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Street Talk: A surge-less summer for small business
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Was small business in Michigan really sitting listlessly on the sidelines through the summer of 2012, worrying about the November election?
SBAM thinks so.
"We believe the small business economy, while growing, did not surge this summer partly because of uncertainty about the 2012 election," said Michael Rogers, vice president of communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan.
However, he added: "Small businesses are still indicating they are optimistic about the future, which we attribute to the ongoing positive effects of business tax reform and the general rebound in Michigan's economy."
Rogers based his observations on SBAM's November 2012 Small Business Barometer survey of more than 1,000 small business owners. The study reportedly shows the entrepreneurial economy was basically in a "static position" compared to the June 2012 survey. Entrepreneurs reported sales, profits and hiring all advancing at about the same levels as in the spring. Similarly, they anticipate sales, profits and hiring over the next six months to be in line with previous expectations.
The survey found that:
- Forty percent of small business owners said sales had increased over the past six months.
- Twenty-five percent said profits had increased.
- Twenty-one percent said they increased their number of employees.
Looking forward:
- Forty-two percent said they expect sales to increase in the next six months.
- Thirty-two percent said they expect profits to increase.
- Twenty-four percent plan to hire more employees.
Rogers' news release noted that "interestingly, in this time of relatively high unemployment, some small businesses complain about their access to qualified personnel. Ten percent rate it as 'poor,' 30 percent as 'only fair,' 41 percent as 'pretty good' and 12 percent as 'excellent.'"
"We continue to hear from small business owners that they are flooded with applicants for job openings, but few of the applicants are qualified," said Rogers.
From Heartwell's heart
While grbj.com reporter Pat Evans was hanging out at Harmony Brewing Co. (he does cover the craft beer beat, after all), who should he run into but Mayor George Heartwell.
Being the enterprising guy he is, Evans engaged hizzoner in a Q&A about — what else? — beer.
Q: How do you feel about Grand Rapids being Beer City, USA?
A: Yeah, here we are, it's been two months now since we claimed the title in a hot runoff with Asheville, North Carolina. Grand Rapids, BeerCity USA — and I couldn't be happier! I mean, look at the culture that has developed here around brewing. I think it's really quite amazing. It's a youthful culture, a very vital culture, young people trying things out, trying new recipes, making different beers, and it works.
Q: That youthful vibe is important to a city's growth, is it not?
A: It absolutely is. I mean, today, cities all over the U.S. are competing to keep or attract bright young people. And young people have the freedom to go where they want to live. So you have to create the kind of environment that attracts the young, talented, educated people. We've come a thousand miles in the last decade in that regard.
Q: As a leader of the city, you're OK with a dozen breweries?
A: Am I OK with it? Of course I am. These are great small businesses. I mean look at Harmony Brewing. They started brewing in the basement and now they have this cool building and a great gathering place for people all over Grand Rapids to be here. I'm cool with it.
Q: Where do you think Grand Rapids is going in terms of breweries affecting the overall economic climate?
A: Well, as they say, most of the breweries we've seen in the last four or five years are small businesses. They have their feet on the ground, but they have to stabilize. I think our city can support more breweries, and when you look at great success stories like Founders and how widespread their sales are now, any of these breweries can achieve the same thing. Founders was at this exact stage as Harmony just a decade ago.
Q: When did you start drinking craft beer?
A: I'm not by nature a beer drinker. I like wine — almost my whole adult life I've spent as a wine drinker. But with this emerging culture here, I started tasting beers, asking questions and learning about the process of brewing and what makes a good beer. My friend Jim Talen, a county commissioner, has been a coach for me, teaching me what's good beer and what's not. I consider myself a novice at this game, but I'm catching up quick.
Q: What's your favorite beer?
A: Uh-oh. You know, in small quantities, I really like the Founders Porter. It's rich — a meal in itself. It's thick, a little sweet. I really like that Founders Porter.
Slam Dunkin'
A new string of 10 Dunkin' Donuts shops will begin popping up in the Grand Rapids area starting next year. Sack of Donuts LLC got the franchise for Furniture City, which Dunkin' Donuts' corporate in Massachusetts announced last week.
Sack of Donuts is led by food-service entrepreneurs Mike and Andy Knapick, who already have nine Jimmy Johns in Kalamazoo and South Bend, and a Bar Louie in South Bend. Their Sack of Donuts partners also are involved in Ruth's Chris Steak House and Smokey Joe's franchises in other areas.
Before the donut shops get going up here, however, Sack of Donuts is opening eight new Dunkin' Donuts shops from Kalamazoo to South Bend. The first, in Kalamazoo, just opened, and two more will open in or near South Bend in late November and after the first of the year.
Mike, 47, lives in Portage. Brother Andy, 37, lives near South Bend.
"We've done Jimmy Johns about 10 years now," said Mike.
The brothers have never had any businesses before in the Grand Rapids area. There were Dunkin' Donuts around here until a year or two ago when they closed, according to Mike.
"We know what we're doing. We're good operators, so we're going to rock up there," he said.
The Business Journal asked Mike if he had a photo of himself and Andy, and he laughed.
"We live in the world of shorts and T-shirts," he explained. "I do have a tie and a suit for funerals and weddings and such," he added.
When we spoke to Mike by phone, he was in the new Dunkin' Donuts that will open in two weeks near South Bend. A joyful, noisy commotion in the background was the sudden entrance of Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly, who is acquainted with the Sack of Donuts brothers. Kelly, of course, was GVSU's football coach until he moved up to CMU and Cincinnati before being blessed with the Notre Dame job.
The Knapick brothers are looking forward to setting up shop in Grand Rapids.
"Grand Rapids is a big market, population wise," said Mike, much bigger than where they are now in southwest Michigan and northern Indiana, a market with room for Dunkin' Donuts "with maybe a Baskin Robbins tossed in there."
Grand Rapids is a "nice, low-hanging apple for us," said Mike.


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RiceHigh's Pentax Blog - One Year
One year ago, I created my this blog. Over these 365 days, there are over 60,000 distinct visiting sessions to my blog site, which is somehow quite to my surprise, although it might be just a small or neglectible figure when compared to true large photo sites on the net.
Also to my own surprise, I have already written 75 articles so far, which have been read by many people over the world. In fact, I have spent quite some valuable time of my life in preparing and writing those articles of mine, and for responding to comments as posted in my blog as well as to the emails which I have received in asking my advice and seeking my opinions.
In fact, owing to the super busy nature of my life (my family, my works, my friends, my hobbies and so on - no difference from many others), I once have thought about to abort. However, for all the encouragements I have received during this year, including for those in the "comments" section and those via private emails, surprisingly more numerous in number, I think I shall continue my works whenever it is possible for me and I have the time. I think (although not dare to make a promise or commitment here) I shall continue to give advice and replies to those who send me emails and ask me their questions.
Nevertheless, there are some hostile responses from time to time at my blog with some people got it very personal as you can see from the posts, maybe by some particular persons more than different ones. Whilst I just opted to keep ignoring most of those but not deleting even one of them, I hope in the future those people can grow up and be more human in the future so that more sensible and peaceful discussions can be made.
There is a Chinese idiom saying that "The Truth can be found out through the course of Debating". I do firmly believe in this wisdom as it should always be true. Of course, I do also believe that my site is actually really useful and helpful not only to existing Pentax users and potential Pentax buyers, but also to Pentax, as the manufacturer themselves, as well, whom they should do similar tasks as I do, but in more systematic ways and should be more extensively.
Finally, now that it has been widely rumoured that the K10D and the K100D/Super will be replaced very soon as new replacement models will come / be announced in fall January 2008 next year. Let's wait and see what will happen and see if real improvements will come and how well Pentax/Hoya will do the job in getting rid of those various commonly reported problems and design weaknesses of their existing K cameras. So, my last words here are: Good Luck to Pentax and Good Luck to all of us, we Pentaxians!

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September 12: Captain Picard Appreciation Day
- 14,000 BCE - Q sends the crew of the USS Enterprise-E back in time to the country of France. Spitting in the face of the Prime Directive once again, Picard teaches the cavemen how to paint on the walls, a trait still exhibited in toddlers.
- 490 BCE - A Greek guy runs 42.195 km from Marathon to Athens, announcing the Persian defeat and survival of Western civilization. Unfortunately, he is overtaken in the last leg by the team from Kenya and has a heart attack.
- 22 CE - Museum of Ancient Geese opens.
- 1609 - Mark Smith discovers the Hudson River. Shortly after the discovery, Henry Hudson stabs him and claims it for himself. This is generally considered the fifth greatest coincidence of all time.
- 1683 - Battle of Vienna: several European armies join forces to defeat the Ottoman Empire and their allies, the Sultanate of Sofa.
- 1818 - Richard Gatling, inventor of the Gatling gun, is born. By six he has invented a rapid-fire slingshot and by ten, a BB gun featuring a rotating array of twelve barrels.
- 1940 - Q sends a young Jean-Luc Picard and three of his high school peeps back in time to this date. The group discovers the Lascaux cave paintings.
- 1951 - Anti-rioting technology goes on display in Paris. Rioting ensues.
- 1984 - Leonard Bernstein dies for the second time.
- 1990 - East and West Germany share a tearful reunion but still attempt to invade each other.
- 1991 - The Cold War ends, and many people are left thinking, "it wasn't that cold". It was that cold in Russia.
- 2001 - Amnesiacs International select the World Trade Center in New York City as the site of their 2002 convention.
- 2003 - Johnny Cash passes away. But first he shoots a man in Reno, just to watch him die.
- 2005 - England regain the Ashes, only to realise the next day the whole series was just a dream.


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(Note: Bill and Lynda Boyle recently returned from a trip to the Holy Land. These are a few of their experiences.)
Ian Boyd has a rather demanding job. As a military attaché for the United States government in Israel, Colonel Boyd is a traffic cop on the Road Map to Peace. An attaché is a high-ranking military officer assigned to the diplomatic corps.
The Road Map to Peace was a major feature of the 2004 peace accords between the Israelis and Palestinians. The plan was to outline a long series of small steps between the two warring nations that would lead to the eventual peace that has eluded the area for so many years.
It was not long after the accords were signed that the process to peace began to break down. There have been breakdowns and road blocks and flat tires and the loss of an engine or two. It seems at times that the process is out of gas.
However, both sides recently agreed to work on the road map again and asked the U.S. Government to help monitor the progress.
That is where Ian comes in. He works directly with the General tasked with monitoring progress (or the lack thereof) on the Road Map to Peace. His job includes traveling from location to location and doing all sorts of fascinating things that he is not interested in talking about to a newspaper editor. Several times, his answers to my questions were not answers at all, but simply a smile.
Thank goodness I am much more than a newspaper editor to Ian. Ian and I were roommates in the 1980s, when I lived in Jerusalem while working at the BYU Jerusalem Center.
In 1986, when I moved in, Ian's family was still struggling to adapt to life in Israel, where they had moved from Utah a few years earlier. Ian was a young teenager stuck between two cultures. He was attending a demanding Hebrew-language school and trying to keep up with life in western society.
Despite the fact that he was just 15 years old and facing many of the little challenges that are common to that age, there was always something special about Ian. He was bright eyed and clear thinking and unafraid of work. It is obvious that these traits have served him well.
We had a wonderful Thanksgiving meal with Ian and his family. We had not seen Ian or his wife, Dawn, since the day they were married nearly a decade ago. We spent the evening catching up on the past ten years, talking about the past and looking toward the future.
His three beautiful daughters were more than happy to demand as much time and attention as these visitors could give. It was fun for Lynda to play with the girls, since she was missing our kids and Ian's daughters are the same age spread as our three girls. In 1983, soon after the Boyd's moved to Jerusalem, Lynda spent a memorable evening as a babysitter to Ian and his siblings.
The Boyd family returned to the United States nearly 20 years ago and has not been back to Israel. Ian graduated from BYU, served as a navigator in the Air Force, a coordinator with the US Army in Afghanistan, and an instructor in Florida. Just over a year ago, he became a military attaché and was delighted to be sent to the Holy Land on his first assignment.
As you can imagine, the three-year assignment is a challenge to Ian and his family. In addition to the demands of his job and family, he is finishing a masters degree in National Security.
I can think of few jobs that would be more demanding and more complicated than being on the front lines of the quest for peace in the Middle East. However, I sleep a little better at night knowing that a good man, and a good friend like Ian Boyd, is involved in the process.
Front Line Of The War Against Terror
High on a mountain overlooking the Hulah Valley, Nimrod's Castle is a child's dream come true. The castle, built by Moslem armies centuries ago, sits in a strategic location on the Via Maris, the main ancient highway between Mesopotamia and Egypt.
Since it is a Crusader-era site and is not mentioned in Biblical accounts, most tour groups pass by Nimrod's Castle on their way to Caesarea Philippi or Tel Dan. We were feeling a sense of adventure, so we stopped to explore the castle.
Moats and battlements and secret passages abound in the castle, stoking the imagination of even a few middle-aged visitors.
Even though the castle was home for hundreds of people in the past, the only full time residents of the castle today are hundreds of marmots. At first glance, these strange little animals look like large, slow-moving rats. They are called rock-rabbits in Hebrew and coneys in the Old Testament.
At the end of the hike, we ran into an American couple. The man was wearing a Ducks Unlimited hat and shirt.
I wasn't surprised when he responded to Chris' question of where they were from with a drawled "Tyler, Texas." When we told him we were from Utah, his wife quickly chipped in, "I used to live in Utah".
When I asked, "Do you know Sam and Leslie Anderson," our Texas friend just about fell down. "Why yes," he said. "Sam is in our stake presidency."
Sam Anderson grew up in Monticello and Leslie is from Blanding, so we suddenly had mutual friends far from home.
We learned that Joe Edward Parker is a "resident enforcement advisor" for the United State Department of the Treasury stationed in Jordan. If Ian Boyd is on the font line of the Quest for Peace, Joe Parker is on the front line of the War on Terror.
Parker first retired in 2000 after a 30-year career in the customs agency. He was called soon after 9/11 and asked to come out of retirement to investigate money laundering and smuggling in the Middle East.
This is a critical task, since Al Qeida terrorists receive the major portion of their funding through money laundering. Parker does the extensive detail work in order to build ac ase against the money launderers. Then he sends out a crew to make the arrest. He is completing a three-year assignment and expected to be home for Christmas.
He and his wife Chris were making a last visit to Israel, where they love to visit the Huleh Valley bird refuge. It is clear that Parker is anxious to get home, where he can hunt water fowl instead of simply look at them.


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As he was graduating from high school, his mother offered him what he described as "a nice amount of money," which he could allocate to either a set of wheels or a couple of suits.
"I did choose the suits and didn't have a car for a long time after that — but I had some nice clothes," Bates recalled in an interview at his downtown apartment.
From skater to preppy looks, Bates embraced his share of disparate styles during high school. But these days, the Milan-trained, Toronto-based designer is largely focused on formal wear with his eponymous line featuring refined, tailored garments for men.
Bates was one of the finalists — and the sole menswear designer — selected in last year's Mercedes-Benz Start Up contest for up-and-coming Canadian talents. He'll return to the runway on Wednesday where he is slated to unveil his latest line as part of spring-summer 2014 collections at Toronto's World MasterCard Fashion Week.
Having embarked on several trips to Monaco, St. Tropez, Nice and the French and Italian Riviera, Bates said his latest line — dubbed the Riviera collection — is inspired by the "elegant, nautical lifestyle" of the region.
"I just wanted to design a collection that you really fit in and feel confident in that part of the world."
Bates counts the ever-dapper, fictional film icon James Bond as a fashionable inspiration, as well as David Bowie and the late Freddie Mercury. In addition to creating custom suits and dress shirts for men, Bates crafts seasonal collections in his ready-to-wear line. His fall 2013 collection includes a leather-adorned tuxedo jacket, a slick caramel coloured trench coat and a range of solid and patterned shirts — including one style with a kiss mark on the collar.
Bates attended fashion and design school Istituto Marangoni which counts Domenico Dolce of Dolce & Gabbana and Franco Moschino among its noted graduates. He said he was drawn to Milan for its strong legacy in fashion and menswear in particular.
"Living and studying in a city that literally breathes fashion was a constant source of inspiration and was a very stimulating experience. And this school in particular taught me what I really needed to know, and that was how to turn my ideas into actual pieces and how to create cohesive collections."
Bates was initially unsure of whether to focus on designing for men or women, but his teachers encouraged him to distinguish himself with menswear.
"It made sense from a business perspective ... because the women's industry is hyper-saturated, and the menswear was really just starting to develop some momentum," he said. "This was in and around 2006 and 2007. And we've seen where we've gone since then. It's really hot right now, so it's been a great decision."
Bates believes that male celebrities "dressing up and looking great" as well as increased media coverage of menswear has exposed a greater number of everyday guys to fashion and what it means to suit up for the occasion — and look good doing it.
"Guys used to dress up a lot more in the '50s and '60s and then the '70s and '80s were kind of casual and fun. And the '90s were a bit grungy and casual, and that really spilled over even into the workforce when, all of a sudden, throughout many different professions, you could actually dress casually for work — not just Fridays," he recalled.
"Now, there's a shift back to actually dressing up, and I call it dressing for success, and that's what I want to encourage more guys to do, because it genuinely does help you career, your confidence and your dating life — everything. Guys are starting to embrace the power of dressing up."
Bates hopes to be able to appeal to men on both sides of the style divide: the novices and those who are more fashion-forward. He believes there is an emerging section of men becoming more interested in fashion and starting to incorporate more designer pieces into their wardrobes.
"Maybe they'll try on a fitted pink dress shirt for the first time and wear it, and then they start to get compliments and it pushes them a little bit outside of their comfort zone; but then they incorporate it and it becomes a wardrobe staple for them."


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After completely loathing the sloppy horror anthology V/H/S, I was planning on sidestepping its sequel, despite the praise it gained out of its Sundance premiere. But even more buzz grew out of SXSW, with horror fans cheering the inclusion of The Raid's Gareth Evans into V/H/S/2's batch of directors. When this omnibus of terror made it to the Tribeca Film Festival, I was convinced to bite the bullet and gave it a shot. And, man, am I glad I did. (Read my review here.)
While V/H/S veterans Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett return with new tales of monsters and mayhem, they are joined by an enticing slate of noteworthy filmmakers, including the aforementioned Evans, Hobo With a Shotgun director Jason Eisener, ABCs of Death contributor Timo Tjahjanto, and Blair Witch Project's helmer Eduardo Sanchez and producer Gregg Hale. Within the snappy form of film shorts, each dives into a deeply bizarre story to terrorize and entertain audiences, and the results—while uneven—are far better then this franchise's first outing.
With V/H/S/2 nearing its release, Dread Central has unveiled two new stills from the film. The one up top is from Evans and Tjahjanto's collaboration "Safe Haven," which follows a group of investigative reporters as they attempt to interview a controversial cult leader. The second is Wingard in the starring role of his contribution, "Clinical Trials." This vignette has the writer/director/actor playing a man who has recently lost an eye and is struggling with the newly-installed cyborg replacement's creepy glitches. As you might guess, it's not exactly an upgrade.
V/H/S/2 will be available on iTunes/On Demand June 6, 2013. A theatrical release will follow on July 12th.


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May 12, 2004, 08:22 PM »
This has been widely debated over the years, and we've touched on it here partly I think, but in the recent Insider (#76) there's an interesting note from LFL about the situation.
Lucas has always said he intended Clones to = Stormtroopers, but some discrepencies in the films, EU, etc., have said otherwise.
Lucas still holds that Clones = Stormies to him, but he's seemingly (or so was said in Insider) backed off that stance somewhat and has himself explained the height and voice differences of teh films away...
Insider says that Lucas feels that new hosts were used (an early fan theory) and thus the variances in height and voices, but also that the process by which hosts are picked is politicized and subsequently less thann "perfect" hosts are chosen. A high ranking officer's nephew is chosen based n the officer's position rather than the young man's personal military skill.
So Lucas is taking a somewhat fan-based stance, ok, cool...
He goes on further to say though that the EU's NOT incorrect and that conscriptions, volunteers, and other sentient humans are within the ranks as well... IE: Kyle Katarn, Davin Felth, etc...
It's interesting to see Lucasfilm themselves back off the idea that "They're Clones, that's what I always intended", which Lucas has more or less claimed, and now that they're trying a more EU friendly approach.
I'm more in tune with the new "answer" as it were... I still debate the validity of cloning at all. Personally I think Clone ranks are thinned down dramatically (my persnal preferential thought oon the matter), and are hardly used anywhere. Deemed "creepy" even by some troops perhaps?
The article's interesting nonetheless.
And irregardless, nobody's answer is canon still... The ranks aren't proven to be either on-film and I highly doubt they are ever actually explained in a canon fashion. Suits me, but it leaves some interesting theories by both fans and Lucasfilm itself.
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Re: Stormtroopers and Clones... LFL's Mess.
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May 14, 2004, 11:18 AM »
That might explain why Leia says "Aren't you a little short for a Stormtrooper?" to Luke in the detention block.
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Re: Stormtroopers and Clones... LFL's Mess.
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May 18, 2004, 02:32 AM »
I've always looked at Stormtroopers as being humans - drafted/volunteers... Not clones. I believe the clones were all but destroyed during the Clone Wars. Once all of the Clones were used up, humans were drafted - thus making it a more 'Civil' Galactic War.
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May 18, 2004, 05:44 PM »
That's how I've looked at it too Brad, but I'm keeping an open mind to the possibility of some Clones in there.
I don't agree with the "They're incompetent Clones though" excuse for their aim.
They blasted the bejesus out of Rebels on Hoth and the Tantive IV, Obi-Wan remarked upon their skill with blasters... People overblow that BS abut them not hitting Han, Luke, Leia, Chewie, etc... It's stupid. They're the heroes, they're not gonna die in the film unless it's pertinent to the story. No need t explain it then.
Inferior Clones = Inferior Marksmanship is just such a silly answer...
To me, till I see some canon to the contrary I'm gonna stick with recruits too, but I've got my contingency plan which follows LFL's current "official" stance with there being a mix of recruits and Clones.
I don't know about draftees though... I think there may be some, especially in the non-combatant roles like Technicians, etc.
I think the Empire's a master of propoganda... I envision them arousing anti-alien sentiment throughout the galaxy, and rallying support from millions of systems. Even sometimes non-human worlds. I like to think of them as promising a better future to the galaxy... Taking that which is in a shambles and bringing order to it.
Cracking down on piracy
Cracking down on lawless worlds
Cracking down on the "Separatist Worlds" which have multiplied and include human worlds like Alderaan and such
Cracking down on Commerce (Controlling it themselves)
Cracking down on Bounty Hunting/Vigilanties
Cracking down on big Industry (In their pocket, or you're against us)
There's a cutscene in the TIE Fighter video game that really embodies what I see as the true "Vision" the Empire portrays to the Galactic public. They bring an end to the Sepan Civil War (2 human worlds warring amongst themselves) and offer to these 2 worlds the Empire, which will help them rebuild and organize. They're offered "paradise" within the Empire's Umbrella.
That kind of enticement's the same logic that won the German population's support in World War 2, even if you didn't always agree with the means to the ends.
I find that parallel to our own world intriguing.
So I envision TONS of support to the Empire... It's more remote worlds, fronteir worlds, and those which held the ideals of the Republic above the peace the "New Order" would bring (and worlds which are subjucated because of their resources or alien races inhabiting them) which are the rebellious planets... And then there's worlds with populations that are torn between one or the other.
There's some good parallels to draw on in the U.S. Civil War and War for Independance as well. Very good history to look back on.
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Re: Stormtroopers and Clones... LFL's Mess.
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May 20, 2004, 02:47 PM »
i always thought that as far as the original trilogy stormtropers may have been a combination of Clones and conscripted human soldiers. There's no telling how many clones could still be made from Jango's old dna after however many years and with the Empire growing, they would need more bodies to be troopers.
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May 31, 2004, 10:49 AM »
Just a rather humorous way of looking at things: I've been of the opinion that all the Stormtroopers were clones (at least since we found that out in AOTC) but that their rather, ummm, questionable military skills in the OT compared to their effectiveness in the PT can be attributed to Jango's death and bad cloning techniques.
It's like that Michael Keaton movie where he keeps cloning himself in a way, or on a more basic level, a photocopier. Generation 1 were made directly from Jango and thus were the closest to his skill level. Well, Jango dies and they no longer have the host body they need (I'd assume they still had some Jango-DNA on file they could use for a few years). So what happens when they run out of Jango?
In my mind they either: A-take DNA from Boba Fett, since he's a pure genetic replication of Jango in the first place or B-take DNA from a first generation Clone Trooper. Since I don't think Boba would be going along with option A, B is their only option if they want to keep the same host.
The analogy of the Keaton movie and the photocopier comes into this because as everyone knows, when you make a copy of a copy, the new copy isn't exactly all that great. In the Keaton movie, by the time they get to number 3 or 4, that clone is completely batsh!t insane and is not functioning on a normal level.
I think the Stormtroopers in the OT reflect this. They were once really good, but when you copy something over and over at numbers that are more than likely quite high given Palpatine's ego and need to subvert everyone to his will, they're just not going to live up to the original versions. Thus, the Clones in the OT are the equivalent of that sixth generation bootleg of Prince's "Black Album" or The Beach Boys' "Shine" you have sitting in your tape collection; the one that you can make do with but you'd rather have a fully-mastered digital version of to get the full effect.
Personally, I'd love to see an EU short story about a Clone/Stormtrooper who functions on a mental and emotional level akin to the "strange" clone in the Keaton movie, but that's just me.
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You can set up your custom email domain to verify that Zendesk can send email on behalf of your email server.
For example, if you receive email from your customers at firstname.lastname@example.com, and you've set up an automatic redirect to forward all email received there to Support, you can authorize Zendesk to send out notifications as if it originated from your own email address (for example: email@example.com). That way you can preserve your branding throughout the entire process.
You don't have to configure your email domain this way, but it's recommended if you use your own custom email domain and have set up forwarding to an external email address. If you use a non-custom domain, such as addresses ending in @gmail.com or @yahoo.com, you can't use this feature, as you won't have access to the account DNS settings.
The advantages of this configuration
So, do you have to allow Zendesk to send email on behalf of your email domain? The short answer is: No. The slightly longer answer is: Only if you really don't want your customers to see the Zendesk name on their messages.
When Zendesk sends an email message using your email address (which is what happens if you've set up a support address with forwarding) the message identifies the sender as zendesk.com to avoid getting rejected. However, if you allow Zendesk to send email on behalf of your email domain, Zendesk stops sending messages from zendesk.com, and sends them from your domain, completely preserving your branding.
If you don't complete the tasks described in this article, your customers might see something like this:
The following warning will also appear in the agent interface next to your external support addresses:
However, if you complete the tasks described this article, the via statement and warning don't appear.
Upcoming changes to the authorization process
Soon, the way that you authorize Zendesk to send email on behalf of your email domain will change. You should continue using your SPF record for now, but you should also complete the preparation work described in Setting up CNAME records to avoid disruptions.
Zendesk products are currently hosted in redundant data centers around the world. Soon, that will change and Zendesk products will be hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS) instead. As a result, the way that you allow Zendesk to send email on behalf or your email domain will also change.
Current process
Currently, when you want to allow Zendesk to send email on behalf of your email domain, you must have an SPF record on your DNS server.
If you're an existing customer, you may have this set up already. If you're a completely new customer setting up Support for the first time, and you want to allow Zendesk to send email on behalf of your email domain, you must still add an SPF record—you can't just skip this task because things are changing.
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Soon you won't need an SPF record anymore. Instead, you'll need four CNAME records that will reference our SPF records. It's a good idea to set these up in advance, if possible. If you don't do this before the email sending methods change for your account, and prepare for the change, emails to your customers will start coming from an email address that includes zendesk.com in the name. The emails might come from an address like firstname.lastname@example.com, for example.
Once you add the CNAME records to your DNS server, you'll be ready, but you'll continue to use your SPF record until your account's email sending methods have changed. Don't remove the old SPF record from your DNS server yet.
We will be changing the way emails are sent from your account in the future. Unfortunately, you won't get advanced notice about when exactly your account will change to use the new email sending service. This is why it's important to make the required changes as soon as possible to avoid disruption.
Before we can start sending emails using the new service, you'll get an email notification. Amazon Web Service (AWS) requires verification before they will send emails on behalf of another email. This takes the form of an email with a verification link.
Once your account is sending emails using our new service, you can remove your old SPF record. You won't need it at that point.
Setting up records for your domain
Ideally, the tasks in this section are things that you'd get help with, if you can, or that you'd ask your system administrator to do for you.
Setting up an SPF record
If this is the first time doing this task, keep in mind that you should also set up your CNAME records when you're done.
The process of setting up an SPF record is different for different domain registrars. For example, here are the instructions for GoDaddy, Namecheap, 1&1, Network Solutions, and Google Domains.
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- Edit your domain's DNS settings to add a TXT record. A TXT record is required for your SPF record to be validated. The steps vary depending on your domain registrar.
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v=spf1 include:mail.zendesk.com ?all
?all because it's the least intrusive qualifier, you can use whichever qualifier you are comfortable with.
If you've already set up an SPF record for another purpose, you can simply add a reference to Zendesk to it. The SPF specification requires that you only have one SPF record on your domain, if you have multiple records, it may cause issues, and cause rejections of your email.
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include:support.zendesk.com. These are both outdated SPF records. While they might still work, they're not the best option. If you're still using them, you'll see a warning flag indicating you've set up an outdated record.
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Try to complete this task before the change the authorization process occurs.
CNAME (Canonical Name) records allow you to delegate domain level email authorization to Zendesk. This means that Zendesk can maintain SPF records for a subset of email delivered from your domain, and ensure that they're always up-to-date.
With the new authorization process, the receiving email server will attempt to perform an SPF check, meaning the email server checks the SPF record on your DNS server by looking up the envelope-from address in the DNS.
To authorize Zendesk to deliver your email using CNAME records
- Edit your domain's DNS settings and add each of these CNAME records:
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|3600 or use default
|3600 or use default
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If you're unsure about any of the above, consult with your DNS provider.
For more information concerning this transition to Amazon SES, see Sending Zendesk email from Amazon SES servers.
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In order for Zendesk Support to send emails on your behalf, you must verify that you own the domain that you want Support to use. This is done by adding a TXT record (a domain verification record) to your DNS server that Support will check. The domain verification record is unique for each Support account and domain combination.
If you don't add the domain verification record, Support sends emails from a Zendesk-provided email address. If you want to give your customers a white label experience, hiding all Zendesk branding, you must add this record.
To verify that a domain belongs to you
- After you have finished setting up your CNAME records, go to Support and click the Admin icon () in the sidebar, and then navigate to Channels > Email.
- Locate the DNS records (located outside of Zendesk) for your Support address, then click See details to see the domain verification value. See the illustration below for details.
Note: If you are an agent with permissions to manage support addresses, you can use the Support Addresses API endpoint to find the domain verification code for your support address instead, if you prefer. Look for the domain_verification_code value. For more information, see the developer documentation about Support Addresses.
- Edit your domain's DNS settings and add this TXT record:
Type Name Value TTL TXT zendeskverification <your unique value found in Support> 3600 or use default
You can find the value next to the Domain verification TXT record check. In this example, the value is abcdef123456:
- After you add the TXT record, click the Verify DNS records button to confirm that all of your records are now valid. If they are, the red error messages will be gone.
After your domain is verified, leave the domain verification record in-place.
If you decide to change your Support subdomain or host mapping later, you don't need to update your domain verification records.
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Sender Policy Framework (SPF) is a domain level email authorization protocol that allows you to declare which Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) servers, other than your own, are allowed to send email as if it originated from your domain.
This is accomplished by adding Domain Name System (DNS), TXT, or CNAME records. Think of DNS as a publicly accessible record for the internet. These records enable you to state publicly that Zendesk is an authorized sender for your domain.
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The gas patio heaters were lit just as the sun is setting over the banks of the Murray River in Mildura, and people are just starting to arrive for the regional final of ABC's Exhumed competition.
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Six finalists were chosen from the region to perform on the final night and local band 'Deep Sea Divers' ended up taking out the regional heat.
Geoff Becker plays drums in the band and says he's "been quietly nervous since this has been announced."
"Coming up against the awesome talents of some of the people in this town has been sensational," he says.
Geoff explains how he joined the group and the impact that the music has on him.
"We've practiced and practiced and practiced. The reason I got dragged out of retirement was when I met Iain and heard his songs, he's got a whole book of songs that just do it for me every time," he says.
Irish punk rockers about to hit the stage
Mildura has its very own Irish punk rock band complete with flute and fast paced guitar riffs that bring a unique style to the competition.
"We play a bit of Irish Celtic sort of punk music. So it's a bit of Irish music played reasonably fast so it's a bit like a punk version traditional Irish songs," lead singer Mark Jenkins explains.
Minutes before performing on stage Mark says his nerves weren't an issue but after the show he says it's the pace of the competition which challenged him.
"I think with what we do we need a bit more warm up time so we had to warm up pretty quick to play but otherwise it was good.
"I'm used to just playing slower first actually and then moving into it faster," he says.
After hearing the fast paced Irish rockers it's still a little confusing why acoustic guitars were used for this type of music.
"A lot of bands that play Irish music have acoustic guitars because alongside big guitar sounds to try and get a mix of rhythms," he says.
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LONDON – American Jessica Long (Baltimore, Md.) capped off another big night in the pool for the U.S. swim team, winning her third gold medal of the London 2012 Paralympic Games, this time in the 100 meter breaststroke.
After setting a Paralympic record in this event in the morning prelims with a time of 1:29.79, Long went even faster in the final finishing with a blistering time of 1:29.28 and improving upon her Paralympic record by .51.
For Long, who could potentially leave the 2012 Games with seven individual gold medals, picking up a third gold tonight was a step closer toward that milestone, but she must now turn her focus the 50M freestyle.
The 50M freestyle is an event she feels is not one of her strongest, and she knows that if she is going to win gold she will need to start at a faster pace, which is where she will now focus most of her attention.
"The 50M freestyle is always my hardest race, just because right at the start I am always behind…so I am going to work my start and hopefully swim fast," stated Long.
Long was not the only U.S swimmer who put on an impressive performance tonight, as four other American swimmers collected medals as well.
First to claim a medal for the U.S. was Victoria Arlen (Exeter, N.H.) who swam in one of the more tightly contested events of the evening, the 400M freestyle (S6).
It quickly became a two woman battle as Arlen went head-to-head with Great Britain's Eleanor Simmonds in a race that came down to the wire and brought many spectators to their feet.
Arlen and Simmonds pushed each other throughout the swim before Simmonds eventually pulled ahead in the final seconds to win gold and break the world record by more than five seconds with a time of 5:19.17.
Arlen, whose world record Simmonds broke, also swam a personal best in the race, finishing just 1.01 behind Simmonds at 5:20.18 to claim her first Paralympics medal.
The race was particularly special in that it seemed to highlight what appears to have become a newly formed rivalry between the two swimmers, something Arlen admits makes competing in these types of events more fun, especially when the crowd gets involved.
"It was a very cool experience and at the same time I told Ellie (Simmonds) that we have to give them a good show," smiled Arlen.
The next swimmer from the American squad to earn a medal at the Aquatic Center tonight was Roy Perkins (Del Mar, Calif.), who finished third in the men's 200M freestyle (S5) with a time of 2:43.14.
Perkins, who has been working tirelessly for the last two months on his strategy for this single race swam well, holding on to the third spot for most of the race and nearly snatching up a silver medal at the very end of the race.
Despite making a strong push at the end, he was out touched by Spain's Sebastian Rodriguez by a slim .03 and although it was disappointing, Perkins chose to instead focus on the positives that came out of the event.
"It was hard to get out touched by that little, but I still got a bronze so I am happy."
Navy Lt. Brad Synder (St. Petersburg, Fla.) who lost his vision just one year ago while deployed in Afghanistan continues to be one of the stories of these Games as he landed himself on the podium again tonight after finishing second in the 50M Freestyle (S11) with a personal best time of 25.93.
Synder finished behind China's Bozun Yang who broke the world record with a time of 25.27 to win gold.
Synder was very happy about picking up his second medal but knows he has a busy week ahead of him, with five events still remaining on his program. Next for Snyder is the 400M freestyle which he says is 'his' event.
"The best is yet to come. Getting loose in this pool and getting in some competition freestyles has been great but I am looking forward to lengthening it out in a longer race."
Collecting the first gold for the U.S. tonight was Kelley Becherer (Sheboygan, Wis.) who successfully defended her Paralympic title in the 50M freestyle (S13), finishing in 27.46.
Having won the same race in Beijing worked in the favor of the third time Paralympian as she felt more relaxed and in control when she stepped onto the blocks tonight.
"I am a lot less nervous. I was able focus and have a lot more fun with the race because of that."
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There's been a lot of debate about Brandon Spikes' cat scratch fever on Washaun Ealey, but there's one point on which everyone seems to agree. Both Georgia and Florida play extremely dirty football and that's the way they like it.
Ealey himself came out yesterday and said that Spikes did not deserve to be suspended (an entire half!) for reaching under Ealey's helmet to gouge him in the face. After all, Ealey had his eyes closed! What could possibly have gone wrong? Besides, according to both Florida coach Urban Meyer and Georgia coach Mark Richt, Spikes himself had been the victim of a cheap shot earlier in the game. So he was just taking an eye for an eye, so to speak.
Meyer said he believed Spikes retaliated after getting his helmet ripped off and eye poked earlier in the game.
Georgia coach Mark Richt said Spikes' "helmet went flying off ... and there was one time he got hit with his helmet off."
"It was totally unintentional," Richt said. "They were totally just playing ball. That might have got him bent out of shape. I don't know about all of that."
It also seems that there were other dastardly villains afoot on Saturday. Another video that mysterious did not get passed around as much as the Spikes gouge—it has even been pulled from YouTube—is one of Georgia linebacker Nick Williams leveling the one and only Tim Tebow well after a handoff. Perhaps that's why Tebow himself defended Spikes with a "these things happen" shrug of his world-bearing shoulders. As Gary Danielson aptly put it, "That type of stuff will come back later in the game."
Emotional game ... violence ... just playing football out there ... no love lost, etc. No one seems to care that these guys want to injure someone on every play, so if the SEC lets them rip each others' heads off then who are we to complain? That's what the fans would do to one another if their hands weren't covered in barbecue sauce..
Georgia running back Washaun Ealey says Florida linebacker Brandon Spikes shouldn't be suspended [ESPN]
In addition to Spikes, a Georgia player had a questionable hit on Tebow [USA Today]
Florida Turns Blind Eye to Eye-Gouge [Fanhouse]
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(Reuters) - Jill McCormack didn't mind waiting in the cold for five hours on Thursday. She was frozen, but first in line when the Macy's Inc flagship store in New York opened for the first time ever on Thanksgiving Day.
At 8 p.m., the 30-year-old teacher from Ireland raced into the store, arms linked with her sister-in-law, as shoppers cheered and employees stared.
"Anything that's on sale that we can fit in our suitcases we're going to buy," said McCormack, who came to New York with empty luggage to fill with new purchases. "The rest of the family is out to dinner. They think we're mad," she said.
While most in the United States spent the day bonding with friends and family over turkey dinners and football games, some were enticed by big discounts and open stores to begin their holiday bargain-hunting a day earlier than the traditional "Black Friday" sprees that follow Thanksgiving.
With six fewer shopping days this year than in 2012, Macy's and a slew of other stores opened on Thanksgiving for the first time in a bare-knuckle brawl for a bigger slice of holiday sales.
Macy's was packed, and overall online sales for the day were up an estimated 11.5 percent over last year, according to a report at IBM Digital Analytics Benchmark.
But many shoppers interviewed by Reuters were being careful and buying only one or two items.
"I'm coming in for the TV, and that's it for today," said Ioannis Gomez, 20, of Westbury, Long Island as he waited outside a Best Buy Co Inc which had provided shoppers with blue hats and scarves bearing the retailer's logo.
Many forecasters expect overall sales growth to be tepid in a season plagued by shaky consumer confidence and given that there are few fashion must-haves.
"The ones that are opening earlier are going to get more sales, but in the end, I don't think the overall pie gets any bigger. It's just a share gain," said Brian Yarbrough, a retail analyst with Edward Jones.
With deals on offer before Thanksgiving tables were even set on Thursday, some disagreed with the retail industry's approach. Critics circulated online petitions, and a handful of franchise owners said they had defied corporate orders by keeping their stores closed.
Target Corp, Best Buy and Toys "R" Us Inc opened earlier on Thursday than they did last year. Many Wal-Mart Stores Inc U.S. locations were open all day, with Thanksgiving specials beginning at 6 p.m.
Department store chains Kohl's Corp, J.C. Penney Co Inc and Macy's all announced earlier this year they would open on Thanksgiving Day for the first time.
Retail analyst Yarbrough estimates that overall sales for November and December will be up 2.8 percent. That is a more conservative view than the 3.9 percent jump forecast by the National Retail Federation.
The profit on those extra sales will depend on whether the eye-catching bargains are margin-squeezing loss leaders, analysts said.
Manny Ramirez, 25, was first in line at the Best Buy in Iselin, New Jersey. For about $435, he bought a 39-inch TV, an Apple Inc iPod Nano music player and an Amazon.com Inc Kindle e-reader - and nothing else. "I did my homework and knew what I wanted to get," he said.
Another shopper, Rohit Kumar, 33, emerged from the store with just a small blue bag - he bought just a Microsoft Corp XBox 360 videogame console and a Google Inc Chromecast digital media player. He had arrived at 6 p.m. and only had a 10-minute wait to enter the store. He was checked out by 7:15 p.m., and said he saved about $75 total.
Some say retailers' fortunes depend a lot more on wealthier shoppers who have benefited from rising share and home prices this year.
"There are two sides to the story. If you look at households with over $100,000 of income, those folks are going to spend twice as much as people of incomes under $100,000," said FTI Consulting's Steve Coulombe.
At Macy's flagship store in New York, five hundred employees were expected to work Thursday night. Many appeared shocked when the doors opened and thousands of shoppers flooded in.
"This is madness," said Sharon, a store employee who declined to give her surname. "We are expecting one million people," she said. "We don't get trained for this."
Reporting by Dhanya Skariachan, Phil Wahba, Beth Pinsker and Marina Lopes in NEW YORK, and Lisa Baertlein in LOS ANGELES; Editing by Jilian Mincer, Dan Grebler, Gunna Dickson and Kenneth Maxwell


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The Jeffrey James Band is known for its varied approach to live party music.
Want oldies? It's covered.
Disco? Sure.
Classic rock? Oh, yeah.
That philosophy has enabled the local cover band to continue packing in the audiences despite numerous lineup changes over the course of its 35-year existence.
On Saturday, April 27, the band will celebrate the release of its new album, "Jukebox Heroes," with a show at Genetti Manor in Dickson City. Also on the bill that night will be renowned local band Glass Prism, whose members are promoting their most recent album, "Resurrection."
Doors open at 5 p.m., with dinner from 6 to 7 and music and dancing from 7 to 11.
Today's Jeffrey James Band looks quite a bit different than it did upon its formation in 1978. Lead vocalist Jim Kovaleski is the only remaining original member. He's currently joined by drummer Carl Canedy, saxophonist /vocalist Chris Worobey, guitarist/percussionist/vocalist Ray Decker, guitarist/vocalist Gary Chesek, keyboardist/vocalist Bernie Olenick, bassist/vocalist Tony Garuba and trumpeter/trombonist Jack Partyka.
There's decades of experience between the members. For 29 years, Mr. Partyka led the now-disbanded Take 5, which also included Mr. Olenick among its members. Meanwhile, Mr. Canedy made his name as the drummer for the cult upstate New York heavy metal band the Rods.
Even Mr. Worobey, at just 28, has played in several area bands, including Morning Pride.
"It's like a super group," Mr. Chesek said.
Where it began
The band's origins can be found in the 1970s duo the Nighttime Toursmen, made up of Mr. Kovaleski, a Jermyn native, and his cousin, Jeff Zella, a Virginian who came to the area to attend the University of Scranton.
A search for a good PA system led them to Scotty McAlarney, a drummer from Throop. Next thing they knew, Mr. McAlarney had turned the duo into a trio.
Not long after that, they were joined by bassist Bill Coleman and guitarist Dave "Homer" Homisak. With that, the Jeffrey James Band - a play on Mr. Zella and Mr. Kovaleski's first names - was born.
For its first few years, the band played southern rock and country covers along with original songs. When Mr. Zella graduated from college and left the area, it disbanded for a spell, then regrouped as a classic rock combo.
Eventually, it veered into party band territory, Mr. Kovaleski said.
"We started daisy-chaining songs together into medleys, which really worked well for us. It really started to work for us," said Mr. Kovaleski while hanging out with his fellow Jeffrey James members on a recent evening at the Wildcat Saloon in Archbald.
Players came and went, "but we always had guys who could step in," said Mr. Kovaleski, 53.
Though still a regular on the local bar scene, the band spends the summer months devoted to outdoor events like the St. Ubaldo Festival in Jessup, Olyphant's Queen City Days and the William Walker Hose Company Corn and Clam Slam in Mayfield. They play a lot of weddings, too.
High-energy and chock-full of tight harmonies, the Jeffrey James setlist features a wide cross section of genres and artists, from Mitch Ryder, the Grass Roots and Wilson Pickett to Bruce Springsteen and ACDC to Bruno Mars and Cee Lo Green. Recently, the band put together a 15-song medley titled "Jukebox Heroes" that starts with Beyonce's "Crazy in Love" and ends with Don McLean's "American Pie."
"Our goal is to get the dance floor filled and keep people there all night," Mr. Kovaleski said. "Every song is recognizable and singable."
Being a member of the Jeffrey James Band has proven to be an education for Mr. Garuba, who had mostly played with heavy metal acts until joining the band seven months ago.
"It's a lot of fun. It lets me play a lot of music I've never played before," he said.
"We've turned him on to a new band - the Beatles," Mr. Kovaleski cracked.
That said, Mr. Garuba's metal background proved ideal in forging a tight rhythm section with Mr. Canedy, whose powerful drumming gives the band an energy distinct from other local bands. As Mr. Decker explained with a laugh, "Carl doesn't leave his element; he pulls the band into his element."
"The pace of the night is set by him," Mr. Chesek said. "He doesn't wait for anybody. If you're not ready, you're not ready. But that makes it fun, because it keeps you on your toes."
Mr. Canedy said his fellow members have no trouble keeping up with him, given they all have significant chops of their own.
"I don't scare anyone in this band," he said.
"You scare me sometimes, Carl," Mr. Worobey said to peals of laughter from the others.
Don't let the good-natured ribbing fool you. These guys genuinely appear to like one another, which partly explains the band's durability.
"For the most part, we all seem to get along well," Mr. Kovaleski said. "I think that's what makes other musicians want be in the band."
Contact the writer: email@example.com, @jmcauliffeTT on TwitterThe Jeffrey James Band
Founded: 1978
Genre: Uptempo party music
Members: Jim Kovaleski, lead vocals; Carl Canedy, drums; Chris Worobey, saxophone and vocals; Ray Decker, guitar, percussion and vocals; Gary Chesek, guitar and vocals; Bernie Olenick, keyboards and vocals; Tony Garuba, bass and vocals; and Jack Partyka, trumpet and trombone
For fans of: Oldies, Motown, Bruce Springsteen
Online: Find them on Facebook and at www.thejeffrey jamesband.com
Up next: On Saturday, April 27, the band will play a dinner show along with the Glass Prism at Genetti Manor in Dickson City. Doors open at 5 p.m., with dinner from 6 to 7 and music and dancing from 7 to 11. Tickets are $39 and include dinner. For reservations, call 383-0207, 343-2429, 457-2808 or 947-8764.
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At an Oracle partner event in Manchester in the UK that the Applications UX team ran with Oracle Worldwide Alliances and Channels for applications partners, the UX team showed what's coming in enterprise applications technology. This included a demo of Google Glass (that would fall into the "wearables" trend) with Word Lens augmented reality (or AR, that's another hot topic in UX) translation. Attendees were blown away by UXer Noel Portugal (@noelportugal) translating a warning sign from German to English live, in real time (below) just by looking. Think of the enterprise use cases prompted by this alone!
Noel Portugal using Google Glass Word Lens AR translation app live demo at Oracle Manchester, UK.
You can read more about that event on the Usable Apps blog, "Simple to Use. Simple to Build. Simple to Sell." The UX team is up on the latest in enterprise technology trends, and Oracle partners and customers can participate in shaping its user experience..
The Oracle Applications UX team is running these events for partners and customers worldwide. Stay tuned to the Voice of User Experience (VOX) blog or @usableapps on Twitter for upcoming events, and to your Oracle PartnerNetwork and other channels too.


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