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Hi everyone, my name is Mully. Before I moved back to Bali to work in the hospitality industry, I spent many years working on the passenger cruise ship Holland America where I cruised through Alaska, the Caribbean, Mexico, Hawaii, and even the Mediterranean perfecting my English. After working at a number of renowned establishments like the Grand Hyatt, I decided to become a guide to reach guests directly.
I am acutely interested in Balinese culture and in sharing its intricacies with you. I am a keen reader and love to explore Bali myself - so can bring you on many lovely Balinese excursions that may not appear in your guidebooks.
My satisfied customers come from all around the world, including countries such as Australia, Japan, Korea, Canada, France, the United Kingdom, Holland, Italy, Spain, Estonia, Hungary, New Zealand, Singapore, Jordan, India, Pakistan, Sudan and South Afric
8 Organized Activities
Visit Volcano, Ubud rice terrace and Art Villages
9.5 hours
This tour is perfect for you if you'd like to see Bali's authentic culture and countryside. First...
Design and Make your own Batik
8 hours
If you walk around Bali, you will notice many locals wearing beautiful printed cloth boasting bright ...
Visit an Ancient Village, Kintamani Volcano and Hot Springs
11 hours
I have been taking guests around for some time now, but one of the most unique trips I know of in Bal...
Observe the Balinese Tradition of Salt Farming
8 hours
The Balinese tradition of salt farming dates back almost a thousand years. This natural sea salt is h...
Visit my Hometown and See the Best of Bali too
2 days
While many guests come to Bali to see the sights, they may not get a chance to experience life as a B...
Pick Strawberries on an Authentic Balinese Farm
8 hours
In the area of lake Beratan, in the scenic Bedugul region near Mount Mangu, where the temperature is ...
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8 Reviews for Mully
Visit Volcano, Ubud rice terrace and Art Villages
In the 2 months I've been backpacking through South East Asia I have never had a better tour than the one we had with Mully. He tailored the trip to our interests and made sure we saw everything we wanted to over the course of the day. He went the extra mile by giving us a guided tour of the Elephant cave temple and offering to take lots of photos of my friend and I so that we had nice ones to remember the day.
A tour with Mully is worth every penny. There is no better way to explore Bali.
Visit Volcano, Ubud rice terrace and Art Villages
My boyfriend and I had a wonderful time with our host on this tour! We did so much and learned a lot from him. He was very knowledgable and we felt like we were able to experiemce almost everything there is to do and see in Bali in one day! We could've done more but we decided that we had seen and learned so much that it was just the perfect amount for that day. If you want to get the most out of your trip for a great price I highly recommend this. You experience the real Bali, with food, monkeys, luwak coffee, rice terraces, and the arts.
Visit Volcano, Ubud rice terrace and Art Villages
Mully was great! We told him we were interested in seeing lots of different things, so he changed the plan and took us to 2 small villages, a temple, a dance show, coffee tasting, rice terraces, monkey forest and even a lunch stop on the side of the road in a typical, local street food cart. Mully was a great friendly guide and made our day a memorable one!
Eat your way through Bali
Mully was a great tour guide. I was able to contact him before hand to ask about this tour and if we could combine it with his shopping tour that he offers, and he was more than happy to do this for us. Luckily for us, he just happened to be free the following day for us. He drove us all over, to eat food from all over the place, which was all very good. We had breakfast in Sanur, with the best nasi campur that we had during our stay in Bali (we tried this same dish multiple times at other places, but Mully's was the best). We went to Ubud and had babi guling, a suckling pig dish. And on our way back to Seminyak, we stopped at a little shop to have skewers. Between all of the eating, Mully took us to different areas to go shopping, and we were able to see a few sights as well. We wanted to book another tour with him the following day, but he was already booked through the rest of the week so make sure you book early if you are interested! His english is also very good, due to his time working on a cruise ship for a few years.
Eat your way through Bali
Paul was our host on the day and he picked us up at our hotel in Sanur. The tour started midday and before we set off we discussed with Paul that my friend and I would share dishes, so we could try and sample as many foods as possible...
Our first stop was Sambal Mak Beng in Sanur. A place which specialises on fried fish with Mak Beng's sambal and fish head soup. People queue up just to plonk themselves at the shared tables and eat the delicious fish with spicy sambal and the super tasty fish head soup. Note that this is the only dish they serve and they close up when they have run out of fish/soup.
The next stop was a small Coffee Luwak/Tea farm in Gianyar, not as commercialised as the Oka agro place near Ubud. We loved this one as it wasn't as overrun as Oka.
Then it was off to Gianyar Market were we ate through Babi Guling (Suckling Pig) and Ayam Betutu (Chicken in Turmeric), veg in spicy peanut sauce, grilled corn, es campur and a selection of little Kue Basah (different little cakes made of rice flour). We were glad we had been sharing meals as our eyes were bigger than our stomachs - but boy , was it worth it! Unfortunately I am limited to upload a 3 pics maximum, so will post more on TA.
This tour should be renamed 'Bali Culinary Street Food Tour' and we had a great time with Paul who stood in for Mully on the day. Thank you!


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A bit of official confirmation to start off your Thanksgiving week. We first told you of this flick during all that AFM madness, but today — The Howling: Reborn (original story here) has been made official!
Variety reports that indie producers Joel Kastelberg and Moonstone Entertainment's Etchie Stroh are re-launching the werewolf franchise as The Howling: Reborn. Former studio marketing exec Joe Nimziki, who worked at New Line, MGM and Sony, will make his feature directorial debut from his own script.
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Huntington Beach-based surfwear company Quiksilver is extending its brand name to a new action-sports hotel concept called Quiksilver Hotels & Resorts International. The exclusive licensing agreement encompasses use of Quiksilver's brand and retail presence, but QHRI is a separate entity from the publicly traded surf-apparel company.
Matteson Capital, the Newport Beach developers behind the QHRI project, began raising a first round of $250 million in November. Over the next three to five years, the money will be used to build and acquire a handful of properties that feature amenities like on-site concert venues, skate parks, surf pools and indoor skydiving, in partnership with big names like Kelly Slater and Tony Hawk.
"Quiksilver had a vision to extend its brand into hotels. It's designed to be a family-friendly, three- to four-star chain – more a place where people can travel with families and have their kids be active," said Jay Rogers, president of Alpha Strategies Investment Marketing, the firm in charge of QHRI's marketing efforts. "The hotel development group is constantly looking at new properties and taking over existing brands, not only in Hawaii and Bali and Costa Rica, but inland areas as well, like Anaheim and Orlando next to Disney."
According to Rogers, the first property will likely open in Palm Springs, where QHRI is developing a 35-acre tract of land for a flagship resort.
– Jennifer Wang
On the move
Paula Serios is the new chief marketing officer at Word & Brown Companies, a group of businesses in Orange that develops health benefit plans and employee benefits services. Serios previously served as CMO for Silverado Senior Living, an Irvine operator of assisted living communities and at-home care and hospice services.
Bryan Sullivan joined LoanDepot.com LLC, a Foothill Ranch mortgage lender, as executive vice president and chief investment officer. He previously worked as a portfolio manager at Pacific Investment Management Company LLC in Newport Beach.
Erik Ring, an associate at LPA Inc., a sustainable design architecture firm in Irvine, is one of 51 building experts selected to become LEED Fellows by the U.S. Green Building Council, a nonprofit organization in Washington, D.C., that promotes sustainability in the building industry. The annual LEED Fellow designations recognize exceptional contributions to the sustainable building community. Ring is design director for LPA's mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering group.
Clear Catheter Systems Inc., an Anaheim medical device maker, won the ICI Innovation Award competition last month during the 2013 Innovations in Cardiovascular Interventions medical industry conference held in Tel Aviv, Israel. A panel of judges selected the company to receive the Best Business Start-Up Award for its PleuraFlow device, which prevents chest tube clogging after heart surgery.
New ventures
WWT International Engineering Services LLC in Anaheim is a new operating entity of WWT International Inc., a company that makes products used for oil drills. The Houston-based firm reorganized its operations to serve what it identified as three main types of customers. The Anaheim business will develop custom solutions for customers in the oil and gas industry. It is led by WWT Vice President Norman Bruce Moore. The other two companies are WWT International Drilling Tool Services LLC and WWT International Coiled Tubing Services LLC, both based in Houston.
Alkemists Laboratories, a Costa Mesa testing lab for natural products and dietary supplements, is now named Alkemist Labs. The company completed a rebranding project and introduced a new logo that includes a beaker inside a hexagon.
Summit Healthcare REIT Inc., a real estate investment trust in Irvine, acquired a 26,000-square-foot assisted living facility in Redding for $3.5 million. It's the company's first acquisition since it changed its name from Cornerstone Core Properties REIT Inc. in October.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office awarded a patent related to digital ad delivery to MediaShift Inc., a digital advertising company in Newport Beach. The system described in the patent filing speeds up ad delivery by using a variety of technologies to reduce the amount of data needed to send those targeted ads through a network.
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Restaurants in two Orange County cities will soon offer temporary discounts as part of the fourth annual California Restaurant Month, a campaign created by Visit California, a nonprofit that promotes tourism in the state. Irvine Restaurant Week begins Friday and runs through Jan. 16. Visit destinationirvine.com/restaurantweek for details. The eighth annual Newport Beach Restaurant Week runs Jan. 17-26. Visit newportbeachdining.com for details. North of Orange County, the Downtown Long Beach Pepper Week takes place Jan. 20-26. Visit downtownlongbeach.org for details.
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UK Hoops Travels to Morehead for Season Opener
Nov. 10, 2011
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The No. 18/15 Kentucky women's basketball team opens its 38th season of varsity women's basketball when the Wildcats travel to Morehead State in Morehead, Ky., on Friday, Nov. 11. Game time is 7 p.m. ET in the Johnson Arena.
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The game can be heard live on 1580 AM in Lexington or www.UKathletics.com with Neil Price calling the action for the sixth consecutive season. Fans can follow the UK Hoops team on Twitter at @UKHoopCats and use #UKHoops to comment on the game.
"We are looking forward to getting the season underway tomorrow," UK Coach Matthew Mitchell said. "It's an exciting time of year and our team has worked extremely hard in preparing for this game and the 2011-12 season. I am really happy about our effort in practice up to this point. We still have a long way to go but it will be good to get to play a game tomorrow. (Morehead State) is a tough opponent, they have scored a bunch in their first two exhibition games, they are averaging 96 points a game and forcing a ton of turnovers. It looks like they are really trying to play a full court game, up tempo on defense and offense. We are going to have our hands full and should be a great way to get the season started off. We are certainly going to go over there and work hard in order to earn a victory."
Friday marks just the ninth time in school history the Wildcats have opened the season on the road. UK is 3-5 in season openers away from home but has won seven consecutive games over the Lady Eagles and two-straight season openers.
Mitchell welcomes back 10 letter winners, including four starters from last year's 25-9 team, as well as redshirt senior guard Amber Smith (Winter Haven, Fla.), who started in all 36 games during UK's magical run to the Elite Eight in 2010. Also returning for the Cats is junior guard A'dia Mathies (Louisville, Ky.), who was a second-team preseason All-America choice by Sporting News and a first-team All-SEC selection. Mathies needs 74 points to become the 28th member of UK's 1,000-point club.
Additional returning letter winners include senior guards Crystal Riley (Memphis, Tenn.) and Keyla Snowden (Lexington, Ky.), one of the most prolific 3-point shooters in UK Hoops history, junior forward Brittany Henderson (Pasadena, Calif.), sophomore guard Maegan Conwright (Arlington, Texas), sophomore forward/center Samantha Drake (Bardstown, Ky.), sophomore guard Kastine Evans (Salem, Conn.), sophomore guard Jennifer O'Neill (Bronx, N.Y.) and All-SEC freshman team selection Bernisha Pinkett (Washington, D.C.). Kentucky also welcomes three talented freshmen to the roster in Bra'Shey Ali (Plainfield, N.J.), Azia Bishop (Toledo, Ohio) and McDonald's All-American Bria Goss (Indianapolis). Sophomore transfer Samarie Walker (West Carrollton, Ohio) will add talent and depth to the UK front court. The Connecticut transfer will be eligible to play after the conclusion of the 2011 fall semester, per NCAA transfer rules.
The Lady Eagles, led by second-year head coach Tom Hodges, boast a youthful roster in 2011-12, with seven freshmen and five sophomores.
Morehead State was picked fifth in the Ohio Valley Conference preseason poll, while senior Courtney Lumpkin and junior Ashley Harris were selected to the preseason All-OVC team.
This marks the 29th meeting between the programs since UK became a varsity sport in 1974-75. Kentucky leads the all-time series with Morehead 24-4, including a 7-3 advantage when playing in Morehead. UK has won seven in a row over the Lady Eagles, including an 82-48 win last season. The Wildcats forced 36 turnovers and Mathies scored a team-high tying 18 points on 6-9 shooting from the field.
Pre-Morehead State Quotes - November 10, 2011
Kentucky Head Coach Matthew Mitchell
On the upcoming season…
"We are looking forward to getting the season underway tomorrow. It's an exciting time of year and our team has worked extremely hard in preparing for this game and the 2011-12 season. I am really happy about our effort in practice up to this point. We still have a long way to go but it will be good to get to play a game tomorrow. (Morehead State) is a tough opponent, they have scored a bunch in their first two exhibition games, they are averaging 96 points a game and forcing a ton of turnovers. It looks like they are really trying to play a full court game, up tempo on defense and offense. We are going to have our hands full and should be a great way to get the season started off. We are certainly going to go over there and work hard in order to earn a victory."
On Morehead State playing fast…
"Well I don't know if I mind it or not, we'll see. It depends on how well we'll be able to do that. We are certainly going to try to play that way and we're certainly going to try to do the things we have been working on. Early in the season I think it's important to work on your identity and what you're trying to become and what you've been working hard on in practice. There's not a lot you know about these early opponents so you really need to focus on what you want to do. At Kentucky this season, we're going to try to be a real up-tempo and fast-paced team."
On playing Morehead State annually…
"We have a close relationship with Morehead. They gave me an unbelievable opportunity and I have a lot of gratitude for that institution and those people over there. It is a series that I will be interested in as long as it's good for Morehead State too – as long as it's good for both programs I think it is something we would continue with. I just have the utmost respect for everybody over there, and certainly their basketball team. They have a good basketball team this year. It's a series that I enjoy having."
On if he has a special suit planned for the game like Coach Hodges at Morehead wears…
"I made a big enough fool of myself over there at Midnight Madness dancing. Not to say Coach Hodges will look anything but dapper tomorrow I'm sure. But no, I will try to stick to more basic attire tomorrow."
On A'dia Mathies' game and how it's improved…
"It is really good right now, and when A'dia Mathies is playing well, she is one of the best players I have ever been around. She is a very talented player. She just struggled at the end of last season and this summer and I was very concerned about her. She has, at this point, put all those concerns to rest as we head into the season opener. I just think she has gotten to a really good place right now, mentally and emotionally. She seems to have taken some steps forward in the leadership department and just the way she has carried herself gives me a lot of confidence going into tomorrow's game. She has done a really good job on all the intangibles and that is something I have really stressed with her and that is important to our overall team's health. She just has to be a really steady factor and influence for this team. She's done that. Basketball wise, she has seemed to take on whatever roles we have asked her to take on and she just seems to be in a good spot."
On the number of different players at the point guard position…
"I think it's a good situation for us from a talent standpoint that we have a few players who can play that position. It will be interesting to see how it evolves. We would love for, and we believe that, Amber Smith will be a big, big part of that position and will do a good job. Crystal Riley is another player that has been a little limited and a little hobbled – she's been dinged up a little bit. When she's fully healthy she can run that position and can really help us. Having two players like Maegan (Conwright) and A'dia (Mathies), Maegan's the starter right now just as Amber's trying to work back. We just don't know how it will all shake out as far as who starts and who comes off the bench, but I think that we have enough players on the roster who can do what a Kentucky point guard needs to do, and I would think by season's end that would be a strength on our team. That's how I see it evolving."
On who is taking over the role left by Victoria Dunlap down-low in the post…
"I think this will be a little bit of a different team from last year – well I know this will be a different team from last year. But from the post position, I like our balance. Certainly, if you want to go out in practice and establish yourself as the cream of the crop and better than everybody else, that's available every day. What I've seen in practice, and what I like, is we have some balance at that position. That's not a situation where I'm going in tomorrow, just saying, 'Hey, Brittany Henderson has to go put up huge numbers or we don't have a chance to win.' I think we can get balance from that position and that's something that I tend to like. I don't think we're going to depend on just one person. I think it's so easy to key on one person, and if you are depending on one person and they shut that one person down I think put your team in a bad position. While we loved have Victoria here, and she was a great player, I would always prefer to have two or three Victoria's if we could. That'd be a better situation to have some balance there. I think our balance in the post position could be something that makes us real strong."


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IPC has launched a new website for bridal magazine Wedding.
Weddingmagazine.co.uk will feature galleries of wedding dresses, bridesmaids' dresses and outfits for the groom, plus cakes, flowers, venues and honeymoon destinations.
Aside from this content, there will also be features on gift lists and wedding receptions.
Other features include polls and competitions and a directory of wedding businesses.
weddingmagazine.co.uk will be edited by Kate Smallwood, Wedding's associate editor and web editor.
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If you've been working out and dieting with little to no result, a hormonal imbalance is probably to blame (and I can help.)
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Why do I call it "THE B.L.I.S.S. METHOD"?
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B- Balance is the key to health and happiness. Do you want to find that Blissful Balance?
L- Do you want to learn to Love your body and become comfortable in your own skin?
I- Intuitive Eating- Do you want to eat when you are Hungry and Stop when you are Full? It really can be that simple.
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The bumpy road to bliss: My story.
About 10 years ago, my life looked totally different.
I was 30+ pounds overweight and living with my wonderful husband and kids in Southern California, a.k.a. the land of skintight jeans and six pack abs.
We'd just moved from Chicago, and I was feeling a little lonely and out of place (especially watching my Fitness Barbie & Ken neighbors jog down the street.) But dessert and a glass of good wine always helped me cope.
I knew food and emotional eating were my crutches. Sort of. But it took a particularly shocking wake up call to show me just how bad it had become.
I was going through family photos and noticed a picture of my daughter holding hands with a woman I didn't recognize. I looked more closely, and… my heart dropped.
It was me.
Me!? But this woman looked so heavy. Sad. Stressed out. Sure, I felt that way some days, but I didn't realize I looked that way too. Who was this person? What kind of example was she setting for my kids?
I knew something had to change – fast. So I did the best thing I could think of: I went on a diet.
I'd never been on a diet of any kind before (I'm a foodie and proud of it!), so I headed straight to Weight Watchers.
The good news? I dropped 15 pounds. The bad news? I picked up an obsession with points. Yep, I'd even refuse to eat at someone else's home because I needed to know every possible point that might be in their dishes.
Slowly, I realized I now had an unhealthy relationship to food on the other end of the scale. Instead of over-indulging, I was restricting, denying, and calculating non-stop.
Thankfully, that's when my path to you really began.
I didn't want to eat frozen dinners, liquid lunches, or be denied the occasional treat anymore. I knew I had to find what worked for me, on my own terms.
So I started hunting for ways to lose weight, while still enjoying eating.
Slowly, slowly, I started to release my all-or-nothing grip on my relationship to food. I learned the practice of intuitive and slow eating, listening to my body, and detoxing my life of the habits and self-talk that didn't serve me.
Through trial, and error, I discovered I could actually enjoy being healthy. I was losing pounds and feeling awesome, without feeling like I couldn't look dark chocolate in the eye again!
And you know what happened? The weight started to slide off, and passing health goal after health goal became a piece of cake.
Instead of worrying about eating too much of this, or not enough of that, I relished my food, and never let myself feel deprived.
It was so amazing and empowering, I just had to spread the word. So I started a blog called Eat, Drink and Be Aware to share my healthy, delicious recipes (and a few sweet treats) with the world.
The more I wrote and spoke about this approach to wellness, the more serious I became about teaching others. I signed up for an intuitive eating training program, which eventually led to my personal trainer certification, yoga teacher, and wellness coach training.
I wanted to help women take back control of their health, not just to look fantastic and be energized, but also feel whole and happy with themselves the way I'd learned to. I wanted to prove to them the power of positivity of possibility, and wake them up to their awesome potential.
But it wasn't all smooth sailing. After X years of training and coaching clients I started hitting a speed bump:
I was doing everything right; eating right, exercising… but it was getting harder and harder for me to keep weight off.
It didn't take me long to figure out: my hormones were totally out of whack.
Around the same time, I decided to take my work up another notch by attending the Institute of Integrative Nutrition to get my degree in holistic nutrition. That, paired with the detox work of Sara Gottfried,MD taught me the role toxicity and emotional well-being plays in hormonal health.
From there, I became my own guinea pig, learning how to balance my hormones naturally through food and easy fitness steps. I studied digestion, hormonal balance, and the importance of detoxing, and started piecing together my signature Bliss Method.
Since then, hormonal balancing and detoxes have become my specialty, and Eat, Drink, and Be Aware has become Bliss Holistic Health.
To date, I've helped hundreds of clients lose weight, get their hormones back on track, detox their bodies, and feel totally ready to embrace life again. I'm head-over-heels in crazy love with what I do – and I think you will be too.
The transformation clients see when they finally learn to cleanse their bodies, treat themselves with love, and balance themselves their own way still rocks my world.
As for me, I've kept off those extra 30 pounds for the past decade. And I feel stronger, more fulfilled, and excited for the future than ever before.
Now, I want to help you change your life the way I changed mine. And I'd love to be the one to help you get there.


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The panoramic feature is the widest employed feature in imaging devices. If you are unfamiliar with panoramic, it is a type of photography which allows you to join a series of pictures creating a panorama like 3D view.
Smartphones lacked this technology as the lens of the smartphone camera is usually not very sophisticated. However, this feature is no longer exclusive to digital cameras. Pixeet has found a solution to this problem.
Some might think that video camcorders are now obsolete, however, this conception is not entirely true. Although smartphones with amazing built-in cameras and all-in-one digital cameras have largely replaced bulky camcorders, they are not yet extinct.
For instance, Drift has recently announced their new classy sports camcorder, the Drift HD. The name suggests that the Drift HD is aimed at a fan base that has a great interest in sports. This amazing camcorder can be mounted on your helmet or even a bike handle to record your favorite moments.
With Sony having released its entry level DSLRs: the alpha-nex 3D ad alpha-nex 5D, Electronics rival Olympus has also planned to release a camera having features both of a compact camera and a DSLR. Therefore, Olympus announced its interchangeable lens camera, the Olympus E-PL3 in June. But no information was provided regarding the price and release date of the unit.
Now, Olympus has at least announced the month of its arrival in the US which is September 2011. The camera will feature a 12.3 megapixel sensor with an interchangeable lens capability, a Live MOS sensor, TruePic VI image processors and an ISO ceiling of 12,800.
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even my own mom likes him better.
So the other day I was having one of my classically morbid spells, guilting my husband into getting on top of scheduling this colonoscopy that he's been dragging his heels on. I was being all I don't want to raise this child alone and he was all ok, ok, I know (code for just stop nagging me. I already know I need to do it and I feel bad that I've put it off this long, but it's a pain).
In the midst of my morbid moment, I told him, You know if something did happen to one of us, I'd be easier to replace than you would. Oh course he chuckled in his gracious way, just like he does when I insist (genuinely too, not for show) that he's a better person than I am, and refuted me like always.
I was relaying this conversation to my mom for some reason the other day. Initially she was all over him about the colonoscopy…this coming from the woman who just had surgery last summer to remove a pre-cancerous growth on her colon…Oh he's gotta do it. You tell him, he better get it done soon. Polyps grow quickly you know. You tell him I said so…
Then I move along to the second part of the conversation…So I told him, "You know, if something did happen to one of us, I would be easier to replace than you would" and she immediately jumps in, no pause even for me to relay Jerome's sweet refute. Oh definitely. I agree with you, she says.
I chuckled to myself and tried to reframe it back to her in a playful way that would make her feel that motherly guilt for knocking her own child, like the time back in college when she told me I "had a more womanly figure now" and I reframed it to say that my own mother called me fat. That one worked. This one? Not so much.
Thanks mom, so you're saying that I would be easy to replace? And again with the immediacy and total seriousness she responds, Oh yes. And then she starts on a little rant about how there are so few good men out there and so many of them are just selfish and there are so many nice, lovely single women but no solid men and I should be so grateful that I was lucky enough to find Jerome in college and just what a sweetheart he is and do I know how good I have it and all that jazz.
I was listening while licking my wounds and reflecting on the fact that I am certainly not my mother's favorite. And I wasn't even beat out by one of her other children.
Jerome, you little snake.
She's so precious though. I just can't hold it against her.
Besides, she's right.
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- 1 Noche { 03.19.13 at 9:37 am }
So sorry Lisa. I was looking at the big picture and relating it to the fact that I know many more selfless, giving women than men. You are irreplaceable pumpkin…totally irreplaceable and Jerome is the Best!
- 2 Mama Logan { 03.20.13 at 7:00 am }
This mom must state the obvious – Jerome is the lucky one to have TWO such adoring fans! Love you both for loving my son the way you do!
- 3 Lindsey (Allenby) { 03.20.13 at 8:59 pm }
Haha! This post made me laugh. SO funny – Jerry is a keeper (but you're pretty great too)!
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Well, things got a lot more interesting in the Big Ten race this weekend, didn't they?
Nebraska toppled Michigan State to create a three-way tie atop the Legends Division. Ohio State upset Wisconsin to keep its title hopes alive, while Penn State now has a two-and-a-half game lead in the Leaders Division. It's going to be a wild November in the Big Ten, and we have no idea who comes out on top, let alone where these teams are going bowling.
But we'll give it a shot, anyway. As hard as it might seem to believe at times while watching their offense, the Nittany Lions have to be considered the Leaders favorite right now, even with their rugged finishing kick (Nebraska, at Ohio State, at Wisconsin). We're also projecting Michigan State to make it to Indianapolis, even though the Spartans need a Nebraska loss. The rest of the schedule is highly favorable for Mark Dantonio's team, while Nebraska and Michigan have some challenges remaining. We are picking Michigan State to beat Penn State in the title game. As history shows us, the loser of conference title games has a tough time earning BCS at-large berths, so we're giving the at-large spot to Nebraska, a team we're projecting to finish at 10-2.
The biggest intrigue is at the top, but there are also some interesting possibilities at the bottom of the Big Ten bowl order. Last week, we put Purdue in the projections. But the Boilermakers probably have to beat Iowa to get in the postseason -- they need two more wins, and they play the Hawkeyes and Ohio State at home, with Indiana on the road. And if you believe Iowa loses in West Lafayette, then the 5-3 Hawkeyes might not get to the postseason, since they have Michigan, Michigan State and Nebraska as their other remaining games.
We're keeping both the Hawkeyes and the Boilers in the bowl projections -- for now.
It's all a stab in the dark in what might looks like the most jumbled Big Ten picture in years. Turn off the lights, and hand us the knife:
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I fell in love with Eastern State Penitentiary the first time I visited. I've been back several times and would recommend a visit to anyone who will be in Philadelphia. These are some of the shots that I've taken there. I've added some quotes about prison that I've found on the web.
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What if you could reduce your chances of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD) the same way you can cut your risk of type 2 diabetes: by maintaining a healthy weight and staying active? Intriguing new research from Brown University suggests that AD may actually be a third type of diabetes, joining the insulin- and non-insulin-dependent types.
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7 Factors and How They Affect Dublin, Ireland
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Topography is the lay out of physical features in a location. The topography of Dublin, Ireland affects the climate because the lay out of that location is located right against the North Atlantic Ocean which brings warm Caribbean water but on the other side there are a large amount of mountains. The warm water that is brought to Ireland brings them warm air and because there are mountains on the other side, it traps the warm air giving them fairly constant climate.
The topography has one of the biggest affects on every aspect in the climate. Such as temperature. So because of the topography and what I explained above, the temperature stays consistently close all year round. So when the temperature is close all year round that affects the climate making the climate close all year round.
The mountains near Dublin, Ireland bring precipitation to the West, but block the precipitation from going to the East where Dublin, is located. So because of the mountains Dublin doesn't get as much precipitation which affects the climate by making it drier than the rest of the island.
When you get a higher elevation you often get a colder climate. When you get a lower elevation you often get a much warmer climate. Dublin, Ireland's elevation isn't high but it also isn't very low. Which is why there climate stays in the 45-60 degree area. Since the elevation is in a medium spot, this affects the climate by keeping it constant in a medium climate area.
Large Bodies of Water
Dublin is located right near a large ocean. This ocean is the Atlantic ocean. Water absorbs and releases heat energy more slowly than land, so Dublin's temperature is not going to fluctuate dramatically. It is going to keep the climate pretty close together. The temperature data will be pretty close together through out the whole year because of the slow actions of releasing and absorbing heat by the ocean.
Ocean Currents
Ocean currents move water and distribute energy around the the globe. When wind goes over the ocean it causes surface currents. The wind continues to go over the ocean and onto Dublin land. This affects the climate because the wind causes the temperature to drop more. I checked my sources and found that there wind speeds were consistently fast while the temperatures are lower. As I said, I think the wind speeds are high because of the ocean currents. So because of the ocean currents it changes the climate because of the wind speed differences and temperature changes.
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The polar climate zone has limited affect on Dublin, Ireland's climate. Since the polar climate zone is pretty far away from Dublin so it does not have much affect on their climate.
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Assembly to Pass Bill Giving Tuition Aid to Immigrants (Source: LoHud.com)
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Albany, NY - The State Assembly proposed legislation Tuesday that would allow undocumented immigrants access to financial aid for higher education, but Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Senate Republicans signaled that the legislation does not have a bright future.
Under the state-level DREAM Act, immigrants who are not citizens would have access to the state Tuition Assistance Program and other aid. The bill would also create a private scholarship fund for immigrants. The Democratic-led Assembly was set to pass the bill late Tuesday.
Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, of Yonkers, challenged her chamber in a statement Tuesday to pass the bill. "Students of good character who, through no fault of their own, have resided here for years, deserve an opportunity to achieve and contribute to the American dream," she said. "To cut their educational opportunities off deprives us all."


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Brokers, developers and projects honored at 2016 Best of NAIOP
The Arizona chapter of NAIOP honored developers, projects and brokers at its 2016 Best of NAIOP awards. This year, Grady Gammage Jr., a real estate and zoning attorney who was a founder of Gammage & Burnham, received the Award of Excellence at the ceremony, which was held at the Arizona Biltmore. Gammage has had a long career, which… Read More →
NAIOP Arizona announces mentor program protégés
The 2016-2017 NAIOP Arizona Developing Leaders Mentor Program protégés have been announced, and the 16 young professionals come from all corners of the Valley's commercial real estate industry. Each protégé was selected to participate in the year-long program in which they will attend educational seminars and complete a full scale development project by the end… Read More →
Mari Lederman Joins CBRE Healthcare Services
CBRE announced that Mari Lederman has joined the firm's Phoenix office. Ms. Lederman will partner with Kate Morris, Vince Femiano and Katie Kelley as part of the Phoenix Healthcare Services team. The team's focus is assisting healthcare landlords and tenants with site selection, lease negotiations, marketing, investment sales, and strategic planning. Ms. Lederman will focus her attention… Read More →
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CBRE has negotiated a long-term, 36KSF lease at Phoenix Memorial Center. ConnectionsAZ, a physician-led company that specializes in providing emergency/crisis psychiatric services, has leased the space and will operate a patient intake center from the location. Kate Morris and Vince Femiano with CBRE's Phoenix office represented the landlord, Memorial Key, LLC of Gilbert, Arizona. The… Read More →
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CBRE has hired First Vice President Kate Morris and Vice President Vince Femiano, the top healthcare tenant brokerage team in the local commercial real estate industry, to join the firm's Healthcare Services Group in Phoenix, Ariz. The duo will focus their attention on the dynamic local healthcare market, and will be providing services to healthcare… Read More →


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The Italian motorcycle manufacturer, Ducati is unveiling its "DVT" technology or Desmodromic Variable Timing, which is borrowed from the German car maker, Volkswagen.
Ducati has made the first ever motorcycle engine with a variable valve timing for the intake and the exhaust camshafts.
Named now as the "Ducati Testastretta DVT" engine, which will debut in the Multi Strada in 2015, Ducati's new v-twin heart can change the intake and exhaust timing independently, and throughout the rev band.
This means that the DVT engine can be very effective for peak power at high rpm, while still being able to maintain smoothness at lower rev range keeping the emission and noise regulations controlled throughout the rev band.
A valve timing adjuster which is fitted to the end of each camshaft, changes the overlap angle on the fly, depending on the conditions, and throttle limit.
Ducati say that the "DVT system consists of an external housing, rigidly connected to the cam belt pulley, and an internal mechanism which is connected to the camshaft and can independently rotate inside the housing."
"This rotation of the internal mechanism, either in advance or in delay with respect to the housing, is precisely controlled by varying the oil pressure in special chambers of the mechanism. The oil pressure is adjusted by dedicated valves and the timing of each cam is dynamically controlled by a sensor located in the cam covers."
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This pretty single storey cottage (shown left of photograph) enjoys a quiet secluded setting just half a mile from St Austell's town centre with its inns, shops and places to eat. Set on a working farm and adjoining the owners' home, it is within 3 miles of sandy beaches at Porthpean, Pentewan and Carlyon Bay. Charlestown Heritage Centre, The Lost Gardens of Heligan, the Eden Project and the delightful old fishing port of Mevagissey are all within five miles. A springtime festival honours Daphne du Maurier who set many of her novels in this area. Truro and Lanhydrock (NT) are within 15 miles. Three golf courses, cycle hire and riding locally. Shops and pubs 0.5 miles.
Ground floor: Living/dining room/kitchen area. 2 bedrooms: 1 double, 1 bunk. Bathroom with shower over bath and toilet.
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Austin-based Stratfor Attempts to Make Smart Money on Global Intelligence
On November 22, 1999, an Austin company called Stratfor sent a bold e-mail to 15,000 recipients around the globe. Its subject line: "Philippine President's Days Are Numbered." In the brisk prose that has become its trademark, Stratfor's evaluation of the political situation in Manila contained bad news for the fortunes of actor-turned politician Joseph Estrada. "Whether removed by force or by the broad coalition arrayed against him," the message concluded, "Estrada is unlikely to fulfill his six-year term in office." The forecast was part of a "Global Intelligence Update" (or GIU) that Stratfor produced daily and sent to its registered subscribers for free.
In Manila, the forecast was used by anti-Estrada forces to mobilize popular opposition. Meanwhile, Estrada supporters dismissed the Stratfor analysis as mere Internet dross, unattributed and unsourced. Most dangerously, they said, no one had paid for it. "It's like the crank predictions about the end of the world, which we read from time to time," Senator Francisco Tatad told the Manila Standard. "It is rubbish, pure and simple."
Stratfor — the company's name is a contraction of "Strategic Forecasting" — was doing for the Philippines what it does for every region of the world: vacuuming up all far-flung bits of information from Internet sources, analyzing them, then illuminating the global balance of power in forecasts that it sells as business and military intelligence.
Yet the company itself was struggling — and appears to have just staggered again. Despite its own rosy financial forecasts only a few weeks ago, last week Stratfor closed its recently opened Washington, D.C. office and reorganized its Austin staff (see "Stratfor Staggers?" p.26). Six people (of roughly 35 full-time staff) will lose their jobs or be offered other positions in the company.
Stratfor president and CEO Don Kuykendall called the moves "a reallocation of dollars that will help us develop products" for several new corporate customers, though Stratfor's founder, George Friedman, cited some tensions that have long challenged the company: journalists vs. analysts; Washington, D.C., vs. Austin; Web content vs. consulting. Every business has inherent contradictions, Friedman argues, and you succeed if you can manage them. "The fact that there's a tension represents a vibrancy," Friedman says. "It doesn't mean that the organization has failed to define itself."
While company spokespeople describe these changes simply as part of Stratfor's ongoing evolution, the balancing act demonstrates how hard it is to make the World Wide Web an actual source of profit for mainstream businesses.
A Toll Booth on the Information Superhighway?
As an "open source intelligence provider," Stratfor could exploit unclassified Internet information better than even the Central Intelligence Agency (which was undergoing its own post-Cold War identity crisis). But was it a consulting business? A publishing company? Another Web content provider? In the multibillion-dollar business intelligence market, would it succeed? The answers weren't clear. Its Web site, www.stratfor.com, was always a media favorite, but visits were falling off. There was no business plan. A December payroll was missed.
The Philippine stock market was cowering — two weeks after Stratfor published its forecast, the market lost 2% of its value, a 30-point drop worth $90 million; given that the stock market trades only 30 companies, it was a significant drop. Yet at the same time, Stratfor itself was running out of funds, its seed money exhausted.
Nearly two years later, President Estrada is gone — ousted in a January 2001 popular uprising. Stratfor, however, is still here. Long after the glow of the NASDAQ meltdown has subsided, Stratfor retains the sexy glint of money. (Yes, they were right on Estrada — more on that below.) According to CEO Don Kuykendall, a few weeks ago the company was about to turn profitable for the first time, with gross revenues between $2.5 million and $3 million. Was that a prediction, a certain future foretold (something Stratfor says it doesn't do)? Or was it a forecast, which tells a particular future's likelihood? "It's both," Kuykendall told the Chronicle. "It's based on identified business coming in and business going out."
Stratfor says it counts 27,332 subscribers, about 10,000 of which are individuals, the rest corporate subscribers. A $50 annual subscription, eventually rising to $80, buys individual access to the entire site, and it'll cost business customers upwards of $1,000 for five users. This means revenues stand at about $3 million annually. Two-thirds of subscribers are from the U.S., and the Web site receives visitors from 134 countries (including Greenland, Australia, Rwanda, and the Vatican). Thirty or so people inhabit half a floor of the Chase building at Lavaca and Fifth Street; in 2000, the company opened a D.C. office, with five more employees (now laid off). There's even been a software spin-off company — Infraworks — also based in Austin, that's developed and launched digital security software, such as a virtual "shredder" for deleted computer files and an application for sending self-destructing e-mail. (Infraworks is said to be unaffected by the latest changes.)
Stratfor's influence is truly global — this cartoon regarding the company's predictions about Philippine President Joseph Estrada ran in the Dec. 3, 1999 edition of the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
It was tempting to look at Stratfor's declared success as the potential future of content delivery on the Web — until last week, when the balancing act between Web content and consulting apparently slipped.
Like other Web portals (Salon, Britannica.com, theStreet.com, Inside.com), Stratfor recently switched to a paid-subscription model. Since early August, visitors must buy Stratfor's forecasts, even their formerly free GIUs. But other than that the porn industry has made millions from it, no one knows much about the online subscription model — whether consumers will pay for Web entertainment and opinion, it's still hard to say. The subscription model might work. It might also be an exquisite form of autoerotic strangulation.
But Stratfor doesn't produce opinion or entertainment, which makes it less like Salon than Congressional Quarterly or the National Journal (two subscription-based publications from Washington, D.C.). What Stratfor produces is the information economy's equivalent of guns: knowledge about the world that can change the world, quickly and irrevocably. Information doesn't want to be free; information wants to be dangerous. So if Stratfor succeeds, it's because more individuals and corporations want access to information that helps them dissect an unstable world — and are willing to pay steady bucks for it. At the same time, this is information that's accountable to no one — and as Stratfor's forecasts about the Philippines demonstrated, that's what makes information dangerous.
Analysts, Guns, and Money
"Stratfor does not normally talk about itself," read the GIU in early December of 1999, as controversy in the Philippines raged. "We are constantly deluged with e-mail demanding to know who we are, who funds us. … We usually ignore these demands. Normally, Stratfor doesn't talk about Stratfor; this week, we will."
This GIU was broadcast, as all Stratfor products are, without a byline, but everyone knew who wrote it. Employees maintain that no product belongs to any one person, because it's been hammered out among analysts and editors. (And as chief analyst Matt Baker admits: "You can tell a lot about a company by finding out who works there.") But in this case, the person taking a stab at Stratfor's own existence was probably the only person who could. The author was Stratfor's founder, George Friedman, a former professor at Dickinson College in Pennsylvania and a highly regarded intelligence analyst (a recent New York Times Magazine story on space war quoted him several times). In 1995, he founded Stratfor's prior incarnation — the Center for Geopolitical Studies — at Louisiana State University, in order to marry objective foreign policy analysis with advanced technologies (an early funder was Sun Microsystems). "Foreign policy had turned into a Crossfire kind of thing," Friedman says. "But there aren't only two points of view, and you don't need to shout." In 1996, after LSU administrators failed to grasp why the Center for Geopolitical Studies mattered, Friedman left for the private sector, pooled what Center funds remained, put in money of his own, and started an intelligence consulting firm called Stratfor. ("I'm going to write a novel called Start Up," Friedman says. "Nowhere else do you see the human condition, except perhaps in war.") In the summer of 1997, Friedman and his team came from Louisiana to a place with an intelligent population, even if it's not known as an intelligence town. Austin did have a pool of bright young people, a large research library at a major university, and a significant tech presence.
The original idea was to build a brand name as a smart private intelligence firm by disseminating free GIU forecasts — attracting corporate clients who need to know how the calculus of power in Azerbaijan is going to shake out in the next two quarters, whether Euro futures are rising, or what butterflies in the Marañon are up to. The company's profile rose when it correctly forecast the Asian economic crisis in 1996, and again during the Kosovo conflict in 1999, when Stratfor set up a real-time intelligence center that was scooping CNN and more entrenched intelligence agencies. Part of Stratfor's advantage was having GIU subscribers on the ground in Kosovo sending reliable e-mail reports back to Austin. "It would have cost the CIA a fortune to put somebody on the ground in Kosovo in the middle of a war," Friedman says. "But a Hotmail account costs nothing." (To maintain this resource of discount eyeballs on the ground, Stratfor still provides a free intelligence briefing, even after discontinuing the free GIU in August — which at its most popular went to over 100,000 people.)
What most caught people's eyes was Stratfor's style. Its positions were often contrarian, and it persisted in supporting them with evidence. It also persisted in being correct. The analyses didn't always list their sources, but that didn't matter. "Journalism has trouble following foreign policy," Friedman muses, "because they want everything to be sourced. Like in China — where you can't get a picture of what's going on there, because you don't have access to the other side." But in the best tradition of Kremlin-watching, Stratfor spun inferences from afar; unlike old-school Kremlin watchers, Stratfor had better data via the Internet. Also distinctive was Stratfor's dispassion. On any ideological chart the analysts flatlined, and their prose was crisp, free of jargon. "No one knows what side we're on," Friedman says. "In Belgrade they think we're working for the CIA, and in Washington they thought we were getting paid by the Serbians. When [Nation columnist] Alexander Cockburn praised the same article that Rush Limbaugh did, I knew: we were in."
The Art of Being Surprised
Before it goes out into the world, Stratfor's global intelligence begins as caffeinated morning conversations.
On a recent Thursday morning, 10 Stratfor analysts gathered in a conference room to hash out forecasts and make editorial plans. (Another analyst, Latin American expert Jack Sweeney, was patched in via phone from D.C.)
At the head of the table sits Victor Gobayev, the director of intelligence management, a retired Soviet military intelligence officer. A slight red-haired man with a surgeon's smooth hands, he'll talk about the many places his missions have brought him — just don't expect him to relate what those missions entailed. Gobayev lets his analysts lightly tease him, because "we have to have an enjoyable atmosphere," and he lets the seven men and three women pounce on each other's ideas about Palestine, cyber warfare, and East Timor. Over the next hour, the meeting combines the head-knocking intensity of a graduate seminar, the speed of an editorial meeting, and the emotional distance of a game of Stratego or Risk. Often they're fiery. "That's why we put in red carpet," joked Kuykendall, "To hide the bloodstains."
"My piece is an attempt to get away from the euphemism, 'cyber war,'" says Matt Baker, the boy-faced chief analyst who is a former student of Friedman. "Are you talking about Arnold Schwarzenegger with a metal head, or are you talking about three nerds in the back room?"
"Be careful with that last sentence, because there are many systems that control everything," fires back Peter Zeihan, a thin man with a black goatee. For a moment, the two tussle:
"That's to be determined," Baker retorts.
Chief Analyst Matt Baker
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"There's a federal task force that's been working on this for the last six years," Zeihan says.
"But the systems aren't as accessible as you're assuming."
"Wells Fargo and Chase had a good portion of their operations cut down by hacker attacks, and that's people with little resources."
"Put it this way," Baker says, brushing aside Peter's information. "In cyber war, you need a different bullet for every soldier on the battlefield, to bring down each system. That's why a nation is different from an individual launching a harassing attack — so cyber war falls out of the realm of cyber terrorism."
Despite their general smarts, their Web savvy, and their multilingualism (in the room are speakers of Russian, Hungarian, Korean, Hebrew, French, Spanish, Mandarin, and Arabic), the 10 analysts make unlikely spies. Except for Gobayev, they're all under the age of 35. None have served in the military or worked in the government. Their direct experiences of foreign places seem to be mostly of the junior-year-abroad type. On the other hand, their youth makes them adaptable, more easily plugged into Stratfor's "proprietary methodology." (This plugging they actually call "being Stratfored.")
Most of the methodology simply involves rigorous thinking, but some of it involves "the art of being surprised," as George Friedman calls it. "If you lose that art, you've lost everything." Richard Parker, the executive editor and chief operating officer (and himself 37), points out another advantage of the twenty- and thirty-something analysts: As members of the post-Vietnam, post-Watergate, post-Cold War generation, they "hold little in the way of ideology." So — the Stratfor argument goes — they see the world with clearer eyes. (They're also much cheaper by the pound than seasoned professionals, as employees at the Washington bureau last week found out.)
During Baker and Zeihan's exchange on cyber war, the youngest member of the team huddles in a fleece jacket. Meredith Doherty, who is 23, doesn't say much this morning — the conversation hasn't turned to her region of specialty, Asia. The GIU about Joseph Estrada's presidency didn't have a byline either, but everyone in the office knows it was her call. So when she does talk, people are inclined to listen.
At the time of the Estrada GIU, Doherty was still a senior at UT-Austin, hired at Stratfor the previous August. In November, her supervisor assigned her to investigate the likelihood of a coup in the Phillipines. Doherty, who was studying Government and French, did "intense" research with open-source materials: all of the English newspapers coming out of the country and any bios of Estrada. After two weeks, she knew who owned the Philippine newspapers and their ties, if any, to the president. She knew the status of court cases involving his friends. She knew his daily schedule. "I know how to sort to the truth," she says. Importantly, she knew a crucial piece of cultural information: that if Archbishop Jamie Sin publicly criticized Estrada, then the people of a strongly Catholic country were likely to follow. "It was obvious that he wasn't willing to behave the way he should if he wanted to stay in office," Doherty says. "So I decided there's no way he's going to finish his term."
Scholars or Mercenaries?
Journalists have a hard time reporting on Stratfor for the same reason they have difficulty reporting on foreign policy. As Richard Parker puts it: "If you know about Kathmandu but don't have a context for that knowledge, then it's relatively useless." Most media stories about Stratfor treat the company like a Kathmandu, preferring to bask in the company's aura of espionage, throwing in a colorful quote from Friedman. (Explaining why it's better to be in Austin rather than an "intelligence town" like Washington: "We don't go to cocktail parties.") As a result, virtually the only analysis of Stratfor's influence on the world was the one done by Friedman himself.
"We view ourselves as outside, disinterested observers," Friedman wrote in his GIU about Stratfor, which disavowed any responsibility for what was then happening in the Philippines. Developing countries were used to being "ignored or manipulated, but not observed," Friedman wrote, and what the Internet has made possible is that "Stratfor, without a crisis or an interest at stake, made a forecast" that was important in the country but ignored elsewhere.
But Stratfor did have a stake in the Philippine outcome: its own business imperative, which is to be right. (In a phone interview, Friedman put it more subtly: "We're not trying to be infallible, but we're trying to load the deck, in order to improve the probabilities of correctness.") Successful forecasts give them credibility, which sells more subscriptions. "The problem with any forward-looking analysis," Parker says, "is that you don't only go out on a limb, but you have to define a narrow limb."
Does Doherty think her limb was narrow enough? After all, Estrada's term was up in 2004, which gave her forecast a large window. "I didn't know how the coup would happen, or when," she says. She never had a more specific claim that her colleagues urged her to back off from, in the pursuit of being right. "If we know when something's going to happen, we say."
Retired Soviet military intelligence officer Victor Gobayev
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Then and now, Stratfor's status depends on its ability to capture a piece of the business intelligence marketplace, estimated between $12 and $70 billion. Robert Steele, the president of Open Source Solutions, once estimated that the market for raw information, including commercial imagery, is worth $10 billion; data conversion, storage, visualization, and desktop-access tools are worth $20 billion; and "value-added processing and human services" like Stratfor's are theoretically worth $30 billion.
A former member of the intelligence establishment, Steele dismisses Stratfor's products as "a random, unordered series of unsourced opinions." Steele, who made a name for OSS.net several years ago by winning a competition to see who could use open sources to collect the most information about the nation of Burundi, says of Stratfor: "They're puppies." (Responds Friedman: "He tried our model, and it failed. I'm sorry if that's created some professional animosity.")
Stratfor executives actually count as their main competition two British firms, The Economist's Intelligence Unit (which relies upon 750 economists, consultants, journalists, and editors from more than 195 countries) and Oxford Analytica, founded in 1975. Like Stratfor, those companies produce custom intelligence for corporations using experienced analysts. Unlike Stratfor, they rely on networks of for-hire experts whose time is expensive. As Stratfor executives like to point out, those products are more expensive, starting in the thousands of dollars for each one, while a membership to Stratfor's entire site currently costs $50.
Stratfor provides intelligence for "people who don't know any better," Steele says, but for Stratfor that's not a bad thing. That's why Stratfor's clients sign up. The democratization of information is really the search for a larger market for that information, and Stratfor still believes it has found one among businesspeople who need detailed, reliable information about specific regions of the world. According to an analysis by Earle Palmer Brown, a PR and marketing company, 26% of Stratfor's readers are executives, 21% are managers who want to know, "Do we send the engineers to Colombia this month or wait until next year? Do we okay the credit to Indonesian shippers, or not?" (The information not only gives them an edge on the business competition but also on the smart, young kid down the hall.)
Other demographics are equally revealing. Stratfor readers are mostly male (86%), educated (47% have a graduate degree), American, and earn over $50,000 a year. In the U.S., there are eight million individuals who fit this profile. "For the EIU and Oxford Analytica, the idea of producing a low-cost product to 9,000 individuals would be anathema," Parker says. For Stratfor, that's the market. "There are people in this country who are dealing with the effects of globalization, from businesses to mom and pop shops, and all they know is, this is a thing they need to understand." The question remains: Will enough of those folks pay enough for that understanding to sustain the company?
Opponents of globalization should look more closely at companies like Stratfor, because if more and more businesspeople are willing to spend money mapping the paths their investments will take, the same businesspeople have no illusions that globalization — read "global economic integration" — will bring peace, prosperity, and brotherhood. They're not likely to chuck bricks at Seattle cops, but they are directly concerned with how globalization occurs. In that sense, Stratfor — if it survives — might not be a bad thing. As Steele points out, in 2000, there were 26 wars that killed more than 1,000 people, 78 persistent conflicts between nations, and 178 violent internal struggles, all of which supports a central assumption underpinning Stratfor's view that the world is an unstable place. "The way the world has been for 2,000 years is the way it will be for the next hundred," Friedman says. "We provide the tools for wending your way through this world."
"What we're able to do is provide value to people who aren't in the Philippines who wouldn't have noticed the situation at all," says Richard Parker. "Can we actually change the global situation? I don't think we can. What did we change in the Philippines? Nothing. The processes were under way, and we said what would or would not happen."
On the other hand, Stratfor isn't accountable to anyone — except its clients. Thomas Adams, writing in Parameters, the U.S. Army War College Quarterly, discussed the dangers that actual mercenaries and "information warriors" like Stratfor may pose. Nations have always hired soldiers to fight their wars, and they have frequently hired experts to train their soldiers. A third type of mercenary is emerging, Adams writes, in the form of private companies that provide highly specialized information services (such as actual and virtual surveillance) that can be bought by military or civilian concerns.
"From the point of view of the nation-state," Adams writes, "military corporations are dangerous for a far more fundamental reason: They generate military power that does not reside in the state itself."
If Stratfor is indeed able to turn itself around financially, it will be evidence of just how many corporations and individuals want the power that dangerous information provides. Stratfor's attempt at recovery is employing several catalysts. For one thing, the company acquired a business staff, among them Don Kuykendall, a former banker and owner of several radio stations (among them KVET), who now acts as president and CEO.
Also transforming was a yearlong gig to provide content for the external and internal Web sites of American International Group, a Fortune 500 insurance and financial services company. A major engagement, it wasn't the standard "one-off" consulting job, where a client buys a product then leaves the consultant to hope they buy another. When Stratfor's new business staff realized that they could sell their products more than once, a new business model was born. But last week's reorganization came on the heels of news that corporate sales are down — what else might the company have to do to save itself, if that's possible?
Last summer Stratfor got a consulting gig to study the international computing business — information that's now part of Stratfor's inventory of intelligence. "If we get asked a question, we first query ourselves, to see what we already have," Parker says. "You don't have to reinvent the wheel every time."
This model is designed to make money. "It's not a fancy Internet business model," says Parker. "You charge people for the information. That's it." But as Parker learned the hardest way last week, if not enough people are buying what you're selling, all the knowledge in the world can't save you. end story