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NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Jan 11, 2013) - Internet giants Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) and Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) continue to grow but face new challenges as 2013 gets underway. New competitive threats, regulatory changes and shifting consumer preferences are beginning to apply pressure even as shares of both companies continue to steadily improve.
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Much of the industry's attention has fallen squarely on Facebook this week which is now just days away from a 'mystifying' press conference. Facebook is generating some sort of positive momentum as investors are abuzz over next week's announcement which just happens to coincide with shares crossing $30 for the first time since mid-July. Speculation continues to build as analysts clamor over what is next for the social networking service. Theories have included phones, search engines, cloud services, video advertising and expanding its e-commerce platform. Now would seem ideal to launch a new way to monetize its service as interest is high and its user count remains over a billion. Subsequent reactions from rivals will also be worth tracking and considering. Elsewhere, increased regulatory scrutiny is disrupting operations for a few internet outfits in Europe. Google is the latest company to come into the region's cross-hairs, as EU officials demand changes to the way search results are presented. It is there contention that Google unfairly distorts customer choices and takes business from rivals. Google had been given one month to comply as of December 18th but no formal changes have been made thus far. A statement from Google informed investors that they are cooperating fully at this time. The instance will likely be a hiccup for the internet giant but still worth paying attention to considering international revenues now account for over half of total revenues.
The threat of patent litigation continues to grow in the wake of the Apple vs. Samsung court battles of last year. Any potential overhaul of the patent system is still years away, making it even more likely that patent battles will grab headlines, dent cash reserves and threaten future revenues even for the largest of internet companies.
Data and power management will also be key issues for major internet companies this year. User bases and web traffic continue to balloon, putting pressure on a variety of resources. Google already has a leg up on many of its rivals thus far. At the moment, over 30% of the company's data centers are powered by renewable energy sources and it invested another $200 million this week into a Texas wind farm. In addition to greater energy consumption, burgeoning data volumes will also require massive capital efforts to keep capacity ahead of demand.
Both Facebook and to a lesser extent, Google, have yet to fully take advantage of mobile device monetization. Smartphone and tablet sales continue to surge and internet companies scramble to capitalize on them. Google's wallet service is gaining traction along near field communication devices and products. Facebook has done an excellent job of getting its applications into mobile devices but has yet to truly monetize its presence there. Investors will want to keep a close eye on this niche and the industry-wide ramifications substantial progress from a major competitor could have.
Overall, 2013 is shaping up to be another lucrative year for major internet information providers. Mounting competitive pressure, increased importance on resource management, patent litigation and regulatory uncertainty threaten to derail the industry's momentum but will not likely be able to slow its torrid pace. Facebook's announcement next week could play a pivotal role in the direction the industry moves in for the rest of the year. Similarly, resolution of accusations for Google could also potentially impact several companies' approaches to search results throughout the world.
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Belle must be excited. The star of Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" finally has a permanent home inside the Magic Kingdom's New Fantasyland, and she was able to share it with the world Thursday. Walt Disney World officially opened its New Fantasyland in the Magic Kingdom on Thursday, and it was a star-studded affair.
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The star of Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" finally has a permanent home inside the Magic Kingdom's New Fantasyland, and she was able to share it with the world Thursday.
Walt Disney World officially opened its New Fantasyland in the Magic Kingdom on Thursday, and it was a star-studded affair.
The opening ceremonies included a musical performance by former "American Idol" star Jordin Sparks, appearances by several Disney princesses, a dedication by "Once Upon a Time" star Ginnifer Goodwin and a speech by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Chairman Tom Staggs.
The $425 million expansion is the biggest in the 41-year history of the Magic Kingdom.
Staggs spoke about Disney founder Walt Disney saying his parks would never be complete as long as there is imagination left in the world.
"I think it's clear from the stunning work that's gone into every aspect of New Fantasyland that there's still plenty of imagination left in our world, and I think Walt would be extremely proud of thousands of cast members and Imagineers whose tireless efforts made New Fantasyland a reality," Staggs said.
The New Fantasyland is made up of two areas: The Enchanted Forest and Storybook Circus.
The Enchanted Forest is inspired by films "Beauty and the Beast" and "The Little Mermaid."
The new Under the Sea — Journey of the Little Mermaid has guests riding in a clam shell, which seats up to four people, and experiencing the music and story of the film.
"Little Mermaid is my favorite princess," said Kayla Malcolm, 19, from Panama City. "I was very excited about the ride and I love it. It's adorable with the little songs."
Next to the ride is Ariel's Grotto, where guests come face-to-face with the mermaid princess and take photos.
There are multiple new eateries inspired by "Beauty and the Beast." Gaston's Tavern is named after the character trying — with unfortunate results — to win the affection of Belle. The tavern features details from the film, including Gaston's Chair and a chandelier made entirely of deer antlers.
The food options include giant cinnamon rolls, turkey legs and the featured food item called LeFou's Brew, a frozen apple juice drink with a toasted marshmallow flavor topped with passion fruit-mango foam.
"We saw last night the Beauty and the Beast section, which was amazing with the new shop and restaurants," said Audra Zammit, 37, of Nashville, who was on vacation with her husband and two boys. "The scenery was amazing. That was pretty cool for the kids and us."
Be Our Guest is an upscale dining experience that brings the "Beauty and the Beast" story to life. Reservations are required after 4 p.m., with normal seating during lunch hours. Prices range from $15 to $37 per person at night and $15 or less for lunch.
The entrance to Be Our Guest is across a bridge, with a view of The Beast's castle.
Tami Cline, 42, of Plant City, went to a Disney passholders' sneak preview with her family in November and gave the new additions rave reviews.
"I was really worried when they said they were going to have a second castle, that it was going to take away from Cinderella's, but it was done very tastefully," Cline said in a phone interview. "It's small, sitting against some mountains, and I think it's great. It opens up a whole new, big area, which will spread out the crowds."
Storybook Circus is inspired by Disney's 1941 classic "Dumbo" with a traveling circus theme. The section features four attractions, including a second Dumbo the Flying Elephant ride. The newer Dumbo has each carousel spinning in opposite directions. The Barnstormer featuring the Great Goofini is a family-friendly roller coaster.
Storybook Circus opened earlier this year and the wait times were much shorter — average 20 minutes — than the waits for the attractions in The Enchanted Forest, which were about an hour.
The New Fantasyland is officially open, but this isn't the end of construction. Temporary walls are still up around parts of the new section as The Princess Fairytale Hall, a meet-and-greet area with Disney princesses, is scheduled to open in 2013, and The Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, a family-friendly roller coaster, will open in 2014.

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WASHINGTON — Two Americans were taken hostage by pirates who attacked their ship off the coast of Nigeria, U.S. officials said Thursday.
The captain and chief engineer of the C-Retriever, a U.S.-flagged oil supply ship, were kidnapped in the attack early Wednesday in the Gulf of Guinea, according to news reports.
The ship is owned by Edison Chouest Offshore, a maritime company based in Cut Off, La. A company spokesman didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
The identities of the hostages weren't released. The
The kidnapping highlighted the growing problem of piracy in the waters off West Africa, which have supplanted the coast of Somalia as one of the world's most dangerous sea lanes.
"We have been concerned by a disturbing increase in the incidents of maritime crime, including piracy, in this area," State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said.
The vast oil-rich Gulf of Guinea borders 11 West African nations and is one of the most important transit routes for oil imported by the United States. Nearly 30% of U.S. oil imports passes through the gulf, which is nearly the size of the Gulf of Mexico.
Unlike those off East Africa, pirates off West Africa generally don't aim to take hostages for ransom, experts say. West African pirate gangs typically focus on stealing cargo and siphoning fuel from oil vessels to sell on the region's large black market, according to the International Crisis Group, a research organization that tracks the issue.
The International Maritime Bureau, a shipping industry trade group, reported that there were three times more piracy incidents in the Gulf of Guinea than off the Somali coast in the first half of this year. So far in 2013, there have been 30 recorded incidents off West Africa, including two hijackings, according to the organization.


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Gilford wants coal tar cleanup sped upBy DAN SEUFERT
Union Leader Correspondent
December 13. 2012 8:33PM
GILFORD - The town will ask state environmental officials to speed up a plan announced this week to clean up a Liberty Hill lot that was found to be contaminated with coal tar in 2004.
The plan is an agreement between the Department of Environmental Services and the current owner of the site, Liberty Utilities, to remove 45,000 cubic yards, or approximately 61,000 tons, of contaminated soil for treatment elsewhere by 2014.
Liberty Utilities, which acquired the property from National Grid earlier this year, will pay the cost of the cleanup, which is estimated at between $8 million and $16 million, said Town Administrator Scott Dunn.
The cleanup proposal was prepared by GEI Consultants Inc. of Woburn, Mass. It would clean the soils between 69 and 87 Liberty Hill Road. The proposal calls for an excavation as deep as 55 feet.
There will be more than 1,700 feet of fencing around the project, according to DES officials.
If the plan is approved by town and state officials, the cleanup will take two years.
But the town would like to see it occur faster.
"We will be asking that the plan be accelerated so that we can get this done with sooner," Dunn said. "The sooner they can clean it, the happier the town will be."
In 2004, another former owner of the property, Keyspan, discovered that in 1952, about 430 tons of coal tar was dumped on the property as a result of an explosion of a Winnipesaukee River gas plant. Keyspan and National Grid have been working with the state and the town since then on a remediation plan for the property.
DES will hold a public hearing on the plan on Jan. 23 at 7 p.m. in the Gilford Public Library.
The town's selectmen will be at the meeting with questions, Dunn said.
"The selectmen hope to find the answers at that meeting that will help them determine whether this plan is what should be considered," Dunn said.
The town may consider purchasing the property at a future point, he said.
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Free-living marine nematodes represent one of the most diverse groups of organisms present in the marine ecosystem. Species richness estimates range from 10,000 up to > 1,000,000 (Mokievsky & Azovsky 2002, Lambshead & Boucher 2003). Appeltans et al. (2012) suggest that about 85% of the marine nematode species are still unknown to science.
Free-living marine nematodes inhabit basically all marine soft sediments, but they can be present on secondary biofilms and/or hard substrates as well (Moens et al. 2013). They can be very abundant (>10 000 individuals in 10 cm² of sediment) in organically enriched sediments such as those found in cold seeps (Van Gaever et al. 2006), polar coastal waters (Vanhove et al. 1999) and estuarine mudflats (Heip et al. 1985)
The original NeMys database was set up by dr. Tim Deprez (Marine Biology Research Group, Ghent University) as a generic marine biodiversity information system. It was designed to link taxonomic information, taxonomic and ecological literature, and identification keys. Data on free-living marine nematodes have been added to NeMys by collaborators of the Marine Biology Research Group of Ghent University through a series of projects funded by OSTC (now: Belspo) (project 'Aanmaak van een taxonomische databank van de meiofauna van de Noordzee (2001-2002), MN/XX/806'), Fund for scientific Research - Flanders (project 'Het benthos in Antarctica : structurele en functionele biodiversiteit (1997-2000), 3G0046.97') and the EU Network of Excellence MarBEF (subproject MANUELA).
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The entire costume was fairly simple, which is why I decided to make it 2 days before Anime USA. I happened to have a yard & a half of white fabric laying around, so I sewed the dress in one night, & made my coronet the next & repurposed my Utena wig.
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The moose population in northeastern Minnesota has fallen so sharply that state officials this week cancelled this year's hunt.
If you're a moose around here these days, expect to get a dart in the backside.
Prepare to be stupefied by a heavy dose of drugs, as spindly humans, aptly named "muggers," poke and prod you.
They'll stick a needle in your jugular, pry a tooth from your mouth, rip fur from your hide, pierce your ears with a gaudy tag and slap a fashion-ignorant collar on your neck before sending you on your not-so-merry way.
But understand, dear moose, icon of the northwoods: It's because we love you.
We're trying to save you.
Such could be the admonishment of a team of researchers who headed into this northern forest this winter and embarked on the most ambitious effort Minnesota has yet undertaken to answer a basic question:
What's killing our moose?
The moose population in northeastern Minnesota has fallen so sharply that state officials this week cancelled this year's hunt. It was down to an estimated 2,760 moose in the most recent aerial survey.
If the dying continues, alces alces could be all but gone from Minnesota in a decade, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported (http://bit.ly/X0cZR9). No one knows if anything can be done, but there's a "we have to try" theme that underpins the $1.6 million effort, $1 million of which comes from state lottery proceeds.
Researchers suspect calves are dying at a higher rate than usual, but the most troubling trend is adult moose in their prime dropping dead. The moose are dying faster -- up to 25 percent a year -- than they can be replaced. Moose have all but vanished from the northwestern part of the state, where they once roamed.
Compare that with the fact that moose are expanding in similar latitudes elsewhere -- namely Maine and a swath of North Dakota -- and experts are facing a mystery.
There appears to be a correlation with the warming climate -- specifically, hotter summers -- but that's not a cause of death, and it's not killing moose in North Dakota or Maine.
Hunters and wolves have been ruled out as primary causes; hunters kill a fraction of the dying moose, and numerous intact moose carcasses have been found with no evidence of wolf scavenging, much less attacking and killing.
Parasites are on the short list of suspects, but there's only one way to be sure: Examine the dead animals. In the $1.6 million endeavor, researchers are hoping to examine as many as 150 dead moose over the next five to seven years.
Turns out, that's not so simple.
Moose are so big, their fur such an effective insulator, that they retain heat, which leads to rapid decomposition of their organs, even in the chill of a northern Minnesota winter. Researchers rarely get to moose soon enough after they die to do a meaningful animal autopsy, called a necropsy.
What they need is something akin to a 911 service to notify them when a moose dies, or even shortly before, and get to that moose fast -- within 24 hours, if not sooner.
The solution is to affix GPS collars to the animals -- 100 adults now and 50 newborns in the spring -- that will track their movements.
Each collar has a transmitter that will alert researchers if the animal hasn't moved in six hours, a likely sign it's dead. In 27 of the animals, researchers will insert an implant down the animal's throat. The implant, which is too heavy to be passed through the gut, will monitor vital signs, including temperature and heartbeat, and alert researchers as soon as a heart stops beating. Then researchers need to hustle to the animal and transport the carcass, which could weigh up to 1,500 pounds to a lab, or do the necropsy in the field.
Just getting the moose collared isn't so simple, either.
Research "team" is an understatement; it's more like an aerial assault with support from ground forces and overseas intelligence.
An airplane from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, which is leading the project, searches for moose and radios locations to a helicopter operated by Quicksilver Air Inc. an Alaska-based company that specializes in capturing wild animals in the backcountry. The chopper touches down, ditching two of its four-man crew, as well as one of the aircraft's doors. Now it's light enough to maneuver for the chase.
"She's running now -- she knows what a helicopter is," chopper pilot Quentin Slade relayed over the radio.
"That's OK, there's two other cows there, so you can go for them," responded pilot Tom Buker.
Somewhere behind the trees, Slade slid the chopper as close to the animal as possible -- perhaps 15 feet -- so Quicksilver gunner Trent Brown, hanging out the open doorway and standing on the aircraft's skid, could take dead aim with his single-shot "32-gauge special," the dart-gunner's long gun of choice for big game. (It looks like a break-action .410 shotgun.) He fired the dart into the moose's posterior.
That's a big target, but the feathered dart flies slowly, and with rotors pumping downdrafts and the chopper moving, it's never easy, he told me later.
"Sometimes I miss," he said. "That's a pain because I have to reload, and I have to be careful." There's enough opiates and muscle relaxants in each round to kill a man. Not exactly a .410 rabbit gun. It takes a few minutes for the drugs to drop a moose into a mellow stupor.
The next step is to retrieve the other two crew members, called "muggers," and the door. Then get to the animal and get to work. They have 30 minutes to complete a litany of tasks, including affixing the GPS collar.
After several days of practice, the crew has it down to 15 minutes, said Erika Butler, a DNR veterinarian and one of the project leaders. Butler has been planning the project for more than a year and, like many involved, said getting boots on the frozen ground has been exciting, despite a nasty cold snap that sent temperatures to 22 below when they started.
"It was cold, but I was so excited I didn't notice. I didn't even wear gloves, and I wasn't cold," she said. "Working with the animals is the best part of my job."
The chopper then hustles back to a clearing near a road, where samples they've collected are handed off to workers in a remote field lab owned by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. From the outside, it looks like a trailer RV, but inside it's all lab, except for a pizza toaster that kicks out sustenance for the lab crew. Blood is spun, slides are smeared and samples are labeled, and data is entered into a computer. The samples are sent to various sites around the country for analysis.
Via computer, team members can punch up the location of any moose, its movements plotted on aerial photographs. They're also working out bugs. The first set of implants all reported their host moose were dead right away. It was an anticipated glitch. The Minnesota team is working with software engineers in Germany to adjust the implants' sensitivity. (Yes, you can reprogram a mini computer inside the gut of a moose in Minnesota from a cubicle in Germany.)
Once all the moose have been collared, researchers will monitor the animals, and the learning already has begun. For example, the team has been shocked by how many moose they've seen walking in circles -- a sign of sickness, perhaps from parasites that can attack the animals' brains or eyes. Quicksilver workers who have collared more than 1,000 moose said they never had seen so many circling moose in a herd.
But mostly, when the collaring is done, researchers will wait for the moose to die.
"It's weird," Butler said. "As a scientist, you kind of want to see the moose dying because that's the only way to figure out why they're dying. But the only reason we're here is because too many are dying, and we hate that."


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Now that I've graduated and starting teaching I've added some really great pieces to my closet and I'm super excited about it. I think turning 30 this year also had something to do with it! So I've started reading more fashion blogs than I've ever before, and I'm wondering if you could tell me YOUR favorites! I'd love to discover a few new reads.
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We came up with what we think is a great solution to two issues we have in the front half of our yard: 1) lots of shade – too much for grass to grow, and 2) a bunch of concrete blocks left behind in the yard by the previous tenants.
The blocks were laid out in a grid pattern, creating some sort of square platform which you can see on the right hand side of this photo taken right before we moved in:
We don't know why they decided to lay down these blocks at all, let alone right there. We wonder if they had a table on the round concrete area and were trying to create another level place for a BBQ to stand?
I've been mulling over how we could use these blocks for some other purpose and what to do with that area and the one across from it. We want to walk there, yet grass won't grow. I want to plant ground covers, but we don't want them ruined by people stepping on them. You see where this is going.
Voilá!Obviously I need to weed and get rid of the rest of the grass, fill in with ground covers, etc., but it's a great start and we're really happy with it!
These photos were taken before I had much planted there – by the time I got plants in the ground it was a little too dark for photos. Here are a few more shots of our new path:
Now we can walk through these areas, stand there to pick figs, etc and yet still have ground covers in an among the stones. Guests will have a clearly-defined (we hope) path to follow so they know where (and where not!) to step.
Charlie came up with idea to have the path that appears in the foreground here continue on across sidewalk, crossing the other path and curving to the right.
At the end of the path we plan to put a statue of St. Francis of Assisi, which will satisfy two things: Charlie's Catholic nostalgia / his wish to have a saint somewhere in the yard, and my interest in animal rescue, animal welfare, etc. (St. Francis is the patron saint of animals.)
As we have a yard full of soon-to-be-neutered feral cats, I thought it even more appropriate. Here's Arthur, a quiet, sweet but shy boy sitting on the steps in the corner of the yard, waiting for me to move further back so that he can feel safe coming over for a drink of water.
Here are some other pictures of that path that I tried to take later on after I'd finished setting the stones in and planting around them. It was too dark and the flash washes the photos out. The photos aren't very good, but you can see where I've planted some of Bev's plants. (Many of them went in the ground 2 weeks ago, but I've been waiting on some – put them in bigger pots and have played around with their placement in the yard / driveway to see how they like the location / light level and how they look there.) Here's what I came up with yesterday:
In the above photo we have, on the left, a hosta and a Japanese painted fern a little further behind the hosta. A couple of weeks ago I had planted (on the left side of photo) Lily of the Valley, ajuga, hosta and Plumbago.
Opposite view: Lily of the Valley, Ajuga, Plumbago on the left. On the right: Liriope and, just behind it at the base of the tree, a white Helleborus. I'm not sure how it will do there, but I figured I'd give it a try! The soil under that tree was surprisingly good – I was please to see lots of worms and other critters. There was not root to avoid in that little spot and I liked the idea of the Helleborus being tucked away – lots of little things to discover as you walk through the path. It's a shady spot, which is good, and if it does indeed come up early next spring we'll be able to see it from our windows.
Another view of the hosta, painted fern, and back row of shade-lovers.
The photo is so small you can hardly tell, but starting from the left, that's a Foam Flower (Tirella), and a pink "fern-leafed" Bleeding Heart (Dicentra). The wooden basket indicates generally where the St. Francis statue will eventually go. Probably to the right a bit. In the are between the stone path and the fig tree border on the the left I put a few evergreen ground covers – I forget the name – white flowers in spring, red berries in autumn. Creeping thyme is now high on my list!
Looking lonely over there is an Autumn Joy Sedum. Out of frame to the left is another hosta. To the right is a wee little spot of Lobelia Cardinalis – we'll see how it does here – this area gets about half day sun (a solid 3 hours of afternoon sun + 1.5 hours of dappled shade.) Next to it: Blue-Eyed Grass and a Heuchera (Coral Bells.)
In the back corner of the yard (near the steps where Arthur sat) I planted a lovely white Balloon Flower. It's one of the sunniest spots in the yard, so I hope it will do well – I like the white flowers contrasted against the maroon garage.
Everything got a good dose of compost, thanks to Bev, but I was pleased in general that the soil seemed easy to dig into and had many more critters in it that I'd expected it would (including some of the biggest "rolly" bugs – I think we used to call them potato bugs as kids? that I've ever seen. I'll have to figure out what they are.)
I need to get this area cleaned up and turned over and figure out what else to plant there. Bev, I haven't even made it to your seeds yet, but now that I have all of the plants in the ground, I can figure out where to try out some of the seeds.
I also planted in the driveway beds. I put the Cassia, the Coneflower (Bev, you were right – there were several little Sweet Woodruffs emerging from the pot as well!), more Lobelia, the other (hopefully dormant) Sweet Woodruff, a few more hostas, and the large Aralia shrub that a friend gave me.
There is still a lot to do, (hello, leaf clean-up) but things are shaping up! We're getting there.


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The final episode of TLC's Jon and Kate Plus 8 will air tonight. During the final episode, fans can expect to see the estranged parents of eight go on outings with the kids separately. Jon Gosselin takes the kids to a fire station near the family home in Wernersville, Pa., while Kate Gosselin takes them to a local dairy farm.
Jon and Kate both reflect separately on the events of the past few months and what the future holds for them. The last few months have been a roller coaster ride for the separated couple. A couple months ago, TLC announced that the show will be renamed Kate Plus 8. This never happened as Jon refused to let his kids appear on the show saying it was detrimental to the kids.
"Kate Plus 8 is not in production," TLC spokeswoman Laurie Goldberg said Thursday. "We are focusing on the launch of Kate's new series in early spring." No other details were available.
In other news, RadarOnline is reporting that Jon & Kate's divorce should be finalized before the year is over. The main issue holding up the divorce was the division of the couple's assets. A divorce arbitrator will divide their assets by December 21.
The couple met face to face on Saturday for a divorce arbitration meeting, during which Jon decided to bring flowers for Kate. Jon, the classy guy that he is, made certain to tell the press he brought the flowers for Kate as a peace offering. Kate however did not accept the roses and a source familiar with the situation told Radar, "She was disgusted by Jon's actions. She sees right through him." Can't say we blame her.
Tell Us: Will Jon & Kate finally go away now that the show ends?


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Ovis canadensis
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Ovis canadensis Shaw, 1804
Common Name(s):
|Taxonomic Notes:
|The validity of the subspecies Ovis canadensis californiana has recently been questioned (Wehausen and Ramey 2000).
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Least Concern ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Festa-Bianchet, M.
|Festa-Bianchet, M. (Caprinae Red List Authority) & Stuart, S.N. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)
This species is listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, large population, and because it is not declining at anything close to the rate required to qualify for listing in a threatened category.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|The bighorn sheep ranges widely in western Canada, western United States, and northern Mexico.
In Canada, the bighorn sheep (O. c. canadensis) is distributed throughout the Rocky Mountains in Alberta and British Columbia, south from the Peace River to the Canada-USA border. Two small populations also have been introduced to central British Columbia outside their normal distribution. Populations of a second subspecies, California bighorn sheep (O. c. californiana), are scattered through central British Columbia from north of Anahim lake, south along sections of the Chilcotin, Chilco and other western tributaries of the Fraser river south of William's Lake and west to just north of Lillooet, and also south from around Kamloops along both sides of the Okanagan valley to the border with Washington State (USA) and as far west as Granby, British Columbia. Populations around Kamloops and Granby have been introduced, mostly into historically occupied habitat.
In the United States, the bighorn sheep is widely distributed from Montana and Idaho south through Wyoming and northern Utah, to Colorado and New Mexico. These bighorn herds comprise most of the traditional O. c. canadensis for which Thorne et al. (1985) estimated a population of greater than 19,000. To the south, desert bighorn (traditionally O. c. nelsoni, O. c. cremnobates, and O. c. mexicana) inhabit southern portions of California, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico, much of Arizona, and west Texas. Weaver (1985) estimated 16,000 desert bighorn in this area. However, there are few bighorn and few herds (mostly transplants to reintroduce bighorns in areas where they were extirpated) within the Chihuahuan desert of New Mexico and west Texas. To the west, bighorn occur in scattered populations in the Columbia plateau and Great Basin ranges of Washington, Oregon, southwest Idaho, and northern Nevada. These herds comprise most of the traditional O. c. californiana, for which Thorne et al. (1985) estimated greater than 2,800 animals. East of the Rocky Mountains, bighorn exist in scattered herds in badlands and river-breaks in eastern Montana, North and South Dakota, northeast Wyoming, Nebraska, and outside of historic range in southeast Colorado.
In Mexico, the bighorn sheep was originally distributed in the northern states of Nuevo Leon, Coahila, Chihuahua, Sonora, Baja California and Baja California Sur. Desert bighorn in Mexico is now restricted to three states: Mexican bighorn (O. c. mexicana) in northwestern Sonora and on Tiburon island in the Sea of Cortez; Peninsular bighorn (O. c. cremnobates) in the northern two thirds of Baja California; and Weems' bighorn (O. c. weemsi) in the southern third of Baja California Sur.
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Canada; Mexico; United States
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|The total population of all bighorn sheep in Canada is estimated to be ca. 15,500 to 15,700 individuals. Of this total, ca. 11,500 to 11,700 are estimated to be Rocky Mountain bighorns [Alberta 10,300 (K. Smith, in litt., 1994), and British Columbia 1,500 to 1,700 (Hebert et al., 1985)], and ca. 4,000 California bighorn whose individual populations range in size from 15 to 2,400 animals. Most populations of both subspecies are either increasing or stable.
In 1990, there were estimated to be greater than 42,700 bighorn sheep in over 340 recognized herds, in 14 of the states in the United States. However, 64% of the herds recently had less than 100 animals (Thorne et al., 1985; U. S. Bureau of Land Management, n.d.), but most of these populations have since increased.
Only rough population estimates are available for Mexico. Previous estimates of 4,500 in all of Baja California, and perhaps 1,000 on ten separate ranges in Sonora (Sandoval, 1985) were inaccurate. A helicopter survey of the northern two thirds of Baja California in April 1992 by the Bighorn Institute, revealed there were probably greater than 2,500 wild sheep in the entire peninsula (J. Deforge pers. comm., 1992). Personnel from the Arizona Game and Fish Department and the Centro Ecologico de Sonora, conducted a helicopter survey of the principal mountain ranges of Sonora, Mexico in November 1992. Based on this survey, during which 528 sheep were classified by age and sex, R.M. Lee (pers. comm., 1992) estimated ca. 2,000 wild sheep for Sonora. The total estimate of all desert bighorn sheep in Mexico in 1992 was therefore ca. 4,500 animals.
|Current Population Trend:
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|These animals are sexually segregated outside the rut. Group sizes usually range from 5 to 50 for males and from 5 to 100 for 'nursery' groups of females, lambs and young males.
They mostly eat grass, but they also consume forbs and browse – diet varies widely over the large geographical range of the species. Females gestate for 175 days, and give birth to a single offspring per pregnancy. Females can first conceive at 18 months of age and males are rarely successful at obtaining paternities before about 3 years of age. Very few females live more than 15 years and very few males survive past 12 years.
|Use and Trade:
|Hunting is well regulated and managed in Canada and the United States, but needs improvement in Mexico.
|Major Threat(s):
Epizootics have occurred periodically, especially in Rocky Mountain bighorn, and together with over-harvesting and competition from livestock at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th, reduced numbers significantly. Most populations recovered with the aid of wildlife management and conservation efforts, but pneumonia and mange epizootics still occur today, particularly in populations that come into contact with domestic sheep and goats. Poaching of large trophy males is a problem in many areas, including within national parks.
In the US, small (< 100) numbers in many herds, and diseases from domestic sheep are major threats, while in Mexico the threats are poaching, competition from domestic livestock, and habitat degradation (Sandoval, 1985).
|Conservation Actions:
In Canada, more than 4,500 Rocky Mountain bighorns are fully protected within five National Parks (Banff, Jasper, Kootenay, Waterton, Yoho). An even larger number receive some level of protection in provincial parks and other protected areas in Alberta and British Columbia. Animals in protected areas are often especially vulnerable to poaching because they are habituated to humans and are also readily accessible. Outside national parks, both subspecies of bighorn sheep are covered by provincial or state wildlife acts, and many populations can be hunted under license. Harvesting both adult males and adult females may be permitted in some populations. Hunting quotas are determined each year, and in general regulations are strictly enforced. Management consists of regulating annual harvests, habitat improvement, annual censuses, translocation of animals, and promoting research. Between 200 to 250 male and 150 to 200 female Rocky Mountain bighorns are harvested annually in Alberta. In British Columbia, where only males are hunted: 60 to 65 Rocky Mountain and 40 to 45 California bighorns are shot each year, mainly by resident hunters (Hebert et al., 1985). In much of Canada, male harvest is limited only by the availability of adult males that have reached a minimum curl size, possibly leading to artificial selection against large-horned rams (Coltman et al., 2003).
In the US, Bighorn sheep occur in the following 30 National Parks, Monuments, Recreation Areas and Wildlife Refuges: Arizona: Grand Canyon NP; Cabeza Prieta, Havasu, and Kofa WRs; Glen Canyon, and Lake Mead NRAs; Organ Pipe Cactus NM; California: Sequoia- Kings Canyon NP; Death Valley, and Joshua Tree NMs; Colorado: Mesa Verde, and Rocky Mountain NPs; Colorado, and Dinosaur NMs; Montana: Glacier, and Yellowstone NPs; Bison Range, and C.M. Russell NWRs; Bighorn Canyon NRA; Nevada: Desert NWR; Death Valley NM; Lake Mead NRA; New Mexico: San Andres NWR; North Dakota: T. Roosevelt NP; Oregon: Hart Mountain NWR; South Dakota: Badlands NP; Utah: Arches, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, and Zion NPs; Dinosaur NM; Flaming Gorge, and Glen Canyon NRAs; Wyoming: Grand Teton, and Yellowstone NPs; Bighorn Canyon NRA. It also occurs in the large Anza-Borrego State Park (California). Most of these protected areas are in the Mojave and Sonoran deserts, and on the Colorado plateau. Numerous other federal lands administered by the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management also contain bighorn. Fourteen state wildlife agencies have transplanted sheep onto more than 200 historic ranges. This has accounted for much of the recovery of bighorn sheep from historic low numbers in the 1960s. However, numerous other transplants have failed (Bailey, 1990), presumably for lack of careful evaluation of habitat conditions at potential transplant sites or because of disease transmitted by livestock. Animals in about half the herds are hunted, and all states with bighorn sheep have at least one hunted population. Usually, only adult males are taken as hunting trophies. The number of sheep permitted to be taken each year is conservative and is regulated by each state. All states require that legally taken trophy heads be marked for permanent identification. This practice allows easy identification of illegally taken animals and thus discourages poaching.
Improvement of habitat for bighorn sheep has been frequent, especially on federal multiple-use lands. Projects have been funded with combinations of federal, state, and private moneys. Natural water sources have been improved and artificial water sources created, especially in the Mojave and Sonoran deserts of the Southwest. Further north, dense forest or shrub vegetation has been cleared, often by controlled burning, to provide open areas with forage for bighorn sheep. Some populations of bighorn are routinely baited and treated with drugs to control parasites including lungworm (Protostrongylus sp.). Such treatments concentrate sheep and may jeopardize wildness. Management and research biologists exchange information on bighorn sheep in annual meetings of the Desert Bighorn Council and biennial meetings of the Northern Wild Sheep and Goat Council. Proceedings of these meetings are published. Three private organizations, the Foundation for North American Wild Sheep, the Rocky Mountain Bighorn Society and the Society for the Conservation of Bighorn Sheep, raise funds for research and management. At least 10 states auction and/or raffle one or two special bighorn hunting licenses to raise funds for these purposes. Its status within the United States is Not Threatened (but see below).
The status of most traditional subspecies and major ecotypes of bighorn sheep is satisfactory because they exist on 30 biological reserves and on many other protected areas. However, their status is not fully secure because at least 64% of the herds contain about 100 animals. Berger (1990) reviewed the history of some small bighorn populations and concluded that those numbering less than 50 animals usually became extirpated, but Wehausen (1999) provides an alternative interpretation and viewpoint. Further, the ecotypes of bighorn in the Chihuahuan desert and in shortgrass-badlands and riverbreak environments are not secure because there are few reserves or other protected lands within these two regions, and very few of these lands contain wild sheep.
Conservation measures proposed for the United States: 1) Additional research on bighorn diseases, particularly in relation to domestic livestock, and on developing efficient methods for habitat management is desirable. 2) State and federal agencies should develop coordinated plans to enhance the long-term security of the numerous bighorn herds with less than 100 sheep. Strategies should include increasing herd size, expanding habitat and increasing herd mobility, and enhancing habitat quality and habitat protection in corridors between small herds (Bailey 1992). 3) Land management agencies, especially the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management, should formally recognize bighorn ranges in their management plans, including corridors for movement within and between herds. 4) Until disease relations are clearer, bighorn should be protected from contact with domestic sheep and domestic goatswhenever possible. 5) Greater recognition of the values and importance of ecotypic variation in bighorn sheep is needed. Federal agencies and state wildlife departments should seek a consensus on classifying the major ecotypes. Each state should furthermore classify its bighorn according to state ecotypes. Conservation of major ecotypes should proceed under the federal Endangered Species Act. Each state should be responsible for conserving another level of ecotypic diversity of bighorn sheep within its boundaries. 6) Increase the number of bighorn sheep in federally protected habitats in the Chihuahuan Desert and in the shortgrass-badlands and river breaks ecosystems. In the Chihuahuan Desert, options include: a) expanding protection of habitat and sheep from the San Andres National Wildlife Refuge to a greater portion of the White Sands Missile Range; b) formally recognizing and enhancing protection of the Big Hatchet Game Range, now on Bureau of Land Management land; c) establishing viable bighorn populations in Guadalupe Mountains and Big Bend National Parks; and d) establishing bighorn in a new biological reserve, probably in west Texas. 7) In the shortgrass-badlands and river breaks ecosystems, management options include: a) expanding bighorn populations and distributions in the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, the Bighorn National Recreation Area, and in Theodore Roosevelt and Badlands National Parks; and b) establishing bighorn populations in new biological reserves in eastern Wyoming or western Nebraska.
The species in Mexico is listed in Appendix II of CITES. Mexican bighorn occur in only two protected areas in Mexico, one of which (Isla Tiburon Wildlife Reserve (in the Sea of Cortez)) holds an introduced population. Peninsular bighorn is in only one protected area, Sierra de San Pedro Martir National Park, but Weem's bighorn occurs in none. A small group (25 in 1992) of desert bighorn (O. c. nehoni) is held in captivity at Hermosillo. The high price ($30,000 to over $l00,000) that some hunters are willing to pay to hunt wild sheep has recently motivated private and communal landowners in Sonora and Baja California to begin desert sheep monitoring and management programs. In 1994, ranchers in Sonora started a captive breeding program by capturing 40 sheep and placing them in breeding enclosures. Six hunting permits were issued to private landowners for free-ranging bighorns in 1995, and each sold for $40,000. A private conservation organization has initiated a transplant of Weem's bighorn from southern Baja California to Carmen Island. The excess sheep produced on this island, once the transplanted population increases to a viable size, will be used to re-establish extinct populations on the mainland. The participation of private landowners in wild sheep management programs in Mexico is a positive initiative. Private landowners have the funds to provide for monitoring wild sheep populations and to prevent further poaching.
Conservation measures proposed for Mexico: At least five areas must be addressed for conservation of desert bighorn in Mexico (Sandoval, 1985): a) Effective law enforcement is a major problem facing the conservation of bighorn in Mexico. In large part, this is due to the very low financial support generally given to wildlife programmes. b) There is a general lack of technical expertise among wildlife personnel. c) A public education program, especially targeted towards the rural population, is necessary if conservation programmes are to be successful. d) Habitat management has generally been ignored, despite the fact that agricultural practices and forest use have had, and continue to have, significant negative effects on the bighorn. e) The further spread of exotic ungulates, such as Barbary sheep, in or adjacent to current and historic bighorn range should be curtailed. Proposals to deal with these include: 1) Increase the number of protected areas in Baja California and in Sonora on the mainland. Present protected areas are inadequate to protect sheep populations. Mexico's burgeoning human population requires intensive exploitation of agricultural and natural resources, while coastal tourist development projects in Sonora and Baja California will have further deleterious impacts on wild sheep habitats. 2) Raise enforcement of anti-poaching efforts to adequate levels. This will require a well-equipped law enforcement division. 3) Develop a public conservation education programme, especially targeted towards the rural population. This could play an important role for future conservation of wild sheep and all other wildlife and natural resources. 4) Educate and employ a cadre of professional wildlife biologists.
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GLENDALE, Ariz - The New York Giants are champions of the National Football League. In one of the best Super Bowl's ever played, the Giants scored twice in the fourth quarter to beat the previously unbeaten New England Patriots 17-14. As he presented the Lombardi Trophy to the Giants, commissioner Roger Goodell called the game, "amazing".
New York quarterback Eli Manning, who was named the games MVP, led the way with two touchdown passes in the final period. His first scoring pass put the Giants in front 10-7 early in the fourth quarter. Tom Brady of the Patriots led his team to the lead with 2:42 left in the game before Manning took center stage again. His game winning pass from 13 yards out went to Plaxico Burress with 35 seconds left.


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Urad dal vada, an extremely common yet much loved south indian snack. I planned to make Pongal for breakfast today. Pongal without urad dal vada, its impossible for my hubby. My hubby says pongal tastes divine with these vadas. Ya i agree with him. Here is the delicious vada
- Urad Dal/ - 2 cups
- Onion - 1
- Green Chillies - 2
- Cumin Seeds - 1 tsp
- Pepper Corns - 1 tbsp
- Salt to taste
- Oil for deep fry
- Soak urad dal for 2 to 3 hrs and drain the water completely.
- Grind the batter to a smooth paste,, don't add water while grinding.
- Then add onion, green chillies, curry leaves, salt, cumin seeds, peppercorns to it an mix well.
- Dip your hands in water and take a small ball sized batter and keep it on the palm and pat it to form a circle.
- Make a hole in the center of the patted batter.
- Fry the patted batter in oil till golden brown on both sides.
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Discussion in 'Pacific Northwet - Where it's green. And wet.' started by Apple Jam, Feb 9, 2011.
"The sky is falling, the sky is falling, the sky if falling." ~ Chicken Little
I prefer "just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they aren't trying to to kill me"
quote from an unknown motorcyclist
Cool Pics!
BTW; is that a Mefo tire on your Bike? If yes, where did you get it?
Got it AJ! Somehow I missed this thread.
I have my OBDR maps coming. A friend & I will be doing part of that.
That would be a good mix, in with some of your routes posted here.
Sheesh I need to boot my kids & little woman responsibilities...
I probably won't make it down with my bike until a bit warmer weather comes.
But still...
Yep. Mefo Super Explorer. I LOVE IT for the back. Front Mefo, not so much. A proper knobby is needed up front for what I ride.
Bought from Trail Tricks in CA.
Small knowledgeable shop Motocross Setup Shop that also sells tires,
and he's a proper ADV guy that posts regularly in California Regionals & Vendors.
And he rides a 990/950
His website is limited for purchases, It's a small busy shop.
So visit the website, then call the phone number to order.
He has always had them in stock for two sets now, $158 or something for my size back tire and ships super fast & cheap.
Cheaper than the big online places.
Closed Sundays and Mondays, but he returned my call quickly Tuesday morning last time.
Expect broken english, but don't let it confuse you, he seems to know his shit.
Tell him you were refered from ADVrider.
OBCDR is VERY MUCH on my list this year.
mtbdemon SAYS he'll do it with me, You listening mtbdemon???
It's on MortimerSickle's "Dream Rides" list on his profile.......
Sounds like an ADV EVENT ! My calendar is filling up with fun stuff, not counting my weeklies, but the first half of July is light, and so is the second half of September, or just after WetFest in Tumalo.
When will it work for you?
Yeah, that crosses my mind waaay more often than it should, but I'm tired of saying that I "shouldn't" do this ride or that ride,
and I'm gonna do 'em all anyway.
Fuck it, I gots some shit to see, and a life to LIVE.
Sounds corny, but that's where I'm at, at 47 years old.
PS: and I remember that pic from your beer run thread, but I don't think it is Mill Creek Rd.
I don't recognize it with the bridge
Edit: Looks like maybe the botton of Husky Rd towards Mosier, maybe.
Down the hill & to the East off of Elder Rd and The Dalles Mtn Rd
I can only take so much of this talk. Fine I give. I will be traveling over the next couple of weeks but I think I will have to give in and crate up the parts for the 650 and ship them off since I know then by the time I get home it will already be back and done and ready to be put in the bike. Then will just need a few things like seat and so on.
What part of the OBDR are you thinking of doing? I have some extra time to take off this summer and would like to do the OBDR Lakeview to Walla Walla. I have all the tracks for this section. My schedule is somewhat flexiable. If you are willing to let me in on it.
So I'm thinking the Ochoco ride is on if the weather is doable, and right now the weather is great! I'm going to start a new thread to unclutter this one. I might be in for the OBDR depending when it happens, I've rode the #3 before and had a blast.
I'm open still on exactly when.
I figure I need the very first person to step up and set a date with me, then there is the date, and the rest can come along if it works for them.
Craig, Is that Rock Creek on Husky Rd, down the steep hill from Elder Rd? That's where that picture is in my head.
If you are reading this, you are IN! And that goes for ANY of the rides I plan here. No exceptions, all are invited.
I wanna do the whole damn thing, and take a week to do it.
So let's see less talkin', and more action !
Yup, Rock Creek on Husky Rd.
Interested in this?
It's the Washington back roads discovery route taking off from Stevenson
I am interested in the WA BCDR, of course. I'm interested in riding the shit out of the NW
I've been watching the thread carefully, but it's another week of vacation,
and I've already got more than 6 weeks scheduled off for biking stuff this Summer.
I did "Sound Rider's Sasquatch" ride 2 years ago that went from Hood River to Canada off-Highway through the Cascades on several of the same roads as the WA-DR.
I spent 4 days riding North, and one long day riding back solo to Hood River the hard way through Wenatchee Forest, etc.
I spent 8 days last Summer Cage-Camping with wife & dogs all around Winthrop and the North Cascades area,
and we stayed in the deep woods the whole time.
We only came back out to civilization once. It was awesome and relaxing.
So, it's not like I don't want to do WA again,
and it sounds like a kick-ass time for sure with ADVers,
It's just that I feel I've seen some of the WA Cascades already,
and so much other stuff is just higher on my "many-day" rides list for THIS year.
The Oregon area on the OBCDR comprises area I have not been to at all,
neither in Cage or on Bike, and I feel I need to see it, this year.
This week's big ride: Friday, Feb 18th.
South Washington:
Bingen, Lyle, Klickitat, Wahkiacus, Firwood, Goldendale, Cleveland, Bickleton, Roosevelt,
then back to The Dalles by 6:30pm.
This week looks like a lot of rain, but as of today, Friday says only "chance of rain".
It's the last day of the week, so I can't push it any further. East is usually best, to avoid the rains, so......
I want to start going up the Klickitat River Canyon, Hwy 142, through Klickitat and Wahkiacus.
Somewhere North of there I intend to find an off-hwy dirt road and head NE-ish.
The maps shows a little town/community (maybe nothing) called Firwood: I want to find it .
From there, I intend to explore the forested roads South of the Yakima Indian Reservation, until I'm tired of it, or get snowed out.
Then head South-East to gas up in Goldendale and then ride more to the East, to Bickleton.
This two-lane Hwy to Bickleton through Badger Gulch is in a book somewhere of "Best Motorcycle Roads", or something.
I don't know which book, really, I just want to go to Bickleton, because I've never been there
Two roads lead South to Roosevelt, then Hwy 14 back to The Dalles.
I have to be back at The Dalles by 6:30pm for the 21st B-Day party for my God-Daughter. Can't Miss it.
So, again, I'll ask.....
Who's IN?
I would go but I have to be in Medford OR. Sounds like fun though!
Say Hey to Wibby & crew !
There will be another one next week.
Just don't know where, yet...
If any of them have 15 year old daughters playing soccer on Sat. I am soccer dad for the weekend driving my daughter across the state and back. Medford on Sat. Eugene on Sun. and then home.
I can't put together any dates yet for Or trips I want to get involved in. But I'd guess there is snow in most of those Mt Hood areas.
Really I have mucho freedom to ride.
Sounds about right and as Craig says. We just winged it through the area after some miscued gps routing.
My OBDR maps will be here any day. I will consult with my Wenatchee buddy and put together a date. I think with his time allowed we may only be doing part of the OBDR.
I have to ride to Spearfish SD also this summer to scatter ashes...
I will follow this thread closely.
John (asrivor) and I have been planning on riding the OBDR last week in July. I know Jesse (Jungle Man) wants to ride it too. So....date laid down. Last week of July.
I can flex (some) right now....I won't be able to flex the date much if I leave it to late june to set it (not sure about John....not sure about Jesse either). I'm planning on riding it on the KLR...not the GS.


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Accelerating Cloud Adoption via Standards & Collaboration
Join Mark Carlson as he hosts this panel discussion on Accelerating Cloud Adoption via Standards & Collaboration along with Val Bercovici, Chair of the SNIA CSI Governing Board, Winston Bumpus, President of DMTF, Craig Lee, President of OGF & Jon Siegel, VP of Technology Transfer at OMG.
May 25 2010
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Mark Carlson, cloud-standards.org; Val Bercovici, SNIA; Winston Bumpus, DMTF; Craig Lee, OGF; Jon Siegel, OMG
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Accelerating Cloud Adoption via Standards & Collaboration
Mark Carlson, cloud-standards.org; Val Bercovici, SNIA; Winston Bumpus, DMTF; Craig Lee, OGF; Jon Siegel, OMG
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