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From its humble beginnings almost two decades ago, the Mobile World Congress (MWC) is now a massive industry event, with 70,000 delegates across eight great exhibition and conference halls.
It's in full swing and I've been running back and forth between the conference and exhibition halls to attempt to take it all in. Mobile developments continue to happen at lightning speed, with a vast array of new devices and start-ups.
To help make sense of it all, I've identified six key themes that I think will impact the media industry.
Device convergence
Phones are starting to look like tablets, tablets like laptops and cameras like phones. And the big manufacturers, LG, Sony, Samsung, are making it easier for their tech to work together, such as gaming on HD TVs with phones as controllers. We need to start thinking about mobile media planning across devices, for example using phones to "drive" brand experiences on smart TVs.
And it's a reminder we need to continue working to try and link ad delivery across multi-device customer journeys, aiming to get to that elusive single customer view.
'Open' mobile
One of the big launches at MWC has been Firefox's new OS. While it won't alter the dominance of iOS and Android overnight, it's clear from hearing the carriers speak that they want a more "open" mobile experience where Google and Apple don't call all the shots.
Carriers want to become media companies in their own right, owning more content and service delivery, but they know they will need to partner – a potentially big opportunity for existing content creators and even brands.
A more "open" mobile world is also one driven by HTML5 and the web browser, which would be good news for brands and media – advertising plays a much stronger role in discovery and measurement in the mobile web versus app stores.
4G/LTE: 'from analogue to digital'
There are a huge number of 4G/LTE-focused businesses in the exhibition halls, and AT&T believe that 4G (coupled with cloud services) will change every industry. GSMA describes the leap from 3G to 4G to the shift from "analogue to digital".
LTE is still really nascent in the UK, but following last week's auction, we can expect to see it making an impact by the end of 2013. And LTE could be a big step-change for mobile media, opening up richer content experiences for media owners and brands, particular in mobile video, allowing us to move beyond restrictive file size limits to build richer ad experiences.
Mobile payments: overcoming fragmentation
There are literally hundreds of start-ups and exhibitors dedicated to mobile payments, NFC and mobile integration into POS in retail. It underlines what a fragmented space it still is, both for brands and for end users.
Vodafone's chief executive, Vittorio Colao, believes that joint ventures between operators will be needed to create unified systems for payment that are user-friendly – a process that is underway in the US.
The Weve JV in the UK promises to do the same, but a unified mobile retail payments system is probably some way off. In the meantime, agencies and brands should experiment with the existing options (e.g. Square) to build learnings for when payment systems start to scale up for users.
Mobile brand experiences
Leading marketers from Unilever, KLM, Fidelity and Intercontinental shared their experiences of mobile marketing to date, and the common theme is that they have built mobile strategies across the customer journey, from discovery to post-purchase. They have developed apps and sites that not only allow audiences to transact, but add brand value.
For example, KLM are building a user-generated travel information app and Intercontinental already have concierge and food content apps – adding value alongside transactional brand experiences. The start point is not advertising, it's how to use the best available mobile technology (sites, apps, SMS, social) to build an experience which advertising can support and amplify.
We need to work with brands to build their mobile customer journey experiences, which will unlock the opportunity to grow mobile advertising and search.
Mobile advertising as a value-add
Finally, both mobile ad vendors and networks have spoken openly about the need to develop advertising for mobile that is sensitive to user experience – not intrusive or overly interruptive. By some estimates, up to 47% clicks on mobile ads happen by mistake.
The growing presence of mobile ad tech in the exhibition halls reminds us that we need to use wealth of data around individual users, location and context to run mobile advertising that genuinely adds value to mobile user experiences.
This means working with clients to run advertising that is relevant to the context that users see the ads in (e.g. referencing location) or delivers a tangible benefit (e.g. vouchering, content). The challenge for mobile networks and publishers is to continue to drive format innovation to find organic, seamless ways of integrating ads into mobile, beyond the standard banner.


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WaterFurnace International, Inc.
WaterFurnace manufactures and sells more geothermal systems for homes than anyone else in the business. WaterFurnace International, Inc. has been manufacturing and distributing ground source/water source heat pumps for over 20 years. And during this period, successfully sustained leadership in an industry that has become the choice for environmentally friendly and super energy-efficient heating, cooling and hot water products. WaterFurnace Global Sales has distributed product to thousands of projects in countries all over the world.
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1983 - Jim Shields, form WaterFurnace International, Inc. to establish North American distribution of WaterFurnace products in a total system package for residential geothermal closed loops. The first warehouse is located on Speedway Drive in Fort Wayne. Jim Shields becomes Chairman of WaterFurnace International.
1985 - WaterFurnace International, Inc. moves to a 10,000 square foot factory at 4307 Arden Dr. in Fort Wayne and purchases a water-source heat pump product line from McQuay, a Snyder-General Corporation, and establishes manufacturing. The assembly line is moved from Staunton, VA to Fort Wayne. The first WaterFurnace manufactured product, the WS Series product (1/2 - 5 ton), is introduced 5 months after the deal is signed. New 'LPK' loop pump kit is introduced using brass 3-way gate valves and eliminates the pressure tanks, flow meters etc.
1986 - WaterFurnace introduces the extended range WX Series (1/2 - 10 ton) in packaged, split and water-to-water configurations. Later the WX Series becomes known as the most reliable unit in the industry. A 4,000 square foot warehouse addition is added at the back of the Arden Drive location. Vertical earth loops drilled under the slab are used to heat and cool the new addition.
1987 - WaterFurnace introduces the Triple Function (TF) Series that operates in 4 modes; heating, cooling, water heating and cooling with water heating using R-500 refrigerant. WaterFurnace leases an additional 15,000 square foot facility around the corner from the Arden Dr. plant for sub-assembly space and a new training center.
1990 - WaterFurnace introduces the revolutionary Premier AT Series product line. AT Series is the first water source product to include ECM fan motors, scroll compressors, non-bleed balanced port TXV, custom residential microprocessor control board, internal electric heat, internal condensate trap, plastic drain pans, impedance condensate sensing, thermistor-based freeze protection and the white powder coated cabinet. The WaterFurnace AT series sets the industry efficiencies standards by beating the nearest competition by 2-3 EER points. Efficiencies are so high that some competitors don't believe them. WaterFurnace introduces a new flow center featuring a new custom designed brass 3-way valve with a foam insulated powder coated metal jacket. WaterFurnace Industries Ltd. purchases controlling interest in WaterFurnace, Inc.
1991 - WaterFurnace completes construction of 120,000 square foot manufacturing and headquarters facility in Fort Wayne, IN. The new facility is completely heated and cooled by WaterFurnace geothermal technology.
1992 - WFI Industries Ltd. completes the acquisition of WaterFurnace International, Inc. Expands the Premier AT line by introducing the first 2-speed geothermal unit in the industry and further increases the efficiency gap with the competition. WaterFurnace of Australia commences distribution.
1993 - WaterFurnace introduces the Premier2 Series product line with a major revision of the Premier control board incorporating even more diagnostic and control features. WFI Industries Ltd. stock is placed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, Canada's stock exchange.
1994 - WaterFurnace introduces the Spectra Series units, a spin-off of the Premier AT but intended for commercial and 'builder' residential applications.
1996 - WaterFurnace introduces several new products, including Intellizone, the first zone control designed for use with ECM fan motors, Premier Plus water heating heat pump, Spectra Splits, Spectra 7-10 ton units and Spectra water-to-water units.
1997 - WaterFurnace introduces a line of console products and Versatec series units designed for commercial/institutional applications.
1998 - Bruce Ritchey named new President of WaterFurnace International, Inc. The Company continues to expand Versatec line.
1999 - WaterFurnace launches the Synergy3 product-- the first geothermal unit designed for forced air heating and cooling with hot water for radiant floors.
2000 - WaterFurnace continues to expand Versatec line, adding new sizes, configurations and options. Premier line of products receives additional upgrades.
2001 - Premier E-series products are introduced—the industry's first geothermal unit featuring dual-capacity compressors and R-410A refrigerant. WaterFurnace International, Inc. begins plans to convert all products to R-410A.
2002 - WaterFurnace expands lines of Premier E R-410A units. Launches the Premier ES-the industry's first dual capacity, R-410A split unit suitable for either indoor or outdoor installations.
2003 - WaterFurnace continues E Series expansion into Commercial product line. WFI Global becomes a newly formed division of WFI Industries Ltd.
2004 - WaterFurnace introduces two new products, the EW Hydronic Heat Pump with custom microprocessor control and Pool Heaters for an OEM customer. First dividends are given out from WaterFurnace stock. Jim Shields retires as Chairman of the Board. His son, Tim Shields, becomes Chairman of the Board.
2005 - WaterFurnace International, Inc. introduces the EW Reversible Chiller and the EZ Series Indoor Split Product Line
2006 - WaterFurnace, introduces Envision Series. The first ever 30 EER 5 COP unit on the market.
2007 - WaterFurnace Breaks the $100 million sales mark for the first time.
2008 - WaterFurnace Industries, Inc. changes name to WaterFurnace Renewable Energy Inc. WaterFurnace Renewable Energy Inc. Amid record sales Bruce Ritchey announces retirement as president and CEO of WaterFurnace Renewable Energy Inc.
2009 - Tom Huntington becomes Chief Executive Officer of WaterFurnace International, Inc. The transition from R-22 refrigerant-based products to environmentally friendly R-410A is completed.
2014 - WaterFurnace acquired by NIBE, a leading heat pump manufacturer for the European market. The marriage provides a number of benefits to both companies through product and operational synergies. Although WaterFurnace continues to operate as an independent company, it now serves as the headquarters for NIBE's Energy business in North America.

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Summertime in New York's Finger Lakes is filled with hot-weather fun in the sun, but it's tough to imagine any of that when it's 5:30 on a frozen December morning and you're trying desperately to pull your jeans over a double layer of long johns. It's hard to see anything at all, really, including Seneca Lake, just steps outside my hotel window. It's so completely, thoroughly pitch dark, that even the deep, beautiful blue body of water in front of my eyes is wrapped in a shroud of winter darkness.
On any other day, it would be a perfect time to roll over and go back to sleep, but this morning is offering a tiny window of opportunity to dash bravely into the 12-degree F darkness, grab a dangerously sharp double-bladed pruning tool, and pick frozen, frosty clusters of grapes—all for the love of New York ice wine.
Craving the Cold
If you've ever tasted ice wine's thick, luscious nectar, it's easy to understand why it's worth this kind of effort. Ice wine—also known as eiswein in Austria and Germany, where it originated, or the one-word icewine in Canada, where the steady freezing-cold winter temperatures have made the dessert wine a local icon around Ontario—is nothing less than a second-harvest miracle and, in all likelihood, one discovered by accident. Although evidence of ice wine's existence can be found in sticky drips and drabs from Roman times on, the best existing records point to Dromersheim, Germany, in 1829, when a particularly frosty winter lead some wine growers to leave grapes lingering longer than usual as tough-times feed for livestock. When the cows seemed to be enjoying their emergency snack more than the usual meal, farmers tasted the grapes and realized the frosty winter temperatures had performed a sweet little miracle on their grapes.
The allure of ice wine is a combination of texture and taste. The thick, concentrated liquid is luscious, almost honey-like and, depending on the grape you're using to make it, full of concentrated fruit aromas and flavors. With white varietals (more often than not, Riesling and, in New York and Canada, the French-American hybrid, Vidal), there's a lot of rich, ripe apricot, peach, and pear flavor, and often some spice and nuttiness. In less-common red-varietal versions (typically Cabernet Franc) it's like drinking strawberry jam. And though ice wine was born across an ocean, New York's Finger Lakes region—with its frosty winters and success with Riesling and Vidal grapes—has become a contender, with ice wines being made in the same traditional, labor-intensive method—and priced below some of the big-name imports. "The quality is great, but to do it you've gotta love it and make a real commitment," says Jim Trezise, president of the New York Wine & Grape Foundation.
Right now, that amounts to 22 New York producers—the first was Hunt County in Branchport, which started pressing frozen grapes back in the '80s. The Finger Lakes region has about 10,000 acres of land under vine, producing over 41,000 tons of grapes, with more than 100 bonded wineries fermenting them. "I'd guess that in any given winter, there is a very modest 10-acre land area of vineyard used for [ice wine]," says Dr. Tim Martinson, senior extension associate of the statewide viticulture program at Cornell University in Geneva, N.Y.
It makes for very slippery numbers, too. How much ice wine does New York produce? It depends on the year. Winemakers who adhere to traditional methods might not get the right weather conditions one year, which means they won't be able to make ice wine from that particular vintage. The next year might be enough of a frosty boon to satisfy the sweet tooth of the entire state and then some. "Anecdotally, it seems to be a growing segment," says Trezise, who notes that producers like Casa Larga have barely walked away from wine competitions under the weight of all the medals their ice wines garner. And for those who dare to take the chance, the reward is worth the risk. "It's such an interesting product," says Steve DiFrancesco, winemaker for Glenora Wine Cellars in Dundee and Knapp Vineyards in Romulus, with whom I plucked whole frozen clusters on that dark, December morning. "The depth and complexity is amazing and can't be duplicated by easier methods."
If a Grape Freezes in the Woods…
By easier method, DiFrancesco is referring to the sometimes-controversial method of fabricating ice wine results via cryogenic freezing methods, instead of leaving grapes on the vine to freeze naturally. With the shortcut method, grapes are picked earlier and frozen cryogenically to produce a product with somewhat similar results. Winemaker Bruce Nicholson from Canada's Inniskillin, easily the gold standard for North American ice wine, agrees with DiFrancesco. "You have to do it properly or it doesn't really work. You can throw grapes in the freezer and they'll freeze. Heck, you can throw an apple in the freezer and it'll freeze! But grapes for ice wine need to be exposed to the elements; to freeze and thaw—it breaks down the cellular walls and gives the wine character. Cryogenic methods don't yield the same thing."
Germany and Austria have specific laws that a wine producer must follow in order to call a final product eiswein, as does Canada, whose own regulations are strictly overseen by its Vintner's Quality Alliance and modeled after those of Germany. In each of these countries, part of the law says that the grapes must freeze on the vine via Mother Nature and cannot be picked until the temperature drops below a certain point. New York (and the United States in general) doesn't have any such laws, although there are some labeling regulations. "If the grapes are frozen artificially, the wine can't be called ice wine and the label needs to say somewhere 'grapes frozen post-harvest,' " says DiFrancesco, who has made three cryogenic versions. "We call our cryo wines 'iced wines' and say so on the label and don't try to imply they are the real thing."
Still, some producers say it's not enough because the end result creates confusion for the unsuspecting shopper. "It's legal to say iced wine or just ice [e.g., Vidal ice] if it's made via cryogenic extraction, but consumers don't understand that it's not ice wine," says Andrea O'Neill who, with her winemaker brother John Colaruotolo, runs Casa Larga Vineyards in Fairport, which at up to 600 cases annually, produces the most ice wine in New York. They also are the driving force behind the New York Ice Wine Festival in Fairport, the state's first and only all-traditional-method ice wine shindig, which takes place in February (there's a second ice wine festival, the nICE Fesitval at the New York Wine & Culinary Center in Canandaigua, where they allow cryogenic producers to show their wares as well). "It's not bad to produce those products, but it's different. I would like to see New York wineries who are not producing ice wine in the traditional method take the word 'ice' off the label."
For now, Trezise is attempting to bring together the traditional New York ice wine producers with the cryo producers to come to a mutually agreed upon label wording. An added incentive comes in the form of a resolution passed by the World Wine Trade Group which put forth voluntary labeling requirements that would ask ice wine makers in Canada and the United States, as well as Chile, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa where some producers have dabbled in ice wine as well, to use the words icewine, ice-wine or ice wine on a label only if the grapes were naturally frozen on the vine. Other than that, New York's traditional producers rely only on their good reputations and the cooperation of the weather.
The Colder, the Better
With only our headlights and the occasional Christmas tree bulbs flickering from a window to illuminate the silent, moonless morning, I follow behind Steve's car to a plot of Vidal grapes at the Knapp Vineyards in Romulus, left unharvested in the hope of fortuitously cooperative weather for making ice wine. There, off the northwest shore of 43-mile-long Cayuga Lake, we'll be harvesting whole clusters of frozen grapes from about an acre's worth of Vidal vines, a hearty, French-American hybrid whose thick skin handles the frosty weather well.
I pull into Knapp's dark parking lot as the light is beginning to break in the sky, and I meet my 25 fellow pickers, so concealed by down jackets, thick gloves and warm hats pulled low over ears, that I'm sure I wouldn't recognize a single one of them if we met on the street some other time. As multi-layered and thoroughly caffeinated as we all appear to be, it's impossible to ignore the cold—something that had DiFrancesco giddy for the good fortune of having a perfect picking opportunity, because the deeper the freeze, the sweeter the grapes. In Canada, for instance, the law is you can't pick until the thermometer drops to 18 degrees, but winemakers like Nicholson prefer to wait until even another 5 degrees or so down before plucking the bunches from the vines. In the days before we picked, I checked in daily with DiFrancesco, who was glued to the weather forecast; it wasn't until the day before I arrived that the forecast promised to be just right and he gave me the thumbs up to jump in my car and head north.
"Okay, everyone, we've got to move quickly!" says DiFrancesco to his eager troop. "For those of you who haven't done this before, we'll be picking whole clusters so the grapes don't get damaged before going into the press. That way the less sweet part of the crop, which would be the most frozen, will remain as ice; while the most sweet will press out as very sweet juice."
And therein lies the secret to ice wine: Allowing (or hoping for) late-ripened grapes to stay on the vine when temperatures dip below freezing allows the watery juice to freeze but the concentrated, sugary juice to remain. The grapes must be quickly brought in to be crushed before the sun can warm them, otherwise the juice melts and waters down the syrupy juice. It's an extreme-winemaking kind of challenge that pits a winemaker against time and temperature. It's also an incredibly costly prospect. Leaving grapes on the vine long past the usual harvest makes them ever-more susceptible to disease, the whims of weather, and the hunger of winter-starved birds and deer.
We trudge through the snow to the nearby vineyard plot, grab broad plastic bins and begin, using super-sharp vine pruners to cut the clusters from their vines. It's awkward at first, because thick, winter gloves make it hard to gently but firmly grab the bunches and cut the stems, but as we each get the hang of it, we pick up the pace. Even with hearty winterized hiking boots and three layers of warm socks, my toes feel painfully frozen in the first half hour. My fingers are moving so that keeps the blood flowing, but even through my thick insulated winter gloves, they still sting and make me wince. We fill tray after tray of the plastic bins, and within a very cold but exciting hour and a half, we've picked the whole lot. It's only 8:30 a.m., but the grapes have been loaded into a truck and driven swiftly to a press in a cold, open garage at the winery, waiting to crush the frozen fruit before even a drop of ice begins to melt.
DiFrancesco is on his 32nd vintage of Finger Lakes wine, but this is only his second ice wine harvest. He's cautiously excited about the way things are looking: nice, healthy bunches of Vidal grapes frozen solid like icy glass chotskies, all ready for the bladder press, a cylindrical shaped wine press with an enormous inflatable pillow inside that puts even pressure on the grapes as it fills with air, and presses the juice through small holes. As the bladder expands and the press spins slowly, the frozen grapes sound like marbles rattling around inside. Ping, ping, ping. Which brings up the other costly part of making ice wine—how little you get back from the grapes in this frozen state. "Even if everything works out, what you lose is yield," says DiFrancesco. "One ton normally gives you about 165 gallons of juice; for ice wine, you get about 40 gallons from the same amount." But what's coming out of the press this day has DiFrancesco feeling nothing less than grape-giddy.
It takes several hours to press a single ton. When the horizontal press door is opened midway through, the frozen skins and pulp have formed an icy wall against the perforated metal drainage walls. I can't help myself and remove a glove to touch it—it feels as smooth and solid as a piece of glazed tile. Steve and his assistant winemaker pry the frozen pieces from the press walls, push it back in, and press it again to remove any remaining juice. Down below in the trough where the syrupy juice has drained, it smells like peaches and honey, even in the artic temperatures that would challenge the most scent-sensitive nose. At 9:30 a.m., DiFrancesco takes his first measurement of the brix of the juice—the big moment we've all been waiting for.
In a normal table wine, the degree of brix in the grapes—or, concentrated sugar levels—is usually somewhere in the 20s; ice wine is typically a minimum of 35, and sometimes higher. Without this minimum, the whole exercise could be for naught. "I'm hoping for the high 30s or low 40s," DiFrancesco had nervously said when we started that day. We all gather and hold our breath as he loads his refractometer—a small, hand-held device used for measuring brix—with juice.
After keeping the grapes in good shape for months on end, all the days of nail-biting about the weather, the freezing cold early-morning work in the vineyard, the slow-as-molasses crushing, would it be worth it? It's so quiet you could hear a grape drop as we all stare at DiFrancesco squinting one-eyed into his refractometer. His face is emotionless when, finally, he breaks into a huge grin. "It's 49 brix!" Cheers whoop from all of us. Vineyard manager Chris King raises a triumphant gloved fist in the air. The pickers jump up and down, as much for glee as for warmth. Assistant vineyard manager Tom Fish and lab assistant Natasha Nichols high-five. "If it had been 42, I would have been happy with that," says DiFrancesco. "But this …" This is pure New York gold.


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Batman: The Brave and the Bold is a colorful 2D beat-em up in a world where dark and gritty 3D action adventure reigns supreme. Can it possibly succeed where other Batman brawlers have failed?
With comic book Batman busy dealing with his apparent death and time-traveling return, Wayforward's Batman: The Brave and the Bold could be the breath of fresh air that bat-fans so badly need right now. Based on the campy cartoon series of the same name, the Wii and DS game looks to be an old-school beat-em up, a genre that's delivered mixed results to the Batman franchise over the year. Some of the worst Batman games have been side-scrolling beat-em ups.
And then there's The Adventures of Batman & Robin for the Super Nintendo, one of the best Batman games.
So who knows? This could be the best bat-thing since sliced bat-bread. We'll find out this fall, when Batman: The Brave and the Bold ships for the Nintendo Wii and DS.


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Colorwash Table Runner Pattern
So fun to make!
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June 20, 2016
I'm a very seasoned quilter, but I found the instructions a bit vague. I figured it out from the picture, after assessing it for awhile, but I agree with another reviewer that only the picture was professionally done. Other diagrams were cartoonish.
August 24, 2015
Love this pattern. I have made several to give as gifts, it goes together fast and looks great in any color combination.
April 4, 2015
This looks like a beautiful runner and I expected a nice neat COLOR piecing diagram for instructions. The folder the pattern comes with had a nice color photo of the finished runner, but the directions are in black and white printing, assembly instructions look like hand drawn and cutting and fabric requirements are poorly laid out on the sheet. Also I see no requirements for batting. I will just rely on my own experience for piecing and sewing. I am very disappointed with the way this pattern was written.


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Don't tell anyone, but Massachusetts is kind of a big nerd. We simply love science and nature. You could say it's in our nature, with scenic roads like the lovely Mohawk Trail, 1500 miles of postcard pretty coastline, and some of America's most brilliant fall foliage. The four Harvard Museums of Science & Culture have a new podcast, a virtual tour, online exhibitions, and closer looks at museum collections grouped by themes like "World in Color."We could spend hours at the Museum of Science, and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and wish we could live at the Franklin Park Zoo or maybe the Butterfly Place, surrounded by colorful creatures. And don't even get us started on the New England Aquarium, fully renovated in 2013.
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'Death Race 3' actresses help drive the film
The lovely woman above is Michelle Van Schaik, a Dutch model who makes her movie debut in "Death Race 3: Inferno." The Death Race franchise is based in large part on action, violence and explosions. With the third installment, there's more room for beautiful actresses, and this should help drive success for this film being released directly to Blu-ray/DVD. Van Schaik has a great look and as you can see from this video interview she has a great presence about her as well. It will be interesting to see if she gets opportunities outside of South Africa.
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XML transformations are presently done through the Saxon Servlet that is running on an instance of Tomcat at Orion's port :8080. Should this go down a back-up plan has been established, since XML transformations are integral to so many parts of THDL. The plan is to switch the transformations from Orion's :8080 port to the library's standard transformation servlet at http://text.lib.virginia.edu. In general, this can be done by switching the call in the URL from:
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… while keeping all the paramenters "?source= …" and "&style= …" the same. If the URL call that creates the web page from XML contains " http://orion.lib.virginia.edu:8080/servlet/SaxonServlet", then this must be changed in the link.
However, in THDL there are several PHP scripts that are used to make the transformation calls and then pipe the results into a THDL page. For most transformations (the main exception for now being the Sera sight), these PHP scripts are what will need to be changed. Most will know the two main ones -- show.php and showEssay.php, but there are also one's for the Journal and EWTS. So the "full" list is:
These scripts have been designed so that at the top you will see something like the following code:
$base = $server . $port . $saxon; // For when Orion's tomcat goes down, uncomment the line below. When it's up, comment out the line below by 2 slashes as this line. $base = "http://text.lib.virginia.edu/servlet/SaxonServlet";
When Tomcat and Saxon on Orion are running properly, we want that last line commented out so that it looks like this:
// $base = "http://text.lib.virginia.edu/servlet/SaxonServlet";
But when Orion's tomcat crashes for extended periods (or as in this case over the weekend), you can uncomment that line by removing the slashes. This overwrites the first value for $base which is the orion location with the Hatbox transformation servlet. When Orion's version of tomcat gets rebooted and the saxon servlet is up and running, that last line can once again be commented out so that the scripts use Orion's servlet.
Remember: The Orion version of the servlet provides faster transformations, because the call is going to the same machine as the style and source. So, whenever possible, it's transformation servlet should be used.


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I have to share this tip he recently posted on his Facebook page.
He says that to clean your silver in seconds, line a sink with heavy duty aluminum foil, and then bring a few big pots of water to almost boiling. Place the silver on the foil and pour water over it, then pour in some baking soda - use at least a box if you have more than a few items. It causes a chemical reaction that will leave your silver shiny in seconds.
For the reaction to work, the silver has to be touching the foil, so you will have to turn it. August adds that if you're doing a large amount of silver you will need to change the foil, water and baking soda every so often for best results.
Afterward, wash your pieces with soapy water, rinse, dry and enjoy the sparkle.


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The first-ever Evergreen Apps Competition came to a close last night in Seattle as we recognized the top applications developed over the last six months with government open data. Top honors went to Living Voters Guide with other prizes for WhichBus, Trash Backwards and Food Inspector.
I was one of the judges for the event, and, I have to admit, I had a lot of fun downloading and testing the apps on Android and iPhone platforms, as well using some apps on the web itself. Full results are posted on the Evergreen Apps website and on Geekwire.
"Apps competitions" might seem a little passé these days. It sure seems as if there have been dozens of them, starting with the original Apps for Democracy in the District of Columbia in 2008. New York City has had at least three renditions of their Big Apps contests and San Francisco continues to innovate with a whole catalog of apps.
What makes this one different? And where should we be going with Government data and apps contests in the future?
Evergreen Apps is different because it was a joint effort by the City of Seattle, King County and the State of Washington. Three governments at different levels, multiple different open data sites and $75,000 in prizes. Plus, of course, it was held in Seattle, center of the technology world, with over 100,000 people employed by companies ranging from Microsoft to Cozi to Amazon to Google to Socrata to Urbanspoon.
In return for the prize money, the rules stipulate the apps must be maintained an enhanced for a year. That, hopefully, will give some longevity to these apps. Alas, many of the results of apps contests elsewhere have resulted in dead ended apps which no longer work for a whole variety of reasons ranging from changes in the underlying data structure to developers who go on to other things.
A huge issue is sustainability. One of my very favorite apps from the original Apps for Democracy contest – "Stumble Safely" which maps crime around your present geographic location – appears to be long dead.
Developers and their startup companies can't live on coding alone – cash really REALLY helps, but apps built on government open data are hard to monetize.
Another huge problem is non-portability. An app built in Seattle with data.seattle.gov information works in Seattle, but not in LA or Chicago or Podunk Center. We need either much better standards for the underlying datasets, along the lines of Google's GTFS for transit data. Many transit agencies have adopted this format because increasing their ridership is core to their business, and using the standard advances that goal.
As an alternative, we could use a schema and data interchange process to mask the differences in data between different cities, counties and states.
I have great hopes for Socrata, a Seattle-based technology company which hosts the federal data.gov, data.seattle.gov, and hundreds of other government open data sites. They are one of the movers behind cities.data.gov, a first attempt at combining datasets from multiple cities.
If cities.data.gov or maybe a future states.data.gov or even restaurantinspections.data.gov can be made real, then an app writing against those open data sites would work anyplace in the world which contributes data.
Another huge problem is simply the lack of governments who participate. Sure, there are 176 federal government agencies who make data open, thanks to the commitment of the Obama Administration, the United States CTO Todd Park, his Deputy Chris Vein, U. S. CIO Steve Van Roekel and data.gov evangelists like Jeanne Holm. But only 19 cities and counties in the United States, and only 34 states have open data sites. See the list here. And many of those have incomplete or only a few datasets.
When are local and state governments going to "get it" that transparency and open data are a way to enlist a wide site of private companies and developers into helping them better serve their constituents?
Finally, there is the abysmal situation with transparency in lawmaking. Most state legislatures and city/county councils and commissions put proposed laws and ordinances on their websites, but in PDF format or non-machine readable format, making them almost impossible to consume with apps. Is this stupid, shortsighted or maybe intentional? A positive development here is the recent launch of congress.gov, which the Sunlight Foundation hails as putting much more machine-readable bulk data online.
So where do we go from here? My suggestions:
- Initiate a nationwide or at least statewide (for individual states) effort to standardize the format of the open data, or create data interchange software to mask the differences in the underlying data, as Socrata is trying to do. Collaboration such as that shown by a City, County and State at Evergreen Apps is a great step forward on this path.
- Establish statewide and GSA contracts with private companies to host the data. The State of Washington has done that and it ismuch easier for cities and counties in that state to build their own open data sites. Data.seattle.gov was live two months after we started the project, by using such a contract.
- Pass laws which mandate all data produced by a city, state or county which can be on an open data site is put there. New York City leads the way on this.
- Also mandate city, county and state legislative processes be open with machine-readable data, as congress.gov is starting to do.
In the end, of course, it all comes down to visionary leadership.
President Barak Obama was really visionary in demanding open data and transparency from the Federal Government on his first day in office, on January 21, 2009. Then federal CIO Vivek Kundra and CTO Aneesh Chopra carried that ball forward. Mayor Mike McGinn in Seattle launched data.seattle.gov shortly after taking office in 2010 and I was proud to support him in that as Seattle CTO. Other visionary leaders range from Mayor Gavin Newsom in San Francisco to U.S. Deputy CTO Chris Vein in the White House to Mayor Michael Bloomberg in New York City.
But, alas, you can't legislate leadership. You can only hope voters recognize it and cast their ballots for visionary candidates, and those elected officials, in turn, choose visionary CIOs.
We've got a great start on the brave old world of Government Transparency, and, with initiatives like Evergreen Apps, we'll continue to push the "open data" ball forward.


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I do not yet know if GLAAD got the comeuppance I put forth as a possibility. But that the backlash against the GLAAD-pressured suspension of Phil Robertson prompted A&E quickly to lift that suspension and make GLAAD oh-so mad warms my heart almost as much as the Steelers being eliminated from the play-offs.
Why my animus against GLAAD? Because they are bullies. Worse, they are bullies who are smugly self-righteous as they engage in their bullying, in their attacks against the freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and livelihoods of their opponents.
And do not think that GLAAD only bullies racistsexisthomophobebigoted straight white men such as yours truly. Gays who do not toe the politically correct gay activist line are targeted as well, too. Robert Oscar Lopez knows about that first hand and has shared his experience of life on GLAAD's blacklist.
Really, most gays are victims of GLAAD's bullying. Even those racistsexisthomophobebigots who, like myself, disagree with the gay activist agenda know through experience that most gays do not wear horns. But such good will gays have earned through years of more open engagement with society is not easy to retain when GLAAD and others who purport to speak for gays try to blacklist, silence, boycott, and otherwise bully those who hold to a more traditional view of morality and family life.
Even many gays are coming around to saying it's time for GLAAD to stop their bullying, that the way to combat bigotry is not more bigotry.


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Not long ago, Palm (PALM) shares were trading for about the price of a cell phone ringtone.
Then, the Pre was introduced in January at CES. I was there, and the buzz was instant. A touch screen phone not only to rival Apple's iPhone, but one that those who were gathered in Las Vegas (and there were a lot of us in the Venetian that night, reporters, techies, porn stars, you name it) started to talk about in revered terms: "better than the iPhone" said one. "Smarter than my BlackBerry" said another. "Takes great pictures" said a third (might have been a porn star, but I'm not sure).
Wall Street also listened. After having hung up on Palm a few years ago, investors jumped back in with both, um, palms. Shares of Palm stock doubled, then tripled, finally settling at, given today's economy, a decent price for a tech stock. Looked like Palm had a future, after all.
But here's the problem: No phone yet. All that buzz, and if you want a cool touch-screen phone, the choices are still pretty much your local Apple store, or a BlackBerry outlet. The Pre is nowhere to be found. And now, Palm admits that re-starting the buzz could be very expensive. Like, maybe, nine figures expensive. And with the company having been hitless for years, 100 million dollars isn't sitting around waiting to be spent. The company, by some estimates, has a little more than double that in the bank, total.
So Palm, in Texas Hold 'em parlance, is going all in.
Step one: decide to bet the company on the Pre. Check. Step two: raise enough money to do step one. That's where you, the potential Palm shareholder, come in. Palm will sell shares of stock to raise enough money to market and sell the Pre. If it works, it stands to make a whole lot more money on sales. If it doesn't work, Palm is in big trouble.
Having had an early chance to check the Pre out, I must say that I'm impressed. I like it more than the BlackBerry Storm, and the Instinct by Samsung. And those are pretty good phones. But as good as the iPhone? Remember how many MP3 players were supposedly "as good as the iPod?" Those companies all found out that without that sense of cool (not to mention iTunes), they just weren't gonna hit. That could happen to the Pre. Will there be enough developers to create enough apps? And what about that sense of cool? Sure, it was an early hit with the press & porn stars, but in this economy?
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Charles D. Beaumont III, 82, nuclear power specialist, shipyard owner,
Charles D. Beaumont III of Redding, CT (formerly of Mystic and Greenwich), died January 11, 2013. He was 82 years old.
Mr. Beaumont was born on March 8, 1930, on the Island of Oahu when the Hawaiian Islands were only a territory of the United States to Captain Charles D. Beaumont, Jr. and Jeannette S. Beaumont.
Mr. Beaumont graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1948 and the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1953. He was then commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps. He served in the 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines, Second Marine Division. Mr. Beaumont married his high school sweetheart Audrey I. Greenleaf on June 27, 1953, in Washington, DC. She predeceased him in May, 2012.
Mr. Beaumont and his wife owned and operated Mystic Shipyard in Mystic, CT for over 20 years. Mr. Beaumont also designed and built the Mystic Yachting Center. He was a founder of the Bank of Mystic and the Stonington Country Club. Previously he was Chairman of the Board for The Mystic Aquarium and also a trustee of the Mystic Congregational Church.
He was a long time member of Rotary and worked on their scholarship programs.
Prior to coming to Mystic he was a Nuclear Power specialist with the General Electric Company, managing the marketing of nuclear power stations in the U.S. and around the world. During his early career with G.E. he handled contract negotiations with the Atomic Energy Commission. He worked with the United Nations to start the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, Austria.
Charles was the loving father of a large family who will miss him dearly.
He leaves his sister Jeannette Cobean, Greenwich, CT and four children, Teresa S. Beaumont of Redding, CT, Gina B. Pelcher (Jack) of Jupiter, Fl., C. David Beaumont IV (Susan) of Nantucket, MA., Steven J. Beaumont of Riverside, CT., eleven grandchildren, William Charles Beaumont (Suzanne) of New Milford, CT, Rebecca B. Talcott (Jim) of Redding, CT, Lindsay Lepage (Matthew) of Williston,VT , Jeffrey (Beau) Seaver of Williston, VT, Desiree Beaumont of NYC, NY, Adelle Beaumont of Durham, New Hampshire, Brianna Beaumont of Boston, MA., Kelly Beaumont of NYC, NY, Steven J. Beaumont, Jr. of Stamford, CT, Heather Beaumont of Stamford, CT, Lauren Beaumont of Hartford, CT, and three great grand children Andrew, Gabriella and Isabella and many nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be held at the Mystic Congregational Church 43 East Main St., Mystic on Thursday, January 17th at 11:00 am. Burial will follow at the Elm Grove Cemetery Mystic.


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In the television series Father Knows Best, patriarch Jim Anderson often served up the wisdom of his experience to solve some problem caused by the inexperienced youth of his three children. Lawson Williams must know how the kids felt. He had a moment like that this past summer with his father. He had become president of M.R. Williams Inc., a Henderson-based food and merchandise supplier for convenience stores, in spring 2009. His dad, Mike, retired from day-to-day management but remained chairman of the company he had founded in 1976.
Last year, it started a construction project, one stage of which involved moving tobacco products into a mezzanine in the main distribution center. "One day, my dad said to me, 'Remind me again why we are moving the tobacco products into the mezzanine.'" Williams replied that he thought it would reduce labor costs and speed up the process, but he needed to quantify it. "Give me a day or two," he told his father. After mulling the move, Williams concluded it wouldn't produce the efficiency gains he originally thought it would. "And by not doing it, we probably saved a total of $100,000 in equipment and labor costs."
But even Jim Anderson didn't always know best. In the same project, Williams suggested changes in how products are loaded off a conveyor system in the warehouse. His father balked but eventually went along. "My way," Williams says, "proved correct."
M.R. Williams Inc. is going through a process common in family businesses, and that makes it a frequent occurrence among the companies on the annual ranking of the state's 100 largest closely held companies that Grant Thornton LLP compiles for Business North Carolina. This year, 46 are family-owned, and though not all of them are undergoing a generational change in leadership, many have or will. M.R. Williams apparently is handling it well; it moved up five places on the list, based on the latest fiscal year's revenue, to 33rd. The company at the top, Charlotte-based Belk Inc., is run by the grandsons of its founder.
To be successful, such transitions should clearly delineate the responsibilities each person has for the company's future. The older executive, in particular, must figure out how quickly he will relinquish power. "One of the first things that must be decided is what he wants to do, what role he wants to play in the family business, especially when the next generation comes in and wants to make the business more modern, more competitive," says Kathy Baker, director of the Family Business Center at Wake Forest University.
One company still trying to sort that out is Barnhill Contracting Co., a 60-year-old construction company based in Tarboro that has built, among many other things, the Raleigh Convention Center and, a few blocks away, the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts. It ranks 20th on the list, down from 11th in a tough year for its sector. Robert E. Barnhill Jr., the 63-year-old son of the company founder, named Robert E. Barnhill III president this past summer. The elder Barnhill, who remains chairman and CEO, heads the division that supervises construction of buildings, but he has transferred most of the company's day-to-day responsibilities to his son. As president, the younger Barnhill, 39, will be chiefly responsible for grading, paving and highways. "We're still working our way through who's going to be determining what about the future," the new president says. "It's not something we ignore, because the worst thing you could have is two folks in the business both giving directions."
Like many who ascend to the top in a family company, the younger Barnhill got a taste of it before he graduated from high school. "I had worked here as young as 15 in our equipment and maintenance shop in Tarboro. I was sort of a mechanic's helper, sweeping floors." His father did his best to make sure he wasn't given special treatment. "I can remember one day the foreman asked my dad what to pay me, and my dad said, 'What is your lowest-paying position?'" After graduating from UNC Chapel Hill in 1994 with an economics degree, the younger Barnhill went into BB&T Corp.'s management-development program and worked in Virginia Beach. He saw it as a natural step, given his degree, and he thought he could be successful in banking.
Besides, he couldn't go back home to the family business — at least not if he wanted to claim his full birthright. Company policy prohibits the children of officers from moving into an executive position without working outside the company at least two years. "It's important to us as a family business to go and work in a management position somewhere else before we come back, as much for the individual family member as for the family business. It does a whole lot of good to learn from within another company and pursue something else."
He finally rejoined Barnhill Contracting in 1998. His first job was in Raleigh as a grading foreman, and he later became a divisional vice president before moving back to Rocky Mount and becoming a regional president. In Raleigh, he had often had to act independently, because that's what's expected of a divisional vice president. "We provide the accounting, insurance, equipment and things like that, but they manage their operations," the elder Barnhill says.
Though the transition from older to younger Barnhill is far from complete, it hasn't been as difficult as the company's previous leadership change. The elder Barnhill says he and his father, Robert E. Barnhill Sr., had a more difficult time getting along. "We were both headstrong, and we would disagree on a lot of little things." The result: The first- and second-generation Barnhills stayed close to the operations they were most familiar with — Barnhill Sr. with highways and paving and Barnhill Jr. with buildings and contracting.
In the three years since the younger Barnhill has been in company headquarters, there have been few, if any, father-son disputes. "I can't really think of any conflicts. Over time, you have information-technology things that the younger generation might push for and the older generation might be a bit reluctant to take on. I think the younger generation is naturally more open-minded to technological solutions," the younger Barnhill says.
How and when to adapt to changing technology is an issue that frequently divides the old and new generations. The use of social-networking technology is a specific example, the Family Business Center's Baker says. The older generation might ask why, and the younger generation will say, "Why not?" And the younger folks often can show that adding social-networking technology increases a company's visibility and reach. Intergenerational differences of opinion about how to do things are a common problem in family-owned businesses, she says. Depending on the structure of the transition, "they can be at odds over what their objectives are."
The older generation of leadership might be taking some money out of the company to fund retirement, for instance, while the younger wants to continue investing. The next generation might have ideas about how the business can fit career goals, and sometimes a new strategy is proposed that takes investment and commitment different from what the older generation is accustomed to. Often it's hard to let go of the reins, Baker says. "If a company has a succession plan in effect, and the son or daughter is going to take charge, then the previous generation has to step aside and let the next generation make a mistake — and without saying, 'I told you so.'" While dealing with potential internal frictions, both generations must deal with external challenges, including customers, competitors, conditions in its sector and the overall economy.
Much of that is beyond the control of company leaders, but they exert plenty of influence on what happens inside the company. John K. Snider has been chairman, president and chief executive of Greensboro-based Snider Tire Inc. — No. 48 on the list — since 2000. He says his father, John H., offered a piece of advice that can help minimize the internal tensions that can arise in multigenerational family businesses. In 1976, his dad bought a tire business, and the following year, Snider started work as a service manager in the retail department the Monday after graduating from UNC Chapel Hill. "He told me our business was our business, and our family was our family, and those were two different things. Even after my brother-in-law came into the business, we never discussed business whenever we got together socially."
He and his father had some differences of opinion, "but he knew what he did well, and I knew what I did well, and we did different things well. … I could count on less than the fingers of one hand the number of times we had any kind of disagreement, and it wasn't anything major." Even though the elder Snider has retired, he calls his son about once a month. "We'll have lunch and talk a little about the business. He is interested in the business but not involved in it." And the younger Snider still seeks his advice on occasion. "We made a very big decision to change our major supplier, and I sought his counsel during the deliberations — more than bringing new light to our decision-making process, he was able to affirm what we had decided."
Bill Crowder, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Crowder Construction Co. of Charlotte, likens multigenerational leadership of a family business to a marriage. In the case of his company, intergenerational leadership has been followed by intragenerational leadership: His cousin Otis Crowder is president and chief executive officer. The two Crowders, both 62, don't always see eye-to-eye, but they've learned to avoid insisting that each's ideas are the only ones worth trying.
Even with distinct responsibilities, "no significant decision is made without at least mentioning it to each other. This has to be a very collaborative, cooperative thing. It's really important that we get along and that we not take any criticism like someone is stepping on our toes." He may instinctively want to do something his way, but he and his cousin still talk out the big issues. Flexibility is crucial. "I can see the other way, and vice versa. We don't take a dogmatic stand on things."
Differences in opinion between generations inevitably occur, but serious conflicts don't have to. "I don't think there were great differences in the way we saw things and the way our dads saw things," Crowder says. His father, W.T., and uncle, O.P., started the business in 1947. This year, it ranks 45th on the list, down from 41st last year. "You admire a person who starts something from an entrepreneurial spirit, like our daddies did, bringing different talents, different skills that are required to start and maintain a business. Maybe it was their risk-taking, maybe because their generation went around the world and won a war, but we had a wonderful experience studying at our daddy's knee."
But the lessons weren't always easily learned. "Back when I was young and stupid — I guess when I was 16 or 18 years old — I thought I knew everything, and I thought I was a hell of a lot smarter than my daddy. I'm pretty sure I was indicating that I was hot stuff, sort of like any older teenager would do. My dad took me aside one day and told me, 'I don't do anything around here by myself, and I can't do anything around here by myself. But when we are working together, we can do anything.'"
Crowder didn't fully understand the message at first, but eventually it sunk in and has stuck with him for more than 40 years. "We have decals on our hard hats that say, 'Not I But We.' "
Steve Row is a Greenville freelance writer.


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A man identified as the brother of a former NBA player was shot and killed when someone opened his apartment door and fired inside, witnesses told Chula Vista police.
Jamel McGuire, known as "Mel Mel," was playing basketball for a league that competed in Mexico and had dreams to follow in his brother's footsteps and play in the NBA, his mother told NBC 7. McGuire is the brother of San Diego's Dominic McGuire, who played professional basketball for seven years, most recently for the Indiana Pacers and Toronto Raptors in 2013.
Desiree McGuire says her son Jamel is the man Chula Vista homicide investigators say was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head just after midnight Thursday.
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"I'm in shock right now. This is a nightmare. It's a nightmare," Desiree McGuire said.
Investigators say the victim was playing video games on the couch just after midnight Thursday, near the front door to the East H Street apartment, while his two friends were playing cards on a table nearby. Two witnesses told police the door of the apartment moved, and someone opened fire into the unit, which McGuire's mother said he shared with his girlfriend.
The two friends managed to escape injury by running to a back bedroom and jumping out of a window.
A 5-year-old girl was found sleeping inside the apartment, officers said. McGuire's mother said the child belongs to her son's girlfriend.
Desiree McGuire said she rushed to the apartment complex when she heard about the shooting on the morning television newscasts, fearing the victim was her son.
"That's too descriptive. That sounded like Jamel," she recalled thinking. "I thought I swing by and Lord no, that's not my child."
McGuire graduated from San Diego City College, where he played basketball, his mother said. He also attended Cal State Fullerton and Cal State San Marcos and played basketball there. She said he also was trying to pursue a rap music career.
"He was my baby, he was my youngest child," she said adding that her son was a person who was trying to beat all the odds and should not have died at such a young age," his mother said.
Police have not confirmed the identity of the slain man. No suspect description or motive has been released.
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Economist: Jobless Rate Paints Dire Picture
Gus Faucher, senior economist at PNC, joins the News Hub with a look ahead to the broader economy based on August's employment data. Photo: Getty Images.
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... the ... repeat this morning's top news the August jobs number is in nonfarm payrolls increased hundred sixty nine thousand slightly less than expectations the unemployment rate guide drops just a bit to seven point three percent ... for the wrong reasons the labor force participation rate ... is not looking good I wanna bring in PNC Senior Economist ... Gus O'Shea it now custom morning ... you ... know you look a what's your take on on the jobs number ... is a great many not just the fact that the markets number was only a hundred sixty nine thousand year expecting something closer to underneath out ... but they can order tickets to previous months and so that indicates that job growth in the middle of two thousand and thirteen ... wasn't as strong as we are expecting ... and then the decline in the unemployment rate works the other day ... you know on that basis that it didn't turn out to the wrong reasons so contraction labor force that's not a good sign ... ok ... what you think the ... impact will be on the Fed's thinking ... that I think this makes it more likely to hold off in September and see what happens and then perhaps it reduce its purchases late October ... by a fire on the FOMC this to give me some pause about tried reduce bond purchases in September ... when the labor market isn't as strong as we thought it was even in the server weeks ago ... the cost and there I wanna bring back in Phil Izzo in the newsroom fill ... one question that we are jobs being created ... yet it looks like that um ... the job the only job losses in the information and financial services ... sectors mostly job gains were pretty widespread ... on the side another bump in the number of part-time workers ... on the number of part-time for economic reasons actually fell a little bit that people who work part-time but want full-time work but there were more part timers even as the total number of ... employed people fell which might TV that indication that people are adding jobs in part-time ... positions instead of full time positions ok Phil Izzo thank so much for joining us from the newsroom ... Gus I wanna bring you back in I was asking city the second ago about the Treasury market ... the ten year it's around three percent is up a lot since talk of tapering began ... Heidi think that the bond market takes this number ... well I I will see rates slow or I think this makes it less likely that the Fed will reduce its purchases ... when it meets next week ... I and so I'm you know I think we'll see yields moves a little bit lower in the near term ... it over the long run there's still heading higher I think the Fed will reduce its purchases starting sometime later this year ... I and and probably some time but the middle of two thousand ... fourteen ... but the ten year term concern that the Fed is going to start reducing purchases over the next week or two ... a those are probably ... in less likely now than they were even yesterday ... and passed last question when you think ... with money things in store for the jobs market in the months to come ... I think we will see things get better rationally ... you know we do have drags on growth from the increases in taxes that took effect beginning that this year ... and spending cuts under the sequester ... I is consumers get adjusted to higher taxes is the activist any states pay for CEO of ... weaker growth a stronger job growth ... in two thousand thirteen than in two thousand and fourteen ... and Gospel a senior economist at PNC Financial thanks so much for joining us ... thank you


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A Pierce County couple and an acquaintance of theirs have each been charged with one felony count of insurance fraud.
William Harold Dummitt and Carole A Dummitt-Dombrowski rent out a cottage behind their home in Tacoma. On Nov. 25, 2010, the cottage had a water leak. The Dummitts submitted a claim to their insurer, USAA.
But they allegedly inflated their loss by claiming they'd been getting more rent from the cottage than they did – and to try to prove that by forging a renter's signature on a false rental agreement.
Their acquaintance, Philip R. Burgess, told an investigator that he'd moved into the cottage on Dec. 1, 2010 and had to move out because of the sudden leak. But when the leak actually happened – Nov. 25, 2010 – Burgess was actually living in Portland, Ore.
Arraignment is scheduled for Nov. 18.
Update: (Feb. 1, 2012): William and Carole Dummitt each pleaded guilty to one count of false claims or proof in an insurance claim. Both were ordered to pay $1,200 in costs and assessments, and were each sentenced to 3 days in jail, which was converted to 24 hours of community service.
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Current Theme Song (aka what's playing on my ipod right now): You Lift Me Up by Rachael Lampa.
I'm so nervous. Really, shaking hands and everything. What if you don't like me? What if I sound weird? Oh well, too late now. Here is my first video log ever. And now the big reveal. Just what did I make in honor of The Hunger Games? Why, Katniss' favorite meal at the Capital, of course. Lamb and Plum Stew. :)
And the recipe!
Lamb and Plum Stew
1/2 large onion, cut
1 Tb olive oil
1 lb lamb, cubed (stew meat or neck meat) - it all depends if you want to cut around bones or not. Neck meat is cheaper, but more time consuming.
2 tsp red wine vinegar
2 C water
1 1/2 tsp brown sugar
10-13 dried pitted plums (prunes)
3-4 large carrots, sliced
1/4 (more) onion, cut
*3-4 potatoes, cubed (with or without skin)
*1 stalk celery - optional
1/2 large red bell pepper, cut
salt - to taste
pepper - to taste
rosemary - 1 Tb
*(cinnamon) - optional, to taste (I'd recommend 1/4 tsp if you want to try it)
Plum Gravy:
Juices from the stew
Additional water (as needed)
Flour (1/4 C to start is usually a good place)
Salt and pepper - to taste
1/4-1/2 C prune juice (start with 1/4 C. Be careful not to make it too sweet. Lots of tasting is involved in this step).
Pour the olive oil and cut onions into a saucepan. Turn on the heat to med-low and stir around until they are soft and translucent (caramelizing). Turn the heat to med-high. Add the meat and red wine vinegar. Brown the sides of the meat quickly. Do not allow it to cook all the way through. This is called searing the meat. It will help seal in the juices. Put into a crock pot.
Add the water (to help keep it moist and makes for more juices for the gravy), brown sugar, dried plums, rosemary, salt and pepper. Keep it on low for 4-5 hours. Have fun waiting. Learn to knit or something. :)
Three hours before you are ready to eat, add the carrots, potatoes, the remainder of the 1/4 of an onion, red bell peppers, and celery (optional). Also add the cinnamon if you are going to at this time (optional).
When you are ready to eat, it is time to make the gravy. In a small pot, start heating the prune juice. This is to boil of some of the water and to condense the flavor. In another pot, suck up all of the juices from the stew (yummy). Add flour in small amounts, by the teaspoon, and whisk like crazy. Try to make it smooth and keep it from clumping. Depending on how much stew juices you have, you may have to add water to help supplement it, or to thin it out if the gravy has become too thick. Add salt and pepper. Add the now-boiling prune juice. Taste and tweak until it is the desirable mixture of sweet and savory. Pour back in with the meat. Stir and serve. You can also pour it over a bed of "wild rice" if you so desire (that part is in the book if you want to be really authentic).**
Congratulations! You just made The Hunger Games Lamb and Plum Stew!
You will notice a common phrase ringing throughout this. To taste. That is because this really is a personal exploration. You get to decide what you will like best. From the infamous words of Barbossa the pirate. "These are more guidelines, that actual rules." :)
Hoped you liked it!
*not in the original video. You need the potatoes though.
**rice needs to be cooked 20 minutes before you are ready to eat if you are taking this option.
The BIG REVEAL
Current Theme Song (aka what's playing on my ipod right now): You Lift Me Up by Rachael Lampa.
18 comments:
- Tales of Whimsy said...
That was awesome! I love love loved it! You rock!
- January 12, 2010 at 9:28 AM
- Anonymous said...
Love the video! And I'm going to have to cut up my carrots like that next time. My hubby will be so impressed :)
- January 12, 2010 at 9:34 AM
- Charlotte said...
Haha ! Awesome video ! You're all pretty and funny !
May I say that I LOVE your knife, AND the way you cut those carrots ?! And I love the steam that filled the screen when you lifted the lid ! It's exactly what happens to me everytime I lift the lid of my pans : my glasses get foggy and I can't see a thing for a while !
May I ask if this is the first video in a series ? *hint*
We should do a cook/book battle between bloggers, that would be fun. It reminds me of what I did for the Alice Week, which I had a lot of fun doing, but didn't have as much guts as you to do a vlog. :)
- January 12, 2010 at 9:42 AM
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- January 12, 2010 at 10:11 AM
- Shannon O'Donnell said...
You are truly amazing! It looks and sounds delicious. Fancy carrots - my kids would love those. Wow. I bow to your superior cooking abilities. :-)
- January 12, 2010 at 11:36 AM
- Heather said...
Wow, SO impressed...I'm sharing this with my book club :)
- January 12, 2010 at 11:44 AM
- Heather Zundel said...
Juju - Thanks for commenting! You relieved my fears mucho much. :)
stacybuckeye - Glad you liked the carrots! They were a fun touch. I bet your hubby will be quite impressed.
Charlotte - Oh Charlotte, thank you. I was so afraid of showing my face because I thought I wouldn't be photogenic. And hooray for love for my knife! (I wasn't joking when I said I love it. I really do). And I had glasses for a while so I know EXACTLY what you mean, but my fogging was usually over opening the oven for cookies. ;) A battle would be fun, though I have no idea how to organize it. And yes, this very well may be the start of a series. :)
Beth - you rock my world. You know that? And I got the RAWK stamp, woot!
Shannon - Hee. Everyone seems to be liking the carrots. Maybe I should just show some fancy tricks to make your food look cooler. I know a lot of those...
Heather - Like, you're going to MAKE it for them? SQUEE! *glomp*
- January 12, 2010 at 12:01 PM
- Shannon Messenger said...
Heh--SOOOOO many things to say I don't know where to start!
First: YAY FOR THE KATNISS COSTUME--THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!
Second: I know you get this all the time but YOU ARE ADORABLE!
Third: You are SO much braver than me. I mean--you danced! OMG.
Fourth: How do I know this was really you and not your twin? Are you pulling a fast one on us?
LOVED IT! Love love love. And now...to watch it again!!!!!!!!!!!
- January 12, 2010 at 12:16 PM
- Frankie Diane Mallis said...
HEATHER!!!!!!!!! That was fan-freaking-tastic. I loved it! (except for the lamb part but whatever IM vegan). I loved that you brought back the costume and were cute and you DANCED!!! YAY! Please do more videos, this was awesome and made me smile!
- January 12, 2010 at 12:38 PM
- Anonymous said...
I'm hungry now. That's all.
Okay, fine, it's not all. Nicely done, good lady. You are, as Shannon just mentioned, awfully winsome. :)
P.S. As a guy who doubles as the cook at home occasionally, I've found that just ripping out the seeds and white bland bits from peppers with my fingers is the fastest way to do it. Hey, when you've got three kids waiting for dinner, you do things the quick way, okay? Don't judge me.
- January 12, 2010 at 12:50 PM
- Celtic Traveler said...
I am so trying that!
- January 12, 2010 at 1:07 PM
- Tales of Whimsy said...
I posted about you :)
- January 12, 2010 at 1:22 PM
- Lauren said...
Oh my god. Everytime I read Hunger Games I want to eat that lamb stew that Katniss likes so much, and now I can. This is just amazing.
- January 12, 2010 at 2:25 PM
- Vivian Mahoney said...
This is FANTASTIC, Heather! I bow down to you. Did you create this recipe, too?
- January 12, 2010 at 7:07 PM
- Heather Zundel said...
Shannon - The dancing actually wasn't as hard as I thought (but after being so drugged up on sleep deprivation, I'm not really surprised). :)
Frankie - awww, thank you! And yes, more may be on the horizon...
Simon - winsome. I like that. And no judging involved, I promise *crosses heart*
Celtic Traveler - Tell me how it goes!
Juju - That's awesome! Thanks so much for the plug!
Lauren - Okay, that just made my day that I could make someone else's. Try it with the cinnamon. I think it should make it taste amazing.
Vivian - Hahaha! Yes, I did invent this recipe. It was a lot of work, but a lot of fun.
- January 13, 2010 at 6:53 AM
- Anonymous said...
This is totally impressive. Way to go!
- January 13, 2010 at 3:14 PM
- Heather Zundel said...
Karin - Thanks! (Love your blog, by the way).
- January 13, 2010 at 4:45 PM
- Unknown said...
This is an awesome recipe!
I tried it myself (with a few changes) and made a video about it as well.
Thanks for the inspiration.
- November 16, 2011 at 1:34 PM


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A mockup of the Samsung Galaxy S III appeared today on the Dutch site GSM Helpdesk (also on display at Versus.io) along with some purported specs. The article cites an anonymous tipster as saying the phone will have a 4.7-inch display at 720x1280 resolution, as well as a 12-megapixel camera.
These specs differ from those recently reported by Boy Genius Report, which stated the Galaxy S III will have a 1080p 4.8-inch screen. GSM Helpdesk goes on to note the phone will have a 1750mAh battery, a 1.5GHz quad-core processor, 1GB RAM, and weigh 125 grams.
The Verge notes that the product shot included in GSMHelpdesk's post reuses a screenshot from a Galaxy S II launch event last year. Therefore, the supposedly Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich-running Galaxy S III looks like it's running a TouchWiz-skinned version of Gingerbread. (We'd also note that the shots are stamped with the logo of Weber Shandwick, a PR company Samsung has used frequently in the past, but Samsung tends to use MWW Group for mobile products, in our experience.)
Past rumors have pegged the Galaxy S III for an April/May release timeframe, which means we have at least ten days before the phone collapses under the weight of its own rumors. Samsung did not respond immediately to requests for comment.


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By studying a selection – believed to be more or less complete – of the most popular open source projects and correlating their size with governance model, we have revealed a strong, and to some possibly surprising result:
The Oracle controlled OpenJDK may prove to become an exception to the rule, since IBM has now announced that it will contribute to OpenJDK development and abandon Apache Harmony, and previously Red Hat is already a contributor. If successful, it is an impressive achievement of Sun and Oracle, yet the route taken there is perhaps not applicable to the general open source project: Java grew to its current level of importance as a proprietary product, and IBM's abandonment of Apache Harmony seems to have been the result of some kind of non-public negotiations with Oracle. This "brute force" strategy is simply not available to most open source projects aspiring to reach the "XtraLarge" category.
By comparing the relative investment of Red Hat and Novell into the development of Linux, it was shown that both the largest and second largest Linux vendor clearly benefit from sharing development cost by collaborative development. Red Hat is the biggest Linux developer by providing 12% of the development effort, but having then in proportion a much larger, 62% market share. This indicates that the leverage Red Hat gets from the collaborative development of Linux is roughly Leverage = 5×. For Novell, the levarage is almost as significant, with 7.6% of development effort, 29% market share, yielding a roughly 4x leverage factor.
It was further observed that if Linux had been developed as a single vendor effort by Red Hat alone, we can see that the engineering effort would probably be about 10 times smaller than the total effort by the whole Linux community is today. This seems to be in harmony with the previous observation that the largest single vendor projects are roughly 10 times smaller than the "XtraLarge" foundation governed projects.
From these results it follows as an obvious recommendation that vendors participating in open source development and business, should look into participating in collaborative community developed projects – where the standard and familiar governance form is a non-profit foundation. If a vendor is currently in control of an open source project, it should explore the option of transferring the project to an existing foundation, or alternatively creating its own foundation for it. Since the original vendor is always the strongest candidate to become the leading vendor also in a collaboratively developed project, the vendor could, as a rule of thumb, expect this strategy – if properly executed – to result in a 10x growth in the project and product, but also 10x larger addressable market, of which the vendor can expect to capture 50% or more as its own market share.
Henrik is a Solution Architect at MongoDB. Prior to MongoDB he worked at MySQL, Sun and MariaDB as a MySQL and MySQL Cluster expert and at Nokia HERE.com as Senior Performance Architect. He is and has been active in many open source projects and is the author of "Open Life: The Philosophy of Open Source" (http://openlife.cc) a book on open source community ethics and business models.


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You know that already. But it's a good time to point it out, again, because for those of you who would argue that it's not Bruce Willis's fault, and not the celebrity's fault, well…how come Hugh Jackman isn't an asshole?
I know you think reporters are stupid and ask stupid questions. That reporters must be stupider than actors. Sure.
You also think it's stupid that the conversations are always the same, and why should they be? Because if that were you, you would be able to come up with the most interesting, most insightful questions, questions that have never, ever been asked before.
Ok but what outlet are you working for?
Let's say, for example, that Access Hollywood attracts, like, 3 million viewers a night. Of those 3 million viewers, how many of them have read that article about Hugh in whatever magazine in which he talks about his Wolverine workout and his diet and his stunts and his costume and that anecdote about his hair? You can't specialise questions for a wide audience. You can't assume that they spend time on the internet reading every interview, watching every interview. The questions are general because the general audience isn't specialised. The specialised audience – the one who's already heard Hugh talk about his pushups and situps and chicken breast eating – is going to go see Wolverine for sure. The GENERAL audience is the one that has to be sold. In 90 seconds. From an interview that only lasts 5 minutes.
This is not easy for anyone. It's not easy for the celebrity, it's not easy for the reporter. The difference for the celebrity though is that he's been paid $5 million dollars to be there. So he can suck it up for a few days and have the same conversation over and over again. It's not like he's licking stamps.
You know who gets it? Dustin Hoffman gets it. He's been getting it for years.
Also, yes, Hugh Jackman.
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The truth of a photograph is found in the photographer's intentions about these truths.
#88 Understand the implications of the "intentional fallacy"Once your work leaves your studio, it will be judged on what viewers find there. If your intention is not manifested in the body of work itself, it is of little consequence. You will not be present to explain it and defend it. Viewers, and posterity, have the last word on a work's meaning.
@ RobIn the earliest days of photography, 1840s and 1850s, it was thought of as both a revolution in science and a revolution in art. So, some artists create with photography, and some photographers are artists. The most magnificent thing about photography changing art, is that it eliminates the need for some particular motor skills** in favor of the more important idea of just where to point the camera and why. Making a picture from the intellect is surely as artistic as making one from the mechanics. **pencil drawing requires a certain purely physical eye-hand coordination that is not found in every person. The camera releases that mundane physical necessity from the requirements of the artist. That which was physical based can become intellectually based.
Right, and that's why not every person (and most certainly not every photgrapher!) is an artist. Taking your justification to its absurdity level, if only to illustrate the point, you could say that anyone with any imagination at all can click onto a website, stick two images together (they wouldn't even have to be his), and then, by dint of having had the thought, he's an artist. Really? You undermine and devalue the artist. Art is a mixture of many real abilities, gifts and senses, not simply the ability of thought. Even a dog can think in its own way.Rob C
If this is an actual photograph then I can no words to describe how beautiful this is.