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PRN: Aterian Investment Partners Acquires the Global Operations of Burner Systems International
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Aterian Investment Partners Acquires the Global Operations of Burner Systems International
NEW YORK, May 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Aterian Investment Partners ("Aterian"), a leading private equity firm, announces that one of its affiliates has acquired the global operations of Burner Systems International, Inc. ("Burner Systems") from Dyson Investments LLC and other equity partners.
Burner Systems is among the largest global suppliers of components, assemblies and system solutions for the gas appliance industry. Headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and with additional manufacturing facilities in Mexico, France, England, and Turkey; Burner Systems serves a broad spectrum of OEM's dedicated to gas-fueled cooking and heating appliances. Since 1960, Burner Systems has maintained a leading market position and broad customer base serving over 170 customers in 25 countries. The Company employs approximately 1,200 people.
Eric Griesemer, President and Chief Executive Officer of Burner Systems, said, "We are thrilled Aterian has provided Burner Systems with the appropriate investment to strengthen our balance sheet, execute on our business plan and provide Burner Systems with further growth capital to support our customers' needs. This transaction is a very positive event for our customers, vendors and employees."
Christopher H. Thomas, Partner of Aterian said, "With this acquisition, Aterian is pleased to complete its third investment out of its current fund. For more than 50 years, Burner Systems has been the recognized global leader providing the broadest product offering in the industry. With this investment, Burner Systems has been provided the necessary capital to accelerate its growth in high-quality, innovative products as well as manufacturing technology."Â
About Aterian Investment Partners
Aterian Investment Partners is a private equity firm focused on small-to-middle market businesses across a broad range of industries that are underperforming, turnarounds or otherwise unique situations. Aterian forms partnerships with businesses generating $25 million to $500 million in annual revenues with strong, proven franchises in need of up to $50 million of capital. Aterian's principals have extensive experience investing in complicated situations including corporate carve-outs, restructurings both in and out of bankruptcy, and strategic investments necessary to build and enhance value for all stakeholders. Aterian will use its fund to invest in both control and non-control situations across the capital structure in addition to bridging the entire purchase price, providing sellers the upmost speed and certainty of closing. Fo! r more information, please visit http://www.aterianpartners.com.
About Burner Systems International ("BSI")
BSI designs and manufactures components for the gas appliance industry. Its products focus on residential and commercial applications in the heating, cooking and recreational vehicle segments. Headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee, BSI has four additional manufacturing facilities and employees approximately 1,200 associates globally. To learn more about BSI, please visit www.burnersystems.com.


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Mason Lobbies is an annual event where we, as Mason students and alumni, take part in advocating for higher education and George Mason University's student priorities at the state level. A bus caravan will head down to Richmond (departing from the Fairfax campus) for the "Mason Lobbies Day." Student and alumni participants will have the opportunity to personally meet State Representatives and Delegates and talk about their Mason experience. Please see below for more details on each Mason Lobbies 2017 event/activity for alumni & students.
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Dear Peter,
Welcome to IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library! As a composer or other copyright proprietor, please take time to carefully review the Creative Commons and Performance Restricted licenses including the full licenses in PDF format. Generally speaking, the best version to employ for new works is either the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 or the Performance Restricted Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0. These allow for free downloading of the items you post, yet prohibits anyone who downloads the files from IMSLP from selling the files (on Ebay, for example), or from giving public performances on an explicitly commercial basis, making recordings of the work without written permission in advance from you, the composer and copyright owner. However, if you are affiliated with a performing rights society such as SOCAN (Canada), ASCAP, BMI or SESAC (USA), SACD, SACEM or SEAM (France), SABAM (Belgium), GEMA (Germany), PRS (UK), SGAE (Spain), SIAE (Italy), Artisjus (Hungary), ZAIKS (Poland), IPRS (India), JASRAC (Japan), or any of the myriad of similar agencies present in this Wikipedia listing, please note that at least some of these agencies refuse to honor the Creative Commons licenses. You should therefore seriously consider using one of the several IMSLP Performance Restricted Licenses for any works posted here if you are affiliated with a performance rights society.
For those uploading the first time, please remember choose the menu option "Add Your Own Composition" when uploading your original works (even if they are scans of manuscripts or printouts), "Add Your Own Arrangement" or "(Re)Typeset" when uploading new arrangements, and "Add Your Own Edition" or "(Re)Typeset" when uploading new editions of public domain works. As it is normally assumed that composers and arrangers have edited their own work, please leave the "Editor" field empty unless another person has actually edited your work (in which case their name should be inserted). Note also that the English term "Editor" is not the equivalent of the French editeur or Italian editore. "Editor" refers to the person who reviewed and corrected the piece, while the French and Italian words are closer to the English word "publisher". In the "Publisher" field, please use your own full legal name, as making your scores and sound files available for free download on this site constitutes "publication" under the laws of most countries in the world. (Note that this is done automatically when using the new upload tools). Please do not list your works as "public domain" as it is not legally possible for your works to be fully public domain under the 'moral rights' provisions of many copyright statutes around the world. Composers and other copyright owners should be aware that Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 is very similar to public domain as it allows for the unrestricted copying, performance (live and broadcast) and recording of the work (including explicitly commercial use) at no charge, with no compensation or royalties payable to the composer or copyright owner for such commercial exploitation. Note also that the all of the above licenses are considered to be IRREVOCABLE once a file has been uploaded under the lawful copyright owner's authorization.
PS: As long as you have not actually inserted a particular Creative Commons license in the PDF file itself, you are free to change the license after upload to something more suitable. However, any restrictions under an updated license are only applicable to copies of the files downloaded after the date of amendment. Copies downloaded before amendment date are likely subject to the original license terms, so please choose carefully. Composers are also encouraged to make use of our new template {{NoPerf}}, which automatically places works into a new category - Unperformed Works. To add this template to your pages, simply copy and paste the little template above (curly brackets and all) into the "First Performance" field of the "General Information" section on all work pages.
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PS: For additional and more detailed explanation, please visit our Composer Portal page.
Dear Peter, It is complete unnecessary to include instrumentation as part of the title. We have a complete Category Walker to find works by instrumentation. Also, please follow the guidelines of the Manual of Style when creating pages for works. Additionally, the "Sanner/Typesetter" field should only include your name, not the name of the software used. We have a space limitation for the "Uploader" field, and using your full name creates an undesirable line-break, so using "composer" is better. I realize that this is probably a lot to absorb all at once, so the best procedure is to upload a few pieces, let the admins fix things up and visit your pages to see what has been done. Thanks, Carolus 02:04, 24 January 2012 (UTC) (IMSLP Copyright Admin)
P.S. Among the files uploaded so far, there is *one* -- the Partita Traverse score -- whose license might need vetting with BMI. This 2011 version has its own copyright and is not BMI-registered. However, the 1993 original from which it's derived *is* BMI-registered. Whether on that basis BMI has a legitimate say re the new version's licensing, I don't yet know. If it turns out that they do (even if I terminate my affiliation with them), have I now by agreeing to CC BY-NC-ND forfeited the Performance Restricted license option?
P.P.S. BMI's FAQ says: "BMI may license songs for songwriters who are not currently affiliated"; and "BMI's agreement with its songwriters provides that unless specified otherwise, BMI licenses their copyrighted works, even prior to registration." Does this imply that, even if I were to end my BMI affiliation, whatever I now -- or may yet -- write is trapped in BMI's licensing terms?
P.P.P.S. I just emailed BMI -- Ralph Jackson -- a verbose question on this.
Ralph Jackson of BMI just emailed! They're "investigating these issues" and want a copy of "the license you signed". I've sent a link to IMSLP's BY-NC-ND description page ("the horse's mouth") and invited him to look at my own page. Peter M. Armstrong 02:04, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
The only scoring for this work consists in 21 Csound .sco files, which of course no self-respecting mammal wants to read. I intend to upload -- not those, but -- one PDF sheet of explanation (the content of my CD-jacket blurb), and then separately all 21 MP3 files. Altogether as a package, is such an entry OK? Thanks loads (if not lodes) for your feedback so far!
Ok, the PDF is there. I'll hold off on the MP3s pending BMI's response to my inquiry -- and may forward the conversation as an FYI to you.
Under "Number of Movements/Sections" I'd like to make, not 1 column of 21 items (as is), but rather 3 columns of 7 items each. Can do? Peter M. Armstrong 01:10, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
I managed those columns. You'll see how. But if users are not permitted such shenanigans, just tell me and I'll restore the original.Peter M. Armstrong 16:10, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
I have a couple dozen MP3s to upload. But it just hit me that their copyright status is not consistent. Some -- Additudes! -- were on CD as part of the copyright registration package; but some -- the other synthesized items -- were not included in the package (since I viewed them simply as demos). So: must I, before uploading those latter to IMSLP, first copyright-register them explicitly? Sorry for the fuss.Peter M. Armstrong 16:51, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
To be a little clearer: Each composition is separately copyright-registered. Every registration package contains a score (in either traditional-musical or Csound-.sco format). Some packages contain also an audio file (WAV or MIDI). However, some don't, their audio version having been created only later as an afterthought, for demonstration purposes. It's the status of these afterthought audios that I wonder about.Peter M. Armstrong 21:04, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for this clarity! Putting my copyright situation in a nutshell: (1) all the scores were copyright-registered in PDF-only (no LilyPond code, just its output); (2) I've received the "PAu..." certificates for all of them; (3) four of those registration packages did not include also an audio file; (4) I have now synthesized audio for each of those, and requested Copyright Office procedure for registering it; (5) in any case, I'll soon begin uploading 27 other (already registered) MP3's.Peter M. Armstrong 21:10, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
I would like to link this Recordings subheading to a list of selected-performances (mine of other people's music). Only _some_ of the list's entries would in turn link to audio (mp3) of the performances per se. Is this acceptable -- or must such a list contain only those items _with_ audio files?Peter M. Armstrong 16:22, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
Oh, I've just spied this treated instead as a separate _main_ heading (Performances by: Somebody) after the "Compositions by:" listing, with its own Add Files for individual works. Is that the preferred strategy? (If so, is there a sensible way to mention a few performances for which no audio file is available?)Peter M. Armstrong 21:39, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
Oh dear, I must back up. (1) With each Add Work page including its _own_ Performances section (to list my/anybody's recordings of that work), why does the Composer page have a Recordings section at all? Is it meant to highlight the _commercial_recordings_ subset? (2) In any case to avoid confusion, I may well opt for a separate boldface "Performances by:..." header below the Compositions listing. (3) Don't worry re "long to respond". Though now retired as a Unix Sys-Admin, I recall that "stuff happens". Peter M. Armstrong 21:40, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
OK, #2 above must be controlled from a file hierarchically above my Composer page. (Ferruccio Busoni's "External links", "See also", "Miscellaneous Information", and several headings beginning with "Arranged by:" are not even mentioned on his Composer page.) So, if I want to add my "Performances by:" section, where can I do this? Peter M. Armstrong 22:53, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
I see that the Dapper '1' and Dreadful '0' audio files have been flagged, "...cannot be streamed." I thought I uploaded MP3s (that I'd converted from the original MIDs). Isn't MP3 streamable? If not, nevermind; if so, I'll revise my probably-confusing references to "MIDI"; if I uploaded MID files by mistake, I'll submit MP3s to replace them. Peter M. Armstrong 18:45, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
This applies to Katikaze as well. Peter M. Armstrong 19:04, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
For my "Mini-Studies" and "Variations", may I replace "Virtual Performance" with "MIDI-Sequenced Performance"? I want it clear that keyboard playing was not involved.
I forgot to update my audio-file descriptions for 'Dapper 1 and Dreadful 0' AND 'Katikaze'. Have done so now per your specs. But the system is still calling them "unstreamable...MID". I'd swear I installed MP3s. (There's a new item too, the "S-Mode" variations.) Peter M. Armstrong 18:12, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
About my MP3 files -- If the problem is technical (i.e., if they don't stream), then it could be that I distractedly changed their filename extensions (from ".mid" to ".mp3") instead of actually converting their types. FYI, the conversion process (for all OK results) has been a two-step: .mid-to-.wav via timidity, then .wav-to-.mp3 via pacpl. Peter M. Armstrong 15:08, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
Those apparently problematical audio files ("Dapper...", "Katikaze") are indeed MP3s. My mpg123 just played them! Do you want new copies? Peter M. Armstrong 20:53, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
Is it possible to make "Synthesized" the default (highlighted) in my case? I'll be uploading very few "General" items. Peter M. Armstrong 19:49, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
I'd go for that -- swapping the "Recordings" and "Performances" headings, especially since all my piano audio uploads (except Busoni's Sonatina cycle) will be from taped live performances. Peter M. Armstrong 01:01, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
Among the piano audio I want to upload are Busoni's Elegien, from my 1979 Tully Hall recital. However, I dimly recall being under Lincoln Center legal constraints not to publish these (or sell or play them maybe or god-knows-what). So I'd better hold off, at least, til I know just what I mustn't. Do you happen to know whether CC's Performance Restricted license would accommodate their demands? Peter M. Armstrong 17:35, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
Sorry, I wasn't clear. As I understand (misunderstand?), the issue here wasn't the repertoire, but the fact that my performance was taped at Lincoln Center. I was given the tape, or a copy of it, on condition that I not sell it (or publish it or whatever). Just what their control consists of, I'd better find out. Peter M. Armstrong 03:39, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
He (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Levy) has no IMSLP Composer page. So, to upload my performance of his "Five Pieces (1945)", I'm about to create one. Or was, til I saw: "Do not create composer pages for composers who are not in the public domain (died less than 50 years ago), unless you have a work that the composer him/herself allowed the distribution of under a permissible license...." Oh dear. My performance had EL's Novello agent's blessing and positive feedback from EL himself -- but I reckon that's all "neither here nor there". Any hope for this (say, again, via CC's Performance Restricted license)? Peter M. Armstrong 19:47, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
P.S. Of course -- it just hit me -- I'd be uploading only the performance (not also the score), if you guys allow. Peter M. Armstrong 19:47, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
Oh dear. I'd better write Novello -- to clear up at least the first hurdle. (Hope they're more responsive than BMI recently.) Peter M. Armstrong 23:28, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
I'm tempted to use the work-page bottom section to duplicate each score's Program Notes. Feasible? Peter M. Armstrong 21:13, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
I just perpetrated "COMPOSITION NOTES" -- a ton for each of my compositions (except for two that only point to a separate file). These are "just in case" the score Viewer fails to displaty them readably. Where it succeeds instead. I'll probably erase these entries. Meanwhile, you get to peek. Peter M. Armstrong 21:01, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
Docs point to the Beethoven Op. 11 page to show Previews and Thumbnails. I see the former but not the latter. Where's a Thumbnail box? Peter M. Armstrong 01:04, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
OK, I see TNs & PVs now, have opted to use the former, and have converted some original .ps files to .jpg via ImageMagick. The results are sorta-ok if a little fuzzy around the edges. I just tried to upload one to see how it will fare stuffed into a Thumbnail. But the system yells that .jpg. (as required) "is not an acceptable file type". I don't get this, as my .jpg portrait had been accepted. How should I proceed here? Peter M. Armstrong 22:56, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
I just successfully installed a Thumb for each of my compositions, and a new Pic. In the process I saw that I had uploaded all my MP3 files via the form for PDFs, not via "Upload file"! Again -- if you want new (correct) uploadings of those two troublesome items (Dapper; Katikaze) after our BMI dust settles, just yell. Peter M. Armstrong 18:55, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
I see on Beethoven's Op.22 page these see-whole-score links. Can I put such on my pages? Peter M. Armstrong 17:48, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
I've found a few mistakes -- one particularly embarrassing -- in files already uploaded, and make a couple of other improvements anyway. On what conditions does IMSLP tolerate replacement uploads? (Before I haul off and list the items I have in mind.) Peter M. Armstrong 21:08, 25 February 2012 (UTC)


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``God`s light, the only kind you need,`` extolled Banks. ``I can`t believe what they`re talking about doing to Wrigley Field. Night games!! It pains me to think about it. Tradition is nice, but I guess it can`t last. Night games in Wrigley Field!! Nooo.``


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Last week I was running the Opcom robotics summer camp. See previous post on more details about the camps. Nine young robot engineers participated in the camp and were challenged to designing, building and programing a LEGO Mindstorms robot able to practice the not so ancient sport of robot sumo wrestling.
Here are some snapshots from the week's activities. First an introduction of of the robot engineers and their creations...
A closer look at the contestants reveals some interesting and outside of the box designs such as ramp, blades, scoops and bulldozer-like contraptions where some of the sumobots are large and imposing while others are more nimble.
The week flew by with the robot engineers working hard designing their robots, programming, brainstorming game strategies and going through many practice rounds and design and program revisions to perfect their creations. One of the key lessons learned was the iterative nature of engineering and programming where there is no such things as a perfect design and/or program at the outset. Instead the process is characterized by repeated testing (or performance), feedback and revisions, sounding reminiscent from a different walk of life.
The culmination of the week was the sumobot tournament on the last day. For this big event we invited all the other kids and adults that happened to be at the school.
Science classrooms are unique learning environments unlike any other classrooms. As a matter of fact, some things only happen in science classrooms. Here is a collection of event that happened in my own science classroom over the last school year. It's a growing list, so check back for updates.
Report from yours truly live-tweeting and navigating the melee at GETCA 2015 (Annual Greater Edmonton Teachers' Conference).
Can a pencil be more than just your average run of the mill pencil? The legendary Palomino Blackwing Pearl can take a student or teacher's writing to new heights. We have taken a batch of the Pearls for a spin and are blown away by how much writing and sketching can be transformed by this unassuming pencil.
Dr. Pineda's Classroom is going YouTube with the release of its first screencast on the exciting topic of calculating percents. Only time will tell if this is the start of something big and shiny or just a passing fad.
After several weeks working on setting up habitats for new classroom animals the big day finally arrived. The newest addition to our classroom include aquatic denizens in our new aquarium and a teenage bearded dragon with lots of attitude and no table manners.


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Martha Wilson
MFASO Lecture
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
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205 Hudson Street is pleased to announce an artist talk by Martha Wilson as part of MFASO Fall 2016 Lecture Series. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Martha Wilson is an American feminist performance artist and the founding director of Franklin Furnace art organization. By employing role-playing, costume transformation, and 'invasions' of other people's personas, she has developed photographic and video works that explore her female subjectivity.
In 1976, she founded and became director of the Franklin Furnace Archive, an artist-run space that focuses on the exploration and promotion of artists books, installation art, video and performance art.
Since the early 1970s, Wilson has performed and exhibited in numerous galleries and museums exhibitions including 'c. 7,500' exhibit of conceptual art made by women at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California, and 'Gloria: Another Look at Feminist Art in the 1970s' at White Columns in New York City. DISBAND, all-female vocal performing artists group which was based in New York City from 1978 to 1982 formed by Wilson, IIona Granet, Donna Hennes, Ingrid Sischy and Dianne Torr, was included in the 'WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution' at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, and the Incheon Women Artists' Biennale in Incheon, South Korea. She is currently represented by P•P•O•W gallery in New York City.


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Tortuga, featured as an anarchistic pirate haven in Pirates of the Caribbean is a mountainous, rocky island off Haiti's northwestern coast. Christopher Columbus encountered the island in 1493, and it was his crew that gave it the name Tortuga: its shape reminded them of a turtle. Some Spanish settlers eventually inhabited the island, and in the 1600's the Spanish fought over it with the English and the French. The Spanish ultimately abandoned it as unimportant, leaving it to the English and the French who set up neighboring colonies to grow tobacco and such.
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Over the last 20 years, the percentages of households that will not be ready for retirement at age 65 has nearly doubled to 50 percent, according to recent data from the National Retirement Risk Index (NRRI).
As fears of sustaining income throughout retirement arise, it has become clear that workers don't always know how to prevent a possible shortage of money.
However, Prudential outlines a recent study from the Center for Retirement Research (CRR) at Boston College that backs up one of the more intuitive solutions considered by today's workers: simply working longer.
If workers add five more years of work, the number of prepared retirees shifts dramatically, as the CRR's report estimates that 86 percent of workers would then be ready for retirement.
"While many Americans' despair of ever being able to retire, the reality is that with a few extra years of work and a delay in taking Social Security, they can increase their chances of being able to have a more financially secure retirement," said James McInnes, COO, total retirement solutions, Prudential Retirement.
To help customers with planning for this, a couple of insurers are attempting to get this information, as well as other tips, in front of customers, including Prudential, who released a white paper outlining retirement planning practices in tandem with the CRR's findings.
Allianz Life also launched a new website dedicated to educating customers on retirement planning. The website offers a quiz for prospective retirees as well as a new framework intended to make retirement planning easier—the four Cs, which are clarity, comfort, cost of living and certainty.
A person may spend 30 years accumulating assets but then may not know how to convert those assets during the transition period into a stream of long-term guaranteed income," said Gary Bhojwani, chairman of Allianz Life. "The interactive website is a great tool for beginning the process of thinking through key issues during the transition period to build a realistic, achievable retirement income plan."
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Join Richard Harrington for an in-depth discussion in this video Strategies to improve file naming and timecode, part of After Effects Guru: Color Grading Footage.
- Once you have media brought in, you might want to keep track of things like clip names and timecode. This will make it easier when you have to go back to the non-linear editing tool, if you want to handle material back off to an editor or someone else who's working in the pipeline. In After Effects, there's a couple of options that are really useful. First up, if you select a series of clips and right-click, you could choose New Comp From Selection. This'll bring up a new dialogue. You can make sure that Multiple Compositions is checked, and what this will do is make a comp for each of the selected items.
When I click Okay, you'll notice that they automatically take on the name of each item. Additionally, if you open up one of these items, you'll see that it doesn't start at 00. Well, let's expand this panel here for a moment, and I want to show you something important. With a piece of footage selected, you can right-click on the top header here and bring up columns for Media Start. You'll see in this case the actual starting timecode for the file.
And you'll notice that the starting timecode of the clip by default matches the starting timecode for the sequence. Doing this will make things a lot easier. Now if for some reason these values aren't syncing up, you can always take a look at the Composition Settings here. And this is where you can check things. Notice you can enter in a Starting Timecode if needed, and change the name for the composition. They'll like to encourage you that these values should match. The new file that's generated will have the same name and the output timecode of the original.
Now, most of you aren't worried about using After Effects as a color correction tool. You can easily do this in most non-linear editing tools, but there are some advanced reasons that we'll cover a little bit later where sending a clip from your editing tool to After Effects may be warranted. But I do find nonetheless that keeping file names and timecode in sync is a good idea. If you are dealing with process files, you might want to slightly modify that name, maybe adding an underscore of edited or corrected after the original file name.
That way, you've got the original media and the newly-generated media. Now, this sort of media management is really a matter of personal taste and style. I just wanted you to see that After Effects can support things as you move through. Alright, now that we've got some of the housekeeping out of the way, let's move onto our next section.
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Diversity is about ensuring you have enough difference within your organisation so you are set up solve today's complex business challenges. Inclusivity is valuing the people you have.
We support businesses in creating a culture in which people feel able to show up as themselves, where diversity of thought is valued and where people are cherished. We recognise that creating diverse and inclusive organisations is not necessarily an easy path and we help businesses to navigate this complexity, learning the skills required for everyone to be able to step into their inclusive leadership.
To be a business leader in today's world, it's vital that we reflect the society we are serving. To ensure this, Diversity and Inclusion needs to sit at the heart of business strategy. In addition to attracting and retaining the best talent, a more diverse workforce and inclusive environment will also help you to:
- Attract new clients: a D&I statement will increasingly become part of your business strategy and purpose. Put simply, being clear on your strategy will help you to win business
- Better understand your audience: having a wider range of experiences within your agency will give you new perspectives, adding more depth to your customer insight
- Increase productivity: reducing our unconscious biases will help to ensure that we recruit the best talent and an inclusive environment means employees feel valued, which leads to greater productivity.
Through a combination of consultancy, 1:1 coaching and group training, we can help you understand your unique challenges and embed alternative approaches and new processes to create a truly inclusive environment, valuing people and talent.
We are operating from a place of unconscious incompetence
We literally don't know that there is another way. What we see happening around us is what we know, and it is difficult to grasp an alternative way of doing things, let alone the benefits that might bring. Despite strong research from McKinsey, the business case remains largely intuitive and conceptual.
The human brain wants to fit in
The human brain is wired for survival – meaning that it likes certainty and to feel like it fits in. Growing up, we learn that compliance makes us safe and that belonging feels good. The shift to a diverse and inclusive workplace is going to require vulnerability, swimming against the tide and a comfort in being around people that are 'not like us'. The other side of this coin is that those who don't feel like they 'fit in' experience imposter syndrome and operate from a place of 'not enough' – meaning they often play small. We can help people recognise and move beyond their imposter syndrome, at the same time creating cultures which are less likely to give rise to this phenomenon.
Unconscious bias
The human brain is also wired to categorise and to stereotype. It is a universal human trait that helps us to make sense of the world. Unfortunately, that skill comes with a less useful by-product – that of unconscious bias. We, unconsciously, hold stereotypes about groups of people that may make it harder for those groups to succeed in the workplace. We may also internalise stereotypes about the groups to which we ourselves belong.
Fear of conflict
Most people have an aversion to conflict and certainly would prefer to be surrounded by people who agree, rather than disagree, with them. Getting a more diverse range of opinions in the room is going to mean greater disagreement. Period. We need to show people that conflict doesn't need to be feared, that it can be a place of personal growth and give them the tools and skills to have difficult, challenging conversations.
The ability and knowledge of how to build diverse and inclusive teams
We like to be right, and the current leadership model, whilst shifting, is still in the 'all knowing leader' paradigm. Often, we don't have the resilience to align rather than agree and we are not aware of our greater role in the system. Asking for help is seen as a weakness, whereas it could in fact mean listening to other people's valid, different and possibly more useful opinions. Diverse teams need a skilled leader to harness them otherwise homogeneity is probably preferable. Such leaders let go of 'coerce and control', understand our interconnectedness and know how to align teams on a common purpose. It is a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world and team leaders need support in being able to deal with that, when they have been taught to look for certainty.
We are too busy
This is a two-fold challenge. Often teams feel like the D&I agenda is going to be resource intensive within teams that are already stretched to breaking point, (we would argue that it requires shifting your 'being' rather than a series of time intensive initiatives and that operating from the current place is more time ineffective). Alongside this, when we are operating at full pelt, we neglect to access our intuition and we ignore our emotional needs. We need to listen to both to move forwards – as individuals and as teams. When systems ignore their pain, it is stressful and this makes us less socially intelligent, empathic and creative. We are functioning from our limbic brain, we waste human capital and stress shuts down our neural pathways.
We value certain ways of thinking
Culturally, we value the left brain over the right brain. We value reason, judgement, cause and effect... and yet what could be possible if we valued feelings, relationships, intuition and creativity? Some experience shame at being 'differently brained', again dampening their productivity.
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Each year I've grown chillies I've ended up with what I (and others) refer to as "runts". These are the plants that make it best seedling stage and then kind of get stuck. They only grow so far. I've always just left them to it, figuring that's the way it was. Turns out, I might have been wrong…
As anyone who follows me on Facebook and Twitter knows I post regular pictures on there about my plants and their progress.
On the 8th July I posted up on Facebook about a runt I'd got;
I was feeling pretty good about some of my plants and this one caught my eye. It looked a bit sorry for itself. Unusually I hadn't put the date I planted it on the Plant Label but I'd guess at it being part of a batch from February. It still has it's label so it wasn't in the great Greenhouse crash of 2017.
I've had quite a successful year with plants, if I do say so myself. Greenhouse incidents aside.
So, it was quite odd that this had remained so small.
Ivor Davies from Bountiful Seeds found this odd as well and commented as much. One thing I have learnt in my time growing chillies is that if Ivor speaks, you listen. He's chirped in before with little nuggets of advice and is always knowledgeable and helpful with this kind of stuff.
Ivor suggested that a change of soil might do the trick, and that it would be a good time to see how the roots where doing. So I listened, and went almost immediately to do just that.
The roots, as he suspected weren't great.
So I changed the soil, and optimistically gave it a new, bigger pot.
Time would tell.
Five days later (13th July) I was convinced I could see a change in the plant.
It looked, taller. Just.
Three days later (16th), I was more convinced the soil change had worked…
Even more so when I looked under the pot.
A root had made it all the way down to the bottom of the pot. This was a good sign.
Just under 10 days later on the 25th…
Fast forward to the 2nd August…
The picture kind of speaks for itself, right?
And if the first one didn't, the roots definitely speak volumes.
Still not convinced?
Well, lets see you argue with that!
So, I'll no for next time. If a plant seems to "stop", change the soil.
Ivor went on to later explain it's because sometimes the soil gets compacted and it stops the roots from being able to progress. Oxygen can't get to the roots and the soil stays wet.
He went on to suggest that next year I use a some Vermiculite or Perlite when potting up. And possibly be a little less forceful when compacting the soil, something I thought I'd got sorted out, but it seems I still need to learn to be more gentle!
So, if you come across plants that seem to get stuck – A soil change is a quick thing you can at least try and something I'll be keeping in my arsenal of growing tricks.
Maybe next year I'll see less runts!


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By Sam Sherman
As the Pendleton Heights Arabians return home after a long 2-week road trip, the Arabian crowd was eager to see their team bounce back yet again and turn the season around. Legendary former Pendleton Heights coach and Athletic Director John Broughton gave a moving speech to past and current players of his, and the Arabians were ready to get underway. The only issue: Pendleton Heights was facing the #2 ranked team in the state, conference opponent New Palestine. Still, there was hope that Pendleton Heights could pull off the upset at home, and that's exactly what the Arabians were ready to attempt.
The game began with an Arabian offensive possession, and while Coach Richman led the game with a different approach than usual – all passes on the first drive – the Arabians failed to convert and went a quick 3-and-out. New Pal quickly took advantage of good field position and capped off a fast drive with a 17-yard touchdown run. The Dragons led 7-0 early. The Arabians kept with the passing game on their next drive, but it still did not pick up. Again, the New Pal offense came back on the field. Ready to extend their early lead. That's exactly what they did. After a slower drive, the Dragons carried the ball to the 1-yard line and punched the ball into the end zone with another run. New Pal's lead extended to 14-0. Neither team could get anything going the rest of the quarter, and the New Palestine Dragons led the Pendleton Heights Arabians by a score of 14-0 at the end of one.
The second quarter began with a Pendleton Heights possession. As the Arabians moved down the field, their offense showed potential that they could cut into the New Pal lead. Just as the Arabian offense was getting in a rhythm, sophomore quarterback Christian Conkling threw an interception to a New Pal corner that was taken to the house, extending New Pal's lead to a large 21-0. The next Arabian offensive possession didn't extend past five yards, and Pendleton Heights was forced to punt again. On the first play of this New Pal offensive set, senior quarterback Gunnar Large ran the ball from the pocket all the way into the end zone, putting the Dragons up 28-0. Eventually, Pendleton Heights breached into the New Pal red zone. After the Dragon secondary stopped Conkling on every pass attempt, junior Thomas Quiroga kicked the ball through the uprights to make New Pal's lead 28-3. These were the first points the Dragons had given up in 7 straight quarters. The New Pal coordinators were livid. On the next New Pal drive, sophomore Evan Douglas made a sliding interception and gave Pendleton Heights the ball back. They failed to do anything with the possession, and on the first play of the New Pal drive, senior running back Duron Ford took it from the 49-yard line and sprinted to the end zone. The New Palestine Dragons led Pendleton Heights 35-3 at halftime. The Arabians' failure to stop the Dragon run game and failure to respond with any offensive strength of their own led to the great deficit.
The third quarter began exactly how the second quarter ended. The very first play from scrimmage was a 90-yard touchdown run for New Pal. The Dragons led 42-3. Pendleton Heights again couldn't respond, and punted the ball to the New Pal 41-yard marker. Eventually, the Dragons would crawl down to the 19-yard line and rush into the end zone yet again. New Pal's lead extended to 49-3. Pendleton Heights couldn't move the ball on their next drive and punted it back to the Dragons. Their next drive was an even mix of pass and rush, which ended in a short touchdown run, making the New Pal lead 56-3. New Pal held steady and kept the lead to the fourth quarter.
In the fourth quarter, Pendleton Heights finally made some offensive moves and senior Corbin Cox carried the Arabians down to the 2-yard line, where he rushed in the end zone for Pendleton's first touchdown of the night. Looking very similar to last week, however, junior Thomas Quiroga missed the PAT. New Pal led 56-9. Just as the Pendleton Heights squad was starting to feel a tad-bit better, New Pal returned the kickoff to the end zone, and extended the lead yet again. This time, the Dragons led and won 63-9. Pendleton Heights falls to (1-4).
As Pendleton Heights looks back at this game, they have to be very understanding. This team has many great skills and qualities but definitely has its issues. Sophomore quarterback Christian Conkling has proven time and time again that he has a great arm that is very capable of long and accurate throws, but struggles with decision making every now and then. Senior running backs Corbin Cox and Payton Huth show that their legs and strength are definitely highlights of the Pendleton Heights offense, but the line needs to find them more holes. Pendleton Heights can leave this game with many positives. However, this talented yet struggling Pendleton Heights squad faced off against the second best team in the state. They fought hard till the very end, which is all that players and coaches can ask for. They continue to show perseverance and dedication in each and every game, no matter the outcome. Next week the Pendleton Heights Arabians will be facing off against another conference rival Mt. Vernon in their 2016 Homecoming. Expect the Pendleton stands to be unbelievably fired up, and expect the players to bring sheer power and intensity as they take on the Marauders.


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When "Girls" arrived on HBO in 2012, it looked like it would be the anti "Sex And The City" and finally paint a realistic picture of 20-something life in New York City.
But now that we're in the thick of Season 3, it's nearly impossible to relate to most of the characters. They're narcissistic and entitled. Who would want to call themselves a Marnie, Jessa, Soshanna or -- worst of all -- a Hannah?
Don't be fooled, though: Lena Dunham hardly thinks her characters are realistic portrayals of young women. She's in on the joke. The girls of "Girls" are dark parodies of millennials today, and a lot of those cringe-inducing, horrible moments are actually brilliant.
Here's the proof:
Hannah and Marnie's awkward phone call
Why you hated it: It's a depressing portrayal of friendship. Hannah and Marnie have been best friends since college, but they're flat-out lying to each other.
Why it's brilliant: This is a a heartbreakingly realistic conversation for two people to have when their friendship is falling apart. Hannah and Marnie call each other out of habit, but they'd rather lie than show any signs of vulnerability.
Marnie's horrific Kanye cover
Why you hated it: Because it was pathetic, and you cringed. The entire time.
Why it's brilliant: Marnie's performance was an exaggeration, but people go to great lengths when they love someone. Late night texts and rambling emails begging someone to take you back may be more "normal," but they're not any better.
Hannah's harsh friendship statement
Why you hated it: Because you love your friends. You love talking to them, listening and giving them advice. That's what friendship is about.
Why it's brilliant: We all get annoyed with our friends. Maybe you've never told your friend that if she complains about her boss one more time you'll lose it ... but you've definitely thought about it.
Shoshanna's harsh statement about accomplishment
Why you hated it: It's a mean and obnoxious thing to say.
Why it's brilliant: Shoshanna uttered the words of our worst nightmares. Everyone measures how many years it's been since college against how much they've accomplished and freaks out accordingly. The idea that someone would actually say this to their friends isn't just brilliant, it's hilarious.
Hannah's terrible networking moment
Why you hated it: Because Hannah used a funeral as a networking opportunity. (How low can she go?)
Why it's brilliant: If you had a book deal that fell through because your editor died, deep down you would want to do anything to save it ... even if it meant asking your dead editor's wife to put you in touch with someone.
Hannah's "I don't want to be here in ten years" moment
Why you hated it: Hannah's sense of entitlement is horrific. What rent-paying 20-something would have the audacity to say something like this to her boss on her second day?
Why it's brilliant: Hannah's speech is the darkest version of what most people would say if they had the courage ... and unlimited disposable income. Who hasn't been overcome by the fear that their day job is stopping them from doing what they were truly put on this earth to do?
Marnie's low social media moment
Why you hated it: Is the point of Instagram really proving something to the world? Isn't it just a fun app and a way to see what your friends are up to?
Why it's brilliant: That's exactly what Instagram is about.Shoshanna's declaration of narcissism
Why you hated it: It's brutal honesty, and you would never sink low enough to say something like that to your friend.
Why it's brilliant: Those are the exact words "Girls" viewers have wanted to say to Hannah for three seasons. Bravo, Shosh.
"Girls" airs Sunday at 10 p.m. EST on HBO.


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Bangkok Post – Top 10 Restaurants of the Year
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If you have not tried water sport such as Kayaking before and wish to have a hands on experience during a weekend then River Shambavi is the right place to begin with and learn basics of Kayaking & watercraft. Situated on the fringes of west-coast of western ghats where river. River Shambavi flowing through Kudremukh in Western Ghats meets the sea. The picturesque surroundings and river flowing in steady pace is a an ideal place to explore by a kayak.
You paddle your kayak from the Arabian sea to Western ghats along the Palimar dam after crossing the backwater. Explore the vivid environs by kayak tour and unfold the secrets of nature.
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A Summit County Grand Jury has decided against charges for 69-year-old Anthony Demchak of Twinsburg in the death of his wife, Marilyn.
Back on October 25th, 2017, Anthony Demchak called 911 to report his wife unresponsive on the floor of their bedroom. He told emergency dispatch that he thought she'd fallen and that she was bleeding and not answering him.
When police and EMS arrived, they found Marilyn Demchak on the floor, unresponsive, with trauma to the back of her head. After a brief investigation, Anthony Demchak was arrested and charged with murder, felonious assault, involuntary manslaughter, and reckless homicide.
Police had been called to the Demchak home in Twinsburg before on domestic violence reports after neighbors had reported instances of Anthony Demchak threatening, even hitting or knocking down Marilyn. One report claimed that Demchak had threatened to punch his wife in the face if she left the garage to come back in the house. The most recent incident, before the October 25th call, was July of last year.
After months, the Summit County Medical Examiner's Office found that the cause of Marilyn Demchak's death could not be determined, and the grand jury dropped all charges against Anthony. He has since been released from custody.
Today is election day, and because of continuing power outages--mostly in the Northern part of Summit County--the board of elections is moving some polling locations in Reminderville and Twinsburg.
See below for details.
(Summit County) – Last evening's severe weather left parts of Northern Summit County without power.
After a thorough review of all polling locations in Summit County, the following polling locations are being
relocated for the November 7th General Election ONLY.
Precint Previous Location New Location
Reminderville Village:
Reminderville Village A Heritage Hall Reminderville Fire Dept
3601 Glenwood Blvd 3382 Glenwood Blvd
Reminderville, OH 44202 Reminderville, OH 44202
Reminderville Village B & C Reminderville Municipal Center Reminderville Fire Dept
3382 Glenwood Blvd 3382 Glenwood Blvd
Reminderville, OH 44202 Reminderville, OH 44202
Twinsburg City:
Twinsburg 1-A & 1-C Bissell Elementary School Twinsburg Community Center
1811 Glenwood Dr 10260 Ravenna Rd
Twinsburg, OH 44087 Twinsburg, OH 44087
Twinsburg Township:
Twinsburg Township B Pinewood Gardens Twinsburg Twp Trustees Office
8788 Ray Ct 1790 Enterprise Parkway
Twinsburg, OH 44087 Twinsburg, OH 44087
"The Board unanimously voted today to relocate polling locations without power, to ensure all Summit
County voters have access to safe, secure polling locations in the closest proximity possible to the voters'
current polling locations," said Director Joe Masich.
Media contacts: Director Joe Masich (330)643-5345 or Deputy Director Paula Sauter (330)643-
Your Amazon package may come from Summit County down the road.
Crain's Akron Business reports that the retail giant could be planning a fulfillment center in Twinsburg at the Cornerstone Business Park.
Crain's reports that The Ohio Tax Credit Authority has an agenda item from Amazon on Monday applying for a tax credit.
They report that Twinsburg City Council has approved local tax incentives for a $13-million dollar, 248,000 square foot building that could create over 300 full-time and part-time jobs.
On the Web: Crain's, http://www.crainscleveland.com/
A couple from Summit County was killed in a car accident in Florida.
Authorities and local media report three people, including two from Twinsburg died after a crash on Thursday in southwest Florida.
The Floida Highway Patrol says 67 year-old Diane Kiffner was traveling northbound on I-75 in Manatee County when a tow truck came into her lane and sideswiped her, causing her car to spin and ultimately overturn.
Two passengers, 68-year old Leonard May and 65 year-old Lana May both from Twinsburg, died at the scene according to investigators. Kiffner later died at the hospital.
Authorities say the driver of the tow truck sustained only minor injuries.


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High Price Condos and Contact Sports
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The Wealthy residents of Thaddeus Avenue enjoy luxury condominiums and all the football they can catch a glimpse of from their terraces above. (With the right pair of binoculars you can actually see the bones snapping from up there!) They can also hop a train out of there to the nearest starbucks or art gallery, before the drunken, shirtless, face painted hoards head home to whatever lower middle class whatever neighborhood they came from.(Who's decision was is to put this damn eyesore in the middle of downtown in the first place?) Anyways... much more on the entire sports complex to come in the next few days.
This is a shot of the park taken some time between the invention of paddle boats and color film, so enjoy!
Thank you for checking out my very young CJ and kudos to you if you actually read all this crap. If so, please reward yourself by giving me 5 stars. Thank You again, as always.... -Jody


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Phil Carns from Argonne gave this talk at the 2017 Argonne Training Program on Extreme-Scale Computing. "Darshan is a scalable HPC I/O characterization tool. It captures an accurate but concise picture of application I/O behavior with minimum overhead. Darshan was originally developed on the IBM Blue Gene series of computers deployed at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility, but it is portable across a wide variety of platforms include the Cray XE6, Cray XC30, and Linux clusters. Darshan routinely instruments jobs using up to 786,432 compute cores on the Mira system at ALCF."
HPC I/O for Computational Scientists
DOE's INCITE Program Seeks Advanced Computational Research Proposals for 2018
Today the Department of Energy's Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE) program announced it is accepting proposals for high-impact, computationally intensive research campaigns in a broad array of science, engineering, and computer science domains. DOE's Office of Science plans to award over 6 billion supercomputer processor-hours at Argonne National Laboratory and […]
Argonne Annouces Early Science Projects for Aurora Supercomputer
Argonne has selected 10 computational science and engineering research projects for its Aurora Early Science Program starting this month. Aurora, a massively parallel, manycore Intel-Cray supercomputer, will be ALCF's next leadership-class computing resource and is expected to arrive in 2018. The Early Science Program helps lay the path for hundreds of other users by doing actual science, using real scientific applications, to ready a future machine. "As with any bleeding edge resource, there's testing and debugging that has to be done," said ALCF Director of Science Katherine Riley.
Video: Stunning Simulation from Blue Brain Project at SC16
In this silent video from the Blue Brain Project at SC16, 865 segments from a rodent brain are simulated with isosurfaces generated from Allen Brain Atlas image stacks. For this INCITE project, researchers from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne will use the Mira supercomputer at Argonne to advance the understanding of these fundamental mechanisms of the brain's neocortex.
Supercomputing Better Engines at Argonne
Researchers are using Argonne supercomputers to jump-start internal-combustion engine designs in the name of conservation. "Improving engine efficiencies by even a few percentage points can take a big chunk out of our carbon footprint. We are working on a proof-of-concept to demonstrate how simulating several thousand engine configurations simultaneously can really help engineers zero in on the optimum engine designs and operating strategies to maximize efficiency while minimizing harmful emissions."
Supercomputing Supernova Explosions on Mira
Researchers from Michigan State University are using the Mira supercomputer to perform large-scale 3-D simulations of the final moments of a supernova's life cycle. While the 3-D simulation approach is still in its infancy, early results indicate that the models are providing a clearer picture than ever before of the mechanisms that drive supernova explosions.
Slimming Down Supercomputer Power Bills
Any performance improvements that could be wrung out of supercomputers by adding more power have long been exhausted. New supercomputers demand new options that will give scientists a sleek, efficient partner in making new discoveries such as the new supercomputer called Summit that's being developed and is to arrive at Oak Ridge National Lab in the next couple of years. "If necessity is the mother of invention, we'll have some inventions happening soon," says deputy division director of Argonne Leadership Computing Facility Susan Coghlan.
Supercomputing van der Waals Forces on Mira
Over at ALCF, Katie Jones writes that researchers are using the Mira supercomputer to validate a new "wave-like" model of the van der Waals force—a weak attraction that has strong ties to function and stability in materials and biological systems.
INCITE Seeking Proposals to Advance Science with Leadership Computing
The DoE INCITE program is now accepting proposals for high-impact, computationally intensive research campaigns in a broad array of science, engineering and computer science domains.
ALCF Celebrates 10 Years of Leadership Computing
This week, the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF) turns one decade old. ALCF is home to Mira, the world's fifth-fastest supercomputer, along with teams of experts that help researchers from all over the world perform complex simulations and calculations in almost every branch of science. To celebrate its 10th anniversary, Argonne is highlighting 10 accomplishments since the facility opened its doors.


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HP Offers Suite of Automation ToolsNovember 30th, 2007 - 4:05 am ICT by admin
HP announced this week a suite of I.T. automation tools to simplify a range of administrative tasks, from the desktop to the data center. The offering is a "key pillar," the company said, of its strategy to integrate technology acquired during an aggressive buying spree.
HP's Business Optimization Portfolio pulls together assets from the acquisitions of Peregrine, Mercury, and Opsware. Automated Operations 1.0 combines solutions for I.T. service management, business service management, and business service automation.
"We have been aggressively expanding our software portfolio in the last two years to broaden and deepen our capabilities to help customers improve their top and bottom lines," said Tom Hogan, a senior vice president with HP Software, in a statement.
Not Sexy, Still Necessary
While business automation solutions might not be the sexiest part of the industry, it is an area where companies — especially midsize and enterprise organizations — feel real pain, and if HP can help with that, customers will appreciate it, Charles King, principal analyst with Pund-IT, said in a telephone interview.
"It's something they've been working up to and it's a natural offering with the acquisitions they've been making," King said. The space includes such tasks as managing and updating software and software licenses.
Dell has moved in a "similar direction," King said, with the recent acquisition of Everdream, which provided service management and help-desk solutions for desktop and mobile devices. While not a big deal for smaller companies, update and license management for organizations with hundreds of thousands of desktops and servers "can be a logistical nightmare," King said. "There's a broad understanding that tools like these are a real benefit."
Mission of Support
HP now competes with IBM, Computer Associates, and BMC in automation. Each vendor will approach this space in a slightly different way, King said. "The expertise that a vendor…
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Vale Richard Baum, father of Chinapol
Just before Christmas Rick Baum, well known and much lauded UCLA professor and China expert passed away. Amongst the many works he contributed to the field is Chinapol, an amazing online discussion forum that has become essential reading for diplomats, journalists and academics. Below is his obituary from the New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/26/world/asia/richard-baum-72-dies-presided-over-chinapol.html?_r=0


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Meet our Graduate Students
Evan Ash
I was born, raised, and attended college in Green Bay, WI. I graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay in 2017 with a double major in Theatre and Democracy & Justice Studies and a History minor. I study 20th century United States cultural history, and my thesis project concerns a Cincinnati group that published evaluations of comic books in Parents' Magazine. Outside of school, I enjoy basketball (Go Celtics!), reading, video games, and collecting comics, CDs, and records.
Hannah Blubaugh
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, I graduated from Miami University in 2016 with a BA in history. My historical interests include Native American history, the American West, and 1960s/70s youth culture. My undergraduate research looked at the relationship between British traders and the Creek Indians in the Southeast during the 18th century. As a graduate student, I am hoping to research 20th century Native American activism. When I'm not overwhelmed by schoolwork, I'm either doing gymnastics, watching anime or documentaries, or listening to rock and roll.
Margaret Breidenbaugh
Born and raised in Ohio's first capital, Chillicothe, I completed my undergraduate work in vocal performance and music composition at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, in 2003. As a historian I am primarily interested in 19th-century German cultural history, particularly nationalistic and personal conceptions of Heimat. My current research revolves around a mid-19th-century German travel diarist and her niece, a Weimar-era novelist, two women whose lives bookend the 1834 purchase and 1945 Soviet occupation of their family home seventy-five miles west of Berlin. In the future I plan to continue balancing my musical and historical activities. My ultimate goal is a second career in public history.
Adam Bruno
I was born outside of Newark Ohio, but grew up in Bloomington Illinois. I graduated from Valparaiso University in 2017 where I studied History and Secondary Education. I study 20th century American political and social history; my focus is on backlash and the rise of conservatism. In particular how backlash has been employed in electoral rhetoric. Outside of school I enjoy running some mileage, as well as watching sports and comedy tv shows.
Alli Fair
I study the history of science and medical technology in the United States. Outside of school I enjoy going for walks and learning to cook.
Connor Gahre
I was born and raised in Southern California, and I have a Bachelor's in History as well as Political Science from California State University, San Bernardino, where my undergraduate thesis project involved comparative revolutionary philosophy of Thomas Paine and Chairman Mao. At Miami, I plan on researching modernity in East Asia. When not engaged with school work I enjoy Game of Thrones, hiking, and listening to podcasts.
Austin Hall
I was born and raised in a small town in western Pennsylvania north of Pittsburgh. I attended Thiel College in 2017 and earned a BA in History, English Writing and English Literature with a Minor in Latin. My research focuses on the Weimar Republic and the rise of Nazism in Germany throughout the early part of the Twentieth Century, particularly in the political and nationalistic spheres. When I am not working on my studies, I enjoy watching Netflix, reading, or cheering on my Steelers and Bucs!
Erin Johnson
Born in Toledo, Ohio, I have also lived in Michigan, West Virginia, and New York. After returning home, I earned a BA in History from the University of Toledo in 2014. Here at Miami, my research interest concerns the politics and monitoring of women's bodies in Early Modern England, particularly regarding the roles and representations of midwives. When not working, I enjoy spending my time with my daughter and husband, traveling, and discussing all things Harry Potter.
Amanda Lawson
I was born and raised in Lima, Ohio. I attended Miami for my undergrad and majored in both History and Latin American, Latino/a, Caribbean Studies, with minors in Spanish and Entrepreneurship. After graduating in 2015, I spent two years in Columbus as a youth director before being drawn back to my alma mater. My graduate focus is on US foreign relations history as it relates to Latin American development. When I'm not doing history things, I love to travel, watch movies, and play with puppies.
Paul Ludi
I was born and raised in South Africa in places most people won't know. I completed my MA in History at the University of Pretoria, along with a BA in History and Archaeology, before coming here to Miami. In my previous MA I focused on Comparative History, specifically on an individual called Jan Christiaan Smuts. In Miami I hope to focus on a study involving southern Africa and the American West with regards to colonialism. When not working I enjoy nature, rock music, reading and having fun.
Eric Rhodes
I was born in Akron, Ohio: the erstwhile home of Devo, LeBron James, The Black Keys, and American rubber manufacturing. I attended Antioch College in my beloved Yellow Springs where I earned a BA in History and French and undertook coursework in the media arts. A lover of cities, I have lived and worked in London, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Lille, and, most recently and happily, New York City. My research focuses on 20th century urbanity, with particular interests in inequality, housing, arts and culture, region, and intellectual history. When I'm not in my office, I enjoy watching and making non-fiction films, listening to podcasts, and sampling fine ice creams.
Heather Sommer
I am a Brookville, Ohio, native who graduated from Ohio Northern University in 2016 with a BA in History and a minor in Public History/Museum Studies. I study political culture and civil society in the Early American Republic during the French Revolution. My specific research interests involve American attitudes toward Louis XVI and the French royal family. Outside of academia, I am a harpist, pianist, reader, writer, composer, and Star Wars/Indiana Jones/Marvel enthusiast.
Edward Strong
I was born near Rochester, New York. I attended undergrad at Wittenberg University, class of 2011. I received a BA in History with minors in English and PAST. My historical interests are mainly in US 19th and 20th century politics and culture. When not working, I enjoy Movies, the New York Yankees, and listening to podcasts.


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Molly McCloskey short story extract: Life on Earth
Longlisted for the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award: a love affair across an ideological divide
Buck Mad, a short story by P Kearney Byrne
Longlisted for Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award: a frank tale of a gay relationship by an award-winning Irish writer
The Boat, a short story by John Connell
This story set during the War of Independence was inspired by a true-life incident from the author's home village
Lipstick, a short story by Meghan Helms
Out of Ireland summer fiction series: a mother dealing with drought and a missing son
The Great Blue Open, a short story by Ethel Rohan
The latest instalment in the Out of Ireland summer fiction series
Mum's the Word: A short story by Philip MacCann
The latest instalment in our summer fiction series Out of Ireland
Split or Steal (I give that you might give): a short story by Giovanni Frazzetto
Out of Ireland summer fiction: this is the third of eight short stories in our series
Anakana Schofield short story: Strawberry Plants and Cabbages
Out of Ireland summer fiction: The world turns inwards on a girl and her mother
Yan Ge short story: Looking for the Japanese
Out of Ireland summer fiction series: a story about a missing boy conjures up memories
Exterior Paint, a short story by Kit de Waal
Malcolm X inspires a West Indian to declare his love. This story is taken from Protest: Stories of Resistance, in which 20 authors re-imagine key moments of British protest
The art of revenge, a short story by Martin Malone
Love, hatred, compassion and cruelty interplay in this story from 'This Cruel Station'
The Collectors, a short story by Jaki McCarrick
An unusual relationship develops between a kidnapper and his victim
Tell Me Something About Your Wife
12 Tales for Christmas - Day 12: A new short story by Karen Perry, whose fourth novel is Can You Keep a Secret?
Boxing Day, a short story by David Park
12 Tales for Christmas - Day 6: A father drives his son to visit his mother by the sea on the day after Christmas
Mr Salary – a short story by Sally Rooney
12 Tales for Christmas - Day 5: Mr Salary was shortlisted for the Sunday Times EFG short story award
Yan Ge short story: The writer who lives in a suitcase
A short story by one of China's most promising writers, who now lives in Dublin. A young woman's retreat from her polluted city takes a surreal turn
The Boatman, a short story by Billy O'Callaghan
The 2016 Costa Short Story Award runner-up by Cork author, whose debut novel The Dead House is due out in May
Dirty Little Fishes, a short story by Jess Kidd
12 Tales for Christmas - Day 9: A young Irish girl in London accompanies her mother on visits to a dying woman in this Costa Short Story Award winning tale
Reprisal, a short story by Helena Mulkerns
Taken from her debut collection, Ferenji, this powerful and evocative story set in Kabul captures the tension of working in a war zone
Cold Cards, a short story by Gene Kerrigan
This story is from Trouble Is Our Business: New Stories by Irish Crime Writers. Kerrigan is a leading journalist and won the UK Crime Writers Association award in 2012
Settling, a short story by Jan Carson
12 Stories of Christmas - Day 11: From The Glass Shore: Short Stories by Woman Writers from the North of Ireland
Poison, a short story by Lucy Caldwell
Taken from the Belfast author's acclaimed debut collection, Multitudes, it is a tale of master and pupil, transgression and guilt
What I did on my summer holidays, by Paul McVeigh
The short story written 15 years ago that was the genesis for The Good Son, July's Irish Times Book Club choice
Paper and Ashes, a short story by William Wall
12 Stories of Christmas - Day 10: A bereaved woman with an urn encounters a tramp after she is mugged
World Refugee Day: The Lorry Driver's Tale, as told to Chris Cleave
'If immigration is a horror film then Calais is the scene where the zombies are massing.' A celebrity journalist goes along for the ride with a lorry driver but all is not as it seems
Grace, a short story by Sam Coll
12 Stories of Christmas - Day 3: A cover version of James Joyce's short story from the collection Dubliners 100
Anus – Black Sun, a short story by Rob Doyle
In this extract from This is the Ritual, viewing an unusual porn film is transmuted into an intimation of sublime geometry, astronomy, black holes and galaxy clusters
Cyprus Avenue, a short story by Lucy Caldwell
12 Days of Christmas - Day 9: An exile's difficult annual return home to Belfast for Christmas this year proves different
How to Learn Irish in Seventeen Steps, by Roisín O'Donnell
12 Stories of Christmas - Day 12: A short story from Wild Quiet, Roisín O'Donnell's debut collection
All the Boys, a short story by Thomas Morris
A holiday read - The 12 Stories of Christmas, Day 12: the poignant but funny tale with a twist of a Welsh stag party in Temple Bar, from January's Irish Times Book Club author
New Zealand Flax, a short story by Eílís Ní Dhuibhne
A holiday read - 12 Days of Stories, Day 11: A touching account of living with loss
Bleeding Boy, a short story by Alan McMonagle
A holiday read - 12 Days of Stories, Day 10: a long, hot summer
Lane In Stay, a short story by Eimear Ryan
A holiday read - 12 Days of Stories, Day 9: How a widow deals with her grief
Colm Tóibín short story: The Journey to Galway
A holiday read - 12 Days of Stories, Day 8: Bad news from the front
Going, a short story by Belinda McKeon
A holiday read - 12 Days of Stories, Day 7: A daughter copes with bad news
'We've Got Each Other and That's a Lot', a short story by Jan Carson
A holiday read – 12 Days of Stories, Day 6: a mis-spent youth
Kevin Barry short story: Roethke In The Bughouse
A holiday read - 12 Days of Stories, Day 5: a famous poet suffers a breakdown on Inisbofin
Dead Hens for Broken Eggs by Sara Baume
A holiday read - 12 Days of Stories, Day 4: A young woman lives on the edge
Let's Say I Am, a children's short story by Richard Jones
A holiday read – 12 Days of Stories, Day 3: a prize-winning mouse's tale
The wise man, a short story by Donal Ryan
A holiday read - 12 Days of Stories, Day 2: A seasonal love story
The Coast of Wales, a short story by Éilís Ní Dhuibhne
A holiday read – 12 Days of Stories, Day 1: A beautiful and moving meditation on grief
Fintan O'Toole: The British and Irish are no big deal to each other, which itself is a very big deal


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