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CIOs sell enterprise desktop virtualization with mobility
Enterprise desktop virtualization is getting a boost from iPad-wielding execs -- and all the other mobile warriors. Success is knowing user needs.
- Linda Tucci, Editor at Large
Blame it on the iPad -- and on the millions of other mobile devices in the hands of workers as they go about their jobs. Statistics are hard to come by, but mobility just might be the killer use case for virtualizing the desktop, according to CIOs and industry experts. The growing appetite for using smartphones and tablets to access desktops remotely -- even if only in a pinch and only for limited use -- appears to be accelerating deployments of enterprise desktop virtualization.
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"I can't quantify it, but there is a link," said David Johnson, senior analyst at Cambridge, Mass.-based Forrester Research Inc. "Mobility is a tipping-point issue for desktop virtualization."
Abha Kumar, head of corporate systems integration at The Vanguard Group Inc., understands the connection. The Valley Forge, Pa.-based mutual fund investment firm (which, unlike some of its competitors, does not have storefront offices) thinks of itself as a virtual company. In recent years it has equipped its workers -- or crew members, as they are called -- with the technology required to communicate with each other remotely, from videoconferencing to more than 1,000 SharePoint sites.
"All the technologies that we use are not interconnected with each other, so we are constantly looking at pieces to bridge the technology gap," Kumar said. "Ultimately we would like all of this to be seamless. So, one of the things we are looking at is desktop virtualization. IT is piloting desktop virtualization for training employees and with small groups of people."
The potential benefits of enterprise desktop virtualization are not anything new for CIOs and their IT teams. Done right, virtualizing the desktop simplifies the provisioning of new desktops, lowers the cost of deploying new applications and maintaining old ones, and reduces downtime when hardware fails. It also can help IT squeeze every last drop out of creaky workstations. The No.1 reason for doing desktop virtualization, according to studies from Nemertes Research Inc., is desktop management. That was the reason cited by 64% of the 250 IT professionals Nemertes interviewed for its most recent annual survey of IT leaders.
Desktop virtualization comes with high startup costs
The startup costs to reap the benefits of desktop virtualization, however, can be significant. It's expensive to upgrade a network, install the server infrastructure, manage the capacity of that infrastructure effectively and shift storage from the desktop to the data center. Plus, very few companies have had virtual desktops long enough to establish an ROI, consultants are quick to point out.
Virtualizing the desktop to support mobility shifts the emphasis from an IT operations-centric initiative to a user-focused service -- and that shift can make all the difference. "You are giving somebody something they didn't have before. It's not just taking out costs; you are adding value," Forrester's Johnson said. "CIOs are selling their desktop virtualization initiatives with mobility."
A large retail clothing chain's IT execs, with whom Johnson recently spoke, are a case in point. After a concerted campaign by the IT department for virtualizing desktops to simplify and improve desktop support, the chain recently gave the project the green light. Desktop manageability and flexibility played into the decision. "But the thing that sealed the deal was the executive push. They wanted to get access to information they would otherwise have had a hard time getting when they were outside the office," Johnson said. The added cost to provide that quick access was deemed a fair tradeoff.
From IT skunkworks to executive suite
The demand for the "at my fingertips" convenience of mobile computing is starting to spur full-scale virtual desktop deployments, agreed John Burke, principal research analyst and desktop virtualization expert at Mokena, Ill.-based Nemertes. "Because the virtual desktop is running inside the data center, it has extremely fast access to any data folks reach normally when they are at their desks. We're definitely seeing a connection," he said.
We are constantly looking at pieces to bridge the technology gap. … One of the things we are looking at is desktop virtualization.
Abha Kumar, head of corporate systems integration, The Vanguard Group Inc.
Although the firm's latest annual survey did not ask directly about a link between supporting mobility and desktop virtualization, "many people did speak to us about that as being a use case they wanted to support," Burke said, for the following three reasons:
- Improve remote access to desktop tools with a mobile-enabled device.
- Improve security by providing an alternative to storing information on a mobile device.
- Improve productivity by giving users access to the fullest range of tools wherever they were working.
The push is even more notable because until quite recently, mobility "was nearly irrelevant" to virtualizing desktops, Burke said. "It was a cool thing that the IT folks did for themselves because it was great to sit with your iPhone to reboot servers instead of having to go back to the computer to do it. That kind of motivation doesn't do very much to advance a [virtual desktop infrastructure] project or require one," he said. "It was done as a skunkworks thing for IT."
The "skunkworks thing" has moved to the executive suite, thanks mainly to the invasion of tablets in the enterprise, the iPad in particular, Burke and other experts said. In addition to their larger screen size, tablets' higher screen resolution and foldable keyboards have made it easier to for users to interact with desktop apps. On the technical side, latency issues have been significantly mitigated -- if not solved -- because of improvements in Internet performance generally and in protocols for communications between receivers and clients. "Microsoft's Remote Desktop Protocol, PCoIP (PC over IP) or HDX from Citrix Systems are much better at giving you a PC-like experience," Burke said.
The human challenge in virtualizing the desktop
The biggest challenge CIOs will face when they deploy desktop virtualization to support mobile workers is the "human side," according to Forrester's Johnson. "We find that when companies try to drive this from the data center team, chances are they have overlooked some pretty fundamental factors for how people are going to use this stuff," he said.
Forrester recommends assembling a "hybrid" IT team that ranges from data center and desktop experts to folks who understand the various populations of users in the enterprise. IT needs to understand remote access to the desktop from the user's perspective. "There are a lot of challenges and nuances to consider. It comes down to end-user and business role personas in the organization," Johnson said.
No one has to tell that to Rick Roy, CIO at Madison, Wis.-based CUNA Mutual Group. He's in the middle of revaluating the desktop infrastructure for the insurance giant's 4,000 employees, including replacing as many as 2,000 laptops with iPads for the firm's independent sales force and adopting a bring your own device, or BYOD, policy. A year into the project, Roy's team has surveyed users extensively on the computing equipment they use for work, from desktop and laptops to mobile devices. "Getting our heads wrapped around this was a tremendous effort," he said, adding that the team ended up creating 18 personas (types of users) before making any decisions. In his view, virtual desktops, which his IT team is engineering now, ultimately will be a cost saver.
Vanguard's Kumar also is going slow with her desktop virtualization, carefully vetting which desktop applications can be accessed effectively, to avoid frustrating users, she said. For example, accessing some applications using fingertips as opposed to a mouse, "has issues," she added. And, as a business that is subject to strict regulations, security is another big concern for Vanguard. "Right now, we keep piloting with small groups," she said, as opposed to a full-scale project.
As for whether the mobility bet will play out -- well, Google Inc. just bought Motorola Mobility, didn't it?
Let us know what you think about the story; email Linda Tucci, Senior News Writer.


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Mike Pence called out President Barack Obama on Friday for indirectly referring to Donald Trump as a demagogue, saying "name calling" has "no place in public life," NBC News reported.
Pence told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt he felt it was "unfortunate" that the president would use a term like that during his comments about Trump during his speech at the Democratic National Convention.
The president took a swipe at Trump on Wednesday, but didn't attach the demagogue label directly to Trump: "Anyone who threatens our values, whether fascists or communists or jihadists or homegrown demagogues, will always fail in the end," Obama said.
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Pence has promised to run a campaign free from personal attacks. But his comments back up against Trump's use of derogatory nicknames over the last year including: "Little Michael Bloomberg", "Crooked Hillary" [Clinton], "Corrupt [Tim] Kaine", "Liddle Marco [Rubio]", "Lyin' Ted" [Cruz], "Crazy Bernie" [Sanders], "Goofy" [Elizabeth Warren] and "Low Energy Jeb" [Bush].


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John McCain's SimCity Energy Plan
For those of you not in the cultural "know," Sim‐City is a long‐standing series of computer games which asks the player to essentially play the role of a Stalinist super‐planner. What to build, where to build, and how people are to relate to all those buildings in your custom‐designed city is up to you, the all‐knowing, all‐powerful uber‐planner.
It's all good fun in the privacy of your own home (I guess), but is this the sort of game we want the next President to play? I'm going to go out on a limb and say no. John McCain, however, seems to disagree.
Consider, for instance, John McCain's call earlier this week for the United States to build 45 new nuclear power plants by 2030 and another 55 sometime after that. The first question that comes to mind is, why 45? Did the McCain brain trust engage in some high level economic computer modeling to discover that the optimum number of new nuclear power plants is not 42, 47, or some other number … but the nice, round number of 45? I'm going to guess that they did not. I'm going to surrender to my cynical alter‐ego and posit that, if one were to ask the question, "Sen. McCain, how exactly did you come to the determination that the economically optimal number of new nuclear power plants is 45 new facilities over the next 22 years?" the answer you would get would likely be totally incomprehensible.
There are two ways we can go on energy policy. We can leave the decisions about what to build and when to build to market actors (disciplined as they are by hard costs and incentivized as they are by the pursuit of profit), or we can leave that task to political uber‐planners who are not disciplined by either but are disciplined by campaign contributions, polling data, and periodic popularity contests. Call me a crazy ideologue, but I suspect that the economy would prove more efficient with the former rather than the latter approach.
Note: The reason we hear politicians like John McCain talk so much about the need for the federal government to promote nuclear power is because investors in the private sector take one look at the economics and run screaming for the hills. Investment banks tell utilities who want to borrow money to build these things that not one red cent will be coming their way unless and until the federal taxpayer guarrantees that the entire loan will be repaid in case of default. If nuclear power were such a good economic bet, those taxpayer guarantees would not be necessary.


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More for Easter
Of course when we think of Easter we think of eggs, boiling, decorating and even hiding them. Don't waste the boiled eggs you can use them in a variety of easy yummy recipes!
Poor eggs they got a bad reputation when everyone was beginning to understand the problems with high cholesterol. But believe me, the health benefits out weigh all that bad press. Eggs are a great source of protein. Numerous vitamins, including vitamin A, potassium and many B vitamins like folic acid, choline and biotin, are also packed into this breakfast staple. In fact, very few foods share the same diverse nutrient makeup available in a single egg. Many of these are specifically needed for the health of the nerves and the brain. Through the years, all fats have become public enemies, often blamed for an increased risk of heart disease. Many diets recommend using the egg white in place of the whole egg, but you must know that the yolk is where many of the vitamins and nutrients are found. Eggs contain the right kind of fat. One egg contains just 5 grams of fat and only 1.5 grams of that is saturated fat. So do not be afraid of enjoying the incredible egg!
Chunky Egg Salad
1/2 medium red onion, chopped
12 large eggs, boiled
1 stalk celery (with leaves), chopped
1/2 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill
2 tablespoons whole-grain mustard
1 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
2 teaspoons kosher salt
Freshly ground black pepper
In a small bowl, soak the onions in cold water, for 15 minutes. Drain.
Peel the eggs and cut into sixths. In a large bowl, mix together the onion, celery, mayonnaise, dill, mustard, lemon juice, and salt.
Add the eggs to the mayonnaise mixture and gently mix them together. Season with pepper to taste. Use in sandwiches, with lettuce and tomatoes, or in a salad.
Warmed Up Deviled Eggs
(I am huge fan of Sriracha and cilantro so this is a real favorite!)
6 hard-boiled eggs
1/3 cup sour cream
¼ cup of crumbled bacon (for a different twist you can cook up some pancetta bits)
1 teaspoon Sriracha (hot Asian chili sauce)
½ teaspoon Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon chopped cilantro
¼ teaspoon lime zest
1 teaspoon fresh lime juice
Salt to taste
Mash hard-boiled egg yolks, sour cream, bacon (or pancetta bits), Sriracha, cilantro, Dijon mustard, lime zest, lime juice and salt. Spoon into the egg whites; top with more lime zest.
Healthier Cobb Salad
3 tablespoons white-wine vinegar
2 tablespoons finely minced red onion
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
10 cups mixed salad greens
8 ounces shredded cooked chicken breast,
2 large eggs, hard-boiled, peeled and chopped
2 medium tomatoes, diced
1 large cucumber, seeded and sliced
1 avocado, diced
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3 tablespoons nonfat plain Greek yogurt
3 tablespoons reduced-fat mayonnaise
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
1/8 teaspoon salt
8 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
1/2 cup finely chopped carrot
1/2 cup chopped cucumber, peeled and seeded if desired
1/4 cup sliced scallions
Combine yogurt, mayonnaise, pepper and salt in a medium bowl.
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- Open cars (convertibles) must have rollover protection which meets or exceeds the specs found here. No SUVs are permitted on track.
- Equal restraints (seats and belts) are required for driver and instructor and must be securely mounted to stock mounting points or directly to the frame.
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- Five – 25 minute Run Groups
Double Infield Course
The 2.5 mile Double Infield configuration is comprised of the newly paved and widened North Course, the front straight, Long Pond straight and the newly paved and widened South Course. Upon driving down the front straight in the opposite direction of NASCAR, you will enter the Northern Infield (North Course). After completing the northern infield, you will enter back onto the NASCAR Superspeedway just prior to NASCAR Turn 2. You will then proceed down Long Pond Straight where just prior to NASCAR Turn 1 you will brake and enter the South Infield where once completed, you will proceed on to the front straight and pass over the start/finish completing one lap.
New to HPDE?
Our annual One-Day High Performance Driver Education Event (HPDE) at Pocono is an excellent event to have your first taste of the track. High Performance Driving is NOT racing however, it does provide you with the rare opportunity to push your car's limits in a safe and fun environment. Students receive one on one in car instruction from a certified HPDE Instructor. Our instructors have countless track days with the most renowned Driver Education and Racing organizations. Audi Club North America, Porsche Club of America, BMW Car Club of America, Corvette Club of America, National Auto Sport Association and the Sports Car Club of America just to name a few.
Classroom sessions will be held at the event as well. All beginner and intermediate students are required to attend the classroom sessions held at the event. This is an excellent opportunity to discuss with the classroom instructor and other students vehicle dynamics and driving techniques.
As a student, you will learn:
- Proper Cockpit Etiquette
- HPDE Terminology
- The Line around the track
- Threshold Braking
- Turn in, Apex and Track out
- Oversteer/Understeer
- Car Control
- Proper Passing and Passing Signals
- Optical Awareness
High Performance Driving is an excellent way for drivers to improve their daily driving habits. Many students will notice changes from attending just one HPDE event. Taking the knowledge gained from an HPDE experience and utilizing it on the street is the ultimate defense for the real world.
Pre-Event Tech Inspection
The Pre-Event Tech Inspection is a safety inspection that Audi Club NJ requires all cars participating in the event to undergo. No Exceptions. All participants must have their cars inspected by a Certified Mechanic within 2 weeks of the event and allow enough time to fix any issues which are uncovered. The Certified Mechanic must complete and sign our Pre-Event Tech Inspection Form. Failure to have this inspection completed prior to the event will disqualify you from participation in the event and your entry fee will be forfeited.
Most dealerships and automotive repair facilities will preform the Pre-Event Tech Inspection at no charge.
*Brake Fluid must be flushed prior to the event.
**Instructors may self-tech
Classes and Run Groups
All participants will be organized into different classes and run groups. During the online registration process, registrants will be asked to select one of three different classes: Student, Advanced/Solo and Instructor.
Students – Participants who require an instructor in the car.
Advanced/Solo – Participants who do Not require an instructor in the car.
Instructor – Certified as an instructor with ACNA or any other recognized HPDE club/organization. Instructors who have not instructed with ACNA-NJ before, must contact the Chief Instructor Scott Lynn (email@example.com) before registering.
In addition to your class you will select a Run Group. There are four different levels of Run Groups.
Green – Little to no HPDE experience. Requires an Instructor.
Yellow – Some HPDE experience. Requires an Instructor.
Blue/White – This is a mixed level of experience. Some students still require an Instructor (Blue) and some do not require an Instructor (White). This is an intermediate/advanced group, a certain amount of track days required.
Red/Black – This is an advanced group. Red Group drivers must meet a certain amount of track days. Black Group drivers must be Instructors.
*Registrations for upper level Run Groups will be reviewed and assigned upon confirmation of track experience.
Student Instructor Assignments
Students and Instructors will receive their assignments approximately 2 weeks before the event. It is recommended that instructors contact their students prior to the event to introduce themselves and answer any questions the student may have about them or driving on track.
Track Pack
Prior to the event, all confirmed registrants will receive an email containing an event information packet. This PDF will contain all the information you will need to know for the event. Including the official schedule, run group assignments, rules, policies, event tech form, etc.
Arriving at Pocono
The morning of Friday, May 6th, the track gate will open at 7:00 am. Attendees will drive through the registration line prior to entering the paddock. Participants will receive an Event Track Pack. This package will contain your wristband, car number, lanyard, your pre-ordered t-shirt (if purchased during the online registration), student/instructor assignment, schedule, track map and other essential materials for the event.
Event Tech Inspection
After registration, participants can park in the garage or paddock areas. Garage space is available on a first come first serve basis. Participants must completely empty their cars before proceeding to the tech line. This includes but is not limited to: EZ passes, radar detectors, floor matts, tools, water bottles, luggage, spare parts, etc. Once the car is completely empty, please place your car numbers (found in the Track Package) on the rear side windows of the car. Be sure to bring your completed Pre-Event Tech form, our tech team will ask for it. Then proceed to the Event Tech Line located in garages #1 and #2.
The Event Tech Inspection will open sharply at 7:00 am and close sharply at 8:00 am.
Drivers' Meeting
There is a mandatory drivers meeting located in the garage at 8:00 am.
Instructors' Meeting
The instructors meeting will be held in the classroom located in the ARCA building at 8:00 am.
First Run Group will proceed to staging (Pit Lane) after the Drivers' Meeting. First car will be out on track at 8:30 am.
If you have any questions please contact the Chief Instructor and Event Master Scott Lynn at: firstname.lastname@example.com


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WESTMINSTER, Md. – Trailing 6-3 entering the bottom of the ninth, five of McDaniel's six batters reached base to notch a 7-6 Centennial Conference (CC) baseball victory over Dickinson on Friday.
Brandon Hayward (Salisbury, Md./J.M. Bennett) led the offense with three hits but it was Marshall Betts (Berlin, Md./Stephen Decatur) who delivered the game-winning hit for the Green Terror (17-8, 5-5 CC), who recorded its first season sweep of the Red Devils (17-11, 4-6 CC) since 2003.
Steven Haynes paced Dickinson with three hits and two RBIs.
After Matt Bejsiuk (Moorestown, N.J./Moorestown) worked around a leadoff single in the top of the ninth to keep it a three-run game, Tyler Jackow (Colonia, N.J./Colonia) started the rally with a base knock through the left side of the infield.
Patrick Christopher (Union Beach, N.J./St. John Vianney) followed by tucking an 0-2 pitch just inside the foul-line in right field that rolled out of play for a ground-rule double.
After reliever Garrett Horan, who spent the first eight-plus innings on the other side of the battery, got a strikeout, some heads up base running by Ricky LaSota (Burtonsville, Md./Paint Branch) turned a two-run knock up the middle into a double.
James Chiorello (East Windsor, N.J./Lawrenceville Prep) followed with a ball right back up the middle that the shortstop got to behind the bag but no one was at first when he spun to make the throw, which went out of play to give Chiorello second. LaSota had already rounded third and was awarded home for the tying run.
After Jack Dowd (Friendship, Md./Bishop McNamara) replaced Chiorello on second base, Betts fouled off a 1-1 offering before dropping the ball just to the right side of center field, plating Dowd with the winning run and McDaniel's first walk-off win on its home field since the opening day of the 2009 season.
Hayward led off the home third with a single to center before a breaking ball bounced 10 feet in front of home plate. An errant throw allowed Hayward to take third before scoring on a LaSota RBI groundout.
Jordan Kaufman laced a one-out triple into right field that got by a diving right fielder and rolled to the wall.
With two outs, a field error prolonged the inning and allowed Kaufman to score with the tying run.
An inning later, Haynes laced a one-out single back up the middle before Horan put a ball down the third-base line that was called fair and rolled all the way down the left-field line and out of play for a ground-rule double.
A fielding error allowed Haynes to score and kept runners at the corners before a walk to Kaufman loaded the bases.
James Santoro's two-out single up the middle scored Horan and Rosa for a 4-1 lead.
Back-to-back walks to Christopher and Hayward on eighth straight pitches to lead off the bottom of the fifth coupled with a wild pitch allowed both runners to score when LaSota roped a ball under a diving first baseman for a double down the line and 4-3 game.
A leadoff walk to Ben Sciambi to lead off the eighth ended Andrew Monger's (Ellicott City, Md./Mt. Hebron) day after seven strikeouts and four walks. David Pisauro (Macungie, Pa./Emmaus) got the first batter he faced to pop out before allowing a single to Matt Tuneski, who took second on the throw.
After a fourth-pitch intentional walk to Andrew Sterling, Haynes singled home Sciambi and Tuneski for the 6-3 lead.
Bejsiuk picked up his first win of the season with one strikeout in the ninth inning.
LaSota added two hits and a career-high five RBIs. Chiorello, Betts and Jackow also contributed two hits apiece.
McDaniel returns to action in a doubleheader at Swarthmore on Saturday. The first game begins at 12:30 p.m.


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Find, Focus, Finish
One of the biggest ships in the Royal Caribbean fleet became home to our Eagle Managers this year. Can you imagine the sheer size a ship must be to fit thousands of FBOs and have an ice rink, a performance theater, dozens of retail stores, several restaurants, multiple swimming pools and thousands of guest rooms? The Freedom of the Seas, the aptly named ship we were on, is more than 338 meters long and has 18 decks in total!
Sure, the sheer number of people the cruise ship could hold was amazing, but the power of this machine and how it was run by the crew is what really fascinated me. On our last day, I had the opportunity to tour the Bridge of the ship, where the Captain does all the work. It was really amazing to think that with just a few simple instruments, he could turn this towering ship with ease. Watching as this enormous ship was controlled so precisely by just a small joystick and a few throttles was a reminder of the simple things we do that have a massive impact on our business.
The focus of this year's Eagle Manager's Retreat training was on three objectives – Find, Focus, Finish. Find: Define your goals. What do you want out of your Forever business journey? Map it. Focus: How will you make it a reality? Take the controls into your hands. Finish: Make the commitment to achieve what you set out to and don't let anything sway you. Your business might seem like a big thing with a lot of moving parts, but just like this massive ship, by just mastering a few small things, you can have a lot of power and momentum! And, if you treat your qualification period like you need to board the ship before it leaves, you'll be guaranteed to make it every time.
Now, set your sights on reaching the finish line for Global Rally and Eagle Manager's Retreat 2018. As we are in the last quarter of the year, I am confident that if you apply Find, Focus, Finish to your business there will be nothing stopping you from joining us to celebrate our 40th anniversary in the United States.
Keep Smiling,
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Welcome to Skidmores
Skidmores was started in 1919 when Stanley Hugh Skidmore arrived in Weston-super-Mare to convalesce after being injured in the First World War.
The family found their ideal location in Worle High Street and set about serving the local community with household goods and services, priding themselves on personal and traditional good service. This has remained as the ethos of the company through the years and very much in evidence today.


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Diabetic Foot Care: Read about diabetic foot care. Causes of foot problems in people with diabetes include footwear, nerve damage, poor circulation, trauma, infections, and smoking. Symptoms of foot problems in persons with diabetes include persistent pain, redness of the skin, leg or feet swelling, claudication, hard shiny skin on the legs, localized warmth around the wound, drainage or pus from the would, difficulty walking, fever, red streaking away from the wound, new or lasting numbness in the legs or feet. Any break in the skin can result in serious infection. Treatment depends upon the location and severity of the wound or problem. Amputation of the leg or foot is sometimes necessary.
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High Blood Sugar (Hyperglycemia) High blood sugar (hyperglycemia) is when the body's blood sugar rises. Blood sugar levels can be measured using a blood glucose meter. Diabetes mellitus is a common cause of high blood sugar. Symptoms include dry mouth, thirst, frequent urination, and fatigue. Treatment includes diet, exercise, and medications
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Letter to the Editor: We can learn something from TDRPD votes
Last Thursday, the board of the Truckee-Donner Recreation & Park District approved a $7 million aquatic center and denied a program to feed the poor.Parents of children who use the old rec center are concerned that the children might encounter poor and homeless people. It seems like an excellent teaching opportunity to me. What kind of town is Truckee?Jack KashtanTruckee


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Torn asunder, the delicate balance of power between the kingdom of Ehb's powerful factions has fallen apart. As one of the few remaining members of the disgraced protectors of the land, the 10th Legion, it is up to you to rebuild the once great Legion and stop Ehb from falling into darkness. Joined by a group of unique companions, you will travel through the striking land of Ehb defeating all manner of villains and beasts through a combination of heroic abilities, screen shaking magic and fearsome weapons.
When will my order be dispatched?
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Our standard delivery option is FREE in the UK via Royal Mail First Class, with large or high value orders sent via Parcelforce courier service. Delivery to Europe (from an additional £2 per item) and other Worldwide countries (from an additional £4 per item) are sent via Royal Mail International who work with trusted delivery partners to deliver to the destination country.
We also offer a guaranteed Special Next Day service* on this item for UK delivery at an additional cost from £5.95, which is guaranteed to be delivered before 1pm the following day or we'll refund the postage cost!
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Do you recall these toys?
My 36 year old cousin cleaned out his closet and found these old Star Wars toys. He played with them in 1983 or so.
A Millennium Falcon
I think this is a landing craft
I was never a fan of Star Wars and haven't seen any of the films in their entirety, it was just not my thing (as a kid I gravitated to stories which took place on earth, Nancy Drew and the like); however, the Star Wars stories were very influential and enjoyed by many people close to me.
Lily will never forget the hot summer day when our car broke down and she watched Star Wars with her grandfather. Lily is very interested in the Star Wars story and trivia. She also enjoys illustrating pictures from her Lego Star Wars Visual Dictionary.
After some deliberation, we decided not to keep these toys at our home and send them up to my nephew and said that she could play with them when she visited his house. I thought Lily would be upset, but she was completely fine with that decision. She wrapped the toys and decorated the boxes with ewoks and everything was okay.
Have a great day!
PS If you like crafty Star Wars projects, I have a pinterest board called "One Crafty Star Wars".


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Illuminati, yeah yeah yeah! Rolling my damn eyes. Neo where the hell is the emoticons man?
The Rhinna part is the most stupid of all.
Jay Z says "I am what I am" and that is a problem?
The Diamond shape Jay Z has been doing for years? Roca Fella, damn! But anyway it doesn't matter, keep believing in whatever you want to believe!
Prince says two people inside of him and that is a problem? People don't understand creativity. Michael Jackson was a different person on stage. Creativity, people! Jigger talked about being possessed by the spirits, that's because he goes into some kind of trance when rapping. Creativity!
Sold my soul to the devil. Lol. Figure of speech. But hey, these guys wanna put something else to that. Ok.
Children! These guys who are scared of I don't know what and they will always pull crap like this on the net. Videos like these are all over the net editing artists words and insinuating they meant this and that. Keep getting scared.
quophi remember that Matrix video Mantash pulled once? Every shape is supposed to be illuminti, hey, my laptop, the screen and this google chrome page, hmm, there is a triangle formed at the edge on the left, the left hand side, the illuminiti, they are here too? Crap!


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Welcome back to Scrapbook Update's CHA Top Ten Hot Picks list!
To see all the hot picks posted so far, visit this link. At the end, after I've published all ten of the picks, I'll publish a summary list for easy reference.
So here, in no particular order, is the next hot pick for CHA Summer 2013 (aka Create-n-Connect)…
Teresa Collins' unique signature style is well known to industry watchers. She uses vintage style design elements, but arranges them in a more graphic styled way, with a light airy look, bright modern colors, and adding in a few modern elements to the mix. The result is a style that crosses trend lines. As a consequence, Teresa fared well during the massive popularity of vintage, but is still relevant now that graphic is quickly becoming the industry's dominant design force. Her four lines released at CHA's summer show in Las Vegas only reinforced her power in the market, along with the expansion of her licensing with her name being put on a machine from Craftwell. (She had previously released licensed embossing folders through the company.)
The first of her four new lines – Family Stories – is a theme that seemed to be everywhere at CHA, but no one does it like Teresa does! Combining floral toile, doilies and antique paper prints with hip elements like male and female icons, with a trendy pink, black, and pale turquoise color palette, Teresa created something that has her signature all over it.
Chalkboard was everywhere at the show, and Teresa was all over that trend with her Memorabilia collection. Combining it with yellow, pale turquoise, and a krafty brown, the result is a somewhat lighter (and more usable) touch than some of the other collections selling the look.
Teresa's washi tape and brads for Memorabilia are insanely detailed!
These stickers and die cuts seem heavy on the chalkboard look, but it's because the background is black and it makes the sheet look darker than the designs themselves actually are. It's actually a very nice mix of light colors with some chalkboard.
Halloween also got a lot of black, but no chalkboard here – "Masquerade Party" is created with a regular black for its brocade, spider webs and other spooky stuff! Several of the collection's papers have foil effects on them.
Teresa's stamp set for Masquerade Party reflects the growing trend towards Halloween entertaining, including stamps for creating an invitation.
All of those collections are gorgeous but beyond a doubt, the real jewel of Teresa's summer release was the Christmas collection called "Santa's List". Almost every single item in this collection had me immediately picturing how I would love to use it – the ultimate test of a collection!
Perhaps most notable about this as a Christmas collection is that there isn't barely a sprig of green in sight! The color scheme is red, white and kraft:
Several of the papers are glittered, including this snowflake one, which has glittered red stars:
These brads and washi tape may be the single best Christmas items on the show floor. The brads in particular will be popular with December Daily fans.
The small image sizes on the stamp set makes them very usable for everything from cards to gift tags to Project Life.
The fabulous mini-albums on display seemed aimed to inspire December Daily creators.
If you see Santa's List on the shelf and want it for a holiday project, my advice is to grab it, even if it is still early to think about the holidays – it won't be around long!


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When I decided we'd need to use a cinematographer to capture aerial shots of the World Trade Center as part of Rise -- Red Border Films' story of the men and women who built the tallest building in the western hemisphere -- I knew I wanted to work with Douglas Holgate and his pilot, Rob Marshall. This duo's reputation preceded them, with Holgate having worked on over 75 productions - which range from recent hit Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit to TV show Lost, and from Thor to Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.
Holgate and Marshall worked in unison with me to capture the footage we needed. We had them for just four hours, which I was concerned wouldn't be enough time. On the day of filming, the two took off from Kearney, New Jersey, a few minutes by air away from One World Trade Center, and they circled the tower as we climbed. I had no idea what we were going to end up with, but when they showed us the end result, our biggest problem was figuring out which of their excellent shots to use.
But while his work is consistently of high quality, film wasn't always Douglas Holgate's calling. In fact, he began his working life as a plumber and, funnily enough, for the longest time wanted to avoid his father's profession -- aerial cinematography.
"I didn't want anything to do with what my dad was doing," 56 year old Holgate tells TIME. But in 1986, his dad convinced him to accompany him on a job -- and Holgate's attitude changed. He soon began assisting his father on shoots, something he would continue to do for 15 years until his father retired.
Holgate's first job in film was on Iron Eagle, a 1986 action movie directed by Sidney J. Furie on which he worked as a camera assistant. In the decades since, he's worked on major productions including movies, TV shows, commercials and air shows.
"It's an interesting business because you get to meet a lot of great people, and great pilots," Holgate says. "The fun part about going on location is you meet the local people, and really get the flavor of their lives."
One of the most important parts of Holgate's job is working closely with pilots. In fact, he sees the relationship between pilot and cinematographer as similar to that between different instruments in a symphony.
"You have to know your part, and he has to know his part," Holgate says. "As any photographer knows, capturing fleeting moments [is hard enough], and if a pilot and cinematographer are not working in concert, the moment is gone forever."
But when that relationship works, it really works -- even if it means occasionally engaging in some hair-raising drama. For instance, in Southeast Asia filming Operation Dumbo Drop – a 1995 comedy directed by Simon Wincer – from a Huey helicopter painted with U.S. Army logos, a shot called for footage of a C-130, or large military transport aircraft flying by. The crew started landing on grassy hilltops in the Golden Triangle -- because they were shooting from fixed locations with tripods -- and wandered into the warlord and opium king Khun Sa's territory between Burma and Thailand. Immediately after they landed the army and police took the pilot away and promised: "Next time you guys will be shot down."
While this kind of adventure would likely strike terror into the hearts of most people, it only seems to make Holgate more thrilled about his job.
"[I get to] see the world and get paid for it," he says. "That's pretty incredible. I can't think of doing anything else."
Douglas Holgate and pilot Rob Marshall shot aerial footage of One World Trade Center for Red Border Film's Rise. Both Holgate and Marshall work for NY on Air.
Jonathan Woods is Senior Editor of Photo & Interactive at TIME


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text: Finding out how much you can spend is THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP toward purchasing your new home! You may be approved for more than you think, but you certainly don't want to waste time looking before you know exactly how much you can get a loan for. Find out if you pre-qualify for a home mortgage and how much here!


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Excited to vote in her first ever election, a very pregnant 21-year-old suburban Chicago woman interrupted her trip to the hospital's birthing center with a stop at her local polling station. Galicia Malone's water had already broken, and by the time she arrived to wait in line to cast her ballot, her contractions were coming 5 minutes apart. And now it's official: no one has an excuse to not vote. NOT A ONE PERSON.
According to ABC, after Malone voted, she completed her journey to the hospital, ostensibly to give birth. Apropos of nothing, she looks adorable in the picture she posted to Facebook. If I were in labor and waiting in line, I'd probably look something like this:
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Greg emerged as Mr. Versatile for the Gauchos during his freshman season as he earned appearances in the linup at 1st base and DH as well as on the mound starting 3 games and relieving in 18 others...at the plate Greg excelled in the clutch compiling 3 separate 7 game hit streaks, 66 total hits, and a .347 batting average which was good for 2nd on the squad and fifth in the Big West...finished tied for the team lead with 35 RBI...highlights include a 4-5 game with a double, 3 RBI, and a run against Fresno State on February 28...on the mound Greg was available for spot starts and earned the closing role for the Gauchos...in his 3 starts he struck out 20 in 17.1 innings including a season high 10K against Fresno State on March 13...in relief he led he team with 5 saves...finished the year with a 3-4 record and a 3.88 ERA in 46.1 innings...recieved multiple awards including 2nd Team All Big West honors, Louisville Slugger Freshman All America, and earned a place on the the Two-Way Player watch list.
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Was a three-year letterwinner for head coach Mike Dodd at Westminster High ... He pitched, played outfield and first base for the Lions ... His sophomore year he batted .350 while leading his team in RBI and doubles ... In his junior year he batted .410 with four home runs and led the team in all categories, pitching in 12 games with a 10-2 record and an ERA of 1.60 ... As a senior, he batted .467 with three home runs, and went 8-5 as a pitcher and finished second in the county in strikeouts.
Gregory Norman Mahle was born on April 17, 1993 in Los Alamitos to his parents Greg Sr. and Lessett ... He has three siblings, Tyler, 17, Dennis, 23, and Amber, 25 ... Majoring in business economics ... Greg plans on playing Major League Baseball ... His favorite sports teams are the Dodgers, Lakers, and Philadelphia Eagles ... His favorite movie is Bull Durham and his favorite book is Heads up Baseball ... He likes to listen to Lil Wayne, Drake, and Eminem ... In his free time he likes lifting weights and playing baseball ... Favorite athletes are Kobe Bryant, Cliff Lee, and Andre Ethier ... He likes to watch SportsCenter and Jersey Shore ... He was also recruited by Cal State Fullerton, UCI, and Santa Clara.


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A 25 piece set dress up pack for creating your own fashion styles. There are over 4600 different combinations possible, each with its own unique feel and style.
This pack comes with: 1 x Body base 2 x Hair styles 2 x Blouses 2 x Skirts 2 x Stockings 2 x Shoes 2 x Handbags 2 x Necklaces 2 x Earrings 2 x Lip colors 6 x Eye colors
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Obviously, this is better than tossing them both environmentally and economically. But we still have more than we need, and I had no idea what to do with them. Sell them? Give them away? That is when my Pinterest instinct kicked in and I knew I had to see if I could find some good upcycling projects for them.
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MSR Backcountry Cafe: Green Curry
Photos and Story By Lindsey Kunz This dish is a welcomed alternative to freeze-dried meals and competes with freeze dried packages for weight savings and cook time, thanks to the powdered coconut milk. And I've yet to find someone who doesn't love this dish, both for its taste and for the ease of making it vegan and gluten free. One pot is all you need. Servings: 2 Ingredients 2 bundles thin rice vermicelli noodles (a package of 8 can be purchased at an Asian food market for just over a buck, or you can find in the international section of your grocery store)


text: Mike Suchan, OutdoorChannel.com Himalaya High For Shockeys Jim sees son shine on trip to Nepal while Branlin places more pieces of puzzle Hiking for almost three weeks together chasing animals in the Himalayas, Jim Shockey got a good read on his son, Branlin, and vice versa. Both say they left Nepal with a better understanding of one another, a closer bond, and Branlin began to figure out exactly what makes his father tick.As producer, Branlin was responsible for making sure viewers would be transported with "The Professionals" to Nepal for their epic hunt. By Jim's high standards, his son passed with flying colors."All through it was great. I was learning about Branlin and just seeing really how strong he is as a human being," Jim said when asked if there was one specific moment that stood out. "It was hiking out. We still had days to hike out and all of us were beat, exhausted -- you can probably see it in the footage. We are right at the end of our ropes. You really don't feel like climbing up anymore."Click image to see photos of the Shockeys' hunt in NepalThe team was on a serious uphill journey to a pass in deep, melting snow that broke under foot, making the climb even that more arduous. But Branlin saw an opportunity and climbed another 500 vertical feet with his gear and cameras to the top of the ridge to get some dramatic, faraway shots. "That was totally Bran, knowing he wanted those live shots to make the episode complete," Jim said. "At that instance I realized Bran is the real deal. He's got the whole package. It's one of those moments with pure pride. If you look real closely and zoom in on me, you'll probably see me walking with a little bit of shoulders back and head up and quite proud of what Bran was accomplishing right at that moment." Jim reports that Branlin fared better at altitude than the rest of the crew, which included international hunting expert Corey Knowlton and rookie cameraman Matt Gibson. The latter two began to experience altitude sickness after they hiked to 16,500 feet on consecutive days.Branlin, 26, has been on a number of Jim's hunt, but not that many in recent years as he's focused on the show's production. Growing up, Branlin would see his dad leave for three weeks then only read or see the edited half-hour version of the trip. He had some travels with Jim, namely Tanzania, Australia, Mexico and various North American hunts through the years, and he recently went to Mongolia with Knowlton.But on their first extended hunt in some time, the Shockeys learned much about one another and bonded. They experienced Khatmandu's culture together, spent days in the mountains getting used to the altitude, then days hiking to and from sheep camps as well as time spent on the hunts. "There's no question that I got to know Branlin better," Jim said. "I watched him grow up from when he was tiny, tiny. You think you know somebody you've spent the last 26 years with, and certainly 15 of it very close, but absolutely after that trip Branlin and I were closer. I felt it." Branlin agrees he's closer to his dad, but neither Shockey went in knowing that would happen. Branlin entered the trek with an analytical approach, wondering why Jim chose such a location. Then he not only had to capture that for the world, but for himself. "Most people when they think of Nepal, they think of monasteries and Everest and the Himalayas, but they don't think of being able to go there to hunt," he said. "So it's kind of the thrill being one of the first people to go there."I enjoyed going to Nepal. It was a trip I'm never going to forget. But from an actual documentary side, that sort of drive is really interesting to me and something I had a lot of respect for my dad. But I also have a lot of curiosity of what exactly motivates him and drives him to do that 300 days a year." Dads are allowed to brag on their children and spouses, Jim said, who adds that Bran is far and away the most intelligent person he's known. He said Bran learned to play guitar by locking himself in a room for a month."I don't know how many people even know that about him, but he's a very accomplished acoustic guitarist," Jim said. "He just taught himself on a whim just because he wanted to learn it. He's the same with anything he's ever tried." Yet Jim didn't know how Branlin would perform in the Himalayas, with 10-hour hikes in and out of sheep camps, all at altitudes around or above 14,000 feet. "It's one thing to be mentally tough and creative, but when you're pushed right to your limits physically, that's where someone's character comes out," Jim said. "I mean we're right at the edge of the death zone -- we were at elevations that you can die from -- and Bran did better physically than any of the rest of us. Mentally he was solid like a rock. I was extremely proud."Jim Shockey said hunting counteracts the urbanization of our society and the subsequent weakened familial bonds. Families are being second-graded today as it's become more important what kind of car one drives, what neighborhood one lives in, he added. Hunting brings families closer."Unfortunately a lot of people nowadays in our society are forgetting that," he said. "That's a byproduct of hunting. That's what hunting is about. That Nepal trip, of course, was maybe a little more intense than a hunt in Arkansas for whitetail deer, but on that level it's the exact same thing -- father-son, can be father-daughter, can be any relationship within a family. But it makes you stronger, and that's one of the greatest things about hunting."While Branlin headed to the Himalayas knowing much about his dad, there were still pieces of the puzzle left to place. He admits there's even more to discover."Once we start going on some more trips here and really put them together, hopefully a bigger picture is going to emerge and people can look at that and say maybe I do understand a little bit why Jim does these trips or why he goes in these places that no one really wants to go to necessarily," Branlin said. "And why does he go up there and risk altitude sickness or crashing a helicopter when he has a family at home. "I guess actually I'm curious myself. And part of why I like going on these trips is from a documentary standpoint … I think it's really interesting why guys like my dad or guys like Cory go on these adventures. I think it actually does bring us closer. I guess I am a little bit closer to understanding what drives him to do what he does, but I've still got a few more trips before I totally figure it out."For video of "The Professionals" hunt in Nepal, click here."The Professionals" airs Monday at 9 p.m. ET and Sundays at 4:30 p.m. For more, visit The Professionals Show Page GET THE NEWSLETTER Join the List and Never Miss a Thing. Sign Me Up


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CHILDREN were invited to help make some new artworks for Oxford's Ashmolean Museum.
Over the Easter holidays, children have been recreating six of the museum's most well-known paintings, from Paolo Uccello's Hunt In The Forest to Braque's Still Life, to make a giant interactive game of matching cubes which museum visitors will be able to play with throughout May as part of the Oxfordshire Artweeks festival.
- Jack Campbell, 11, paints Paulo Uccello's The Hunt In The Forest
The collaborative sculptural artwork was the idea of Oxford artist Francesca Shakespeare.
Ms Shakespeare said: "By the end of the afternoon, they'd produced some great work."
In addition to the large game of cubes, children also made and took home their own miniature version of the game featuring the six famous European masterpieces.


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Thursday, December 17, 2009
Five ways not to respond...
…to rejection or reviewers.
1. Suggest that the reviewer kill himself.
In a one-sentence mention of a story by Kevin W. Reardon, an editor said that the story's weak beginning didn't work for him.
On his personal LiveJournal account, the editor had divulged that he was feeling depressed. Someone calling himself Cole replied,
You mentioned, in one of your posts, that you live in an apartment with windows. Is it a high floor? If it is, you should go now to the window …take your cat in your arms and jump… You can make this sense of emptiness end. The pain can be over.
Three guesses as to who Cole is?
Apparently "Cole" moved on to making death threats, but poetic justice soon commenced. If you Google the writer's name, webpages about this debacle take up most of the first page of results. The review did nothing to his career, but his own response (and the subsequent reaction) torpedoed it. As one blogger put it, "This is the only writing you'll ever be remembered for."
2. Brag about how many publishers want the book.
Not only is this tacky, but a lack of knowledge of the industry can make this technique backfire. Lynn Price at Behler Publications rejected a submission, so the writer replied to let her know how many publishers wanted the manuscript.
Wanted it badly.
So badly that 17 publishers responded in three days. And four of those publishers, despite having received only queries from an unpublished writer, asked that writer not to contact anyone else. Not going to happen, on either count.
The writer ends with a suggestion that the book might go to auction ("Opening bid is PublishAmerica, with $1" -- Marian), plus a dire warning to Lynn.
3. Write a long denunciation on Amazon.
Anne Rice reacted to fans' dissatisfaction on Amazon with a response that was as succinct as it was modest. And it's probably not a good idea to say proudly that you now have the "status" of being unedited, but follow it up with the comment,
But I leave it to readers to discover how this complex and intricate novel establishes itself within a unique, if not unrivalled series of book.
4. Tweet the reviewer's contact information.
Alice Hoffman reacted to a negative review with 27 tweets that referred to the reviewer as an "idiot" and a "moron", trashed the newspaper that printed the review and even insulted the city in which the newspaper is distributed. I was waiting for the circle to expand even further – the country in which the reviewer holds citizenship, the species to which the reviewer belongs, etc.
That would have been bad enough, but she then posted the reviewer's phone number and encouraged fans to harass the reviewer.
I didn't know who Alice Hoffman was before Twittergate. Nearly six months after it, I don't remember the titles of any of her books… but I recall what she did on Twitter. There is such a thing as bad publicity.
5. Threaten them with witchcraft.
Slander can cause a major lawsuit from the author and the publisher mentioned, because I will make sure they know about this and dear Jane will have nightmares in 10 fold. Yes, I'm Wicca.
At least, I think that's a warning that the Dark Arts will soon be used in vengeance. It's difficult to tell with writing of that, er, standard.
The Jane of the quote owns the Dear Author website, which exposed Lanaia Lee's plagiarism of a book by David Gemmell. Lee's agent (and I use the term loosely) then posted in defense of her client, and managed to make things even worse with her barely-coherent hints of retribution.
I haven't made an offical threat yet, just words for now.
No doubt she'll cast a Crucio or two when she finds her wand.
17 comments:
- SLC said...
Any actual Wiccan - and not the Harry Potter kind of witch - wouldn't make those comments in the first place. Rule of three and all that karmic return stuff.
However, I did notice a loophole. You said nothing about voodoo dolls. :D
- December 17, 2009 at 2:06 PM
- Kerri Cuev said...
Alright! I like number five!!!
- December 17, 2009 at 3:41 PM
I used to have such respect for Alice Hoffman. Until she did what you mentioned in #4.
- December 17, 2009 at 5:12 PM
- Unknown said...
Good post! I can tell you from personal experience that reacting graciously to an agent's somewhat cruel rebuff actually earned me a second chance with her. It's amazing what taking the high road can do for your career. Having class is NEVER a bad idea.
- December 17, 2009 at 6:01 PM
- Daggers said...
its really very nice article thanks for sharing this with us.
- December 18, 2009 at 1:54 AM
- James Davis Nicoll said...
May I link to this and the preceding article?
- December 18, 2009 at 12:11 PM
D'oh! I thought I was replying to the next article: please amend that to read "and the following article.
- December 18, 2009 at 12:17 PM
- Marian Perera said...
Absolutely! Maybe that'll warn other bloggers too.
- December 18, 2009 at 12:29 PM
- Mary Witzl said...
I am shocked and stunned at all of this stuff, and I just feel SO NAIVE! I had no idea that people got up to things like this! (Other than my students, of course. They threaten, wheedle, and plagiarize all the time.) But proper, published authors? I had no idea.
Anne Rice? Did she REALLY write that? I feel like crying.
- December 18, 2009 at 1:35 PM
- PixelFish said...
Hey, don't forget about Michael Crichton who named a pedophile in one of his books after a reviewer who displeased him ideologically.
And Laurel K. Hamilton who also pulled an Anne Rice with her infamous letter to the "negative readers".
(Oh, I just looked that up and the second hint lands on TV Tropes, where they have a list of DNRs.)
- December 18, 2009 at 1:37 PM
- Paul Riddell said...
Pixelfish, Crichton isn't the most petulant, and not even the least subtle. Besides Roland Emmerich naming the mayor of New York and his assistant "Siskel" and "Ebert" for their negative reviews of Independence Day, I always loved how George Lucas responded to Pauline Kael's very well-thought-out and accurately vicious reviews of Star Wars. Namely, he made a villain named "General Kael" in Willow.
My absolute favorite example, though, involved Allen Steele taking issue with the magazine Science Fiction Eye and its editor over negative reviews of his first book. Instead of letting it ride and acknowledging that "The Last Dangerous Magazine" was read by about 50 people, he wrote a huge revenge fantasy story called "Killing Wabbit" that ran in Science Fiction Age in 1993. Said story was read by about fifty people, too, all of whom were readers of Science Fiction Eye. They (and by extension me, because I was a contributor who was still loyal to the "Eye" at the time) got all torqued out of shape. Nobody else gave a damn.
- December 18, 2009 at 2:30 PM
- Marian Perera said...
slcboston - she later said she wasn't a witch (any more than she was an agent). By then several people had explained the threefold rule and other relevant aspects of Wicca.
They didn't say anything about voodoo dolls, but wouldn't the construction of one require hair clippings or something similar? :)
Kerri : I had at least eight or nine incidents to choose from!
anneskal : I liked Anne Rice's books until Memnoch the Devil came out. I would still have been willing to try a new Rice release, but not after that rant.
- December 18, 2009 at 3:38 PM
Many years ago we were asked by a confused person to review a recording. We disclaimed vigorously that we were not in the business of music reviewing, but then we said "These folks are pretty good. They might grow up to be Spirit." (I did say it was a long time ago.)
Well, that really lit the guy's fuse! He insisted that we "take it back!!" In vain did we point out that it was just an opinion, and one cannot "take back" an opinion.
But he insisted. So, finally, we issued a retraction: "We take it back. On the best day in their lives these people will *never* be Spirit." (My son's comment was "They should be flattered to be mentioned *on the same page* as Spirit.")
- December 18, 2009 at 3:45 PM
- Marian Perera said...
KLM : Thanks! And I agree completely about taking the high road. Writers can unburden themselves to their friends or keep a private blog. But in public... well, the internet has a long memory.
Daggers : Glad you liked it!
Mary : Here's a link to the Anne Rice diatribe. Most authors are very gracious, though - I've criticized several books in reviews and no author has contacted me to complain.
- December 18, 2009 at 3:48 PM
- Marian Perera said...
Thanks for the TV Tropes link PixelFish. Made for some entertaining reading.
- December 18, 2009 at 3:55 PM
- JH said...
More aspiring writers need to get their work beta-read by Marian, it'll toughen their skin right up. ;)
- December 19, 2009 at 9:32 AM
- Marian Perera said...
I was kind of a bitch as a TA too. :)
We had classes on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Now the TAs had to give ten pop quizzes per semester, but it was entirely up to us as to when we gave those quizzes.
I took the "pop" aspect of the quizzes quite seriously. One week, I gave the students a pop quiz on Monday. Then on Wednesday, there was another quiz - when they weren't really expecting one.
Guess what happened on Friday, when they REALLY weren't expecting a quiz?
Toughened them right up, it did.
Anyway, having my work beta-read by JH helped to get a contract and toughened me up. I'm not the only one who can be snarky. ;)
- December 20, 2009 at 2:28 PM


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The recent annual speech to the nation of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has caught my eye. In it he urges Russians to have more children. He declares: "In the next 15 years we will feel the demographic effects of the 1990s when the birth rate was low. This is a serious threat. It is a challenge to our whole nation. According to the experts, a good way to get over the demographic crisis is to radically increase the number of families with three or more children."
You don't need to ask experts the answer to this problem. It stares one in the face: more babies. Of the European countries, Russia, Italy, the Ukraine, Spain and Germany are the worst affected by the fall in the birth rate – but it is happening here too. Improved healthcare means an increase of the elderly population; the routine use of oral contraceptives since the 1960s and the routine acceptance of abortion when contraception fails account for the lack of population replacement at the base.
I have some sympathy for President Medvedev's plea. He is a child of the former Soviet Union, that gigantic failed experiment in Communism, when both men and women worked punitive hours, families lived in tiny, cramped apartments shared with other families and the number of abortions exceeded the number of live births. Russia was not a happy place in which to raise "three or more children". Now, with a steadily shrinking population and with its demographically swollen neighbour, China, gazing hungrily at Russia's empty eastern provinces, the president can be forgiven for feeling scared.
But we in Britain, without having experienced anything like the social sufferings of Russia, also have a declining population – only checked at present by immigration. The Government talks grimly of pushing back the age of retirement and cutting back on state pensions; as well as this there is a growing lobby to "ease" the elderly and frail into the afterlife because they are becoming too expensive to keep going.
Instead of managing this demographic decline, why doesn't the Government offer incentives to married women to stay at home and have larger families? By the same token, why don't our bishops, instead of simply managing the decline of parishes, tell parish priests to urge parishioners to chuck away their pills and potions ("clanking to bed" as Victoria Gillick, a mother of 10, once described it) and fill the pews with new faces? This would not only be in line with Church teaching (remember Humanae Vitae?), it would also reinvigorate society at large – and as a spin-off, might even produce more priests.
Once, when visiting a French colony, General de Gaulle surveyed the barren landscape, then ordered palm trees to be planted. "But it takes 100 years for a palm tree to reach its full height!" he was told. "All the more important to plant them immediately," the general replied. It takes 30 years to renew the younger generation of the active population, according to demographic expert Gerard-Francois Dumont, who works for Human Life International. All the more important to plan for it now. Otherwise, as Dumont states in a fearsome image, we might in years to come be "celebrating" the "Feast of Kronos" – that figure from mythology who rejected the future by devouring his own children.


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The Aspen Daily reports Montgomery Chitty stared down at the defense table with a hand on his face as a federal judge in Denver read the verdict Thursday.
U.S. Attorney John Walsh says Chitty will face at least 20 years in federal prison due to a prior felony drug conviction. Chitty is scheduled to be sentenced May 28.
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Watch this video introducing the Healthy Parks Healthy People initiative pioneered by IUCN Member Parks Victoria, an Australian park management agency, that is promoting contact with nature as a public health strategy. Healthy Parks Healthy People recognises that individual and community health are reliant on a healthy parks system and that the success of the healthy parks system depends on the value placed on it by the community.
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At the Flamingo restaurant, African fare simmers with Minnesota culture
The clocks reads 9 p.m. as Shege Kebede tears off a piece of injera -- a spongy, East African flatbread -- and pops it into her mouth. It's the first thing the co-owner of the Flamingo restaurant in St. Paul has eaten all day.
"When you work in the restaurant, sometimes it doesn't stop," she sighs. "We just keep cooking and taking [the food] out," she says. "There are many days that we completely forget about eating."
The restaurant specializes in Ethiopian and Eritrean food, a menu of chicken, goat and lentils and more, all cooked with fresh spices straight from Africa. Traditionally it's eaten with fingers, using bits of injera as edible scoops.
Out in the dining room, Kebede's colleague and restaurant co-owner Frey Haile chats with the regulars. She's always ready to initiate the novices into the ways of food she loves.
"People who never saw Ethiopian food or Eritrean food, when they come here, they get intimidated," she says. "So we give them a taste, a little bit of injera. And once they try it, they're hooked. "
Kebede and Haile both have infectious laughs. They both treat customers as if they're family.
"We both have the same goals and the same drive," Kebede says.
And they have one other thing in common: they're both refugees -- Kebede from Ethiopia; Haile from neighboring Eritrea. For decades their homelands were engaged in a brutal conflict. Eventually, the violence became too much for either woman to bear.
"It was [a] life and death situation at the time," Kebede said. "Always bombing and killing," Haile added.
Once she decided to flee, Kebede walked for a month and a half, eventually reaching a refugee camp in Kenya with little but what she could carry with her.
"It's not like you pack. It's not that way," she recalls. You just get up in the middle of the night because you are in danger so you leave."
Haile made her way to Sudan, also by foot. She travelled alone and only at night. Days were spent hiding in bushes, trying not to get caught by rebels or government armies or hyenas looking for dinner.
"You don't have enough water or food," Haile says. "All you have is god and your bravery," nods Kebede "You're just thinking if I'm going to survive this hour, and then that hour passes. Ok, now this minute. That second," Haile responds. "The only thing you're thinking: Do you survive?" Kebede says. "When you are a refugee, you are a person completely disconnected. You have nothing to show for life so you are completely starting over. So we don't belong anywhere. And that's the most hard thing for a human being to be."
You might say opening the Flamingo was an attempt to create a small place where they could belong. Plus, Kebede says. "We want people to see that, even though your countries fight [for] over 35 years, you can still be friends."
Chicken simmers back in the kitchen. Vegetables sizzle. And Kebede cuts fresh strawberries to top off the night's desserts.
As the Flamingo's patrons enjoy lamb stew and sambusa appetizers, Kebede recalls one of the most challenging times in the business's two-year history. In the summer of 2010, a freak power surge shot through the kitchen. It blew out everything from the refrigerator to the ventilation hood. Hundreds of pounds of meat in the freezer spoiled.
Things looked very bad. "Everything that we have we have invested in this restaurant," Kebede says. "When the restaurant experienced that, we didn't know how to come out of this.And we were so devastated. Devastated. I was like a little bit hopeful and Frey said, 'Be realistic. There's no hope for us. We're done. We close.'"
Yet even as they prepared to pack it in, one of their friends started sending out emails, asking everyone she knew to come support the Flamingo.
"And those people kept passing it around," Haile says. "And the people just start coming. Everyone, white, black, African. Everybody came," Kebede says.
People lined up outside to get a table. Many stopped in for dinner and then ordered three or four more entrees to take home. Neighbors dropped off $5 donations. And one woman handed over two checks, each for $5,000, leaving Kebede and Haile in tears.
"We call her our angel now, Haile says.
Within two weeks, the two women had the money they needed to keep the restaurant's doors open.
"We have been saved by Minnesotans," Kebede says. "When you become a refugee, you lose who you are. You don't have a country anymore. You don't have a family anymore. For the first time I say, 'We are home. We're really home.' Because, we are rescued by people. We really feel like this is home."
Kebede and Haile opened the Flamingo with the goal of showcasing their East African culture in Minnesota. But today, says Kebede, the restaurant has become part of the culture here.