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Many years ago, I whiled away a lazy afternoon surfing MCM, the French music channel. I caught the start of a song I'd never heard the likes of before. A thumping beat, goaded by funked-out bass, ridden by a dirty guitar riff. The video was annoying because the beat was interspersed with dialogue (I didn't know who Spike Jonze was and didn't care). I did find myself leaning forward and concentrating hard to isolate the beat from the rest of the distracting nonsense on the screen. I could've just given up and changed the channel but the song commanded me to stay. I've obliged ever since.
A month later, I walked in the door to find my brother staring transfixed at a synchronized and bizarre dance of swimmers, skeletons and robots. Perfectly coordinated hand movements and steps up and down a circular stage augmented with a constant robotic drone intoning, "around the world a-round the wooorld around the world a-round the woooorld". And there it was again. A thumping beat goaded on by bass. These guys (who were they?) knew how to make you move.
Both those songs, 'Da Funk' and 'Around The World', came off their debut album Homework that I promptly purchased and reduced to shreds over the next year (we had cassettes back then). Their beats had power and finesse. Their tunes were repetitive but were loops of melodies you didn't mind nodding along to till you forgot the rest of your day. There were complex scratches and sounds whose antecedents weren't obvious and a few tracks featured robotic voices, to become the mainstay of the rest of their career.
Their next album Discovery blew my mind. It was thoughtful, melodious, innocent and memorable. It had a balance of the edge trademarked in Homework and experimentation with emotion and melody. It contained samples of the songs the duo had grooved to (who were they?) when they were teenagers, discovering emotions borne out of the swirling whirlpool of confusion endemic to that age. It was also the album in which they debuted their robot look – a fascinating, if puzzling manifestation of themselves. Clearly, they weren't publicity hungry and were content with the image they were creating – eclectic, experimentative, emotional, evocative electro-kings.
Their third album, 'Human After All', was an utter disaster. I was shocked by the rawness of the album and its heavy dependence on electronic aids. The title seemed ironic at the time because the sound was anything but human. It had the occasional bright flashes but you'd have to be delusional to take the time to find positives in that mélange of digital noise. Daft Punk admitted their mistake with the direction in the album, not because the sales figures were low (which doesn't seem like something they've cared about), but because it was an experiment that had gone wrong.
"We really felt that the computers are not really music instruments, and we were not able to express ourselves using a laptop. We tried, but were not successful."
They were also apologizing for what had happened to electronic dance music since then. Always considered the godfathers of EDM, their experiment gone awry had inspired a culture of overproduced, clinical sounds generated by computers. I had stopped listening to much of EDM produced since 2008. It was ridiculous, repetitive and noisy.
(It occurred to me that "Human After All" was rather apt, in light of their mea culpa.)
They went silent after that, concentrating on solo projects before making a brief return for their first US No 1 effort – the ambitious soundtrack to Tron: Legacy headlined by the brilliant "Derezzed" and "End of Line". What struck me was their commitment to their idea of music and the guts to experiment.
Then, on March 2, they aired a 15-second teaser on Saturday Night Live, for their new album "Random Access Memories". It's a testament to their body of work over twenty years that the teaser went viral. What followed was a masterful marketing effort involving strategic leaks and small samples dutifully picked up by legions of fans and converted into their (at times brilliant) interpretations. On May 13, 2013 they put the entire album available to stream. Free.
That's right, the entire fucking album was free to stream. You could hear the whole thing and make up your mind if you wanted to preorder the album. I've mostly listened to it for the past week, not because I felt obliged to as a die-hard fan, but because after the first couple of days I wanted to go back to two or three standout tracks in the album.
I read a lot about the thought behind it. They said they wanted to go back to a time when music had character. A time when it echoed off the walls of iconic studios and was created by humans with extraordinary ability to connect through their music.
The album makes your jaw drop. If you're a Daft Punk fan, it's best not to consider this a continuation of their EDM legacy, but of their legacy of ballsy experimentation. The opening track is fittingly titled "Give Life Back To Music", a sincere entreaty to move away from canned computer sounds. What strikes you first is the tone of the bass. It's sonorous, natural, uninhibited. That's because it comes off a bass guitar. There are no samples in this album and computers have been kept to a bare minimum (mostly their own robotic voices).
The list of collaborators had me thinking they were going to unleash a tribute to disco but the album is so much deeper and emotional. There aren't too many songs you'll groove to on the dance floor. It's an ambitious tribute to their roots and sometimes a confusing and overwrought rendition of sounds. My favorite song "Lose Yourself To Dance" starts with their trademark drum and bass thump, but this time it's live, played by humans and it's bloody incredible. I found myself going back to this track again and again. Pharrell Williams croons the title as the robots unobtrusively create an electronic tapestry with an endless loop of "come on". And that fucking bass all the time digging into your pleasure centers.
Then there are thoughtful ballads reminiscent of "Something About Us" from Discovery. Except, this time they're exploring a more poignant part of their personalities. It's not about young love; it's about unrequited love. It's about heartbreak. And the juxtaposition of melodic robotic voices using the sad, thoughtful melodies as a crutch evokes a sense of wonder, not dissonance. They want to make you cry and the first time you listen to the album you're angry with them. How can they try manipulating emotions? We were expecting straight-laced dance ditties so can we get to them please? Then you hear it again and surrender.
If they decide to tour live for this album (and I sincerely hope they do), "Contact" is going to be a showpiece. Orchestral, apocalyptic sounds reminiscent of a spacecraft's re-entry into the earth's atmosphere, it's a stunning conclusion to the album.
The album isn't even out yet and they've given legions of fans like me a chance to make up our minds about it. Here's what I recommend: buy the whole album and listen to it in the order they intended. Don't buy singles – they're just isolated puffery that cannot do justice to the vision.
I celebrate the eclectic, reticent and mysterious robots. I celebrate the return of the pioneers. I celebrate them giving life back to music.


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Awesome Stuff: Rethinking Retro: Rocket Skates, Coolers And Tickers
from the retro-what? deptFor this week's Awesome Stuff post about interesting crowdfunding projects, we're taking a look at products that are a kind of modern rethink of some more "retro" ideas. Of course, I'll also toss in a quick reminder that our own crowdfunding project for our net neutrality coverage is still moving forward. We're close to 60% of the way there, and could use your help (and, remember, all pledges are backed with matching money!).
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Welcome To Cloth Diaper Addiction!
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March 15, 2011
OsoCozy Prefold
Here is a close up of the fabric (before washing). I'm surprised my camera took this nice of a picture! After washing the fabric obviously looks different. Its a lot softer and more comfy.
Here is the prefold after being washed up. You can see from the picture that it doesn't look as stiff and it is more fluffy.
Here is the prefold on my younger son. Because he doesn't need as high of a rise as this prefold can offer I simply folded the front of it down. You can see that in this picture. I used a snappi to secure the prefold on, although you don't have to use a snappi to hold on prefolds. Simply lying the prefold in a cover and securing it on with the cover works just as well.
Here is the prefold on my toddler. Exact same prefold but because he requires a larger rise I didn't fold the top of it over. I left it up and it works just as great! I used the snappi again for the prefold but like I said before, you don't have to use one.
My thoughts on the OsoCozy Prefold:
This prefold is quite similar to the Bummis prefolds I own. The quality of it is quite high and I was very happy with it. It doesn't seem to have any threads coming loose, it stays nice and soft after washing and drying and it seems to hold a good amount of pee. I haven't had any issues getting the snappi to hook on to this prefold as I have had with other brands. The price of this OsoCozy prefold is pretty good. If you by them individually they are $2.50 which is equal to the cost of the Bummis prefolds which you have to buy in a 6 packs. If you buy the OsoCozy prefold by the dozen the price drops down to 1.70 a piece vs. the 2.50.
*I was given an OsoCozy prefold to use and review. I was not paid for this review, it is of my own opinion and my experience may differ from yours.*
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Hi. I had troubles with the cover link. At their website there is a Wallypop PUL cover, but no fleece. Also your form calls it a Wolly Pop Cleece cover, not a Wallypop Fleece cover. =)
- March 15, 2011 at 5:50 AM
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I had the same trouble as the previous comment. I picked a color from the PUL and based one what I thought but I can't find the fleece covers anywhere on their site.
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Do you have any advice on prepping the Osocozys?? I have boiled, washed and dried on hot (non HE washer) about 6 times and they STILL don't feel very soft?? They are quilted, but I just can't tell of they are prepped enough. My son isn't due for another 10 days but I want them ready to go and I'm afraid that they might not be! How can I tell? Thanks for any help!
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Is this Size 1 prefold?
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Back in January, we let you know about a few tasty porters from England. These beers were creamy and mellow, malty and a little earthy.
American breweries have put their own stamp on the style, experimenting with dark roasted (or even smoked) barley, helpings of piney hops, and extra ingredients such as coffee and chocolate. While some of these beers could still be good for a long drinking session, American porters are often stronger and more intensely flavored than their English cousins. They can be a great match for aged cheeses, cured and grilled meat (porterhouse steak, anyone?), and flavorful Mexican and Cajun dishes.
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Founders Porter Michigan, 6.5% ABV This rich and satisfying porter has an especially velvety mouthfeel. It's quite dry, with pumpernickel bread and roasted hazelnut flavors. It has notes of unsweetened chocolate and blackberry jam. It's a little heavy for a porter, but all of our tasters were fans. ****1/2
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Hoppin' Frog Silk Porter Ohio, 6.2% ABV This dry and rich beer is quite roasty and savory, with a hint of soy sauce and honey roasted peanuts on the finish. It's silky and chocolately without being sweet, and is brilliant paired with a chicken mole burrito. This beer has nice body and robust flavor. ****
Tyranena Chief Black Hawk Porter Wisconsin, 5.6% ABV This smooth beer is dry and nutty, with dark toffee flavors and very nice creamy malt. The scent is of toasted grain and caramel. This is an earthy, mellow beer that is quite drinkable—be sure not to serve it too cold. Pair with pork tenderloin or Chinese spareribs. ****
Stone Smoked Porter California, 5.9% ABV This mouth-filling porter has a lovely balance of creamy malt and fruity hops. Don't be afraid of the smoke: this has just a hint of roasty flavor to balance generous coffee, cream, and sweet caramel notes, and it finishes very dry. ****
Great Divide Saint Bridget's Porter Colorado, 5.9% ABV This silky, savory porter has a hint of coffee and peanut butter flavor. It's full bodied and creamy with roasty malt that reminded us a little of burnt popcorn. This is a well integrated, dry porter. ****
Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter Ohio, 5.8% ABV This beer is peaty and earthy, with warm bourbon flavors and notes of dark cherry. Its robust woodsy character may be a little challenging on its own, but this beer would be delicious with roasted or barbecued meat. Malty caramel and chicory flavors come out as this beer warms. ****
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Otter Creek Stovepipe Porter Vermont, 5.4% ABV This refreshing porter pours reddish-brown and has a sweet malty flavor. Our tasters found it easy drinking and approachable, perfect for a long drinking session. If you're looking for something heavy and bold, this is not the beer for you, but we loved its flavor. ***3/4
Avery New World Porter Colorado, 6.7% ABV This untraditional porter has a distinct hoppy scent, and the taste follows suit. Fresh grapefruit notes accompany the creamy malt and coffee flavors in this beer, but it's well integrated and drinkable. Lovers of hoppier beers like IPAs should give this one a try. ***3/4
Left Hand Black Jack Porter Colorado, 6.4% ABV If ever a beer was like a malted milkshake, this is the one. Caramel malt flavors are balanced with a bit of roastiness and herbal hops peeking out underneath. Earthy coffee flavors, peat and brown sugar notes are more prominent than any smoke or roast flavors. I loved this one, though some tasters would prefer it a little less sweet. ***3/4
Central Waters Mudpuppy Porter Wisconsin, 5.5% ABV This roasty porter is flavorful but not quite balanced—robust roast flavors vie with bright hoppy flavors for dominance. The brightness of the hops doesn't quite work with the coffee notes of this one, but we did like its creaminess. ***1/2
Cooperstown Benchwarmer Porter New York, 6.3% ABV Though some tasters found this porter a little too sweet, others loved it. It's filling and full-flavored with hints of coffee, toffee, mulling spices, and molasses. ***1/2
Odell Cutthroat Porter Colorado, 5% ABV This porter had chocolate soda flavors and a solid helping of hops—we found the citrus peel flavors a little jarring. We tasted a hint of sesame, cocoa, and a lingering sourness that reminded us of seltzer. ***1/2
Sierra Nevada Porter California, 5.6% ABV This dry malty porter has a healthy dose of citrusy hops, as you might expect from Sierra Nevada. As it warms, more dark roast coffee and cream flavors come out. We also noticed a musty hint of hay. If you prefer your porters dry, you'll like this one. ***1/2
Redhook Black Hook Porter New Hampshire and Washington, 5.23% ABV This porter is very smooth and creamy. The finish is clean and malty. We actually liked this one better on the cool side; as it warmed, a bit of roasty bitterness came through. ***1/2
Thirsty Dog Old Leghumper Ohio, 6.7% ABV At the beginning of each sip, this beer has nice, smooth roasted malt, but the finish is a combination of char and hops. It's not quite as full bodied as we'd like; there are hints of molasses, chocolate, and toasted bread, but we wish it were a bit more robust. ***
Sebago Midnight Porter Maine, 5% ABV This full bodied porter had a rich, robust roasted flavor, with dark chocolate, roasted nuts, and rye notes. It's a little oaky and tangy—some found it to be just a little too charred. ***
Anchor Porter California, 5.6% ABV This is not our favorite of Anchor's offerings. It's smooth but surprisingly sweet, with a hint of vanilla, carob, and Hershey's syrup flavor. The body is not as full as we'd like, though some tasters enjoyed its malty notes and were reminded pleasantly of a banana split. ***
Yards General Washingon's Tavern Porter Pennsylvania, 7% ABV This porter is a little thinner-bodied and mild in flavor than many of the others, with lively carbonation. We noticed caramel, toasted rye bread, and molasses flavors. It's quite drinkable but not as exciting and satisfying as some of the others. ***
Wolaver's Alta Gracia Coffee Porter Vermont, Unknown ABV We're big fans of Wolaver's beers, but this one didn't do it for us. Strong roast coffee flavors hit you right away, mellowing into a nutty vanilla finish. It's a bit bright and acidic for our taste—a creamier body would better emulate the luxurious side of coffee. **1/2
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RICHMOND, Va. – If there was a cartoon made about Virginia Commonwealth University basketball over the past three years, the Rams would play the role of "Wile E. Coyote" and the Northeastern Huskies would be the roadrunner.
Northeastern came into Saturday afternoon's match-up having defeated the Black & Gold three straight times, including two inside the Verizon Wireless Arena at the Stuart C. Siegel Center. The Huskies were the only team to beat the Rams at home in the past three years, a span of 40 games.
VCU's upperclassmen would not let it happen again as junior Bradford Burgess and senior Jamie Skeen combined for 44 points, 16 rebounds, six steals and four assists to lead the Rams to a tough 73-64 victory over the Huskies.
"I'm proud of the way this team continues to play with a resolve and toughness about them, and that is all led by our upperclassmen," Head Coach Shaka Smart said. "Northeastern made some tough shots and they are going to be a tough out in the league, but we stuck together and were able to knock down the big shots when we needed them the most."
It was the 19th straight home win for the Black & Gold, which is tied for the sixth-longest such streak in the country. The last time VCU lost at home was Jan. 4, 2010 to Northeastern, a span of 376 days.
"We just love playing here," Senior Ed Nixon said. "It was easy tonight because of the success they had here in the past, but every time we step on this floor, we have a mentality of defending our home turf. There's too much support and love from our fans for us not to come out with that thought process."
The Huskies made the first basket of the game at the 19:39 mark of the first half, but that was the last time they would lead as Burgess scored seven of the game's next nine points to stake VCU to a 9-2 advantage.
All-CAA guard Chaisson Allen would help Northeastern claw back within two quickly, but Skeen and Burgess keyed a 8-0 run that gave the Black & Gold a 17-7 cushion with just under 10 minutes left to play in the first half.
The first-half lead would reach as high as 13, before Allen scored Northeastern's last five points to send the teams into the break with VCU leading 30-22.
Nixon would connect on an old-fashioned three-point play at the 16:39 mark of the second half to push the Rams lead to 11, but red-hot shooting from beyond the arc would keep the Huskies within striking distance until late in the contest.
With VCU leading 62-59, Nixon stepped up and drilled a three-pointer from the left wing that ultimately was the nail in the Huskies' coffin with senior Joey Rodriguez going 4-for-4 from the charity stripe in the final 1:36 to seal the victory.
"Ed's shot was really the play of the game," Smart said. "They had continually made tough shots in the second half and weren't going away, but Ed was able to step up and deliver big time when we need him the most."
Nixon was the third Ram in double-figures with 10 points on 3-of-4 shooting, while both Rodriguez and freshman Rob Brandenberg tallied seven points apiece.
It was the point guard play of Rodriguez and sophomore Darius Theus that was sensational all night with a combined 12 assists, five steals and just three turnovers.
"When your point guards are able to distribute, turn the opponent over and not turn it over themselves, you're going to win games," Smart said. "When those guys have a stat line like they did, we're going to win a lot of games."
The contest marked the third straight time VCU had out-rebounded their opponent as well, winning the battle of the boards at a 28-19 advantage. Both Skeen and Burgess had four offensive rebounds each.
Joel Smith led the Huskies with 17 points, including five three-pointers, while Allen finished with 16 points and five assists.
VCU returns to action on Wednesday evening when the Panthers of Georgia State come to Verizon Wireless Arena at the Stuart C. Siegel Center for a 7:30 p.m. tip.


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Phelps County Conservation Rescues Injured Bald Eagle
CAMDENTON (AP) - It is not uncommon for Phelps County Conservation Agent Darrin Wood to receive calls regarding injured wildlife throughout the year.
He received one of those calls in late March regarding an injured bald eagle which was spotted on private property north of Highway P on Highway 68 in Maries County.
"I promptly responded," said Wood. "I was taken about a quarter of a mile onto the caller's property where a group had been waiting with the injured bird."
Wood said he was able to quickly capture the eagle and place it into a large pet taxi for safe keeping.
"The eagle did not appear to have a wing injury which left me with a few possible diagnoses: lead poisoning, possible head trauma due to flying into something or a gun-shot wound," he said.
The next day Wood contacted the University of Missouri and brought the eagle to the Raptor Rehabilitation Project in Columbia.
Throughout the year, Wood routinely receives calls from the area from people who have come across injured wildlife. However, a call regarding an eagle is a rare one.
"This was my first live eagle call. There have been two eagles shot in Osage County in the past few months that I know of which could have been linked to this eagle if it was shot," Wood explained.
He just recently contacted the Raptor Rehabilitation Project and found out that the exact cause of the eagle's injury was inconclusive.
However, Raptor Rehabilitation Project staff were able to conclude that the eagle was a mature male that suffered a traumatic head injury at some point that completely detached the retina in his left eye which was too severe to rehabilitate for release back to the wild. The eagle had to be euthanized.
"This type of injury is common among injured hawks and owls but rare for an eagle," Wood noted.
The examiner at the Raptor Rehabilitation Project found that the level of lead in the eagle's blood was 0.36 parts per million (ppm) which is higher than average and could have caused the eagle to become disoriented and lose coordination, leading to its injury. The examiner stated that the staff commonly find 0.1-0.2 ppm lead in eagles.
"We were able to agree on a few theories that could have caused this eagle's injury. He could have been feeding on a carcass near a road and flew up too late and partially been struck by a vehicle or the level of lead in his blood caused him to become disoriented and fly into something like a tree or power pole, causing the injury," said Wood.
He and the examiner also agreed that the location where the eagle was found was unusual.
"We believe that he was injured elsewhere and finally became exhausted where he was found," he said.
Wood added that the best thing for people who do run across an injured animal to do is to call a conservation agent first before trying to assist the animal.
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Leading our way out of the Recession: A 21st Century WPA?
This post, authored by Kristin Wolff and Vinz Koller, was originally published at Harvard's Ash Center Social Innovation Project on September 28, 2011
"As of 2008, the war for good jobs has trumped all other
leadership activities […] The lack of good jobs will become the root
cause of almost all world problems that America and other countries will
face." –Jim Clifton, Gallup Management Journal (September 2011)
Our economy is in trouble. Today, over 25 million Americans are unemployed or underemployed, and over 46 million are in poverty. Jobs and economic security are the single most important issues on the minds of people across generations, geography, and political parties.
The last time we faced an economic crisis of this magnitude was during the Great Depression. At that time, the federal government stepped in. Between 1935 and 1943, the Works Progress Administration (WPA, later renamed the Works Projects Administration) provided almost 8 million jobs.
But today's labor market is different than that of the 1930s, and its challenges more complex. Moreover, the near crisis brought on by the administrative task of raising the debt ceiling last month suggests that bold, quick, and effective responses from our nation's capitol are not likely.
Clearly, we need new solutions.
What's the Problem?
Part of the reason the jobs problem is so difficult to solve is that it's not one problem.
The national unemployment rate dominates headlines, but labor markets generally follow economies—they are regional, not national. For example, last month, the metro region of El Centro, California recorded an unemployment rate of 30.8%, while Bismark, North Dakota's was 3.0%.
Communities face competing priorities—not just between "the jobs agenda" and other priorities (public safety and emergency response, for example), but also within the jobs agenda itself.
- Should communities focus on supporting growing industries? Their largest industries? The industries with the largest share of exports? Those that promise to keep jobs local?
- Young people are having difficulty getting on a career path, older workers can't afford to retire, and Gen X is sandwiched between, often supporting children, parents or both. How do community leaders set priorities in this context?
- Would tackling social ills (e.g., helping adults learn to read) yield returns? Or would investing in community strengths, on the theory that "a rising tide lifts all boats", offer a better way forward?
While leaders are under pressure to respond to all of these priorities, resource scarcity makes "both/and" approaches difficult. And many of our formal tools—from laws and regulations to institutions
and funding streams—lack the agility to effect the changes we need when we need them.
Connecting Bright Spots
Despite the complexity of these challenges, there is hope. People from all sectors and all levels of "rank" and experience are coming forward to solve these problems and are finding new ways to lead in the process.
During our one-year study
of the field of public policy known as workforce, we found many examples of leaders—including non-traditional leaders—creating new solutions in unexpected ways. In particular, they are experimenting with new methods of public participation, co-creation, and volunteer-led initiatives to expand learning opportunities (even if not in traditional "schools"), and connect people to work (even if not in traditional "jobs"). They are embracing agendas that, a decade ago, would have seemed far afield—from broadband adoption to entrepreneurship.
These leaders are social innovators, in addition to their roles as elected officials, bureaucrats, policy wonks, "geeks", moms, or neighborhood activists. They are both ordinary and extraordinary.
Below this brief video accompanying the report Weadership: The Future of Workforce Leadership are two examples of leaders in action from our respective home communities.
Portland hacks. In May 2011, Cyborg Anthropologist, entrepreneur, and twenty-something Amber Case organized an Education Hackathon on a Sunday in a business incubator in downtown Portland, OR. A handful of senior level education officials identified key problems they thought technology might be able to help fix. About 25 technologists (programmers, hackers, strategists, designers, etc.) listened, asked questions, and then divided into teams to tackle three problems. It was a friendly competition. Eight hours later, the winning team had developed a mobile app to better connect young people and their parents or guardians to summer activities and jobs in their communities—a problem clearly spanning workforce, education, and community development domains.
The team also conducted an impressive amount of asset mapping in the process. The gaps and opportunities identified that day inspired program changes right away, and highlighted systemic fixes for challenges youth-serving organizations had long struggled with. The city, county, workforce board, and youth providers are all working on next steps.
Silicon Valley remakes and retools. For decades, Silicon Valley has been a fast changing economy. More risk tolerant than many communities, it has seen some firms radically and rapidly expand and others collapse overnight. Whole new industries emerge with regularity. But today, even Silicon Valley faces high unemployment, especially among seasoned technology professionals who can have difficulty reentering the job market after a lay-off. Leaders have responded with all of their traditional tools, but they are also trying some new ones. For example a diverse partnership jointly commissioned a study of the technology cluster to provide a shared body of knowledge and common set of strategies for colleges, economic and workforce development professionals, and city and county leaders from the public and private sectors.
Workforce leaders are also responding to what some call the "job mindset" which keeps many experienced workers from securing employment. Flexibility Bootcamps use peer learning, open space, improv, and other techniques to help job seekers identify and market their value to an enterprise, rather than their ability to do a specific job. Some even decide they can make their own jobs.
Uncommon Approaches
In our research we encountered dozens of examples of workforce leaders learning from policy innovations like crowdsourcing and crowdfunding, social innovation and entrepreneurship, "Gov2.0" initiatives, even "gameful" technologies, with the intent of engaging their communities in productive learning, work, enterprise, and problem-solving.
Most promising is the swell of interest in such solutions from leaders across sectors in communities everywhere. As innovators they demonstrate the potential of uncommon partnerships and a focus on significant, sustainable, and scalable experiments for remaking community prosperity.
They, you, us—we are the new WPA.
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Mary Jo (Driscoll) Wade
October 31, 2009
Funeral mass for 84-year-old Mary Jo (Driscoll) Wade will be held Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 10:30AM at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Richmond with Father Rich Adam officiating. Burial will be in the Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4-7PM, Tuesday, November 3, at the Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona, with a prayer service at 7PM. A memorial fund has been established for the Veteran's Affairs Medical Center.
Mary Jo Wade died Saturday, October 31, 2009 at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City following a brief illness.
Mary Jo was born June 11, 1925 in Williamsburg, IA, the daughter of Daniel M. and Josephine (Kelly) Driscoll. She graduated from Williamsburg High School and attended Ottumwa Heights College. On November 4, 1947 she was united in marriage to Gerald Wade in Williamsburg, IA. She was a member of the Holy Trinity Catholic Church and volunteered at the Veteran's Affairs Medical Center in Iowa City for the last 15 years. She enjoyed watching her son and grandsons play baseball at Mid Prairie, watching the New York Yankees and listening to country music.
Survivors include two sons, Lawrence (Bing) Wade of the Philippines, Kenneth (Becky) Wade of Altoona, IA, three daughters, Margaret Driscol of Kalona, IA, Barbara Wade of Iowa City, IA, Denise (Brad) Searson of West Branch, IA, 12 grandchildren, Marichu Scott, Lila Avellano, Jeff, Shawn, Courtney and Chris Driscol, Natalie Ford, Lindsey Wade, Jessica, Lauren, Matthew and Sam Wade, two great grandchildren, Ethan and Logan Driscol, a brother-in-law, Max Wade of North English and a sister-in-law, Hilda Driscoll of Williamsburg, IA and numerous nieces and nephews.
Preceding Mary Jo in death were her parents, husband Gerald on April 27, 2994, one daughter, Beverly Wade on June 20, 1975, a son-in-law, David Driscol on July 28, 2005, 9 brothers, Vernard, Paul, Vincent, Jimmy, Donald, Leroy, Elmer, Albert and Henry Driscoll and one sister, Bertilla Hogendorn, and 12 half brothers and sisters.


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"Why Did I Start Smoking? Why Did I Quit?"
It is pretty funny. People often try to reflect on when and why they started smoking as if thinking that it would answer the daunting question of why they continue to smoke. In reality, the reason you start and the reasons you continue are not the same.
Some people start because of peer pressure. But in society today, if peer pressure were going to be the influencing factor, it would be making people quit smoking, not continue to smoke.
Some people took up smoking to look older and more mature. How many people in their 30's, 40's, 50's or 60's or beyond want to do everything in their power to look older than they already do?
Others take up smoking out of a sense of rebellion. Their parents, teachers, doctors and other adults told them they couldn't smoke. So to show them who was in control, they smoked anyway. Well, how many 60-year-old smokers are there who are smoking today so that they can snub their nose at their 80 to 90 year old parents saying, "you see, you still can't tell me not to smoke."
People start for a variety of reasons, but they continue for just one: they became drug addicts, the drug -- nicotine. It is interesting though because the same thing happens when the smoker quits. The initial reason that people quit smoking often become secondary in importance to reasons they eventually stay off.
Some people quit to make others happy, or because of non-smoking policies issued at a place of employment. But after quitting, they find they feel better than ever, are calmer, have more energy, have more money, overall are happier and in more control of their own life.
Their new reasons may have little bearing to their initial quit reason. In many ways they are better reasons and more lasting. Or, some people who quit for medical risks alone start to realize that not smoking is just a nicer way of life. Sometimes the quality of life becomes more important to them than the concept of length of life.
Whatever your initial reason for quitting was, it is still valid. On top of that there are numerous benefits you may have noticed and some you haven't even thought of yet which are still to be noticed. Some you will never think of but are real anyway. Keep focused on every good reason not to smoke. This becomes your ammunition to stay the course, and to ride out those annoying craves or thoughts that can pop out of nowhere.
Whether or not you ever accurately remember why you started to smoke, as long as you remember why you quit and why you desire to stay free, you will keep your resolve strong enough to NEVER TAKE ANOTHER PUFF!


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Call it a fairytale, call it destiny, don't call it offside (which he was, most definitely) but Thierry Henry scoring for Arsenal—where he scored a club-record 226 goals between 1999 and 2007—is a story from the pages of British pulp fiction. That he scored the deciding goal in the Gunners' FA Cup match against Leeds makes the story that much more unbelievable. But there it is, above, proof that the French forward (on a two-month loan from MLS club New York Red Bulls) still has a bit left in him to compete in the Premiership. [Fox Soccer]
Update (4:45 ET): While the broadcast did not provide the usual enhanced offside line, it appears from some angles Henry was onside. You can stop emailing me now.


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We know we pick on "Cold Pizza" a little more than we should around here; it's kind of an easy target sometimes, and besides, since we're here by ourselves all day, it's the only thing on. It's not as bad a show as, say, "Quite Frankly" or "Teammates," which is not to say it will ever be confused with anything good.
And perhaps we should enjoy "Cold Pizza" as much as we can, while we can, because if a recent memo from a "Cold Pizza" coordinating producer fired around the office can be believed, times are even tougher over there than we thought.
Please be judicious with your use of the Cold Pizza index cards. We have used twice as many of these cards in the last couple of months as we have in the past ... and they are expensive. These cards are essentially for on-air talent questions/scripts items and they look good on camera. Please use regular index cards for off-air research, bullet points and production needs.
The memo fails to include: "Also, the post-it notes Woody Paige uses for his slapstick predictions segment are specifically chosen for how well they reflect off Paige's face on camera. They are very expensive. Please use the generic brand Post-It notes ... and try to limit yourself to one. Oh, and all staffers attempting to speak with Mr. Bayless off camera should stop. You are upsetting his concentration."
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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Learn about the different types of characters in Cinderella, and determine which traits belong to the hero and villain.
Learn about climax and identify the event that signals the climax in the story Cinderella.
Explore different ingredients, or elements, that go into stories and make them so much fun. Read the story, "Cinderella," and look at all the different pieces of the tale to see how they all fit together.
Contestants in grades 1-8 will listen to three stories, one at a time, and then spell words from each story. Students in high school will listen to separate sentences and then spell the words from each sentence.
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Blacklight Sequel Free-to-Play, Microtransaction-Based
"The free-to-play model is something we've been interested in since we first began working with Korean publishers four years ago," explained CEO Mark Long. "It's exploding in China, growing fast in Europe and emerging here in Facebook and iOS games." The new sales model will come along with the usual tropes one expects from a sequel, like gameplay tweaks and new weapons. Long says he hopes that the free model allows the studio to respond to player feedback quicker.
A publisher hasn't been announced, but the new model may complicate matters for console releases. The first game came to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, but neither of the two consoles generally support free-to-play sales models. As a result, Blacklight might only come to the PC, but time will tell.


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Capitol Entrance, Charleston, W. Virginia
Michelle Alton March 03, 2012Wow...you really SHINE with this capture, Feliciano. It's a favorite for me and surely a winner.
So you did this handheld with the 24-70? I'm considering purchasing the lens (not its $2000+ replacement), but am hesitating because it hasn't got image stablization. I'm wondering if that has been a problem for you? #1447055
Stan Kwasniowski March 05, 2012Feliciano, gorgeous #10024118
feliciano j. jusay March 06, 2012Thank you very much Stan. Siano #10026205
Carol Flisak May 05, 2012Congratulations on your awesome winner, Feliciano! #10124765
Merna L. Nobile May 06, 2012Well here we are, through thick and thin. It is a joy to be able to be supportive and to congratulate each other for another month of magnificent photographs during May, 2012. I send all of you my very best, Merna Nobile #10126562
feliciano j. jusay May 07, 2012Thank you Judges, Merna, Michelle, Carol and Stan for your support. Dr. Jusay #10127159
Chris Budny May 07, 2012What a beautiful capture and treatment, Feliciano! The WV Capitol is a beautiful building inside and out, and this is a terrific, unusual capture of it! #10127416
Peter K. Burian May 07, 2012This is a beautiful image, Siano. Congratulations!
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David M. Montero May 11, 2012Congratulations on scoring gold with this splendid capture Feliciano! #10134399
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A devasting storm leveled the transmission tower at WIFR-TV23, knocking the CBS affiliate off the air. WIFR Chief Meteorologist Mark Strehl says straight line winds with speeds around 80 miles an hour blew through around 4:30 Saturday morning.
The winds leveled the 731 foot tower located at WIFR-TV23. WIFR-TV Chief Engineer Mark Olson is working with Insight Communications in Rockford attempting to establish a signal with Rockford Insight cable subscribers within the next 48 hours.
Olson says it will be at least a week before a signal can be reestablished to other cable providers or over the air viewers.
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When the Martin family says Thanksgiving is about family, they mean it -- all 160 of them.
Since the 1930s, the families of the 10 children of the late Mahlon and Elsie Martin have gathered together for a holiday meal, bringing along their children, and later grandchildren, and now great-grandchildren.
"It's grown quite a bit. My one uncle had 10 kids," said Eugene Horst, the son of Eva Martin Horst, who was Mahlon and Elsie's oldest child. "There's a lot more gray hairs every year."
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On Thursday, the family gathered for its final Thanksgiving dinner, with approximately 160 sharing the lunchtime meal at Groffdale Mennonite Church in Leola.
It was quite different from when the family dinners began at the Martins' farm on Peters Road in New Holland.
"The men would go hunting for rabbits and pheasants, and the kids would play around until the ladies made dinner," recalled Shirley King, a granddaughter of Mahlon and Elsie.
When the extended family outgrew the Martin farm, they met at daughter Dorothy's home for a few years before moving the tradition to the Bareville Fire Hall in 1958. Around 60 family members attended the meal at that time.
"We did not use paper plates the first year at the fire hall. Now we use paper plates," King said with a laugh.
By 1998 the family had grown so big that the dinner had to be moved again. They rented Groffdale Mennonite Church, where they continued to meet through this year.
When all of Mahlon and Elsie's children were alive, they alternated yearly between the five girls and five boys taking lead on the food. Now, a committee consisting of either the boys' descendants or the girls' descendants coordinates all of the meal components.
Quantities for each item are calculated and then divided among several family members. For instance, four people were responsible for bringing a 25-pound turkey, four others were responsible for each bringing enough mashed potatoes for 25 people and three people were responsible for each bringing enough cranberry sauce for 30 people.
"I've always enjoyed going before I had to make a turkey," said Mim Martin. This year was a boys' year for food, so Mim was on turkey duty as the daughter of Mahlon and Elsie's late son Sam.
"We've always had good food. The Martins are good cooks," Mim added.
Her many relatives agreed. Richard Martin, one of two living children of Mahlon and Elsie, said food was his favorite part of Thanksgiving. For his children and grandchildren, food came second only to family as the highlight of the day.
"We have the cutest grandparents here," said Leah Mentzer, sitting at a table filled with her cousins. "For how big our family is, we all get along."
Mentzer and her cousins teased each other as they ate, and recalled a Thanksgiving at the fire hall when their mothers all sang "We are family" onstage.
"No one understands your family as much as your cousins," Marie Martin said.
That sentiment transcended generations.
"To be able to have grown up in a family that stuck together like this to me is a very precious memory," said King, who is 75. "This was a time that was put aside, and the thing I feel was remarkable was that we kept it Thanksgiving Day. It was a priority in our lives."
As the family has grown; however, staying close to so many members has gotten harder. They decided to make this year's meal the final Thanksgiving hurrah.
Janet Martin, another granddaughter of Mahlon and Elsie, said her children and grandchildren plan to start their own annual Thanksgiving meal.
"There's 23 of us now. We'll be doing the same thing basically ... Life is full of changes. There's always something you miss, but I think it's good to get our tradition started while I'm still here."
Several family members also said plans were in the works for an extended family reunion at another time of year. Although there may not be turkey next time around, one thing these 160 relatives are sure to enjoy is each other's company, whether in the oldest generation or the newest.
"I'm thankful for family and our many blessings," said 87-year-old Arlene Brubaker, a daughter of Mahlon and Elsie.
Her words were echoed by 8-year-old Zyrell Martin, a great-great-grandson of Mahlon and Elsie. When asked his favorite part of the day, he said simply, "I like hanging out with my family."


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Serve this classic quick soup with brown rice crackers to increase the fiber and for dipping
- Yield
- Serves 2
- 2 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth
- 3 ounces baby spinach, thinly sliced
- 3 scallions, thinly sliced on the diagonal
- 4 ounces shiitake mushrooms, stemmed, wiped clean, and thinly sliced
- 1 teaspoon reduced-sodium soy sauce
- 2 egg whites, lightly beaten
- Asian sesame oil
- 8 brown rice crackers
- In a medium saucepan over high heat, bring the chicken broth and 2 cups water to a simmer. Add the spinach, scallions, mushrooms, and soy sauce; cook for 1 minute, stirring.
- Very slowly pour the egg whites into the pot; immediately turn off the heat. Use a fork to stir the egg whites in a clockwise direction to make thin ribbons in the broth. Ladle into 2 bowls and garnish each with a drop of sesame oil. Serve with the crackers.
Per serving: 250.0 calories, 25.0 calories from fat, 3.0g total fat, 1.0g saturated fat, 0.0mg cholesterol, 320.0mg sodium, 51.0g total carbs, 8.0g dietary fiber, 2.0g sugars, 16.0g protein
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Matt "Money" Smith
No. 9: Jarvis Jones, OLB, GeorgiaI don't care about the times or the workouts. Pop in the tape and you'll swear there are five of him on the field. Rex Ryan needs to win this year, and Jones is someone who can step in and contribute immediately.
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No. 9: Barkevious Mingo, DE, LSURex Ryan would be champing at the bit to scheme ways to turn loose the lengthy pass rusher from Baton Rouge.
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Daniel Jeremiah
No. 9: Ziggy Ansah, DE, BYUThe Jets need an explosive edge rusher, and that's exactly what Ansah can be for them. He's not an ideal outside linebacker, but Rex Ryan is creative enough to make it work.
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No. 9: Dion Jordan, DE, OregonRex Ryan needs an explosive pass rusher off the edge around whom he can build his aggressive blitz scheme. Though Jordan has just 14.5 career sacks, he has displayed the speed and athleticism to wreak havoc on opponents as a designated pass rusher.
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No. 9: Ziggy Ansah, DE, BYUAnsah is very raw -- who better to shape a young talent than Rex Ryan? Ansah could fill the Jets' long-standing pass-rush need.
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Gil Brandt
No. 9: Bjoern Werner, DE, Florida StateWerner is a pass rusher, and that's what the Jets are looking for. He had a very productive final year with the Seminoles, recording 13 sacks. I think he has a lot of upside.
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Charley Casserly
No. 9: Jarvis Jones, OLB, GeorgiaAfter a lackluster performance at Georgia's Pro Day, Jones must excel in private workouts to hold this position.
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Sixteen years after contracting Hepatitis C, Pamela Anderson revealed that she has been cured of the viral liver disease.
The 48-year-old "Baywatch" alum shared the news on Instagram, where she celebrated by sharing a naked picture of herself. The announcement comes on the heels of a new FDA-approved treatment she tried over the summer.
"I am CURED!!! - I just found out #nomorehepc #thankyou #blessing #family #prayer #live I pray anyone living with Hep C can qualify or afford treatment. It will be more available soon," she captioned the sexy pic. "I know treatment is hard to get still...#dontlosehope #itworkedforme #thereisacure #love #happy #americanliverfoundation #celebration #Idontknowwhattodo #iwanttohelp"
Doctors diagnosed Anderson in 2002. She claimed she contracted it after sharing a tattoo needle with now ex-husband Tommy Lee. Before trying this new treatment plan, Anderson had experimented with other alternative medicines. She previously told People magazine that her diagnosis originally felt like a "death sentence."
"I think it really worked on my self esteem," she revealed. "Even though I may have looked confident on the outside, I think it really was a dark cloud that lingered over me."
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Prior to this new treatment, the virus was considered incurable. "I don't have any liver damage and I don't have any side effects," she told the magazine. "I'm living my life the way I want to but it could have eventually have caused me some problems and so it was a real blessing that I was able to get the medicine. I'm half way there.
"I'm really excited," she continued. "I feel good. I feel so blessed."


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SeniorNet Introduces a New Series of Skill Courses
Since 1986 SeniorNet Learning Centers have made a difference to several million seniors by providing a variety of courses on a variety of computer related topics.
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Here is another reading pick from the Logan Library Staff.
Book: Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
Recommended by: Lois, Associate Librarian
Major Ernest Pettigrew doesn't realize what a lonely widower he is until me meets Jasmina Ali, a village shop owner. The embodiment of British duty and pride, the Major negotiates landmines of greed, selfishness, culture and romance in this charming, witty novel. Take a walk through the modern English countryside with the unforgettable Major Pettigrew. You won't regret a minute spent in his company!
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Here is another reading pick from the Logan Library Staff.
Book: Spaceheadz by Jon Scieszka
Recommended by: Becky, Children's Librarian
Michael begins fifth grade at a new school and discovers that aliens have invaded our planet, in the form of two kids who learned how to speak English by listening to TV advertisments. They have a mission: save the Earth by convincing 3,140,001 kids to be SPHDZ. But with a hamster as their leader, an Anti-Alien Agency on their trail, and only one personMichaelwho believes them, they have a tough job ahead! This is a quirky book with off-the-wall humor that should really appeal to kids who like the Wimpy Kid series.
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2012: Year of the infrastruggle
Don't let yourself be dazzled by bright lights and other storage bling -- the hardware might be cool to look at, but it's the software that's going to make a difference.
- Jon Toigo, Toigo Partners International
Don't let yourself be dazzled by bright lights and other storage bling -- the hardware might be cool to look at, but it's the software that's going to make a difference.
It's always geeky fun to dig down and explore the nuances among storage hardware products, but I'm finding those discussions increasingly irrelevant. To paraphrase an insight offered by fictional Cosmonaut Lev Andropov in the 1998 movie Armageddon, "Components. American components, Russian components, all made in Taiwan!"
Simply put, all disk drives in enterprise arrays come from one of three sources. The chassis or trays into which drives are mounted come from one of four or five providers. Cable harnesses, connectors, adapters and so on all come from the same suppliers. Even the cabinets into which these components are mounted come from a common supply chain, with the key difference in their cost to vendors, I'm told, being color. Black is the most expensive choice.
That makes the bezel plate on the front of the box, customized with a logo and sometimes tricked out with neon lights, the real hardware differentiator.
Pardon me while I yawn.
Look, storage just isn't sexy. That seems to be by design, dating back to the late '50s/early '60s when the IBM RAMAC guys discovered how to make disk platters rust (using the same paint that produced the pukey reddish color on the Golden Gate Bridge) so you could write data on them.
Storage just isn't supposed to be to information technology what haute couture is in fashion. This devil doesn't wear Prada.
The best arrays don't require a lot of special care or hand washing. They're designed to be hit hard, to deliver performance consistently and to demonstrate durability over their service life. Storage is supposed to be as reliable as a beat-up, all-weather work truck, not a slick luxury car that requires a thousand dollar tune-up every week it's driven in traffic.
Metaphor limit exceeded, I can now get to the reason for this piece. Typical of this season in the marketing calendars of the storage industry, I'm being inundated with email and phone requests from vendor PR flacks seeking to brief me on their product lineups for the new year.
One told me they had improved on EMC's VMAX architecture with their forthcoming rig, something that piqued my interest ever so slightly. So, I listened to the rest of the pitch: The vendor's new rig will be tricked out with LED lights that make the unit "appear to breathe" as it processes I/O -- a much more dynamic effect than EMC's static blue neon glow tubes.
I was floored. Killjoy that I am, my mind moved immediately to a consideration of all of the coal-fired power plants generating the electricity used by these breathing lights, and their airborne emissions that are linked to asthma attacks in children at recess in nearby school yards. Does anyone else think that making the array appear to breathe may be ultimately less important than whether my kids can breathe?
The PR flack took my laughter as encouragement and stressed that this feature was really, really important, since embellishing arrays with lights seems to get a positive response from otherwise jaded storage buyers. If true, I'm forced to conclude that IQs among storage buyers have dropped sharply since I last checked. That thought threw me into a funk over the holidays.
Ultimately, I've consoled myself with the idea that the real storage "infrastruggle" this year will have little to do with "breathing lights." As I read the tea leaves, the battle over storage is shaping up on two distinct fronts. The first one is implied in the notion that hardware doesn't count as much as software anymore. Storage decisions will increasingly focus on software functionality and compatibility.
As hardware becomes increasingly commoditized, software functionality is being added, either to array controllers in an effort to differentiate the common products of one vendor from those of another, or into an abstraction layer somewhere above and outside of the hardware itself to facilitate sharing of functionality across all rigs. Choosing between these strategies is one battle I expect to see many firms wage in 2012. Much ink will be spilled over the relative value of smarter storage arrays vs. smarter storage infrastructure, probably with VMware bringing the issue to a head with the introduction of its variant of storage virtualization hypervisors.
Another closely related battle will have to do with compatibility. Both of the aforementioned storage software approaches carry with them heavily nuanced issues of compatibility where an incorrect choice could well result in an expensive balkanization of storage. Storage array x may not work with storage virtualization software y, or even with application software z. This debate will cause a lot of skirmishing and bog down the prosecution of that front of the infrastruggle.
That, in turn, may well drive the other front in the storage war, which will take the form of a classic battle of homegrown storage solutions vs. outsourcing. Public storage clouds will be appealing to companies that (1) have laid off most of their storage-savvy techies through austerity budgeting; (2) have continued to grow their volume of data in unmanaged ways; and (3) are willing to believe the "marketecture" around "cheap, no maintenance, silver bullet disk drives in the sky" services. Hopefully, networking folks will be able to re-educate decision makers regarding the vicissitudes of latency and jitter in wide-area networking, correcting for the disinformation manifest in the product pitches of the cloudies and their backers among the deduplication software peddlers and telco service providers. The fact that smaller payloads and greater bandwidth don't alter the physics of pushing electrons over distance on a shared pipe really needs more "illumination," certainly more than the cabinets in which the disks are stored.
Assuming that anyone wants to consider fact-based analyses anymore, advancing a physics-based argument, supplemented by a hard-headed cost and risk assessment of cloud storage, might also stabilize the lines of the second front of the storage infrastruggle. That would give us a bit more time to consider strategically what needs to be done to win the real war of storage efficiency.
BIO: Jon William Toigo is a 30-year IT veteran, CEO and managing principal of Toigo Partners International, and chairman of the Data Management Institute.


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I ran 3800kms altogether. That's an average of 73km per week. Not too bad. And in 2006 my weight dropped from a consistent 67kg to a consistent 64kg. (This weight reduction all happened in the first three months.)
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1. I will be looking to exceed 80km per week all 2007.
2. I would like to spend more quality time with my friends.
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WatchTeeV is the newest site by the same guy that brought us The Art of Apparel. This brand new site is dedicated to collecting and posting videos that are all about the T-Shirt. Topics range from professionalism, to screen printing to preparing designs. It's a great place to find videos focused on the tee industry. Although the selection is a bit sparse at the moment, we can expect to see the number of videos rise as the site takes off.
The idea is the brainchild of the members at the tee forum, Emptees, who discussed such a site during an online chat session. Hillman also known as MadeByMas on Emptees, took the idea and ran with it and was was able to do a great job on the new site. Although still in beta mode, users can submit video links that the admin can review and then post on the site. Hopefully I can add some of my videos on there in the future! Check out WatchTeeV!Â