text: Corn and Wheat Congregate in Price Cellar September 23, 2013 10:00 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Nate Birt Top Producer Managing Editor Email Corn and wheat prices are probably near their low point, experts tell the U.S. Farm Report Market Roundtable. "These bear markets are very mature, and probably you'll creep around the bottom for maybe a little bit of time, but I think the downside is limited on both of those markets," says Mike Florez, Florez Trading. Kevin Duling of KD Investors agrees. "The issue is grains usually don't make V-bottoms on the chart, they usually have to trough out and make some sort of a saucer on the charts," Duling notes. "Perhaps we sit here a month, perhaps a month and a half, we'll see. We have the Sept. 30 stocks report, which could have some surprises. I'm expecting some surprises in the wheat market on the stocks. I think the feed usage was higher if USDA will give us that true number." From here on out, Florez says, producers can probably view USDA as a friend. At this point, the agency wants to keep the market stabilized, and negative news about the corn market in particular isn't likely. "We've had high-priced corn for a couple of years now, and we used an awful lot of it," he says. "Now we're at $4.50. You're going to use more of it, so I think this is just going to spur demand across the world." Meanwhile, orders out of South America will present opportunities for U.S. wheat producers. "We're looking at Brazil having to continue importing wheat from the U.S. and with soft red already at 71% of export projections and the hard red in the 60s, that to me is a good sign," Duling says. "We're going to keep the demand rolling. … Everybody had empty bins going into this, so everybody had their stocks depleted. Now we're going to see more demand than we expected." Click here to watch Part 1 of the U.S. Farm Report Market Roundtable: Click here to watch Part 2 of the U.S. Farm Report Market Roundtable: Back to news


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Cem Kaner, a professor at the Florida Institute of Technology, has done research on the ratio of software testers to software developers. His presentation entitled "Managing the Proportion of Testers to Other Developers" is partially based on a meeting of the Software Test Managers Roundtable (STMR 3) in Fall 2001.
The study found that:
– There were very small ratios (1-to-7 and less) and very
large ratios (5-to-1).
– Some of each worked and some of each failed.
– Many remembered successful projects with ratios lower than 1-to-1 more favorably than successful projects with larger ratios.
Read the paper to find out why is there such a range of successful ratios, and why test managers be happy with relatively low ratios?
See: http://www.kaner.com/pdfs/pnsqc_ratios.pdf and http://www.kaner.com/

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Here is an outdoor activity to keep kids entertained while getting some "fun" exercise. Print the sheet of things to find in the backyard and watch them go!
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- Print activity sheet.
- Give the kids a sheet and a pencil or crayon and direct them to the Backyard.
- Child should look for things listed on the sheet and circle when found.
- First child to get all can be the winner. Or all kids can win when they finish their sheet.


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Sunday, March 8, 2009
Another Blog
Some of you might know my other blog on Tumblr, which is a showcase for all the pictures I usually take (I know I don't update often) – mainly street photography and pictures of my friends. While browsing all the different fashion blogs – and there are a fucking lot – I noticed there was only one streetstyle blog about Zurich, and they haven't really focused on the people in the streets yet. So I thought I'd pick that up and try to find fashionable people in Zurich (and the other cities I am occasionally). It will be a difficult task, since Switzerland isn't known to be a fashionable country. But I will try my best. And I will also publish some photographs of my own here, that I wouldn't publish on my other blog. In the mean time, some shots from yesterday...
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since switzerland isn't known to be a fashionable country. hahaha. lustig.ReplyDelete
ich habe dich heute vor der uni gesehen. und war so böse, und habe nein gesagt, als du mich wegen fotos gefragt hast :/
wünsche dir viil spass bei deinem vorhaben.
- AnonymousMarch 19, 2009 at 8:11 PM
these are stunning, you should get a flickr, i find it's easier to be habitual with that than tumblr.ReplyDelete
thanks! I actually do have flickr, but just to host images actually :)ReplyDelete
please smile more? i love it when you do.ReplyDelete
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KMUD and Dancing Dog Productions will be holding a benefit at the Mateel Community Center on November 18th 2012!
The David Nelson Band!
The David Nelson Band has been recording and performing around the country since 1994. Their broad musical palette spans the Almost Acoustic style that Nelson played with Jerry Garcia, through roots rock n' roll, and psychedelic country-rock.
The doors open at 5pm. Opening musician Tony Nester will kick off the night!
Tickets are $30, and $35 at the door, they are available at Mateel.org, and Brown Paper Tickets.com, also you can buy them in person at Redway Liquor. Please call the KMUD office 923-2513 with questions.
There will be food, drinks and plenty of dancing! Please join us!
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Diane Kruger: Shopping in Soho!
Diane Kruger shows off legs for days while shopping with a pal on Wednesday (September 12) in the Soho neighborhood of New York City.
The 36-year-old actress arrived in the Big Apple earlier that day after taking off from Pearson Airport in Toronto.
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Diane was up north to attend the 2012 Toronto Film Festival and support her boyfriend Joshua Jackson at the premiere of his film Inescapable.
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It's a good bet that there was an air of smug satisfaction in President Barack Obama's Chicago headquarters last month when both sides in the White House race posted their end-of-April cash-on-hand numbers.
Obama for America and the Democratic National Committee had a combined $139 million in the bank while the newly minted presumptive GOP nominee, Mitt Romney, and the Republican National Committee had a total of $44 million. And $35 million of that was the RNC's. Mr. Romney's coffers were nearly bare.
Fast forward to June 7. The Obama campaign announced the combined Democratic effort had taken in $60 million in May, primarily from an extensive schedule of presidential fundraisers (including $15 million from a dinner at actor George Clooney's).
That afternoon, Team Obama received an unwelcome surprise when the Romney campaign and RNC announced they raised a combined $76 million during May.
Once Mr. Romney became the GOP nominee, the Obama high command should have expected to be outraised for a month or two. That happens virtually every time after a challenger secures his party's nomination. For example, Sen. John Kerry outraised President George W. Bush from March to June 2004.
But the flurry of fundraisers on Mr. Obama's calendar (11 in May and 24 in June, according to CBS News's Mark Knoller) suggest Team Obama was trying to forestall that or minimize the disparity between its fundraising totals and Team Romney's.
The Democrats' official fundraising numbers, released on Wednesday, showed that the $95 million cash-on-hand advantage Obama and the DNC had over the Republicans at the end of April had been cut by two-thirds at the end of May to $33 million. This is in part because the Obama campaign is burning through its war chest so fast and in part because of the impressive $107 million that the Romney campaign and the RNC announced they had on hand at May's end.
This is significant because in 2008, Mr. Obama won partly because he outspent Sen. John McCain by $325 million between June and November ($850 million to $525 million). This was especially important in historically Republican states like Indiana, North Carolina and Virginia, where Mr. Obama outspent Mr. McCain on television by ratios of up to 7 to 1.
But the dawning awareness that Mr. Obama may have little or no cash advantage in the campaign's last five months is not the end of the bad news for the president.
On May 7, his campaign announced a $25 million ad buy in nine battleground states. That made strategic sense: Use the Obama campaign's mountain of cash to frame the election after an expensive primary exhausted Mr. Romney's war chest.
What Mr. Obama didn't count on is the ongoing aggressive policy debate with third-party groups highlighting the shortcomings of his policies. For example, Crossroads GPS (a group I helped organize) had $22 million of ads in May and June challenging the president's agenda while urging grass-roots support for its conservative "New Majority Agenda."
According to public data, between the start of the Obama ad barrage and July 4, the Obama campaign will have spent $58 million on ads with an additional $10 million spent by outside groups on the left (principally Priorities USA and Planned Parenthood).
Meanwhile, center-right groups will have spent $51 million advocating changes in the Obama administration's policies (with over half from Crossroads GPS). There's also been $15 million in election ads from Romney for President.
With his political problems mounting, the president needs to buy his way to re-election. But his schedule is increasingly filled with less productive events. For example, he recently attended six fundraisers in Maryland and Pennsylvania that yielded a little over half-a-million dollars per event. The president is learning the hard way that there is a finite number of million dollar-plus fundraisers that any candidate can have, and he has chewed up most of his opportunities.
The president's team was hoping for a repeat of 2008, when financial muscle made it possible to spread out the battlefield and make a (successful) play for more states. That won't happen this time. The Obama campaign is spending its money too fast. And Mr. Romney is successfully marshaling resources so his campaign can make the fall campaign competitive in every battleground state. Mr. Obama is in a precarious position as the campaign enters the summer.
This article originally appeared on WSJ.com on Wednesday, June 20, 2012.


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Salem Grange Road Crash
Sam Entrikin, 40, of Salem was airlifted by STAT MedEvac to St. Elizabeth's Health Center in Youngstown following a head-on crash on Salem Grange Road
at the Conkle Road intersection just before 6:30 p.m. Thursday. According to highway patrol Tropper Megan Faith, an eyewitness who was stopped on
Conkle Road at the intersection saw Entrikin driving a blue Chevrolet Cavalier eastbound on SalemGrange Road, come over the rise in the road, left of center,
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Virtualization Gains Popularity Despite Problems
Virtualization is a huge buzzword in the enterprise. CIOs around the globe are questioning whether they should stick with existing infrastructure or switch to a new virtual server setup that, according to vendors, will deliver all of the benefits of legacy solutions but with fewer headaches.
However, a new study commissioned by Veeam Software, a virtual backup company, tells a much different story. Of the 500 CIOs from France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the U.S. who participated in the survey, most of them expressed issues with virtual server recovery times, data protection and cost. "At first glance, the fears of CIOs look to be correct: Despite the potential for faster, more efficient data protection that virtualization offers and the advances modern data protection tools can provide, recovery times have increased since 2011," according to Veeam Software CEO Ratmir Timashev. "This apparent loss of momentum in data protection comes down to two influences. First, virtual infrastructure is constantly growing. As well as forming the majority of IT infrastructure now, it will continue to grow in the future. Second, organizations are not updating their data protection tools and strategies to match."
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With Bressani On The Brink Of Victory, Scene Is Set For A Final Day Showdown For The Remaining Podium At The 2011 Melges 24 World Championship
20 May 2011
The international fleet competing at the 2011 Melges 24 World Championship in Corpus Christi, Texas, enjoyed two more breezy races on day five of the regatta. By way of a 1,5, performance today, Lorenzo Bressani on ITA 817 Uka Uka Racing extended his lead at the top to 26 points over second placed Brian Porter on USA 749 Full Throttle. Alec Cutler on BER 655 recovered from an eleventh in the first race of the day to take victory in the second race, and he moves up into third overall tonight, 2 points behind Porter. Nathan Wilmot on IRL 607 Embarr now lies in fourth, 7 points adrift of Cutler and 1 point ahead of Kristen Lane on USA 812 Brick House 812 and Flavio Favini on SUI 596 Blu Moon, who are tied on points in fifth and sixth. With just two more races scheduled for tomorrow's final day, Bressani's overall victory is looking increasingly assured; however just 10 points separate second and sixth positions, and the scene is now set for a fierce battle for the remaining podium places.
The penultimate day of racing at this year's Melges 24 World Championship in Corpus Christi, Texas, produced two more thrilling races sailed in a solid breeze that ranged from 15 - 18 knots. In the first race of the day it was business as usual for Lorenzo Bressani on ITA 817 Uka Uka Racing. Having got away cleanly at the favoured left hand end of the line, he led around the first windward mark, from Ricardo Simoneschi on ITA 819 AUDI in second, and Warwick Rooklyn on AUS 553 Bandit in third. On the first downwind leg Nathan Wilmot on IRL 607 Embarr made a big gain to move from fifth at the top mark to a close second to Bressani at the leeward gate. The two leading boats split marks, with Bressani going to the left buoy and Wilmot to the right. Third at the gate was Rooklyn, followed closely by David O'Reilly on USA 700 ARDOR/C.R.E.A.M. in fourth, Bora Gulari on USA 820 New England Ropes/West Marine in fifth, Brain Porter on USA 749 Full Throttle in sixth and Ricardo Simoneschi on ITA 819 AUDI in seventh.
By the second windward mark Simoneschi had jumped up to third, chasing Bressani and Wilmot in first and second. Just behind, Gulari, O'Reilly and Porter were involved in a three-way battle for fourth place as they started the second downwind leg. The final leg was a high-speed drag race with the boats who found the best pressure and clearest lanes coming out on top. Bressani was never under threat and blasted across the line to take his sixth race win of the week. Gulari meanwhile had come down the run with his hair on fire and now had Simoneschi in his sights. The Italian attempted a blocking gybe just before the line but Gulari simply blew through to leeward at top speed to snatch second place. Simoneschi followed close behind in third, with Porter stealing fourth from Wilmot in fifth, and Rooklyn in sixth.
The start of the second race of the day saw the bulk of the fleet favouring the left hand half of the line. Wilmot's attempt to win the pin ended in disaster when a big wave right on the gun stopped him dead in his tracks and caused him to drift onto the pin end boat's anchor line. Meanwhile, Simoneschi, Porter, Gulari and Bressani all got away cleanly a few lengths up from the pin end, and they rounded the first top mark in that order. After some blistering downwind sailing on the first run, Porter rounded the right hand buoy fractionally ahead of Simoneschi in second and Bressani in third. After sailing a quite unbelievable leg, Alec Cutler on BER 655 hedgehog, who had been called OCS at the start and consequently rounded the top mark mid fleet, arrived at the leeward gate in fourth place.
Cutler continued his charge up the second beat, and in the final third of the leg, when the leaders began to tack back to the left, he pushed further out to the right and was rewarded with a major right shift which saw him take the lead just before the second windward mark. Simoneschi and Porter rounded in second and third respectively, with Bressani now pegged back to fourth. Flavio Favini on SUI 596 Blu Moon had eased into fifth ahead of Gulari in sixth. On the final run to the finish Cutler bravely trusted his conviction of extra pressure on the right of the racecourse and gybed away from the chasing pack. Further back, Gulari and Favini had also gybed early and were benefiting from the increased windspeed over on the right. These three boats made huge gains in the second half of the run, with Cutler extending his lead considerably and Gulari and Favini moving through into second and third places respectively. Behind them Porter was able to hold off Bressani to take fourth.
With the final two races in the twelve race series scheduled to be sailed tomorrow, Bressani's 26 point lead is now surely unassailable. Behind him however, the battle for the remaining top three places looks likely to go down to the wire. Going into the final day, Porter lies in second place, 2 points ahead of third placed Cutler. A further 7 points back in fourth is Wilmot, who holds a single point advantage over Kristen Lane on USA 812 Brick House 812 and Favini, who are tied on points in fifth and sixth.
In the all amateur Corinthian Division, after winning the first race of the day, series leader Eiichiro Hamazaki on JPN 783 Esprit, then marred his so far perfect scoreline with a 12 point scoring penalty in the second race following an on the water incident. Hamazaki still leads the Corinthian Division by 13 points from Christof Wieland on GER 635 Unsponsored who chalked up second places to both Hamazaki and second race winner Kevin Clark on USA 24 Smokin. A third and fourth today for August Hernandez on USA 533 High Voltage, sees him back up to third place overall, 12 points behind Wieland.
Racing at the 2011 Melges 24 World Championship in Corpus Christi, Texas, comes to a climax tomorrow Saturday 21 May with the two final races of the championship series scheduled.
Pusser's Painkiller Wipeout Of The Day Awards
A highlight of our daily prize giving ceremony is the presentation of the Pusser's Painkiller Wipeout Of The Day Awards sponsored by our wonderful long standing sponsor Pusser's Rum. As you can imagine this is an extremely prestigious award presented only to those achieving wipeouts or other acts of sailing that impress our secret team of judges. The winners this week so far are:
Day 1 - Germany's Christof Wieland and the Unsponsored team for their sportsmanlike conduct in confessing to a foul and retiring from the race with grace and humor.
Day 2 - Nathan Wilmost and the crew of Conor Clarke's Embarr from Ireland who lost it on a leeward gate scattering the fleet behind them. Fortunately everyone avoided major contact although Peter Lane did look particular fetching draped in Embarr's red spinnaker.
Day 3 - Corpus Christi's own Mark Hulings, Meredith Rummel, Michael Davidson, Paul Arnston and 14-year-old Chloe Childs (our second youngest competitor) who performed a most spectacular high speed broach. We were particularly impressed with young Chloe's nonchalance during the entire incident, which she took entirely in her stride.
Day 4 - We may not have had any broaches on day four but what we did have was some short sharp chop, which could stop a Melges 24 dead in its tracks. Dave Black and the Black Dog team from Canada impressed us all with an amazing upwind "launch" which saw the boat out of the water right back to the keel when they hit a particularly ferocious wave.
Day 5 - Frenchman Henri Samuel his crew aboard ZigZag got in on the act today with some very impressive seamanship and botchery. Their bottom rudder fitting broke at the end of race one and, rather than give up and go home, they set to with some spare string and a bit of tape and bodged the thing up. Perhaps most impressive of all is that they went on to come 13th in the next race - their second best result of the series.
Velocitek Speed Challenge
Today was Velocitek Speed Challenge day. Between 10am and 4pm competitors could record their speed on their Velocitek devices. The highest 10 second average speed recorded will win a $1,000 prize. The Velocitek devices have all be presented to the recorder this evening and the winner will be announced at tomorrow night's final awards ceremony at the Omni Marina Hotel.


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While soybean aphids did not pose as much of a threat in fields this summer as spider mites did, the saga of the aphid, which began in 2000, is now further complicated by a recent arrival of one of its natural enemies, a tiny Asian wasp, that was first spotted in Minnesota fields just last year.
The wasp species, Aphelinus certus, was initially studied in USDA and University of Minnesota (U of M) quarantine labs and was found to be effective in feeding on nearly every aphid species that it was offered. The wasp poses no threat to humans or any other organism besides aphids. However, the USDA and U of M made the decision to not release the wasp to control for aphids based on their findings.
"If we released this, it would pose a high risk to native aphids, so the decision was made not to release," says Joseph Kaser, a U of M department of entomology graduate student and project lead.
This wasp was inadvertently introduced in the U.S. from an unknown source, and it was first noticed in 2005 in Pennsylvania. It has since been found in Canada, and last summer, in Minnesota. The wasp was again found in Minnesota this year, possibly due to the mild 2011/2012 winter weather.
"Now we're trying to figure out if and to what extent it's controlling the soybean aphid, and if it's impacting other aphids," Kaser says.
The U of M, in partnership with the USDA, successfully released a different species of wasp that preys on the soybean aphid. In 2007, they received permission to release the Binodoxys communis wasp species, which is native to China, and they started large-scale releases in fields that year. However, any parasitoid release requires a long and careful research process and USDA approval, which can take years. And the inadvertent introduction of the aphid's enemies, such as the U of M and USDA-rejected Aphelinus certus, further complicates the process.
Finding alternatives
Research efforts to continue to fight the soybean aphid are promising, though. Another wasp species similar to Aphelinus certus was just named. The species, Aphilinus glycinis, originated in Korea and has proven to be particularly effective against soybean aphids in lab tests.
"It's a super promising one, and we're just one hurdle away from having a permit to release that one. In some ways, it's more promising than Aphilenus certus," says George E. Heimpel, PhD., principal investigator and director of graduate studies, U of M department of entomology.
Meanwhile, seed companies have begun releasing soybean aphid-tolerant varieties in the past few years to fight the pest. Initial control methods typically involved insecticides, but since 2000, seed companies have been developing varieties that deter and reduce the population of the aphids on soybean plants.
"As the issue escalated and became broader scale, that's when Monsanto really stepped it up and said 'hey, we need to do something to address this problem,'" says Tony White, Monsanto soybean product development manager. Monsanto released its Genuity Roundup Ready 2 soybean varieties for aphid control in 2011 and is working on a second-generation variety.
In the pipeline
As of now, seed companies have only released soybean aphid-tolerant varieties, which survive despite aphid feeding while maintaining good yields, but resistant varieties are still in the pipeline, says Steve Schnebly, DuPont Pioneer senior research manager, soybeans. Schnebly says DuPont Pioneer is a couple years away from developing early resistant varieties. Still, the resistant varieties likely won't ward off every single soybean aphid without other management strategies, such as the use of insecticides and regular scouting.
"There's not one management strategy that's likely going to totally eliminate soybean aphids. The idea is really using a management strategy that uses several tactics, like biocontrol, insecticide, plant resistance and other ways," says Megan Carter, masters research assistant, U of M department of entomology. "It's an integrated pest management strategy."


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Finally, my computer is working!
And, pics are much smaller!
First, TBD and Ammoman (military and medieval, respectively) have an alliance
Clone Army (jifel):
I decided to wait where I was, just nudging a few troops around.
One of my clone minigunners opens up...
...and kills a robot.
I push my walker up an inch, and open fire with 1 missile.
The explosion kills an officer and 2 troops.
my other minigunner opens up and...
damages the mech.
Everyone else saves their action, and will shoot anything that comes in range.
End Clone Turn
Military army (TBD):
Unfortunately, a late alliance made me revive several castle guys and rearange some more, plus retake pictures. Oh well.
The helicopter flies up to the middle of the field, and fires a missile and...
...destroys the Assassin droid speeder, but the droids successfully bail out.
Next, both grenades launchers shoot.
The yellow mech is destroyed.
One side door folds down and a minifig mans the machine gun against the clone army, but does no damage.
The minigun shoots two rebels.
The mech Hero advances, but is out of range to do any thing.
The bombardment tank also advances.
End Military turn.
Medieval Army (ammoman):
The hero decides to boost morale, and add 5 inches to the move of the knights shown (within 3 inches).
(minus 5 to move)
Hes not very motivational. "charge the guys with the missiles that can blow us all shards of armor!" or not.
Still, he advances 5 inches.
The crossbowmen advance.
and are followed by the seige engine.
Oh yeah, the troll advances too.
As do the skellies
Two clone misslemen shoot at the helicopter
And destroy a grenade launcher
The wizard launches a magic missile, that hits the missile clones, but low damage only kills the pilot with the the missile launcher.
Finally, the seige carts move up.
End Medeival turn.
Rebels/mercs turn (moronstudios):
All units move straight for the clone army. Oh crap.
A seige weapon fires, but hits his own man, ansd kills him.
A missile from the surviving mech blows up a minigunner and aclone.
Several rifle shots kill the last minigunner.
End Rebel/mercs turn.
Backstab points (ammoman TBD): 4
Clones: 4
Military: 3
Medeival: 1
Rebels Mercs: 3 (plus one on self)
Clones: 4
Military: 0
Medeival: 0
Rebels/mercs: 8
Damage points taken:
Clones: 0
Military: 0
Rebels/mercs: 5
Damage points given:
Clones: 1
Military: 4
Medeival: 0
Rebels/mercs: 0
Thats all for now, folks!
Taking orders for turn 2.


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by J.M. Hunter » Fri Nov 25, 2011 9:12 pmI think he's moved on fellas. He's moved on.
by Doc Jon » Fri Nov 25, 2011 9:58 pmSo in this analogy, Bender is the seedy biker bar?
by Doc Jon » Fri Nov 25, 2011 10:01 pmI will have to possibly rewrite the terms of service as it applies to the Artist Corner, which would basically mean that people wouldn't be allowed to troll there.
It's not like a million art threads show up in the Asylum anyway that it makes it difficult for someone to navigate around them. The Artist Corner will continue to show up in the Asylum. We will continue to try and get creators here, and we will continue to ask them to pimp their stuff.
And if Bender simply wants to continue to bust balls and then whine like a little girl, then so be it. I think it's been plainly clear how reasonable a request it is not to troll a new artist here.
by JasonWelcome » Mon Nov 28, 2011 4:21 pmHo oh oh lee cow this thread sure got out of control, ha!
I wanted to thank everyone for checking out my stuff. I am super excited about the project and have been working on it for a while now, I really just wanted to share it with you guys. It was not my intention to step on anyone's toes here. Anyways I will be checking in here and there as my production time allows.
Thanks again
by Doc Jon » Mon Nov 28, 2011 11:06 pm
Because he was busting balls and then whining like a little girl...
by JasonWelcome » Fri Apr 27, 2012 2:46 pmHey Guys
I haven't been around as I dont want anymore abuse from Bender but I did have a major update for you guys. Thanks for check out my work and I hope you guys enjoy what I have to share. This is an update from my blog.
Hello Guys
I have been waiting to do another update until the Kickstarter copies of Issue 3 arrived but I have too much big news to contain in one update!
First off I want to let everyone in the area of Lafayette, know I will be doing a comic book signing of the first 3 issue of the Kingdom with 4 very talented artist. I am happy to say that I have the honor of being friends with Kody Chamberlain Sweets, Rob Guillory Chew, and Burt Durand Horse eComics! And I really look forward to meeting Brent Peeples how does amazing work on the Last of the Greats!
Also for those of you how aren't in the area I will now be selling the first 3 issues at Indy Planet!
Issue 1
http://indyplanet.com/store/product_inf ... ts_id=7015
Issue 2
http://indyplanet.com/store/product_inf ... ts_id=7016
Issue 3
http://indyplanet.com/store/product_inf ... ts_id=7017
Finally I want to let all the higher level Kickstarter backers know that Issue 3 should be arriving any day from IC Geeks! I will post a new update letting you guys know when to expect the arrival of that issue as well as teaser photos!
Thank you all so much!
by shannonh » Sun Apr 29, 2012 8:52 amBe thankful that you have a creator posting here... as if more than 5 people are going to see it in here anyway.
The rules are fine. He's not a spam bot. He's a real deal person who is doing something creative. If that's not what this place is for, then I'm out. The NOBLE thing for you guys to do is delete everything said to derail this thread and leave only his ads. There is nothing amusing about this.
by Doc Jon » Sun Apr 29, 2012 1:49 pm
I would but you would be surprised at the unbelievable rage that occure is one so dares as to delete a poster's post. There is all sorts of calls for mawd-abuse and so on as only grown men on the internet can provide.
But don't worry, we are working to solve all such problems. Just stick with us, we've got some sick surprises.
by shannonh » Sun Apr 29, 2012 3:04 pmYou are a very patient man and I'm sure you're on top of it.
by Tunguska » Fri Jun 22, 2012 11:04 amGreat artwork
by Arion » Fri Jun 22, 2012 10:22 pm
Thanks for the links! I'll check them out.
by pazos001 » Tue Jul 10, 2012 12:27 pmNicely done. Is this vector and bitmap?
by moneyhorse » Sat Jul 14, 2012 5:00 pmcongratulations on your kickstarter success! i am excited about this series
by Draco x » Sat Jul 14, 2012 5:27 pmAll I can say is welcome to Outhouse, Moneyhorse, and I hope you survive the experience here-I really do!
by chaptse » Tue Jul 17, 2012 10:55 ami am going to launch a kick starter also
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House arrest altered for boy held in Canyon High teen's death
NEW BRAUNFELS — The teenager charged in the on-campus punching death of Canyon High School classmate Logan Davidson last month is remorseful and traumatized by the incident, his lawyer said Monday after a hearing that relaxed the conditions of the youth's house arrest.
Comal County Court-at-Law Judge Charles A. Stephens II granted defense requests to permit the youth to visit with extended family by phone or in person, to get professional counseling and to use a computer to take courses online.
One parent still must be home at all times, the judge said, and the defendant will continue to wear a GPS monitor and be prohibited from using social media.
Stephens rejected state requests to exclude the public and the media from the hearing where the tall, thin boy accused in the tragedy was flanked by his parents. Appearing somber and dressed in a dark suit, the defendant answered "Yes, your honor," to Stephens' admonitions to obey the rules of his release.
Afterward, defense attorney Joel Perez said his client and the family "wish to express their condolences to the Davidson family." He declined to discuss what precipitated the Nov. 12 incident in which, police say, the 15-year-old defendant waited outside their classroom for Davidson, also 15, and punched him twice in the head.
Authorities charged him with aggravated assault but aren't saying if they intend to prosecute him as a juvenile or move to certify him as an adult.
"We're kind of in limbo right now," Perez said after the hourlong status hearing. "I'm just waiting to see what the district attorney does."
District Attorney Jennifer Tharp has declined comment on the case and the defendant, who was released to house arrest last week after spending nearly a month in a juvenile detention center in Guadalupe County.
Stephens said visits to a psychologist hired by the family must be cleared in advance with juvenile probation officials.
In urging a relaxation of the conditions of his client's detention, Perez told Stephens, "I don't think isolating him is the best thing to do."
Logan Davidson was the younger of Kim and Marshall Davidson's two sons.


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United Way officials announced the organization had raised nearly $3.53 million in cash and pledges. Keith Parker, UWGK Campaign Chair for 2018 further revealed that with the addition of in-kind contributions the overall total raised for the year $3.7 million.
Fundraising is trending better than last year and all that remains is the final 10 percent. But, it's the final 10 percent that's usually the hardest amount to raise. A community celebration on Nov. 29 will announce how much money was raised, essentially wrapping up the public campaign.
KINGSPORT – The United Way's annual fundraising campaign runs from mid-August through late November, starting off with the pacesetter campaign, then with the public campaign. Pacesetters are companies and organizations that run workplace campaigns prior to the kickoff of the public campaign.
Our Scrapbook Gallery features reader-submitted photos highlighting 'scrapbook' moments in their lives here in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. Some of the photos also appear in print in our Sunday Stories section. To share your favorite
More than 400 kids - from kindergarten through third grade - were on hand for the United WE READ Summer Book Club Celebration at the V.O. Dobbins Community Center on Thursday.
This year's theme was "Summer on the Farm," so kids got a
"This donation will help make a difference in the lives of many community members that are struggling with utility bills." — Teresa Buttry
The United Way of Greater Kingsport (UWGK) is winding down on its 2017 fundraising campaign and to date has raised 88 percent of its $3.6 million goal. United Way supports 30 nonprofit member agencies in our community, 44 programs and four major community impact initiatives: United We Read, Life Bridge, Appalachian Miles for Smiles, and a new drug abuse task force.
The new volunteering sites allow you to "fan" nonprofits, so they are updated on the latest volunteer opportunities with that agency. Other benefits to the site include the ability to create a "volunteer resume" and arrange group volunteer outings with family, friends or co-workers.
KINGSPORT – Rhonda Chafin, the executive director of Second Harvest Food Bank, suggested on Wednesday the hurricanes could negatively affect donations to local non-profits. Danelle Glasscock, the executive director of the United Way of Greater Kingsport, agrees, at least in the short term.
Leeper was the keynote speaker at a community celebration hosted by the United Way of Greater Kingsport. United Way officials announced the results of its 2016 fundraising campaign during Thursday's event, saying $3.6 million or 96 percent of its $3.75 million goal has been raised in cash and pledges.
With so much work to be done by first responders, it's difficult to find time to do routine maintenance of facilities. Such is the case across the entire region of Southwest Virginia, which is why United Way of Southwest Virginia is hosting a region-wide 9/11 Week of Service.
Currently, United Way of Southwest Virginia is seeking sponsor organizations willing to adopt additional schools in Southwest Virginia — specifically in the counties of Lee, Scott, Smyth and Giles for the 2016-2017 school year.
Over 680 kindergarten through third graders registered to participate in the book club, which lasts until July 15th.
The fair is focused on offering volunteer opportunities that build leadership skills and offer professional development, as well as "hands-on" options in order to make a difference and effect real lasting change in Kingsport.
KINGSPORT - The United Way of Greater Kingsport met and exceeded its 2015 fundraising goal of $4 million, the non-profit organization announced during a celebratory luncheon on Wednesday.


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I noticed there has been a lot of talk about google and other search engines on the forums lately. I came across this article / tutorial on how to use the robots.txt file to tell a search engine NOT to list certain pages of your site. It's simple to do.
Please keep the following notes in mind before using the robots.txt file:
Please Note: Not all search engines will access the robots.txt file. Some smaller search engines will NOT read the robots.txt file, but most of the popular search engines do. So this is not a fool proof way to not list pages, however it will work in most cases.
Security Note: Using robots.txt is fine if there are pages that you don't want a search engine to add to it's index, but it should NOT be used as a type of security to hide pages from people. The robots.txt file can be accessed by anyone by simply pointing their browser to the file. An example of the robot.txt file in use is: http://www.altavista.com/robots.txt
You should not list directories in the file that you don't want people to know about. All they have to do is take a look at the file and they will see the listed directories. If you currently already use the robots.txt file, keep that security note in mind, and review your file.
Anyway, here is the article. Hope some of you find it useful.
This is a useful file that keeps search engines from indexing pages you do not want spidered. Why would you not want a page indexed by a search engine? Perhaps you want to display a page that shows an example of spamming the search engines. This type of page might include an example of repeated keywords, hidden tags with keywords, and other things that could get a page or an entire site banned from a search engine.
An example of such a page is on this server, it is another one of the articles here- and it talks about search engine spammers. To look at the article, see The "Secrets" of Spamdexers.
The robots.txt file is a good way to prevent this page from getting indexed. However, not every site can use it. The only robots.txt file that the spiders will read is the one at the top html directory of your server. This means you can only use it if you run your own domain. The spiders will look for the file in a location similar to these below:
Any other location of the robots.txt file will not be read by a search engine spider, so the file locations below will not be worthwhile:
Now, if you have your own domain- you can see where to place the file. So let's take a look at exactly what needs to go into the robots.txt file to make the spider see what you want done.
If you want to exclude all the search engine spiders from your entire domain, you would write just the following into the robots.txt file:
User-agent: *
Disallow: /
If you want to exclude all the spiders from a certain directory within your site, you would write the following:
User-agent: *
Disallow: /aboutme/
If you want to do this for multiple directories, you add on more Disallow lines:
User-agent: *
Disallow: /aboutme/
Disallow: /stats/
If you want to exclude certain files, then type in the rest of the path to the files you want to exclude:
User-agent: *
Disallow: /aboutme/album.html
Disallow: /stats/refer.htm
If you are curious, here is what I used to keep the spamming article from getting indexed:
User-agent: *
Disallow: /zine/spam1.htm
If you want to keep a specific search engine spider from indexing your site, do this:
User-agent: Robot_Name
Disallow: /zine/spam1.htm
You'll need to know the name of the search engine spider or robot, and place it where Robot_Name is above. You can find these names from the web sites of the various search engines.
So, if you need to exclude something from search engine indexing, this is the most effective tool recognized by the search engines- so use it to keep the spiders out of any part of your web you want them to avoid.


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After reading Not Calm (Dot Com)'s and Friday Playdate's Tuesday posts I examined a few of my own feelings about the state of things and how I can protect my children from the violence that seems to be everywhere:
My sons' favorite part of school is recess (no surprises there) but last week when I picked them up they were deflated.
During the eight years my children have attended this fine school I've watched one thing after another on the playground become "off limits": the group of twelve trees constituting "the woods" (evidently trees are a silent killer), the open field if there is a trace of mud (in Alaska, a weekly occurrence), the hill if there's any ice (ditto previous comment), the fence around the perimeter (because fences shouldn't be touched on general principle) and if there's even a trace of rain the whole thing is gone--it's indoor recess.
The situation is symptomatic of a larger issue which seems to continuously counteract my efforts as a parent: Regulation of the most basic aspects of everyday life in the name of protection, a societal attempt to sterilize humanity from the perils of existence. Life is a dangerous game, full of choices, costs, gambles, and consequences but in an attempt to improve our surroundings and eliminate unnecessary risks we are sanitizing childhood into oblivion.
Think about when you were young and learning to ride a bike. Did you know anyone who wore a helmet? The only kid I knew who wore a helmet was the boy next door who had a rare medical condition that had softened his bones. Other than that, I never saw anyone with a helmet, never saw one for sale in a store, and never would have thought of wearing one.
Moreover, I never knew a child to suffer a head injury while riding their bike. All the kids I played with in our neighborhood, all the hours I spent on my bike and there wasn't one head injury. As an adult I still have yet to see or hear of anyone who's suffered even a minor head injury while riding a bike, let alone a life-threatening fracture.
I know they exist out there--somewhere--I've read articles in the paper where emergency room doctors are quoted saying bike helmets have saved many lives. I'm sure there are even some reading this article who could tell gruesome tales but my point is: They are the rare exception. But when the
But before you think this is all about bike helmets, let me expand a bit. My parents were children of the sixties lived through threats of nuclear holocaust, the Watts riots, riots at the Democratic National Convention, riots at Kent State, heck, riots everywhere, the fear dying in a controversial war, conflicts over civil rights, assassinations--JFK, Martin Luther King, Malcom X, Bobby Kennedy--corruption in government and the resignation of Nixon. But they made it through and are well on their way to collecting social security.
But go back even further when my grandparents married in 1943, days before he shipped off to serve as a medic in World War II. They had lived through the Depression and knew what real poverty looked like, they lived through the trauma of Pearl Harbor, the possible world domination by the Third Reich, the death of friends and loved ones, and biological epidemics such as polio, influenza and countless other diseases. But even amid the turmoil someone was saying, "We have nothing to fear but fear itself."
Have we reached that point? Are we running around with the televisions blaring fearing nothing of more substance than Fear Itself?
The problems and traumas of previous generations have been, if not irradiated, substantially diminished leaving us with so much leisure time and life expectancy that we have had to find new dangers to occupy our worrying hours. Smallpox, diphtheria, polio these are replaced by the fear of fluoridated water or allergic reactions to vaccines--ironically those same vaccines which wiped most childhood diseases from our collective memory.
Where there was once the threat of infiltration from Communist destroyers we now have Radon, allergens, nicotine, fluorocarbons, SARS, and DEET lying in wait to destroy our lives. Where there was once the reality of 25% unemployment at home and world-wide economic depression there is now the fear of not being able to retire by 65. Our life expectancy is roughly 80 years and our overall standard of living is higher than at any other time or place in human history but we're busy worrying about everything from child abductions to global warming to school shootings to a colliding with an asteroid.
Does this mean that that these new problems aren't a concern? Does it mean there isn't a danger of my child being involved in a school shooting? Does it mean I throw caution to the wind, bungee jumping off the nearest building? No, I still buy plenty of insurance, wear my seat belt, refrain from running with scissors, keep the batteries current in my smoke detectors and am thankful for restrictions on the consumption of alcohol. But I weigh the odds against the costs and consider the law of diminishing returns.
As a corporate attorney my husband reviews, drafts and negotiates contracts all day long; every person who comes to him would like to protect themselves from every eventuality, every possible problem they could encounter, every litigation that might ensue but there is a point at which the time, money and effort spent protecting against life's dangers hampers the basic purpose of business: to make money. At some point the work of covering one's bases becomes so large that trade is hampered in a mire of procedures and policies, decision-making is restricted in a morass of red-tape and production is countermanded by worry over who will take responsibility when something goes wrong.
This is what's happening to our children: in an effort to sanitize them from every germ, every chance of injury or violence we are wrapping them in a bubble where their creativity, intelligence, accountability and independence are compromised. This is what we're giving up by regulating and enforcing every precaution against danger--the old freedom v. protection argument so aptly being demonstrated in the airline industry since 9/11 We need to instead weigh the risks, examine the odds and take prudent but wise measures to protect against real dangers.
What real dangers? Well I'm not so much worried about my children becoming one of the 115 children abducted by strangers each year in the
But even amid these abstractions, amid dangers that are harder to see than the latest bombing on the six o'clock news, I am comforted by hope. Hope that the violence, though well-publicized, will continue to be rare, hope that our families can survive a crazy world intact, hope that our children will turn out "okay," and that the good and decent people all around us--the ones paying taxes, volunteering at soup kitchens, donating to charities, standing up for goodness--will be doing their best right alongside us. Without hope we've lost what chance we might have had at success. So every morning I suck it up, give the kids a hug and a kiss, send them off to school and say a prayer. What other choice is there?
There is no way to protect ourselves--or our children--from every risk inherent in our mortality and when we try we pay too great of a price. What price? Well, now that the boys can't play Wall Ball they're left without their favorite form of exercise (what child in America today couldn't use more exercise?) without the satisfaction of playing a game they made themselves, without the social interaction and learning to get along the game facilitates and all they have left is the certainty that the adults are running every aspect of their lives. The final irony is that it won't eliminate playground scrapes and bloody noses--there will always be some kind of risk--they'd have to pass out surgical gloves and masks, individually bubble-wrap each child and stick them in a corner. And even then someone will be allergic to latex.
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July 31, 2014
LAWT News Service
The historical Watts Summer Festival (WSF) will celebrate its 48th year on Saturday, Aug. 9, at Ted Watkins Park (next to the tennis courts) from noon until 7:30pm. The community is invited to come out and enjoy culture, continuous music, food, and activities including a petting zoo, Children's Village and more. Vendors will offer unique items and social service agencies will provide valuable onsite information of services available to residents of all ages.
The venerable event will open with the pouring of libations in memory of those who lost their lives in the 1965 Watts Revolt, by Tulivu Jadi, vice chair of Organization Us and Alma Jackson, WSF board member. Mpinduzi Kuthaza, WSF board member, will give the history of the Watts Festival and recognize the Festival's honorary co-chair, Congress member Maxine Waters. The "Tommy Jacquette Legacy Torchbearer Award" will also be presented to a deserving young Watts resident.
On Friday, Aug. 1, the documentary film "WattStax: The Living Word" will be screened with discussion at the Watts Senior Center, 1657 E. Century Blvd., Watts. The 1972 all-star concert was held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and organized by Memphis' Stax Records as a fundraiser for the Watts Summer Festival. Lester Jones, WSF Board Member, will moderate. 1 pm – 4pm.
On Saturday, Aug. 2, the Watts Village Forum "Building a Healthy Community" will be held at Beulah Baptist Church, 1454 E. 100th St., Watts. A panel of local professionals will discuss three elements of building and maintaining a healthy community, focusing on mental, physical and non-violent solutions. Panelists include Dr. Yoshado Lang, Emmada Psychology Center; Dr. Stan Frencher, Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital; and Aquil Basheer, A Better L.A. and PCITI (Professional Community Intervention Training Institute). WSF Board Member, Kathy Williamson, will moderate. 11am - 1pm.
For more information, visit www.WattsFest.org and Watts Summer Festival, Inc. on FaceBook.


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After more than 50 years of tracking Santa, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) continues to update millions on his whereabouts on Christmas Eve.
The tradition started in 1955 when a Colorado Springs-based Sears Roebuck & Co. advertisement misprinted the telephone number for children to call Santa, according to noradsanta.org.
Those calls went to the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) Commander-in-Chief's operations, and not wanting to disappoint the children who called, the director of operations had his staff "check the radar" for Santa's location.
CONAD continued to track Santa until 1958 when the newly created bi-national air defense command, NORAD, took over the task.
Today, tracking Santa has gone high-tech.
Volunteers still respond to phone calls, but answer emails as well.
Updates are also posted to Twitter through @NoradSanta, Facebook, where the NORAD Santa tracker has more than a million likes, smartphone and tablet apps, and on noradsanta.org.
The website, which is available in eight languages, features an interactive map that tracks Santa in real time, and information on where he was last spotted, where he is headed next and how many gifts he has delivered.
For seven years NORAD used Google Maps to track Santa, but this year Microsoft's Bing is providing the mapping software.
Google now has its own Santa Dashboard to track his Christmas Eve journey.
As of 4:30 p.m., NORAD said St. Nick was last spotted in Gaborone, Botswana in Africa, but according to Google, he is currently in Istanbul, Turkey.


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I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend. I know I did. I went to the lakes with Ben's family, read the book 50 Shades of Grey, and did a lot of shopping. I even caught my own walleye at the fish market, which is basically my idea of fishing. It was good walleye too. You can use whatever type of fish you like for this though. Walleye is a sweet fish and makes for great fish and chips.
Did you know that cereal can make a really good coating for chicken or fish? This recipe said to use corn flakes, so I opted for rice crispies instead. They turned the perfect golden brown color on one side. I also didn't use the oil for the potatoes like the recipe said to and used it for the fish instead. You just cook the fish on both sides for a couple of minutes in the oil (make sure to measure it to and cook on medium high heat) until you can see the crust start to turn a golden brown, and then finish cooking the fish in the oven. I've tried just baking the fish or chicken before with the coating, and for some reason it never turns out the way I want it to. Soggy! I think this is a better way of getting that golden brown color that restaurant chefs always get on theirs. It was a great end to a Memorial Day weekend.
If you decide to make the fish baked in the oven the recipe below is 8 points including the potatoes. If you decide to make it the way I did above, it's 8 points for one fish fillet and then whatever it is for the potatoes. I just used some store bought french fries that we had on hand and baked them in the oven. Just one fish was very filling with some french fries.
I've been wanting a fancier blog design, and so I'm teaching myself how to make my own wordpress themes. I do know html, css, and now even a little bit of XML coding. So, hopefully sometime in the near future I'll have a new layout. I'm sick of using the free ones and not being able to edit them the way I want to, and I'm sure not going to pay for someone else to design my own theme when I went to school for Graphic Design.
Servings 3 (one and 1/2 fish)
Points Plus: 8
325 calories, 5 g fat, 24 g protein, 3 g fiber, 45 g carbohydrates
Ingredients adapted from Eating Well
Canola or olive oil cooking spray
1 1/2 pounds russet potatoes, scrubbed and cut into 1/4-inch-thick wedges
4 teaspoons canola oil
1 1/2 teaspoons Cajun or Creole seasoning, divided
2 cups cornflakes (I used rice crispies)
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 large egg whites, beaten
1 pound cod, (see Tip) or haddock, cut into 4 portions
Position racks in upper and lower third of oven; preheat to 425°F. Coat a large baking sheet with cooking spray. Set a wire rack on another large baking sheet; coat with cooking spray.
Place potatoes in a colander. Thoroughly rinse with cold water, then pat dry completely with paper towels. Toss the potatoes, oil and 3/4 teaspoon Cajun (or Creole) seasoning in a large bowl. Spread on the baking sheet without the rack. Bake on the lower oven rack, turning every 10 minutes, until tender and golden, 30 to 35 minutes.
Meanwhile, coarsely grind cornflakes in a food processor or blender or crush in a sealable plastic bag. Transfer to a shallow dish. Place flour, the remaining 3/4 teaspoon Cajun (or Creole) seasoning and salt in another shallow dish and egg whites in a third shallow dish. Dredge fish in the flour mixture, dip it in egg white and then coat all sides with the ground cornflakes. Place on the prepared wire rack. Coat both sides of the breaded fish with cooking spray.
Bake the fish on the upper oven rack until opaque in the center and the breading is golden brown and crisp, about 20 minutes.


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The digitalization trend raises customer expectations across every industry, with enterprises increasingly influenced by and interconnected with innovations outside their traditional industry.
Companies are seeking many different partners to create innovative solutions and together position themselves at the forefront of this new market. In other words, they are participating in Open Innovation.
The Open Innovation model allows organizations to utilize external technology, solutions, knowledge capital and resources early in their innovation processes.
In many cases, organizations will partner with a range of players in a global ecosystem to jointly develop new platforms and applications, enhance core offerings, or expand into new markets.
The concept allows enterprises to look beyond their four walls to bring in ideas more quickly and frequently in order to enhance their operations—and also save time and money.
The term "Open Innovation" was first coined in 2003 by Henry Chesbrough, an organizational theorist from the Haas School of Business at Berkeley. The idea itself has been practiced for much longer.
So why has Open Innovation become so important—and why now? We see a convergence of factors highlighting a need for enterprises to make this part of core strategy.
Technology advancements, such as increased computing power, access to cloud infrastructure, open source code and platforms, and application programming interface (API) building blocks have reduced barriers to entry for new companies in many industries.
New ventures are moving from ideation to deployment more rapidly than ever before, meaning entire industries are competing with a new league of digital innovators.
Open Innovation is a major undertaking, but it also has the potential to lead to success and disruption.
To fully realize the benefits, we recommend collaborating with internal bridgemakers that act as the gateway to the external innovation ecosystem, as well as with external companies that act as bridgemakers.
When looking externally, an enterprise may benefit most by working with a bridgemaker that can make connections between major players in the innovation ecosystem; bring an understanding of both industry-specific and cross-industry trends into the discussion; and follow a methodology to guide an enterprise through the process to build, test and scale a series of solutions that transform the business.
We call this accelerated approach to Open Innovation performance "guided disruption."
Bridgemakers play an important role in the Open Innovation Ecosystem.
Working with an internal group or external bridgemaker, enterprises can adopt Open Innovation, collaborate with an extended ecosystem of partners, and more quickly incorporate emerging technologies into their operations to drive business transformation while minimizing risk.
Enterprises need a constant, fresh supply of innovation to drive their businesses forward. Bridgemakers connect this demand-side with the supply-side, composed of the universities, R&D centers, start-ups and entrepreneurs who develop innovations that meet the needs of the market.
Bridgemakers can act as an intermediary to help connect an organization to the appropriate partner, act as a buffer between partners with conflicting cultures, provide support in mitigating risk and assist in piloting and deploying technologies.
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Build the foundation - At the most fundamental level, the organization must foster a culture that supports Open Innovation and backs it up with investment. The larger a company becomes, the more difficult it can be to move quickly through new ideas, and the more important it is to create an environment where this can happen. Investment is key.
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Adam Whelchel is Director of Science for The Nature Conservancy in Connecticut.
On the Tuesday as Hurricane Sandy was sweeping inland far south in New Jersey, I spent an emotional day connecting with coastal communities in Connecticut where storm-whipped waves surged ashore past beachfront homes, over roads, beaches, and wetlands that had just recovered from Tropical Storm Irene.
During the weeks since Sandy reawakened the conversation about smarter ways to manage our coastlines and climate change in the U.S., these images from that day have stayed with me:
I witnessed a mother and daughter returning to their home for the first time after Sandy and picking through the rubble to retrieve a few remaining family photos.
I watched all four generations of a Hispanic family dig out sediment from their home with the National Guard to recover their American dream.
I met a restaurant owner who had just finally reopened this past summer, with the help of countless community fund raisers, after Tropical Storm Irene damaged his property a year ago, only to be back to square-one with nine months of repairs ahead.
l stood with a family whose home was swept off its foundations and carried 20 feet away, knocking over two telephone poles in the process. I stood with that same family as the fire chief drew a large circle with an "X" in orange spray paint on their front door – "condemned."
I was there as the Connecticut Science Director of The Nature Conservancy, which has been working with state and local officials and citizens on natural and climate-related hazard planning along the shores of Long Island Sound. But by the end of the day, my role as a community advisor on coastal risk reduction and adaptation solutions seemed rather small and abstract. Seeing the tears and exhaustion in these people's faces drove home for me the human toll of disaster.
As we collectively move forward with our efforts to reduce the risks to people and nature from sea level rise and flooding along our rivers and coasts, we can never forget that our decisions before – and after storm events – directly affect the magnitude of future events. People live and work in these places by the sea and have cherished their homes and traditions for generations. It's not easy to leave. Many will decide to rebuild in the same places but hopefully and where possible in a more resilient manner.
We have made some important progress here in Connecticut to better prepare our communities for the coastal hazards that have always existed – but are now amplified by more intense storms and higher tides that we are already experiencing today.
In August, Bridgeport – Connecticut's most populous city – completed a report summarizing recommendations from a series of Climate Preparedness workshops held earlier this year. Following extreme weather events, including Tropical Storm Irene, the October 2011 Halloween Nor'easter and recent tornadoes, this community planning process, completed by a coalition of partners (including Greater Bridgeport Regional Council, The Nature Conservancy, Clean Air Cool Planet and the Regional Plan Association), identified the city's strengths and vulnerabilities resulting in a call to action.
As with all communities that go through this engagement process, it is about getting started on the path to resilience early. Already recognized by the National Weather Service as the first StormReady community in the state, Bridgeport was also selected as a national case study for addressing climate impacts and reducing risk to infrastructure. Representatives presented at a White House GreenGov 2012 conference in Washington D.C. in October.
Using NOAA's Roadmap for Adapting to Coastal Risk and The Nature Conservancy's Coastal Resilience and Risk Matrix tools, the Bridgeport workshops integrated maps showing projected flooding from extreme events, like a Category 3 hurricane (i.e., 1938 hurricane) combined with sea level rise, into a community-driven dialogue on risk, choices, and actions. Areas identified as top priorities include:
- adjusting building codes and land use policy to accommodate flooding;
- incorporating nature-based solutions and green infrastructure to reduce risk;
- improving social services capacity and education; and
- factoring hazards and climate change into all critical infrastructure improvement and redevelopment plans.
Not surprisingly, the top three hazards identified by Bridgeport include coastal and inland flooding, storm surge from tropical storms and hurricanes, and rising seas and groundwater levels. The unprecedented 13-foot storm surge recorded in Bridgeport during Sandy punctuated these findings.
Clearly we have more work to do. Bridgeport is working towards enrollment in FEMA's Community Rating System, which provides incentives for communities that take steps to increase resilience, by offering reductions to private property owners on flood insurance through the National Flood Insurance Program.
Across the nation's coast, and most recently in the wake of Sandy, communities face a difficult situation that needs to be addressed: how do we balance safety, cost efficiency and community resilience with respect for individual choices, property rights, and the natural systems that offer protection?
Living through Storm Sandy has reinvigorated my work to help communities find the answers to these questions. One thing is clear: there are tools, strategies and solutions available to support the economic and ecological health of our coastal communities. We now have an opportunity to build back smarter, taking advantage of nature's protective buffers where we can, and using lessons from Irene and Sandy to plan wisely for a more resilient future.
[Image: Condemned house. Image source: Adam Whelchel/TNC.]


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But can you be chrismated twice? I am a former-RC that is currently being a catechumen in my parish (ROCOR) and recieved chrismation when i converted to The Roman Catholic Church in 2010 (long story). My baptism (Lutheran is valid, for now i guess - due to what is going on in Denmark and Sweden (Norway has yet to be mentioned).I just wonder what entrance those that are in the "same shoes as me" got. Not that it really matters for probably a long time yet to come.Being curious.
Well i cannot do as in undo the fact that my mum and dad did baptize me lutheran. But i can do everything else right (in given time if..God wills it) to make this right in any possible way. There are alot of mixed thoughts going through my head right now and disturbing time i should have spent on catechumenate readings.Well, thanks for all the answers so far and help. I wish you a happy, blessed Thursday.
Like witega said, "validity" is something of a misnomer when speaking about the Mysteries in an Orthodox context. The Lutheran baptismal formula is essentially an Orthodox one, and on that basis the Church can receive such a person by chrismation and "fill what was lacking" (though some would argue the actual form - simply smearing water 3 times on the forehead - is insufficient, quite different to the threefold pouring allowed by the Didache). I was baptised and confirmed Lutheran (Church of Norway) and was received into the Church by chrismation. This is, however, something I deeply regret and had I known then what I know now, I would have done all in my power to receive an Orthodox baptism.
I have heard that Roman Catholics can be received in to the Orthodox Church simply by going to Holy Confession.
Former Confirmed Roman Catholic. I was Chrismated (Serbian parish) but only on my forehead, whereas the standard Chrismation is multiple anointings, on the forehead, ears, hands, feet...maybe other spots or different ones. Anyway, because I'd been Confirmed as a Roman I was only Chrismated by anointing on my forehead.
I see in a lot of these discussions a tendency for protestant ecclesiology to creep in the back door. I don't mean that as a slight -- I think it's unintentional. But I see a lot more protestant converts worrying about their reception into the Church and how it was done than perhaps there should be.The bishop gets to make the call on how you are received. The bishop holds the keys. So if the bishop says you're in the Church, you are in. Truly, fully and completely. Worrying about whether you were received properly reflects both a protestant mindset toward the mysteries ("are they truly 'valid' or 'efficacious'") rather than an Orthodox mindset ("the bishop received me into the Church").I frequently tell my Lutheran friends I cherish my Lutheran baptism, and the Sacraments I received as a Lutheran. That does not mean I consider them Sacraments of the Church, nor that I put them on par with the Sacraments I receive in the Church. But neither do I look at them as completely empty, invalid, non-efficacious, etc. They brought me to Christ. Whatever fulfilling was done at my reception into the Church (by Chrismation) is something I also rejoice over, but I would advise converts not to worry too much about it. The bishop received you. You belong to the Church as fully as one who was baptized as an infant in Orthodoxy and raised in the Church with all of the Sacraments that go along with it.
The question is: can i in time ask my priest to be baptized? If i could choose from how i feel things now, i would want to. Very much.
If you spend long enough on this forum, you'll come away with all sorts of weird, untrue ideas of Orthodox Christianity.
I would suggest most persons in general avoid any question beginning with why.
In due time i will. In the meantime, I offer it up to God.
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