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Vikki Spruill Remarks on the State of American Philanthropy
Thank you, Good afternoon. I think we all have a thing or two to learn from amazing students like these.
I'm grateful to Gwen and the News Literacy Project for an enlightening discussion and for joining us here today. And, thanks to all of you for joining us at the 2014 Annual Conference of the Council on Foundations: Philanthropy Exchange!
Many of you have traveled a long way to be with us. We have leaders from as far away as Anchorage and Australia, from Baton Rouge to Tanzania.
I am especially grateful to the Conference Advisory Group, and Co-Chair Kevin Murphy, the Council's board of directors, our staff, and the volunteers who helped make this conference possible. Please stand and be recognized for making our few days together an exhilarating experience.
As we set out to plan this conference, together with our Advisory Group, we dug deep into some of the biggest issues facing our field – environment, poverty, health, education and democratic practice - and challenged ourselves to tackle a timely and difficult theme: philanthropy's role in bridging divides that separate us and diminish our impact.
Today, you've already heard discussions of some major historic, geographic, and social fractures. Political polarization, gender bias, racial discrimination, income inequality, metropolitan and rural divides, and a host of other social dynamics must be broadly recognized before they can be addressed.
And yet, within this fractured world, philanthropy plays a major role in mobilizing resources and demonstrating leadership to build a more prosperous, fair-minded, and just world. Said another way by Angela Glover Blackwell, "Philanthropy is at the crossroads of opportunity."
As you set out to do this important work, the Council is here to help you achieve your goals. In some cases, that means providing support to individual members and member types who have the vision to blaze new trails. But we also believe strongly in working together to increase our impact.
At tomorrow's Member Meeting, I will speak in detail about the "State of the Council" and our role moving the field forward with you. Success requires both individual and collective action, and the bigger the challenge, the greater the need for collaboration.
Foundations, of course, reflect the communities, the companies, the families, and the individuals that created them. It makes perfect sense, then, that fractures in the wider world translate into fractures in our own philanthropic community.
We often think about ourselves as leaders of community foundations, private foundations, family foundations, or corporate foundations. My charge to you today – and for the rest of this conference – is to think about your work in the context of a larger whole.
How can we organize around shared passions, rather than divide by structural type? Yes, we represent organizations with different tax code and statute categories. These differences matter as we carry out our day-to-day work and as we wrestle with tax policy.
But in these fractured times, when so many challenges face us, when government dollars are more scarce, and when we're asked to solve huge problems, I challenge us all to focus on how together we serve as catalysts for change; how together we leverage ideas, resources, and sweat equity; how together we bring people into accord; how together we protect and defend those who are not able to raise a voice; and how together we bridge divides in our communities.
These expectations are central to who we are and what we do. They guide our future as they have shaped our past. The public, lawmakers, grantees – folks expect a lot of us. I know the weight of those expectations. It can make you feel like you need to solve the world's problems or need to be Wonder Woman. Those expectations lead all of us to try to do so much.
In my own ocean conservation work before the Council, I knew in my head that the future of our planet depends on a vibrant and healthy ocean. Because the ocean provides the oxygen to support every breath and food for billions on earth, it was crystal clear to me why everyone should care and do what they could to address the issue.
We had many meetings on the science, on public opinion, and the politics, and we made some heartening progress. But you've no doubt had those certain moments that really stick in your mind.
I wanted to underscore how every individual's actions can support this vital ocean ecosystem, so I used to lead river and coastal cleanups. We brought together community groups, nonprofits, and government officials to amplify impact, then we rolled up our sleeves and did the work. One of our annual cleanups was a blast; the Jonas brothers joined us and the work seemed cool, especially to my then teenage daughters.
Another year, I spent six hours wading through the mud of the Anacostia River, picking up medical syringes and condoms, and hauling tires out of the water. It was pouring rain the entire time. That was one of those days that I'm sure many of you have had you just feel exasperated; you wonder if your own effort even matters.
Each of us, even on our days of frustration and exasperation, know that individual actions matter. As leaders, your actions impact your team, they impact your organization, and they impact the field. Every day, I hear amazing stories of individuals in philanthropy who are trying to tackle big problems one step at a time. This is where the Council can help!
We believe strongly in providing you the connections to colleagues, who understand your efforts and have felt your frustrations before. You can share ideas, tools, frameworks, research, and a few laughs. You can align around big problems.
I came to the Council because I want this organization to help you leverage your talents and resources for greater impact. Philanthropy is filled with stories of leaders who have stood outside the mainstream – and sometimes in the actual stream – to agitate for social changes, and confronted daunting challenges with innovative ideas.
While philanthropy's desire to advance society endures, we are confronting a new reality. Not only are we facing polarization and political gridlock, but we're doing so during a time of economic anxiety and technological disruptions. These factors have already upended other industries, and they are also taking root in philanthropy.
Philanthropy is changing. Incorporating new technology, creative strategies, or alternate business structures, new forms of giving will continue to transform our field's future, whether we want or even like the changes before us.
But these changes yield powerful new opportunities. Philanthropy is at the crossroads of opportunity!
Here's a recent example of which I'm particularly proud: four foundations — Blue Shield of California Foundation, the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, the Lincoln Community Foundation, and the Robert R. McCormick Foundation — brought together more than 30 of their peers to pledge over $170 million dollars in support for veterans and military families.
But they also recognized that money alone cannot fully address this critical national priority. So they built stronger partnerships with the White House, veterans' support organizations, the Red Cross, and the V.A. to make sure that a variety of stakeholders were focusing on the same goals. As part of a collective effort to create a community of funders and build momentum, the Council launched the Veterans Philanthropy Exchange – a new community that brings together that support for military families.
We were especially humbled that First Lady Michelle Obama joined us for the launch of this significant initiative and recognized the importance of foundations coming together to focus on impact. The Veterans Philanthropy Exchange is part of a larger effort we are undertaking to connect our members online.
This week, we are opening our new online platform – the Philanthropy Exchange – first to you, our members, so that you can expand on the conversations begun during the conference. You are entering the Exchange on the ground floor, and I hope that you will co-design this platform with us by providing advice and feedback about how it can more effectively serve your needs.
The Philanthropy Exchange idea is one of sharing and collaboration, and the Council is carrying this idea through large gatherings like this one, smaller gatherings throughout the year, as well as the virtual communities which I just described. I hope you'll visit the interactive lab on the Terrace Level to explore the platform firsthand.
As we gather in our nation's capital, we must also think about how we can ensure that policymakers see philanthropy's value for our country and the wider world. We cannot lose sight of the fact that comprehensive tax reform could very well transform our own "state of philanthropy" if we are not actively – even aggressively –shaping our tax policy in ways that enhance civil society.
Recent proposals have sent clear signals that our lawmakers seriously question the ways in which we operate, the value of endowed philanthropy, and the opportunities for donors to invest in big ideas.
The Council is deeply engaged in this dialogue at all levels. Your stories, your letters, your meetings, and your participation lift up the transformative role of foundations in society. This kind of engagement helps advance strategies that will enhance – not limit – the future of philanthropy. There is no better example of where we need to come together – not divide – to ensure the best possible future for our field.
While the divides we face are stark, our society and our field have overcome far greater fractures. Philanthropy unites individuals to advance the common good. This spirit has bridged some of our greatest gulfs.
When bold men and women dared to confront history's intractable problems, they were not shaken by the scale of their challenges. In light of her recent passing, I want to close with the beautiful words of Dr. Maya Angelou; she wrote, "you may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
This conference focuses on big obstacles. We won't surmount them all in a single stride. We will, at times, fail and our efforts will fall flat. But with the first step, we show the measure of our worth. By accepting what failures might come, we set ourselves up for the greatest of successes. Thank you for being here today, and thank you for joining us on this journey.


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August 10, 2000
Lawrence J. Goodrich, Communications Director, (202) 523-3240
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom wrote to President Clinton August 8 urging that he raise with President Obasanjo of Nigeria "the need for his government to preserve religious liberty for all Nigerians." President Clinton will undertake a state visit to Nigeria on August 25-27. The Commission is concerned by a wave of violence between Christians and Muslims during recent months fostered by the attempts of several northern Nigerian states to adopt Islamic criminal law and impose it on non-Muslims. The violence has "claimed hundreds of lives, displaced thousands, and destroyed many places of worship, homes and businesses," the Commission noted. The text of the letter follows:
August 8, 2000
The Honorable William J. Clinton
President of the United States of America
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
Re: Presidential Visit to Nigeria, August 25-27, 2000
Dear Mr. President,
We were pleased to learn that you will be making a state visit to Nigeria on August 25-27, 2000 to meet with Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo. According to the White House statement, the purpose of the visit is to "underscore [U.S.] support for Nigeria's impressive democratic transformation under President Obasanjo's government and for Nigeria's leadership role in the region."
On behalf of the U.S. Commission On International Religious Freedom, I urge you to raise with President Obasanjo the need for his government to preserve religious liberty for all Nigerians. A number of northern states have adopted, or proposed the adoption of, Islamic criminal law and sought to impose it on non-Muslims. These proposals are opposed -- sometimes violently -- by non-Muslims throughout Nigeria. The result has been a wave of violence between Muslims and Christians since February of this year that has claimed hundreds of lives, displaced thousands, and destroyed many places of worship, homes and businesses. It appears that there has been deliberate targeting of Christians and their institutions based solely on their religious affiliation; these attacks have triggered reprisals against Muslims in southern states. This strife threatens to halt the progress of democratic transformation, and to destabilize the country and the surrounding West African region.
President Obasanjo's government has as you know taken some steps to prevent further violence and diffuse the crisis, but with limited success. He has spoken out publicly against both the violence and the recent announcement that Islamic law would be implemented in Kano state (despite an earlier agreement by the National Council of States to suspend implementation of Islamic law in northern states). An increased presence of security forces has been established in areas where violence can occur. Muslim and Christian religious leaders have also spoken out against the violence. However, President Obasanjo's government has been unable to check the violence and bring the perpetrators to justice. More fundamentally, the federal government has not challenged the imposition of Islamic law on non-Muslims, which lies at the heart of the problem.
The Commission respectfully recommends that you impress on President Obasanjo the high priority that our government will continue to place on religious freedom in its relations with Nigeria. We ask that you urge President Obasanjo to do all he can to restore order and to ensure that the application of religious law anywhere in the country be done in consonance with the federal constitution's separation of church and state and with international covenants of human rights. It may indeed be difficult to balance respect for the law-making authority of Nigerian states, the right of non-Muslims to speak out on important issues such as the implementation of Islamic law, and the need to prevent outbreaks of violence. However, the willingness to do so will be indicative of the commitment of President Obasanjo's government, and the Nigerian people, to democracy, human rights and religious freedom. We hope that your visit to Nigeria provides an occasion for a serious discussion of religious freedom and communal violence in Nigeria.
Elliott Abrams
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom was created by the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to monitor the status of freedom of thought, conscience, and religion or belief abroad, as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and related international instruments, and to give independent policy recommendations to the President, the Secretary of State and the Congress."
Hon. Elliott Abrams,Chair
- Dr. Firuz Kazemzadeh, Vice Chair, Rabbi David Saperstein, Laila Al-Marayati, M.D.Hon. John R. Bolton, Dean Michael K. Young, Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick, Nina Shea, Justice Charles Z. Smith, Ambassador Robert Seiple, Ex-Officio, Steven T. McFarland, Executive Director

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Yesterday a friend of mine posted this status on facebook. Nowadays, after Syaikh Google, The Kitab of Facebook is where people get their wisdom.
"Umar Al-Khattab berubah, Saidina Hamzah berubah, Wardina Safiyah berubah, Amer munawer berubah, Ruffedge, VE, bob lokman semua pun berubah. Kalau diorang boleh berubah, kenapa tidak kita?
"Umar al-Khattab changed, Sayyidina Hamzah changed, Wardina Safiyyah changed, Amer Munawer changed, Ruffedge, VE, Bob Lokman, all of them changed. If they could change, why not us?"
Nice question.
Why not us? Change, as they say, is the only constant.
Umar al Khattab was a feared and brutal man before he changed, but after changing, he could cry just from listening to verses of the Qur'an.
How did the author change? Ever heard "The way to a man's heart is through his stomach?" It started with physical nourishment, it changed to mental spiritual nourishment.
Its strange how people fear change. I've heard some of my friends say
"Did you hear about this guy? After he flew to the UK/egypt/america/etc, he became really alim. He's a good guy now."
Everyone, in their heart of hearts, wants to be good. Its just that they don't know how.
So i'll let you in on a little secret, one that helped me:
Step 1: Pray to Allah for guidance.
Step 2: Find the good guys. And learn from them.
Step 3: I'll post it on this blog if i remember.
Have a lecture to catch now. Salaam.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
on mission:possible
Yesterday a friend of mine posted this status on facebook. Nowadays, after Syaikh Google, The Kitab of Facebook is where people get their wisdom.
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2 comments:
- Puan Seri said...
SubhanAllah,glory be to Allah :)
- November 11, 2011 at 7:42 AM
- AKMAL SYAFIQ said...
be sure to update soon!
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We went to the James Duncan exhibition at Benmore Gardens today.
Quite a story- which captures the character of Victorian industrial expansion, philanthropy, sponsorship of the arts and the importance of religion.
Duncan was born in Greenock, to a father wealthy from selling books, but who died young. His son was a bit of a clever lad, who did very well in his studies- particularly chemistry. As a young adult in early Victorian Britain, he had a choice of industries to apply his science within, and chose the sugar industry- one of the engines of prosperity for the West of Scotland. Perhaps even one of the reasons my house was built back in 1840.
After working for various companies, whilst on a wee trip down Loch Long, Duncan came up with a new way of refining sugar- slow boiling it to produce less waste and a higher quality product. He set up partnerships, factories first in Greenock, then in London- and made a vast fortune.
But for this Christian tycoon, born into an age of philanthropy, with such wealth came responsibility. Or perhaps guilt. Duncan began to sponsor all sorts of philanthropic schemes- sewer works, slum improvements, hospitals, libraries, churches (interestingly, despite his Free Church background, he supported both Protestant and Catholic church plants. He was reputed to be giving away 20% of his £100,000 annual income.
Around 1870, he bought Benmore Estate, and set about making huge improvements to the landscape. He built the biggest glass houses in the whole of the country, planted millions of trees, and opened his land for vistitors.
He also began to collect art. He was the first Scottish collector to buy impressionist paintings, and pretty soon, he needed more space to display his collection. He built a massive display hall next to his house at Benmore, and opened it to the public too.
He lost his fortune as the sugar market was transformed by the lifting of trade barriers, and opening the British Empire to cheap imports. He vanished into relative obscurity, forgotten within his own lifetime.
The place of my small sleepy town at the heart of the Empire is a surprise. The morality tale of the rise of huge wealth at the expense of poor people half way across the world, whilst opening up a philanthropic urge to use this wealth responsibly at least in part for the poor people of this country, is also one that seems archetypal of the Victorian age.
There is another interesting footnote to this story. Duncan was a close friend of Charles Haddon Spurgeon– hero of the current Evangelical right wing, super-preacher and Pastor of the Christian world's first mega church, the Metropolitan Tabernacle.
Spurgeon took holidays at Benmore each year, and regularly preached to thousands of people on the grass of the formal gardens- people who flocked to hear his particular brand of muscular, Bible-first theology.
Both Spurgeon and Duncan were men of their age- forged out of the fires of the enlightenment during a time when everything seemed certain and the world was ripe for improvement. God may or may not have been an Englishman, but he certainly showed favour on the righteous and industrious men of the British Empire. Or so it seemed.
The legacy that these men left is far from insignificant. But from our perspective, it is nuanced and shadowed, like a finely carved marble statue, gathering layers of grime and bird droppings, belonging to another age.


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Georges Henri Pissarro, better known as 'Manzana', was born in Louveciennes, the third of Camille Pissarro and Julie Vellay's seven children. Like all second generation Pissarro artists, Georges initially worked under a pseudonym. In 1894 he adopted 'Manzana', the family name of his maternal grandmother. It was not until 1910, out of respect to his then deceased father, that he employed his own family name when signing his work.
Manzana studied with his father from a very early age and, like Lucien, spent his formative years surrounded by distinguished artists of the Impressionist movement – Monet, Cézanne, Renoir and Gauguin – who frequented the Pissarro home. At his father's side he learnt not only to handle brush and pencil but also to observe and to love nature.
Steeped in tradition and subjected to diverse influences, Manzana became a prolific and versatile artist, producing works in oil, pastel and watercolour. As a young man, he adopted his father's purely Impressionist style and produced a series of landscapes around Pontoise and Eragny. However, around 1906, he progressed beyond his roots and went in search of a means of expression via furniture design and decorative objects. Gauguin's exotic native scenes from Tahiti and Martinique influenced Manzana's Orientalism, manifesting in works incorporating gold, silver and copper paint.
During the early 1900s, Manzana exhibited Impressionist works at the Salon d'Automne and the Salon des Indépendents, as well as Durand Ruel and Druet in Paris. In 1907, he had his first exhibition of decorative works at Vollard. It was in 1914, however, that he had the most important exhibition of his career at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, where he exhibited 311 works including tapestries, carpets, furniture, glassware, decorative paintings, etchings and lithographs.
Manzana continued to exhibit work regularly until the late 1930s, splitting his time between Les Andelys and Paris. He also spent several summers at Pont Aven in Brittany, where the local costume and lifestyle inspired a series of paintings in the 1930s. At the declaration of war in 1939, Manzana moved with his family to Casablanca, where he stayed until 1947.
Manzana was married and widowed three times. He spent the last years of his life with Félix, his youngest son who was also an accomplished artist, in Menton, returning to the Impressionist tradition and painting the local landscape.
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The Multi-Port Inlet is the lastest development to be released by Syft Technologies
Ashleigh Rae
Chemical and Process Engineer
Posted by Ashleigh Rae, Chemical and Process Engineer at Syft Technologies
The multi-port inlet (MPI) is a new and improved version of our auto-validation inlet (AVI). Like the AVI, it allows for unattended continuous monitoring with automated validation and background subtraction.
This is ideal for 24/7 applications which can't afford any downtime – such as emissions monitoring, cleanroom air quality, and industrial process monitoring.
While the AVI has only two sample inlet positions, the MPI can be expanded to have as many as 14. This opens up the range of applications and the type of industrial processes that can be monitored by a single instrument. It looks better too – the MPI sits discreetly under the sample plate of the Voice200ultra.
But how does it compare with the Auto-Validation Inlet and High Performance Inlet (HPI)?


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"Sometimes, to remain silent is to lie, since silence can be interpreted as assent. " - Miguel de Unamuno.Infowars reported yesterday that an episode in Jesse Ventura's TruTv show 'Conspiracy Theory' that examined the waste and corruption of the TSA has been pulled from the upcoming season.
It is a miracle that the show is allowed on the air. It is proof that America is not a full-blown totalitarian police state. But it doesn't have to be because the obedience of the majority of the American people has been guaranteed with other strategies and tactics.
Institutions like the TSA have contributed to the creation of a slave-like citizenry. Popular culture has made obedience a hip thing and turned rebellion into a mental disorder. Just having a different opinion is considered nutty and "conspiratorial."
But America could become a completely closed society. If current trends continue then little windows into the real world like Ventura's show will be closed shut. Censorship in America has always been a gradual process. It begins with a line in a movie script, then an episode in a television series, and then a book or a website.
The victim of totalitarian propaganda does not know that he is being mentally suffocated and deprived of the facts. He cannot imagine how much resources has been used by the government to keep him in the dark about nearly everything. The tyranny of psy-ops is invisible. And the enemies of intellectual freedom are everywhere.
Most journalists have abandoned their profession. Edward R. Murrow would be lost in America today. He would be treated as an alien, called a conspiracy theorist, and laughed out of the room.
What journalists faced in the 1950s was pretty mild compared to now. Imagine if the communist-hunters of the Cold War era had a secret Kill List and were emboldened by an event like 9/11 that traumatized the nation's psyche.
The anti-terror narrative is more dangerous to liberty because anyone can be a terrorist but not everybody can be a communist. The hijackers of the U.S. government have played loose with the definition of terrorism in order to silence their internal and external critics. Even journalists are now terrorists.
The abuse of language to instill fear in society is a trick that works in every country. But it has succeeded in America only to a limited extent. The alternative media has put into question the mainstream understanding of the roots of terrorism and the 9/11 events in particular.
As Alex Jones said yesterday on the radio, it is an achievement that the alternative media has become so big. But we should never get complacent. Each of us must make use of whatever is left of press freedom in the West.


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It should come as no surprise to anyone that when I got around to checking my heart rate this morning, it was about average. Averaging about 22 miles per day this week so far, I haven't really been pushing through the miles, and for good reason. It's freaking hot! Less riding means easier recovery, I guess.
The radar was clear overhead, but up north there had been some good storms brewing all night long. They were far enough north that I wouldn't need to worry about them on the way to work. I got out REALLY late this morning, partially because I took the time to eat breakfast before my departure.
One thing I didn't look at was the recent NOAA weather observations. This would have told me that mother nature had some cruel stuff in store for me on my way to work. Since I didn't look in advance, I got to figure it out the hard way. What cruelty was she brewing in her weather cauldron of doom? How about 79 degrees, 87% relative humidity, 12 MPH winds out of the East-Northeast? That right, a brick-walling headwind on top of relentless temperatures and humidity before the sun even came up.
So, I was running late and I was running slow in the face of these evil winds. I decided to just take it easy. The trade off is that I wouldn't have time for my morning beverage. When hitting the coffee shop, it makes sense to use Baltimore. If I thought Baltimore was a death slog, though, I was in for a surprise. Baltimore is not the most efficient way to get to my office, so I used Broadway for the entire trip to 10th street. Broadway is steeper and longer than Baltimore, but I went for it anyways. I've climbed it before, it's not impossible. It's just more trying than Baltimore.
So there you have it. At least I didn't break any spokes. That I know of.
I hope this 12MPH wind keeps going the way it was this morning. It'll make for an easy ride home. My luck doesn't work that way, though.
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Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Bizarre Headwind, lack of coffee, and slowness
It should come as no surprise to anyone that when I got around to checking my heart rate this morning, it was about average. Averaging about 22 miles per day this week so far, I haven't really been pushing through the miles, and for good reason. It's freaking hot! Less riding means easier recovery, I guess.
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You're right, temps and humidity levels there look just the same as here in VA. There was even some wind that slowed me down at times, although I didn't check the NOAA web site to see what these were. But i wouldn't be surprised if they were in the 9-12mph range.
- August 08, 2007 8:25 AM
You're right, temps & humidity levels there were almost exactly like they were here in VA this morning. I didn't check the NOAA web site for wind speeds. But I wouldn't be at all surprised if they, also, weren't in the 9-12mph range.
- August 08, 2007 8:28 AM
- Apertome said...
I'm impressed with how much riding you're still doing, given the heat. Mine has been cut down to the bare minimum of commuting, which has been cut by working from home one day and taking my car in for some work today. I need to get out there and ride! Great job, man.
- August 08, 2007 1:21 PM
- Noah said...
Well, my morning commutes aren't usually too bad. The plan is to cut my evening commute in half, taking an early express bus out of downtown.
I can get off near a trailhead for Turkey Creek and take the last half of my full homeward commute (a paved MUP to some industrial/business parks that get me close to home)
...or I can keep riding the bus to 87th like I did last night, which gets me less than 3 miles from home but forces me to ride on a major arterial AND through two major highway junctions. I only did this because of my broken spoke, but it remains an option I hadn't pondered since last night. I was on 87th early enough that I missed the rush hour craziness. This is actually THE FASTEST way I've found for me to get home aside from driving a car. It's nice to know I can make it home by 4:30 if I must. I'm glad I experimented with this route yesterday.
A third option I have is taking the L Bus to Oak Park Mall and riding 3 miles on an even crazier arterial roadway and over a death-slog viaduct. I've done that before, and it's the reverse of my usual morning routine when the weather is bad.
At any rate, my point is that most of my miles are coming in the morning so it's really not that bad. I could have done without the headwind this morning, but even so it was a nice ride.
Had I left home on time, I would have made it downtown in time for coffee. I forgot to mention that my tardy departure put me on course to be intercepted by a slow locomotive, too. This is the first time a train has interfered with my commute. It's caused at least a 5 minute delay and it's probably the real reason I was so late this morning, as it not only compounded the rush hour situation, but pretty much demoralized me 25% into my commute.
- August 08, 2007 1:36 PM
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Okay, let me calm down for a second so I can share my exciting news with you.
Who's the winner of the Booker Award? That would be moi, thank you.
Admit it, for a split second you thought, Hmm, does Laura actually mean the prestigious Booker Prize, that International writing award any author would give their first born up to win? …Well, maybe that's a bit extreme, but you know what I mean. Did you see the little note below the prize that says "For those who refuse to live in the real world." Ummm, that would be moi as well. But listen, an author has a right to dream and dream big, right? In the meantime I'm most happy with my Booker Award and the knowledge that my first born didn't have to make any sacrifices for my writing career. (I'm a good mom, aren't I?)
I was given this award by Darlene Foster, author of the Amanda series of books for children 8-12. Check out her blog and you'll learn all about her and this great series. Darlene's one of the nicest bloggers/authors/people I've met on line. And to think we might never have crossed paths had it not been for the Country Roads anthology we were both contributors to.
Accepting this award means I'll list five of my favourite books. Now this won't be my five all time favourite since I couldn't possible narrow it down to five, and I'm also going to use this opportunity to give some shout outs to a few local books –so here I go:
Kit's Law by Donna Morrissey. This was Donna's debut novel and it's a terrific read. I especially like the fact that Donna lives in my home province of Nova Scotia. I haven't yet met Donna but she's on my list of author's too meet. I came close this fall as she was scheduled to come to The Inside Story for a book signing, but had to cancel. Still hoping she makes it there. Would love to meet her.
The Birth House by Ami McKay. You know how every now and again we read a book and think, this is a book I would have liked to have written just because it seems to really speak to you in a special way? Well, the Birth House is one of those books for me. Ami is a fellow Nova Scotian as well. Her book was a #1 Canadian bestseller.
The Case Against Owen Williams by Allan Donaldson. Allan in a fellow Maritimer and lives in New Brunswick. I thought this novel well written and made me sympathetic toward a character whom I might otherwise been indifferent to.
My next two are children's books, and books that would also appeal to many adults as well.
Johnny Kellock Died Today by Hadley Dyer. Hadley grew up in the Annapolis Valley and even went to the same high school as me which I think is rather neat in itself. I met Hadley at a book signing some years back and she sent me some notes of encouragement at one time. A very supportive writer.
The Year Mrs. Montague Cried by Susan White. Susan is a writer from New Brunswick. I totally enjoyed this book and the fact that Susan drew on her own experience of losing her son made it so very authentic.
So there you have five books that I can't really call my favourite, but local books I really enjoyed. I'm not going to pass this award on, but if you`d like to leave a list in the comment section of five, or four, or three….books you really enjoyed please feel free to do so.
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Allow me to reintroduce myself.
Some of you may recognize my name or have dealt with me in the past while I was sales representative at European Auto Source (EAS). As a fellow car enthusiast, I was very blessed to have worked with some of the greatest people in the industry while in SoCal. I look at my transition to APEX as another opportunity to learn more, meet more people, and share my experiences.
As you can tell by my username, things have changed. I now work for Apex Race Parts as a product specialist. Due to family needs, I recently moved up to NorCal. When thinking about what to do for work I couldn't imagine myself not working in the Aftermarket Performance Automotive Industry. The thought of working in a mundane, corporate job instead of sharing my passion for Motorsports made me cringe. The opportunity at APEX appeared at the exact right time, at the right company, in the right place. I feel lucky to be able to continue my journey in the automotive industry and on this forum with more performance enthusiasts.
I have only been here for a few months and I am already learning a ton. I have dealt with and sold many HRE, Volk Racing, and Advan Racing wheels while at EAS so wheel fitments were already something that I was familiar with. After working at APEX for almost half a year, I now see how detailed proper extreme fitments are, and why many APEX wheels are provided in unique widths and offsets. APEX is serious about fitment and Eddy knows a ton. I look forward to soaking in everything there is to learn from him.
A little background: Growing up, I've always liked a great variety of cars, but I still remember falling in love with an Estoril Blue E36 M3 when I first saw it. Shortly after, I was starstruck by the beautiful E46 M3, and quickly learned to know that ///M is the most powerful letter in the alphabet. While in school, one can only dream of being able to surround themselves with these beautiful machines on a daily basis, but that dream became a reality for me.
In the past, many of you have seen my Silver Grey E46 M3 through the many phases it has gone through: starting completely stock, then adding wheels, suspension modifications, a supercharger, etc. Unfortunately, it's almost stock right now but I already have a plan to make it faster and better than ever. If you met me at an HPDE in Southern California you know I'm hooked on tracking and after making my way to Streets of Willow, Chuckwalla, Auto Club Speedway, and Buttonwillow I knew I was going to spend years learning how to drive and modifying my car(s). What better way to spend my weekends than bright and early at the racetrack?
With the move to Bay Area and being a track addict, I've been itching to get the e46 M3 back on some of the best tracks in the World (that's what these NorCal guys keep telling me) being so close to me now. As mentioned before, I had to bring my M3 back to stock prior to the move up, which only results in one thing: rebuilding the car once again. This time around, I will take a different approach, addressing the items that will help me shave lap times before adding power to the M3. I'm extremely excited about rebuilding this car but more excited to drive at Laguna, Sears Point and Thunderhill. It'll be like learning to drive all over again.
As a new chapter has started in my life at Apex Race Parts, I hope to bring my experiences and knowledge to assist all of the fellow BMW enthusiasts on this board. Happy motoring!
Here are some photos of the previous stages of the M3, some of you may recognize the car from local track days!
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Business process management (BPM) is a systematic and structured approach to model, analyze, control, and execute business operations also referred to as business processes that get carried out to achieve business goals. Central to BPM are conceptual models. Most prominently, process models describe which tasks are to be executed by whom utilizing which information to reach a business goal. Process models generally cover the perspectives of control flow, resource, data flow, and information systems. Execution of business processes leads to the work actually being carried out. Automating them increases the efficiency and is usually supported by process engines. This, though, requires the coverage of control flow, resource assignments, and process data. While the first two perspectives are well supported in current process engines, data handling needs to be implemented and maintained manually. However, model-driven data handling promises to ease implementation, reduces the error-proneness through graphical visualization, and reduces development efforts through code generation. This thesis addresses the modeling, analysis, and execution of data in business processes and presents a novel approach to execute data-annotated process models entirely model-driven. As a first step and formal grounding for the process execution, a conceptual framework for the integration of processes and data is introduced. This framework is complemented by operational semantics through a Petri net mapping extended with data considerations. Model-driven data execution comprises the handling of complex data dependencies, process data, and data exchange in case of communication between multiple process participants. This thesis introduces concepts from the database domain into BPM to enable the distinction of data operations, to specify relations between data objects of the same as well as of different types, to correlate modeled data nodes as well as received messages to the correct run-time process instances, and to generate messages for inter-process communication. The underlying approach, which is not limited to a particular process description language, has been implemented as proof-of-concept. Automation of data handling in business processes requires data-annotated and correct process models. Targeting the former, algorithms are introduced to extract information about data nodes, their states, and data dependencies from control information and to annotate the process model accordingly. Usually, not all required information can be extracted from control flow information, since some data manipulations are not specified. This requires further refinement of the process model. Given a set of object life cycles specifying allowed data manipulations, automated refinement of the process model towards containment of all data manipulations is enabled. Process models are an abstraction focusing on specific aspects in detail, e.g., the control flow and the data flow views are often represented through activity-centric and object-centric process models. This thesis introduces algorithms for roundtrip transformations enabling the stakeholder to add information to the process model in the view being most appropriate. Targeting process model correctness, this thesis introduces the notion of weak conformance that checks for consistency between given object life cycles and the process model such that the process model may only utilize data manipulations specified directly or indirectly in an object life cycle. The notion is computed via soundness checking of a hybrid representation integrating control flow and data flow correctness checking. Making a process model executable, identified violations must be corrected. Therefore, an approach is proposed that identifies for each violation multiple, alternative changes to the process model or the object life cycles. Utilizing the results of this thesis, business processes can be executed entirely model-driven from the data perspective in addition to the control flow and resource perspectives already supported before. Thereby, the model creation is supported by algorithms partly automating the creation process while model consistency is ensured by data correctness checks.


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Breaded flounder lightly pan sauteed and topped with an arugula, lemon and tomato salad – a simple yet delicious way to prepare fish. Perfect for Lent, or any night you're in the mood for fish.
I was on a cruise a few weeks ago aboard the Norwegian and one of the meals I ordered more than once was the Flounder Milanese. I was able to recreate a lighter version of that meal; rather than deep frying it, I generously sprayed the fish with olive oil and pan sauteed it until golden. I love everything about this dish, it's light, quick and satisfying all for under 225 calories. You can use any white fish fillet you wish, and if you rather make this in the oven, I would broil it instead. Hope you enjoy!
Flounder Milanese with Arugula and Tomatoes
Servings: 4 • Size: 1 filet • Old Points: 4 • Weight Watcher Points+: 5 pt
Calories: 220 • Fat: 4 g • Carb: 13 g • Fiber: 2 g • Protein: 33 g • Sugar: 2 g
Sodium: 476 mg (without salt) • Cholest: 77 mg
Servings: 4
- 4 (4 oz each) skinless flounder filets
- pinch kosher salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- 4 cups arugula
- 1 medium vine ripe tomato, diced small
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1 lemon, halved
- 2 large egg whites
- 2/3 cup seasoned bread crumbs
- olive oil spray (about 1 tbsp worth)
Season fish lightly with salt and pepper. In a medium bowl, combine the arugula, tomato, olive oil and the juice from half of of the lemon. Season with salt and pepper, toss and set aside. Slice the other half of the lemon into 4 slices or wedges to serve with the fish.
In a shallow bowl, beat the egg whites. Place the bread crumbs in another dish. Dip each fish filet in the egg whites, then bread crumbs.
Heat a large saute pan over medium heat. Spray a generous amount of olive oil spray on one side of the fish, and lay it in the pan, oil side down. Spray the other side of the fish generously to coat and cook for 4 to 5 minutes on each side, until the crumbs are golden and the fish is opaque and cooked through.
To serve, place a fillet on each dish and top with arugula salad and lemon.


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Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplant
Siteman's adult bone marrow and stem cell transplant program is one of the largest in the world, performing nearly 400 transplants each year – and more than 7,500 since 1982. We have performed unrelated donor transplants since 1991.
- Our bone marrow and stem cell transplant program is accredited by the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT) for both autologous and allogeneic transplants and the collection of cellular products and processing. We are an active member of the National Marrow Donor Program, International Bone Marrow Transplant Registry, North American Bone Marrow Transplant Registry, Blood and Marrow Transplant Clinical Trials Network and Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) Transplant Consortium.
- Unlike many centers, Siteman's hematologic malignancy and transplant programs are integrated. Our team offers transplantation as part of a full spectrum of treatment options tailored to each patient's specific needs. In addition to 14 transplant physicians and six medical oncologists, the team includes transplant coordinators, transplant nurse practitioners, dietitians, physical therapists, social workers and others.
- Dedicated facilities include a 94-bed inpatient unit for patients with hematologic malignancies and an adjacent 31-bed unit for patients undergoing transplant, which offers ten ICU beds and rooms with HEPA filtration systems. Also available are on-site leukapheresis, HLA typing, cytogenetics, cryopreservation and photopheresis for GVHD.
- At any given time, we offer more than 60 therapeutic clinical trials for patients with leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma and related disorders, including protocols incorporating transplant. In 2013, our physicians enrolled more than 500 patients into these trials. Our large patient population allows us to offer single- institution trials and provides us with access to a wide range of tissue samples for banking and future study.
- Siteman Cancer Center is the premier center for innovative leukemia research, with a bench-to-bedside approach that has the potential to improve survival and reduce treatment-related side effects. The first cancer genomes to be sequenced in the world were from patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) being treated at Siteman, and all of the work was done in collaboration with The Genome Institute at Washington University. The National Cancer Institute has awarded Siteman leukemia researchers their third Program Grant (PPG), the latest totaling $14.3 million, and an $11.3 million Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) grant.
- Siteman's nationally recognized lymphoma team provides care to more than 400 new patients a year, many with relapsed or refractory disease who go on to receive transplants. A number of clinical trials are offered, including those testing new agents as salvage therapy and a Radiation Therapy Oncology Group protocol for central nervous system lymphoma. FDG-PET is employed to aid in staging and treatment selection. Nuclear imaging specialists at Washington University's Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology co-wrote guidelines for the use of PET in lymphoma treatment.
- Washington University is one of 16 members of the Multiple Myeloma Research Consortium, which aims to accelerate the development of novel and combination treatments through collaboration between industry and academia. Multiple phase I and II clinical trials are available to patients with relapsed and refractory disease. Epidemiological research includes a National Cancer Institute-funded study to assess genetic and blood biomarkers and examine risk factors.
Siteman Cancer Center Facts
- Nearly 400 bone marrow and stem cell transplants each year.
- Integrated hematologic malignancy and transplant programs.
- Three dedicated inpatient units.
- More than 60 active treatment trials.
Siteman offers a team of referral specialists who assist providers seeking cancer treatment for their patients. To request an appointment, call 314-747-3046 or 877-251-6485 toll free from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Referrals also can be made online through a secure appointment request service at www.siteman.wustl.edu/refer.aspx.
To expedite the referral process, our referral specialists may ask you to fax records to us at 314-454-8103.
The mailing address is:
Siteman Cancer Center
Mailstop 90-75-563
4901 Forest Park Ave.
Center for Outpatient Health 8th floor St. Louis, MO 63108
If appropriate, a financial specialist is available to answer questions about health insurance and identify resources for expenses related to cancer care.
Our referral specialists also handle requests for hospital-tohospital transfers during regular business hours. Referring physicians will be quickly connected to a specialist physician on staff at Barnes-Jewish Hospital who can authorize a transfer. After-hours requests can be made by calling the hospital's Doctors' Access Line at 314-747-3251 or 800-252-3627.


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Sometimes you just don't know where to go next in a song. While there's no magic bullet, Yvette shares some tools that have helped her break out of a creative funk.
Taught by Yvette Young in Yvette Young Artist Series seriesLength: 9:24Difficulty: 1.5 of 5
Do you find yourself getting stuck in standard tuning playing the same shapes and scales? Is everything you write sounding the same? If you're looking to break out of the usual habits and go-to chord shapes you are familiar with, this course will teach you about the fun world of open tunings and introduce you to how they can be utilized in writing full-sounding, melodic parts.
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Welcome to Yvette Young's series! Join Yvette as she gets creative with open tunings.Length: 3:16 Difficulty: 0.5 Members Only
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While this course will primarily focus on the tuning, DADF#AE, there are a lot of other options out there. In this lesson, Yvette introduces just a handful of those tunings.Length: 9:53 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
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Yvette teaches a right hand exercise that doesn't require much thought, but will help build the endurance and muscle memory necessary for fast, controlled fingerpicking.Length: 7:29 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
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Now that you're right hand is more limber and controlled, it's time to work on the left hand. This left hand exercise will walk through the D-Scale, working on muscle memory and getting more familiar...Length: 3:52 Difficulty: 2.0 FREE
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Learn another passive, muscle memory building exercise that will work on speed and coordination between your thumb and your fingers.Length: 3:40 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
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Continuing on with a triplet fingerpicking pattern, Yvette brings in the fretting hand and plays the triplets over a D Major scale.Length: 3:30 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
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In this lesson, Yvette takes a look at the two different forms of movement around the fretboard, horizontal and vertical.Length: 3:19 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
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Learn a riff from Yvette's song, Shibuya. This riff involves complex shapes with fingerpicking and a moving bass line.Length: 5:59 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
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As guitarists, we never have enough fingers. As Yvette demonstrates in this lesson, two-handed tapping is a great way to create a flurry of notes that simply can't be achieved any other way.Length: 6:32 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
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Tap pull-offs are a useful tool for expanding and filling out your sound. Join Yvette as she walks through her approach to this technique and teaches a riff that utilizes it.Length: 2:47 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
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Building off of what we've learned so far with two-handed tapping, Yvette teaches a new melodic idea in this lesson.Length: 4:43 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
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Tap slides are a very useful tool for adding fluidity to your runs. Join Yvette as she shows how to effectively utilize this cool technique.Length: 7:02 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
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Coming from a background in classical music, Yvette has mastered the art of practicing. In this lesson she teaches a very useful tool for effective practice. We'll be using this technique throughout...Length: 3:36 Difficulty: 1.0 Members Only
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In this lesson, Yvette breaks down a staccato tapping riff from her song, Shibuya.Length: 7:37 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
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This lesson expands on the tapping techniques Yvette's demonstrated so far in the course by blending them with fingerpicking, to create beautiful, complex melodies.Length: 7:23 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
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If you've ever feel stuck coming up with new riffs or melodies, changing the time signature can be a great way to get the creative juices flowing. Join Yvette as she explores this concept.Length: 6:20 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
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Yvette teaches a fun riff with a blend of tapping and fingerstyle over an odd, changing meter.Length: 8:29 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
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Time to give those fingers a work out! In this lesson, Yvette teaches and demonstrates tap flourshes that require some serious coordination.Length: 7:37 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
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In this lesson, Yvette walks through the way she approaches songwriting and utilizing various techniques to create engaging dynamics and texture in your creations.Length: 9:45 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
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Tapping on acoustic is typically much harder than on electric. In this lesson, Yvette explains and demonstrates her approach to this technique.Length: 6:06 Difficulty: 2.5 Members Only
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Sometimes you just don't know where to go next in a song. While there's no magic bullet, Yvette shares some tools that have helped her break out of a creative funk.Length: 9:24 Difficulty: 1.5 Members Only
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Singing and playing doesn't have to be as hard as it seems. In this lesson, Yvette demonstrates some tricks to help you master this intimidating skill.Length: 5:54 Difficulty: 2.0 Members Only
Lesson 23
Sit down with Yvette and take a look at her song, Blossom. Drawing upon many of the techniques she's taught in this course, this song utilizes fingerpicking, slides and harmonics in the context of a beautiful,...Length: 18:47 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
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Join Yvette as she walks through the song Nautilus. This track is a great exercise in tapping and contains a number of riffs that should be familiar from the series.Length: 13:34 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
Lesson 25
This song has made it's way into at least a couple of the lessons in the series, but in this lesson we're going to take a comprehensive look at it and break it into manageable chunks.Length: 15:52 Difficulty: 3.0 Members Only
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Yvette Young was raised in a classical household full of music, and started piano at age 4 and violin at age 7. She eventually competed in international competitions and quickly toured with 2 different orchestras. Through her classical music experience, she taught herself how to play the acoustic guitar and eventually moved to the world of electric. Yvette became acquainted with Strandberg Guitars through playing their Boden 7-string.
She is currently touring and playing with her band, Covet and has toured both Japan and Europe. In her spare time, Yvette takes care of birds, teaches art, and also produces drawings and paintings.
Yvette takes most of her compositional inspiration from nature, particularly the sea. Her two-handed tapping/finger picked playing style has been described as "reminiscent of playing the piano", which fits with her classical upbringing.
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As key-board besides house doors, as possibility to store things that we need instantly in the bathroom, to present a small collection of objects or as large wall installation: Corniches are another utility possibility for our living areas.
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Langley RCMP have stopped a Surrey man they believe is responsible for a six-day crime spree, robbing Subways and other food outlets throughout Langley.
From Feb. 2 through 8, nine robberies took place at Edible Arrangements, various Subways and pizza establishments, with three being committed in a single day.
The suspect wore a bandana, a baseball cap and a hoody and used bear spray as his weapon in many robberies, said Langley RCMP Insp. Amrik Virk, who announced the arrest at a press conference at the Langley detachment on Wednesday.
In one of the robberies only $15 was taken.
However, the suspect made off with as much as $400 in one instance.
On four occasions, the suspect used pepper spray as he exited.
Langley's Street Enforcement Unit developed a strategy to stop these robberies, using covert surveillance and intelligence collected from the detachment's crime analyst.
In anticipation of another offence on Feb. 8, a number of surveillance units were deployed in Langley.
At approximately 8 p.m., a robbery was reported at Fresh Slice Pizza in North Langley and police were given a description of the suspect vehicle.
The vehicle was located and followed to the Esso gas station at 72 Avenue and 200 Street, where it stopped.
Police approached the vehicle and arrested a man and woman without incident.
The vehicle was searched and several items were recovered linking these two to the Langley robberies, said Virk.
"Over the week, police employed a variety of resources to bring an end to this robbery spree," said Virk.
The Forensic Identification Service went to every robbery to collect finger prints, police dog services were dispatched to assist with tracking as well as the Air One helicopter.
Edward Joseph Biwer, 22, from Surrey, has been charged with nine counts each of robbery, assault with a weapon and disguise with intent.
He has been remanded in custody and will appear in court again on Feb. 22.
The woman, aged 31, and also from Surrey, has been released from custody to appear in court on Feb. 26. She is suspected of being the driver in all nine robberies.
Police have recommended nine counts of robbery to Crown Counsel.
Biwer, who is on the Langley RCMP's list of prolific offenders, was convicted for armed robbery in August 2012, stemming from a theft with a weapon in Langley in April.
He has several other convictions.
Similar robberies were taking place in Surrey around the same time as the Langley crimes.
Five happened at Subways. But those robberies were committed by a different individual, said Virk.


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I had a little time to play today and noticed this RSS challenge, which allowed me to indulge in my Francophile obsession, however predictable it may be.
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a A monument
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S.Africa celebrities who faced their day in court
For the rich or poor, famous or unknown, violent crime is a fear in South Africa, a nation of 50 million where some 50 people are killed each day - one of the world's highest murder rates.
But in a society that largely favors stiff penalties for criminals and has one of the world's largest prison populations, South Africa has a mixed history when it comes to how its criminal justice system handles celebrities.
Olympian Oscar Pistorius was arrested and charged with murder for the shooting death of his 29-year-old model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. In 2009, police officers largely dropped an investigation into how the sprinter crashed a speedboat. And late last year officers in the police's special Hawks unit intervened in an altercation Pistorius had with a millionaire over a woman. There were also claims by police that officers received calls about domestic altercations at the athlete's home before Steenkamp's shooting death Thursday, though they haven't elaborated on that.
Here is a look at some other recent homicide cases that have involved celebrities in South Africa:
- Jub Jub: Molemo Maarohanye, best known by his stage name Jub Jub, was arrested after a March 8, 2010 drag race in which he and his co-accused ploughed cars into a group of schoolchildren, killing four and seriously injuring two. Many families worried the hip-hop star and Themba Tshabalala would not be convicted because of their wealth. In December, the two men were sentenced to 25 years over the killings.
- Rugby player kills police officer: In August 2010, rugby player Bees Roux was arrested after beating a police officer to death in South Africa's capital, Pretoria, after being pulled over on suspicion of drunk driving. Roux, who played for Pretoria's Blue Bulls team and Super 14 champions the Bulls, later pleaded guilty to culpable homicide and received a five-year suspended prison sentence. Roux also agreed to pay the victim's family 750,000 rand ($85,000) as compensation.
- Rugby hatchet killings: In April 2011, former South Africa under-21 rugby player Joseph Ntshongwana was arrested and charged with murder for allegedly hacking to death four people with an ax. Authorities said one of the bodies was decapitated. Ntshongwana, who has been diagnosed with a bipolar condition and schizophrenia, is due to appear in court again in April for his ongoing trial.
- Accidental shootings: In 2004, former Springbok rugby player Rudi Visagie awoke to the sound of his car driving away in the predawn hours. He opened fire with a handgun at the car, fatally wounding the driver - who turned out to be his 19-year-old daughter, Maryle.
After an investigation, however, prosecutors declined to press charges on what they described as ''humanitarian grounds.''
AP Sports Writer Gerald Imray contributed to this report.
Jon Gambrell can be reached at www.twitter.com/jongambrellAP.


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This Friday, April 5, will be my last day at Mozilla.
I've written before about how I got involved with Mozilla back in 1998. I could never have imagined what an enormous part of my life Mozilla would become.
We changed the world. I am incredibly proud of everything we accomplished, and look forward to seeing Mozilla change the world again. It has been an amazing ride, one I would do over again without a doubt.
I will miss many things about Mozilla, especially all of the amazing people I've worked with over the years. Keep fighting the good fight!
But it is time for a new adventure. Stayed tuned for more details.


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BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. -- Many never thought Mike Magee would be the Fire's compensation if and when the team dealt Robbie Rogers' MLS rights to LA.
That includes the player himself.
"No, I didn't [think it would be me]," Magee told reporters following his first Fire training session Monday.
"I have to thank the Galaxy. I had a good talk with Bruce [Arena], mentioned I'm from here and that it was long past due that I get home. The Galaxy were great in facilitating that."
QUOTES: Magee, Klopas talk acquisition following training Monday
Magee said a return to Chicago has been desirable since first going into U.S. U-17 national team residency as a 15-year-old.
Magee made a major impact with the two-time defending MLS Cup champions, earning the nickname "Mr. November" after tallying eight goals in 18 playoff matches with the Galaxy.
His six goals through the first 10 matches of 2012 have him just one behind the Fire's team total on the season but said he doesn't feel any additional pressure to score in Chicago.
"I put enough pressure on myself just to perform anyways. It's obviously added pressure when you're on the outside of the playoffs looking in. Instantly when the trade became official I felt that pressure but there's no added pressure to score goals and do anything different than what I've done.
Throughout his 11-year MLS career, the 28-year-old has split time out wide on the right and as a forward but Frank Klopas seemed to leave little doubt as to where Magee would begin on the field for the Fire.
"I think you get him around the goal," said the Fire manager. "Depending on the need, you can move him around but I think around the goal, his ability to combine and finish plays is quality.
WATCH: Welcome Home Mike Magee
As for when he'll make his debut, Magee says he's ready to take his first bow in Wednesday's U.S. Open Cup third round match at the Charlotte Eagles.
"I haven't spoken to them about what the plans are but they brought me here to play."
Though he wouldn't confirm, Klopas signaled that it would like happen.
"I can't give you my scouting report because everybody's watching. [Laughs] I think the chances are pretty high."


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It's snowing in Oregon City! I realize that this is small news to the rest of the world, and that most of the Midwest and East are buried under many inches, or even feet, of snow...but Oregon City snow makes it's own kind of messy havoc with our lives. Here are a few pictures.
The yard deer with her snow blanket.
No canoeing today!
Winter scene - big maple tree.
A perfect little Christmas tree.
Molalla Avenue - on our way to rescue Holly and David and Arora, but they got their chains on before we arrived...they had been stuck by the old high school, but now they are on their way back home.


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Its in front of Sandi Phala Motel 800 mtrs offshore, pay local boat operators a few dollars to take you out
DistanceIn the city
WalkInstant access (< 5min)
Easy to find?Easy to find
Public access?Public access
Special accessBy boat only
Wave qualityRegional Classic
ExperienceExperienced surfers
FrequencyDon't know
BottomReef (coral, sharp rocks etc..)
PowerHollow, Fast
Normal lengthNormal (50 to 150m)
Good day lengthLong (150 to 300 m)
Good swell directionSouth
Good wind directionSouthEast
Swell sizeStarts working at 1.0m-1.5m / 3ft-5ft and holds up to 2m+ / 6ft+
Best tide positionMid and high tide
Best tide movement
Week crowdFew surfers
Week-end crowdCrowded
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Under good conditions this lefthander can get up to 200 mtrs in length with a few hollow sections
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By sam westbrook , 24-04-2007
great spot - Kuta reefs a great spot if you get the tides right and its un crowded. get a local boat operter to drop you off and aragne pick up.
By Whipp-It , 25-07-2006
Kuta Reeb - "Kuta Reeb" as the locals pronounce it is such a playful wave.Just got back from Bali, spent 2 wks there. Stayed right in front of the reef.First day ou there was hollow 4ft with only 2 other aussies out there! Super hollow, easy take off with nice barrels then a sloping wall to play on for the next 100m or so, then another nice little baz on inside sect to finish up. I'm natural so surfin on my backhand, one of the funnest waves i have surfed, even on my backhand. So many more guys out airports, but not as good or hollow as Kuta Reef, so much better.I reccommend to anyone for their first surf at a reef break in Bali BEFORE goin to Ulu's, bigin etc. Get comfortable on bali's easier reefy before hiitin up the prime spots.Dreamlands and Balagan are good spots too.
By indo fan , 25-01-2006
kuta reef - kuta reef is an awesome wave.gets pretty crowded but is still heaps good.hollow and fast the best surf i have ever had.middles is also good with a less crowd.it is also worth getting in a bemo and driving to some of the epic places like ulus, padang padang and dreamland.always be kind to the locals and if they drop in on you remember its their break and dont be to pissed off.boat is the best way to get out and only cost25000Rp which is arond about 3aud$.if you choose to be a stingy bastard its about a 20-30 minute paddle.Indo has some of the best waves on offer so if your looking for a fun surfing trip with your mates you cant go past indonesia.
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AK-IBIS Health Data
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This page is used to select InstantAtlas Maps to display BRFSS variables by Alaska Behavioral Health Systems regions. Behavioral Health Systems Regions are divided into 11 regions: Anchorage Municipality, Fairbanks North Star Borough, City and Borough of Juneau, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Northern, Other Interior, Other Southeast - Northern, Other Southeast - Southern, Y-K Delta, and Southwest.
The user will also specify whether to depict actual prevalence estimates (termed "crude rates") or age-adjusted estimates which transform the prevalence as if Alaska had the same age structure as the United States 2000 Standard Population. Crude rates are useful for determining the percentage of the population at risk. Age-adjusted rates are useful for transforming survey responses into a standard age distribution when making comparisons between regions or across time periods.
InstantAtlas maps use space, color, magnitude, and direction to facilitate data visualization of health risk factors on maps and charts. Four templates or formats are used to display the BRFSS health profiles. The first three templates require use of an HTML5-compatible browser. The Single Map template combines a map, bar chart, and times-series chart for viewing a single variable across all regions. The Double Map template is a research tool that allows the selection of two variables (with their own maps) to be compared in a bi-variable graph across regions. The Double Map template is only available for use with age-adjusted data. A third, visual option is the Area Profiles - Spine Chart template which looks at multiple variables for a single region. A non-graphical option is available in the Tabular Health Profiles template. Individuals desiring a text-based or accessible alternative, should choose the Tabular Health Profile option.
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I met Lorin at 13th and Broadway on my way out of Downtown. Karen also emailed me today and said she wanted to convoy, so we waited by the brewery. I saw this guy doing the crosswalk button trick.
Southwest Boulevard just north of the brewery is still flooded.
Goooosh! Lorin and I took the left part of the right lane (too much traffic in the left lane) and it got me wet even with fenders. There's just no protecting yourself in 8" deep water.
Lorin's Commuter. It's at least 59cm if not 62. Ye Gods.
Karen (left) and Lorin (right) hogging the lane. Good commuters. There are 2 more lanes and light enough traffic.
Random Southwest Boulevard stuff
Karen pulls ahead to conquer the mighty 67th street hill. That's Part 1. There's a shorter, steeper section after that.
My bike was a complete disaster when I got home. It looked like I'd been mountain biking in the mud with it. One thing I love about my apartment complex is they provide outdoor hose hookups on every building. I picked up a hose and some simple green and got to scrubbing. I waxed it, too. Does that make me an OCP?
Just being goofy.
These pedals have seen many miles and better days but they still click like new.
Random Tunage:
DJ Hell - Buttersaure
White Zombie - More Human Than Human
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
A convoy of three and a bike bath
I met Lorin at 13th and Broadway on my way out of Downtown. Karen also emailed me today and said she wanted to convoy, so we waited by the brewery. I saw this guy doing the crosswalk button trick.
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Nice bike and nice blog. If cleaning it makes you ODC then I'm screwed.
- April 25, 2008 8:12 AM
- Noah said...
As far as OCD... Actually, I asked if it makes me an OCP, which stands for "obsessive compulsive poseur." This is kind of a funny term, used mostly by those who ride in street clothes and have no intent of racing to describe those who dress in cycling-specific clothing and ride more expensive road bikes.
The joke is that people who ride without tons of fancy, go-fast goodies often fancy themselves as "real cyclists" in the "real world" and the weekend club riders as "poseurs" or "wannabe racers".
Meanwhile, those who are going on long, fast club rides fancy themselves as "real cyclists", while figuring that plain-clothed riders must have lost their license, must be homeless, or can't afford a car.
Thankfully, I stand as an outside observer to all of this. While I have no intent to ever race, I don't demean others for their reasons for cycling, the kinds of riding they do, or the gear they choose to use.
I do, however, make fun of people for doing things that I believe are dangerous or life-threatening on a bike, but I don't think I'd actually yell at them to change their ways. I'm very much a live-and-let-die kind of guy that believes in dishing out advice only to people who obviously want it from me.
Thanks, Bryan, for the comment. Welcome to the Blogosphere. I see that your plight is beginning a bit like mine did. Congratulations on being among the few who actually do something more than making excuses. I'll add you to my blogroll.
- April 25, 2008 8:37 AM
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The central city areas of The Gardens ($54,809), Narrows ($54,764) and Fannie Bay ($54,696) round out the top five income areas in the Northern Territory.
Around two-thirds of regions in the Northern Territory recorded average total incomes above the territory average ($45,848). Of these, all but 3 were located in the Darwin metropolitan area.
These data include income from wages and salaries, own unincorporated business, investment, and superannuation and annuities, but do not include government pensions and allowances.
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Storage Virtualization Plays Catch Up
While server virtualization rolls onward with seemingly unstoppable momentum, storage virtualization lags behind. That may be changing, as storage virtualization moves forward on two distinct fronts block-level and file-level virtualization.
|While server virtualization rolls onward with seemingly unstoppable momentum, storage virtualization has lagged behind. Block-level and file-level virtualization are helping change this.
The demand to eliminate disruption from IT operations is driving block-level virtualization. Taking the SAN down on weekends to perform maintenance or move data is no longer acceptable.
"Some might be surprised that a key driver of this is planned downtime," said Doc D'Errico, vice president and general manager of the infrastructure software group at EMC (Hopkinton, Mass.). "While most people understand unplanned events such as natural and man-made disasters, planed downtime like schedule maintenance, data migrations, lease roll-overs or technology refreshes account for 60 percent to 75 percent of all downtime."
To complicate this, most enterprise-class infrastructures typically include multi-vendor server environments, diverse connectivity technologies and multi-vendor tiered storage environments. Organizations must be able to allocate any storage to any application based on the needs of the business, and they must be able to do so non-disruptively. Enter storage virtualization to deliver the right information at the right performance level with the right functionality to the business at the lowest total cost.
"Without storage virtualization, host servers must be individually mapped to physical arrays in a many-to-many or server-to-array configuration," said D'Errico. "Administrators are forced to tier their infrastructure manually."
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If a company's financial data, for example, must be kept on Tier 1 storage and e-mail on Tier 2, then the servers running these applications must be manually mapped to an appropriate physical array. With storage virtualization, administrators can instead map all servers to a single endpoint like the EMC Invista virtualization application for SANs; no need to manually touch each physical array. The result is much simpler SAN administration and easier interoperability between the multiple data center components.
Other vendors offering block-level virtualization include IBM SVC from IBM (Armonk, N.Y.), TagmaStore USP from Hitachi Data Systems (Santa Clara, Calif.) and SANmelody from DataCore Software (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.).
DataCore has developed a series of what it calls Feature-Packaged Virtual Storage Solutions. These run on virtualization platforms, such as VMware, Microsoft VS, Oracle VM, Sun xVM, Virtual Iron and Citrix XenServer. They support anywhere from 2 TB to 32 TB. Pricing starts at $4,500.
"They can thin-provision storage capacity, migrate data, accelerate storage performance and create high-speed disk copies for fast disk backup and recovery," said George Teixeira, president and CEO of DataCore.
File Virtualization Gains More FANs
File virtualization deals mainly with the virtualization of the files stored on NAS boxes, storage servers and file servers. File virtualization is also known under the term "file-area network" or FAN. A FAN is a way to aggregate file systems so they can be moved easier and managed centrally via a logical layer known as a global namespace. The benefits are easier server administration, file reorganization and consolidation. Files can be moved without the user being aware that they may now physically reside in a completely different location.
"A file area network consists of a collection of network-attached storage appliances and file servers that are virtualized and for which the data on them can be managed under a single file system," said Deni Connor, an analyst with Storage Strategies Now. "As NAS appliances proliferate, the management of them becomes more complex. Rather than managing each NAS device by itself, combining them into a FAN, allows them to be managed collectively."
Some vendors, such as Acopia acquired by F5 Networks (Seattle), implement FANs as hardware. Others take a software approach (although they are sometimes delivered within an appliance), such as StorageX by Brocade Communications Systems (San Jose, Calif.). StorageX works in conjunction with the Microsoft Distributed File System (DFS) protocol, which maps logical physical devices to logical storage and replicates data across WAN links. StorageX extends the functionality of DFS by adding global namespace capabilities and simplifying data management at remote locations.
"Without virtualization, you can have one server being fully utilized while others sit idle, and it is cumbersome to move files, reconfigure file systems or make them available elsewhere in the event of a disaster," said Philippe Nicolas, technology evangelist for FAN solutions at Brocade. "Such issues are solved by adding a logical layer (via a global namespace) between clients and file systems."
According to a recent study by New York City based analyst firm TheInfoPro, however, EMC Rainfinity is the number one file virtualization technology. Rainfinity virtualizes unstructured data environments and moves data (including active, open files) without disruption. It can be deployed as either software or an appliance.
"Rainfinity continues to accelerate its penetration into enterprises globally on the strength of its file virtualization capabilities for multi-vendor NAS environments and is currently being used to virtualize petabytes of customer information in a wide range of industries and operating environments," said D'Errico.
Virtual Problems
Like everything else, however, you can get too much of a good thing. With so much server virtualization happening, and now two different categories of storage virtualization being deployed in storage environments, it stands to reason that integration must be addressed.
"Virtualization will become increasingly important both for storage and servers," said Mike Karp, an analyst at Enterprise Management Associates (Boulder, Colo.). "The challenge here will be managing across the virtual interfaces the abstraction layers that separate the physical devices from the management. It is necessary to manage storage within the context of its connection with application servers."
Interestingly, there is a developing field that addresses the management of multiple virtualization technologies. Known as enterprise virtualization, it encompasses servers and storage.
"IT managers are increasingly considering the prospect of a fully virtualized data center infrastructure," said Emulex's McIntyre. "There is a high degree of affinity between SANs and server virtualization because the connectivity offered by a SAN simplifies the deployment and migration of virtual machines."


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European Union
European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the
European Community (EC), an economic and political confederation of European nations, and other organizations (with the same member nations) that are responsible for a common foreign and security policy and for cooperation on justice and home affairs. In Dec., 2009, following the ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon, the EU officially replaced and succeeded the EC. Twenty-eight countries—Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany (originally West Germany), Great Britain (officially in the process of withdrawing as of 2017), Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden—are full members of the organizations of the EU.
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