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A patent battle between Microsoft and Google-owned Motorola Mobility was brought one step closer to resolution this week when a US District Court judge threw out 13 of the patent claims Motorola made in the case.
It is far from a crippling blow to Motorola, however. Judge James Robart of US District Court in Seattle is tasked with deciding what is a "fair and reasonable" rate for the license fees Microsoft should pay Motorola for use of patents tied to H.264 video and Wi-Fi standards. Microsoft proposed a payment of $1.21 million per year to Motorola, but Motorola demanded 2.25 percent of the sale price of Windows PCs and Xbox 360s, which Microsoft has said could amount to billions. While Motorola sued Microsoft for patent infringement, Microsoft also sued Motorola for not meeting its obligation to license standards-essential patents at fair and reasonable rates, leading to multiple court cases being consolidated into one.
While the case as a whole could have far-reaching consequences, the latest development is minor in comparison. Motorola claimed that three video patents (here, here, and here) related to encoding and decoding digital video are infringed by Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 9. These make up just a subset of the 16 video patents asserted by Motorola against Microsoft in this case, and the judge didn't kill the three patents completely. While Robart dismissed 13 claims, there were 32 overall.
Robart's order granting Microsoft's motion for partial summary judgment (PDF) agreed with Microsoft's contention "that the 'means for decoding' and 'means for using' elements recited in the Claims-at-Issue are invalid as indefinite because the Patents-in-Suit do not adequately describe a corresponding structure." The decision, written Wednesday and posted publicly yesterday, related just to the video patents in the case, not the wireless ones.
There's no scheduled date for the big decision that will determine how much money Microsoft has to pay Motorola, but Microsoft has told Ars it expects the verdict to come down in late February or March. To learn more about the case, read our pre-trial explainer.


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Summer is fun, this much is true. But a few months of sun, surf and chlorine can really take their toll on your complexion. If your natural radiance has gone from glowing to gone — read on for tips on reclaiming your spark.
Swimming and sun exposure dry out the skin. Dry, dead skin cells sitting on the surface cause skin to look dull. One quick and easy way to achieve a fresh, healthy complexion is to get rid of that flaky skin. FACES Calendula Exfoliating Wash contains finely ground olive grains to gently slough away dry skin and reveal a healthy complexion. Use one to two times per week to maintain bright skin.
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Internet Explorer is the world's most popular Web browser. Security, ease of use, and improvements in RSS, CSS, and Ajax support are Microsoft's priorities for Internet Explorer. This version of IE runs on Windows XP.
The latest version of the browser includes support for:
- Accelerators - which allow supported web applications to be invoked without explicitly navigating to them.
- WebSlices - which allows portions of page to be subscribed to and monitored from a redesigned Favorites Bar.
- InPrivate privacy features.
- SmartScreen phishing filter.
The rest of our talks and demos focused on seven other areas that appeal to developers:
1. Our goal is to deliver complete, full CSS 2.1 support in the final IE8 product. IE8 Beta 1 for developers delivers better interoperability with other major browsers, addressing major pain points (e.g. floats and margins) from previous IE releases. We're not finished ' there's much more to come in Beta 2.
2. We've contributed over 700 test cases to the W3C CSS working group because we think a comprehensive certification test suite for CSS is important for true interoperability and we support the W3C's effort to deliver such a suite. The CSS spec is good, but contains many ambiguities, and a test suite will help resolve them and benefit web developers and designers. We're making these available under the BSD License, which is the license that the W3C CSS working group has proposed using for the rest of its test cases. Of course, we will contribute more tests en route to a full test suite, and welcome your feedback on the tests using the W3C's CSS test suite mailing list.
3. We've delivered better scripting performance because we heard from developers that they needed it given how heavily the latest rich web experiences rely on script.
4. We've started delivering support for HTML5 because we understand that developers want to start delivering richer web experiences, with great interoperability, as soon as possible.
5. We've delivered the first installment of great, built-in developer tools. We understand that script, CSS, and layout debugging are crucial today. Again, we're not finished here ' there's more to come.
6. We've delivered a better way for web services to integrate into the user's workflow with 'Activities.' For example, a user can select text on a web page and map it, blog it, look for it, or just act on it without having to copy it, open a new tab, navigate to another site, and paste. We made the OpenService Format specification available under the Microsoft Open Specification Promise and the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike license.
7. We've delivered a better way for web services to enable their users to keep an eye on interesting parts of a webpage within the browser with 'WebSlices.' Developers can make parts of their pages 'subscribable' with just a little mark-up, and users can easily subscribe and keep an eye on information (like their social network, an auction, or a sports score) within the browser, even when users are not at the developer's site. We've made the WebSlice Format specification available under the Microsoft Open Specification Promise and is dedicating copyright in the specification to the public domain using the Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication.


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Your league scheduling manager can automatically generate game and practice schedules for house, recreation, travel, and tournaments including playoff brackets. Once your schedule maker is generated, your players, parents, coaches, and teams can view their personal master schedule. We provide sports game and practice scheduling software along with volunteer scheduling.
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MYL includes an online scheduling maker database software which can automatically create a game or practice schedule for you. You can also import your schedule or manually create game and practice schedules using our visual game scheduler. Also included are administrator and manager tools for managing our scheduling management software. You can automatically publish sports team schedules to your league and association website. Your league manager will save time using our tool for online team, league, tournament, volunteer and camp scheduling.
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Your association manager can create, edit, and delete web pages without knowing HTML. Your sports website would be built using our Modular template which allows league and club administrators to Auto publish Division Standings, Game Schedules, Scoreboards, League Sponsors, and Local Weather. Our built in message board allows administrators to quickly send a message out about events and other announcements to your entire membership.
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Parents and players can sign up on your website to volunteer for your league, club, or association. Once signed up, they go to your website and schedule themselves on your resources (Concession Duty, Field Maintenance, etc.) League Administrators can then review the volunteer schedule and send a broadcast email to them. The volunteer schedule can be edited and maintained by your administrative board members. Once the league, team, or tournament schedule maker creates your schedule, it is automatically published to your website.
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Once your game schedule is generated, you can assign referees to the scheduled games. The referees can then login into the Referee / Umpire Portal to view their schedule. In the Referee Portal, umpires and referees can then review their schedule, as well as, enter the times and dates they are available to work games in the Umpire Availability Form. Your league can email the Referees / Umpires with the Broadcast Emailer, which is used by the league to send broadcast email to your players, parents, volunteers, Coaches, Referees, Umpires, and tournament.
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Cisco UCS Servers, Blade Server Chassis and TCO, part 2
Cisco UCS Servers and Blade Server Evolution, part 1, as the title suggests, discussed blade server evolution and why Cisco UCS is a game changer. Now let's talk about what the implications are for blade server TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) and how Cisco Unified Computing System scales vs. legacy blade architectures.
Blade Server TCO and Scale
Scale is the crux of the problem that has historically been the barrier for blade servers to deliver on their initial promise. Scale for I/O. Scale for Servers. Scale for Management. Cisco identified these shortfalls in the traditional legacy blade architecture and came to the marketplace with an innovative, game changing redefined architecture – Cisco UCS.
As discussed in "part 1", to move the bar for blade chassis, we to better consolidate I/O, management and scale. Enter Cisco UCS. Deliver everything at scale: servers and I/O and blade chassis and management etc. Deliver a new design, rather than retreading an old dead end chassis 'building block' design.
Efficiency and Scale by Design
The requisite new design is what Cisco delivered. Cisco UCS is a variable chassis count, variable server count, variable I/O capacity, smart scaling architecture.
Figure 1 is the Cisco design, a converged I/O (FCoE – lossless FC and Enet combined) that scales. It provides easy, efficient infrastructure scaling across: multiple chassis, multiple servers, racks, rows and yes, it even includes the integration of rack servers into the solution.
Figure 1: Cisco UCS architecture – 10 x 8 blade chassis = 80 blade servers, 20 cables (add more I/O by simply adding cables – easy scaling)
Figure 2 is a Non-Converged legacy blade chassis I/O architecture. More = more… of everything. More chassis to hold more blades is OK, that makes sense. But more Switches? More cables? More points of Management? More complexity? Not too good.
Figure 2: Non-Converged chassis – 5 x 16 blade chassis = 80 blade servers, 50 cables
Figure 3 is what some have delivered as a "new converged solution". This resides in a legacy blade chassis and does convergence, kind of…. but in the chassis only and still has the mare's nest of cables as you can see. It has separate northbound network types leaving each chassis just like the non-converged chassis above; and, it has the same cable count as the 'old siloed chassis networking' design in Figure 2. A few less switches and a few less management point, yes. But no true scaling and still stuck with adding more of the same with every building block. Repeated Complexity with No Efficiency = No Scaling.
Figure 3: New 'not quite converged' (legacy) chassis – 5 x 16 chassis = 80 blade servers, 50 cables
The legacy chassis (figures 2 & 3) just don't work well at scale. Each chassis is identical, the building block mentality. Identical building blocks are outstanding, if you are in the construction business. Everything is, well, identical. You can design buildings of various sizes simply through repetition. In this instance, in the data center, identical building blocks are not so good. The promise of efficiency at scale just does not exist. Scale with limitations exists since you repeat everything: all networking and management points, over and over and over again, increasing complexity. This doesn't really deliver much in the way of efficiency for the user. Call it "accidental architecture" with no real scalability and definitely no real efficiency, and no business advantage for the data center. So how is Cisco UCS any different? That's a fair question.
Each legacy chassis has either 6 network management touch points (figure 2 – four chassis switches + two chassis mgmt) or 4 management points (figure 3 – two chassis switches + 2 chassis mgmt). This means you have either 30 or 20 individual network management touch points per 80 blades (respectively). Compare that with a single management touch point for the 80 Cisco UCS servers shown here, Cisco UCS Manager. The UCS illustration delivers the same network capability: 10GEnet, FC – using FCoE, and dedicated Out of Band management, as illustration 2 & 3.
Simplicity and Ease of Scale Built-in
Ok, so these are interesting pictures but what do they mean? What is the real answer? Now let's talk about Cisco (figure 1). The Cisco Unified Computing System uses two switches that have a single management point because they are clustered; and, a single pair of Fabric Interconnects scale to multiple chassis (Fabric Interconnects – remember Gartner talking above about chassis interconnects in Part 1?). Gartner's crystal ball again. Oh, and before I forget, Cisco UCS actually does include the ability to integrate rack servers into the solution – once again Gartner's crystal ball is spot on. (Check my Cisco UCS… Part 1 Blog for the Garter quote and link)
With Cisco UCS, if you need more servers just add another chassis to your rack and connect it to your existing Fabric Interconnects – the new UCS 6248UP Fabric Interconnect has 48 universal ports. Or, if you need a rack server, as indicated above you can also connect it into your UCS environment. Need more I/O from a chassis? Plug in additional cables and get to 20Gbps / blade, and even more. Want more? If you have various chassis, with different I/O requirements, it is no problem for UCS. There is no requirement that each chassis be "identically configured". Cisco UCS is a variable chassis count, variable server count, variable I/O capacity, smart, scaling architecture delivering true Business Advantages. The end game for Cisco UCS is that within a single UCS environment, you can deploy various servers, with differing system resources, servicing different applications with different requirements = any workload, any server, in a single flexible dynamic system.
So. Still with me? Thought I'd better check. Good news is that there is no homework for Part 3. ………..….. Oh alright, if you insist. Have some fun. The Real Story About the UCS Automobile. It's a little old but still entertaining.
Is there more to this story? Of course. Now that we have looked at architectural differences we need to look at how it all plays out for TCO. What is the infrastructure impact to TCO? How do the different blade chassis infrastructure designs impact TCO as the environment scales? My next blog will look at the real answer for TCO with different blade chassis architectures.
Coming Next: Part 3 – Cisco UCS, Blade Server TCO and Blade Chassis Infrastructure
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Vikings' Ponder Bruised Ribs; May Not Play Sunday
Viking quarterback Christian Ponder has bruised ribs according to Jim Souhan of the Star Tribune and may not play Sunday. Ponder isn't expected to practice today and if he can't play Sunday then Matt Cassel would start in his place.
Ponder has struggled this season throwing for 691 yards with 2 touchdowns and 5 interceptions. The Vikings are 0-3 and will play the Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday at noon (CT) in London, pregame on WJON at 11am.


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Freud was keen on the influence of early experiences on personality development. Recently, I explored memories of my own solitary, fantasy, play themes from childhood. I chose solitary play, when a child is playing alone with only simple toys and his/her imagination, because the manifestations are a pure reflection of the child's inner world. What I found was a fascinating consistency in patterns that have endured throughout my life! I discussed the phenomenon with my girlfriend who was, likewise, able to recognize play themes that became woven into the very fabric of her personal identity and sense of purpose.
I grew up on the coast of South Carolina. My parents took me to the beach as regularly as parents from other places might have taken their kids to the park. After swimming, body surfing, and feeding some of my snacks to the seagulls, I always built an elaborate sand castle with multiple walls and moats to protect the it from the incoming tide. I gained huge satisfaction from re-fighting this losing battle of frantically fortifying my creation against ever advancing waves. The theme of the underdog, bravely taking on impossible odds and fighting until the end resonated deep inside me.
At home, I liked to play smash up derby with my toy cars. I would repeatedly crash two cars together in head on collisions until one of the cars capsized. The winner would be the car that landed with all four tires on the ground. Some cars were "good guys" others were "bad guys." My favorite car was the oldest, most beat up vehicle in my collection. The dilapidated car was an old veteran of the game, battle worn and over the hill, but with such heart that, win or lose, it would fight with its last ounce of strength.
Fighting for the underdog continues to provide a deep sense of meaning in my life. For good or ill, I equate suffering for a good cause with nobility. I have always considered myself peculiar in that, while "winning" in a challenge is nice, it has never been my top priority. For me, "fighting the good fight" takes precedence above all else. Giving my best effort and enduring whatever difficulties that might emerge, represent my gut level measures of success. Winning and goal achievement are wonderful, but of much less importance than giving my all.
My girlfriend's early fantasy play involved pretending to organize elaborate fashion shows. Her role was always to provide support and encouragement to aid her imaginary friends in successfully "starring" in the shows. For my girlfriend, her own inner knowledge of the importance of her contributions and NOT recognition from others, defined nobility of character. As an adult, creativity, fashion, and working "behind the scenes" continue to shape her personal sense of meaning.
What were the themes of your fantasy play as a child? Do those themes continue to play out in your adult life? I would love to hear your stories.
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Luara, Michael Penn, and Billie Culver. thank you so much for sharing your stories. This really opening my eyes to the impact of childhood experiences
As a child I went to a catholic school. I loved the ceremony and ritual of the mass. I partook of all the sacraments, cried at the stations of the cross, rejoiced and brought flowers to the statue of the virgin for the May crowning, and honestly believed in all the myths the church was feeding me. I wanted to be a nun. Sister Mary Esther was to be my destiny. I just knew I had "the calling." At home I would play make-believe by draping towels or curtains on my head to try to see what I would look like as a nun, and would practice looking holy. I was going to be a nurse nun, wear a white habit and take care of sick and orphaned babies. Not a mean and hateful nun like my teachers who smacked my palms with their pointers (about a 3' wooden dowel with a rubber tip) when I couldn't write my letters correctly. All my life I have been dyslexic, but back then no one knew what dyslexia was. The nuns thought I was just being contrary and would unmercifully smack my hands with that damned thing.
I loved Jesus and couldn't wait until I was grown-up enough to become the bride of christ. My fourth grade teacher was a nun I could actually talk to. We would have discussions about my going into the convent, and other stuff too... like, "Why do I have to cover my head to go into the church? If god doesn't want to see my head, why did he give me such pretty hair?" The big questions for me came when I realized that religion was a cultural thing. "So... everyone from India, all the Hindus are going to HELL?" "And all the Chinese are going to HELL?" "And all the babies who die before they are baptized are going to HELL?" "And my dad who was not Catholic is going to HELL?" "And the mongoloid (pre downs-syndrom identification) kid down the block is going to HELL?" It was at that point that I realized in my child's mind that that this god I had been worshiping was one mean sonovabitch. Why would he send everyone but a fewf catholics, to hell? And that started my quest to learn everything I could about the different religions of the world.
My favorite hobby was going to all the different churches and places of worship of different religions in my neighborhood. And studying all the information on them I could obtain. Bible studies, church groups, choirs... You name it, I was there. I was on a mission to find the "right" god. Over the past 50 years, for a period of time I have been lutheran, methodist, seventh-day adventist, greek orthodox, jehovah's witness, mormon, pentecostal, nazarene, and baptist. I have studied buddhism, judaism, sikhism, muslim, theosophy, and new age ideology. Wiccan, pagan and native american. And probably others that don't come to mind right now.
And after all these years of seeking, you may ask "Did I find the right one?" "Did I find the right god?" Yes. I am an atheist.
My father was much older than my mother. I never met him, but all of the important papers, pictures, etc. were convieniently left for me to find as I got older. He was said to play piano in St. Louis bars and carry money in sacks. The Crown Room no longer exists but was one of his favorite hangouts. He and mom were always dressed in suits and it was 1945. Then she ran away from him, and he sent 2 friends to find her. One of them was "a blind man."
I got the above story from my aunt because she said she had taken in my pregnant mom (carrying me) for a time. My aunt lied when the 2 men came by and said she had not seen mom.
Later my mom told me that my father had left her. He "went out for a loaf of bread and never came back." Anyone heard that one before? Over the years I've had many theories and possible stories, but I believe my aunt here. Why would my aunt lie?
Now if we ask why would my mother lie, we have to admit that it was because she did not want to look bad. She didn't want to be a "bad parent." Up until the time of her death she argued that my grandparents did not keep me or raise me. She simply let me stay with them when school was out. The truth is, I went through 2 school years while living with my grandparents and coming home to them evry night. My cousins lived up the road and we all went to school together. They remember it too.
Mom, aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc. They are all dead now. My memory of these times was spotty, but mom's idea of it all barely allowed me to exist.
Again, why was this so? Mom did not want to appear as a "bad parent." It is because of things like this that I have had issues with my mother and my step dad my entire life!
No. it's not that nature came to feel threatening. It's the danger of sexual assault from men, that is threatening. Males who show up are dangerous. That's the sad part, that I was separated from nature by this threat.
I don't know that we had a lot of fantasies going when we played, it was more that we were interacting with the outdoors. One of my brothers found an albino frog once. There were horned toads still in California then, and we found a very beautiful huge one. Also I had bluebellied lizards as pets.
I have very few memories from my birth in 1936 to 1945, when all our daddies came home from building airfields and army posts for a construction company, Morrison & Knudsen. I do remember looking through the wood slats of my crib watching Dad give Mom a horrid beating that left blood on the bed, walls and ceiling. I scream silently in my crib hoping Dad wouldn't hear me and come after me. I learned from those early memories that there was nothing I could do to protect myself except to hide and remain silent.
My father was gone for five years during the war. When living with my grandmother Whitehead and my mother, we had a relatively quiet time doing chores, doing the laundry on a boiler on the wood burning stove, tending to animals and gardens, making quilts, taking food to the sick and stuff like that. When Dad returned home, the violence returned.
On one occasion, I called the police because I thought Dad was killing Mom. When the police arrived they asked her what she did to cause him to beat her so terribly. This was another important learning of my childhood, don't count on others to help, and women are to blame for their beatings.
A neighbor, an elderly couple who never had children, had lots of dogs, cats, chickens, guinea hens and a parrot named Polly. When things got rough at home I headed over to the Robinson's to play with the animals. Mrs. Robinson would set up a tea table and we would sit in the garden, she with sweat running down her cheeks from working in the vegetable garden and her little orchard. In the winter time we sat at her little breakfast table and looked out at the garden and all the animals making paths in the snow. We did a lot of chores in addition to our little tea times.
There were no children in the neighborhood and I mostly played there. The Robinson's had a wood burning furnace and ordered truck loads of scrap wood from the lumber mill. It was dumped in the driveway. I spent hours and hours making pathways, roads, homes, and buildings from those wood scraps and would catch the various animals to live in my little village.
I learned very young to fill my time with building things, caring for animals and gardens, being silent and not complaining, finding pleasure in doing the tasks of life. I loved school because it was safe, and the library on the second floor was full of books with adventures and where I could get my questions answered. I had a great love for the sciences, history, social studies, math. I spent recess time in the library travelling with the authors to exciting places and doing interesting things.
In high school, I excelled in all my classes, had very many friends and took a leadership role in school activities. I held offices in the student body, Latin club, Tri-Sci club, and my senior year I had the honor of representing my school in the city's Lilac Festival. I didn't like nor did I join any of the social clubs because I didn't like smoking, alcohol and parties. I was far more comfortable with the activities of doing science experiments or working out math problems or speaking in Latin.
In college, my hormones kicked in big time and all I wanted to do was get married to my boyfriend who was in dental school. We were high school sweethearts, three years apart. I quit college after my sophomore year and moved to Seattle to be the wife of a dental student. It didn't take me long to realize what a beating from a husband was like. I relied on my proven coping strategies: work harder, remain silent, don't complain, do nothing to cause a beating. It wasn't until years later that I realized that the beating were caused, not by me, but the pressures of learning a complex skill of dentistry and then the pressures of having a private practice with all the complexities it brings to a marriage. The children came along because I wanted something to love and care for. It was not a good choice on my part because my husband figured children would distract me so he could do what he wanted.
It wasn't until my three children were ten years old and my daughter stood up to him and told him he didn't have the right to treat us the way he was. Something snapped in me. I have the responsibility to keep my children and myself safe. Off we went, taking all the skills I learned as a child and bought a condemned house infested with mice. It was sitting on a patch of Earth 50' x 185' and we cut down trees, pulled out wild things tilled the soil and planted a garden. In the fall we made sauerkraut from our cabbages, canned and dried food that got us through that first winter. A mom and pop grocer supplied me with milk, cheese, and meats from his outdated stock for $1.00 a box for that first year.
I worked at minimum wage jobs, took classes evenings and weekend until I earned my bachelor's degree, master's and all but dissertation on my doctorate. My master's thesis was "Toward a Theory of Family Violence: its antecedents, treatment and prevention". My doctoral dissertation was "A Splendid Heresy" in which I described how religion maintains and perpetuates violence in the home and how to escape.
The learnings I acquired from those first few months of my life until today serve me well in meeting challenges and overcoming hardships. Poverty is no stranger to me, nor am I problem free. The reality is that life is hard, requires thought and action to make a life worth living. I can stand with pride, self-respect and dignity before a president of the USA (which I did, President LBJohnson), or U.S senator (Daniel Evans), or before governor (Governor Booth Gardner), city mayors (Mayor James Chase, Micki McNeill, Sheri Barnard, and James West), city council (Spokane City Council), and anyone that needs to hear my point of view.
I have a brain that is able to think, a mouth that is able to speak, and a body that is able to do things to bring about positive change.
Luara, do you remember any fantasy themes from when you played in nature? Robin Hood? Damsel in distress? Frontier woman? Tolkien character? You had an abusive family and found nature a safe escape, but now nature feels threatening. Did your fantasy play involve themes of escape? Do you still seek out safe havens?
Many thanks for sharing. This seems to click with a lot of people.
When I was a child I loved nature, I loved roaming around in the outdoors (we lived in a safe enough place that I could do that). Nature for me was a refuge from my abusive family.
I still love nature, but when I turned into a woman, roaming in nature became dangerous to do by myself.
Thank you, Michael. Good stuff!
Yes, Edward, I do. The world today is to me - good guys, bad guys, in between guys. I still improvise in so much that I "do projects" or I invent. Building TV antennas is one example of this. I started that one once everything went digital.
The funny thing is that I will be in Lowe's or a hardware store looking for something. It always gets down to the clerk asking me what I'm building. Why do they want to know? Are they going to help me with the project?
When you talk of things like I do people think you are inherently stupid, but I build and modify things that othrs have paid good money for, and I do it all the time.
I love these! I found that folks who did not engage in a lot of imaginative play as a child tend to have few or sparse memories from childhood. For example, my son spent his alone time shooting baskets or hitting golf balls. He really doesn't remember much from that time in his life.
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After 6:30 any weekday. Weekend would work whenever if it's next weekend, but I work the following weekend so it would have to be later in the day if it was that far out. I wouldn't mind doing it early next Saturday, just so we aren't in any kind of big rush or anything. I just want to get this started lol.
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I actually grew up in Northern California; my family left for the East Coast when I was 6. It was a design conference in San Francisco in 2006 that brought me back to California for the first time as an adult. I realized then that I had always felt Californian at heart, and wanted ever since then to move back. Well, this was finally my moment, and a huge coming home for me. :)
NewMe is a startup accelerator program backed by Google, HP, & Andreesen-Horowitz. I got to participate as part of the Butlr team in the spring 2012 cycle, where I met Silicon Valley luminaries like Ben Horowitz and Mitch Kapor. It was an awe-inspiring experience where I grew incredibly as a designer and entrepreneur.
After three months of intense mentorship and axe-grinding, we all got to present our startups on demo day at Google, where this lovely pic was taken. And yes, I am the one in the yellow pants. Who else?
…with John Gonnella, a former boss of mine at Digitas. We worked out of John's swanky loft in the South End of Boston. Clients we retained included KB Toys, National DCP, and CaseSight (which we had rebranded from "ATI Technologies").
I was down to the last $100 or so in my checking account (the move back to Boston depleted my finances, what can I say?), and after extensive interviews, got a call from Digitas that I was being offered the position of Production Designer there. It was to be my first real "career" job.
I was thrilled, to say the least, and I credit this experience as the one where I cut my teeth as a professional designer, where I learned a spectacular amount about digital marketing and advertising.
It was time to face the music. My studies at Full Sail came to an end and I missed the urban life of Boston desperately. Not to mention all my friends still living there. So, naturally, I moved back.
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CTX (Context Camera) makes observations simultaneously with high-resolution images collected by HiRISE and data collected by the mineral-finding CRISM spectrometer.
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The MRO Context Camera, CTX, at Malin Space Science Systems in 2004, before it was delivered and mounted on the spacecraft.
As its name suggests, CTX provides the wider context for the data collected by the other two instruments. Scientists examine details of rocks and mineral fields with the other instruments, while CTX provides a bigger-picture view of the terrain.
Together HiRISE, CRISM, and CTX are an extremely powerful tool set. For example, many of the layered terrains observed by the Mars Orbital Camera on the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft could be water-deposited sediments. They could also be layers of volcanic lavas, ash, or wind-deposited sediments. By combining information about small-scale layers from HiRISE, the geologic context from CTX, and the mineralogical information from CRISM, scientists can distinguish between these possibilities.
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Our Human Capital M&A team performs activities across the M&A life cycle from pre-due diligence identifying to quantifying transaction risks and opportunities around complex M&A and restructuring engagements. Our focus includes understanding and mitigating potential deal risks associated with organizational culture, leadership, talent, and operations. We provide advisory services on the broad enterprise-wide integration efforts including change management, organization design, culture, workforce transition and leadership. Our approach to integration/divestiture planning and execution focuses on identify potential risks, developing an end-state vision and strategy, and supporting clients to implement maximum value realization opportunities.
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Engage with senior-level client executives to drive priority strategic initiatives and working with other exceptional professionals across the range of Deloitte capabilities, including the broader Consulting group, Tax and Advisory.
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The Organization Transformation practice is about transforming the organization (and the benefits providers that serve them) to support its business strategy. This involves helping our clients move from where they are today to where they need to be in the future. It could include changing the organization s culture, modernizing specific functions, re-designing the organization structure, and will require a combination of change management actions to execute the transformation. To enable our success, it will be critical to use data and insights to inform better ways of working together.
Minimum of eight (8) years of relevant experience in consulting and/or industry, with experience leading teams in change management initiatives, communications development, organizational design and development, HR strategy or operations, and /or talent solutions.
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Minimum of three (3) years of experience in business development and/or proposal development in support of related specialty areas.
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Experience in a consulting and/or client-facing environment.
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Saturday, June 19, 2010
Why Can't You Find Grandpa's Grave?
The more I know about cemeteries the more I am convinced that it is a miracle when we do find a burial. Too often there are a host of reasons why an ancestor's burial place cannot or may not ever be found. A good example is the use of wooden crosses or headstones to mark a burial. These deteriorate over time making them unreadable. In some cases even granite headstones can become difficult to read.
The place where a person is buried can lead to why you cannot find their burial. In the case of one of my ancestors, he is buried on the family farm that has not been owned by family since the early 1900's. The land is now used for grazing cattle and the home and cemetery are no longer visible. In another example, a family cemetery is now under the 9th hole at a golf course with no monument left to remember those buried there.
The examples could go on and on. In at least 2 instances in Southern California there are cemeteries that, because they were in disrepair, were turned into parks. Families was notified and those that wanted to move their loved ones to another cemetery were given that chance and those that weren't removed are now buried under a city park.
(Photos courtesy of Audry McDonald (c) 2010 )
One example of this comes from Whittier, California where two adjacent cemeteries, Mount Olive and Broadway are now the Founders Memorial Park. What did they do with the tombstones? Well they piled them in the back of the Whittier Museum where they now sit. While there is a memorial marker at the park with names, one descendant has told me that their ancestor's name is missing. To learn more about this and to see a list of the burials see the website for the Whittier Museum. The above photos show the tombstones behind the Whittier Museum.
In San Diego, the Mission Hills Calvary Cemetery was also turned into a park and the tombstones "stored" in a ravine at the part. This cemetery is now known as Pioneer Park. According to a website, burials for this cemetery were as recent as 1960.
So how should we, as genealogists, feel about this re-purposing of cemeteries. For most people, they care little about the future of those who are buried, unless they are recently dead. I should also point out that there are other places where the dead have been moved because of the expense of real estate (San Francisco-to read more about the removal of graves from San Francisco, see the website San Francisco Cemeteries), the limits of space to bury the dead (island countries like the Azores and Puerto Rico) or the reuse of graves due to lack of space or the expense of endowment care (some European countries).
Our idea of going to the burial place of our ancestor may in many cases may be more of an ideal than a reality.
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- Susan Petersen said...
Gena, I probably shouldn't be surprised by all of this, but really, I'm shocked - especially by the photographs shown here. There's something that just isn't right about all of this and you would certainly hope there is something we all can do as historic preservationists. But, on the other hand, I do know of a golf course in Omaha that was converted to a cemetery!
- Lori said...
This makes me cry. I can't believe how callous this is, Gena. It doesn't seem legal either.
- Alanna said...
I think un the United States that we have become so accustomed to our ways of burial that we forget that these things that shock us happen all the time in other countries. It is sad and shocking to us because this isn't our way, but we must remember that such things, like multiple burials in one grave are common in other cultures. I'm not saying I agree with it, but we should be aware of it.
Another tragic thing happening to many cemeteries is being lost or in such disrepair that they are almost impossible to recognize as cemeteries, save a headstone or two. Locally in our area, there is a little township cemetery that is off a two-track that is barely visible. In fact the first time I saw the two-track, I thought it was a drive through someone's yard!


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Ok... a "gentlemen's club" may be the obvious answer, but that doesn't make it the wrong answer. No matter what night you and the guys go out, there's something going on at Maximus. Show up Sunday night for Amateur night. Just imagine how your bachelor party would go if you see a girl you went to high school with taking the stage for her first time. The completely remodeled Maximus features big screen plasma TVs, on-site photography, nightly drink specials and a great VIP section you can reserve for your party. And don't forget to take a good, long shower after the club. If your fiance sees glitter on your when she gets to the altar, you're screwed.
Depending on how uptight your soon-to-be wife is, this may be your last chance to feel like a kid. Get your buddies together and have a night out at the plex. Drop a roll of quarters in the video arcade and get your name on the top of the "Dance Dance Revolution" scoreboard, an honor that may last longer than your marriage... just saying. Spend some time in the batting cages and imagine your mother-in-law's head is the ball (HOMERUN!). Race to the finish in the go carts in a "Loser Buys The Beer" race. Just keep in mind, when your best man is on the mini-golf course screaming "IN YOUR FACE!" to a 7-year-old, it might be time to go.
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Doublem23 made an additional point that I thought was interesting when he referenced the "85-win purgatory" that the White Sox seem locked into. He talked about how young teams opting to rebuild often feature a group of young players who, in spite of their struggles upon reaching the Major League level, are given ample time to mature as a group, eventually forming a core of solid veteran players that remain competitive for the balance of their careers. I mentioned the example of the Braves in another post. I'd also submit that the New York Yankees' early teams under Joe Torre featured a similar group.
(Their spending didn't increase until the bidding war for Jason Giambi prior to the 2002 season. For anyone who hasn't done so, I would encourage you to read Joe Torre's book
The Yankee Years
. It's an outstanding read, and it discusses the shift in the philosophy of the Yankees organization following the loss to the Diamondbacks in the 2001 World Series. Torre believes that that loss was what spurred Steinbrenner to spend such large amounts of money, as he couldn't accept being second best.)
The White Sox haven't had a "young core" for more than twenty years. Their most successful youth movement occurred during the early 1990s, when Frank Thomas, Robin Ventura, Jack McDowell, Wilson Alvarez, and Alex Fernandez were around. I would actually be interested to hear Robin's thoughts on that group, and if he believes that the Sox have a chance to assemble such a group in the near future. They have talent at the lowest levels of their farm system, but the upper levels are largely a barren wasteland. It will be some time before said talent comes to fruition, which is by no means guaranteed. And, as Lip pointed out, Sox fans aren't exactly the most patient group when it comes to allowing ownership dismantle this team. If the Sox decide to scrap the current roster and start over, how many fans will be left by the time the refit is complete?
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Much has been made during the week of Ravens quarterback Joe Flaccos struggles against the Bengals and their Cover 2 defense. In six career games against the Bengals, Flacco has averaged 178.2 yards in the air, thrown four touchdown passes to nine interceptions and has a quarterback rating of 62.3. No team has given him more issues. But two of the major culprits over the years wont be on the field for the Bengals. Johnathan Joseph is now on the Houston Texans and his former cornerback partner, Leon Hall, tore his Achilles last Sunday and is out for the season. In their place, Nate Clements (above) and Kelly Jennings will match up against Anquan Boldin and Torrey Smith, and potentially Lee Evans if he plays. Cincinnati is seventh in the NFL with 25 sacks and 12 different players have gotten into the act, led by Geno Atkins (4 1/2 sacks) and Carlos Dunlap (20 quarterback pressures). The Ravens offensive line did a commendable job last Sunday, allowing only one sack despite Flacco throwing the ball 52 times. The Ravens passing attack is ranked 11th in the NFL, averaging 241.7 yards per game. EDGE: EVEN
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2015-16: In her final season as a Buc, Gerbasi went 16-3 in singles action and 11-6 in doubles with partner Lyn Yee Choo...Gerbasi's 16 victories were tied for the second-most on the team...Additionally, Gerbasi went 6-1 against SoCon opponents in the regular season and a perfect 2-0 in the SoCon Tournament to help ETSU capture its first ever SoCon championship.
2014-15: To continue on last years success with Lyn Yee Choo, the pair accumulated an 11-4 doubles record in the first position...Gerbasi started her doubles season going 6-1 while winning six straight...She finished the season strong in doubles by going 5-2 with Choo by defeating conferences foes Samford and UNCG...Finished 11-8 in singles with most of her playing time coming out of the third position slot...Started her singles season going 4-0.
2013-14: Alongside Lyn Yee Choo, began spring competition ranked No. 51 in the ITA Women's Preseason Doubles Rankings, the highest doubles ranking in program history... Posted a 14-5 spring singles record, and 11-5 doubles record, helping ETSU win the Atlantic Sun Tournament Championship and clinch the program's fourth NCAA Tournament berth... Advanced to the Round of 32 at the USTA/ITA Ohio Valley Regional in Memphis, Tenn... Shared the A singles flight title at the USC Upstate Fall Classic with teammate Lyn Yee Choo... Shared the A doubles flight title, alongside Lyn Yee Choo, at the USC Upstate Fall Classic with teammates Jessica Brumit and Salma Dahbi.
2012-13: Finished with an overall doubles record of 24-10, including a 14-4 mark in dual matches... Went unbeaten in Atlantic Sun doubles competition alongside Lyn Yee Choo... Went unbeaten in A-Sun singles play... Finished with an overall singles record of 22-9.
Prior to ETSU: Won the ITF International Junior Open Club Basablanca Mexico City... represented Venezuela in the Fed Cup... holds a career high WTA singles ranking of 1088, along with a career high doubles ranking of 889... her highest ITF Juniors ranking was 261.
Personal: Born July 21, 1995... daughter of Anabel and Jose Gerbasi... majoring in marketing.Honors2016 All-SoCon First Team (Doubles) partnered with Lyn Yee Choo/2016 All-SoCon (Singles) Second Team2015 All-SoCon First Team (Doubles) partnered with Lyn Yee Choo2015 SoCon Academic Honor Roll2013, 2014 Atlantic Sun Second Team (Singles)2013 Atlantic Sun Second Team (Doubles; alongside Lyn Yee Choo)2013 Atlantic Sun All-Freshman Team


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The Navy's standard-issue blue camouflage uniforms are highly flammable and will melt onto the skin when burning, a recent Navy test revealed.
A second revelation: This comes as no surprise to the Navy.
"We knew when we designed this uniform that it wasn't flame-resistant," said Rear Adm. John Kirby, the Navy's top spokesman.
"When we were making the uniform, sailors wanted a uniform that was comfortable, that didn't require maintenance and would stand up under a lot of washing, and one of the ways to get that is a nylon-cotton blend," Kirby said. "We realize that nylon does not react well to flame, but again, there was no requirement for a fire-resistant uniform in a working environment."
The Navy released findings in December of an impromptu test that showed that - unlike the Army and Marine Corps working uniforms - its working uniform is not designated flame-resistant and "when subjected to a flame, it will burn robustly until completely consumed."
The Type I NWU, as it's known, is half cotton and half nylon. The nylon component "is a thermoplastic fiber that melts and drips as it burns," the report said. "If this sticky molten material came in contact with skin, it would contribute to increased burn injury."
Navy admirals said the uniform was never meant to be flame-retardant and there is fire gear throughout any ship in case sailors are exposed to flames. Only sailors with specific jobs such as airman, engineer or firefighter and those in combat are required to have fire-resistant clothing. Kirby noted that the Army and Marine uniforms are geared toward combat and the dangers of roadside bombs.
That said, Vice Adm. Scott Van Buskirk, Chief of Naval Personnel and president of the Navy's Uniform Board, announced in a message to commanders on Dec. 12 that Fleet Forces commander Adm. Bill Gortney, working closely with Pacific Fleet commander Adm. Cecil Haney, has established working groups to review the fleet's uniform needs and to consider whether these uniforms do the job.
Buskirk said he also has expanded the Navy's uniform board, adding the Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Air Systems Command and the Naval Safety Center as technical advisers to the board.
The test on the working uniform last month was conducted during research on materials and equipment at the Navy's safety center in Massachusetts. Kirby said one of the testers took it upon himself to check the flammability of the NWU.
A video of the test, which the Navy posted online, shows the uniform quickly burning when exposed to flame.
"Nobody asked for these tests," Kirby said. "Now that we have the results of this particular test - obviously, we are not surprised the fabric did not react well to flame - but now that we have specifics... we are going to take another look."
Admirals, including Buskirk, Kirby and Gortney, all said they were still comfortable that the uniforms are appropriate to wear in the right environment.
Kirby noted that the Naval Safety Center issued a message to the fleet last year saying that while the uniform was not suitable for firefighting, it was still appropriate to wear at sea or in initial response to small fires. Ships are equipped with flame-resistant firefighting gear that sailors can get to.
The leaders said they were confident that sailors were aware of the garment's limitations. But some sailors expressed outrage that their standard-issue uniforms were flammable and said it poses a serious risk for sailors working in the confines of a ship, where fire is of particular concern.
The Navy Times published an editorial last week entitled "For safety's sake, fix NWU mess - fast" that charged that uniforms were not only unsafe, but the Navy was "misleading people about this uniform" since it was introduced in 2005. The newspaper unearthed a Navy posting in an online forum that states, "Navy uniforms are required to meet specific fire retardant standards, and these NWU concepts also meet those requirements."
In response, Kirby wrote a strongly worded letter defending the Navy's actions. He acknowledged that there was some "unfortunate and confusing language" posted that had now been corrected but said it "hardly qualifies as some sort of ugly intent to lie to our own people."
"What I really bristled at was the charge that we somehow have been misleading sailors," Kirby said. "We have been routinely training sailors to this issue when they go off to school, to basic shipboard training."
Sailors don't just work at sea, he said. They live there. Most don't sleep in fire-retardant clothing or wear it to work out.
"Not every sailor aboard a ship on a daily, normal basis is at the same risk for fire," he said.
The Navy Times editorial also calculated, based on flame-resistant Army uniform figures, that the service would have to shell out $20 million a year to phase in a flame-resistant NWU. It said an outright recall would cost even more but that "many sailors would gladly pay an extra $50 per set to know that their uniforms will protect them if their ship ever catches fire."
Kirby said the working groups under Gortney plan to examine the current uniform to see whether it is still right for the fleet, as well as the current requirements and whether they are adequate.
"I think it's really important to make the point that we are willing and we are right now taking a look at those assumptions and that requirement," he said. "Informed by this test, we are starting anew, and we are going to ask those questions across the board."
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HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS — Hall of Fame week always reminds us of a seemingly endless debate we have here at the hideout about the worthiness of some of the game's current stars and whether or not they'll one day end up in Springfield.
One of those stars we talk about often is Tracy McGrady, who at one point earlier in his career seemed like he would be a lock for the hallowed halls of the Naismith Memorial. That view isn't quite as clear these days. The journeyman nature of his career the past few years has made the argument for McGrady a bit tougher.
The news that McGrady might be working out for the Charlotte Bobcats, courtesy of Rick Bonnell of the Charlotte Observer, who insists that the rumblings are strictly "informal and exploratory," makes you wonder if there really is still a viable market for faded stars of his ilk?
Unlike some others from his generation, injuries and various other issues have prevented McGrady from settling into the twilight of his career as a franchise staple.
Reports that Allen Iverson is considering a move to China to play if he can't find a team in the NBA willing to give him look is another reminder that not every superstar career has a fairy tale ending.
Iverson, who has already played in Turkey, has perhaps the best perspective and understanding of how dramatically things can change from highest of highs for some NBA superstars to the long road back to the league once you've lost your way. He's desperate for another shot and is willing to go the other side of the world to play if he can't find a place here, as this Netease Sports report (translated) makes clear:
"I definitely want to return to the NBA, but if I can't get back there, I'm hoping to play ball here (in China). China is still one of my choices, but the team that wants me to join has got to show me that they really mean it, like 'Hey, we really need you.'"
Makes you wonder if there is any NBA team out there willing to say the same about either McGrady or Iverson?


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Phoenix, AZ (Monday, March 17, 2014) -- Attorney General Tom Horne today joined Attorneys General from across the country in an effort to convince the largest pharmacy chains in the nation to stop selling tobacco products. Led by New York and Ohio, the Attorneys General of 28 states and territories have written to the CEOs of Wal-Mart, Walgreens, Rite-Aid, Safeway and Kroger, asking them to remove any and all tobacco products from their shelves. In addition, 32 Attorneys General have commended CVS Caremark for its recent decision to stop selling tobacco in its stores.
"Pharmacies and drug stores are increasingly marketing themselves as a source for community health care, yet they continue to sell deadly tobacco products, which sends a mixed message," said Attorney General Tom Horne. "My office regularly conducts undercover operations that seek out retailers who sell tobacco products to underage minors. This effort alongside my fellow Attorneys General is another way to hinder the availability of highly-addictive nicotine products to our kids."
Tobacco-related disease is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, causing over 480,000 deaths in the last year alone – more than AIDS, alcohol, illegal drug use, car accidents and firearm-related deaths combined. Since 1965, over 20 million Americans have died prematurely as a result of smoking. The devastating health effects of these tobacco products have been well documented for over 50 years, since the 1964 Surgeon General's report on the Health Consequences of Smoking.
Furthermore, health care costs and productivity losses attributable to smoking cost the nation at least $289 billion each year. Almost 90% of all adult smokers start smoking by 18 years of age.
Attorney General Tom Horne has a long record of protecting kids from underage tobacco use. The Attorney General's Office (AGO) operates a Department of Health Services (DHS) funded program, the Counter Strike Program, which conducts compliance checks statewide to determine if retailers are selling cigarettes and e-cigarettes to minors.
In addition, the AGO supported 2012 legislation banning sales of tobacco products via the Internet, and supported legislation in 2013 to prohibit the sale of e-cigs to minors. The e-cigarette legislation was signed into law and the AGO added electronic cigarettes to the list of products that our youth volunteers ask for when conducting undercover investigations to test the compliance of retailers to determine if they are selling tobacco products to minors.
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