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RVers Battling Elements to Make Winter Buys
January 31, 2011 by RVBusiness · Comments Off on RVers Battling Elements to Make Winter Buys
Forget the 16-degree Sunday temperature and sharp wind — Delmer and Janet Berry of Bertrand, Neb., were visualizing the summer waves of Harlan Reservoir lapping just outside their brand new 35-foot travel trailer.
"There's a picture window in the back," Delmer said. "I can just back it up to the lake and look out."
"There's so much room," Janet said as she relaxed on an upholstered love seat that makes out into a double bed.
The Berrys bought the nearly $30,000 Outback Utra-Lite trailer at the 34th Annual Mid-Nebraska RV and Boat Show this past weekend. They discovered the trailer on Saturday (Jan. 29) and bought it Sunday.
"I just peek in," Janet said of how she looks for travel trailers. "I don't even go in if I don't think it will work. It's got to have the back living room."
When she peeked into the Outback Ultra-Lite, she immediately noticed the coveted back living room that the Berrys feel is a must have to accommodate their grandchildren, who often attend camping outings.
She walked past the paneled refrigerator and freezer, past the dual sink, stove and microwave and stood in amazement at the back living room.
"It's got two slides, so it's bigger back here," Delmer said.
The slides extend the width of the trailer on both sides — so inside the living room, two recliners and the love seat were separated by enough floor space for a Twister game or multiple grandkids sprawled out in sleeping bags.
Even the ceiling height was higher than most, featuring a curve to add head room as well as architectural appeal.
But the two slides in the living room weren't the only ones. The master bedroom featured the trailer's third slide. The slide contained a clothes closet that when slid out gives walking room all the way around the trailer's queen size bed.
Tony Staab, owner of Rich and Sons RV of Grand Island that sold the Berrys the trailer, said multiple slides are extremely popular. They give extra space and added features, he said.
"There's always new technology that saves weight and gives more square footage," Staab said.
That new technology makes a lot of the new trailers pullable by a regular pickup or sport utility vehicle, he said.
The Berrys weren't the only ones in their family to upgrade their camping digs at the weekend show. Delmer's cousin, Mike Shroeder of Holdrege, also bought a new trailer.
"We're upgrading from one slide to three —and it has a king-size bed," Schroeder said as he visited the Berrys' new investment.
Delmer Berry said a niece also purchased a new trailer. Berry's three sisters, three brothers and their families often gather throughout the summer at Harlan, Johnson Lake or Hall County Park. They had more than 90 family members in attendance at a recent family reunion — and 10 sleeping in their old camper last year.
"We camped 87 nights last year from April until the snow flew," he said.
Staab said contrary to what some may think, a hike in gas prices does not typically deter camping outings. "This is recreation; they don't go too far," Staab said.
Camping is good family time and friend time too, Janet Berry said. "You meet the nicest people camping," she said.
Camping is such a relaxing, fun way to spend time, that Janet Berry said she had no problem saying "yes" Sunday to what is now the couple's third camper purchased from Rich and Sons RV.
"I had a choice of a new kitchen or a new camper and I wanted the camper," she laughed.
The new camper has a built-in entertainment center that rises and lowers from living room cabinetry and will have satellite once the couple converts it over from their present camper. It also features central heating and air conditioning.
The three-day Mid-Nebraska RV and Boat Show that ended Sunday was sponsored by Rich and Sons RV, Dykeman's Camper Place of Hastings, Eagle Crest RV of Grand Island, SeaLand Marine of Norfolk and Brad's Marine of Hastings.
It was held in the Nebraska State Fair Exhibition Building at Fonner Park.


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This is a lesson about the solar wind, Earth's magnetosphere, and the Moon. Participants will work in groups of two or three to build a model of the Sun-Earth-Moon system. They will use the model to demonstrate that the Earth is protected from... (View More) particles streaming out of the Sun, called the solar wind, by a magnetic shield called the magnetosphere, and that the Moon is periodically protected from these particles as it moves in its orbit around the Earth. Participants will also learn that the NASA ARTEMIS mission is a pair of satellites orbiting the Moon that measure the intensity of solar particles streaming from the Sun. (View Less)
The 9-session NASA Family Science Night program emables middle school children and their families to discover the wide variety of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics being performed at NASA and in everyday life. Family Science Night... (View More) programs explore various themes on the Sun, the Moon, the Stars, and the Universe through fun, hands-on activities, including at-home experiments. Instructions for obtaining the facilitator's guide are available on the Family Science Night site. (View Less)
Students will use NASA's Global Climate Change website to research five of the key indicators (vital signs) of Earth's climate health. These indicators are: global surface temperature, carbon dioxide concentrations, sea level, Arctic sea ice, and... (View More) land ice. They will use this information, shared in their expert groups, to create an informative poster about their assigned key indicator. The poster will be used by other groups to learn about all five of the key indicators and how Earth scientists use these indicators to analyze changes in Earth's climate. The lesson plan uses the 5E instructional sequence. (View Less)
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This is an activity about how the Sun can affect the Earth's atmosphere, specifically the ionosphere. Learners will use real data from a Sudden Ionosphere Disturbance Monitor, or SID Monitor, to identify the signatures in the graphed data that can... (View More) be used to determine the times of sunrise and sunset. Although the SID monitors are designed to detect SIDs caused by solar flares, they also detect the normal influence of solar X-rays and UV light during the day as well as cosmic rays at nighttime. There is a distinct shape to a 24-hour SID data graph, with unique shapes, or signatures, of the graph appearing at sunrise and sunset.This activity is part of the Research with Space Weather Monitor Data educators guide. Use of and access to a Stanford Solar Center SID monitor and the internet is encouraged but not required. Locations without a SID monitor can use sample data provided in the educators guide. (View Less)
Learners will study the essential components and variables of an ion propulsion system. Activities include an on-line ion propulsion engine simulation and design. Included are changes in energy and fuel consumption as a result of variable changes... (View More) (dependent/independent variable relationships). This is activity 5 of 5 in Structure and Properties of Matter: Ion Propulsion. (View Less)
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This is a lesson about the formation of glaciers, ice layering and stratigraphy, and the cryosphere and cryobotics. Learners will collect evidence of layering, explore the science story that layering tells, study snow and ice for insights into... (View More) climate change, and learn about the tools used to explore ice layers on Earth and in the solar system. Connections between rings of a tree and rings in an ice core will be made. Activities include small group miming, speaking, drawing, and/or writing. This is lesson 7 of 12 in the unit, Exploring Ice in the Solar System. (View Less)
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#182 Preview: Boosting Software Quality and Development Agility
Speed cycle time with integration testing and application virtualization
The increasing cost of quality and development complexity while balancing quality and speed has become extremely challenging for software projects. Development teams are delivering applications faster which is driving a need for change in the world of testing. Listen to this podcast and get a preview on how the world of testing is changing and what solutions are available today to help. Register for the upcoming thought leadership webcast, "Boost software quality and development agility" to learn more about how technologies such as virtualization and the cloud enable continuous integration testing much earlier in the development cycle. Al Wagner, speaker.
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#181 Social Business for software development teams
Bringing the power of social software to software development teams provides many new collaboration capabilities that allow you to identify, connect with, and exchange ideas with a wide community of business and technical stakeholders, partners, and end users. For example you can find out what's happening in your community, blogs, wikis, and activities; search for contacts based on their experience, skills, or key relationships and publish key developer activities to the wider community. Mac Guidera and Rolf Nelson, speakers.
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- Learn more about social business using IBM Connections together with IBM Rational Team Concert
#180 OVUM and IBM on System Engineering
Software is not only changing the nature of products, but across many product industry sectors, it is arguably accounting for the lion's share of innovation. This has placed great stress on the systems engineering process. Listen to a preview of a webcast with Tony Baer, Senior Analyst at Ovum Software, and Dominic Tavossoli, Director of Marketing at IBM, as they discuss the challenges and solutions that product engineering organizations must address as they become more software-driven. Moderated by Steve Shoaf of IBM Rational Marketing.
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- Webcast: Coffee Break Chat: OVUM and IBM on System Engineering
#179 IBM's point of view: How Google Tests Software
The future of testing
Serge Lucio, IBM Rational, introduces listeners to James Whittaker, Test Director of Google and Thought Leader, as he shares his thoughts on how the world of software testing is changing, how Google is moving forward adopting change, and how IBM is moving forward to embrace this change.
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- Webcast: James Whittaker on "How Google Tests Software"
#178 Government by Design: A strategic planning approach for government
Government by design is the application of strategic planning to provide a comprehensive view of the entire government agency. Repeatable processes help analyze the portfolio of capabilities and resources relating to their strategy and priorities; capture the current state of programs, services and technology and; identify the gaps between what exists and what is needed. The Government by Design approach leverages information to create a plan producing the best outcomes for your organization and citizens. Tammy Kulesa and Jim Amsden, speakers.
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- White paper: Government by Design: Using Strategic Planning to design the business of government (678KB)
#177 Reduce vulnerabilities in your SAP business applications
Building on its recent addition of Cobol scanning capabilities, IBM announced its partnership with a leading provider of SAP ABAP security scanning tools, Virtual Forge. In this podcast IBM and Virtual Forge will describe the capabilities of their combined offering, including use cases, success stories and how to get started. Markus Schumacher and Andy Bochman, speakers.
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- Demo: IBM Application Security. Built in. Not Bolted on.
- IBM Application Security poster
- Webcast: Security Powered by Jazz
#176 Enterprise Management and its significance in transformation of the utilities industry
Managing the enterprise is vital towards transforming the utilities industry
Most utilities are undergoing changes in their business process and enterprise management area, in order to offer fully integrated data and information across customers, municipalities, and, the utilities themselves. An example is the electric industry, where a set of best practices are prompted through a set of standards from IEC, SGIP, and other agencies. IEC CIM is a set of Electrical energy standards based on modeling of the data and information related to the Smart Grid. Inherent with data-centric design standards such as the IEC CIM, are a set of Business Architecture and Processes which need to be managed in conjunction with technical standards, in order to achieve success in the journey towards transformation. Irv Badr, speaker.
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- IBM Rational solutions for Energy and Utilities
#175 Object Management Group's TelcoML - example of a mobile communications API
New standard leading to best practices for the Communications Industry
Many existing Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), such as the GSMA OneAPI, define commonly supported set of lightweight and Web friendly interfaces to support mobile development, in an operator agnostic manner. With TelcoML delivery teams can build a component library of OneAPI objects, which are enabled for deployment in devices and operator networks alike. TelcoML provides a modeling view of the API, resulting in greatly improved time to market and superior mobile services and applications. Irv Badr, speaker.
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- IBM Rational Solutions for Communication Service Providers
#174 Applying IBM's best practices to deliver the TM Forum's Frameworx compliant systems
Delivering effective TM Forum Frameworx compliant solutions
Complexity within a Communication Service Provider can lead to difficult collaboration among business and IT, causing them to miss the mark with products and services that don't meet business goals. Increase collaboration through actionable enterprise architecture through IBM Rational solutions. Scott Niemann, speaker.
#173 A New Era in Change Management
This podcast will discuss a new approach to systems and software development that transforms the way organizations manage change across the life cycle to make it more transparent, flexible and efficient. We will explore how the adoption of an open, uniform approach to commercial systems and software development, as well as the dynamic integration of project management capabilities with change management, can dramatically raise the bar on collaboration and productivity. Steve Speicher, speaker.
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- Fostering innovation and efficiency throughcollaborative change management (580KB)
#171 Sandboxes are not just for kids!
Playing in a sandbox has never been more rewarding
Have you ever wondered how you can try IBM Rational products anytime, anyplace and anywhere at no cost? It's easy. Through hands-on participation, guided walk-thru and the use of live, running System z and Power Systems (IBM i, AIX, Linux) development scenarios and solutions, our Enterprise Modernization Sandboxes help you experience and evaluate IBM® Enterprise Modernization solutions for the System z™ and Power Systems™ platforms. Susan Yoskin, speaker.
#170 The keys to extended team involvement in software and systems design
Building consensus around design
Your team is bigger than you think! The extended team of subject matter experts is needed to provide insights and feedback on designs to make sure your solutions satisfy customer needs and deliver the expected quality. Everyone from customers to internal experts are stakeholders with points of view that are invaluable from the early stages of development. Discover how Rational Software Architect and Rational Rhapsody with Design Manager can help drive consensus on designs across this extended team. Adeel Omer and Neil Patterson, speakers.
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- Design Matters: Find out just how much in the new Design Everywhere video
#169 10 Things I hate about ALM – Part 3
Ease the pain and make sense out of complex software delivery with integrated requirements, quality and test
Learn about the benefits that tapping into the powerful multiplier effect an integrated, lifecycle approach to requirements driven quality provides by linking, tracing, relating and manipulating across the lifecycle. Benefits that can help deliver better quality solutions and value that cut your risk and cost of software delivery, not results. Eric Long, speaker.
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- Requirements, quality and test management e-Kit
#168 Five Application Lifecycle Management Imperatives for Successful Global Software Development
If you have ever worked on a software development project and wondered how you can eliminate those endless project replans, this podcast is for you.
Ever worked on a software development project and wondered how you can eliminate those endless project replans? Andy Detandt, Resource Manager at Lender Processing Services, and Carolyn Pampino, Program Director for Strategic Offerings focused on IT Software Delivery at IBM, introduce in this podcast five key imperatives for ALM and briefly discuss how these imperatives can be used to ensure success for ALM in a collaborative environment. To learn more details we suggest you also register for the supporting webcast.
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- Listen to the Five ALM Imperatives webcast
#167 What's New in Solutions for building smarter products and systems?
New systems engineering and embedded software solutions for Electronics, Automotive, Aerospace and Defense Industries
Achieving compliance with new industry standards is critical in industries delivering safety critical systems - including medical devices, automobiles, airplanes and defense systems. Co-development of hardware and software increases efficiency and quality. IBM's solution for building complex and embedded systems now provides industry specific content to help companies realize these goals. Andrew Foster and Sue Green, speakers.
#166 Hear what's new in Rational Developer for Power and the COBOL for AIX compiler
IBM Rational introduces new functionality
Hear from Bill Smith, Product Manager for Rational Tools for Power, about the new functionality in the latest release of Rational Developer for Power Systems Software for IBM i, AIX and Linux for Power. He will also introduce the new migration and porting rules framework. Roland Koo, Product Manager for Compilers, will present the new performance and productivity enhancements in the COBOL for AIX 4.1.1 compiler.
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- Trial download: Rational Developer for Power Systems Software
#165 Increasing Systems Engineering agility with Jazz collaboration and change management
New systems engineering and embedded software solutions for electronics, automotive, aerospace and defense industries
A new approach is needed to address rapid change and growing complexity in developing modern electronics, cars, planes and medical devices. Establishing a cross-lifecycle hub for collaboration, planning and change management is helping companies increase agility in their Systems Engineering processes. Hear how this makes a difference, and what companies that develop everything from planes to medical devices are doing to get started with agile planning and processes. Also learn how the Jazz Collaboration Platform is helping companies increase agility and unify the development lifecycle with the Rational solution for systems and software engineering.
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- Webcast on demand: Six steps to conquering complexity in creating smarter products
#164 Agile. Everywhere. Insure your Agile success.
Agile in Healthcare? Yes we can!
Agile turns 10 this year! Since its advent in 2001, Agile practices have transformed the way software is built and delivered. Please take a few minutes to join Kim Werner, Agile Coach from ATSC and Liz Parnell, Solution Design Manager from Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) and learn how BCBSNC adopted a few Agile techniques, some good coaching, and implemented IBM Rational Jazz tools to reduce time to market, lower costs, and continue marching along the CMMI, SOX, PHI, and HIPAA compliance path.
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- Agile Everywhere: "Insure" your Agile Success
#162 How Security Is Well Suited for Agile Development
For years the software development community has increasingly embraced an iterative and incremental methodology for software development -- Agile. It has driven significant business value through faster, more responsive features and functionality based on market and client demand. What does this development method mean for the an intrinsically process dependent security requirement? Is it possible to develop applications using Agile practices and yet retain a high level of software security assurance? Patrick Vandenberg, speaker.
#161 Systems Engineering For Dummies
How systems engineering can help you develop smart, connected products
"Systems Engineering For Dummies," IBM Limited Edition, explains what systems engineering is and how it can help you harness the complexity inherent in developing smart, connected products associated with industrial sector industries. This podcast introduces the book and outlines who might benefit from reading it. Steve Shoaf, speaker.
#160 Hot off the press! All new Rational Automation Framework and Rational Build Forge
Streamline devops and simplify your build and deploy
Discover what's new in the all-new Rational Automation Framework solution with new pricing and packaging, and a host of new features, while Rational Build Forge marches on with a new release and significant enhancements. Rational's software delivery automation solutions have led the market in helping software delivery teams streamline their builds, and manage the configuration and deployment of applications to target middleware solutions. Elissa Redmiles and Jesse Alva, speakers.
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- Demonstrated Benefits of Software Delivery Automation
#159 IBM helps Financial Services clients meet their compliance needs
IBM is uniquely positioned to help financial institutions dramatically reduce the costs and risks of compliance management and meet the compliance needs of regulations, such as Dodd-Frank, Basel III and Solvency II. Please watch the webcast titled: IBM helps financial services clients meet Compliance needs. AnnMarie Stenglein, speaker.
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- Webcast: IBM helps financial services customers change business capabilities to meet increasingly complex Compliance needs
#158 Best Practices for Communications Service Providers when deploying new services
Translate cost savings into competitive advantage
Communications Service Providers CSP need to overcome the challenge of delivering innovative services at minimum cost while maintaining a positive customer experience. A series of best practices aimed at minimizing time-to-market through the use of requirements and feature management, Service Oriented Architecture and performance testing proves vital in the successful delivery of CSP services. Irv Badr, speaker.
#157 Bridging the gap between Business and Engineering in Product Development
One of the biggest challenges that companies in the business of product development face is the gap that exists between business and engineering departments. Bridging this gap between these two cultures is very important. How can you improve the collaboration between these two cultures which often have diverse and distributed teams? Listen to this podcast to find out how IBM can help you build the linkage between business strategy and technical execution in your quest to build successful products. Aravind Madhavan, speaker.
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- Webcast: Strategies to Reduce Government IT Costs and Enable Smarter Government
#156 IEC 62304 Compliance for Medical Device Software Development
Challenges and opportunities for the medical device industry
This podcast will take a deeper dive into IEC 62304 to identify key steps, best practices, and best of breed integrated tooling to help companies conform to IEC 62304 on the way to FDA and international approval of their medical device. Martin Bakal and Bruce Douglass, speakers.
#155 Improving the effectiveness of Government IT Programs
In these tough economic times, all government agencies are required to cut their costs, reduce future spending on IT and get smart. Join to hear IBM experts discuss successful strategies for helping Government organizations achieving the cost cutting goal and enabling smarter government.
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- Webcast: Strategies to Reduce Government IT Costs and Enable Smarter Government
#154 Business Planning and Transformation
Product management and global optimization of process and organization
Business Planning and Transformation: Have you made the right investments? Do you have the best process in place? How about your technology investments? Learn how IBM is helping companies align business objectives with engineering capabilities through a combination of industry best practices and technology. David Spade, Steve Shoaf and Nicole Katrana, speakers.
#153 What is Product Line Engineering?
How IBM is helping companies build smarter products and product lines
IBM Rational offers an integrated life cycle solution for variation management while providing technology, best practices and tools to design, develop and deliver a product line in a more efficient and automated fashion. Greg Gorman and Nicole Katrana, speakers.
#152 Product Support
Aligning product lifecycle and support functions for continual improvement
As physical products become increasingly digital in design, producers of smarter products must consider how to better integrate product lifecycle, and support functions to ensure ongoing product quality and performance and capitalize on new opportunities for product innovation and revenue growth. Learn how IBM's Insight and Product Innovation solutions and integrations can help! Pierre Coyne and Nicole Katrana, speakers.
#151 Lifecycle Collaboration
Process and Insight and Product Innovation
Creating a pipeline of innovative products and services—the "building blocks" of smarter solutions—at lower cost and risk means manufacturers must innovate, collaborate, and optimize in order to thrive in today's competitive market. They must do so at every step of their enterprise processes—at the design phase, the operations phase and the services phase. Christophe Begue and Nicole Katrana, speakers.
A UML/SysML implementation of DoDAF 2.0 and MODAF 1.2 for military architectures
This podcast provides an up to the date overview of the new UPDM 2.0 profile, a background of MoDAF and DoDAF, an understanding of changes underway and tools that can help you to connect the lifecycle from Enterprise Architecture to Software. Graham Bleakely and Brian Nolan, speakers.
#149 Products and Systems Development
Designing, delivering and managing product value and differentiation
Smarter products are the building blocks of a smarter planet, but how do you make smarter products better and faster than your competition? Companies require product and systems development capabilities that can balance the trade-offs between product features, quality, time- to-market and profitability. IBM calls its set of capabilities for building smarter products insight and product (IPI). Steve Shoaf and Nicole Katrana, speakers.
#147 Six Ways to Accelerate Android Mobile Application Development
Creating an integrated solution for collaboration among development teams
Android Smartphones and other mobile and interconnected devices are rapidly growing in popularity. In this podcast we will show ways to accelerate Android mobile application development using the IBM Rational platform for software and systems development and requirements management. Six key functions will be discussed to address these emerging challenges. Martin Bakal, speaker.
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#146 Software Econometrics: Challenging assumptions about software delivery - Part 2
Second in a special two-part podcast sub-series with Neil Ward-Dutton, Research Director at MWD Advisors and IBM Chief Softare Economist, Walker Royce. We've all heard the hype about 'agile' software delivery, but to what extent are the implications of agility in software really understood? What does it mean to deliver quality in today's software systems, and how does that need to be reflected in the development and delivery of software today?
#145 Software Econometrics: Challenging assumptions about software delivery - Part 1
First in a special two-part podcast sub-series with Neil Ward-Dutton, Research Director at MWD Advisors and IBM Chief Softare Economist, Walker Royce. We've all heard the hype about 'agile' software delivery, but to what extent are the implications of agility in software really understood? What does it mean to deliver quality in today's software systems, and how does that need to be reflected in the development and delivery of software today?
#144 Effectively developing automotive E/E systems
How the IBM Rational Software Platform for Automotive Systems fuels your innovation
Automotive manufacturer and suppliers worldwide are putting a greater emphasis on E/E engineering and E/E process and data management. In this podcast we'll discuss how the IBM Rational Software Platform for Automotive Systems enables automotive manufacturers and their supplier to more effectively develop E/E systems. Brett Hillhouse, speaker.
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- Brochure: A new approach to automotive electric/electronic engineering life-cycle management: Managing engineering data and processes using a single source of truth
#142 Collaborative Development and Operations
A conversation with IBM Software Executives
Successful businesses are those that use software for competitive advantage. In doing so, those same organizations face new challenges as they strive to be responsive in reacting to a highly dynamic business environment. IBM solutions give customers with a competitive edge by enabling better collaboration between development and operations and providing a path to increased innovation, better business agility, and effective and integrated management across the entire software and services life cycle. Marketing vice-presidents, Gina Poole, Rational software and Scott Hebner, Tivoli software share their views on the significance of collaborative development and operations.
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#141 Model-based testing in smart product development
Validating a smart meter device using model-based testing
Model-based testing is a way to raise test and verification productivity to keep pace with the rapid innovation required for today's smart products. This podcast looks at how model-based testing delivered success for a smart power meter development project. Dr. Udo Brockmeyer, speaker.
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- Case study: EWE AG Corporation uses model-driven testing for real-time view of energy usage
#140 Systems & Software Engineering Practices – Unleash the Potential!
Applying executable processes and methods
When companies are looking for ways to improve the consistency, robustness, and efficiency of their product development cycle, drawing upon industry derived best practices can offer a significant competitive advantage. IBM discusses a solution for companies developing complex products that are seeking proven best practices, automation, and instant access to process guidance. Andrew Foster and Sue Green, speakers.
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- Webcast: Agile Systems Engineering Powered by Jazz
#137 A Focus on Software & Systems Engineering: Ensuring Quality
One of a series of podcasts from IBM experts on the challenges of software and systems engineering and how IBM can help
Looking to improve the quality of your products but not at the expense of increased time of market? Hear Mark Lefebvre, Director, Systems Alliances and Integrations at IBM, talk about this balancing act and how IBM is helping clients to improve quality through their software and systems engineering process.
#136 Getting Real-Time Right: IBM reselling INCHRON solutions
IBM Rational and INCHRON, a leader in embedded system design solutions, are teaming to provide a comprehensive model and simulation-based systems engineering solution which addresses these challenges. The new agreement entitles IBM to resell the INCHRON Tool-Suite; IBM can now offer its clients an integrated solution for model-driven development, including timing and performance analysis and validation. Uwe Brodtmann and Mark Lefebvre, speakers.
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#135 Agile. Everywhere.
Agile turns 10 this year! Since it's advent in 2001, Agile practices have transformed the way software is built and delivered.
Please take a few minutes to join Scott Ambler as he dispels the myths that still exist about scaling Agile practices and previews the "Agile. Everywhere." interactive whiteboard.
#134 Role of Software in Smart Grid Transformation
A software centric delivery process and a set of best practices that center around software integration and development
Energy and Utility companies have traditionally focused on their core business of distributing electrical power in a reliable and efficient manner. With the adoption of the Smart Grid, electric power distribution is coupled with bi-directional, and frequently copious, data exchange. The underlying data is defined through standards from IEC, and a set of best practices is essential to implement and manage this new, data-centric paradigm.
#133 Insight and Product Innovation
Design, deliver and manage smarter products
Smarter products are the building blocks of a smarter planet, but how do you make smarter products better and faster than your competition? Companies require product and systems development capabilities that can balance the trade-offs between product features, quality, time- to-market and profitability. IBM calls its set of capabilities for building smarter products insight and product (IPI). Steve Shoaf and Nicole Katrana, speakers.
#132 Product and Service Innovation
Delivering innovative products and services that transform the way we live, work, and play
Smarter. Flatter. Intelligent. Interconnected. Instrumented. We all agree that the world is changing. More likely than not you are building products or services that are driving this evolution. But are you prepared lead? Learn how IBM can help you prepare and win in the age of Smarter Products and Services. Dominic Tavassoli and Pierre Coyne, speakers.
#131 Proactively planning for change and transformation in the healthcare industry
The healthcare industry is undergoing huge transformations – driving change is healthcare reform, aging populations, compliance mandates, and the need to reduce costs and operating more effectively. Are you ready for change? Are you able to proactively plan for change versus simply responding to each demand as it comes your way? Valerie Hamilton, speaker.
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- Webcast: Health plans and healthcare providers, are you ready for change?
#129 Achieving Compliance with ISO26262
How to manage functional safety in automotive E/E development?
The upcoming ISO 26262 will, in many cases, add additional requirements to E/E engineering departments of automotive OEM and suppliers. How to deal with the enforcements of ISO 26262 and how the IBM Rational Software Platform for Automotive Systems helps achieve requirements of ISO 26262 is the subject of this podcast.
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#128 What are the odds?
It is well known that on-time delivery of a complex system is never certain. This fact raises the question every project lead should be able to answer, "What are the odds of making the date?" This podcast provides a method for answering this key question. Murray Cantor, speaker.
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- Webcast: Measuring Agility in Aerospace and Defense
#126 Capability versus Complexity: Building Smarter Products
IBM discusses the benefits and pitfalls associated with developing smarter products
Delivering the right products at the right time can provide a powerful boost to a manufacturer's bottom line. Dominic Tavassolli from IBM Rational, explores the tradeoffs associated with capability (i.e. function, time to market) versus the complexity introduced by additional product features and ecosystem interoperability that actually make a product "smarter".
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- Webcast: Capability versus Complexity: Building Smarter Products with Forrester and IBM
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Innovate Series: Cloud Computing
Achieving effective software delivery while keeping risks and costs in check is a difficult balancing act. With Cloud computing, you can reduce the high deployment costs of delivering software while maintaining quality, improve control and governance while speeding time to market and enhance the flexibility of software development and delivery processes. This podcast highlights some of the Cloud Computing topics that will be presented across all the streams throughout the week at the Innovate 2011 conference, including a focus on Rational solutions on the cloud; Planning, developing, testing and deploying cloud applications; and leveraging the cloud for more effective software delivery.
Innovate Series: Strategic Planning
This podcast highlights key topics that will be presented as part of the Strategic Planning stream at the Innovate 2011 conference including how organizations can align strategy with execution, create a value driven approach, create an optimal enterprise architecture, develop smarter and better products, and rationalize the application portfolio. Johan Hedström, speaker.
Innovate Series: Application Lifecycle Management Part 2
An interview with Innovate 2011's most influential curriculum managers discussing content planned in the areas of Change and Configuration Management, Automation, Deployment and Asset Management and most importantly Quality Management. An invaluable resource for developers, release managers, testers and quality professionals wanting to plan out their agenda for Innovate 2011. Matt Holitza, Brian Bryson and Adeel Omer, speakers.
Innovate 2011 for System z customers
Hear highlights about featured activities for our System z customers taking place at the Innovate 2011 conference on June 5-9, 2011 in Orlando, Florida. Don't miss the dedicated System z track, executive keynotes, personalized demos, labs, technical workshops, and a special reception for enterprise modernization customers at Shula's Steakhouse. Will Smythe and Pam Induni, speakers.
Innovate Series: Collaborative Development and Operations
Bridging the Gap
This track at Innovate will show you how development and operations can work together to drive business change, quickly, with lower risk. Help your company break down the barriers between development and operations and delivery agile operations. Michael Rowe and Peter Marshall, speakers.
Innovate Series: Enterprise Modernization Power Systems Track
Track dedicated to the Power Systems environment
At Innovate 2011, Power Systems customers will have an opportunity to network with 4,000 software and systems experts and peers, see exciting keynotes from the IBM senior executive team and our customers, attend the dedicated Power Track sessions or use the on-line Agenda Builder tool to customize your experience. Roland Koo and Susan Yoskin, speakers.
Innovate Series: Application Lifecycle Management Part 1
An interview with Innovate 2011's key curriculum managers discussing content planned in the areas of Application Lifecycle Management best practices, Requirements Definition and Management and Modeling, Architecture and Construction. An invaluable resource for analysts, engineers, architects, developers, and quality professionals wanting to plan out their agenda for Innovate 2011. Jennifer Moore, Andy Gurd and Neil Patterson, speakers.
Innovate Series: Software and Systems Innovation
Improve your competitive positioning by taming the complexity of smarter products and services
This podcast highlights some of the topics in the Software and systems innovation stream, to be delivered at Innovate 2011. In addition, this series will highlight some IBM clients speaking at the conference about how they have leveraged IBM to gain a competitive advantage within their industry.
Innovate Series: Application Security and Compliance
Making your applications more secure by design
This podcast highlights key topics that will be presented as part of the application security and compliance stream at the Innovate 2011 conference including how organizations can address a variety of application security challenges, helping attendees focus on the best practices and approaches for integrating security testing across the development lifecycle.
Innovate Series: The Rational Network — Customer Success Stories
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To illustrate the promise the IoT holds for the commercial kitchen, let's look at how it could help the popular and fast-growing restaurant sector, specifically the quick service (QSR) and fast casual segments. As consumer demands and tastes change, the market share of these establishments is rapidly expanding.
One of the biggest challenges is managing operational costs. QSR chains face a constant struggle to control a wide range of cost centers—including those related to food and material purchases, food preparation, food waste, energy, and labor. Left unchecked, these can erode the operator's already thin margins.
By implementing IoT technology in its restaurants' kitchens, an operator can take major strides toward addressing these other vexing operational challenges. At a high level, the IoT can automate and standardize several key restaurant processes, as well as provide far greater visibility into restaurants' operations—especially, the condition and status of kitchen equipment.
Key elements of the IoT-enabled kitchen are:
Alerts when there are temperature changes that could affect product quality
Anticipate equipment failures before they happen so maintenance can be scheduled with the least disruption
Increased customer satisfaction and retention via personalized digital services
Complete visibility into daily operations across multiple locations, data collected any time on any device
Automate time consuming daily tasks
Real-time information for faster business decisions
It's clear that the IoT can dramatically improve several key dimensions of a kitchen's operations.
These improvements include:
Enhanced food quality and compliance with food safety regulations
Lower energy cost and reduced food waster
Reduced total cost of ownership for key assets such as refrigeration units, ovens, and fryers
Lower labor costs and greater employee efficiency and productivity
While initial adoption of this solution will lead to better line of sight into day-to-day kitchen operations, more significant benefits will likely accrue over the longer term as kitchen operators add greater functionality and other offerings.
Eventually, enhancements to the solution could even unlock new ways to increase customer satisfaction and retention, as well as create new revenue streams, by offering personalized, value-added digital services.
Internet of Things technology offers plenty of promise to improve commercial kitchen performance, and we expect the connected commercial kitchen to gain momentum soon—to the point at which the IoT will be seen as a "default" capability for commercial kitchens.
Commercial kitchen operators should start investigating how to best leverage the IoT in their operations via a proof of concept or pilot.
High-level steps in that effort include the following:
Identifying target use cases and capabilities to influence key business drivers
Selecting a representative sample of outlets to build a working proof of concept solution
Measuring actual benefits, refining the business case, and developing a plan to roll out a pilot program across a larger number of outlets
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Top Five in Tech: Welcome, iPad Mini!
The long-awaited iPad Mini hit stores this week, but what were the other top tech stories this week? Scott Austin joins digits to discuss. Photo: Getty Images.
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Most Big Internet Companies Speak Out For Major Surveillance Reform
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Basically all of the largest internet companies -- with the exception of Amazon
- Limiting Governments' Authority to Collect Users' Information
- Increase Oversight and Accountability (such as by making FISA an adversarial process)
- Transparency About Government Demands
- Respecting the Free Flow of Information
- Avoiding Conflicts Among Governments
We understand that governments have a duty to protect their citizens. But this summer's revelations highlighted the urgent need to reform government surveillance practices worldwide. The balance in many countries has tipped too far in favor of the state and away from the rights of the individual — rights that are enshrined in our Constitution. This undermines the freedoms we all cherish. It's time for a change.Some will, undoubtedly, argue that this is all just noise for the sake of public perception, but compare what these companies are doing to the major telco companies, which not only have refused to comment on all of this, but have actively fought efforts by their own shareholders to make them just slightly more transparent (up to the level many internet companies were even before the Snowden leaks).
For our part, we are focused on keeping users' data secure — deploying the latest encryption technology to prevent unauthorized surveillance on our networks and by pushing back on government requests to ensure that they are legal and reasonable in scope.
We urge the US to take the lead and make reforms that ensure that government surveillance efforts are clearly restricted by law, proportionate to the risks, transparent and subject to independent oversight.
The question, now, is how much effort these companies will really put into getting Congress to change the laws. There are a number of different bills in Congress. Having the tech companies assist the efforts for real reform would certainly be helpful.


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Since staff parties are a better dressed, tressed and fed extension of work, it's important to remember to maintain a certain amount of decorum and reserve. With this in mind, here is my list of dos and don'ts of a staff party loosely based on this year's party mishaps.
Do try to be civil to each other no matter how much you wish your foe was under a bus.
Don't tell your foe that you were ardently hoping for them to be under a bus.
Do enjoy the catered food and open bar.
Don't enjoy the open bar to the point of which you start to loudly vomit in the ladies room and end up being dragged home by another staff member while your boyfriend stays behind to pay the manager off for the damages incurred.
Do compliment your ex on his/her educational/professional achievements.
Don't berate them for their weight changes, poor sartorial decisions and even poorer choices in mates.
Do make an effort to introduce your partner/date/family member to the rest of the staff so they don't feel left out.
Don't let your companion be in a foul mood at one of your past transgressions, especially if their revenge plot is to out how you want to take over someone else' job and forever taint you as a treacherous corporate climbing snake.
Do show of your fancy footwork when kickass 80s anthems are blasted, especially if you're the chief of medical staff.
Don't dirty dance with the nursing manager and end up with your tie lost and your shirt buttons undone, especially if you're the chief of medical staff.
This is by no means a comprehensive list but merely guidelines that one should try to follow in order to have a successful staff party experience! Please share your dos and don'ts and keep the hilarity going!


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Will Jeb Bush Run for President?
Close aides and friends say former Fla. Governor Jeb Bush is actively weighing a run for president, something he didn't do in the last election cycle. But as WSJ's Neil King reports, the Republican party is divided about another Bush candidacy.
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I ... the people may be exhausted talking about presidential politics in the last campaign when on forever so it's never too early to start talking about twenty sixteen let's do that ... on the Democratic side effects of really not a lot to talk about ... on the Republican side however there are ready early jockeying going on among a number of potential candidates ... the big question though ... his job bullish ... what are Jeb Bush's intentions ... will be possibly jump in ... and if he does will it mean for the party ... the the the the Jeb Bush is the big dog in this race has got the biggest potential donor network the best name recognition huge support within the party ... and pretty much impeccable resume of the governor ... if he gets in and scramble the field of probably nutjob marker Rubio also from Florida ... and it happens to be his protege ... it also make life a little bit difficult for Chris Christie the New Jersey governor ... by swapping of taking up some of his donor people ... so here so we do know at the moment um like the last time in twenty twelve Bush is actively weighing Iran ... as people tell us that close friends and associates ... really get in ... a lot of his close friends and advisors are skeptical ... their family considerations he wants to keep making money and more more importantly a lot of his close aides and associates that he may not have the stomach for ... the big debate within the party is does the country wants another Bush spent thirty years basically since Republican was elected to the White House whose name wasn't Bush ... and the worry is maybe this is the time of the state should be clear for some of the other talent out there the up and coming talent and Marco Rubio Paul Ryan Chris Christie and that maybe those would be the better banner carrier for the party going into twenty sixteen ... here in Washington this is Neil came with a Wall Street Journal ...


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The Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors approved a Memorandum of Understanding between the county and various communities regarding the responsibilities for library services during its regular meeting on Tuesday.
County Librarian Michael Perry presented the memorandum to the board. He said the only change from the previous year was that the memorandum asked for a two-year term, ending on June 30, 2015.
According to the memorandum, the county is responsible for maintaining the library website, technological "backbone" of library services, a distribution center and delivery service for materials shared by all county libraries, and management of county-wide programs and grants.
In turn, the community is responsible, at no cost to the county, for staffing, maintenance, janitorial services, local magazine subscriptions and technology to support the "backbone" the county provides through volunteer services such as the friends of the library programs.
"I think it's important that we keep abreast on what's going on in our libraries and what we are providing as well as the great service our volunteers are providing," Supervisor Grace Bennett said.
She continued, "I know volunteers are hard to come by in some situations and to get the training for the volunteers to make sure they are well-trained and serving the public well is another avenue in this whole thing."
Board members mentioned looking into the incorporation of a kiosk to grant residents better access and having the state librarian visit Siskiyou County to consult on the library system's progress and to hear from the local branches. For more information on county libraries and volunteering through friends of the library programs, visit the Siskiyou County Library website at www.snowcrest.net/siskiyoulibrary.
A full list of county and community responsibilities regarding local libraries can be read on the supervisors' website at www.co.siskiyou.ca.us/BOS/DOCS/agenda.aspx. The memorandum is hyperlinked to the Sept. 10 agenda.
County and communities share library obligations
The Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors approved a Memorandum of Understanding between the county and various communities regarding the responsibilities for library services during its regular meeting on Tuesday.


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By unlocking the power of cloud computing, a large European-based public service employer is modeling a new approach to human resources (HR). With Accenture's help, the client has streamlined and standardized key HR services and moved them to the cloud. This shift to an innovative digital solution will seek to deliver public service for the future by improving government productivity, empowering employees through more personalized services, and significantly reducing maintenance and operating costs.
Client profile
With more than 6,000 employees, the European-based client is one of the largest public sector employers in its country. The client is responsible for overseeing employee development for all departments – a diverse group ranging from firefighters to school teachers to social workers.


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Jan. 9, 2008
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Junior Jimmy Bartolotta scored a game-high 28 points and added a game-best 10 rebounds, as MIT opened the conference portion of its slate with a 81-62 victory over streaking Wheaton College on Tuesday in Rockwell Cage. Bartolotta paced four MIT players in double figures and the Engineers benefited from a strong second-half run en route to the opening-night win in the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC).
For the second straight game, junior Billy Johnson started the first half with a hot hand. Connecting on three triples in the first seven minutes of the game, MIT (9-4, 1-0) powered to a 16-6 lead. Five straight points off the bench by junior Kristopher Pedra pulled the Lyons within five, but a lay-up by Hamidou Soumare and a three-point field goal off the hand of Bartolotta extended the Engineers' advantage back to double figures (24-13) with 7:23 left in the frame.
Consecutive jumpers by freshman Ryan Sasso and a pair of free throws by fellow rookie Bud Gaffney brought Wheaton (9-2, 0-1) within six, but two free throws by Soumare and a last-second score by Bartolotta left MIT ahead, 37-27, at the halftime break. The first 20 minutes featured 16 points by Bartolotta while the Engineers held Wheaton's sharp-shooting attack to just 32.1% (9-of-28) in establishing the 10-point lead.
The second half started with both teams trading baskets, as MIT responded to baskets by Nick Michel and Jaxon Leo by breaking the press and picking up easy lay-ups on the other end. Never appearing to be out of the battle, the Lyons made their strongest push with 11:30 left in regulation as Bobby Perry buried a three to reduce the lead to 50-43.
Over the next five minutes, MIT orchestrated a 17-3 run highlighted by a thunderous fast-break dunk by Soumare off an assist from Bartolotta. The Engineers connected on 7-of-8 attempts at the free-throw line during that same span and forced Wheaton into four turnovers.
The Engineers maintained at least an 18-point lead for the remainder of the night and led by as many as 23 (79-56) after Daniel McCue canned two free throws with 2:00 left on the clock. Wheaton, which entered Tuesday on a six-game winning streak, secured back-to-back three-point plays from Brent DiGiovanna and Randy Casey in the waning moments of the contest, but not before MIT secured its sixth straight win at home to open the campaign.
Bartolotta added a game-high four steals to his offensive totals while Soumare finished with 16 points, seven rebounds, three steals and two blocks. Johnson and freshman Daniel McCue added 11 points with McCue's off-the-bench performance serving as a career high.
Rookie Anthony Coppola led Wheaton with 13 points on 3-of-6 shooting. DiGiovanna added nine points, seven rebounds and two assists in a terrific effort off the bench. Sasso and Perry chipped in eight points a piece.
Although Wheaton shot the ball better in the second half, it finished the game shooting 37.5% from the floor including 5-of-22 (22.7%) from beyond the arc. The Cardinal and Gray shot 49.1% from the field and finished 23-of-30 (76.7%) from the charity stripe.


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Hi Merging community,
Few time ago, the Vcube I use show me a red text "Chasing..." on the screen while the Vcube chase.
This note disappear and I have no clue how to display this information anymore.
I don't find any answer in the Vcube User guide so I came here with the hope of getting help.
Sorry for my english, which is not my ntive language, hope my explanations are clear enough.
Thanks in advance for the help !


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== change root to a normal user ==
== change root to a normal user ==
=== change to default user ===
=== change to default user ===
edit '''/usr/bin/X11/startwindowsterminalsession''' and replace 'root' with you used username. Add this user to '''/etc/sudoers'''.
edit '''/usr/bin/X11/startwindowsterminalsession''' and replace 'root' with you used username. Add this user to '''/etc/sudoers'''.
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German Keyboard Layout in Xming
via Xming arguments
Add "-xkbmodel pc105 -xkblayout de" to the startup arguments in the Xming shortcut
in terminal
With "loadkeys de" you can set to german keyboard for the current session.
via dpkg
run "dpkg-reconfigure console-data" to run the setup.
pulsaudio tools
In the linux vm you have these pulsaudio tools:
- paman - PulsAudio Manager
- pavucontrol - PulseAudio Volume Control
- pavumeter - PulseAudio Volume Meter
- padevchooser - PulseAudio Device Chooser
- paprefs - PulseAudio Preferences
more information: http://www.pulseaudio.org/wiki/AboutPulseAudio#RelatedSoftware
change date/timezone
run "dpkg-reconfigure tzdata" to change the timezone.
save disk space
If you use the NTFS online compression you can save many HDD memory, because the disk images contains many unused Bytes. Discuss in our Forum.
create a normal user
use useradd -m username to create a new non-root user, with a homedir.
change root to a normal user
Install sudo (if required)
sudo isn't installed on some andLinux installs. If it isn't then
> apt-get install sudo
will install it.
change to default user
edit /usr/bin/X11/startwindowsterminalsession and replace 'root' with you used username. Add this user to /etc/sudoers.
Change Launcher Port
Non-root-users can't use ports <1024. The Launcher must use a port greater than 1024, e.g. 8081 You can use this .reg file to change the Launchers:
andLinux Launcher.reg
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\andLinux\Launcher] "IP"="192.168.11.150" "Port"=dword:00001f91
The Port is coded in HEX. It means 8081. Look also FAQ - Chaning the Launcher Port
linux vm
edit /usr/local/sbin/launcher.pl and change LocalPort. Reboot.
Permissions of windows disk
Normally the windows disk in is mounted as root, so a non root user is not allowed to write to the windows disk in /mnt/win.
The mount options for cofuse are not documented very well, flowing line change the owner of /mnt/win to a non root user.
# /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 /dev/cobd0 / ext3 defaults 1 1 31 /mnt/and cofs defaults 0 0 /dev/cobd1 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/cofs0 /mnt/win cofs defaults,uid=1001,gid=100 0 0
the parameter uid in the last line is the important one. Put here the UID of the User you have created. As default it should be the 1001 for the first user.
The mode option is not supported by the cofuse, so it is not possible to change the file permissions in general.
Alternative way of starting Linux programs
XFCE panel and andLinux Launcher are nice, but I want as less special objects on my Windows desktop as possible. I just need a terminal emulator, as I can start all programs from the shell. The andCmd.exe binary comes in handy here. I have created two Windows batch files (for a root and a normal user shell):
C:\Programme\andLinux\Launcher\andCmd.exe xterm -bg orange
C:\Programme\andLinux\Launcher\andCmd.exe sudo su - ah -c xterm
Of course the chosen terminal emulator (as well as the background color of the root shell ;-) ) is a matter of taste.


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Yiftee said Tuesday that that it has closed $2.1 million in Series A funding. Dr. Peter Fitzgerald of TransPacific Ventures led the round with participation from Intuit co-founder Scott Cook, Burt Sugarman with his wife, TV personality Mary Hart, Asset Management Company, Jillian Manus of Broad Strategy Fund and Michael J. Levinthal. In conjunction with the funding Fitzgerald will join Yiftee's board. Based in Menlo Park, Calif., Yiftee is a gifting app.
Menlo Park, CA (PRWEB) January 28, 2014
Yiftee, an award-winning web/mobile service for sending gifts at local shops and restaurants throughout the USA, announced today that it has completed its Series A funding round of $2.1 million. The round is led by Dr. Peter Fitzgerald/TransPacific Ventures who will join the Board and includes Intuit co-founder Scott Cook, Beverly Hills businessman Burt Sugarman with his wife TV personality Mary Hart, Asset Management Company (Franklin "Pitch" Johnson), Jillian Manus/Broad Strategy Fund and Michael J. Levinthal. The round adds to a $1.0M seed round raised in 2012.
"Our investors are our partners and there couldn't be a better team to help us scale up. People "get" Yiftee in a snap – who wouldn't want to send thoughtful gifts at a favorite bakery or boutique to recognize a job well done or differentiate their business to customers and prospects. We spent a year digging deep on what customers want, and this funding goes straight towards sales and marketing to realize our billion dollar opportunity," remarked Donna Novitsky, Yiftee CEO and Co-Founder.
Coincident with the funding, Yiftee is announcing YifteePro, a web service (pro.yiftee.com) that simplifies gifting for professionals, businesses, or people with long lists of friends/family to whom they want to send gifts. YifteePro allows people to upload a list of employees, customers, clients, partners, patients, prospects, etc., choose a gift from many local merchants and national brands, personalize as they wish, and send. The recipient immediately gets the gift message and can redeem the gift at a merchant local to them anytime in the next 90 days.
YifteePro connects businesses and professionals with their local communities and the merchants who make a living there. There is no cost for merchants to offer gifts via Yiftee, no technology required, no discounting and it brings new customers into their shops and restaurants. Local business owners can sign up in less than five minutes here for free.
Using YifteePro for business gifting has certain advantages over plastic gift cards and other promotions. First, there is no waste. If the recipient does not redeem his/her Yiftee in 90 days, the value is returned to the gift giver. Second, YifteePro saves time with personalized group gifting. Third, gift givers get real-time results including many delighted "thank yous!"
"At Zendesk (a leading cloud-based customer service software provider) we like to reward our employees and support our neighborhood, which is the Tenderloin in San Francisco. We give Yiftees at our Friday All Hands meetings – ranging from a simple latte to an elaborate night out on the town. It's a fun way to support our hard-working employees and our local community all at once!" said Anne Raimondi, Zendesk VP People Ops.
About Yiftee™, Local Gifts, On-the-Go
Yiftee (yiftee.com) is an exciting new mobile app, web service and API (Application Programming Interface) that lets consumers and businesses send thoughtful, unexpected gifts to friends, family and colleagues quickly via email, text and Facebook®. Recipients pick up their Yiftee gifts using their smart phones at their favorite local restaurants and shops, driving profitable business to those merchants. Merchants gain additional sales, foot traffic, an eGifting capability like the big retailers and a free mobile/web sales channel. YifteePro is a free web service (pro.yiftee.com) streamlined for gifting to groups. Yiftee makes money with a convenience fee that is added to the gift value when the gift is sent. Please visit yiftee.com or pro.yiftee.com to give your gifts and spread the Yiftee love.
Yiftee is announcing YifteePro, a web service (pro.yiftee.com) that simplifies gifting for professionals and businesses. Yiftee is announcing YifteePro, a web service (pro.yiftee.com) that simplifies gifting for professionals and businesses.


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Thursday, April 18: Google Among Stocks To Watch
Michael Casey details three key stocks, including Google and IBM, to watch on Thursday. Photo: Getty Images.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe." - John Muir
There was once over two million acres of redwood forests along the coasts of California and Oregon. Now, only three percent of it remains. It is not hard to imagine where the redwoods have gone. Human habitation and economic forces had driven these mighty sentinels from their tranquil domains. Perhaps with divine intervention, preservationists of the early 20th century had the foresight to embrace the glory of a small cluster of woods in the northern portion of San Francisco Bay.
Protected as a national forest, the Muir Woods National Monument is home to redwood trees averaging 600 to 800 years old. These coast redwoods tower over 250 feet tall. Their trunks rise from the forest floor like columns, and their branches reach like buttresses holding an arching roof of leaves and needles. As rays of sunlight penetrate through the canopy and touch the dense understory, one enters this divine space as if it were a cathedral, where the spirit of nature itself is present and celebrated.
Over the weekend, my family and I joined a congregation of people who had come from far and wide to make their pilgrimmage. We found respite in the coolness of this wooded sanctuary while most of northern California was bathed in summer's heat. The feeling of reverence was immediate. It was like when I was in Catholic grade school entering through our heavy church doors: I would dip a finger into the Holy Water and make the sign of the cross on my forehead. My mood shifted instantly to solemnity.
There was no Holy Water at the entrance to the Muir Woods park, but there was moisture in the air that annointed the congregation. A raised boardwalk and decomposed granite paths guided us through the park. Redwood Creek meandered quietly through the horsetails and clover. Decayed, fallen branches lay peacefully along the paths. Flying bugs danced about high in the trees, visible only as light reflected off their delicate wings. Sonoma chipmunks confidently munched on crumbs dropped by young children. We processed through the park. We breathed in Nature's breath, an earthy, primal, green smell.
We pointed to this and that, and made scientific and artistic observations. One thing was evident to me, using an anthroposophical lens: antipathy was helpful in seeing all the percepts around me. They came into my I and concepts formed and sensations developed. But the concepts and sensations drew me into the spirit of what lay behind the percepts. I saw the clover, the equisitum, the rocks, leaves, tree bark; I felt the coolness of the air; smelled the decomposition of earth material; and I heard the birds and the trickling of water. First antipathy, then sympathy. We ourselves were present in the trees and the water and the rocks. It was a relational cycle that helps us humans appreciate the elements and also realize we are of the elements. John Muir's quote is right on: life is interconnected, and we are "hitched" to it as well.
We made a communion with the spirit of Nature. The word communion suggests completeness through togetherness (unity from community). I must believe that Nature herself was made even more beautiful by our very own presence.
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In all the years I knew this lady she always had a "happy face." She'd greet you with a big smile and words to make you feel "warm and fuzzy." It didn't matter the time of day, she always made folks feel welcome. It was like you were the most important person in her world. She was genuine, never had a negative thing to say about anyone. This was Ikey Harrington Ethridge who passed away on June 24, 2013.
I can't tell you when I first met Ikey. She's the type of person you've just always known, and if not, you wish you had. She was important in our community, schools and various organizations. And, especially to her family. Maybe I should word that another way — her family was undoubtedly the most important part of her life.
I probably met Ikey when working with GOP politics. You know it really doesn't matter. I'm so glad she came into my life, however she got there — "a real ray of sunshine."
Ikey and Jack Harrington had two sons, Chris and Charley, who attended La Junta Junior High School. My husband, Bob Sneath, was physical education teacher and coached four sports. As I recall, Chris and Charley had Bob back in those days (actually, I know they did, and they were excellent athletes). Like most kids Bob coached or taught they were very special. That's been many, many years ago (sorry to date Chris and Charley).
We'd go out and visit them on Fort Bent Road, usually had a meal or dessert — delicious, of course. We'd sit for hours and visit or play cards. You were always welcome in their home. The visits would be happy times sharing stories and a few "jokes"!
And, of course, Ikey and Jack have a daughter, April Donnell. After visiting with Jeannie Coates I'm thinking April was may be seven years younger than oldest brother, Chris.
Ikey served many years as a nurse's aide in the La Junta schools. I'm just sure she could help the kids recover quickly when she cared for them. She probably walked in with that beautiful smile, friendly voice and the kids couldn't have been sick much longer.
Family was so important to Ikey, that included children and spouses, grandchildren and spouses and great-grandchildren. She had been preceded in death by her two husbands, Jack Harrington and Ralph "Buck" Ethridge.
I see Chris and wife, Jody, from time to time and April and husband, David, around La Junta, plus their children and grandchildren. I hadn't seen Charley and wife, Gail for some time. They live in Pueblo. Gail used to work at the Arkansas Valley Journal many years ago. Gail and I shared some fond memories of working at the Tribune-Democrat.
There was such a crowd after the service I didn't get to visit with many folks. However, I did say hello to Gerry and Don Gray and Paula DeLeon, all from Pueblo. Gerry and Paula worked with Ikey at the school district and Don was head of school maintenance here. I was so thrilled when Mary Lou Hall of Durango came up to visit. Mary Lou and her husband, Jake, owned Hall's Dress Shop here many years ago.
How fortunate the family and Ikey's friends were to have her in our lives.
She will be missed!