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Spiced Squash Doughnuts Recipe
Lost classic desserts from our wide and varied past.
With fall upon us there's no reason to let pumpkin have all the fun. Squash lends a light sweetness and mild earthiness to these doughnuts and it also happens to make for a very tender and fluffy cake.
Note: If you don't have a doughnut cutter you can use a 3-inch round cutter with a 1-inch cutter for the center hole. Let doughnuts sit for about ten minutes before frying so that the exterior will have a chance to dry slightly and absorb less oil. The dough is sticky by nature, so the surface won't feel dry to touch but a few extra minutes of resting will help the doughnut absorb less oil and contribute to a lighter texture. While doughnut holes are fun to make and eat, the timing of frying them can be challenging. I recommend combining the scraps to make more full sized doughnuts.
Any pumpkin pie spice blend should pair well with the squash here. I'm particularly fond of the blend from Trader Joe's that uses cinnamon, ginger, lemon peel, nutmeg, cloves, and cardamom.
Read more: American Classics: Spiced Squash Doughnuts
- Yield:Makes about 2 1/2 to 3 dozen doughnuts
- Active time: 1 1/2 hours
- Total time:3 1/2 hours
- 5 cups (22 1/2 ounces) all-purpose flour
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- 2 large eggs
- 2 cups (14 ounces) sugar, divided
- 1/2 cup (4 1/2 ounces) light brown sugar, firmly packed
- 1 cup (8 ounces) buttermilk
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup (8 ounces) squash puree
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 quarts canola oil, for frying
In a large bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and pumpkin pie spice.
In a large bowl with an electric mixer, or the bowl of a stand mixer, combine eggs, 1 cup sugar, and brown sugar, beating until combined and slightly foamy. Add buttermilk, melted butter, vanilla, and squash puree. Stir until smooth. Slowly add flour mixture and stir until just incorporated. Lay out two large sheets of plastic wrap. Spritz plastic wrap with canola oil. Divide dough into two balls. Wrap in plastic wrap then flatten into discs. Refrigerate for at least two hours or up to overnight.
Generously flour a large work surface. Take one of the discs and turn out the dough to coat with flour, sprinkling the surface of the dough with flour to lessen stickiness. (Note the dough is sticky, don't be shy about adding flour until it's workable). Gently pat the dough to about 1/2-inch thick. Use a floured 3-inch doughnut cutter to cut out doughnuts and place cut doughnuts on a well floured sheet of parchment paper. Collect any scraps and roll out dough to cut more doughnuts until all the dough is gone.
Fill a Dutch oven or deep fryer with 2 inches of oil. Heat oil over medium high heat to 360°F. Using a shallow, heat resistant strainer, drop doughnuts in the oil and fry until a deep golden brown on both sides (about 2 minutes per side, use the color as your guide as the oil temperature can very with time). Use wooden chopsticks to turn the doughnuts. Be careful not to crowd the doughnuts in the pan (no more than 2 to 3 doughnuts at a time). Remove doughnuts immediately from the pan using a heat resistant strainer or tongs. Set on paper towel lined baking racks to cool. Once cooled slightly, toss in a paper bag with remaining sugar and cinnamon. Serve immediately. Doughnuts are best the day they are made, but leftovers can be stored in an airtight container for a day.
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Edison Grainery Offers Organic Quinoa Pasta
Edison Grainery received the 2013 Food and Beverage Innovations Awards (FABI) from the National Restaurant Association during its annual conference in May for its line of Organic Quinoa Pasta.
Introduced less than a year ago to the natural products channel, the line includes five pasta forms: elbows, fusilli, orzo, penne and spaghetti. The pasta is based on a 60/40 combination of organic long-grain white rice flour and organic quinoa flour. These gluten-free pastas have a texture similar to whole-wheat pasta and can stand up to the heaviest sauces. The 16-oz., earth-friendly retail pouch has a suggested retail price of $5.50. There are 5-lb. and 25-lb. bags for foodservice. Retail cost is $5.50 for the 16-oz. bag.

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Bill McIntosh needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 179 designs submitted by 31 freelance designers.
Executive Dynamics
Executive Dynamics provide effective coaching for business owners & Entrepreneurs to increase revenue through better sales and marketing techniques. Then through revolutionary organizational programs they help them decrease waste and bring about much more efficiency in the workplace.
Upscale business owners, entrepreneurs and start-ups with big opportunities.
We're looking for a logo that has a corporate feel, but isn't too stuffy or conservative. However, we also don't want anything cartoony or trendy so the logo is still a strong logo 10 years from now.
We have a rough idea on the look & feel of the logo, but are definitely open to any new ideas and suggestions.
We're looking for a horizontal logo with roughly the ratio of 1x2.5 heightxwidth. You can see why we picked this ratio and see examples here if you'd like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ0W-_9gTH8
Here is a very rough & simple idea for the example logo:
We had planned to use something similar to this logo and then have a screened back watermark image of an abstract shape that implies dynamic and powerful motion.
However, you DO NOT have to use this concept and can present something else if you've got a good idea. We're open to your suggestions and creativity.
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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
Palestinian terrorists operating out of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip launched an unprovoked missile attack on communities in southern Israel on Wednesday night.
Eight missiles landed near an in Israeli towns and villages bordering the Gaza Strip. There were no injuries or damage reported.
The "Red Alert" missile warning system sent local residents scrambling for their bomb shelters, but local officials again warned that the area is largely unprotected. It was noted that Israel's highly publicized "Iron Dome" anti-missile system cannot stop short range rockets fired at communities within 7 kilometers (4 miles) of Gaza, and that most houses and buildings do not have reinforced roofs and walls.
Another often ignored effect of the rocket attacks is the psychological damage it is doing to children living in the area. A very high percentage of Israeli children living in the northern Negev region have exhibited symptoms of post-traumatic stress.
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Yesterday I predicted that Barack Obama would dump Joe Biden from the ticket if his internal polling showed that it would help him in the general election. It only took one news cycle for my supposition to be undermined, as the White House announced that the Dude abides.
Perhaps the internal polling shows no bounce from possible replacements for Biden. Perhaps the Dude is performing his assigned tasks capably as directed and all is going according to plan. Perhaps Ms. Hillary declined the honor of running with "the amateur." Perhaps Obama is keeping his options open.
In any event, developments yesterday gave me one more occasion to reflect on George Eliot's observation in the omniscient narrative voice of Middlemarch: "Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous."


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"Christmas in July Giveaway" at Shabby Cottage Shops
Pictured below are the items donated from each participating boutique during our "Christmas In July Giveaway"! This giveaway is totally separate FROM our "12 Days of Giveaways", so be sure to enter THESE HERE TOO! The lucky winner will be announced on July 25 at 12 Noon, EST here, on facebook and twitter. If you share this post on facebook, you will receive an additional opportunity to win. Just email us stating you posted it on your wall, along with the link letting us know you shared it!! Thanks!!
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Leave us a comment after you have received your "Christmas In July Giveaway" and let us know how you are enjoying your gifts from the wonderful boutiques at Shabby Cottage Shops! That's it!! Now sit back, have a glass of iced tea and enjoy!!!
Retail Price: $24.99
Hand painted "Cottage Charm" wooden wall plaque. Plaque is thin wooden board, painted a creamy white for the background, and has pink roses and mossy green leaves and pink lettering, all hand painted. Measures approximately 5" x 9" and hangs from a silk ribbon.
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I just loved them when I saw them! This girly pink flowerpot set nestles in a matching tray! Perfect shade of pink...for any romantic decor! Set measures 10-1/2" x 3-3/4" x 4" high. Each post has drainage holes, they are 3" in diameter.
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This lovely hand painted glass heart is simply just gorgeous! Painted with pink French Roses and touches of light blue wildflowers, accented with rhinestones and tied with a double satin ribbon is certain to add that touch of romance anywhere you hang it! A fabulous Valentine's Day Gift and one that can be appreciated all year round! Each ornament is a one of a kind work of ark and comes signed. Perfect for your romantic shabby chic cottage!
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This festive peppermint candy ornament "Peppermint Cheer" is crafted with silky red satin and a delightful frosted organza. The topper features red organza ribbons, candy cane ribbon and snow kissed accents. Match it with a candy cane Christmas tree or fantasy land decorations!
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This beautiful, one of a kind hand painted plate by Suzanne, at Shabby Cottage Designs sets a striking look with the raised edge detail of a gorgeous French style scroll work. This French scroll detail sets a beautiful frame for the lovely hand painted design of a cluster of pretty pink cottage roses so perfectly complimentary to the overall design. Just the right piece for displaying in an easel or to incorporate into a wall grouping. This will make a charming addition to your home and a special gift just for you, or even a special gift for that dear friend or family member in your life. This piece measure 8 inches in diameter and is sealed for lasting protection. A one of a kind piece..
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Sweetheart's Nest
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"In The Armoire"at The Ruffled Rose
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"That Shabby Pink Girl" at The Ruffled Rose
Pink Felt Birdie Pin Cushion, is Handmade with Felt, embellishedwith Felt Flowers with Beaded centers and Leaves. The base is constructed of bark cloth with Pink Roses, stuffed with fiberfill, embellished with tiny lace and Pearls.
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Lovely Celadon Cup and Saucer
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Christmas Plate Display
Green metal "Merry Christmas" rack holds three beautifully detailed decorative plates depicting traditional holiday scenes. For decorative purposes only. 27" x 2 1/2" x 15 1/2" high.
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Got this from Zone 9 Tropicals in 2011.
This is a strange one. Its clearly really gone for it and then died. It must be quite sensitive to the weather.
I have a fealing the leaves should be bigger, but considering the time of year im quite impressed with the current performance. Definatly seems to be establishing itself.
Strange one this, but its really going for it, but seems to loose it all really quick too.
Its lost much of its original growth. Because I havnt been here since July its quite hard to say why? Maybe it didnt get enough water? Maybe too much sun? Maybe its been too wet? Or maybe its just its time of year to drop back? I was hoping for extra growth and coverage so im now just hoping it survives. Maybe its spending most of its efforts establishing itself?
Looks like its doing quite well. I just hope it doesnt all die off in the winter or anything.
Im just happy that its still there and delighted that its growing as well. This is a pretty exciting tropical and the stemm is doing pretty good too. Hopefully the hot weather wont thwart it at all as its looking set to actually do something.
Still alive. It lost some of the growth from August but appears to be advancing again. I think its easy come easy go with this vine. I hope it manages to break through the one shoot stage and start blanketing the wall.
Later saw a more mature one in Home Depot.
Seems to be doing OK. Appears that it got quite a way and then died back. Even in my short time here I have seen it grow 6 inches or so, it makes prograss on a daily level. In the 2 weeks that I was here this plant tip grew from the second plank down on the wall up to the latest photo, or rather about 2 feet. I wish everything grew at that rate, especially its pal the Wisteria a few meters away. Very exciting, but you can see that it must have sone that before as theres a dead vine to the left. Im guessin gthat it grew and then there was a drought and it died, so it appears to be easy come easy go?


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From Brent to Brazil
PUBLISHED: 13:00 08 June 2014
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Raheem Sterling has made rapid rise to World Cup level
He's renowned for his speed – and it's fair to say England winger Raheem Sterling has always been a player ahead of schedule.
Sterling featured in QPR's reserve team at the age of just 14, became the second youngest player to represent Liverpool in the club's history, and made his full England debut before he turned 18.
And his meteoric rise began even earlier, when he outclassed older players to such an extent that the man who was to play a key role in Sterling's development had no idea just how youthful his young prodigy actually was.
Paul Lawrence, the football coach at Copland Community School in Wembley – just around the corner from the national stadium – recalls how Sterling's sister Lakima, a student at the school, first brought the future England star to his attention.
"She mentioned a few times that her brother was a really good player," said Lawrence. "I asked her to bring him in when we had a training session for the Year sevens and eights.
"He ran rings around them, scored two goals and made loads of chances. I was so impressed with what I saw and asked her to make sure he came to our school.
"When the following September came around, I didn't see him and I went and asked his sister where he was. She explained he wasn't old enough to come to our school yet – I hadn't realised he was two years younger than the boys he'd been playing against.
"He eventually came along next year. Straight away I put him into the Year seven team – and also the Year eight team, who won the Brent Cup, with Raheem scoring a hat-trick and making another two goals.
"He was so small for his age – and even now I think people tend to worry about him getting knocks and injuries, but he's always had the talent to get out of bad tackles with his pace and change of direction.
"In every match, without fail, people would try and intimidate him, wind him up and foul him – and because he was so good they were prepared to sacrifice themselves just to put him out of the game."
Sterling was soon selected to represent his borough at the London Youth Games in 2009 and captained Brent to the gold medal in the boys' football tournament.
By then, he was also on the books at QPR, regularly ripping the heart out of defences at Under-18 level and broke into the reserve team before his 15th birthday.
Sterling's growing reputation alerted several of English football's big guns and it was Liverpool who won the race for his signature, paying an initial £500,000 to take the teenager to Anfield a few months later.
"We spoke about it a few times and obviously I was pleased with the fact he was at QPR," added Lawrence. "But I didn't think he would get the same opportunities and guidance by staying there.
"There was interest from a few other clubs but nothing concrete, whereas Liverpool made it clear that they wanted him as a player rather than just for his potential.
"If that move hadn't happened, who knows whether he'd even be in the first team at QPR now? Being in that environment with Liverpool, where you're trying to win the league, made a world of difference."
Having made his senior debut for the Reds in March 2012, Sterling was soon drafted into the England squad and Lawrence, along with a number of Brent students, made the short trip to Wembley to watch his protégé in action.
And the coach has no doubts about the positive effect that Sterling's startling progress has had on other aspiring young footballers in north-west London.
"Raheem's been back to the school quite a few times since he left and he sees other ex-students in the area, just doing things that young people do like going shopping or out for a meal," said Lawrence.
"He doesn't come back and act like he's living a different life. Loads of students from different schools have been to see him play – and some of them don't usually play or even watch football.
"Young players around the area know they're in the same position as he was a few years ago and feel they've got a chance to make something of their lives because they've seen what he's done."


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I was unsure of what forum to put this article in, so I put it here in hopes the mods will help me out and move it. Thanks Mods!
My first foray into some humor, article details some lessons I have learned from playing Madden.
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Playing it safe is always the best policy
Many of us would disagree. I can't' tell you how many times I have heard "take a chance on something; it could change your life!†Very rarely is this true.
In Madden, you always take the 30 yard field goal on a fourth and ten from the opposing team's 23 yard line, even though you have a tall wide receiver who could school that weak corner. It's points on the board and it gives you momentum against your opponent.
In life it is the same way. Imagine you go to a restaurant, and while you already had a preconceived notion of what you were going to order you still give the menu a chance.
Then some magical dish catches your eye. It looks good, it has everything you like, and the waiter even says it is choice. What do you do? I always revert to my 30 yard field goal and go with what I already know is a good dish.
I have tried to go for it on fourth and ten; more often than not I end up regretting that decision. The food was terrible and I never eat there again and the waiter who gave me the "good advice†gets zilch for his tip.


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Child Support Payment App SupportPay® Raises Additional $1.5M,
Bringing Total Raised to $2.6M To Date
Additional Funding Will Help SupportPay Address Growing Demand from
Single, Divorced and Separated Parents to Better Manage Child Support & Shared Expenses
SANTA CLARA, CA April 2, 2015 SupportPay® by Ittavi, the first-ever platform to automate child support payments and enable parents to share related expenses, today announced it has closed an $1.5M For Child Support Payment App SupportPay, bringing its total raised to $2.6M. The additional funding came from a combination of current investors and new investors, including T5 Capital Partners and several high net-worth individuals. SupportPay will use the money to continue to support its significant growth, expand its channels and enhance the platformâs features.
SupportPay is following an incredible trajectory of growth, and we expect that to only continue as market demand grows, said Mark Ghermezian, Managing Partner of T5 Capital. Divorce and child support issues are relevant for nearly half of the worldâs families and growing. SupportPay offers an essential tool for them to ease the financial conflict at hand. We are excited to be participating in this round of funding and partnering with SupportPay to provide a solution that impacts so many families.
After a separation or divorce, parents who live apart may have a child support order or agreement – yet are left to figure out how to manage the process on their own, inevitably leading to conflict and tension. SupportPay helps to standardize the billing and payment process for child support as well as other shared expenses such as medical, child care, education, and extracurricular activities that aren't usually addressed by court orders or state-run payment platforms. SupportPay is private, secure, and fully transparent making the process of managing & paying child support and sharing other child-related expenses simple and less stressful.
There is a misconception that child support is a one and done payment each month, typically done through wage garnishment. But the monthly base payment doesn't even begin to cover everything a child needs and that's when the fighting begins, said Sheri Atwood, SupportPay Founder & CEO. We're extremely grateful to our investors for providing us with even more opportunities to help the hundreds of millions of parents across the globe eliminate the arguments, and focus on what is important raising happy, healthy children.
SupportPay allows a parent to manage the monthly child support payment, as well as easily submit additional expenses and attache receipts. The other parent can quickly review the item, see immediately that the expense is for their child, and make or schedule a payment directly through the platform. SupportPay does all of the calculations, tracking and reminders for parents, so they don't have to worry or fight about it. The platform stores the complete child support information, and provides a certified record for court or tax purposes. As a result, paying parents can easily see the money is going to their children, while receiving parents clearly demonstrate exactly what it costs to raise them. In fact, SupportPay is so effective in the child support process that parents are 90 percent more likely to pay or receive child support than without the system, according to Atwood.
Before SupportPay, my ex-husband had no idea how expensive it was to raise our children so it was a constant source of tension to share expenses. Now, he can see exactly how much and where the money is being spent, and has no problem paying me his portion, said Melissa Knecht, a SupportPay customer and divorced mom to four children.
SupportPay is available now for free as a web, Android and iOS application. Learn more at supportpay.com. SupportPay is offering the current version of its platform for free, for life, to any new or existing customers who register and use the product before June 30th, 2015. After the promotion period, SupportPay will be available in both free and premium subscription models.
About SupportPay by Ittavi:
Based in Santa Clara, CA, Ittavi (it takes a village) is on a mission to end family financial conflicts. SupportPay®, Ittavi's inaugural product, is the first-ever automated child support payment platform, poised to transform the complex, time-consuming & stressful process that impacts nearly 300 million parents exchanging more than $900 billion in child support & child expenses worldwide. Submit child expenses, store receipts, and make payments quickly and securely, with automatic reminders, approve/dispute capabilities, and a complete archive of all transactions. With SupportPay, today's modern families can spend less time managing and arguing about child support, and more time focused on raising happy, healthy children. Available online in any browser, with accompanying mobile apps for iOS and Android smartphones and tablets. Find out more about how you can streamline your child support payments at: supportpay.com, @supportpayapp or Facebook.com/SupportPay.
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I am working on my M.S. at the NDU iCollege and all of the distance learning classes require the use of Blackboard. I am headed back to sea, to a CVN, this fall and am considering continuing my DL classes, but am not sure how well I'll be able to get online and onto Blackboard to do my work. Anyone had any experience trying to do this at sea recently?
On a side note, anyone tried to keep up distance learning M.S. courses on deployment? If so, would you do it again?


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A few lovelies I picked up from Brenda at Pink Castle Fabrics...
These are just eight of the prints from Anna Maria Horner's new line, Loulouthi, along with some Essex Linen. I believe there are a total of 30 in all. They are even more beautiful in person!
I also picked up some Kona Solids. I am really enjoying working on my challenge quilt for the Kona Solids challenge our guild is doing, and I think I'm going to start working with solids more in the future.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
entering the blogosphere, finding my voice and embracing imperfection
Maybe it's not a quilting day today...
As a writer and an artist, this whole blog thing shouldn't really be such a big deal, right? These things should come naturally: eloquent composition simply spilling from the keyboard while beautiful images magically send themselves through my camera's lens, ready for download, without the need for editing or cropping. And with so many people writing blogs these days, it seems easy enough, right? I have more than a few favorites I follow regularly*. In reading these, as well as the dozens more I stumble upon each day, a basic common"structure" begins to emerge: A subject, story, or something to teach; a pertinent photo (in focus, well-lit, and carefully composed). Then, blogrolls, badges, and slideshows. Contests and giveaways, the random number generator, dozens of followers and comments galore!?! Wait! How do I make sure I choose the right words, find the right photos???
I'm getting ahead of myself. No one's reading yet. No one knows I'm writing this. It's just me here.
And so to follow on a conversation I had recently with another newer-ish blogger, don't think too much. Don't worry about creating the "perfect" post. For an audience of one (me), my reasons for blogging are pretty simple: to share projects I'm working on, a place to record thoughts, collect quotes, poetry, inspiration; to share with friends and family; to network with others with similar interests. This blog is by me, for me. If company comes, all the better!
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AIA Lecturer: Kathleen Lynch
Kathleen Lynch is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Cincinnati, and has also taught at Washington University in St. Louis, Southern Illinois University, and the University of Missouri. She is a specialist in Greek pottery, particularly vase-painting and the social aspects of pottery, and has completed fieldwork in Albania, Greece, and Turkey. She earned her Ph.D. and her M.A. at the University of Virginia, after completing her undergraduate work at Boston University. She has published widely, and has received numerous awards, grants and fellowships for her work.
One of Professor Lynch's main publications is The Symposium in Context: Pottery from a Late Archaic House near the Athenian Agora, published as Hesperia supplement 46, 2011. This volume addresses for the first time a collection of pottery used at symposia that has been found in a domestic context in Athens (rather than a funerary context, which is more usual for such pottery). In the volume Professor Lynch discusses form, function, and context without ignoring the social aspects of Athenian drinking parties as well as other household activities. More details can be found at: http://www.ascsa.edu.gr/index.php/publications/book/?i=9780876615461
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Jason Nichols needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 165 designs submitted by 63 freelance designers.
BioProtect is a licensed provider of a new antimicrobial spray distributed by H.E.L.P. Technology. The company will conduct a free consultation with free air & surface tests, followed by the antimicrobial spray, then a post-test. This product is new with a patent product and is registered with the EPA. Check out http://www.healthierprograms.coms for a full product description. Our website name, http://www.bioprotectonline.com has been reserved but the site has not yet been developed.
Our target audience is any business or residential location within Greene or Christian counties in Missouri. Specifically, we're targeting businesses and residential locations that involve children. Ideally, daycares, schools, and indoor playgrounds will consist of our primary target market. Secondary targets include healthcare facilities, fitness/gym locations, and restaurants. Residential locations will also be targeted as a tertiary market, ideally gained through referrals of business owners or from business locations.
Our company name is BioProtect and we're not a cleaning or janitorial company, but rather a sanitation/disinfectant/prevention service company. I would like the color green and white/silver/cream to be incorporated into the color scheme. I'm looking for a simple, yet professional logo, one that could be incorporated on business cards, letterhead, shirts, billboards, company vans, etc. Our tagline has been updated, "H.E.L.P. one place at a time". Please look at http://www.healthierprograms.com for the "feel" we are looking for. We are a licensed provider of the goods which are distributed by H.E.L.P. Technology.
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Brian Brasch necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 26 diseños de 11 diseñadores freelance.
New exciting web based company representing established manufacturers. We specialize in the automotive industry. Our manufactures have up to 90 years experience in building tools but no experience selling on line.
While this isn't a new idea, we have secured relationships to allow us to provide the best professional tools the automotive industry has to offer.
We will take their proven products, add video, customer feedback and the best pricing to drive sales.
Be part of this exciting new business!
Anyone who uses professional tools from fixed operation managers to hobbiest who want the best for their garage.
A fixed operation manager may run the service department in a automotive dealership and need industrial air compressors, strut compressors, impact wrenches etc.
We are looking for a logo represent our business.
We have two concepts going:
1. Start with a garage
1.a. Have one simple tool in the middle. Very simple and clean, thick lines, easy to embroider on a shirt etc.
1.b. Have many tools coming out / exploding from the garrage. Maybe a 45% side angle with "ToolGarage" written on the roof.
We would love to have the logo incorporate a garage and tool(s) but here are a few things to think about:
1. Nothing too elegant - we do not want to come across as being fancy.
2. The typeface should be clear, simple and bold. We want something that stands out.
Please feel free to experiment with colors!
The files we will require are:
Print file format - .ai, .id, .pds.
Please do not use any stock images or clip art in the logo
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Carolyn M. Fletcher 10/31/2004 3:14:57 PMWow, this is gorgeous!!! I love it! #184131
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Citrus Hotels Sriperumbudur
Ideally located amidst the lush landscape, Citrus Hotels Sriperumbudur on the Chennai-Bangalore Highway is the right place to refresh and relax for all the business traveller and weekend leisure travellers. After a stressful day or week, a stay at Citrus Hotels is sure to alleviate your senses providing the most comfortable stay to enliven yourself. In spite of being situated near the industrial area, the moment you enter the hotel you would find yourself being welcomed into a new world. The freshness from the serene surroundings lightens up the entire ambience of the hotel making you feel relaxed and peaceful. You could either laze around the pool with your favorite book or calm your soul with a complementary 15 min of spa or entertain yourself with the indoor and outdoor games or even try your hand on the golf, Citrus Hotels at Sriperumbudur is a step ahead of all the other hotels vying to be in the race.
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Thrivent Leadership
Languish. (Worst)
Survive. (Bad)
Exist. (OK)
Succeed. (Good)
THRIVE. (Best)
The tagline for Thrivent Leadership is: "Leading Individuals and Organizations to Thrive."
Thriving is beyond success. It's the opposite of languishing. Thriving is living fully alive, fully engaged, and fully aware. Thriving is about becoming the best version of yourself for yourself and the people you lead.
We are a small, niche, leadership coaching and consulting firm who lead individuals--and the organizations they lead--THRIVE.
For a huge oak tree, the growth and grandeur above ground is only possible because of the depth and richness of the root system under ground. We believe that leaders--and all people--are the same way. For incredible results to emerge from the life and leadership of a leader, he or she must pay attention to all those things below of the surface of their lives.
We spend a lot of time with leaders focusing on:
- Self-Awareness
- Emotional Intelligence
- Humble
- Genuinely appreciating others
- Committing to personal health (emotional, spiritual, physical, mental, financial, relational)
- Living from personal mission
- Having deep personal character
When leaders get those things right, incredible things result in their lives and organizations.
After ensuring healthy self-leadership, we will then assist in designing organizational systems for leadership development.
Organizational leaders (C-class: CEO, CFO, COO, etc.; executive/senior leadership; boards of directors) who interested not only in achieving great results but also in personally and professionally developing their workforce.
The organizations could be in the for-profit or not-for-profit sectors.
They are both men and women. Likely, they are more seasoned, mature leaders than young, inexperienced leaders.
I'd rather this logo have an earthy, organic feel than a stiff, corporate feel. I'm more interested in warm earth tones than cool industrial tones.
Because of the nature of our business, this logo needs to convey trustworthiness, confidence, stability, and wisdom.
We really like trees and roots (see "about us" section above). It would be cool if you could work roots into the logo somehow.
If you prioritize a word in the logo, give priority to the word "thrivent."
The logo will be in many different places: online, print media, garments, video, etc. Please design accordingly.
Our corporate font is Calibri (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calibri). We'd prefer that the logo and font compliment each other but it's not mandatory that you use Calibri in the logo (in fact, we'd prefer that you not unless you think it looks amazing).
I've attached a mediocre, hand-drawn attempt at a logo as well as an image of a tree that I like.
- No cartoons, clip art, or stock images
- No gradients, shadows lens flares, or other crazy photoshop effects
- No overly-complicated logo
- No flipped or upside down letters.
*Winning designer must supply a vector-based, CMYK, Adobe Illustrator (*.ai) file.
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The 2018 Fragility Forum: Managing risks for peace and stability
. Policy makers from developed and developing countries, practitioners from humanitarian agencies, development institutions and the peace and security communities, academics and representatives of the private sector will come together with the goal of increasing our collective impact in countries affected by fragility, conflict and violence (FCV).
The theme of the Forum, Managing Risks for Peace and Stability, reflects a strategic shift in how the global community addresses FCV – among other ways by putting prevention first. This renewed approach is laid out in an upcoming study done jointly by the World Bank and United Nations: Pathways for Peace: Inclusive Approaches to Preventing Violent Conflict. The study says the world must refocus its attention on prevention as a means to achieving peace. The key, according to the authors, is to identify risks early and to work closely with governments to improve response to these risks and reinforce inclusion.
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ADDISON COUNTY — Three school boards in northern Addison County met early this week to consider new budget proposals after voters said "no" to initial proposed spending plans on Town Meeting Day.
The Vergennes Union High School and the Bristol Elementary School boards met on Monday evening and the Mount Abraham Union High School Board convened on Tuesday. All three meetings garnered a couple dozen visitors.
The boards did not warn any new budgets for revote, but all plan to meet again next week.
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ADDISON COUNTY AND BRANDON — Voters on Town Meeting Day gave their approval to four out of the five local high school spending plans.
While residents of the five Addison Northwest Supervisory Union towns rejected the Vergennes Union High School budget (see story, Page 1A), proposed budgets in the rest of Addison County and northern Rutland County met with approval.
VERGENNES — Addison Northwest Supervisory Union voters on Tuesday resoundingly rejected a combined total of $6.2 million in bonding designed to improve the Vergennes Union High School building and athletic fields.
MIDDLEBURY — A committee exploring ways to streamline operations within the Addison Central Supervisory Union is recommending that residents in the seven-town school district vote on a referendum that some believe could reduce bureaucracy and create more educational equality and opportunities for students.
Specifically, the ACSU Study Committee wants to hold a vote on whether to combine some, or all, ACSU schools into a Regional Education District, known as a RED.
FERRISBURGH — The Ferrisburgh Central School board on Thursday could make final a 2013-2014 budget proposal that if approved by residents in March would increase school spending by about 4.9 percent.
The draft that board members will be working with on Thursday would add almost $152,000 to current spending and request approval of spending a little more than $3.26 million.
MIDDLEBURY — UD-3 school directors are poised to approve a draft 2013-2014 budget for Middlebury Union middle and high schools that reflects a 2.71-percent increase in spending, but officials don't want to approve the plan until they receive more solid state aid information from Montpelier.
"I think bringing (the budget) in below 3 percent still allows us to maintain our programs," said Addison Central Supervisory Union Superintendent Gail Conley.
VERGENNES — The Vergennes Union High School board hopes to hear from the public on Monday its opinions on a bond that could be floated as soon as November and might approach $5 million if all elements now being discussed are included.
In the past six weeks, according to Addison Northwest Supervisory Union business manager Kathy Cannon, school officials have begun leaning toward asking for two elements that were in early May less likely.
BRISTOL — After almost two years of negotiation, the Addison Northeast Supervisory Union's negotiating committee and teachers' union this week came to an agreement on a teachers' contract.
The exact terms of the new contract, which were ironed out Monday night in executive session negotiations, haven't yet been released. But Lanny Smith, lead negotiator for the school boards, said that the terms will be made public after the first school board votes on the new contracts.
VERMONT — Superintendents and principals across the state are bracing for looming cuts in federal education aid.
The "potential catastrophe," as Vermont Education Commissioner Armando Vilaseca put it, could lead to teacher layoffs and the end of crucial services for those students who need extra help, local education officials said.
MIDDLEBURY — On Wednesday, April 11, around 30 people voted unanimously in favor of a 2012-2013 spending plan of $6,144,811 for Mary Hogan Elementary School.
Bonnie Bourne, co-principal of the Middlebury school, said folks present at the ID-4 school district annual meeting asked a few clarifying questions about the budget before endorsing it by voice vote.
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If the last decade was about information technology, the coming decade will be all about connectivity. After the infrastructure is being built on a global scale – and still growing strong – one can see the emerging connecting activities in the most unimaginable ways. The technological revolution started as an enterprise-driven venture, but ultimately empowers the individual, as connectivity is a fundamental social behavior and therefor deeply human driven. The impact of this development will be as dramatic as with earlier industrial revolutions like the beginning of mass production and cannot be underestimated. We just see the beginnings of the dramatic changes and for a lot of citizens it is hard to predict or even understand the profound consequences of change on business processes, cultural achievements, economic shifts, personal participation and society as whole.
Globalization as an expression of connectivity raises a lot of concerns among the developed countries, but is ultimately inevitable – the world is turning flat again. But by focussing on that aspect alone, people tend to underestimate the power of individual or in other words local connectivity that could act as a balancing power on the pressuring force of global competition.
The decisive paradigm from the age of mass production was culminating in the claim "think global – act local" – the view of international brands and enterprises, conquering markets worldwide and batteling with salesforces for the dominance in each region on a global scale.
The emerging paradigm from the coming age of connectivity shows a totally opposite point of view, expressed by individuals with the claim "think global-act hyperlocal".


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My father was not an intellectual, but he was an extremely thoughtful man. He used to tell me the things he was grateful for and in retrospect I can see he thought about it a lot. He frequently said that the three things he was most grateful for were: 1) that his grandfather didn't miss the boat from Russia to the United States, 2) that when he arrived in New York he kept traveling until he reached Minnesota, and 3) that his father was born before he was…As Memorial Day arrives this year I think of the things we have to remember to be grateful for as Americans, the incredible amount of blood, sacrifice, and heroism that have been necessary to bring us to this day as free men in a country unique in the annals of world history…founded on certain self evident truths rather than on ties of family and tribe. Can we rise to meet the challenge we now face not only on the battlefield, but inside our country where the principles on which our government is founded remain under unremitting attack? The intellectual challenge is certainly as daunting as any other the present circumstances now present us with.
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cell, centrioles of(redirected from endoplasmic reticulum of cell)
cell, centrioles of (sen´trēōls),
n.pl cylinder-shaped organelles that contain microtubules. Function is to organize spindle fibers during cell division.
cell, connective tissue,
n the fibroblast, which for purposes of clarity is characterized by such terms as
perivascular connective tissue cell or
young connective tissue cell.
perivascular connective tissue cell or
young connective tissue cell.
cell count,
n the number of cells contained in a unit volume; usually refers to red and/or white blood cells in a unit volume of blood.
cell culture,
n living cells that are maintained in vitro in artificial media of serum and nutrients for the study and growth of certain strains, experiments in controlling diseases, or study of the reaction to certain drugs or agents.
cell cycle,
n the sequence of events that occur during the growth and division of tissue cells.
cell, cytoplasm of
n the aqueous part of the cell in which are suspended all the organelles and inclusions. Site of all metabolic activities in the cell.
cell death,
n the point in the process of dying at which vital functions have ceased at the cellular level. It precludes the use of tissue or organs as transplant donors.
cell, defense,
n a cell, mobilized within inflamed, irritated, or otherwise diseased tissue, that acts as a protective element to neutralize or wall off the foreign irritant. Defense cells include plasma cells, polymorphonuclear leukocytes, and the cells of the reticuloendothelial system.
cell, dendritic (sel dendrit´ik),
n the immune cells involved in the activation of T cells and B cells. They are primarily found in exposed tissue such as skin, the lungs, the stomach and intestines, and the membranes of the nose, but they are also found in blood. Not to be confused with dendrites.
cell differentiation,
n the development of the cells into the various basic cell units of tissue: the epithelial cell and the nerve cell, which arise from the ectodermal tissue layer of the embryo; and the blood, muscle, bone, cartilage, and other connective tissue cells, which arise from the mesodermal tissue of the embryo. The mature tissue cell has many intermediary, transitional forms that are sequential in their development from the primitive, less differentiated anlage cell forms. These intermediary forms are evident clinically in disease in blood dyscrasias, tumors, and inflammation and in health in the normal processes of growth, development, healing, and repair.
cell, endoplasmic reticulum of,
n See endoplasmic reticulum.
cell, endosteal,
n a reticular cell that is modified and identified by its location; the endosteum is a condensation of the stroma of the bone marrow.
cell, filaments of,
n.pl threadlike structures the function of which is to support the cytoskeleton; also integral parts of intercellular junctions.
cell, germ,
n a cell of an organism the function of which is to reproduce an entity similar to the organism from which the germ cell originated. Germ cells are characteristically haploid.
cell, giant,
n a large cell frequently having several nuclei.
cell, Golgi complex in,
n See Golgi apparatus.
cell homeostasis,
n See homeostasis, cell.
cell, homeostasis of
n See homeostasis, cell.
cell, inclusions of,
n.pl nonliving bodies, by-products of cellular metabolism present in the cytoplasm.
cell, Langerhans,
n.pr star-shaped cells of unknown function that appear to be permanent residents of the epithelium.
cell, lysosomes in
n.pl membranous organelles produced from the Golgi complex; contain hydrolytic enzymes, which aid intracellular digestion.
cell membrane,
n the outer covering of a cell. The membrane controls the exchange of materials between the cell and its environment.
cell, membrane of, transport through,
n the movement of biomolecules into and out of cells. See diffusion, osmosis, active transport, phagocytosis.
cell, mesenchymal
n an embryonic connective tissue cell with an outstanding capacity for proliferation and capable of further differentiation into reticular cells or osteoblasts. When persisting in the adult organism, the cells are usually arranged in loose connective tissue along the small blood vessels or in reticular fibers. They are identified by their location and capacity to differentiate into other cell types, such as smooth muscle cells in the formation of new arteries, phagocytes in inflammatory processes, and bone cells in the formation of new bone tissue.
cell, microtubules of,
n.pl See microtubule.
cell, mitochondria of,
n.pl See mitochondria.
cell, mucous,
n a mucous-secreting cell.
cell, nucleus of,
n See nucleus.
cell, outer, of the dental papillae,
n an outer cell of the dental papilla within the concavity of the enamel organ that will differentiate into dentin-secreting cells or odontoblasts.
cell, plasma,
n a cell of disputed origin (lymphatic versus undifferentiated mesenchymal cell) that is seen in chronic inflammation and certain disease states and tumors but not normally in the circulating blood. The cell is larger than a lymphocyte and has a cartwheel-like, eccentric nucleus with basophilic nuclear chromatin peripherally located. The cells synthesize antibodies (immunoglobulins).
cell, progenitor,
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cell, replication,
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cell, reticular,
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cell, serous,
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cell, somatic
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soma, meaning "body."
soma, meaning "body."
cell, stem,
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Naruto Character Creation Contest (September 2010)
Naruto Character Creation Contest: This month is September and the theme " Split Personality Ninja"
Naruto Character Creation Contest September 2010 Our theme is (Split Personality Ninja)
Welcome to the Naruto Character of the Month Contest!!!!!!
It's September and our theme is "Split Personality Ninja"
This month's contest is based around characters with multiple personalities for example from Sakura to Juugo. Using a Wikipedia definition split personalities are "a person displays multiple distinct identities or personalities (known as alter egos or alters), each with its own pattern of perceiving and interacting with the environment". Interpret this definition as you will as long as the interpretation isn't too abstract.
Well with that, I present the rules and regulations, and after reading, give it a good shot.
The winner of this contest will decide the theme for next months contest.
This thread is for submissions into the Character of the Month contest.
Contest Rules are as follows:
1. Every contest will have a theme. Each contestant must abide by the theme. Themes cannot be picked twice in a row.
2. Every Character Must be put in spoiler tags. This is to save space.
3. Contest submissions begin on the first day of each month. The entry period will last until two weeks from that date.
4. On the day after the submission date, a poll will open and it will last for one week. When the poll closes, the winner will be allowed to choose a theme for the next contest.
5. The next contest will not begin until the first of the month, when submissions are allowed once again.
6. Only one official submission per contestant. You may create as many character as you want, but you can only enter one official character. So please put "final or official entry in your post when your ready to turn in your finished character.
7. You are allowed to wait until the final day to turn in your entry. If you wish to keep your entry private until the day the poll opens you can request it in the submission thread or by private message to the organizer (me, Kyubi Jinchuuriki).
This months entry period officially starts September 1, 2010 and lasts until September 17, 2010. Entries will be gathered and put up for voting on September 18, 2010. Voting will end on the following Friday, September 24, 2010.***
Entries can either be private messaged or posted in the submission thread. The submission thread can also be used to post works in progress to gather feedback from other posters. You do not have to post your entries in the thread if you don't wish to (for those who want to be private about what they are working on), until the last day of submissions. The whole idea is to promote quality entries but it's not required to submit early if you are confident in your entry but want to keep your submission secret until the due date.I will periodically update the thread to keep track of the names of all contestants and list those names here. Those who wish to keep entries private until the due date should still inform me they are entering so I can keep track of who is competing.
If anyone has any questions, feel free to post them here or private message me, I'll do my best to answer.
***A few notes about due dates and other "stuff"***
The due date ends at 11:59 (midnight basically) EST. The polling will be up one day later after 11:59 (again, midnight). I will try to be as lenient as I can with last minute submissions but only slightly.
It is up to you as a contestant to know what your time zone is in relation to EST. I cannot do this for you. Here is a site that can help you figure that out: " http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=179 "
* this format is the original work of Solace/Zaku Hyuga. I have merely edited it to fit this contest.
|2010-08-31, 18:14
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: David Tennant's bedroom in the TARDIS
I'll be posting my entry later. For now, I want to give sort of a basic format for those who aren't sure, so no one has to go digging.
Hair Color:
Eye color:
Kekkei Genkai:
Other weapons/attacks/whatever:
History and personal:
Add or subtract anything you like.
|2010-09-18, 06:08
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I realised I left the wrong link on the original post. Because of this instead of finishing in three hours as previously scheduled to closing time shall be in nineteen hours.
|2010-09-18, 07:47
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Call me MK! :)
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: The top of the world.
Age: 29
My first post here I would apriciate if someone can give me c&c? on this, to see if I did it right. Also can I change some of my post later on if I change my mind? Or is this final?
Spoiler for Hitomi Kazake:
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|2010-09-18, 15:14
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The Dragon Sage
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Shady spaces and dark places, where animals fear to tread. . .
Age: 25
And, here he is. This is actually my first character, as I didn't really have enough time to start from scratch. I've posted him three times already, and I'm sure those that might remember him are already tired of him. I have a picture of him, but I don't have the time or patience to get the scanner to do its job.
And, enough blubbering. . .
Spoiler for Keikyoku Bakeyo:
|2010-09-18, 23:02
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Well I'm calling it. According to the clock it has just turned midnight in New York so the entry phase of this competition has officially closed. The voting thread will be up in the next 24 hours. Good luck to all entrants.
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If this should not just be lame, everyone should vote for the build they think is the best!
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Update: Capcom has provided Game Informer with a statement on the layoffs. "Capcom today laid off several employees from the US office as part of an overall organizational restructure of the company," a representative told us "The transition to the new generation of hardware and changing industry landscape have required us to adapt our business to best meet our new goals. We sincerely thank each individual for their contributions and wish them well."
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In a publicly-posted Google Plus message, now former Capcom senior vice president Christian Svennson has revealed that he is no longer with the company. His note indicates that he is not the only person leaving the company today.
While Svennson indicates he was ready to leave, his message is as much about aid for others affected by the restructuring. "In the near term, here's where I need your help," Svennson writes. "Sadly, I'm not the only one affected by the reorganization today. Over the next few days, I'll be gathering resumes from as many as I can and will be sending them out to my contacts around the industry to see if there's a 'love connection' to be made."
When we last reported on Capcom's financial position, the company identified Lost Planet 3 as its best hope for the coming months. The title hasn't garnered much enthusiasm, and it certainly isn't on track to sell like some of the publisher's other properties (Resident Evil and Street Fighter come to mind).
Our thoughts are with those affected by the layoffs. We've reached out to Capcom for comment.
[Source: Google Plus]
Our TakeReporting on layoffs is one of the least enjoyable parts of my job. In this case though, we have a high-ranking executive going out with dignity and compassion. Svennson's efforts on behalf of his colleagues should be respected and admired.
My hope, which is no doubt echoed by my colleagues, is that those impacted by the job cuts are able to land on their feet quickly. As for Capcom, we are hopeful that the publisher gets its house in order, returns Resident Evil to the type of series fans fell in love with, and gives Mega Man some much needed love.


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text: On Tue, 2004-05-25 at 17:20, Robert G. Brown wrote: > > Fascinating... A C# binding for MPI? > > There is a common and obvious thread to M$ choices under nearly all > circumstances. It can easily be used to interpret the specific > decisions to make MPI "their own" and eschew TCP/IP, vendor network > drivers, ANSI standard C or C++ or f-whatever, and especially to > interface it with their own version of core network services: > > Standards are bad, unless we own them and can alter them on a whim to > effectively clone, co-opt, and eliminate all competition from any > products ever developed that are based on those "standards" and > actually make money. <disclaimer>Not an apologist for anyone/any corp</disclaimer> Somehow I have the sense that many folks simply attribute nefarious intent to various corporate entities, though there are simpler explanations. Profit motivation drives most companies, apart from those whose business model involves giving away their value to their consumers in an uncompensated manner. Microsoft, like all corporations whose goals are to make money, needs to review from time to time, its mix of product, its market, etc. Failure to do so can be (and has been for some companies) fatal. Heinlein said something apt about this which could be paraphrased, Never attribute to malicious intent, that which can be explained by cluelessness. Corporations are not (for the most part) malevolent entities out to destroy all. They (for the most part) have easy to discern goals and objectives. In fact they are eminently predictable (for the most part). > The key words here being "make money" of course. Microsoft won't ever > jump on a cluster computing bandwagon unless it is running on wheels > they own and all of the seats have a highly proprietary "eject" button > somewhere they can use to get rid of all the rest of the instruments. Is this in any way different from GE's strategy of being number 1 or number 2 in every market they are in? All corporations (the ones that want to make money) seek to maximize profitable revenue. There is nothing wrong with this as a goal. For the larger folks (not the smaller fish like us), this means controlling the market. While controlling the market is great for the shareholders, it isn't so great for the consumers. Competition in a market is always a good thing. > A corollary of the above is that "Java is Evil" (an opinion shared by at > least some people who don't work for M$:-). Of course, so is nearly heh... more than a few. "If all you have is a hammer, then every problem looks like a nail." > everything else used in modern networks for the transport layer and most > of the layers above transport in the good old ISO/OSI scheme, so is > http, html, xml, php, perl, python and so forth, and Open Source, Open > Standard software is The Devil Himself -- to M$. Oddly enough, it should not be. Open standards relinquish some level of control. But they provide a common platform for a much larger group of developers. No one can make a decision, change an ABI, etc. which will prevent me or my company from releasing a Perl, Python, ... based application. The same is not true for closed platform languages, of which the previously mentioned is one, though oddly enough, C# is not. I can run my C# code on mono on most systems, and on .Net. Go figure. With this in mind it is very much to Microsoft's advantage to support Mono. It gets rather hard to accuse someone of embrace and extend with the tool when the platform runs everywhere and is open (and standardized). > Current systems corporations are thinking "license/lease" and "renewable > revenue stream" instead of "software sales" as the latter era of the > computer revolution draws to a slow end. Red Hat has gone there. Sun They have to. Shareholders (such as the folks in the US with 401k, 403(*), and other retirement bits from TIAA/CREF and elsewhere) have this preference to get a return on their investments. These investments, in mutual funds, or stocks, etc. only really come about (ignoring bubbles) when earnings rise. Earnings rise of course when a) you sell more, b) you sell more profitably, c) your competitors leave the market d) your revenue streams become more predictable. We are the ones who compensate these folks by their success at maximizing the profitability function of the corporate entity. So we shouldn't be surprised when they come up with "new" models to "monetize" assets. Sure, as a model, subscriptions are boring. You sign up, you pay, you get something, you keep paying, you keep getting things. Over the lifetime of the thing you use/buy, you keep paying, often as much if not more than before, and in a regular manner. This makes revenue streams more predictable, smooths out business, and generally makes Wall street happier (smooth == nice), which has positive effects upon the stock price. See the feedback loop there? > is well along the road. Microsoft is stuck between a fervent wish to go > there and somehow preserve their high margins and the realities of the > expectations of their PC customers that they are "buying a copy" of the > operating system, not the right to use it for a year with automated > prepaid updates. In the corporate world, however, they've moved a long > ways there and I feel confident that they'll go the rest of the way > soon. > > So the interesting question is "where's the money" in this move. The > HPC market hasn't proven to be exactly a get-rich-quick proposition for > any of the various groups that have prospected in it. I suspect (given HPC has never been a large market. Heck, many of the Sun machines on the top 500 list in the past have been database servers, or corporate "mainframes" and not supercomputers in any traditional sense. > the reference to "resource management" and "server applications") that > it is seeking to plunder the relatively deep pockets and relatively > non-computer-savvy researchers in the biocluster and medicluster market, > with their bet backed by the proposition that they can reuse their > efforts in a pinch in the HA market (those "server applications"). Hmmm. Me-thinks those who think that the biocluster folks have deep pockets might be mistaken. And some of them are quite computer-saavy. The module that launched a thousand web sites, CGI.pm was written by Lincoln Stein, who has since done some other very interesting stuff. It would be a mistake to mis-characterize these folks, and paint them with broad strokes. Yes, I am biased, as this is where my companies play. They (the scientists and end users) have some neat problems, and they are computationally expensive and getting more so by the day. > Bioclusters and biogrids as a market probably does total millions of > dollars per year -- chickenfeed for M$ at this point -- but it also has > some growth potential and integration potential for the future, when we There are other very serious problems that simply building clusters and grids will not overcome. We are starting to run into the edge of them now, and they will only be exacerbated over time. There are problems of commercial importance in here. > reach the point where e.g. individuals are bioassayed in real time in > their Dr.'s office, their genes are matched against a huge database > scanning for defects and predispositions and damage and who knows what > else, and genetically matched and tuned therapies are prescribed, where > dog pedigrees and likelyhood of developing hip dysplasia are similarly > determined in real time. This of course depends upon cheap/fast sequencing, clinical micro-arrays and other technologies, and the folks at 454 and a few other places may indeed get us there. At that point you will need some serious processing horsepower. Even if Moore's law can hold out for a while, it will not get us where we need to be for this. If you want to know more, contact me offline. > Of course, Moore's law and so forth may eat this market before it fully > matures -- in three or four years at expected rates desktop PCs will > have (possibly multiple) TB size LOCAL SINGLE disks, multiGB of RAM likely ... > standard, and at least gigabit interfaces standard with 10 Gbps not likely ... (nVidia motherboards have built in gigabit as do a few others now, for the consumer market, which they bill as "download from the internet faster" ... :o ) > uncommon. With 10+ GHz CPU clocks, 64 bit and better data paths, really There are limits to feature size, clock speed, and thermal dissipation. With a small enough feature size, the thermodynamics of defect formation becomes ever more important, and hence cooling and stabilization against diffusion become even more critical. We are just going to have to stop computing using fermions and start using bosons. Talk about natural parallelism... :) How many photons can you have on a single "wire" ? > slick memory and device management, and perhaps some onboard > parallelism, would one NEED a cluster to run such a (relatively simple) > application? If not, it leaves one back with just the research market, > and that is, I think, a hopeless case for M$ to make back their not > inconsiderable development and sales costs in without a hedge. They > would at best break even and at worst would both lose money and worse, > lose money EMBARRASSINGLY and publically. > > As this list well knows, real, transparent, "windows-level" scalability > is an elusive beast in the parallel HPC world, although you can find > niches where it is possible. And there is no mass market here, per se This is true. > -- even if you can find somebody crazy enough to pay out LARGE software > costs that scale per node, there simply aren't that many customers, and > most of those customers always have several proven alternatives with > costs that DON'T scale per node. Those customers will pay for support, > they'll pay for service, but they don't like paying for software and > REALLY hate paying for software and getting lousy service and poor I don't know that people hate paying for software per se, rather they hate not having the control over their software (e.g. cannot use it they way they need to due to onerous licensing, binary only releases, etc.), cannot fix problems with it, even if they know what they are. > support to go with it. Plenty of people make money on service and > support, but they don't get (unduly) rich and they work for a living > earning what they earn. Support is not easy. It is very hard to build a company out of support. It is impossible as far as I can tell to get any sort of external funding (be it equity, SBIR/grant, etc) to do support. It is not a bad business, just nothing more than a small one. Large consulting houses are amalgamations of small consulting groups .... Aside from that, there is nothing wrong with reaping the rewards of your hard labor, be they research recognition, awards, or remuneration. If your work/research/product is bad, well, maybe there is something wrong with it ... :) What annoys me personally these days are the folks who simply repackage and resell others open source work without contributing back to the folks who did all the hard work in the first place. Not plagiarism, but really a failure to acknowledge and attribute the source of innovation at minimum, and support it. I see lots of that in the market. Real innovation is hard. Those who innovate should be recognized for it. Those who repackage should indicate that is what they do. > > rgb Joe -- Joseph Landman, Ph.D Scalable Informatics LLC, email: landman at scalableinformatics.com web : http://scalableinformatics.com phone: +1 734 612 4615