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Waitsfield United Church of Christ
Village Meeting House
Weekly News and Notes
March 9, 2016
Greetings WUCC Family and Friends,
Each Sunday morning in Lent we snuff a candle on our Lenten wreath one at a time until we enter into the darkness that comes with Holy week, beginning with Palm Sunday. Each time the candle is snuffed it reminds us of the depth and struggles that often come in dark times in our personal life and in the world around us. It reminds us of the story of Jacob and how he wrestled in the night with God and the Pharisee who came to talk to Jesus in the cover of darkness so no one would see him with Jesus and ultimately the suffering of Jesus and the cross. Darkness happens….it is a part of our reality as human beings and none of us escape those times.
The deeper truth however, is the hope that is ours as people of faith. Hope is our companion as we enter into darkness. Hope is the confidence of that which is unseen yet known deep in our heart and soul. Hope is the light of love and grace that is stronger than the darkness. Hope is the knowledge that darkness will not overcome us completely and that God has promised never to abandon us.
As we move through these days and reflect on the challenges of being people of faith let us hold within us the light that is ours – the gift of hope and faith that is given to us as resurrection people….even in Lent.
See you Sunday….let that flicker within, lead you.
Be sure to set your clocks before bed on Saturday night or you'll walk into worship an hour late -oops!
This Weekend:
Sunday March 13: Worship at 10:00am
No adult Ed gathering after worship this week
Women's Retreat at Church 4-6 potluck appetizers
Next Week:
Saturday March 19th: Spring Cleaning day: 8am to 11:00
Let's make our church sparkle for Spring
Activities and Events for your Calendar:
Confirmation Note: Next Class: March 20th Student presentations. 4-5:30, here at Waitsfield UCC.
Holy Week: Begins with Palm to Passion Sunday worship at 10am March 20th. Mid week service is Maundy Thursday Service at Waitsfield at 7pm with Warren United. This is a love service and we hope you will consider attending, our choir will be singing.
Easter Worship opportunities: Sunrise service at Knoll Farm 7am and traditional service in the sanctuary at 10am. Everyone welcome to either or BOTH J We also do a collection for Church World Service blankets for disaster response.
Church World Service blankets: CWS is an ecumenical faith organization that does excellent disaster relief work. One of the ways we have helped over the last 10 years is to collect funds on Easter morning to help with this important work. They are often one of the first organizations to be on the scene with events like flooding with Irene or Sandy or when fire or earthquakes destroy homes. CWS provides all kinds of support. When people go through natural disasters and all is lost these blankets bring warmth and comfort to many. Please consider giving toward this mission effort on Easter morning. The blankets are $10.00 each.


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April Fools! Homer says 'Feelin' Stupid – I know I am!'
This is out mascot, Hula Homer. Yes, I know… but this is non-negotiable with Ken. Homer has traveled with our family for many years. He no longer does the hula (except of course, if Ken gets a bit silly in his steering) but he does still talk when you press his buttons.
On our maiden voyage last week, we did not get one of the compartments closed fully. As we turned out of the campground, the compartment opened and threw several containers onto the side of the road. We were just lucky it happened when it did instead of on the interstate! But after we got ourselves back together Ken's favorite Homer saying was perfect ---- 'Feelin' Stupid – I know I am!'.
Well I'd hoped that was our April Fools, 1 week early….NOT!
Ken had everything ready to go at the rig so all we had to do was hook up the jeep...
... which was sporting this new magnetic bumper sticker, a gift from Ken's brother, Michael.
This weekend has been another great 'adventure' as we did one more shakedown run. This time to Ray Behrens campground at Missouri's Mark Twain Lake. See www.mvs.usace.army.mil/pa/mvs-news/mtl-campgrounds.html for an article where it was named one of the top 100 campgrounds in America – and well-deserved!
We picked a site that was electricity only, overlooking the lake. It turned out to have more slope than we expected and the automatic levelers put our rear wheels off the ground. So Ken moved us a bit on the slab and then used the manual levelers to get us as close as possible. A lesson learned for the rookies on how to pick sites for motorhomes.
We were able to use the gas grill as Ken has all the attachments set up now regulating the gas flow as the proper level.
This was the first time Ditka and Sox traveled with us and Ditka decided to unhook his cable while we were cooking and had his own adventure for about 45 minutes. Since it was dark there was no tracking him down. He's a very friendly dog and has never shown any aggressive signs so we don't worry about that so much as he just won't come back. But he did.
Storms were predicted for the weekend but Ken was undeterred, considering weekends far too precious to waste at home because of a few silly storms. So before the storms rolled in on Saturday, we packed up the dogs to drive around the lake and check out some of the other campgrounds. We've been to all of these campgrounds but find we look at them from totally different eyes when there's a 38 foot motorhome to position somewhere.
It's an especially pretty time of the year here with all the trees budding and very few other people around. The dogs did very well in the back of the jeep, especially with us being able to put the front half of the jeep top back so there was lots of fresh air.
Of course, they were happy to have frequent stops like this one where we got out to checkout the view from Buzzard's roost.
The trip took longer than expected since Hwy 107 was closed sending us about 30 miles out of our way. Since it was well past lunchtime, 2pm, and we were both really starving, I talked Ken in to stopping at the Rustic Oak restaurant for lunch on the way back. This is a really nice cozy restaurant we've stopped at before. It's right outside the Ray Behrens campground and has totally awesome desserts. I kept my lunch to a bowl of soup so I could splurge on the apple/caramel/pecan cobbler with ice cream. As we were leaving our waitress said she was 'really freaking' because they just said there was a big storm in Perry headed straight for us and they had no basement to go to in the restaurant. I think she felt better by comparison when we told here we were headed back to ride it out in our RV!
I really don't think the storms hit very bad here. We had a lot of wind and rain for a little while but that was about it. There were storm warnings and tornado watches the rest of the day, with rain off and on, giving us an excuse to stay inside and work through all the paperwork that came with the RV and to watch the Final Four.
It was too windy to put the awning out or to leave chairs, tablecloths, etc., outside. Ken did steaks on the grill for dinner but I did the potatoes and grilled vegetables inside and we ate inside. It cooled down so much that we were able to check out use of the furnace for the first time. We have noticed with this being a new coach that there is a lot of saw dust coming out of the vents at first. It's been a long time since I've had a gas furnace instead of heat pump and standing over the warm vents puts me back in mind of growing up in the house on Spruce Street.
I was amazed at how little noise we hear from outside once we had the windows shut down, even on a very windy night.
I took a turn as breakfast cook Sunday morning. Ken always seems to feel better the rest of the day with a big protein-filled breakfast. Our pull-out cabinet works perfectly as a place for the electric skillet.
We've quickly learned to depend on the built-in coach weather radio and http://www.weather.com/. Based on the hourly forecast for high winds, we decided that unless Ken wanted to battle 35mph winds on the drive back to Quincy, we'd best stay in the campground until 5pm when the winds were suppose to start dying down. Despite the winds it's really gorgeous outside so we walked the dogs through the open section of the campground identifying all the campsites that were more level that we'll know to select next time.
This also gave us time to do some of the knick-knack work like hanging towel racks, vacuuming out the heating and air vents, and cleaning windshields.
I took the dogs for a long walk and was able to spy our rig through the woods from the other side of the inlet.
The trees all fresh with buds were literally shining in the sunlight with lots of these artistic webs. Anyone know what kind of spider is responsible for this kind of artwork?
By the time I got back from our walk Ken was ready to pull out. We stopped first to fill with fresh water. We found that we can live quite comfortably for the weekend with our holding tanks and no need for water/sewer hookup. We are expecting to have to do the same on our next outing so wanted to be sure we got the fresh water in. Amazing how long it takes to fill those tanks.
UNFORTUNATELY, the dumping was another story. It was definitely the most 'memorable' part of this trip. As he was shutting down from filling the freshwater, Ken started locking the compartments. I asked him why he was doing that when he only had to drive 20 feet and reopen to do the dumping. He gave me an surprised look then said something really strange had just happened. He was remembering having a dream where we had just had the exact same conversation with me but the dream was years ago before we ever considered a motorhome. He laughed about it and said I'd better hope the rest of the dream didn't come true as it concerned 'sh*t' exploding all over from the dump station! We laughed about it and I said I'd just let him do the dump but then went ahead to help, with my job being to keep my foot on the hose so it stayed deep in the dump pipe. YOU GUESSED IT! An explosion! The dump pipe was clogged, backed up, and knocked the hose out of the pipe and all over me! Now I don't know what it means that Ken had this 'prophetic dream' but if it happens again and has anything to do with me and poop I'll definitely take it real serious and stay far away! Needless to say my clothes and shoes road home in a well-sealed garbage bag.
The ride back to Quincy was a real challenge to Ken's driving skills with 40mph wind gusts. Apparently we hadn't waited quite long enough! But, nevertheless, we made it and got home in plenty of time for me to take a very long shower and Ken to end the weekend with this shot of the full moon rising.
So that's it for our latest excursion. Stay tuned for more ,Frerx adventures, being planned in the weeks to come!
Hugs, C

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Renault slightly more upbeat on European market
Renault SA, which said in July it expected Europe's car market to contract by 7 to 9 percent in 2010, now expects a decline closer to 7 percent, as the end of subsidies have hit sales less than feared, a senior executive said on Thursday.
Carmakers that benefited from scrapping incentive schemes introduced in many markets last year to spur demand for cars have voiced concern about a difficult second half of 2010.
We said between 7 percent and 9 percent lower for the full year. We're closer to a 7 percent drop today, Chief Operating Officer Patrick Pelata told reporters at an event to mark 100 years of Renault's presence on the Champs Elysees in Paris.
We see less uncertainty about the end of the year than we saw in July ... so things are getting back to normal more gently than we feared, he said. But the fall in the European market is nonetheless there.
Most European scrapping incentive schemes have run out but France's scrapping bonus will stay in place, albeit at a reduced level, until the end of the year.
Renault, whose alliance partner is Japan's Nissan Motor Co Ltd, raised its full-year market forecasts in July, saying consumer demand had proved to be more robust in some markets than it had expected.
It had previously expected demand to fall 10 percent.
European car manufacturers' association ACEA said earlier on Thursday that car sales fell in the summer months in the European Union.
(Reporting by Gilles Guillaume; Editing by Ted Kerr)


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I graduated from my fancy liberal arts college last week. This gives me some space to settle down, breathe, panic, and think about what I'm going to prioritize for the next few months (/years) of my life.
I just started reading Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. My dad bought it for me as a graduation present. He accidentally ordered the large print edition from Amazon, which is okay, of course, but it's strange because I'm not used to it and it tricks me into thinking I've read much more than I actually have. I mention the book because the first few pages (all I've read so far) introduce a character who used to write a blog. That reminded me of this blog and all my hesitant, aborted attempts to commit to it. (You know how many posts I've written here and then deleted? So many.) The post about the Annunciation that I've had up since March is the only thing that's survived for any length of time, probably because I wrote it right before I collapsed into (thankfully) the last major social crisis of my undergraduate experience. After that, spring (and everything else) unravelled almost overnight. Now I'm here, sitting on the futon at home, and it's essentially summer. Outside is fresh and green and vivid. I can hear birds and the cars on the lower road.
My summer job at an environmental organization starts next week. That'll be my main commitment, of course, but I'll also be learning to cook, preparing to start divinity school in the fall, justifying my life decisions to myself, reading, and (hopefully) writing. To encourage myself to write, I've decided to commit to this blog. I'll return to writing weekly feminist Catholic reflections on the lectionary (I say "return" because I did this last summer but deleted all of it afterward) and also write at least one other post per week. Most of my other work will probably be about theology, interfaith, and feminism, of course, but I also write (and need to write) about writing, environmental justice, and how my life is falling apart. I just need to think out loud. And send the thoughts out into the void, hoping vaguely that someone will agree with me.
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It is extremely important that the workers are aware of their rights and responsibilities without the fear of losing their job
(PRWEB UK) 27 January 2014
According to the article published by the BBC on 17th Jan 2014: Morganite Electrical Carbon's £120,000 fine for driver death , Turkish national Ahmet Yakar, 52, who did not speak English, was hit by parts weighing up to a quarter of a tonne each at Morganite Electrical Carbon. The HSE's prosecution was for failing to ensure the operation was not properly and safely managed. The Swansea firm admitted the breaches.
The BBC report went on that according to the HSE; Mr Yakar was reluctant to open up the curtain sides of his lorry as he arrived to make a delivery at Morganite in July 2011. Instead, he was supplied with a hand-operated pallet truck to move the boxes to the back of the lorry, where they were transferred to a forklift truck. During the operation, the boxes which were stacked four high became unstable and the top box toppled and knocked the driver off the lorry. The next box toppled onto him as he lay on the floor. Despite efforts to free and revive him, he died at the scene.
The BBC article goes on to say that an HSE's investigation found that Morganite did not have safe working procedures for receiving and unloading delivery vehicles and also had no set policy for dealing with drivers who did not speak English. Morganite Electrical Carbon Ltd was fined a total of £120,000 and ordered to pay a further £16,021 in costs after admitting the health and safety breaches.
Following the unfortunate events and the death of Mr Yakar, Bristol Private Detectives agency (http://www.bristol-privatedetectives.co.uk) expresses its concern about the importance of providing a safe working environment.
Chief investigator Greg Smith said: "Some companies do not move on with the times and have ignorance is bliss attitude to new rules and regulations."
Bristol Private Detectives suggest a possible solution for employers and staff alike is to install CCTV cameras where possible in order to monitor and record the activity in the work place to determine if and how rules and regulations are being broken either by staff or employers. It is not always possible for the installation of CCTV cameras in some work places so an undercover investigator, posing as an employee, may get to the truth of the matter. That way, the employers and employees who do not practice a safe environment can be dealt with by proper authorities.
Bristol Private Detectives chief investigator, Greg Smith, is concerned that cases like this are bound to happen again He said: "It is extremely important that the workers are aware of their rights and responsibilities without the fear of losing their job. Having solid evidence provided by CCTV cameras or by an undercover detective can help workers and employees to prevent the tragic events like the one described in the BBC article, from happening again."
Contact Greg Smith on 0117 327 0106 or email him at greg.smith(at)bristol-privatedetectives(dot)co(dot)uk


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Jonah 2:8
"Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs."
Anything that holds you from obtaining excellence is not worth holding onto. God's grace is not just for us to read about or just to experience; but rather, it is for us to grab hold of and keep holding onto while we work and strive for excellence. Today, take good inventory and get rid of the dead weight!


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My old PT-145 suffered from intermittent failure-to-fire, but always fired on the second trigger pull.
I traded it for a SIG P220 Carry. No more problems.
Thread: Taurus Troubles
I took the family to the range the other night and after shooting about 70 rounds my sister in law raises her weak hand. I approach and she says she pulled the trigger and nothing happened (first time shooting). So I have her put the safety on and I take the firearm. At this point I am thinking it is a hang fire as we were using reloads. I wait about 5 minutes and nothing happens. In that time I sent my wife to ask the Range Master what their procedures were for hang fires. She returned and told me so I pulled back on the slide and it wouldn't budge. I tried to get the slide back for several minutes to no avail. I tried pulling the trigger several times to get the round to fire and that didn't work either. By this time one of the Range Masters comes up and offers me a punch. I used the punch to make sure the round was seated properly and then pulled the trigger again and much to my relief the round finally the round went off.
After we got home it took me about an hour of tugging and pulling to get the slide off. I then gave my firearm a thorough cleaning and discovered a huge gouge on the leading edge of the slide rail (pardon my nomenclature).
The next day (Friday) I sent it in to Taurus as they have an unlimited lifetime repair policy. However, the cost of shipping to them is on the consumer and they pay to ship it back. So I went to UPS and $70 later with insurance (only like $5 more and I was kind of hoping no one would get hurt and the truck would burn up ) my Taurus PT145 was on its way to Miami.
Today I received my firearm back from Taurus. Amazing turnaround. I open it up and the invoice states "Scratches on frame - Adjusted, Broken part - Replaced." That was it. So I broke down my firearm and saw that the gouge that I told them about was still there! I called Taurus up and the only information customer service had was what I had. I asked if they could find out from the gunsmith exactly what they adjusted, replaced, and why they didn't repair my slide. The customer service rep. said he could send the gunsmith an email and get back to me.
After four hours I called back and they had not received a response from the gunsmith.
I told them that this is ridiculous and that if the gunsmith had had questions they should have called me. In an effort to keep me happy the customer service rep. offered to arrange pickup on them to ship it back to Miami. I agreed and my firearm will be going back tomorrow. This time instead of just describing where the damage is I'm going to tape it off with masking tape and draw arrows to it.
I did thank them for finding the other problems but told them they should describe the repairs they do (they have spaces for such on their invoices) and contact the customer if they have any questions.
Has anyone had a similar experience with Taurus? BTW I am now in the market for a new firearm and am not going to make the same mistake of buying a cheap firearm again.
Oh and I'll have a beautiful Taurus PT145 with 2 OC fobus holsters (1 paddle 1 adjustable) and 1 double mag belt holster for sale in December for the wonderful price of $350. Less that 1000 rounds fired! LOL
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My old PT-145 suffered from intermittent failure-to-fire, but always fired on the second trigger pull.
I traded it for a SIG P220 Carry. No more problems.
I use the PT145 for CC/BUG in a pocket holster. I would prefer to have a SIG that had the same capacity/size/thumb-safety but it doesn't exist. My slide catch would release too easily (especially while breaking the gun down) which was annoying. I called Taurus and they had a FedEx truck pick it up the next day and take it to Miami. It took about a month to get it back but it was fixed properly. Since mine was less than a year old they paid for the shipping too which made me happy.
I have been happy with my Taurus and I carry it almost every day. I know some people have had problems with them, especially the early models but I haven't had any issues other than the one above.
I figure as a CC/BUG it is a great gun. For OC and a primary gun I prefer Sig, H&K models.
I don't know. I was at a loss what to do in that situation. I knew I had a live round in the chamber and at the time thought I had a hang fire therefore couldn't remove the firearm from a safe direction pointed down range to take it to a gunsmith.
All I know right now from Taurus is that something broke. When I had it back the fireing pin and spring looked brand new. So maybe I jared it back into place.
Hmm. Personally, I do not own a Taurus. Several of my friends do. They advise me that, typically, one would not have an issue with the firearm. But, if something pops up and you have to send it to Taurus, the service you receive is lackluster at best.
Double check the policy of UPS. If I remember correctly, the shipping policy for the stores (used to be called Mailboxes etc., here) differs from UPS. The store makes you declare it is a firearm, and forces you to pay overnight, plus insurance fees. I believe that is the store policy, not UPS. So, do double check, as you might be able to save on shipping costs next time... (this is off of old memory, for when I had to ship my Bersa out for repair a few years back...) Same supposedly goes for Fed Ex Office (formerly Kinko's.)
Please do not advise them you were shooting reloads, as, in general, most warranties are void if they remotely believe the issue was due to reloaded ammo.
Best of luck, hope they fix the issue, and you get a firearm back you can trust.
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IMHO, purchasing a fully functioning, reliable Taurus semi auto handgun is a crap shoot. You **MAY** get a good one, but on the other hand.....
I once owned two - PT709 and a PT745. Both had FTF issues and were sold off at a loss.
Anyone desiring to buy a Taurus should first Google - Taurus Armed.net - click on subforum "Complaints".
lolololol taurus for teh LOSS
I've sent a firearm back to a manufacturer.
I took digital photos, printed them out, and drew arrows on the photo pointing to the trouble areas. I wrote a one or two word description beside each arrow to indicate what it was pointing to: "crack", "gouge in frame", etc.
My main purpose for the photos was to make it easy for the person inspecting the gun to find the problem places.
As far as I can remember the slide was all the way forward and I did have the safety off while trying to manipulate the slide.
Lessons learned: I will never use reloads again as I only saved $2/50 rounds and next time I have a malfunction that I cannot solve on my own I will swallow my pride and seek out professional assistance.
So I got my firearm back today. The damage was filed down and they also filed down the leading edges of the frame rail so that it doesn't catch again. The first time I got it back it was literally dripping in oil, this time it's bone dry so I'll have to give it a good cleaning.
All in all Taurus had very fast service and the second trip could have been avoided if I had taken pictures like Citizen does. I'll be going hunting on Monday so I'll put 50 rounds through it so I have confidence its going to work when it matters.
I'm still going to sell though and purchase a firearm with a better reputation.
I reload .45 ACP with 200gr lead semi-wad cutters for my 1911. If I don't buy brass then it costs me $6.60 per fifty rounds. Even when I pick up my brass I always lose some so if I have to buy brass, it runs about $7.05 per fifty rounds. Still, the cheapest I can get store-bought around here is about $17.00 per fifty for WWB. I figure the equipment will pay for itself in less than a year.
So I just got the chance today to put 50 rounds through my PT145. It worked just fine. After I broke it down and there was a ton on metal shavings. I'm very disapointed and will be selling in December.
I relayed this story on another thread, but I'll do it again.
In February, I bought a 1911 at a gun show and took it to the range the next Monday. One magazine fed fine, then the extractor started slipping over the rim leaving the empty case stuck in the ejection port. The next round would not feed causing a serious jam. To clear it required dropping the magazine, pulling the slide back to release the empty case, reinserting the magazine then racking the slide to chamber another round.
After searching, it appears to be a bad, or maladjusted extractor. It seemed like a simple fix, so I thought I would take it to a gunsmith rather than send it back to Taurus. Someone told me to take it to one in Manassas, VA; I found out that he used to carry Taurus but stopped as there were too many faulty guns and he was losing money having to send them back all the time. He will NOT work on Taurus guns because of liability issues.
To make a long story shorter...I have not yet done anything to get it fixed...my neighbor is an armor for Homeland Security and said he would try to fix it...and maybe even buy the gun (I bought another extractor...apparently they are "touchy" to adjust and a maladjusted extractor accounts for 99.9% of jams in a 1911).
Meanwhile I bought a Kimber, which shoots fine. I should have paid the extra $300 and bought one in the first place.
My advice...stay away from Taurus...I have heard good things about them, but if you get a bummer...you are stuck with it.


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No Exit: FOMC Remains on Hold
Despite "improved" financial markets and an energy uptick the Fed stays the course on monetary stimulus.
THE FEDERAL RESERVE IS NOT PROVIDING HINTS about any exit strategy from its policy easing.
Following its two-day policy meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee Wednesday reaffirmed its rock-bottom 0%-0.25% federal-funds rate target and its plans to purchase up to $1.75 trillion of Treasury, agency and mortgage-backed securities.
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ON THIS DATE in 1759 the British defeated the French at the Battle of Quebec, completing the British conquest of North America.
In 1788 the U.S. capital was established at New York City. It remained there until 1790.
In 1814 Francis Scott Key watched from a ship as the British bombed Fort McHenry in Baltimore harbor. The American flag was still flying over the fort the next morning, and Key was inspired to write ''The Star-Spangled Banner,'' which became the national anthem. Key wrote the words; the melody was an old British drinking song.


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'...what can one do, if the only straightforward task of every intelligent man is pointless chattering, the deliberate pouring out of emptiness.' Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground
Thursday, April 13, 2006
Nothing Much
Another reason why I've decided to post tonight is that I'm aware I've been comparatively lax in attending to this blog since I began my PhD, so I thought I'd take the opportunity to, well, not do something about it specifically—that would take a long term commitment to regular posting—but, at least, make more than one post this week. I think it's probably quite proper, given my propensity for long posts, that I don't post as frequently as I did when I first started this blog. I should be devoting most of my time to working on my thesis, rather than spending too much time composing posts, which I have a tendency to do.
The observation that I don't post as regularly now as I once did goes to the heart of why I started to blog. Effectively, I was highly educated, yet underemployed; I was used to having an arena in which to express, through discussion and writing, a whole range of thoughts, theories and arguments. My decision to start a blog was not dissimilar to why I concluded many people self-publish zines: it was a use of a highly developed literacy that was enabled by my proximity and access to a computer and the Internet. I also found—and still do—that having a blog allowed me to think aloud, but in a way that pushed me to follow my thoughts through and articulate them as clearly as I could. Sometimes my thoughts are expressed in a rather elliptical fashion, and I quite enjoy being able to drift along in that way, since, aside from zines, there are no other readily accessible mediums that would allow me to write non-fiction in this style. Other times I've liked the self-imposed project of working through a thought. It was in this way that I found out I need a minimum of 1000 words to say anything. It was also by pursuing my fleeting thoughts in writing that I came to realise I was capable of producing more words per day than I had previously believed. What a great thing to discover upon entering a PhD program! Of course I recognise that a blog and a doctoral dissertation are vastly different genres, but from a confidence boosting perspective, the realisation was invaluable.
Even while I've been talking about writing fewer posts, I remain committed to this blog for reasons that develop the above observations about the specificity of the blog as a medium. I know that some people hope to turn their blogs into books, or at least use them as a kind of rehearsal for writing material that will inform their work in other media. I have no difficulty with this use of the blog form—the ease of self-publishing on the Internet lends itself to such applications—but that's not my intent. Rather, in the blog form, I feel that I've discovered a place to write that is uniquely suited to my non-academic register. I learned a while ago now that I'm not a fiction writer; I'm not compelled to write in the way that many writers of fiction describe, and when I read fiction, I know I don't have the talent to be published. But since I began Galaxy, I've discovered that I do want to write something other than academic prose.
A question that arises at this point is 'Why not just write a journal'?, especially in view of the often personal nature of the content of this blog. To that I'll begin by saying—if you haven't already noticed— that I'm an inveterate theoriser. This tendency to pontificate seems to lend a political, if not necessarily public, dimension to my writing, and those moments where I draw conclusions for a broader audience from my personal experience, seem to demand the attention of said audience, and blogging allows me to easily distribute my brand of writing to them. Or at least 5 or 6 of them.
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- Galaxy said...
This was cut out of the final draft:
A new reader of Galaxy commented that she had found a link to this site from PhD Weblogs. Knowing this gave me pause, not least because I had not initiated the link, but also because, while I list my occupation as 'PhD Candidate', I've never conceived of this self-publishing endeavour as a PhD related project, not even since my candidature officially commenced. I know I write a lot about my existence as a postgraduate, but while I've told a few other PhD students and early career academics about my blog, they are also friends and, with the exception of Dogpossum and Tseen, both of whom are in a different city to me, not really regular visitors to the blogosphere or even my blog. I've had 'real-world' conversations about blogs with people who I know blog openly as postgraduate and early career academics, but I haven't told them that I have a blog. My hesitation could be about self-consciousness, I suppose, but it's also about the fact that I assume a different register in each realm; I behave differently, but, I would argue, appropriately in each setting. If I were to forge a conscious connection between my professional postgraduate self and my blogger persona, then I would most likely feel bound by the rules of professional academic conduct on the blogspot site. I would use proper names, my own and others, instead of the poor efforts at anonymity I currently attempt, and I would not have posted on the topic of bridal shower invitations or a scurrilous younger brother.
- Fri. Apr. 14, 11:45:00 am AEST
- Lucy said...
I know what you mean about behaving properly for each realm. I keep thinking I'd like to start a separate blog that's more related to my PhD program, and more political than my current self-indulgent whine-fest, but I don't think I'm actually that thoughtful, unfortunately.
I'm glad you're continuing to blog, anyway.
- Fri. Apr. 14, 01:06:00 pm AEST
- dogpossum said...
Wait, you guys can differentiate between work and play?
One of the problems of doing your phd on stuff you do everyday is a distinct failure to compartmentalise. I find that my academic style leaks out onto swing dance forums, my dance talk bleeds into my blog and so on and so on. Even more problematic is the fact that I think like a dancer when I'm working on the thesis, and I think like a phd kid when I'm dancing.
And you know that expression "you think too much"?* Well, when you're dancing, it's definitely not good to think too much.
... it reminds me of yoga and how we work on 'being here' - really being 'in our bodies' when we're working. Personally, I find that I'm so busy sweating and grunting I forget to fuss over non-yoga stuff. But it's an interesting idea - being 'in your body' and being really, truly 'here'. Actually being rather than theorising about whatever it is you're doing (or being). And I guess the interesting bit is not so much whether or not you're in your body or not or whatever, but the way different discourses describe and imagine how we should 'imagine' our participation in a particular activity (whether that activity's watching telly, grunting into downdog, dancing or getting a chapter done).
My absolute favourite thing is the way partner dancing is all about communicating through physical interaction (and communication being facilitated by being in your body) - communicating with your partner through touch and momentum and inertia and body awareness; yoga is all about communicating with yourself and being 'in your body'; and phding is about being 'in your head' but also communicating via articulation. Such interesting contrasts and contradictions.
...I figure you won't mind me blathering on like this in your comments rather than my own blog, skirt, do you?
*I still can't forget that one time, galaxy - you are my feminist academic hero forever.
- Fri. Apr. 14, 05:03:00 pm AEST
- Galaxy said...
I suspect my wish to keep the two realms separate might have something to do with not wanting to be adversely effected in my professional life by the fall out from any unseemly outburst or overly confessional moment I might make on this blog.
I suppose there are two things I'm struggling to say here. The one I started to say was that I love the mode of expression that blogging affords me, because I truly don't think it's like any other medium/genre. The second is that since the blogosphere is a more confessional, personal, off the cuff opinionated, blathering and ranty environment, I wouldn't want to take that private aspect of it into my professional life.
Sometimes you just need to have a good cry or scream of frustration to your online friends. And I love that blathering, ranting aspect of blogging--especially whent it's the blathering of a swinging feminist ; )
- Fri. Apr. 14, 11:23:00 pm AEST
- Lucy Tartan said...
Ah well, I figure I'm not going to get a job anyway, so I may as well blog whatever I like :-)
- Tue. Apr. 18, 05:30:00 pm AEST
- Lucy Tartan said...
I had to come back to tell you that the word verification for the last comment was "eggyhqpd" - that seems eerily appropriate for this blog....
- Tue. Apr. 18, 05:34:00 pm AEST
- Galaxy said...
Did you notice how restrained I was over Easter on the egg theme? I do seem strangely obsessed with them.
- Wed. Apr. 19, 10:19:00 am AEST
- Tseen said...
only just catching up now. I registered my academia 101 blog at PhD weblogs because Tom told me about it. my other one, though, isn't exactly a secret cos it's linked from my online CV (which is linked to the Asian Australian Studies page). you've probably read my whingey, half-arsed posts about feeling constricted in what I can say or post about. it's v. annoying (me having a whinge, that is).
your blog is so refreshing after seeing way too many academic wankers keeping self-indulgently intellectual blogs that 'speak to' their research. my take on it? if you're going to go to that much trouble to work through a concept, issue, whatever, go and frickin' publish it. I like my blog-reading to be engaging and fun - what's the point otherwise? there's already too much craptastic, pseudo-intellectual stuff out there on aca journals. the fact that yours doesn't reference your phd research as a primary thing is a social good.
- Tue. May 02, 04:19:00 pm AEST
- Galaxy said...
Well, I'm all for increasing my contribution to the social good--I don't think that $15 per month to the Wilderness Society goes very far.
I like 'refreshing', puts me in mind of that noise when you turn the lid on a fizzy drink and hope it doesn't explode in your face ; )
- Wed. May 03, 10:44:00 am AEST


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Basil Yogurt Smoothie
February 9, 2011 § Leave a comment
We have been having a very hot winter here in Los Angeles, so I decided it was time to cool down with a smoothie. But not the super sugary kind that gives you a sugar high and causes you to crash by 4pm. This smoothie is as good for you as it is good! With yogurt, basil, and honey it is a fabulous mid-day snack for relaxing on a weekend or even to serve with a sweet breakfast — AND you can't beat the color! It is simply beautiful!
- 1 cup basil leaves
- 1 cup ice
- 1 cup plain yogurt (I love to use Greek)
- 1 tablespoon of honey, dissolved in 3 tablespoons of warm water)
This smoothie could not be easier to make – so simple! Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Pour into tall glass, garnish with basil leaf, and serve! Yum!
Summer Margarita Pasta
August 19, 2010 § Leave a comment
It is summer and luscious ripe tomatoes are piled up everywhere I turn. Something about the ripe red tomatoes reminds me of a trip to Italy my husband and I took back when we were still dating and studying abroad. On our gallop (literally) through Europe, we found ourselves in Naples. Our time there was short and we were merely passing through, but we found ourselves starving and in the middle of what seemed to be nowhere in particular in the foreign city.
Let me rephrase: we were STARVING!!!! We had just taken a train in and had not seen food in at least 4 hours — I know, the horror!
If this were an ordinary day, I would insist on us walking around and finding a few restaurant options before descending on a chosen eatery. However, in this hungry moment, we did not care where we were: the first place that would serve us would be the lucky winner of our patronage.
This was the best mistake of my life because the very first place we saw was a tiny hole-in-the-wall half restaurant / half residence with one table and two chairs in the front yard (for lack of a better word). We ran to those two chairs like our lives depended on it. There ended up being a legitimate waiter who gave us real menus.
The first thing we saw was "Margarita Pizza" which obviously needs no translation from the Italian. We pointed at it and within what seemed to be the longest 20 minutes later, we were served the most AMAZING thing I have eaten to date. I don't care what five star restaurant you want to compare this to, but we were in heaven.
This dish always reminds me of that trip and that miraculous Napolitan Pizza Margarita. It is my personal 15 minute homage to that experience.
You will need:
– pasta (I typically use whole wheat, but regular is great too)
– 1 cup of cherry tomatoes, halved
– 1/2 cup of fresh basil, chopped
– small fresh mozzarella balls
– garlic
– olive oil
– salt and pepper to taste
Begin to prepare the pasta. While it is boiling, combine the tomatoes, basil, and garlic in a heated and oiled skillet. Add salt and pepper to taste and saute until the tomatoes get happy (I leave it to you to exactly determine what this means, but for me it usually happens when the skins start to gently separate from the rest of the tomatoes).
When the pasta is done, plate it and pour the tomato mixture over it. While the tomatoes are still hot, throw on a few fresh mozarella balls – they will start to get a little soft and melty, which is divine. Garnish with basil.
Greek Orzo Salad
August 11, 2010 § Leave a comment
I had a great greek orzo salad at the Whole Foods ready-made counter about two years ago. I loved the flavors in the pasta salad so much that I started to dissect the salad (to figure out what was in it and how I could make it). I first tried to make the salad for my husband, and he gave me the nod of approval. The second time I made this pasta salad was for one of my bridal showers, and it was a hit. I really knew it was a good recipe when my aunt asked for it and started making it for her friends and for family BBQs.
It is a great cold pasta salad that has so many flavors working at once, that it is both an awesome side dish and a great stand alone dish. It's easy to make and can be made ahead of time too. If you have a BBQ to go to or a luncheon and need to bring a dish, this one is perfect. It is also great on top of some fresh spinach, for a light lunch. Is it better than the Whole Foods version? Make it, taste it, and let me know what you think.
- 1 orange bell pepper
- 1 yellow bell pepper
- 1 medium purple onion
- 1 cup pitted whole kalamata olives
- 1 1/2 cups whole sun dried tomatoes that have been packed in olive oil
- 2 oz. of fresh basil (about 1/2 of a container of Trader Joe's organic basil does the trick)
- 1 cup of crumbled feta cheese
- 1 box orzo
- 1/4 cup of the olive oil from the sun-dried tomatoes.
1. Start of with cooking the orzo according to the directions of the box of the pasta. Remember to generously salt the water, so you can flavor the pasta.
2. Once you have started the pasta, cut up the yellow and orange bell peppers into large chunks. Put all of the bell pepper into a food processor and pulse until you reach your desired size of bell pepper. Be careful not to pulse the bell peppers too much, or you will get a bell pepper paste and not pieces of bell peppers. When you have pulsed the bell peppers to the desired size, out them in a large bowl.
3. Next, cut a whole purple onion into large chucks. Put the onion into the food processor ad pulse until the onion has been chopped. Add the chopped onion into the bowl with the bell peppers.
4. Add the kalamata olives to the food processor and pulse until they are chopped. Add the olives to the bowl with the bell peppers and purple onion.
5. Add the sun-dried tomatoes to the food processor and pulse until they are chopped up. Pulsing the sun dried tomatoes may take longer than the other ingredients because they are tougher. When the tomatoes have been chopped, add them to the bowl.
6. Pull the basil leaves off of their steams and put the leaves into the food processor. Pulse the basil leaves into small pieces. When the basil has been chopped, add it to the bowl.
7. When the pasta is done, cool it off by pouring the pasta into a colander and draining it. Next, run cold water over the pasta in the colander until the pasta is cold. When the pasta is cool, add it to the large bowl that has all of the chopped ingredients.
8. Add 1/4 cup of the sun-dried tomato olive oil to the pasta and the chopped veggies. Toss the ingredients in the bowl to combine and coat with the oil.
9. Add the feta cheese and pepper to taste. Toss the pasta to evenly distribute the cheese. Refrigerate the pasta until it is cold, and then serve.


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Alrighty, it's time for my first official monthly check-in! For the most part I'm pretty happy with my results. I'm down 5.4 pounds and a total of 6.5 inches. Hooray!
In the past, 5 pounds lost over a month would have made me really frustrated. That's the beauty of how I've set up my challenge. I can't really be upset because 5 pounds means I'm ahead of where I need to be to meet my goals after the year challenge is done. I have worked really hard over the last month but I know I haven't been perfect by any means, so I'm fine with this.
Where do I stand on the rest of my challenges? I have stuck with P90X for this entire first month, which means I'm only 2 weeks away from my longest run of P90X since I first bought the program. For those of you who don't know much about P90X, the workouts change up a bit after the first 4 weeks so this next week I'll be moving into new exercises. I have not reached this part of the program in a few years! I also recently hit my 100-hour mark in my 400 hour challenge. I've done about 6 more hours of activity since that post, so I'm still going strong. I also recently challenged myself to try one new vegetable (although I might expand this to say one new healthy recipe/food – not sure yet). I'm only a week into that challenge.
So where am I going from here? My mom convinced me to start another challenge yesterday; the Jost Run 100 Miles of Summer Challenge. This seems reasonable to add because I'm already training for a half marathon and the challenge technically allows you to include running OR walking miles. Should be fun!
I'm also going to push myself to get in more protein on a daily basis. I think I'm going to shoot for one extra protein item each day over and above what I've been doing. The reason for this is, while I'm happy with my weight loss so far, I know it has already started to slow down. The main area I can improve upon right now is my eating, so I'm going to continue to tweak and modify this slowly. Eventually I'll start tacking on some of the food-specific challenges from my weight loss bucket list. Tentatively, I'm going to shoot to start one of these after my two-month check-in.
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Tropical Rainforest Mountain House Near Volcano Arenal. Private and Safe.
About the property
- House
- Bedrooms2
- Sleeps5
- Bathrooms1
- Half Baths0
- Minimum Stay2 nights
Enchanting 2 BR, 1 BA Rainforest Mountain House
Your own Costa Rican private hilltop house located 25 minutes from the town of La Fortuna and Volcano Arenal. This beautiful retreat is about 2 and 1/2 hours from San Jose (main airport) and about 3 hours from the Pacific beaches. This well-built and locally decorated home sits on a hill overlooking its own tropical fruit and flower garden. Just beyond the exotic garden are beautiful horse pastures, a whitewater river and the jungle of the federally protected Children's Eternal Rainforest which offers endless hiking trails and birding opportunities. Wake up to the magical sounds of the Costa Rican Rain forest (howler monkeys, gentle rain, and the songs of over 123 species of birds seen on-site). Brew a pot of locally grown fresh Costa Rican Café, and step out onto the large deck to enjoy the 270° view and lounge in one of the 2 hammocks provided.
This house is very peaceful and remote yet it has the wonderful feature of being within walking distance to the ecotourist destination Chachagua Rainforest Hotel. This unique setting offers total privacy with all the comforts of a first class lodge. The conveniences offered by the hotel include: English-speaking staff on property at all times, cell phones in case of emergencies, night watchman, laundry, restaurant serving delicious local Costa Rican cuisine, fully stocked bar, beautiful outdoor swimming pool, massage therapists, tropical gardens,, access to rain forest hiking trails, rental horses and tours. We consider this to be the best of both worlds: the security and convenience of a hotel yet the quiet remoteness of a private home.
The house has 2 bedrooms. The master bedroom has a nice queen size bed and its own porch with superb views. The guest bedroom has two beds, one double and one twin.
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- fishing
- wind-surfing
- mountain biking
- fly fishing
- freshwater fishing
- hiking
- rafting
- whitewater rafting
- kayaking
- Refrigerator/freezer, 4 burner gas range, ceiling fans, coffee-maker, toaster, blender, dishes, utensils, pots and pans, glasses, cups, soaps, toiler-paper, towels, sheets, blankets, CD-player, shower overlooking rainforest with hot water, great wood-deck with hammocks (270° view), Costa Rica maps and books, rain forests, horseback riding, tropical gardens, bird watching, ponds, river, carport, 3 awesome hand-painted murals, hand-painted yoke for ox cart plus many other Costa Rican artisan goods, couch, chairs, interior is all beautiful hardwood paneling, access to the following: butterfly garden, orchid garden, hiking trails, restaurant, bar, pool, English speaking hotel staff, horseback riding, and massages.
House Rules
Check-in: 4:00 PM
Check-out: 10:00 AM
Cancellation Policy
100% refund if canceled at least 30 days before arrival date. 50% refund if canceled at least 14 days before arrival date. You must contact the owner directly to request cancellation.
32 Reviews
Latest reviews
Cozy, beautiful, relaxing
We loved our stay up in the jungle! The view, the house, the sounds, everything was absolutely amazing. I would definitely stay there again. Thank you so much!!
The perfect spot
Amazing location, just a 20 min drive to town. Secluded, beautiful, but awesome to have the hotel right there. Great spot for us (mom dad and 6yo)
This was the most amazing place. Breakfast on the terrace with the birds and animals with extraordinary views over the rainforest was a once in a lifetime stay. Thank yoy. Thoroughly recommended
Absolutely wonderful!
We had a great time at Ute's home. She was so accommodating and quick to reply to our messages. The road to get to the home is a bit rough (4x4 car is a must to reach this location), but it was completely worth it. We had a blast staying in her home. The patio is perfect for relaxing in a s secluded home, but close enough to a hotel for dinner or anything else we needed. The shower was amazing with views of outside and the rooms were nice for our family of four. This rental is located 30 minutes from the main attractions in La Fortuna. We're so glad we got to experience Costa Rica in Ute's home!
Absolutely beautiful!!
Our family loved your place. We were able to fully relax. It's close enough to Fortuna to take advantage of the adventure stuff: rafting, hot springs, Arenal. But then we were able to get away from the hustle and bustle of town and take in nature at the house. The pool is very refreshing!! And it was convenient to have a restaurant available so we didn't have to cook every meal. Thank you very much!!
We had a great stay
We had a great stay, location was amazing, and use of the Eco lodge was very nice. House could use some upkeep though.
This wonderful house is located near Volcano Arenal east of La Fortuna. This map shows it in the town of Chachagua, But in reality 2km away and is adjacent to the Children's Eternal Rainforest. Next Door is the Chachagua Hotel and Eco Lodge invisible under the trees , noce restaurant and also a good place if your group or family is too large for the house , just rent one of their beautiful cabins.
Rates & Availability
Additional information about rental rates
$300 security deposit, fully refundable, feel free to pick any ripe fruit in the garden, no smoking allowed inside the house, only on the porch or outside. The owner is not liable for any injury.please cgheck the hospitality suite for directions


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China Fishery requests relief for struggling Namibian affiliate
Brandberg Namibia -- which owes China Fishery $1.3 million -- is struggling to obtain a new quota loan because of its affiliation with the company, and could go bust as a result.
Pacific Andes-owned China Fishery International Limited (CFIL) -- currently involved in Chapter 11 proceeding in New York -- is requesting the court provide relief to one of its affiliate fishing companies in Nambia.
According to documents filed July 12, the company has asked the court for permission to enter into a subordination agreement with Brandberg Namibia Investments Company, which owes CFIL around $1.3 million (€1.1 million) in intercompany payables.
China Fishery is asking for these monies to be subordinated to quota loans, granting relief for Brandberg Namibia to maintain it fishing operations off the coast of Namibia.
Brandberg Namibia currently owes quota payments to fellow fishing company Omualu Fishing for the 2017 horse mackerel fishing season.
The company agreed to purchase a minimum of 8,500 metric tons of quota from Omualu and also to purchase all additional quota that the Namibian Ministry of Fishing and Marine Resources may allocate to Omualu in excess of 8,500 metric tons, up to the aggregate amount of 20,000 metric tons.
For the 2017 fishing season, Brandberg Namibia expects to obtain between 20,000 and 30,000 metric tons of quota from Omualu.
Payments for this quota include certain fixed up-front fees, which have already been paid by Brandberg Namibia in January, February and March of this year, as well as periodic payments calculated using a price per metric ton of quota purchased.
The first of these periodic payments is due 30 days after Omualu invoices Brandberg Namibia for quota.
Upon notice of a breach under this license agreement, Brandberg Namibia would have a 14-day grace period to cure the alleged breach before Omualu may terminate the agreement and sell the quota to a competitor of Brandberg Namibia and/or seek to recover damages.
Historically, Brandberg Namibia has funded these payments using term loans from Standard Bank Namibia, which has already provided a quota loan in the approximate amount of $2 million (€1.8 million) to finance its initial purchase of quota for the 2017 fishing season.
On June 15, the Ministry allocated additional quota to Omualu and on the same day Omualu invoiced Brandberg Namibia for this.
As a result, Brandberg Namibia must remit payment to Omualu in the approximate amount of $800,000 (€701,012) by July 14, 2017.Bankrupt China Fishery given six month extension on exclusivity control
In accordance with its past practice, Brandberg Namibia sought a quota loan from Standard Bank Namibia to finance this payment.
Meanwhile, Brandberg Namibia has an intercompany payable of approximately $1.3 million (€1.1 million) owed to CFIL and also an intercompany payable of approximately $275,000 (€240,973) owed to Premium Choice Group Limited.
As a result, Standard Bank Namibia has conditioned the extension of credit for the quota loan on agreement by Brandberg Namibia, CFIL, and Premium Choice to subordinate these intercompany payables to all amounts owed under the quota loans.
Brandberg Namibia's attempts to obtain a new quota loan without subordination of the intercompany payables have so far been unsuccessful.
"The viability of Brandberg Namibia's fishing operations depends on its ability to purchase the additional quota," said China Fishery in the court documents.
But the company does not have sufficient cash on hand to purchase the additional quota.
"Without access to quota, Brandberg Namibia would cease to generate revenue and would be forced to minimize expenses most likely by eliminating all but its most essential staff and terminating the charter for its sole remaining fishing vessel," said the document.
Under these circumstances, Brandberg Namibia estimates that it would incur losses of up to $3 million (€2.6 million).
Once operations are suspended, it is unlikely Brandberg Namibia would be able to rehabilitate the business, significantly decreasing the likelihood that it would ever be capable of satisfying its intercompany payable to CFIL.
In contrast, if CFIL enters into the subordination agreement and Brandberg Namibia can obtain the loan, then it will be able to purchase the additional quota and anticipates earning between $2 million (€1.8 million) to $3 million (€2.6 million) of net profit in 2017.
Additionally, subordination of the Brandberg Namibia intercompany payable to CFIL should have little to no effect on stakeholder recoveries in the Chapter 11 cases so long as Brandberg Namibia continues as a going concern.
"Thus, execution of the subordination agreement by CFIL will allow Brandberg Namibia to continue its fishing operations without disruption and avoid the destruction of value that would otherwise be available for the debtors and their stakeholders in these Chapter 11 Cases," said the documents.
As a result China Fishery says the motion is in the best interests of the debtors, their estates, creditors, and all interested parties.
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Is cloud threat for SMB channel partners?By : CIOL Bureau |July 8, 2010 0
NEW YORK, US: The rapid growth of cloud computing is making it much easier for SMB channel partners to provide a broader range of offerings on a 24/7 basis at a lower cost and with fewer IT staff. These offerings include services such as SaaS and managed IT services.
"The great recession of the last year and a half has significantly increased SMBs' interest in adopting various cloud-based services as they look for ways to meet their IT needs while keeping costs under control," said Anil Miglani, SVP of IT Infrastructure Research at AMI-Partners.
In response to this interest, local channel partners have started to rapidly expand their cloud-based solutions for SMBs.
However, according to Miglani, cloud computing cuts two ways for small SMB channel partners. It allows them to offer new kinds of services and solutions to their SMB customers without having to incur high initial capital expenditures. But automated service delivery via the cloud will also reduce the need for internal IT staff.
As a result, SMB channel partners could lose more than 200,000 IT jobs over the next decade, said AMI Partners' recent Cloud Computing Research studies.
Compounding the diminishing job prospects for IT professionals is the fact that many new types of players are entering the market, including many with deep pockets.
Some of these players–telecom service providers like AT&T and Verizon, retailers like Best Buy and Staples and vendors like Dell–are likely to offer various services directly to SMBs, cutting right into SMB channel partners' business.
In other cases, however, vendors and distributors are likely to make it easier for the smaller SMB channel partners to offer cloud-based services by acting as aggregators and master MSPs.
Over the last 2 to 3 decades, the public perception has been that IT industry will remain a high-growth rate area, viewing downturns (even severe ones like the post-Internet bubble crash) as ephemeral. However, high-growth industries inevitably face consolidation. While the 90s saw consolidation in computing hardware and the last decade saw a significant consolidation in software, the next will see consolidation in services.
"We have already seen some early signs of IT services job attrition at the high end of the market as a result of software automation. It is only a matter of time before this begins to affect the IT services jobs in the SMB market," added Miglani.
To be sure, SMB channel partners will play a critical role in bringing cloud-based services to SMBs in the early years.
However, as large companies scale up cloud-based offerings in coming years, they will make greater use of automation, reducing the need for IT staff employed by local channel partners, who have traditionally dominated SMB market spending, leading to significant attrition and consolidation in the industry. While the channel partners will need additional sales and account management personnel to grow their business, reduction in IT staff will far outweigh growth in other jobs.
As a result, AMI expects a net reduction of 200,000 – 250,000 jobs over the next decade, out of the over 1.3 million people currently employed by U.S. SMB channel partners.


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Applies to:Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition - Version 22.214.171.124.0 to 126.96.36.199.1 [Release 11gR1]
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It is not possible to run the dsccagent as root and a DS instance as another runtime user, as a result some commands fail.
Is there a workaround to this?
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Plan on putting up a greenhouse. I think I'll call the landscaper that did the raised beds and see if they can level and clear out where I want the greenhouse.
Plan on putting up two bee hives to start. Need to order the parts and get in touch with some of the bee keepers from the Buckingham County Beekeeping group for some advice.
Plan on trying to get into a farmers market or two this year. Corny Goat Farm is set up as an LLC. Just need to get the tax situation set up and open a business account for banking.
Lots of plans and ideas. Going to be a great year!