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Best of Breed Applications Finally Have Their Day
By Byron Deeter
One of the oldest debates in corporate IT is whether to adopt a single vendor application suite or deploy best-of-breed packages. CIOs and business users have argued over the years about which approach delivers the ideal balance of user features, time to value, cost management and business benefits. It seems like there's never been a black-and-white answer -- until now.
Never before has the case for best of breed applications been more compelling. Cloud computing has made it financially and operationally viable for a company to pick the world's best application for every need, every user, and every business case. Companies no longer have to sacrifice functionality for the sake of integration. You can have your cake and eat it too.
After more than a decade of software industry consolidation and the dominance of "all in one" software suites, it is becoming increasingly difficult to justify a suite purchase. Business users were previously forced to accept inferior products in the interest of "seamless integration and simplicity"…that never materialized. Instead, all too often the attempts to install monolithic software suites from the likes of SAP and Oracle ended in projects that ran well over budget, took months or years longer than planned and left business users with legacy options, if the projects ever went live at all!
The cloud, with its open, flexible SOA-based application architecture means that integration is far easier and cheaper to manage today. This dramatically weakens the primary – and in some cases only – reason that customers were buying applications from the suite vendors. Cloud software is built with integration and information exchange in mind. As cloud computing has matured, so has the "API economy." SaaS vendors can now extend their application's usefulness through releasing APIs to developers, who in turn then offer rich, complementary functionality back to joint customers.
Progressive cloud vendors specializing in financial services, telephony and communication services and talent management, among others, are handling the integration work through pre-built connections to other leading applications and developing ecosystems of application partners.
It wasn't long ago when IT departments were stuck with the reality of implementing modules from one vendor that worked together pretty well, yet didn't satisfy the needs of every department. Choosing an ERP system with strong financials meant the likelihood of weakness in other areas such as HR and CRM. Manufacturing companies often choose SAP, yet their finance department probably pined for Oracle.
However, if the company embarked on a best-of-breed path to satisfy diverse needs across business units, there were also significant added costs and headaches with highly orchestrated customizations and integration projects that could cost millions of dollars and years to realize. These integrations would then often have to be redone around new releases of the respective applications, which meant IT departments were often forced to delay and/or skip new versions to keep the related systems functional.
In the cloud, the Internet becomes the middleware. A company can pick and choose applications from many different vendors, integrate them through APIs or third-party cloud integration services and have the suite they always wanted in weeks, not years.
As one example, The Great Books Foundation, a nonprofit educational organization, integrated Intacct financials with SugarCRM, Magento e-commerce, and warehouse and shipping systems. An ROI analysis by Nucleus Research reports that the company is achieving an annual benefit of $133,000 from cost savings and productivity improvements. Most importantly, the systems work together, the business imperatives of the organization are satisfied and the costs weren't prohibitive for the company along the way.
With subscription-based pricing, costs of a cloud-based business product combination are also lower and more aligned with actual demand. Costly consultants, hardware purchases, and expensive service agreements are no longer needed. Individual departments are happy and IT is not spending excessive time and money maintaining connections and managing updates.
A business can then become nimble and responsive again, with their IT systems as a competitive advantage. When new functionality is needed, IT departments can sign a contract with another vendor and get the new software up and running in hours or days. It's now the vendor's job to show how they can integrate their product with a company's other systems; integration is no longer the shackles that threaten a CIO's livelihood.
As the cloud wave continues to roll through the entire software landscape, more and more large public SaaS companies will emerge, such as Salesforce.comConcur Technologies, Inc., and Cornerstone OnDemand Best of breed SaaS companies are thriving, and are now forcing the legacy vendors like Oracle, SAP and Microsoft to fend off attacks from all sides.
Of course, best of breed in the cloud isn't perfect itself. Many large companies have legacy systems that they must maintain for a variety of reasons and integrating those inflexible systems with cloud systems requires some work and expense. Thankfully, connecting an open cloud system with an on-premise legacy system is still easier than the cumbersome process of linking legacy to legacy apps, but it is something to plan for none-the-less.
The cloud market itself is also evolving, and we will likely see increased M&A activity as the legacy software suite vendors attempt to buy their way into cloud computing by acquiring some of the best of breed leaders. We are also seeing the leading SaaS providers themselves looking to build and buy their way into adjacent product areas to expand their offerings, as we've seen with Salesforce.com's entry into marketing and support. Workday enjoyed an extremely successful IPO last year and is already moving beyond their initial segment of core HR into offering financial applications for the very large enterprises.
Yet these SaaS suite vendors won't address all of the application needs of an enterprise and will need to go much deeper in their core application areas to be competitive with the best of breed alternatives. The notion of an integrated suite alone will no longer be sufficient to sell through an inferior product. These vendors will need to be thoughtful when carving out vertical slices and rely more on ecosystem partners to fill in the gaps. Even with these emerging, cloud-based "suite" business models, best-of-breed has a prominent role.
For the lion's share of companies that desire choice, flexibility and freedom to create their own suite of best-in-class technologies from multiple vendors, the cloud is a dream come true. And for software entrepreneurs, there's no time like the present to capture their own sweet slice of the cloud market. May the best cloud innovator, in every possible vertical, win.
Byron Deeter is a former SaaS CEO and currently a partner in the Menlo Park, California office of Bessemer Venture Partners. Deeter focuses on investments in the cloud computing and Internet sectors. He lead Bessemer's investments in numerous cloud companies, including Intacct, Box, DocuSign, Eloqua, Cornerstone OnDemand, Twilio, and SendGrid.


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DuPont™ Hytrel® RS is the industry's first renewably-sourced thermoplastic elastomer for use in airbag systems.
DuPont™ Hytrel® RS for Sustainability and High Performance
In response to the automotive industry's desire to create sustainable products without compromising safety and performance, DuPont has launched the latest technological advancement in renewably-sourced, high performance polymers. Hytrel® thermoplastic elastomers have been used for over 15 years and in millions of vehicles as deployment covers for airbag systems. Hytrel® RS thermoplastic elastomers provide all the high standard performance characteristics of traditional Hytrel®, including excellent elasticity, low temperature flexibility, high flex life over millions of cycles and very high chemical resistance to oils and greases, but with a reduced environmental impact.
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Hytrel® RS is approved for use in airbag systems, and contains a minimum of 35 percent renewable content by weight. It is a co-polymer based on a thermoplastic ether-ester elastomer (TPC-ET) that has hard segments of polybutylene terephthalate and soft segments that include a polyether made from non-food biomass. Hytrel® RS fully complies with all the technical requirements of airbag manufacturers with regard to paint adhesion, long-term aging performance, ease of processing and low temperature ductility combined with high stiffness.
Hytrel® RS delivers excellent dimensional stability with high abrasion resistance, while reducing costs and minimizing environmental impacts. When compared to a petroleum-based TPC-ET, Hytrel® RS is superior in regards to greenhouse gas emissions and its use of renewable energy.
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Five rules to help you build a storage strategy
Metcalfe's law explains how the Internet works. But what about storage? Here are five rules to help you build a storage strategy.
- Stephen Foskett, Gestalt IT
In 1965, Gordon Moore of Intel Corp. noticed that the density of transistors on integrated circuits was doubling approximately every two years. In the 1980s, Robert Metcalfe of 3Com Corp. noted that the value of a network increases exponentially as more people use it.
Let's take a stab at defining a few axioms for storage.
1. Density increases, but unit price stays constant
Prices tend to remain constant from generation to generation, but functionality increases with time. The average cost of capacity drops as density increases. The price of a specific disk drive model or tape cartridge starts high, and then eventually drops. But the next generation comes in at the same high initial unit cost.
Enterprise disk drives usually start at about $1,300, and then drop below $400 as they are phased out. Tape media starts at $200 and falls to $50. Consumer disk drives usually start near $500 and fall off the shelves at $80 (before rebates).
2. Backup tapes are three times larger than disks
Enterprise tape and disk units maintain a rough ratio of capacity of approximately three or four to one. In 1994, the DLT2000 had 15GB (native) capacity, and most enterprise arrays were just adopting 4GB disks. Today's 160GB to 300GB tapes map to 36GB to 140GB enterprise disks.
Backup tapes have to be somewhat larger than disks to stay in the storage game. If they fell behind, disk-based backup would take over.
3. Storage density doubles every 18 months
This axiom sounds like Moore's Law, but not really. Most computer components benefit from Moore's exponential growth of transistors, but disk doesn't rely on transistor counts for increased density. Different science and engineering allows us to put more and more on a small magnetic platter.
Disk capacity had been growing a steady 25% annually. But the introduction of the magneto resistive (MR) disk head in 1993 changed everything. Suddenly, magnetic disks were matching--and sometimes exceeding--transistor density growth. Since then, storage density has grown 60% annually, giving us the same 18-month doubling cycle as the semiconductor industry.
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4. Storage bandwidth doubles every 36 months
I/O is stuck at the same 25% annual growth of pre-MR disk. And most disks can't keep up with their rated speeds in sustained throughput tests.
If we divide the size of an average disk by the theoretical speed of its interface, we come up with the amount of time it would take to read the entire contents of a disk. Let's call this flush time. This metric highlights a serious problem for enterprise storage. Whether you look at interface speeds or actual transfer rates (see "Where does disk performance live?"), disk performance is lagging behind capacity improvements.
Enterprise storage makers attempt to make up for the performance gap in two ways. First, they use RAID to spread data across many spindles, increasing the performance. Second, they refuse to use the latest and largest drives in performance-sensitive applications.
RAID is really just a bandage over the performance gap. Add up the space on all the disks and divide it by their total I/O capability, and the flush time remains the same as a single disk. The only way to make a really high-performance system is to use disks that can deliver the goods in terms of performance. Right now, that means using only 15,000 rpm and 73GB or smaller drives.
5. Enterprise drives are I/O bound, consumer drives aren't
In 1994, enterprise storage used a 20MB/s SCSI bus, while consumer PCs lagged with 16MB/s IDE interfaces. Enterprise drives now use quick 200MB/s (2Gb) Fibre Channel (FC) interfaces, while consumer PCs are just starting to adopt 150MB/s Serial ATA. So, although they use different interfaces, consumer drive interfaces have remained about 80% as fast as those found in the enterprise. Actual throughput speed has followed the same pattern.
When you plot flush time vs. disk size over time, you see the problem for enterprise storage. In order to ensure adequate performance, enterprise storage users haven't adopted larger disks like the consumer market has.
Consumer disks aren't limited by I/O performance. My home PC takes more than two hours to flush the entire contents. By contrast, a typical 36GB 15,000 rpm FC drive in an enterprise array would be able to sustain 60MB/s or more, for a flush time of just 10 minutes.
Ominous implications
Consumers are buying larger drives with ever-poorer performance, and reaping the benefits of a Moore's Law-like exponential increase in capacity. However, the enterprise is much more sensitive to performance and is lagging behind in realizing the drop in per-megabyte disk costs.
What's the long-term implication of this finding?
Enterprise storage prices won't fall as fast as the vast improvements in storage density would indicate, unless performance is sacrificed. Within a year or two, we could even see the recent cost reductions for enterprise storage stop. It will be difficult to make ever-larger drives perform better, even if their spindle speeds are increased. And the small disks used by enterprise storage will become more expensive as their similarity to consumer disks disappears.
But if we leverage the performance of a large number of huge disks across a large number of users, we can have the benefits of density without sacrificing performance. That kind of consolidation is much more than most storage architectures are delivering today. We need a new kind of massively parallel storage system with thousands of storage nodes serving thousands of users. And hope that all of those users don't want to be served at the same time!
Aspects of this new architecture are materializing today. Systems such as 3PAR's InServ and Panasas' ActiveScale spread data across more spindles than most current RAID implementations. More and more systems are starting to leverage large consumer-grade disks and interfaces.
Does the "I" in RAID stands for independent or inexpensive? Current enterprise storage clearly isn't inexpensive. If these new storage architectures take over, it seems that both terms might finally be appropriate.


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Students are tested in Performance, Technique, Theory, Ear Training, Sight Reading, and Creative Musicianship.
Every year across the state of Utah, approximately 1,000 students participate in the program.
The judge this year was Juliet Preston. A concert pianist and nationally certified teacher, Juliet Preston has presented on pedagogy topics at state conferences as well as adjudicating piano competitions throughout Texas, Montana, and Utah.
Preston holds a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from the University of Utah and a Master of Music from the University of Texas at Austin. She has taught piano and pedagogy courses at Concordia University at Austin, University of Montana, and Weber State University.
Preston enjoyed the San Juan County students, saying: "Please tell the students that I was impressed at how well-prepared they were and very bright to work with - definitely the 'cream of the crop.'" All students achieved in the 90th per centile or higher. Pianists who participated are students of Denise Frost and Jody Fellmeth.


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Signalling new opportunities to tout fresh produce attributes to consumers and for produce marketers to glean information from shoppers, YottaMark Inc. has bought the food information company ShopWell Solutions Inc.
Redwood City, Calif.-based YottaMark said ShopWell staff will be integrated into the company"s HarvestMark Insights group, according to a news release. Terms were not disclosed.
ShopWell"s free mobile application has more than a million downloads, according to the release, and helps shoppers make decisions about the food they eat. The mobile app allows consumers to scan barcodes to see if specific food items are a good match for their dietary needs.
The ShopWell app generates numerical scores for food based on patent-pending alogithms designed by the Registered Dietitians and statisticians, according to the release. The scoring system draws on guidelines set by the Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Institute of Medicine and recent peer-reviewed research, according to the release.
The acquisition of ShopWell brings a significant amount of users to the HarvestMark platform, according to the release. The combination of ShopWell and HarvestMark will provide a single source of information to shoppers throughout the grocery store."The reason we acquired ShopWell was that it filled in the last piece, or the engagement of shoppers in the store," said Elliott Grant, YottaMark"s founder and chief technology officer.
ShopWell gives HarvestMark insights to what consumers are thinking about product in the store, Grant said May 30.
The acquisition won"t immediately change the way HarvestMark Produce Traceability Initiative customers use the labeling service, but it gives HarvestMark access to consumer insights that will be valuable to all produce marketers, he said.
The ShopWell app can scan any UPC code, not just the HarvestMark label, Grant said. The ShopWell database has more than 330,000 Universal Product Codes in its database
"One of the great things that ShopWell has built was the best database for food in the U.S." he said.
Grant said one of the first things HarvestMark will do is to make sure all customers" UPC codes are up to date in the ShopWell database. "We want to be able to showcase our customers" products as a healthy option," he said.
ShopWell can also solicit feedback on the quality and taste of produce through its app, he said.
Consumers who scan the HarvestMark code with the ShopWell app will provide data on commodity, brand, variety, where the product was grown and when he product was harvested. That is data HarvestMark will use to make the feedback consumers give even more relevant to HarvestMark users, he said.
"You can do a lot with the UPC code, but when you got to the HarvestMark code you can get even more insights," he said. All produce marketers can access insights from the ShopWell app, Grant said, whether or not they use the HarvestMark PTI label system. "We would invite anybody to give us a call and see how it could work for them," he said.
Grant said produce marketers could use ShopWell customers to determine how their product is performing in particular area.
"We can take the shoppers we know that are shopping in Florida and send out a mission to them and say, 'Next time you are in the store scan blueberries and tell us what you think of them,"" he said.


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Use floral stem wires in arrangements to reinforce, curve, direct and lengthen the stems of dried flowers, fresh flowers and greenery. Great for attaching floral material and decorative objects to wreaths and forms. Can also be used in a number of general craft projects. The higher the gauge number, the thinner the wire.


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Look up 'mentoring' in the dictionary and the definition reads: 'the activity of supporting and advising someone with less experience to help them develop in their work.'
This seems a perfect description. As writers, the thing we lack more than anything in our early days is confidence. How do we know our writing is any good? How do we judge? Who can we compare it to? Who do we ask for feedback? How do we get advice about publication? Within self-publishing the need for support is probably even greater, without an in-house editor or agent to work with, who do we ask for advice?
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From early on in our incarnation, it was decided that one of our key roles at Triskele Books is to do just that. To use what we have learned over the last decade in our own individual writing journeys (and when you start to list it or visit seminars you soon realise what a huge amount of knowledge you know without even realising!) and hopefully put our skills towards assisting others who are just starting over in their own journey or are have trouble with previous decisions.
Each of us have our own different stories of how mentoring works for us.
Jill Marsh: "My Triskele team-mates have been my mentors for far longer than five years. We first 'met' on a peer critique site. Three things stood out – these people were excellent writers, insightful critiquers and extremely supportive individuals.
Under their guidance, my writing has matured. I've identified my own bad habits, built my confidence and learned plotting precision. As for getting the work out there, I lean heavily on the various contributory skills of the Triskelites. Mentoring, for me, is a question of sharing our experiences to make unfamiliar territory less daunting and a demonstration of our commitment to helping other writers."
Each of us within Triskele play our parts individually. Jane Dixon-Smith is not only a historical fiction author, but also an award-winning cover designer, who has recently been interviewed on BBC Radio and released a book to assist newbie writers, and is also the editor of literary magazine, Words with Jam. Jill Marsh as part of Nuance Words runs writing events in her home country of Switzerland, and co-produces The Woolf magazine. Catriona Troth is a professional editor, plus our eyes and ears on the ground, assisting with London-based writing events and also works with the Alliance of Independent Authors. Liza Perrat takes part in a writing community in her native France. And I have recently given a talk on 'cross genre' novels to a writing group in Birmingham, discussing my route to publication and feel I know a great deal about publishing.
Collectively, we're massively proud of 'A Pathway To Self-Publishing' – our how to guide to assist writers who may be looking at self-publishing as an option for them.
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Is this an offer worth grabbing? Do Triskele have anything worthwhile to offer? Well, from what we have discussed here I believe so!
Certainly life is full of choices. Traditional publishing is still a route for many to pursue, and an option I would encourage for anyone who wants to write and leave everything else to someone else. It has it negatives – the loss of control and speed at which the industry moves, but also doubtless has its positives – assistance with marketing and network opportunities.
Not many of us would be where we are today without some kind of mentoring. For some that may be formal qualifications, for others it might be physical support groups, for others online writing communities.
Personally, my first unofficial mentor would be the first literary agent who saw some spark of 'something' in my writing, and helped me develop the rough jumble of ideas I had into the framework of a novel that eventually become 'Closure.' Later in my career, I turned to a fellow author, Amanda Hodgkinson, who seemed to connect to my writing and was always supportive but critical to just the right degree. Would I be writing my sixth novel without either of these women? Probably not in all honesty.
But don't just take my word for the importance of mentoring. The judge for our Big Five Competition is Irish crime writer, Sheila Bugler. Soon to publish her third novel with O'Brien Press, her first big break into writing was via a sponsored mentorship scheme, and this was one of the reasons Sheila was so keen to payback her good fortune and judge our competition.
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The Big Five Competition #Big5 is one hell of an opportunity for one lucky author. If you're an established writer, tell someone who is just starting out or struggling with their writing. If you've been with a small press but are looking at fresh options, see if this is something that fits your needs. And if you have a book in you and want to support to see if it deserves its place on the bookshelf, take the plunge and let us advise you.
It means a lot to us at Triskele Books that we have the knowledge, skills, networks and experience to be able to offer this prize - and we look forward to sharing all of that expertise with one lucky author.
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Immigrant High
Special | 17m 10s
Immigrant teens face discrimination, language barriers, unfamiliar cultural traditions — all while dealing with the changes all teens struggle with. Many give up on school. Immigrant High takes us into the halls of Pan American International High School in Queens, New York, a school that aims to give its Latino students a place to belong and excel.
Aired: 09/24/13
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Councilwoman | Trailer
Preview: Season 7 Episode 10 | 1m 39s
Carmen Castillo is a first-term city councilwoman who maintains her job as a hotel housekeeper. She advocates for the working families in her community and leads the charge of the Fight for $15 Providence, RI. A grueling reelection campaign brings new challenges to the homefront. Through it all, she stays true to her vision for justice and equity to prove that "she can do it!" Will she succeed?
Aired: 09/03/19
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Q&A with John Fielder: First trip to Africa
Colorado nature photographer John Fielder traveled to Africa for the first time in May, and he shared his thoughts and photos with Denver Post readers on Sunday.
He hired native photographer Michelle Attala to guide him through Zambia for nine days, part of which was spent boating and canoeing along the Zambezi River.
They then traveled for 12 days in a four-wheel-drive vehicle through the deserts and mountains of Namibia, sleeping in small tent camps at night and navigating on their own during the day.
He wanted to come back with photos that would show wildlife in their native habitats, not controlled game parks, and he is sharing those photos (and, of course, selling them) at his Colorado Gallery (833 Santa Fe Drive), which is exhibiting 60 photographs of the journey. Fielder and Attala will talk about their trip on Saturday, Dec. 3, at the gallery at 1 p.m.
Q. Why did you pick Zambia and Namibia?
A. I had dreamed of photographing Africa for many years. There were lots of invites to teach on safari for travel companies, and I even discussed a more private trip with a guy friend and fellow photographer, but nothing ever happened. Then there was Michelle, and she was available to tour in May. There's nothing better than traveling with a local.
We managed a quick trip to Cozumel to see if we could get along with each other. No problem. Michelle had worked for various safari companies in Zambia, most recently teaching photography to the clients of renowned tour operator Robin Pope. Her descriptions of Zambia sold me on its wildlife and scenery, but I wanted to visit another place, too, in the three weeks we had allotted.
My passion is landscapes, so the desert terrain of Namibia seemed the perfect complement. Being the second-least-populated country in the world per square mile after Mongolia insured solitude, another of my passions. So for the next six months we planned our trip, nine days lodging it in Zambia and twelve more touring Namibia by 4×4.
In both countries, we would bunk nightly at exclusive safari camps, usually in the middle of some gorgeous wild ecosystem. The lodges would be limited to less than 20 guests and built compatibly with the natural environment.
I've spent a few thousand nights sleeping on the ground so I deserved a break, right? We chose May, the beginning of the African winter, in order to enjoy mild temperatures in the 70s during the day, and pleasant evenings dining outdoors. We would not see rain for three weeks.
Q. What was some of the food like?
A. We spent our first evening in Namibia having dinner with Pieter de Wet, manager of the Okahirongo Elephant Lodge in northern Damaraland in the northwest corner of the country where we would be in a few days. Joe's Beer Hall is a Windhoek institution. I was a bit put off by the menu of Africa game including ostrich, springbok, kudu and gemsbok (oryx).
I soon learned that none of these creatures is endangered and ultimately ate my fair share of these animals for 11 days. All are quite delicious and are served in camps throughout Namibia.
Q. Rough estimate, how much does a trip like this cost?
A. Bear in mind that we did this deluxe, not cheap. These are 20-25 person tent camps in both countries in the middle of nowhere, so very exclusive. We ate 3 full meals a day, with snacks, afternoon tea, and activities included, such as game drives, canoeing, cruises on Zambezi in Zambia, and fishing there, too. It was low season April-May. So per person, if sharing, was $550 USD/per night, up to $700 high season Aug-Sept. at Chongwe River Camp in Zambia right on river right next to game park.
In Namibia, it was similar at Mowani Mountain Camp, but they separate the room/board from activities, but totals were about the same when added in.
When we were in Livingston/Victoria Falls, because there's a big town, lots of hotels from cheap to same as above, and so more choices. At Etosha Park in Namibia, there were quite a few lodges on the edge so prices were half to two-thirds of the above.
We rented the 4×4 in Namibia for 11 days for about $150/day. (Having driven SUVs in Colorado for 40 years, I was looking forward to applying my skills in Namibia. We picked up a Nissan Double Cab 4×4 from Pegasus Car & Camper Hire.
Gas/diesel is more expensive than in the U.S., but not as bad as Europe. In Namibia, most folks fly small chartered Cessnas from one of the deluxe places to another or from Windhoek, so that adds a lot if you don't drive.
A coach class flight to Johannesburg is $1,500-$2,000 round-trip from the U.S, and from there it's $300 or so to Lusaka or Windhoek round-trip. I did do some intra-country flying at $200 a flight or so. Don't even ask what I paid for a sleeper seat!
So for three weeks of deluxe, be prepared to spend about $10,000-$15,000 per person, not including airfare from the U.S. Half that if one travels on a budget and stays in hotels. Half that if one camps out the whole time!
Q. What kinds of vaccinations did you have to get?
A. Hepatitis A&B injections, a series of three before and after the trip. Malaria pills every day before, during and after the trip. The mosquitoes weren't bad at all after the rainy season, even in wetter Zambia, but they definitely exist and all it takes one bite, so almost all places we visited had mosquito netting for beds at night.
Q. What things would you absolutely recommend taking along on a trip like this?
A. You can travel light for sure. The temps are mild-to-hot, so lightweight clothing (synthetic fabrics work much better than cotton for washing and drying on the fly; you can do this in the shower and hang it out to dry in no time), but where mosquitoes were a threat, usually long pants/sleeves, but sandals are nice, and lightweight hiking shoes were fine for most walking and hiking.
Also, lots of lighter-weight wool/synthetic blend hiking socks. I noticed my feet stayed somewhat moist just from sweating a lot, and I don't like the smell of bad feet. Rain gear is not really necessary except for rainy season, because it does not rain! Good hats, depending on sun sensitivity. Evening temps were mild, so just a sweater or synthetic jacket/shell.
A side note: People from around the world do dress nicely at dinner in the deluxe places, so nicer clothing is needed, too, which is usually solved with an attractive sweater. You need different electricity adaptors in Namibia and Zambia for charging your camera batteries and running your laptop, and you can purchase those at airports. Internet is available most places, even in middle of nowhere, but it's limited sometimes to the camp office, and there's no Wi-Fi usually.
Q. Did you feel safe there? Did you have any problems getting around?
A. I felt very safe in those two countries in middle of nowhere, and safe enough in towns. The natives were quite lovely. You have to watch your luggage at big airports and city bus stations. If you're flying into Johannesburg, and staying a night, that's another thing. It can be a dangerous place if you're on your own.
Q. Do you have to hire a guide?
A. No, not if you're traveling from lodge to lodge. But if you're the adventurous type, both countries are relatively safe, and it's not that tough finding your way around. Highways and even back roads are well-marked and offer the mileages to get to towns.
And cell phone coverage is almost everywhere, even inn the boonies; it's better than in the U.S., and there's plenty of pre-trip info available online to prepare. But to have a guide to help mostly with people and local customs, that was the best part of having Michelle, but it's not necessary. Guides and nature interpreters for local touring exist everywhere, and work at the camps.
Q. Any other tips for making a trip like this happen?
A. We almost ran out of gas and finally had to use both cans of extra fuel that we'd been carrying for ten days. We simply could not find the correct route back and ended up driving many more miles than needed. Hopefully one learns lessons in life. Our lesson learned allowed us to leave an extra day in our three-week schedule for mishaps.
We cashed in our chit by arriving very late to Windhoek one day before our flights! There's no better feeling for travelers than to hop aboard an airplane totally relaxed and satiated after the African adventure of a life time!
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Lemme Get 2
Uhh, chka-yeah
Chka-UHH, chka-yeah
Ladies and gentlemen
[Chorus: x2]
Have you ever been so proud in your life
You livin on your own cloud in the sky
Wanna take e'rybody wit'chu
Forget one, lemme get two
Yeah! Yo, hey
I love travelin' and seein' people
Showin' the ignorant my color skin is equal
I like tryin' different Thai food and seafood
Makin' my episode of life another sequel
I like flyin' on Delta and Continental
First class, playin' them elevator instrumentals
I'm in the window, got on my headphones
Listenin' to Big Pun and Wyclef Jean
It's like Exxon, I get gassed up
I shuffle 'round the board like Cassius
That's us when the plane land, hey man
It ain't hard cause I can do it like a caveman
Fix my Ray-Bans, I hit the hotel
Do my show, get my money, hit the hotel
Sittin' at the hotel like "Oh well!"
I call shorty that I met today at Modell's
Go girl, it's like we in The Matrix
I'm in a new city, with suitcases
I'm overseas with bills with new faces
And if you're not about that you need a facelift
Lemme get two, lemme get two [Repeat x3]
Lemme get two, bartender lemme get two
If it's a high life you seekin' then you say it
Cause how the hell you gonna win the game if you ain't playin'?
I'm in Monaco, swimmin' in the deep end with 3 dimes, this ain't dominos
Well maybe it was, I set 'em up to knock 'em down and go
The skeletons in the closet, I'm makin a new deposit
She was never so erotic 'til we got to the ex-o-tic-tic, now I'm thinkin'
that this time bomb is about to explode
Got me wishin' that it was different than money, contradiction is funny
I just told y'all to play the game if y'all wan' eat
The truth is it's what you make it
That's why I got my baby girl naked
Long before I bought them tickets to Turks and Caicos
We love each other, beyond under covers
That's why I'm feelin' so high like them Wright brothers
Fly, I hope it never take material
for you to get yo' Apple Jacks cereal, here we go
Lemme get two, lemme get two [Repeat x3]
Lemme get two, bartender lemme get two
I'm on vacation BEITCH!
And I'm flyin' high
Autor(es): REGGIE NOBLE, KARL WAILOO, RITCHIE ACHEAMPONG


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Packers-Titans: 5 things to watch
The teams: The Green Bay Packers (10-4) vs. the Tennessee Titans (5-9).
The time: Noon CST Sunday.
The place: Lambeau Field, Green Bay.
The TV coverage: CBS – WDJT (Ch. 58 in Milwaukee), WISC (Ch. 3 in Madison) and WFRV (Ch. 5 in Green Bay).
The announcers: Greg Gumbel and Dan Dierdorf in the booth.
The coaches: Green Bay's Mike McCarthy is 79-40 (including 5-3 in the postseason) in his seventh season as the Packers' coach and as an NFL head coach. The Titans' Mike Munchak is 14-16 in his second year as the Titans' coach and as an NFL head coach.
The series: The Titans lead the all-time regular-season series, 6-4, and are also 4-1 in Green Bay. Tennessee has won each of the last three meetings between the teams, most recently a 19-16 overtime victory in Nashville on Nov. 2, 2008.
The rankings: The Packers' 17th-ranked offense is No. 20 in rushing and No. 13 in passing. Their defense is tied for No. 14 in the NFL and is No. 14 against the run and No. 16 against the pass. The Titans' 23rd-ranked offense is No. 19 in rushing and No. 21 in passing. Their 23rd-ranked defense is No. 25 against the run and No. 19 against the pass.
The line: The Packers are favored by 12.5 points.
The injury report:
Out – TE Tom Crabtree (illness, hamstring), WR Jordy Nelson (hamstring), RB James Starks (knee), S Charles Woodson (collarbone), DE C.J. Wilson (knee).
Questionable – RB Alex Green (concussion), DE Jerel Worthy (hamstring), G Greg Van Roten (back), RT Don Barclay (illness).
Probable – QB Aaron Rodgers (ankle), LG T.J. Lang (concussion/flu), C Jeff Saturday (neck, shoulder), LB Erik Walden (ankle), WR Randall Cobb (shoulder).
Out – C Kevin Matthews (ankle).
Questionable – LB Colin McCarthy (concussion), DE Scott Solomon (knee), WR Damian Williams (hamstring), CB Ryan Mouton (hamstring), WR Kendall Wright (rib).
Probable – QB Jake Locker (left shoulder), LB Will Witherspoon (hamstring), WR Kenny Britt (knee).
Quorum call: Truth be told, McCarthy would rather have one running back who plays full-time rather than taking the running back-by-committee approach. That's what he thought he had with Cedric Benson before what turned out to be a season-ending foot injury on Oct. 7 in Indianapolis. But with Benson's injury, Green's sharp decreases in production when carrying 20 times in a game and James Starks' inability to stay healthy, that's just not happening for the Packers this year.
"Running back by committee is the way you go," McCarthy said during the week. "The preference would be to play one guy, I think any play caller, anybody that would give you an honest answer that calls plays, would prefer one back. You just keep playing and adjust. The continuity with the line, we just keep working through it. I like the progress we've made. I've been happy with the way we've run the ball the past month and we'll continue to work at it."
Complicating matters for the Packers, though, is that Green hadn't passed his final concussion test as of Friday afternoon. Even if he does play, he won't have practiced all week – and as a second-year player whose rookie season ended early because of a knee injury – that's not ideal. If he can't go, the Packers' two running backs will be veteran Ryan Grant, who was on the street earlier this month, and DuJuan Harris, who's flashed his talent but is still a guy who's a month or so removed from being on the practice squad.
"It's a challenge any time you have a player that has a responsibility to make decisions and has the ball in his hands. Like anything, I know from our offensive approach, the closer you are to the football, the more times you touch the football, the more responsibilities you have for the offense. That in itself talks about their level of responsibility (for the running backs)," McCarthy said. "You need the reps. Training camp obviously helps. It's been helpful that Ryan Grant has been here in the past, it's been seamless. But when you have a young player like DuJuan, you have some growing pains. But they have opportunities. Hopefully Alex Green can be back this weekend."
Line shuffle: Two games away from postseason play, the Packers rejiggered their offensive line this week, benching Saturday in favor of Evan Dietrich-Smith at center in a move that was made evident on Friday. With Bryan Bulaga on season-ending injured reserve, the Packers' preferred starters are, from left to right, Marshall Newhouse, Lang, Dietrich-Smith, Josh Sitton and Barclay.
"I'd be lying if I told you it's not disappointing and tough. I'm here to play football. I told Coach, I came here to help win a Super Bowl. Winning the NFC North is great, but that wasn't why I was here. I looked for more of the postseason. It's disappointing from that side," Saturday said. "You can't be affected by your circumstances. I'm a member of the Packers. It's not just me. If Coach McCarthy thinks that gives us the best chance to win and go on and do things in the postseason, then that's what it is. As a player, it's always disappointing whenever someone else goes in front of you. It's a tough thing to deal with, but I'm going to deal with it."
Of course, it's possible that Saturday's benching will only last a few days because of the flu bug that's worked its way through the locker room. On Saturday, the Packers added Barclay to the injury report as questionable with his illness, and with fellow rookie Van Roten being added on Thursday when he back locked up in practice, the Packers found themselves with four of their seven linemen on the report. If Barclay can't go, Lang would have to move back to right tackle, Dietrich-Smith would probably move back to Lang's left guard spot and Saturday would be thrust right back into the starting lineup.
Claymation: There was no ignoring the impact outside linebacker Clay Matthews had in his return last Sunday against Chicago. Two sacks, six tackles, four tackles for loss and a pass batted down at the line of scrimmage. But don't underestimate what he means to the Packers' run defense.
Matthews missed four games with his hamstring injury, which he suffered Nov. 4 against Arizona. The Packers' run defense wasn't pretty while he was out: 110 rushing yards allowed at Detroit; 147 yards allowed at the New York Giants; 240 yards given up to Adrian Peterson and the Minnesota Vikings; and another 135 yards allowed to the Lions in the rematch. That's an average of 158 yards rushing allowed per game, a number that can only partially be blamed on the unstoppable Peterson, who could set the NFL's single-season rushing record if he gets 294 yards in the final two games, including the Packers' Dec. 30 tilt at the Metrodome.
"Clay's an all-around player," defensive coordinator Dom Capers said. "You could put Clay at inside linebacker, you could put Clay at outside linebacker, and it wouldn't make any difference. He plays hard, he's smart, he's instinctive, he's got really good quick-twitch, he's strong. He can be disruptive in the run game because he's not afraid to go down there and use two blocks. If you've got a guy that's using up two blocks, then you've got a guy free."
The numbers bear Capers out: Packers opponents averaged 96.8 rushing yards per game in the 10 games Matthews has played.
"The way we play our outside linebackers, they're essentially defensive ends in a four-man front in nickel and dime. Yes, we're outgunned by the offensive tackles when they come out and fan block," outside linebackers coach Kevin Greene explained. "The way we defeat those blocks is by striking them first with fundamental- and technique-sound football. There are things we work on consistently and drill every day at practice to defeat those blocks. There's a way to do it: A, ass-kicking physicality and, B, you kick someone's ass with the right technique and fundamentals."
On the upswing: Defensive coordinator Dom Capers called last Sunday's victory in Chicago "our most complete game" of the season for the defense, and it's hard to argue with him. The Bears were an astonishing 0-for-9 on third downs and 0-for-1 on their lone fourth-down attempt, managed only 190 measly yards of offense and registered only 12 first downs.
"I went through all the things, the things you talk about in terms of what you want to do," Capers said of his review of the performance. ". They came out and ran the ball a little bit on us in that first series, but we buckled down after that and played very well. I think that when you win all the third- and fourth-down situations, that's what you want to do. We won short-yardage, we won goal line, we won two minute, we won adversity. So those are all good things to get under your belt because I think having been there where you've been in those situations, when you respond from a positive standpoint, that's the way you gain confidence, being able to go out and do it on the field."
The Titans' struggling offense should do more for that confidence. While running back Chris Johnson, who broke loose for a 94-yard touchdown last week, commands respect, Locker is still experiencing plenty of growing pains, and the Titans makeshift offensive line is a mess.
The Packers defense, meanwhile, seems to be peaking at the right time. Opponents have managed only 47 points in the Packers' three games since their 38-10 Nov. 25 thrashing by the Giants, and as a result Green Bay now is No. 9 in the NFL in scoring defense at 20.9 points per game. Under Capers, they finished seventh in 2009 (18.6), second in 2010 (15.0) and 19th last year (22.4), when they were dead last in yards allowed
"To me, it's the most important statistic," Capers said of scoring defense. "All that other stuff doesn't matter. The most important stat is how many points you give up because it gives you the best chance to win. Our goal always is to lead the league in scoring defense. The year we won the Super Bowl, we were No. 2. If you've got an offense that can score and a defense that doesn't give up many points, you're probably going to win."
Kicking themselves?: Frustrated by kicker Mason Crosby's struggles? You're certainly not alone. But the chorus got a lot louder after he missed 43- and 42-yard tries last Sunday in Chicago. And while McCarthy continues to insist that Crosby's employment isn't at issue, it's curious that a highly decorated player like Saturday gets benched for poor performance while Crosby's mistakes appear to be going unpunished. They're different positions, sure, and Saturday's substandard level of play probably merited the move, but it still sends a mixed message when a five-time Pro Bowl center loses his job and the kicker, who's 17 of 29 on the season and who's exactly 50 percent (12 of 24) after making his first five kicks of the year, keeps his gig.
"I think he's put together some good preparation," special teams coordinator Shawn Slocum said. "The thing I'm disappointed in is not taking his preparation into the game. And he's got to do that. He had a great week of practice last week and was good in pregame warmup. He needs to make those field goals and trust what he's done during the week in preparation and move forward."
The nightmare scenario for the Packers, of course, is Crosby missing a kick that costs them a playoff game and, in turn, ends their season. And the worry factor has to be increasing, since not only did Crosby seem to have started to turn a corner before the Chicago debacle, but many of his misses could be explained. Before the two misses against the Bears, seven of Crosby's 10 misses had come from 50 yards out or farther. While 50-yard kicks have become increasingly more makeable in recent years, they still aren't chip shots. Before last Sunday, Crosby had been 16 of 19 from inside of 50 yards and had made seven straight from 49 and in.
If Slocum is telling the truth, and Crosby has kicked well during the week but is failing to kick well in games, that points to a mental block. It's hard to imagine how a guy who'd made a franchise-record 23 straight field-goal attempts during a streak that began in 2010 and continued into 2011 suddenly loses it. It's even harder to imagine how he'll get it back. But the Packers appear committed to letting him try.
These are the games in which a superior team, playing at home, does what's required to get control of things and not relinquish it. The Packers failed to do that against Jacksonville earlier this season; with a first-round playoff bye still out there for them, there's no reason for them to take this game lightly. The guess here is that they won't. Packers 31, Titans 10. (Season record: 8-6)
– Jason Wilde


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By Mina Habib,
It may not have amounted to formal peace talks, but a two-day meeting outside Paris last month at which Taleban representatives joined other Afghan players was a rare opportunity for bitter enemies to present their positions in a neutral setting.
The December 20-21 conference was the third such event arranged by the French Foundation for Strategic Research, but the first one to be attended by representatives of insurgent groups – the Taleban and the smaller Hezb-i Islami. The 20 participants also included officials from the Kabul government and members of opposition political parties in Afghanistan.
Speaking on December 16, France's foreign minister Laurent Fabius made it clear the event was intended to generate discussion, but not negotiations.
President Hamed Karzai expressed support for the meeting, saying he backed any forum for discussion with the insurgents.
The conference came amid renewed efforts to bring militant groups to the negotiating table. The Afghan government's High Peace Council travelled to Islamabad in November to secure the release of potential interlocutors held in Pakistani prisons, and the United Nations Security Council has lifted travel sanctions for Taleban members taking part in peace talks. (See Afghans Unimpressed by Pakistan Talks.) The UN office in Afghanistan recently announced it would be holding a conference to which the insurgents would be invited. Meanwhile, a Taleban office in Qatar is intended to serve as a contact point for a separate talks process, and Turkey and Iran have also offered their services.
The semi-secretive nature of the French meeting meant that little emerged about what was discussed. It was clear, however, that few concessions were on offer. The Taleban envoys restated their position that neither the Afghan constitution nor the Kabul government were legitimate, and they had no plans to negotiate with the latter now or in the future.
Nevertheless, back in Kabul, the High Peace Council expressed hope that the Taleban would enter direct negotiations with it.
Council representative Ismail Qasemyar said the conference was helpful in that it helped familiarise each side with others' positions, but in the end, substantive talks needed to exclude foreign influence.
"We are not optimistic about conferences that are not [solely] between Afghans," he said, in an indirect reference to the French-sponsored event.
Part of the various peace efforts undertaken to date has involved identifying "moderate Taleban" who might be more amenable to a deal than others. But the delegates to the Paris conference appeared as resolutely opposed to compromise as ever.
Qasemyar hinted at a degree of flexibility behind the bluster, saying, "There are certain things we can't talk about. The Taleban's remarks at the conference were aimed purely at an international audience. The real position is quite different."
By contrast, Satar Saadat, a political analyst in Kabul, believes the Taleban leadership is in a real quandary about how to proceed and where it can make compromises acceptable to its own followers.
"For the last 11 years, Taleban leaders have motivated their forces to carry on the fight by saying the country is under attack, its government is not Islamic, and God's religion is under threat," he said. "While the war is framed in terms of religion, it also highly personalised because the Taleban ranks include people who have lost family members.
"If foreign forces are still based in Afghanistan, the constitution remains unchanged and the movement has no substantial guarantees inside or outside the country, how can its leaders convince the rank-and-file? This will split the Taleban."
Others take a more cynical view of the insurgents' ability to make peace, regarding them as merely an instrument of Pakistan's intelligence service.
"Although the Taleban are tired of fighting and want to end the war, they are controlled by the intelligence services of neighbouring countries. They have no independent political will and cannot do anything without their say-so," Moin Marastial of the Rights and Justice Party said.
Saadat said there were too many external factors at play, with various states protecting their own interests in Afghanistan and countering the influence of others.
In this context, the Paris conference also had to be viewed as partial, he said, since the French government had historically backed Jamiat-e Islami, a northern, Tajik-dominated faction and the broader Shura-ye Nazari, sometimes known as the Northern Alliance.
"The French now realise that the Taleban will be have a stronger role in a future Afghanistan, so they are trying to broker some kind of peace between the Taleban and Jamiat-e Islami and Shura-ye Nazar, so that the rights and position of these latter groups are given consideration in any future equation," Saadat said.
Hamidullah, a university student in Kabul, agreed that outside interference was a chronic problem.
"All of the political and factional groups engaged in 30 years of war in Afghanistan have been controlled by outsiders. They are not independent – the Taleban are in Pakistan's hands; the National Front, National Coalition and some other political parties are controlled by Iran and Russia; and the government is under United States control," he said. "What are we to expect from these groups…? No negotiations, no conference will have any outcome unless the foreign masters of these groups reach agreement."
Marastial suggested that the 2014 deadline for withdrawing foreign troops from Afghanistan might be helpful in that it might focus minds on a long-term solution rather than short-term advantage.
"In addition to economic and political goals, the countries now trying to prepare the ground for talks with the Taleban also want a part in Afghanistan's future, and a share of the credit if a negotiated peace is reached in Afghanistan," he said.
Mina Habib is an IWPR-trained reporter in Kabul. Hafizullah Gardesh is IWPR's Afghanistan editor.
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4.1 The comparison of observed graphite particles with the structures shown in the charts give only purely descriptive information on the type, distribution, and size of the graphite in the sample being evaluated. It does not indicate, except in a very broad way, the origin of the graphite or the suitability of the iron-carbon alloy for a particular service.
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