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I have Ubuntu 12.10 and I want to make unity launcher to auto-hide but when it hides it doesn't appear again unless I press the start button. Should I reinstall unity through terminal? I don't have any updates and the fastest speed and sensivity didn't work.
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I had the same problem. In my case it was related to the compability nvidia-current-updates (wich I installed before the upgrade to 12.10) with compiz.
I fixed it by installing the version 310.19 of the nvidia driver avaiable through this ppa (this is not the official supported version on ubuntu, but works pretty well):
In order to get this fix to work, you may have to reboot after installing the ppa.
The thing you refer to as Unity is "Launcher". And in the same window you set it to auto hide (System Settings > Appearance > Behaviour), you can set the Reveal Sensitivity to a higher value to make it show quicker when you hover.
And see if Reveal Location is set to Left side or Left corner as it defines which action triggers Launcher to show.


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The Santa Marina Resort & Villas, on on the Greek Island of Mykonos (Ornos), has 96 luxurious accommodations that preserve traditional values of Cycladic architecture designed with the subtle luxury of natural interiors, each elegant room and suite is afforded a thoughtful array of amenities such as truly inspiring sea views, private balcony or terrace and sumptuous marble or mosaic-tiled bathroom, and desks with dial-up Internet connection (surcharge) or complimentary WiFi. Please note: the hotel is built into the hillside and features many steps and staircases. Those with walking difficulties should ask for rooms close to the lifts.
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It is possible to arrange scuba diving tours, and the company concerned can collect guests directly from the hotel. It is also possible to rent motor boats with an accompanying skipper, and Kite Surfing available nearby.
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I saw this idea in a '60s leather work book many years ago, it's great so the world should know. I haven't since been able to find the book, if anyone recognises it please post the reference.
Simply, you use metal files and/or a hack saw to work the head of a nail.
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For tooling leather:
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- Base to hammer against (sturdy wood block)
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Step 1: Shape the nail head
The trickiest part of this is finding a nice design, it has to be fairly simple. Repeating patterns work well, squares, triangles, chevrons etc.
But today I fancy... Pacman!
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File the nail head flat, then set to work on the edges...
Picture 2
The second picture shows the edge of the nail head has been filed so the top is sharper.
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Then remove metal until your image is revealed. The use of a fine tipped permanent marker may help.
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For Pacman I filed a wedge out of one side using the edge of a rectangular file then drilled a small hole with a fine bit. For the ghost three sides were filed flat, I cut in twice with the hacksaw on the base edge then opened the cut with a file.
-Drilling metal always requires a centre to be punched so the bit can bite!
Once shaped you can cut the point of the nail off with a hacksaw as this is the end you will strike.
Very cool, A dremel and 20d nails the solution I used to create feathers and textures at least 25 years ago when I made my now ex- wife a pair of Mocs. Pretty much forgot about it until I started looking for Instructables on building myself shoes and saw your solution for tooling. I used surgical tubing on the shank of the nail it made hanging on to the tool easier.
Very cool. Thanks
awesome idea thanks
Wow this is exactly what I was looking for. Going to try this as soon as I get home
I had always heard that cut flooring nails or cut clasp nails (shown below) could have their larger end shaped for punches, gouges, etc.. Since they are designed to go through hardwood into pre-drilled masonry, these are strong enough to be hardened using the heat/quench process discussed below. They should hold a decent enough edge over time for working in soft wood or leather.
# 805, zodiac bull-------- # 829 Steer Head------- # 983 Motorcycle-------- and other interesting tools.
Have found several sites that have good selection of the tools but none of those which I currently have a need for.
Any assistance will be appreciated.
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Each item produced some interesting effects, many when combined with others. Try rolling a large threaded bolt on cased veg tan leather. Nice effect. I used small 1 ton arbor press, available from Harbor Freight, for nearly everthing I have mentioned. Mallet works fine for many of the items as well. I am always seeking different items to use along with my commercially produced tools and it keeps this old man young, in some ways.
Try anything don't give up. You will have a ton of fun, especially when you create something that nobody else has produced.
Try pyrography on leather and another world opens up. Love doing art pieces on nveg tanned leather and then experimenting with dyes for color, from many different sources. Feel free to try it all and you will discover a niche.
Just (outside) heat up the finished head to a nice yellow straw color with a propane torch and then drop the nail in a bucket of used motor oil. Try it and see.
If you want to harden nails, you should first try quenching in water, as that will likely be best. If that doesn't get it hard use a brine, salt dissolved into cold water, with a bit of dish soap. That will get any possible hardness out of the nail. Although it still might not work.
You can get specialist quenching oils for industrial use but most people have a bottle of old motor oil laying around because it comes in handy from time to time.
Thanks to the advice I've now tried heating some on a camping stove to see if longevity will be increased. And I've also used one in my soldering iron to try some branding, first go it didn't get hot enough but I'll try cutting it down a little so there's less metal to loose heat.
Have fun
This is the same site that I downloaded my copy from and mistakenly placed my address on it and found myself completely inundated with too many requests to handle. Thank you all for your courtesy and consideration in this matter. It will be much faster for you to directly download it from the source. And, you will find a new source of Library books to download. This old mans fingers hurt from the typing. Thank you "Australia".
Good Luck in all your endeavors. Bill
Is that leather already dyed? I usually get the veg tanned leather, so I'm not familiar with the look of other tanning processes.
I don't think your leather was able to get quite wet enough to stamp as well as undyed leather.
i would think that you could make a sleeve that could insert the nail comfortably into and have it just short of the length of the nail so you can hold it firm yet hammer the nail through it and this will save the nail from wanting to bend plus give better control and save hurting hands.
it may mushroom and get hard to remove from the sleeve so taking it out and removing any mushroomed metal will prolong life.
other method would be to have a sleeve with solid end to use as a striker that will also give person holding it grip and comfort as above.
great designs by the way...
I think it should be said, however, that 'Proper' punches are made from hard brass round or square section rod. It can be a pig to work (it really is quite hard) but it's easier to polish and you have a bigger 'wrong' end (because the rod is the same size at both ends) to hit with the hammer, which helps get the punch go in vertically.
If you have the right equipment you can heat up the tip of the nail and upset it to give you a different shape to start with. I found that it helps if the finished tool tip is polished to a bright finish.
The leather you are testing on doesn't appear to be vegetable tanned tooling leather, it appears to be chrome tanned leather. This will cause poor impressions.
I really like your PacMan set. Very neat instructable!!!
How do they stand up to repated use? I had some tooling punches that lasted the previous owner for many years before me & I had them for a several years before they were stolen.


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The Agricultural Reform, Food and Jobs Act, a complex 1,150-page bill, largely replaces direct payments to farmers with an expanded crop insurance program that requires conservation compliance. The bill sports two dozen amendments, including several conservation measures that PAN and our partners have pressed hard for. But overall, the news is mixed.
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HEAD launches new HEAD Instinct Tour Racquet Series at the Australian Open
Right in time for the first Grand Slam of the year, HEAD launches its brand-new YouTek™ Graphene Instinct tour racquet series, introducing a revolutionary technology to modern racquet construction: HEAD Graphene.
Graphene is a unique material consisting of a single two-dimensional layer of carbon atoms with exceptional properties. It's extremely lightweight, but has a breaking strength 200 times greater than steel. The integration of Graphene in the racquet shaft allowed HEAD engineers to reduce weight in the middle part of the tennis racquet and shift it to functionally more relevant areas in the grip and the head instead. This unique construction with Graphene technology allows for the first time an optimal redistribution of weight in HEAD racquets: more weight in the grip makes the racquet more manoeuvrable and easier to swing; more weight in the racquet head enables even more powerful shots.
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Hawaii's second largest island, Maui arguably lives up to its boastful slogan "Maui no ka 'oi" ("Maui is the best"). Its diverse natural landscape includes the most miles of swimmable beach of any Hawaiian island, the world's largest dormant volcano, and a variety of microclimates that range from desert to jungle (and temperatures that plunge below freezing at its highest elevations). The island is ideal for outdoor enthusiasts: There's windsurfing, scuba diving, snorkeling, surfing, road and mountain biking, and, along the state's scenic Hana Highway in East Maui, hiking trails, waterfalls, natural pools, and remote beaches. Maui is not only for the active and rugged, though; there's plenty of opportunity for beach-, golf-, pool-, and spa-centric vacations along miles of beachfront development. It offers an equally wide range of accommodations: stereotypical beachfront resorts; condo and time-share properties; and secluded, rustic hotels in undeveloped areas. Maui's most obvious shortcoming is its lack of an urban center: It doesn't have a metropolis that comes close to Honolulu in size, population, or urban culture, and even its most lively town, Lahaina, generally shuts down by what locals jokingly refer to as "Maui midnight" -- 10 p.m. But it has more nightlife, entertainment, and shopping than Kauai and the Big Island, Hawaii's other popular island destinations.
Maui's size and diversity can be overwhelming, but most accommodations are fairly concentrated within South and West Maui. Both face the island's western coast, which receives the most consistently sunny, dry, and least windy weather -- and has some of the most pleasant swimming beaches on the island. It's also ideal for watching the island's famously beautiful sunsets; resorts and restaurants are nearly all oriented for views of the sun dipping below the ocean horizon.
South Maui is the island's most upscale area in general, and the one with the most consistent weather. Wailea is its central resort area and home to some of Maui's best-known, high-end resorts, including the Four Seasons Maui, Fairmont Kea Lani, and Grand Wailea. While it's hard to find a property in Wailea with less than 300 rooms, or one that charges less than $400 a night, nearby Kihei, just north of Wailea, offers plenty of lower-priced alternatives. Kihei budget options, like the Maui Hill and the Maui Coast Hotel, feature far fewer rooms and amenities than those in Wailea, and are across the street from the beach, rather than directly on it.
West Maui encompasses several areas, but the biggest is Kaanapali, Hawaii's first master-planned resort town. Built on converted sugarcane fields in the 1960s, its impressive lineup of several-hundred-room resorts is stacked along four miles of uninterrupted beach, and each contains its own complex of pools, restaurants, and amenities. Standouts include the Sheraton Maui, located in front of the area's historic Black Rock, where a nightly torch-lighting and dive ceremony takes place, and the Kaanapali Beach Hotel, which has a unique Hawaiian cultural program and a tiki bar that offers the best resort nightlife. South of Kaanapali is Lahaina, a touristy, bustling town with the best nightlife on Maui, though lodging here is limited and not on the beach. To the north of Kaanapali are more remote resorts in Kapalua and Napili, notably, the Ritz-Carlton Kapalua -- a top Maui resort in a secluded locale with more unpredictable weather than most areas on the island.
East Maui is home to Hawaii's best-known scenic drive: Hana Highway, a twisting, often one-lane coastal highway that's as dizzyingly difficult to drive as it is gorgeous. The lush, undeveloped east coast is full of natural landmarks like waterfalls, secluded beaches, and natural pools. Accommodations are nearly nonexistent; the island's most unique lodging, Hotel Hana, is also one of the only options in East Maui. It offers unplugged luxury in rooms and cottages without TVs or radios and sits on a beautifully secluded, oceanside perch.
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JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas — The Air Force has migrated employee electronic official personnel folders to the Office of Personnel Management eOPF version, Air Force Personnel Center officials said April 2.
The eOPF is a secure, digitized version of a hardcopy personnel folder that contains official human resource records for each federal employee. The system enhances portability of civilian HR records and increases employee awareness and accountability through email notifications of personnel actions, said Sal Lara, the AFPC Civilian Future Operations Branch personnel systems project officer.
The eOPF system was developed to provide electronic official personnel files for all federal agencies and to simplify how employees access their own official personnel folders. It includes human resources records and documents related to federal civilian employees.
For AF civilian employees, AFPC will continue to manage personnel information, but the eOPF database will be controlled by OPM.
"There are significant financial savings and other efficiencies inherent in the change," Lara said.
Migration to the OPM eOPF allows information to be transferred electronically between agencies and will provide employees with continuous electronic access to their records. It will also accelerate access to the OPF for new employees and all employees will get email notifications when documents are added to the folders. Major command staff will be able to view OPFs across all the bases within their command and finally the OPM eOPF reduces the need to physically store, print and mail OPFs between agencies resulting in significant savings.
The migration will affect more than 153,000 civilian employees and about 14 million documents.
"Although all civilians are affected, impact will be minimal," Lara said. "The only difference between accessing an OPF then and now will be that OPM is hosting the OPF. To ensure all employees can easily access their file, we've sent an email to all civilian personnel with the website link and instructions on how to create their user account."
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Honda CRF250L, the Little Red Piggy.
My 2003 Yamaha FJR1300 "Miss Lucy Liu" on the road to Cabo San Lucas, 90,000 miles on Lucy and one third of those miles were ridden South of the Border ese!
In the foreground is "Mi Mexico Mule II", my 2006 Kawasaki KLR 650; she was on the road at the top of the Copper Canyon Rim on the way down to Batopilas with a Mexican truck in the background.
To the left is mi Amigo Senor Martin Osete from Hermosillo, Sonora Estado; my long time off road riding buddy. In the background is Martin's R1200GS, Mule II made six separate trips to Barrancas del Cobre and faithfully carried me safely each and every time!
Heavily modified 1967 Vespa GT somewhere in Texas running the 2012 Scooter Cannonball Run- Savannha GA to San Diego CA
GPS 66 mph
Gordon Schumway is my co-pilot
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The Trophy at the end of life, high side at 75mph, old companion, crossed the country on this bike, unfortunately photos of our travels were taken before i went digital. This wreck made way for the K
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Loved this K, but I wasnt ready for it to grandpa (no offense to you gradpa's out there). Sold it to puchase the Sprint.
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The Sprint came directly after the K, loved that bike, 50k happy miles, sold her in the spring for the R1200R.
Looking back on these bikes, I can say ..... Thank you, I've lived a good life.
So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains
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Jordana Garbati began as the Writing Consultant at the Laurier Writing Centre in July 2013. She graduated with a BA (Hons.) with a specialization in French at York University and concurrently completed a BEd degree. She completed her MEd degree at Queen's and her PhD in Education with a focus on applied linguistics at The University of Western Ontario. She has taught students at the elementary, secondary, and post-secondary levels in Ontario and abroad. Her teaching and research interests include English language learners, French as a second language, and writing.
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Garbati, J., & Mady, C. (submitted). Oral skill development in second languages: Searching for best practices.
Garbati, J. F. (2013). Core French teachers' perceptions of ELL inclusion: A mixed-methods investigation. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
Garbati, J. F. (2013, August). French is hard: An English language learners experience in core French. In
C. Mady & K. Arnett (Eds.), Minority populations in Canadian second language education. Multilingual Matters.
Garbati, J. F., & Samuels, B.* (2013). Publishing in educational research journals: Are graduate
students participating? Journal of Scholarly Publishing, 44(4), 355-372.
Garbati, J. F. (2013, March). Curriculum as car. Réflexions, 32(1), 24-25.
Garbati, J., & Rothschild, N. (2012, October). Creating a positive core French learning environment.
Réflexions. 31(3), 20-21.
Garbati, J., & Samuels, B.* (August 22, 2012). Reflections on mentorship. University Affairs.
Garbati, J. F. (2009). [Review of the book The bilingual child: Early development and language contact.] The Canadian Journal of Linguistics, 54(3), 567-560.
Upitis, R., Smithrim, K., Garbati, J., & Ogden, H. (2008). The impact of art-making in the university
workplace. International Journal of Education & the Arts, 9(8).
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (selected)
Garbati, J., Samuels, B., & Khimasia, T. (2014, February). Welcome to the Write Place: A reflection of our roles as writing instructors. Writing Research Across Borders conference, Paris, France.
English Language Learners (ELLs) in the classroom. Written by Alyson Watson, Faculty of Education, The University of Western Ontario. Research in Action: Western Education's Research Report, Volume 2, Issue 1. Fall 2013.
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En español l If you're a Medicare beneficiary, here's something for your autumn to-do list: Go Medicare shopping.
Review your benefits and costs for 2014, compare alternatives and decide whether to keep or change plans during Medicare's annual open enrollment period Oct. 15 through Dec. 7.
This year, Medicare's open enrollment overlaps with open enrollment for the new insurance marketplaces or exchanges created under the Affordable Care Act, also commonly referred to as Obamacare — but don't let that throw you. Medicare's 50 million-plus beneficiaries, most of them seniors, will steer clear of the marketplaces.
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Our Moocher Mentality
My interview with a columnist for the Pittsburgh Tribune Review on "A Nation of Moochers":
Sykes spoke to the Trib about his new book, "A Nation of Moochers," which raises the question of whether America has reached a point in which more people are dependent on others rather than on their own efforts.
Q: Your book details a deep division in the country, but it's not one between rich and poor, is it?
A: No. I think the real division is between the makers and takers, the people who rely on themselves and the people who are looking to feed at the public trough. I think a lot of the political division in the country stems from the fact that the rules are being changed in a way that hardworking Americans find fundamentally unfair.
By a number of different metrics, we have a record number of people who are now dependent on the government, post-(Great Depression). At the same time, you have a growing number of people who pay nothing to the government in federal taxes. We've really become a nation of people who show up at the potluck dinner but bring nothing of their own to the table.
Q: Should the middle class be particularly offended over the mooching?
A: Yes. (The book is) also very, very critical of the Wall Street bailouts and the corporate cronyism. You've had the recklessness of Wall Street on one end, and on the other end you have the entitlement culture, and the middle class is looking around and going, "We end up picking up the bill for everybody. We're the ones who go to work every day to try to pay the mortgage and put our kids through college (because) we were told this is the way America works. It turns out we're the piggy bank."
Q: Do you feel this problem is being mentioned sufficiently in the presidential campaign?
A: Quite frankly, I wish the candidates would be more explicit about it. While the president wants to make this about the rich versus the poor, the 1 percent versus the 99 percent, I think the middle class sees this as a pivotal moment between the makers and the takers. Are we going to be a country that rewards people who play by the rules -- you know, the people who work hard, who buy houses, who invest in their 401(k)? Or are we going to reach a point where the people who do play by the rules begin to think that (they're) suckers, that (they) are piggy banks for the irresponsible, the grasping, the greedy?
Q: How do you curb the culture of mooching?
A: That's the $64 trillion question. What's obvious is you have a lot of people addicted to OPM, other people's money. And politicians have realized they can buy votes with other people's money. When you reach a point where a majority of the electorate realizes their future is dependent on politicians who will give them other people's money, it's very difficult to turn that around and curb it.
We need to quite frankly decide what kind of a country and what kind of a people we're going to be. This tipping point is not just economic and it's not just political; it's also moral and cultural. Do we really want a country where people have their hands out, as opposed to a country where people are independent and pursuers of their own destinies?
Read more: America's 'moocher' mentality - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/s_790235.html#ixzz1rXRaNkDu
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In addition to our core curriculum, students are exposed to a
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You don't have to be a star to receive star treatment in Nashville. If someone put you center stage during your visit, please nominate them for a Music City Hitmaker award. Maybe a server or taxi driver went above and beyond. Perhaps someone at the hotel gave you a hot tip on a cool thing to do. Or someone helped you find that perfect gift for your loved one back home. Bank tellers, hotel workers, servers, police officers, bartenders and valets all work hard to make sure your visit tops the charts. This is your chance to say "Thank You."
One Music City Hitmaker will be awarded each month. And you can win, too! Just by nominating, you're entered into a drawing to win a return trip to Nashville - to experience our Southern hospitality all over again!
We want to recognize those special people that made your trip truly unforgettable. Please fill out the nomination form today.
Congratulations and many thanks to these Music City Hitmakers:
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Buccaneer Men's Golf Finishes in Seventh in the Bank of Tennessee/The Ridges Intercollegiate
Sunday, September 09, 2001Johnson City, Tenn. -- Texas Christian set a tournament team scoring record and TCU senior Steve Shuert set a tournament individual scoring record as the Horned Frogs won their second consecutive Bank of Tennessee/The Ridges Intercollegiate from The Ridges Golf and Country Club in Johnson City, Tenn. TCU shot a final round 287 (-1) to finish at 23-under par (274-280-287=841) and win the tournament by ten strokes over Southern California. The Trojans shot a final round 293 (+5) to finish at 13-under par. The Horned Frogs broke the tournament scoring record, previously held by Clemson (844 in 1998) by three strokes. The University of Oklahoma finished in third at seven under par (281-286-290=857) after shooting a final-round 290. Shuert was the only player to shoot in the 60's in all three rounds of the tournament (69-67-68=204). He finished at 12-under par and broke personal records for his best finish and shattered his personal record for best 54-hole score, which stood at 213. The previous tournament record for best individual score was 207 by Jonathan Byrd of Clemson in 1998. Fellow Horned Frog Adam Rubinson started the final round in the lead, but shot a 73 to finish in second at 10-under par (64-69-73=206). Rubinson turned in his second-straight impressive performance at The Ridges, as he finished second in the 2000 Bank of Tennessee/The Ridges Intercollegiate. TCU junior Andy Doeden was the third Horned Frog to finish in the top-10 as he completed the tournament in a tie for eighth place at 4-under par (69-71-72=212). It was also Doeden's second top-10 at The Ridges as he finished in eighth in the 1999 tournament. Martin Flores of Oklahoma and Bill Haas of Wake Forest finished in a tie for third at 9-under par. The host East Tennessee State Buccaneers finished in seventh place after shooting a final-round 293. Freshman Cennydd Mills turned in an impressive showing in his first collegiate tournament, shooting a three-round 214 (68-72-74) good enough for a tie for 11th place. Junior James Johnson finished one stroke behind Mills in a tie for 13th at 1-under par (71-73-71=215).
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|Vermont Quilt Auction and Tractor Parade Oct 10
Quilt Auction Saturday October 10
Vermont is a rural state and I suppose nothing says rural like quilts and tractors. If you would like to see to some of the local rural flavor, here are two good Vermont events you can attend, one featuring quilts and the other parading tractors.
Cabin Fever Quilts in Waitsfield Vt is sponsoring a benefit auction of 75 hand made quilts to raise funds for the local Food Bank, Humane Society, Battered Women's Shelter, and Seedbank for Haiti.
The auction will be held at the Waitsfield Elementary School with a preview 9:00 am and the auction at 11:00 am. The quilts are craft made in the local area.
You can see a slide show of some of the quilts to be auctioned here. But be warned, once you see them, you are going to want them!
Charlotte Tractor Parade October 10
Don't worry about the line through the date on the Charlotte Tractor Parade home page. It's just some html that's gone wacky. The event is still this Sunday, October 10.
Event time 11:00 am until 5:00 pm with the parade of well over 100 antique and modern tractors starting at at 1:00 pm. There will be a farmers' market, free children's games,
hayride, music, food, toy tractor display, and more. Specific information and directions are here.
By the way, if you stop and ask for directions to CHARlotte, you will get directions to North Carolina. If you ask for directions to CharLOTTE you will be directed to the village in Vermont. That's just how we roll here - French Canadian influence you know.
The weather forecast is sunny tomorrow but cool - bring a jacket and a camera for the fall foliage too.
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Strong 2009 sales prompts investment in key growth market
Atlanta, Georgia − March 16, 2010 − International Business Systems (STO: IBS B), the leading business application supplier for wholesale and distribution, announced today the appointment of several key executives to its North American operations following the strong year-end license revenue growth posted recently.
New license sales for the company grew 30% in 2009 over 2008, with the Americas growing overall license sales by 35%, a significant accomplishment in the current economic environment and quite contrary to the equivalent negative license growth of most other providers of business software applications. Furthermore, growth in new license sales of the core IBS Enterprise – IBS' Distribution Resource Management suite – grew at 49%, again markedly different to the negative growth of any other significant distribution application suppliers.
"The Americas has historically been a relatively small component of the overall IBS business," commented enterprise software veteran Andy Berry, who took the helm of IBS' Americas division at the beginning of 2009 as vice president of sales and marketing for the Americas. "That has now changed once and for all, with growth during 2009 far exceeding our expectations, and our future objectives for the region now being one of significant contribution to the IBS ecosystem."
To capitalize on the escalating demand for IBS solutions experienced during 2009, Berry has assembled a world-class team of seasoned professionals to drive the sales, marketing, consulting and services efforts in the Americas. The collection of executives includes Director of Business Consulting Donna Criswell, Vice President of Marketing Nicole Crowe, Vice President of Professional Services Bill Geist and Director of Customer Satisfaction John Bek. Criswell, Crowe and Geist have been recently recruited to the operation, while Beck, an 18-year veteran of IBS, has been promoted from within. Berry has also appointed other business leaders to help support both east and west coast operations.
Donna Criswell joins as Director of Business Consulting and will lead the pre-sales team. Specifically, she will focus on mapping business processes to prospects' needs and ensuring a seamless transfer for new clients entering solutions implementation. Criswell brings with her 20 years of distribution and ERP experience accumulated while working for software companies such as CA, Oracle, PeopleSoft and Lawson.
Nicole Crowe joins IBS as Vice President of Americas Marketing. A seasoned executive with an extensive background in the software industry, she will oversee brand strategy, industry communications and demand generation for the Americas. Crowe's global marketing and business development experience comes from roles at Manhattan Associates, S1 Corporation, MAPICS and SSA Global (now Infor).
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