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monson40 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 39 designs submitted by 24 freelance designers.
We are a new sustainable product and services business. We provide information, consulting and products to consumers and non-profits. Products can range from locally grown organic produce to solar panels. Consulting services help non-profits to grow organically in sustainable ways.
Our approach is very pragmatic. While we are true believers in taking actions that preserve and improve the health of our planet, our products and services are focused on winning customers by offering the best product for the money.
Users and clients that are looking for high quality products and services that are also good for the environment and local communities. These customers are predisposed to organic and other "green" products, but don't trust many
"green" claims and believe they should be able to get great value without sacrificing the environment.
For example, if they install solar panels to supply their own electricity, they will do it primarily to save money and secondarily to save the planet.
Three related logo concepts. The primary uses of the logo will be on a website and on product packaging. For this project it should work in the following two formats:
- Webpage banner approx 300w x 100h
- Business card logo
Other formats will be developed later.
We have explored two different directions that have promise.
- Old growth trees - two in particular Douglas Fir and Bishop Pine. Photos attached. You might find better ones.
- Japanese kanji characters. See some of the Japanese translations of the word sustain here: http://www.saiga-jp.com/cgi-bin/dic…8730_40333
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Italian actress Mariangela Melato, known for her critically acclaimed performance as a spoiled socialite stranded with a sailor she had tormented in the 1974 film "Swept Away," died Friday in a Rome hospital. The LaPresse news agency said she had pancreatic cancer. She was believed to be 74.
Italian director Lina Wertmuller paired Melato with Giancarlo Giannini in the political and sexual farce, whose full title is "Swept Away ... by an unusual destiny in the blue sea of August." A 1975 Times review called the stars "charismatic" and said they had once again been teamed to "deliciously hilarious and finally heart-tugging effect."
A tiny woman with a bass voice, the actress also had success in a series of Wertmuller-directed films in the 1970s that included "The Seduction of Mimi" and "Love and Anarchy."
Melato was born in 1938 in Milan, Italy, according to Who's Who in Hollywood. She trained at the Milan Theater Academy, did stage work and largely appeared in foreign films.

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The Nominating Committee of the Alumnae Association of Barnard College submits for your consideration the following slate of candidates to fill each of the positions that will become vacant on July 1, 2010. The committee nominates one person for each position on the Alumnae Association Board of Directors; six candidates have been nominated for three places on the nine- member nominating committee. Thanks to the three outgoing members of this committee: Amrita Master Dalal '90, this year's committee chair, and members Barbara Ballinger '71 and Linda Sweet '63. Thanks also to our outgoing Board members for leadership in the Alumnae Association: Alumnae Trustee Eileen Lee Moy '73, Barnard Fund Committee Chair Carol H. Cohen '59, Bylaws Chair Binta Brown '95, Director-at-Large Vicki Curry '90, Fellowship Committee Chair Janet Bersin Finke '56, and Reunion Committee Chair Nieca Goldberg '79.
A postcard ballot is included in this issue. Please mail completed ballots no later than May 1, 2010. Results will be shared at the Alumnae Association annual meeting during Reunion.
Alumnae Trustee
Myrna Fishman Fawcett '70
has been actively involved with Barnard for more than 25 years. She served twice as president and/or co-president of the Barnard-in-Washington Club, three times on the Alumnae Association's board, and most recently, as chair of the president's Advisory Council. She specializes in elder law, and represents families of special-needs children and persons with disabilities. Among her volunteer and pro bono activities are the Washington, D.C., bar association, the district's Bioethics Network, the D.C. Jewish Community Center, the Theater J Council, Mitchell Gallery, board of St. John's College, Leadership Greater Washington, the Washington Metropolitan Dialogue of Civic Leaders on Faith, the board of her co-op, and she is a member of the ethics committee of a local nursing home. Fawcett graduated from Georgetown University Law Center. She is also a member of the Maryland, New Jersey, and New York bars, and the National Academy of Elder Lawyers.
Barnard Fund Committee Chair
Daphne Fodor Philipson '69
retired as a partner at the private equity firm of E. M. Warburg Pincus, where she focused on investor relations. A certified public accountant, she also has an MBA from Columbia's Business School. She is on the boards of both planned parenthood Hudson peconic and the Leadership Council of planned parenthood Federation of America. Daphne currently serves on the Barnard Fund Committee and has been on the Fellowship and Leadership Assembly Committees. She received the Award for Service to Barnard in 2009.
Bylaws Chair
Lois Lempel Weinroth '63
is a partner in the structured- finance group at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP. Originally in the corporate group, she has practiced law at the firm since her 1968 graduation from Columbia Law School. A zoology major, she worked at a publishing company to assist in creating a college- science-textbook division, and at an advertising agency. Weinroth is a director of the Centre Pompidou Foundation and MCC Theatre Company and is the president of her co-op/condo. She previously served on the president's Advisory Council. A recent widow, Lois has two step-children and four grandchildren.
Barbi Appelquist '98
is a Barnard Alumnae Admissions Representative (BAAR) and active with the Barnard Club of Los Angeles. She has served on the Alumnae Association's Bylaws, Leadership Assembly, and Nominating Committees and as a class co-vice president. Married with one daughter, Barbi practices pro bono corporate and nonprofit law in Los Angeles.
Fellowship Committee Chair
Kimberlee Halligan '75
majored in art history and pursued graduate study in linguistics at Columbia University's School of Arts & Sciences. previously in marketing communications and event planning in both the profit and not-for-profit sectors, she has been working in Manhattan residential real estate for the past seven years. Halligan, a licensed associate real estate broker with prudential Douglas Elliman, now specializes in the sales of co-ops, condos, and investment properties. Her tips for first-time home buyers have appeared on AOL's real estate Web site. She has been a member real estate panels for Barnard's Financial Fluency, Barnard Business and professional Women (BBPW), and Columbia University's Work/Life Housing initiative. In addition to serving on the Fellowship Committee, Halligan is co- president of BBPW and a member of Barnard's professional and Leadership Development Committee; she also served on the Reunion Committee for the 35th reunion of her class and is now class networking chair.
Reunion Committee Chair
Patricia Tinto '76
an English major, launched a communications career after responding to a job posted at Barnard for a community affairs coordinator in the New York State Senate. Her career has included serving as a speechwriter, communications director for the Senate Finance Committee, press officer for Fernando Ferrer, and media relations director for a citywide political campaign. Tinto has led grassroots and media efforts for health-care organizations, public-benefit corporations and nonprofit groups. She's studied at the Università per Stranieri in Perugia, Italy. Previously, she has been a member of the AABC board, Regional Networks Committee chair, and president of the Barnard Club of Connecticut.
Nominating Committee Candidates
Jessica Gillmor Adams '99
majored in economics, and, after working in leveraged finance at Salomon Smith Barney, she became an institutional investor at TCW, Kingsland. She then moved to primus, where she was the portfolio manager of a $400 million high-yield fund. In 2008, she moved from New York City to Nashville, Tennessee, where she now lives with her husband, James, and is a stay-at-home mother to their son, Clayton. While in New York, she was an active fund-raiser for the New York Junior League, co-chairing the Spring 2008 silent auction, and for the young Volunteers for Mount Sinai Hospital. In 2009, she chaired two events to benefit the Nashville Ballet and recently has become active in fund-raising for juvenile diabetes. She cherished her years at Barnard, and welcomes the opportunity to become significantly more involved in perpetuating its legacy for other women.
Sharon Dizenhuz '83
has been a journalist for more than 20 years, 10 of which were at New York 1 News, as anchor and senior correspondent, covering everything from top New York City cultural and pop culture events, to both attacks on the World Trade Center, to local election returns. She credits her double major at Barnard in English literature and art history for her writing strengths, love of New York City, and the world of ideas. She has served as a BAAR for nearly a decade, and is now involved with the Westchester Alma Maters. Currently working on a book, she is also raising her three small children, with the hope that her eldest, Samantha, 11, will enter the Barnard Class of 2020.
Noessa Higa '98
is president of Visionaire Media, a multi-platform media company dedicated to producing films, documentaries, and social media that promote cross-cultural dialogue. She is also involved in iDiplomacy, a public- private initiative to empower individuals to participate in public diplomacy. Higa majored in American studies with a concentration in film, and has been an active BAAR in Los Angeles since graduation.
Myra Greenspoon Kovey '65
a history major at Barnard, went on to graduate from George Washington University School of Law. Now retired from practice, she has spent many years as a member of the Barnard-in-Washington Club board of directors, and several as co-president and president of the club. Myra has just completed a term as AABC Regional Networks chair and also served on this year's reunion Awards Committee. She and her husband live in Chevy Chase, Md.
Ulana Lysniak '87
an English major, remains involved with Barnard as president of her class, member of the Reunion Committee, and now as her class fund co-chair. After graduation she played basketball professionally in Europe, was an assistant coach of basketball at the 1996 Olympics, and was elected into Columbia University's Inaugural Hall of Fame Class. She is now pursuing her doctoral degree at Columbia University's Teachers College. Ula has been a professor in the exercise science and physical education department at Brooklyn College for the past 10 years. She has completed 21 marathons, including the Boston Marathon the past three years.
Deborah Newman Shapiro '79
is the president and CEO of WFS Services, Inc., a full-service receivables management firm providing a variety of technology-based services to the hospital and physician marketplace. In addition to her Barnard degree, she has an MBA from Ohio State University. Shapiro has served the College as her class president and was the Alumnae Association Reunion Committee chair from 2005 to 2007. A BAAR, she is also her class correspondent, a member of the Fellowship Committee, and a representative of Barnard at local college fairs.


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On the subject of people stepping up to help this endeavor, I think we just found our ace in the hole. Whitedogphotos emailed me direct today. He is donating his broken 7900 to the cause. We will use his head as the sacrificial "clog autopsy" lamb. I was in shock when he offered what he did. Told him I don't know what to say. I sure hope all this effort produces something useful for all of us. A solution or an exacting understanding of what in the hell goes on with these heads. Either would be fine, both would be great.Thank you whitedogphotos!
[@Blue Moon - I'm still skeptical of the 'warning' not to use Vivid Magenta on x800 printers. I don't think it's a matter of the chemistry of the new ink versus the old ink and somehow this burns out print heads but rather a more simple explanation in that Epson would have to come up with all new drivers for the x800 printers using Vivid Magenta instead of the older version since one would presume that there would be color shifts if the older driver would be used. This would cause problems for Epson in that they now have to support two different drivers for the same printer and might cause headaches in terms of user support. In addition, when the user makes the shift to Vivid Magenta, the ink line must be completely purged of the older ink in order to get the correct results another headache for Epson support.]
There is a way to use Vivid Magenta in x800 machines. You can download the x880 driver and use the new driver for the x800. There is a few configurations that you need to make in the printer property in order to make it work. No color shift in this method.
I just bought my 2 year extended warrantee today!
For what it's worth our 7900 had abandoned it's typical "clog every other day" routine at just about the same time the rainy season started here. I did buy a gauge, it's been hovering around 80% humidity and 58-67F around the machine for weeks now.
We need to start compiling a deadheads list. Who, where, how, and after how long. I think that'd be useful. I can name ten deadheads off the top of my head (sorry).
Anybody have a copy of 7900sm.pdf that you could send me? email@example.com has pulled if from the web.Thanks much,Bill


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@Rob Klaers:
Rob, read Warren E Jappe's and Missy Hollingsworth's replies then read the Federalist Papers.
After you are done re-read the Constitution and the Bill of Rights (the first 10 Amendments), hopefully then you will better understand the value of the 2nd Amendment to freedom, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
Those of us who defend the Bill of Rights have indeed read them, understand them and care about those Rights deeply and are sickened by their slow degradation.
The Constitution and the Bill of Rights are not suggestions to elected leaders, they are instructions and they are obligatory, woe to those who allow their Rights to be degraded and striped from them.
RE: "several of the Founding Fathers distrusted a formal military and felt it could be used to over-throw the government." - on the other hand. Rob, Jefferson said he thought we should have a revolution every 20 years.
"The Second Amendment was intended to protect slavery not freedom."
The Second Amendment's purpose has evolved.
As did the Fourth Amendment's "unreasonable searches and seizures", the Eighth Amendment's "cruel and unusual punishments", and more.
I don't think that not having the 2nd Amendment would change much.
@ Gallup's Mirror;
Hey Gallup how many slaves you currently you got?
How many legal slaves are there currently in the USA?
Oh, that's right we did away with slavery.
Don't like "the Right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." then change it, otherwise it's the law.
Stay Armed, Stay Free.
Gallup, dogmas are indeed dogmas.
Like slogans ("Stay Armed, Stay Free", "Praise The Lord!", "Coke is It!" and millions more), they serve to discourage thinking about the costs.
Actually, it's not a law.. there's a difference between a law, a right and a privilege. With the abolition of militias, gun ownership is more a privilege, like driving, then a law or a right.
Rob, you perhaps see gun ownership as a privilege.
The courts see it, and will continue to see it, as a constitutionally-protected right.
Perhaps free speech, too, has become more a privilege than a right, along with freedom of/from religion?
Actually driving is NOT a privilege :) That's a common legal fallacy. SCOTUS has said that the use of the common right-of-ways by commonly available means is actually a right. There is something else going on legally with a "driver's license" that has nothing to do with your use of the roads with a vehicle.
I fifth!
Basically the way I see it is that owning firearms has been part of the American culture from the very start and should remain so. Now I'm not saying people should have rocket launchers or the like or that someone who is obviously mentally ill should be allowed to own firearms but the idea of banning or severely infringing the ability of the people to bear arms doesn't mesh with the ideals of individual freedoms that this representative republic is supposed to be based on. The very start of this nation relied heavily on the idea of the individual having the right to defend themselves, family, or property. There was much debate while the bill of rights was being written about the second amendment right down to which exact words would be used. The addition of " the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed" was included to be sure that it would be very difficult to justify restricting the right of ownership to a select few which helps ensure the ability to form a people's militia and also allows the individual right to own firearms. It's very doubtful that the bill of rights would have been accepted by the majority of the states or their citizens had there not been any protections spelled out for the public's right to be armed. Of course there were more concerns in that time with much of the country being the frontier and due to the lack of strong government or authorities to protect its citizens. However there was also a great distrust of the government being that the people had just fought a war with their former government and this message of not trusting the government to be the only protector of your life or property has been passed along as general wisdom for generations. When it comes down to it the general idea in the United States is that your home or your little parcel of land is your castle and you have the right to protect it. Of course I don't see the problem with encouraging smart ownership habits and I agree there should be more reprecussions for improper or violent actions.


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UPDATED: Group's plan to attract businesses to region awaiting state support
Groton - While the state works to find a use for several empty buildings at Pfizer Inc.'s sprawling campus off Eastern Point Road, a local group with an eye toward saving laboratory space from the wrecking ball has been gathering its own ideas.
But the group, which calls itself Catalyze, so far has gained little momentum for what its principals see as an urgent need to preserve a potential economic driver in eastern Connecticut.
Formed by Old Lyme attorney Eric Foster, Groton investor George Mathanool and Town Councilor Robert Frink, Catalyze is conceived as a for-profit organization that focuses on mature science, technology and defense-related companies. The purpose is to bring jobs to the region and leave it less reliant on employment heavyweights such as the Naval Submarine Base, Electric Boat and Pfizer.
Its members have been meeting for months with local and state officials in an effort to find a solution to the local brain drain that seemed imminent after Pfizer announced last year its intention to lay off 1,100 people and move drug-discovery work to Massachusetts. A movement to save at least four Pfizer structures, including the massive former R&D headquarters known as Building 118, became more urgent in recent weeks after Pfizer announced its intention to take out a demolition permit and perhaps make a final decision this month on whether to start the demolition process.
"We really need to be marketing this space to foreign multinational or pharmaceutical or other companies that are looking to expand or are looking for opportunities in the United States," said Foster, an attorney who regularly advises businesses seeking help from the state Department of Economic and Community Development.
While the state has been focusing on start-up and mid-stage companies at the University of Connecticut's business incubation facilities at Avery Point, Catalyze is hoping to attract established firms to the Pfizer campus from overseas and out of state that are looking for a presence in the lucrative market between New York and Boston.
Catalyze leader George Mathanool, a member of the city Economic Development Commission who is managing partner of Vumont Ventures, said he is looking for money from the state so his group could buy one or more of the Pfizer buildings and begin negotiating with international firms to locate here. The state's backing is critical to Catalyze having the "gravitas" to attract the attention of both Pfizer and firms that would be housed on the pharmaceutical giant's research-and-development campus, he said.
Catherine Smith, commissioner of the DECD, said in a phone interview that she welcomes ideas from the community and has met with Catalyze organizers. But she said the state can get involved in financing projects only after likely users of the Pfizer space are found.
"It's Pfizer's deal, not ours," Smith said.
Several insiders, including Tony Sheridan, president of the Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut, said the Catalyze program consists of some interesting pieces but no overarching plan for how to put them together.
"It's possibly a good idea, but I don't think it looked like a business plan," added Jean Schaefer, a former Pfizer scientist who consults startup companies and has been involved in local economic-development issues as head of the Southeastern Connecticut Entrepreneurs and Supporters.
Enough skin in the game?
Some officials also have questioned whether Catalyze members need to raise money or invest some of their own funds to demonstrate they have enough "skin in the game" to follow through on their ideas.
State Sen. Andrew Maynard, D-Stonington, added that he is not convinced the Pfizer buildings are terribly attractive to international and out-of-state firms. The buildings are not state-of-the-art laboratories, he pointed out, and could be easily replicated in a variety of locations throughout the United States, since many large pharmaceutical companies have been cutting back on their operations.
Jim O'Malley, a former Pfizer scientist who now runs the biotech firm Myometrics in New London, took Maynard's idea a step further, saying the best thing to do would be to let the company tear down the buildings and use the land for high-end residential lots. He insisted New London is a better site for biotech firms in any case.
Mathanool, a former international banking representative and information-security executive, said Catalyze's concept is similar to one implemented successfully in Ann Arbor, Mich., after Pfizer announced the closure of a massive former Warner Lambert research facility and relocated many of the scientists to southeastern Connecticut.
The idea would be to repurpose Pfizer buildings in Groton, just as the University of Michigan ended up reusing the company's Ann Arbor campus for research needs, he said.
Mathanool said Catalyze's plans are somewhat loose precisely because he doesn't yet have the backing of the state. Once his group gets the green light to begin negotiating with Pfizer and other groups, he said, the plan will come into clearer focus. "Pfizer can't hear from 10 to 15 people, which is what has been happening lately," he added.
Mathanool said he believes Pfizer might be willing to sell the buildings for the cost of demolition, or it might donate the structures to help create good will. While the state is investing well over $1 billion to create new labs at Storrs and Farmington, he said, the facilities in Groton could be had for much less, perhaps for free.
"If we don't do anything to cut the bleeding at Pfizer soon, it will cost us $400 million a year in taxes," Mathanool said, estimating how much the state would lose if Pfizer left Groton entirely, as it did in Ann Arbor and elsewhere.
Among Mathanool's ideas is to leverage EB's presence in southeastern Connecticut and try to boost defense-related businesses employing former veterans. Mathanool said he already has called up several large U.S. companies, and none was aware that the Pfizer buildings were available at a key location halfway between Boston and New York.
"The governor has to give us the mandate," Mathanool said. "Without getting the mandate, we can't even get behind the back channels of Pfizer to say we have a deal."
'You have to have a vision'
Mathanool predicted it would take two to three years to fill the property with tenants and said he would raise funds to back the project if he got the state's approval to move forward. He expected that Pfizer, along with various state agencies, would be stakeholders in the process.
"It's a very big idea," Mathanool said. "As entrepreneurs, you have to have a vision."
Some officials said the expense of taking on 1 million square feet of office and laboratory space might be too much during a time when the state faces a budget deficit of at least $350 million. But Smith, the DECD commissioner, said Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is willing to spend money "if the right taker" can be found for the Pfizer buildings - one that, like Jackson Laboratories in Farmington, would "move the needle" in jump-starting the Connecticut economy.
Smith said the state is working hard to help Pfizer find a tenant or buyer for the buildings. She said there has been a lot of activity swirling around the site, though she would not discuss some of the possible uses of the buildings, which include an idea to create a contract research organization "mall" that would allow R&D-based companies such as Pfizer to utilize the services of a variety of smaller firms to conduct research.
"I absolutely believe there's a possibility we can see some of those buildings put to use over time," Smith said.
Most of the interest has revolved around the smaller buildings, Chamber president Sheridan said. Others were doubtful Building 118 could be saved from demolition.
Pfizer said last week that it still hasn't made a final decision on the fate of 118 and it has no particular timeline for marketing or demolishing the other buildings, including 114, 286 and 288.
Boosting economic development
Smith said the DECD is very interested in boosting economic development in southeastern Connecticut, which is why the Storrs-based Eastern Connecticut Innovation Corridor, one of the state's four newly branded economic hubs, has a presence at the University of Connecticut at Avery Point.
While she admitted that all of Malloy's "First Five" initiatives to boost statewide employment have been scattered in the Stamford-New Haven-Farmington triangle, Smith said companies make their own decisions on a location. The state is more interested in attracting clusters of companies revolving around life sciences, advanced manufacturing, finance, insurance, green technologies and digital advances than in developing a geographic mix, she said.
"We are not trying to exclude or write off any particular area," she added.
Smith noted that a variety of businesses in eastern Connecticut have benefited from the governor's Small Business Express loan and grant program, as well as other initiatives.
Smith said DECD has been working side by side with UConn to try to get economic development moving in southeastern Connecticut. Storrs won a competition to become the fulcrum of eastern Connecticut's development efforts because no one had arisen as a natural leader to coordinate economic plans in the region, she added.
The local Chamber at one point did a survey of business leaders to determine whether enough local firms were interested in the Pfizer property to populate the buildings. But Catalyze co-founder Foster said there simply isn't enough demand locally to fill the space.
"Our idea is to create companies from overseas to penetrate the Northeast - make this as the landing point for the Northeast," Mathanool, the Catalyze leader, said. "Is the state backing this up? ... None of these things can crystalize without the governor's green light."
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I like the delicious irony that a preacher can claim he was a gummint-killer-for-hire and that somehow gives him kudos. Peace be with you my child........Bracka Bracka Bracka
Yet another curious effect of the modern internet media world became apparent this week: the syndrome – particularly common among American clergymen – of falsely claiming to be a former US Navy SEAL has risen to prominence, as the risk of being exposed as such a liar has risen severely. The chest badge worn by qualified US …
Religion is a cheap and easy way for someone unqualified in other regards to get a step up and command authority over others. It doesn't mean for a second they're a better person, indeed you'd think people would run a mile from someone who says voices in his head are telling him to do things.
It does not surprise me at all that so many get exposed as hypocrites, wife beaters, frauds, embezzlers, liars, crooks, paedophiles, panderers or homosexuals while railing against those things from the pulpit.
Don't forget all the non-religion freaks who like to put whole nations to fire and the sword, we've had more deaths from those in recent history than the religious freaks.
The bigger mistake is artificial constraint on the meaning of "religion" - which doesn't have to be theisticly based and often isn't.
"thinking I'm right regardless" is a common religion, and one sometimes draped with ideas of god.
I would amend that statement just a bit... "You just can't trust folk." It's not the religion that does it. People are crummy, end of story. Being a pastor just gives you a bit of limelight, so that when you screw up, it goes on the national news instead of just being town gossip.
Not saying that religious people don't do all kinds of rotten things, just that they don't do much more than your average human.
@Sarah Davis: "you just can't trust <insert hated group>, they're always starting wars, or stoning rape victims, or fiddling with children, or being part of the hitler youth, making wild claims, or lying about something or other - warn your kids, never except a lift from <insert hated group>, and never believe anything they say"
Very nasty - although I've heard this kind of hate speech many times, it still always shocks me. The irony of seeming to oppose Hitler's philosophies whilst repeating many of the accusations he made against the Jews is a colourful touch.
Not a single one of these statements about *any* people group can be justified. Fomenting hatred and prejudice like this is nothing short of shameful.
[To the moderator - shouldn't hate speech postings be rejected?]
I think some people have seriously broken reading machines here.
That wasnt offensive, it was posted with an appropriate icon to indicate its tone *and* was presented as nothing more than an opinion.
Not really surprising that some people found themselves to be victimised by it....
@The Beer Monster: "I think that Sarah wasn't being serious"
Sarah's statement was simply offensive - there wasn't a hint of humour in it. And some things simply shouldn't be said flippantly, particularly allegations of sexual offences against children. If we pass over this kind of talk as 'humorous', we give free rein to ugly prejudice, oppression, and intimidation. Perhaps it seems funnier if you've never experienced it.
Prejudice, oppression, intimidation or paedophilia? Three out of four.
Everything Sarah mentioned has been committed by the clergy and that's a fact. The Daily Heil type comment with the "oh, they're all like that, trust none of them" slant was blatantly tongue in cheek.
It obviously offended you, but didn't offend me or others. Different strokes and all that. Still doesn't make either of us the moral arbiter for everyone.
I can understand if you've been a victim, but I don't know if it's a fair condescension. Do you watch violent TV or films which minimise the human impact and get entertained by them? How do you think the people in Palestine would feel about that? You like Tom and Jerry? How do you think the people who got beaten as kids feel about that?
Look, I'm probably not the sort of person you like because I'm ardently for free speech. I'd far rather that arguments were out in the open rather than shut up in little local communities where they fester into something twice as ugly. I think that the German laws against Nazi symbolism are silly at best. I even disagree with laws about holocaust denial, although the people who ascribe to it are singularly disgusting. You know what? Flippant comments are what makes things bearable. Put it this way, do you think that words have more power if they're laughed off or if they're criticised, or (special option number three) pushed to the bottom of the pile and treated like the pox?
While "they are always" is an exaggeration, it can't be denied that these things did and do happen and often with the support or the encouragement of the organization they represented.
"The irony of seeming to oppose Hitler's philosophies whilst repeating many of the accusations he made against the Jews is a colourful touch."
The irony of you conflating lies told by Hitler compared to documented examples of the things mentioned above is a colourful touch.
It didn't foment hatred. Merely mockery. Better than being stoned, abused or just lied to.
.....Bear Grylls wasn't in the real SAS. He was in the TA equivalent. He just doesn't like drawing attention to that bit.
Nor does he draw attention to the fact that he goes and sleeps in a nice comfy hotel with his film crew while pretending to be sleeping inside a dead camel or something (as I recall he's a Jesus freak as well? looks like a pattern forming)
Teaching Assistant?
I figured out a long time ago that his SAS credentials were 'less than perfect'.
for one, he can't do cross-country skiing or much at all that has to do with arctic climate.
And the REAL SAS trains with the Norwegian special forces every winter.
(Most SEAL teams also train in Norway now and then. )
>>"Except it's people like Bear Grylls who get in. Says it all."
A guy I know was also in 21/23, and ended up becoming a (very down-to-earth) clergyman in later life, but doesn't talk about his history.
If it wasn't for people asking why he did tours as an army padre, I'm not sure how many people who didn't know him at the time would know he'd ever been anything other than a vicar.
Judging a whole group on the basis of a few people who bang their own drum a bit loudly after they leave may be a little severe.
"A guy I know was also in 21/23, and ended up becoming a (very down-to-earth) clergyman in later life, but doesn't talk about his history."
I do wonder about people who train to kill other people (because lets face it, that's kind of the point of an armed force) who then go on to be religious types.
Being able to reconcile those two entirely opposing world views is, i'm afraid, good enough reason to distrust them.
>>"I do wonder about people who train to kill other people (because lets face it, that's kind of the point of an armed force) who then go on to be religious types."
Surely, having the ability to kill is ideally a means to an end, with the end hopefully being significantly one of defence - whether killing to prevent someone else killing innocent people, or even having armed forces as deterrents?
>>"Being able to reconcile those two entirely opposing world views is, i'm afraid, good enough reason to distrust them."
I do get where you're coming from, and someone who went from one extreme to another would make me wonder a bit as well, though the guy I'm thinking of couldn't really be called an extreme believer - from what I can tell, probably rather less so then most of his CofE congregation. I don't know what his attitude was earlier in life since I didn't know him then.
Also, it's not necessarily a case of reconciling two views as much as someone doing something at one point in their life and then at some point (possibly partly as a result, possibly some time later) deciding that they'd rather be doing something else.
Personally, I don't have any kind of belief, and I doubt I ever will.
I'm not really in a position to judge whether it's meaningfully less rational to be a believer and a part or full-time solider (whether at the same time, or at different times) than to simply be a believer.
It does seem that belief is often somewhat compartmentalised - many people seem to manage to combine beliefs with all kinds of professions where I could easily imagine the possibility of some kind of conflict.
"well known for previously being photographed on the deck of a US Navy aircraft carrier clad in full naval aviator's equipment"
To be fair, he had just been flown to the carrier in a two-seater. It's sort of required to wear that stuff when you're in a military jet, even if you're in the training seat on a publicity romp.
That was an odd bill, lobbied for by folks who had harried Jeremy Boorda, then U.S. Chief of Naval Operations, into suicide over an inappropriate "Combat V" on a decoration. No, you shouldn't claim honors that you did not receive. Neither should you fart in elevators, but so far Congress hasn't passed a "Stolen Air" bill.
I have been acquainted with at least a couple of fake veterans of the Vietnam War, though as far as I know the one fellow I knew who claimed to have served in the SEALs; told the truth.
The combat-to-clergy transition is not unheard of, to be sure. To name one example off hand, Philip Berrigan served in the WW II before his conversion to pacifism and stint in the Josephites. For that matter, one can find on Connecticut Ave. in Washington, DC, a statue of Peter Muhlenberg, who took time out from the pulpit to command a regiment in the American Revolution.
The instructions around wearing the 'V' were entirely vague and obtuse at the time Boorda was awarded the medal in the first place, and it appears he wore it in good-faith understanding that it was appropriate. Instantally as it was questioned, he stopped wearing it.
Ironically, one of his chief accusers, the late Col. Hackworth, was busted in a *indisputable* case of 'decoration inflation' - Not just a debatable add-on to a legitimately-awarded medal, but entire awards and qualifications* never issued to him, which he claimed on his proffesional CV and formed part of the basis of his self-promotional pitch as 'the most decorated soldier in America.'
Misunderstanding instructions around a real event is one thing, but claiming credit for events and qualifications that never happened is something rather different.
*Two false DFCs and the Ranger Tab. Hackworth hastily edited his bio to reflect correct awards after being called on it by CBS.
" ........ comparatively lowly National Guard pilot "?
Even though I'm not American, I think that is an unfair slur on the dedication and professionalism of the ANG pilots, who have proven over the years to be every bit as good as their full time colleagues. Bush himself was complimented on his high skill levels, and was reputed to be a "very fine interceptor pilot".
Nowadays ANG pilots can, and do, fly in active duty theatres of war; that was not the case during the Vietnam War, and it was known that volunteering for ANG duty could help you avoid a call up to an active duty squadron. It is this that is the controversial element of Dubya's service, not his piloting skills.
Here in the UK we don't expect our leaders to have done any form of national service, in fact we hardly expect them to have done anything of real worth at all prior to entering politics. Apart from Paddy Ashdown, I can't think of a UK politician that has real and extensive military experience. But in the States it can kill your political career to be dubbed either a draft-dodger or to have lied about your service. After Bush Snr used his military career as a WW2 naval bomber pilot to great affect during his campaigns, the anti-Bush crowd set out early to try and discredit Dubyha's service record, leading to the infamous Rathergate forgeries. The Bush followers got their revenge in kind when they slated John Kerry's dubious claim for a Purple Heart from Vietnam, and much was made of the fact that the closest the Obumbler has ever got to active duty was "mixing with bomb-makers like Bill Ayers".
Obambi's recent actions are interesting - his Whitehouse team are claiming he doubled the number of SEALs on the Bin Laden raid to avoid them possibly getting cornered by Pakistani forces. The driver may have been that criticism of the failed Op Eagle Claw was a big nail in Jimmy Carter's presidential career. Looks like even non-military types want to look like assertive men-of-war going into an election cycle.
Er, PMs with combat experience since WW II- Churchill, Eden, Macmillan, Wilson, Heath and Callaghan. Douglas-Home was too young for WW I and too ill for WW II.
It has been said of Heath's Cabinet that only Thatcher had not served in WW II, and this was why she had little concept of service, community and society...
".....Churchill, Eden, Macmillan, Wilson, Heath and Callaghan...." I was thinking more of our current crop of politicians, rather than those from a period where two World Wars meant it was compulsory to have done some form of service. In fact, IIRC, lawyers and juh-nah-lists are more likely to become politicians than any other profession here in the UK. The lawyers bit explains why politics seems to be 50% pointless blather, and the journalists bit explains why that 50% seems to entail nothing but hot air and hype.
Bush: 8 years, biggest attack on US soil in history, invaded wrong country, bin Laden "not a priority."
Obama: 2 years. Got bin Laden.
You're right that the one thing they have in common is that neither served in combat. However, one styled himself the "war president" to get re-elected, by virtue of, you know, starting a huge unnecessary war, which to me is kind of like killing your parents and calling for clemency since you're now an orphan.
The other got rid of one of the US' major antagonists about as neatly and cleanly as one can in this line of work, and snagged a wealth of intel in the process.
If it was all about "the election cycle," this would have happened a lot closer to the election, don't you think?
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Re: Reworked Keyboard Mapping In ViEmu 2010
I have just upgraded to ViEmu 2010 and have been trying to work with it today in Visual Studio 2010 and am having all sorts of problems with the keyboard mapping. I went to the Tools menu, but there is no longer anything there. I went to Tools | Set Keybindings... but see I can no longer see what the bindings are or change them in any way. All that menu click does is to tell me the bindings for ViEmu have been installed.
I have also spent a LOT of time this afternoon going to the Tools | Options | Environment | Keyboard dialog where I have tried to fix the mappings I am having trouble with, but it seems sort of like the changes I make do not stick for long.
The general problem I have is that it seems like I can no longer do anything using regular VS and standard MS keyboard shortcuts like Cntrl-C (copy), Cntrl-V (paste), etc. I have LOVED using the product in VS 2008 because it gave me the best of both worlds, seamlessly... I could us vi commands or I could use Ctl-C, Ctl-V, etc. Now it seems all I can do is use vi commands.
I hope this is just a learning curve on my part. It looks like until I find out how to fix this issue, I won't be able to use ViEmu as it keeps me from doing my work.
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May 30. 400 block Gate Lane. Complainant observed offender walk into her kitchen and take her black leather pocketbook containing a cell phone and credit cards. Offender fled in a white sedan. Vehicle was last seen going southbound on Cresheim Valley Drive.
May 31. 8600 block Germantown Avenue. Assistant manager states that two unknown black males came into bank carrying shotguns (black in color) and said, "Don't move, everybody get down and stay down." One male jumped over counter and took money from both tellers' registers. Males fled and were last seen in the 8600 block of Ardleigh Street.
June 1. 11 E. Gravers Lane. Complainant states that between 12 p.m. on May 29 and 5 p.m. on May 31, an unknown person stole a 19" GT mountain bike with a silver bell on handle bar that was locked to pole.
June 2. Unit block E. Chestnut Hill Avenue. Complainant states she locked the door to the dental office at 4 p.m. on May 27, and when she returned on May 31, she noticed lock on office door inside appeared to have been pried open. Nothing appeared to have been taken. Outside door was not damaged.
June 3. 7700 block Germantown Avenue. Complainant states that a black male, Edward Pleasant, d/o/b 6-10-76, residing in the 7100 block Charles Street, was seen taking 100 pack of Hewlett Packard DVD R spindle disks and was arrested.
Summary — Five crimes for week: one robbery, two burglaries and two thefts.
Keep locking the windows and doors to apartments, homes, and cars.
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DebN needed a new print or packaging design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 117 designs submitted by 10 freelance designers.
Switch Automation
Switch Automation is a cloud based platform for Green Buildings and homes. We focus strongly on energy management - monitoring energy use and then being able to do something about it. We also do really cool things like stream music or video around your house. We have two markets - home owners and the people that are designing and building really amazing green buildings.
We have some existing print collateral that cannot be changed - logo, business cards, see attached. Our business card works really well, the corners are cut off and the little turn over is embossed. I dont want to change these as they get a lot of attention when you hand them out. Everyone tries to uncurl the corner.
We have some existing print collateral that could stay or go - up to you - I have attached some samples, a spec sheet, a case study, and a folder that we put our brochures into.
We are launching a totally new product in May 2011. We used to have a hardware / software business model but from next month we will be a totally new model - cloud platform. the main difference that the users will notice is a all new user interface. This has been developed in Silverlight and Ipad but will be totally cross platform.
We are not a cheap product and our market can be home owner or corporate so the print collateral, branding and image needs to fit both these markets.
It would be worth you reviewing the other project I have put up - to design the stand for CEDIA - see....https://99designs.com/print-design/contests/print-design-trade-show-stand-backdrops-brochures-72663
so what I am looking for is a style guide for our print material. We are definitely targeting the Green/sustainability market so our print collateral should reflect this environmentally friendly value. I have attached a scan of a brochure from one of the trade shows that I like the look of - see zip file called vipac.zip
Ultimately we want to come up with
1. Style guide
2. 10-12 page company brochure
3. an A4 double sided brochure that promotes one of our products
4. a spec sheet layout
5. a case study layout
6. a folder to put it all into
7. letterhead
8 anything else you think would be useful - postcards etc
i definitely think you should watch the videos on youtube
and you should review the power point presentation with some images of our user interface


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Culprit #10: Cigarette/Coffee Breaks
Everyone needs to step away from their shift every once in a while. In fact, it's been said that taking breaks can often make you more productive. But if you're going out for a smoke or a coffee run every half hour (sounds extreme, but not totally unrealistic), you're reducing your productivity to the bare minimum by never really getting into the groove of your work.
The solution: When it comes to breaks outside the hospital, use your best judgement. We recommend three a day: one mid-morning, one at lunch time, and one in the afternoon. Taking your full lunch break is key, if you can. As a nurse If you're out of the hospital for a solid hour mid-day, you'll feel less of a need to step out for smaller breaks. And you'll be able to get into the work groove – and stay there! – more often.


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problem : after update my computer refuses to boot. It doesn't get to the grub2 (actually 1.99) menu, it just says : no boot device found.
My hardware : Asus M8Z77-V LX motherboard with 1 SSD.
In the bios I disabled the bios legacy option to force it to boot with UEFI.
As I hadn't moved to systemd yet, I waited to update a while(2 months).
Last week I updated several pacakges by hand (kernel, vlc, ...) : All updates that according to me didn't involve with systemd.
Then I rebooted and ... problem.
I have tried a whole weekend to solve it by browsing through the wiki's but to no avail.
I can boot with live-cd and access my SSD. All data is there. I can also chroot and do stuff.
The SSD is partitionned in GPT as follows :
sda1 : 1 gb fat 32
sda2 : 20 gb ext4 root
sda3 : 20 gb ext4 var
sda4 : 79 gb ext4 home
I did not do any update of my bios or changed anything on my hardware.
It seems that my bios does not see my SSD as UEFI-bootable device anymore.
When I installed Arch in June on my brand new computer I made a backup with redobackup (partclone) of a working installation.
As a final ressort I put back the image I created then.
But it doesn't work either!
Then I updated my bios but same problem.
My bios can see the fat 32 partition. I know this because to update the bios it looks for attached fat 32 storage and there is shows the partition .
I there anywone who can point me in a good direction?
Thanks a lot in advance.
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I'm sorry I can't help you fix the problem, because I don't have any experience with (U)EFI. However, you state:
Last week I updated several pacakges by hand (kernel, vlc, ...) : All updates that according to me didn't involve with systemd.
Partial upgrades are not supported. According to you they may not have anything to do with systemd, but how do you know that?
Anyways, best of luck with solving the problem
I did not know if they had anything to do with systemd, I just thought so.
I shoudn't have done a partial upgrade, sorry!
That's why I put my system back into it's original state with my backup-image.
When that didn't work, I asked help in this forum.
I hope somebody else could help me.
No amount of installing or restoring things on your root partition will have any effect on it not detecting grub. You need to reinstall grub to the block device. I don't use eufi, but it's be the steps equivalent to installing your bootloader coad to the mbr for mbr systems.
"UNIX is simple and coherent..." - Dennis Ritchie, "GNU's Not UNIX" - Richard Stallman
I placed an complete image back onto my SSD. So all 4 partitions.
The SSD should be bit-for-bit identical to what is was when everything worked fine.
Or do I miss something?
And you need to boot with EFI in order to be able to reinstall grub to the EFI-partition.
And booting with EFI (even with live-cd) does not work.
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If you can't boot the live cd, then this is definitely not a problem with your installation - it must be a bios issue. But in your first post you said you *could* boot the live cd.
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"UNIX is simple and coherent..." - Dennis Ritchie, "GNU's Not UNIX" - Richard Stallman
It does boot in live-cd when I enable "legacy and efi" in bios.
When I chose "only EFI" it does not.
so the live-cd boots through legacy.
But the point is : the booting-problem occured 1 minute after I did those (unfortunate) partial upgrades.
Can you have that much coincidance that my bios fails after an update?
Can a bios be broken even if you can update that bios without problem?
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I can't be confident of much if the information keeps changing. You don't need to boot in uefi mode to (re)install the boot loader. If this were the case no one could ever install a uefi set up in the first place.
"UNIX is simple and coherent..." - Dennis Ritchie, "GNU's Not UNIX" - Richard Stallman
I am sorry if I lost your confidence. I can't find any contradictory info in my post.
The Arch Wiki-Grub 2 says that you need to boot in UEFI before you can (re)install grub2.
As my live-cd won't boot in UEFI mode, the only option is that I make a live-usb stick and see if that one will boot in UEFI.
But in the end it is still strange that a software update breaks my Asus UEFI-boot.
I just found another unlucky guy with a simular problem. I'll try his solution tonight.
http://superuser.com/questions/372962/w … ot-manager
http://superuser.com/questions/376470/h … -grub2-efi
I will try the live-usb method and report on it later.
No, I was just confused. This may be because I've never used uefi - but people with uefi hardware have to start somewhere in the installation process. If one can't install a uefi system until they have a uefi system ... well I doubt there would be wiki pages devoted to a topic that is impossible because of a catch22 so I've concluded that one must be able to isntall a uefi system from a live media.
My main(/only) point is that if the boot loader menu never shows up then the problem is not in installed packages: it is either in the bios, or the boot loader itself. The latter is much more likely, and in an MBR/bios system, the fix would be to reinstall the bootloader to the mbr - so I think what is needed is the equivalent step for uefi.
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"UNIX is simple and coherent..." - Dennis Ritchie, "GNU's Not UNIX" - Richard Stallman
I can only echo what others have said--partial upgrade not a good idea--and you need to reinstall grub. I myself do not use uefi and hope it can stay that way for some time as it seems it is not as straightforward as the old mbr method. All the steps appear in various wikis but you have to do alot of reading to get the steps right. If you want to use someone elses guide then at leat use something like: http://www.alaux.net/index.php?article3 … hat-s-good --this is at least an arch linux guide and not an ubuntu one. There are many, many posts with a simple google search so you're not alone. Good luck.
Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils ... - Louis Hector Berlioz
thanks for this link. I will examen it this evening.
Yesterday evening I already found out how to boot.
My solution came from : http://www.overclockers.com/forums/show … p?t=707382
Now I know that my Arch installtion is still fine.
The only problem left is that my solution is not permanent.
After each boot I have to boot in a UEFI shell and start grub that way.
With this new guide you gave, I probably will find a lasting solution.
UEFI is not ready for prime time according to me.
I'll mark this thread as solved.


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As a case in point, when Suzanne Thorin and Virginia Sorkin recently discussed the library of the future in The Learning Revolution: The Challenge of Information Technology in the Academy, they indicated that librarians are now being asked to make radical changes to the way they work. They mentioned
We are all familiar with the kinds of transforming trends that I have cited and many of us are making changes within our organizations to address them. But what are the common characteristics of the new information professional who can meet these challenges? How can we promote and catalyze change through our organizations so that we can achieve the kinds of futures that we envision?
Some industry analysts say that long-range strategic planning is a waste of time. Even a five-year plan is inappropriate in our present environment. One or two years is about as far out as we can predict. In this new future, one in which we really do not know where we will end up, the information professional often takes on the role of expedition guide. We have to see ourselves pioneering new knowledge frontiers. We can be the physical guides, the procedural guides and the intellectual guides to knowledge resources in various formats.
However, as we guide, we cannot always lead. Sometimes we may need to follow while someone else steps up for a while and cuts down the forest in front of us, clearing a new path. The success of the expedition requires the information professional to be both leader and follower, consistently providing guidance from either role. This leads us to the next ability.
Moreover, we are going to have to learn how to collaborate with these new people in very short periods of time, in fact, in a transitory period of time. To do that we have to have a deep understanding of needs and capabilities, our own and our collaborators'. What do we bring to and expect of any collaboration in which we are involved? Collaboration is a two-way street. We cannot ignore our responsibilities for recognizing what we do or do not bring to the table.
This leads to a word of caution. I have been a proponent of collaborating activities for many years and have always made it a point in my own work to identify and establish relationships with others interested in working collaboratively. Nonetheless, I am concerned that we be careful that teamwork and collaboration do not become excuses to avoid decision-making and accountability by the individual. Teaming and collaboration are not appropriate for every activity or every decision that needs to be made. As with any ability, we must apply it to the right situation and ensure that the right components are in place for collaboration to create effective results.
It is the combination of agility and priority setting that will allow us to respond successfully to our institution, external influences and the needs of our user communities.
We do not have to be the only providers of service to our constituencies. Indeed, we probably are not. Therefore, we might as well face that fact and recognize that we should focus on what we are good at. We should focus on what we can do well, and let others come in and fill the gaps. That idea is sometimes threatening to individual staff members, but it seems to me essential if we are to optimize our resources. I have seen this process in inter-institutional activities, where institutions have started to collaborate. They bring complementary skills to the table – overlapping, but to a large extent complementary. By concentrating on their strengths, they collectively provide better products and services.
I have already mentioned that we need to develop an understanding of core contributions to value – or perhaps more specifically, what constitutes core contributions to valued services and solutions. We have to understand what knowledge we have, what skills we have – as individuals and as organizational units. But we also have to understand how we generate and leverage economies of scale as central service providers. What can we do, how can we help people who are providing similar services, perhaps at the local level? What are the economies of scale, and how can we leverage them in the best interest of the institution? To answer these questions, we need an institutional perspective.
As I thought about that problem, I also reflected on other shifts in our perspectives. For instance, in the profession, we have moved from talking about managing technologies, collections or resources to managing access and personnel. I used to give a lot of workshops on managing technologies, but I was not really talking about managing technologies: I was really talking about managing organizations – people.
I recently heard it said that we had moved from managing personnel to managing human relations – staff satisfaction has become important; customer satisfaction has become important. But it seems to me that our real charge is managing the investments of our organizations - in people, technologies, collections, etc. And if we start thinking abut managing investments, we start looking for outcomes, rather than just thinking about managing a resource at the resource level.
We also are in the business of managing expectations, and every one of us who touches one of our user communities is in the business of managing expectations – of our customers, of our executives and of our staff. Yes, they all have expectations – stated or unstated.
All of this change in how we talk about our work is actually representative of a shift in focus. I have an example: LensCrafters, who make eyeglasses, used to have an advertising campaign that emphasized one hour turn-around time – responding to people not wanting to hang around waiting for hours on end, to people wanting to take care of an errand on their lunch hour. The message focused on efficiency and productivity. It was a very effective campaign. But one day, I caught the end of the latest LensCrafters' ad, which said, "We help you see better." Then they added "One hour at a time," which referred back to their earlier campaign. That shift in emphasis from "We provide your glasses in an hour" to "We help you see better" is fundamental. It is an insight I have been able to use quite effectively. We are not simply providers of services – whether they are library services or information technology services – we actually are helping people do what they do better. We help improve teaching, learning, research, administration, commerce. That is the goal we must keep in mind. If we start thinking that way, promoting our services that way, and reassessing our performance that way, we can make the business case to our senior executives much more appropriately than by saying that we served so many people with these kinds of services over this period of time.
Now what becomes important is that our staff understand this difference. They have to understand what we are really in the business of doing. Getting our staff at the lower levels to understand that what we do is help other people do their jobs better will give them a different perspective on their own work. They will better understand their own contributions to the value of the services and products we provide – value as the client perceives it.
We need to understand, also, the value of prior investment in human resources. For example, it has been suggested by some people that my mainframers have obsolete skills and knowledge – that they are not outfitted for the new world we are in. While they need to upgrade their knowledge and skills, there is a certain amount of learning from their experience working with mainframes – what it means to keep the machines running – that is transferable to the new environment. Their knowledge is not necessarily in how they do it, but in knowing what characteristics of the mainframe environment work well, and why. How do we take these learnings and translate them? We should not devalue the knowledge that people have that may not seem appropriate in the environment that we are creating – we just have to extract the appropriate components of it and assist them in applying it to new situations.
Learning also involves having our people interacting with others – within our organization and across organizations. Perhaps this is where we can truly use the technology to address the kinds of problems the technology has created – through increasing collaboration within and beyond our own boundaries. Also, we need to use the professional associations that bring different kinds of people together, for instance, ASIS or CNI (Coalition for Networked Information).
Staff need to be empowered to learn. At Michigan we not only have work plans for our staff, but also professional development agreements. A part of our compensation program assesses demonstrated competencies in applying new skills and new knowledge to our organization's endeavors.
If we do create the kind of workforce that I have defined, we will be able to assume leadership roles within our institution and within our communities at the national and international levels. This is our time. This is the information professional's time, more than any other. The role of the information professional is at the heart of all of these critical activities - technology development, technology applications, content development, new ways of thinking about things, new ways of doing work, new ways of collaborating. We have to be there, and we have to be prepared to stake a claim to our leadership roles within our institutions and beyond.
How organizations are run continues to evolve. They used to be run by their inventors. Next, the business and financial people came in. We now have lawyers getting involved due to legal issues and regulatory issues. But the time has come for the information professional to take a role as leader and guide. Information management is a vital part of everything our organizations do. I see a future that increasingly brings people together with knowledge resources of various kinds and in various formats, breaking down all barriers of space and time. They will come together to collaborate on short- or long-term projects, moving in and out of this collaboration space over time. These activities take place under the umbrella of the "Knowledge Community." Information professionals, with our abilities and understandings, will be critical to the development and results of these knowledge communities. Our institutions need us as guides on this exciting expedition into an information-centric 21st century.


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And yet "Robot" and "World War Three" seem so wildly different, eh?
World War Three
"Peter Kay - Amarillo"
Meantime in the real world, the next of Davies' comedic oversized villains was busy with what turned out to be the top UK single the whole time this two-parter was airing. Charity singles. Make of it what you will (they'd never get away with the Jimmy Saville clip on any rebroadcasts, surely.)
"Andrew Marr Show - David Tennant"
Andrew Marr, the correspondent who in this story notes that a Captain Tennant is going to 10 Downing Street, is a Very Serious political journalist in his day job. Or in this clip, is very seriously interviewing Tennant about his then upcoming plans to play Hamlet. To be perfectly honest, you may be more exercised by his political interviews.
"Little Britain - 10 Downing Street"
We trust you recognise the narrator, and the location, and the bloke who'll be a guest star next season. And of course the two writers of this sketch later showed up in the Pet Shop Boys video "I'm With Stupid" where Bush and Blair are sardonically mocked...it's all terribly holistic if you look long enough.
"Play School, presented by Russell T Davies"
To all who thought the Slitheen were a touch childish, Davies did get his start writing children's telly. This is mostly a celebratory sort of show (aside from the opening, which makes the Tom Baker title music and New Series trailer clips both seem much odder just by juxtaposing them), but the clip at the five minute mark is unduly amusing. Very '80s hair. Can't help but observe that he is showing off the same sort of cartoon as the ones he drew for "The Writer's Tale", so his writing style has remained largely the same all these years.
"Horsehead Nebula Hubblecast"
The Doctor is perfectly right - the Horsehead Nebula is fantastic.
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"The Golden Voyage of Sinbad - Trailer"
A Ray Harryhausen film. Helped get Tom Baker hired as the Doctor. Either of these would be quite enough reason to recommend it, really.
(Yours truly can't say it's politically correct, for the simple reason that it isn't, and Sinbad himself is probably the most boring character in the film, but as a piece of fantastic filmmaking it's ideally put together and looks gorgeous, as you'd expect from Harryhausen.)
"The Waterloo Bridge Handicap"
In honour of our Harry's first story, a short film in which Ian Marter also gets to play a villain. Of sorts, until his chivalry catches up with him. The Youtube description is actually a pretty fair summary and TV Cream has more, but it's fun watching as an exercise in surrealism. Also Lynda Bellingham is in it, so that's the second mention of her in a week then.
"Isaac Asimov outlining the Three Laws of Robotics"
Well, it's obviously where Terrance started when he was outlining the script. This and...
"The Avengers trailer - The Mauritius Penny"
Subtitled in French, but never mind that - if you're familiar with Robot you undoubtedly recognise this scene of Nazi fascists having a secret meeting to cheer on Britain's new leader. The Avengers Forever website (far and away the best online guide to that show) notes the similarities, courtesy of one Stephen. "The New Rule meeting in this episode was later adapted by Terrance Dicks for "Robot", a mid-70s installment of Doctor Who. It also features a meeting held by the Scientific Reform Society (which has much in common with the organisation in "Penny"), which is infiltrated by the Doctor's journalist companion Sarah, who is soon exposed as a spy. In 2001, Dicks considered these similarities in an introduction to a book containing the script for "Robot": "I was genuinely unaware of the similarities between 'Robot' and 'Penny'. They're undoubtedly there, but the whole process was unconscious at the time. My old friend Mac Hulke [co-writer of 'Penny'] used to say that to write science fiction, or any kind of fiction, you needed a strong original idea. It didn't have to be your strong original idea. On this case, curiously enough, it was my idea - or rather ours. Still, I don't suppose Mac would have minded."
So that's that. Also it's a rather good episode in its own right and makes philately breathlessly exciting, which is a sentence you don't get to say about most television drama.
"Steptoe and Son - A Perfect Christmas"
Aired two days before the start of "Robot". For comparison, and of course Beryl Vertue had something to do with the programme...and look, we don't really need to justify one of the most influential sitcoms of all time, do we? Perfect way to see off the holiday season. It was the show's last episode and serves as an ideal ending, but it's perfectly accessible even if you haven't seen any of it before.


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The first and only agricultural museum in Illinois has launched a new website and announced a $2 million building fundraising campaign.
"The Midwest Agricultural Museum is dedicated to preserving and educating the public about the history and impact of agriculture on human life," said Chris McMillen, of Toulon, chairman of the museum's board of directors. "The new website at midwestagmuseum.com allows donors to contribute directly online toward building a permanent facility for the museum's rapidly expanding collection. It also gives people a convenient and secure way to become members or renew their memberships," McMillen said.
The growing collection includes tools and equipment, historic films and photos, invention designs and prototypes, educational materials and relevant memorabilia. It also showcases many of the agricultural innovations that originated in the Midwest in the 1840s at the height of the Industrial Revolution.
A search committee is investigating several sites on major highways to enhance visibility of the museum. Farmland is especially sought so visitors can see how tools, equipment and techniques were — and are — used on a working farm.
The farm's production would also provide income toward the museum's sustainability.
The Midwest Agricultural Museum is a non-profit 501(c)(3) dedicated to promoting awareness and appreciation of how agriculture has affected — and continues to affect — human history. The only agricultural museum in Illinois, the museum's collection includes many inventions and innovations that originated in the Midwest. For more information, visit midwestagmuseum.com.


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Translated from Ibn Hajar al-`Asqalani's biography of Ibn Taymiyya in al-durar al-kaamina fi a`yaan al-mi'at al-thaamina [The Hidden Pearls Concerning the Famous People of the Eighth Century] Hyderabad: Daa'irat al-ma`aarif al-`uthmaaniyya, 1384 H, vol. 1:144-160.
An enquiry [of his position] was conducted with several scholars [in Cairo] and a written statement was written against him, in which he said: "I am Ash`ari," and his handwriting is found with what he wrote verbatim, namely: "I believe that the Qur'an is a meaning which exists in Allah's Essence (mi`na qaa'imun bi dhaat Allaah), and it is an Attribute from the pre-eternal Attributes of His Essence (wa huwa Sifatun min Sifaati dhaatihi al-qadeema), and that it is uncreated (wa huwa ghayru makhlooq), and that it does not consist in the letter nor the voice (wa laysa bi Harfin wa la Sawt), and that His saying: "The Merciful established Himself over the Throne" is not taken according to its external meaning (laysa `ala zaahirihi), and I don't know in what consists its meaning, nay only Allah knows it, and one speaks of His "descent" in the same way as one speaks of His "establishement" (wa al-qawlu fi al-nuzooli kal-qawli fi al-istiwaa')." It was written by Ahmad ibn Taymiyya and they witnessed over him that he had repented of his own free will from all that contravened the above. This took place on the 25th of Rabee` al-awwal of the year 707 and it was witnessed by a huge array of scholars and others. [p. 148.]
(Najm al-Din Sulayman ibn `Abd al-Qawi) al-Toofi (al-Hanbali) said: "He used to bring up in one hour from the Book and the Sunna and language and speculation (a quantity of material) which no-one could bring up in many sessions, as if these sciences were before his very eyes and he was picking and choosing from them at will. A time came when his companions took to over-praising him and this drove him to be satisfied with himself until he became proud before his fellow human beings, and became convinced that he was a scholar capable of independent reasoning (istash`ara annahu mujtahidun). Henceforth he began to answer each and every scholar great and small, past and recent, until he went all the way back to `Umar (radiallahu anh) and faulted him in some matter. This reached the ears of the Shaykh Ibraaheem al-Raqiyy who reprimanded him. Ibn Taymiyya went to see him, apologized, and asked for forgiveness. "He also spoke against `Ali (radiallahu anh) and said: He made mistakes in seventeen different matters… "Because of his fanatic support of the Hanbali school he would attack Ash`aris until he started to insult al-Ghazali, at which point some people opposed him and would almost kill him… "They ascertained that he had blurted out certain words concerning doctrine (Dabatu `alayhi kalimaatin fi al-`aqaa'id mugheera) which came out of his mouth in the context of his sermons and legal decisions, and they mentioned that he had cited the tradition of Allah's descent (to the nearest heaven), then climbed down two steps from the minbar and said: "Just like this descent of mine" and he was categorized as an anthropomorphist (wa nusiba ila al-tajseem). "They also mentioned his refutation of whoever uses the Prophet (sallallahu alaihe wasallam) as a means (man tawassala bi al-nabi sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) or seeks help from him (aw istaghaatha)…
"People were divided into parties because of him. Some considered him an anthropomorphist [mujassim] because of what he mentioned in 'al- `aqeeda al-Hamawiyya' and 'al-`aqeeda al-waaSiTiyya' and other books of his, such as Allah's hand, foot, shin, and face being litteral attributes of Allah (Sifaatun Haqeeqiyyatun lillaah) and that He is established upon the Throne with His Essence (wa annahu mustawin `ala al-`arshi bi dhaatihi). It was said to him that were this the case He would necessarily be subject to spatial confinement (al-taHayyuz) and divisibility (al-inqisaam). He replied: "I do not concede that spatial confinement and divisibility are (necessarily) properties of bodies (anaa laa usallimu anna al-taHayyuz wa al-inqisaam min khawaSS al- ajsaam)," whereupon it was adduced against him (ulzima) that he held Allah's Essence to be subject to spatial confinement. [Note: Ibn Taymiyya nowhere explicitly rejects limit and dimension for Allah. In fact he says in his answer to Razi ('al-Ta'sis') that the rejection of limit (Hadd) and dimension (qadr) for Allah is nowhere found in the Book and the Sunna (as quoted in Kawthari's 'Maqaalaat' p. 351), whereas the Sunni `aqeedah explicitly states: "The Glorious and Exalted Lord is above and beyond sharing in the properties of having directions or spatial limits: thoughts cannot measure Him, locations cannot contain Him, dimensions cannot encompass Him" (Imam al-Juwayni in 'Lam` al-adillat fi qawaa`id `aqaa'id ahl al-sunna' [The Radiance of Proofs Concerning the Bases of the Beliefs of Ahl al-Sunna]). Ibn Taymiyya even says that there are two kinds of tashbeeh [likening of God], one of which "whose meaning it would be improper to disallow" (Beirut edition of 'Majmoo` fataawa shaykh al-islam…' 3:172, and again in the 'Ta'sis' that "the Book, the Sunna, and the Consensus nowhere say that all bodies are necessarily created, nor that Allah Himself is necessarily not a body" (quoted in Kawthari p. 350).]
"Others considered him someone who conceals unbelief [zindeeq] due to his saying that the Prophet (sallallahu alaihe wasallam) is not to be sought for help (laa yustaghaathu bihi) and the fact that this amounted to diminishing and impeding the establishing of the greatness of the Prophet (sallallahu alaihe wasallam)… "Others considered him a hypocrite [munaafiq] because of what he said about `Ali:… that he had been forsaken (makhdhoolan) everywhere he went, had repeatedly tried to acquire the khilafa and never attained it, fought out of lust for power rather than religion, and said that "he loved authority while `Uthman loved money." He would say that Abu Bakr had declared Islam in his old age, fully aware of what he said, while `Ali had declared Islam as a boy, and the boy's Islam is not considered sound upon his mere word… In sum he said ugly things such as these, and it was said against him that he was a hypocrite, in view of the Prophet's (sallallahu alaihe wasallam) saying (to `Ali): "Only a hypocrite would show you hatred." [p. 153-155]


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Point Park University's Conservatory of Performing Arts is dedicated to providing a quality, well-rounded experience for both the students of the Conservatory and the audience members at Point Park University's Pittsburgh Playhouse. This year's Conservatory Theatre Company season was no exception, with a variety of works such as the Greek drama Antigone; Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic musical Carousel; the farce Room Service; and the world premiere musical Time After Time.
The Company is proud to end the season with the contemporary musical, The Light in the Piazza.
Winner of six Tony Awards, this soaring musical will whisk audiences away into a captivating tale of passion and romance set in ever-alluring Italy. The Light in the Piazza is the enchanting story of Margaret Johnson, who is travelling the Tuscan countryside with her daughter, Clara. Their vacation takes a twist when Clara falls in love with young Fabrizio. Although they are determined to marry, Margaret strongly opposes the union for reasons that remain unknown. She must decide if she will risk revealing the truth that could threaten her daughter's happiness, or let love save the day.
"It's a gorgeous story," said Katie Sexton, a junior musical theatre major playing the role of Margaret.
The Light in the Piazza (book by Craig Lucas and music and lyrics by Adam Guettel) premiered at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre in New York City in 2005. It won the 2005 Tony Awards for Best Original Score, Best Actress in a Musical, Best Orchestrations, Best Scenic Design of a Musical, Best Costume Design of a Musical and Best Lighting Design of a Musical, in addition to being nominated for five other Tonys. It was also nominated for eleven Drama Desk Awards, of which the musical won five. The Light in the Piazza is directed by Point Park faculty member Scott Wise with music direction by Camille Rolla; choreography by Jeremy Czarniak; scenic design by Michael Thomas Essad; sound design by Zachary Brown; projection design by Jessi Sedon; and lighting design by Andrew David Ostrowski and Christopher Staebell.
"It's definitely one of the best-written shows in the last 20 years," said Katie.
The Light in the Piazza'sinspirational reputation is not without cause, given the power of the realistic emotions portrayed in the story. It is a tale about the struggles of trusting and letting go of the self and of loved ones.
"It really shows people who are so vulnerable and are able to let themselves into love," said Katie. "I think it's something everyone will love."
The Light in the Piazza opens Friday, March 26 and runs through Sunday, April 3. Performances will be held Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m., with a special added performance on Wednesday, March 31 at 8 p.m. More information and tickets are available at www.pittsburghplayhouse.com.
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Monday, May 6, 2013
Lillie Belle Stella Blue Milk Chocolate
In a world where bacon is regularly combined with chocolate, it should come as no surprise the cheese is also becoming a popular infusion for chocolate and other confections.
Lillie Belle Farms of Oregon has introduced the Lillie Belle Stella Blue Milk Chocolate which is a dark milk chocolate base of 50% cocoa solids mixed with Rogue Creamery's Powdered Blue Heaven Cheese. Lillie Belle has been making a Smokey Blue Cheese truffle for some years, so the idea of a solid bar should not be a shock to anyone.
The bar's packaging and name is a full homage to the Grateful Dead. The ingredients include organic chocolate, organic sugar, organic cocoa butter, powdered buttermilk, powdered nonfat milk, blue cheese (made from raw milk, salt and penicillin bacteria).
The bar is beautifully molded. It has an ideal set of ratios, though the bar is not segmented (which I usually prefer) - it's thick but not difficult to snap apart, but it also has a small footprint so the bar doesn't take up much space in my bag.
The bar is less smoky smelling than I expected, it really just smells like a chocolate bar with a strong woodsy and less sweet/milky note. The melt is excellent, the texture is smooth with only the slightest grain to the cocoa solids. After the immediate chocolate notes, there is a hit of sharpness ... I can't quite say that it's salty so perhaps it's umami.
There's no cheesy component to it, it doesn't have that sort of moldy smell or sort of metallic note that some blue cheese have. Overall, it's just a less sweet, slightly savory and dark milk chocolate bar.
I enjoyed it, especially since it was both a milk chocolate bar and pretty dark. I don't know if I would reach for this regularly but I do have to say that it mixes well with nuts but not with other sorts of candy that has more berry notes to it.
Since the ingredients list is so small and it's all bean to bar, I feel pretty good about the ethical sourcing. The bar is made in a facility that also processes nuts, soy and of course it contains milk.
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Monday, May 19, 2008
Lillie Belle Farms Assortment
I picked up a short assortment of Lillie Belle Farms chocolates while I was in San Francisco. I got the Cayenne Caramels, Smokey Blue Cheese Truffles, Lavender Caramel & Marzipan Fig. They each came in a set of two, just tucked simply into a cellophane bag, for the rather reasonable price of $4 per pair (except for the Cayenne Caramels, they're small so there were three of those).
I liked the ability to pick and chose what I was going to get. I've see Lillie Belle Farms at Whole Foods, but usually just the blue cheese 5 pieces and for Candy Blog purposes, I really want a variety. But having two of each means I get a pretty strong sense of each chocolate.
Jeff Shepherd runs Lillie Belle Farms, and it's a real farm in Oregon (not some made up name), certified organic, where he grows marionberries, raspberries & strawberries. That's another thing that sets these chocolates apart, they're not named for the creator, one of the few chocolatiers that's not. (Exceptions: Godvia, Vosges & Hotel Chocolat.) Well, that's not quite true, Lillie Belle Farms was named for Jeff's daughter, Lillie and his wife Belle.
These are adorable little chocolate buttons. The only molded chocolate in the bunch.
It has to be molded because the caramel filling is downright flowing. It's smooth, without a hint of grain and with an authentic creamy toasted sugar taste.
And when it says cayenne, it's not kidding. There's the initial squeal of hot pepper and then this low lingering burn afterwards. Unfortunately I'm a bit of wuss and thought it was too strong. Perhaps if I was eating them in combination with other chocolates (and the smaller size is welcome in that respect), but as solo pieces I really only think they're going to be loved by folks who have that iron constitution.
I had no idea what this was, the package simply said Rum & Fig, which sounded like a fabulous combination in my book. Since it was wrapped in foil, I had no idea that it also included nuts. (I didn't know what kind of nuts and didn't have the internet handy so I made my husband eat one in order to confirm that it was almonds and not walnuts.)
Once on the internet I found that it's rum & spice poached black mission fig which is then wrapped in marzipan and then dipped in chocolate & rolled in crushed almonds.
It was like, well, nothing else. It smells drunk, like amaretto and rum. The crunchy almonds are held together by a bit of a chocolate shell. The combination of chocolate and fig is quite difficult, as many of the fig flavors overpower the chocolate. Even though I didn't catch much chocolate here, all the flavors worked so well together. It didn't come off as sweet or decadent, but so complex, like hearing a song that will become your favorite for the first time and just wanting to hit replay a few times.
Lavender Fleur du Sel Caramels
A stiff and chewy caramel, very smooth chew with a strong lavender zest to it (or whatever you call the oily essence of lavender). The chocolate and salt complement this well, I'm not sure if the caramel was too hard for me or not, it's hard to tell when the pieces are a bit below room temperature.
It's sweet and mellow and really the perfect texture of caramel for me, an ideal combination of sugar and cream that brings out the burnt sugar notes. That darkness combines well with lavender, which I find to be a darker essence like rosemary.
I believe this is what's known as a signature piece. The ganache is mixed with Rogue Creamery's Smokey Blue Cheese and then rolled in crushed toasted almonds. It looks kind of like a little cheese ball, and smells a bit like it too.
There is no hint of sweetness here. It's tangy and smooth and has a bit of biting bitter hint. The nuts are probably the sweetest thing in the mix and provide a great crunch. As a piece of confection, it's not quite satisfying since it's rather salty. As something to just ignore labels and eat ... well, now there's the way to wrap your brain around it. I do wonder how it would taste smeared on a table water cracker.
I'm definitely interested in picking up some more of Shepherd's pieces, I chose the ones that I thought were most distinctive (that I could get my hands on) but there are far more that seem to be available only through his store, so when the weather cools off, I'll probably place an order. Or visit his shop in Central Point, Oregon (north of Medford):
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Beervelde is first and foremost a plant fair. In Beervelde, we want to put you in touch with specialists of all possible categories garden plants such as: a-and biennials, perennials, bulbs, rock garden, alpine plants, terrace plants, trees, shrubs and roses & less courante plants for example.
Our interest also goes to everything that has to do with the Garden: flower arranging, Garden architecture, garden tools, Garden clothing, garden furniture, garden ornaments, Garden books and magazines, Garden antiques, Garden cottages, animals in the garden, life in the garden ... but always in a limited degree to obtain an interesting mix.
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Archeological testing was conducted at Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area in November 1983 in conjunction with a proposed sewage leachfield near park headquarters. A multi-component Archaic to late Woodland archeological site (33CU65) was located in the proposed construction area. Despite disturbance from recent historic land use practices, the site exhibits considerable contextural integrity. Subsurface testing exposed 10 distinct prehistoric features and an extensive midden deposit. Lithic and ceramic artifacts and floral and faunal remains were also recovered. The site's material culture, age and significance are discussed in this report, and recommendations for site management are outlined.
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