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Amazon rainforest
Found in northern and central-western Brazil, and comprising a great variety of vegetation forms, of which the flooded and tall "terra firme" lowland forest predominate (Ter Steege et al. 2003). Covers 49.3% of the Brazilian territory, extending well beyond Brazil through to Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, and the Guianas (Kress et al. 1998).
Xerophilous thorny forest and scrub of the drylands of northeastern Brazil. Covers 9.9% of the Brazilian territory, exclusively Brazilian (Andrade-Lima 1981).
(lato sensu)
An assemblage of different profiles that occurs within the Cerrado Biome, where forested (Cerradão), savannas (Cerrado stricto sensu) and grasslands (Campo Sujo) share a xeromorphic flora. Amongst the more frequent plant families are Asteraceae, Leguminosae, Malpighiaceae, Poaceae, Rubiaceae e Vochysiaceae.
Central Brazilian Savanna
Predominantly a grassland with woody elements and comprising a diverse mosaic of vegetations known as campos rupestres (Giulietti and Pirani 1988). Covers 23.9% of the Brazilian territory, with marginal continuous extensions in northeastern Paraguay and Bolivia (Ab'Sáber 1983, Mendonça et al. 2008).
Atlantic Rainforest
A narrow strip of forest from sea level to the eastern highlands of Brazil, becoming broader toward the south. Covers 13% of the Brazilian territory, and 95% of it occurs within Brazil (Stehmann et al. 2009).
Grasslands from southern Brazil. Covers 2.1% of the Brazilian territory, found also in Argentina, Uruguay, and eastern Paraguay (Boldrini 2009).
Periodically flooded grasslands by the rivers Paraná and Paraguay in central-western Brazil. Covers 1.8% of the Brazilian territory, continuing into Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina (Pott and Pott 1997).
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Anthropic area
Areas where the original vegetation was disturbed or destroyed and bears little or no resemblance to its initial plant coverage, including plantations, pastures (active or abandoned) and urban areas.
Caatinga (stricto sensu)
Xerophitic type of savanna occurring within the semi-arid climate region of Northeastern Brazil. Is a type of sparse vegetation that covers massifs and plateaus where rivers are mostly seasonal. Amongst the more frequent plant families are the Leguminosae, Asteraceae, Cactaceae Euphorbiaceae and Malpighiaceae.
Low, sparse vegetation growing on sandy soils mostly within terra firme land in the Amazon. It can be of the 'forested' type, similar to a gallery forest, 'wooded' where the trees are shorter, and finally 'grassy-woody', where it occurs in wet plains near rivers and lakes. Amongst the more frequent plant families are the Arecaceae, Bromeliaceae, Clusiaceae, Humiriaceae, Marantaceae, Meliaceae and Rapateaceae.
High Altitude Grassland
Open fields found at the highest altitudes of the Serra do Mar, Mantiqueira and Serra Geral, mostly above 900m. The substrate is frequently igneous or metamorphic (granite/gnaisse) rock, and this vegetation type is associated to the Mata Atlântica. Amongst the more frequent plant families are the Asteraceae, Cyperaceae, Melastomataceae, Orchidaceae and Poaceae.
Várzea Field
Open vegetation where a continuous carpet of tall grasses and sedges that grows in temporarily flooded areas near rivers and lakes. It is generally associated to Várzea Inundated Forests. The more frequent plant families are the Poaceae and Cyperaceae.
Open vegetation where there is a generally continuous carpet of grasses and subshrubby dicots while trees and robust shrubs are almost absent, found within the Cerrado and Pampa Biomes. Amongst the more frequent plant families are the Poaceae, Asteraceae, Cyperaceae and Leguminosae.
Rocky Field
Altitude open fields found mostly above 900 m de altitude on quartzitic, arenitic or iron and manganese rich rocky soils. It is mostly associated to the Cerrado and Caatinga Biomes. Amongst the more frequent plant families are the Asteraceae, Eriocaulaceae, Cyperaceae, Poaceae, Melastomataceae, Orchidaceae, Velloziaceae and Xyridaceae.
Carrasco Vegetation
Dense, tall xerophilous scrub with many lianas and discontinuous canopy, emergent trees sparse. Within the Caatinga Biome it occurs over deep, distrophic quartzitic sands while in the Cerrado it grows on litossoils. Amongst the more frequent plant families are the Leguminosae, Apocynaceae, Combretaceae, Solanaceae.
Cerrado (lato sensu)
An assemblage of different profiles that occurs within the Cerrado Biome, where forested (Cerradão), savannas (Cerrado stricto sensu) and grasslands (Campo Sujo) share a xeromorphic flora. Amongst the more frequent plant families are Asteraceae, Leguminosae, Malpighiaceae, Poaceae, Rubiaceae e Vochysiaceae.
Riverine Forest and/or Gallery Forest
Forest associated to intermittent water courses, which can be wide (riverine) or narrower and with the canopy meeting over the river (gallery). More often associated to the Cerrado and Caatinga Biomes, is found throughout Brazil under various names. Amongst the more frequent plant families are the Leguminosae, Lauraceae, Myrtaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Clusiaceae and Rubiaceae.
Inundated Forest, Igapó
Amazonian forest where the soil remains either wet or flooded for most of the year, often associated to sandy soils. When compared to Terra Firme and Várzea Inundated Forests it is generally the less tall of them.
Terra Firme Forest
Dense and tall Amazonian forest growing above the river valleys, in higher ground that does not get flooded by the rivers. Amongst the more frequent plant families are the Leguminosae, Lecythidaceae, Chrysobalanaceae, Sapotaceae and Burseraceae.
Inundated Forest, Várzea
Amazonian forest subject to periodical inundation during the floods, mostly associated to clay soil. Amongst the more frequent plant families are the Arecaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Malvaceae, Moraceae and Polygonaceae.
Seasonally Deciduous Forest
Forest where marked alternate dry and wet seasons determine the almost complete (90%) loss of leaves, occurring mostly on higher ground between river valleys. Amongst the more frequent plant families are the Leguminosae, Malvaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Apocynaceae and Sapindaceae.
Seasonal Evergreen Forest
Found at the southern border of the Amazon (Alto Xingu region) this forest occurs on latossoils and is markedly seasonal, with a dry season varying from four to six months. Despite this seasonality, the plant species maintain their leaves as water is constantly avaible, due to the almost flat topography. Its floristic composition is exclusive and dissimilar to the surrounding forests (Ombrophylous Forest and Seasonally Deciduous and Semideciduous Forest).
Seasonally Semideciduous Forest
Forest where marked alternate dry and wet seasons determine partial (10–50%) loss of leaves, occurring mostly on higher ground between river valleys. Leguminosae is one of the most frequent families.
Ombrophylous Forest (=Tropical Rain Forest)
Forest ocurring in regions with high rainfall and average temperatures, with tall trees and palms. Generally tall, it can be subdivided in categories depending on the altitude where it is sited into 'lowland', 'submontane' and 'montane'. Amongst the more frequent plant families are the Leguminosae, Arecaceae, Moraceae, Myrtaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Rubiaceae, Bromeliaceae, Araceae and Orchidaceae.
Mixed Ombrophylous Forest
Pluvial, tall forest characterized by the presence of Araucaria pines growing together with dicot trees and palms. Depending on topography, it can be subdivided into 'submontane' and 'montane'. Amongst the more frequent plant families are the Araucariaceae, Podocarpaceae, Lauraceae, Myrtaceae and Euphorbiaceae.
Tidal, low growing mixture of perennial trees and shrubs comprising a low number of species that are able to live in sea and brackish water, in river estuaries and deltas stretching from Santa Catarina northwards up to the coast of Amapá and beyond. The important families are Rhizophoraceae, Acanthaceae, Combretaceae and Pteridaceae.
Palm vegetation
Dominated by a single species of palm with low frequency of trees, this vegetation type is associated to ecotones between Amazon, Caatinga and Cerrado Biomes. The genus that often form these pure stands are Attalea, Copernicia, Euterpe, Mauritia and Orbignya.
Vegetation complex ocurring in the seaside lowlands of Brazil, establishing over sea deposits of sandy sediment. It comprises open or scrubby profiles nearer the beaches, while inland it is forms tall forests. Amongst the more frequent plant families are the Arecaceae, Lauraceae, Myrsinaceae, Myrtaceae, Bromeliaceae, and Rubiaceae.
Amazonian Savanna
Open vegetation found within the Amazon Biome, both in well drained and waterlogged, generally sandy soils, including a mixture of shrubby savanna and open grassland. It presents similarities with the Cerrado lato sensu, but its flora is poorer. Amongst the more frequent plant families are the Vochysiaceae, Leguminosae, Malpighiaceae, and Rubiaceae.
Aquatic vegetation
Found both in lotic and lentic environments, this vegetation includes floating plants, rooted plants with floating leaves and plants with submerged leaves. Amongst the more frequent plant families are the Araceae, Cyperaceae, Nymphaeaceae, Pontederiaceae, Alismataceae and Poaceae.
Rocky outcrops vegetation
Inselbergs or rock outcrops surrounded by vegetation with contrasting profile and characteristics. Amongst the more frequent plant families are the Araceae, Bromeliaceae, Cactaceae, Orchidaceae, and Malvaceae.
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: ecologia and flora. Brasília, DF: Embrapa Cerrados/Embrapa Informação Tecnológica, 2008, v.1, p. 151-212.
Tratado de fitogeografia do Brasil
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VASCONCELOS, M.F. O que são campos rupestres and campos de altitude nos topos de montanha do leste do Brasil?
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VELOSO, H.P. Sistema fitogeográfico. In: IBGE.
Manual técnico da vegetação brasileira
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Arun N. Madhavan , an Indian humanist wrote about the book Holy Hell for my blog.
It has been few weeks since the book written by former disciple of the so called hugging saint Amrithanandamayi has started making waves in social media in Kerala in south India. The book named "Holy Hell, A memoir of faith devotion and pure madness" is written by Gail Tredwell, a former devotee and close assistant of Sudhamani (Amrithanandamayi). The book reveals the dirty underbelly of the Ashram with revelations of rape, sexual encounters between Sudhamani and her senior "celibate" swamis, financial irregularities and cut throat rivalries between those in the Spirituality business. By contrast the mainstream media, always hungry for controversies and scandals, strangely remained silent until the Ashram made its first public statement of denial.
Gail Tredwell was born and educated in Australia. Coming from a dysfunctional family background, she reached India on an Asian tour in search of elusive happiness and meaning of life. She was 19 when she landed in India in 1978. Falling instantly in love with Indian spirituality, she began her search for a guru to show her the way to salvation. Finally in 1980, her search ended as she became a devotee and assistant of Sudhamani.
Sudhamani was then called Ammachi and was a member of fishermen community near Kollam in South Kerala. During those days she used to act as Krishna and Devi (gods of Hinduism) at her family shrine and bless devotees by hugging. Her fame spread as there were stories of her performing miracles. As the disciples increased, including some people of white skin, her popularity surged. An Ashram was constructed and later she became Mata Amrithanandamayi as she proclaimed herself to be a saint.
By the time the disillusioned Gail Tredwell left the Ashram after 20 years of devoted service, the mutt has grown up to a multimillion dollar empire comprising of several branches all over the world, hospitals, several colleges and schools and even a deemed University.
With in 2 years of service at Ashram, Tredwell came to know about one of the lies that was being spread about Sudhamani. Her devotees where told that she is 'pure' and do not have menstruation. But one day Tredwell was witness to the event. See how she describe it in her book:
"For a moment I was in shock. But I let it go. This discovery did not affect my faith. It made me feel trusted and special. She had her menstruation every month from that day onward, and I did my best to help her conceal the fact. I always knew it was a secret. Not once did it ever cross my mind that it was a lie. I was so wound up in my devotion and in holding onto my dream position that the full implications of the deception were lost on me. I either blocked out or completely forgot the truth. Her biography clearly stated that she was"pure." Amma obviously knew this claim to be incorrect. She allowed it to be published anyhow".
Tredwell was in such a blind devotional trance that she could not understand this as plain deception. Also this underlines the patriarchal basis of Indian Spirituality, were a menstruating woman could not be called a saint.
Tredwell describes how the second in command of the Ashram, Balu raped her several times. Why she never reported it to Amma? She explains:
"I tried to argue and plead my way out, but he was obsessed and relentless. I felt trapped. If I didn't oblige, he would start sulking and acting weird. People would begin to wonder what was going on. If this ever came to light, I would be the one to suffer. I would be the one punished—not Balu. Amma had never shown any leniency to me before, so I had no reason to believe this time would be any different. The common notion in India is that Western women possess loose morals. I believed I would be blamed, possibly kicked out of the ashram, and most definitely no longer allowed to serve Amma. I knew I couldn't live with such consequences. I felt I had no other choice but to succumb to his demands—to his manipulation".
She also talk about sexual encounters between senior Swamis (who were supposed to be celibate) of the Ashram and Sudhamani. There are also vivid descriptions of the verbal abuse and physical assaults Tredwell and few other women disciples had to endure from Sudhamani.
"Within a few months of getting my robes, history began repeating itself. Once more I was being hit, kicked, slapped, and thrown out of her room. She even invented a new form of punishment for me when she was really angry. Grabbing me by the throat with one hand, she would dig her nails in and rip towards the center, scraping the skin as she went. I was then left with bright red scratch marks across my throat, and sometimes blood".
To a keen observer of such spiritual ashrams of India, the book is never shocking. Such tales has been told by several former disciples about gurus and swamis of all hues. It's said that there are two types of spiritual gurus and god men. Those caught out as fake and those yet to be caught.
Most interesting about this book is how beautifully it reveals the mind of a theist. Gail Tredwell was convinced that there is a hidden meaning for life, which can only be revealed to her by a guru. She was in search of elusive happiness outside her material world. Though she receives setbacks after setbacks she remains convinced that all these bad experiences were there to test her devotion. See how she rationalizes the sexual encounters between Sudhamani and Swamis.
"I didn't want to leave the ashram and give up what I believed to be the opportunity of many lifetimes. This was my life, my family, all I knew, and all I wanted. I had myself convinced that I was on the express train to God, and I couldn't imagine being pushed off at full speed. In that moment I made a choice. I vowed myself to silence. Mustering every ounce of justification juice, I accepted this behavior as Amma's way of "keeping it in the family." Because she is one with God (I explained to myself), she's beyond any form of human desire, longing, or attachment. She's letting these senior fellows release any pent-up sexual frustration upon her as part of the bigger picture in her mission to save the world".
Gail Tredwell rationalized like this for 20 years, before she became wise enough to escape. Even then for several years she continued to suffer from severe mental trauma. Only now she could come out of her closet to write a memoire, to get everything out of her system. She writes:
"I offer my story with the sincere hope that it will illustrate to spiritual seekers the downside of blind faith, and that surrender to a guru/teacher is sometimes mind control in disguise. Perhaps some readers will now recognize that they too have turned a blind eye to reality in order to protect their beliefs. I hope that those who doubt will feel free to question, those with questions will find answers, and those already suffering the wounds of betrayal and disillusionment will find consolation and validation.
Ultimately, I hope this book will empower those trapped in any form of abusive relationship or unhealthy situation to find the courage to step away and to trust that an amazing life awaits them—a life full of unexpected blessings and wonderful people".
This book if widely read may slightly reduce the popularity of Mata Amrithanandamayi. But the vast majority of susceptible theists will continue their elusive quest for salvation, going from one guru to another. As long as there is demand, the product of spirituality will sell like hot cakes.
Scientifically speaking life happened spontaneously, not because of some definite purpose. Bacteria, mosquitoes or cows do not worry about the aim of their lives. It's the highly developed human brain that makes us think about aims of life. Gail Treadwell's experiences underline the fact that one has to find one's own meaning for life and find happiness ourselves. Humanistic ideals can serve as a guide, but ultimately we are on our own. No guru or mata can help you. Only the lazy theist waits for an elusive guru or become a fundamentalist believer of a book or prophet or a mythical god. A rationalist finds her way herself.


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WASHINGTON, Aug. 28, 2013 – Pride Foods, a Raiford, Fla., establishment, is recalling approximately 116,404 pounds of beef pattie and chub products because of misbranding and an undeclared allergen, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The products contain soy, a known allergen which is not declared on the labels.
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Ignatieff As Dion
Mr. Dion, for a myriad of reasons, never enjoyed a strong hold on his leadership. Not to rehash, but just as a point of fact, the "weak leader" narrative was entirely supported by the internal machinations of the Liberal Party. I think it beyond obvious at this point, that Ignatieff is, and will be, in far greater control, little prospects for divisions, camps, all the stuff that tends to undermine a leaders authority. That reality is entirely relevant, because much of the Dion frame was media generated, and the seeds of that sentiment were a reflection of party optics. When people sense weakness within, the performance in Parliament only amplifies and cements the narrative.
If, we are sitting here, this time next year, and the Ignatieff Liberals have continually avoided any challenges by the Conservatives, my opinion may change, but as of now, on this particular vote, there is nothing that suggest Ignatieff will be wounded. In fact, if you peruse the media, couple that with public sentiment, a vote for the budget contains little risk. This isn't a situation, wherein Harper "bullies" the Liberals, the suggestion really laughable. As I've already stated, this budget has left Conservatives scratching their heads, so far removed from the initial positions, so removed from the core tenets. Ignatieff never moved, not really one iota, the rhetoric of November identical to the demands of today, and those demands largely met. The universal media opinion, is that Harper has moved to appease the opposition, nobody recognizes him- no sentiment at all, of the Liberals painted into a corner, victim of Harper's strategic prowess. It is for that reason, along with the public want to see politics put aside, and something concrete delivered, that leaves little room for a backlash against Ignatieff, should we support the budget.
Ignatieff is a new leader, putting in place a new team, beginning to articulate his vision for the country. The dynamic of "new" affords Ignatieff some breathing space, no one is entirely surprised, or ready to pass definitive judgement, on a man and party retooling in the early days. "Avoiding" an election isn't a sign of weakness, it's seen as pretty reasonable, given the timing of the last election, given the new regime. Important to separate the musings of those with an agenda, who can say whatever they choose, with how the unaffiliated conduit interprets the maneuvers. With almost universal agreement, the idea that the Conservatives have moved to appease the Liberals, and the Liberals, under the new leader, rightfully want more time. That's the overarching view that I see and hear, so with that in mind, I fail to see DION II. Very different times, very different dynamics at play, very different men to be frank.
There is some sense that the Liberals are on the move under Ignatieff. How much of that is real, or just wishful thinking, remains to be seen. But, there is no question that Ignatieff is commanding a different level of respect, he is not the human pinata. Of course, that perspective can change, but it won't, as a result of this one vote, future events will dictate.
Comparing what appears to be happening, as of tomorrow, with the abstaining routine of the Dion regime, is a useless comparison. As someone who railed against the abstaining strategy last year, primarily because it further cemented Dion's "weak" position, I see little here that re-ignites my previous concern. Nobody is being bullied, Harper isn't forcing his agenda, while we run and hide behind the curtains. Ignatieff isn't under the gun to "stand up", in fact he's pretty much driven this debate, and looked very much a PM in waiting in the process. I will judge the Liberal strategy as we move forward, and it should it appear an overall liability, that hurts the brand or leader, I'll criticize. However, at this moment, on this vote, I see nothing of real substance, to support the argument that Ignatieff is following the same path as his predecessor, with similar risks and downside.
31 comments:
- Anonymous said...
I think if the liberals decide this budget has enough of what they asked, they should claim victory and support it. Be clear on what they disagree with, and support it. Or allow a true caucus free vote on the matter with every liberal present.
The point is to claim victory on the matters that have been added on which they agree and to stake out clear difference on what they disagree with.
And should they decide to vote against it - we still have not seen it - then do so in force and prepared to clearly explain why and speak to the Canadian people in their response.
Those are the two options. ANY manufactured "shows" of displeasure or abstaining will be VERY poor. What Canadians need to see is Liberals and Ignatieff will stand behind their decisions. I honestly believe Canadians will respect that - regardless of any silly manipulative polls in the near term. But anything less than taking a position will diminish their standing and hurt Ignatieff's still fledgling impression.
- 1:10 PM, January 27, 2009
- Greg said...
This isn't a situation, wherein Harper "bullies" the Liberals, the suggestion really laughable.
No, the bully needs Iggy until the end of the week (hence the resurrection of "Sweater Steve"). The bullying begins when Iggy is no longer needed. It isn't Iggy's fault per se, that's the way a bully works. Once this existential crisis is in the past, Steve and Doug Finlay, and the rest, will begin the work of assassinating Iggy's character. It's just their way.
- 1:11 PM, January 27, 2009
- Steve V said...
Agreed. I sort of toyed with abstaining on this vote, but the way it's shaking out, that response isn't feasible, or necessarily strong. Point to where Harper moved towards our demands, point to where we think the budget falls short, and tell Canadians we will hold them accountable moving forward, for the good of the economy. I believe Canadians will respect that too.
- 1:13 PM, January 27, 2009
- Anonymous said...
Incidentally, in one of the funnier morning shenanigans, did you see the reporting on the "staged" conservative team caucus meeting? Just bizarre. The CBC reporter was showing the chart that had been handed out so they would know when they went in where the team would be "informally" standing and sitting. Day even had a coffee cup in his hand and, with the gig being discussed as they rolled film, I found myself wondering if it even had coffee in it. His sleeves were rolled up though (gag) so I guess they were "working hard" for the Canadian people. (future note to conservative stagers - Day's coffee cup way too weak and effiminate, a little doll-size china tidbit . . . grab a big blue mug or better yet a large Timmies to-go cup next time).
I'm going to go clean up from spewing my coffee at the contrived image . . . I actually do have coffee in my mug.
- 1:16 PM, January 27, 2009
- Steve V said...
"will begin the work of assassinating Iggy's character. It's just their way."
Two points. We have learned some valuable lessons, and to assume the same, really gives no credit. Also, if these characters think they can go negative, and looked overtly partisan, without it reinforcing the opinion of them as mean spirited and divisive, then they're really out to lunch. Ignatieff rises to the moment, then the Cons start with negative ads or framing, it will blow up in their faces. Go for it, I say, but don't expect us to react the same, or the public to see you in a positive light as a result.
- 1:18 PM, January 27, 2009
- Steve V said...
I did see that seating chart? Absolutely hilarious.
- 1:20 PM, January 27, 2009
- MississaugaPeter said...
By supporting the Budget, Ignatieff neutralizes the Budget and thus, the issue of Conservative's response to the current economic situation.
The same thing happened last February, when Dion neutralized Afghanistan as an issue when Liberals supported the amended Conservative motion.
- 1:32 PM, January 27, 2009
- Anonymous said...
Not sure I agree M-Pete. I've got to agree with Steve on this one, whatever Ignatieff and the Liberals do on this one it will not be from a position of weakness like it was when Dion was still around. I also agree with Joseph, no silly abstaining or feigning anger, and then voting in favour.
Might be some interesting ideas about amendments, but I don't really understand that process.
- 1:40 PM, January 27, 2009
- Anonymous said...
Yes, they neutralize the issue for the time being with a clear victory of Harper having blinked and then moving viciously towards the Liberal point of view.
And so then the discussion becomes whom do you trust to form the next government. No matter what the election issue becomes in the future (budget recovery, social infrastructure, climate change, Canada's place in the world, etc, etc), the question of trust and competence and decency and, egads, policy will loom large.
Harper is wearing thin. The liberals can claim victory and move beyond this. If, as hinted, the only structural tax cuts in this budget are for mid and lower incomes, then that sounds about as liberal a cut as you could find.
- 1:48 PM, January 27, 2009
- Anonymous said...
MissPeter: Just a few days ago, Steve made the exact same argument.
Though he argued to abstaining not voting against.
Steve I'm not at all worried about this hurting Ignatieff it won't if he supports it, but if the new "consensus" Harper sticks around for the next year I very much worry he will gain a large lead on us in the polls. Jean Charest was once written off for dead and was trailing badly in the polls and he made a comback basically for overhauling his whole way of government. I don't see why we think Harper can't do the same. We count out Harper's ability to rebound at our own peril.
We could finish Harper now though to avoid that possibility as his career would be over with a budget vote loss, but it seems clear now we won't. I think we'll live to regret it. Harper will "appear" to govern like a Liberal until "winning conditions" in the polls appear and call an election to win a majority. If he wins that majority god help us.
It bothers me that no one thinks this could happen.
- 1:48 PM, January 27, 2009
- Greg said...
The problem is the middle class tax cut. If it is big and if Iggy blinks, Harper will own him.
- 2:04 PM, January 27, 2009
- Greg Fingas said...
Interesting to see at least some response to the likelihood that the Cons will transfer Dion's branding over to Ignatieff.
But if Iggy is relying on party unity as his saving grace, then he'd have to be alive to the factors most likely to actually open up a rift. And surely the most obvious one on the horizon is the danger that coalition supporters within the party will second-guess a decision to keep Harper in power.
- 2:09 PM, January 27, 2009
- Steve V said...
"Harper will own him."
The only thing Harper owns is a tarnished reputation.
"Winning conditions" are nowhere on the horizon, and frankly I'll be shocked if the Cons numbers touch majority status (maybe a small, temporary post-budget reprieve aside).
- 2:18 PM, January 27, 2009
- Greg said...
The only thing Harper owns is a tarnished reputation.
That tarnish will rub off on Iggy if he says one week that he will bring down the government over a permanent tax cut and then let's the budget pass. Harper will make sure of that.
- 2:27 PM, January 27, 2009
- Steve V said...
I don't share your fear of Harper, and it's about time Liberals stop looking for the "boogeyman" everywhere. I'm quite confident our team can duel with the war room, have some faith.
- 2:35 PM, January 27, 2009
- Anonymous said...
A strong start
- 2:47 PM, January 27, 2009
- Ted Betts said...
Don't forget committees.
It is possible to support the budget because it is "close" to what Canadians need, accepts the Liberal platform and in such times we don't nickle and dime our way through political positioning... and then turn it into a fully Liberal or Liberal/NDP budget in committee.
I would love to see the tables turned and the Conservatives voting against their own amended budget. Or trying to claim that an amendment to the budget means non confidence and that we have to have an election... after cutting and running from Parliament in December.
- 3:11 PM, January 27, 2009
- Anonymous said...
I think you make some really good points here. I was concerned about Harper taking a vote on the budget as a sign that he can go back to acting like a majority leader. But it's true that he has already had to back off. I agree that we should see what happens over the next year. For one thing there are a lot of unknowns right now about the economy and any strategy at this point is a shot in the dark. Better to let Harper take the flak.
- 3:11 PM, January 27, 2009
- MississaugaPeter said...
Claims of moral victories and claims that Harper has been wounded mean DIDDLEY NOTHING. These claims have been made before. What did the Liberals get, dozens of seats less in the House of Commons. YIPPEE!
Harper did the exact same thing last year with the Afghanistan file. He sought input from the Liberals. Ammended the motion, and voila, Dion and the Liberals lost an election issue.
BY THE WAY, did NATO provide an additional 1,000 soldiers to fight alongside the CAF force in Kandahar and assist Canada in equipping the CAF force with helicopters and drone airplanes? NOPE! But did 39 more Canadian soldiers die and were 100's of Canadian soldiers wounded since February 2008? YUP!
- 3:19 PM, January 27, 2009
- Steve V said...
"Don't forget committees"
Exactly. As I've said before, it's not like time stops after today, and the opposition is neutered. It's a minority parliament, and we have many levers to hold them to account, or re-direct if necessary.
There was some worry, that Harper would go the poison pill route, but he's clearly in survival mode.
- 3:19 PM, January 27, 2009
- Steve V said...
This isn't our budget, and allowing it to pass certainly doesn't take the economy off the table. It's entirely different from Afghanistan, and your comment on the last election, actually speaks to my point in this post.
- 3:20 PM, January 27, 2009
- Anonymous said...
"There is a point of view making the rounds, that should Ignatieff let the budget pass, he will be well on his way to suffering the same fate as Dion."
There is the fact that Iggy can be Martin II and Layton and Duceppe will carve him along with Harper.
"I think it beyond obvious at this point, that Ignatieff is, and will be, in far greater control, little prospects for divisions, camps, all the stuff that tends to undermine a leaders authority."
The Jurist is right. This is the Grit party. Iggy's opponents are lurking. If the caucus abstains, calls of "nervous nellies" and "better coalition than Harper lite" will appear.
"Ammended the motion, and voila, Dion and the Liberals lost an election issue."
There are Grits like MissPeter who have not forgotten that Iggy undermined Dion by extending the Afghanistan mission. If the interim leader takes the "don't let the door hit our asses approach" then the Grits will pay. Of course, you can argue that the Grits are now at rock bottom. But rock bottom also means that the Grits should be realizing that the coalition may be the only option in the party's survivability.
Critical point in the history of the party. I can only watch, having been away from the machinations overseas.
- 3:51 PM, January 27, 2009
- Steve V said...
" This is the Grit party. Iggy's opponents are lurking. If the caucus abstains, calls of "nervous nellies" and "better coalition than Harper lite" will appear.
Mushroom, I don't see that at all.
- 6:12 PM, January 27, 2009
- Anonymous said...
Steve be honest, does today's budget not remind you at all of this one?
- 6:18 PM, January 27, 2009
- Steve V said...
You're joking right? No relationship whatsoever, come on.
- 6:20 PM, January 27, 2009
- Anonymous said...
Seems Zerb and Hebert agree with me
You see Zerb as far left, but Hebert you've quoted in the poast. Read that article and then look back over the last link I gave you in my past comment again. Exact same critcisms and we voted against that budget in 2007 didn't we Steve?
- 6:24 PM, January 27, 2009
- Steve V said...
I heard Hebert, and her argument, which I agree with, is that the budget isn't focused. Money sprinkled everywhere, trying to be everything to everyone, and in the end, not much of anything to anybody. I don't see how that translates to a past budget, we've never seen anything like it, so comparisons are a waste of time. I get what you're trying to do, but it's a weak co-relation.
- 6:31 PM, January 27, 2009
- Anonymous said...
"This is a shotgun budget," Liberal finance critic John McCallum told the House of Commons Tuesday.
"It's as if the finance minister shut his eyes, held a shotgun into the air, pulled the trigger, and hoped that he hit as many targets as possible."
That's from the 2007 budget and Hebert basically gave the same description today.
How is the quotes above much different from "Money sprinkled everywhere, trying to be everything to everyone, and in the end, not much of anything to anybody."
Much different context of course, much different, and that is a possible justifiable reason for a different result (and I suspect will be the ultimate reason given), but I still think the comparison is quite valid.
- 6:35 PM, January 27, 2009
- Steve V said...
I hate to break it to you, but the calm climate of 2007, is light years away from the reality of 2009. Again, I don't see the value, or merit, in trying to make that connection. Besides, everyone knew the Bloc was on board, so the Liberals were free to vote against, it certainly wasn't a "moment".
- 7:13 PM, January 27, 2009
- Anonymous said...
Fair point about the Bloc though I recall Dion went to the podium before Duceppe and I remember Hebert saying that Boisclair and Duceppe were still deciding on whether to oppose the budget at the time the Liberals decided to oppose so it wasn't 100% clear to our caucus there would be no election by our vote against.
My main point (that perhaps wasn't clear) was that it doensn't seem these guys have learned much since 2007 despite everything that's happened.
Yes this is light years away from the fall update, but it's still not that far from the approach that put us in the $13 billion pre-stimulus deficit in the first place. I think these times demand better, much better.
- 7:24 PM, January 27, 2009
- Steve V said...
The Liberals knew full well the budget would pass, let's not get into revisionism.
I agree, the times demand better. The question, and this is the reality, how do you balance policy and politics. Harper did address our demands, on a superficial level, so then the math gets more complicated. I expect we will see amendments, how far they go....
- 7:28 PM, January 27, 2009


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Internet of Things Delivers Business Value Now
Posted by dancingdinosaur in bottomlineIT on August 13, 2014
The Internet of Things (IoT) and the economic ecosystem surrounding it are expected to become an $8.9 trillion market in 2020, according to IDC in published reports. And IDC may be conservative. Cisco estimates that IoT will drive economic value (increased revenues and reduced costs) to $14.4 trillion by then.
Business, however, doesn't have to wait nearly that long. The IoT reportedly enabled global private-sector businesses to generate at least $613 billion in global profits in 2013, according to a study released by Cisco in June 2013.
With big numbers like that expect every enterprise IT systems vendor to jump on the bandwagon. Not only Cisco but IBM, Oracle, HP, and more. BottomlineIT last covered IoT six months ago here. Enterprise IT should begin following IoT closely. It promises to put IT at the center of a substantial future revenue stream.
The Cisco study reinforced exactly this point: Corporations could nearly double profits through greater adoption of business practices, customer approaches, and technologies that leverage IoT. Furthermore, it estimated that an additional $544 billion could be realized if companies simply adjusted their strategies to better leverage it. That's where the CIO and IT come in.
The IoT isn't exactly new. It has been around for years, mainly as private networks of sensors or machines wired to feed very specific data to backend systems for capture and analysis. More recently these systems went under the name of machine-to-machine (M2M) systems. Today's IoT consists of a combination of sensors, technology, and networking all coming together to allow systems, buildings, infrastructure, and other resources capture and swap information.
Bill Bien, Partner, Waterstone Management Group LLC, Chicago, suggests that technology executives think of IoT as "the next generation of the Internet, whereby objects interact, potentially independently, with each other and with their environment. It is the combination of distributed information processing, pervasive wireless networking, and automatic identification deployed inexpensively and widely." This will produce, in turn, "profound change that enables the extraction of value and analytics from distributed systems across enterprise and industrial value chains," he adds.
Given the above, Bien continues, it is imperative for technology executives to understand the impact of IoT from two perspectives:
- Monetization opportunities offered by IoT in target markets (external focus)
- Optimization by improving the efficiency of their own supply chains and distribution channels (internal focus)
To put the conceptual IoT in practice, Bien's organization analyzed 40 IoT use cases according to the type of distribution, supply chain, and customer information they generate and classified current and future deployments into four groups: control hubs, value chain transformation, monitoring & assessment, and decision support. In addition, to further frame the value creation opportunities offered by IoT, a use case-driven approach is needed to understand and prioritize the likely business impact of these use cases, he recommended. See the following chart, Categorization of Internet of Things Use Cases.
As a CIO you can tap the IoT to monitor and assess your business's infrastructure and whatever other objects populate the enterprise for starters. From there, expand your thinking to the organization's supply chain and any other value networks your organization maintains. Your initial emphasis will be on the left column of the use cases chart above. Eventually, you will want to add the right column where the bigger potential payoffs reside.
Finally, as your organization embeds intelligence into the products it sells you should consider creating an IoT around your own products to understand how they are used in order to create better designs, understand your customers more deeply, and improve operational efficiencies. Then, beyond just collecting deployment and usage data from your product IoT, you can leverage product usage and performance data to begin offering value added services to both differentiate your products and potentially generate added revenue. The ultimate payoff will vary by the industry and size of your distribution and supply chain networks, but by all accounts it will be significant.
The Data Center's Hybrid Cloud Future
Posted by dancingdinosaur in bottomlineIT on July 31, 2014
Nearly half of large enterprises will have hybrid cloud deployments by the end of 2017. Hybrid cloud computing is at the same place today that private cloud was three years ago; actual deployments are low, but aspirations are high, says Gartner in a published news note from Oct. 2013.
Almost every organization today utilizes some form of cloud computing, usually public clouds. In its State of the Cloud survey RightScale found 94% of organizations are running applications or experimenting with infrastructure-as-a-service, 87% of organizations are using public cloud, and 74% of enterprises have a hybrid cloud strategy and more than half of those are already using both public and private cloud. RightScale estimates may be a bit more generous than Gartner but both come to the same conclusion in the end: Hybrid cloud is the approach of choice.
Executive management, however, prefers private clouds for the control and security they promise. That the actual control and security may not be much better than what the organization could achieve in the public cloud if it were rolled out properly, but executives don't understand that. So private clouds are management's darling for now.
Private clouds, however, fail to deliver the key benefits of cloud computing—cost efficiency and business agility. The organization still has to invest in all the IT resources, capacity, and capabilities of the private cloud. Unlike the public cloud, these are not shared resources. They may repurpose some of their existing IT investment for the private cloud but they invariably will again have to acquire additional IT resources and capacity as before. And, the demand for resources may increase as business units come to like IT-as-a-Service (ITaaS), the rationale for private clouds in the first place.
As for business agility with private clouds—forget it. If new capabilities are required to meet some new business requirement, the organization will have to build or acquire that capability as it did before. The backlogs for developing new capabilities do not magically go away with ITaaS and private clouds. If business agility requires the business to pivot on a moment's notice to meet new challenges and opportunities there is only one way the private cloud can do it–develop it in-house, the old fashioned way.
Hybrid clouds provide the answer. Gartner, Inc. defines a hybrid cloud as a cloud computing service that is composed of some combination of private, public and community cloud services from different service providers. In the hybrid cloud scenario, the company can rely on its private cloud and happily cruise along until it needs a capability or resource it can't deliver. Then the company reaches out through the hybrid cloud to the public cloud for the required capability. Rather than build it, the organization basically rents the capability, paying only for what it uses when it uses it. This is ideal when the organization needs to temporarily augment resources, capacity, or capabilities to meet an unanticipated need.
Hybrid clouds, unfortunately, don't just pop up overnight. First you need to lay the groundwork for your hybrid cloud. That entails identifying the specific cloud resources and services in advance, making the necessary financial arrangements with appropriate public cloud vendors, and establishing and testing the connections. Also, check with your auditors who will want to be assured about security and governance and similar details.
While you are at it, make sure your networking and security teams are on board. Ports will need to be opened; the firewall gods will need to be appeased. You also will need to think about how these new capabilities and services will integrate with the capabilities and services you already have. This isn't necessarily a major undertaking as IT projects go but will take some time—days or, more likely, a few weeks—to get the approvals, assemble all the pieces, and get them configured and tested and ready to deploy.
As RightScale notes: although the use of cloud is a given, enterprises often have different strategies that involve varying combinations of public, private, and hybrid cloud infrastructure. For most, however, the hybrid cloud provides the best of all cloud worlds, especially in terms of cost and agility. You can run ITaaS from your private cloud and pass through your hybrid cloud whenever you need public cloud resources you don't have in house. Just make sure you set it up in advance so it is ready to go whenyou need it.
Best TCO—System z vs. x86 vs. Public Cloud
Posted by dancingdinosaur in bottomlineIT on May 2, 2014
IBM recently analyzed various likely customer workload scenarios and found that the System z as an enterprise Linux server could consistently beat x86 machines and even public cloud providers like AWS in terms of TCO. The analysis was reasonably evenhanded although, like automobile mileage ratings, your actual results may vary.
This blogger has long contended that the z Enterprise Linux Server acquired under the deeply discounted IBM System z Solution Edition program could beat comparable x86 systems not only in terms of TCO but even TCA. Algar, a Brazilian telecom, acquired its initial zEnterprise Linux server to consolidate a slew of x86 systems and lay a foundation for scalable growth. It reports cutting data center costs by 70%. Nationwide Insurance, no newcomer to mainframe computing, used the zEnterprise to consolidate Linux servers, achieving $46 million in savings.
The point: the latest IBM TCO analyses confirm what IBM has been saying. TCO advantage, IBM found, switches to the z Enterprise Linux Server at around 200 virtual servers compared to the public cloud and a bit more VMs compared to x86 machines. View the IBM z TCO presentation here.
IBM further advanced its cause in the TCO/TCA battle with the recent introduction of the IBM Enterprise Cloud System. This is a factory-built and integrated system—processor, memory, network, IFLs, virtualization management, cloud management, hypervisor, disk orchestration, Linux OS—priced (discounted) as a single solution. IBM promises to deliver it in 45 days and have it production ready within hours of hitting the organization's loading dock. Of course, it comes with the scalability, availability, security, manageability, etc. long associated with the z, and IBM reports it can scale to 6000 VMs. Not sure how this compares in price to a Solution Edition Enterprise Linux Server.
The IBM TCO analysis compared the public cloud, x86 cloud, and the Enterprise Cloud System in terms power and space, labor, software/middleware, and hardware costs when running 48 diverse (a range of low, medium, and high I/O) workloads. In general it found an advantage for the z Enterprise Cloud System of 34-73%. The z cost considerably more in terms of hardware but it more than made up for it in terms of software, labor, and power. Overall, the TCO examined more than 30 cost variables, ranging from blade/IFL/memory/storage amounts to hypervisor/cloud management/middleware maintenance.
In terms of hardware, the z included the Enterprise Linux Server, storage, z/VM, and IBM Wave for z/VM. Software included WebSphere Application Server middleware, Cloud Management Suite for z, and Tivoli for z/VM. The x86 cloud included HP hardware with a hypervisor, WebSphere Application Server, SmartCloud Orchestrator, SmartCloud Monitoring, and Tivoli Storage Manager EE. Both analyses included labor to manage both hardware and VMs, power and space costs, and SUSE Linux.
The public cloud assumptions were a little different. Each workload was deployed as a separate instance. The pricing model was for reserved instances. Hardware costs were based on instances in east US region with SUSE, EBS volume, data in/out, support (enterprise), free and reserved tier discounts applied. Software costs included WebSphere Application Server ND (middleware) costs for instances. A labor cost was included for managing instance.
When IBM applied its analysis to 398 I/O-diverse workloads the results were similar, 49-75% lower cost with the Cloud System on z. Again, z hardware was considerably more costly than either x86 or the public cloud. But z software and labor was far less than the others. In terms of 3-year TCO, the cloud was the highest at $37 M, x86 came in at $18.3 M, and the Cloud on z cost $9.4 M. With 48 workloads, the z again came in with lowest TCO at $1 M compared to $1.6 M for x86 systems, and $3.9 M for the public cloud.
IBM tried to keep the assumptions equivalent across the platforms. If you make different software or middleware choices or a different mix of high-mid-low I/O workloads your results will be different but the rankings probably won't change all that much.
Also, there still is time to register for IBM Edge2014 in Las Vegas. This blogger will be there hanging around the bloggers lounge when not attending sessions. Please join me there.
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The Internet of Things Gains Traction
Posted by dancingdinosaur in bottomlineIT on February 23, 2014
The Internet of Things (IoT) appears finally to be gaining real traction with both Gartner and IDC putting out reports on it. The opportunity, however, can best be understood in terms of vertical applications because the value of IoT is based on individual use cases across all verticals. "Successful sales and marketing efforts by vendors will be based on understanding the most lucrative verticals that offer current growth and future potential and then creating solutions for specific use cases that address industry-specific business processes," said Scott Tiazkun, senior research analyst, IDC's Global Technology and Industry Research Organization." Similarly, enterprise IT needs to understand which vertical use cases will benefit first and most.
Tiazkun was referring to IDC's latest Worldwide Internet of Things Spending by Vertical Market 2014-2017 Forecast. To tap that market, IDC advises consultants to focus on the individual vertical opportunity that arises from IoT already in play. Here is where a vertical business savvy IT exec can win. As IDC noted, realizing the existence of the vertical opportunity is the first step to understanding the impact and, therefore, to understanding an IoT market opportunity that exists – for enterprises and IT vendors and consultants.
The idea of IoT has been kicking around for years. BottomelineIT wrote about it early in 2011 here. It refers to the idea of embedding intelligence into things in the form of computer processors and making them IP addressable. Linking them together over a network gives you IoT. The idea encompasses almost anything from the supply chain to consumer interests. Smart appliances, devices, and things of all sorts can participate in IoT. RFID, all manner of sensors and monitors, big data, and real time analytics play into IoT.
In terms of dollars, IoT is huge. Specifically, IDC has found:
- The technology and services revenue from the components, processes, and IT support for IoT to expand from $4.8 trillion in 2012 to $7.3 trillion by 2017 at an 8.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), with the greatest opportunity initially in the consumer, discrete manufacturing, and government vertical industries.
- The IoT/machine-to-machine (M2M) market is growing quickly, but the development of this market will not be consistent across all vertical markets. Industries that already understand IoT will see the most immediate growth, such as industrial production/automotive, transportation, and energy/utilities. However, all verticals eventually will reflect great opportunity.
- IoT is a derivative market containing many elements, including horizontal IT components as well as vertical and industry-specific IT elements. It is these vertical components where IT consultants and vendors will want to distinguish themselves to address industry-specific IoT needs.
- IoT also opens IT consultants and vendors to the consumer market by providing business-to-business-to-consumer (B2B2C) services to connect and run homes and automobiles – all places that electronic devices increasingly will have networking capability.
Already, leading vendors are positioning themselves for the IoT market. To Oracle IoT brings tremendous promise to integrate every smart thing in this world. Cisco, too, jumped early on IoT bandwagon dubbing it the Internet of Everything.
IBM gets almost cosmic about IoT, which it describes as the emergence of a kind of global data field. The planet itself—natural systems, human systems, physical objects—have always generated an enormous amount of data, but until recent decades, we weren't able to hear, see, or capture it. Now we can because all of these things have been instrumented with microchips, UPC codes, and other technologies. And they're all interconnected, so now we can actually access the data. Of course, this dovetails with IBM's Smarter Planet marketing theme.
Enterprise IT needs to pay close attention to IoT too. First, it will change the dynamics of your network, affecting everything from network architecture to bandwidth to security. Second, once IT starts connecting the various pieces together, it opens interesting new possibilities for using IT to advance business objectives and even generate revenue. It can help you radically reshape the supply chain, the various sales channels, partner channels, and more. It presents another opportunity for IT to contribute to the business in substantive business terms.
IDC may have laid out the best roadmap to IoT for enterprise IT. According to IDC, the first step will be to understand the components of IoT/M2M IT ecosphere. Because this is a derivative market, there are many opportunities for vendors and consultants to offer pieces, product suites, and services that cover the needed IoT technology set. Just make sure this isn't just about products. Make sure services, strategies, integration, and business execution are foremost. That's how you'll make it all pay off.
The promise of IoT seems open ended. Says Tiazkun: "The IoT solutions space will expand exponentially and will offer every business endless IoT-focused solutions. The initial strategy of enterprise IT should be to avoid choosing IoT-based solutions that will solve only immediate concerns and lack staying power. OK, you're been alerted.
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Fueled by SMAC Tech M&A Activity to Heat Up
Posted by dancingdinosaur in bottomlineIT on February 9, 2014
Corporate professional services firm BDO USA polled approximately 100 executives of U.S. tech outfits for its 2014 Technology Outlook Survey and found them firm in the belief that mergers and acquisitions in tech would either stay at the same rate (40%) or increase over last year (43%). And this isn't a recent phenomenon.
M&A has been widely adopted across a range of technology segments as not only the vehicle to drive growth but, more importantly, to remain at the leading edge in a rapidly changing business and technology environment that is being spurred by cloud and mobile computing. And fueling this M&A wave is SMAC (Social, Mobile, Analytics, Cloud).
SMAC appears to be triggering a scramble among large, established blue chip companies like IBM, EMC, HP, Oracle, and more to acquire almost any promising upstart out there. Their fear: becoming irrelevant, especially among the young, most highly sought demographics. SMAC has become the code word (code acronym, anyway) for the future.
EMC, for example, has evolved from a leading storage infrastructure player to a broad-based technology giant driven by 70 acquisitions over the past 10 years. Since this past August IBM has been involved in a variety of acquisitions amounting to billions of dollars. These acquisitions touch on everything from mobile networks for big data analytics and mobile device management to cloud services integration.
Google, however, probably should be considered the poster child for technology M&A. According to published reports, Google has been acquiring, on average, more than one company per week since 2010. The giant search engine and services company's biggest acquisition to date has been the purchase of Motorola Mobility, a mobile device (hardware) manufacturing company, for $12.5 billion. The company also purchased an Israeli startup Waze in June 2013 for almost $1 billion. Waze is a GPS-based application for mobile phones and has brought Google a strong position in the mobile phone navigation business, even besting Apple's iPhone for navigation.
Top management has embraced SMAC-driven M&A as the fastest, easiest, and cheapest way to achieve strategic advantage through new capabilities and the talent that developed those capabilities. Sure, the companies could recruit and build those capabilities on their own but it could take years to bring a given feature to market that way and by then, in today's fast moving competitive markets, the company would be doomed to forever playing catch up.
Even with the billion-dollar and multi-billion dollar price tags some of these upstarts are commanding strategic acquisitions like Waze, IBM's SoftLayer, or EMC's XtremeIO have the potential to be game changers. That's the hope, of course. But it can be risky, although risk can be managed.
And the best way to manage SMAC merger risk is to have a flexible IT platform that can quickly absorb those acquisitions and integrate and share the information and, of course, a coherent strategy for leveraging the new acquisitions. What you need to avoid is ending up with a bunch of SMAC piece parts that don't fit together.


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Ran a little over 4 1/2 miles on the trails across the street. The deer flies were once again brutal along the mile long dirt road section. Like yesterday, not as bad on the shade covered trails.
A very special treat when I was about a half a mile from home. I rounded a turn and saw what I first thought was a coyote running about 50 feet in front of me in the same direction. It hadn't seen me yet, so I kept running, making a point to be quiet and try to catch up to it a little more. I then noticed it had a big, bushy tail and got a better look at the color of it's hide, which was gray with red highlights. Yup, gray fox! About 10 seconds later it must have heard me, turned around to get a peek and then darted off to the side and into the woods. Cool.
Today I'll organize my drop bags for Western States. I already have a good idea of what will be in each one. All will have some Clip2 drink mix, S! Cap electrolyte pills and Gu. I'll go ahead and put my headlamp in the ForestHill drop bag, where I pick up my pacer, Stephen, at mile 62. A pair of socks will also in the drop bag at Rucky Chucky so I can change if needed after the river crossing.
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THE CHRISTIAN HISTORY, Boston, July 9, 1743 This was the first successful magazine in America although formatted unlike typical magazines. It was exclusively a chronicle of the Great Awakening in America, exclusively of secular news reports. It was preceded by just a few magazines which lasted but a couple of issues--one of which was by Ben Franklin. Even this title lasted but a few short years.
As the subtitle reads: "Containing Accounts of the Propagation & Revival of Religion in Great Britain & America", this 8 page magazine is almost entirely taken up with religious content from the "Great Awakening" period in American history. In great condition, measures 4 3/4 by 8 inches. A rare opportunity for an American periodical from such an early year.
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Until the copper mines, were revitalised about 1859, Coniston was a scattered rural community. Its best feature is The Old Man of Coniston, rising dramatically behind the houses when seen from the village centre. Coniston is a good centre for walkers and climbers, and those wanting to investigate the Tilberthwaite Slate quarries. Donald Campbell broke the water speed record on Coniston Water in 1955, and was killed attempting to regain it again in 1967. In 1997, Coniston was the first village to be given the title "Village of the Year". John Ruskin lived for the last 30 years of his life at Brantwood, just across the lake. There are 2 public launch services on Coniston Water, the Coniston Launch and the National Trust's Steam Yacht Gondola. Both of these call at Brantwood. The Monk Coniston estate, owned by Beatrix Potter, and given on her death to the National Trust, stretches from Coniston to Skelwith Bridge. It includes the famous beauty spot - Tarn Hows. The Black Bull Inn, top picture, a 400 year old coaching inn at the foot of Coniston Old Man, is home to the Coniston Brewing Company, makers of 'Bluebird Bitter', CAMRA Supreme Champion Beer of Britain 1998.
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This terrific table runner combines two of 2010's top trends: the color turquoise and ruffles. Hats off to our new friend, Angela Yosten; a web developer for Moda Fabrics, United Notions and Moda Bake Shop... as well as a very creative blogger under the name, Moda Home Mom. We met Angela recently while setting up our designer relationship with Moda Fabrics. She was very enthusiastic about our Turquoise 2010 series and had a great idea for a table runner, using a Moda pre-cut Jelly Roll. Angela's designs have been featured on many popular blogs and sites, and we are thrilled she wanted to share one with us. We'll be returning the favor very soon – be looking for a Sew4Home pre-cut project to be featured on Moda Bake Shop.
This project is much faster and easier if you have an automatic ruffler attachment for your sewing machine. Janome makes a great one that fits all their models. These contraptions look a bit intimidating, but they make ruffling slicker than butter on a hot griddle (you thought I was going to say slicker than snot... didn't you???).
Our thanks to all our friends at Moda for providing the fabric for this project and to Angela for sharing her clever design. You can find Moda Fabrics at in-store and on-line retailers all over, including Fat Quarter Shop.
See more of Angela's projects on Moda Bake Shop or visit her blog: Moda Home Mom.
Sewing Tools You Need
- Any Sewing Machine (we recommend the Janome Memory Craft 6600P)
- Ultimate Ruffler (optional)
Fabric and Other Supplies
- 1 Jelly Roll (40, 2½" wide x 44" strips): we used Deb Strain's Cherish Nature for Moda Fabrics
- ½ yard 44-45" wide solid fabric for base of table runner: we used Moda Bella Solid in a coordinating green
- 1 yard 44-45" wide fabric for backing and binding: we used Moda Bella Solid in a coordinating aqua blue
- 1 yard fusible fleece
- All purpose thread
- See-through ruler
- Fabric pen or pencil: we used the Sewline Fabric Pencil
- Iron and ironing board
- Scissors or rotary cutter and mat
- Straight pins
Getting Started
- Cut one 12" x 36" rectangle from the backing fabric (Moda's Bella Solid in aqua blue in our sample).
- Cut three 3" strips from the binding fabric (also Moda's Bella Solid in aqua blue in our sample) .
- Cut two 12" x 36" rectangles from the fusible fleece.
- Cut one 12" x 36" rectangle from the solid fabric for the base of the table runner (Moda's Bella Solid in green in our sample).
- Take the 12" x 36" piece of base fabric (Moda's Bella Solis in Green in our sample). Find the center by folding the fabric in half matching the two 12" ends.
- Press to create a crease on the fold. Unfold the fabric and re-mark this center line with your fabric pencil.
- Using your see-through ruler and fabric pencil, measure and mark lines on the fabric that are 2" apart, starting at your center line. Continue until you reach the end of your fabric both to the left and the right.
- Separate your Jelly Roll strips into the various color-ways.
NOTE: For more information on pre-cuts, check out this great article from our friends at Fat Quarter Shop.
- Select 19 strips in a pleasing palette to use as your rows of ruffles across the table runner.
- Press each jelly roll strip in half lengthwise.
- Then unfold and press the edges into the center.
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- Using the ruffler attachment on your machine, set your foot to the tightest ruffle. On mine, this is #1.
- Place each pressed jelly roll strip, folded side up, into the ruffle foot guide. Center the strip under the needle, so your stitching is all in the center of the ruffle.
NOTE: If you don't have a ruffler attachment, you can instead run a long basting stitch down the center of each strip, and then gather up the ruffles by hand. For more tips, check out our tutorial: Gathering & Ruffles Made Easy. We recommended the ruffler because there are LOTS of ruffles.
- When all your selected Jelly Roll strips are gathered to approximately 12 - 15" in length, press to flatten and straighten out the ruffle.
- Remove the ruffler and replace your standard straight stitch sewing foot.
- Align the center of each ruffle strip, folded side down, with the center of each drawn line on your base fabric.
- Using a straight stitch and following your line of ruffler stitching, sew down the center of each strip, and then again about an 1/8" to either side of your center line of stitching. So, that's three lines of stitching on each ruffle strip.
- When all the strips are stitched in place on the base fabric, trim the ends of the ruffle strips so they are flush with the raw edges of the base fabric. Press your ruffled base so everything is nice and straight.
- Set aside.
- Find the two 12" x 36" pieces of fusible fleece. Fuse one piece to the wrong side of the ruffled base. Fuse the other to the wrong side of the 12" x 36" backing fabric piece.
- Place the two fused fabric pieces together with the fusible fleece sides facing each other, sandwiching the two pieces of fusible fleece inside the two pieces of fabric. The fabrics should be facing right side out.
- Pin the two pieces together, matching all raw edges.
- Find the three 3" x 44" binding strips.
- Pin all three binding strips together right sides together at the short ends at an 90˚ angle.
- Stitch at a 45˚ angle to create one long strip.
- Press all three seams so your one, long strip is nice and flat. You've just created your own bias binding. For more on this technique, check out our tutorial: Bias Tape: How To Make It & Attach It.
- Fold the binding in half lengthwise, wrong sides together, matching up raw edges.
- Starting in the middle of one long side, pin the binding to the top of the table runner, aligning the raw edges of folded binding with the raw edges of the table runner.
- Using a ½" seam allowance, stitch around all four edges. Make sure you have caught all the edges of the ruffles in the seam.
- Using a see-ruler and rotary cutter, trim your seam allowance down to ¼" all the way around the perimeter of the table runner.
- Fold over the folded edge of the binding to the back side of the table runner and whip stitch in place.
NOTE: The binding on this project is narrow enough to allow you to simply run a continuous line of stitching around the corners and then fold the binding over, creating rounded corners. If you prefer a mitered corner, follow the directions in our Bias Tape tutorial mentioned above .
Project Concept, Sample Creation and Instructional Editing: Angela Yosten
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How long do you suppose it would take you to drive 11 miles? Maybe 15 minutes? Probably less if you had an interstate highway at your disposal. And we do it all the time; folks all over Florida are obliged to drive that far and much farther sometimes just to get to work, school, or the grocery store. These days, it's not much of a hassle to drive 11 miles, but for residents of Melrose, Florida trying to ship oranges and lumber and other products in the late 1800s, traveling that distance to the nearest railroad was a real pain in the neck. Until they decided to do something about it, that is.
Even in the late nineteenth century, transportation in the center of the state was difficult. The railroad from Fernandina to Cedar Key was in operation, but getting freight goods to a shipping point on the railroad could be quite a challenge. Roads were sandy and impractical for this purpose. Water transportation, where it could be used, was much more efficient. The citizens of the town of Melrose at the south end of Lake Santa Fe badly needed access to the railroad, but the nearest depot was at Waldo, eleven miles away across punishing terrain.
No river ran directly between Melrose and Waldo, but lakes Santa Fe and Alto very nearly made the connection. The lakes were separated by a narrow strip of land that many believed could be crossed by a canal, linking the two bodies of water together and creating a faster, safer water route for transporting trade goods. The Santa Fe Canal Company was chartered in 1877 to begin work on the canal, and construction was completed in 1881. When it was first opened, the passage was about 30 feet wide and about five feet deep. Boats could now gather freight from the communities along the southern end of Lake Santa Fe and get them all the way to the north end of Lake Alto, where they were loaded onto a spur line and carried to Waldo and transferred to the Fernandina-Cedar Key Railroad. A short canal from Lake Alto toward Waldo was also dug, although it never reached all the way into town.
For all its usefulness, the Waldo Canal suffered from a serious case of bad luck. The steamer F.S. Lewis, which had been built in Waldo especially for use in the local lakes connected by the new canal, was a bundle of problems. Its drive shaft broke on one of its first voyages, disabling its paddlewheel and stranding its passengers. Its large size pushed its hull too deep into the water for it to make deliveries or pick up goods at smaller stops like Earleton. On one occasion, the steamboat capsized during a storm. The boat was righted again, only to catch fire and sink while tied up at Shooter's Landing on Lake Santa Fe.
The F.S. Lewis was replaced by the Alert, a tugboat purchased in Jacksonville and transported to Alachua County by flatcar. The Alert was smaller, more fit for service than luxury, but it was sufficient to resume the transportation of freight and passengers across the lakes and through the canal. That is, when the canal was not filling up with sand. With a depth of only a few feet, the canal was frequently blocked by soil washing in from the sides, and workers would have to dig it out before traffic could resume. Water hyacinths also took their toll over the years.
The death of the Waldo Canal as a commercial enterprise came partly as an act of Nature and partly as a result of man-made technology. In the 1890s, a series of severe freezes devastated the citrus industry in the area near Melrose, driving citrus growers southward and depriving the canal of some of its biggest shipping customers. Not long afterward, the arrival of the automobile led to the construction of new roads to replace the old sandy trails that had been so tough to navigate in earlier years. The canal itself remained open to small craft, but the era of inland steamboat transportation was coming to an end in Florida.
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