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Friday, August 22, 2008
E-Discovery: making law firms earn their fees
A Wall Street Journal article (subscription required) points out an interesting side benefit of the latest e-discovery tools: reduction of low-value work for law firms. That is, not a benefit to the law firms, but to their clients.
First, some background. E-Discovery refers to the production of electronic documents during the discovery phase of litigation. As more and more corporate records are managed in electronic format, it becomes increasingly important to be able to search and produce these records in a timely fashion. Recent amendments to the Federal Rules for Civil Procedure (FRCP) made major changes regarding how companies must produce such information.
To serve these needs, software providers, such as Autonomy, as well as major vendors such as H-P, Xerox, IBM, and EMC, have been pushing e-discovery solutions that centralize information about an organization's electronic documents and facilitate search and retrieval of information when needed to support litigation.
The WSJ article points out that some law firms aren't happy about the new tools. Why? Because they allow clients to cut back on the amount of low-level billable hours that law firms assign to junior attorneys--tasks such as reading through boxes of paper documents looking for relevant information. The WSJ quotes Michael Lynch, CEO of Autonomy:"The old-fashioned way of doing this was having a lot of lawyers doing a lot of simple things," he says. "You would literally have lawyers reading through things saying 'there was chicken for lunch.' You don't need lawyers to know it's a lunch menu."Recent experience at Comcast is similar:When outside lawyers working for the cable company recently requested thousands of archived documents for a court case, Genny Garrett, who is in charge of managing Comcast's records, found them by doing a search from her desktop computer.My view. Sound legal advice in a time of need is worth every penny. Nevertheless, a law firm's value is not in running up billable hours for clerical work that is better automated. Clients should welcome e-discovery tools as a way of focusing law firms on rendering legal advice instead of paper pushing.
The lawyers "were surprised," she says, that "they didn't have to wander around a warehouse" looking for records, a task that once generated big legal fees.
On a side note, the Oracle v. SAP lawsuit has generated document requests from both sides for many thousands of documents and terabytes of data. It's a good example of the challenge of discovery in the information age. From my reading of court documents it appears that both sides are making good use of the type of e-discovery tools discussed in the WSJ article.
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Friday, August 15, 2008
More layoffs at Epicor
Spectator readers have been reporting more layoffs at Epicor:
I've not yet gotten a response from Epicor's analyst relations office for verification. If other readers have additional information, please let me know.
- Five in early August from Epicor's CRS Retail Systems unit in Newburgh N.Y.
- An unknown number of Epicor employees in the firm's Montreal office
- In mid-July, 40 employees including "quite a few" management and consultants from the Vantage side
Separately, a discussion with a local sales rep for an Epicor competitor indicates that Epicor is doing a good job getting their sales team into new deals. According to this Tier II ERP competitor, they see Epicor in nearly every deal.
The reported layoff of Vantage consultants concerns me. If the previously reported increase in consultant utilization is in part due to cutting the number of consultants, Epicor may have trouble delivering services to back up the good efforts of its sales force.
Update, Nov. 13: Fresh round of layoffs at Epicor.
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Thursday, August 14, 2008
Court ruling strengthens legal basis for open source
A ruling by a federal appeals court yesterday in a copyright case (Jacobsen v. Katzer) sets an important precedent for the enforceability of open source licenses.
The Wall Street Journal reports:The case centers around free software used in model trains that Robert Jacobsen, a model-train enthusiast, made available online. Mr. Jacobsen alleged that Matthew Katzer, and Mr. Katzer's company, used the software to develop commercial software products for model trains without following the terms of the software's license. Mr. Jacobsen alleged that Mr. Katzer had infringed copyright.A lower court had ruled that the license in question was "intentionally broad" and therefore could not be used as the basis for copyright infringement. The U.S. Court of Appeals, however, overruled the lower court and "determined that the terms of the Artistic License are enforceable copyright conditions" (quoting the court's opinion).
Jeff Neuburger in the New Media and Technology Law Blog comments (hat tip: Dan Slater, WSJ):There are so few judicial opinions dealing with open source licenses that any single one is of great interest, but the pro-open source ruling of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Jacobsen v. Katzer, No. 2008-1001 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 13, 2008) easily goes to the top of the charts of this small category. This is a highly significant opinion that will greatly bolster the efforts of the open source community to control the use of open source software according to the terms set out in open source licenses.Open source software continues to be an exciting front for innovation in IT infrastructure and business applications. But some corporate executives have been reluctant to embrace open source software because of a perceived threats of legal liability. Although Jacobsen v. Katzer does not address the sorts of legal issues that most corporate executives are concerned about (e.g. misappropriation of intellectual property), this ruling does begin to build a legal foundation for open source. Open source developers have a right to limit how their work is used to ensure that it remains "open."
The court's full ruling is online.
Update, Oct. 4, 2008: Bruce Perens, creator of the Open Source Definition, has a long article in Datamation, analyzing the case. In addition, the voluminous set of court documents is posted on Sourceforge.
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Monday, August 11, 2008
JDA to acquire i2, creating major SCM player
i2's quest for a buyer has ended, with the announcement of an acquisition by competitor JDA. In 2005, JDA acquired one of the other major supply chain management vendors, Manugistics. Now with it's pick up of i2, it is poised to be the dominant best-of-breed developers of supply chain management (SCM) systems worldwide, with revenues exceeding $600 million and over 6,000 customers.
Even with the combination of i2 and JDA, however, the supply chain management marketplace is still highly fragmented, with dozens, maybe hundreds of niche players. Custom software also plays an important role. Still, JDA will now have a strong array of product offerings for both discrete and process manufacturers and distributors.
But JDA faces more formidible competition. Over the past five years, Oracle and SAP have greatly enhanced their SCM offerings. Though in some ways they still lag functionality now in JDA's portfolio, their promise of ready integration with their own ERP systems is quite attractive to customers of these Tier I ERP vendors.
i2 has been languishing over the past five years. The acquisition by JDA should be a welcome development for i2's customers.
The parties expect the deal to close in the fourth quarter of 2008. JDA's press release it on its website.
Word of the deal may have slipped out early. About a week ago I started to get web hits from Google from individuals searching on various combinations of the words "JDA," "i2," and "acquisition."
Update, Aug. 12. Sarah Lacy has a post that is downright mean in its assessment of i2, though pretty realistic: i2: The Software Company Even Oracle Didn't Want. She points out that JDA's purchase price of $346 million barely exceeds i2's $300 million a year in annual subscription and maintenance revenues.
Update, Aug. 13. Dennis Howlett reflects on the lengths to which i2 fell from its days in the dot-com boom:I well recall the heady days when i2 boasted of its then record breaking $9.3 billion acquisition of Aspect Development at a time when i2 was attempting to become the dominant demand planning and B2B internet business trading platform provider. Its 2000 customer conference was an exercise in corporate arrogance with the then president Greg Brady lambasting journalists like myself who could not see the sustainability of i2's business strategy. That was the same year i2 offered a bounty of $500 to anyone who went and got the company's logo tattooed on themselves. Some weeks later, i2 re-designed the logo.Howlett is not optimistic about JDA's plans for the combined company:Less palatable is the combined company expects to ramp up EBITDA to 23.9%, in part based upon $20 million near terms savings but also combined maintenance revenues of 46.9% total revenue. I'd prefer to see JDA invest more heavily in innovation for the vertical markets in which it has successfully focused. Yet it seems that generally, we have entered a period where the financial markets are more interested in recurring revenues than what the vendor can do for customers.Related posts
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Friday, August 01, 2008
Oracle's secrecy on Fusion specifics
Oracle apparently is making progress in its Fusion program, to develop best-of-breed applications based on its myriad acquisitions, but it is publicly disclosing very few details of its efforts or its plans for Fusion.
Bill Kutik in HR Executive Online writes:...there is the continued secrecy around Fusion, the long-awaited next generation of applications built on a single architecture, with the best features and functions of everything Oracle owns. When Oracle executives' only comments on Fusion change from "available in 2008" to "early adaptors by the end of 2008," that's actually significant! And isn't that ridiculous?He also provides this humorous account of Oracle's secrecy at the Oracle HCM User Group (OHUG) this year:...at OHUG this year, Oracle held a secret briefing for its customer Strategy Council on Fusion HCM. That and earlier private client meetings resulted in five glowing (but unattributed) quotes for the PowerPoint presentation, including ones from Alcoa and 3M.What does this mean for new and existing customers of Oracle? Kutik references a recent Gartner report that claims Oracle plans to only sell Fusion to new customers and that "migrating the installed base to Fusion is no longer a near-term goal." Furthermore, the 2008 Fusion applications will not include any core ERP products but will be focused on so-called "Fusion Edge" applications, which I take as meaning functionality generally considered as complementary products.
After signing a nondisclosure agreement with penalties bordering on giving up her first born or a major limb, analyst Christa Degnan Manning of AMR was asked into the meeting to give an outsider's reaction. Despite an intensive waterboarding session from other analysts afterward, she would say nothing.
Lately, I'd been thinking that, from a marketing point of view, Oracle has been foolish to maintain such secrecy, instead of leaking out details and building widespread enthusiasm. The five blind quotes are headlined "Customers are Engaged and Excited." Sure, maybe some of those who have been briefed are.
But the rest, judging from the OHUG audience, went from intense curiosity last year to utter indifference this year. Remember, with Applications Unlimited, everybody is getting upgrades of every major application.
Although such an incremental approach to Fusion does not make for exciting analyst briefings, it does mean stability for new and existing Oracle customers. Nothing is more disruptive to the installed base as a forced march toward a major new product. Oracle ERP prospects can buy Oracle's E-Business Suite, J.D. Edwards, or PeopleSoft applications without much concern that these products will become orphaned in favor of some next generation Fusion applications. This is contrary to what many, including I, feared when Oracle started its acquisition program with PeopleSoft and JDE.
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Susan Feniger's Sesame Crusted Banana Fritters with Coconut Kaya Jam
Susan Feniger's Coconut Kaya Jam (a pudding-like mixture of rich coconut milk; grassy, vanilla-like pandan leaves, sugar, and eggs) is familiar to anyone with a Top Chef addiction. Who could forget Gail Simmons' proclamation that she'd "love to be sticking [her] finger in [it] at all hours of the day"? In Street Food, Feniger pairs the jam with tempura-coated baby banana fritters, making for an addictively sweet and sticky dessert.
Why I picked this recipe: Let's be honest, the fritter recipe was just an excuse to try out the provocative kaya jam.
What worked: The jam was indeed spectacular: unctuous, floral, and just sweet enough. Each tempura-coated banana fried up crisp on the outside and softly caramelized within, making for nice textural contrast to the jam.
What didn't: The cooking time was a bit off for the custard; it took me closer to 30 minutes to get it to set. The time for the oil to heat to 350 was also quite off; mine took 15-20 minutes to heat.
Suggested tweaks: If you have access to them, try the fritters with more exotic types of bananas than regular ol' Cavendish. I'd expect that red bananas would make for pretty fantastic fritters. Kaya jam is also excellent on buttered toast, topped with a fried egg and soy sauce (just ask Gail Simmons).
As always with our Cook the Book feature, we have five (5) copies of Susan Feniger's Street Food to give away.
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First look: Mango Days Sweets Cafe
A cafe devoted to mangoes? Sounds like bliss to a mango maniac like me.
Mango Days Sweets Café just opened on Makaloa Street by Walmart, in the former Korean video store. There's an entire shiny trailer parked inside, serving as the kitchen where mango madness is made: mango pudding, mango ice cream and mango smoothies.
Honolulu is no stranger to specialized Japanese eateries centered around one thing (i.e. ramen, udon, tonkatsu), but this, well, this tops them all.
Except it's not perfect. The mangoes are imported and underripe. Like the cafe, which is still pretty new, the mangoes hold so much promise. But ultimately, the mangoes lack the sweet lushness and fragrance that I love from the fruit.
Right now, the menu is slim, with just four mango items and coffee. The cafe plans on adding more sweets down the line, perhaps some sandwiches, but the idea is still being fleshed out. I have an even better one, a pipe dream: Turn the concept into a fruit café, and change the menu as different fruits come into season. Each week or month, or however long the season lasts, can be devoted to jackfruit, soursop, figs, poha berries, guava, pomelo, Surinam cherry, starfruit. I could go on and on. Pair up with Ken Love, the exotic fruit grower on Big Island, a walking catalog of fruits grown in Hawaii and a treasure trove of recipes.
Sounds a bit crazy, but so is a mango café.
Mango Days Sweets Café, 1425 Makaloa St.


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Having again failed to schedule floor time for a new farm bill despite expiration of current law on Sept. 30, House leadership is unlikely to be moved to action by a fellow lawmaker's scathing critique. But that didn't stop Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow, chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, from making such a harsh assessment during a Tuesday press call.
"We need to get (a new farm bill) done," said Stabenow. "If we aren't able to get this done we're looking at a Depression-era farm policy that's obviously extremely outdated: antiquated subsidies, price controls and so on, and market confusion that (would) come from that."
For more, see here.
The current impasse, she said, "is absolutely unacceptable. We passed a bipartisan (farm) bill in the Senate in June. The House Agriculture Committee passed a bipartisan (farm) bill in July.
"In my time here – this is my fourth farm bill – I've never seen a situation where a bipartisan bill has come out of committee and wasn't taken up on the floor. The House leadership, for whatever reason, has decided they won't bring this up on the floor."
While it is true there are only a few legislative days left before the looming deadline, Stabenow said that would be enough if the House would move. She also dismissed calls for an extension of current law.
The House "will pass their continuing resolution this week. My question is: what's more important to do next than the farm bill? I don't think they have anything else substantive on their agenda for September.
"In my judgment those who don't want reform would just as soon kick the can down the road and do some kind of long-term extension. That is something I do not support. … This isn't about an extension (of current law). We need to pass a farm bill and they have plenty of time to do it.
"I don't care if there's eight (legislative) days left. We only need a couple in the House to get this done. I can't imagine that creating economic certainty for rural America and comprehensive disaster assistance within that farm bill isn't a priority for the House."
For more farm bill coverage see here.
Stabenow characterized the House's disaster package -- which aims to help drought-struck ranchers and was passed just prior to Congress' August recess – as inadequate.
"At this point, we need a farm bill that includes comprehensive disaster assistance, which we have. Ours is paid for within our farm bill. … (The House's) disaster bill doesn't help every farmer who has had a loss. It does nothing for dairy in terms of changing policy. It doesn't address fruit losses we've seen from freezes. It's not acceptable."
The Senate farm bill "has more disaster relief. We have long-term certainty in our bill…
"At this time, it doesn't appear they're even interested in doing a comprehensive disaster bill. We're hearing from (agriculture and commodity) groups that they want (disaster assistance) in the context of a farm bill. … It's very, very clear that where we need to focus is getting a farm bill done as soon as possible."
Negotiations, opportunities
One of the reasons Stabenow is so sure a new farm bill is within reach is her continuing interaction with Oklahoma Rep. Frank Lucas, House Agriculture Committee chairman, Minnesota Rep. Collin Peterson, ranking member.
"Whenever you can sit down and talk about policy, it's a good thing. You always benefit by doing that. Those discussions were very productive and important to lay the framework. We really know, right now, what the choices are, what the differences are. That's why I believe we could conference the bill quickly…
"We're certainly willing to negotiate with our colleagues. I know that's where (Lucas and Peterson) would like to be right now – sitting with us negotiating a final farm bill. But they need House leadership's support and action to get it done…
"If the House acts now, I believe we could quickly resolve differences and pass a bill. Even if it's the last thing they do, we can negotiate over October and quickly pass it when we come back in November. That's what we need to do.
"And that's what we're hearing from all the agricultural groups across the country."
If the House passes a farm bill just prior to the September 30 deadline, would it be possible to conference the bill in October and have the House and Senate vote on it in November?
"Absolutely," said Stabenow. "There's no doubt in my mind that we're close enough.
"Other than the Commodity Title where there is some policy differences and the Nutrition with the difference in cuts (to funding), the structure of (the House's) Conservation Title is exactly the same as (the Senate's). The Specialty Crop Title is very similar (as is) the rest of the bill…
"But I have to have something to conference. We're stuck at the moment because the House Republican (leaders) have chosen not to do anything on the farm bill and give us the opportunity to complete the process. All we need is a bill from the House and I'm confident we can do the rest."
What about passing a farm bill during the lame duck session?
"The first choice is to get this done now, before September 30. That's been my first choice all the way. That's why we moved quickly in the Senate. We moved quickly when it came out of committee to pass it (by the full Senate) so the House would have plenty of time, would have the entire month of July and the first few days of August to act. (That way) we could negotiate over August.
"I'm going to continue to push relentlessly until we get this done. Period. If it's September, if it's October, if it's November, we're going to get a farm bill…
"Frankly, what's the difference between September and November? (The House) has a bill, bipartisan, that came out of committee."
Stabenow insisted the House could rally votes for the passage of a new farm bill. "I've been talking to people in the House. I'm confident the votes are there if they're willing to do this on a bipartisan vote. So why go through all the uncertainty, the chaos for farmers, the disruptions in the marketplace? Just pass it."


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A winner was selected from 128 designs submitted by 42 freelance designers.
Izon Living
We are a brand new startup - in the network marketing world. We provide home security solutions with a financial reward for the consumer.
"Eyes On" Living.
Keeping Eyes on the Future, on Success, on Fulfillment, on Living.
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Providing an exciting new means for individuals to make money, build friendships, and attain a more fulfilled life through our life coaching program. Products currently include home security systems, but will grow to other various products as well.
Consumers (homeowners or renters)
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Needs to be bold, clear, simple, and unique.
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It's no secret that the UV rays from the sun are damaging - not just to your skin, but to your window treatments! While wood blinds or cellular shades are meant to offer your home's interiors protection, there are a few steps you should take to return the favor. Constant light could fade your window coverings.
1. Treat your windows with a protective coating. Solar tinting film is easy to apply and it can reduce the amount of UV rays that are penetrating your windows. If you're concerned that the brightness of the room will be impacted, rest assured - there are clear films available.
2. Consider awnings or roof overhangs. If you don't have these on your house already, it might be worthwhile to have them installed on your home's exterior. Not only will they limit the amount of sun damage that your window treatments receive, but they'll help reduce glare.
3. Plant a tree. Lush greenery planted in front of a window can act as a barrier that will cut down on the amount of sunlight shining through. As a bonus, you'll also have an attractive addition to your garden or yard!


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Thank you from the Angel Giving Tree
The Angel Giving Tree would like to thank the town of Mammoth Lakes and all of the people who selected names from the tree at Vons and bought presents for those children.
Special thanks also to those organizations who donated money to help us with certificates and presents for the children, especially Mammoth Lakes Fire Department, Sudden Link, Suresave-Self-Storage and the Mammoth and Bridgeport offices of Mono County Office of Education.
And final thanks to the elves from St Joseph's Church, Santa, and the great students from the Health Science Academy who made this Christmas a special day for 205 referred children.
Carolyn Balliet
Mammoth Lakes


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Malevolence: The Sword of Ahkranox is an RPG for the PC aimed at all those fans of old-school first person RPG gaming.
If you're just having a quick look, here are the key things that make this game what it is:
- The game is an homage to classic RPGs such as Eye of the Beholder, Might & Magic, Dungeon Master, Stonekeep, etc
- Movement is grid-based and turn-based
- It is set in an infinite, persistent world (yes, persistent, too!)
- The world is rich and full of dungeons, crypts, forests, cities, vast oceans and more
- World is NOT randomly generated, but it IS infinite, so you can share what you find with friends
- Items, weapons, quests, locations, maps, NPCs, even dialogue are generated by the game
- Even some graphics such as weapon images are generated procedurally
That being said, the aim of this isn't to make a game that you can play forever, that would just be silly.
What we're making is an RPG that you can play for as long or as little as you want, and always have new places to find.
Best of all, the in-game world is also persistent, so if you find something cool, you can share its location with your friends and they'll be able to find it, too!
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B.o.B Tweets Track Listing for Collaboration-Heavy 'Strange Clouds' Album
B.o.B's proper sophomore album, 'Strange Clouds,' hits retailers on May 1. This morning the rapper tweeted the track listing, which appears to contain 15 tracks, many of which are superstar collaborations.
The most unlikely might be 'Both of Us,' which features Taylor Swift. T.I. confirmed the collabo last month, saying, "Taylor's extended Hustle Gang. She a part of the crew. She just ain't got her dog tags yet, but she's a part of the crew though."
T.I. himself joins B.o.B and Chris Brown on 'Arena,' while Nicki Minaj guests on 'Out of My Mind.' Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic, Trey Songz and Lil Wayne are among the other featured artists on 'Strange Clouds.'
The album also includes 'So Hard to Breathe,' which the rapper told PopCrush is his "favorite track on the album," and 'So Good,' which already has a music video. Actor Morgan Freeman even shows up on the opening track 'Bombs Away.'
B.o.B's tweet shows 'Where are You (B.o.B vs. Bobby Ray)' as the 15th and final track on the record, but the image is slightly cut off. Is it possible there are additional bonus tracks that B.o.B doesn't want us to know about yet? Stay tuned.
B.o.B 'Strange Clouds' Track Listing:
1. 'Bombs Away' Feat. Morgan Freeman
2. 'Ray Bands'
3. 'So Hard to Breathe'
4. 'Both of Us' Feat. Taylor Swift
5. 'Strange Clouds' Feat. Lil Wayne
6. 'So Good'
7. 'Play for Keeps'
8. 'Arena' Feat. Chris Brown and T.I.
9. 'Out Of My Mind' Feat. Nicki Minaj
10. 'Never Let You Go' Feat. Ryan Tedder
11. 'Chandelier' Feat. Lauriana Mae
12. 'Circles'
14. 'Castles' Feat. Trey Songz
15. 'Where are You (B.o.B vs. Bobby Ray)'


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Friday, March 10, 2006
Chewy Walnut Squares
Chewy walnut squares
(Mõnusad pähkliruudud)
Source: Tina Salter Nuts: Sweet and Savory Recipes from Diamond of California
250 ml coarsely chopped walnuts
125 ml plain flour
1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
250 ml brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 egg
Spread the walnuts on a baking sheet and toast at 180˚C oven for 8-10 minutes, shaking the pan every now and then, until the nuts are nicely aromatic.
Line a 20x20 cm cake tin with a foil, so the foil is hanging over the edges. Brush generously with a vegetable oil.
Mix the flour, salt and baking soda in a small bowl.
Mix the sugar, vanilla extract and the egg in another bowl until combined. Fold in the dry mixture, followed by toasted nuts. The batter is rather thick, but persevere and it comes all together.
Spoon the batter into the lined cake tin.
Bake at 180˚C for 20-25 minutes, until the cake is slightly browned at the edges, but still softish in the middle.
Take out of the oven, lift carefully onto a metal rack to cool.
Cut into 5 cm squares with a sharp knife. Remove the foil.
Will keep in an airtight box for up to 5 days.
6 comments:
- Dagmar said...
Mmm, looks really yummy...
- 2:07 pm, March 11, 2006
- Pille said...
Thanks, Dagmar. There is a cake in Estonia with a very similar nut topping, so I'll try this again as a topping on a shortcrust pastry..
- 3:03 pm, March 13, 2006
- Thalie said...
I just discovered your "little place" called blog and I will come back now I know the address ...
I'm sorry I don't remember where I found the link....oops !
Anyway, I fell in love with those chewy ones...
Sure they're on my list of blog recipes to rob :) lol
- 1:19 pm, March 15, 2006
- Pille said...
Welcome to my little blog, Thalie! You probably found your way here through Un Dimanche à la Campagne - I got lots of French hits after she made my upside down cranberry cake. In any case, I'm happy you're here and feel free to rob any recipes you fancy:)
- 2:21 pm, March 15, 2006
- Pene said...
I made these 2 weekends ago but so that they didn't fall apart I added another 1/2 cup flour & 25g butter. They were still sticky & delicious. Eldest son loved them & wants me to make them with hazelnuts next time. I'd like to make them with dates or pecans. I think they'd also look good (for Xmas) if melted white chocolate was dribbled on top.
- 8:02 am, March 22, 2006
- Pille said...
Hi Pene - dates or pecans sound nice, as do hazelnuts or almonds. White chocolate drizzle sounds also wonderful.
Let me know how your version tastes!
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KG wrote:Kovy27 wrote:Kunitz would have been a 40 goal scorer this year with great chemistry with Crosby...what's the difference?
Biggest difference to me is their age. Kunitz is going to be 34 and has a lot of miles on him with 1 year left on his deal. Neal is going to be 26 and is locked up to a very reasonable contract.
So, my biggest thing here is:
Are they window shopping Fleury or are they going to keep his a #1? Just remember, LA doesn't have that much cap room either...so, I think they move Bernier for a younger player and a pick.


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Wildebeest are well known for their annual migration to new pastures. Many wildlife documentaries have featured this event, in which vast numbers of wildebeest can be seen crossing rivers, such as the Mara River and dying in large numbers as they attempt to reach the other side, because many of them are eaten by crocodiles while others simply drown. Although it is commonly assumed that this is simply a frenzy and that the wildebeest cross blindly, recent research has shown that a herd of gnu possesses what is known as a "swarm intelligence", whereby the animals systematically explore and overcome the obstacle as one. Wildebeest have an apparent maximum running speed of around 64 km/h (40 mph).
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It is very odd that, election cycle after election cycle, the same handful of states play an outsized role in the presidential selection process. Here in Minnesota, our preferences apparently don't matter–has there been an election in modern times in which Minnesota's electors have been chosen in time to make a difference?
In recent decades, the first state to vote, via caucuses, has been Iowa. Iowa has thereby pulled even with New Hampshire, which has held, for as long as I can remember, the first presidential primary. So, why do Iowa's voters have all the luck?
Why not? asks our friend Jon Lauck, at the Claremont Institute's web site. Jon reviews three recently published books on the Iowa caucuses, and concludes that Iowa does, indeed, have virtues that justify its prominent role in presidential politics:
[M]isgivings about the justification for Iowa's prominent place in the nomination process have often been expressed, especially by coastal critics who question Iowa's representative-ness. Winebrenner notes, for example, that Iowa has a strong agrarian cast and that it has fewer minorities than other states. In response to this critique, Redlawsk's new analysis of the 2008 vote found that caucus-goers were demographically similar to non-caucus-goers; that Iowa is economically similar to the rest of the country; and that Iowa is "essentially the most average of states." The charge of activist domination occasionally leveled is also questionable. In 2008, caucus-goers said they were drawn by "candidates and issues" and 75% said they were not "particularly active in their party." Why Iowa? notes that 95% of respondents to the authors' telephone survey said they caucused because it was "the right thing to do," meaning their participation was fostered out of a sense of civic duty. The caucuses also forced candidates to interact with the voters. In 2008, 56% of caucus-goers had actually met a presidential candidate.
Why not, indeed? If we were to choose another state to lead off the presidential parade, we would most likely do worse.


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Argentine strings are the original strings for Selmer Maccaferri guitars. The French string maker Savarez was commissioned by Selmer to design an appropriate string for their guitars.
Argentine strings are comprised of a round steel core with silver plated copper windings. Most strings today are made with hex cores which provide greater stability but are also stiffer and not as bright as the round core Argentine strings.
Django Reinhardt and nearly every other Gypsy guitarist throughout history has played Argentine strings. Their unique sound and supple feel has made them the #1 choice for professional jazz manouche guitarists.
In the 80s, Savaerz improved the design of Argentine strings so that they would last longer. These redesigned strings are called "New Concept." The originals were so fragile they often had to be changed every day. Occasionally you will find an old vintage Selmer guitar with a few packs of the older Argentine strings in the accesories pocket of the case.
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Vortex, his vocal range gives me chills
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Angela Gossow and Lisa Marx
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Cheryl & Maggie necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
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Cheryl and Maggie - two lovely, fun, passionate women who share a vision to decorate free-spirited bohemian women everywhere! We believe in supporting jewelry designers who create a difference in the world, make beautiful pieces, and inspire us to live a life we love.
A few things we love:
- handwritten notes
- paisley
- quilts, wool blankets, white linens
- antiques
- farmer's markets
- birds
- Mediterranean blue
- barn board
- quirkiness
- being silly
- friends and family
- women (grandmothers, sisters, friends)
- the beatles
- bohemian spirit
- travelling
- fresh cut flowers
- rain boots
- trees
- philosophy
- starry nights
To describe us and what we are up to in two words:
Perfectly, imperfect.
- women aged 25-40
- highly educated
- socially, environmentally, politically conscious
- affluent/independent (makes 80K +)
- physically fit (yoga/pilates/running)
- spiritual
- unique
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- passionate about people, the world
- embraces who she is
- well travelled
products prices will vary $50-$500 (mostly in the $200-$300 range)
We are looking for something that represents our target audience, us, and our jewelry and are open to whatever you come up with!
We would like to see a logo and a look for our boutique:
- BluBoho is one word (we are open to the second 'B' being lower case or capitalized)
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FanSprout.com is a fantasy sports site with a twist. We take a traditional fantasy sports game and fuse it with standards-based math curriculum to make math fun and relevant to middle-schoolers.
"FanSprout" refers to our goal of both creating new sports fans and to promoting the educational growth of the children who play.
We're targeting US families with children in middle school. More specifically, Dads in their late 30's or early 40's and kids (most likely boys) between 10 and 15.
Sports are important but will not be the sole focus of the site long term as we introduce politics and other interests. On the educational side, initially we will focus on math but eventually will spread to science, literature, history, etc.
Most of our competitors are large, adult-oriented sports sites like MLB.com, ESPN, Yahoo Sports, Sportsline.com, or Sandbox. The closest competitor in this space - http://familyfantasysports.com/ - is a family-friendly fantasy gaming site but they do not include any educational components.
Our brand is based on family and education, so those are important concepts to convey. Since "sprout" typically conveys growth, that would be an important concept to convey as well.
Other useful concepts: fun, safe, bright, cheerful, inspiring, nuturing, gaming, sports, youth, kids, seed.
For the most part, the concepts are just a suggestion. I'm open to anything that addresses the brief.
We do have an existing site (http://www.fansprout.com) that is still under development, so please note:
1) the name was very recently changed from WhizKidSports.com, so you might see references to that name in the copy, title bar, etc.
2) The long term goal is to change the existing site design as well though, so don't feel wedded to the existing design. Something that is too close to the existing design will probably be turned down.
3) We're looking for something around 60px high.
Ideally the logo could be used on a business card as well, but this should not be the primary design focus.
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1. Re: Premiere CS4 Virtual Video MixerJohn T Smith May 1, 2012 11:29 AM (in response to MrBryce2000)
I have CS5 so can't say for sure what CS4 will do... download the PDF for your version and search for
For easy searching, download the product user guide PDF(s)
The individual CS5 pages also have links to the earlier user guide pages
CS5 User Guides - online and PDF (right click PDF link to save PDF to your hard drive)
http://blogs.adobe.com/premiereprotraining/2010/08/help-documents-for-creative-suite-5-pdf -and-html.html
2. Re: Premiere CS4 Virtual Video Mixerable123 May 1, 2012 11:45 AM (in response to MrBryce2000)
basically, no...without pro equipment and switching live and recording to hard drive at a digital station ( DIT ) using cables from output of each camera I cant think how you could do it different than what youre doing on your budget etc.
this isnt a great sample...but was 3 cameras like your thing...and i did it more or less like you do yours now.
but maybe i did something a little different that might speed things up for you...
use many sequences...same project settings etc...just new sequences so you basically take what is GOOD from cam a, b, c, and stick that stuff into a new sequence...then you have another sequence called 'roughcut ' or something...where you'll tweak sound etc...and is more or less your final visual stuff...and export from that final sequence
its hard to explain without getting into this for a long time, but basically by getting the a,b,c, stuff separated it becomes easier to work with and faster to scrub through stuff to make your final edit.
i used copy paste for stuff i cut out of original material so that the original stuff is always THERE...i dont move it except to raise it one level so i know at a glance what I've USED.. if you can visualize that ?? So cam a, b,c would really have 6 levels of video...original and used for each one.
good luck, sounds like a fun thing to do....shoot drama etc.
ps...johns suggestion re: multicamera might work for you...I personally did a tutorial with that multicamera thing and hated it...as it wasnt accurate enough for me, but it might work OK for your stuff...
3. Re: Premiere CS4 Virtual Video MixerAnn Bens May 1, 2012 12:07 PM (in response to MrBryce2000)1 person found this helpful
My question is: does Premiere have a virtual "video mixer" where I can see the captured footage from each camera simultaneously in three different preview windows? Then, like a real video mixer, can I watch all three and choose which camera I want, which will in turn be placed into the timeline?
YES! Its called Multicam.
See this help file for multicam in CS4: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/PremierePro/4.0/WSC29F4BF4-C2EA-4ad5-879E-778C2740A768.html
This is one of many tutorials on Youtube on multicam in CS4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFcxfupCgyE
4. Re: Premiere CS4 Virtual Video MixerMrBryce2000 May 2, 2012 4:45 AM (in response to Ann Bens)
Thank you so much! I will check out the Multicam right away! We'll see if my machine is powerful enough to handle the HDV video, since I need to see each camera.


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A few months ago internet-direct speaker maker Aperion Audio announced a new family of products dubbed Verus. The Verus line-up features higher quality drivers, more elegantly styled cabinets and more advanced engineering than their Intimus series cousins and, according to Aperion, a more authentic and true-to-life sound experience. Currently, the Verus offerings are comprised of the larger, full-sized "Grand" speakers along with the more recently released, and compact, Forte series. In this review, we take a listen to the Verus Forte towers, center channel and satellites and consider their value in contrast with their competition as well as Aperion's own Intimus line.
Out of the Box
Unpacking speakers may not sound like a ceremonious affair, but Aperion does a good job of making it feel like one. The de-boxing process is both practical and opulent. These days, setting up a floor standing speaker or a subwoofer isn't as simple as opening one end of the box and dumping the speaker out. Outriggers, floor spikes and curvy, unstable, highly polished cabinet designs often make the ritual just complicated enough for there to be one correct way and a bunch of wrong ways to go about setup. Instructions make it easier and Aperion provides all the guidance you need with a clear, pictorially supported bi-fold guide.
After donning the handling gloves in the provided "speaker care kit", we set about installing the outrigger feet and floor spikes on the towers then disrobed them from their black velvet sacks. The speakers we received came with a high-gloss, piano-black finish, but Aperion offers a real cherry wood finish as well. The diminutive towers measure 35" H x 6" W x 8.25" D and weigh in at 30 lbs. The center channel measures 6.2" H x 19" W x 8" D and 15 lbs. The satellites: 9″ H x 5″ W x 5.7″ D and 6.5 lbs.
Our experience with the Verus speaker setup was mostly hassle free. We did have trouble getting an outrigger installed on one of the towers. The holes in the rear foot didn't quite line up with the threaded inserts in the bottom of the speaker. Aperion was prompt with a replacement speaker, which presented no installation challenges, so we were up and running quickly.
Features and Design
At 35" tall, the Verus Forte tower isn't a "towering" speaker at all. The cabinet's short height and conservative width, combined with gently curved edges and a tapered back make for what we think is an un-assuming and décor-friendly appearance. The cabinets well executed finish is deep black with a highly glossy lacquer overlay that has a very mirror-like effect. The perforated metal grille is covered with sheer black cloth and is magnetically secured so that it is flush with the front of the cabinet.
Glancing at the drivers in the Forte towers, one might jump to think that it uses an MTM (mid-tweeter-mid), or D'Appolito, design but closer inspection reveals that is not the case. Working our way from the top down, we found a 4.5" Kevlar midrange driver with phase plug, a 1" "axially stabilized" silk dome tweeter with a large ring radiator, then one of two 4.5 Kevlar woofers. The second of the two woofers is positioned well below the rest of the three-speaker array but is crossed over identically to the first woofer. Aperions' design team says that this driver orientation helps to account for sound reflected off the floor and assists in keeping the bass response even. The tower is bi-ampable and offers two sets of 5-way binding posts on the rear to support such a hookup. If the speaker isn't to be bi-amped, large gold-plated brackets connect the two sets of binding posts allowing the listener to use either set of binding posts.
The Forte center channel and satellite speakers share the towers' cabinet and grille designs, but its speaker compliment is slightly different. Rather than use a separate tweeter, it is integrated into the center of a 4.5 midrange drivers. In the case of the center channel, this integrated tweeter/midrange driver is in the center of the cabinet and flanked by a 4.5 woofer and 4.5 passive radiator. With the Forte satellite, the integrated tweeter/midrange driver is the only one in the cabinet. Since the tweeter in this hybrid drive is technically the same as those found in the rest of the Verus line, then it should voice-match any of the other speakers but we found ourselves wondering what effect this design might have on the performance of the satellites as a set of stereo speakers.


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Another woman nearly started to cry when talking about issues with her son, her marriage, and her stressful job. She said the only thing getting her through was the bottle of wine she drinks every night. She'd had a few occasions recently where she blacked out from drinking, then spent days in bed depressed. The group gave her ideas for ways she could take a few days away from all of it – the stress, the husband and the drinking – and suggested more therapy to deal with the psychological triggers of her drinking and depression.
A young man in the group explained that he had bipolar disorder, that he was feeling great on his new medication, but that there might be a problem when it comes to alcohol. "I'm not someone who drinks when they're depressed, I drink when I'm up," he said. "If I'm feeling good, I want to be out being social, and that means drinking." The group offered some tips and tricks for sticking to the four-drink-a-night maximum, and for finding ways to be social without drinking. When the older man sitting next to him talked about his daily marijuana use and how it keeps him from being too irritable about anything, the bipolar man raised an eyebrow and gently suggested that using marijuana as a mood stabilizer was different, and more problematic, than just smoking pot because you like it and think it's fun.
There was no therapist in the room, and the moderator, a two-year MM "veteran", gently steered people away from delving too deeply into issues that might be better addressed in therapy.
Moderation Management has been around since 1994, but it was living more or less in the shadows from 2000 to 2012, mired in controversy over its founder, Audrey Kishline. After starting MM, Kishline left the group, realizing that she could not moderate her drinking after all. She returned to AA, then fell off the wagon, drunk-driving in March 2000 and killing a man and his 12-year-old daughter. She was released from prison in 2003, and in 2014, plagued by guilt and other demons, Kishline killed herself.
In the year since since Kishline's death, MM has had something of a resurgence, bolstered by the launch of the US National Institute of Health's Rethinking Drinking program and a 2014 report from the Centers for Disease Control calling out "excessive drinking" as something both independent of alcohol dependence and a major public health issue that is not being addressed by currently available tools and programs.
MM began to add more in-person meetings and last year, the organization launched a campaign around Dryuary, encouraging people to take the month of January off from drinking. It was so successful, they now plan to do it every year.
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The way most fragrance ingredients impart scent is through a volatile reaction. Unfortunately, this natural reaction almost always causes a sensitizing reaction on skin. In fact, research has established that fragrances in skincare products are among the most common cause of sensitizing and other negative skin reactions. And this is true for all skin types, not just those with sensitive or redness-prone skin.
You might very well be thinking that because your skin doesn't show signs of being bothered or aggravated by the fragranced products you're using, then it must not be a problem that applies to you. We wish that were true but it's still a serious concern because skin is very good at hiding when it's being aggravated. You might not see the damage on skin's surface, but it can be silently occurring every day, causing minor problems for your skin in the short term and worse problems in the long term.
Think about it like sun damage from not wearing a sunscreen. Research shows that sun damage begins within the first minute your unprotected skin sees the sun. This damage is cumulative and potentially deadly, yet separate from a sunburn or tan, you never feel or see anything taking place on the surface of your skin. All the damage is still taking place, but won't show up on the surface of skin until years later.
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This introduction week is organized at the start of each semester in order to give students all the key information and tools that will contribute to make their stay at Sciences Po a success. This paid programme is optional. Enrolled students will receive 2 credits ECTS.
The Welcome programme starts on August 24th with an opening ceremony during which a welcome breakfast is offered.
The programme consists in:Workshops on the Sciences Po working methodology conference on the political life in France Information sessions Campus visits Cultural activities Recreational activities and team building
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It is a generally known fact that art contributes to the development of children's brains. The interplay of colours, patterns, textures and shapes stimulates the child's mind and encourages the child to explore more. So why not make your child's room a place to relax and nurture with all original wall art?
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Creating the perfect room for a child can be a really fun task if you approach it with the right attitude. You as an adult get to pick the sort of fun artwork that you might not be able to hang up in your bedroom or office. When picking art for a kid space, you should prioritise for fun colours, concepts, subjects, and medium of art.
Go with Bright Colours
Decorating for adults usually starts with picking colours that aren't too crazy. The colour white is the most common choice for walls, and when brighter colours do get chosen, they're still relatively muted. When designing for kids, you get to let loose and pick bold primary colours. Kids are filled with energy; they deserve to have a room that reflects this fact.
Keep Things Fun
In most rooms of your home, the best artistic choices will tend to be conservative. But when it comes to decorating a kids room, you can let your hair down and get creative. Kids shouldn't grow up in rooms that look like cubicles. So pick fun subject matter like Sports Figures and Fantasy.
Get the Kids Involved
While you certainly can decorate a child's room without ever talking to them, it's better to bring them in the process. The older they are, the more input they can have. Ask what sort of colours they like and what sort of subject matter they are interested in. Even if they are too young to talk, you can still show them different colours and images and see which they react to more positively. Every child is an individual, and their unique spirit should be encouraged.
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The thing you always need to remember when planning a child's room is how messy they can be. They simply don't think about things like art the same way that adults do. So when purchasing art, you should think about all of the ways that the children you're decorating for might end up damaging the art you're purchasing for them. This is why you probably shouldn't purchase expensive and fragile sculptures for a child's room. On the other hand, solid and durable wood sculpture might be a great idea if you want art that will survive even the wildest kids.
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Can Anesthesia Cause My Hair to Fall Out?
Can anesthesia cause my hair to fall out?
Hair loss after surgery is an unusual but not uncommon concern reported to NetWellness. There are two types of hair loss that may occur:
Pressure Alopecia – This form of hair loss after surgery is related to prolonged pressure over an area of the scalp, causing localized loss of hair in just that area. Pressure alopecia is rather rare, but is known to occur occasionally after very long surgical procedures (many hours) where the head is kept in one position. A similar type of hair loss can happen in special circumstances like heart surgery using the heart-lung machine, where blood flow throughout the body, including the scalp, may be decreased.
Telogen effluvium â This is a different kind of hair loss caused by various kinds of acute stress, which can lead to generalized hair loss all over the scalp. Causes include acute illness (e.g. severe infection, major surgery and severe trauma), chronic illness (e.g. cancer, liver or kidney disease), hormones (e.g. pregnancy, underactive thyroid), changes in diet, and a large variety of medications.
Major surgery is always done with anesthesia, so some people will attribute the hair loss to the anesthesia. However, I could find no evidence linking any of the commonly used anesthesia medications directly to this problem. In fact, some anesthetic techniques, such as regional anesthesia, are shown to decrease the bodyâs stress response so logically would be expected to protect from hair loss! The over-riding factor may be the stress of surgery itself as well as recovery from surgery, which may be prolonged and stressful also.
In summary, there does not seem to be any direct evidence that anesthesia by itself causes hair loss. A large variety of things are associated with hair loss, including several diseases and hundreds of different drugs. Consequently I don't believe there's anything specific that an anesthesiologist could do to limit any further loss of hair in the case of a patient who has already experienced such loss. A consultation with a dermatologist may be worthwhile. Fortunately, in most cases of telogen effluvium the hair grows back!
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James Weldon Johnson's Life and Career
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Songwriter, poet, novelist, journalist, critic, and autobiographer. James Weldon Johnson, much like his contemporary W. E. B. Du Bois, was a man who bridged several historical and literary trends. Born in 1871, during the optimism of the Reconstruction period, in Jacksonville, Florida, Johnson was imbued with an eclectic set of talents. Over the course of his sixty-seven years, Johnson was the first African American admitted to the Florida bar since the end of Reconstruction; the co-composer (with his brother John Rosamond) of 'Lift Every Voice and Sing,' the song that would later become known as the Negro National Anthem; field secretary in the NAACP; journalist; publisher; diplomat; educator; translator; librettist; anthologist; and English professor; in addition to being a well-known poet and novelist and one of the prime movers of the Harlem Renaissance.
As the first son of James Johnson and the former Helen Louise Dillet, James Weldon inherited his forebears' combination of industrious energy and public-mindedness, as demonstrated by his maternal grandfathers long life in public service in the Bahamas, where he served in the House of Assembly for thirty years. James, Sr., spent many years as the headwaiter of the St. James Hotel in Jacksonville, Florida, where he had moved the family after his sponge fishing and dray businesses were ruined by a hurricane that hit the Bahamas in 1866. James, Jr., was born and educated in Jacksonville, first by his mother, who taught for many years in the public schools, and later by James C. Walter, the well-educated but stern principal of the Stanton School. Graduating at the age of sixteen, Johnson enrolled in Atlanta University, from which be graduated in 1894. After graduation, Johnson, though only twenty-three, returned to the Stanton School to become its principal.
In 1895, Johnson founded the Daily American, a newspaper devoted to reporting on issues pertinent to the black community. Though the paper only lasted a year (with Johnson doing most of the work himself for eight of those months) before it succumbed to financial hardship, it addressed racial injustice and, in keeping with Johnson's upbringing, asserted a self-help philosophy that echoed Booker T. Washington. Of the demise of the paper he wrote in his autobiography, Along This Way, "The failure of the Daily American was my first taste of defeat in public life. . . ." However the effort was not a total failure, for both Washington and his main rival, W. E. B. Du Bois, became aware of Johnson through his journalistic efforts, leading to opportunities in later years.
Turning to the study of law, Johnson studied with a young, white lawyer named Thomas A. Ledwith. But despite the fact that he built up a successful law practice in Jacksonville, Johnson soon tired of the law (his practice had been conducted concurrently with his duties as principal of the Stanton School). When his brother returned to Jacksonville after graduating from the New England Conservatory of Music in 1897, James's poems provided the lyrics for Rosamond's early songs. By the end of the decade, both brothers were in New York, providing compositions to Broadway musicals. There they met Bob Cole, whom Johnson described as a man of such immense talent that he could "write a play, stage it, and play a part."
The brothers split their time between Jacksonville and New York for a number of years before settling in New York for good. However, their greatest composition, the one for which they are best known, was written for a Stanton School celebration of Lincoln's birthday. "Lift Every Voice and Sing" was a song that, as Johnson put it, the brothers let pass out of [their] minds," after it had been published.
But the songs importance grew from the students, who remembered it and taught it to other students throughout the South, until some twenty years later it was adopted by the NAACP as the "Negro National Hymn."
It was this kind of creativity under duress, coupled with his connections in the political sphere, that characterized Johnson's life as an artist and activist. Indeed, between the years 1914 and 1931, his desire to explore the limits of both worlds led him to seek a more thorough synthesis of his public and artistic sensibilities. The study of literature, which Johnson began around 1904 under the tutelage of the critic and novelist Brander Matthews, who was then teaching at Columbia University, caused Johnson to withdraw from the Cole/Johnson partnership to pursue a life as a writer. However, this creative impulse coincided with his decision in 1906 to serve as United States consul to Venezuela, a post that Washington's political connections with the Roosevelt administration helped to secure.
During the three years he held this post, Johnson completed his only novel, The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, which he published anonymously in 1912. Though many read the novel as a sociological document, its true value lies in the manner in which it recasts the "tragic mulatto" story within the context of Du Bois's metaphor of the veil. The novel sparked renewed interest when Johnson announced in 1927 that he had authored the book as fiction. Indeed, so great was the public propensity to equate the novel's hero with Johnson himself that Johnson felt obliged to write his autobiography, which appeared in 1933 under the title Along This Way.
He had, by this time, established himself as an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance. From his post as field secretary of the NAACP, Johnson was a witness to the changes taking place in the artistic sphere. As a prominent voice in the literary debates of the day, Johnson undertook the task of editing The Book of American Negro Poetry (1922), The Book of American Negro Spirituals (1925), The Second Book of American Negro Spirituals (1926), and writing his survey of African American cultural contributions to the New York artistic scene in Black Manhattan (1930). His own career as a poet reached its culmination in Gods Trombones, Seven Negro Sermons in Verse, published in 1927. Though not noted for playing the role of polemicist, through each of these literary enterprises Johnson worked to refute biased commentary from white critics while prodding African American writers toward a more ambitious vision of literary endeavor. It was Johnson's great hope that the contributions of younger writers would do for African Americans, "what [John Millington] Synge did for the Irish," namely utilizing folk materials to "express the racial spirit [of African Americans] from within, rather than [through] symbols from without. . . ." Hence Johnson's attempt to discredit Negro dialect, a literary convention characterized by misspellings and malapropisms, which in Johnson's view was capable of conveying only pathos or humor. Though writers like Zora Neale Hurston and Sterling A. Brown would challenge this viewpoint, Johnson's point must be understood within the context of his life as a public figure.
With the arrival of the 1930s, Johnson had seen the NAACPs membership rolls and political influence increase, though the latter failed to produce tangible legislative and social reform in Washington. Retiring to a life as Professor of Creative Literature and Writing at Fisk University, Johnson lectured widely on the topics of racial advancement and civil rights, while completing Negro Americans, What Now? (1934), a book that argued for the merits of racial integration and cooperation, and his last major verse collection, Saint Peter Relates an Incident: Selected Poems (1934). Though he died in a tragic automobile accident while vacationing in Maine in June of 1938, Johnson continues to be remembered for his unflappable integrity and his devotion to human service.
See: James Weldon Johnson, Along This Way, 1933; rpt. 1968. Eugene Levy, James Weldon Johnson, 1973. Robert E. Fleming, ed., James Weldon Johnson and Arna Bontemps: A Reference Guide, 1978. Carolyn Wedin Sylvander, "Johnson, James Weldon," in Encyclopedia of World Literature in the Twentieth Century, vol. 2, ed. Leonard S. Klein, 1982, pp. 517-518. Robert E. Fleming, James Weldon Johnson, 1987. Joseph T. Skerritt, "James Weldon Johnson," in African American Writers, eds. Lea Baechler, A. Walton Litz, and Valerie Smith, 1991, pp. 219-233.
From The Oxford Companion to African American Literature. Copyright © Oxford University Press.
Eugene Levy
Johnson, James Weldon (17 June 1871-26 June 1938), civil-rights leader, poet, and novelist, was born in Jacksonville, Florida, the son of James Johnson, a resort hotel headwaiter, and Helen Dillet, a schoolteacher. He grew up in a secure, middle-class home in an era, Johnson recalled in Along This Way (1933), when "Jacksonville was known far and wide as a good town for Negroes" because of the jobs provided by its winter resorts. After completing the eighth grade at Stanton Grammar School, the only school open to African Americans in his hometown, Johnson attended the preparatory school and then the college division of Atlanta University, where he developed skills as a writer and a public speaker. Following his graduation in 1894 Johnson returned to his hometown and became principal of Stanton School.
School teaching, however, did not satisfy his ambitions. While continuing as principal Johnson started a short-lived newspaper and then read law in a local attorney's office well enough to pass the exam for admission to the Florida state bar. He also continued to write poetry, a practice he had started in college. In early 1900 he and his brother Rosamond, an accomplished musician, collaborated on "Lift Every Voice and Sing," an anthem commemorating Abraham Lincoln's birthday. African-American groups around the country found the song inspirational, and within fifteen years it had acquired a subtitle: "The Negro National Anthem."
"Lift Every Voice and Sing" was not the only song on which the brothers collaborated. In 1899 the two spent the summer in New York City, where they sold their first popular song, "Louisiana Lize." In 1902 they left Jacksonville to join Bob Cole, a young songwriter they had met early on in New York, in the quickly successful Broadway songwriting team of Cole and Johnson Brothers. Over the next few years Johnson was largely responsible for the lyrics of such hit songs as "Nobody's Lookin' but de Owl and de Moon" (1901), "Under the Bamboo Tree" (1902), and "Congo Love Song" (1903).
In 1906 Johnson's life took another turn when, through the influence of Booker T. Washington, Theodore Roosevelt appointed him U.S. consul to Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. In 1909 he moved to a more significant post as consul in Corinto, Nicaragua. A year later he returned to the United States for a brief stay in New York City, where he married Grace Nail, a member of a well-established African-American family. They did not have children. In 1912 revolution broke out in Nicaragua. Johnson's role in aiding U.S. Marines in defeating the rebels drew high praise from Washington. He left the Consular Service in 1913; there would be, he felt, little opportunity for an African American in the newly elected Democratic administration of Woodrow Wilson.
Johnson maintained his literary efforts during this period. Several of his poems (including "Fifty Years," commemorating the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation) appeared in nationally circulated publications. In 1912 he published The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, a novel whose central character, unlike Johnson, was light enough to "pass" as a white man; the book explores the young man's struggles to find his place in American society. Johnson returned to New York City in 1914, and he soon began a weekly column on current affairs for the New York Age, a widely distributed African-American newspaper.
In 1917 Johnson joined the staff of the interracial National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). He worked as field secretary, largely responsible for establishing local branches throughout the South and for increasing overall membership from 10,000 to 44,000 by the end of 1918. In 1920 Johnson became the NAACP's first African-American secretary (its chief operating officer), a position he held throughout the 1920s.
Johnson was deeply committed to exposing the injustice and brutality imposed on African Americans throughout the United States, especially in the Jim Crow South. He labored with considerable success to put the NAACP on secure financial ground. He spent much time in Washington unsuccessfully lobbying to have Congress pass the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill, legislation that would have made lynching a federal crime. Finally, Johnson was a key figure in making the NAACP a clearinghouse for civil-rights court cases; he collaborated closely with such noted attorneys as Moorfield Storey, Louis Marshall, and Arthur Garfield Hayes in a series of cases defending African-American civil rights and attacking the legal structure of segregation. In all these efforts he worked closely with Walter White, whom he brought into the NAACP as his assistant and who succeeded him as secretary, and W. E. B. Du Bois, the editor of Crisis, the NAACP monthly journal.
Johnson was probably better known in the 1920s for his literary efforts than for his leadership of the NAACP. He played an active role, as an author and as a supporter of young talent, in what has come to be called the Harlem Renaissance. Johnson urged writers and other artists to draw on everyday life in African-American communities for their creative inspiration. He played the role of a father figure to a number of young writers, including Claude McKay and Langston Hughes, whose often blunt prose and poetry drew condemnation from more genteel critics.
His own work during this period included a widely praised anthology, The Book of American Negro Poetry (1922), a volume that helped to give an identity to the "New Negro" movement. His continued interest in the African-American musical tradition found expression in two collections of spirituals that he and Rosamond brought out: The Book of American Negro Spirituals in 1925 and The Second Book of American Negro Spirituals in 1926. A year later Johnson published his poetic interpretation of African-American religion in God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse, a theme he first developed in "O Black and Unknown Bards" (1908). The year 1927 also saw the reissuing of The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man. Finally, Johnson published Black Manhattan (1930), the first history of African Americans in New York City.
In 1931 Johnson stepped down as secretary of the NAACP (though he remained on the association's board of directors) to become a professor at Fisk University. For the remainder of his life he spent the winter and spring terms in Nashville teaching creative writing and classes in American and African-American literature. The rest of the year the Johnsons largely spent in New York City. He remained active as a writer, publishing Along This Way, his autobiography, in 1933 and Negro Americans, What Now?, a work of social criticism, a year later. Johnson's unexpected death was the result of an automobile accident near Wiscasset, Maine.
Johnson took deserved pride in his accomplishments across a wide variety of careers: teacher, Broadway lyricist, poet, diplomat, novelist, and civil-rights leader. Though he suffered most of the indignities forced on African Americans during the Jim Crow era, Johnson retained his sense of self-worth; he proclaimed forcefully in Negro Americans, What Now? that "My inner life is mine, and I shall defend and maintain its integrity against all the powers of hell." The defense of his "inner life" did not mean withdrawal, but active engagement. Thus Johnson was a key figure, perhaps the key figure, in making the NAACP a truly national organization capable of mounting the attack that eventually led to the dismantling of the system of segregation by law.
Maintaining his "inner life" also led Johnson to write both prose and poetry that has endured over the decades. "Lift Every Voice and Sing," written a century ago, can still be heard at African-American gatherings, and the title phrase appears on the U.S. postage stamp issued in 1988 to honor Johnson. The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man has remained in print since its reissue in the 1920s, and it holds a significant place in the history of African-American fiction. Along This Way, also still in print after more than sixty years, is acknowledged as a classic American autobiography. Finally, God's Trombones, Johnson's celebration of the creativity found in African-American religion, has been adapted for the stage several times, most notably by Vinnette Carroll (as Trumpets of the Lord) in 1963.
The James Weldon Johnson Papers in the Beinecke Library, Yale University is the single most important primary source for the study of Johnson's life. Two other important manuscript collections are the NAACP Collection and the Booker T. Washington Papers, both in the Library of Congress. The standard biography is Eugene Levy, James Weldon Johnson: Black Leader, Black Voice (1973). A briefer biography is Robert E. Fleming, James Weldon Johnson (1987). Sondra K. Wilson has edited a two-volume collection, The Selected Writings of James Weldon Johnson (2 vols., 1995), making available much of his newspaper and magazine work.
Source: http://www.anb.org/articles/18/18-02865.html; American National Biography Online Feb. 2000. Access Date: Wed Mar 21 11:29:47 2001 Copyright (c) 2000 American Council of Learned Societies. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
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Nebraska's First Heart/Liver Transplant Patient Goes Home After "Great Surgery"
Kathryn Slattery knew a heart transplant was a possibility at some point in her life. She never imagined she would get a new liver as well. On January 10, Slattery, then 17 years old, became the first person in Nebraska to ever receive a combination heart and liver transplant.
She recalled the moment when she received the news that a heart and liver were available for transplant.
"I was nervous and excited," she said. "I started texting my friends right away."
The transplant surgery began late in the afternoon on January 10. It lasted 14 hours. Cardiac surgeons John Um, MD and Jim Hammel, MD performed the heart transplant first. When Slattery's new heart began beating, the liver transplant team began their portion of the operation. Transplant surgeons Jean Botha, MD, Wendy Grant, MD and David Mercer, MD, PhD worked through the early hours of January 11 to complete the procedure.
"It really was a great surgery all around," Dr. Mercer said. "The heart surgery was just fantastic; the cardiac transplant team did such a great job."
The transplant was Slattery's fourth open heart surgery. She was born with a condition called hypoplastic left heart syndrome, which causes incomplete development on parts of the left side of the heart.
"Kathryn had pancreatitis in 2008," her father Jim Slattery said. "That was our first indication there might be a problem with her liver as well."
On December 1, she called home from school in Lincoln saying she did not feel well. Four days later she was admitted to Children's Hospital and Medical Center. After spending two weeks at Children's, she was transferred to The Nebraska Medical Center to be put on the transplant list.
Heart/liver transplants are rare. According to the Organ Procurement and Transplant Network, just 28 such surgeries were done in 2010 and 2011. Of those 28, only three were children.
"We have done so many of the individual organ transplants (heart and liver) here, we felt confident in our ability to do both for Kathryn," said Dr. Mercer.
Slattery turned 18 during her recovery in the hospital.
"We had a party in one of the conference rooms," she recalled. "Cake, pizza and opening presents; it was great."
Slattery said her best present will be to go home and sleep in her own bed for the first time in two months.
The family shared their sincere thanks for the donor, the donor's family and their sacrifice. They also expressed thanks to everyone at the medical center.
"It was always our choice of where to have this surgery done," said Marilyn Slattery, Kathryn's mother. "The confidence we had after meeting the surgical team, and their willingness to do it – that made the decision. I couldn't imagine having it done anywhere else."


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Tony Romo, you are officially forgiven. In what will go down in one of the all-time performances by a Dallas Cowboys quarterback Romo led his team back from a 10 point 4th quarter deficit playing with cracked ribs. It wasn't just that Romo played. It was that every single breath he took after he cracked the ribs early in the game made him wince with pain. And he took all of the abuse in the media throughout the week after the 4th quarter melt down against the Jets last week.
The Cowboys did not play well in the 1st half. They were flat on offense and the defense just couldn't seem to get home on their blitzes as the 49ers built a 14-0 lead. Romo was under fire all game long and took shot after shot in the first half. But he was able to hit Miles Austin for a 53 yard touchdown late in the half to get the Cowboys back within striking distance.
But then coming out of the half we found out that Tony Romo would not be returning to the game. And the medical staff forced him to go back into the locker room. We were told he was out for the game with broken ribs. I started thinking about how the Cowboys could find a way to get to 2-2 heading into the bye week. I still felt the game was winnable with Kitna but the defense was going to have to step up.
The defense did step up and start making plays. Alan Ball came up with a big interception to set up a Kitna to Austin touchdown to tie up the game. Unfortunately Kitna followed that up with an interception on the next Cowboys possession to set up the 49ers for another score and a 21-14 lead.
And then Romo came back to save the day. His first possession went nowhere and gave the 49ers a short field that allowed them to hit a 55 yard field goal for a 10 point lead.
Trailing 24-14 I would normally feel like the Cowboys were in deep trouble. But with Romo playing the hero role and playing through the rib injury it just felt like they were destined to win the game. So with about 11 minutes to go the Cowboys got the ball back and it was Romo time. He just kept making plays and was hit on seemingly every single play. But he kept peeling himself off the ground in obvious pain and kept going.
While I would love to give all of the credit to Romo for the win you have to recognize several other things that helped out. First, Jon Kitna managed to give the game back to Romo exactly how he got it...with the Cowboys down 7. Miles Austin played lights out from the end of the 2nd quarter on. And the defense made the stops they needed to keep the Cowboys in the game. Most importantly, they got the ball back for the Cowboys in overtime to set the stage for the Jesse Holley play. Dan Bailey shanked a short field goal early in the game but nailed a 48 yarder as time expired to tie the game and then calmly hit from 19 to win the game.
Think about this. The Cowboys played without their top 2 cornerbacks. Dez Bryant was out. Felix Jones played hurt. Martellus Bennett played hurt. Phil Costa went out and Kevin Kowalski had to take over at center. Tony Romo played hurt. Miles Austin tweaked his hamstring and didn't play during overtime. The Cowboys were shorthanded on both sides of the ball. But they battled to the end and they won.
If you blamed Romo last week like I did you have to give him his due this week. He has earned a new level of respect from me. And I don't ever want to hear this ridiculous leadership debate about him again.
I also give a lot of credit to Jason Garrett. Early last year when Wade Phillips was the coach it always seemed like the team would fold when a top player went out with injury. But when someone gets hurt this year the next guy just steps in and makes plays. This team somehow seems more capable of overcoming injuries. I have to give the coach credit for that because he has everyone prepared to play.
Let's remember that this is only one game. But, wow, what a game it was. This is the type of game that will be a signature victory for Tony Romo. And it could be the start of something special this season. It feels like the Cowboys found their mojo today.
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Romo's Redemption
Posted by romo2witten at 7:46 PM
Labels: Dallas Cowboys, NFC East, San Francisco 49ers, Tony Romo
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- AnonymousSeptember 19, 2011 at 1:36 PM
How about Holley...he has some fire in him, i love that..i think the front line defense with 5 sacks did good, however our corners really need help. I hope we can get healthy and stay healthy! GO COWBOYS!ReplyDelete
Jesse Holley was excellent in this game. He stepped up to the plate and made some very important plays. He is hungry and I believe he has what it takes to move up the depth chart to one day become a star. The Cowboys played with some serious heart in the second half. With so many players playing with injuries, they really showed what they are made of. The second half of this season will be a stunner for the rest of the NFL!ReplyDelete
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Carter gets chance with Cowboys in Year Two
OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — Bruce Carter's rookie year with the Dallas Cowboys was more like a redshirt season.
That is what the Cowboys expected when they used their 2011 second-round draft pick on the linebacker coming off a knee injury. He was on the non-injury list through training camp and came back for the final 10 games as primarily a contributor on special teams.
"He did all of that stuff and he showed flashes of what we saw in college during that time working on special teams," coach Jason Garrett said. "And then we felt like this offseason was going to be really big for him. And he's really, really accepted the challenge to step up and compete for that starting spot."
Carter knows this is his chance to show what he can do and prove that the Cowboys didn't make a mistake picking him 40th overall even knowing they would have to wait for him to get healthy. The 6-foot-2, 240-pound Carter is playing inside linebacker for the Cowboys after being an outside linebacker at North Carolina.
He got to training camp this year competing with veteran free-agent addition Dan Connor to start opposite Sean Lee. For the first play of the Cowboys' preseason opener this week at Oakland, all three of the inside linebackers were on the field.
"I'm just excited to get out here. It's been, it feels like forever for me that I actually even played football," Carter said. "To get out here and showcase my talents and just play football, and go out there and have fun. I don't really think it's any pressure. … I'm just trying to show the coaches that I can play, come out here and compete as much as I can."
Throughout camp, Carter and Connor have been sharing snaps with the first-team defense. Carter has had several standout plays, including intercepting a pass thrown by Tony Romo that he returned for what would have been a touchdown.
"He's the guy we thought he was when we drafted him," defensive coordinator Rob Ryan said. "He was outstanding athletically (in college). But his scheme was a little different. I think he'll make more plays for us than he did for them. … I think he'll be a better factor inside than outside."
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has noticed as well, telling reporters unsolicited one day about the progress Carter is making.
After starting 44 of his 49 games at North Carolina, Carter sustained a season-ending ACL injury in his left knee late in his senior season that required reconstructive surgery and sidelined him for several months. Though he didn't miss any offseason workouts with the Cowboys because of the NFL lockout last summer, he was on the non-football injury list from the start of training camp until being activated in late October.
"I used that time to get my body back," Carter said. "I was still rehabbing so I just tried to get my strength and my legs back."
Carter got only limited snaps on defense and had only one tackle after he made his Cowboys debut. But Carter said the extensive time on special teams gave him a chance to get used to the speed of the NFL and how the game operates.
In addition to the physical workouts since last season, Carter also spent plenty of time — with Lee and Connor, and on his own — learning Ryan's complex defensive scheme.
"Just like in OTAs, he's gotten better each day with experience," Lee said. "He's got athleticism, he knows how to play the game. He's just getting that experience that he needs, and he's putting the work in, he's putting the study time in, and it's a matter of time before he's going to be a really good football player, and he's showing it right now."
Garrett said Lee, who like Carter had to overcome an ACL injury in college, has great dedication and intensity in how he works every day. The coaches believe Carter is seeing that and following suit.
"I'm seeing the real player now," Ryan said. "Before, I know he was helping a lot on special teams, he wasn't doing a whole lot for us on defense. We'd have like a limited package put a couple of calls in, and that's why his production was down, he wasn't ready. But he looks like a real player now."