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Thursday, April 28, 2005
Computer Economics: our new acquisition
My business partner, Dan Husiak, and I are now the proud owners of Computer Economics, a 27 year old IT research and advisory firm. The deal closed on April 1, 2005.
As some of you know, I have been a contributing research analyst for Computer Economics for over two years. Through that relationship, Dan and I got to know a bit about the firm. So, when the opportunity presented itself for us to acquire it, we jumped at it.
Who is Computer Economics? Its research and advisory services are focused on the strategic and financial management of information systems. The firm is best known for its annual Information Systems Spending and Technology Trends report, a 700 page study published annually since 1990 that is the definitive source of IT spending, staffing, and related benchmarks across multiple industries and government sectors. It is also well-known for its IT Security Study, and its report on The Impact of Malicious Code, which has been referenced in such publications as The Wall Street Journal. The firm also maintains extensive data on current pricing and forecasted residual values for computer hardware as well as fair market values for used equipment.
Since 1978, Computer Economics has published one of the longest running journals in IT, the Computer Economics Report, which is a recap of some of its best research each month. Computer Economics clients include several of the major consulting firms, as well as a number of large and mid-size corporations and governmental organizations.
Dan and I are excited about this new opportunity, and we believe that Computer Economics is a great complement to our management consulting business at Strativa. We look forward to working with the staff of Computer Economics and continuing and strengthening its proud tradition.
If you'd like to know more about the acquisition, read the press release on the Computer Economics web site.by Frank Scavo, 4/28/2005 06:17:00 AM | permalink | e-mail this!
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Quick poll: the advantages of open source
If you have a moment, please stop over at Computer Economics and vote in our monthly survey:In your opinion, what is the most important advantage (if any) in the deployment and use of open source software?The survey is in the right hand column of the Computer Economics home page. It will take about five seconds to answer.
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Monday, April 25, 2005
Software on demand: small companies still don't "get it"
Small and mid-size businesses (SMBs) should be a fertile market for software vendors such as NetSuite and Salesforce.com, that sell software on-demand, that is systems hosted by the vendor and sold on a monthly subscription basis. However, a recent research report by AMI Partners indicates that adoption of software on-demand might take longer than on-demand vendors would like.
The study found that the typical small business averages less than one full-time IT headcount, while the average medium business has five full-time IT staff. So, SMBs ought be welcoming software on-demand as a way to deploy systems without increased need for IT staff. Furthermore, SMBs are growing in their use of the Internet, and most of them already have high-speed Internet connectivity. This means that they already have most, if not all of the infrastructure needed to implement software on-demand.
However, the study found that the majority of SMBs currently have no plans to adopt software on-demand. Why? The study points to a lack of awareness and education concerning software on-demand vendors and solutions.
In my opinion, software on-demand is the way of the future, especially for small and mid-sized businesses. But vendors are going to need to do a lot more marketing and education before adoption reaches a tipping point.
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Friday, April 22, 2005
PeopleSoft deal drove Oracle's renewed interest in retail apps
Evan Schuman, writing for eWeek, has an interesting post-mortem on Oracle's acquisition of Retek, a leading software vendor for the retail industry. According to recent interviews with parties on both sides of the deal, Oracle's interest in the retail sector was revived when it discovered that it had picked up about 400 new retail customers through its PeopleSoft acquisition.
Schuman writes,This is all part of what some Retek insiders describe as a growing Oracle awareness of two market facts: Retail is really important; and retail-specific apps are really difficult to do well.Ironically, Oracle had a reseller relationship with Retek that, according to Retek insiders, ended in 2002 because of Oracle's lack of understanding of the retail market....there was certainly a concern from some at Retek that Oracle at the time didn't appreciate the importance of the retail vertical, nor the difficulty in servicing it. In this context, servicing retail doesn't mean selling operating systems or business databases or payroll platforms. It means providing the kinds of retail-specific apps—such as POS, supply chain and merchandising—that Retek did all day.With its acquisitions of Retek and PeopleSoft, Oracle has the opportunity to cross sell its products to the customer base of both acquisitions. Something like 80% of the Retek customer base runs Retek apps over Oracle technology. This should facilitate further penetration of these accounts for Oracle.
Furthermore, many of those 400 retail customers that Oracle picked up in the PeopleSoft acquisition are only running PeopleSoft HR and financial applications, along with applications from Retek competitor and former PeopleSoft partner, JDA. This represents an opportunity for Oracle to cross sell its E-Business Suite to those customers and take opportunities away from JDA.
The strategy is clear, but whether Oracle can capitalize on these opportunities will depend on how well it executes.
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Thursday, April 21, 2005
SAP leading the pack with strong earnings
SAP's financial results in the first quarter surged ahead of other major tech vendors, such as Oracle, IBM, and Siebel that are reporting less than stellar performance.
SAP is reporting an increase of 11% in Q1 net income, with sales up a whopping 27% in the U.S. Revenue in the reset of the world is up only 6%. The only significant trouble spot seems to be Germany, where sales were down 2%, mainly because of sluggishness in the German economy.
Breaking down the numbers further, worldwide software license revenue is up 17%, beating analyst estimates. Software license revenue is, of course, a leading indicator on future performance in that it drives future maintenance revenue, service revenue, and additional seat license sales. In terms of sales by product line, SAP's ERP sales, which account for the bulk of its revenue, were up 12%, while supply chain management software sales were up 9%.
But it's the results in the U.S. that are really striking. Perhaps buyers were really alienated by the Oracle/PeopleSoft hostilities and really did view SAP as the safe choice. If so, it would indicate that SAP's "Safe Passage" program to entice PeopleSoft and J.D. Edwards clients could do further harm to Oracle.
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Sunday, April 17, 2005
SAP dismisses talk of merger with Oracle
SAP was full of denials at its press meeting this week. In addition to its denial of plans to launch a hosted CRM service, it also denied a report in a German magazine that SAP and Oracle were considering a merger.
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, however, SAP CEO Henning Kagermann said he would listen to Oracle CEO Larry Ellison if a merger was proposed, and that it's an everyday part of his job to consider all proposals that could benefit shareholders.
Because of anti-trust laws, I can't imagine the U.S. Department of Justice would allow an Oracle/SAP merger, but...I also said that about Oracle's hostile bid for PeopleSoft.
Kagermann also played down the significance of Oracle victory over SAP in the bidding war for Retek, a leading software provider for the retail industry. He indicated that because SAP didn't really need Retek to continue development of its retail industry functionality, it was free to walk away from the deal if it got too expensive. On the other hand, he said that Oracle was so desperate for Retek that it was willing to over-pay.
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SAP denies plan for CRM on demand
SAP is denying a report by Brent Thill, analyst at Prudential Financial, that says SAP is planning to launch a hosted CRM offering to compete directly with Salesforce.com. "We believe SAP is close to announcing a new hosted CRM application that is priced on a subscription basis — possibly as early as 27 April during the Sapphire '05 Copenhagen conference," Thill wrote.
However, SAP is denying the report, and in the process takes a swipe at the whole software on demand trend that many see as the future for business applications. In a press briefing, SAP CEO Henning Kagermann said,When on-demand came up, we at SAP felt we should be careful...that on-demand is not the next locked-in strategy. With on-demand, the customer hands his destiny to someone else and then he finds out after two or three years he cannot get his destiny back.SAP's Shai Agassi, head of SAP's product development and technology, piled on the criticism of software on-demand, and of Salesforce.com in particular. Quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle, he said,I think some of it is over-hyped. You have to put it in perspective. Salesforce.com in Q4 of last year added something like 19,000 users to their customer base. We added more than one million users....There are some people who make big noise. Talk is cheap.SAP's reaction strikes me as a bit overly dismissive. At the risk of betraying my age, it reminds me of the attitude 25 years ago of mainframe programmers toward personal computers.
If I were Salesforce.com right now, I would be breathing a sigh of relief that SAP is not planning to launch a hosted on-demand CRM service.
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Wednesday, April 13, 2005
Management shakeup at Siebel
Siebel CEO Michael Lawrie agreed to resign yesterday, less than one year after taking over the top spot from founder Tom Siebel. Siebel's board was clearly unhappy with the Siebel's latest quarterly result, and held Lawrie accountable.
The Board also announced that board member George Shaheen will take over as CEO. Shaheen is former CEO of Webvan, roadkill of the dot-com bust. He was also the former head of Andersen Consulting (now, Accenture).
Analysts are surprised by the move, and generally give Lawrie good marks in his handling of the situation at Siebel, which is having a rough time making the transition from multi-million CRM deals to a market that favors the pay-as-you-go approach of on-demand vendors, such as Salesforce.com. Siebel has launched its own on-demand service, based on its 2003 acquisition of Upshot.
There's more in the Siebel press release.
Update. Josh Greenbaum points out that Siebel's woes are strategic:The customer record is now such an essential part of managing the supply chain, the logistics chain, after-market sales and service, strategic procurement and business forecasting that integration to the rest of the enterprise is no longer just a good idea. And this integration can be enormously costly when the enterprise is trying to link a standalone CRM product like Siebel to a broad-based set of back and front-office systems.If you are a company running a major ERP suite, do you buy Siebel and try to integrate it, or do you just go with your ERP vendor? And if you really are looking for a CRM point solution, why not just go with an on-demand vendor, such as Salesforce.com? Granted, Siebel has its own on-demand offering, but in that market it gives up its leadership position.
It's so much easier and logical for customers to try to hook their big suites -- like SAP and Oracle -- to these respective vendors' CRM offering than take on the complexity challenge that Siebel offers. Especially as most existing Siebel customers also are SAP and Oracle customers.
And don't forget the Salesforce.com challenge at the low-end.
Update. According to CNET, one group of Siebel shareholders met yesterday, demanding that Siebel to do more than simply replace the CEO. They are demanding that Siebel use its $2.2B to work to buy back shares and to position the company for a merger or to be acquired."There was a feeling that this was a vote for the status quo from an entrenched management," [Providence Capital President, Herb] Denton said. "If Lawrie, given his credentials, couldn't cut the ice, there are questions over whether Mr. Shaheen could."If so, Siebel's problems aren't over.
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Monday, April 11, 2005
SAP expands grab for PeopleSoft and JDE customers
Since the beginning of this year, SAP has been luring PeopleSoft and J.D. Edwards customers to jump ship from Oracle, with its "Safe Passage" program for SAP customers that are also running PeopleSoft or JDE. As part of this program, SAP acquired a third-party PeopleSoft/JDE maintenance and support organization, TomorrowNow.
SAP's Safe Passage program elicited a veiled threat from Oracle CEO Larry Ellison.
Now, instead of backing down, SAP is expanding its Safe Passage program to extend the offer to all PeopleSoft and JDE customers, whether or not they are currently customers of SAP. According to SAP, the expanded pitch is aimed at "businesses concerned about the challenges of facing the eventual sunset of their existing PSFT/JDE solutions; the migration to yet-developed, future Oracle offerings; and disruptions from the integration of multiple platforms, technologies and corporate cultures faced by their current solution provider."
SAP's offer is enticing from a financial perspective. SAP is offering annual maintenance at 17% of the SAP license fee, which is significantly lower than Oracle's pricing. But here's the kick: SAP's maintenance will cover both SAP products and any PeopleSoft or JDE software that the customer is running. Furthermore, customers that want to migrate to SAP will receive a whopping 75% credit on the cost of their PSFT/JDE licenses.
I'm not able to find whether any PSFT/JDE customers have yet taken advantage of SAP's offer. But I've got to believe there are a lot of discussions taking place. If any readers have insight into how SAP's offer is being received, please let me know.
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Thursday, April 07, 2005
Yet another study of Microsoft vs. Linux
Yankee Group has produced a study showing that Microsoft now surpasses Linux in the war of perceptions. The study, by Yankee analyst Laura DiDio, has some surprising findings:
The study also found that Linux and Windows are both growing in market share at the expense of Unix.
- In terms of total cost of ownership, respondants rated Windows and Linux nearly the same.
- In terms of quality, performance and reliability, 88% of the respondents said Windows was equal to or better than Linux.
- In terms of security, Windows is catching up with Linux. Respondants rated Microsoft's security at 7.6 on a scale of one to 10, double the rating in a similar survey conducted last year. Linux's rating was better than that of Windows, but nearly the same as last year's study, at 8.3.
Computerworld has more.
Update, Apr. 27. In the comments, reader Paul points to a post on Groklaw refuting the Yankee study. The Groklaw post links to an article by Steve Hamm in Business Week, The Truth about Linux and Windows. Hamm talks directly to Yankee analyst Laura DiDio and other Yankee researchers and finds much to criticize about Yankee's research methods in this case.
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Sunday, April 03, 2005
Duffield comes to aid of former PeopleSoft employees
David Duffield, founder and former CEO of PeopleSoft, is putting to good use some of the millions he made in the takeover of his firm by Oracle. He's started a fund, "The Safety Net Fund," to provide grants of up to $10,000 to employees that are facing financial hardship from the layoff associated with Oracle's takeover.
In an open letter on the fund's website, he writes,The shock we all felt late last year has diminished somewhat, and I know some of you have found new jobs and are adjusting to new routines. Many of you have taken advantage of the available out-placement services and are relying on severance packages and unemployment benefits as you job hunt.I was tempted to find something humorous in this. But if you've ever been out of work you know that unemployment is no joking matter. Duffield didn't need to set up this fund, but his actions show why so many employees were so dedicated to PeopleSoft.
There will be a small number of people who will have difficulty finding jobs. It's to you that this program, The Safety Net, is dedicated. The Safety Net will make cash gifts to people who demonstrate a serious need. The gift is intended as a "bridge" to help you through a tough time. Please be assured that all transactions with The Safety Net will be kept strictly confidential.
This fund is something that Cheryl and I — both former PeoplePeople — wanted to set up as a way to acknowledge your loyalty and dedication to PeopleSoft.
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Friday, April 01, 2005
i2 fires 300, struggles to refocus
New CEO Mike McGrath says he was given a mandate by i2's board to "resize and refocus" the company. McGrath has started the effort by announcing a 15% cut in headcount, or 300 heads. He also indicated that additional expense reductions are coming.
So, why is i2 still struggling? i2, along with Manugistics, were leaders in point solutions for supply chain management. But when major vendors such as SAP and Oracle developed their own supply chain functionality, the need for such point solutions diminished. There's still a market for best of breed supply chain management solutions, especially in companies that have not standardized on a major ERP platform. But there are fewer and fewer of such companies today, especially at the high end. That's i2's first problem.
i2's second problem is the complexity of its products, which are designed to optimize production and distribution schedules around constraints in key resources. In other words, i2's products are an elegant solution looking for a very specific problem. When your problem fits an i2 product, you may see great results. But in most companies, the problems are not so elegant.
In most companies, problems in supply chain planning are not primarily due to the lack of sophisticated scheduling algorithms. Rather they are due to incomplete or inaccurate data, poorly defined ordering and fulfillment processes, and perverse incentives that encourage one function to optimize its performance at the expense of the whole organization. These are organizational problems, not technical problems. Therefore, they can't be fixed with software.
In my opinion, i2 would be best served by turning itself into a niche professional services firm. Its mission should be to help clients optimize their supply chain, whether or not it means selling them software. Software would be only one part of a complete solution that includes consulting to address the organizational problems that prevent companies from improving their supply chain performance. In a February interview with Computerworld, McGrath indicated that i2 planned to make its consulting services "more robust," but he didn't give any details apart from "working with consulting partners."
If i2 cannot make this transition by itself, then its best path might be to sell out to a professional services firm.
There's more on i2's resizing in i2's press release.
Update. A previous employee of i2 called me with additional insight into i2's problems. First, i2's struggle today can be traced to its origins in the supplier side of the supply chain, providing technology to optimizing the push from raw material suppliers to customers. In the years since, however, it has become clear that the best way to optimize a supply chain is by starting with the demand side: a demand-pull approach. Therefore, i2's basic perspective on supply chain planning is less attractive today.
The second problem is the diversity of i2's product offerings, which are poorly integrated, if at all. In its heyday, i2 acquired a number of point solutions, such as Aspect Development, for which it paid a whopping $9.2 billion in 2000. This diversity of products looks good on paper, but there are not enough synergies between them to allow i2 to really sell them as an integrated suite.
My source indicates that it would not be easy for i2 to make the transition to professional services. Over the past few years, i2 has lost many of its consultants, who are now working for other vendors, various system integrators, or working on their own. Some of the best people, who stuck with i2, were now let go in this latest round of cuts this week. So, there's not a lot of bench strength at i2 to make a serious push into professional services. This leaves partnering as its main alternative. However, many of the systems integrators and professional services firms that formerly partnered with i2 are no longer on board. Therefore, the professional services strategy that I proposed is not a simple solution.
According to my source, it's a mystery why some consulting firm or systems integrator has not yet snatched up i2 for a song. It still could happen.
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Our favorite part of the story is when Frogilina kisses Froggy because it looks funny and made us laugh hard. Froggy is our favorite character because he is great at playing in the band. This story relates to our lives because we love music, too. There are great pictures in this story that show all the funny things that happen with lots of detail.
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Steve wrote asking about the connection between World War II and the diaconate, especially in Europe. This is extremely important for understanding the contemporary order of deacons, so thanks, Steve, for a chance to sketch out some things.
In Germany and France during the 1800's, there was considerable discussion about reconnecting "the church" with the people. There was a growing concern that a rising individualism had become prevalent, with a kind of "me-and-Jesus" spirituality developing, even in public worship. So, for example, the Benedictine monks in Solesmes, France, around 1840, began a program of liturgical renewal with the goal of increasing lay participation at the Mass. About the same time in Germany, discussions took place about how to help connect the Gospel with everyday life, and some people even suggested that having deacons, who would have a mission from their bishop and who would still be living among the people they served (and not, for example, in a rectory), would be a big help. There was also a growing appreciation that the Church's identity involved the care and service of others and this also became associated with the desire for a renewed diaconate, since this had been a major responsibility of the deacons in the ancient church as well.
These discussions continued into the 20th century. Then in January of 1933, Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany. He began to nationalize various aspects of German life (banking, for example) and there was concern that he would try to nationalize the charitable agencies already being run by both Protestant and Catholic groups. Second, Hitler opened the first concentration camp at Dachau, just outside of Munich. Into Dachau went many of those who opposed his policies, including, over time, several thousand German (and later, Polish) priests.
At first, religious leaders (rabbis, sisters, priests, bishops, ministers) were ordered to live within the general prison population, with no special treatment accorded them because of their religious role. Therefore, many of the cell blocks had spiritual leaders present among their fellow prisoners, able to minister to them. Eventually, the Nazis realized that this was giving people strength to continue to oppose them, so they emptied out a cell block (eventually several blocks) and placed the clergy there in an attempt to isolate them; it didn't work, and the clergy would still sneak into other areas and minister as they could. The Nazi guards referred to Cell Block 26 as "The Priest Block." This new arrangement also gave the priest-prisoners mutual support as well as the chance to talk and to dream.
Over time, these religious leaders began to ask themselves why their efforts to prevent war and violence and destruction had been so ineffective in the first decades of the 20th Century. Imagine if you were a 45-year old German priest in 1945 at the liberation of Dachau. You would be thinking about things like the First World War when you were a teenager; the rise of the various totalitarian regimes; the worldwide economic collapse, and on and on. And now, you have the experience of being in a concentration camp and experience the hell of the Shoah. What could the Church do to be a more effective witness of Christ to this world? That's the question for the future. It is no coincidence, that many of the leaders for reform at the Second Vatican Council were bishops from places so profoundly affected by the Second World War: Germany, France, Belgium and so forth.
Among the variety of things that these priest-prisoners began to discuss (and they talked of MANY things!) was the possibility of a renewed and permanent diaconate which would work in concert with priests, with deacons serving as icons of Christ the Servant who gave himself totally in service to others. This was an important lesson that these people learned in the camp: that it was the care of others that perhaps could provide the most powerful sign of Christ's presence. This would be the responsibility of a new cadre of deacons.
After the war, two of these priest-survivors (both German Jesuit priests) eventually began writing about these conversations at Dachau, and their writing drew the attention of a variety of laity, priests and bishops, especially in Germany and France. Diaconal groups were formed to study and to plan for a renewed diaconate, and all of this activity drew the attention of theologians, especially Karl Rahner, who became a real proponent of the idea. Throughout the late 1940s and into the 1950s, many scholars and groups began to discuss the diaconate so intently that in 1957, Pope Pius XII spoke about the possibility. Even though he felt that "the time is not yet ripe" [in 1957] to take this step, he indicated that he was in favor of the idea. Karl Rahner, just before the Second Vatican Council began, wrote a 536-page book on the diaconate that has never been completely published in English. However, he made the German edition available to the bishops of the world.
Eventually, there would be more than 100 recommendations for a renewed diaconate received BEFORE the Council began, representing more than 200 bishops from around the world. About 60% of these recommendations came from Western and Eastern Europe.
That's a quick sketch, Steve. Hope that helps a bit!
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Controlled Remote Viewing (CRV) training, from its very inception, was designed to give access to and communication with your subconscious mind. The subconscious mind is a great reservoir of information but we seldom allow it to work. In making a connection between the conscious and subconscious minds, we can then allow the information from the subconscious to surface consciously so it can be accurately interpreted and applied to practical matters. It is this practical application which allows us the opportunity to provide information not only about our own lives but the lives of others.
Problems>Solutions>Innovations (P>S>I) provides a full range of training which will allow a person to understand and use the protocols for doing CRV. Additionally we offer training which will take the student past the study of CRV and on to the level of being able to apply this knowledge to find information which will help solve many real-world problems.
Controlled Remote Viewing is a very highly controlled set of physical/mental protocols which allow a person to bring something which lies hidden within the subconscious mind to the surface, and objectify it. The protocols not only take care of the processes of finding the hidden thoughts/emotions/etc., and bringing them to the surface, but also the process of keeping them "clean" of pollution from the imagination, and from emotions, desires, fears, and other contaminants which lie closer to the surface of a person's conscious awareness, and which would tend to "color" them incorrectly.
Once the communication is set up, you not only have access to the enhanced and advanced perceptions it has access to, but to everything which is in there: your phone number when you were 5 years old, where your car keys are, etc. As this happens, the occurrences of almost everything you have been doing with your mind will increase. Your attention to details (ambience), your memory recall, and yes, even information that provides insight about situations that are outside of normal understanding about time and space. It is generally the latter information which you notice most, simply because it is not the "normal" thing you have been doing. The fact is that, in learning CRV, you have not been given a new life; you have just been given more life.


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We want a Logo that relates back to our full name of L.I.M.E(Live Interactive Media Events) !!but as an abreviation of Lime not a logo including the word lime!!!
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We are active in the European gaming scene sponsoring clans and supporting tournements with prizes etc.
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N.A. Juniors Game Night: 12/16
Swift Current Broncos 1 @ Vancouver Giants 8
C James Wright, VAN: 1-0-1, +2, 0 PIM
Season totals: 33 GP, 13-16-29, +20, 14 PIM
Wright's 13th goal of the season matched his career-high, set last year in 60 games.
Around the WHL: Spokane, playing without Dustin Tokarski while he is preparing for the WJCs with Team Canada, dropped a 3-2 decision to Medicine Hat.
Team Canada notes: Understandably, Tokarski didn't get much sleep Sunday night awaiting Canada's final decision on who would make the team (Ottawa Citizen):
"I think I slept maybe two hours at most,†defenseman Tyler Myers says. "A bunch of us ordered pizza and watched TSN really late, then my roommate and I (goalie Dustin Tokarski, who also made the team) stayed up until 4:30, just waiting and wondering. We woke up again around seven, and just hoped we'd get the knock on the door instead of the phone call. At about 7:45, we got the knock. It was (captain) Thomas Hickey. He had our suitcases. It was an amazing feeling. It's just a dream to be part of this team.â€
Canada, who's players received military training yesterday as part of a team-building exercise (Tokarski pictured), opens exhibition play Friday vs. tournament co-favorite Sweden and possible Bolt (if the season in Tampa continues this way), Victor Hedman. It hasn't been announced yet whether Tokarski or Chet Pickard will get the start, though there have been several articles talking about the battle for No.1 between the two WHL U.S. Division rivals. Tokarski will wear No.30 for Canada, while fellow Lightning prospect Dana Tyrell will wear No.16. Tyrell normally favors No.19, but that has been claimed by returning center John Tavares (the likely No.1 pick in the 2009 draft, which makes him an obvious possibility for Tampa Bay).
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Main character's name is Dellos, unsure on the girl's.
PS: And yes, the next issue comes out with the next YA.
The city reminds me of some of the cities in Morrowind.
He's built like a mix of a endo and mesomorph.
I found it interesting that he translated it to Greek.
Seems to me that the bug people are at war with the Humans, or at least they really hate the humans. Then there is a higher force that seems to bring destruction in this world.
They hate the empire, which they thought Delos was from. The empire is responsible for the destruction seen at the beginning, and is where the "giant monsters" come from. Anyway, there are various kindreds, and these guys are from the "Scarabae" one.
Also worth noting is that Burome isn't human.
This world is fantastic, all those creatures are so detailed and creepy. Are those two explorers?
Really interesting, i honestly didn't expect that.
The "creatures" at the beginning seem to be giant war machines spewing out poison gas from the elephant tusks, I wonder how high tech the Empire is going to be.
Well she kind of has an eerie look about her.
She tells Delos at the beginning (who's super thirsty) that she can provide clean water, collecting it from the ambient air.
Actually I think the "elephactopus" beast is simply torching the ground, like with a flamethrower.
Well she kind of has an eerie look about her. She tells Delos at the beginning (who's super thirsty) that she can provide clean water, collecting it from the ambient air. Maybe she's from a specific kindred herself? So far the motif fits the classic myth of a human and a "god" (Burome) working together to fight the giants.
Hum, sorry for asking this but, where is the .zip file? I noticed you guys could read the previous berserk episodes long before I got them. Where can I dl it?
They remind me of the big 'eared' critters like these: http://everythingoctopus.blogspot.com/2009/02/species-grimpoteuthis-or-dumbo-octopus.html
Yeah, I actually wondered if there was a joke about how she'd be expelling that water once it's collected, given her pose
It seems to me that the monster face in the cover, that Burome is standing on, is the same as the monster at the beginning (and the end of this episode). We also see blood rushing out of his eyes and nose. Perhaps the monsters attack the Scarabae in the next episode so Burome takes care of them. Can't wait to see what will happen.


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On most days, Bob McRae's home is flanked by seven cars wearing muted gray sheets. But on this particular morning, the covers are off and Mr. McRae is giving his cars a patent-leather shine, his buff cloth licking the dust from an egg-shell blue convertible Rambler.
McRae, a sturdy man with a whisk-broom mustache, has married two of his passions – cars and movies – to create a second career late in life: renting classic automobiles to film production studios throughout Los Angeles.
He has developed a reputation as a go-to man for old motion-picture cars, making him as well-known among some crews on Hollywood back lots as Tom Cruise or Kate Hudson. Indeed, his vintage vehicles, which include a bejeweled 1951 Packard, 1963 Lincoln Continental, and 1932 Dodge, have appeared in such movies as "Walk the Line," "The Aviator," "Seabiscuit," and "Pearl Harbor."
When studios rent a car from "Hollywood Bob," as he's appropriately called, they know they will be getting a meticulously maintained vehicle, one that is likely to slow down when an actor (or frequently McRae himself) pumps the brakes, something that can be a concern with old vehicles on set.
"Hollywood Bob is great because he knows his cars, and he's able to stop on a dime," says Antoinette Meier, chief executive officer and casting director of Aba Antique Autos in Beverly Hills, who has worked with McRae on numerous movies.
McRae is part of a boutique industry that has emerged to serve the frequent demand for period vehicles in the film industry. Decades ago, most Hollywood studios owned their own fleets of cars. It wasn't uncommon for a studio to have a garage and employ an Indy 500-size staff of mechanics. But as cars aged, the cost of maintenance rose. So a subculture of car collectors began to rent out their Shelbys and Studebakers for use on the big screen.
"Studios no longer wanted to go out there, find a car, buy a car, and spend all that money for only one day of use," says Bob Hartwig, a rental agent at Cinema Vehicle Services in North Hollywood, Calif., whose company owns nearly 1,000 cars used in movies. "It is a lot easier to spend $275 a day to rent the same car."
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McRae never set out to rent cars to motion picture studios. He spent a long career managing automobile dealerships. When he retired, he cultivated relationships with friends and neighbors who owned classic cars, long one of his preoccupations.
"I'd have my eye on some cars for years, right here in the neighborhood," says McRae, whose genteel smile and affability have served him well in building up a fleet of more than 45 cars, which he rents out with his son, Robert. "I'd hear about this car and that car, and think to myself, 'How am I ever going to own it?' "
Then Hollywood came knocking on his garage door. He had developed a reputation for owning cars that seemed as if they had been preserved in amber. The perks didn't hurt, either. "I never intended to work again, but the catering on some of these Hollywood back lots is unbelievable," he says jokingly. "I mean, we're talking lobster, roast beef, and barbecue chicken."
McRae lives in a two-story home with a squared-off lawn in the tony West Los Angeles neighborhood of Cheviot Hills. His classic car bug is more than a hobby: Most days he is up at dawn, coordinating projects and vehicle maintenance with his wife, Barbara. His cars usually rent for $300 a scene.
In his den, several dozen miniature cars sit on a bookshelf in the corner, all, of course, neatly preserved. A photograph of McRae and Jay Leno, another car buff, sharing wide smiles with old vehicles adorns one wall.
The phone rings. It's a neighbor who wants to stop by for visit with an out-of-town guest who loves cars. "Absolutely, I'll be here," says McRae, jotting down a quick reminder.
While he owns nearly four dozen cars, McRae doesn't want his fleet to become any larger. For one thing, warehouse space in Los Angeles is expensive. For another, he considers his vehicles like grandchildren – he doesn't want to lose touch with any one of them.
Aside from parking cars in front of his house and at his son's lot in Sun Valley, Calif., McRae rents garage space from neighbors. "I always loved walking by his house and looking at his cars," says Brian Marks, who grew up down the street from McRae, admiring his bituminous gray 1963 Lincoln Continental. "This guy is legendary around here." Mr. Marks had recently returned from living in New York and dropped by to catch up with McRae.
"Let's go for a ride," McRae says, gesturing to the Lincoln, which appeared in the Johnny Cash biopic "Walk the Line."
Before entering the car, McRae runs his index finger up the entire length of the driver's side. "Oh, that's a smooth paint job," he says. He settles into the bench seat and starts the big V-8 engine. "All of my cars are in great working condition because I drive each of them a couple of times a month," he says.
McRae believes every car has its own character and tells a story. "If they are preserved well, they evoke a sense of time and place," he says.
Others agree. In fact, in some movies, cars are almost as important as the actors. "They help establish a mood," says Leslie Kendall, curator at The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. "You get a strong visual with a car. And cars and movies were born about the same time, so you find that movies embrace automobiles because they move."
For talent agents who scout cars, finding the right vehicle isn't enough. They also have to have the right owner – preferably one whose vehicles are insured and run right. "You don't have to worry about him running anyone over," says Ms. Meier of Aba Antique Autos.
Indeed, McRae likes to drive his own cars on set whenever he can rather than have actors do it. That's one way for him to insure they won't get dinged or dented. He can recall only one time in the past 10 years when one of his cars suffered a mishap – this one a nick on the bumper. In the recent movie "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story," McRae drove his 1951 Packard, an ink-black behemoth with a silver swan ornament on the hood. It's one of Jay Leno's favorites.
"He pulled up next to me once and nodded with that 'I-like-your-car' kind of look. But I don't think I'd ever be interested in selling any of my cars," he says, focusing on the headlamp of a 1932 Dodge that he had worked on with his son." I have so much history with them."
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The helix strands of cars and movies run deep in McRae's DNA. He was born in Culver City, Calif., home to one of the biggest motionpicture studios at the time, MGM. His father was a teacher who discouraged McRae from selling cars. "He didn't think it was an honest job," says McRae, who worked at a gas station across the street from MGM. "But I'd fill up the cars of all these stars like Elizabeth Taylor and Lana Turner, and I thought some day I'd like to sell these cars."
McRae eventually worked for Pontiac for several decades and raised three kids. After retiring, a friend of his referred him to a studio. Before long, agents were thumbing through his portfolio. Chuck Shubb, an agent and owner of Specialty Vehicle Association, has placed McRae's cars in several films, including "The Thirteenth Floor." Shubb says many people rent out classic cars, "but there is a certain trust you have for people like Hollywood Bob."
Yet for all his celluloid success, McRae and his cars often suffer the same letdown as actors. "Sometimes when I go see a movie, I notice a lot of the stuff, including my cars, ends up on the cutting floor," he says. "It's a real shame."
In his neighborhood, though, McRae is still a celebrity. He sits down to a turkey sandwich lunch. The phone rings. "Oh, you're here. Great!" he says, excusing himself from the table to greet the neighbor and his guest. "I'll be right down to give you a walk through of my cars."


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A viable connection in London to match the poster being in London a few days back would beBuenos Aires to LondonBA244 1300-0620+1 (actual 1309-0613+1)and London to LisbonBA500 0735-1015 (actual 0735-1018)
If they are using KLM as pic suggests:(Current Trondheim time is 0939AM)
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by Kevin Dicciani
— Part One
The classified ad called for a communications assistant. The position didn't require any experience and listed only that the applicant know how to speak, email and multitask in an effective manner. Figuring I was qualified, I dialed the number on the listing.
Within seconds a woman answered the phone. We'll call her Claire. Claire reiterated what was printed on the ad and asked if I was available in the morning for an interview. I said yes. She said she was looking forward to meeting me and hung up the phone.
In the morning I caught a bus at Sunset and Robertson Boulevard (I was living in Hollywood, California, at the time.) I got off the bus in Century City and found myself standing upon the glass facade of a strip mall.
I entered the lobby and walked up a flight of stairs and into a hallway full of windows, all of which were covered in curtains or blinds. I knocked twice and waited. A few minutes went by until the door swung open, and a woman in glasses, maybe in her late 20s, early 30s, stood there smiling. "You must be Kevin," she said.
"Yes, I'm here for the interview at 9." I extended my arm to shake her hand.
"Aren't you going to ask me if I'm Claire?" she said, leaving my hand to dangle in the air.
I could feel the sweat beading on my forehead, my temples pulsating. I peered over her shoulder and into the office. It was empty. I looked back at her, still staring at me through her eyes of stone — and laughed nervously. "I'm just messing with you," she said, shaking my hand. "You should've seen the look on your face."
Claire led me into the office; it had white marble floors, white walls, fluorescent lights. Four white leather recliners furnished the corners of the room. Two glass desks equipped with iMacs faced one wall. On the opposite wall, another desk, this one decorated with photos, covered in yellow Post-it notes, faced the door. Half of the room was all black: black floors, black walls, black desk, black chair, black ceiling, black etc.
Claire explained the duties of the position, all of which related to communicating with clients: making and answering phone calls, sending and responding to emails, chatting with clients online, etc. Claire kept repeating that the job had nothing to do with "cold calling," a less abrasive way of saying "telemarketing." Obviously, if an employer posted a job listing for a telemarketer, no one would show up. Most people think telemarketers should be condemned to the Eighth Circle of Hell.
She told me the company, Company Y, we'll say, specialized in payday loans, but that it wasn't a direct lender. The company acted as a mediator between those looking for a loan and those that could supply it. All the company did was refer loaners to money lenders and get paid for it; it was that simple, Claire said.
"So," I said, "I don't understand. How does the company even make money?"
Claire explained, "When someone goes on our website and applies for a payday loan, we ship off their information to our affiliate partners, the lenders, who then decide who gets paid. For every person we refer to a lender and gets accepted for a loan, we get paid. For every person who completes the application for a loan on our website, we get paid. And then, every single person who applied for a loan and got denied gets a special offer to re-apply to reach a larger number of our partners in our lender tree. If they re-apply, we get paid."
"How many times can they re-apply?"
"It's unlimited."
"I apologize for asking this, but is this legal?"
"Oh yeah, it's legal," Claire said. "Is it shady as hell? Absolutely … but I have to put gas in my car, pay all types of insurances; I have rent, a cat to feed, me to feed … I'm not in this for the long haul, dude. I just need to survive like everyone else. I completely understand if you want no part of this if you're skeptical. I was, too. Still am."
"But it is legal, right?" I said.
"I wouldn't be here if it wasn't."
Claire gave me a rough idea of the hours and the pay (all under the table). She said that the boss, whom we'll refer to from here on out as The Kingpin, would explain the rest of the details to me if I was hired. She asked me if I was interested. I couldn't help but nod. Since I graduated college eight months prior, I had applied for roughly 200 jobs; this was only my third interview. I feared that if I was offered the job and turned it down, I wouldn't get an interview for another five months.
I thanked Claire for the opportunity and exited the office to find six people lined up in the hallway, all waiting to be interviewed. They looked tired. Dejected. And every one of them was old enough to be my parent. Realizing the gravity of the situation, my doubt ballooned and rendered my optimism nonexistent.
My phone rang the next morning at 7 a.m. It was Claire, asking if I could work in a place that resembled an operating room. Then I thought about the word 'eviction.' I could hear a clock ticking in the back of my mind, and before I knew it, I had accepted the job.
I arrived at the office the next morning at 8. In the back of the office sat The Kingpin. He was British, small, about 5'5'' and dressed in Gucci sweatpants and a plain white T-shirt. He wore a 5 o'clock stubble on his face and reeked of cologne. He gripped my hand like a vice and looked deep into my eyes as if he was trying to read me, or intimidate me. He went over to his espresso machine, came back with the most perfect looking cup of espresso I'd ever seen and drank it like everything else in his life — black.
I sat across from The Kingpin in his office. "Kevin," he said, "have you ever dialed a phone before?"
A smirk formed on my face until I realized he was being serious. "Plenty of times, sir," I said.
"Well, that's cherry and all, but have you ever dialed a phone when seeking something truly important?"
"I have."
"OK," he said. "When?"
With no real answer, I said the first thing that came to mind. "When I called Claire to apply for this job."
"Cheers," he said, raising his cup to me, looking impressed. "You've successfully completed Stage One … The test, mate. You passed the test. You thought on your feet and told me exactly what I needed to hear. Precisely what you'll be doing here while you work for me. And Kevin, I don't trust many people. You can see that. It's just me, you and Claire here. We're a team now, so I hope I can trust you."
"You can, sir."
The Kingpin told me to arrive for work at 8 the next morning. He shook my hand and told Claire to train me and have me memorize the lines I'd be speaking on the phone. He patted me on the back and said, "I hope you like money, Kevin, because one morning when you come into the office, you're literally going to have to swim through dollar bills in order to get to your desk."
Kevin Dicciani is the Chestnut Hill Local's I.T. specialist.
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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) – A spokesman for the Ugandan government says peace talks between the Congolese government and M23 rebels will begin in the Ugandan capital Friday.
Fred Opolot said Thursday that delegations from the Congolese government and the rebels will hold preliminary meetings in Kampala to draft the "ground rules and working framework for subsequent meetings."
The delegations will also agree Friday on the composition of observers to the talks.
Although Ugandan military officials have been accused in a U.N. report of supporting M23, the East African country is mediating the talks between Congo and the rebels, who have withdrawn from the eastern provincial capital of Goma in keeping with the demands of regional leaders.
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It might be a stretch to call this "going green", it isn't on par with using reusable bags or replacing your light bulbs with energy efficient bulbs, but these are a few tips to help you maximize your battery charge!
Network Connections
Turn off unused connections when not in use for example: Wi-Fi ® Bluetooth® (Manage Connections)
Use "Auto On/Off" (Options>AutoOn/Off)
Use a single mode only. Choose 2G or 3G rather than 2G and 3G. (Options>Mobile Network)
When exiting, be sure to close the app, not leave it running in the background. (close with the ESC key, the rounded arrow not red power end key. Or, choose Menu button and scroll down to close)
Log out of applications when they are not needed.
Reduce Backlight Timeout (Options> Screen/Keyboard)
Reduce Backlight Brightness (Options > Screen/Keyboard)
Use a device holster (this turns off LCD automatically when you put your device away)
Set Audible Roll for your trackball to mute (Options> Screen/Keyboard)
Key Tone Off (Options> Screen/Keyboard)
Turn off flash (Camera > Options)
Set picture size to Small (Camera > Options)
Set Color Effect to Normal (Camera > Options)
Set Picture Quality to Normal (Camera > Options)
Turn off GPS when not required (Options > Advanced Options > GPS)
Use the zoom out function to get the largest viewable area that you can still use usefully.
Close browser when finished using (close with ESC key, not red End key)
This is pretty big list, do you have any additions? Or maybe just some general "green" tips for life?~BlackBerry Community Post~


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Barilla Pasta Reveals Plans To Embrace Diversity & Inclusion
Following the enormous backlash Barilla Group received following chairman Guido Barilla's damaging homophobic statements, the company announced today what steps it's taking to embrace and encourage diversity both inside and outside of the company.
"Diversity, inclusion and equality have long been grounded in Barilla's culture, values and code of conduct. They are reflected in our policies and the benefits we provide to all employees, regardless of age, disability, gender, race, religion, or sexual orientation," said Chief Executive Officer Claudio Colzani. "At the same time, we are committed to promoting diversity further because we firmly believe that it's the right thing to do."
The steps include:
- A newly-established Diversity & Inclusion Board, comprising external experts and advocates who will help Barilla establish concrete goals and strategies for improving diversity and equality in the company's workforce and culture with regard to sexual orientation, gender balance, disability rights and multicultural and intergenerational issues. Individuals who have accepted positions on the Board to date include, David Mixner, a prominent global leader in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community and Alex Zanardi, a Paralympic gold medalist.
- Appointment of the company's first Chief Diversity Officer, Talita Erickson, a Brazilian-born attorney who for the past year has served as General Counsel to Barilla America.
- Participation in the Corporate Equality Index (CEI) created by the U.S.-based Human Rights Campaign to measure and rate large companies on their policies and practices pertinent to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) employees.
"I am encouraged by Barilla's commitment to seek outside guidance and advice on these crucial issues and pleased to be a part of it," said Diversity & Inclusion Board member David Mixner. "I am also impressed with the willingness of the Chairman and company to listen and learn from LGBT community leaders and work towards improving diversity, inclusion and equality."
What do you think of the company's efforts, Instincters? Will they be enough to repair Barilla's tarnished image or will we simply need to wait to see the results of their changes?
As I understand it. The chairman never stood down. See what message does this send? To me it means that the company is in damage control and is making these decisions based on falling sales. Which is a win I suppose.
If the company were serious there should be an apology and a sacking. And if not, then stand behind your original statements and chairman.
Not buying it...his new found LGBT interests OR his pasta. Haters don't change their spots overnight like they have...It is the almighty greed for money that is changing his views not his conscious or heart.
I may be a bitter queen, but I will be a bitter queen that will NEVER buy their overpriced pasta again!
Another comment that doesn't make sense. The comments were one man and were taken to mean that this is how the company felt. We should celebrate and support any company willing to continue to step up and take a standard to promote (even if it's developing) a focus on diversity & inclusion. Buy their pasta or don't buy their pasta, but let's also not throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Y'know, I am NOT any kind of serious epicurean; frankly, unless we are talking about these newfangled, "healthier" alternative forms of pasta (like Italians have been dying of pasta overdoses of the old kind for years, right?), I cannot tell the difference between Barilla or any other kind on the market. I say, bully for them to recognizing that they have offended and potentially permanently alienated a substantial percentage of their customer base, & trying to do damage control to compensate for it. But I find it difficult to believe that Il Gattopardo has really changed his spots in any significant way, so I will just continue to buy whatever pasta is on sale when I need it, EXCEPT FOR BARILLA!!!
Oh, & in closing, having lived in Southern Europe for three years (i.e. Italian Switzerland/Italy), I don't recall EVER seeing this brand on the shelves when I was shopping. Just sayin' . . .


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I have a Gemini turntable and a Stanton 500 AL-II cartridge. I have a question on the settings for the counter-weight. After the horizontal balancing and setting the pressure-ring to zero for that position, the manual says something like "now adjust the counterweight until the desired stylus pressure appears on the ring". My question is: What is the desired pressure?
The ring has a scale from 0-3 on my tt. What is a good pressure to use?
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Stretch40 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 110 designs submitted by 40 freelance designers.
Hercules Property Solutions, LLC
I'm a former airline pilot taking time away from flying to try my hand at being an entrepenuer. I've never started up a small business before and quite frankly feel somewhat overwhelmed at this point. I'm not the most creative guy, so that's why a friend directed me to this website.
Cleints will included real estate agents and possibly banks that handle foreclosed properties. Owners of rental properties and property management companies will also be targeted.
Looking for a logo that is:
-Simple, yet bold
-Incorporates desert colors (business is located in Phoenix area)
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A colleague of mine, Tim Wallace, recently alerted his classmates to the existence of this Google MyMaps mashup of US drone attacks in Pakistan:
This map is the poster child for emotionally inappropriate symbology. A lot of people think of maps as simply carriers for data. But they do more than transmit information — they influence our thoughts and our feelings as well. They're artwork. One point symbol is not as good as any other, and I believe that bright red and green pushpins are completely unacceptable for a map about death, and war, and terror. These are human lives we are talking about here, not regional sales numbers in a spreadsheet. This map is dehumanizing. This map makes war look tidy and fun.
The internet has brought a lot of changes to cartography. Data are cheap, distribution is cheap, and access to the technology to make maps is opening up to more and more people (though we would do well to remember that the touted geoweb revolution is still confined to the iPhone-toting wealthy western elite — click here for more of my thoughts on this). All of this is, to my mind, good stuff. But, right now, the tools are still in the formative stages. The problems with this map are not really the fault of the creator. They had a data set that they wanted to get out there and share with the world. Google provided them a free, easy to use tool to accomplish this. Ideally, better tools and better cartographic education would be available to the new influx of people interested in mapping their world, but the above shows that we've still got a long way to go.
And, of course, this data set is all laid on top of an unnecessary satellite photo, along with some roads that will mean nothing to most readers. But, that's par for the course with these early days of free web maps. It is my hope that the mapmaking infrastructure will continue to improve as demand for custom mapping applications rises.
Finally, I should point out that the yellow and green pushpins are largely indistinguishable to certain types of color vision impairments.
I am glad the author made this map and shared it with the world (I am, in fact, using the data in a personal project of my own). The problems are largely forgivable and understandable. But they are still serious problems, and we need to be aware of the effects this map can have on us when we look at it.


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White Paper Co. avait besoin d'un nouveau design de page web et a lancé un concours sur 99designs.
Un gagnant a été sélectionné de 26 designs proposés par 14 designers freelance.
Polar Promotions & Sportswear
We sell branded hardgoods & apparel (B2B and B2C) in Calgary, Alberta.
Use current trends for website design – scrolling over clicking, larges images, tiles, flat design, ghost buttons
Homepage: We want lots of big images (possibly scrolling images on the top of the page to keep people engaged on the main page). Also, it needs to include our product search bar.
Menu items (preferably navigation anchored at the top of the page but like the idea of jump menu items in the main navigation bar (see the solowheel website example)– About Us, Products, Services, Contact Us, Articles & News, Login.
* We are currently just asking for a home page but after the winner has been selected, we may choose to work with the designer on creating additional pages.
* We don't have a web developer yet so if you are also a web developer, we will consider you for web development.
Main colours should be the two blues in our logo. Prefer the bright colourful simple icons look.
To give you a better idea of who we are, I've attached a presentation about Polar Promotions.


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I am always asked to recommend wine books. Each year hundreds of new wine books are published. Taken together, they provide more than 15 original thoughts and more than 25 things worth knowing about wine! With some foresight, a novice wine enthusiast could spend a year reading these books and emerge with more than six minutes of insight. Which is more than one can say about reading the collected works of Glenn Beck, which would more than likely produce brain hemorrhaging and the desire to tithe 10 percent of your income to Summers Eve.
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Here are my favorite new wine books.
Natural Wine Is Crap by Rudolf Steiner (translated from Austrian by Professor Irwin Corey)
Originally published in 1932, here is Steiner's argument for never using organic or biodynamic practices as an excuse for making crappy wine. "Biodynamic practices were never intended to make wine," Steiner says, "that's just stupid. Wine is the most manipulated thing on the table, aside from my nephew's ding-dong. There is no such thing as 'natural' wine any more than there is 'natural' Wienerschnitzel. By definition, wine, from start to finish, from vineyard to bottle, is a product of man's intervention, so it's about as natural as mustard gas. How ignorant are people to believe 'natural wine' has any meaning? It's like thinking mannequins regurgitate plastic vomit."
This is a must read for those who will certainly never read it.
A History of The Hundred Point Scale by Madge N. Airy
|The 100 Point Scale--Weigh Stupid
Perhaps the most controversial wine book of 2011, Airy's book argues that the Hundred Point Scale was originally conceived as a joke. Her meticulously researched book includes historic letters from Robert Parker to several of his attorney friends that explain, as one letter puts it, "The scores I add to my reviews have no meaning, but, hell, they're a damned funny joke. And now people believe them! What a bunch of rubes. I made up the scores just like I made up billable hours." From there, Airy reveals insider Wine Spectator emails from Marvin Shanken to Spectator wine critics that say, "Just write the descriptions using the approved Wine Adjective Software and we'll assign the numbers in the editorial meeting. This means you, Fish. You wouldn't know a 96 from a 69, which explains why your moustache smells funny."
Airy makes a compelling case that the 100 Point Scale was diabolically forced on consumers much like the SAT, Credit Ratings and Ralph Nader.
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Wine Encyclopedias edited by Jancis Robinson, Oz Clarke, Hugh Johnson, and Tom Stevenson; Introduction by Larry the Cable Guy, MW
This is a must-have for every wine lover. Worth it just for Larry the Cable Guy, MW's lucid introduction. "Hell, my grandpa made wine every bit as good as anything from France. French wine is stupid, and I'll tell you why. French people make it. Same people as make Renaults and Jean-Luc Godard movies. Them people that worship Jerry Lewis and think Roman Polanski has a "Genius Get Out of Jail Free" card taped to his Andouille sausage. All they know how to make right is white flags." On top of that, you get 1200 pages of recycled wine facts expertly alphabetized. No one knows how to alphabetize like the English. Wondering what comes first, Petite Sirah or Petite Syrah? (I won't give it away.) It's here in this handy reference guide to handy reference guides. I can't wait until next year's blockbuster, "The Oxford Guide to the Oxford Encyclopedia of The World Atlas of Wine Encyclopedias: A Complete Guide."
There's an MS in My Pants, or At Least Something is Warm, Smelly and Squishy by Sara Doctor Indehaus.
A fascinating tell-all book by an MS candidate that reveals the secretive, misunderstood and dangerous cult of Master Sommeliers. Indehaus, for the first time in print, reveals the secret Master Sommelier Oath, "They don't know shit, and we do." She takes us step by step through the sommelier tests, including her final oral exams. Who knew they had gloryholes? Yes, this is the real world of MS and the people who strive who join their ranks. It will surprise you, it will enlighten you, and, most of all, it will make you want to spit.


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City of Lincoln
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Mayor's Office
Mayor Chris Beutler announced today that he has received a letter of resignation from Fire Chief Niles Ford, who has accepted a position as City Manager in Chamblee, Georgia. Beutler appointed Ford as Fire Chief in August 2007. His final day with the City will be April 29.
"I am truly grateful for the tremendous job Niles has done in leading Lincoln Fire & Rescue," said Beutler. "I have always appreciated the talent and professionalism he brought to the job. He was an extremely valuable member of our team and he will be greatly missed. I'm very proud of the leadership he's shown and I wish him nothing but the best in his future endeavors."
Beutler said the process for selecting a new Fire Chief will be announced at a later date.


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Norwich apartments damaged in fire
Norwich — Three apartments in the Cedar Glen complex at 99 Cedar St. were damaged in an early morning fire Friday.
Norwich Fire Chief Ken Scandariato said the fire was reported at 5:28 a.m. in Building C, which houses more than a dozen apartments. Upon arrival, he said, fire was visible on two floors, with flames shooting out of the windows.
Scandariato said he called in a second-alarm, which summons all the city's volunteer fire departments, as a precaution because the fire easily could have spread throughout the building. The Mohegan Tribal Fire Department assisted in fighting the blaze.
The building was evacuated with the assistance of local police. No injuries were reported.
Tenants of the complex stood outside shivering in the cold, some huddling in a stairwell in the adjacent Building D.
Janet Janssen said she lives on the third floor in apartment 47, next door to where the fire apparently started, in apartment 48.
"A cop and a fireman banged on my door and told me to get out of the house now," Janssen said. "I thought to myself, here we go again."
Janssen was referring to a Jan. 7 incident, when she and her neighbors were forced to evacuate their apartments because Jason Razzino, who lived in Building D, shot a police officer then killed himself during a standoff with police.
Janssen was wearing only pants, a shirt and socks; she hadn't had time to put on her shoes.
"I don't know if my apartment got damaged," she said.
Eventually, Janssen, along with a young couple with an infant, were allowed to sit in the back of a police cruiser to stay warm.
Dixie Blyden, who lives on the second floor in apartment 39, said an emergency official knocked on her door.
"I grabbed all of my medications and got out of there," Blyden said. "I could see the flames. They were so high."
Evelyn Sanchez said she lives in the apartment where the fire started. She thought that a lit candle may have started the blaze. She said she was at her neighbor's apartment when the fire started. She declined further comment.
Scandariato confirmed that the fire started on the third floor and burned its way down to the second. Firefighters conducted a fast and aggressive interior attack, he said, which kept the fire in check.
A ladder truck was used for access to ventilate the roof and to check for hot spots.
The fire was under control shortly before 6:30 a.m.
Norwich Director of Inspections James Troeger said residents of about a dozen apartments surrounding the three damaged units were allowed to return to their homes Friday afternoon.
The three damaged apartments will be closed for much longer, Troeger said. The third-floor unit where the fire started suffered extensive damage. The fire burned through the floor to a second-floor unit, and a first-floor unit was damaged extensively by water.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Day staff writer Claire Bessette contributed to this report.
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This nontraditional Christmas stocking features a 100% cotton fabric print with a witch, her black cat familiar and spell book, and a skull with a top hat, all on a gray and black damask background. It has a black faux fur cuff, and a heavy weight twill ribbon sewn in for hanging. Lined with black canvas to help hold the shape when it's empty.
Back will be made from a random section of the same fabric. It will be different from the front.
I do not personalize the stockings.
7" Width x 16" Length
10" heel to toe
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