text:
By exploiting technology to enable workforce transformation, leading companies will create highly adaptable and change-ready enterprise environments that are able to meet today's dynamic digital demands.
This liquid workforce competitive advantage is apparent, as IT and business executives surveyed report that "deep expertise for the specialized task at hand" was only the fifth most important characteristic they required for employees to perform well in a digital work environment—other qualities such as "the ability to quickly learn" or "shift gears" were ranked higher.
The rapid pace of technology adoption is one key driver. As they pursue advantage from the latest technologies, many enterprises are experiencing a "skills gap." Their investments are outpacing the labor market's ability to provide the digital skills that'll drive new strategies. What's more, automation radically alters the in-demand skillsets, as machines begin to handle many routine tasks previously done by people.
Beyond technology-driven disruption, the employee pool itself is changing dramatically. For example, in the United States 43 percent of the workforce is expected to be freelance by 2020. This will transform how enterprises find and deploy talent. Even more immediately, in 2015, Millennials became the largest generation in the workforce. Their very different demands require new engagement strategies.
These leaders' characteristics include:
Willingness to work as part
Openness to new training
Technical skills for the job
Constantly evolving skillset
Enterprises with liquid workforces focus on building fluidity into three main areas:
skills, projects and organization.
Massive open online courses (MOOCS):
One area of major investment is digital training platforms that pull together enterprise-developed learning into a single curriculum. Some, like Unilever, Monsanto and Citibank, are going even further. They're seizing the initiative in developing the skills they need by partnering with local boot camps like Launchcode and General Assembly to develop relevant curricula, and then funnel graduates directly into related work.
End-to-end workforce management solutions:
Platforms like Oracle and SAP deliver important insights about workforce capabilities and readiness. What's more, as the information they hold about the workforce increases, business leaders can evolve HR away from people management, to a new role as orchestrators, optimizing the organization's entire output.
LEAN start-up practices:
GE is taking a new approach, called FastWorks, which emphasizes LEAN startup practices including autonomy, flexibility and iteration. It enabled GE Appliances to design and deliver a high-end refrigerator that sold twice as well as preceding models—all in less than a year.
Organizations' new strategies leverage platforms like Upwork and SimplyHired to instantaneously hire deep technical skills.
No model set
at Glass.Mapper.Sc.GlassHtml.MakeEditable[T](Expression`1 field, Expression`1 standardOutput, T model, Object parameters, Context context, Database database, TextWriter writer)
Platform Economy
Platforms are trending, and for great reasons. New business models are adaptable, scalable and interconnected.
The 2016 Annual Trends report from Fjord, Design and Innovation from Accenture Interactive, highlights 9 trends that will impact service design in the coming year.
Contact us
North America: 1 (866) 476-0730
All other countries: 1 (312) 842-6236


text:
$71.99 Free Shipping
Belly Bedaine Kiroo Babywearing Sweater. The Kiroo sweater is longer than the Kangaroo. It is useful during maternity and for carrying in cooler weather, or under their coat. It simply slides over the baby carrier. Can be worn with baby in front or behind.
A side zipper makes it easy to get it on and off. You can use it for front and back carries. Available from XS to XXXXL.
Proudly designed and manufactured in Quebec, Canada
Made of PDR (Ponte de Roma) a knitted jersey knitted fabric
71% Polyester 27% Rayon 2% Spandex
(Important to note that this is not a baby carrier)
Belly Bedaine Kiroo Babywearing Sweater
I love my sweater it's true to size very comfy and fast shipping. I reccomended this sweater to all my pregnant friends
This sweater is super cozy! I ordered the 3x and wear a size 20-22. It's a little big, I probably could have done the next size down but I like how long it is this way and I could add a layer or two under it. Love the deep side pockets for my phone & keys, my baby likes to tuck her hands up in the cowl part of it and we were so snuggly on the walks we've gotten to use it for. Plus... it has thumb holes!
My first woven wrap! Beautiful and I look forward to break it in. Fast and excellent service.
I purchased a Metro Monochrome DidyKlick from Little Zen One, and it was a fantastic decision! My daughter (7 months/8kg) feels practically weightless in it, and the wrap straps are so comfortable for me. I love that they can be bunched/spread, flipped, or used for fancy finishes, and I also got the matching DidyPads for when she is bigger. We are both super comfy and happy when wearing the DidyKlick (she usually falls asleep promptly), so it makes running errands with my two children so much easier.
This is the second time we get a product from Little Zen One, and like the first time, we completely love it! Quality and style are 100% on point. Our little one is super comfortable in this ring sling :).
I was dying to get my hands on an onbuhimo! When I saw the customs cost from ordering directly from Soul, I decided to support a business instead. Fast shipping! I love the colors on backwaters, so beautiful! We love our onbuhimo so much! I bought for my husband on father's day, so that he could have his "own" carrier for our daughter!
I love this carrier! Perfect for hot summer days around the pool or splash pad! It is also a great carrier for travel since it isn't bulky! I highly recommend!
Gorgeous and lightweight, perfect for summer. Shipping was CRAZY fast! Fabric has a beautiful weave that pictures can't do justice. My little isn't here yet, but I can't wait to wear him in it!
I've already used this wrap at least 10 times in the last two months. It's my absolute favorite baby item for summer because we are always in the water. This wrap just makes it so much easier for me to enjoy the water with my little guy. He goes right to sleep in it and usually sleeps the entire time. This is my second one. I had one with my second child and gave it always thinking we were done having kids but now that I had number 3, I knew I had to get another!
Loved it because of the design can't wait to use it. Amazing quality that matches this company's amazing customer service.
I love my integras!!! I have a collab but decided I needed a solar for a beach vacation... so worth it. So cool and quick drying. Worth every penny. Just sized up in my Integrasand know I need both ♥♥♥
I am in love with this carrier. I have tried other wraps from different companies. It always ended the same way, my back hurting after 30 mins no matter which way I tied it. Not this one, it is fast to put on, light and airy even in the dry desert heat. Plus my son falls asleep in it just as fast as he does in his ergo. Could not be more happier with my purchase.
Not only was the carrier GORGEOUS and amazing, but the customer service was outstanding!
Absolutely stunning wrap, and after just one quick wash it's so super soft and smooshy! (We wrapped with it straight out of the package when it arrived and it was amazing even before washing). Excellent WQ, and it literally glows. I am definitely a huge fan of this tri blend, and will be looking for more!
I love the versatility and beauty of this carrier. I have back issues and can carry my baby with ease. Little Zen One's shipping was fast and I couldn't be more happy with my purchase.
If your looking for a toddler worthy easy ups carrier that feels just like wrapping with less fabric and cooler for summer. This. Is. It! I was strictly a wrapper but haven't wrapped since this came in. Its easy, folds small and is just beautiful. Highly recommend!
This carrier is beautiful and wonderfully soft straight from the box. It is so easy to change the panel to fit my tiny squish! I love this pattern!!!
Perfect matte bronze color. It matches all my blue wraps perfectly
I love the wrap, it fits well around my twin sized belly right now can't wait to get the twins inside it!
OMG, this wrap is like heaven on Earth. So soft and floppy right out of the box. A dream to look at and wraps perfect. The customer service was beyond excellent. It was my first purchase and I'm a 100% satisfied, happy customer
This wrap feels lovely and thick but is still overall light. The color is beyond gorgeous! Comfortable for my squish and I can tell it will hold up into the toddler years. Arrived quickly. Love it!
This beautiful and supremely functional carrier is my new go to. I have tried many many carriers but the simplicity, packability and comfort level of this carrier for me and baby is the best. Also had such an awesome purchase experience... little zen one has amazing customer service! I will definitely purchase again.
The zephyr is light in hand and has texture. I'm still a newbie at wrapping and things, I had no problem with the front carry, but the hip carry option was really what i was excited about and I'm having trouble getting all the slack out of the passes. Some of that is my inexperience I'm sure, and I think with a couple washes it will soften up. I hope I love it once I get past the learning curve.
I'm typically not a fan of SSCs with foam belts, they can feel big, stiff, and like they don't fit right no matter how tight I buckle them. I love meh-dais, but get a little aggravated by having two knots on my waist when just doing a quick, traditional wrap. The DidyKlick seemed to offer the possibility of being the best of both worlds, and I can confirm that it actually is! So comfy, easy to fit, wrap, and PRETTY. My 19 month old feels much more supported in this than the Didytai and it comes with an awesome bag for storage or travel.
Everything is fine, I love my wrap and hope my fourth baby boy will too. Thank You! NES

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Sept. 6, 2008
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – In a non-conference women's volleyball tri-match on Saturday, host MIT defeated Johnson & Wales University, 25-19, 25-21, 25-14, before falling to local foe Brandeis University, 19-25, 25-20, 25-23, 14-25, 15-13. Earlier in the day, Brandeis topped Johnson & Wales, 25-18, 18-25, 25-16, 25-18.
MIT def. Johnson & Wales University, 25-19, 25-21, 25-14
MIT's Cathy Melnikow totaled 22 assists, eight digs, and two aces while Lindsay Hunting collected 15 digs. Natasha Jensen registered seven digs and two aces as Alex May added seven digs and a team-high six kills. Jenny Li and Allison Hamilos each recorded five kills while Li tacked on three blocks. Barden Cleeland bolstered the Engineers' (5-1) performance with four kills and three blocks.
Alesandra Valentino and Catherine Bravo each racked up 12 digs as Bravo added eight kills for Johnson & Wales (0-6). Brittany Carrier dished out 11 assists in the loss.
Brandeis University def. Johnson & Wales University, 25-18, 18-25, 25-16, 25-18
Abby Blasco posted a double-double for Brandeis (3-0), compiling 26 assists and 18 digs. Piera Carfagno registered a team-high nine kills to go along with seven digs as Lorraine Wingenbach notched eight kills and 12 digs. Lauren Polinksy rounded out the Judges with 10 digs and three aces.
Catherine Bravo paced Johnson & Wales' attack with 14 kills while totaling 11 digs. Kristen Gawrys posted 26 digs and seven kills as Audrey Warren totaled 18 assists and seven kills. Nikki Balchunas bolstered the Wildcats' effort with six kills and eight digs.
Brandeis University def. MIT, 19-25, 25-20, 25-23, 14-25, 15-13
Alex May paced MIT's attack with 15 kills to go along with 12 digs. Jenny Li registered a team-high six blocks in addition to two aces as Barden Cleeland contributed 11 kills and four blocks. Cathy Melnikow tallied 42 assists, 15 digs, and three blocks while Lindsay Hunting amassed 21 digs and two aces. Allison Hamilos and Katrina Ellison finished with eight and seven kills, respectively, as Natasha Jensen earned two aces.
Lorraine Wingenbach had a solid outing, totaling 20 digs, 12 kills, and two aces while Piera Carfagno posted 10 kills, nine digs, and four blocks. Paige Blasco recorded 17 kills and 11 digs as Abby Blasco notched 42 assists and nine digs.
Next up for MIT will be the Ducks Classic hosted by Stevens Institute of Technology on Sept. 12-13. Johnson & Wales will compete in its own invitational the same weekend while Brandeis will return to action on Tuesday, Sept. 9 when it hosts Wellesley College.


text:
As soon as the leaves began to change color, I started getting my daughter all gussied up in fall finery. She had quite a collection of wool pants, knee high socks, and even a whole drawer full of hand knit sweaters. What she didn't have, however, was a jacket! When I set about making one, I knew Purl Soho had the perfect fabric, Dorr Mill Wool Yardage!
This wool has a lovely drape and a soft hand, plus it's nice and warm. I wanted the lining to be just as special, and so I went right to Liberty of London's Tana Lawn Seasonals. The Darcie print in green is so subtle and pretty with that signature silky Liberty feel.
Since I'm not an expert garment seamstress, I kept the shape of the jacket simple and chic, no collar or fussy sleeve seams allowed! In the end this little kimono style jacket is a perfect addition to Guadalupe's fall wardrobe, warm, cute, and easy to get on and off with just one big sew-on snap. As far as I can tell, Lupe likes it a lot too… at least, she likes chewing on it!
To make one 0-6 month sized jacket:
- 1/2 yard of Dorr Mill Wool in Oatmeal
- 1/2 yard of Liberty of London Tana Lawn Seasonal in Darcie Green
- DMC Pearl Cotton in color 3033
- 1 package of Size 10 nickle plated sew on snaps
- 100% cotton thread in color 3310
- A Felted Wool Baby Jacket Template, available for free download here, printed, cut out, and taped together.
Before you start you will need to felt the wool by washing it in hot, rinsing it in cold, drying it for 20 minutes, and then pressing it flat.
Using the free template, cut out the following pieces:
From the outer fabric (the felted wool):
- One back piece. Cut this piece by folding the fabric and placing the template edge along the fold. Cut around the template. Your cut piece will have two sleeves.
- Two front pieces.
From the lining (the Tana Lawn) :
- One back piece, cut in the same manner as for the wool back piece.
- Two front pieces. Cut one with the right side of the fabric facing up and one with the wrong side facing up so that the two cut pieces will face in opposite directions.
Sewing the Outside and Lining
Pin the front pieces to the back piece of the wool along the top of the sleeves, the bottom of the sleeves, and the sides.
Sew the pieces together along the pinned sides with a 1/2-inch seam allowance.
Pin the front pieces to the back piece of the lining along the top of the sleeves, the bottom of the sleeves, and the sides.
Make a mark 1 1/2-inches from the outer edges of the sleeves at both the top and bottom pinned sides of the sleeves.
Sew the pieces together along the pinned sides with a 1/2-inch seam allowance. when you get to the markings change the seam allowance to be 1/4-inch as illustrated above.
Cut notches three out of the seam allowance of the underarm curve.
Turn the lining right sides out and press it flat.
Attaching the Outside and Lining
Slide the lining inside the outer section, right sides together. Pin the lining to the wool all along the front openings, bottom, and neck.
Make sure to line up the shoulder seams of both the lining and wool sections. You might have to tear out a few stitches along both sides of the lining seams to get it to fit perfectly. Don't worry about this- you're about to sew over this section again so it will be fine in the end.
Make sure the sleeve sections of the lining are tucked into the sleeves of the outer jacket so you won't sew over them.
Starting at in the middle of the bottom back sew all around this pinned area with a 1/2-inch seam allowance leaving a 3-inch gap between the beginning and end of the seam.
Cut notches into the underarm curves of the wool and trim all the corners of the seam allowance.
Turn the piece right sides out through the unsewn gap.
The lining section of the sleeves will still not be sewn to the wool. Pull them out of the wool sleeves.
Sewing the Sleeves
Cut 1 1/2-inches off of each of the sleeves from the wool section only.
Pull the sleeve sections of the lining through the wool sections as shown above.
Fold the lining down once so that its raw edge meets the raw edge of the wool.
Then fold the lining over once again to hide the raw edges. Pin the lining in place making sure the top and bottom seams of the lining and wool are lined up with one another.
Pin both of the sleeves in this manner and then pin the 3-inch gap at the back of the jacket closed.
Stitch the lining to the wool using a slip stitch along the edge of the lining fold at the sleeves.
Stitch the gap closed in the same manner.
Finishing Up
At the back of the neck, between the shoulder seams, pin the outside to the lining. Edge stitch the two sides together along this section.
Close the jacket and mark where you would like to place your snap, at the top of the overlap.
Sew on the snap using the embroidery thread and you're all done!


text:
I've never liked food courts. I've yet to find one where the "bounty" makes up for the lack of quality. And they also seem to be governed by a universal food-court-design aesthetic … bright lights (all the better to choose, I guess), fast food counters - you know the deal. What else is not to like? As behavioral economics has shown time and time again, maybe it's that I just can't deal with too much choice.
Too much choice paralyzes me, or in this case, causes me to shuffle back and forth for at least ten minutes, while watched alternately by overeager "pick me" staff or glazed-over looking fellows. Anyway, as food courts go, it's not bad. It's more like a premium food court: clean, hip, there's plenty of space, and it's fast. But therein lies the problem: because it's premium food court, it's not that cheap.
So while many might compare this to the nearby Woorijip, I'd actually compare it more to any of the many sit-down restaurants on 32nd street. I can see Food Gallery 32 winning out over a sit-down restaurant in specific situations (indecisive larger group or perhaps solo dining) but for me, I think a traditional sit-down restaurant wins out at this price point.
But for those of you who can deal with choice, choice you do have. There's a range of vendors, from traditional Korean food, to Korean fusions (Korean take on Japanese food, Korean take on Chinese food, etc). My dining companion and I sampled a classic dish from Hanok and I, an omurice from Pastel. Both, satisfactory.
The Vendors
Pastel - Korean/Japanese style Western food
Hanok - Korean food
Noodle 32 - Korean noodles, ramen, etc
Bian Dang - Taiwanese food
Jin Jja Roo - Korean style Chinese food
Boon Sik Jip - Korean Snack food, street food
O-de-ppang - Korean style Japanese food
Red Mango - Yogurt
Crepe Monster - (Upstairs) Crepes
For vendor menus, see SeriousEat's coverage.
The Atmosphere: A tri-level wonder, and yes, brightly lit, with seating on a mezzanine level as well as a larger floor with a cell phone shop upstairs. When I went, a common checkout area was up front, though apparently that registered some complaint. Since then, apparently they have reconfigured the setup somewhat. They also sell some banchan. Picked up a few jars of a hip looking brand called "The Kimchi Company." Not bad.
The Slurp's Dining Notes: Go or No Go? Not a destination, more if you happen to be around K-town and want to try something new, or are eating with someone and can't settle on one place
Best For: A workday lunch; a quick solo dinner; a quick casual meetup with a friend
Food Gallery 32
11 W 32nd St (btwn 5th Ave & Broadway)
New York, NY 10001


text:
Thu, 05 August 2010 at 11:10 am
Hayden Christensen & Sophie Monk: After-Party Pair
Hayden Christensen and Aussie actress Sophie Monk head to the Takers after-party held at Boulevard 3 on Wednesday night (August 4) in Los Angeles.
After the Takers premiere, Hayden, 29, sat in the backseat of his SUV with big bro Tove while Sophie, 30, rode shotgun.
FYI: Tove (blazer) is Sophie's friend!
Hayden is rumored to be "on a break" from former O.C. actress Rachel Bilson. Sophie was last linked to Entourage's Kevin Connolly.
Just Jared on Facebook
Credit: Devone Byrd; Photos: Pacificcoastnewsonline, WENN Posted to: Hayden Christensen, Sophie Monk, Tove Christensen
Sponsored Links by ZergNet


text:
RSS Feeds
Leasing Specials
Get the latest and greatest floor plan specials as they are posted. From move in specials to web only offers, you can stay in the know with the hottest deals as they are posted.
Join the Conversation with our community to get the latest updates on leasing specials, events and community news. Like us on Facebook and engage with us today!
Get In Touch
Lakeside Forest Apartments
1251 Wilcrest Drive
Houston, TX 77042
(281) 918-8974


text:
Selecting your vehicle's make, model, and year allows us to display only parts and items specific to your car's model and year.
Part# C2230
1 Review
OPGI Price: $45.00
Part Type: (A) Aftermarket product, usually an enhancement product
Years: 1961-1977
Sold As: EACH
2018 Cutlass/442 Catalog Page: 315
100% pre-shrunk cotton. Small woodpecker on front, large on back. "Mr. Horsepower" down each sleeve. Available in black or white M-2XL.


text:
At this writing, the Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT) July wheat contract price is up 11 cents and has increased 33 cents in the last six trading days. During the same six days, the Chicago Board of Trade July corn contract price increased from $4.29 to $4.57 or 28 cents. July corn prices continue to push wheat harvest prices higher.
The KCBT July wheat contract price had been trading in a sideways pattern between $4.90 and $5.10. The contract price broke out of the sideways pattern and has established an uptrend. The next target price for the July wheat contract may be $5.50.
If the KCBT July wheat contract price is below $5.20, the target price maybe $5.
Most elevators in Oklahoma and Texas Panhandle elevators are offering a harvest forward contract price about 40 cents less than the KCBT July wheat contract price. At this writing, the KCBT July wheat contract price closed at $5.23. Using a minus 40 cent basis implies a forward contract price of $4.83.
Producers that lock in a price by forward contracting at $4.83 may protect against higher prices by buying a KCBT July wheat call option contract for each 5,000 bushels forward contracted. At this writing, a KCBT July "at the money" $5.20 call option contract cost 32 cents per bushel or $1,600 per contract.
Forward contracting at $4.83 and buying a $5.20 call option contract for 32 cents produces a minimum price of $4.51 ($4.83 - $0.32 premium). If the KCBT July wheat contract continues to increase, the value of the call will increase proportionally and the net price will increase from the $4.51 guaranteed minimum price.
Another way to set a price floor is to buy a KCBT July put option contract. A KCBT $5.20 July wheat put option cost 27 cents per bushel or $1,350 for each 5,000 bushel contract. The expected minimum price is dependent on the estimated basis.
The market is offering about a minus 40 cent basis KCBT July for harvest delivery. If a minus 40 cent basis is used, the expected minimum price is $4.53 ($5.20 — $0.40 basis — $0.27 premium).
For June 2006, the central Oklahoma and Texas Panhandle harvest basis averaged about a minus 28 cents. The five year average basis is about a minus 27 cents. Using the five year average basis of minus 27 cents produces an expected minimum price of $4.66 ($5.20 -$0.27 basis - $0.27 premium).
The question is, "If you are using option contracts to set a minimum price, should you use put option or a call option contracts?" The answer normally depends on the forward contract basis.
If the forward contract basis is below average (-40 cents forward contract basis compared to -27 cents average basis), then the put option contract has the highest odds of producing the highest price. If the forward contract basis is above average (-20 cent forward contract basis versus a -27 cent average basis), then the combination of forward contracting and buying call options has the highest odds of producing the highest price.
This year's situation favors using put option contracts. An advantage for using the forward contract and the call option is that the minimum price is fixed. Using put options establishes a minimum price range because the actual minimum price depends on the basis the day the wheat is sold.
Another thing to consider when estimating the June 2007 wheat basis is that, at harvest, feed mills and feed lots will be biding for farmer wheat. The mills and lots may save the 20 plus cent elevator handling charge and profit margin by buying wheat at harvest. At least in the feed lot areas, this competition should result in a higher basis.
A question producers should be asking is, "Can I afford less than $4.83 for my wheat?" If not, forward contract some.
If producers can afford less that $4.83 but not less than $4.50, consider forward contracting and buying "at the money" KCBT July call option contracts or buying "at the money" KCBT put option contracts to set minimum prices.


text:
"Dress for the job you want" goes the old adage. Today's power dresser knows that clothes are an important part of projecting an image of success and confidence in the corporate jungle.
"Power dressing is about learning to present yourself in the most dramatic way," said Alan Flusser, owner of a New York-based custom shop for men. "It's about dressing in a manner that projects importance or success."
The road to haberdashery success is not as clear-cut as in years past, since employees have much more flexibility in today's corporate dressing landscape. While the rigid business suit is merely a relic in most office cultures, at least it provided a guideline for office wear. Navigating these new clothing options requires some skill and thought.
To aid the aspiring power dresser, we've asked Flusser and other experts — an executive recruiter and department store fashion and stylist directors — for their latest tips.
Click ahead for their advice for dressing the part while climbing the corporate ladder.
By Katie LittlePosted 15 May 2012


text:
Lipscomb's Lady Bisons softball team split a crucial doubleheader Saturday afternoon with visiting Campbell.
The Lady Bisons are one of six teams qualified for the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament, but are still playing for seeding. The Lady Bisons lost the first game 3-1 in eight innings, behind the pitching of Danielle Catalano. The Lady Bisons came back to take the nightcap 4-1 with Sara Meek on the mound Both games were played at Crockett Park.
The Lady Bisons close out their conference schedule Sunday (May 1) when they play Gardner-Webb at 1 at Tennessee State University.
Campbell struck first in game one when Jessica Huffman slammed a solo home run to center field with two outs in the first inning.
Heather Collins scored the lone run for the Lady Bisons in the fourth inning. Collins reached base on a single to right center. She moved to third on a single by Candice McWherter. Collins scored on an error by the second baseman.
The game remained tied until the eighth inning. Campbell's Stephenie Pappas led off with a single to shallow left followed by a double to center by Joy_Lee Richardson that scored Pappas. Samantha Crews entered the game to run for Richardson who advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt to the pitcher by Megan Paul. Corri Long put down a hard squeeze bunt to third Kate Richards who lost the ball out of her trying to tag Crews as she left third for home.
Catalano ended a six-game conference winning streak with the loss. Catalano allowed only five hits in the loss.
Kelly Weaver started the game for Campbell, pitching four innings and allowing five hits. Lexi Myers started the fifth and pitched the rest of the way for the victory. Myers gave up one hit.
In game two Meek gave up only four hits. The lone Campbell run came in the fifth inning. Megan Paul led off with a double to the gap in left center. Long grounded out to third moving Paul to third. Paul scored on a sacrifice fly to right by Bailey Garner.
All of the Lady Bisons runs were scored in the third inning. Shay Sullivan led off with a walk. Meek moved her to second on a sacrifice bunt. Leigh Little singled to left, driving in Sullivan. Little moved to second on the throw home. Julia Davidson flied out to center for the second out. Jessica Wilson singled to center, scoring Little. Heather Collins walked. Alysha Forsythe singled up the middle to score Wilson. Jennifer Cannon walks to load the bases. McWherrer singled up the middle to score Collins.
Meek pitched a complete game, allowing four hits.
Lauren Caviness started for Campbell and took the loss. She left the game in the third inning with two outs. Kelly Weaver came on in relief and pitched the rest of the way.


text:
|Send News. Want a reply? Read this. More in the FAQ. News Forum - All Forums - Mobile - PDA - RSS Headlines Twitter
My Sirius radio is on the fritz lately: Sometimes it works fine for lengthy stretches, but at other times, like today, it will repeatedly cut out with an "check Sirius tuner" message that indicates this is not an antenna issue. Switching my receiver off and on again sometimes fixes it, but today is one of those days it doesn't want to stay on for more than 10 seconds at a stretch. The thing is, I only have it to listen to Howard Stern, and with it sounding ever more likely that he's not going to be there after about a month from now, it's not worth getting another radio, as if I wanted to listen to over-compressed music I could just stream it over the internet.
R.I.P.: Penthouse founder Bob Guccione dies of cancer. Thanks nin.
Copyright © 1996-2019 Stephen Heaslip. All rights reserved.
All trademarks are properties of their respective owners.
Privacy Policy. Manage Cookie Settings.
News CGI copyright © 1999-2019 James "furn" Furness &
Blue's News.
All rights reserved.
Chatbear v1.4.0/blue++: Page generated 23 January 2019, 15:45.
Chatbear Announcements.


text:
A line of credit probably doesn't spring to mind when you are looking for a cash advance, but the CashNetUSA personal line of credit is fast and convenient when you need emergency cash. The application and approval process are the same as for our more traditional loans, and if approved, you can have cash in your bank account as soon as the next business day.
Affiliate Disclosure: There are links on this site that can be defined as affiliate links. This means that I may receive a small commission (at no cost to you) if you purchase something when clicking on the links that take you through to a different website. By clicking on the links, you are in no way obligated to buy.
Please Note:The material on this site is provided for informational purposes only and is not financial advice. Always consult a professional before making any financial decisions.
Copyright © quickpaycheckadvance.com


text:
Peimar 50W 12V Solar Panel (OS50P)
Type a description for this product here...
For more information about the Peimar 50 Watt Poly Solar Panel, please feel free to contact us here or call us at 888.680.2427 or email us and we will be glad to assist in any way we can. Thank you for visiting Mr. Solar™, your last stop for solar power systems and components.
This tab is currently undergoing development. Please refer to our Shipping & Returns page for this information. Thank you.
This tab is currently undergoing development. Thank you.


text:
There's a heavy dose of pumping up before Kevin Hart hits the stage in his latest concert film "Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain." A prologue at a party shows the compact, energetic comedian being misunderstood by hangers-on about his take on women and fame — introducing topics he plans to "explain" onstage at Madison Square Garden. That's followed by an extended tour video hawking Hart as an international star who can slay 'em in Vancouver, London and Oslo.
The build-up is a little baffling, if we assume that anybody buying a ticket to "Let Me Explain" doesn't need to be sold on Hart's particular comic gifts: character sketches, crazy stories steeped in embarrassment and boundless physicality.
It's too bad, then, that the hour of mike time isn't as strong as such previous dispatches as "Seriously…Funny." A long stretch of harangues about "bitches" come off as merely stale and baiting, even if director Leslie Small keeps cutting to laughing women in the audience as if to assure us they find it funny. Carps about celebritydom feel forced, rather than observant.
Where Hart shines is teasing an anxiety into something full-blown weird, like an excuse for being late that spins out of control, or — in his funniest bit — an extended fear about the smallest touch from a street person. At the end, Hart wells up as he expresses gratitude to the crowd for selling out the Garden. It's an unusually emotional moment for a hot-shot comic, even if "Let Me Explain" doesn't exactly inspire tears from laughter.
'Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain'
Running time: 1 hour, 15 minutes
MPAA rating: R for pervasive language including sexual references
Playing: In general release
PHOTOS: Faces to watch 2014 | Movies
ENVELOPE: The latest awards buzz
DOCUMENTARIES: 10 best of 2013, and a new crop in 2014


text:
Alibi Picks
A Wicked Good Time: VENUS IN FUR at Aux Dog
Aux Dog Theatre Nob Hill is proud to present the Southwest Premiere of the Tony Award nominated Best Play, VENUS IN FUR by David Ives through March 31st. The production is directed by Kristine Holtvedt, head of the Acting Program at Purdue University. One of the hottest properties Off and On Broadway for the past three years, VENUS IN FUR was hailed by The New York Times as "seriously smart and very funny." Aux Dog Theatre Nob Hill is among the theatres that have been given the rights to produce this acclaimed work in its first round of regional productions. VENUS IN FUR is a naughty sort of comedy, one that has a slightly kinky, dangerous flair but with a flip side that's elegant, erotic and infused with sexual heat. The play is also a tour-de-force for the two actors who play several characters and switch gender roles. The play chronicles the adventures of Thomas and Vanda (played by Sheridan Johnson & Brennan Foster). Thomas is a frustrated playwright/director; Vanda is an actress. And when Vanda arrives at an audition, the pair find themselves catapulted into a full-blown wrangle of gender-play and role-switching that underscores the act of power play between the sexes. Call 254-7716 for tickets or buy them online at auxdog.com. Shows are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm; Sunday matinees at 2 pm, and tickets run between $10 and $18. Aux Dog Theatre • Fri Mar 22 • 8 pm • $10-$18 • View on Alibi calendar


text:
Your browser does not support iframes.
Birds have always been a source of inspiration for artists. The bald eagle has appeared on all official seals of the United States, as well as on most coinage, paper money, and on many U.S. stamps. Artist John James Audubon became famous for his collection of bird paintings. There is something about these high-flying creatures that encourages great art.
Water has been our constant companion in Evergreen this year. From the downtown flooding in September to a big snow season this winter, we have been surrounded by water in all its forms. The Evergreen Artists Association's spring show, "Water," seems especially fitting. The EAA will put forth its best artwork depicting water in every form — ice, mist, steam, clouds, dew, fog, crystals and snow.
The artistic creations of area elementary school students will be on display at Shadow Mountain Gallery beginning Friday.
Most of the works are two-dimensional, said Don Fairchild, coordinator for the 20th annual school art show at the gallery.
Teachers at each of the participating schools have selected six to eight art pieces created by students in kindergarten through sixth grade.
For Nitty Gritty Dirt Band founder John McEuen, his sold-out gig at the Little Bear on Sunday night was a homecoming — from a musician's and a wanderer's perspective.
If you tuned in for the Super Bowl halftime show, you got an eyeful of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The Chili Peppers, an iconic male quartet from the 1990s and 2000s, are famous for their frenetic on-stage persona and a funk-rock vibe. True fans of the band, however, appreciate their tight vocal harmonies.
Evergreen artist Carmon Slater is exhibiting a retrospective of his work at the Lakewood Cultural Center, and is part of a show at the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum in Golden.
MANifestations, opening at the Quilt Museum on Feb. 7 from 5 to 8:30 p.m., is the 12th biennial exhibit of quilts made by men and is a national juried competition. Slater's piece celebrates the Colorado autumn and features an unusual combination with fused glass.
Mountain-area music mavens will have a lot more to love this Valentine's Day, as the Evergreen Elks' long-awaited Ragtime Bash comes roaring back into town in a backbeat blaze of syncopated savoir faire.
The Evergreen Chorale enriches our lives each holiday season with music and wonder. Last year audiences were treated to performances of Handel's "Messiah." This year, the Chorale is changing things up with a holiday performance that's a little less serious and, one might say, a little more brassy. This year the Chorale has forged a collaboration with Rocky Mountain BrassWorks to present "A Holiday Fantasy," which opens Dec. 13.
Copyright © 2019
Canyon Courier is your source for local news, sports, events, and information in Evergreen, Colo, and the surrounding area.


text:
Admin, accounting paralegal in virtual assistant work
Budżet $30-250 USD
I need you to fill in a spreadsheet with data. I am getting documents together to prepare my 2014 and 2015 taxes I need information gathered from online sources and scan and then inputted accordingly. Bookkeeping and accounting skills are a plus must be highly organize reliable and trust work. I also have some paralegal administrative work that I could use help with as well
24 freelancerów złożyło ofertę na kwotę $127 do tego projektu
Dear Valued Employer, I can add value to your project, by suggesting new ideas. I am fast and reliable. For further understanding why I am the right firm for your project, kindly check my profile, reviews, rating and Więcej
I have gone through the description. I am very much interested to work on your project. I'll provide you the work as per your requirement with in a particular time frame. So let's start
I guarantee a good job upon receiving all the details and the scope of this work. Upon undertaking this work, I will conduct extensive research in this area and have credible sources and references. I hold a Bachelo Więcej
Hello Sir/Madam, Hope you are doing well !!! As per your post on www.freelancer.com , I am glad to present you my Profile. My name is Tushar from India . I am Computer Engineer and MBA in IT. I have read descriptio Więcej
Hello how are you? i am well experienced with excel and data typing. And also i have been working as a project manager so im also ok with dealing accounting problems. I need references so i would like to show my Więcej
Hello Sir, I am freelancer from Bangladesh.I am working on data entry and admin support from 2014. I am currently working with Mars Incorporated as a Freelance Personal Assistant.I work in the company 25h in a [login to view URL] Więcej
I believe that my engineering background attests to the fact that I have strong analytical and critical thinking skills which give me finesse with numbers. I also have a master's degree in paralegal studies which would Więcej
i got the best skills and qualification for this [login to view URL] ability to use my brian for quality output


text:
Walt Disney Pictures has released the first trailer for director Shawn Levy's Real Steel, starring Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, Dakota Goyo, Kevin Durand and Anthony Mackie.
In the film, opening in conventional and IMAX theaters on October 7, 2011, Jackman plays Charlie Kenton, a washed-up fighter who lost his chance at a title when 2000-pound, 8-foot-tall steel robots took over the ring. Now nothing but a small-time promoter, Charlie earns just enough money piecing together low-end bots from scrap metal to get from one underground boxing venue to the next. When Charlie hits rock bottom, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son Max (Goyo) to build and train a championship contender. As the stakes in the brutal, no-holds-barred arena are raised, Charlie and Max, against all odds, get one last shot at a comeback.


text:
Be a part of a unique online community that connects post production professionals and film academics worldwide.
You'll have access to personalize your news feed, access to Live Post Talks and much more. Contribute to the community by posting interesting post production content.
April 24, 2018, 12:41 pm
We were able to sit down with VFX Supervisor Adam Clark at NAB to pick his brain about the history of Fusion and its future with Blackmagic. As long-time Fusion user, Clark has seen many iterations of the node-based compositor, which was already a robust program when it was originally authored by eyeon, but says that the game has been changed now that Fusion has made its way into the hands of Blackmagic.
January 22, 2019, 8:42 pm
Recently I created episode 1 of the VFX Breakdown - which was about Sony's new movie VENOM. This was a lot of fun and got a lot of great reception, both from industry VFX Supervisors, as well as fans of the film.
January 22, 2019, 8:41 pm
Each year, we greet the annual Oscar nomination reveal with excitement and perhaps just a touch of anxiety -- huddled around our computer screens, we hunker down to digest the list of nominees with cheers and the occasional furrowed brow, silently marveling at the depth of talent and scope of creativity demonstrated by the most recent crop of fantastic films and the creative professionals who made their production possible.
January 22, 2019, 8:41 pm
Original concept drawing for a proposed limited edition, graphite on 12 field animation paper, by Chuck Jones, circa late 1980s.
January 22, 2019, 8:41 pm
Along with the likes of D. W. Griffith and Yasujirō Ozu, Soviet filmmaker and theorist Sergei Eisenstein was one of the most influential directors of cinema's formative years. Often deemed the "Father of Montage," Eisenstein's filmography includes such influential works as Battleship Potemkin (1925), October: Ten Days That Shook the World (1928), and Alexander Nevsky (1938).
January 22, 2019, 8:41 pm
This is Allan McKay. Welcome to Episode 178! I'm answering the big question: Is there money in art? This Episode is one I had filmed for my YouTube channel but I've also wanted to post it here. There will be some crossing of the material between my platforms. As ambitious as that sounds, I want to put out 60+ pieces of content per month. I'm putting a lot of effort into serving you better going forward. Part of it is: If you're part of my VIP Insiders List...
January 22, 2019, 5:25 am
Come have a look at how Pixomondo enhanced the various stunts and locations for THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER'S WEB...
January 22, 2019, 5:24 am
(Los Angeles, CA--January 15, 2019) Today, the Visual Effects Society (VES), the industry's professional global honorary society, announced the nominees for the 17th Annual VES Awards, the prestigious yearly celebration that recognizes outstanding visual effects artistry and innovation in film, animation, television, commercials and video games and the VFX supervisors, VFX producers and hands-on artists who bring this work to life. Avengers: Infinity War garners the most feature film nomination with six. Incredibles 2 is the top animated film contender with five nominations and Lost in Space leads the broadcast field with six nominations.
January 21, 2019, 6:53 pm
I just started using Rizom UV and spent some time working out a possible workflow between Cinema 4D and Substance Painter via Rizom UV. Check out Part 2 to see how I solved the multiple UV Set issue and also more detail on the Substance Painter Live Link workflow.
January 21, 2019, 6:53 pm
In this episode we talk with Andrew Stirk about the sound work he did as the Sound Supervisor and re-recording engineer, on the recent film "A Private War". We discuss the films gritty, almost documentary-like approach to sound and the times when they threw the realism out the window to create impactful moments in the story.
January 21, 2019, 6:53 pm
(January 18, 2019) (Los Angeles, CA--January 18, 2019) The Los Angeles Section of the Audio Engineering Society and the Hollywood Section of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers® (SMPTE®) will host a joint meeting this month exploring sound production for Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation's Golden Globe®-winning feature film Spider-Man™: Into the Spider-Verse. The meeting is slated for Thursday, January 31 at the Sony Pictures Studio lot in Culver City, California.
Gordon sits down with Wyatt Smith to discuss the editing of Mary Poppins Returns and the challenges the film presented him in ...
Gordon sits down with Chayse Irvin to discuss his approach to shooting BlacKkKlansman and his theories about cinematography.
Bill Curso is a makeup artist with thirty plus years under his belt, he's got three Oscar nominations with one win, fiv ...
Choose what Post News gets sent directly to your E-Mail, daily or weekly.
Get your post news on your favourite Apple device, when you want it where you want it.
Get your post news on your favourite Android device with the AOTG Android App.


text:
Top Sellers
Featured Reviews
Diono Ultra Mat Deluxe is great
By: Leyden from Sanger, CA
December 5, 2013
I was concerned that the heavy Diono car seat would damage the seats in my new car. This mat is very high quality and will definitely protect my leather seats. The red stitching on black is an exact match of my upholstery - an added bonus.
The perfect travel stroller, especially for tall kids
By: Beatrice from Berkeley, CA
April 4, 2013
I can't say enough good things about this stroller. A couple of summers ago, we had the opportunity to travel in Europe for a month. Our four-year-old could walk about a mile comfortably, but for heavier walking days, she needed to ride. Because she is quite tall, and because we would be traveling mostly by train – subways and long-distance trains, we had a bunch of constraints on our stroller choice. We needed something light, comfortable, high-backed, easy to fold, super-compact when folded, really easy to carry around, and with tall handles for my tall husband to push. We did a bunch of research, and Mamas and Papas Trip Buggy was the best stroller we found by far. During the trip, it proved its stroller mettle time and time again. The high sling back made long rides comfortable for my tall girl, comfortable enough for napping, and the handles were high enough for my 6'5"-husband to push it comfortably. The stroller was compact when folded and light to carry – it was easy to make tight train connections or stick it underneath a restaurant table. Plus, the carrying handles are very cleverly designed. On stairs, or whenever needed, I could easily swing the stroller over my shoulder, and carry a purse and my younger son in a front-carrier. And we use the stroller constantly back at home. The only issue we have had with it was that after two years of really hard wear, the mesh started to pull away from the solid fabric seat. After trying out a few other strollers for my younger son, nothing worked quite as well, so we just bought another Trip Buggy for him.


text:
The announcers on CSS mentioned several times that the speaker system on Kudzu Hill piping in batters' anthems, etc was chapping Tech's ass (my paraphrase). I'm proud of the Dawg Nation for supporting the guys and turning Sunday and Monday into a doube-dose of noogie-giving, wedgie-serving, ass-kicking Tech beatdown.
Do you think Tech fans ever feel like they've become college athletics' answer to the Washington Generals?


text:
Belmont Stakes 2012: What a Horse Needs to Win [03:06]
The Belmont Stakes is this weekend and I'll Have Another is running for the Triple Crown. Former jockey Richard Migliore joins WSJ Sports editors Geoff Foste...
The Races TV | 1 Mar 2013 | Carlton Draught Port Lincoln Cup and Boag's Lord Reims Stakes [05:27]
The Races TV catches up with jockey Simon Price to preview his Carlton Draught Port Lincoln Cup and Boag's Lord Reims Stakes rides. We also chat to trainer Kylie Huxtable to discuss Waratone's chances in tomorrow's Boag's Lord Reims Stakes at Morphettville.
Las Virgenes Stakes- Beholder, Frank E. Kilroe Mile- Suggestive Boy, and the Big 'Cap- Game On Dude [07:09]
Las Virgenes Stakes- Beholder, Frank E. Kilroe Mile Suggestive Boy, and the Big 'Cap- Game On Dude
Horse Meat and Tesco Burgers - Supermarket Stakes [02:35]
Tesco Burgers apparently contain horse meat so I thought I would know this little horse up for a laugh. Horse Burgers anyone?
Kindle - HnR Racing Thoroughbred Sprinter (Horse Racing Documentary) [04:58]
Producer: Ryan Nothhaft Twitter: @ryannothhaft Kindle's twitter: @HnRsKindle Gary Mandella's Twitter: @HRTVMandella This is a documentary featuring HnR Racing's multiple stakes winning thoroughbred sprinter, Kindle. This short film specifically highlights the beginning of Kindle's 2013 season, including the Monrovia and Santa Monica Stakes, both run at Santa Anita Park. Featured interviews include Hank Nothhaft, owner of HnR Racing, Gary Mandella, training of Kindle, and Edwin Maldonado, Kindle's current jockey. After a brief summary of Kindle's early career, featuring wins at Golden Gate Fields, Hollywood Park, and Fairplex Park, the film documents the decision to enter the Monrovia Stakes to compete against Mizdirection, winner of the 2012 Breeders Cup Sprint. The Monrovia Stakes is a Grade 2, $150000, six and one half furlongs race on the down hill turf course at Santa Anita. The Monrovia Stakes finishing Order: 1) Mizdirection 2) Kindle 3) Givine 4) Byrama 5) Broken Dreams Mizdirection is owned by Jungle Racing LLC and whose connections include Jim Rome, Bill Strauss and Alex Solis Jr, and trainer Mike Puype. Mike Smith is Mizdirection's current jockey. Despite finishing second in the Monrovia, Kindle appeared to be very healthy after the race. Taking advantage of her current race fitness, HnR nominated Kindle for the 2013 Santa Monica Stakes, a Grade 2, $250000, seven furlong race on the dirt. Santa Monica Stakes Results: 1) Teddy's Promise 2) Sugarinthemorning 3 ...


text:
Jurors acquitted Baton Rouge rapper Torence "Lil Boosie" Hatch Friday in the 2009 slaying of a man gunned down in his home. Jurors deliberated for an hour before returning the verdict. Before it was read, District Judge Mike Erwin warned those in the courtroom not to make any emotional outbursts. Still, many quietly sobbed after the verdict was announced.
Hatch, who stood quietly, bowed his head and pumped his fist when he heard the decision from the 12-person jury.
"You've been found not guilty. You stuck your fist up in the air and I can't exactly say that I blame you," the judge said.
Prosecutors contend Hatch hired Michael "Marlo Mike" Louding to kill 35-year-old Terry Boyd, who was shot to death through a window while he was inside his home. Boyd's sister, Rochelle Wagner, is the mother of Hatch's 5-year-old daughter. She left the court crying after hearing the verdict and did not speak with reporters.
Defense attorney Jason Williams said the rapper comes from "a fine family, who had prayed throughout the ordeal."
When asked Hatch's reaction, Williams said, "He just kept saying 'Thank God, Thank God,' over and over."
Hatch, 29, is currently serving an eight-year prison term on separate drug charges. Had he been convicted in Boyd's slaying, he would have faced life in prison.
"I think he has a long life and an amazing career ahead of him now," said Martin Regan, another attorney.
Following the verdict, more than 100 people celebrated in a small park in front of the courthouse, laughing, slapping hands and dancing around. When Hatch's team of defense attorneys appeared, the crowd loudly chanted "Boosie, Boosie, Boosie." When the attorneys began to descend the court house's steps, some in the crowd shrieked and mobbed them, congratulating them on doing a good job.
"The quick verdict showed that they should never have charged him," Williams said. "We didn't call a single witness because every single witness they called, even the police officers, did not say anything connecting Torence to this."
East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Hillar Moore did not speak with reporters following the trial's end.
In his closing statement Friday, Williams argued that violent imagery and lyrics in music are not evidence of a crime.
Williams said that prosecutors failed to prove their case and that the prosecution was influenced by the nature of Hatch's music, some of which was played for the jury. But, Williams said, the images are part of a branding effort in the business of selling records.
"She has put the entertainment industry on trial," Williams said of lead prosecutor Dana Cummings. "She has put an entire culture on trial."
During the trial, jurors heard tracks recorded by Hatch that make reference to someone named Marlo and that prosecutors say include lyrics about death that indicated Hatch's intent to kill Boyd.
The courtroom was packed with media, friends and family of the defendant and victim. Dozens of others who couldn't get inside the courtroom lingered in the lobby outside. Security was tight, with almost a dozen deputies standing outside the doors and another half-dozen inside. Some were wearing bulletproof vests, although the crowd was orderly.
Dozens of sheriff's deputies and Baton Rouge police officers also stood around the front of the courthouse or patrolled the area either on horseback or in cars, possibly anticipating a disturbance after the verdict that never occurred.
Louding, 19, faces murder charges in six deaths, including Boyd's, over 14 months.


text:
Selecting your vehicle's make, model, and year allows us to display only parts and items specific to your car's model and year.
Part# 1960957
1 Review
OPGI Price: $38.99
Part Type: (R) = Authentic reproduction of the original GM product
Years: 1971-1972
Sold As: EACH
2018 El Camino Catalog Page: 345
Originally equipped on a variety of vehicles, radio capacitors are designed to prevent interference and divert unwanted engine noise from transferring through the radio. These capacitors mount to the voltage regulator and feature the correct stamped housings for authenticity.


text:
Aikido Terminology - An Essential Reference Tool In Both English and Japanese
eBook (PDF), 93 Pages
Price: $2.50
Aikido Terminology - An Essential Reference Tool In Both English and Japanese, is the most comprehensive Aikido Terminology book currently in existence. It includes a description of all fundamental Aikido terms, the Japanese kanji characters as used in Aikido, their meaning, a phonetic guide and cross-reference to a kanji guidebook for those who wish to study further. The body of text is conveniently broken down into logical categories: stances, grasps, strikes, falls & rolls, fundamental techniques, various Aikido actions, body parts, weapons, Aiki-wear, ranks, special training and miscellaneous items. Most importantly, all terms are quickly and conveniently referenced by two complete indexes located at the end of the book. The result is the most useful Aikido Terminology book on the market. It is an indispensable tool for all practitioners of Aikido. Enjoy.
Available in PDF Format
Ratings & ReviewsLog in to review this item
3 People Reviewed This Product
Nov 29, 2009I saw this book at Barnes and Nobles and had to have it. It is a wonderful companion now. Thank you so much for making my Aikido life easier after seeing the meaning behind the kanji. I'm immersed in calligraphy and have found the ki behind the kanji to be a wonderful teaching tool in itself.
Aug 16, 2009"great book" I live in Japan but don't know much about aikido. I'm therefore very pleased to see this book, and that you have used the kanji characters. Good job!
Jun 17, 2009"Re: great book" Thank you very much for your message. I simply saw a need and filled it. I have studied Japanese for many years and it was frustrating for me to not be able to find an Aikido terminology book in both English and Japanese. I just hate studying Japanese that is written in English and not in Japanese. You don't really learn a whole lot that way. Anyway - thank you again and I hope you enjoy the book.
There are no reviews for previous versions of this product
Product Details
- Copyright
- Michael Taylor (Standard Copyright License)
- Publisher
- Michael Taylor
- Published
- October 2, 2011
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 93
- File Format
- File Size
- Product ID
- 17575223
Formats for this Ebook
|Required Software
|Any PDF Reader, Apple Preview
|Supported Devices
|Windows PC/PocketPC, Mac OS, Linux OS, Apple iPhone/iPod Touch... (See More)
|# of Devices
|Flowing Text / Pages
|Learn more about ebook formats and e-readers
Your notification has been sent
Lulu Staff has been notified of a possible violation of the terms of our Membership Agreement. Our agents will determine if the content reported is inappropriate or not based on the guidelines provided and will then take action where needed.
Thank you for notifying us. We will email you with the results and/or actions taken as a result of the investigation if you chose to receive confirmation.
We were unable to complete your request.
We were unable to complete your request.
Listed In
More From
Age Verification
The page you are attempting to access contains content that is not intended for underage readers.
Please verify your birth date to continue.


text:
Zimm's quality start not enough in loss to Mets
WASHINGTON -- Right-hander Jordan Zimmermann was solid for 7 2/3 innings, but the Mets defeated the Nationals, 3-2, at Nationals Park on Friday night.
On the bright side, the Nationals are still 6 1/2 games behind the Reds for the second and final National League Wild Card spot. The Reds lost to the Rockies, 9-6, in Colorado.View Full Game Coverage
WASHINGTON -- Right-hander Jordan Zimmermann was solid for 7 2/3 innings, but the Mets defeated the Nationals, 3-2, at Nationals Park on Friday night.
On the bright side, the Nationals are still 6 1/2 games behind the Reds for the second and final National League Wild Card spot. The Reds lost to the Rockies, 9-6, in Colorado.View Full Game Coverage
It was a game in which Nationals manager Davey Johnson wasn't around to see most of it. He left in the fourth inning because he felt light-headed. Bench coach Randy Knorr took over the managerial duties.
"[Davey] is fine. I think he is coming down with something. He felt a little light-headed and he went back [in the clubhouse]," Knorr said. "I think he might be catching a cold or something. He was trying to work through it, but he felt light-headed, not feeling well, so he came upstairs and relaxed."
Zimmermann allowed three runs on six hits and struck out six batters. After a walk to lead off the game, he was able to retire the next nine hitters he faced, but then had problems in the fourth inning with the Nationals leading, 1-0.
Daniel Murphy led off and singled past the diving Ryan Zimmerman at third base. Two batters later, Ike Davis, a .204 hitter entering Friday's action, came to the plate, swung at the first pitch and hit a two-run homer over the left-center-field wall to give New York a one-run lead.
"That was the only mistake that I made all night -- a hanging changeup," Zimmermann said. "In the past, I had good success with curveballs and offspeed pitches to him, and I left it up. A two-run homer, but other than that, I thought I pitched great."
The Mets added to their lead in the eighth inning off Zimmermann. After Murphy doubled with two outs, Andrew Brown hit an infield field single that Zimmerman backhanded at third base, but his weak throw to first baseman Adam LaRoche allowed Murphy to score from second base.
It would have been best if Zimmerman held on to the ball to keep the runners at first and third, but he said he would have made the same play to first 100 percent of the time.
"If Rochey fielded it cleanly, the guy is out by 89 feet at home plate," Zimmerman said.
The Nationals continue to have problems with Mets right-hander Dillon Gee, who pitched 7 2/3 innings, allowing two runs on six hits while striking out three. Against the Nationals this season, Gee is 4-1 with a 2.16 ERA.
"I feel like I throw the same in the fact that I'm trying to throw a lot of strikes," Gee said. "But I try to change the way I attack each guy every time out. It's just been one of those streaks, I guess, I don't know. They're a great team, and luckily I've had good numbers against them."
Ian Desmond, who went hitless in four at-bats, gave Gee credit for silencing a Nationals team that scored a combined 15 runs in the recent three-game series against the Marlins.
"Gee has good stuff, but he is extremely smart on the mound," Desmond said. "[He is like Cardinals] catcher Yadier Molina. When you hit against him, you can't think along with him. So much of hitting is mental. You try to think along with the pitcher. It's not guessing, it's more anticipating, waiting for a ball in a certain zone. Gee mixes his stuff a lot. Tonight, when he is especially sharp like that, it makes it even tougher. He turned it up a notch when he got the lead."
The first run scored against Gee in the third inning, when Wilson Ramos swung at a 1-1 pitch and hit his ninth home run over the left-field wall.
Then things got interesting in the eighth inning. After Gee got two quick outs, Steve Lombardozzi, pinch-hitting for Fernando Abad, hit a home run over the right-field wall. After Denard Span and Zimmerman reached base on singles, Gee was taken out of the game in favor of left-hander Scott Rice, who couldn't throw a strike and was behind in the count against Bryce Harper.
Harper fouled off a 3-0 pitch before grounding out to Murphy at second base to end the threat. Knorr said he gave Harper the option to swing at the 3-0 pitch, but what bothered Knorr was that Harper didn't hustle down the line after he grounded out. Eventually, if it continues, the team will likely have to take Harper out of the game, according to Knorr.
"I guess I'll learn from it," Harper said.
"The thing about Bryce is that he gets frustrated," Knorr said. "I don't think he does it intentionally, but he has to start picking it up a little bit, because we have everybody else doing it. He gets frustrated at times, and it just comes out of him. It's something we've got to fix."
Desmond said Harper hustles down the line "almost 100 percent of the time."
"This one got pointed out because of a bobble [by Murphy]," Desmond said. "I mean, he's 20 years old and I think he's still dealing with some emotions of the game. It's hard to remember a lot of the time that he is 20. What most of us were doing at 20 wasn't this."
Bill Ladson is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, All Nats All the time. He also could be found on Twitter @WashingNats.


text:
Michael Cera, Hallucinogens, and the Open Road
Chilean director Sebastian Silva shot "Crystal Fairy" in 12 days, with the cast tripping on mescaline for two of them, from a script entirely improvised from a 13-page outline. The result was a hit with audiences and earned Silva a Sundance directing award. Rachel Dodes has details on Lunch Break. Photo: IFC Films.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... I ... oh ... he only won by us ... all ... you wanna jump the fence ... instead of creating obesity ... how would you expect a movie show and twelve days with the cast high on drugs that go bump ... to the ... sums up Crystal ferry is not only hit with a wooden spoon critique critics as well ... and that direct accolades at Sundance hit with the details will Street gentle medium and ten reporter Rachel boats ... Rachel ... has this fight what's that the trial flows ... better read every funny it's really funny ... yes ... I know he was ... it was interesting how this came together Christopher came together in a no vote away from the and very unusual way aam Michael Cera has been in Santiago ... I'm preparing to see ... a different movie with the director Sebastian's Silva ... and the financing kept getting delayed and delayed and delayed to the surface there in the towel ... and decided to make a completely different movie with no script ... and the images have a thirteen page outline shot in twelve days the crew including the cast was eleven people ... and it was a branch of movie that actually involved in the red chair to make it ... explain that the default slow line to above suspect that attacked us and some truckers involves the captaincy at the cactus this kind of a center replied that ... of Michael Cera please this very annoying ... American named Jamie and said he meets ... this week the DP is from a man and a party named Crystal Fairey played by a Gaby Hoffman has hilarious ... and he invites her to go on a masculine trip ... on the beach the following day with a cook percentage or a cactus and EQT ... and sad that the real tension the film is ... on and that conflicts the power struggle with three Jamie Eon and crystal Fairey cuz there's a very different personality types ... still the ICT get high on the use of the event of a throwback to apocalypse now when you know we the people some of them to sleep deprived and big film to an end this one of the high tide was a risk that was what but ... I think it was a mean that director kind of wine in there to be a very real aspect to everything in the found everything was ... shot on location on in order ... so if not why not you know will will do this in a very controlled way they didn't take too much ... of Michael Cera said he didn't really feel that sentiment saying he would be too much and so it's a bad but you know ... I there's ... suffered for their art and ... Michael Cera was willing to try and and and so is Daddy and ... she on actually she drank more than he did and felt a lot more are they they took it on two different days ... while ... interesting stuff and what to watch from a graph right stuff right for those with pre show you ...


text:
DesignView necessitava di un nuovo design di pagina web e ha lanciato un contest su 99designs.
È stato scelto un vincitore tra 33 design presentati da 7 designer.
Stylish edgy and funky apparel line website
Accepted File Formats:
Standard Web Formats (.jpg, .gif or .png); Vector Formats (.eps, .pdf or .ai); Layered Formats (.psd or .tiff)
Heavenly Sins – Stylish, edgy and funky apparel line website
The clothe line Heavenly Sins is similar and targets the same crowd as this website http://www.metroparkusa.com/
We are looking for a look like this one for the site; http://www.englishlaundry.com/
Take a look at this image collaboration, it represents the style and look of the website we want; http://dev.foresceneweb.com/heavenl…lySins.pdf
Feel free to use those images and others.
Download the logo here; http://dev.foresceneweb.com/heavenlysin/
• The homepage must be centered on the screen.
• The logo should be centered.
• There will be five main links on the homepage:
o Men's Collection
o Women's Collection
o Contact
o Press/Media
o About Us
• These sections must be visually enhanced on the homepage, specially the "Men's Collection†& "Women's Collectionâ€
• The Home page must have a center feel similar to this image; http://www.istockphoto.com/file_clo…id=4627758
• The page must be busy and center guided like the image in the link above. But make it have a funky/edgy apparel look.
We also need a gallery page design, so two pages in total, The home page and gallery page (Men's Collection).
The gallery page would have a layout more or like similar to this one; http://www.metroparkusa.com/fashion/men/tops
• notice, is only a gallery, not an e-commerce. Have the roll over effect like the one on the link above in your design.
This website will have flash elements and a CMS to manage the gallery. If anyone is interested in doing the development as well let me know.
This is a great opportunity to develop a professional relationship that can be beneficial to both parties.
If you have any questions just ask. Thanks.


text:
MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- Ryan Saunders tossed a tension ball around his office.
"We haven't hit the panic button yet," Barry's assistant men's basketball coach said.
No, but after three straight losses, something needs to change. For the Buccaneers, that opportunity starts 7 p.m. Wednesday when they play at Palm Beach Atlantic.
The men's game follows the women's game at 5 p.m. Both games can be seen in LIVE VIDEO. Follow the women's game via LIVE STATS. Follow the men's game via LIVE STATS.
"There's an extreme sense of urgency going into this game against Palm Beach Atlantic," Saunders said. "They play with a lot of confidence, and they play with a ton of energy. All those things are magnified when they're at home."
PBA (1-12) has not won in seven home games this year. Barry (6-6) is 0-3 on the road. Something has to give.
"We just have to get on the same page," Barry senior guard Chad Renfro said. "They're desperate for a win. We just have to come out hungrier for a win than they are."
Barry is 2-4 when turning the ball over 16 or more times in a game.
"We have to take care of the ball," Saunders said. "We've given up leads. We can't do that."
The Bucs are coming off a double-overtime loss against Sunshine State Conference leader Saint Leo -- a game Barry played well enough to win.
"I thought if there was a game we deserved to win, it was Saint Leo," Saunders said. "Our guys were pretty disappointed after that game. They want to win. We definitely need a win. We need a win for our confidence."
PBA and Barry split the two meetings last season. Barry lost by five to the Sailfish on the road last year.
"Are we gonna show up and take care of busniess? That's the question," Saunders said. "We can't let Palm Beach Atlantic hang around. We've got to try to put them away from the get-go. We can't let them hang around because they're dangerous. If one shot goes in, a ton goes in."
Three players are scoring in double figures for the Sailfish. Marcus Hardy is averaging 17.5 points per game and 7.2 rebounds. Dante Valentine is averaging 11.7 ppg and 7.1 reb. Christian Martinez is scoring 11.6 ppg.
Barry's Justin McCoy leads the Bucs in scoring (15.1) and is second in assists (3.0). Bryan Van Cott is averaging 12.3 ppg, Renfro 11.4 ppg and 5.0 reb, and Aaron Martin 11.1 ppg and 4.3 reb.
But the problem has been on defense. In the last four games, Barry has given up 82.75 points to its opponents. Saunders credits that to better opponents and two overtime contests. In the first four games, Barry was holding opponents to 58.8 ppg, and ranked in the top 10 in the country in scoring defense.
"We need to get more aggressive," Renfro said.
Palm Beach Atlantic is scoring 69.5 ppg and giving up 83.8. The Sailfish are shooting 39.7 percent from the floor. The Bucs are shooting 39.3.
"Different guys have got to step up," Saunders said. "We need complete games from everybody that goes in. We can't afford to have guys not show up. That's not just offensively. Defensively, we can't have guys take nights off. The more guys that step up, the more dangerous we're going to be."
SERIES RECORD: Barry is 19-4 all-time against PBA ... The Bucs split the
series last year, winning at home, 60-57, on Feb. 1.
EYES ON OPPONENT: The Sailfish are coming off an 86-68 loss at Rollins
Saturday ... PBA has lost 10 in a row ... Marcus Hardy is averaging 17.5 ppg
and 7.2 reb ... Dante Valentine is averaging 11.7 and 7.1 reb ... Christian
Martinez is scoring 11.6 ppg ... PBA is 0-7 at home this season.
LAST TIME AT PBA: Barry lost to PBA in West Palm Beach last season,
65-60 ... Justin McCoy scored 11 points in that game.
ROAD WOES: Barry is 0-3 on the road this year.
FIRST 4, LAST 4: Barry is allowing 82.75 ppg in its last four games ... The
Buccaneers were holding teams to 58.8 ppg in the fi rst four games.
REAL McCOY: Sr. G Justin McCoy ranks seventh in the Sunshine State
Conference in scoring at 15.1 ppg ... He has scored in double figures in 11
straight games ... Last week, he averaged 22 ppg in two contests.
CAREER LEADERS: Sr. G Vladimir Raymonvil ranks third in school history
in career free throw percentage (.815) ... Sr. G Bryan Van Cott ranks
fifth (.797).
FREE THROW EQUALITY: Sr. G Bryan Van Cott has a .797 free throw
percentage for both his season and career averages.
RENFRO IN RECORD BOOKS: Sr. G Chad Renfro ranks in the top 20 in
seven statistical career categories at Barry ... He is 17th all-time in scoring
average (11.6) and three-point percentage (.342).
8 IS ENOUGH: Sr. F Filip Toric has led the Buccaneers in rebounding in
eight games this season ... He is averaging 8.0 rebounds per game.
DISNEY BOUND: Barry will compete in the Sunshine State Conference
tournament in Kissimmee, Fla., Mar. 6-10 at Silver Spurs Arena ... Kissimmee
is home to Disney World ... All SSC teams qualify for the tournament.


text:
What Doctors Should Know about Social Marketing
Facebook has more than 800 million registered users, and LinkedIn has more than 100 million. Nobody knows how many blogs are actively updated, but a conservative estimate places the number in excess of 450 million. And last but not least, YouTube recently passed the two billion video views a day mark.
While these statistics include semi-active, inactive, or automated users, the skyrocketing popularity of social media is undeniable because we see its presence and influence around us every day. Medical practices can leverage social platforms for a variety of marketing purposes, including:
- Establishing authority and leadership within one's specialty
- Generating brand awareness and word-of-mouth referrals in an ever-expanding sphere of influence
- Giving new and existing patients a way to interact with you, building and solidifying relationships
The Need for a Strategic Approach. Because social media is so big, so broad, and so free of rules, effective marketing engagement requires a high degree of discipline and organization. If a medical practice just dives in without a coherent plan, it will be exceedingly difficult to achieve any type of measureable results. Elements of an organized social media marketing program include:
- Strategy. All effective social media programs have specific goals, key performance indicators, and a plan for activities that is practical and consistent with the budget.
- Content Production and Syndication. Content is the currency of the social Web. To have influence and reach, social media participants must add relevant and meaningful content to the conversation, in the form of blog posts and comments, tweets, Facebook posts, and more.
- Social Monitoring. Many people do not realize that most social media content is searchable – allowing practices to see when people are talking about them or their specialty, and then join in that conversation. Regular monitoring enables practices to extend brand awareness and manage reputation.
- Community Building. Identifying and influencing people to join your social communities involves activities such as attracting subscribers to your blog, advertising on Facebook to users who are likely to be interested in your services. The more people who join your communities, the larger your sphere of influence.
- Analytics. There are many ways to measure the effectiveness of a practice's social media efforts, including blog subscriptions, Facebook "Likes", "retweets", brand mentions, and traffic referred to your site from social media sources. By carefully reviewing this data, programs can be refined, doing more of what works … and less of what does not.
Doctors should know that social media is not free. Free membership to social media communities is definitely an attractive feature, but effective use of social media requires careful planning. In addition, execution can be very time consuming; moreover, some degree of real time participation is essential for fully engaging social communities. For doctors, these are significant challenges, because their schedules seldom allow for extensive, let alone real time, participation in social media.
Outsourcing overcomes the challenges. Officite's full suite of social media and blog marketing services enables doctors to enjoy the best of both worlds: active participation in social media without being personally tied down to writing, publishing, community building, and the hundred and one other social media tasks that occur from day to day. Contact us to learn more about how we can help you get up and running on social media like a pro.


text: Heartwarming piece for orchestral that works well in a variety of context. Perfect if you need that family-friendly, cinematic sound reminiscent of film scores or promotional materials. File comes in 2 versions: "regular", which contains music for piano and orchestra only and "with sleigh bells" that works great at Christmas time, and includes extra percussion parts to create that holiday feel. High quality WAV and MP3 files included.


text:
The Port St. Joe Port Authority last week approved the first baby steps in the lengthy process of achieving dredging of the deepwater shipping channel.
The Port St. Joe Port Authority last week approved the first baby steps in the lengthy process of achieving dredging of the deepwater shipping channel.
Port director Tommy Pitts said he and staff from state agencies had identified several hoops the Port Authority should leap through in the near future as a timeline and process for securing dredging becomes clearer.
�We have been working with the (Florida Department of Environmental Protection), the (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) and others on the dredging,� Pitts said. �The DEP has been proactive in cooperating with us and is assisting us.�
Pitts said two urgent steps forward are a permit pre-application meeting with the stakeholding regulatory agencies and a seagrass survey of the channel and adjacent areas.
The pre-application meeting, tentatively planned for two weeks from now, would be to clearly define requirements for the dredge permit application.
Once requirements are defined, a contract for the permitting work can be negotiated, Pitts said.
�A lot of work goes into meeting with the agencies,� said Billy Perry with Hatch Mott MacDonald, the port�s engineering firm whose team is serving as point on the permitting effort. �What we hope to take away is identification of any specialized studies the agencies want.�
The goal, Perry said, would be to submit an application that is complete and does not require the agencies to come back with a request for additional information.
�Hatch Mott MacDonald worked on the permit for the canal dredging and got no (Requests for Additional Information), which caught the attention of the Florida Ports Council,� Pitts said, adding Ports Council staff was impressed with the quick permitting.
Receiving any RAIs, Perry said, is what would bog down the process, and the Port of Port St. Joe is attempting to permit and fund dredging within the next 18-24 months.
�This is a pretty significant endeavor,� Perry said. �It is a very aggressive (timeline). We want to be able to vet out issues and refine the scope (quickly).�
The urgency on the seagress study is that such studies must be completed between March and September and reviewed by a National Marine Fisheries Service field survey in September.
If the port misses that window a seagrass survey and in turn approval from the National Marine Fisheries Service could not be completed until 2014.
�If you miss those windows it pushes you a year off,� Perry said.
To move ahead with the pre-application meeting and seagrass survey, however, another agreement must be forthcoming; this from the St. Joe Company in the form of a pledge to pay the 25 percent for funding the permitting process, Pitts said.
St. Joe has indicated a willingness to handle that expense, which is estimated to run about $250,000, but establishing a process for the money transfers � the state would reimburse the Port Authority which would reimburse St. Joe for funds paid out on the front end � has taken time.
�Before we can move ahead with tasks we must have an agreement with St. Joe on cash up front,� Pitts said. �There is confidence everything is going to move forward.�
Port attorney Tom Gibson is to have an agreement with St. Joe in front of port commissioners for approval by the Sept. 11 bi-monthly meeting.
Hatch Mott MacDonald has agreed to move ahead with its tasks while the payment process is worked out, Perry said, adding that the company, which has long worked with the port, believes in the project and the positive change in dynamics for development since the Port Authority and St. Joe partnered last year.
The seagrass survey will cost $36,100 and the pre-application meeting will cost $50,000, which includes preparation of documents demonstrating the economic need for the project, documentation on channel location and depth, schematics and other materials.
�This is an extremely important part of the project and it will have a great deal of impact on whether you have success or you don�t have success,� Perry said.
�We won�t feel it will be successful unless this is permitted and we have ship traffic through the port.�
Foreclosure hearing
The issues pertaining to the foreclosure proceeding against the Port Authority pertaining to the barge terminal land along the Intracoastal Canal was heard last week by a Circuit Court judge.
Capital City Bank is attempting to foreclose on a $4.2 million mortgage on the 67-acre parcel.
The Port Authority is arguing that it lacked the authority to mortgage public land in the first place without a public referendum.
The judge will issue a ruling at a later date.
Capital City Bank officials turned down a late offer from the Port Authority, port attorney Tom Gibson said.
The port had offered to reinstate a full pledge to pay the outstanding loan � port commissioners have repeatedly voice their intent to fully pay the debt � in return for a promise from Capital City Bank to stop foreclosure and allow the port time to bring tenants and revenue.


text:
I've been a FF fan as long as the site has been in existence. Thanks for giving all of us who are not lucky enough to live in SF an insider's view of the art and artists showing there. It's very inspiring!
As much as I love FF, I have one suggestion for you- for the next little while don't use the word 'based' in any artist's profile. See what else you can come up with instead. Many times if you just leave the word 'based' out of the text it works just fine.
I appreciate your articles so much but if I read the word 'based' one more time it's going to drive me nuts.
Maybe if you can drop the 'based', Juxtapoz (mag and website) will follow your lead. -Thanks, TG
Alrighty', point taken. How about something like, "Space 1026 founder Jim Houser (Philadelphia) opens As Quiet As It's Kept in Los Angeles @LeBasse Projects Saturday, March 10th (6-9pm)"
|< Prev
|Next >


text:
GRANTS PASS — Longstanding proposals to protect rivers and forests in Oregon as wilderness areas were reintroduced in Congress on Thursday by Oregon's two senators.
Democratic Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley co-sponsored the proposals. Wyden said that as chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, he hopes to break the gridlock that has held them up in the past.
"These areas provide habitats to countless species of plants and animals, economic benefits to surrounding communities and recreational opportunities for Oregonians and visitors throughout the nation," Wyden said in a statement.
Merkley said in a statement the bills were an important step toward protecting treasured terrain so surrounding areas have healthy salmon runs, recreation and tourism for their local economies.
The measures face an uncertain future in the Republican-controlled House, where Resources Committee Chairman Rep. Doc Hastings, R-Wash., has been working on legislation to increase logging in national forests.
"Chairman Hastings considers wilderness bills on an individual basis, but is concerned about the restrictions they place on public access to public lands," said committee aide Spencer Pederson.
Steve Pedery, conservation director for the environmental group Oregon Wild, said he was confident Wyden would be able to broker a public lands deal with Republicans interested in energy development that would result in adding the areas to the nation's wilderness areas, as he has done in the past.
The bills would expand the Oregon Caves National Monument and Wild Rogue Wilderness in southwestern Oregon, create new wilderness along the John Day River in Central Oregon, and create the Devil's Staircase Wilderness to protect old growth forest in the Coast Range on the Siuslaw National Forest. They also would elevate Wild and Scenic Rivers Act protections for the Chetco River in southwestern Oregon, and the Molalla River south of Portland.
Pedery said wilderness measures take a long time to build enough support to gain approval by Congress. He said the Devil's Staircase proposal goes back 30 years.
The bills cover areas similar to those that would be protected as wilderness in a proposal to increase federal logging revenues for Oregon timber counties.
Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., a co-sponsor of the timber counties proposal, urged Wyden to hold a Senate hearing on the issue, which could take up the wilderness areas as well.
Use the comment form below to begin a discussion about this content.
Information from The Chronicle and our advertisers (Want to add your business to this to this feed?)


text:
|News News regarding BSD and related.
|Thread Tools
|Display Modes
Analyst says New BSD Releases won't win new customers
Specifically talking about OpenBSD and Dragonfly BSD.
Somehow I think this guy is thinking more about Solaris and Mac OS X Server, because there really is not much Commercial BSD UNIX systems anymore. Or maybe he is still running BSD/OS out of a closet?
I just don't see how the article can draw a BSD-related conclusion.
My Journal
Thou shalt check the array bounds of all strings (indeed, all arrays), for surely where thou typest ``foo'' someone someday shall type ``supercalifragilisticexpialidocious''.
The article quotes Al Gillen, an IDC analyst who is looking at enterprise adoption rates of server systems. I can't find fault with his general statement on the Unix marketplace, wherein he states that with the exception of Linux on x86-based platforms, all Unix and Unix-like systems use is contracting in the marketplace....if you count physical platforms, of course. I expect virtualization in the data center is a major factor in this particular view of the marketplace, assuming the count is of physical platforms.
Unfortunately the article is short, and has only a small quote, taken out of its context from with a presentation or white paper, or perhaps from the midst of a telephone conversation. I would tend to think the complete picture of the OS marketplace from Mr. Gillen, in its full context, would be more readily accepted.
Disclaimer: Earlier in my career, I engaged with IDC analysts regularly. I both provided information for reports IDC published, and employed their analysts as consultants. I have never met Mr. Gillen, nor used his particular services.
I honestly think that the article is completely off base.
DragonFly has no enterprise user base that I am aware of (here on the South-East of U.S. nor on the South-West where I used to live until 3 years ago). Consequently, the user base can not shrink. Until 2.0 the project was not even usable beyond hobby/developer purposes. If Matt can further realize his ideas beyond Hammer I think that the sky is the limit.
OpenBSD is a network appliance and such has a very limited user base. Most very serious people in that business are fully aware of OpenBSD. Deployment is another thing. Very often at least here in U.S. business are very uneasy about deployment of the open source OS without a support (Linux i.e. RedHat is really commercial system just like Windows). In academia is different but even in academia administrative computing is often restricted by various state regulations (for instance we at the University System of Georgia have to follow various state regulations about commercial support and "approved' vendors) that mass deployment of OpenBSD is just not possible. Do we use it? Sure we do but do not on the mass scale.
If OpenBSD had more commercial support it could be widely used on the desktop and in particular on thin-clients. For serious scientific computing no. It is just not intended for that.
NetBSD for scientific computing yes but needs commercial support.
I am surprised that people didn't notice that OpenBSD amd64 now supports up to 64 cores with bsd.mp and in current virtually unlimited memory. It is not still as Solaris (I think supports up to 512 CPUs per mother board) and Linux which supports 256 per mother board but it is obvious that bsd.mp is the future.
By the way OpenBSD supports multiple processors on Alpha, hppa, macppc, sparc64, sgi, amd64, i386 now.
I agree with the other posters. I know particularly with OpenBSD they aren't worried about attracting the masses but simply putting out a quality product. Ironically, if you look at the What's New for OpenBSD 4.9 there are a lot of major changes, such as the 64 cores in amd64 mentioned in the last post, multiprocessor support on hppa, and much more. In earlier releases you practically had to be a computer scientist to know what they were talking about in changelogs, but this is straightforward and the team did a great job.
By the way, a commercial vendor with OpenBSD support would be nice.
Being as there are smaller vendors who provide commercial support, would they qualify as being an approved vendor or does vendor size matter? The Undeadly.org journal recently spotlighted a European-based OpenBSD solutions provider for example and here in the USA, iX Systems provide BSD Support as do various smaller consultancies/companies.
Also does this tie into what is called PCI compliance or auditing?
I'm just really curious about how this process works hence all the questions.
1) Some IT organizations require an outside support organization for all components in their infrastructures, by policy. It is perceived as liability coverage in the event of severe problems. The jargon for this is "having a throat to choke."
To me, this has nothing to do with infrastructure quality, or the mitigation of risk to business functions. Instead, this policy provides management with the ability to assign fault outside the IT organization, which mitigates risk to management careers.2) Compliance to government regulation or industry standards, or infrastructure in support of a particular application may require specific and limited solutions, eliminating many options of free choice.
Just to add one of my favorite phrases. In U.S. "we must have a legal entity that we can sue in the case something goes wrong". Whom you are going to sue if things go wrong with OpenBSD? Theo, Bob or OpenBSD foundation?
|enterprise, industry
|Thread Tools
|Display Modes
Linear Mode
|Similar Threads
|Thread Starter
|Last Post
|Oracle releases database firewall
|15th February 2011 03:27 PM
|Oracle releases first VM VirtualBox 4.0 update
|19th January 2011 10:19 PM
|Oracle releases VM VirtualBox 3.2.0
|19th May 2010 09:49 PM
|Mozilla releases Thunderbird 3.1 Alpha 1
|8th February 2010 12:38 PM
|more FreeBSD releases
|8th June 2008 01:54 PM


text:
City adds Fernando, still tinkering
Towards the end of last season, Manuel Pellegrini must have been counting down the days until he sat down with the chief exec Ferran Soriano and director of football Txiki Begiristain to discuss where he wanted to strengthen the squad for next season. Top of his list would have been a right-back, given how overworked Pablo Zabaleta was throughout 2013-14, while central midfield would also have featured near the top.
The first signing of the summer came in the shape of French international Bacary Sagna, who should provide more competition for Zabaleta than Micah Richards could manage after a series of injuries. That was job one ticked off the list fairly swiftly.
On Thursday, the Blues confirmed their second acquisition of the close-season: Fernando had joined from FC Porto for a fee in the region of 12 million pounds -- nothing like the near 37 million pounds demanded for him and defender Eliaquim Mangala last January. City's chances of signing the latter seemed slim thereafter, following his decision to sign a new contract with the Portuguese club.
- Mooney: It's a key year for Matija Nastastic
The midfielder seems to be something of a more mobile Nigel de Jong, offering little in the way of goals but plenty in the way of tough tackles and break-up play. My fellow ESPN FC columnist Simon Curtis tweeted a unique reaction he had to a red card, minutes before he won the title with Porto, in which Fernando appears to be quite jovial about the incident. That said, he was just about to win the league against his team's rivals.
Perhaps one of the biggest impacts the transfer has on City's squad is the depth the move adds to the centre of midfield. It's no secret that the Blues were below par when one of Yaya Toure or Fernandinho were absent from the starting lineup last season, and it's too much to expect them both to be fit and available for the whole of the coming campaign -- especially with the African Cup of Nations in January.
Even the Yaya Toure situation might end up causing a headache for Pellegrini. I don't wish to use it as an excuse, but clearly he's grieving after the death of his younger brother Ibrahim, and it's unfair to assess what's happened between Toure and the club before the full details are known. Whether it's genuinely about birthday cake, compassionate leave or a transfer away, it needs to be sorted out in private and it needs to be done so that the Ivorian has time to get his head straight after what's happened in his personal life.
Either way, whether Toure is with the Blues or not next season, the introduction of Fernando to the squad should provide some strength in depth -- which had been lacking in 2013-14. The only problem may come with pronouncing names correctly should the two Brazilians be paired in the centre: "Fernandinho to Fernando and back to Fernandinho" doesn't really roll off the tongue.
Looking ahead, the Blues need to bring in a few more players to bolster the squad after a good start to the summer transfer window. A backup goalkeeper is still required, while more centre-back cover could prove useful (especially since the departure of Joleon Lescott). And if City's transfer policy of last summer is to be taken as an example, those signings should come sooner rather than later.
Fernando (and any subsequent new signings) will soon be playing in front of more fans than he originally expected, too -- following the announcement of City's stadium expansion. An extra 6,000 seats will be in place at the South Stand end for the beginning of the 2015-16 season, while planning permission has been granted for the same to be done at the North Stand end.
It's a move that's been planned for some time -- with rumours of an expansion always on the back burner at least since the takeover of the club in September 2008. Back then, the attendances probably didn't merit it; with pretty uninspiring football for the latter half of Sven-Goran Eriksson's season combined with the Stuart Pearce bore-fest in 2006-07 scaring many off.
Now, however, City are regularly selling out games, and extra capacity is certainly welcome ... whether that will stop the early leavers, though, is another matter.
As the club battles to remain inside the financial fair play regulations -- and, this season, their rather harsh punishment for breaching the rules -- 6,000 more bums on seats at the Etihad will be a welcome boost to the coffers.


text:
Black & White & A Bit of Color at Wee Gallery
Wee Gallery made their name on modern black and white graphics that appealed to a baby's developing eyesight. It didn't hurt that their illustrations were attractive enough to hold onto for years. The company, run by wife and husband team Surya and Dave Pinto, has slowly been expanding their line beyond their deservedly well-known art cards.
They were showing off their most recent offerings at ABC which included activity books, nesting dolls and paper mobiles which have their signature black and white but also have a touch of color.
• More info: Wee Gallery
(Images: Carrie McBride)