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When I spoke by phone with bluegrass legend Ricky Skaggs recently, much of the conversation focused on Cooder-White-Skaggs, a musical project that teams Skaggs and his wife, Sharon White, with seminal musician Ry Cooder.
See the end of this post to read the article that appeared in Thursday's print edition of Herald-Journal as an advance to the group's performance at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Peace Center for the Performing Arts in Greenville.
Of course, there was plenty more we talked about, too, much of which I thought would be interesting to share in a blog post.
For example, although Skaggs didn't become friends with Cooder until they met at a Grammy Awards show a few years back, he's been an admirer of the California native's music for much longer.
"'Bop Till You Drop,' that's where I really discovered Ry Cooder," Skaggs said. "When I was with Emmylou Harris back in 1978, I took a cassette of that project with me and played it all the time. I had a Sony Walkman, son. I was high-tech, I'm telling you.
"God, that was like the greatest thing – to be able to hear music and shuffle back and forth."
On their collaborative tour, Cooder-White-Skaggs have been playing a mix of country, gospel and bluegrass music that's primarily rooted in the 1940s, '50s and '60s. While those styles are much more associated with Skaggs and White than with Cooder, Skaggs made it clear that Cooder's interest in the music goes back a long way.
To repurpose a quote that I used in the print story I noted above, Skaggs said, "He grew up in what we calls south Santa Monica, California, listening to a country radio station out of Pasadena, so he was crazy about Bob Wills and Merle Travis and Joe Maphis and Rose Lee (Maphis). He just loves this music."
Skaggs then added, in a part that wasn't included in the print article, "And he used to watch those old black-and-white shows from Los Angeles."
I interrupted, "Like 'Town Hall Party?'"
"Yeah, that's right," Skaggs responded.
I then jokingly said to Skaggs, "You know, when people say 'Straight Outta Compton,' the first thing I think of is 'Town Hall Party.'"
Skaggs laughed out loud, presumably having gotten out a kick out of my comment. For those who aren't aware, "Town Hall Party" was a country music radio and television program that was recorded in Compton, Calif., and broadcast regionally in the 1950s. Germany-based archival record label, Bear Family, has released several of the TV shows on DVD in recent years.
At some point during our chat, I noted Cooder's interest in Caribbean music, which eventually led me to mention how country music artists such as Johnnie and Jack experimented in calypso music during the 1950s.
"Yeah, they sure did," Skaggs said, before noting the Johnnie and Jack songs "Poison Love" and "Ashes of Love" as examples.
I told Skaggs that I had recently obtained a copy of the Bear Family box set, "West Indian Rhythms," which compiles 10 CDs worth of Trinidad calypsos recorded between 1938 and 1940, including censored recordings.
"Oh yeah, Bear Family, they're amazing," Skaggs said. "Lord have mercy, I need to get that. Goodness, gracious. Wow. That may need to go on my Christmas list this year for some little person to get for old dad."
We also talked about the 5-CD Chuck Wagon Gang box set that Bear Family released last year, for which Skaggs provided a few comments that are included in the accompanying 148-page hardcover book.
"Boy, that was a group; they were amazing," Skaggs said of the legendary gospel group, whose 1936-55 recordings are included in the box set. "And especially in lieu of the fact that … probably in the early days, it was one mic and a guitar plugged into an amp, and that was it. That was the band. And how great that singing was; perfect, absolutely perfect. No tuning up, no pitch shifting, no nothing – just standing there and singing with God-given raw talent."
At this point, I thought I'd mention bluegrass gospel pioneer Carl Story, who was born in Lenoir, N.C., but spent much of the latter part of his life in Greer. Story, who died in 1995, had performed on Spartanburg radio station WSPA in his early days and, while living in Greer, had been a disc jockey on radio station WCKI.
"There were two brothers that used to work with (Story) in the days that I was with Ralph Stanley, like '71 and '72," Skaggs said, presumably referring to brothers Bruce and Lee Jones, North Carolina natives who performed during that era with their own Log Cabin Boys and with Story's Rambling Mountaineers.
".. I remember one day, I think me and Keith Whitley were selling records at the record table – that was our gig when we got done working a show with Ralph; we'd go and set the records up and sit there and sell records all day.
"Anyway, Carl Story was on (stage) and they had the speaker just blaring. I mean, it was like blown out. And Carl said, (in a deep voice), 'now, I'd like to sing a song from the great Martha Carson.' And then he went into that falsetto voice, and it was so loud. I think it spayed cats in five counties, son, I'm telling you what. I mean, it was like the loudest thing.
"He had this high falsetto (singing) voice, but it was funny hearing him talk and be in this low voice. So, he would go into this falsetto voice and sing, and it was the same key that Martha Carson did it in. It was (the song) 'I Know My Lord's Gonna Lead Me Out.' We just sat there and said, 'my God, how high is that?' But he was great.
"It's funny. I've heard two or three things that he sung on, just listening to Sirius Bluegrass (satellite radio) over the last week or two in my car."
Having been reminded that he was talking to someone in Upstate South Carolina, Skaggs then went on to mention an area musician I wasn't previously familiar with.
"There's a great steel player from around there, too – Terry Crisp," Skaggs said. "He grew up in South Carolina not too far from there, in Anderson. He played in my band for about six or eight years, maybe 10, back in the mid-'80s through about '92 or '93. He went out with Reba (McEntire) after that, and I think he stayed with her for 10 or 15 years. Just a great steel player. Actually, he came in and played on mine and Sharon's CD, 'Hearts Like Ours.'"
This led me to mention another Anderson native who now lives in Spartanburg: Fayssoux McLean, who notably sang harmony on many of Emmylou Harris' greatest works in the 1970s.
"Oh, we love Fayssoux," Skaggs said. "She's great. She's wonderful."
Skaggs then shared an anecdote from his early days of knowing McLean.
"She was married to John Starling (of the Seldom Scene) for a long time. That's actually how I met Emmylou and Linda Ronstadt," Skaggs said. "I met them both the same night. Linda was working The Cellar Door there in D.C. – Georgetown – and I was working, I think, with the Country Gentlemen at that time. So I knew John, and John would call me on the phone and say, 'hey, we're having a picking tonight. If you're not doing anything, come over and bring your fiddle and mandolin.'
"So, I came over not knowing who in the world was coming, because John would always have these picking parties over at his house. So, I go in and there's Linda Ronstadt, sitting down on the floor. So I meet her. And Lowell George from Little Feat was there that night.
"And we were singing a few Louvin Brothers-type songs with Linda and Fayssoux and John, and then about 9:30 or 10, this tall skinny woman comes walking in with long hair and dressed kind of hippie-ish. And she had a Gibson guitar, and everybody in the room knows her as Emmy. 'Hey, Emmy,' they'd say. And I'd never met her before, never even heard of her at the time. That was my first meeting with Emmylou, so Fayssoux had quite a hand in my meeting Emmy and getting to know all the people that I met after that."
Skaggs, of course, went on to play in Harris' Hot Band for a few years before going on to have his own successful solo country music career in the 1980s.
Eventually, we got back to the topic of Cooder-White-Skaggs, and Skaggs reiterated how impressed he was with Cooder's vast knowledge of traditional music.
"He doesn't watch TV. He lives on YouTube," Skaggs said. "That's how he gets ideas. He'd link me and email (and say), 'man, this would be a good one for us (to play), what do you think?'
And it would be some obscure Blind Alfred Reed song or something like that. That's how we would communicate back and forth, just sending YouTube ideas of songs."
I asked Skaggs why he thinks traditional music continues to resonate with audiences.
"There's a truth in this music, and there's an innocence to it that is so prevalent," he said. "And it's so obvious when we're singing these songs that we mean what we're singing about. We're not up there just trying to do a show. It's not a show. It's like we're interpreting life though these songs.
"It's like, turn your cellphone off, turn everything off and just sit there and listen for 90 minutes. You're going to hear music that's going to touch you. It's going to speak to your heart. It's going to bring a tear to your eye."
Skaggs then talked about the joy he's gotten from being able to tour with his wife.
"I'm living a time in my life right now that I think is the most fun I've ever had," he said. "Of course, getting to play with Sharon and getting to travel with her every day on these tours is just something that we've never gotten to experience very much of. We did some dates with The Whites off and on, back years ago during the Emmylou times, but we just never got to (tour) together much.
"As soon as we got married, she took off for a Middle Eastern tour and they were gone like six weeks. But that's been our life for 33 years, and now this last year, we've gotten the chance to really travel together, and it's just the best thing. We just love each other so much and are such friends and such partners together in life, and getting to do music together is the most wonderful thing."
As our chat was coming to an end, I couldn't let Skaggs go without first asking him about his on-stage appearance with Spartanburg's Marshall Tucker Band at last year's Country Music Association Festival in Nashville.
"Yeah, that was fun," Skaggs said. "Actually, I'm going to do a Christmas thing with them in Nashville (this year). They're doing a concert for toys for kids, and I'm going to do a little walk-on thing and play 'Can't You See' and sing a little of that with them again."
Here's a link to a story on Cooder-White-Skaggs published Thursday by the Herald-Journal and GoUpstate.com:

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The instructors did a great job teaching the essential skills of technical communication while also providing invaluable advice about how to network and market yourself as a technical communicator.
Technical Writing
This seven course program is designed to provide the fundamental technical communication skills for individuals considering an entry level career in technical communications or those writers seeking to hone or diversify their current writing skills.
Developed and taught by practicing technical communication professionals, this program addresses the following areas of study:
- Essential skills
- (including editing and grammar)
- Technical writing
- Information architecture and development
- Basic tools overview
The Benefits of the Duke Program:
- Learn from multiple instructors working in diverse areas of technical communications
- Application of knowledge learned is demonstrated in final capstone project
- Final project can serve as "work product" to show potential employers of acquired skills
- Convenient evening hours for working professionals
- Certificate earned from Duke University Continuing Studies
Curriculum & Course Details
Intro to Tech Comm
Greg Eller
A overview of careers in Technical Communications. Guest speakers will discuss various areas of the Tech Communication profession. Students will also have the opportunity to meet other fellow participants with whom they will be spending the next five months. An overview of the program will be discussed, as well as expectations and requirements for completion.
Essential Skills Course
Susan Dakin
In this review of advanced writing and editing skills essential for all technical communicators, students will practice improving conciseness, punctuation, and sentence structure in sentences drawn from real-world technical and business documents. They will also review basic principles of typography, document format, and permissions for use of graphics.
Technical Writing Workshop
Jim Sheedy
Working individually or in small groups, students will contribute to class projects that are derived from their own interests and those of classmates. Students will work on projects at home and critique the projects during our weekly sessions. Students will learn how to sift through the details of their research to find the content that meets their reader's needs and their own writing objectives.
Information Architecture
Michael Harvey
This class teaches students how to design and deliver information effectively for a specified audience. Students will learn the basic principles of visual design, audience and task analysis, how to organize information, information delivery systems, and topic-based authoring.
Managing the Information Development Process
Larry Kunz
Students will learn, and put into practice, the process for developing technical information from initial planning to final distribution. We will cover the best ways to plan, schedule, budget, track, and report status -- and then will apply those skills to their capstone projects. We'll also discuss trends that influence the process and shape the future of technical communication.
Tools Overview
Christina Mayr
This course will provide an overview of the most commonly used technical communication tools and how to select the best tools for a successful project.
Final Project Portfolio Course
Greg Eller
Ann-Marie Grissino
Applying skills learned throughout the program, students in this course will develop and complete a final written project that can be showcased in a technical communication portfolio. Additionally, individual constructive feedback regarding your project will be provided from a panel of your instructors to help reinforce your learning skill set.
More information about each instructor can be found in the Instructors section below.
Certificate Program in Technical WritingThis 5 month program teaches fundamental technical communication skills. Designed and taught by practicing Technical Communication professionals, the program allows you to apply your knowledge to a final capstone project and to earn...
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How do I earn the certificate of completion from Duke Continuing Studies?
A certificate will awarded based upon meeting the following criteria:
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Please note the Duke certificate was not designed to meet the requirements for certification as a Certified Professional Technical Communication (although you may encounter some similar concepts in the course of our program). To attain CPTC certification, students need to pass an exam developed and administered by APMG International on behalf of the Society for Technical Communication. Please visit their websites for more information.
Will I be certified as a technical writer when I complete this program?
Duke Continuing Studies does not "certify" individuals. Students are awarded a certificate of completion to acknowledge the required program standards have been met. Completing our program is not an indication of certification which is a different process.
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Does this program apply toward a degree?
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Will Continuing Studies assist me in finding a position upon completion of this program?
It is incumbent upon the student to seek his/her own employment through their own endeavors. Duke Office of Continuing Studies provides no assistance with career placement and/or internships nor make any claim or warrant this program will result in obtaining a position as a result of completion.
Why am I being asked to submit a statement of interest upon registering?
This brief submission (a small paragraph will suffice) allows us to gauge the purpose of class members for choosing to enroll in this program and can also alert us to skill sets of enrollees. It is not uncommon to have a practicing technical writer enroll in this program along with those interested in entering the field.
The statement of interest can be mailed to the individual listed as the program contact on the program website (in the "At the Glance" section).
Is this curriculum designed and taught by Duke faculty?
No, the curriculum is neither designed nor taught by Duke faculty, but was developed and is taught by individuals working in the industry as technical writers.
Susan Dakin
Susan Dakin is an independent consultant in scientific and technical writing and editing, document design, and desktop publishing, with over 30 years of experience. She has taught writing classes for Duke Continuing Studies since 1982 and has presented well over 100 courses and workshops in scientific, technical, or business writing for companies, government agencies (including EPA and NIEHS), universities, and nonprofit organizations. Dr. Dakin holds a Ph.D. in zoology from Duke and has written and edited documents in a wide range of disciplines in the life, environmental, and physical sciences and engineering, as well as on nontechnical subjects. She has served as proposal editor for numerous large federal contract and grant proposals and currently serves as the scientific editor of the congressionally mandated Report on Carcinogens. See her professional profile on LinkedIn.
Gregory Eller
Gregory Eller is an information developer currently working for Lockheed Martin, on contract to the US Environmental Protection Agency in Research Triangle Park. Previously, Greg worked at IBM/Lenovo as a software engineer and team lead helping develop the ThinkVantage suite of software. He has degrees in journalism and theater, and has been writing professionally for nearly twenty years as a journalist, financial writer, and technical writer. After driving a NYC taxi cab for awhile and working as a campus minister, Greg spent a year teaching English in Brooklyn, NY to inner-city students at a vocational high school, and then two years trading Lira on Wall Street. Greg brings his broad range of work and social experience to his role as host of the Introduction to Technical Communication discussion.
Ann-Marie Grissino
Ann-Marie Grissino participates as an information engineer at NetApp. She has won awards for technical communication and e-learning authorship, is an invited guest speaker at conferences, and has written articles for the Society for Technical Communication (STC) and e-learning developers' journals. For 10 years, she was the manager of the regional STC Technical Communications Competition. She is an STC Fellow and has served as a judge for both international STC competitions and Brandon Hall e-learning and innovative technology competitions. Ann-Marie participated in the Technical Communication Delegation for the People to People Ambassador Program to China. Previously, Ann-Marie was president of Keypoint Consultants, Inc., an award-winning technical writing firm specializing in user documentation, e-learning, and online communication.
Michael Harvey
Michael Harvey is a Principal Technical Writer at SAS, serving as documentation project leader for risk management solutions and for the Internet of Things (IoT). Previously, Michael worked as a manager and a writer for EMC. He has a BA in English and Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an MA in Experimental Psychology from Duke University. Michael has served in various leadership positions for the Carolina chapter of the Society for Technical Communication (STC) and has presented at local and international STC conferences. He was honored to be named an STC Fellow in 2011. As an instructor for the Durham Technical Community College Technical Writing program in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Michael worked to overhaul the curriculum, emphasizing the importance of developing technical curiosity and acquiring technical expertise. See his professional profile at LinkedIn.
Larry Kunz
Larry Kunz is a Lead Technical Writer with Extreme Networks, a leading producer of networking hardware. He creates user guides and other customer information in printable, online, and video formats. Larry is a seasoned trainer and facilitator, and has worked more than 30 years in technical communication as a writer, marketer, manager, and project leader. He holds the rank of Fellow in the Society for Technical Communication (STC) and received the STC President's Award for leading the Society's strategic planning effort. Read more about Larry on LinkedIn.
Christina Mayr
Christina Mayr is the Technical Editor & Content Manager for Extreme Networks. Christina manages the tools, templates, and internal workflows and also assists authors with publishing their content in a structured authoring environment. When not editing or managing content, she enjoys creating and researching innovative ways to help her company's customers get the content they need. Christina is a past president of the STC Carolina Chapter and remains an active leader. A graduate of the East Carolina University Technical & Professional Communication Master's Program, Christina has worked in central North Carolina in various sectors, including pharmaceuticals, high tech, government, and hardware engineering. Christina lives in Holly Springs with her husband and son and enjoys reading, cooking, and outdoor adventures. Learn more about Christina on LinkedIn.
Jim Sheedy
Jim Sheedy has been working in the software industry for over 30 years. He currently works as a Documentation Specialist for SAS Institute in Cary, North Carolina, where he documents the programming interfaces to SAS graphics components. For over 20 years he has also worked for the North Carolina Writers' Network, promoting, coordinating, and teaching writing workshops onsite for North Carolina businesses.
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Jason Industries reports 7.1 percent sales decline
Jason Industries reported a net loss of $3.5 million, or 17 cents diluted loss per share, for the second quarter.
Net sales of $172.5 million decreased 7.1 percent and included a negative 2.1 percent impact from the planned exit of non-core businesses in the margin expansion program and a negative 1.3 percent from foreign currency translation.
In the company's Finishing segment, which includes abrasives supplier Osborn, net sales of $49.8 million decreased 6.4 percent, including a negative foreign currency translation impact of 3.7 percent and a negative 2.6 percent impact from the exit of a non-core market in Brazil. Organic sales decreased 0.1 percent and were impacted by strategic decisions to exit low-margin business and products, partially offset by higher volumes in industrial end markets.
In June, Jason announced the closure of an Osborn manufacturing facility in Richmond, Virginia as part of the company's ongoing footprint rationalization. Operations will be consolidated into an existing facility in Richmond, Indiana by the end of the fourth quarter.
"While revenues decreased with lower volumes in certain end markets, margins improved in three of our four businesses with better operational performance. We increased our liquidity and made progress in lowering our leverage by improving operating income, generating cash and retiring debt," said Brian Kobylinski, chief executive officer of Jason. "We also continue to gain traction with our targeted growth initiatives."


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Google jumps from mobile to AI-first platform as it turns 18
The Mountain View-headquartered giant had showcased the Home -- a competition to Amazon's Echo that comes with Amazon's own digital conceirge Alexa -- at the Google Developers conference in May.tech Updated: Oct 05, 2016 23:54 IST
Apple beware! That seemed to be the message that Google sent out on Tuesday as it launched new smartphones, a connected home solution, 4K Chromecast, better wifi and a new Daydream virtual reality headset with a controller.
So what? Google announces new devices every year at this time. Last year, Google unveiled its Nexus 6P and 5X smartphones on September 29. And two years ago, it announced the Nexus 6 smartphone and Nexus 9 tablet on October 15.
But what was so different this time? The entry of the long-awaited Google Assistant which Google claims have been in the making for the last 18 years. And the entry denotes that Google has now jumped from a mobile-first strategy to a artificial-intelligence-first startegy.
"Google is now moving forward from a mobile-first platform to an artificial intelligence-first platform. And the culmination of all the efforts is the Google Assistant," Google CEO Sundar Pichai said, as he kicked off the keynote speech at Ghirardelli Square Fisherman's Wharf area of San Francisco, California.
"The Assistant will help Google design a personal Google for everyone," he added just seconds before announcing the launch of Google's latest smartphones -- Pixel, Pixel XL and Google Home.
The Mountain View-headquartered giant had showcased the Home -- a competition to Amazon's Echo that comes with Amazon's own digital concierge Alexa -- at the Google Developers conference in May.
"Google Home is a device that will free you from your smartphone. You can talk to Google whenever you want without being tied to a phone," Pichai said adding that the company was aiming to build the power of Search and the Assistant to make Google customisable for all users.
Artificial intelligence (AI), once a boon for science fiction movies, is set to insinuate itself into every nook and cranny of our lives, according to internet giant Alphabet, nee Google.
Google's artificial intelligence chief John Giannandrea, who calls computers "dumb", sees more companies adopting the AI technology in India, especially in the financial services, healthcare and manufacturing sectors. Giannandrea met HT a week before in New Delhi.
In its pursuit to become an AI-first company, Google will give $20 million to Indian startups to encourage wider adoption of artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques.
It is uploading these technologies in the cloud so that businesses and individuals can use these after making a payment, he said.
Giannandrea is optimistic that these technologies will turn popular. "Society adapts to latest technology. People nowadays are performing more intellectual roles than 50 years ago."
At Nasscom 10,000 Startups Change Makers Summit, after e-commerce, the largest number of applications was filed in financial-tech, AI and IoT sectors.Nasscom is evaluating these companies for funding and government grants.
Other large companies are also investing in artificial intelligence. Microsoft plans to build AI capabilities across applications, services and infrastructure, and transform what people and organisations do.
"Microsoft has an approach … that seeks to democratise AI, to take it from the ivory towers and make it accessible for all," said Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, at Microsoft Ignite 2016 technology conference held last month.
IBM's AI analytics Watson has been deployed at Manipal Hospitals to treat cancer better.
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Do the Math and You Will Quickly See Why It Is Time to Fire Customers and Make More Money
Face it. Your time is incredibly valuable. Let's cut to the chase and do a couple of quick calculations:
- Tally up your total overhead costs (salary, utilities, rent, supplies, equipment, licences, etc…) for one week.
- Next, add up the total revenues earned last week (include sales or commission, pro-rated fees, other revenue).
- Subtract OVERHEAD out of REVENUE.
- Divide that number by the total number of truly productive meetings you held last week.
What you are left with is the true average result of each meeting last week. As a formula, the calculation looks like this:
# of SALES MEETINGS
In my experience of working with thousands of business people seeking the mythical "silver bullet" to success, I have found that most people are less than honest with themselves about how good of a job they are doing. Many of the financial professionals I have known over the years are some of the worst offenders. It is very easy to make oneself appear "busy". The truly successful, however, focus on being "productive".
It Isn't Always About The Money
Who deserves your time and attention? Certainly, your family and friends are in that category. Your best clients should be as well. That's why you need to fire some of them.
Several years ago, there was a gentleman who chose to invest a significant amount of his retirement money with me. We discussed a strategy that was appropriate for someone of his risk-tolerance, considered his expected number of years until retirement, other investments he held, and he agreed to open an account where he would pay me on a fee-basis rather than paying a commission on purchases or sales in his account. He was particularly fond of the fact that his interests (growing the value of his account) were aligned with mine (the greater the value of the account, the greater the dollars I would earn as his investment advisor). There was only one problem. As soon as we opened his account and transferred in the cash, he forgot what we had discussed. He froze up. He wouldn't agree on any of my recommendations and wouldn't allow me to put the money to work in the markets. That said, he was paying me fees (see "REVENUE" above) in return for my time. The problem was, I was spending hours trying to track him down on the phone, attempting to catch him at his office, and discussing with him what we needed to do for his account. In the end, despite the fact he was paying me to not take my advice, I had to fire him as a client. It was the best move I could have made.
What's In It For You?
Freeing yourself from the binds of a customer or client who only wants your advice and attention, but remains unwilling or unable to act upon it, is an amazing experience. Sometimes you have to fire customers. Once you do, you'll wonder why you did not fire them earlier. Suddenly, you have more time to tend to the the accounts with whom you have great relationships–The clients who take your advice. The ones most likely to give you leads and referrals (the ultimate endorsement from a client) to help you be more successful. You'll have less stress, more enjoyment for the job you do, and maybe…just maybe…make more money.
Now, it's time to call that customer and tell them, "It's not you…It's me!"
Leave a "Client, You're Fired" story or other great practice growth tip in the Comment section below!


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|Charlemagne denier
The important Byzantine enclave of Venice had pro and anti-Frankish factions. On 25th December 805 the Doge Obelerio degli Antenori did homage[i] to Charles at Aachen and came home with a Frankish bride Carola. This action enraged the anti-faction and precipitated a war with Byzantium.
In 809, a fleet landed in the Venetian lagoon and attacked a Frankish flotilla at Comacchio but was defeated. Obelerio's attempts to elevate his family led to a popular uprising against them. King Pepin of Italy attempted to besiege Venice but Agnello Participazio coordinated Venetian efforts to defend the city.
The Byzantines kept the city supplied by sea. The Antenori family tried a volte-face to save face by taking up arms against Pepin. They were thrown out and Agnello Participazio was elected Doge once the Franks had been seen off. Pepin was paid off and departed, and died in July 810.
Charles intended for Pepin to control his interests in Italy, provide protection to the papacy and stand as a bulwark against any hopes the Byzantines might have of recovering the empire in the west. Now he had Pepin's illegitimate son Bernard crowned king of the Lombards.
'Pippin left one son, Bernard, and five daughters—Adalheid, Atula, Gundrada, Berthaid, and Theoderada. In his treatment of them Charles gave the strongest proof of his family affection, for upon the death of his son he appointed his grandson Bernard to succeed him, and had his granddaughters brought up with his own daughters.'[ii]
The death of Pepin upset Charles' plans for the future; he'd divided his realms into three for his three eldest boys by Hildegard; Charles the Younger, Duke of Neustria[iii], Pepin (formerly Carloman) King of Italy and Louis, Duke of Aquitania[iv]. Charles the Younger died on 4th December 811, leaving only Louis of all Charles' legitimate heirs.
Problems in the North
|The Eider
In Saxony, after a decade of peace, there was a series of uprisings from 795 to 802. Even after Widukind's submission in 785 and gradual Christianisation of Saxony the Nordalbingian tribes remained reluctant until they were finally defeated at the Battle of Bornhöved in 798 by the combined forces of the Franks and their Abodrite allies, led by Prince Drożko.
Charles was increasingly irritated with the Saxons and his methods of dealing with their revolts became increasingly draconian. He instituted a policy of divide and rule, rewarding faithful Saxon lords and sending them to fight their revolting kinsmen. Charles gave the cleansed lands to his Slavic allies, the Abodrites, after clearing out around 10,000 families of Saxon and settling them elsewhere in his empire.
|The Danevirke
Francia had problems with the Danes who regularly raided down Francia's extended coastline. In 808 Charles the Younger pushed them back across the Eider River. The next year the emperor had Essesfeld Castle erected [v]and the entire region was incorporated into the Frankish Empire.
In order to counter the ongoing raids led by King Gudfred, the Franks probably established a Danish march stretching from the Eider River to the Danevirke fortifications in the north.
'The last war of all that Charles undertook was against those Northmen, who are called Danes, who first came as pirates, and then ravaged the coasts of Gaul and Germany with a greater naval force. Their King, Godofrid, was puffed up with the vain confidence that he would make himself master of all Germany….For he was killed by one of his own followers, and so ended both his life and the war that he had begun.'[vi]
After King Gudfred was killed, his successor Hemming concluded the Treaty of Heiligen with Charlemagne in 811, agreeing that the Eider should mark the border between Denmark and Francia.
Legal and Clerical
The empire was designed to be ruled by royal counts, who were controlled by itinerant royal commissioners. Charles held annual empire-wide assemblies of bishops and counts meeting to approve Charles legislation and decrees. These councils were normally held in May, but additional councils on specific subjects could take place at any time. They often coincided with preparations for the summer offensive.
Hincmar of Rheims[vii] records that attendees at the councils were to;
'Collect information concerning any relevant matter….no only from his own people but from strangers and from both friends and enemies.'[viii]
In 785 at the Council of Paderborn the clergy debated the matter of the Christianization of the Saxons. Laws were promulgated against idolatry and the death penalty was ordered for self-appointed witch-hunters who had arranged the death of persons accused of witchcraft.
At his annual council in Frankfurt in 794 Charles had a wide ranging agenda, covering how to distinguish between the loyal and the faithless, measures on how to deal with a major famine[ix], confirmation of Duke Tassilo's fall and debate on establishment of an orthodox code of belief for Latin Christendom.
Later in his life Charles determined on a reform of the Frankish legal system. He was well aware of the many defects in the two very different systems the Franks adhered to.
'He therefore, determined to add what was lacking, to reconcile the differences, and to amend anything that was wrong or wrongly expressed. He completed nothing of all his designs beyond adding a few capitularies, and those unfinished.'[x]
Charles as man and monarch was a great supporter of the church. He reformed the church, strengthening its power, improving the skill and moral quality of the clergy, standardizing liturgical practices, and introduced improvements in the basic tenets of the faith and morals, and strongly encouraged rooting out paganism.
Charles' authority extended over both church and state. He could discipline clerics, control ecclesiastical property and define orthodox doctrine. Despite the harsh legislation and sudden change, he developed support from the clergy who approved his desire to increase the piety and morals of his Christian subjects.
The Annointed Heir
|Charles' throne in Aachen cathedral
One of the final acts of Charles life was to confirm Louis, his least favourite son[xi], as his heir. In 1813 Charles called the Frankish nobles at a council at Aachen. He crowned Louis as joint emperor and his grandson Bernard as King of Italy. The pope was not present at the ceremony[xii].
'At the very end of his life, when already he was feeling the pressure of old age and sickness, he summoned his own son Lewis…then solemnly called together the Frankish nobles of his whole kingdom; and then, with the consent of all, made Lewis partner in the whole kingdom and heir to the imperial title. After that, putting the diadem on his head, he ordered them to salute him "Imperator" and Augustus.'[xiii]
Louis was one of only two of Charles' children not brought up at his court. Louis and Pepin were both sent off to rule their respective newly assimilated lands when comparatively young in an attempt to encourage a sense of loyalty to the Carolingian dynasty. Louis, Pepin and Pepin's son Bernard were the only royal children allowed to marry during Charles' lifetime.
Charles had managed to ensure peaceful relations with all his neighbours, bar those in the south. In 812 Arab raiders had stormed Corsica and the Italian mainland looting at will. Count Irmingar caught up with the fleet at Menorca and successfully freed 500 prisoners and retook much of the booty. These raids were followed by others on Sardinia and the Roman and Nicean coasts.
Death of an Emperor
|St Augustine
Even to the end of his life Charles used to hunt in the woods around the palace at Aachen. In 813 he was very much involved in church matters; the five councils that met all reported back to him. Charles believed that the state was not subject to the church. St Augustine believed the same and his book the City of God was Charles favourite book after the bible.
In January 814 Charles fell ill with a fever, complicated by pleurisy. Einhard informs us that Charles, as was his habit, abstained from eating and took little in the way of liquids. Seven days after taking to his bed Charles died on 28th January 814. He was buried the same day in Aachen cathedral.
Charles's passing was a shock that reverberated across Europe. An anonymous monk from Bobbio[xiv] wailed;
'From the lands where the sun rises to western shores, people are crying and wailing... the Franks, the Romans, all Christians, are stung with mourning and great worry….the world laments the death of Charles... O Christ, you who govern the heavenly host, grant a peaceful place to Charles in your kingdom. Alas for miserable me.'[xv]
Charles' death was important enough to find its way into the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles which simply records;
'King Charles passed away; he reigned for forty five years.'[xvi]
The lack of explanation shows the expectation that the reader will know who is referred to and how great was Charles' standing, even in a foreign country.
The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Middle Ages – Robert Fossier (ed), Cambridge University Press 1989
The Holy Roman Empire – Friedrich Heer, Phoenix 1999
The Oxford History of Medieval Europe – George Holmes, Oxford University Press 2001
The Year 1000 – Robert Lacey & Danny Danziger, Abacus 2007
Absolute Monarchs – John Julius Norwich, Random House 2011
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles – Anne Savage (translator), Colour Library Books 1995
Emperor of the West – Hywel Williams, Quercus 2010
Charlemagne – The Great Adventure – Derek Wilson, Hutchinson 2005
[i] Following internecine feuds between the factions the Antenori were losing support and it was suggested that the Franks would be able to shore their reign up
[iii] Since 790
[iv] Since 781
[vii] Senior adviser to Louis the Pious
[viii] Emperor of the West - Williams
[ix] Including price fixing and punishment of profiteers
[xii] Charles did not envision the imperial throne as being within the gift of the pope and saw the succession as hereditary
[xvi] The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles - Savage


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GORHAM, Maine — Two relay teams set new school records on Sunday for Exeter High School during Sunday's Last Chance Qualifying Meet held at the University of Southern Maine.
GORHAM, Maine — Two relay teams set new school records on Sunday for Exeter High School during Sunday's Last Chance Qualifying Meet held at the University of Southern Maine.
On the girls side, Shannon Murdock, Ryanne Murray, Ella Campfield and Shannon Bucklin combined to take third place in the 4x800-meter relay, shattering the previous school indoor track record with a time of 10 minutes, 18.24 seconds; the previous record was set in 2008 at 10:35.28.
The Exeter boys made their own feat. Justin Carbone, Dan McColley, Chris Lietz and Ben McConnell combined for a second-place finish in the 4x800 with a time of 8:34.95; it snapped the previous school record of 8:46.5 set by last year's team.
Exeter's Sydney Petersen placed second in the 300-meter dash with a time of 41.95 seconds and paired that with a fourth-place finish in the 55-meter dash (7.77 seconds). Rachel Leonard added fourth in the 600-meter run (1:41.87) and the Exeter girls also took third in the 4x200-meter relay behind Molly Ryan, Leonard, Maddie Lasewicz and Petersen (1:54.18).
Christian Leefmans paced the Exeter boys with a fourth-place finish in the 300-meter dash (37.38).
The Blue Hawks will next prep for the Division I state meet, which will be held on Sunday at Dartmouth College.
Boys hockey: Exeter falls
MANCHESTER — The Exeter boys hockey team was shut out for the fifth time this season on Saturday, falling 2-0 at Manchester Memorial to fall to 1-5-1 in Division I.
Exeter goaltender Tyler Lucchini made 30 saves in defeat.
"It was a great effort," Exeter coach Jim Tufts said. "We fought hard for three periods. We just need to find a way to score."
The Blue Hawks trailed 1-0 in the third period until Memorial (4-2-1) iced the game with a goal with 2:30 remaining in regulation.
The Exeter girls hockey team also came up short over the weekend, falling at Souhegan, 1-0, on Saturday. The Blue Hawk girls moved to 1-5 in Division I.
Skiing: Blue Hawks first
GILFORD — Sophomore Keala Eichholz placed second overall and the Exeter girls alpine ski team took first place in a three-team Division I meet held at Gunstock Mountain on Friday.
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The Exeter girls finished with seven racers inside the top 25 and won the meet with 384 points. Concord was second with 374 points and Pinkerton took third with 372.
On the boys' side, Exeter finished in third place behind meet-winner PInkerton and second-place Concord.
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Basketball: Blue Hawks edged
EXETER — The Exeter boys basketball team couldn't hold a five-point lead in the fourth quarter, falling to Pinkerton, 49-47, on Friday in a home game that went down to the wire.
The Blue Hawks had the final possession, but their pass with less than a second remaining was broken up at the buzzer. Exeter lost for the fifth time in seven games and moved to 4-5 in Division I.
Jordan Dickenson and Bryant Holmes scored 10 points apiece for Exeter in defeat. The Hawks led 17-6 after the first quarter, 31-27 at halftime and pulled ahead for a stint in a fourth quarter that opened with the score tied 36-36.
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This comes at a time when the OOH sector is steadily moving away from using chemically treated, moisture-resistant blueback papers and PVC-scrim for printed banners and displays. Growing awareness of the hazards that PVC poses to the environment and in particular, the difficulties faced in its disposal, has created a need for more eco-friendly products.
Using ultra-light, tear resistant and recyclable raw materials, the Walki Group has developed new 'green' print media by combining specific base materials and functional polymers. Walki's solutions can be used for both front-lit and back-lit applications, with a non-reflective, inkjet-receptive layer which is suitable for both UV-curable and Latex inks.
"The Walki®Print Media XXL range has been tested by established printer OEMs and is available in master roll sizes. Widths range upwards of +3200 mm, making it a unique offering in Europe," explains Luk Meys, Sales Manager - Technical Products at the Walki Group.
The three products within the Walki®Print Media XXL range are,
- Walki®Backlit:
A reinforced coated paper - that has been established in the graphics market for about a decade - for long-term usage in outdoors scroll boxes and exclusively sold via selected media wholesalers.
- Walki®Billboard:
A PP or PET-based coated multi-purpose nonwoven product for mid-term outdoor advertising on panels, rollup banner stands, and for home decoration.
- Walki®Banner:
A HDPE or PP-based coated woven material for short-term outdoor advertising on frames and fences such as at sports events, exhibitions etc.
Walki has one coextrusion production line available that is dedicated to the Walki®Print Media XXL product range. Two other similar lines are available to function as back-up solutions and to secure lines of supply. All three production lines have optional printing and lacquering capabilities that can be provided as needed. The company's dedicated R&D team in Finland is also concentrating on a whole range of options for the indoors printing media market, with innovative flame-retardant products being developed.
"Our products demonstrate environmental awareness and responsibility, both of which are key drivers that enable our customers to choose products with the lowest carbon footprint possible. And producing them locally in the European market within the proximity of our customer base also adds important value," emphasises Meys.
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Belinda Doolan
Belinda Doolan was instrumental in initiating the establishment of Fife Capital's Singapore office in 2011 and is the Group Director responsible for that office. She oversees the treasury strategy for the region and is responsible for reporting to regional investment partners. Belinda is also engaged in business planning for the company and leads the development of new investment initiatives, both in the Asia Pacific region and also in Europe.
Belinda's early career was in investment banking where she worked in M&A with domestic and global banks in Australia, the United States and in Great Britain. She also has three years experience in private equity investing.
She holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) from Durham University, England and a Master of Applied Finance from Macquarie University, Sydney.


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'Survivor: Game Changers' Has a Tribal Council for the Ages in "The Tables Have Turned"
[This contains spoilers for the Wednesday, March 22 episode of Survivor: Game Changers titled "The Tables Have Turned."]
Geez oh man.
The ongoing theme of Survivor: Game Changers has been and will continue to be observing which beloved former players learned from their earlier experiences in the game. Who got better? Who got worse? Already, we've had Tai announce that he'll be playing with his head rather than his heart. And Sandra, under the radar for much of her first two seasons, has come out bossing everybody around and telling anybody who will listen that she's the queen.
You know who apparently didn't learn anything? Poor, blundering J.T.
Back in Heroes vs. Villains, if you'll recall, J.T. became convinced that he could trust Russell and put all of his confidence in a guy he didn't know and who, if memory serves, had been in a season that nobody had even seen at the time. Sandra, categorized as a villain in the game, tried to go against her best tribe's interests and warned Rupert that Russell was grouped as a villain for a reason. Nobody listened to Sandra. J.T. got played. In that case, the all-time classic tribal council in which Parvati played a pair of idols on her friends, J.T. was sent packing.
History partially repeated itself on Wednesday's Survivor: Game Changers in which an unprecedented Survivor twist yielded better returns than Jeff Probst and company ever could have hoped for.
The twist was that the three tribes went to the immunity challenge and Probst began by saying there was only one immunity idol up for grabs and each losing tribe would go to tribal council. As the challenge ended, he revealed that both tribes were going to the same tribal council together, but they were collectively voting out only one person.
Mana and Nuku lost the immunity and the obvious expectation was that Nuku had an advantage with six players (J.T., Sandra, Aubry, Varner, Michaela, Malcolm) to the five for Mana (Hali, Tai, Culpepper, Debbie, Sierra). In theory, that just meant that Nuku had to decide who to vote for, but also that J.T. and Hali, alone in a numbers minority in their respective tribes, had to stick with the program and not get wishy-washy. Well, J.T. is often wishy-washy, and I don't pretend to know who Hali is well enough to call her unflappable in her resolve.
Tribal council started off normal. Sandra, who had proposed voting out Sierra, was needlessly cocky. J.T. and Hali were pointed out as swing votes. Brad, bringing back the bossy and condescending guy we saw in his first season, basically told Hali that if she split with them, she'd be a pariah back at camp, so Hali responded by saying this wasn't the time to vote out anyone other than the biggest threat. Sandra interpreted this, correctly, as Hali telling the other tribe that she'd split off and vote against Brad. Then everything went crazy, with people walking back and forth. J.T. told Brad the target was Sierra. Hali walked over and said she'd go with them on Brad. Back and forth the craziness went, with people yelling and whispering and telling each other to stick with the plan, culminating with J.T. telling Brad to vote Sandra, which was what he and Malcolm had been contemplating as a swap.
I don't think I've watched and rewatched five minutes of television so frequently since the best picture screw-up at the Oscars. Once players started meandering over and having side conversations, it became almost exactly like that Oscar footage. Who's talking to who? Who's watching which conversations are going on? Who's whispering to who and in what order?
As tribal seemed to be over, Probst asked them to vote and Hali protested that she hadn't consented. Did we know that there had to be unanimous consent to end a tribal council? Has that ever come into play before? Is this something Hali knows because she's an aspiring lawyer and she read the fine print of her contract this time? But Sandra, contemptuously, told her that it was OK and Hali told her she might regret it, but ... oh well.
In all the back-and-forth communication, Hali never thought to spill the beans that Tai had an idol and Sandra probably wouldn't have believed her anyway and when Sierra had suggested earlier that she was the target, everybody reassured her she wasn't and that might have continued to be true if J.T. hadn't walked over and told Brad that Sierra was the target.
Tai pulled out his idol. Brad pointed at Sierra, who got and played the idol. All of Nuku's votes went against Sierra. And all of Mana's votes went against Malcolm.
Bye, Malcolm.
"J.T.'s not getting a Christmas card. Stupid kid couldn't keep his mouth shut," a tearful Malcolm said in his confessional.
As I said earlier, I thought Malcolm was due for a Tyson-style redemption in his third season, and even if he pretended that it's "nice to go out in the most ridiculous tribal council in the history of tribal councils," we only believe him part-way.
Since J.T. and Malcolm voted for Sierra and since J.T. looked absolutely crushed as the votes were read, it's pretty clear that this was not the way he planned things, even if he absolutely betrayed his tribe.
So do we blame J.T. here? Yes, of course we do. Trusting, for no reason at all, a player on a rival tribe blew up in his face for a second time. How much restraint would he have had to show to just not do what he did? Indeed. Presumably, J.T. wanted to keep his options with Brad open and also, at that moment, wanted to allow for the possibility that he and Malcolm could flip their votes to Sandra, but mostly he didn't even consider the possibility of an idol on the other side and even if he had considered it, Sandra wasn't listening to reason. Sandra read Hali correctly the first time, urged her tribe to swap votes in a way that would have been beneficial if all hell hadn't broken loose. This wasn't the same as Sandra's Rupert warning, though, because Sandra failed to even take into consideration the possibility of an idol on the other side.
But what would it have mattered if Nuku had known about Tai's idol? They never would have anticipated Sierra having it or somebody giving it to Sierra without the knowledge that J.T. had told the other side exactly what the vote was. If they'd known J.T. outed their plan and they had also know that Tai had an idol that he'd give to Sierra, then theoretically they could have switched their vote to Brad, but if they'd just known there was an idol on the other side and they hadn't known that J.T. blew up their spot, they probably would have guessed that the other tribe would guess that Brad would be the target and Brad would have gotten the idol. Does that make sense? To anybody?
So the votes were going against Sierra regardless, unless Malcolm and J.T. had decided to go against Sandra, but if they'd done that Malcolm still would have gone home and J.T. would have been ostracized for that.
At the end of the day, no matter how insufferable you find Sandra, J.T. screwed everything up and there was no reasonable way to avoid a situation in which Malcolm went home and J.T. looked stupid. At least this way, Hali voted with her tribe and maybe Brad won't be a dick to her back at camp, but Brad was probably going to target "Blue Eyes" and be a dick to her back at camp anyway.
Or, put a different way, the Survivor-imposed twist of combining tribes for a single vote produced exactly the madness the producers hoped for, but if Tai hadn't found an idol, the vote would have split by tribal lines and Sierra would have gone home, which would have made for a fun tribal, but at least one level less fun. That would have been the predictable unpredictable result.
Or, put another different way, if Tai knew to freak out ahead of tribal and immediately go searching for an idol, why on earth did we not see anybody from Nuku doing the same thing? Troyzan has the idol from the Tavua camp, but unless I'm misremembering, there's still an idol over at Nuku, isn't there? And if somebody had found that idol, would somebody have been smart enough to read the alternative meaning of Hali's warning about voting out the strongest player and given that idol to Malcolm? As memorable and now immortal as this tribal council was, it could have gotten one layer of nuttiness more if Malcolm and Sierra had both had the votes against them negated, forcing a scrambling revote, which presumably would have gone against Brad and Sandra? Maybe?
[Update: A couple people have mentioned to me that Hali wasn't there when Tai said he had the idol and I definitely wasn't paying enough attention to notice that, I guess. There was so much hugging. Even if that's the case, I still don't know why somebody wouldn't have told her. Yes, she was a wild card, but she was still part of their tribe. I get, though, that telling her would have been a way of showing/securing loyalty and Brad Culpepper showing loyalty to somebody in a position of weakness doesn't sound like Brad. Not telling her as a test to see if Nuku had one extra, wasted vote in their favor after the idol was played sounds much more like Brad. So, for the record, Hali voted for Malcolm.]
Great tribal. Shocking result. Sad result. Who would have been unhappy if Sierra had gone home? Nobody. Instead, now Sierra has been part of something utterly memorable and thus must be considered at least partially memorable herself and that ruins my whole narrative surrounding Sierra, which means that Sierra might as well just go off and win this thing. And Malcolm has now had one good Survivor season and two really disappointing Survivor seasons, a performance that doesn't match up with his high popularity.
Also, with Malcolm gone, who will Probst turn to to explain why situations are weird or shocking? Whatever we think of Malcolm as a Survivor player, when all is said and done, he was a tremendous deliverer of Survivor expositional.
This week's Bottom Lines...
Bottom Line, Part I. It'll be very interesting to see if and how J.T. tries to play off what happened at tribal. I guess theoretically he can pretend that he didn't tip Brad and then it'll be up to his tribe to decide if they want to believe him, but since J.T. was already alone on his tribe, why would anybody trust him? Sandra is not going to be happy with this and with her memory, I'm betting she'll be talking a lot about Russell for a couple days, whether we see it or not. In recent weeks I've said that both J.T. and Malcolm were in good positions. Well, Malcolm's not in a good position, now is he? Neither's J.T. I can't speculate on whether Brad will, down the road, show gratitude to J.T. for what he did, but how pathetic would it be if former winner J.T. has to slouch along deep into the game as a goat, as the sniveling Renfield to Brad's Dracula? Blech.
Bottom Line, Part II. It was a mixed week for Brad. He dominated the heck out of that episode-opening reward challenge, coming from way behind to give his tribe at least a thermos of iced coffee. But then we also saw some of that cold-eyed dismissiveness that made him one of my least favorite players in his first season. I would have happily seen him go rather than Malcolm. Darn you, J.T.! No Christmas card from me, either!
Bottom Line, Part III. OK, fine. Let's talk about that first reward challenge, where the semi-twist was that only two players from each team were going to participate and the real twist was that it was a Jeff Probst special in which each team selected only two men to participate. Sorry, producers, but if you create a task where everybody assumes women need not apply, you've done something wrong. But let's not leave the players out of the blame. Sierra or Hali couldn't have done the opening balance segment as well (not very well) as Tai did it? Why do I suspect Culpepper just announced, "OK, I'm doing the second part and Tai's doing the first part and you ladies can cheer for me"? Regardless, that's bad game design. I'm also going to blame all of the strategic antsiness on the part of Nuku on their big coffee win. It's like whenever they give the players a prize that's all sugar. I'm not sure the rush is worth the crash.
Bottom Line, Part IV. I really thought this episode was coming down to a hubris showdown between Sandra and Ozzy, who celebrated failing to win a reward by saying it meant his tribe would have to depend on him and on his fish deliveries more. "I feel really confident that I've been doing an awesome job being the rock of this tribe," said Ozzy, whose dream Survivor season has always been being sent to Exile Island for 39 days and then coming back to a jury eager to give him a million bucks for holding his breath underwater the longest.
Bottom Line, Part V. Because of the episode construction, with a reward, an immunity and then an extra-long tribal, there were more than the normal number of players who vanished completely this episode. Zeke yelled, "Oh, balls!" during one challenge, which I'm assuming Probst insisted would make the final cut. Sarah was basically invisible. Given the drama of the tribal council, Michaela was much quieter than I might have expected. Aubry was invisible before the tribal council, though she had a couple good lines expressing her perplexity at what was transpiring.
Another good week of Survivor! See you next week...
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Interest in the field has surged in the United States in recent years, says Joyce Tischler, founding director of the California-based Animal Legal Defense Fund. In 2000, she says, there were nine animal-law courses offered in law schools around the nation, one journal devoted to the topic and no state Bar committees. Today there are 80 courses, including at Florida Coastal School of Law, Florida State University, Nova Southeastern, St. Thomas University, the University of Florida and the University of Miami. Three legal journals and two case-law textbooks cover the field. And 12 state Bar associations, including Florida's, have formed committees devoted to animal law.
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The DESCRIBE action is asking a "tell me about" question where the client is not specifying the exact shape of the information to be extracted but is asking an open question. The results depend on which RDF repository is asked. For example, asking about <http://www.w3.org> when asking the CVS server might return information about the version history. Asking the web server might return traffic statistics. Sometimes, the client does not know exactly what information to expect of a source. When browsing the web, of browsing an RDF space, the user is involved and controls the navigation. One use of DESCRIBE is to grab "meaningful" chunks of the remote graph so that it can be navigated. In the UC&R document, the UC "2.2 Finding Information about Motorcycle Parts" illustrates open query. Not only is information about the defective part returned, but also related parts, here the mounting brackets and the necessary screws. The client software did not need to anticipate the detailed structure of the graph to learn about the additional parts. The screws also illustrate another issue: bNodes. When extracting information from a graph, and when it is serialised into RDF, bNodes do not retain enough information to be identified again. It would need the "triumph:part-number" property and value to find this again, or the whole query would need to be reissued. A usage to describing resources is bNode closure - include all the properties of a node and recursively of any bNode objects. This defines subgraphs where the edges are literals, or URI-identified nodes, or bNodes which are not subjects of any statement. A general browser could navigate more of the graph from this. But it does not work as a general mechanism. Consider a file of FOAF [foaf] information - its all bNodes. The lookup is by well known identifying properties, such as foaf:mbox or foaf:mbox_sha1sum and a reasonable subgraph to return for looking up a person would be a "person record"; all the properties of the nodes typed as foaf:Person node, recursing over the graph structure until another node typed as foaf:Person is found, then returning any of its properties/values considered to be identifying. Examples of systems having features similar (but not exactly the same): Concise Bounded Descriptions [CDB] . In URIQA, there is a fixed definition of what constitutes a "description" but it is not directly part of the query. A client asks for a description and gets the CDB. [TAP] In TAP, a query is reference-by-description which is a request to find information items identified by some properties (possibly a more complex graph match as well) that locate the information of interests. The result is one or more items of information as determined by what the KB contains. The TAP result format is RDF/XML-like but not RDF - so the client software can find the individual items in the result. FetchQL (Joseki): Joseki has a "query language" fetch that takes two forms to identify the resource of interest: either the URI of the resource or an identifying property/value pair. What is returned is server configuration dependent. Many people use bNode closure. Try: http://jena.hpl.hp.com:2020/books (GET the whole data) and look at one item: http://jena.hpl.hp.com:2020/books?lang=fetch&r=http://example.org/book/book2 which has bNodes and mixed vocabulary information. [Aside: that should be the URI for fetch but it gets a bit long for example. The server accepts the short form - the link works. Fetch URI: http://jena.hpl.hp.com/2003/07/query/fetch] Its like GET for a part of the graph. The DESCRIBE action can have variables and general pattern to find item(s) of interest. Collections: Related to DESCRIBE might be how to handle structures like RDF collections. It is hard to grab a whole RDF collection (a cons cell list) because of the indeterminate length. People writing ontology editors seem to use the part-GET-like mechanism to retrieve class descriptions. I don't know how it works out but we will need to think about retrieving RDF collections. Andy [foaf] http://www.foaf-project.org/ [CBD] http://sw.nokia.com/uriqa/URIQA.html [TAP] Home: http://tap.stanford.edu/ Reference-by-description: http://tap.stanford.edu/tap/rbd.html Protocol examples: http://tap.stanford.edu/tap/protocol/examples.htmlReceived on Tuesday, 20 July 2004 13:06:58 UTC
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