can't be a good band, just as show-off social conservatives consider it a mark of integrity that their candidates -- Akin, Mourdock, Sharron Angle, Christine O'Donnell -- take wildly unpopular positions and lose elections.
It was the same thing with purist libertarian Barry Goldwater, who -- as you will read in my book, "Mugged: Racial Demagoguery From the Seventies to Obama" -- nearly destroyed the Republican Party with his pointless pursuit of libertarian perfection in his vote against the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
I like a band that sells NO albums because it proves they have too much integrity to sell out.
We have a country to save. And just as the laws of elections generally mean the incumbent president wins, they also mean the party out of the White House typically stages a big comeback in midterm elections. BIG. Don't blow it with purist showoffs next time, Republicans.


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This wonderful creation was built by my beloved to save his aching arms
I just love it. Instructions on how to build your own 'skein spinner thingy' coming soon!
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Thursday, April 03, 2008
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Labels: knitting , lego wool winder , skein winder , susan crawford vintage
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- Gudrun Johnston said...
Totally brilliant!
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- Aruba Blue said...
Boys and their toys ..... its fab
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- emmms said...
I love it! What a fantastic gift. xx
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- Queen of the froggers said...
That is super special!
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How utterly ingenious! I can't believe I never thought of building one out of Lego! Now, if only my parents hadn't given all my Lego away years ago... :(
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- vampy said...
that's awesome! I recently built myself a swift out of meccano, it was fun to make, and makes ball winding so much easier.
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Web site for the initiative directed by First Lady Michelle Obama that is dedicated to solving the problem of childhood obesity within a generation so that all children grow up healthy. Provides information on healthy eating and physical activity as well as ways to take action within your community.
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The web site for a program founded by the National Dairy Council and the National Football League (NFL) in collaboration with the USDA, that empowers students to make small changes in support of healthy eating and physical activity.
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Shifting strategy: Infor casts its lot with Microsoft
Infor came out with two significant announcements this morning. Based on a briefing that Infor gave me yesterday, they point to a major strategic shift in direction. Infor's 70,000 customers should take note.
Two announcements
First, Infor announced something called Infor ION, which is a set of software services for application integration, document-based communication, and business process management, across Infor's own applications and non-Infor systems. Infor ION subsumes (my word) Infor's previous work on Open SOA, which was aimed at integrating Infor's existing applications portfolio. Infor is promoting ION as an alternative to "high cost middleware implementations." ION is currently in development, scheduled for release in Q4.
Second, Infor is moving all new product development to Microsoft's technology stack. The elements of the stack include Windows Server, MS Single Sign-On, MS Reporting Services, SQL Server, Silverlight, and Sharepoint. Infor will continue to develop its applications that run on other platforms, such as its IBM Series i and mainframe applications. But all new development will be all Microsoft.
It also means that Infor will deliberately abandon development of its own technology and tools. For example, in the briefing Infor said it was walking away from its own workflow engine development, its own Clear UX user-interface (which it had acquired), and its own efforts to build portal technology using open-source.
A strategic shift for Infor
These two announcements, taken together, represent a major change in product direction for Infor. Here is my evaluation:
I do have one area of question, and that is concerning leadership. It's an open secret than Infor has lost several key executives recently, most notably Jeff Ralyea, formerly VP of product management and Bruce Gordon, formerly Infor's CTO. These individuals were key architects of Infor's Open SOA strategy, which is now incorporated in Infor ION.
- Infor is right to give up trying to be a tools developer. There are very few application software vendors that successfully develop proprietary tools or technologies. (The only successful vendor, to my knowledge, is SAP, with its ABAP language--but that's only because ABAP dates from the early 1990s, when client/server development tools were not adequate for what SAP needed. Oracle is another, but Oracle is a technology/tools vendor first and an apps vendor second. Same with Microsoft.)
There are major benefits for Infor in walking away from tools development. First, it frees up product development funds to focus on the thing that Infor customers really need: continued development, enhancement, and integration of Infor's applications portfolio. Second, by using Microsoft standard technology, it should also allow Infor to get there quicker with its ION integration and business process management framework. Third, it allows Infor to more easily recruit and retain product development and implementation personnel, as they will be working with technologies that are broadly supported in the marketplace. Finally, it is more attractive for customers, who won't need to have their IT personnel trained in another set of tools.
- Alignment with Microsoft is the probably the best choice. It's something of a surprise, as Infor has mostly been thought of as more IBM-centric than anything else. But Microsoft is a better choice than IBM for standardizing its technology. Our research at Computer Economics shows that nearly every data center has Microsoft Server in its OS mix. The same cannot be said for any other operating system. This is especially true in the small company and mid-market, where Microsoft Windows averages more than 70% of the data center processing workload. Coming to its installed based with new products based on the Microsoft stack is an easy sell--not so if the stack were IBM's.
Does this bring Infor into competition with Microsoft's own Dynamics enterprise software business? No more so than for any of the many other Microsoft-based vendors, such as Epicor. Furthermore, there is a huge upside for Microsoft, as the partnership represents a potentially bigger footprint for Microsoft among Infor's 70,000 customers.
Does Infor have the right team in place now to move forward? Infor assured me that it does. The product strategy is being headed up by Soma Somasundaram, Senior VP of Global Product Development, who has a long history with Infor, going back to when it was Agilisys. He will work closely with Jeff Abbot, who is now in charge of both product marketing and product management. In terms of developers, Infor assures me that the bench is deep, with resources worldwide.
As indicated earlier, ION is still in development with release planned for Q4. That will be a key milestone to evaluate the success of Infor's new strategy. In the meantime, I believe the strategic direction is right. But execution is key.
If you are an Infor customer or Infor partner, please let me know your view on these announcements. Is Infor on the right track? Leave a comment on this post, or email me confidentially.
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Open source not immune to ERP vendor consolidation trend
The enterprise software vendor consolidation trend has now reached the open source corner of the market, with Consona's announcement that it is acquiring Compiere, Inc.
Background on Compiere and Consona
Compiere was one of the first open source ERP developers. I interviewed Compiere's founder and then-CEO Jorg Janke back in 2006 and wrote an extensive post about the product. At the time, Compiere was facing a rebellion from some of its community "freelance" developers, who took the open source code base and forked a separate development project, dubbed Adempiere. Read the whole post for background on Compiere. And read the many comments also, which give good insight into the issues and challenges of managing an open source project.
Since that time, Janke was replaced by Don Klaiss as CEO and eventually departed from Compiere altogether. Compiere continued to demonstrate some success in the market, however, as I noted in 2009 with its win of a very large deal at La Poste, a $27B (USD) global postal processing organization.
Consona, which is Compiere's new owner, has been rolling up smaller ERP vendors for some time. Originally the parent of Made2Manage, it changed its name to Consona in 2007 and has since acquired several other ERP and CRM systems for the SMB market, notably Intuitive, Onyx, Encompix, DTR, Cimnet, and Axis. Consona, along with most or all of the traditional on-premise enterprise software vendors, has had a tough several years due to the recession.
Issues in the Announcement
A couple of issues I note in the announcement this morning. First, the press release references 130 customers of Compiere today. But in 2006, Janke indicated to me that Compiere had about 250 customers. What happened to the other 120?
Secondly, what happens to Compiere's open source offering? Though founded as an open-source project, Compiere had been focused largely on its own proprietary enhancements, add-ons, and services--in other words, making money. As I noted in my 2006 post, this was one of the factors that led to some of Compiere's community forking the code to the Adempiere project. Now with Compiere's ownership under Consona, how much effort will the new owner put into continuing development of the open source code base?
Benefit of Open Source
In a sense, it doesn't matter as much as it would if Compiere's original code base was proprietary. One of the tenents of open source is that no matter what the owner of the code does, the users of the code continue in their rights to use, extend, enhance, and distribute the code. The Adempiere fork of Compiere is evidence of this.
To my knowledge, this is the first instance of an open source ERP/CRM developer being acquired by a vendor of proprietary software. It will be interesting to see whether Compiere's users are helped or hindered by this acquisition.
Update, 12:45 p.m. Read the comments on this post for more insights on Compiere's architecture. Plus, Ned Lilly has a really good post on the Consona/Compiere acquisition. Ned is in a particularly strong position to comment, as he leads another open source ERP project, xTuple (formerly OpenMFG). Ned's ironic conclusion is that Compiere "failed as a company" not because it was open source, but "because it turned its back on open source." But, please, read the whole thing.
Update 2:30 p.m. I have been educated by three Adempiere developers regarding the inherent multi-tenant architecture of Compiere and have therefore edited this post to remove my previous comments regarding Compiere's lack of multi-tenant capabilities. I was clearly wrong there. See the comments section on this post for details. Thanks, guys!
Update, 2:47 p.m. Josh Chalifour did some analysis of activity (or lack thereof) on Compiere's user forums and finds a disappointing lack of care and responsiveness from Compiere toward its community. Not a good sign and hopefully something that the new owners at Consona can remedy.
Update, June 21: I just discovered that Jorg Janke has been maintaining a website, Compiere from the Source, and he is planning to write "a very detailed three part blog about Compiere history and potential future." Check it out.
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Thursday, June 10, 2010
Beware the malicious insider
Over at Computer Economics, we've published a new special report entitled, Malicious Insider Threats: Countering Loss of Confidential Information, Fraud, Sabotage, & Other IT Security Threats Posed by Trusted Insiders.
Most organizations are aware of the IT security threats posed by outsiders. Countermeasures such as firewalls, antivirus software, and intrusion detection systems are all aimed at these threats. Yet these measures do little to counter an even greater threat--that of malicious insiders within the organization.
As our study shows, however, many organizations do not treat these threats seriously. Such threats include fraud, sabotage, and theft or loss of confidential information caused by trusted insiders. These threats go beyond negligence. They represent purposeful action on the part of insiders to act in opposition to the interests of the organization, whether for financial gain, retribution, or some other motivation.
This report, based on a survey of 100 IT executives and security professionals that we ran last year, covers four categories of malicious insider threats: accessing confidential information without authorization, disclosing confidential information, executing fraudulent transactions, and sabotage of the organization's systems, network, or data. For each category we report how seriously organizations perceive these threats and how frequently these threats actually result in violations of security. We then examine the extent to which organizations implement four best practices for controlling user access and 12 best practices for mitigating threats from IT personnel. Finally, we analyze the extent to which organizations take action to counter malicious insider activity by monitoring of insider email, keystrokes, computer files, and Internet traffic.
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I'm an intelligent guy. Or so I have been told by reliable sources.
That is not meant to be boasting. More of a declaration of disability. Like those little cards that say "I'm hearing-impaired. Speaking louder and slower won't help me to hear you. I read lips." My disability got me here. A long strange trip. I think I'll have some cards printed up…"I'm intelligent. My education has hampered my ability to enjoy life" Or some such.
When I was younger and going to school, I got a job as a Q.C. inspector. I walked in off the street, did an interview and was hired and trained to inspect the company's product. An okay job. I wasn't the best of the inspectors, but I was white, and I was going to college. Along with me, there were many in my department that needed and had worked their way up to the position of inspector and its slightly elevated pay and benefits. Nice folks, on the whole. Dedicated to and proficient in their vocation.
A new manager took over the department, and as new managers are wont to do, she intended to make changes. She immediately instituted a series of tests designed to weed-out the less 'intelligent' of her inspectors. One look at these standardized tests told me that they were discriminatory and unnecessary in our department. I had overheard a supervisor gossiping about how great it would be to get rid of the Mexicans in the Q.C. department and also that my results on the coming test would be held as the top of the curve for grading, as I would no doubt ace the exam. Of course, I wasn't supposed to know this. I was supposed to demonstrate my superior intellect and education to set a standard by which all others would fail and be demoted or fired. And they would have; had I not heard the gossip. So I endeavored to deliberately fail. Answers to these academic questions inexplicably evaded my grasp as they did most of those that were tested. I failed miserably. Worst of the lot. The others held on to their positions and I was fired for my insolence after admitting that I had given the wrong answers to try and save the jobs of others. So much for intelligence. Oh, well.
Intelligence is overrated. Grossly. The greatest minds of our time, will readily admit this obvious fact. With out any doubt, it has gotten us into more trouble than done us any good. Our brains have merely evolved too much. Every basic drive with which we are saddled from the days of our caveman era remain intact. And instead of just gathering food for seasonal inclement weather, we hoard out of greediness and laziness. Instead of protecting our families and what we have labored for, we covet and steal from others. We do all this with all the incredible sophistication that our huge brains allow. And yet the end results are the same, just on a grander scale. Segmented societies. Class rule. Hunger, injustice, war and suffering for most. Luxury for a few. A larger brain has not overcome the real stumbling blocks in our evolution as a species. It has made them worse. You might point to the emergence of science as an advancement, but I say 'not so, bucko'. We have conquered some diseases, only to give rise to others. Most of science is dedicated to facilitating creature comforts that further dissipate our physical form, designed for battle with gravity, which gives rise to more ailments. Cancer, Carpel tunnel, obesity, pulmonary ailments are among the many of our man-made diseases that have come to us in our battle against our bodies in pursuit of happiness. When truly, the happiest people that I have ever met are also the stupidest. Life is not a complicated mess for them as it is for me. It is straightforward. They may contemplate the evening sky and its mysteries in their simple way. But they have as many useful answers about them as the most sophisticated astrophysicists. They don't understand the purpose of the universe and our place in it; neither do their intelligent counterparts. So how far have our large craniums brought us?
I read an essay recently that purported that the jewish among us are indeed more intelligent as a culture than their Gentile counterparts. It referenced this revelation with many rather questionable conclusions, but let's say that it is true. For argument's sake, let us say that through genetic engineering governed by jewish breeding exclusivity, the jew has attained a culturally superior brain. As I look around me, I cannot state that it has gotten these tribe members anything worth having. And assuming that this alleged intelligence has foisted leadership positions upon the ashkanazi descendent over the Gentile(and they have not merely stolen the reigns of power), the world must be in state of higher evolution because of such influence. I ain't seeing that either. But you can't take my assessment into account. I wish I was much stupider than I am. I wouldn't recognize the benefits of intelligence if my butler brought it to me on a silver platter. From my perspective, these jewish elite indulge in some pretty nasty caveman-type endeavors exclusively. Sex, gluttony, laziness and power-mongering. I don't see their culture rising above war and bullying to attain these mediocre things.
But of course, this isn't true at all. The jewish are merely humans with brains exactly like Gentiles. With all the downfalls that come with such useless excess gray matter. And more. Because they believe that they are intellectually superior, it adds an equally useless helping of hubris about such supposed intelligence. And we have Hollyweird. And we have israhell. And we have central banking cartels. And on and on. All those things that they direct…and all those things that we could all do without. Funny that.
So having to come to the conclusion long ago that my brain has always gotten me into deep do-do, I have begun to assess happiness quite differently. I have grown shy of 'intelligent' people that haven't, like me, come full circle in their understanding that the only beauty in life is in its simplicity. A conclusion which most of the intelligent among us may never reach. I pity them. Sort of.


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TWITTER? Didn't even KNOW her!
Elephant Journal named me one of their Top Ten Buddhists to Follow on Twitter. I'm right above that scumbag charlatan Genpo Roshi!
So follow me on Twitter, but just don't get so into my tweets that you end up like girl who died in her bathtub while on Twitter.
If you really must know what I tweeted last it's that I'll be hosting the usual zazen at 10 am this Saturday July 18th at 237 Hill St. Santa Monica 90405. But don't park in the lot because it's being used that day for some event at the church. This will be a regular sitting not one of the all-day things. That will be on July 25th. Sunday July 19th at 11am I'll host zazen at Against The Stream, 4300 Melrose Ave LA 90029.
Some of the people on that top ten list apparently send out "Dharma Tweets," pithy little quotes to help boost your practice or some such thing. Some of Genpo's include, "You have to be willing to face your fear and go through your doubt and let it all go," and "The question is how to listen not with your ears but with your whole being." Awwww. Isn't that sweet? Taken right out of Shunryu Suzuki's books without credit! Just like the name Big Mind®! Lama Surya Das says, "Love is far greater than our likes or dislikes," and "My body is the entire universe, all beings my heart and soul. You are no different." Oh, I feel so Enlightened now!
My most pithy comment so far has been "All poop was once someone's food." Other than that I have revealed on Twitter that I have not one but two (2) Neil Diamond compilations, one of which is a boxed set. I once tweeted that I was at Astro Burger when I learned that my cell phone can access the Internet. But it was such a pain to do it I don't think I'll be doing remote tweets anymore. Anyhow, maybe I should try and come up with something more Zen-y. The marketing thing, y'know. Mainly I just mention where I'll be talking next.
Dharma Tweets are stupid, by the way. They're not honest expressions of anything, just a ploy to keep folks who follow them hanging on and keep the person who posts them's name in the public eye. As if you could put anything worthwhile into 140 characters. Still, I guess I'm gonna have to get with the whole marketing thing if I want to be able to keep eating at Astro Burger following the loss of the Suicide Girls gig.


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PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MEMS Industry Group (MIG) hosts MEMS Executive Congress 2011, the annual business conference and networking event for the MEMS industry, November 2-3, 2011 in Monterey, CA. Keynote speakers include strategy consultant Aaron Schulman, business director, Toffler Associates, who will explain how global drivers of change will radically transform the behavior of individuals and societies; Scott Livingston, CEO, Livingston Securities, who will examine financing innovation in public markets; and Per Asberg, program director, client partnerships, IBM Rational, who will describe IBM's role in helping to streamline the development design process for systems in automobiles, electronics and medical devices. Several industry panels and the event's first application showcase complete the MEMS Executive Congress conference program.
"The MEMS industry is hot," said Karen Lightman, managing director, MEMS Industry Group. "With double-digit growth rates, volume production surging at captive and commercial foundries, and vertical markets such as consumer, automotive, industrial and biomedical driving new demand for a wide range of MEMS devices, the MEMS industry is well poised for continued growth. Providing a unique brand of information-sharing among MEMS suppliers and OEM end-users, MEMS Executive Congress is the perfect forum for understanding and predicting this growth. If you are in any way connected to the MEMS industry, you must attend MEMS Executive Congress."
- Per Asberg, program director, client partnerships, IBM Rational, will present "Accelerating Innovation through Systems Engineering Best Practices." Drawing upon real-world examples, Mr. Asberg will discuss the "system of systems" and provide best practices on how organizations can help global engineering teams to produce innovative products within stringent budgets and deadlines.
- Scott Livingston, CEO, Livingston Securities: With 18 years' investment experience in emerging technologies—including a focus on nanotechnologies since 2002—Mr. Livingston will present "Financing Innovation in the Public Markets: How to Unleash the Great American Innovation Machine."
- Aaron Schulman, business director, Toffler Associates, will examine the forces of change in technology, business, government, economics, social dynamics and the environment in "Shaping the Future: The Drivers of Change." Addressing the impact of these forces on the MEMS industry, Mr. Schulman will map out paradigms that will help Congress attendees to achieve future success among constantly evolving market dynamics.
- MEMS Market Analysts: Analysts from leading research firms will present their outlook for future growth and trends in MEMS. Moderated by Scott Livingston, CEO, Livingston Securities, with panelists:
In-house, Fab-lite, Fabless: Global MEMS fabrication business
leaders will discuss how MEMS fabrication has evolved, creating a new
era of fabless and fab-lite manufacturing, while some companies make
the choice to keep their fab in-house. Moderated by Nancy
Fares, president and CEO, Micralyne, with panelists:
- Claude Jean, executive vice-president and general manager, Teledyne DALSA;
- Rakesh Kumar, director MEMS, 200mm Business Unit, GLOBALFOUNDRIES;
- Jiri Marek, senior vice president, engineering sensors, Robert Bosch GmbH; and
- Seyed Paransun, vice president and general manager, Sensor & Actuator Solutions Division, Freescale Semiconductor.
- MEMS Sensor Fusion/Sensor Networks: Heterogeneous systems integrating MEMS with ICs are increasingly common, and MEMS sensor suppliers are jockeying to support "sensor fusion" to offer one-stop solutions to the marketplace. This panel of industry executives will share their future vision of MEMS sensor fusion, and will discuss the role that MEMS can and will play. Moderated by Michael Jamiolkowski, president and CEO, Coventor, with panelists:
- MEMS in Consumer Products: The MEMS industry has been abuzz with exciting new motion-sensing video games, smartphones, tablet PCs and e-readers. While these applications are exciting, profitable and still offer unlimited potential, they are not the only consumer applications that benefit from MEMS. Panelists will discuss the ways in which software and sensor integration is catapulting MEMS into new markets and applications. Moderated by Steve Nasiri, CEO, InvenSense, Inc., with a growing list of panelists that already includes:
MIG will launch its inaugural application showcase at this year's Congress. "MEMS Everywhere" showcase participants will demonstrate their most compelling MEMS-enabled applications for Congress attendees. Attendees will vote on the best product, and moderator, Sam Guilaumé, CEO, Movea, will "crown" the winner.
Now in its seventh year, MEMS Executive Congress is an annual event that brings together business leaders from a broad spectrum of industries: automotive, consumer goods, energy/environmental, industrial, medical and telecom. It is a unique professional forum at which executives from companies designing and manufacturing MEMS technology sit side-by-side with their end-user customers in panel discussions and networking events to exchange ideas and information about the use of MEMS in commercial applications.
Sponsors of MEMS Executive Congress 2011 include: ACUTRONIC, Akustica, A.M. Fitzgerald & Associates, Analog Devices, Applied Materials, Bosch, Bosch Sensortec, Coventor, EV Group, Freescale Semiconductor, iHS iSuppli, imec, Lam Research Corporation, Maxim, MEMS Investor Journal, Okmetic, Plan Optik, SPTS, Teledyne DALSA and Yole Développement.
MEMS Executive Congress 2011 will be held November 2-3, 2011 at the Monterey Plaza Resort & Spa, Monterey, CA. For more information, please contact MIG via phone: 412/390-1644, email: info[at]memsindustrygroup.org or visit MEMS Executive Congress at: www.memscongress.com.
For press and analyst registration, please contact Maria Vetrano, Vetrano Communications, phone: 617/876-2770, email: maria[at]vetrano.com.
MEMS Industry Group (MIG) is the trade association advancing MEMS across global markets. More than 110 companies comprise MIG, including Analog Devices, Applied Materials, Robert Bosch GmbH, Cambridge NanoTech, Expertech, Freescale Semiconductor, GE, Honeywell, HP, Intel, Nokia and Texas Instruments. For more information, visit: www.memsindustrygroup.org.
MEMS Industry Group and the MEMS Industry Group logo are registered trademarks of MEMS Industry Group. All other product and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.


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Prichard named to "Top Drawer" All-Rookie Team
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Freshman Lipscomb goalkeeper Danny Prichard has been named to the All-Rookie Team selected by "Top Drawer", a soccer web site.
Prichard, from Tacoma, Wash., was named to the All-Rookie Second Team.
Prichard started 16 games for the Bisons in 2006. He was twice named the Atlantic Sun Defensive Player of the Week. He was also named to the Atlantic Sun All-Freshman Team.
Prichard allowed 31 goals, 1.97 per game. He made 76 saves while posting a record of 4-10-2. Three of his four wins were by shutouts.
In the conference Prichard was second in both saves (76) and saves per game (4.75). He tied for third in shutouts and was seventh in goals against average (1.97).


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Chip Kelly came oh-so close to making the leap to the NFL but in the end decided to stay put as the highly successful coach of the Oregon Ducks.
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Multiple sources are reporting that after lengthy interviews with the Cleveland Browns and Philadelphia Eagles, as well as talking with the Buffalo Bills, Kelly has opted to stay with an Oregon team he has led to a 46-7 record, four straight BCS bowl games and three Pac-12 titles in four years as head coach.
Kelly's decision was first reported by ESPN on Sunday night. Earlier in the day it had been reported that Cleveland decided to pass on Kelly because of his indecision on whether to join the NFL ranks. A source told the Associated Press that the Browns thought they were close to a deal with Kelly two days earlier.
Last year, Kelly turned down an offer from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, saying he had "unfinished business" with the Ducks.
No word yet on why he made the same decision this year, although it is widely believed Nike co-founder and Oregon mega-booster Phil Knight may have had something to do with it. After the Ducks beat Kansas State in the Fiesta Bowl last week, Knight said he was one of the fans chanting "We want Chip!"


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|Atop Mt. Cabot with the funnest and funniest person I know.
Day 2:
We began the 30-mile Mahoosuc traverse the next day, Monday, just before daybreak at the Centennial/AT trailhead, "we" being myself and my good pal Al. As with the Kilkenny, I had done the one-day Mahoosuc traverse a couple of times before but never in the south-to-north direction save for my AT thru-hike, when I schlepped a very heavy and full backpack and required 2+ days for the traverse. For those who have never been there, the Mahoosucs are extremely rugged and slow and include the notorious "most difficult mile of the Appalachian Trail," Mahoosuc Notch. Going in the southbound direction, the final ~10 miles tend to drag at the end of a long, gnarly day so I was curious as to how the Gorham-to-Grafton Notch direction would play out, with Mahoosuc Notch, Mahoosuc Arm, and Old Speck to negotiate at the end of the day. The early miles with Al seemed to pass quickly with nonstop conversation and laughter. We parted ways at Dream Lake as Al descended the Peabody Brook Trail. I was on my own from there.
No apologies, the Mahoosucs are a range deserving of hyperbole: Gorgeous! Spectacular! Awesome! I love this place, so diverse and unlike any other area of the Whites, with its extensive views, boggy "tundra" and nary a road crossing. The icing on the cake this day was perfect late summer weather, and the only other hikers out on a Monday this time of year were AT thru- and section hikers. Yippee! Up and over Mt. Success I went, up 'n down, up 'n down, arriving at the NH/ME border and its "Welcome to Maine - The Way Life Should Be" sign, stumbling through Carlo Col, climbing the crazy little "via ferrata" on Goose Eye, slippin 'n slidin up 'n down North Peak, and finally taking a short break at Full Goose Shelter. I flipped open the register and cracked up at some of the entries. A sampling:
"Welcome to Maine - the way trails SHOULDN'T be."
"One mile in TWO HOURS? What the...?!"
"Oh... I'm bleeding."
"I wanna go back to New Hampshire."
"New Hampshire is for pussies."
But I couldn't hang around for long because it was time to descend into the abyss and negotiate Mahoosuc Notch, a car- and house-sized boulder-filled defile, full of deep holes, a hidden water course, and ice sometimes lasting through the summer (though none seen this day). Requiring the use of upper body muscles as well as balance and flexibility, the Notch is a virtual jungle gym for big kids. It is *wicked fun*!!! Thirty-eight minutes of acrobatics later, I was through. Mahoosuc Arm wasn't nearly as bad as I'd remembered; carrying approximately 35 lbs. less compared to my thru-hike made a big difference! At Speck Pond I stopped to chat with five thru-hikers (dang but they looked happy) before heading up Old Speck and then down to Hwy. 26 where Chris waited, pleased to finish before having to pull out the headlamp.
(BTW, I ultimately enjoyed doing the Mahoosuc Traverse in the northbound direction because it seemed the last few miles didn't drag on and on.) We hit the Sunday River Brewery for a very yummy and satisfying dinner. I'd contemplated taking some ibuprofen but decided on a pint of Black Bear Porter instead.
Tuesday's forecast wasn't exactly appealing: 90% chance of showers with temps in the 50s. But I was already there and wasn't about to throw in the towel so easily. Mainly a woods walk, at times also reminiscent of the Long Trail, the Grafton Loop was constructed just a few years ago. It is 38.6 miles in length. I went clockwise and started on the southern end so as to be generally climbing for the first segment and generally descending for the second part. After two very light and brief showers around 8 a.m., I crossed what was the highlight of the day for me - a mountain called Sunday River Whitecap. Views encompassed 360 degrees, and the surrounding undercast gave the impression of water, the hill and mountaintops virtual islands in a sea. Truly spectacular, it ranks as one of my favorite mountaintops in New England. From there, the trail continued north and back up to Old Speck, from whence I descended the same gnarly 3 1/2 miles back to Grafton Notch as the previous day. This was my one and only aid station - and potential bailout point - of the day. While confirming whether I was willing to commit myself to the remaining 21 miles with no bailout options (this trail is remote!), Chris served soup, potato chips, cookies, and DD's coffee. I still felt great and since it hadn't been raining, decided to go for it.


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