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Every practice has them: clients who inspire you to find a task that needs doing in the back or who trigger a frantic game of rock-paper-scissors to determine who has to deal with them. There's no other way to say it, some clients are just plain difficult. But a difficult client isn't necessarily a detrimental one. Sometimes, those cranky, stubborn, and annoying pet owners who seem like a curse are really gifts in disguise. And sometimes, skillful managing of these clients can transform pain to gain. Here's how to handle them.
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The Demander
A Demander wants nothing but the best for her pet (who no doubt has a delicate constitution and sees the veterinarian on a regular basis for various issues). The Demander asks the doctor a million questions and often uses more than her allotted appointment time. She's on a first-name basis with each team member. If she sees a technician at the grocery store, she corners him with questions. She's been known to call the practice several times a day to give regular reports about her pet's current state of health.
Although Demanders are, well, demanding, they're a boon to your practice. The Demander is among your top 20 percent of clients who produce 80 percent of your practice's business—part of the solid core that allows you to keep your doors open. Compliance is never a problem with The Demander. She recognizes and appreciates the value of the services you provide, and her desire to give her pet the best care is an attitude you should admire. As long as her needs are met, The Demander will be one of your biggest fans and will tell others how wonderful you are.
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The Cheapskate
The Cheapskate wants his dog treated for free. He waits until the end of the visit, after the exam and the radiographs and the lab work, to mention that he doesn't have any money right now. No payment options work for him. He earnestly promises to make payment installments and even signs a financial agreement. But The Cheapskate fails to follow through and is eventually sent to collections. In response, he files bankruptcy. Some time later, The Cheapskate returns to the practice for further treatment, and when he's advised that services can't be rendered without payment, he accuses the staff of being willing to let his pet die.
As a client, The Cheapskate is a pain. His promise to pay isn't sincere, and he's unkind to those who refuse him free service. He'll suck your practice dry of energy and finances if you let him. To The Cheapskate, money isn't a problem because he has no intentions of paying in the first place. He'll require firm management to prevent him from taking advantage of your services.
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The Cynic
The Cynic just got a new puppy, and things aren't going well. He chews on everything, barks too much, jumps on people all the time—and don't even get The Cynic started on house training! The Cynic has taken his pup to every doctor at the practice, plus a trainer and an animal behavioral consultant. He's been given numerous solutions to his problems but is full of reasons why those suggestions won't work.
Although The Cynic is a pain, he can be a gift in disguise. By working straightforwardly with him, you can improve your client communication skills and educational abilities. Handling him may require patience and determination, but he has a problem you can solve. If you stick it out with him and resolve his issues, he'll sing your praises.
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The Bully
The Bully is just plain mean. No one at the clinic has ever seen him smile. He's rude to the staff and other clients. He's quick to find fault with everything from the time he has to wait for the doctor to the cost of his cat's prescription food. He loudly—and sometimes vulgarly—proclaims his opinion on everything and has zero tolerance for other points of view. There's no denying it: The bully is definitely a pain. Your practice—and everyone in it—is better off without him.
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The Know-It-All
The Know-It-All has already diagnosed his pet. He researched the symptoms on the Internet and talked to his neighbor, whose brother-in-law's co-worker's pet had the exact same symptoms. He insists that his cat just needs a simple prescription. The Know-It-All is impatient and annoyed at having to make an appointment, but he makes good use of his time at the clinic—he willingly provides diagnoses for other clients' pets that he encounters in the waiting room. He declines all lab work, because he knows his pet is in good health.
Believe it or not, with proper management, The Know-It-All can be a gift to your practice. He wants the best for his pet and has a circle of friends to discuss veterinary care your practice offers. With clear guidelines on your expected client-practice relationship and with The Know-It-All's influential voice in your community, he can be a strong supporter and a source of positive referrals.
How do you handle a Know-It-All?
Debbie Allaben Gair, CVPM, is a Firstline Editorial Advisory Board member and a management recruiter and coach with Bridging the Gap in Sparta, Mich. Christine Hall Johnson is practice manager of PetsFirst! Wellness Center in Brigham City, Utah. Post your comments and questions on the community message board at dvm360.com/comment.


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Ahead of today's WPP AGM, Dr Hans-Christoph Hirt, Co-Head of Hermes EOS, comments on succession planning and executive remuneration at the firm:
1. Succession planning
Sir Martin Sorrell, WPP's CEO and founder, has created remarkable value since setting up the company in 1985. He is rightly regarded as one of the most successful entrepreneurs and business leaders in the world.
In light of this, the preparation for his eventual succession has been the focus of our engagement over the last 18 months, following intensive dialogue with WPP on board composition and remuneration in previous years. We welcome the chair's recognition of investor concerns regarding the company's preparedness for succession. Succession risk appears to have moved up the company's agenda under the chair's leadership and management of this seems increasingly reflected in WPP's work and communications to shareholders. The external board evaluation that was carried out in 2015/2016 was also encouraging. However, while we appreciate the steps that the company has taken so far, we urge the chair to continue to make progress on the management of succession risks and enhance disclosure on existing and planned measures.
We would like to emphasise that our engagement does not question whether Sir Martin is the right person to lead WPP but is about ensuring that the company's succession risks are appropriately managed and that an eventual succession proceeds smoothly.
2. Executive remuneration
We recognise the company's strong performance under the CEO's leadership in recent years. However, in line with our vote against the remuneration report last year, we are unable to support this year's packages. Unfortunately, even considering the strong performance and pay practices at peers, the legacy equity incentive plan introduced in 2009 (LEAP III) has once again led to what we regard as an excessive level of CEO remuneration for 2015.
We appreciate that a new remuneration policy was approved by shareholders in 2013 and that the legacy plan only has one more year to run. Nonetheless, we are highly uncomfortable with the 2015 quantum, not least in light of our historic concerns about board composition and the remuneration committee's apparent lack of vigour and stress-testing when the legacy plan was devised.
While we acknowledge that the current chair of the remuneration committee did not conceive the legacy equity plan, we urge him to draw the right lessons from the controversy around executive pay at WPP in recent years. Only then can the trust of internal and external stakeholders in the effectiveness of WPP's board and its remuneration committee be restored.
We will continue our engagement with WPP on succession planning and executive remuneration in the third quarter of this year ahead of a vote on a new remuneration policy in 2017.
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Geneva College Professor Emeritus of Fine Arts and Humanities Elizabeth Asche Douglas has been invited to participate in an exhibit honoring the late Samuel Rosenberg at the American Jewish Museum in Pittsburgh.
Rosenberg was a professor at Carnegie Mellon University for 40 years and at the Young Men & Women′s Hebrew Association for 39 years. As a former painting student of Rosenberg′s, Douglas can see his teaching style exemplified in her own. "He always expected our best," she says, "and was firm in his existence on the highest order of craftsmanship and deepest integrity of content, yet his criticisms were always given with kind personal concern for each of us as individual."
Douglas′ featured works are entitled Dispossessed, a pastel piece and reflection of the biblical parable of the wise and foolish virgins, and Bakuba Mask, an interpretation of an African bronze helmet mask from the Cleveland Museum of Art, done on canvas with ultrachrome inks and acrylic paint. "Having two of my paintings selected for inclusion in the American Jewish Museum's exhibition, âA Painter's Legacy: The Students of Samuel Rosenberg,′ is a single honor," she says. "As I look at the roster of distinguished artists, some of whom have attained international acclaim, I am both honored and humbled."
"A Painter′s Legacy: The Students of Samuel Rosenberg" began Feb. 7 and will run through April 30, 2011 in the American Jewish Museum in Pittsburgh. All events are free and open to the public. Click here for times and details.
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The 8th Annual Social Informatics Research Symposium (SIG SI) - Social Informatics: Past,
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Saturday, October 27, 2012, Half Day 8:30am-12:30pm (workshop fee)
The purpose of this ASIS&T pre-conference research symposium is to disseminate and discuss current research and research in progress that investigate the social aspects of information and communication technologies (ICT) across all areas of ASIS&T. Building on the success of past years, the symposium includes members of many SIGs and defines social broadly to include critical and historical approaches as well as contemporary social analysis. It also defines "technology broadly to include traditional technologies (i.e., paper), state-of-the-art computer systems, and mobile and pervasive
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Andrew Cox (University of Sheffield): Turning to practice in social informatics
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Beth St. Jean, Katie Shilton, and Brian Butler (University of Maryland - College Park): Self-Tracking is Social: Toward a Model of the Technologically-Mediated Information Behavior of Self-Trackers
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Five construction contracts totaling nearly $124.5 million for rebuilding and widening the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (Interstate 90) were approved Thursday by the Illinois Tollway.
The contracts give the go-ahead for work to begin this year on the eastbound lanes of the Addams between Rockford and the Elgin Toll Plaza.
"We're trying to get out in front and keep everything moving on this (project)," tollway Executive Director Kristi Lafleur said.
The tollway board awarded two contracts totaling $56 million to Curran Contracting Co. of Crystal Lake, two contracts totaling $49.5 million to Plote Construction Inc. of Hoffman Estates and one contract for $18.9 million to F.H. Paschen/S.N. Nielsen & Associates Inc. of Chicago.
All were low bidders, tollway Chief Engineer Paul Kovacs said. There were anywhere from four to seven bidders for each project, and bids came in about $42 million below the tollway's estimates, he said.
Slated to be complete in 2016, I-90 will be widened to eight lanes from the Kennedy Expressway to Randall Road and six lanes from Randall Road to I-39, officials said.
The total estimated cost is $2.2 billion. To date, the tollway has approved more than $377 million in contracts with 29 construction and engineering firms, the agency said.
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NAB 2011 Previews
Calibrate, analyze, master, render; Dashwood's new product line automates complex production tasks and provides an easy transition into Stereo 3D
Toronto, Canada February 11, 2011 Dashwood Cinema Solutions, developer of 3D solutions, has announced its plan to unveil a new line of cutting-edge Mac®-based stereoscopic 3D products at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention, held in Las Vegas, NV from April 11-14, 2011, in the 3D Pavilion (booth number C10514D3). Designed to accelerate 3D productions from camera lens calibration to mastering, Dashwood's new product line automates complex production tasks and lends continuity to 3D workflows. "Our new products address gaps in typical 3D workflows. They remove the complexities of working in 3D and significantly reduce downtime during 3D production," comments Tim Dashwood, founder of Dashwood Cinema Solutions. "With these tools, 3D production teams can work with greater confidence, speed and efficiency." Visitors to the NAB show can also experience some of the new Dashwood 3D solutions on the DSC Labs (C10215), Matrox (SL2515), Stereo3D Unlimited (C10514D1), and Panasonic (C3707) booths.
NEW Stereo3D CAT Fast and Flawless Camera Alignment & Analysis
Stereo3D CAT is an on-location software calibration and analysis system that dramatically simplifies the calibration of left and right eye cameras. Equipped with a unique eyestrain warning system, Stereo3D CAT scans 3D footage and calculates the correct camera alignment points. Feedback guides illustrate the depth of the 3D shot and provide directors and cinematographers with a visual aide for making convergence adjustments and proper interaxial separation. "3D camera calibration is very time-consuming and complex; Stereo3D CAT helps speed up the process by providing both quantified feedback and visual guides that properly and quickly set up your left and right cameras in the rig," says Dashwood. "What used to take up to an hour, now takes only minutes to accomplish using Stereo3D CAT. Production crews can finally make quick lens changes without the time-consuming process of re-calibration using traditional charts."
Stereo3D CAT Feature Highlights:
Supports all 3D single or dual input and output modes, flip/flop left and/or right eye orientation, automatic or manual (with the new Dashwood 3D chart) disparity correction, and HIT convergence adjustment with automatic scaling
Eyestrain warning system with histogram for comparison of left/right eyes
NEW The Dashwood 3D Chart Capture Your Best Shot
Developed in conjunction with DSC Labs, the Dashwood 3D Chart is a brand new stereoscopic chart that automates the display of accurate 3D rig calibration at unprecedented speeds. When integrated with the new Dashwood Stereo3D CAT calibration software or Stereo3D Toolbox v3, the chart's unique visual code trackers work alongside the applications to automatically track to 1/1,000 of a pixel for ideal stereo alignment. The chart also offers an interface for live feedback to assist in automating camera alignment, sync testing and slating, and color and gamma calibration. For those aligning manually, the Dashwood 3D Chart offers a brand new manual pattern alignment that features DSC Labs' patented FiddleHead spirals for corner-to-corner focus.
NEW Stereo3D Toolbox v3.0 Flagship 3D Mastering
Also being showcased on the stand is the highly anticipated version 3.0 release of Dashwood's award-winning flagship tool: Stereo3D Toolbox. Utilized by post-production houses around the world for professional stereoscopic 3D mastering on the Mac platform, Stereo3D Toolbox outputs media to a wide range of stereoscopic 3D formats and manages the demuxing of side by side, interlace and over/under formatting. Stereo3D Toolbox's stereoscopic mastering capabilities include unmatched sub-pixel precision, pixel-precise straight or angled floating windows, high-contrast "ghost toasting," intuitive preview tools, fine control of image exposure and color balance, 2D+Z-Depth to stereoscopic conversion, and more. Additional top-secret features of Stereo3D Toolbox v3.0 will be revealed just in time for NAB.
NEW - Dashwood Stereo3D Utilities
Also to be showcased for the first time at NAB are Dashwood's new utility applications. These newly developed tools support ingest of 3D material from new cameras on the market and output of stereoscopic files to monitors and recording devices.
For more information about Dashwood Cinema Solutions, please go to http://www.Dashwood3D.com or http://www.noiseindustries.com.
To schedule a press briefing with Tim Dashwood at NAB, please contact Kathleen Langlois (firstname.lastname@example.com).
About Dashwood Cinema Solutions
A part of the Noise Industries Development Partner Program since 2009, Dashwood Cinema Solutions is a division of 11 Motion Pictures Limited, a Toronto, Ontario, Canada-based production company that specializes in pre-visualization, music videos and film production. Dashwood Cinema Solutions' mandate is to find solutions to common problems in film production and post-production. Their award-winning flagship product, Stereo3D Toolbox is utilized by post-production houses around the world for easy stereoscopic 3D mastering on the Mac platform.
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Despite being caught in the middle of a labor dispute involving the Hyatt Century Plaza Hotel and its workers, the Los Angeles-based Iranian Jewish political and civic action group 30 Years After (30YA) welcomed roughly 1,200 people, most of them local Iranian Jews, to its second biennial conference on Oct. 10. About a dozen picketers from UNITE HERE Local 11 lined up outside the Hyatt during the early morning hours, along with protesting members of the Jewish Labor Committee, but despite their presence, the conference moved forward uninterrupted.
30 Years After was established in 2008 to give voice to young professionals in the Iranian Jewish community who want to make a contribution to the larger community but have often felt ignored or held back by the older Iranian Jewish leadership.
An array of local community and religious leaders spoke to the group, including Sinai Temple's Rabbi David Wolpe and talk-show host and author Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, who urged the group to become more philanthropic toward both Jewish and non-Jewish causes. "We're not successful Iranian Jews because we live in Beverly Hills, or wear Gucci, or have million-dollar weddings — we're successful Iranian Jews because of our Jewish values and our commitment to tikkun olam," Boteach told the crowd.
Some prominent elected officials and candidates on the upcoming November ballot were in attendance, including Republicans Meg Whitman, who is running for California governor, and Carly Fiorina, who is running for the California Senate seat; both of them spoke. Their Democratic counterparts had turned down invitations. Other local Democrats who initially agreed to come included Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and California Assembly members Mike Feuer and Bob Blumenfield, but they all canceled in support of the hotel workers' union, instead providing video messages praising 30YA for its political activism in the Iranian Jewish community during the past year.
"30 Years After was instrumental in encouraging the legislature to pass and the governor to sign the 'Iran Contracting Act of 2010' (AB 1650), which prohibits companies doing business with Iran's energy sector to be contracting with the State of California for contract in excess of $20 million," Blumenfield said in his video address.
Following the event, 30YA board members said they received positive feedback from attendees, who also had opportunities to participate in smaller group discussions covering an array of topics.
"We were very pleased with the outcome of this year's conference because of the large attendance and the fact that our break-out sessions provided our attendees with the key tools to go out there and apply what they've learned to help the community," said Sam Yebri, president of the organization.


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Girl Scouts of Western Pennsylvania recognized seven girls and seven women — out of 150 candidates — for outstanding service to their communities at the Westin Convention Center Pittsburgh. "All of the girls committed more than 100 hours to their community. They helped homeless people, women who have been abused, and animals without homes," says Ashleigh Hawk, public relations and promotions manger for Girl Scouts of Western Pennsylvania. The reception also raised $125,000 for the Girl Scouts. Photography by David Bachman.Read More


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2012 Tour Stop #7 - Lincolnton Hog Happenin'June 2, 2012
With events being so close together this season, Christine and I have extra time for laundry, paperwork and sleep. We also seem to have more time to explore some of the places we normally would just drive by. After Evans, Ga., we spent a couple of days in Gastonia, N.C. before loading into Lincolnton for the Hog Happenin event. We were close to the U.S. National Whitewater Olympic Center so we dropped off the trailer for a day's adventure and had a blast! The center included a man-made whitewater area, multiple zip lines and tree-mounted obstacle courses. It was nice to enjoy a day off and try zip-lining for the first time!
As Hog Happenin was held right on the city streets of Lincolnton, we could not load the trailer in early like most places. Our load-in time was 10 p.m., after a concert downtown ended and the crowd went home. Other than the dark side-streets and the GPS wanting us to go a different route, it really was one of the easier load-ins that we have had yet.
Since this event was part motorcycle rally, the bikers showed up in full force. I think one of the bike games was "dodge the pedestrian" as bikers were riding right down the street all day and night. I didn't see anybody get hit, but there were a couple of close calls. It really made for an interesting afternoon; passing out samples and watching the bikers ride by.
Across from us was a couple of first-time teams cooking in the backyard division, which is always fun. One little girl came over for samples and even brought her pet pig Clementine to the barbecue on Friday night. I kept telling her that "Bacon" would be a better name, but she just scrunched up her nose and giggled…
I always joke that Christine has a "switch" that attracts people and she should just turn it off sometimes. After she was hit-on the second time over the weekend, I told her that the "off" switch must not be working. Our helpers, all local high schoolers, got such a kick out of working with us. We even had a nice note given to us from an older lady complimenting our helpers on their hard work and professionalism!
Since this was a Reser's® stop in addition to the Kingsford $40K Challenge event, Christine and I got to make our presentations at the awards ceremony. At the contest, Tommy and Hunter Houston with Checkered Pig got the first big call for chicken, Bayou Poker Smokers won the rib category, Up In Smoke got called for pork and Byron with Buttrub.com got the brisket call. At the end of awards, Sauced! BBQ took home Reserve Grand Champion and Checkered Pig made the final walk to the front to pick up their Grand Champion.
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2010 Ford Escape Hybrid
Car shoppers interested in a highly efficient SUV would be wise to consider a late-model example of Ford's hybrid Escape SUV. With prices in the mid-$20,000 range, the 2010 Escape Hybrid is a good deal; the retail price for a new model can easily top $30,000 with options. There are nearly 30 examples available on AutoTrader.com that have less than 60,000 miles, and most car shoppers will have trouble discerning between a brand-new Escape Hybrid and a lightly used 2010 model. The best part for many buyers is the SUV's fuel economy, which approaches 30 miles per gallon in both city and highway driving.
2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid
The Fusion Hybrid hardly offers any unique styling or in-your-face badging compared with the traditional model, but the mid-size sedan is one of the most practical hybrid vehicles on the market. It's also a great deal now that 2010 models are beginning to lose value, with current prices hovering in the low $20,000 range for a good low-mileage example. The 2013 Fusion Hybrid will offer sleek new styling and a state-of-the-art interior, but it's unlikely that gas mileage will rise significantly over the outgoing version's 41 mpg in the city and 36 mpg on the highway. To most environmentally conscious car shoppers, that means buying a 2010 model will save money up front and keep costs down at the pump.
2010 Honda Insight
Despite arriving in the wake of Toyota's highly popular Prius, the often overlooked Honda Insight offers many of the same attractions for less money. Commonly available for less than $17,000 after just two years of depreciation, a 2010 Insight is the best deal-especially since it's virtually indistinguishable from a brand-new model. The Insight's gas mileage never did equal the Prius's tremendous fuel economy, but its EPA rating of 40 mpg in the city and 43 mpg in highway driving is certainly nothing to scoff at. Best of all, many Insight models available on the used market are upscale EX versions, which include standard cruise control, attractive alloy wheels and an iPod adapter; many used EXs also have the optional navigation system.
Lexus CT200h
The hybrid CT200h's Lexus badging may scare off cost-conscious car shoppers, but it shouldn't; we find the hatchback to be a solid deal considering its hybrid powertrain and upscale appointments. Under the hood, the CT200h offers a 134-horsepower 4-cylinder hybrid engine capable of 42 mpg in combined city and highway driving-a figure that matches some of today's top hybrids. But despite a base price under $30,000 including destination, the CT200h also features the traditional highly rated Lexus customer service and a long list of luxury features, including keyless access with push-button start, 17-inch alloy wheels, Bluetooth and dual-zone automatic climate control. Still not convinced? Don't be afraid to try a used model, with isn't hard to find well equipped in the high-$20,000 range with Lexus's comprehensive certified pre-owned warranty.
Mazda CX-5
Mazda's stylish new CX-5 crossover isn't available with a hybrid drivetrain, but that doesn't stop the SUV from achieving remarkable fuel economy figures at a surprisingly low price. With a starting MSRP of about $21,000 including destination, the newly released model should already be included on the shopping lists of many budget-conscious car buyers. But the CX-5 also offers up to 35 mpg in highway driving with its standard manual transmission, which also makes it an easy pick for car shoppers who are interested in a practical new crossover that helps lower their carbon footprint.
Toyota Prius C
Although Toyota's subcompact Prius C is the least expensive hybrid vehicle available today, it clearly doesn't cut any corners where it matters most: fuel economy. Car shoppers familiar with the traditional Prius will have to get used to the C's smaller interior and less cargo volume, but the Prius C's base price, under $19,000 including destination, is virtually unheard of among new hybrids. And while the hatchback's 99-horsepower 4-cylinder engine could use a healthy power boost, its fuel economy ratings of 53 mpg in the city and 46 mpg in highway driving are more than enough to delight just about any car shopper looking to go green.
2010 Volkswagen Jetta TDI
Buyers interested in Volkswagen's ultra-efficient Jetta TDI know that finding a new one can be challenging. The car has been subject to a combination of high demand and low production supply. But car shoppers willing to go back a few years will have no trouble locating a well-maintained 2010 model for $20,000 or less. The 2010 Jetta offers the automaker's previous body style and doesn't include a trendy hybrid drivetrain, but environmentally conscious car shoppers will love its terrific fuel economy rating of 30 mpg in city driving and more than 40 mpg on the highway. The Jetta TDI is also available as a station wagon for buyers looking to combine the carryall practicality of a crossover with the fuel economy of a hybrid.
What it means to you: Don't think that going green means spending a fortune.


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[session] #Blockchain for Business | @CloudExpo @IBMcloud #AI #ML #DX #FinTech #Bitcoin
Learn the basics of Blockchain and preview the Blockchain Reference Architecture
By: Elizabeth White
Aug. 28, 2017 07:00 PM
Blockchain for Business
Blockchain is a shared, secure record of exchange that establishes trust, accountability and transparency across business networks. Supported by the Linux Foundation's open source, open-standards based Hyperledger Project, Blockchain has the potential to improve regulatory compliance, reduce cost as well as advance trade. Are you curious about how Blockchain is built for business?
In her session at 21st Cloud Expo, René Bostic, Technical VP of the IBM Cloud Unit in North America, will discuss the basics of Blockchain, preview the Blockchain Reference Architecture, and introduce the mechanics of a Blockchain Business Network.
Speaker Bio
René is a member of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and a member of the Society of Information Management (SIM) Atlanta Chapter. She received a Business and Economics degree with a minor in Computer Science from St. Andrews Presbyterian University (Laurinburg, North Carolina). She resides in metro-Atlanta (Georgia).
21st International Cloud Expo, taking place October 31 - November 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading industry players in the world.
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Cloud computing is now being embraced by a majority of enterprises of all sizes. Yesterday's debate about public vs. private has transformed into the reality of hybrid cloud: a recent survey shows that 74% of enterprises have a hybrid cloud strategy. Meanwhile, 94% of enterprises are using some form of XaaS - software, platform, and infrastructure as a service.
With major technology companies and startups seriously embracing Cloud strategies, now is the perfect time to attend 21st Cloud Expo, October 31 - November 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, CA, and June 12-14, 2018, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY, and learn what is going on, contribute to the discussions, and ensure that your enterprise is on the right path to Digital Transformation.
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All major researchers estimate there will be tens of billions devices - computers, smartphones, tablets, and sensors - connected to the Internet by 2020. This number will continue to grow at a rapid pace for the next several decades.
With major technology companies and startups seriously embracing Cloud strategies, now is the perfect time to attend @CloudExpo | @ThingsExpo, October 31 - November 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, CA, and June 12-4, 2018, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY, and learn what is going on, contribute to the discussions, and ensure that your enterprise is on the right path to Digital Transformation.
Delegates to Cloud Expo | @ThingsExpo will be able to attend 8 simultaneous, information-packed education tracks.
There are over 120 breakout sessions in all, with Keynotes, General Sessions, and Power Panels adding to three days of incredibly rich presentations and content.
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Accordingly, attendees at the upcoming 21st Cloud Expo | @ThingsExpo October 31 - November 2, 2017, Santa Clara Convention Center, CA, and June 12-14, 2018, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY, will find fresh new content in a new track called FinTech, which will incorporate machine learning, artificial intelligence, deep learning, and blockchain into one track.
Financial enterprises in New York City, London, Singapore, and other world financial capitals are embracing a new generation of smart, automated FinTech that eliminates many cumbersome, slow, and expensive intermediate processes from their businesses.
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More than US$20 billion in venture capital is being invested in FinTech this year. @CloudExpo is pleased to bring you the latest FinTech developments as an integral part of our program, starting at the 21st International Cloud Expo October 31 - November 2, 2017 in Silicon Valley, and June 12-14, 2018, in New York City.
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Take inspiration from this beautifully photographed Virginia Shore dinner
The best appetizer is a good story. With that philosophy of life, I'm drooling over Bernard L. Herman's first-person story of his Chesapeake Thanksgiving feast in this month's Saveur.
A titled professor of American studies and folklore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Herman tells his story with the loving detail we tend to reserve for faraway times.
Just before dawn on Thanksgiving morning, he begins, I pull on my waders, grab a basket and splash my way to the oyster cages that lie a hundred or so yards from our house on the banks of Westerhouse Creek.
Oysters play a central part in his family feast, as they have for long before any of our families, white or black skinned, came here. Old times enrich his story, giving these times grounding and tradition. Herman's feast will feature his own Westerhouse Pinks, plus Shooting Point and Nassawadox Salt oysters from a nearby oyster company. Oysters will appear in stuffing, along with local marketer James Elliott's sage pork sausage; on the half-shell on ice-filled wooden trays; and roasted. Paired with them is "a chardonnay made just up the road."
Central though oysters are to the story, they share the stage in the Thanksgiving feast:
It is a sumptuous spread, he writes: the freshly carved turkey; a platter of thin-sliced aged country ham; the baked Hayman sweet potatoes, incomparably luscious; the Brussels sprouts and rosemary potatoes; plus the pumpkin cheesecake, an apple pie, a boozy rum Bundt cake, and Becky's sugar-glazed pears.
Each element is local, its terroir part of the story, and he has narrated the hunting and gathering of each lovingly. Those incomparably luscious sweet potatoes, for example, are gathered on the first stop of a county-long journey made Thanksgiving Tuesday and beginning with Pickett's Harbor Farm for a variety of heirloom sweet potato virtually unique to this area and prized for its dense white flesh and intense sweetness.
It makes you hungry — for your dinner as much as for his.
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Despite the best intentions, moms and dads sometimes give kids the wrong idea when it comes to finances. Key ways we often goof:
• We send mixed messages about money. You tell your daughter you can't afford a toy she covets to avoid a meltdown at the mall but buy yourself a new outfit while you're there. We should not only tell our children what our values about money are but also "explain our actions when they seem to be at odds with these values," says Eileen Gallo, Ph.D., coauthor with her husband, Jon, of Silver Spoon Kids: How Successful Parents Raise Responsible Children.
• We don't distinguish between needs and wants. If you consistently give in to pleas for, say, $90 designer sneakers when a $29.99 pair will do, your child won't learn how to resist the latest consumer status symbols. "Kids also need to learn that buying something that's expensive when a less-costly item will do robs you of money you could use for something else," says Paul Richard, executive director of the Institute of Consumer Financial Education, in San Diego.
• We rescue our kids when they make a financial blunder. If Junior blows his allowance the day he receives it, resist an advance on next week's payment. Instead, let him feel the pain of doing without the candy, toy, or other prized item he might have been able to buy had he done a better job of managing his money. "If we always bail out our children when they mess up, they won't learn important lessons about living within their means," says Ann Douglas, coauthor of Family Finance: The Essential Guide for Parents.
• We put a price tag on everything. If you tell your daughter you can't go to her soccer game because "someone in this family has to pay the bills," you send a negative message about what's important in life. If you give her $5 for every A that she gets on her report card, you fail to provide the right motivation for working hard in school: the self-satisfaction that comes with doing one's best and achieving a goal, regardless of the potential for immediate financial gain.
• We use money as a substitute for time and love. No parent wakes up in the morning and says, "I want to spoil my kids rotten." Yet that's what we risk doing if we constantly overindulge because it's quicker and easier to give in than to say no or because it's a shorthand way to show we care. As every good parent knows (but is sometimes too tired to act on), the greatest gift you can give your child isn't more stuff -- it's your love.
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Hermes grows its leadership in sustainable investment.
Hermes Investment Management, the £29.8 billion manager focused on delivering superior, sustainable, risk adjusted returns to its clients – responsibly, has grown on its already recognised position as a leader in sustainable investment gaining five GRESB Green Stars in the 2015 awards.
The Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) is a leading source of portfolio-level sustainability data for the real estate industry that covers around $5.5 trillion in assets under management.
The honour builds on the recognition Hermes Investment Management received at last years' awards when the fund manager received four GRESB Green Stars. Hermes Property Unit Trust was among the funds receiving recognition while Hermes Investment Management and AustralianSuper's Centre:mk shopping centre in Milton Keynes was also awarded.
Chris Taylor, Chief Executive, Hermes Real Estate, said: "Responsible, sustainable investment has sat at the heart of our strategy for many years now and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. This approach delivers tangible socio-economic benefits for society at large and is also a sensible business decision. It increases long-term value across our property portfolio, ensuring we can deliver ethical returns that meet and exceed client expectations.
" Tatiana Bosteels, Head of Responsible Property Investment at Hermes Real Estate, added: "Having always approached sustainability in the widest sense of the word, we pride ourselves at Hermes on being ahead of the curve in delivering a truly responsible and sustainable investment strategy. Our 'Responsibility in Practice' 2015 report shows in detail the procedure and tools used to deliver this performance. We are pleased to be able to demonstrate our performance compared to our peers through the GRESB awards."
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Hermes Investment Management
Hermes is focused on delivering superior, sustainable, risk adjusted returns for our clients – responsibly.
Hermes manages assets on behalf of more than 200 clients* across equities, fixed income, alternatives and real estate, with £29.8 billion* assets under management. In Hermes EOS, we have the industry's leading engagement resource, advising on more than £115.7 billion* of assets.
We believe in Excellence, Responsibility and Innovation
- Excellence: We aspire to excellence in everything we do. This manifests itself most visibly in our investment performance. We will only offer products to our clients where we believe there is a strong investment thesis and where we can deliver sustainable alpha.
- Responsibility: We believe it is our responsibility to lead discussion and debate about the fiduciary responsibilities of fund managers to our clients, their stakeholders and, ultimately, society at large. We have always sought positive engagement with the firms in which we invest.
- Innovation: We have the entrepreneurial culture to identify forward-looking products that meet those needs, along with the resources and speed-to-market mentality to develop them rapidly.
Our structure gives clients globally the benefit of access to a broad range of specialist, high conviction investment teams operating within an established and robust operating platform.
Hermes' investment solutions include:
- Private markets - International real estate, pooled funds, segregated mandates, UK commercial real estate, UK commercial real estate debt, UK private rental sector real estate, infrastructure and
private equity
- High active share equities - Asia, global emerging markets, Europe, global, and small and mid cap
- Specialist fixed income - Absolute return credit, global high yield bonds, multi strategy credit, UK government bonds, and UK and global inflation-linked bonds
- Multi asset - Multi asset inflation
- Responsible investment services - Corporate engagement, intelligent voting and public policy engagement
*Please note the total AuM figure includes £3.7bn of assets managed or under an advisory agreement by Hermes GPE LLP ("HGPE"), a joint venture between Hermes Fund Managers Limited ("HFM") and GPE Partner Limited. HGPE is an independent entity and not part of the Hermes group. £0.2bn of total group AuM figure represents HFM mandates under advice. Source: Hermes as at 30 June 2015 with exception of four portfolios totalling £0.8bn/€1.1bn/US$1.2bn/A$1.6bn dated as at 31 May 2015.
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Welcome to Research Kenya
The website researchkenya.or.ke is a project of the Kenya Information Preservation Society (KIPS), a society registered in Kenya in 1993, whose objective is to facilitate the preservation and conservation of Kenya's national information heritage. Since 2000, KIPS has undertaken the task of bringing together the records held mainly by universities and research institutions which reflect the post-graduate research that has been completed on all aspects of Kenya. The result of this endeavor is the database entitled The union list of theses and dissertations held by universities and research institutions in Kenya. This database also includes details of post-graduate degrees that reflect research undertaken in Kenya but awarded by universities located outside of Kenya.


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You might be wondering how to Internet enable a product. Or, you might be thinking about what the "Internet of Things" means for your business. Over the years we have worked with many startups, consumer products companies, government agencies, and developers. We have learned a lot about what it means to add the web to a product and really take advantage of web services connected to traditional products and business processes. Think about how energy monitoring has revolutionized the power industry and has created Smart Buildings. Our customers have found a competitive edge by adding our technology to their products and services. Not only is the result low cost, but the solution is typically new and disruptive. We offer everything from embedded to wireless and from web services to mobile apps. We can web-enable anything.
If you are considering adding remote control and monitoring to an existing product or creating a new web-based product and service, contact us now at firstname.lastname@example.com. Leverage our experience and take advantage of our first-of-its-kind, patent-pending Internet technology.
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To get started, visit www.ioBridge.com.
ioBridge is a platform to enable device interaction, remote control, and monitoring of devices via the Internet.
Once your product is connected, you can leverage the web to give your product a competitive edge. You can tap into web services such as email alerts, real-time monitoring, charts, reports, remote control, remote upgrades, user account management, and social networking.
The ioBridge platform is seamless. We can help you with any aspect of bringing your products to the Internet. We offer licensing of our patent-pending technology, custom web apps, custom mobile apps, product integration, website integration, and custom engineering services.
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Web Authoring
Spreadsheet editing in a browser
Makes great looking web pages
An Open Source Wiki-SpreadsheetThe wikiCalc program lets you make web pages with more than just paragraphs of prose. It combines the ease of authoring and multi-person editing of a wiki with the familiar visual formatting and calculating metaphor of a spreadsheet. Written in Perl and released under the GPL 2.0 license, it can easily be setup to run on almost any server as a web application or on a personal computer to publish by FTP.
wikiCalc was the basis for the SocialCalc products from Socialtext Inc. (in cooperation with Software Garden).
Updates to the code are now being done as part of the SocialCalc project. See SocialCalc.org, and the SocialCalc page on the Socialtext Open site. There are already major feature advances in SocialCalc 1.1.0 available there.
"wikiCalc Demonstration"
If you want to try it now, you will find information about how to download, run, and start using the wikiCalc program on the following pages:
See the wikiCalc Features page for an overview of the product.
wikiCalc is currently released as version 1.0 for use on Windows, Mac, Linux/Unix, and other platforms that can run the Perl language.
The program is written by Dan Bricklin (me) and is available under a GPL 2.0 license. It is available under other licenses and also as an optional commercial hosted service with support from Socialtext Inc. Socialtext will be doing the commercial distribution of wikiCalc and providing the resources for me to run an Open Source development project derived from wikiCalc. For historical purposes, you can read my essay explaining a little more about what wikiCalc is and why I created it on the "About wikiCalc 0.1" page on my blog.
wikiCalc is currently aimed at users who are comfortable figuring out how best to use a new tool. It is very flexible and there are many options to meet many different needs. It should be especially of interest to the DIY (Do It Yourself), corporate IT, and VAR (Value Added Reseller) crowd. Such people can set it up for use by others. Much of the early interest has also come from the academic and scientific communities.
Here are links to the major pages on this website that provide documentation and support for wikiCalc:
Here are some screenshots of wikiCalc running:
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Long ago the immortal Aeons presented the fledging races with the technology to travel the stars. Without pause for reasoning, vast fleets colonised the cosmos expanding the interstellar community until a great cataclysm occurred.
Now the Aeon's, a technologically superior race that once guided the lesser races, is all but lost to myth. Their colonies and technology lie beyond reach - scattered throughout the galaxy, like so many stars.
Only fading memories recall the cause of the Aeons downfall and the loss of the star-gates that ended the first Galactic War. Devoid of the means to navigate the stars, the empires of the six major races began to look inwards as communication between worlds was lost.
From the depths of the abyss, the long forgotten desire for exploration and conquest calls out once again. For it would only be a matter of time before each race would: recover the knowledge to rebuild their fleets, reawaken their desire to explore, rekindle their need to expand and return to warring ways.
As the six galactic empires make ready for the arduous struggle ahead, all manner of citizens are rallied to the cause. Scouting expeditions leave the safety of their stellar berths seeking out potential systems ripe for colonisation. Close behind terra-forming ships prepare planets for swelling populations. Throughout countless shipyards powerful battle-fleets are forged from newly acquired resources, ready to face the threats that emerge with every cycle of the sun. A new age has arrived.
- Colossal Galactic Map consisting of 5000+ star systems
- Lead one of 6 major races to stellar domination
- Encounter 28 unique minor races with their own agendas and motives
- Open-ended gameplay and alternative victory conditions provide phenomenal longevity
- Wage war in space or planetside displayed in the new 3D rendered dual warfare system
- Research a vast multi-nodal tree of 150+ technologies split into 11 categories
- Customisable ship design and construction
- Assignable leaders to boost all aspects of the empire including warmongering, production, research and diplomacy
- Reducing player micromanagement through a revamped sleek interface
Lost Empire: Immortals, rated "E" for Everyone and 7+, is scheduled for release March 11 (US) and March 14 (Euro) at $29.99/€29.99.
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This research reinforces our 2014 report, which found that environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) investing provides more than a feel-good factor: it can also be good for portfolio performance.
Today, both retail and institutional investors across the globe are broadening their understanding of fiduciary duty to include responsible investing. And rather than viewing their ESG efforts as a worthy sacrifice of returns, investors can now see – backed up by a growing body of research – that a principled approach to investing can enhance portfolio performance.
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Toronto Is Back (Sort of)
TORONTO—Ever wonder what the ultimate sports punishment is? Try living here.
Toronto is North America's fourth-largest city—bigger than Chicago—yet it is a lightweight on the sports scene. Forget the whining of title-starved cities like Cleveland: None of Toronto's three major pro teams—the NHL's Maple Leafs, the NBA's Raptors and baseball's Blue Jays—has even made the playoffs since 2008. (When the Raptors heroically battled the Orlando Magic to a five-game first-round defeat.)
But now, finally, this town is throwing its weight around again. Or trying to, anyway.
On Thursday, the Maple Leafs can end the playoff drought with a win over the New York Islanders and a regulation loss by the Winnipeg Jets. The Leafs—Canada's Yankees in popularity, though not performance—haven't made the postseason themselves since 2004; whenever they clinch their spot, it will surely spark a celebration across the nation's largest city.
And the Blue Jays are in the conversation again, albeit not for their play. Having failed to make the playoffs since 1993, the Jays went on an off-season spending spree that was the talk of baseball. Entering Wednesday, it had resulted in a 6-8 record, a devastating injury to star shortstop Jose Reyes and growing fan discontent.
But for a fan base that still holds dear the Jays' back-to-back World Series titles in 1992 and 1993, and for the handful who can still recall the Leafs' last Stanley Cup in 1967, it is about time Toronto became relevant again.
"With every year that goes by…I'm forgetting how it feels to see a playoff game in Toronto," said Kevin Kennedy, co-owner of Tall Boys, a popular local bar which shows Jays games complete with ballpark food and beer vendors.
Granted, Toronto wins at some things. The Canadian Football League's Toronto Argonauts won this year's Grey Cup. The Toronto Rock have been one of the best teams in the National Lacrosse League, winning six titles since 1999.
But Toronto's major sports teams draw the bulk of the fans. (The Raptors, incidentally, will miss the playoffs for the fifth straight year.) Although the Leafs remain supreme interest-wise, the city was captivated by the Jays' off-season bonanza, which included adding Reyes and pitchers R.A. Dickey, Mark Buehrle and Josh Johnson.
"There's such an interest level in this team here, in this sport," Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos said. "And we can obviously help continue that by winning."
Bars that catered solely to baseball fans slowly emerged, something that was practically unheard of in this hockey-crazed town. The team's new logo—a redesign of the old Blue Jays bird—caught on with Toronto's fashion-conscious youth in the city's trendy Ossington area. The team's ball cap even got some street credibility after being worn by the Canadian rapper Drake in one of his music videos late last year.
Paul Beeston, president of the Blue Jays, knew something was going on when he started talking baseball with his longtime barber for the first time.
"Here's this guy who has me at his mercy with a pair of scissors and he's asking me about baseball," Beeston said.
But then the season started. Dickey, who won last year's National League Cy Young Award, struggled in his first two starts. So did Johnson and Buehrle. On Friday, Reyes mistimed a slide into second base, injuring his ankle and landing on the disabled list for the next three months.
"I've been through the ups and downs now for so many times that I don't react anymore," Anthopolous said. "The Reyes injury is tough and in the past, I would have hung my head and had sleepless nights, but now, the train keeps going. If we're supposed to be a good team, one injury should not derail us."
By contrast, it's a lack of star power that has made the Leafs' recent success that much more surprising.
There isn't a superstar on the team, which entered Wednesday in fifth in the Eastern Conference, nearly assured of a playoff spot. It is a markedly different strategy after years of overpaying for high-profile players like Mats Sundin and Ed Belfour and getting little return in terms of team success.
"It's a collection of a lot of different things that creates success, and you have a lot of players that believe in it," said Tom Anselmi, president of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd., which owns the Raptors, Maple Leafs and the Toronto FC Major League Soccer club.
But as Toronto nears its first major-league postseason in years, there remains skepticism among the tortured fan base.
"I'm still wary of the Leafs' playoff chances," said Steve Glinert, a longtime Toronto sports fan who works in the city's financial district. "You always want to be optimistic, but there's a lot of pessimists out there. After so many years of missing the playoffs each year, its easy to understand why."
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Shanghai GRAND SLAM | 30 April - 5 May 2013
"It was a very interesting start to the new season with the Fuzhou Open in China.
"I was very impressed with the performance of the Austrian team Alexander Huber and Robin Seidl. It was great to see them playing against Ricardo Santos and Alvaro Filho in the bronze medal match. I know them very well and I played them many times. There are a lot of new teams playing together and the Austrians took advantage of being an experienced team and played well against these new teams.
"I was expecting the USA team of Sean Rosenthal and Phil Dalhausser to win the competition; I couldn't really see a weakness in their game. They are the best team in this competition, they move very fast and they control the ball. It is clear for me that they will make it to the top of the rankings, but they won't totally dominate as there are some other good teams – you could see this in their match against Brazilians.
"It is because Ricardo and his new partner Alvaro Filho are still not 100% precise; as a new team they need time to gel and other teams can use their lack of familiarity against them. That said, Ricardo's new partner played really well. You could see that Alvaro Filho was under huge pressure, but his performances were great all the same. Having Ricardo as your partner must be challenging; he is left-handed, which should be an advantage as most of the players are right-handed.
"It is hard to predict the Shanghai Grand Slam, especially if other teams who didn't play in Fuzhou come back. This is just the beginning of the season so everything can change.
"I would expect the same teams in the Shanghai finals, so Rosenthal and Dalhausser, Ricardo and Alvaro Filho, and the Italians Paolo Nicolai and Daniele Lupo. Of course, there is always the possibility that other teams will cause a surprise, especially now that blockers are so much taller. Some of them are almost two metres tall, therefore defensive players have to be strong and attack, otherwise blockers can dominate.
"It is important that other teams also have a chance to experience some success – this helps their confidence.
Of course I hope for some success for the Swiss' men's team especially as Swiss ladies Nadine Zumkehr and Joana Heidrich are doing good job."
Martin Laciga is a recently retired beach volleyball player from Switzerland. Partnering with his older sibling Paul, the Laciga brother won the silver medal in the men's beach team competition at the 1999 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Marseille, France. He has represented Switzerland at the Olympic Games in Sydney, Athens where he placed fifth and Beijing where he finished ninth. He has also competed in seven FIVB World Championships (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011) and has won six international gold medals.
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Microsoft's General Manager of Business Intelligence (BI) Bill Baker presided over an unorthodox session during the Microsoft Tech Ed 2005 conference in Orlando Florida two weeks ago. Microsoft called the session "The First Annual BI Power Hour." The session centered on demonstrations of SQL Server 2005 BI products. Baker and his team used SQL Server 2005 Integration Services (SSIS), SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services, SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services, and SQL Server 2005 Notification Services (which is now officially considered part of the SQL Server BI platform) to show us nifty product features. Between each speaker the audience was bombarded with t-shirts, beach balls, and Frisbees launched by an unlikely crowd of surplus SQL Server product and program managers. The demonstrations showed the variety of BI tools Microsoft is providing, how they integrate with each other, and how businesses can use them in practical ways.
James MacLennen started the session by building an Analysis Services data-mining model to predict which session a Tech Ed attendee would attend the final day based on their earlier session selections. Next, Donald Farmer used SSIS to create a skeleton map of the west coast using ZIP code information with corresponding latitude and longitude designations visualized during data import through a scatter diagram data reader. Up third, Shyam Pather used Notification Services to add alerting to an e-commerce application. By using Notification Services, the application let users subscribe for customized alerts about new products of interest to them. Then, Richard Tkachuk walked through using Analysis Services to gain insight from Web-log analysis. Batting fifth, Brian Welcker spun up Reporting Services to build a report against a Web service data source, then created a self-referencing labyrinth of reports in which a report could treat itself as a Web service data source. Donald Farmer took the stage again to show import and text mining of a live RSS data feed by using SSIS. For the seventh demo, Richard Tkachuk showed how Analysis Services 2005 handles the complex problem of many-to-many (M:N) relationships in underlying relational data sources and how visual totals aren't necessarily reality. Almost finished... James MacLennan came back for a data-mining encore and used Microsft Excel and a cell formula containing a data mining extensions (DMX) query that used other cells in the row to predict the value of an unknown cell. With time running out, Brian Welcker came back for the ninth and final demo. He wrote a complex report--from scratch--that functioned as an interactive game of the old favorite Hangman using a sliced-up image of Amir Netz (Product Unit Manager for Analysis Services) in a crazy cowboy outfit as the unlucky victim.
Bill Baker reemerged with small beads of sweat on his forehead--unsure that Brian would be able to finish on time--for the final surprise of the session. Regardless of whether you were successful in fielding one of the miscellaneous shirts, balls, or other flying objects thrown throughout the session, everyone was going to leave with an exclusive "First Annual BI Power Hour" t-shirt!
Between my rigorous schedule as a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) Ambassador and fielding BI questions in the SQL Server Cabana area, I didn't catch too many sessions at Tech Ed. I'm glad I made a point to grab the front row for "The First Annual BI Power Hour." I might have attended more technical or useful sessions during my conference circuit, but the BI Power Hour was a breath of fresh air amidst everything else on my busy agenda. All in all, I left the session even more pumped-up about SQL Server 2005 BI and the exciting work coming in the months ahead. My only question is, will it still be the first annual if they do it again at Tech Ed Europe in July?


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John, A few years ago I did a route put up by you and Tom Callahan and almost shit myself in the middle of the route!
So, the question is: How do we educate people not to do it? Do we need a prominent sign at the parking lot kiosks or little signs at the areas of worst offense? ..or station somebody in camo with a camera and high powered water pistol?Rumney is by no means as bad as many areas. I don't mean to make it out like it is, but any is unacceptable as far as I am concerned. When I visited Lake Louise in Canada, the whole back side of the lake, including out on a sandbar, was a complete mine field. It was amazing. Crystal blue lake, beautiful mountains, hordes of tourists, piles of shit and TP. In that case, I think you have huge numbers of tourists who are completely unfamiliar with the laxative effects of exercise getting to the back and having the overpowering urge and zero sense
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The best match for the Cobras came from Senior, Tim Morton. He played very well winning convincingly 6-0, 6-0 at the No. 2 spot. Morton said "This was my best match of the season and that my drop shots were really working for me today."
The Coker Cobras play tomorrow at 1:00 P.M when they play Lees McRae at home.
C. Fletches/ A. Fletcher (MU) def. Dustin Yager/ Danny Nash (CC) 8-1
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Tim Morton (CC) def. M. Layton (MU) 6-0, 6-0
Esteban Terran (CC) def. D. Hardy (MU) 6-3, 6-3
A.Freeman (MU) def. James Schroeder (CC) 6-1, 6-3
L. Cisti (MU) def. Danny Nash (CC) 6-1, 6-1
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HARTSVILLE, S.C. – The Coker men's soccer team will begin their quest for another Conference Carolinas Tournament Championship on Tuesday (Oct. 30). The top seeded Cobras will host the No. 8 seed Queens University of Charlotte Royals in the quarterfinals of the tournament at 7 p.m. at the Coker Soccer Field. The match will be video streamed online at www.cokercobras.com.
The Cobras (12-3-1, 8-1-1 Conf. Carolinas) captured their second consecutive Conference Carolinas regular season title when they defeated Limestone College 2-1 in their final regular season match on Saturday (Oct. 27). Junior Akeem Prendes put home the game-winner for Coker with a header in the 74th minute of the match. Senior Noah Lascell was the Cobras other goal scorer.
Tuesday's match will be the second time in as many years that Coker and Queens have squared off in the quarterfinals of the conference tournament. Last season, the Cobras shutout the Royals, 3-0. In their first meeting this season, Coker defeated Queens 2-1 on Oct. 20.
The Cobras, currently ranked No. 10 in the NSCAA Southeast Region coaches' poll, have advanced to the championship game of the conference tournament each of the last three years, winning the tournament twice (2009, 2011).
The winner of Tuesday's match will advance to the semifinals on Friday against the winner of the #4 seed Barton vs. the #5 seed North Greenville.


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Cudmore Family History and Research
I have been researching my Cudmore family for several years. I am hoping with this blog we will be able to compare research information and put together more pieces of the family history puzzle. Feel free to leave a post and pass the address of this site on to others.
This is a picture of George Cudmore in 1910 and his grandchildren. Does anyone know who they are??


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NBA "50 Greatest Players" Signed Limited-Edition Lithograph
Starting Bid - $10,000, Sold For - $35,250
Presented is a Mint example of the premier signed basketball piece ever created. In conjunction with the NBA's 50th Anniversary in 1996, the NBA named its 50 greatest players. Remarkably, 49 of the 50 players selected were alive and present (only Pete Maravich was deceased at the time) when they were honored as part of the 1996-1997 All-Star festivities. Unveiled during that event was a magnificent series of limited-edition lithographs (each 25 x 39 inches). These incredible pieces, printed on the highest-quality acid-free paper and bearing the likeness of each of the 50 greatest players as selected by the NBA, were created under the supervision of the National Basketball Association as a special keepsake and tribute to the selection of the sport's greatest stars of all time. Each player was requested to neatly sign the litho in pencil beneath his respective image. The edition was limited to 250 individually numbered pieces, with the first 50 going directly to the players. Some of the remaining 200 signed prints (100 "NBA Edition," 50 "Legends Edition," and 50 "Field of Dreams Edition") were distributed to league officials. The remaining very limited number of fully signed pieces were offered to the public at $25,000 per print. They immediately sold out. Today this unique NBA-sponsored project represents the most highly regarded, desirable, and important signed sports art print ever conceived. Those few collectors who were fortunate enough to acquire these masterpieces have been very reluctant to part with them. The fact that these prints are universally recognized as the ultimate blue-chip sports-related signed art print, and have continued to escalate in value, is testimony to the uniquely high esteem in which they are held. The "50 Greatest Players" lithograph is the ultimate symbol of the NBA's remarkable evolution. It is designed to stand as a centerpiece in any sports memorabilia collection or display. This museum-caliber piece features professional basketball's pioneers, players such as Mikan, Cousy, Arizin, and Schayes, who transformed the fledgling league from what was once considered little more than a traveling tent show, and who laid the foundation for the worldwide stage that is today's NBA. All of the greatest players that followed their path, furthering the league's progress through several generations, are also represented, including Michael Jordan, Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Julius Erving, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Jerry West, Oscar Robertson, Shaquille O'Neal, and many more. This extraordinary and flawless example is a "Field of Dreams" edition and is numbered "4/50." The NBA's "50 Greatest Players" is easily the most significant lithograph series ever created in any sport. This signed print is an enduring tribute to basketball history that will never be duplicated. Accompanied by the original leather-bound LOA signed by NBA Commissioner David Stern. In Mint condition with flawless signatures. Matted and framed to total dimensions of 49 x 36 inches. Please Note: Due to the size and/or weight of this lot, shipping costs (depending on where it is sent and its method of shipping) may be substantial. LOA from James Spence/JSA. Reserve $10,000. Estimate $20,000/$40,000. SOLD FOR $35,250
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|The Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans will play host to Super Bowl XLVII.
Many of you have questions about the Super Bowl. And while I sometimes take it for granted everybody knows everything going on, a lot of casual fans still have some questions.
So I enlisted the help of my mother-in-law, Patty McGillicuddy, to fire off some questions she had about the big game that you might have, too. Below is our text transcript.
Who is in the Super Bowl?
The San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens.
Has either team lost a Super Bowl?
No. The 49ers are 5-0. The Ravens are 1-0.
Are those the only two teams in Super Bowl history to be undefeated?
The Bucs, Saints and Jets are 1-0, too.
Now you're just pulling my leg, the Jets?
Nope, the Jets won Super Bowl III.
That had to be like 100 years ago, right?
Close, more than 40.
Do the players receive bonuses?
Each player on the winning team will receive $88,000. The losers win $44,000. Winning players in the first 11 Super Bowls received $15,000. Which in 1967 dollars was worth $103,000.
When is the Super Bowl?
Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013.
What time does the game start?
Kickoff is at 6:30 p.m. ET.
Is that really the time it's going to start or will there be endless pomp and circumstance?
All that comes before, the kickoff is at 6:30 p.m. ET.
Do we really need that long of a pregame show? It seems like it started already.
Where is it again?
New Orleans.
Have you packed yet?
What city has hosted the most games?
Miami and New Orleans have each hosted the Super Bowl 10 times.
Where is next year's Super Bowl?
MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
Is it a dome?
Are they crazy?
Maybe a little.
What about after that?
University of Phoenix Stadium in Arizona.
Instead of moving a team to Los Angeles, why don't they build a stadium to host the Super Bowl there every year?
That would be awesome.
What channel is the game on?
Why does it matter? The host at your Super Bowl party will have the game turned on for you.
I know that, but I just want to know, is Joe Buck doing the game?
So who will call the game?
Jim Nantz and Phil Simms.
What do you think will be Nantz's cheesy call at the end of the game?
"Oh brother, (Winning) Harbaugh is a Super Bowl champion!"
You don't think he'll say something about Ray Lewis?
Fine. "Ray Lewis, save the last dance for the Lombardi Trophy."
Oh, I'm going to be sick. Don't you think that's too cheesy?
If the Ravens win, is there any way Ray Lewis isn't the Super Bowl MVP?
Not a chance. Joe Flacco could throw six touchdown passes and Lewis will be the MVP if the Ravens win. Count on it.
If the 49ers win, will this be the first time the World Series and Super Bowl winner come from the same city?
No, the Red Sox and Patriots did it in 2004. We also had the A's and 49ers in 1989, the Mets and Giants in 1986, Pirates and Steelers in 1979, and the Orioles and Colts in 1970.
Why does everybody at my Super Bowl party raise a toast when The Master's commercials come on?
Because it's a tradition unlike any other.
So the Harbaughs are brothers, are they twins?
Who is older?
John Harbaugh is 15 months older than Jim.
So his parents love him more?
We can't say. But probably.
Is this like Daryl and Brent Sutter going against each other?
Only you and I would get the reference.
Is one of these coaches going to "sabotage" the game for the other?
No. But it wouldn't surprise me if one of the losing players down the line claims this.
Tim Brown is off-base about that, right?
Absolutely. Notice how quickly he backed off his statements.
What is Kaepernicking?
It's the art of kissing your biceps after you score a touchdown.
So it's like Tebowing, right?
Well, sorta. But not really.
Why not?
Because Colin Kaepernick can actually play quarterback.
Who will perform the national anthem?
Alicia Keys.
Who will perform at halftime?
Any chance she doesn't lip-synch the whole thing?
Why can't Weird Al Yankovich to do the halftime show?
I know, right?
What are the uniform matchups?
The 49ers are the home team, so they will likely wear red uniforms, meaning the Ravens would be in the road whites.
White or black pants for the Ravens?
Not sure.
Have you ever noticed the Ravens dark pants look like tights?
Yes. Dave Dameshek points that out. A lot.
Who is the referee?
Not Ed Hochuli.
So who is it?
Why do you care? You won't know who it is. But it's Jerome Boger. Heard of him?
Told you.
Is it wrong for me to just be excited about the commercials?
A little.
Well, there is a football game going on.
I know, but I like the commercials, too.
Fine, the commercials are fun, too.
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As the total lamer I am I just managed to lock myself out of my debian box. (don't ask).
Anyway, as I need to re-install anyway I thought maybe I should change to freeBSD instead.
The box will mainly serve as a router/firewall for my home network of 3 computers.
I know have a bunch of questions that I was hoping that some of could answer:
*Generally, would freeBSD be thought of as more secure?
*Is there a fancy packaging system for freeBSD, like rpm or dpkg?
*Is it hard to configure? My thought here is that it doesn't matter how secure the OS could be if I can't configure it.
*Are there any easy and/or good firewalls for freeBSD?
Last but not least, I was hoping on getting some general thoughts and opinions on freeBSD as an OS, pros and cons.