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CMMI as we know is a model for process improvement, its not a process by itself, its a set of guidelines for organisations/units to implement their own process and help the organization to improve performance . From what I have been observing in recent times, organisations who want to adopt this should give greater consideration to decide whether CMMI is the right route for them. Its now becoming a fad and it seems that organizations get drawn to it without much consideration.
A fundamental rule for organisational acquisitions is to actually compare and contrast the core values of the two organizations involved in the merger. When the organizations in a acquisition/merger have contrasting core values the chances of failure is high. It doesn't apply only to organizations, but also to human relationships (specially the more intimate ones) where people who have contrasting core values will find it hard to get on together. Its a proven time tested fact.
In the same way when an organization wants to embrace CMMI model, they should closely scrutinize the assumptions/values on which the CMMI model is based. As I understand the following can be considered as the core values of CMMI.
1. If commonly held values in the organization are strictly adhered to the chances of the organizational success is more. I would put it as an approach where you have a "cookie cutter" model.
2. Historical success formula is repeatable
3. Projects done are of similar nature
4. Organization is medium to big scale, where enough empathize and resourcing can be given to process improvements.
5. Large proportion of the work is expected to be done in the standardized way.
If an organization wants to embrace CMMI i think they should compare and see whether if they are already there or whether if they want to get there.
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Monday, January 28, 2008
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OHSS mild right now, got albumin in the IV at retrieval to try and prevent any worsening of the hyperstim.
i think i'd have had better follicle : egg ratio if i weren't so hyperstimmed. i am not sure if there's any factual basis to that though, have to look it up. it's done now, there can only be lessons learned for next time.
fingers crossed that all 23 fertilize and go on to make me and my hubby proud parents of our own soccer team plus second and third string backups.
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- Meghan said...
23 eggs is still pretty damn impressive! That was quite a load you were carrying around.
Fingers crossed for a fantastic fert report!
- January 28, 2008 at 6:48 PM
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YAHOO!!! It sounds pretty good to me too. I am sure you are feeling better now that your soccer team has been released. FINGERS CROSSED for an amazing report!
- January 28, 2008 at 9:05 PM
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Holy crap, that's amazing!!! My fingers are crossed for an awesome fert. report!!
- January 28, 2008 at 10:26 PM
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23 eggs sounds like heaven to me. Across all of my IVFs, the total we got was 15 (4, then 5, then 6). You are a rock star!
I hope to do my happy dance tomorrow when you post the fertilization report and we begin planning for the soccer festivities.
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Great news for the retrieval. Make sure to take really good care of yourself and let the clinic know if those OHSS symptoms worsent.
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Dogs hit road for the week, open trip in Powell River tonight
I apologize for not posting earlier...we had an earlier than expected departure this morning and it left me without enough time to get something up on the blog.
Here's my preview for tonight and for the rest of the road trip - read it on the Bulldogs website HERE
Tonight's 2nd Intermission guest is former Bulldog Mitch MacMillan, now at St. Cloud State University.
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We currently live in a digital era, where new technology appears on the market every now and then, and its appearance transforms the traditional way of many aspects of our daily lives. We spend enormous amount of time online on various platforms such as social media networks, blogs and forums. Along with just spending time there, users leave a lot of personal data about themselves. But are they aware of who receive this data and what for? Such giant companies as Google and Facebook have business models which emphasise possibility of personal data usage. However, by clicking "agree" to share our personal data does everyone really know who exactly will have an access to this information and how it will be used? This question has caused anxiety towards misuse of consumers' data in order to help brands to reach their business goals by implementing precisely targeted marketing campaigns. Brands, of course, can try to justify themselves by explaining their acts as a genuine desire to provide better customer service by using this data, while this personal information might actually be used in order to improve the quality of targeting in marketing campaigns. Also, there is always a possibility of a third party recording consumers' data which might be used by marketers in commercial purposes. Due to these changes in a way we communicate with each other, marketers are able to know and understand consumers even better than consumers are aware about themselves by analysing their every single step in the Internet space.
How do we use social media? What is the purpose?
One of the most popular and huge in terms of number of users virtual environments, Facebook, currently accounts for more than 1.23 billion users worldwide, who are spending on average around 40 minutes per day on the platform. What drives all these people to present online, lead their personal profiles, share photos from vacation and other personal and very intimate information? Social media profiles have started to play a role of business cards for people. Based on Facebook example, social media profiles became an important source of information used to form impressions about other people. For example, users might examine other users' Facebook profiles when they are trying to make a decision to start dating them or not, or companies might use social media in order to assess potential candidate who applied for a job. There is a rich and diverse mix of various social media websites, which vary in terms of their scope and functionalities such as photography, musicians, professional networks. And all these platforms contain a lot of personal information such as: location, age, job, gender, places user recently visited or plans to go, products he bought, groups he belongs to (bank, cars, clothes etc.) and many more. By adding this information and generating content on their personal profiles, users engage in a process of creating knowledge not only for each other, but for enterprising marketers as well.
There are seven social media networks functional blocks (Kietzmann J. H. et al. 2011):
- The identity functional block represents the range of personal data which user shows on social media networks. This includes basic information such as name, gender, location, education, job.
- The conversations block represents the way users communicate with other users (individual public conversation, conversation within a specific group)
- Sharing outlines the way users get and exchange received content (sharing, retweets, direct post to another social media account)
- Presence represents the extent users are aware of others accessibility (online or offline indicator, check-in).
- The relationships represents the extent user can be related to another one. It is not only about statuses as "married to" and "in relationship with", but it also includes that two or more users have something in common such as the same group they belong to, the same brands they like, shared friends and music preferences.
- Reputation is the extent to which users can identify the status of others. For example the online currency – number of followers, might indicate the status of blogger, artist, to what extent they might be a trustful source of information.
- The groups functional represents the extent to which users can organise communities and sub communities.
A constant scanning of information provided in each of functional blog about users' social media activity might take enormous amount of time. Despite the amount of time it takes, brands scan their virtual environment for better understanding of their current and potential consumers, along with interacting with consumers online by answering their queries on various social networks. The reason for brands to pay attention to social media is not only in order to get data about customers, but also to communicate with them online when needed, as speed of conversations (online support) might have an influence on brands' position on the market . However, in recent years there are special tools for better and quick scanning of information have appeared on the market in order to help marketers to gain all information about their customers. The big advantage of these tools is an ability to get accumulated information from various social media networks in one report, without a need to look at each social media profile separately. Among the most popular research tools on the market is HootSuite, formed in 2008. The company positions itself as a leading social media management system and the world's most widely used social relationship platform. This company provides marketers with monitoring of multiple social media networks, including giants Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. After monitoring, the company creates custom reports based on over than 30 individual report modules in order to share insights with clients about their consumers. It tracks brand sentiment, followers growth, mentions on social media, discussions about the brand. On the one hand it might be useful when consumer has a urgent query to the company, and the company due to constant tracking of social media activity can respond quickly via Twitter or other social media channel. However, on the other hand it might be perceived creepy when you buy a new car and on the next day have a call from insurance company (based on a personal experience). Social media monitoring system helps to obtain an exclusive and highly personal data about consumers that goes far beyond their simple interests, preferences or visited places. It monitors our feelings, thoughts and analysis our further expectations and desires. For instance, if user updates personal status to "engaged", Facebook might demonstrate precisely targeted ads related to a wedding preparation process. Another example might be ads based on users' recent research in search engines. For example, I was looking for a new sneakers, and after my research I logged in to Facebook profile and saw an ad from another sport brand which offered me their sneakers with 5% discount, which I found very useful though weird. So, where is this border line between usefulness and creepiness?
As technological progress and usage of social media networks have potential to grow in the future and change many aspects of our lives, we probably have faced a time when we need to direct an ethical questions which appeared due to these new technology and its adoption by marketers. It is crucial to protect consumers and their privacy, along with being honest and clear about marketers' acts. At the same time, new technology used by marketers in social media networks might be helpful for consumers as they will get precisely targeted and relevant to them information about services and goods. There are many social media users who appreciate and like "targeted advertising geared to their particular interests or needs". However, law is currently limited regards this privacy issues, but is developing in order to defend consumers from unconscionable information collection, especially with emphasising kids. Fortunately, there are still lots of opportunities to collect consumers data legally and ethically, for example with a help of questionnaires or focus groups. Eventually, regulation should be developed in a nearest future, and marketers might be able to take an advantages of this by extending marketing specialisation with self-regulation and policing career opportunities.
To conclude, while we expect social media networks to continue growing worldwide, its privacy issues in terms of data collection by marketers are supposed to become a next big challenge for businesses, marketers and consumers. In terms of ethical issues towards marketing actions, marketers should become more transparent and clear for consumers by explaining them what data, how and what for might be collected in order to prove these actions are not harmful for them. Current marketing practices might be seen as a threat in terms of privacy as they are able to collect a very private and intimate information. Therefore, even when marketers will start to introduce transparent information to social media users about personal data collection, there is still a space for polemics around misuse of data by marketing practitioners. In order to find a solution and solve the problem around unethical marketing practices, researchers need to find a solution which will be suitable for both sides of this controversial question – consumers and marketers. However, it is not only researchers' responsibility to find a solution in order to protect consumers, consumers themselves should look after what kind of data they provide for global access.


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Monday, January 30, 2012
Behold, the Dead Shadows teaser
Earlier this month we interviewed John about his upcoming projects, including his starring role in the French sci-fi/horror flick Dead Shadows (also covered here on the blog). Well, we've got a treat for you Basement Dwellers today: the teaser for said French flick . . . and fuck me I'm excited.
John promised an FX heavy horror film with lots of ass kicking. The teaser promises the same. Director David Cholewa's movie is still in post production, but Dead Shadows intends to have a presence at Cannes in May. We can only hope to catch more footage before then.
Here's the skinny on the plot: Dead Shadows tells the terrifying story about a young man, Chris (Fabian Wolfrom), whose parents were brutally killed 11 years ago, on the same day that Haley's Comet could be seen from earth. Tonight, a new comet is going to appear and everyone in his building are getting ready for a party to celebrate the event. There's even an apocalypse theory going around. As the night falls, Chris starts to discover that people are acting strange - and it seems to somehow be connected to the comet. People are becoming disoriented and violent and it doesn't take long before they start mutating into something from beyond this world. In a fight for survival, Chris has to try to escape from his building with the help of another tenant (John Fallon) - but will they make it out alive?
Enough chatter. Give this bad boy a view! And, when you're done, check out the official Dead Shadows Facebook page!
Dead Shadows - Teaser from ADDICT FILMS on Vimeo.
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I am totally, completely, and irrevocably fed up with public school. Actually, I'm fed up with any sort of organized entity dedicated to cramming information in a kid's brain, so that includes private school as well. I cannot think of anything I learned in elementary school that has made me a successful adult. I loved to read as a kid (still do) and everything important that I know came from reading material outside of a formal education. Every time I've been surprised that other adults don't know something, I have realized that it was something on which I educated myself.
Currently, my youngest is in 8th grade. He spent kindergarten through half of 2nd grade in a private school, then the rest of 2nd and all of 3rd in a public school, then home-schooled through most of 4th grade (till my work schedule would not permit it anymore, and returned to the private school until 6th grade. We tried out public junior high, which was… meh. I didn't really see him learning anything.
This year, we're trying out ARVA, the Arkansas Virtual Academy version of K12, the online public charter school. At first, I thought it was going to be great. I thought it was going to be about learning. Wrong! It's just another public school, albeit with computers, PowerPoint, and LiveScribe pens. (Note: I can't comment about what goes on in the base program, or in other states, so please keep that in mind.)
Public school is all about keeping money from the federal government. It's about kids passing tests, so that schools can keep their funding and so that teachers can keep their jobs. I'm not criticizing the teachers and school staff — I work as a nurse and we're all about customer service, so the hospital can stay open and we can keep our jobs. So I get the mentality. Not everybody wants to teach their kids. Not everyone is capable of doing so. Teachers are needed.
However, what we need teachers for is so that children can learn. Frankly, the K12 program at its core is pretty good. If there weren't so many time constraints, it would be great (for the life of me, I can't figure out why an online school is out for summer break anyway). It's all the rubbish added by the state and the federal government that ruin it. For example, my kid basically has to take three math classes: Pre-Algebra, Common Core Math, and this worthless drivel called "Study Island." I'll get back to that last thing later, as it is the bane of my existence.
Initially, the placement tests put Nick in Algebra, but halfway through the year he couldn't get the concepts anymore. I figured it was because he hadn't had Pre-Algebra, so we switched to that. It's super-easy. There's just no happy medium there, but we're still plugging along with it because I think eventually he'll come to a point where he'll need to look at the book again. Instead of zipping along and doing three 60-minute lessons in a thirty-minute period, he'll come across something that requires more time and attention. Probably. Maybe.
I don't know if you really want me to get started on Common Core. It's undoubtedly the biggest piece of dog poop since dog poop was invented. You can Google it and make up your own mind, but here's an example: I have a friend whose 1st-grader is required to go up to the teacher's desk and do a certain amount of math problems in 1 minute, or she'll get a lower grade. Oh, and you have to do them *exactly* the way you've been taught. I mentioned this to my mother and she commented that I'd never have made it out of 2nd grade. It's true. I would have been crippled from performance anxiety the very first time.
For the record, Nick is good at math. However, he doesn't do things the exact way the book says. He does them his own way — and still gets the correct answer. I have no idea how he does it, but I am aware that mathematics is a fluid and flexible system that allows such things.
He can't do the 8th grade Common Core work, primarily because there is no method of instruction. It doesn't go along with the Pre-Algebra curriculum. There are no online lessons through K12, and it has no logical sequence. This brings me to Study Island.
Study Island looks like it would be a place to practice math skills… except that it also has nothing in common with the Pre-Algebra lessons or Common Core. In addition, you have three tries at each quiz, and if you don't pass, it dumps you into "Building Blocks" which are so ineffective at giving "remedial lessons" that Nick's teacher advised parents not to let the kids take the test more than twice. She wanted to offer some tutoring, because apparently going into "Building Blocks" is a fate worse than Harry Potter going into the labyrinth after the Goblet of Fire.
So basically, what we have here is what seems to be a good program, K12, which has been wrecked and mangled by the Arkansas "education" system into a mishmash of confusion that is difficult for parents and students alike, less about learning, and more about passing a stupid test so that schools can keep their funding. I'm disappointed and disgusted, and irritated that I've spent so much of this year worrying and stressing over getting assignments finished, completing activities on time, and dealing with the sneaking suspicion that I've made a bad decision.
What keeps coming back to me is my belief that our American way of life: school, college, work, buy loads of irrelevant crap, retire, and die is a really pathetic way to spend one's days here on Earth. I want more than that for my children. I want more that than for me, which is why I write and publish. I bought the lies and fell into the trap; not only am I trying to get out of it, but I'd like them to avoid it entirely.
I've read some of Robert Kiyosaki's books, and the one thing that sticks with me is that not everyone has the same kind of genius. I'd like to give Nick the opportunity to discover what his genius truly is — and how he'll use it in his adult life.
Another thing is that the ARVA head of school requested that parents give the school an entire year. It's a commitment that I'm not entirely comfortable backing out of; not because there are any penalties, but because I agreed to stay a whole year by enrolling my kid. It's just the way I define it.
So I suppose we'll stay with ARVA, but it'll be on my terms. Common Core and Study Island can go take a leap, and so can that damned LiveScribe pen. It kills me that there are kids that can't read or do basic math, and that the education system's solution is to buy more computers. Kids don't need computers and iPads and all that other technical bullcrap at school. You know why? Because they have it at home. My kid did not learn one single thing in school during any of his computer classes. In fact, being a digital native who has been in front of a computer since birth, I'm pretty sure he could have taught the classes.
We'll keep doing the lessons, but I'm going to relax and let him take his time. Instead of rushing through that research paper, I'd like to take six weeks and really teach him how to research a topic and write one. That's how I learned to do it, with multiple trips to libraries.
In the meantime, I'm going to research unschooling. I've looked into it off and on for years, but have never dared to do it. It's time to stop being afraid. I dared to put myself through college. After two divorces, I dared to try marriage one more time. I dared to become an ER nurse. I dared to let my kid make his own decision about seeing his father without legal approval. I dared to write books. I dared to create my own publishing company and publish them. I have dared to run and lift weights and push my body to expand its limits.
Now I'm going to help my kid to learn, and to teach himself.
I dare.


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Running how far?!According to the Multimap map I've just printed off and measured my usual jogging route is 3.6 miles, which makes my time of 18:48 pretty damn impressive. So impressed was I at this unsuspected ability to run 5:12 miles back to back I checked on a different map.
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The fish I caught tonight were a bonus.
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Wednesday, November 3, 2010
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As always, you can print it twice! Just wait until the first one begins to print, hit your back button on your browser and VOILA! Another one should start to print :)
When these were on sale at Festival Foods for 98¢, I stocked up! Of course I used coupons and got these for FREE or for pennies. Then I thought, YIKES! What am I going to do with all these creamers? They should expire soon, right??? Ummmm...NOPE! All of them are good through February and March!! So, just keep them in your fridge and you will be just fine! Stock up on those limited edition Holiday flavors so you will have enough for your guests! :)
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I couldn't believe it but everyone in London seems to be enjoying my preview copy of Thou Shalt Not Whine.
As you can see one of the beautiful chorus girls at the Las Vegas Casino in Leicester Square even took a break to read up on my whining survey. She was definitely a Smiley and much too pretty to ever be a Whiner!
Also, Dinosaur Barney loved my book too. Barney wanted me to tell all my little fans to be sure that they are always Smileys and not Whineys. Barney is as nice in person as he is on television, even nicer!
Tomorrow you will meet some more interesting characters from Leicester Square Live.


text: Hello members of Iwaku, your Maintenance Admin here with a few notes about future moderation of the forums! First, we're happy to announce that by popular request, we will be cutting roleplays a little more slack with a longer grace period before archival for inactivity. Instead of a 30-day expiration date, roleplays will now be given 60 days from the last post in the IC. This applies to roleplay IC and OOC info threads only. Partner requests, ads, and non-roleplay threads will all stick to 30 days. This is good news for all of our slower posters who sometimes take as much as a month to reply, or for group games hitting vacation times or back to school season when everyone gets busy. Remember, if your thread does get archived for going past 60 days, you can always request it be revived! Next, we've noticed a great deal of confusion regarding NSFW images and a lot of reports to sort through. Our image guidelines were meant to accommodate both users who are mature enough to handle racy imagery and those who access images from school or work or other zones where said images might cause problems. Unfortunately that hasn't been working out. In light of this realization, we've decided to lay out a new policy on NSFW images. First, though, let's talk a little bit about NSFW image policy. What is NSFW? Not Safe For Work means, simply, that an image is suggestive (generally sexually) in a way that could get you in trouble with your boss. On Iwaku, our user base includes teenagers, people accessing the site from college or the office, and some people who simply are not comfortable with sexual imagery and would prefer not to see it. Out of respect for all/any of the above, we require that all images used for avatars and user signatures be appropriate for a professional environment, because avatars and signatures cannot be easily blocked from view. Avatars and signatures cannot contain any of the following: - Images that draw eyes to genitalia or breasts through their composition. Sexually-charged facial expressions and figures. - See-through clothing, panty shots, or clothing that barely covers genitals or female nipples except in cases of non-sexualized activity-appropriate apparel such as swimwear. - Sexually suggestive poses, such as leaning in to enhance cleavage, bouncing breasts, hands in crotches, spread legs, butts turned up at the "camera", blow-job face, or any pose that looks like a cropped hentai still where there's something sexual happening out of the frame. - Exposed penis, vagina, butt cheeks, female nipples, or majority-nude figures. Over-generous side-boob and cleavage. - Visible camel-toe or bulges. - Anything that's obviously intended to look like cum. It doesn't matter if it's "just ice cream". - Sex toys or bondage gear such as ball gags. - Pornography. Erections. Cum. 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Until now, it has been the job of the Security Department to determine a general consensus on whether any given image passes muster, needs a spoiler to hide it, or should be removed altogether. But I can tell you right now that much like everyone else, each individual member of Security will have different standards for "work-safe". It's even more complicated trying to decide, "Is this artistic nudity or is it porn?" Real-life pornography and nudity cannot be allowed on the site under any circumstances, for legal reasons and the protection of our members. That much is here to stay. As to the rest, though, keeping the policy we have creates a huge strain on moderation and is unclear for our members. So what do we do? There are a handful of alternatives: 1. All images except outright porn/sexually graphic nudity are allowed outside of spoilers and without warning anywhere on the forum. Everyone has to suck it up. We don't like this idea, because it severely increases the chances of members getting caught out with an image in an awkward situation. It traps people into not accessing the site wherever they want. It increases the chance of prohibited images being posted under the impression that it's okay. 2. All images have to be held to the same standards as avatars and signatures. Welcome to Disney Town. We hate this. It would be the easiest solution, but it's condescending to the users and it's overkill. We don't like censorship and you all are mature enough to handle a little skin. 3. Everything not fit for the Disney Channel has to be under spoilers. We don't like this either. It wouldn't solve the workload issues for Security and still feels condescending. Iwaku is not and never has been family-friendly. And finally, there's what we came up with to avoid all of that, and afford you both freedom and security to the best of our abilities. Our new NSFW image policy: Pornography, whether drawn or photographic, is not allowed on Iwaku. Real-life nudity is not allowed. Sexually suggestive artwork of prepubescent characters has not ever and will not ever be allowed. (Nude or sexual photographs of anyone under 18 is illegal child pornography. So is explicit sexual artwork of prepubescent characters. Posting either of these is an instant ban and you will be reported to authorities.) Barring the above exceptions, all sexually suggestive images are allowed within the Redstar and Bluestar areas of the forum and Character Gallery. Entering these areas can be considered warning that you may see suggestive images. As these are sections aimed at sexual written content, it is up to you as users to determine where is the most sensible place to access these areas and to establish with your partners whether sexually suggestive images are allowed in your own threads. Other, non-sexual NSFW material is still subject to forum-wide standards, as follows: Outside of these threads, use of spoilers and/or clear warnings (e.g., in the title of a thread or as a thumbnail in the Gallery) is advised for anything that is judged questionable by the poster. All members reserve the right to report an image they personally find questionable. If the reported image does not comply with standards for avatars and signatures, the poster will be required to use spoilers, a thumbnail, or a warning. Moderation by Staff will be restricted to removing images that are prohibited and to processing reported images. This puts you, the users, in control of deciding community atmosphere and what is appropriate for our site beyond legal measures. Frivolous reports of bare skin/tight clothing or as a means of harassment/trolling another user will be ignored. Do not think that we'll blindly enforce any report made. 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Alpha Theta Phi chapter is working on College Project. College Project is a part of the Five Star Chapter Development Plan which is designed to establish a supportive relationship between the chapter and the college administration. Our chapter needs volunteers who will be able to work on this project with us along the semester. As a part of the College Project, we are going to promote a video contest, which is organized by college project committees within Laguardia Community College.
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Sunrise light and the snow highlighting the Equinox Trail up Ester Dome.
Tomorrow we'll do some 'hill' work in the hood. I'll get a little video on non-bumpy surface. I'll also go over some of the hardware while we're taking pictures.
Tomorrow we'll do some 'hill' work in the hood. I'll get a little video on non-bumpy surface. I'll also go over some of the hardware while we're taking pictures.
Nikki is a 3 year old female out of Dean Osmar's kennel (Nikoli - Lazor offspring, ie, very good breeding). I know I say this about everyone, but she really is a wonderful dog. I believe she could hang in some of the best of teams out there. What I love the best about her though is her attitude. The girl is always happy and ALWAYS excited to go. She is very driven.
I got her from a man named Don who invested a great deal of time and money to form an Iditarod team; he bought dogs from to the top mushers (Osmar, King, Gephart, Mackey). For reasons out of his control, he had to dissolve his kennel. I've picked up a few dogs from him and have been happy with all of them. He is also a kind guy and has kids, thus the three dogs that I got from him were already very social, happy dogs (the others are Bullit and Pilot.... and I should have gotten more!). Nikki is one of my friendliest and outgoing dogs. Loves people and loves to be loved.
I bought her 2 years ago this November. She was a yearling (about 1 1/2 years old). November is well into the training season and I was running 25 miles at the time; too long to just throw in a yearling who hasn't been running. So on my first run, I brought a drop bag along (a bag that you put the dog in and carry her along on the sled/4-wheeler...I'll show you one later) so that she wouldn't have to run the whole 25 miles. Well she never did show any fatigue, but at 12 miles I thought I better bag her; didn't want to hurt her. Well she would have none of it! She was impossible. Pretty much went ape s*&^t. So, fine, back in the team you go. She finished just fine and has never shown me much fatigue since. She has been in every race I've been in and has been stellar. The only one she didn't finish was the Taiga 300 (2008) due to an injury. It was terribly warm and she pulled a muscle in her shoulder when she fell off the trail trying to scoop a snow snack (they scoop all the time, this was just a bad spot in the trail - bad luck). By the way, 'scooping' is when a dog dips down or to the side and scoops a little snowcone into their mouth. They do this contantly and can hydrate themselves amazingly well this way.
Nikki is a team dog, meaning that she's in the main team, not a leader. She can lead, in fact she lead in my first race when I was a really dumb rookie and made many mistakes and needed a leader. I put her up there and she helped get me home. But I don't put her up there routinely because of her only flaw: she can't poop and run at the same time! I mean she REALLY can't poop and run. Brings the whole team to a stop, abrubptly. And if I'm off in la la land (like at 3 am during the second day of a race) and can't get on the brake quite in time, I end up with a bit of a tangled mess. To top it off, she's a frequent pee-er and pooper. I don't hold it against her, just can't have her in lead.
I bought Dill in the spring of 2008 from Aliy Zirkle and Allen Moore. Allen ran him in Iditarod 2008 and had to drop him about half to two thirds the way through because he just wouldn't eat well. I tried him out in my first 300 mile race, the Taiga 300 (2008). He did just great for me and I've relied heavily on him ever since. To put his name in context, he is one of the spice litter. His sibblings are Rose(mary), Spicy, Chilli, Garlic and Nutmeg. I generaly call him 'Dill Weed', unless he's being a hard-headed butt, in which case his name can be contorted into all sorts of things that probably shouldn't be printed in a blog.
Dill has led for me in the majority of over 1200 miles of racing last year. He IS the MAN! He's also a really nice guy. A bit stuborn, but I'm not one to fault him for that.Dill in lead, looking at me for the 'hike!' command to get going again after a rest stop. He and Venus are wearing blinkers on their collars because it's dark when I start the run in the morning, and I make sure they are very noticable (we run quite a bit on the neighborhood roads).
This is Nikki, a 3 year old female (Dean Osmar, Nikoli/Lazor breeding). She is a great dog. She's leggy, has great endurance, and is always happy to go. Overly affectionate.
Grumpy is a 2 year old male of Buser lines. I'm training him for Russ Bybee, and Grumpy is helping me finish Iditarod in good fashion. He is a wonderful dog. Contrary to his name, he's a very pleasant dog to work with. He's also a great dog. Beautifully built, a hard worker, and is a solid leader (he's also quite a looker!).
Kaligan is a two year old male (Dean Osmar, Kusko/Frosty breeding). I have the whole litter, and he's both the jester and the best working dog of the five. I wasn't sure he would make it to adulthood he was so accident prone as a pup. But here he is and he's a great dog.
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Happy New Year 2008!!
* Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.
* Don't believe all you hear or spend all you have.
* When you say, "I love you", mean it.
* When you say, "I'm sorry", look the person in the eye.
* Believe in love at first sight.
* Never laugh at anyone's dreams.
* Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it's the only way to live life completely.
* In disagreements, fight fairly.
* Talk slow, but think quick. (I have trouble with this one!!)
* Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
* Call your Mom and Dad.
* Say "bless you" when you hear someone sneeze.
* Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; Responsibility for all your actions.
* Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
* When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
* Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice.
* Spend time alone - in my opinion, it is good for the soul and VERY necessary to keep my sanity!!
* Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.
* Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
* Read more books and watch less TV.
* Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll get to enjoy it a second time.
* Trust in God but lock your car.
* A loving atmosphere in your home is so important. Do all you can to create a tranquil and harmonious home.
* Read between the lines.
* Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.
* Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes the blessing.
* Remember that the best relationship is one where your love for each other is greater than your need for each other.
* Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.
* Pray. There's immeasurable power in it.
9 comments:
- Sandy said...
That's a wonderful list! There are so many that speak to me but the one that made me giggle? Trust in God but lock your car...lol.
- January 1, 2008 at 11:01 PM
- MamaGeek said...
Wow, excellent list. This was good BB. Happiest of New Year wishes my friend!
- January 1, 2008 at 11:15 PM
- coffespaz said...
Happy New Year to you and your family. What a wonderful list, I saw several that I need to write down and put on my message board to focus on this year. Thanks for reminding us all.
- January 1, 2008 at 11:40 PM
A wonderful list of tips for great living. No one could go wrong following the ideas here. Happy New Year to you and your family.
- January 2, 2008 at 1:53 AM
- ~ Ms. Cute Pants ~ said...
Nice List! Happy New Year BB! Thanks for all the comments on my blog & I hope to meet you this year in Bermuda...
- January 2, 2008 at 8:11 AM
- Frances said...
All gooid - trust in God lock your car is my favorite :)
Happy Posting.
- January 2, 2008 at 5:52 PM
- simply jenn said...
I'd never seen this one before: Remember that the best relationship is one where your love for each other is greater than your need for each other.
This is so amazingly true.
- January 2, 2008 at 7:37 PM
Excellent words of wisdom!!
- January 2, 2008 at 11:24 PM
- The Gal Herself said...
What a terrific list! As you know, I'm back from Key West and it's hard to be back to the icy old grind and return to work. I'll try to follow these (esp. smiling as I pick up the phone) and hopefully it will all go more smoothly.
- January 2, 2008 at 11:38 PM


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After two tries, downtown Fort Lauderdale's most active developer may finally get an office in one of its new buildings.
Stiles Corp. broke ground Thursday for 350 Las Olas Centre, an 18-story office tower on Las Olas Boulevard east of Third Avenue, where Buning the Florist once stood. Completion is scheduled for the summer of 1999.
The booming downtown office market, and full rentals, dashed the developer's plans to move into 450 East Las Olas, the first phase of the complex. A similar fate befell plans to occupy the Plaza at Las Olas, a refurbished office building across the street.
But this time, occupancy is a sure thing, Stiles officials say. The company sold the building on Cypress Creek Road that now houses its offices, and the lease is about to run out, spokeswoman Nancy Brusher said. With downtown office space running at a 5.1 percent vacancy, the only big chunk of space available is 110 E. Broward Blvd., the former Blockbuster/Nationsbank building, said Ken Silberling of Commercial Florida Realty Partners in Boca Raton.
Stiles said it would occupy 35,000 square feet on the tower's eighth and ninth floors. The building will offer 250,000 square feet, with 230,000 square feet of professional office space and 20,000 square feet of ground floor retail.
Tenants moving to 350 Las Olas from elsewhere downtown include the law firms of Atlas, Pearlman, Trop & Borkson, which has leased 23,000 square feet, and Berger, Davis & Singer, which has leased 15,000 square feet.
Madsen, Sapp, Mena, Rodriguez & Co., an accounting firm, will move from Plantation back to Fort Lauderdale, where it was founded in 1926, partner Ramon A. Rodriguez said. It has leased 8,000 square feet at 350 Las Olas.
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- Janet said...
I too attended the festival. Interestingly each of the five story tellers that I heard used their story telling expertise in different careers; school teacher, counselor for troubled adults and youth, university teacher of environmental studies, entertainer and historian.
- May 1, 2007 at 2:44 PM
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As is becoming pretty much par for the course, a video game has been implicated in a crime, this time Gran Turismo. What's interesting is that, despite both men being cleared of death by dangerous driving, the fact that one of played a racing videogame has been singled out in this report.
It's clear that both of these men were idiots to be driving in such a fashion. And the judge's comments regarding the monitor in the car are in no way unreasonable. What bothers me about this artice is the 'games of death' featurette at the bottom, presented out of context, and with very little explanation. If I didn't know any better, I'd think a right-wing newspaper was being deliberately misleading and reactionary.
Lets address these points then, shall we? Original article in bold, my comments in italics.
Killer games
Manhunt Players earn points for killing people in a horrific manner. Implicated in the 2004 murder of Stefan Pakeerah, 14
Implicated by the Daily Mail, not by the police. The Daily Mail still has very little to do with judicial proceedings in this contry, to my eternal relief. The hysteria started on the basis of the victim's mother saying, and this is a direct quote "I think I heard some of his friends say he was obsessed with that game.", referring to the killer, Warren LeBlanc. It transpired however, that the killer had not played the game and did not own it, but the victim did, despite being under 18. The police and judge ruled out any link to the game, in the case of the police this was publicly, through the media. The Daily Mail didn't cover this though, despite having given two front pages to the story that week. So, in other words, bunkum.
Carmaggedon Racing game where players can run over pedestrians. Was initially refused a certificate by the censor in Britain
The crucial term being initially. It was later granted a license. It was still a little bit naff, however. Also, this game is over ten years old, doesn't run on most modern PCs, and therefore is unlikely to be much of a threat to society.
Canis Canem Players are encouraged to torment homeless people and be violent and abusive to vulnerable youngsters
Blatantly untrue. From the first encounter with the homeless character in this game, you befriend him, and his sections of game act as tutorials. Whilst there is a large amount of violence in the game, it's incredibly tame. The point of the game is not to bully the other kids, but to unite the various cliques and end the bullying at the school. It seems churlish to point out that The Times also got the name of the game wrong, but there, I did it anyway.
Prejudiced and lazy journalism? Slanted reporting? In a NewsCorp paper? You can see where I'm going with this...
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The love affair was over. Everything was different now. I struggled up the broken asphalt slopes of the ridiculously steep first km's of the 735m Col'Haritxarte from Urhandia towards the heavy, thick and grey sky which enveloped the coming 841m Bestako Lepoa, 905m Ilhareko Lepoa, 1029m Col Inharpu and finally the descent to the 966m Col d'Ibarburia. Then, it would be further down into the valley only to go back up once again to the 832m Col de Lecharria (Arangaitz). This road, although seemingly consistent on the map profiles, is tough, it's more than tough, and I later understood why there were 6 separately labeled Cols within about 18km.
I had already checked off two Cols (801m Erro and 922m Mezkiritz) earlier that day as I climbed up and shot down the roller-coaster slopes toward France and out of the warm, sun baked hillsides of Spain from Pamplona. The top of the 1029m Col d'Ibañeta, was the third col, where I proudly displayed three fingers in the photo for each of my conquests that day, before descending the other side toward the dark, wet and gloomy French frontier. After the relatively flat trek through Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port and onto Bastida toward Mendive I, suddenly, was lost. I didn't take long at all under the cold and dark sky in France to grow impatient with my way-finding, or lack thereof. I rode on and then doubled back, adding about 15km to the day. I was looking for the D417 and only after asking locals where to go, and being warned that I didn't want to go that way, I found it. Now, my enthusiasm was gone. The love affair was over. My cocky 'displaying-of-fingers' seemed childish in hindsight. As my legs screamed for respite, again and again, against my will, my mind thumped the words "Please. Flatten. OUT".
Final Numbers for the day
Pamplona > Laruns: 190km (717km – 5 days)
10 Cols – 801m, 922m, 1057m, 735m, 841m, 905m, 1029m, 966m, 832m, 1035m (3250m gain)
Average speed: 26.4kmph avg.
Time: 7hr12min.
Bike Map: 636851
What. The. Hell? How do they even pave roads like this anyway? Do they use a helicopter to lift the machine to the top of the slope, fill it with asphalt, release the brakes and kamikaze down the hill? I tried to think of more positive things. Suddenly, out of nowhere, I had the pleasure of being caught between two cars headed in opposite directions on a road that could only fit one. I pulled off to the side and after a few seconds of maneuvering and the downhill car carrying on, I had the pleasure of seeing the uphill heading car progressively make it's way downhill. Backwards. With every attempt to further it's progress up the hill, burning clutch and e-brake riding, I took unfortunate solace in the fact I wasn't the only person cursing this blasted hill. I could no longer see the car behind me as I continued up, and it never passed me, so I don't know where it ended up, but perhaps he gave up.
Up and down the road climbed up. Flattening out and then ramping up. I tried to not think about the impending west ascent of the Col de Marie-Blanque, and it's final three km's that averaged 11.5, 13 and the final km @ 12%, that was to come later that day. I tried to think of good things — the new Arcade Fire album, the tickets I bought to their show for Patricia's birthday, anything. But. It didn't work when the road went up.
I finally crested the top of the Inharpu exhausted. It had been 100kms now, and either that road was twice as hard as the profile and numbers suggested, or I was just running out of gas. So, I stopped to eat a giant bocadillo. I started feeling weird, and not in a good way. I felt a heat growing on the back of my neck, like I was over-heating and couldn't control it, it was warm and humid. I turned around and, practically jumped out of my lycra, as right behind me was a massive wild horse, breathing down on me, probably wanting to eat my sandwich. Fortunately it didn't stomp me into the ground when I freaked out, because it freaked out as well and ran for the hills. I picked up my bike and relocated, only to learn that I was blocking the path sitting where I had been. This things was the size of a Clydesdale and I guess he thought at about 2000lbs he could tip-toe past me. I'm just glad he didn't kill me.
I descended into the valley below and tore across the flats toward Escot. A couple of short climbs en route and I was back on the N134 highway heading toward what eventually becomes the Col du Somport into Spain. I knew the road and I was nearing Escot, the tiny village at the bottom of the Marie-Blanque.
I wanted to kill the Marie-Blanque, and I thought at only 9km I could. I knew how steep it was. I've climbed steeper slopes before. In fact, I believe I climbed steeper slopes earlier that day. Cars easily go up the Marie-Blanque. Hell, RV's go up the Marie-Blanque, I thought. Bam, I was in Escot and I had a second wind. I tore into the first of 9 ever-steeper km's like a rocket.
The Col du Marie-Blanque is like an exponential curve. It starts out flat, and like some sick torture-instrument of a road it ramps up. Sure, the last km at 12% is one less than the penultimate km at 13%, but that's splitting hairs. The Marie-Blanque has appeared in the Tour de France 14 times, first in 1978, and it was in that year when Bernard Thevenet later said "I feared [Marie-Blanque] because I didn't know it, though friends had told me how hard it was. On that climb I went through one of the worst experiences in my life."
I was still flying, as the road ramped up to 5%, but I wasn't feeling as confident now, not because it was steep, at this point 5% is not, but because I felt tired. It had been a long day and I was approaching 150km now. If I had a second wind, it was but a gust.
Spanish cyclist Fernando Escartin, and winner of the king of the mountains jersey said of the Marie-Blanque "As far as the Pyrenean climbs go, I think the Marie Blanque is one of the hardest there is. It's only 10km long but there are 4 or 5kms that really make you suffer."
Now, I pounded into km 5 and the sign on the side of the road let me know I was at 7% for the next 1000m. I was still spinning fast, but slowing, I pushed with my finger on my ergo-lever and it pushed back. What? No way. I looked back and found it was true. I was already in my 25 tooth cog. My last of 10 cogs. I was spinning well, but I was in trouble. With four km's left I was not longer spinning quickly, I was grinding up the greater than 10% grade, and with two km's to go, at 13% I was in survival mode. After 6 hours of riding and some 2800m of climbing, my legs were done, and Marie-Blanque was beating me while I was down.
I wanted to do the Marie-Blanque in 30 minutes. At 9km I thought… ok, 18kmph average with the first four km's pretty tame, I can do that. No even close. With two km's to go it was Triplets of Belleville time, five to eight rotations sitting, and then three to six standing. My hands were so sweaty, I could hardly hang on to the bars without them slipping. As I climbed slowly past the last km sign, I was broken. Down to watching the km's tick by on the computer I gave it everything I had, but with it reading 149.21, 149.22, 149.23 and on and on. It was tough going.
With 250m to go, I sprinted it out to get it over with. It probably looked like I was trying to show off, but I just wanted the pain to end. I collapsed under the sign at the top 42minutes and 9km after I turned right onto the road up in Escot. It was horrible, but it was over. The names Aubisque, Soulor and Tourmalet were now ringing through my head, reminding me that tomorrow the climbing really turned up another notch. I cruised into Laruns 7hours and 12 minutes of riding time, and 190km after I left Pamplona. I slept very well that night.
Final Numbers for the day
Pamplona > Laruns: 190km (717km – 4 days)
10 Cols – 801m, 922m, 1057m, 735m, 841m, 905m, 1029m, 966m, 832m, 1035m (3250m gain)
Average speed: 26.4kmph avg.
Time: 7hr12min.
Bike Map: 636851


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Thanks! Does the fish oil need to be for dogs only? I've read that human grade is better?
You can definitely buy human fish oil caps and squeeze them on to the food.
Man, I just love this board! Thank you, thank you! I think we may be looking at transitioning him to Fromm Heartland Gold puppy off of Blue Buffalo.
It's possible and we will change if needed. In the past week, he has been doing a lot of itching and scratching. We are on a food elimination diet with Benadryl per our vet. We had bought him new duck flavored treats and we believe that could be the factor.
How is the Benadryl affecting your dog? If you're noticing drowsiness, you can ask about Loratadine (generic Claritin).
My wife actually threw the treats out before I was able to look at the ingredients, something I will definitely start doing. I just figured they were high price from an upscale dog store that they must be good, last time I make that mistake! He has been doing fine on the Benadryl. Still doing a lot of whining though when it gets within an hour of his 6am/6pm meals. Im thinking it's because he knows it's time for a meal, it's just so annoying though! Especially when he is at our bedside, sitting & whining at 5am. Even with us upping his food to 2 1/2 cups 2x per day.


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"Why insect pollinators?" you may ask. And it also was the question I asked myself when I began to think about writing a blog post for the workshop, "Communicating Science via Photography." The reasons are obvious. First, and foremost, at least one out of every three bites of food we eat today is thanks to insect pollinators. Secondly, you have heard enough from the news that our pollinators are declining. However, when we talk about pollinators, the first thing that comes to mind is the honey bee. Although it is true honey bees are the most common pollinators, there are many other bees and insects pollinating flowering plants. Therefore, this article aims to show the diversity of insect pollinators.
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So, little baby Steve has now been in the womb longer than True. Which is great, but man, I'm starting to get uncomfortable. Plus every time I have any kind of pain I assume I'm going into labor and I start to get slightly panicked (after all, I don't have my hospital bag packed). But then alas, I fart or something and the pain goes away and I'm back to being just rather large and uncomfortable and wondering when boy wonder will start making his way down the chute.
I did buy some cute sweat pants as my *after delivery* outfit for the hospital. Problem is, I keep wearing them. They're now either constantly being worn, or in the laundry, or hanging up to dry. They probably won't make it to the hospital with me and I'll undoubtedly send Aaron home to pick them up and then get mad at him for taking so long in getting back. And they'll be dirty. So I'll be mad at Aaron for that too (surely it will be his fault).
We keep trying to make a go of a name, but we're still undecided. Poor kid.