text: Few areas of the IT job market have seen the growth and disparity in supply and demand that the data analytics field has experienced. As big data continues to get bigger and the analytics field continues to mature, it's becoming a core part of business and the decision-making process. Competition for top analytic talent is going to be fierce as more companies enter the hiring fray. \n\nIn a report on big data, the McKinsey Global Institute predicts that by 2018, the U.S. will be facing a massive shortage of analytics personnel. \n"There will be a shortage of talent necessary for organizations to take advantage of big data. By 2018, the United States alone could face a shortage of 140,000 to 190,000 people with deep analytical skills as well as 1.5 million managers and analysts with the know-how to use the analysis of big data to make effective decisions." - McKinsey Global Institute Report\nThe McKinsey report also predicts that companies that use analytics to its full potential could increase operating margins by up to 60 percent. Enterprises are heeding the call, creating competition for the top talent. Reinforcing just how competitive the market is, a Dice report from earlier this year lists the present IT unemployment rate somewhere around 3.6 percent. "Today's CIOs need some 'data is data' thinkers who are not intimidated by how 'big' the data is or whether it encompasses SKUs by store, clicks by offer, or price changes by home listings," says Scott Bailey, executive vice president of strategy and analytics at Target Data. This type of role is becoming so crucial that companies that struggle to find these people could face product launch setbacks and any number of project delays as a result.Related Story: 5 Business Analytics Tech Trends and How to Exploit ThemBusiness Analytics Is a Driving TrendSome of the major factors driving this trend are explosive growth in big data as companies rush to find useful, actionable data among the ever-growing amounts of data being collected. According to a recent Accenture poll of 258 North American business leaders, 72 percent plan to increase spending on business analytics this year. "The demand is extremely high and the supply is very low-- especially at the more senior levels (i.e., more 'mission critical' analytics). That means there is not a lot of competition for jobs," Bailey says.Furthermore, experts warn that schools and universities haven't caught up to this trend and aren't yet teaching the skills necessary to fill these analytics jobs. The Accenture poll also notes that many developing nations are beating the U.S. when it comes to graduates with degrees in these quantitative fields.Overcoming Shortage of Skilled IT WorkersThere are no shortcuts here. Your company should be formulating its plans for finding the right mix of analytical skills combined with business knowledge and experience in its particular field. To attract the talent you need, Anil Kaul, CEO of AbsolutData, an analytics and research firm, offers these tips to get started.Know What You Need: "To some it means data visualization and reporting, to others it means data mining and predictive analytics. Analytics professionals have spikes in different areas--some are technically stronger while others are stronger in interpreting numbers to craft the answer to the business questions, while others still are stronger in utilizing analytical technologies for answering the analytical questions," Kaul says."It is critical to know the area of strength for the talent that you are looking for," he says. "Hence it is critical to know the specific analytical skills you are hiring for"Create Career Paths: "Organizations that can show a clear path that lead to high-profile positions within the organization are more likely to attract analytical talent, Kaul says." As analytics continues growing so will the different opportunities within organizations. Revisit these paths to see where updates need to be made.Illustrate The Business Impact: "In these days of analytical talent shortage, it is critical to show how the job links with the business impact that analytics can create," Kaul says. "Many analytical professionals have been put in the back room for too long and now want to get to the forefront of creating business impact."Convey The Excitement: "Analytics is going through an exciting time, so it is critical to show that the organization, particularly the senior management, is excited about the impact analytics can create in the organization," Kaul says. "Excitement is contagious and a very good way to attract superior talent."Related Story: How Big Data Brings BI, Predictive Analytics TogetherWhat to Look for in Analytics ProAs the market gets more competitive, companies that know the exact traits they are looking for will be in a much better position to hire the right people. Target Data's Bailey offers these items as things to look for when hiring people to fill analyst positions.Top Skills\n Data--Experience with how data is organized, accessed, cleaned and integrated.\n Basic Statistics-- Crosstabs, significance testing and\/or general linear modeling.\n Creative Problem Solving--Someone who is good at puzzles, visualization and strategy games.\nEducation\n Social Sciences--Candidates should have a good blend of data, experimental design and theory\n Market Research--Approaches to sampling, testing, segmentation and reporting experience is a plus.\n Advanced Statistics--Nonparametric, neural networks and\/or econometric modeling.\nExperts also point out that the answer to your analytical problems may require the skills of more than one person. The amount of knowledge needed for analytic positions is growing fast. Different areas of your organization may require analytics people, but the business side may require people with different areas of expertise. This is just another point that demonstrates the complexity of these roles."Today's analysts are more like yesterday's creative, as opposed to IT, professionals. CIOs need to recognize the 'design shop' nature of this role and hire individuals into an environment where they have the opportunity to own a puzzle and the time to produce a solution," Bailey says.Related Story: Big Data Analytics Today Lets Businesses Play MoneyballFinding Analytics TalentWhere to find the talent necessary to fill your company's analytic roles is a harder question to answer. Bailey has two suggestions: one is to target companies with data-rich environments that are leaders in their category. "If a company has an abundance of revenue-relevant data and is excelling in their category (e.g., Amazon, Harrah's, Capital One), they are flush with excellent analytic talent," says Bailey.His other suggestion is to use consulting services until you are able to get your analytics personnel in house. As demand and competition in this market rises, you can be sure that more advanced analytics will be sourced externally.Hiring and retaining the best analytics talent will require different strategies for different companies. The company that does it right, however, will have an edge over its competition. Rich Hein is a senior writer for CIO.com. He covers IT careers. Follow everything from CIO.com on Twitter @CIOonline, on Facebook, and on Google +.


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The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.
Being a man of science, and to some degree mysticism, I must admit the whole
"one god" idea never really flew with me. Indeed, all those years
of Catholic school failed to convince me that the human civilization is only
1200 years old and that our wonderful planet was a gift from some long haired,
love-starved old Caucasian guy who is all-knowing, all-powerful and always in
need of money. You'd think the guy would learn how to balance a checkbook, or
at least be eligible for a Discover card! As a matter of fact, the only really
good thing Catholicism has done for me was point me in the direction of some
good old debauchery. No offense to all you catechumen
out there…(I wouldn't go to sleep tonight, Shawn…or should I say…blasphemer!
– Ed.)
Click to enlarge!
The idea of a pantheon of deities has always been more appealing. Gods for
the natural elements and gods for the seasons makes some archaic sense around
which I can more easily wrap my mind. Well, lucky for me our preview copy of
Sacrifice, Interplay's upcoming 3D Action/RTS, has arrived. Thank the
wood nymphs, indeed!
In a distant realm, soothsayer Mithras has prophesied that a great evil has
arrived. Unfortunately for you, this is the same evil that destroyed your previous
home world, resulting in you fleeing to this realm to save your neck. Now it
seems the evil, which was thought to be left behind, has resurfaced to lay waste
to yet another plane. Your task is clear, but first you must make yourself known
to the local powers on high. They must view you as a capable and efficient master
of the arcane arts, if you are to enlist their support for your endeavor.
Sacrifice is set in a fanciful world overseen by 5 deities. There's
Persephone, benevolent and beautiful mistress of peace and love; James, lord
of soil, dirt, rock and other earthly matter (his resemblance to Earthworm Jim
is no coincidence); and Stratos, deity of the air and somewhat disputed ruler
over the heavens and the elements. These are the celestials of right and often
share the same ultimate intentions.
Pyro and Charnel have an altogether different agenda. Pyro is the god of his
namesake and the bringer of flaming destruction and chaos – though Pyro will
argue that he is the spark of industry and the bearer of light. Charnel is evil
personified. He is the appointed lord of slaughter and champion of death. Not
a fuzzy bunny.
Each deity has their own special brand of spells and creatures which will be
bestowed upon any capable and obedient wizard (namely, you). Spells range from
prosaic projectile explosives to topography altering volcanoes and storm-spitting
flying abominations. And for the most part, they look amazing. The particle
effects and light-sourcing for these mystic delights is downright jaw-dropping.
As I removed my mandible from the floor, I noticed the incredibly beautiful
skies and clouds (most notably Pyro's areas). The graphics are just stunning
and truly define "next generation."
The single player campaign has you completing missions for the different gods.
But in a killer design twist, it's not really linear. You can align yourself
with one god for one mission, then switch gears and help out an opposing god
in the following mission. Want a few of Pyro's spells and creatures to accompany
those that, say, Charnel betowed in the last mission? No problem – just choose
to do Pyro's bidding on your next mission. Each deity has 9 missions, totaling
49 single player missions in all (including 3 tutorials). Tack on 5 different
endings (1 for each god) and the ablity to save your wizard and beef him up
even further by playing the campaign again or choosing a multiplayer game, and
we're talking about a tremendous amount of replay value. Unprecedented, to be
Click to enlarge!
Sacrifice is a fully polygonal, fully 3D RTS, much in the vein of Ground
Control or Dark Reign
2. Controlling your character is not unlike the Tomb
Raider series or any other third-person adventure game. This means you're
in charge of dodging and maneuvering in and out of harms way – not a mouse click.
This is perfect for gamers who like RTS titles for the impressive battles and
intricate spells, but do not appreciate the pulled back, tiny and distorted
camera views. With an over-the-shoulder camera that can zoom in and throw you
face to face with a snarling Flummox, players take complete control over their
mage. The camera can also be moved along the X and Y-axis for a better view
at what is happening on the battlefield.
Sacrifice further deviates from the RTS norm in its resource management.
Your two resources are mana and souls.
When you begin a mission, you need to find a mana fountain, a geyser of mystic
energy that supplies mana to any wizard within range. However, you may build
a 'manalith' over the geyser to claim it as your own. Much of the gameplay revolves
around the protection/destruction of manaliths.
A manahore is a direct conduit to your manaliths. These creatures are completely
unskilled in fighting and will perish shortly after joining the fray. This could
mean the difference between appeasing your god or earning their ire. No manhores
results in no mana, which in turn means the inability to create anything or
cast any spells.
In order to create any units, you must have a certain number of 'souls' at
your disposal. When a creature dies, its soul will float above its decaying
carcass. Gather up these souls to create more units. Recycling certainly has
its benefits.
And that's that. Compared to the overly complex, resource heavy Earth
2150 or even the classic Warcraft
II, Sacrifice is a welcome change of pace.


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Because I have a blazer-buying problem! Here's the issue: In theory I think I like blazers, but when it comes to choosing an outfit for something that counts, I cannot stomach this particular garment. Why?
It's not a lack of quality, or for that matter quantity or variety of style: I've got wools and silks, linens, blends, white blazers, pink blazers, blacks and bouclés, gold buttons, zipper fronts, shoulder padded and shoulder moulded, "boyfriend" and sexy secretary. I could pull of Annie Hall or 80s power-bitch with equal ease!
However, in those situations that induce real moments of self honesty, when I'm standing in front of my closet nervously tearing through shelf after shelf, both naked and late, I might not know what to wear, but it seems that I sure as hell know what I can't wear. This higher Buddha-of-a-self that I seem to possess has instantaneous radar for any and all things that may cause me to feel ill at ease. And on the topic of blazers, this smarter-me tells me the same thing every time: "@#$(*@#$& THAT SHIT!" Beautiful. Alas, this wise creature likes to skip out on my shopping excursions, though, and therein lies the problem, and the reason that this is even a problem in the first place!
From time to time I'll wear them out, but only to undertake something like grocery shopping, and in situations where I anticipate minimal human interaction. Because this makes a lot of sense: "Oh, I should wear more of what makes me really uncomfortable!" Because that's style.
You know what I have to say to that? FUCK IT!
I like a challenge, but this is one challenge that just isn't worth it. Epiphany of the day: Personal style is a matter of being brutally honest with yourself. And honestly? Blazers; they make me feel like a HUMAN CINDERBLOCK (okay, rationally it's ridiculous, so much for that). In any case, I don't want to conduct my life feeling like a cinderblock. Can I? Yeah, sure. But I don't want to, and I'm guessing that distinction is where "style" resides. If you don't like it, ditch it. That's style.
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Oh my word! Look at that blueberry monster! LOL!ReplyDelete
Adorable cards!
Looks like FUN times ahead! :-) Adorable!ReplyDelete
Awww so cute! I think your cards are cute!!ReplyDelete
why would anyone pelt your boy with blueberries?ReplyDelete
to make a valentine's day card more boyish, you need to stamp this on the card, "this is a boy's valentine's day card"
I see a new card series in the making - the adventures of the blueberry monster! A real cutie! My boys are a bit neater, finally, at 12 & 6, but they still have their days.ReplyDelete
He'll love you when he's a teenager! I joined Pat's card request, thanks for posting it, it's a super idea!ReplyDelete
Hello Ashley,ReplyDelete
How totally cute are these cards??? I looooooovvvve the Giraffe one girl it is totally adorable!!! The Elephant is pretty cute to though!!!
I think Boy Valentines could be in Blue and Red if you want them to be. But it is Valentines so I think that Giraffe Card would be fine for a boy!!!
Thanks so much for sharing Ashley I love them!!!
Woooo hOOOO on the 17 weeks pregnant are you gonna find out what your having???
I would suggest (from personal experience) not letting him have any blue fingerpaint since that stains even the bathtub and you have to move to get rid of it!ReplyDelete
Your cards are great. Maybe pink and red trucks would work better for a boy? ;)
That's a Great shot of your little guy. I love your cards!!! As a mom of three boys and one girl, I suggest red & white(anything) with lots of red hearts for boys Valentines.ReplyDelete
but he's such a cute little blueberry monster. :) Love the cards, Ashley! they're really cute! and I think boyish valentines are hard. maybe add some black or silver? These are great though!ReplyDelete
The cards are so cute Ashley!!! And oh my is that blueberry face soooo precious!!!!ReplyDelete
Your baby is adorable. Doesn´t like taking pictures, ha? :) The cards you made are lovely.ReplyDelete
x Natasha x
Very cute picture!! My son is five and still is a messy eater! Those valentines are adorable.ReplyDelete
How cute is he...These cards are adorable, love them in red.ReplyDelete
cute cards and an even cuter monster!!!!ReplyDelete
You crack me up! And I love Brady's picture - adorable. I think that will definitely make a scrapbook page, eh? I adore the valentine's cards you shared. Depending on the age of the boy, those would work great. Do you have any older boy-toys stamps? You could do the same with those.ReplyDelete
aren't we just crazy, he's probably like, I"m screaming my head off here mom and you're taking my picture!ReplyDelete
So cute!! I love these. And how adorable is Blueberry Brady!?ReplyDelete
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Story highlights
NEW: Armstrong's attorney says the cyclist never tried to make such a donation
USADA chief says donation offer was a conflict of interest
Lance Armstrong has agreed to 90-minute interview, Oprah Winfrey's network announces
Release says Armstrong is expected to talk about doping allegations
Lance Armstrong will give his first television interview since being stripped of his Tour de France titles to Oprah Winfrey, her network announced Tuesday.
"I was stunned," Travis Tygart, the head of the anti-doping agency told "60 Minutes Sports" about the alleged 2004 offer. "It was a clear conflict of interest for USADA. We had no hesitation in rejecting that offer."
Armstrong attorney Tim Herman said there's no truth to the story.
"He never made any such contribution or suggestion," Herman said in a statement e-mailed to CNN Wednesday.
Annie Skinner, a spokeswoman for the USADA, told CNN that Tygart's quotes, released by "60 Minutes Sports," were accurate.
The new accusation is another chapter in the twisting tale of Armstrong, a one-time hero to many who has now fallen in disgrace.
Armstrong will give his first television interview since being stripped of his Tour de France titles to Oprah Winfrey, her network announced Tuesday.
A news release from the Oprah Winfrey Network said the 90-minute "no-holds-barred" interview will air at 9 p.m. ET January 17 and will be simulcast on Oprah.com.
Winfrey will ask the cyclist to address the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency's report, which said there was overwhelming evidence Armstrong was directly involved in a sophisticated doping program, the statement said.
The International Cycling Union, which chose not to appeal the USADA's lifetime ban, stripped Armstrong of his record seven Tour victories in October.
Armstrong's lawyer: No talks with anti-doping agencies
The World Anti-Doping Agency also agreed with the sanctions, which means Armstrong may not compete in sports governed by WADA code.
Before the ban, he was competing in Ironman triathlons and had won two of the five events he had entered. Since the ban he has entered two non-sanctioned events.
According to his Twitter feed, Armstrong has been biking, running and swimming in Hawaii. The Winfrey interview will take place at Armstrong's home in Austin, Texas.
The New York Times reported last week that Armstrong, 41, was contemplating publicly admitting he used illegal performance-enhancing drugs. Such an admission might lead toward Armstrong regaining his eligibility.
One of his attorneys denied Armstrong was in discussion with the two anti-doping agencies.
Dan Wuori, a writer at cycling publication Velo Magazine, said Armstrong may reveal a lot during the Oprah interview.
"I think what we are seeing here is the beginning of Lance's effort at redemption," Wuori said. "More and more continues to come out about Armstrong. This seems like an effort of Armstrong to get ahead of the story and control the narrative."
The gain game: Why do sports stars cheat?
Armstrong has repeatedly and vehemently denied that he used banned performance-enhancing drugs as well as illegal blood transfusions during his cycling career.
Armstrong has been an icon for his cycling feats and celebrity, bringing more status to a sport wildly popular in some nations but lacking big-name recognition, big money and mass appeal in the United States.
He fought back from testicular cancer to win the Tour from 1999 to 2005. He raised millions via his Lance Armstrong Foundation to help cancer victims and survivors, an effort illustrated by trendy yellow "LiveSTRONG" wristbands that helped bring in the money.
But Armstrong has long been dogged by doping allegations, with compatriot Floyd Landis – who was stripped of his 2006 Tour de France title after failing a drug test – making a series of claims in 2011.
Armstrong sued the USADA last year to stop its investigation of him, arguing it did not have the right to prosecute him. But after a federal judge dismissed the case, Armstrong said he would no longer participate in the investigation.
In October 2012, Armstrong was stripped of his titles and banned from cycling. Weeks later, he stepped down from the board of his foundation, Livestrong.
It is unclear whether Armstrong would face criminal prosecution for perjury should he confess. Armstrong was involved in several cases where he gave sworn testimony that he never used banned drugs.
Silence falls awaiting Armstrong's 'last word'
CNN's Jillian Martin contributed to this report.


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Pinterest has just made its first acquisition — the two-and-a-half-year-old recipe discovery and sharing site Punchfork. Rather than operate it independently, Punchfork will continue to run shortly but then its site, API, and mobile apps will be shut down so its one-man team can focus on improving Pinterest. Punchfork basically looks like a Pinterest for cooking, and the exit could give hope to other vertical-specific sites that share Pinterest's style.
Punchfork was founded in May 2010 with the mission of "Building tools to help people cook at home more often and more enjoyably" and "Bringing algorithms and analytics into the world of cooking and recipes." Punchfork let people find top recipes from other cooking sites, search by ingredients in their kitchen for dishes they could make, and filter recipes by diet preferences like vegetarian. Those filtering options could help Pinterest users sort through the giant site's enormous archive of posts.
Punchfork's founder and CEO Jeff Miller was previously an angel investor, developer, and hedge fund trader. He'll be joining the Pinterest engineering team. The price Pinterest paid for the startup is undisclosed. Punchfork powers Evernote's food app, but won't any longer. That leaves Evernote looking for a new API to rely on.
Since Pinterest rose to success and started gaining tens of millions of users, many "discovery" sites have popped up with its same grid-style masonry layout. Those with innovative features and decent traction, and that stayed lean without raising too much funding could become acquisition targets now that Pinterest is getting into M&A.
It's a wise strategy for Pinterest, which wants to be the center of how people find inspiration for their daily lives. Right now its potential user base is fracturing across sites specifically for fashion, crafts, photography, food, pets, and other categories. If it can buy them for cheap with its $138 million in funding, acquiring the best of these standalone clones could help Pinterest continue to dominate the image board market.
Here's the email Miller just sent to the Punchfork community:
Dear Punchfork Community,
Today we are excited to share the news that Pinterest has acquired Punchfork!
Since launching in January 2011, our mission at Punchfork has been to help home cooks discover new, high quality recipes and share them with family and friends. It is a mission driven by a belief in the ability of web and mobile platforms to inspire our lives offline–at home, in our communities, and for Punchfork, wherever meals are shared.
To cooking aficionados, Pinterest needs no introduction. It stands as one of the fastest growing online services in history with millions of users, and millions of people use it to find recipes every day. Pinterest is often described as a platform for inspiration, and we feel this aligns perfectly with the goals of Punchfork. We couldn't be more thrilled to join forces with the Pinterest team in San Francisco.
Initially, support for Punchfork will continue, but we will soon be retiring the Punchfork site, API and mobile apps. We believe that a unified destination benefits our users in the long run, and the Punchfork team will focus on contributing to Pinterest as the premier platform for discovering and sharing new recipes and other interests on the web.
Our sincerest thanks to our community members, friends, and everyone involved with Punchfork since its launch.
See you on Pinterest!
Jeff Miller
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text: Nothing that has joggers running on it can ever really look that creepy. At least that's what The A.V. Club discovered when we visited the steps from William Friedkin's 1973 horror classic The Exorcist. As imposing as the steps are—they're claustrophobic and ridiculously steep—there's nothing scary about fit college dudes in sleeveless workout shirts bounding up them. (Said dudes were very patient with us as we tied up their demon-killing workout spot for half an hour.)\n\nMaybe it was the timing. We arrived in the late morning of a lovely summer day, not in the dead of foggy autumn night. The "Jesus Wept" poster on the stairs would have probably creeped us out more if we had. The surrounding area is charmingly collegiate, thanks to the Georgetown campus and its Hogwarts-esque Healy Hall, located just down the street (and also seen in The Exorcist).\n\nFriedkin—whose gonzo methods, said our guest Dan Kois, made him practically a caricature of the crazed '70s director—helped the area look menacing by using fog machines during his exterior shots. That's a sane, reasonable way to get the desired effect, but Friedkin wasn't known for such habits. The set he built for Linda Blair's room was kept at freezing temperatures so he could get the actors' breath in the shots. Blair injured herself in one of the scenes, and star Ellen Burstyn suffered a permanent spinal-cord injury in another. The set burned down. Initially scheduled to last just a few months, production on the film dragged on more than a year.\n\nThe stair scene comes at the end of the film, and when it was shot, Georgetown students sold tickets so people could watch from the building adjacent to the stairs. (They have to pay for that steep Georgetown tuition somehow.) As we mention in the video, filmmakers had to construct a facade of a wing for the house, because Blair's bedroom window is actually 40 feet away from the stairs.\n\nThe Exorcist is actually a unique D.C. film in that the city's famous landmarks play no role in it. That was the problem we encountered when looking for good Pop Pilgrims destinations there; the vast majority of them are landmarks on their own. Tons of movie scenes and television shows have been shot at the various memorials or government buildings, but nothing really grabbed us—and really, what could compete with a bunch of locations from The Wire located just 45 minutes down the road? Definitely not the scene in Forrest Gump where Tom Hanks sees Robin Wright at the Reflecting Pool. Or Albert Brooks' apartment from Broadcast News. Or the Ellipse, where part of the original The Day The Earth Stood Still was shot.\n\nProbably our favorite D.C. pop-culture landmark was something we didn't shoot: the Dischord House, the home of Dischord Records. It was only a 10-minute drive from the Exorcist stairs, and label co-founder/Fugazi co-frontman/punk icon Ian MacKaye was kind enough to give us a tour. While we were there, he told us how sitting on the arch over the Exorcist stairs was a rite of teenage passage among kids in the area when he was growing up. He mentioned his first band, the Teen Idles, had planned to shoot a group photo from atop the arch, but decided against it later.\n\nThat makes the Exorcist steps unique among our Pop Pilgrims locations: Where else could cinematic history, punk rock, and cardiovascular fitness intersect?\n\n


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Top Fuel 9.7 is a quick and nimble full suspension carbon mountain bike that fuses the efficiency of a cross country bike with the capability of a trail bike. It's built with a lightweight OCLV Mountain Carbon frame, a 120mm RockShox Reba fork, 115mm of rear travel, and a dropper for serious fun on flowy trails and techy descents alike. It's the kind of unicorn bike that shreds singletrack, stands up to the rigors of endurance racing, and even gives traditional XC bikes a run for their money.
It's right for you if...
You're looking for a do-it-all full suspension mountain bike that's efficient and fast yet capable of hitting some bigger stuff. You want the performance boost of a carbon frame, and you plan to put this bike through its paces on rough trails, occasional XC races, and endurance or stage races.
The tech you get
A full OCLV Mountain Carbon frame, 120mm RockShox Reba RL fork with Motion Control damper, 115mm of rear travel with a Fox Performance Float shock, and a 1x12 SRAM NX Eagle drivetrain. Plus, Shimano hydraulic disc brakes, TwistLoc dual remote suspension lockout, Bontrager Line Dropper, and Tubeless Ready Bontrager Kovee Comp 23 wheels.
The final word
Top Fuel 9.7 is an efficient and capable short-travel carbon trail bike that's ideal for endurance racing, yet also at home on technical trails and XC courses. What sets this model apart is the lightweight OCLV Mountain Carbon frame and solid parts spec that make for great performance at a great value.
Why you'll love it
- The full carbon frame gives you a light, responsive ride
- This short-travel trail bike gives you a suspension setup that's capable in several MTB disciplines, and especially suited to endurance events
- TwistLoc simultaneously locks out front and rear shocks for climbs and sprints with the simple Grip Shift-like motion
- Mino Link lets you make small adjustments to your geometry quickly and easily, even mid-ride
- You get a Straight Shot down tube for extra stiffness in the rough and Knock Block frame defense to protect against spinning bars and fork crowns
Pedals sold separately
Due to supply-chain issues, Specs are subject to change without notice.
|OCLV Mountain Carbon main frame & stays, tapered head tube, Knock Block, Control Freak internal routing, Carbon Armor, magnesium rocker link, Mino Link, ABP, 115mm travel
|RockShox Reba RL, Solo Air spring, Motion Control damper, TwistLoc remote, tapered steerer, 46mm offset, Maxle Stealth, 120mm travel
|Knock Block Integrated, cartridge bearing, 1-1/8" top, 1.5" bottom
|Rear Shock
|Fox Performance Float, 2-postion DPS damper, TwistLoc remote, tuned by Trek Suspension Lab, 190x45mm
Front: 110x15mm
Rear: 148x12mm
|Bontrager Kovee Comp 23, Tubeless Ready, 6-bolt
|Bontrager XR3 Team Issue, Tubeless Ready, Inner Strength sidewall, aramid bead, 120tpi, 29x2.40"
|SRAM NX Eagle, DUB, Boost
|32T steel ring
|Bottom Bracket
|SRAM DUB, 92mm, PressFit
|SRAM NX Eagle, 12 speed
|Rear Derailleur
|SRAM NX Eagle
|Cassette/Rear Cogs
|SRAM PG-1230 Eagle, 11-50, 12 speed
|SRAM NX Eagle, 12 speed
|Bontrager Comp, alloy, 31.8mm, 15mm rise
|SRAM TwistLoc
|Bontrager Rhythm Comp, Knock Block, 31.8mm, 0 degree
|Shimano hydraulic disc, MT501 lever, MT500 caliper
|Bontrager Montrose Comp, steel rails
|Seat Post
|Bontrager Line Dropper, internal routing, 31.6mm
* Subject to change without notice.


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It's illogical – and quite myopic – that many of the nation's largest institutional investors refer to shareholder-sponsored resolutions addressing material topics such as climate change, resource constraints and environmental stewardship as "special interest," "non-routine" or involving "special circumstances."
The opposite is in fact the case. We strongly agree with David Lubin and Daniel Esty's contention in a recent Harvard Business Review article that sustainability is a core driver of competitive business strategies. Sustainability issues present both opportunities for competitive advantage and risks that, left unmanaged, will cause a company to lag its sector. If companies aren't addressing sustainability they won't be producing long-term value for their shareholders.
The financial numbers back this up: A review of 36 studies by Mercer Investment Consulting shows strong linkages between ESG (environmental, social and governance) integration and positive investment performance. "Eighty-six percent of the studies are neutral or positive," Mercer's Jane Ambachtsheer told the CalPERS Board of Directors in August.
With this in mind, Ceres recently unveiled the new and detailed Ceres Guidance: Proxy Voting for Sustainability to a Council of Institutional Investors breakfast in Boston. Our guidelines are a tool. But more importantly, they launch a serious effort to get mainstream investors moving now – immediately – to assert their prerogative, as part of their fiduciary duty, on these issues. Ceres, which coordinates the $10 trillion Investor Network on Climate Risk, has the partners in its network to leverage this initiative.
The guidance includes:
– Ceres' set of Proxy Voting Sustainability Principles covering governance, social issues, environmental issues and general sustainability topics like "Management Accountability for Sustainability Goals" and "Adoption of Specific Environmental Performance Goals and Measurements."
– Accompanying guidance on how to cast votes on particular sustainability resolutions. For example, when faced with a resolution that proposes independent directors, the guidance advises voting for this proposal applying the Proxy Voting Sustainability Principle of "Loyalty" to shareowners. When faced with a resolution calling for a link between executive compensation and sustainability performance, the guidance advises voting for this proposal applying its "Management Accountability for Sustainability Goals" principle.
– A compilation of sustainability resolutions from recent proxy seasons and the vote counts on these resolutions from the 2010 season. Surprising examples indicative of sustainability trends include a 60.7 percent vote at Sprint on a resolution requiring the company to account for both its direct and indirect political spending and a 53 percent vote requiring coal producer Massey Energy to set greenhouse gas emission reduction targets.
– A compilation of sample proxy voting guidelines already being used by leading investors around the world. Guideline language from big pension funds like Florida's State Board of Administration on water scarcity and proxy access are highlighted next to guideline examples from the AFL-CIO on performance based equity compensation, TIAA-CREF on charitable contributions, SRI funds like PaxWorld on workplace health and safety and more.
Investors who adopt the Proxy Voting Sustainability Principles will be better positioned to vote consistently and responsibly on the 700-plus sustainability resolutions now being filed with US companies each year. They can adopt these principles as a policy to guide their proxy voting consultants or as a supplement to other proxy guidelines. Pensions funds and other asset owners can similarly press their asset managers to use these principles in voting their proxies. For those developing proxy guidelines for the first time, these principles can provide the framework for shaping a comprehensive set of corporate governance guidelines.
The resolutions are categorized so that investors can determine whether their existing proxy voting guidelines are sufficiently specific to create consistent voting outcomes on these resolutions. The list of common resolutions can also be used as a checklist for investors who wish to ensure that their existing or new proxy guidelines will comprehensively cover sustainability and governance issues arising in the future.
Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, the Ceres Guidance includes more than 75 leading examples of proxy guidelines that asset owners and asset managers can consider as they re-visit their own guidelines and policies. The sample language from public pension funds, asset managers, socially responsible investment funds, labor unions, and foundations covers key sustainability topics such as climate change, water availability, broad environmental risks, ESG-driven executive compensation and board of director governance.
Our message to asset managers, asset owners and voting fiduciaries who have yet to incorporate specific mention of the various sustainability issues into their proxy voting guidelines is clear: Now is the moment to act. You cannot defer to the opinion of specific management bodies in deciding how to vote on issues that will help determine business success or failure and significantly impact long-term value creation in the coming years.
And if you fail to specifically address these issues in your guidelines, you run a serious risk of breaching your fiduciary duty by voting inconsistently or failing to vote on resolutions of critical importance to the companies you own and the shareholders or beneficiaries to whom you owe your fiduciary duty.
Sustainability will not wait. Climate change, water constraints, human rights and labor issues, new rules for corporate behavior or for governance and stakeholder treatment will simply not be ignored in a globalized economy where environmental, economic and social developments move at lightning speed – along with news of corporate failure and its attendant bottom-line and reputational damage.
The opportunity to promote key governance and sustainability reforms at large public companies – including reforms that might have helped avert the ongoing financial crisis – is a key competitive opportunity for those with their eyes open. Investors are increasingly watching – the rise in both the number and vote percentages of recent sustainability resolutions is testament to that. With our new guidance we're confident they'll be watching even more.
Kirsten Spalding is the California Director for Ceres. She works with members of the Investor Network on Climate Risk on their initiatives and represents Ceres on the West Coast for all Ceres programs. Prior to joining Ceres, she served as Chief Deputy Treasurer under California Treasurer Phil Angelides and Director of the Treasurer's environmental financing authorities.
This article was first published on the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation and is re-published with the author's permission.


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Ukraine bill sent to Obama
The House easily passed economic assistance to Ukraine and sanctions against Russia on Tuesday, capping the package's tumultuous ride on Capitol Hill and sending the measure to President Barack Obama for his signature.
The House vote was 378-34. The tally resembles the 399-19 vote last week on the House's Ukraine package — this version contains a few minor differences.
The assistance package to Ukraine — which provides loan guarantees to Kiev and slaps an array of sanctions against top Russian officials and others tied to the invasion of Crimea — hitched a glide path to passage after Senate Democrats decided to drop a controversial provision to enact reforms to the International Monetary Fund, which was pushed by the Obama administration. Conservatives registered a plethora of objections to the IMF, and Democrats relented on the reforms so assistance would not be delayed.
( WATCH: Russian ambassador: 'Crimea is a part' of Russia)
House GOP leadership had planned to pass it without a roll call vote last week, but delayed until Tuesday so lawmakers could formally record their support or objections on the measure. The Democratic-led Senate cleared both bills unanimously last Thursday.
One of the differences between the two chambers' bills was resolved by passing a separate measure that is meant to provide a "surge" in programming by outlets such as Voice of America into eastern Ukraine, Crimea and Moldova as a way to counter Russian propaganda. The legislation, which sets aside up to $10 million for the initiative, also passed the House on Tuesday and now goes to the president.
Though Capitol Hill is monitoring developments abroad, it's unclear what moves Congress needs to take next in order to aid Ukraine and keep pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin and his allies. Lawmakers have put forward various proposals to help Ukraine – such as natural gas exports and non-lethal aid – but there is nothing yet on Congress's immediate agenda on other assistance measures.
"Most of it now depends on negotiations between [Secretary of State John] Kerry and [Russian Foreign Minister Sergey] Lavrov," said Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, the second-ranking Senate Democrat who has recently visited Ukraine. He added of another effort to formalize the IMF reforms: "I don't see it soon."
In a statement after the vote, White House press secretary Jay Carney did not indicate when the president would sign the bill, but said Obama "welcomes " the aid package and said the administration will continue to press congressional Republicans on approving the IMF reforms.
"Together with our international partners, the president will continue to build support for the Ukrainian people at this critical time," Carney said.


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BERLIN (AP) — The Berlin zoo says Bao Bao, who was given to West Germany by China in 1980 and was one of the world's oldest giant pandas, has died.
The zoo said the 34-year-old bear died early Wednesday in his enclosure after his health deteriorated over the last several months.
Bao Bao was born in 1978 in China and later given as a gift by then-Chinese leader Hua Guofeng to West Germany's chancellor, Helmut Schmidt. Hua, Mao Zedong's successor, also gave Germany female panda Tjen Tjen at the same time, but she died in 1984.
Bao Bao was loaned to London's zoo between 1991 and 1993 as a potential — but ultimately unsuccessful — mate for its panda, Ming Ming.
The zoo says Bao Bao was the world's oldest known male panda.
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Who Are We To Proclaim God's Will?
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways." — Isaiah 55:8
I am not here to tell you God's will.
The temptation to do so is powerful, in light of the news out of a hospital in the United Kingdom: Malala has received a miracle.
You remember Malala Yousafzai, of course. She is the Pakistani girl from the conservative Swat Valley region of that country who came to international attention as a blogger and activist for the right of girls and women to be educated. This basic human freedom is a matter of great controversy among Islamic extremists, particularly the Taliban, which used to stage house-to-house raids in Malala's town, searching for girls in possession of books.
Last month, Taliban goons with guns attacked a van carrying Malala and her classmates home from school. Two other girls were hit, though their wounds were not life threatening. Malala's were. The bullets took her in the neck and the head.
A little over a month later, we learn from CNN that Malala is walking, reading, writing, smiling and is believed to have suffered no significant neurological damage in the attack. Against all odds, all reason, all sensible expectation for a teenage girl shot in the head and neck, it looks like she is going to be fine.
But I'm not here to tell you God's will.
Granted, Malala's miracle seems to deserve that — to cry out for it, in fact.
But putative people of faith are often too glib, facile and mean in claiming to have divined the divine. Just as often, their interpretations say less about God than about them, the things they hate and fear, the narrowness of their vision, the niggardliness of their souls.
The Rev. John Hagee, for example, said it was the will of God to drown New Orleans in Hurricane Katrina as punishment for the city's willingness to countenance a gay festival. He did not explain why the good Lord swamped the rest of the city but left the sin-soaked French Quarter, site of the aforesaid festival, relatively unscathed.
Republican Senatorial candidate Richard Mourdock, on the other hand, said it was God's will if a woman is raped and then finds herself pregnant with the rapist's child. He did not explain why God would choose to inflict such physical and emotional violence upon a presumably unoffending woman.
And then, there is the Taliban itself, which said it was God's will, required by the Quran, for this teenage girl to die. If she survived, said a spokesman after the assault, they would try again to kill her.
Since then, a number of things have happened. Malala's school has been renamed in her honor. The United Nations instituted a worldwide day, also in her honor, and has launched a campaign for girls' education. It is called "I Am Malala." Pakistanis, perhaps previously cowed by the terrorist bullying of religious fanatics, have risen in mass protest, finding courage in numbers. Malala has been asking for her schoolbooks so that she can study. On a message board at CNN.com, a reader suggests she ought to get the Nobel Peace Prize, and the idea does not seem at all far-fetched.
Oh, yes, and there is a million-dollar bounty on the head of the Pakistani Taliban spokesman.
Take it all as a stark reminder that too often, people who speak glibly of the will of God really describe no will higher than their own. They presume to interpret God like tarot cards or the stock market, forgetting that God is sovereign and does not need their help. He is a big God. He can speak for Himself.
So I will yield not to temptation. Unlike the Taliban, I will not presume to tell you what God's will was. But in light of Malala's miracle, it seems pretty clear what God's will was not.
(Leonard Pitts is a columnist for the Miami Herald, 1 Herald Plaza, Miami, Fla., 33132. Readers may contact him via email at firstname.lastname@example.com.)
(c) 2012 The Miami Herald Distributed by Tribune Media Services, Inc.
Photo credit: AP/Kamran Jebreili


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Japanese Food Guide: Best Tonkatsu in Honolulu
On newsstands right now: The Ultimate Guide to Japanese Food. We rounded up our favorite ramen, izakaya, sushi and tons more. For this guide, we enjoyed exploring Honolulu's unique landscape of Japanese food—from the local-flavored, sweet shoyu Japanese okazuyas that have been around for decades, to the newer, straight-from-Japan specialized imports dishing out udon, yakitori, okonomiyaki and tonkatsu.
But we couldn't fit everything into the print magazine. One roundup that didn't make it: our favorite tonkatsu places in Honolulu, all of which are Japanese chains:
Tonkatsu Ginza Bairin
The lowly pork cutlet rises to fine-dining status, with the kurobuta pork loin katsu—a favorite of Food Network's blade-wielding Iron Chef, Masaharu Morimoto—going for $36. Even the $10 tonkatsu sandwich boasts perfectionist details: light, fried juicy pork between white bread with the crusts cut off, with a bit of plummy sauce.
255 Beach Walk, 926-8082
You'll find no other katsu like this: twenty-five (!) layers of paper-thin pork dredged in crispy panko and cooked low and slow for eight minutes, sealing in the juices.
Aston Waikiki Joy Hotel, 320 Lewers St., 922-1129
Ringer Hut
Ringer Hut, which feels like the Denny's of Japanese food, has a hidden gem: its tonkatsu. At lunch, it's one of the best deals in town at $8.95.
Waikiki Trade Center, 2255 Kuhio Ave., 924-8366
Read about our favorite izakaya, mochi and more: Pick up a copy on newsstands or download a digital edition now.


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Freelance Work Environment Improving
Freelance job opportunities are growing rapidly, new data shows.
A survey by the online employment website Elance revealed that nearly 60 percent of freelance workers increased their income in 2012, with the average earning nearly 50 percent more than a year ago. In addition, more than two-thirds of those surveyed are projecting their income to increase even more in 2013. The average freelancer is expected to take home an additional 40 percent next year.
Fabio Rosati, president and CEO of Elance, said online work opportunities have come into their own.
"In just a few short years, freelancing has gone from a last-resort option to a lucrative and fulfilling career," Rosati said. "As a 'business of one,' your potential is no longer constrained by where you live or the corporate hierarchy."
The research shows the uncertain economy is not impacting online work, with 42 percent of freelancers getting hired for more jobs than a year ago. That's expected to translate into more jobs for all, as more than 40 percent of independent professionals plan to hire other freelancers to build their businesses in 2013, according to the study.
Freelance positions that the survey projects to experience the most growth in 2013 include:
The study found that independent professionals, who on average work on between two and six projects at a time, prefer this new way of working, with nearly 70 percent claiming they are happier and 79 percent saying they're more productive working as a freelancer than as a full-time employee.
The research revealed that millennials are turning to online work faster than any other age segment. Of those surveyed, 46 percent of millennials freelance full-time, while 26 percent have a full-time job and freelance on the side. Millennials also are more optimistic about their freelance career; 71 percent said they expect their income to increase in the next year, according to the study.
The research was based on surveys of more than 3,000 freelance professionals.
Follow Chad Brooks on Twitter @cbrooks76 or BusinessNewsDaily @BNDarticles. We're also on Facebook & Google+.


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SparkPeople's calendar feature will help you focus on one healthy habit each month. For November, that means increasing the happiness in your life so that changing of the seasons won't get you down.
Here are 30 daily tips that will each give you reason to grin and help increase your overall happiness. Click here to download and print your November calendar. (You need Adobe Acrobat Reader to download this PDF.)
If you think your friends or family members might benefit from these happiness-enhancing tips, share this calendar with them by clicking the "Send This Article to a Friend" button below.


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Disney on Ice presents Rockin' Ever After! This new show will feature Ariel, Belle, Rapunzel and Merida from Disney Pixar's Brave in her ice debut.
The all-star lineup includes Sebastian and the Daughters of Triton from The Little Mermaid, the rowdy pub thugs from Tangled and the spunky enchanted servants from Beauty and the Beast. Mickey and Minnie will of course be in attendance, but I have a feeling all eyes will be on Merida.
This year, I will have the opportunity to take my son to his first Disney on Ice tour. I can still remember my first show and I can't wait to let him experience his. I'm sure that he will be dancing to the upbeat music and cheering on Merida as she attempts to win her own hand in marriage in an archery contest. Even though this particular show centers around the Disney princesses, I know my son is going to love every minute of it.
"The most exciting part of bringing a fearless and independent character like Merida to the ice for the first time is knowing that she has a powerful and inspiring message to deliver about finding the courage to determine one's own fate," says producer Nicole Feld. "We think her story translates well to the ice and will really resonate with today's audience."
As with any show, this one had its challenges. "Our challenge in developing Rockin' Ever After was figuring out how to highlight moments from these beloved stories in a way that reflects the type of entertainment that families value today," says producer Juliette Feld. "By pulling elements from the talent show trend on contemporary television, we developed a truly unique way to lead into each fairytale."
Visit the Disney Disney On Ice website to learn more and to see when the show is coming to a town near you.
If you live in the Orlando area, use the code MOM12 at checkout to receive a discount of 4 tickets for $48. Offer not valid at any other show locations and must be purchased before the day of the show. This code is not valid for Saturday shows and or front row or VIP seating.
If the code does not work, please call Ticketmaster and give them the code before ordering your tickets.


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WIMBLEDON, England – Brian Baker's career renaissance is headed for the fourth round at Wimbledon, with the American qualifier extending his remarkable comeback after a half-dozen years away by beating Benoit Paire of France 6-4, 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 on Saturday.
The 126th-ranked Baker needed five operations from 2005-08, including reconstructive surgery on his right elbow, and returned to the sport about a year ago. He began 2012 ranked 458th, but Saturday's victory is expected to move him into the top 80.
"It's been unreal," Baker said. "It's crazy kind of what's going on. But I'm still trying to stay focused on the task at hand and not get too wrapped around."
The ordeal he's been through is helping him remain grounded and focused.
"I've always been confident in my game. I always knew I was a good player," Baker said. "It was just whether the body would cooperate and whether I could get more than even six, eight, 12 months healthy and able to play."
Baker was an up-and-comer who reached the French Open junior final as a teenager in 2003. But a couple of months after playing in the 2005 U.S. Open, Baker needed left hip surgery. His 2008 elbow surgery required about three years for a full recovery.
"At one point you're like, 'Why is my body not cooperating? Am I ever going to get out to play?'" Baker said.
The 27-year-old from Nashville, Tenn., did return. He played in several clay-court tournaments in the U.S. this year to earn a wild card for the French Open earlier this month — his first major tournament in 6 1/2 years. He lost to 13th-ranked Gilles Simon in the second round.
It was the clay-court performance in the Nice tournament that boosted Baker's confidence after he reached his first career ATP final.
Wimbledon is Baker's first major grass-court tournament in seven years. He had to go through qualifying just to get into the main draw, before beating Rui Machado and Jarkko Nieminen in his first two matches.
While the surface wasn't a problem during Saturday's match against the 55th-ranked Paire, the wind did cause some difficulties.
"It was really blustery out there," Baker said. "Never felt like the wind was even in the same direction every game."
Baker controlled his emotions a bit better than Paire, as the temperamental Frenchmen had a number of tantrums on the court during the two-hour match.
When the American broke his opponent early in the third set to pull ahead 4-1, Paire slammed his racket against his bag, threw a water bottle around, and bit his towel in anger.
"He was a little over there. You could tell that some games it looked like he would take off a little bit, but then he would come up and slap a couple winners, too," Baker said.
Baker will next play 27th-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany, who beat Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-3, 7-6 (6) on Saturday. Rosol stunned Rafael Nadal in the previous round to make Baker's side of the draw a bit easier, but the American still expects a tough challenge.
"I'm sure I'll probably be the underdog again going into the match," Baker said. "I'm kind of happy being the hunter going in there. I know I'll have to play my best match to win because he's a great player."


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Amy B is one of thousands of 3-Day walkers who registered for her first 3-Day as an individual, and joined a team to meet others. Little did she realize that those friendships would last well beyond her first 60 miles! I asked Amy to share her story of finding lifelong friendships as a 3-Day walker.
When she first joined the San Diego 3-Day in 2008, Amy didn't know anyone else who was walking. "I was approached by a team captain trying to grow her team, and jumped on. I met so many great people from my very first training walk that I knew that was the way to go!
Switching cities didn't stop Amy from making new friends. "In 2009, I walked in Seattle, and found a small team accepting out of town participants. I joined them so I was not alone on the event. I got to learn from others all the tips and tricks of making the walk more enjoyable. But the very best part is the wonderful friendships and bonds that I have made along the way."
Inspired by the team captains she met, Amy became one herself. "When I returned to the 2010 San Diego 3-Day I created the team Powered By Optimism because I think that teams are where the magic happens."
Becoming a training walk leader also helped Amy meet even more new friends. "I know the importance of training and the fun of doing it with others, so I also signed up to be a training walk leader. That is how I met many new walkers and grew my team. That first year we were a tight knit team of 23. Never in my wildest dreams did I think that Powered by Optimism would turn into what it is this year. We currently have 93 team members!"
Amy's team's friendships were forged on training walks. "Not only are we getting stronger for our 3-Day weekend, we are also growing stronger friendships. We share hundreds of training miles together, and have time to connect with great people. Sharing our stories – both amazing and amusing – helps us through some very long training walks. And once you get to the event, you already have a little family of familiar faces."
Over the years, the 3–Day friendships survive and thrive. "I have known a few teammates since the 2008 3-Day and many since the 2010 and we are undoubtedly now life-long friends. We hike in the off-season, and we've taken trips and retreats together. I have a pretty big circle of friends, but most of my best friends are from the 3-Day."
Not surprisingly, Amy thinks being on a team is the best part of the 3-Day. "Just as you wouldn't take a trip to Paris and not see the Eiffel Tower, I wouldn't suggest doing the 3-Day and not joining a team. Don't get me wrong, the event itself is amazing and life-changing. But if you join a team and join training walks, you will certainly make new friends – and do a little self-discovery too. Again, that's where the magic happens."
Are you a registered 3-Day participant looking for a team or training partner? Our 3-Day Friend Finder and Training Walk Calendar are at your service. Like Amy, your new friendships may last a lifetime.
Have you made lifelong friendships on your 3-Day journey? Please leave a reply in the comments section below


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McDONALD, JOHN (known also as McDonald le Borgne), fur trader; b. 1770 at Munial Farm on Loch Hourn, Scotland, son of Angus Ban McDonald and Nelly McDonell; m. according to the custom of the country, Marie Poitras, a Métis, and they had at least six children; d. 27 Feb. 1828 near Kempenfeldt Bay, Upper Canada.
John McDonald's family immigrated in 1786 to the area which later became Glengarry County (Ont.). By 1791 he was a clerk at Lachine, Lower Canada, and in 1798 he became a wintering partner in the New North West Company (sometimes called the XY Company), which was formed as a rival to the North West Company. Around 1802 he was stationed in the Red River region, in opposition to his cousin, Nor'Wester John MacDonell*. When the two firms merged in November 1804 in Montreal, McDonald was one of six wintering partners of the XY Company, represented by Sir Alexander Mackenzie*, to be a party to the new agreement. Having wintered near the source of the Red River in 1804–5, he rendezvoused that spring at the mouth of the river for several days of "great amusement" with George Nelson* and other XY and NWC colleagues.
The tracing of McDonald's activities between 1805 and 1810 is complicated by the fact that he and Nor'Wester John McDonald* of Garth were at times in the same areas beyond Lake Winnipeg (Man.) and are mentioned without distinction in the sources. In 1806 both McDonalds were stationed in the Fort des Prairies department. McDonald le Borgne was evidently in charge of the Fort Dauphin department from 1808 to 1810, and for the next three years he managed the Swan River department, where his Hudson's Bay Company counterpart, Alexander Kennedy, found him a violent opponent and a "notorious scoundrel."
In August 1816 McDonald, Simon Fraser*, Alexander McKenzie, and John McLoughlin* were among the NWC partners arrested at Fort William (Thunder Bay, Ont.) by Lord Selkirk [Douglas*]. They were charged with "Crimes of Treason and Conspiracy and as accessary to the murder of Robert Semple[*] Esquire and to divers other Murders Robberies and Felonies committed in the Course of the Months of May and June [1816]" at the Red River settlement (Man.), and were brought to Montreal. In February 1818 the trial site was changed from Lower Canada to Upper Canada because the witnesses for the defence were all located in Upper Canada or the northwest. McDonald was subsequently acquitted at York (Toronto).
In 1821 McDonald became a chief factor in the HBC when the NWC merged with its old rival. In 1821–22 he had charge of the Upper Red River district, and from 1823 to 1827 he was based at Fort Alexander (Man.), managing the Winnipeg River district. In March 1827 "alarming accounts" began to circulate that McDonald was "at the last stage of life," and on 25 July the HBC governor, George Simpson*, reported to London that McDonald had been granted a furlough on account of "extreme ill health." McDonald, his wife, and their family settled in Upper Canada on an NWC land grant assigned to him by William McGillivray; it was situated on the Penetanguishene Road, near present-day Barrie on Kempenfeldt Bay. There he maintained an interest in fur-trade affairs, expressing pleasure at the Winnipeg River district returns for 1827, curiosity about the yields of his large plantings of wheat, barley, oats, peas, and potatoes at Fort Alexander, and hopes of returning to service.
By early February 1828, however, his "indisposition" was serious, aggravated by grief over the death of his wife following a miscarriage in January. On 2 March John Spencer, a retired fur trader and neighbour, reported that McDonald had died on 27 February, "depriving us of a gentleman that so many looked up to as calculated to inspire energy & emulation . . . in [this] infant settlement he was looked up to as nearly the father of the flock." Lady Franklin [Griffin*] later furnished a monument in the Church of England graveyard at Newmarket in recognition of McDonald's assistance to her husband, explorer Sir John Franklin*, during his overland journey of 1825.
John McDonald died intestate, and court negotiations about his estate continued for more than 20 years. The disputes involved McDonald's brothers James and Finan and their expenses and claims concerning not only his lands but also their care of his children during his fur trade service and – in the instance of Catherine, his youngest child – after his death. The conflict parallels tensions that arose among the kinsmen of numerous British Nor'Westers, including Samuel Black* and John Stuart*, as the heirs and the courts tried to limit and to define the claims of traders' native families.
AO, MU 2197, instruments transmitting cases from Lower to Upper Canada, 7 Feb. 1818; MU 2201, no.2; RG 22, ser. 155. MTL, George Nelson papers and journals. PAM, HBCA, A.36/9: ff.6–37; A.44/2: f.43; B.3/b/46: f.28; B.134/c/4: ff.313, 325; D.4/15: f.114; D.5/2: ff.353–54; D.5/3: ff.97, 128–29, 395. Les bourgeois de la Compagnie du Nord-Ouest (Masson). Docs. relating to NWC (Wallace). J. S. H. Brown, Strangers in blood: fur trade company families in Indian country (Vancouver and London, 1980). A. F. Hunter, A history of Simcoe County (2v., Barrie, Ont., 1900; repr. 1948), 1. W. S. Wallace, "Namesakes in the fur-trade," CHR, 13 (1932): 285–90.
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This morning in Washington, DC, several former US military officers confirmed in a press conference that they had witnessed UFOs tampering with US nuclear missile control sites.
This press conference took place at the National Press Club in Washington, DC.
In these speeches, excerpted below, we hear about a 1967 UFO sighting in Montana, at a nuclear missile launch control facility. We hear about a 30-foot diameter object, covered in glowing red light, that was hovering outside the perimeter fence around the facility. It made no noise. Shortly thereafter, the missiles in the facility became "unlaunchable;" they had mysteriously shut down. It was called a "guidance and control system failure." Nobody at the base knew how to explain the event, and they were ordered never to talk about it. This was ultimately dubbed the "Echo Flight Incident."
Below we hear from two more witnesses about how the Air Force was telling officers with sufficient clearance that UFOs were interfering with nuclear missile sites. We also learn that Boeing was investigating UFOs in the 1970s, and were asked by the Air Force to stop doing it. Apparently a number of the UFOs were over Montana. We also hear that these UFOs were apparently common enough that the Air Force actually had a protocol for dealing with them. One person says he and his team witnessed a UFO landing in a canyon in Montana.
Given the appointment of an ambassador to extraterrestrials at the U.N. last week, we can't help but wonder whether we're on the cusp of a full disclosure from the US government that they've been in contact with creatures from other worlds.
At the end of the press conference this morning, a UFO researcher speculated that perhaps aliens were expressing concern that nukes could destroy the human race, or the planet. But the fact is, if these UFOs are piloted by aliens, nobody really knows what they're doing. One witness testified that he'd been told that the government had been in contact with aliens but that nobody knew what they wanted - the aliens had explained nothing, and given no signs of being interested in communicating further.


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While the U.S. and Europe
dump subsidized crops on poor countries, the World Bank tells poor countries
not to subsidize its poor farmers or their credit will be cut off. The
Malawi government has done the right thing, helping its farmers with
fertilizer aid and the results have been superb. (Loans from rich countries
have generally done much more harm than good to poor countries. The money
has gone to corruption and projects of dubious benefit for struggling
economies. In the Cold War years loans were part of a broader effort to keep
"Free World" dictatorships in line, and there are many who see the credit
process as nothing but a device to control governments. New officeholders in
the poor countries subscribe to the debt process so they can get their take,
and for fear of losing credit. These national debts are a travesty and
should be written off. Education and health care have also suffered under
the oppressive terms imposed by Western creditors.)
Ending Famine, Simply by Ignoring the Experts
by Celia Dugger, Dec. 2, 2007
COPYRIGHT 2007 The New York Times Company
Malawi hovered for years at the brink of famine. After a disastrous corn harvest in 2005, almost five million of its 13 million people needed emergency food aid.
But this year, a nation that has perennially extended a begging bowl to the world is instead feeding its hungry neighbors. It is selling more corn to the World Food Program of the United Nations than any other country in southern Africa and is exporting hundreds of thousands of tons of corn to Zimbabwe.
In Malawi itself, the prevalence of acute child hunger has fallen sharply. In October, the United Nations Children's Fund sent three tons of powdered milk, stockpiled here to treat severely malnourished children, to Uganda instead. ''We will not be able to use it!'' Juan Ortiz-Iruri, Unicef's deputy representative in Malawi, said jubilantly.
Farmers explain Malawi's extraordinary turnaround -- one with broad implications for hunger-fighting methods across Africa -- with one word: fertilizer.
Over the past 20 years, the World Bank and some rich nations Malawi depends on for aid have periodically pressed this small, landlocked country to adhere to free market policies and cut back or eliminate fertilizer subsidies, even as the United States and Europe extensively subsidized their own farmers. But after the 2005 harvest, the worst in a decade, Bingu wa Mutharika, Malawi's newly elected president, decided to follow what the West practiced, not what it preached.
Stung by the humiliation of pleading for charity, he led the way to reinstating and deepening fertilizer subsidies despite a skeptical reception from the United States and Britain. Malawi's soil, like that across sub-Saharan Africa, is gravely depleted, and many, if not most, of its farmers are too poor to afford fertilizer at market prices.
''As long as I'm president, I don't want to be going to other capitals begging for food,'' Mr. Mutharika declared. Patrick Kabambe, the senior civil servant in the Agriculture Ministry, said the president told his advisers, ''Our people are poor because they lack the resources to use the soil and the water we have.''
The country's successful use of subsidies is contributing to a broader reappraisal of the crucial role of agriculture in alleviating poverty in Africa and the pivotal importance of public investments in the basics of a farm economy: fertilizer, improved seed, farmer education, credit and agricultural research.
Malawi, an overwhelmingly rural nation about the size of Pennsylvania, is an extreme example of what happens when those things are missing. As its population has grown and inherited landholdings have shrunk, impoverished farmers have planted every inch of ground. Desperate to feed their families, they could not afford to let their land lie fallow or to fertilize it. Over time, their depleted plots yielded less food and the farmers fell deeper into poverty.
Malawi's leaders have long favored fertilizer subsidies, but they reluctantly acceded to donor prescriptions, often shaped by foreign-aid fashions in Washington, that featured a faith in private markets and an antipathy to government intervention.
In the 1980s and again in the 1990s, the World Bank pushed Malawi to eliminate fertilizer subsidies entirely. Its theory both times was that Malawi's farmers should shift to growing cash crops for export and use the foreign exchange earnings to import food, according to Jane Harrigan, an economist at the University of London.
In a withering evaluation of the World Bank's record on African agriculture, the bank's own internal watchdog concluded in October not only that the removal of subsidies had led to exorbitant fertilizer prices in African countries, but that the bank itself had often failed to recognize that improving Africa's declining soil quality was essential to lifting food production.
''The donors took away the role of the government and the disasters mounted,'' said Jeffrey Sachs, a Columbia University economist who lobbied Britain and the World Bank on behalf of Malawi's fertilizer program and who has championed the idea that wealthy countries should invest in fertilizer and seed for Africa's farmers.
Here in Malawi, deep fertilizer subsidies and lesser ones for seed, abetted by good rains, helped farmers produce record-breaking corn harvests in 2006 and 2007, according to government crop estimates. Corn production leapt to 2.7 billion metric tons in 2006 and 3.4 billion in 2007 from 1.2 billion in 2005, the government reported.
''The rest of the world is fed because of the use of good seed and inorganic fertilizer, full stop,'' said Stephen Carr, who has lived in Malawi since 1989, when he retired as the World Bank's principal agriculturalist in sub-Saharan Africa. ''This technology has not been used in most of Africa. The only way you can help farmers gain access to it is to give it away free or subsidize it heavily.''
''The government has taken the bull by the horns and done what farmers wanted,'' he said. Some economists have questioned whether Malawi's 2007 bumper harvest should be credited to good rains or subsidies, but an independent evaluation, financed by the United States and Britain, found that the subsidy program accounted for a large share of this year's increase in corn production.
The harvest also helped the poor by lowering food prices and increasing wages for farm workers. Researchers at Imperial College London and Michigan State University concluded in their preliminary report that a well-run subsidy program in a sensibly managed economy ''has the potential to drive growth forward out of the poverty trap in which many Malawians and the Malawian economy are currently caught.''
Farmers interviewed recently in Malawi's southern and central regions said fertilizer had greatly improved their ability to fill their bellies with nsima, the thick, cornmeal porridge that is Malawi's staff of life.
In the hamlet of Mthungu, Enelesi Chakhaza, an elderly widow whose husband died of hunger five years ago, boasted that she got two ox-cart-loads of corn this year from her small plot instead of half a cart.
Last year, roughly half the country's farming families received coupons that entitled them to buy two 110-pound bags of fertilizer, enough to nourish an acre of land, for around $15 -- about a third the market price. The government also gave them coupons for enough seed to plant less than half an acre.
Malawians are still haunted by the hungry season of 2001-02. That season, an already shrunken program to give poor farmers enough fertilizer and seed to plant a meager quarter acre of land had been reduced again. Regional flooding further lowered the harvest. Corn prices surged. And under the government then in power, the country's entire grain reserve was sold as a result of mismanagement and corruption.
Mrs. Chakhaza watched her husband starve to death that season. His strength ebbed away as they tried to subsist on pumpkin leaves. He was one of many who succumbed that year, said K. B. Kakunga, the local Agriculture Ministry official. He recalled mothers and children begging for food at his door.
''I had a little something, but I could not afford to help each and every one,'' he said. ''It was very pathetic, very pathetic indeed.''
But Mr. Kakunga brightened as he talked about the impact of the subsidies, which he said had more than doubled corn production in his jurisdiction since 2005.
''It's quite marvelous!'' he exclaimed.
Malawi's determination to heavily subsidize fertilizer and the payoff in increased production are beginning to change the attitudes of donors, say economists who have studied Malawi'sexperience.
The Department for International Development in Britain contributed $8 million to the subsidy program last year. Bernabe Sanchez, an economist with the agency in Malawi, estimated the extra corn produced because of the $74 million subsidy was worth $120 million to $140 million.
''It was really a good economic investment,'' he said.
The United States, which has shipped $147 million worth of American food to Malawi as emergency relief since 2002, but only $53 million to help Malawi grow its own food, has not provided any financial support for the subsidy program, except for helping pay for the evaluation of it. Over the years, the United States Agency for International Development has focused on promoting the role of the private sector in delivering fertilizer and seed, and saw subsidies as undermining that effort.
But Alan Eastham, the American ambassador to Malawi, said in a recent interview that the subsidy program had worked ''pretty well,'' though it displaced some commercial fertilizer sales.
''The plain fact is that Malawi got lucky last year,'' he said. ''They got fertilizer out while it was needed. The lucky part was that they got the rains.''
And the World Bank now sometimes supports the temporary use of subsidies aimed at the poor and carried out in a way that fosters private markets.
Here in Malawi, bank officials say they generally support Malawi's policy, though they criticize the government for not having a strategy to eventually end the subsidies, question whether its 2007 corn production estimates are inflated and say there is still a lot of room for improvement in how the subsidy is carried out.
''The issue is, let's do a better job of it,'' said David Rohrbach, a senior agricultural economist at the bank.
Though the donors are sometimes ambivalent, Malawi's farmers have embraced the subsidies. And the government moved this year to give its people a more direct hand in their distribution.
Villagers in Chembe gathered one recent morning under the spreading arms of a kachere tree to decide who most needed fertilizer coupons as the planting season loomed. They had only enough for 19 of the village's 53 families.
''Ladies and gentlemen, should we start with the elderly or the orphans?'' asked Samuel Dama, a representative of the Chembe clan.
Men led the assembly, but women sitting on the ground at their feet called out almost all the names of the neediest, gesturing to families rearing children orphaned by AIDS or caring for toothless elders.
There were more poor families than there were coupons, so grumbling began among those who knew they would have to watch over the coming year as their neighbors' fertilized corn fields turned deep green.
Sensing the rising resentment, the village chief, Zaudeni Mapila, rose. Barefoot and dressed in dusty jeans and a royal blue jacket, he acted out a silly pantomime of husbands stuffing their pants with corn to sell on the sly for money to get drunk at the beer hall. The women howled with laughter. The tension fled.
He closed with a reminder he hoped would dampen any jealousy.
''I don't want anyone to complain,'' he said. ''It's not me who chose. It's you.''
The women sang back to him in a chorus of acknowledgment, then dispersed to their homes and fields.
|pounding corn to make a porridge called nsima
|farmland plowed and ready for planting
|farmers at a workshop on fertilizer use
|sowing maize
|village chief discusses fertilizer coupons
|loading bags of fertilizer for the aid program
|building a grain storage facility
|Separating corn kernals from cobs at a family farm


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Monday, April 29, 2013
Iron Man 3 Week - Favourite story lines from the 1980s
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I've only recently discovered this Blog, but I absolutely LOVE it! :) - With regards to Iron Man, I think one of my favorite stories appeared in the two issues of Marvel Fanfare (illustrated by Ken Steacy), in which Iron Man goes up against Electro, Doctor Octopus, Grey gargoyle, and Sandman - As a kid I discovered the story when it ran as a weekly back-up strip in the UK Transformers comic...ReplyDelete
Welcome James and thanks for the comments. I have those issues of Marvel Fanfare and will have to check them out!ReplyDelete
Is that cover for Armour Wars from a trade?ReplyDelete
Hey Justin, it was coloured Bob Layton Commission if I recall correctly.ReplyDelete
I picked up ish 150 out of the blue because I loved Doom, and was pleasantly surprised.ReplyDelete
As for the later silver suit, I believe only Layton and Byrne (in a Hulk issue cameo) could draw it really well...
Likewise, it looked terrible under Milgrom's hand in WCA..
- AnonymousApril 29, 2013 at 5:31 PM
Again, great covers---ReplyDelete
I've never seen that "retro" Armor Wars image---WOW!
And i agree with James' comment- that Ken Steacy Marv Fanfare 2-parter was truly CLASSIC!
I just re-read that Marvel Fanfare story after about 30 years. It still holds up well!ReplyDelete


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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) — Love him or hate him, Tiger Woods always draws a crowd. And he had plenty of people in his corner following his 2019 Masters victory.
10-year-old Kendell Heil exclaimed, "Tiger Woods!" When asked who her favorite player was.
Chanden Emory of North Augusta and 10-year-old Joey Curkoic rooted for Tiger too.
For the fifth time, Tiger Woods was a champion at Augusta National Golf Club. Excluding the current winner, champions are not allowed to take the coveted green jacket off the grounds of Augusta National.
Emory said, "I wouldn't wear it every day but yeah I would have to flex it a little bit if I won. It's the Masters."
"If I were that good I would. I would probably put it up in the house somewhere," said Travis Blitchington of Augusta.
D.J. Heil lives in Evans. He said, "I think it would definitely come out at any family event and certainly it would come out during the week of the tournament. Boy, it would be a permanent part of my body."
Although Kendell Heil had second thoughts. "I don't know. It's really hot here so I don't think I would."
The green jackets debuted in 1937. Sam Snead won the first one in 1949, 15 years after the first Masters Tournament. The jacket has gone through several changes over the years but has never lost its flair. You would think repetitive Masters winners like Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Tiger Woods would have their own green jacket closet but they only get one to wear.


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The Solaris Zones partitioning technology is used to virtualize operating system services and provide an isolated and secure environment for running applications. A zone is a virtualized operating system environment created within a single instance of the Solaris Operating System. When you create a zone, you produce an application execution environment in which processes are isolated from the rest of the system. This isolation prevents processes that are running in one zone from monitoring or affecting processes that are running in other zones. Even a process running with superuser credentials cannot view or affect activity in other zones.
A zone also provides an abstract layer that separates applications from the physical attributes of the machine on which they are deployed. Examples of these attributes include physical device paths.
Zones can be used on any machine that is running at least the Solaris 10 release. The upper limit for the number of zones on a system is 8192. The number of zones that can be effectively hosted on a single system is determined by the total resource requirements of the application software running in all of the zones.
In the Solaris 10 release, there are two types of non-global zone root file system models: sparse and whole root. The sparse root zone model optimizes the sharing of objects. The whole root zone model provides the maximum configurability. These concepts are discussed in Chapter 18, Planning and Configuring Non-Global Zones (Tasks).
Solaris 10 9/10: Products that are installed, called system assets, are controlled by an Auto Registration feature. During installation, the user provides credentials or registers anonymously. When the system reboots, service tags for the new products are uploaded to the My Oracle Support server. This feature only works in the global zone. See System Administration Guide: Basic Administration for more information.


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We write about a wide variety of DIY projects, and through that process a few common tools and relevant skills surface that make so many of them possible. This weekend, get to know these all-star tools and the amazing DIY projects they can produce.
Of all the DIY skills you can learn, you need to know how to solder to tackle many of the electronic DIY projects you'll come across online. Fortunately, this little comic can teach you the basics. If you need a little more information, this introduction to soldering should do the trick. Just grab yourself a soldering kit and you can tackle fun projects like these:
- Add volume controls to your headset
- Add a remote and mic to your favorite headphones
- Make paper speakers
- Make a Wi-Fi booster
- Make a motion-detecting camera
Those are just a few examples. Soldering opens up several opportunities so you'll be able to handle quite a few additional DIY projects after learning how.
Like play-dough for adults, Sugru is a quick-drying rubber that helps you solve problems, fix broken stuff, and create plenty of other things. Here are a few examples to get you started:
- Fix broken headphones
- Replace laptop bumpers
- Make a gamepad for your phone
- Make Apple's headphones actually fit your ears
- Fix a leaky hose
- Repair rusty dishwasher racks
For more, be sure to check out our sugru tag page.
When you want to make your own electronics, you turn to Arduino. It's just a $20 board, but you can make all sorts of interesting things with other people's code (of course, you can learn to write your own, too). Once you've got a board, you can create fun projects like these:
- Create a device that automatically mutes your TV when annoying people are on it
- Make a mosquito killer
- Control an RC car
- Make a video doorbell system
- Dashboard iPod controller
- A remote-controlled dimmer switch
For more Arduino-based projects, check out our Arduino tag pages.
Raspberry Pi
Although a bit of a newcomer, the Raspberry Pi already has an incredible force behind it. The little board packs so much power into a small space, you can do some pretty incredible things. If you're new to the Raspberry Pi (or need help finding a board), check out our getting started guide. It'll teach you to set up your board and install Raspbian, the standard operating system for the Raspberry Pi. From there, you can tackle a bunch of other awesome projects like these:
- Create a low-powered NAS
- Make a Spotify server
- Create an XBMC home media center (or use Plex)
- Turn it into a home VPN server
- Create an AirPlay-capable streaming music server
If that's not enough, here are ten more awesome projects to try.
Have a great weekend!


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Async vs. sync calls¶
The Usergrid SDKs work by making RESTful API calls from your application to the API. In some cases, both synchronous and asynchronous calls are supported for most methods, as in the case of the Usergrid Android SDK, while in others only asynchronous calls are supported, as in the Usergrid JavaScript SDK. The following is a brief explanation of synchronous vs. asynchronous API calls.
If an API call is synchronous, it means that code execution will block (or wait) for the API call to return before continuing. This means that until a response is returned by the API, your application will not execute any further, which could be perceived by the user as latency or performance lag in your app. Making an API call synchronously can be beneficial, however, if there if code in your app that will only execute properly once the API response is received.
Asynchronous calls do not block (or wait) for the API call to return from the server. Execution continues on in your program, and when the call returns from the server, a "callback" function is executed. For example, in the following code using the Usergrid JavScript SDK, the function called dogCreateCallback will be called when the create dog API call returns from the server. Meanwhile, execution will continue:
function dogCreateCallback(err, dog) {
alert('I will probably be called second');
if (err) {
//Error - Dog not created
} else {
//Success - Dog was created
client.createEntity({type:'dogs'}, dogCreateCallback);
alert('I will probably be called first');
The result of this is that we cannot guarantee the order of the two alert statements. Most likely, the alert right after the createEntity function call will be called first since the API call will take a second or so to complete.
The important point is that program execution will continue, and asynchronously, the callback function will be called once program execution completes.