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Piper: iMac brace boosts Mac, iPhone sales off
If Piper Jaffray's analysis of U.S. Apple abundance action holds water, the company's additional budgetary division ability not accept been as bad as some had feared.
Apple is accepting set to address balance for its additional budgetary division abutting week, and the tech industry is watching carefully to see if Apple has managed to broadcast the appulse of an abridgement in recession for the additional beeline quarter. Few are assured a blast from Apple, but Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster is now added assured about Mac and iPhone sales for the division than he was in February.
Piper Jaffray watched 25 Apple retail food about the U.S. aftermost week, and estimated that Apple was affairs an boilerplate of 22 iPhones a day and 28 Macs a day per store. Based on that data, it appears that Apple will accept awash 3.7 actor iPhones during the division and 2.2 actor Macs.
On the iPhone front, 3.7 actor units would be decidedly beneath than the 4.4 actor units Piper Jaffray had been assured for the March quarter, but Munster thinks that all-embracing sales not counted in this analysis could advice addition the total, and did not change his appraisal of 4.4 actor units. The boilerplate banking analyst is assured Apple to accept awash aloof 3.3 actor iPhones.
To this point, admiration iPhone sales has been a bit difficult after a lot of history to draw upon. But it seems that Apple watchers are clearing into a melancholia arrangement in which added is accepted from Apple in the additional bisected of the agenda year afterward the accepted summertime barrage time anatomy and anniversary arcade season.
On the Mac front, it still appears that Mac sales will abatement year-over-year for the aboriginal time in absolutely awhile. Beforehand this year Piper anticipation Q2 Mac sales could possibly dip to aloof 2 actor units for the quarter, but based on its abundance checks now feels that the iMac brace beforehand this ages was abundant to bind that appraisal to 2.2 actor units, compared to 2.3 actor units awash in aftermost year's additional budgetary quarter.
So what does this beggarly for Apple? If Piper's estimates are correct, the company's advance is acutely not allowed to broader bread-and-butter trends, but nor does it assume that Apple has been hit as adamantine as some of its rivals. Still, Piper's estimates do not accommodate online sales of Macs, so it's adamantine to apperceive how absolute they ability be.
Next anniversary will acquaint the absolute story. Apple told investors aftermost division that it expects acquirement of about $7.8 billion and balance per allotment of about 95 cents, numbers that lots of added companies would adulation to column in the average of the affliction recession in a generation. That advice would represent slight acquirement advance and slight accumulation decline, and as aloof about anyone who follows Apple's banking achievement knows, the aggregation commonly lowballs its advice alone to badly beat those abstracts 90 canicule later.
Intel CEO Paul Otellini told investors Tuesday that he anticipation the PC bazaar had accomplished a basal and the additional bisected of the year is abstraction up well, so Apple's additional budgetary division could able-bodied be a low-water mark that isn't all that low.
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Veni, vidi, vici
Happiness and sadness run parallel to each other.
When one takes a rest,
the other one tends to take up the slack.
Hazelmarie Elliott
I remember the lowest point in my life, when I was having one problem after another, I didn't stop to ask myself if I was happy.
I knew I wasn't.
Whether happiness is a state of mind, an emotion or a goal.
A big house, a new dress or even just a huge slice of pepperoni pizza,
it doesn't matter.
What matters is that when we are happy—we know it.
And if I were to ask you, I'm sure you'd be able to tell me if you were, too.
We don't need to look up the definition of happiness in the dictionary.
We don't need to study religion or philosophy (although they could help). Whether we are happy in general.
Or for a week, a day or a moment.
We feel it. We experience it.
We just are.
The pursuit of happiness
is a most ridiculous phrase:
if you pursue happiness you'll never find it.
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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
The office of Representative Charles F. Bass (R-NH) is currently looking for fall semester interns for his Washington, D.C. office to start ASAP. As an intern in the U.S. House of Representatives, you will have the opportunity to attend legislative committee hearings and briefings, assist the…
Whatever side of the political spectrum your beliefs fall on, there is no doubt that Walter Peterson was a great man who dedicated his life to the service of his community throughout his career as a politician and educator. He will be greatly missed by those who knew him personally as well as by those who have been touched by his legacy.
According to a release from the FPU Marketing Department, "A public memorial service for Former Governor and Franklin Pierce University President Walter Peterson will take place at the Capitol Center for the Arts in Concord, N.H. on Sunday, June 12 at 7 p.m.
The Jellison Funeral Home in Peterborough, N.H. is assisting the family with the arrangements. Visit their website to view the online obituary and guestbook."
The Jellison Funeral Home in Peterborough, N.H. is assisting the family with the arrangements. Visit their website to view the online obituary and guestbook."
For more information about Walter R. Peterson Jr., please visit his wikipedia page or view this article about him from The Boston Globe.
On Thursday, April 21st at 6pm, Franklin Pierce students and faculty will gather in the library courtyard to participate in the annual Take Back The Night walk through the campus. According to the Take Back the Night twitter page, the TBTN Foundation, "…is a 501(c)3 publicly funded charity with the mission of ending sexual violence in all forms and lending support to survivors."
FPU, as well as many other communities throughout the country, takes one night out of the year to hold activities devoted to calling attention to sexual violence, reducing fear, and showing support to victims.
1) Attend student Jeff Payne's presentation in Marcucella Hall on Thursday, April 21st at 4pm entitled, When Funny is Serious : TV Sitcoms and Rape
2) At 6pm, gather in the library courtyard for the Take Back the Night Walk around campus.
3) Watch Reality Check perform three skits inspired back Take Back the Night in the Alumni Lounge at 630pm followed by a speak out and snacks.
4) Speak out on twitter, facebook, and your blogs to call attention to the events and to the reality of sexual violence.
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REASONS TO PARTICIPATE (from Rainn.org)-
1)1 out of every 6 American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime (14.8% completed rape; 2.8% attempted rape).
2) About 3% of American men — or 1 in 33 — have experienced an attempted or completed rape in their lifetime.
3 times more likely to suffer from depression.
6 times more likely to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.
13 times more likely to abuse alcohol.
26 times more likely to abuse drugs.
4 times more likely to contemplate suicide.
4) Every 2 minutes, someone in the U.S. is sexually assaulted.
For more information on TBTN events, legal resources for victims of rape or sexual assault, and news, please visit the Take Back The Night website.
For more about the RAINN Organization, visit their website.
For more information about the events to be held at Franklin Pierce, please contact Tawni Turcotte or Prof. Donna Decker through FPU email.
The reason that this blog was created was to foster support for college students working on behalf of their political causes and beliefs as well as to encourage those not previously involved to become active in their political community.
The intention of Piercing Politics is not to be an outlet for partisan favoritism, but to do what it can to promote ANY cause, no matter the impetus. Piercing Politics is founded on the belief that education and action go hand in hand in the effort to sustain a healthy democratic republic.
Please support this mission by sharing the blog with friends, commenting, reblogging, liking Piercing Politics on facebook, or alerting us about future events or projects.
The media is absolutely essential to the functioning of a democracy. It's not our job to cozy up to power. We're supposed to be the check and balance on government.
— Amy Goodman
Hijacked from another blog, but VERY IMPORTANT!
After the presentation by Gordon DuBois on March 22nd, he introduced a woman by the name of Linda Quintanilha to the group of students and faculty remaining in Pierce Hall.
She told a story of an average childhood which blossomed into an average adulthood that included marriage, a home, a career, and eventually two delightful children. In 2005, however, the story of Mrs. Quintanilha's life changed and she was confronted with challenges that for the first time set her apart from the other "normal" families she had been exposed to all her life. In 2005, Linda Quintanilha's daughter was diagnosed with autism.
When Linda delved into the world of developmental disorder workshops, support groups, and community programs in order to assist her daughter and save her family, she soon realized how valuable they were to her life and to others experiencing similar circumstances and joined the activist group Able New Hampshire.
In her few moments before the audience, Linda Quintanilha balanced her time between sharing personal experiences and biting political criticism of the budget cuts soon to be voted on in Concord. She informed the crowd that there were over 600 families who testified with the New Hampshire state legislature to prevent the new budget from eliminating all state funded programs for disabled state residents, but even in the budget's current incarnation all of the services in New Hampshire communities dedicated to caring for disabled citizens in existence today remain in jeopardy.
Quintanilha brought the message home by sharing the statistic that at least 50 families in the Monadnock region alone would be totally left without care for their disabled adult children. She said, "We're looking at chaos. We're looking at families with nowhere to turn… How are we going to live? How are we going to survive?"
Quintanilha implored all audience members, as well as friends, family, and concerned citizens to take a stand and help advocate and show support for the developmentally disabled by attending a rally on March 31st at noon on the statehouse lawn in Concord, NH.
For more information on Able New Hampshire, please visit their website.
For more information about the New Hampshire State budget cuts, please visit BusinessWeek.com or google New Hampshire State Budget.
For more information about the rally to be held in Concord and transportation options for getting to the rally, please contact Linda Quintanilha at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Gordon DuBois is an educator, writer, filmmaker, amateur historian, and activist for marginalized and often forgotten citizens of NH. On March 22nd, he spoke at a showing of his film "Lost in Laconia" at Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, NH. The film was brought to FPU through The England Center For Civic Life and the Franklin Pierce Civic Scholars program, headed by Prof. Joni Doherty.
DuBois became involved in activism when, after graduating from SUNY Cortland in 1968, DuBois said he, "…felt called in a way to work with those disenfranchised by society." In 1977, DuBois accepted a fateful position working at The Laconia State School located in Laconia, NH.
According to Gordon DuBois, former LSS worker and writer and producer of "Lost in Laconia", he was attracted to the job by the paradigm shift taking place in the way Americans thought about disabilities during the 1970s. During the time period, the country was transitioning from a focus on institutionalized care to community based programs.
After accepting the position at Laconia, Dubois quickly became enveloped in a world that, "…probably 90% of the population didn't know about; didn't want to know about. Institutions… they were hidden away. People really were just lost there…to their families, friends, communities." In the case of LSS, the school served as a dumping ground for members of society who found themselves unwanted and unaccepted due to the circumstances of their birth.
The institution which became Laconia State School was founded in 1901 as an alternative to the regional "almshouses", set up on local farms to contain impoverished and disabled community members. According to a former employee of LSS, Alberta Sitt, "…it was like a warehouse." Some of those who came to live at the school like, Samantha Chamberlain, were homeless, some, like Carol Dow, were born into families unwilling or unable to care for them. Still others suffered from developmental disorders and were sent away when doctors encouraged families to abandoned disabled offspring and start over.
The theory of eugenics was lauded as the driving force behind Laconia and sterilization, usually without consent of the patient, was common practice. Dr. Benjamin Baker, a former employee of the state school and proponent of eugenics wrote on the subject saying, "The world does not need the moron…it could get on much better without them. I strongly support eugenics." By the time the practice of sterilization at Laconia was discontinued in 1958, doctors had completed over 400 procedures.
The unacceptable care and abuses at institutions like Laconia State School had long been noted by members of the community, but the activism really began to gain momentum when Dr. Richard Hungerford as hired as the superintendent of the institution. He was the first superintendent to be an educator rather than a medical doctor. In his time at LSS, Hungerford helped parents to form support groups and to become a presence in the community, while encouraging them, for the first time, to visit their institutionalized children.
Patients, like Samantha Chamberlain who said in the film, "You had to fear for your life there, you really did…people running around naked and jumping into your bed…Your dignity, your rights, everything, was pulled away from you," suddenly were given a voice.
As a result of Dr. Hungerford's work, the NH Council for Retarded Children and the Great Bay Association worked to spread the message of our nation's inadequate resources for developmentally challenged Americans. Projects like the "Help Wanted" documentary drew national attention and newspapers like The Portsmith Herald published articles and pictures on conditions in the school. The next superintendent of LSS, Dr. Arthur Toll, continued to welcome parents and attempt new therapies designed to aid the patients rather than to just contain them.
In the meantime, the population of The Laconia School just kept growing. According to the film, by 1970 there were more than 1,162 residents and a waiting list of over 400.
The movement which sprung from the activism of the superintendents and others connected with The Laconia State School inspired a class action lawsuit which lead to an order from the Concord Federal Court demanding a switch from institutionalized establishments to community based resources for those with developmental disabilities. During the lawsuit and the subsequent work done to retool the system of resources available, the vast majority of employees of Laconia were supportive of the changes.
Many employees of LSS, like Alyce Jewell, truly had the best interests of patients in mind. Jewell said in the documentary, "If I had to do it all over again I would do it. I wouldn't change it…I loved them."
Concerned citizens of New Hampshire rallied around those those being released into the community and those already there by creating the Action for Independence Group, devoted to caring for those who require support to live a fully functioning life.
In 1991, the closing of Laconia State School marked what Gordon DuBois called, "…the end of a dominant paradigm," in the sphere of developmental disability care. As seen in the film, the closing sparked celebration and made New Hamsphire the first state in the nation to move away from the institutional system.
*Note - All facts and quotations featured in the above article come from the film "Lost in Laconia", the corresponding press release, or interviews conducted during the FPU showing. Biases can be blamed on the author who may have been slightly affected by the deeply personal nature of storytelling featured in the film.
For more information please visit, the "Lost in Laconia" website.
To contact Gordon DuBois about presenting his documentary at your school or organization, you can reach him by phone at 603-279-0379/229-1982 or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Antje Kharchi
Associate Professor
Design, Art & the Book
photo: Caroline Lacey
After graduating from the Corcoran as a fine arts major with a photography focus, Antje Kharchi developed one of DC's first in-house desktop computer layout and typesetting departments at the design studio Wickham & Associates. Then, in 1989, she made a surprising decision—she left her design job to teach at her alma mater and started her own freelance business where she works on projects for The New York Times, the Washington Post, National Geographic, several book publishers, and others.
"I was never trained as a teacher," admits Kharchi. "I saw an urgency for Corcoran Graphic Design students to become familiar with this game-changing technology." She has been helping to keep Corcoran design students familiar with changing design technologies and best practices ever since.
For the past six years Kharchi has taught an additional course as well: a yearly study abroad trip to Ladakh, India. After a chance visit to the eastern Himalayas with a friend in October of 2002 that Kharchi calls "the best decision I ever made," she made it her mission to go for her sabbatical and "stick my nose into absolutely everything." It was during this year of traveling through India, Nepal, and Bhutan and subsequent trips that Kharchi realized she wanted to bring Corcoran students there. "The goal was always to take young students and expose them to a culture completely different from their own, so that they could come home and see their own culture in a different way, and, hopefully, not be afraid to feed their curiosities anywhere else in the world."
It is a physically demanding journey. "When I first came here," she recalls, "I always stayed in really cheap places and traveled by bus, and I wanted the students to experience that too, both to keep costs down and to really expose them to the culture." (More information on the Corcoran's Study Away opportunities)
Kharchi looks forward each year to the day students bundle into vans for the trip across the Himalayas. On a particularly busy mountain road, local tourists hoping for a glimpse of snow and an escape from the summer heat "cause these epic traffic jams like nothing you will ever see," recalls Kharchi. "Cars will be stopped in every direction for hours. Nobody gets angry or impatient. Everybody has such a great time, people-watching and striking up conversations with strangers. There are even food vendors who show up out of seemingly nowhere who don't miss any opportunity to sell their wares to a captive audience, in the true Indian entrepreneurial spirit."
When she is not traveling, Kharchi lives in Arlington with her husband Kamal and two dogs, Peanut and Bärchen.


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Asus Transformer Pad TF300 Users Now Receiving Official Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Update
Asus has given a little hint on Facebook regarding Jelly Bean, however, you don't have to Inspector Gadget to know that the company was actually looking to inform its customers that some of its Android devices are going to finally get the Jelly Bean 4.1 update.
As soon as the teasing stopped, several users reported that the Asus Transformer Pad TF300 is now upgradeable to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. Users say that they received an OTA notification that there is a new updated available for their device so, naturally, they installed the new software.
Although the release of an update for a single device doesn't mean that other devices will get it soon, but Asus usually releases such updates as soon as a rollout is complete. The Transformer Pad TF300 rollout is expected to take between one and two weeks so expect the update to become available on the Transformer Pad TF700 in the first days of September.
The Asus PadFone along with the Transformer Prime tablet are also expected to be upgradeable to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, but the company hasn't given any release dates so far.
Google's latest operating system, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, comes packed with several important features including an improved user interface, multichannel audio with USB audio support, improved camera and voice search, enhanced notifications screen, offline voice dictation support, better widgets and shortcuts support, and Vsync along with triple buffering support in order to improve the speed of the devices running the OS.


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Tyler Wright (AUS), 19, has defeated Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), 22, in a high-scoring final of 17.80 to 15.67 to win the Colgate Plax Girls Rio Pro in peaky two-to-three foot waves, simultaneously taking the frontrunner position on the 2013 ASP Women's World Championship Tour (WCT).
Wright dominated the Barra Da Tijuca lineup from start to finish, posting the high scores of each round with incredible progressive combinations on the punchy righthanders. The Australian's efforts against Fitzgibbons in the Final were no different, as Wright unloaded committed forehand combinations and was rewarded a 9.33 and 8.50 to secure the win.
"This feels pretty good," Wright said. "This whole event has been stepping stones for me. I started off a bit shaky and this is my first even where my family is not here with me. Brooke Farris was here looking after me and thanks to everyone for all of their support. After I lost that Round 3 heat I just wanted to catch waves and I stayed busy from then on. It's just the way it worked out. I just love catching waves. I just kept building and building and I wouldn't want it any other way. This is just fantastic to come to Rio, I love it."
Wright's victory in Rio marks her second of the season following a win on the Gold Coast and the two victories combined with two additional runner up finishes have launched Wright to the No.1 position over Carissa Moore (HAW), 20.
"It's awesome to move to the top of the rankings, but I'm honestly not thinking about the World Title," Wright said. "I'm just having fun surfing and enjoying each event and we'll see what happens at the end of the year."
Sally Fitzgibbons, defending event champion, put in an amazing effort in an attempt to retain the Colgate Plax Girls Rio Pro Title, seamlessly linking fluid backhand combinations on the Barra Da Tijuca lefts en route to another Final. Fitzgibbons ousted Oahu talent Carissa Moore in their Semifinals bout, but was unable to put a stop to Wright's momentum in the Final to finish runner-up overall.
"I'm happy to progress though to the Final," Fitzgibbons said. "It's always exciting to come in to a final against Tyler (Wright) and I knew she'd be tough to beat out there. I love coming to Rio and I always get good results here. Unfortunately I fell at the last hurdle, but I'll come back bigger and better next year."
1 – Tyler Wright (AUS) 17.80
2 – Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) 15.67
SF 1: Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) 13.90 def. Carissa Moore (HAW) 11.97
SF 2: Tyler Wright (AUS) 17.94 def. Bianca Buitendag (ZAF) 13.64
QF 1: Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) 13.50 def. Lakey Peterson (USA) 8.34
QF 2: Carissa Moore (HAW) 15.10 def. Laura Enever (AUS) 10.24
QF 3: Tyler Wright (AUS) 15.83 def. Malia Manuel (HAW) 13.74
QF 4: Bianca Buitendag (ZAF) 12.20 def. Courtney Conlogue (USA) 11.33
ASP WOMEN'S WCT TOP 5 (Following Colgate Plax Girls Rio Pro):
1. Tyler Wright (AUS) 40,000 points
2. Carissa Moore (HAW) 38,200
3. Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) 34,200
4. Courtney Conlogue (USA) 32,100
5. Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) 26,450
Heat 1: Taj Burrow (AUS) vs. Gustavo Fernandes (BRA)
Heat 2: Josh Kerr (AUS) vs. Messias Felix (BRA)
Heat 3: Julian Wilson (AUS) vs. Jack Freestone (AUS)
Heat 4: Jeremy Flores (BRA) vs. Ricardo dos Santos (BRA)
Heat 5: Michel Bourez (PYF) vs. Yadin Nicol (AUS)
Heat 6: C.J. Hobgood (USA) vs. Dusty Payne (HAW)
Heat 7: Adrian Buchan (AUS) vs. Raoni Monteiro (BRA)
Heat 8: Kai Otton (AUS) vs. Adam Melling (AUS)
Heat 9: Damien Hobgood (USA) vs. Brett Simpson (USA)
Heat 10: Travis Logie (ZAF) vs. Kieren Perrow (AUS)
Heat 11: Alejo Muniz (BRA) vs. Miguel Pupo (BRA)
Heat 12: Matt Wilkinson (AUS) vs. Filipe Toledo (BRA)


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Flight Club is the world's largest sneaker consignment marketplace
Selling your sneakers can be remarkably time consuming and equally frustrating. You have items you want to move, but you don't have the time to take detailed pictures for online auctions or classifieds. You don't want to manage and operate your own web store, or engage in back-and-forth price negotiations that go nowhere. And that doesn't even include packaging orders once they're successful and getting them out to mail carriers.
We do all of that for you at Flight Club. You can bring your sneakers to either of our two stores between New York and Los Angeles, or arrange the 80/20 consignment relationship at sell.flightclub.com, and we handle the rest entirely. We shoot high-resolution images of your sneakers, store your sneakers safely, and make them available to the thousands of daily customers browsing our stores and the international shoppers searching our site looking for the exact sneakers in your possession.
Consigning with Flight Club is the simplest way to move your brand new and unworn sneakers, and be paid for it without actively participating in the selling process.
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I may have passed the exam, but a trip to Greenbuild reveals a lot left to learn.
ECOBUILDING Pulse
Permeable paving systems, in general, continue to grow in scope and practicality as we search for ways to reduce our carbon footprint, improve water quality, diminish flooding and erosion, reduce the "urban heat island" from reradiated (building and pavement) heat in our cities and environment, and add attractive open space to building sites and neighborhoods. This course will take a closer look at what vegetated permeable pavement is and its benefits. It will look closely at the different types available, and their green properties and overall benefits.
This article originally appeared in the November 2013 issue of ARCHITECT magazine. The ability of a building to change for an occupant's shifting needs must meet the same three main criteria as green buildings themselves: high performance, sustainability and cost effectiveness. This article examines the growing popularity of underfloor service distribution (UFSD) as a key strategy for green buildings. This is achieved by creating buildings that can be retrofitted when companies or institutions come and go, when they expand and contract, when they rethink, refocus and renovate.
The American Institute of Architects' Design for Decades initiative showcases the design work of its members, practicing architects nationwide. This slide show features some of the AIA's members' designs for educational facilities.
LEED AP and Green Associate credentials are becoming more frequent on business cards, but are they important in today's job market?
Designed by Coldham & Hartman Architects, the educational facility passed all criteria for the world's most comprehensive design- and performance-based building standard.
From K-12 schools at the grass roots level to political leaders at the policy level, students and adults involved in the field of education are going to great lengths to go green.
DuPont's Laura Dwyer shares her three critical ingredients for building a more sustainable future.
Our future depends on education, training, and wide-spread commitment.
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audio driver and I2C
Hello everybody !
I'm trying to write an audio driver for an audio chip controlled by the I2C bus...
My problem is that I don't have anything related to my audio chip in the /dev/ (audio, dsp, mixer...) directory... and I need it to implement mi ioctl function.
the other problem, is that I don't know how to use the i2c in kernel space...
I know I have to use i2c_master_send() but I d'ont know how to open the I2C and get the appropriate i2c_client structure...
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The promise of cloud computing is very compelling indeed: superior service delivery at lower costs requiring less manual attention, all of which translates into improved agility and a better business outcome.
But cloud is also a rapidly evolving subject, and certainly not a case of one-size-fits all. Cloud architectures involve many complexities, support different models of implementation and management, and require considerable thought if best results are to be achieved. Where can you go to get the latest information—ideally, in the shortest amount of time?
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This diversity of information means that attendees can dial in an educational experience that closely meets their needs—returning to their organizations not just better informed about cloud and IT optimization in general, but the specific aspects required to drive positive transformation in their own cases.
And at the Pulse Open Cloud Summit, offered at no charge on Sunday, they'll also get a chance to interact with cloud specialists and industry leaders—asking direct questions about interoperability and open standards, while getting helpful answers.
IT Service Management
"No single asset is as important to any organization as its data—and the question of how best that data should be protected, given increasingly complex and diverse IT infrastructures, is increasingly difficult to answer."
ITIL best practices suggest that for best results, the focus should remain on services—not technical domains—and how well those services are meeting user and customer needs. But what's the best way to move from that abstract idea to an up-and-running, optimized infrastructure?
Answers can be found in this track, which discusses the subject in the context of how services are delivered, and how the assets involved in delivering them are continually monitored, maintained, and managed over their full lifecycles. It's no coincidence the IBM Tivoli suite of solutions is called a "service management portfolio"—IBM Tivoli solutions provide the full visibility, control, and automation needed to understand how business and IT conditions are changing and what steps need to be taken in response, and they do so quickly and consistently.
Furthermore, IBM Tivoli solutions can be deployed and integrated in virtually any infrastructure—whether simple distributed, mainframe, virtualized, and of course clouds—to address tasks like service requests, change and configuration, asset management, and service provisioning. By working cooperatively, Tivoli solutions can help organizations keep their eyes on the big picture—the quality of service being rendered, and the business outcome being generated—and spend less time worrying about the specific technical details involved.
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Data volumes are increasingly seen as a problem that IT must cope with—but what if, instead, they're a hidden source of business intelligence?
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IBM's leadership in this field is clear and getting clearer every year—consider, for instance, the success of the Watson project, which defeated multiple Jeopardy! champions in a real-time competition. Algorithms originally developed for Watson are now being applied in new and exciting ways; by attending sessions in this track, you can find out more.
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If you're interested in cloud, and already quite familiar with the potential benefits, the next question is likely to be: "Which cloud model is best suited for my needs, and how best should I implement that model?"
The earliest model, for instance—public cloud computing—involves migrating workloads to a third-party cloud service provider, and certainly that model is attractive for reasons such as reduced costs and management complexities. It may not be as well suited for workloads that involve particularly sensitive user data, though, or that require completely predictable performance; for those, a private cloud, owned and controlled exclusively by your organization, may be a better fit. And, of course, the hybrid cloud model involves multiple clouds, between which information flows so that part of the workload is handled in one cloud and part in another.
In this track, best practices pertaining to all three of these models will be discussed, exploring specifics that apply in some detail and discussing how real-world organizations developed such best practices in the first place.
For instance, if you're interested in developing a private cloud, you'll certainly want to know how to integrate it with the existing infrastructure, how to ensure that security and government regulation complexities can be addressed, and how to get it up and running in the least amount of time—and at the lowest costs. By attending the appropriate sessions, you can find out.
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No single asset is as important to any organization as its data—and the question of how best that data should be protected, given increasingly complex and diverse IT infrastructures, is increasingly difficult to answer.
One excellent approach to getting the best protection for, and business value from, data is to optimize the way storage is implemented and managed over time. And that means taking into account everything related to storage, from the specifics of the hardware (should you use solid-state drives for highest performance in some cases?) to backup and recovery (are backup times exceeding target windows of operation, and are you really backing up all data as frequently as its business priority demands?) as well as related best practices and business processes.
Fortunately, IBM offers a complete range of storage solutions—not just hardware and software, but also the insights needed to get the highest utilization and value from them, as demonstrated by successful customer engagements and the case studies they've generated. This track will discuss all of these subjects in complete detail.
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The old paradigm of development and operations—namely, that they are separated by a wall and work in isolation from each other—is increasingly seen as a problem to be solved. Today, it's understood that each of these two groups is likely to benefit from better understanding the other—how it works, what kinds of problems it's facing, and how those problems might be easier to solve if relevant information were available from the other team.
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This track will illustrate how issues like this can be resolved via IBM's standardized platform and open interfaces, which are specifically designed to empower both operations and development teams with a window into the other side. By linking key solutions and key information across domains, applications can be developed faster, with fewer bugs, and lower maintenance costs—ultimately generating more business value as a result.
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Finally, a cloud summit will be offered to attendees on Sunday afternoon from 2-6 p.m. on the subject of open standards, and the important part they can play in ensuring that clouds are a truly unified and interoperable platform of IT service delivery that can integrate as needed to accomplish business tasks—no matter whether clouds are private, public, or hybrid. Attendance is free, so mark your calendars. Register today!
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|Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams
Withey, Lynne
2002/07 - Touchstone Books
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Rich with excerpts from her incomparable letters and alive with the ferment of a new nation, "Dearest Friend" is the first full biography of Abigail Adams, the unschooled minister's daughter who became the most influential woman in Revolutionary America. of photos. ...More
|Mrs. Ike: Portrait of a Marriage. Memories and Reflections on the Life of Mamie Eisenhower
Eisenhower, Susan
2002/10 - Capital Books (VA)
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In an era when Americans are desperately seeking heroes and mentors, here is the story of how a pretty young woman from Denver meets her match in handsome Ike Eisenhower, a farm boy fresh out of West Point, and becomes the Army wife par excellence. They were two very passionate and private people whose 53-year marriage, much of it lived in the public eye, survived great tragedies, misunderstandings, and adventures -- and led to glowing triumphs in World War II and the White House. Mrs. Ike is not only a biography of a beloved American but a superb account of a complex marriage. Susan Eisenhower helps readers see her grandmother as her husband did -- a heroic and irresistible figure in her own right. ...More
|Betty Ford
Greene, John Robert
2004/12 - University Press of Kansas
9780700613540 Find It
First Lady Betty Ford will long be remembered for her active support of the Equal Rights Amendment, her struggles with breast cancer and substance abuse, and her later involvement with the addiction treatment center that bears her name. But perhaps more than these, Betty Ford will stand as a paragon of candor and courage, an outspoken woman whose public positions did not always conform with those of her husband. An independent, free spirit who regularly ranks among the most-admired First Ladies, Betty Ford is considered by many to be the most outspoken since Eleanor Roosevelt: she spoke her mind publicly and frequently, sometimes sending the president's political advisors running for cover. This is the first book to address the successes and failures of her advocacy, the effect of her candor, and the overall impact of her brief tenure as ...More
|Florence Harding: the first lady, the Jazz Age, and the death of America's most scandalous president
Anthony, Carl Sferrazza
1998/09 - W. Morrow Co.
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The author presents a detailed, three-dimensional portrait of the complicated woman he persuasively claims was the first truly modern First Lady: an equal partner in--indeed, the undisputed manager of- -her husband's career, and a trusted advisor whose opinions were always consulted. ...More
|Lady Bird: A Biography of Mrs. Johnson
Russell, Jan Jarboe
1999/08 - Scribner Book Company
9780684814803 Find It
A revealing biography of Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson that features startling new insights into her marriage to LBJ and her unexpectedly strong impact on his presidency. of photos. ...More
|Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography
Baker, Jean H.
2008/10 - W. W. Norton & Company
9780393333039 Find It
"Rich with superb insights and wonderful anecdotes about 19th-century family and domestic life, it is a complex and moving character study of a woman tragically out of step with her time and place".--Chicago Tribune. Photos. ...More
|A Perfect Union: Dolley Madison and the Creation of the American Nation
Allgor, Catherine
2006/04 - Henry Holt & Company
0805073272 Find It
The post-Revolutionary era comes to life in this vivid, incisive portrait of the early American republic--and its master political architect. ...More
|America's Queen: The Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Bradford, Sarah
2000/10 - Viking
0670891916 Find It
Fresh from her well-received life of Queen Elizabeth II, the English historian and biographer Sarah Bradford turns her hand to America's own answer to royalty, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Painstakingly detailed, impressively fair, the result is the most definitive account yet of a woman who captured the imagination of the American public like no First Lady before or after her. ...More
|Mrs. Kennedy: The Missing History of the Kennedy Years
Leaming, Barbara
2002/10 - Free Press
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Jacqueline Kennedy entered the White House at the age of 31, seven years into a troubled marriage, and left at 34, the widow of an assassinated President. Acclaimed biographer Leaming has written the first full account of Kennedy's life during the dramatic thousand days of John F. Kennedy's presidency. photos. ...More
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Cook, Blanche Wiesen
2000/06 - Penguin Books
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Feminists, historians, politicians, and critics everywhere have praised Blanche Wiesen Cook's Eleanor Roosevelt as the definitive portrait of the towering female figure of the twentieth century. In her long-awaited second volume, Cook delves into the monumental era of the Great Depression, the New Deal, and the gathering storms of World War II -- the years of the Roosevelts' greatest challenges and achievements. Cook gives us the complete Eleanor Roosevelt -- a visionary policy-maker and social activist, a loyal wife, a devoted mother, and a woman who courted romance and adventure. She wrote, she published, she traveled, she lobbied, she joined grassroots organizations and radical communities with a zeal that sparked controversy everywhere.
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|Martha Washington: An American Life
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Come and enjoy Hilton Head Island's renowned combination of breathtaking natural beauty, world-class amenities, award-winning dining and quality shopping. Surrounded by calming palm trees, sand dunes and unspoiled natural beaches, Hilton Head Island sets the scene for the romantic honeymoon of your dreams.
Day One - Arrival Day
Accommodations on Hilton Head Island range from apartment motels to luxury rental properties to full-service resorts. Settings range from Harbour Town lodging to the secluded Shipyard area, friendly Forest Beach, and luxurious townhouses and villas facing the ocean or fairways.
Arrive on Hilton Head Island and experience the culture, nightlife and beauty that abound in this romantic island! Check-in to any one of the wonderful accommodations that are offered on this romantic get-a-way Island.
Start your honeymoon off with a champagne toast and tuxedo strawberries overlooking the ocean. Many of our resorts offer amenity packages upon your arrival.
Relax this evening and let room service do all the work. It's time to wrap-up in those luxurious robes provided by the resort and enjoy the evening ocean breeze and a candle-lit dinner on your balcony. No getting back out on the road tonight... room service is taking care of all your requests.
Day Two - Day of Reflection
Sunrise Walk on the beach, poolside breakfast, day at the spa – enjoy his and her 30 minute relaxing massage, 30 minute rejuvenating facials, manicures, warm paraffin treatment, whirlpool pedicures, complete with spa lunch.
Romantic Sunset Sail--Hotel to provide a picnic basket dinner complete with wine and after dinner cheeses to take on board your private sunset sail across the Calibogue Sound.
Return to the marina and enjoy live music and a nightcap under the stars.
Day Three - Activity Day
This morning it is breakfast in bed and time to relax as the sun rises to greet another day in this Island paradise. Once your day has started, enjoy one or more of the activities the Island has to offer.
Whatever your game, Hilton Head Island is likely to play it. Tennis buffs can take to any one of the Island's more than 300 courts. Golfers have a choice of over 40 championship courses in the Hilton Head Island area. Equestrians can horseback ride on guided trails, while spectators can catch spring or fall polo matches.
Bicycling and roller-blading are both popular pursuits on the Island's hard-packed beach. On nature walks you may see a variety of birds, animals and marine critters such as the snowy egret, sea turtles, or even bottle-nose dolphins cavorting in the surf.
With miles of sand dunes and blue waters, Hilton Head Island is ideal for sunbathers, sand-castle builders and swimmers. Water sports include boating, fishing, sailing, kayaking, canoeing, aqua-cycling and Hobie Cats. No need to bring your own equipment as there are beach equipment rentals all along the beach.
From the many Island marinas you can enjoy historic cruises, scenic tours and even murder-mysteries. For an adventure, arrange a kayak trip to unspoiled Daufuskie Island, which until recently was populated exclusively by the descendants of freed slaves.
Tonight you and your spouse can dine overlooking the ocean, the marshland, or on the river at any one of the Island's romantic-style restaurants. Complete the evening with a Broadway style performance on stage at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina.
Day Four - Touring Day
Take the red trolley tour of the Island with stops to include outstanding antique and art galleries. And if you're feeling energetic, visit the gift shop atop the Harbour Town lighthouse.
Tour the historic Heyward House, the official visitor's center for Bluffton's historic district and enjoy an eclectic collection of shops along Calhoun Street. Enjoy a great southern meal at one of Bluffton's local restaurants.
Dine overlooking the ocean, the marshland, or on the river at any one of the Island's romantic-style restaurants. If you're looking for a place to unwind, relax, and be pampered, the area's many spas offer the perfect solution. Local day spas offer a wide variety of services including massage, reflexology and aromatherapy to help you relax and make the most of your honeymoon.
Final day
Leaving our treasured Island will be hard to do, but we hope your visit to our area will be the perfect beginning for a life together.
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Alice had an alarming vision that connects with Bella's disturbing but accurate dream. With Jasper's help, Alice will try to save Edward from a terrible fate.
(Alternative story to New Moon)
Bella Swan wakes from a disturbing but accurate dream and tries to spare her beloved Edward of the pain he endures with every breath.Bella leaves Edward (Alternative story)
This alternative story started, like Twilight, with a dream. I was reading the draft of Midnight Sun till late that night. I went to sleep thinking about how hard it was for Edward to be around Bella. So in my dream I was Bella. I was deeply in love with Edward and then I realize the pain he was into with every breath. I decided to leave him for his own sake thinking he would be happier without me. So it's basically New Moon in reverse. Enjoy.
I want to share with you a bit of the music that inspire me while writing this Fanfic.
All of it is about the music and how it set the tone to the story
Some of them are also about the lyrics. Here is my playlist:
Breaking my heart – Aqualung
The hardest of hearts – Florence + the machine
Blackout – Muse
Goodnight, travel well – The killers
Reel me in – Aqualung
Tonge tied - Aqualung
Falling - Florence + the machine
This little drawing is from chapter 5 Buried
"But I'm not saying goodbye"
"Don't you see? That's what proves me right. I care the most, because if I can do it… If leaving is the right thing to do… Then I'll hurt myself to keep from hurting you, to keep you safe."
"And you don't think I would do the same?"
"You'd never have to make the choice"
Twilight, Interrogations
It was really fun to be alone hunting with my husband. We haven't been able to do this in a long time. It was like an end-of-summer party. I will soon be starting my senior year at Forks High school and Jasper will be pretending to go to college. He really wanted to go this time, he said there was some subject he was interested in studying, but the simple thought of being apart was too painful. I couldn't find it in me to try to persuade him to go.
It all happened so fast. I wasn't keeping tabs on him, just the usual watch-out I normally do for my family. Suddenly Edward was blazing, dying in our fireplace. Thought the vision was blurry its significance was so powerful that I lost my attention on the bear I was about to finish off and its paw sent me flying before I could anticipate its move. "I have to find Jasper".
I followed his scent; he was draining a mountain lion, a remainder of Edward I didn't need. "Jasper! We need to get back to the house, now!" I yelled.
"Alice! What's wrong? What did you see?" He knows me too well.
"Edward." I answered "We're going to have to leave the Jeep behind; we only have four hours and seventeen minutes"
He saw the dread in my eyes, there was no time to explain. We started running at full speed. When we made it out of the Big Bend Park he finally asked. "What did you see? What kind of danger is he in?"
I tried to make sense of my vision, searching backward into the future. "Bella", it sounded like an expletive.
"Is he going to…?" Jasper asked fighting the pool of venom in his mouth. He never believed Edward will be able to overcome his temptation.
"No. I think she is going to break up with him". How could she do that, my brother was quite a catch. Fun to be around, good to the core, handsome and totally in love with her. I couldn't see the reason for her defection. I hopped my blurred vision wasn't true.
She most has been determined to this outcome for some time now, or I wouldn't be able to see it. But, why?
Jasper was sensing my fear and he voiced his concern "He's going to try to kill himself, right?"
I just nodded, I didn't trust my voice.
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Oh now I'm wondering why is she so mad. Does she see something bad happening if they stay?
Looking forward to hearing from the rest of them.
Best wishes
She sees what Jasper is planning. What will that be to have her so mad?
In this chapter everyone is shopping; thus the title.
Next Cullen will be Esme. What do you think she's buying?
I hate buying food but I know this is a very important part of our façade. If we're staying we are supposed to need groceries.
As I walk the aisles of the Thriftway I can hear the gossip around me. Everyone is talking about my poor boy that is too sick to go to school. If only they knew.
When I turn at the deli aisle I see Charlie Swan coming in the opposite direction. I been holding my breath to avoid the raw meat's odor; so I didn't catch his scent. It's too late to turn around, he already saw me, turning around would be rude.
"Mrs. Cullen, what a surprise." he greets me. It should be a surprise of course; we're supposed to be in New York.
Taking a deep breath I answer as politely as I can. "Good afternoon, Chief Swan."
"How's your son?" he asks shyly.
In a hole at backyard of the house thanks to your daughter!!!
"He's feeling better; thank you" I reply mirroring his tone. It's the only way I don't yell at him.
"I was so sorry to hear about his health issues. I hope Bella's decision hasn't worsened his condition." He has the decency to look ashamed.
I look him in the eye smiling a little. In my mind I run through different scenarios where I kill his precious daughter. None of them includes drinking her blood. After five seconds of my murderous thoughts I'm calm enough to play my part.
"He's feeling better. He'll be back at school this Monday" I respond sweetly.
"That's great" he says with relief. "See you around Mrs. Cullen".
Not if I see you first.
Ah poor Esme, so cross.
And Charlie is ashamed of her or at least the effect she may of had on Edward.
It was a difficult meeting.
Best wishes
I just found your story and I think it's a very interesting reversal of the scenario in New Moon. I am very interested to see how all this turns out. With regard to this chapter, I think that it must definitely be a very awkward and difficult meeting. Now we can see Esme in her protective mom mode. The irony is that Charlie probably is the only one who will understand Edward's pain. After all, he just got his daughter back and then she left again. Can't wait for the next update!
He would also remember the pain of lossing Renee not so long after they were married.
Charlie didn't get over that too well, I am sure he would understand Edward's pain.
However given that he doesn't like Edward too much he is unlikely to be much help.
On the other hand he feels bad about what happened to him!
You read Esme´s wrath, let's see Alice's. Enjoy.
Jasper and I are strolling down the boardwalk. I'm ready to confront him. I hope we can talk this trough without a horrible fight. I know we will fight, but… I'm afraid of the dimension of our fight. Jasper it's quite unpredictable; I love that about him most of the times. Today, it scares me. Be brave Alice. I cajole myself.
"When are you going to let Edward know your real intentions?" I ask quietly.
"What do you mean?" he retorts sharply.
"I can see what you're planning. Edward is not a guinea pig!" I suddenly feel like crying. Why is Jasper being so cruel?
"I know that. Don't be ridiculous Alice" he snaps without looking at me.
"He's in pain, for heaven's sake!! We may never have our brother back and you are thinking about studying him, about your degree!!" I'm sobbing now. This is not the man I married.
"Alice, please. You're making a scene." He tries to pull me into his arms, but I'm not having that.
"I don't care!!" I yell.
"Yes, you do. Calm down," he says in a soothing voice. I feel his gift around me and use it to regain my cool. Whoa; I thought he was the unpredictable one.
"Yes, Jasper. Sorry."
"If you promise to stay calm I'll explain it to you." He's going to continue to use his gift. He doesn't trust me. That's ok; I don't trust myself either.
"Explain then" I pressed in a clipped tone.
Now I really want to know what Jasper is up to. What degree is he doing?
I'm looking forward to more.
Best wishes
Now I'm really wondering: what is he planning?
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