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Blogger: Marcus Collins
In my recent post I detailed the critical success factors for a successful analysis initiative namely:
- Having the right analysis process
- Having access to the right information
- Having the right context
- Having the ability to make decisions at the right time
- Having the right leadership
- Having the right team dynamics
- Having the right people
And finally:
- Choosing the right problem
In this post I'm going to explore the "right context" in more detail. Whilst it is true that "All men are created equal", the same cannot be said of analysis problems. It is important to determine the context of the problem as this brings with it a set of constraints and implicit assumptions that the analyst must understand and consider as they perform the analysis.The key elements of decision context are the:
- scope
- complexity
- timeliness
Scope – is it an operational decision for example analyzing customer purchases to determine customers with the potential profit; simulate supply chains to reduce overall inventory levels and order-to-delivery times? Or is it strategic in nature for example deciding whether to move into a new market or embark on a strategic acquisition? Strategic and operational decisions have a different set of characteristics:Strategic Decisions
- Long Term
- Historic data
- Internal and External perspective
- Enterprise-wide data focus (information politics)
- Focus on analytics and interpretation/heuristics
- Poor data/information quality medium/high impact on decision
- Long term feedback loop – enterprise's goals/mission statement
Operational Decisions
- Short Term
- Real-time data
- Internal perspective
- Business unit or function data focus
- Focus on analytics; less focus on interpretation
- Poor data/information quality – high impact on decision
- Short term feedback loop – focus on operational metrics
Complexity – problem can increase in complexity quickly and expand the scope of an analysis that is quantitative and focused on operational data to one that relies on the judgment of the analyst. The key is to be cognizant that the analytics guides the decision making.
Take this sales forecast. The data shows that Q1/Q2 has seen steady growth. A simple "interpretation" might assume that Q3 would also show steady growth. But let's assume that Q3 shows a marked drop in sales in – will Q4 follow Path A (a return to Q1/Q2 growth) or Path B (a continuation of Q3's falling sales). To answer this question may require data outside that which is normally available from operational systems. For example, if this was a weather dependent product or service you may need weather data to see if there's a correlation between sales and temperature. A more complex correlation might be an increase in fuel costs leading to a drop in toll road usage. In both examples the decision required an analysis of the operational data and judgment/intuition on the part of the analyst.The final aspect of context is the Timeliness of the data. I explored this aspect in this blog post – analysis when the business needs it. The traditional view of business intelligence is of operational systems feeding a data warehouse through an Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) data pipeline. Little has changed with this model since it was initially proposed in the 1980's. Increasingly organizations are realizing that the retrospective view of data this model supports is not sufficient to meet the demands of companies that need to function at internet speed. Rather than following this one speed approach organizations should adopt a tiered approach tailored to the organization's business requirements, competitive environment and customer demands.
In a document to be published in early June and a series of TeleBriefings on June 2 and 3, Burton Group Senior Analyst Marcus Collins will explore the analysis context and each of the other critical success factors in more detail and provide guidance on how organizations can develop a roadmap for the successful deployment of a fact-based decision making culture.


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Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho says that he would like Ashley Cole to stay at Stamford Bridge but admits he may receive a better offer elsewhere. Former Arsenal striker Thierry Henry has recently revealed that he would be happy if Cole joined him in the MLS with New York Red Bulls in the summer.
Mourinho said: "Yes, he (Cole) has (got a future at Chelsea), but maybe Thierry has a better proposal.
"Maybe Thierry is doing with Red Bulls the same as David (Beckham) is doing in Miami. Maybe he's buying Red Bulls! I have to ask Thierry Henry (what's happening with Cole)."
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Soundbuzz, EMI in talks on DRM-free tracks
"We've opened discussions with EMI (about DRM-free downloads) in multiple markets," says Soundbuzz CEO Sudhanshu Sarronwala. He says that for EMI's DRM-free initiative to succeed in Asia, mobile is critical.
"Ninety-five% of digital music is consumed via mobile in the Asia-Pacific region, and the real effect of the EMI announcement is going to be felt when we can offer a DRM-free experience on mobile," says Sarronwala.
"Sudhanshu has approached EMI and expressed an interest and when we agree terms, we will progress the deal," says EMI Music South East Asia president/COO Paul Robinson. "Soundbuzz are not the only company to have approached us, and in Asia we expect this EMI initiative to generate significant activity."\


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During 3Q16, retail rents for the most expensive locations in shopping centres remained relatively stable. Of the 18 featured markets, only Manila saw a quarterly rental increase of 1% or more for the most expensive locations, while the remainder mostly recorded flat rents. The aggregate Asia Pacific Retail Rental Index decreased 0.1% quarter-on-quarter, down from 0.3% growth in 2Q16.
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Best Places for Tourist in Baku Baku is Azerbaijan's capital. It is the architectural love consider almost like Paris and Dubai. Although with many of Soviet genes floating half-hidden in the background. Many cities in the world are developing as quickly. At its heart, the UNICCO-listed Old City lies within an unusually crenulated arc of the fort wall. Moreover, Around this are elegantly illuminated stone mansions tree-lined streets filled with exclusive boutiques. In the last ten years, authorities made many towers, dwarfing or replacement of tatty old Soviet apartment blocks.Read more →
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Promoting Hitler in Sri Lanka
This boy is a prefect of the school and also a scout of a highest medal.
He is a very polite, decent and lovable guy. In the multi cultural school he learns, I have never seen him behaving disrespectfully to the teachers or the students that belong to other communities.
He is a friend in my Facebook and I have observed that the majority things hat he shares there are extremely racist especially against Muslims.
I once invited him to have a chat over a cup of tea regarding our opinions on ethnic relations which are worlds apart. He readily accepted the invitation to come to my house but we both were busy in the past weeks, he getting ready to sit for the G.C.E. (Advanced Level) examination in August in science stream.
"I know your views Sir, but it doesn't matter, let us talk," I remember he said.
Yesterday, he had shared this banner. I still like him very much but I can't understand what has happened to boys like him.
Thirty years back, when I was in his age, I too was extremist.But if there was Facebook I might have promoted Che, Bob Marley, Marx, Engels, Lenin etc.
But he is promoting Hitler. I don't know what to say.
4 comments:
- NirangaMay 1, 2013 at 3:27 PM
He seems to be an honest guy, which is a tragedy somewhat. Part of that issue is there's hardly any discourse within our society, the intellectual vacuum created by lack of ideologies (or a social movement)ReplyDelete
It's surprising and disturbing to see how many young minds fallen victim to the racial hatred spreading around. Places like Facebook has become honeypots for these activities.
- AnonymousMay 1, 2013 at 5:36 PM
I had the same problemReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 8, 2013 at 3:33 PM
Interesting Article... thought this boy we can see challenge of the Sri lanka. last weekend one of major Brazilian Food ball team was got the Taliban as a they Worries.. they said play as Worries... like Taliban. Whole world facing this racist problem... but we want learn to our children wot is the correct things!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 8, 2013 at 3:36 PM


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I want to start off by saying I am not a member of Fossil Free MIT and don't necessarily agree with the way that they have framed the issue of divestment. But as someone who is deeply concerned about future sustainability, and in light of Stanford's recent announcement that it will divest from coal companies, I humbly submit a different perspective on the issue for MIT's consideration. And I hope that MIT will realize: it is time to divest.


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BRISTOL, N.H. (AP) - Presidential hopeful Fred Thompson is trying to paint differences between himself and Republican rival Rudy Giuliani.
Thompson claims Giuliani should stop basing his stances on his time as New York City's mayor. He told a crowd in a New Hampshire gun store today that New York "is not emblematic of the rest of the country."
The former Tennessee senator says Giuliani has stood with prominent Democrats on gun control legislation over the years.
Thompson badly trails in New Hampshire. A recent poll shows him with only 4 percent support compared to Giuliani's's 16 percent.
Both men trail former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, who's polling at 33 percent in the state.
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Through out my whole life of trying different brands of body scrub, I have of course come across several good ones. They were good for me until I discovered the better ones!
Honestly I have never been to a professional spa before, but now I know I can create one at home myself!
Introducing – LaLicious in Brown Sugar & Vanilla Moisturizing Body Scrub. Picture above is a trial size of product at 56g (SGD$10).
Now, let me show you how awesome it is!
After shower, don't towel dry yet!
Scoop an adequate amount of scrub on your skin. Smell it now and I bet you will have the urge of gulping it down. Well…I almost did…
Mix with a little bit of water and now you can see the scrub disappearing.
Proceed to scrub …scrub….gently..and pooof!
The scrub just miraculously gone missing!
It is actually made of coconut oil and therefore will be easily absorbed into our skin.
Rinsing time!
I love the water splashing against my skin. <3
And guess what?
See? How well moisturized my skin is! And the almond and vitamin-e oils have sealed the moisture and now my skin looks like it is waterproof! 😀
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How cool right? And I assure that you smell like a bar of walking brown-sugar and vanilla after use.
Another sweet flavor is this Sugar Kiss. It is seriously sweet and I am not sure if I can hold my temptation of licking it.
It also contains pure cane sugar crystals exfoliate dead skin cells while sweet almond and vitamin-e oils condition, moisturize, and smooth you to perfection. It sounds too good and it really is good.
A full size of product is at 16oz (453g), retails for SGD$60 on Soap'n'Sorbet.
Soap'n'Sorbet is a Singaporean-based online store that carries quite some interesting brands which are not available locally, such as – LaLicious, Love & Toast, Steam Cream, Tokyo Milk & etc. Ships internationally too. Have a look on the website, I am sure there is something that will catch your attention. 😉 It is good to know that now we have wider access to International brands without having to spend for the air tickets.


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This page contains information on various game modifications available for Batman: Arkham Origins on PC.
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Annual multi-day Trail Tales pioneer program hosting more than 900 4th graders from area schools.
The Museums of the Umpqua Valley offer a myriad of fun, interactive and hands-on experience for children of all ages. Browse the briefs below and contact our Education Director for further information and pricing.
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The Douglas County Museum has an amazing archive of more than 24,000 historic photos. These photos are available to educators as digital images for teachers to use them as supplemental visual components within the classroom.
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Our Mini Mammoths program includes a fast paced tour of the Museum with stories, songs, and hands-on artifact and ecofact exploration. The tour also incorporates a simple take home craft activity designed especially for young learners.
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My PC was at repair shop for BIOS resetting. After repairing I brought it home but since then I am having some issues, I am posting these together because they all appeared simultaneously after repair.
It turns OFF for 2-3 seconds during boot up but then starts again automatically and then keep operating normally.
Secondly, sometimes it don't detect the internet connection. After restarting 2-3 times, it detects it.
Third, the PS/2 port is not working.
I am starting to think that you may have damaged your motherboard beyond repair with the failed BIOS upgrade.
PS/2 should be connected before the system is powered on. If the PS/2 port is enabled within the BIOS and not working I would say that it is damaged, dead, simple as that.
As for the network issue I assume it is an onboard NIC of the motherboard?
If I understand correctly the network only works if you reboot the system without powering it off in between (restart via Start Menu). This further makes me believe that the NIC is having trouble being initialized within the time it takes to boot up.
Go into the BIOS and enable the "Wake on LAN (WOL)" or "Wake on Magic Paket" option. This way the card should remain in an initialized state even then you shutdown the system.
If you do want to perform another BIOS flash make sure to use the recovery BIOS update (.BIO)
Beyond that I would say the only thing left to do is the suggested reinstallation of Windows and after that an exchange of the motherboard.
Actually you are not getting my point,
I had a (bad) habit of updating BIOS. My computer was fine until BIOS version 0048, but when I updated to version 0099 (THE UPDATE WAS SUCCESSFUL, I GOT BIOS FLASH SUCCESSFUL MESSAGE) , after next reboot which happens after successful update, system was unable to boot from any hard drive, windows CD or USB...Then I took it to repair shop and they restored the very old factory version of my BIOS. Now this time I only updated to the safe version which was version 0048 for me. But these 3 problems are there since the PC came back
1. PS/2 port causes the mouse and keyboard lights to light up but they never work on this port.
2. System never detects an internet connection on boot up, only detects it on a restart.
3. It turns itself OFF for 2-3 seconds during boot and then starts again normally. (This only happen on boot, never on restart)
Since the issues started following the update then some corruption did happen at that point, regardless of the success message. Especially GUI tools running within Windows are not to be trusted in that regard. Any "not successful" message would triggers the BIOS to roll back to the previous version.
Either way, the suggested method is to perform a recovery update to the latest transitional version (0099) and then upgrade to the latest one available (0111). Also be aware of any jumper settings necessary for a recovery update and normal boot later on.
(1) Your keyboard lights going on means that the device was detected. Therefor it's (a) an issue at the end of the keyboard or (b) the port. At best try another PS/2 keyboard and try cleaning the PS/2 ports using compressed air to make sure all contacts are free of dust.
(3) As I mentioned before the power-off for 2-3 seconds usually indicates a BIOS health or hardware check which should not happen during a normal boot after a normal shutdown.
Assuming you are using the onboard LAN for internet the other issue (2) is most likely related to the first one e.g. a very late initialization of the network chip or change in IRQ causing Windows to redetect the hardware and drivers.
If you have some power strip with a switch make sure not to cut the power using the switch and then try booting up. If the 2-3 second power-off following by a normal boot up still happens the issue is at the BIOS/board level.
I tried other PS/2 keyboards. They are not working in my PC. I tried my keyboard on another computer, it was working on the other PC. It means problem is at my PS/2 port which i repeatedly cleaned. As u suggested, i didn't cut the power from the wall outlet after shutdown. Now the 2-3 seconds OFF not happened on the next boot. It only happens when I cut power from power outlet after shutting down. What's the diagnosis now?
I tried other PS/2 keyboards. They are not working in my PC. I tried my keyboard on another computer, it was working on the other PC. It means problem is at my PS/2 port which i repeatedly cleaned. As u suggested, i didn't cut the power from the wall outlet after shutdown. Now the 2-3 seconds OFF not happened on the next boot. It only happens when I cut power from power outlet after shutting down. What's the diagnosis now?
There is not much to diagnose based on this ~ basically you already gave the answer to yourself.
You are looking at a defective PS/2 port on your motherboard. There is nothing you can really do about it. You could try soldering a new PS/2 connector on but the chances are high of permanently damaging the motherboard all together.
As for the power-off it is ~ as I tried to explain before ~ the intended behavior. Cutting the power form the outlet usually indicates that you are about to perform hardware changes e.g. exchanging RAM or something. Therefor if a full power-outage (or unplugging from the outlet) is detected the motherboard starts up doing a hardware check which takes a second or two, then powers off for the mentioned 2-3 seconds and then boots up normally. Since this diagnostic power-on-off doesn't happen if you keep the outlet plugged in it is working as it should.
Sorry, cut myself short there:
Basically the only thing that's left is the networking issue. I would start with the basics there.
Download the latest driver for your network card, then go into the Device Manager (Start > Search "Device Manager"), navigate to the network interfaces and delete it ~ it should be something like "Intel 82xxxx Gigabit...". Then in the Actions menu select to search for new or changed hardware to re-detect your network card.
Then ask your shop to send your motherboard to Intel for repair or replacement as this seems to be beyond the capacity of the shopkeeper.Intel has reputation of sending boards directly to home quickly.
I would go with Jim's suggestion otherwise you could end up spending a lot of time error searching the problems you are having which maybe, and I do say maybe, a different BIOS version could correct.
The shop should have checked your machine for any further problems before releasing it back to you.
it all started when I tried upgrading my BIOS from version 0048 to 0099 for my Intel DH61WW notherboard. System ceased to boot up and I had to take it to repait shop. They restored BIOS to very old version. I again upgraded to the one which was working fine for me before (0048) but now I am not gonna update it to 0099 at any cost.
Take it back to shop and have them fix it to your satisfaction. If you don't what to do this, check all connections such as memory, video card etc. as some cases flex when moved. Go into Bios setup and reset to default or optimum settings and save. Check PS/2 port for bent pin.
done , problem NOT solved
If the Bios Chip is a socket mount type rather than soldered on motherboard, try carefully removing and then reseating it preferably after using contact cleaner spray. Make sure to plug it in in correct orientation.
unplug from wall, remove cmos battery for 15min, then reinsert cos and replug to wall, boot again.
do a memory test
Run Diagnostics to Check Your System for Memory Problems
check your graphic card is well attached to the motherboard
try to update drivers and repair windows.
The power-off followed by powering up normally after 2-3 seconds usually means that the BIOS performed some health and/or hardware check and can usually be seen after a full power outage.
If that happens at every boot I would say something prevents your BIOS from saving it's state in the CMOS. My advice would be (as ha14) suggested to unplug and remove the CMOS battery for a few seconds and then reinsert it.
If your BIOS has a reset button or jumper (see hardware manual) perform this too once the battery is back in place.
Since you cleared the BIOS settings your PS/2 port should be working too now. But since you are booting up anyway you can hit the BIOS key (usually DEL) and make sure the PS/2 port is enabled.
As for the internet connection you'll have to be more specific how it is established in order to get better troubleshooting advice. Are you connecting to a local network or WiFi or is it some dial-in or logon directly through the modem?
Either way, it may be solved with the initial error too. Since your BIOS doesn't appear to save it's state there is a chance that some change in hardware IRQs happens and forces the operating system to redetect the hardware on every startup. Another possibility is that the hardware check causes the network card to initialize at a very late state.
Both would obviously delay any attempt to establish a network connection which depending on the extend of the process(es)
could take several minutes.
I unplugged CMOS battery and all hardware components and power cables. Kept the computer in this state for several minutes then replugged all components. BIOS time was reset which means that BIOS was clear. I restored the BIOS to default settings and correct the system time and date and booted. One or two times there was not any power off during boot but now it started again. I also checked that PS/2 port is enabled in the BIOS but that port is still not working. I connect to internet via DSL. During normal boot, there is a red cross on the taskbar network icon which means i am disconnected. No matter how many times I shut down and boot up it stays this way. It only connects when I restart the windows from start menu.
check in BIOS Legacy USB support and activate.
unplug mouse and keyboard and plug them when OS boot.
Keyboard and mouse not working in Windows
go to winndows update and see if there are updates available or use a driver scan tool like DriverEasy
How To Reinstall Windows 7 Without Changing Your Personal Settings, Installed Programs & Drivers
perhaps you want to consider repair windows 7.
1) Click start
2) Type services.msc in the search bar, Open services.msc
3) Search DNS client and DHCP Client services and start the services to automatic if they are stopped.
4) Network Connections >> set to manual
5) Network List Service >> startup manual
6) Network Location Awareness >> startup to Automatic
7) Network Store Interface Service >> startup to Automatic
reset TCP/IP, use microsoft fix it
all are at their default settings which u told me
consider to repair/install windows, if you already made a backup image then use it. fresh start can fix problems.


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Anarcho-indigenists and APOC Potluck
Saturday, May 21
3942 rue Ste. Emilie (metro Place St. Henri – just 10 min walk from the Bookfair)
This space is not wheelchair accessible
At a previous bookfair, we identified a need for us as Anarchist People of Colour (APOC) as well
as anarcho-indigenists to know each other, work together, share experiences, and show each
other love. Come hang out and share food with us after the Bookfair and before heading out to
a Bookfair party. This potluck is open to people who self-identify as Anarchists and People of
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After the South Korean smart phone giant, Samsung, announced the next flag ship device some time back, the Galaxy S IV, we are getting rumors about the next device that the company may showcase, the Samsung Galaxy S IV Mini. And just like the Samsung Galaxy S III and the Galaxy S III Mini, the Galaxy S IV Mini will be a stripped down version of the flag ship Galaxy S IV.
The new rumor includes a leaked photo with a Galaxy S IV and a Galaxy S IV Mini next to it. As can be seen, the mini version of the smart phone is very much similar to the bigger brother in terms of design, but has a stripped down hardware, as already mentioned.
Back in February, we heard the rumor that the South Korean tech giant is working on three new smart phones under the name Project J, and these were scheduled to be released in the first half of the year. And this rumor was quickly followed by rumors about the Galaxy S IV Mini, indicating that the Galaxy S IV and the mini version could be the two smart phone among the three rumoured. Anyway, the new rumor does give out some of the specs of the Galaxy S IV Mini.
So according to the rumor, the smart phone comes with a 4.3 inch Super AMOLED qHD touch screen display with a pixel density of 256 ppi. The smart phone has a 1.6 GHz dual core processor under the hood that will be based on the TW Nature UX 2.0, and out of the box, the smart phone will run Android 4.2.2, also known as Jelly Bean, which is the latest version of Android available.
And to satisfy the February rumor, there will be two variants of the Galaxy S IV Mini, one with dual SIM card support, and one with just one SIM card slot. The smart phone will be made available either in June or July, according to rumors.
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Name: Vipul Mathur
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Look at my website for details. I have built a couple of robots... Interested in electronics from an early age. (look at http://www.vipulmathur.org/photo1.htm) I recently completed making a 8085 microprocessor controlled remote programmable mobile robotic platform. This dude (named "Murphy") can be programmed via an Infrared Link. Details about Murphy will be available as soon as I go through these college exams...
Recent blog entries by vipul
Over the past week, sometime in between my college exams, I registered Murphy the robot[:)] and our team for "Yantriki" the Annual Robotics meet at IIT Bombay, India. The competition this time is a terrain-navigation course, while racing with an opponent.
Yantriki 2001 at IIT Bombay will be held sometime in October 2001. Their game this year is called Xterra. The objective is to make a robot navigate a path full of obstacles and such pains...
An excerpt from their page says:
Xterra: Two contesting machines will be on a mission to overcome difficulties of the terrain to reach their goal. Each remote controlled machine will begin its journey from its base on an elevated platform; jumping onto a sand bed at the end of the platform and then climbing onto an inclined plane. It will then follow its specified path, steering clear an obstacle and around the rear of a garage; and finally parking into the garage. The one that reaches the goal first is the winner. Machines are forbidden from intentionally damaging or attacking their opponents.
The second level competition will require the machines to begin the journey like a cable car hanging from two guide pipes. Rest of the track is similar to the first level.
Lots of improvements and modifications need to be done if Murphy has to show some mettle there :-)
. Better wheels to improve grip. . Some shock absorbing mechanism. . Sand/dust proofing :-| . Radio control, since maintaining an IR link over a snaking course will be a tough call. . A smaller, more capable brain :) Homebuilt 8085 board? Basic Stamp? OOPIC? 68HC11? 8051? Others? . The motors+electronics need to be able to run off a battery... . The power/weight ratio should be good enough to outrun other competitors.
Other improvements might be necessary to make Murphy off-table-terrain-friendly :-0
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Saturday, September 10, 2011
Japadogs - extraordinary!
Check out these beauties! Gourmet hot dogs with Japanese condiments and garnishes. A brilliant idea. I seriously need to try one of these!
via Sherman's Food Adventures
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- streetcuisine said...
They just opened a place it Toronto like this. Looks really good http://fusiadog.com/
- October 21, 2011 2:42 pm
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What an interesting idea! Will have to try them sometime
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My monitor will go to a black screen all of a sudden. I have to turn it off and on while clicking on things to shut it down and restart the computer. It is a MAG monitor
Bit confused when you say
"I have to turn it off and on while clicking on things"
what do you mean by this?
When the monitor goes blank what are you usually doing? playing a game? word processing? surfing the net?
You may want to check a couple of things
1) update your graphics card driver
2) check that your graphics card is seated properly into your motherboard
3) check the temperature of your CPU
4) check your heatsink/fan assembly to ensure its clean and seated correctly
i may be wrong, but when you say your monitor goes black i think it may be a problem with your pc in general rather than your monitor itself. Obvioulsy this is an asumption until you can shed some more light on the matter.
Sounds like the monitor is failing. Is this a CRT (tube) type monitor? How old is it?
Try the monitor on a different computer or try a different monitor on that computer to troubleshoot the problem.
My monitor would do this (it was a CRT). So like OtheHill said, it could be the monitor failing. When mine did it, I was able to 'save' it for a week longer by beating on it everytime it went blank... and it worked consistently... (NOTE: I DO NOT recommend beating on your monitor) It turns out the flyback was going. If it doesn't turn out to be the monitor though, I guess it could be the graphics card... sounds like the monitor though. Especially if it is a CRT.
please remember to reply with results so we know whether a solution worked or not
I took monitor over to a neighbors house and figured out that it was bad. Bought a new monitor and it is working fine not shutting off at all


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Monday, September 8, 2008
We Deal in Speed, Friend
Because it was requested by tfh, this is a he said/she said race report, and since I have no idea what a he said/she said race report is supposed to look like this is how we're doing it: I'm going to start typing a race report and Candis is going to interject and interrupt me in her usual manner.
Candis: How do I indicate that I'm rolling my eyes right now?
Ian: I think you just did.
As you may have guessed from the title of this post, the Skirt Chaser was a good race for both of us. In fact, we both set new PRs on Saturday. Candis broke 30 minutes for the first time in her running career with a time of 29:40 (9:32 pace). Awesome job babe! This also means that she's setting the SY5K bar rather high by shaving more than 2 minutes off her 5K time and she's not done yet... We have the Colder Bolder 5K coming up in December where I'm certain she'll crack the 28 minute range.
Candis: Nothing is ever good enough...
Ian: I managed a time of 24:28 (7:52 pace), shaving almost 1 ½ minutes from my previous time. w00t! As you can tell if you're any good at math, the 3 minute head start that the ladies get in the Skirt Chaser was not enough for Candis to finish ahead of me.
Candis: We ran this race with 2 other couples that we've been friends with for many years. The two guys were given permission for a one time butt-smack if they could pass me. They could not :) he he.
Ian: The Skirt Chaser course was an out and back course which meant that you could wave at and taunt the other runners as you went.
Candis: It also meant that you could see the winners coming back to the finish- not that I was still at the finish when they came back...
The first men passed the waning women at 0.3 miles. Holy crap, how is that possible? Unfortunately I'm no good at math while I run, and I gave up trying to calculate their pace at 0.5 miles.
Ian: You're no good at math at ANY time.
Candis: It was quite demoralizing, but then right before the turnaround point, 3 women blazed back passed us. Women cheered like we'd just gained suffrage. Still no men to be seen... yet. It was like I was winning, but not.
Ian: It was demoralizing to see the lead runners so far ahead but I took comfort in the fact that once I made the turn at the halfway point I could start demoralizing the other, slower runners. After the turnaround point I would try to make eye contact with the other runners and then look at my watch and shake my head in disgust. I hope they were all demoralized.
Speaking of demoralized my goal had been to take all your advice from Friday's comments and start fast. I was hoping to post a 7:30 first mile, but found out while running that most of the first mile was uphill.
Candis: I didn't really notice that it was that much of a hill.
Ian: "Oooh, look at me I didn't notice the hill." Whatever. After maybe a quarter mile at a 7:45 pace I changed my strategy mid-race, which is never a good idea.
Candis: You know what else isn't a good idea? Telling your husband that he looks sexy in that lucky blue race shirt. Seriously honey, wear something different.
Ian: Ignoring you. Knowing that I would have a fast downhill finish I slowed to an 8:00 minute pace. My final splits were 8:03, 8:05 and 7:46. It worked out for the best, but meant that I wouldn't catch Candis until after the halfway point.
Candis: As I got closer to 1.55 miles I started to get nervous. Pre race farts again. (Can I say that?) My stomach knotted. I knew he was coming. I took one look over my shoulder and then decided it wasted hundredths of a second that I didn't have. I picked up the pace and made the turn before Ian. Shortly after the turn I spotted him coming the other way and decided that it would be best if he didn't notice me because it would surely give him a boost if he saw how close he was but then... "Ian!" I blurted it out before I could stop it. Oops.
Ian: I heard a familiar voice and saw Candis across the street already on her way back. It did give me a boost of speed to know that I had almost caught her. I rounded the turn and began reeling her in
Candis: I picked it up to 9:00 minute pace despite the fact that we were going uphill. Was he there yet? I was waiting for a smack on the butt I knew was coming. It was taking too long...
Ian: I began to close in on Candis at the 1.8 mile mark and decided to encourage rather than taunt. "Good job babe, keep it up!"
Candis: The first thing I heard was his familiar breathing... (keep your mind on track) who was he to be supportive? Why was he being sweet before the smack?
Ian: She took off in a dead sprint, trying in vain to outrun me for a few more seconds.
Candis: "Stay back there!" I screamed. Women cheered.
Ian: I matched her sprint for only a few strides, but it hurt too much and felt like too much energy so I let her go. She was fending off my advances well.
Candis: I've had a lot of practice, I've been doing it for 16 years now.
Ian: I knew she couldn't keep it up for long.
Candis: I sprinted until my throat screamed. My ego told it to shut up. Then my legs reminded us that we still had another hill left and that Ian is faster by nearly 2 minutes/mile. Here's the math again. I can't tell you what it is, but if he waited 3 minutes to start and caught me at 1.8 miles then I wasn't beating him to the finish.
Ian: I did the same math, only a little more accurately and settled back into my pace, it was inevitable that I'd catch her. I wasn't going to kill myself for it right now.
Candis: I'd lost- I knew I would- and it still sucked. I wasn't quite as dejected as I thought I'd be. It's not like it was close. I knew I could still make my sub 30 time, and did.
Ian: I passed her at the 1.9 mile mark amid cheers from all the women around us for her to beat me. Whatever. The love tap on the butt turned into a little more of a grab than a tap. What can I say, I'm handsy.
Candis: Great. Some women marry men that are handy, but I manage to get a guy that's handsy. Figures.
Ian: At this point I had passed every member of our group except one. Carl and his wife were behind me as was the other guy (we'll call him Bert), but Bert's wife (we'll call her Foghorn Leghorn- inside joke) was still ahead of me. I plowed ahead in an attempt to catch Foghorn Leghorn but knew that it would be tough.
I pushed myself as hard as I could down the hill to the finish. My Garmin indicates that my final tenth of a mile was at a 5:40 pace which is just ridiculous for me. I didn't see Foghorn Leghorn until I crossed the finish line and noticed her standing up ahead of me in the chute. Chicked!
Candis: he he :)
Ian: The official results indicate that she beat me by 6 seconds. I'll hang my hat on the fact that she technically ran the same distance 2 minutes and 54 seconds slower than me.
Candis: What happened after you crossed the finish line?
Ian: I'm getting to that. Literally seconds after I finished, even before I saw Foghorn Leghorn ahead of me in the chute I crossed the Puke Threshold. It was a bizarre feeling. I've never actually puked after or during a run, but doubled over in the chute I found myself staring at my Gatorade-stained lunch splattered on the street.
Candis: Changing the subject, this was hands down my favorite race ever. Usually Ian & I start together and I lose sight of him at .005 miles in a cloud of dust. The focus of this race was very unique and it made it a great diversion to my 'two sports too many' training (more on this later). This night was all about speed, great friends (who usually don't race with us- so it was fun), and great post race food. Well, almost. The beer sucked.
Ian: Dale's Pale Ale. I'm not sure why Dale hates us so much but I couldn't even drink the beer, and it was free.
Candis: Well done Skirt Sports. Thanks to Nicole & Tim DeBoom (more on them later). They put on a very exciting and well planned event. Loads of fun, just when I needed to remember why I like racing.
Ian: Unfortunately, I never found P.O.M. or Christine, but I did meet up with Simon from RunColo which was cool. Be sure to check out all of their blogs for more on the Skirt Chaser. My wife has rambled on long enough for this post.
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Vanilla - a well deserved booty smack/grab to be sure. Holding up the honor of us butt men everywhere!ReplyDelete
"Honey, please write this with me... please."
Sounds like a fun race. Great race report!ReplyDelete
You two never fail to crack me up...good job to you both!ReplyDelete
What'd you guys do, IM each other from across the room?ReplyDelete
Congrats on passing the Puke Threshold for the first time. Oh, and I guess that PR is OK too.
Too bad it wasn't as good of a PR shaving as your wife. She's beating you at your own challenge. Chicked twice! Way to go Candis!
My favorite part was when Vanilla threw up. Anyone with me on this one?ReplyDelete
Great job and kick ass (or, in this case, grab ass) PR!
This was better than I could have hoped! I was cracking up the entire time. Great job on the PRs.ReplyDelete
great race to both of you, and new PRs to boot. also, welcome to the puke threshold team, our numbers are vast.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSep 8, 2008, 1:31:00 PM
Did you happen to see the old guy running in a skirt? It was a bit weird, plus he was really tall and probably over 60 years old.ReplyDelete
You're right about Dale's Pale Ale, I hate that stuff and I am a supporter of most Colorado Micro Beers. When I saw that they were sponsoring the beer garden, I didn't even bother.
Nice to meet you guys and congrats on the PRs!
I second Nitmos.ReplyDelete
Great job, you two! Sounds like a great race. Any pics?
I ran up hill behind that old red-skirted & hairy legged man at mile 2. Too much to look at.ReplyDelete
Talk about a burst of speed- puke threshold= +30 seconds.
I'm sure Skirt Sports didn't intend that!
Great race report and congrats on the PR.ReplyDelete
I like the concept of the puke threshold. Hmm...
hilarious! Well done! you two should be on the stage...there's one leaving in 5 minutes. har-de-har. your wife is as funny as you are! maybe even funnier!ReplyDelete
LOL. Sounds like a fun time! Congrats to you both!ReplyDelete
Great report! Congrats to both of you on your PRs!ReplyDelete
Great report and congrats to both of you! I was pulling for you Candis!ReplyDelete
That beer was seriously rancid. No wonder it was free.ReplyDelete
I saw a couple men in skirts - was hoping for more. I like to point and laugh behind thier back.
Did you see a lot of uhm, ASS hanging out? What was with that?
And was that "Run Colo" guy hot? Can't really tell from his pic.
That is all for today.
LOVED that report - we need more He Said/She Said! :) Congrats to you both.ReplyDelete
Loved the report. My condolences on the beer. That is just wrong.ReplyDelete
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Panathinaikos have made a bid to bring Newcastle United loanee Mehdi Abeid to the Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium on a permanent basis.
According to The Chronicle, the Greek outfit are offering around £300,000 for the 21-year-old, who enjoyed his best top-flight season to date on loan with them last year.
The report claims that Abeid could have been the one Newcastle player out on loan to be given another chance by Alan Pardew. However, Panathinkaikos are confident that a deal can be pushed through over the next few days.
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A Sharing Economy: Our Hope for a New Global Strategy
Whether catalyzed by Pope Francis's encyclical, the wake-up call presented in Naomi Klein's urgent polemic This Changes Everything, or the activists calling for system change worldwide, there is a growing realization that sustainable development goals and CO2 emission targets simply won't be enough to remedy the climate crisis. Many millions of people now recognize that, without reforming the policies that are responsible for widening inequalities and for encouraging environmentally destructive patterns of consumerism in the first place, our response to socioeconomic and ecological crises will remain inadequate and fail to create what Charles Eisenstein calls the "more beautiful world our hearts know is possible."
Although periodic negotiations facilitated by the United Nations offer governments a vital opportunity to overcome national self-interest, prioritize the needs of the disadvantaged, and curb environmental damage, these conferences take place within a wider political and economic framework that is structurally incapable of delivering global social justice or sound environmental stewardship. The policies and institutions that drive our economic systems do not embody a basic spiritual understanding of our collective obligation to serve the common good of all humanity and protect the natural world.
To be sure, an outdated assumption that human beings are inherently selfish, competitive, and acquisitive has long defined the politics of domination and control and still underpins the way society is organized and the way the global economy functions. But the ongoing obsession with prioritizing national interests and safeguarding corporate profits has had devastating consequences for the world's poor and the environment. As the economist David Woodward recently calculated, it would take 100 years to eradicate $1.25-a-day poverty if governments relied on global economic growth alone—and twice as long if we used a more realistic $5-a-day poverty line. Meanwhile, humanity as a whole has been in "ecological overshoot" since the 1970s, and most people in rich, industrialized countries currently enjoy lifestyles that would require between three and five planets' worth of resources to sustain if they were the norm across the world.
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Discussion in 'Games' started by VegetaPunk, Jun 12, 2004.
heres the link enjoy
Perhaps it takes a while to get into... I thought it sucked balls.
lol, at least you tried it. I downloaded it, but didn't feel like having to deal with the install.
So does this game kinda compare in concept to something like Diablo or FF Tactics? I looked at the web page, but not really my kinda game (unless it were on a gameboy...I may yet try FF Tactics Advance... ).
I haven't seen a hex-map in ages tho', so LOL thanks for that smile.
The graphics have a nice charm to them.
ahh come on its a free game what did you expect?
i did appear to be pretty poor, i tried it and then deleated it. i thought it liiked like it was going to be like the settlers, i love that game! anyone know if it is available for mac?
looks pretty good for a free small MMOTBS (correct acronym) i'll give it a try offline, then try it online.
Okay, guess who wins the most obscure acronym post award?
i forgot to add the "?" after the acronym Massively Multiplayer Online Turn Based Strategy. it actually reminds me of an old game for sega saturn - dragon force or something. it felt like that at first. then i realized it isn't that good.
The only MMOTBS game I want is Fallout 3. :-(
LOL, yeah, I couldn't find it in dictionary.com so I had to just google it to figure out what you were talking about. But very nice nonetheless.
I would do anything for Fall Out 3! Such a shame that it died because of legal issues (At least I think it did when the company merged or something :/)
I remember playing Settlers II on my Performa 580. Had to dig into my pockets for the extra RAM required... it was tough to part with the money, but I sure played it! Don't know if you could get it for OS X... I doubt it. Classic will always back you up though!!!


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Carroll County's Industrial Development Authority (IDA) at its July 12 meeting tabled its routine approval of previous meeting minutes to allow more details to be added to the record.
Benny Robinson told fellow IDA members he felt meeting notes needn't be verbatim, but have enough details on discussions and actions "so we can know six months from now what happened so we can have answers to questions posed."
Any action approving the minutes was tabled until a copy of a more detailed text could be reviewed at the Authority's August 2 meeting at 4 p.m. in the Carroll County Government Complex. Debby Brady Stone was the first to speak during citizen comments.
"I have two or three little concerns," said Stone.
She explained spoiled produce deposited on county-owned land in the Carroll County Industrial Park by Virginia Produce was on land taxpayers expected to be actively marketed by the IDA. Stone said in essence, the produce didn't bother her but the location did. She candidly admitted she had searched meeting minutes and hadn't been able to locate documentation of when and by whom Virginia Produce owner Moir Beamer had received permission.
"If the board didn't give this (permission) what are we going to do about closing that dump," asked Stone? "I do feel Mr. Beamer has a responsibility to correct the issue. He has property over there. If he wants to dump it on his property that's fine."
She reasoned if she had placed produce on another's property, authorities would look to her to correct it. Stone said the solution could be as simple as "two dump truck loads of dirt smoothed out and then grass seeded."
Stone's second issue concerned who monitors county property. She said the county needed to take a proactive approach to this and pointed out inattention might allow something like a meth lab to go undetected or the presence of paint cans and other toxic items that would be costly to clean up, an additional burden to taxpayers.
Cannon said monitoring regularly is done by county employees, but the amount of scrutiny varies with the situation, with monthly visits and other properties which have employees in contact, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. She told Stone she knows of no permission on the dumping and said she had been aware permission was given Virginia Produce to park vehicles on the property.
"We are pretty conservative on requests with associated liability and things dumped on the property," Cannon said. "I've been told it won't happen again." Cannon reported Friday that Beamer will cover the produce with dirt and cover it with hay.
Markel Cochran had questions on the ongoing bankruptcy proceedings of Andrews Farming, questioning reports on 1,200 local jobs being created.
"I don't see 1,200 new jobs here," said Cochran.
IDA Treasurer Sandy West later answered that number included 800 new jobs created by the Small Business Development Council through the Crossroads Institute.
Cochran also asked about the process the county had used to verify equipment (combined capital expenditures) purchased for Andrews Farming and ANDCO Logistics Inc. in 2015 to satisfy the Tobacco Commission performance agreement stipulations. Cannon said the firm had met equipment expenditures at the 25 percent mark of the loan, which meant in excess of $1.4 million in equipment had been declared. Total capital investment required under the agreement is $5,610,000.
"I don't think it exists and I'd like to see it," said Cochran. He said he'd like to know if more followup had been done than accepting Andrews' personal property filing.
The board approved Cannon's recommendation to submit an application to the United States Department of Agriculture for a new fire truck for the Laurel Fork Volunteer Fire Department. She said that although there was money budgeted for this, a successful application would cover costs in case the county cannot buy the truck outright. The loan could amount to $375,000 at 2.75 percent interest over 15 years. The Board also approved an environmental study of the former Woodlawn School not to exceed $15,000. This type of study is standard procedure when property is evaluated by the county.
David Broyles may be reached at 276-779-4013 or on Twitter@CarrollNewsDave


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"Speedy Fred Taylor and the Ironies of Enterprise Liability," 103 Columbia Law Review 1 (2003)
Neither the academic literature nor the tort reform lobby has observed a deep irony in the American law of enterprise liability. The intellectual roots of enterprise liability lie in a late nineteenth-century movement to reengineer the workplace, a movement whose best known exponent was scientific manager Frederick Winslow Taylor. Along with a generation of managerial engineers, Taylor popularized broad ideas about managerial responsibility for the operations of enterprise—ideas that when loosed on the decentralized institutions of American tort law ultimately found one of their strongest expressions in the law of enterprise liability. Enterprise liability thus stands as one of the great twentieth-century examples of the unanticipated consequences of social action.
Date of Authorship for this Version
Recommended Citation
Witt, John F., "Speedy Fred Taylor and the Ironies of Enterprise Liability" (2003). Faculty Scholarship Series. 395.


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Mobile phones and stories share a basic idea: they can travel the world. The most important aspect of mobile phones is that they can be used anywhere and any time, and many of the best stories take the reader to new and exciting places. What could be better than bringing the two together?
This concept is the foundation of a new and innovative game. In the role of a detective, you have to solve an intriguing case posed by a sinister stranger. In the course of the investigation, people in different places will need to be questioned. However, it's no longer enough to just click somewhere in the game to get from here to there - now *you* have to move to progress the story.
You start the game in your detective bureau. Some hundred meters away you will find the virtual bar, where you are supposed to meet your informant. To unravel the web of intrigue, you'll need to take a walk yourself. Not to give too much away, but for the grand showdown you will have to return to the place where you started playing the game.
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Classic French Dramas Starring Laurence Olivier and Robert Morley, Volume 1
- Narrated by: Laurence Olivier
- Length: 47 mins
- Radio/TV Program
- Release date: 04-25-11
- Language: English
- Publisher: Heritage Media Ltd
Regular price: $4.12
Editorial Reviews
Laurence Olivier's unforgettable acting anchors these two productions from 1950s British radio series Theatre Royal, one adapted from an Honore de Balzac tale and the other from Alexandre Dumas. Both stories involve games of chance, but while one ends on a sweet note, the other goes quite sour. Classic British actors enliven the production in supporting roles, and the taut, tension-filled stories are likely to linger in your mind long after the closing credits. Lovers of old-fashioned radio dramas will find all the joys of a classic theatre production in a more portable format.
Publisher's Summary
Fully restored and remastered, Heritage Media presents the greatest of vintage artists in classic dramas from the literature of France. Here is the legendary Laurence Olivier starring in 'The Purse', adapted from the original tale by Honore de Balzac and Laurence Olivier starring in 'Zaramfeski's Duel' adapted from the original tale by Alexandre Dumas.
Theatre Royal is a unique series of classic radio dramas produced in the 1950's by the late Harry Alan Towers. Starring the leading theatre artists of the day it is the only series of radio dramas in which Laurence Olivier ever appeared. He was joined by Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud, Orson Welles, Robert Morley, John Mills, Michael Redgrave, Trevor Howard, Robert Donut, Alec Guinness and Margaret Lockwood.
Over the Years, Theatre Royal has received a glittering array of accolades, including: "vivid, tense, and compressed."( Classic radio)"Craft, like character, ages well."(Daily Telegraph)
"Great fun to listen to and, as radio history, they are unsurpassed." (Sunday Telegraph)
"Voices like these justify the Golden Days tag. We won't hear their like again." (Sunday Times)
"A must for archive fans. The excitement of vintage radio drama with strong storylines." (Radio Times.)
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Remastered, but still needs a little work
Laurence Olivier plays the protagonist in both of these mini-plays adapted from French stories. Both are old-fashioned, even quaint, tales of their times.
In Balzac's "The Purse," he is successful painter Hyppolyte Schinner. When the artist suffers an accident, he is helped by a lovely young girl and her mother who seem ideal in every way. But as time goes on, he becomes suspicious of both.
The subject of Dumas' "Zodmirsky's Duel" is self-evident, although the outcome isn't.
The sound levels in the Theatre Royal series leave something to be desired. The spoken parts are fine and then, all of a sudden, dramatic ear-splitting brass or shrieking string music breaks the spell. Yes, that is the dramatic style of the old radio dramas, but what I have a problem with is the intensity of the extreme contrast in volume between the spoken and the musical.
If you can bear with the above, you'll not find better actors in the classic radio archive. But I wouldn't suggest listening to these plays with earphones if you value your hearing.
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Excellent Old Time Broadcasts
These are from the old Hollywood days of theatre & wonderful to listen to
for those days when you want a trip back to the past.
All round professional productions with excellent casts when Hollywood was 'Hollywood' & full of drama.
As many others have expressed; The music is AWFULLY LOUD & needs
to be recorded at least 75 decibels lower to prevent ear damage it is irritating having to turn the volume button up & down as the music makes you jump out of your skin ! This spoils the dramatic effect of the play.


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The Record Breaking South
Dakota Tornado Outbreak
of 24 June, 2003
A record 67 tornados hit the ground over eastern South Dakota on this day. Of all the storms that threatened the state two main areas dominated with persistent tornados for hours. The first area was in far southeast SD and the second which produced the larger long track funnels was further north, over east central SD. During this wild ride of severe weather over 350 warnings were issued producing at least one tornado as strong as F-4 with winds as high as 260 M.P.H. I set a personal record of witnessing 14 tornados in one day and photographing most of them.
Our chase began in western Nebraska after spending the
night at Lexington. We had been following a cluster of tornadic storm into the
night when we gave up the effort as the storms crossed I-80 into cooler air.
John Noble was my chase partner on this day. Our goal was to drop an acoustic
sounder in advance of the tornadic cell to measure low frequency sound when it
moved by the equipment. The forecast for the next day look exceptionally
favorable for and area from eastern Nebraska northward into Minnesota. During
the midmorning the area of interest had been reduced to one location, the city
of Mitchell in eastern SD. It was a long drive across Nebraska and by the time
we crossed the Missouri River giant towering clouds were forming near the city
of Yankton. It was tempting to stay with these exploding cells but another
storm, very small at this time, was streaming an anvil across the sky to our
NW. This cell was isolated and located in the target area, so we pressed north.
I through we had time, the storm was so quite small and seemed to be
struggling, but early in its lifecycle it developed a crescent shape on radar
and the anvil was huge, signs the updraft was very intense. In the distance we
could see the base of the storm, with all our efforts it appeared we were late,
the show had already started. We couldn't see precipitation from the distant
storm, the haze was awful, but we could make out an extensive wall cloud
structure. We were traveling north on highway 37 toward Mitchell. The first
shots are mostly video captures as we tried to get ahead of the
This event will be broken up into separate pages as if they were different storm days. Actually, when chasing this day it seemed as if the transitions from storm to storm were different storm days. Each storm and mesocyclone was a show in itself providing more action than we usually see on any storm day.
All images and text © copyright Gene Moore unless otherwise indicated.
The NOAA satellite image shows the early development of this
spectacular storm event. Only one cell had lit off at this time in eastern
South Dakota. In this image it is the single anvil over SE South Dakota. A
combination of outflow boundaries (OFB) and a cold front increased convergence
over the part of the state. The main core of the jet stream was further north
over Minnesota, but enough energy extend south to power the storms. Deep
moisture in the form of cumulus clouds dotted all of NE Nebraska and SE South
Images courtesy of WeatherTap Inc.
Small but packing a wallop, the Mount Vernon storm develops. During this radar sequence the lone supercell just east of Mitchell is intensifying rapidly. Note the arc or crescent shape to the echo early on the life cycle of the storm. Since the radar shows precipitation what we don't see is the long anvil streaming off the the ENE. Further south, storms over extreme NE Nebraska are developing; this complex will also produce many tornadoes.
We watched the distant tornado for about 5 minutes before a clear shot developed over the western horizon. Our goal was to move north in advance of the tornado to deploy our equipment. The tornado was down from 5:12 CDT until 5:35 CDT, although we were not able to observe the funnel during all of this time due to hilly terrain.
This was our best view of the approaching tornado as it moved NNE and to the east of the populated area of Mount Vernon. This tornado moved more north than east making it difficult to get in the path of the funnel.
The Mount Vernon tornado has become large in this image while another funnel tries to form nearby. It is not known if the funnel in the foreground touched down, but the National Weather Service logged numerous tornado occurrences in the Mitchell area. It is possible many of these reports were different sightings of the Mount Vernon tornado from the city of Mitchell as it mover over the Interstate west of town.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — Chris Christie may have been nearly 200 miles away, but his struggles in New Jersey buzzed through the hallways of a Washington hotel this week as hundreds of Republican officials gathered to debate the GOP's future.
Party activists from Mississippi to Massachusetts defended Christie's leadership, insisting this is no time to write his political obituary. But they also said it's far too soon to grant him presidential front-runner status.
Christie's popularity has fallen in recent weeks amid revelations that senior members of his administration helped create massive traffic jams last fall, apparently to exact political retribution against a Democratic New Jersey mayor. Additional allegations of political bullying have emerged as federal prosecutors and Democratic legislators probe the matter. Four people close to Christie have been fired or have resigned.
A roadblock for a possible presidential run? More like a speed bump, one activist said Friday. It could even help Christie among party conservatives by turning him into a martyr, said another. But he still faces resistance among some of those conservatives.
A senior Christie adviser at the Republican National Committee meeting suggested the high-profile governor has already overcome the worst of his challenges, although federal prosecutors have subpoenaed his recent campaign and Democrats are pressing an abuse-of-power investigation.
"Absolutely," adviser Bill Palatucci said when asked if Christie is through the toughest stretch. "It's a Democratic state — the Legislature is controlled by the Democrats — so I think they will attempt to drag it out as long as they can. That being said, the governor is very determined to continue his job as governor and do the things that he talked about in his inauguration speech."
The Republicans who gathered for the meeting, which wound up Friday, largely agreed that Christie has time to recover politically before the next presidential election, should he decide to run.
"We've got lots of people who can run and I think Christie is one of them," said Henry Barbour, a Republican national committeeman from Mississippi. "The last month hasn't been very good, but we're a long ways off from when people are going to be making those sorts of decisions."
Massachusetts committeeman Ron Kaufman, a senior adviser to 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney, described Christie's challenges as "maybe a speed bump" being "overblown" by the media.
"The bottom line is that Chris Christie is still, if not the biggest, one of the biggest draws in our party. He's still one of the most popular Republican governors," Kaufman said.
Even some of the more conservative Republican activists — including those who have had concerns about Christie — downplayed the political impact of the New Jersey investigations. But that doesn't mean he is suddenly popular with the GOP's most passionate voters, who still bristle at the memory of his embrace of President Barack Obama in the days after Superstorm Sandy.
Some social conservatives also are upset that Christie didn't work harder to block same-sex marriage in New Jersey and that he recently signed legislation giving in-state tuition rates to New Jersey immigrants in the country illegally.
"If he's innocent, and I think he is, I think it's a big to-do about nothing," Republican national committeeman Steve Scheffler, of Iowa, said of the New Jersey investigations. "I think he's got some serious challenges in trying to convince the base that he's going to be a solid conservative and not somebody who's going to play too much ball with the Democrats."
Others predicted that Christie's problems could actually help him with skeptical conservatives should he become portrayed as a victim of an overly aggressive mainstream media.
"The consensus feeling is that he's been unfairly attacked," former Michigan GOP Chair Saul Anuzis said. "He could very easily become a martyr."
But Christie also faces pressing legal issues. His re-election campaign and the state Republican Party have less than two weeks to comply with subpoenas from federal prosecutors. His campaign has retained a Washington law firm.
The subpoenas from the U.S. attorney's office are evidence of an escalating criminal investigation into allegations that Christie's aides created traffic jams in a town with a Democratic mayor who refused to endorse his re-election campaign. Earlier in the month, the U.S. attorney for New Jersey said his office was reviewing the matter "to determine whether a federal law was implicated."
A state legislative committee also has issued subpoenas for correspondence from 20 Christie associates and organizations, due by Feb. 3.
Christie, meanwhile, is showing no signs that his troubles back home will affect plans to broaden his national network as chairman of the Republican Governors Association.
The group announced this week that Christie will raise money in Illinois, Texas, Massachusetts, Georgia, Connecticut and Utah in the coming months. The release of a vague travel schedule followed a call from recent Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli that Christie resign from the post.
Palatucci, said it's "wildly premature" to speculate on how the scandal will affect Christie's political future. He also dismissed the significance of polls suggesting the governor's popularity has fallen dramatically.
"Polls bounce around," he said. "You take them for what they are — which is a snapshot in time."


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text: Traffic to online retail sites wound down week before Christmas Published on December 29, 2000. Online shopping fell more than 10 percent in the week ended Dec. 24 from the season's peak, the week ended Dec. 3, according to Media Metrix's Online Shopping Index. The exception was in the flowers, gifts and greetings category, which increased 45 percent. Media Metrix said 31.8 million unique visitors went to online retail sites during the week before Christmas, a decrease of 10.9 percent since the holiday season's peak of 35.6 million unique visitors the week ended Dec. 3. Compared to the same week last year, however, the Media Metrix Online Shopping Index (which aggregates Web visitors from both home and work to nearly 400 retail sites and 18 retail subcategories) was up by 28.4 percent. Amazon.com and Mypoints.com remained the top two retail sites, with 1.3 million and 1.2 million average daily unique visitors, respectively. Flowers/gifts/greetings sites followed closely behind with 1.8 million average daily unique visitors.Copyright December 2000, Crain Communications Inc. Most Popular In this article: News


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Yesterday I attended a wedding celebrating with the fabulous couple, friends and co-workers. Matt was unable to attend but he was there in spirit. Well he was there to drop me off and pick me up. Haha! That is another story I will save for later. The reason why I wanted to write about this occasion is because I did not give a card to the bride and groom. SO – My plan is to share this with the couple when I am done writing.
(This saved me $5.00) Enjoy!
Dear Jesse and Bianca
Congratulations! You guys are entering a new chapter in your life! WOO HOO! A couple of marriage tips from our family to yours:
- The $65.00 is non-refundable (regarding the marriage certificate).
- Pick your battles wisely. Reminder yourself, is this a deal breaker?
- Say "I love you" often and mean it.
- Video game time (for him) is yoga time (for her).
- You might be total opposites, but that is what will make your marriage great.
- Compromise and never sacrifice.
Love you both – The Nickel Ohana


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Champions Initiative
Community Champion Responsibilities
Responsibilities include:
- Attend initial planning meeting with coalition representatives:
- Gain understanding of the full scope of the healthy community efforts in Southwest Indiana
- Develop strategy for gaining buy-in among employees
- Meet with CEO:
- Obtain signed community commitment form for organization
- Request attendance at group meetings
- Request Senior Management support for campaign participation
- Outline campaign priorities (e.g., providing water throughout the day, offering ten minute physical activity breaks, vending machine improvements, etc.)
- Convene Team:
- Offer an overview presentation by coalition representative (as needed)
- Discuss ideas, community commitment, and establish an overall strategy
- Benchmark current activities (refer to Good, Better, Best Guide)
- Develop SMART objectives and corresponding timelines
- Delineate roles among team members (spokesperson, outreach, marketing, events, etc.) – Identify resources to implement objectives
- Assign each team member to one department for follow-up after launch
- Launch Campaign:
- Coordinate with Upgrade Campaign
- Develop media materials
- Hold a kick-off event that reinforces the overall goal of creating a healthy worksite culture – Team members will follow up with department heads to ensure implementation
- Ongoing Implementation:
- Participate in six Community Champion meetings
- Utilize Worksite Health ScoreCard for pre-post testing
- Track success stories and earned media
- Draft one or more organization policies that reinforce objective(s)
- Monitor implementation of proposed objectives (e.g. are meeting meals really healthy?) – Hold quarterly meetings with wellness team members
- Meet with CEO:
- Gather data from team members
- Post-test assessment
- Provide feedback surveys
- Meet with CEO to plan for next year
Time Commitment:
- Six bi-monthly meetings
- Quarterly wellness team meetings
- Time required as necessary to implement internal activities


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Jiefu is chinese for StoopStreet, a name just another guy with a WordPress.com weblog web thought would be perfect for a wushu blog. I recieved the idea from Zachariah 8:4&5 Under the heading Pleasent Street.
4.)Thus saith the Lord of host; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.
5.)And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
Stoop:In that Window Ledge.
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I have my own little routine when I arrive in Paris after going there so often... after dropping my bags at my hotel (because after flying overnight it's usually too early to get into a room) I head to the Marais neighborhood of Paris, usually starting at Merci, the shop with the little red car that I like so much, and then walk throughout the area, popping in shops here and there. On my trip last week I skipped Merci, believe it or not, and just went straight to my favorite shop in Europe, COS. The COS in Le Marais is housed in this building on Rue de Rossiers in the heart of the old Jewish community.
Soon I was ready for a little morning snack so I stopped in a cafe for coffee and pastry (and a mirror selfie.)
I browsed all through BHV, a large department store, kind of like our Macy's, and then crossed the Seine to the Île de la Cité where Notre Dame is. I'd seen this cafe on Instagram and wanted to see the wisteria for myself. They were doing a photo shoot with a girl in her dramatic gown there.
The wisteria is breath-taking! I love the purple tables and chairs with the blossoms.
Next to Notre Dame are the trees that I was hoping would still be in bloom with their cascades of pink flowers, but they were just about done - most of the petals were scattered on the ground.
The next day I used Uber to take my suitcases with all my class kits to Parc Floral in Vincennes where Version Scrap was taking place. The driver so kindly helped me with them and then took me on into Paris, where I planned to make my way through the St. Germain des Pres area, starting at the department store, Le Bon Marche. I told him I wanted to go to Le Bon Marche, but he only heard Bon Marche, which in my poor French accent thought I said Beaumarchais which is an avenue in a totally different part of Paris! Good thing I knew where I was and could tell him the correct destination instead of getting out at the wrong place! It reminded me that I need to show a driver where I want to go on my phone.
Le Bon Marche didn't have any spectacular displays like they did when I've been here before.
I took a photo of this advertisement for the store at the flea market... It has always been a grand department store!
I love the little park nearby...
Time for another stop at a cafe for lunch. I love sitting outside and watching the people pass by...
I had to take a photo of the toilette at the cafe. I think it is the smallest I ever saw... I could barely close the door!
It was up the smallest stairway too!
I needed to get back to Parc Floral to check on the set up for my classes, but when the Metro train stopped at the Louvre, I hopped off for a walk through the garden there a little bit... It was cold but the sunshine and blue skies were wonderful!
The next three days were spent inside teaching (you can read about that HERE, if you missed it) and then I had two more days in Paris before heading home. I'll be back with some photos from the flea market and the city soon! Thank you for following along - have a lovely day! xoxo