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Raccoons, Procyon lotor, are found throughout most of the United States. Although raccoons are commonly found in wooded areas along rivers and streams, marshes or lakes, they have the ability to adapt and take advantage of new habitats. Like many animals they are opportunistic and seek a lifestyle that has the greatest reward for the least effort. Urban environments often present such opportunities, and raccoons have readily adapted. Missouri's raccoon population has increased significantly over the past decade. This increase has been particularly noticeable in urban and suburban areas of the state, where natural predators are few, artificial foods are abundant, and hunting and trapping are more restricted.
Raccoons are familiar to most of us and are one of the easiest of mammals to identify. They are grizzled gray in color and are distinguished by their bushy tail with alternating black or gray rings, and black mask across their face. The print of the hind foot faintly resembles that of a small child.
Most towns and cities in Missouri have raccoons living within city limits. Because raccoons are active at night (nocturnal), they are seldom seen. Of all the wild animals that have adapted to city life, raccoons probably have the potential to be the most destructive.
Raccoons cause problems when they lose their fear of humans and move into urban areas to live. Problems include feeding in garbage cans, establishing dens in chimneys and plugging them with nest material, tearing off shingles or facia boards to enter an attic or wall space, or causing damage to gardens and fruit trees. Raccoons also may carry fleas, ticks, lice, distemper, mange, and canine and feline parvovirus. Raccoons may also carry rabies, which is different from other rabies strains.
CautionRaccoon rabies is extremely virulent and spreads very quickly. It is more dangerous to wildlife and people than the type that currently affects skunks and other animals in Missouri. House pets are especially vulnerable to rabies spread by raccoons because of the raccoon's habit of haunting chimneys, attics, porches and trash cans.
Raccoon feces may also contain the roundworm egg, Baylisacaris procyonis. Humans, especially children, that come in contact with raccoon feces containing this roundworm also can become infected. Clinical symptoms depend on the number of roundworm larvae present in the body and their location. If the larvae migrate to the eyes or brain, blindness or death can result.
Raccoons also cause problems in rural areas by raiding chicken coops and poultry houses. Damage to garden crops and fruit orchards are other common problems.
Adult raccoons in Missouri may weigh from 10 to 30 pounds. Most daily movements of raccoons are within a relatively small area called a "home range." Males normally have home ranges no larger than 2 to 3 square miles while female ranges do not exceed 1 to 2 square miles. The home range of juvenile raccoons are usually less than one square mile. These home ranges also become smaller as winter approaches. During extremely cold winter days, raccoons are not very active. Raccoons do not hibernate during the winter, but may sleep several days during these extremely cold periods. They are nocturnal and solitary except when breeding or caring for their young. Breeding usually occurs from January to March, and females mate only once a year. Usually less than half of yearling females will breed, while adult females normally breed each year.
After a gestation period of about 63 days, an average litter of 3 to 5 young are born in April or May. The young weigh about 2 ounces at birth, open their eyes at about 3 weeks, and are weaned at 2 to 4 months of age, around late summer. Some young may disperse in late fall, but all are driven away by the female before her next litter is born.
A female with young may attack if cornered, so caution should be exercised if a mother and young are encountered in an attic or other enclosed space. Pet raccoons may also attack humans and therefore should not be kept as pets.
Raccoons generally have short life spans. Fifty to seventy percent of all populations consist of raccoons under one year of age.
Raccoons are omnivorous and will eat either plants or animals, depending on what is available. Plant foods may include fruit, vegetables (especially sweet corn), or nuts. Animal foods may include grubs, worms, crickets, grasshoppers, large insects, crayfish, clams, frogs, fish, turtles, bird eggs and nestlings, and small mammals such as squirrels, rats or mice. In urban areas, raccoons may feed on dog or cat food, fruit on trees, garden vegetables, or trash can garbage.
Raccoons are protected furbearers in Missouri, with seasons established for hunting and trapping. However, under certain circumstances landowners can control damage caused by furbearers. Contact the Missouri Department of Conservation for information about these provisions before using any lethal control measures.
The first step in controlling any wildlife problem is to determine which animal(s) are causing the damage. Evidence of raccoon activity may include tipping over trash cans and scattering trash, tearing up shingles or facia boards to enter an attic or wall space, or plugging chimneys with nest material. Raccoons in a chimney or attic may whine, growl, or make other noises that indicate their presence.
Raccoons may damage gardens or fruit trees, as evidenced by remains of partially eaten fruit under or still on the tree. Raccoons usually pull over cornstalks or pull down ears, then partially husk the ears before eating the corn off the ear. Melons are damaged by digging a small hole in the melon and hollowing out the contents.
Raccoons can also kill chickens or other poultry, usually leaving distinctive signs. The heads of adult birds are usually bitten off and left some distance from the body. The crop and breast may be torn and chewed, the entrails sometimes eaten, and bits of flesh left near water. Eggs may be completely removed from nests or eaten on the spot with only the heavily cracked shell remaining.
Raccoon activity can be identified by the presence of their distinctive tracks around the damage site. The hindprint is 3-1/4 to 4-1/2 inches long, much longer than it is wide, and the foreprint is shorter, about 3 inches long, and about as wide as it is long. The average distance between prints of a walking raccoon is 14 inches, with the left hindfoot almost beside the right forefoot. Five toes and claws are visible on all feet. Skunk tracks are smaller, with the hindprint being 1-1/4 to 2 inches long, and the foreprint 1 to 1-3/4 inches long. Flour may be spread at damage sites to reveal tracks from activity during the night.
Once it has been determined that a raccoon is causing the problem, several measures can be taken to reduce the damage. These measures include habitat modification, exclusion, use of chemical repellents, and population reduction.
Raccoon problems may be alleviated by making the habitat, or the area around the site, less favorable to raccoons. Because raccoons have fairly large territories, a neighborhood or community-wide effort may be more successful than isolated control measures in urban areas. Removing potential sources of food, water, and shelter is the first step in eliminating the problem. This includes removing pet food and water during the night and keeping the yard cleaned up and woodpiles stacked neatly. Garbage cans should be tied down to a solid structure so they cannot be overturned, and lids should be tight fitting, tied or weighted down to deny access to garbage.
Excluding raccoons may be the most successful strategy to prevent or eliminate damage to buildings, poultry yards, and gardens.
Figure 1Two electrified wires, one 6 inches and the other 12 inches above the ground, mounted on insulated stakes or poles can be an effective deterrent around a garden.
There are no chemical repellents registered for controlling or repelling raccoons, although a variety of materials have been tested. Research suggests that mothballs (napthalene) or PDB crystals (paradichlorobenzene) may be effective at repelling mammals from enclosed spaces, such as chimneys, attics, wall spaces, or crawl spaces. Use of these chemicals may encourage raccoons to leave the area so that other exclusion techniques can be implemented.
The use of scare tactics or devices, such as propane cannons that make loud booms, pyrotechnics (fireworks), scarecrows, lights, or dogs, are not effective or practical in controlling raccoons, particularly in urban areas. Raccoons usually figure out that scare tactics pose no physical threat, and usually ignore them.
If no other control methods are effective, the problem animals may need to be removed from the area. There are no poisons or fumigants currently registered for raccoon control.
Trapping can be effective at removing the problem animals. Raccoons are relatively easy to catch in traps, but it takes a sturdy trap to hold one. Foothold traps may be used on rural sites but should never be used in an urban area. For urban areas and for homeowners with pets, a live or cage-type trap is usually the preferable alternative. Traps should be at least 12 inches wide by 12 inches high by 36 inches long and constructed with heavy materials. The trap may be baited with sardines, fish, meat, or fruit. Baiting with peanut butter on bread or fuit, vanilla extract on bread, or just fruit in an urban area should decrease the likelihood of catching a cat. The trap should be placed on a sheet of plywood or other hard surface, because raccoons will dig up all the grass or anything in reach after being trapped. Place the trap so that the back is against a tree, wall or other solid object. Lastly, the trap may have to be covered with burlap or a tight wire mesh to prevent animals from reaching through and stealing the bait.
Many homeowners prefer to release raccoons unharmed in a distant location, "where the animal can find a good home." However studies have shown that relocated raccoons tend to create problems in a new area. There is growing opposition to relocating raccoons and other wildlife because of the possibility of disease spreading from one population (urban) to another (rural). In addition, research indicates that a relocated raccoon may be forced out of the new area by the other raccoons already present. Because raccoons that are trapped and relocated may not have a good chance of survival, it is better to dispose of them. Local pest control companies, humane society or animal damage control services may be willing to dispose of the raccoon for you.
Contact your MU Extension center for more information on the prevention and control of raccoon damage.
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) (http://mdc.mo.gov/) provides statewide wildlife damage management services and technical assistance through the Private Lands Services Division and the Wildlife Damage Management Program. For more information, contact a wildlife damage biologist with the MDC or visit Private Land Assistance on the MDC website.
Subject to federal regulations governing the protection of property from migratory birds, any wildlife except deer, turkey, black bears and any endangered species, which beyond reasonable doubt is damaging property may be captured or killed by the owner of the property being damaged, or by his/her representative, at any time and without permit, but only by shooting or trapping except by written authorization of the director, or, for avian control, of his or her designee. Except as authorized, use of traps shall be in compliance with 3CSR10-8.510. Wildlife may be so controlled only on the owner's property within twenty-four (24) hours and shall be disposed of only in accordance with his/her instructions. Deer, turkey, black bears and endangered species that are causing damage may be killed only with the permission of an agent of the department and by methods authorized by him/her. Mountain lions attacking or killing livestock or domestic animals, or attacking human beings, may be killed without prior permission, but the kill must be reported immediately to an agent of the department and the mountain lion carcass must be surrendered to him/her within 24 hours.
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KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) — American skier Jacqueline Wiles simply enjoys the feel of "the wind in my face." No wonder her two passions are racing and riding her motorcycle.
"I just like speed," Wiles said.
And while she doesn't balk at going around 70 mph on the race hill, that kind of speed on a bike is a little daunting.
"I just feel a little safer on a racer course," said Wiles, a rookie on the World Cup circuit. "Maybe because on a course, things are blocked off."
The 21-year-old from Portland, Ore., went pretty fast in an Olympic downhill training run on Saturday, finishing in fourth place. She did miss a few gates, so it technically really didn't count. Still, it was "exciting to see my name up there. That's cool."
Wiles' performance helped her earn one of the four U.S. downhill spots for the race on Wednesday. Also on the squad are Julia Mancuso, Stacey Cook and Laurenne Ross.
"This is the best skiing of my life right now," Wiles said.
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I use Xfce 4.10 with Fedora 17. For a long time I used wallpapoz to get my wallpaper to change at about five minute intervals, picking the next image randomly from a list. Then, compiz came back and I started using it. Alas, wallpapoz doesn't seem to have any effect now.
However, there's an option in Desktop Settings to have Xfce display a random image from a list. I've picked that, set up a list (The same one I'd used in wallpapoz.) and told it to change every five minutes, so that I can tell that it's working. If I go switch to single image and back, the wallpaper changes. Once. No matter how long I wait, it doesn't change again.
For reference, here's the appropriate section from the on-line help:
If you selected the "Image list" option, you can use the "New" button displaying a blank sheet to select an existing list or create a new one, using a file chooser. You can still use the "plus" and "minus" buttons to add and remove images. xfdesktop will then randomly choose a backdrop among this list every time it starts.
Note that there's no mention here or elsewhere of the option to have the wallpaper change automatically. Does anybody know if the option is supposed to work (because on my computer, at least, it doesn't) or if it's just there so that users will know that the devs are planning to implement it eventually?
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Its a bug that was fixed recently. See https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9873 which points to https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8962.
It works for me with (Xubuntu 13.04):
$ xfdesktop --version
This is xfdesktop version 4.10.2, running on Xfce 4.10.
Thank you. Checking, I'm using version 4.10.0, from the Fedora repos. I'll have to wait until they update it.
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Tip o' the hat to the tipsters who sent in information about this Ovum news
Updated 12/16/09 1:32 pm PT – Added photo of truck outside Gartner's HQ
Here is the Ovum truck making the rounds around Gartner main offices on Top Gallant Road in Stamford, CT (click on the picture to enlarge). Carter's office use to be on the second floor nearest Top Gallant Road. Carter says that this truck would be quite visible from any of the window offices.
Please read the comments below. A Guerilla Billboards staffer mentions that a member of Gartner's legal team came out and told the driver to get lost. Interesting.
As SageCircle reported in Special offers for AMR Research's clients, sales professionals and analysts Ovum is one of the firms that is making a play for AMR's sales and analyst staff. This is a common tactic by competing firms immediately after the announcement of a sizeable acquisition. However, offers like these do not necessarily result in the pickup of key staff because there is little effort put into the campaign. Usually there is just an announcement on the poaching firms' websites and maybe a few phone calls to staff at the targeted firm.
Ovum has demonstrated that it is willing to increase the stakes by actually investing in getting the attention of the staff at the targeted firm. SageCircle has received reports about the rolling billboard that Ovum put on the streets of Boston to circle the Gartner and AMR Research offices (see picture). While this technique is likely a modest expense it does demonstrate that Ovum is serious about expanding its presence in the US market where it has a relatively small presence. In addition, it is a nifty publicity stunt sure to get some notice.
This development could work to the advantage of enterprises and vendors looking to wrap up contracts before the end of December and the official Gartner takeover. AMR prospects or clients looking to renew should point out to AMR sales representatives that there is increased risk in signing a contract as key intellectual capital, i.e., analysts, might walk out the door to a competitor. As a consequence, the prospect or client should look to receive a significant discount on the contract.
Replay of the webinar "SageCircle Analysis of Gartner's acquisition of AMR Research" is now available. To receive a link and password to watch a streaming version of the webinar please email "info [at] sagecircle [dot] com". Please include your job title and company name. Agenda:
- Basics of the deal
- SageCircle Analysis of AMR's and Gartner's Motivation
- Highlights from Gartner AR Community Call
- Commentary on Points from Gartner AR Community Call
- Recommendations for Research Clients
- Enterprise
- Vendors
- Recommendations for Vendor AR Teams
SageCircle Technique:
- AMR clients and prospects should be negotiating hard on any AMR contracts
- Vendor AR teams need to keep their fingers on the pulse of AMR and Gartner analysts intentions about staying with the firm (one AMR analyst has already resigned) and adjust outreach plans accordingly
Bottom Line: For the next few months, there will be a level of uncertainty about Gartner's ability to retain key AMR staff. Therefore, enterprises and vendors need to closely monitor development and change their plans if necessary.
Question: Enterprise research consumers and AR professionals – Are there key AMR analysts whose departure would cause you to rethink your relationship with the "new" AMR once Gartner assumes control?
Filed under: News | Tagged: AMR, AMR Research, analyst relations, AR, Datamonitor, Gartner, Ovum |


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Much has been made about the Green Bay Packers' inability to score touchdowns when entering the red zone in recent weeks.
The surface numbers certainly tell a damning a story: Since scoring six points on 4-of-4 opportunities inside the red zone against the San Francisco 49ers, the Packers have converted just 5-of-16 in games against the Washington Redskins, Cincinnati Bengals, Detroit Lions and Baltimore Ravens. Three of those red-zone touchdowns came against the Redskins in Week 2.
The leader in red zone touchdown percentage a year ago at 68.5, the Packers are now tied for 27th in the NFL at just 45 percent. Over the last three games, Green Bay's 20 percent scoring rate is tied for dead last with Houston.
These are ugly numbers, and a big reason why the Packers have struggled to put up big points in back-to-back weeks. Green Bay failed to score a touchdown in six red zone opportunities against the Lions and Ravens, and results have been point totals of 22 and 19, respectively.
There's no debating how important scoring touchdowns is when given the opportunity. The best offenses can operate inside the condensed space—which gives defenses a clear advantage—and put six points on the board instead of three. Take the Denver Broncos for example, who are leading the NFL in scoring through six weeks (in fact, Denver has scored more points over the first games than any team in NFL history). The Broncos are converting red zone opportunities into touchdowns at a staggering rate of 82.1 percent.
But sometimes numbers can be deceiving, and there's reason to believe that is the case with Green Bay's inside the red zone this season.
Keep in mind, the Packers were perfect inside the 20 against the 49ers, on the road and facing a top defense. It's not all gloom and doom here.
To get a better feeling for the recent struggles, let's break down the origin of the problems game-by-game since San Francisco:
- Aaron Rodgers takes back-to-back sacks immediately after getting into the red zone, leaving the offense with a 3rd-and-goal from the Washington 24.
- Washington is given the football via a touchback when James Jones extends for the pylon but fumbles.
- After James Starks rumbles for 13 yards to get into the red zone, the Packers kneel on the football to end the game.
- On 3rd-and-goal from the 3-yard line, Rodgers runs a boot action to his right. Only Jeremy Ross is provided as a receiver to the bootleg side. Rodgers is forced out of bounds at the 1-yard line.
- A second-down sack sets up 3rd-and-goal from the Cincinnati 12-yard line. Rodgers hits Jordy Nelson on a quick slant (which was designed with blockers in front), but only gains four yards.
- On 1st-and goal from the 4-yard line, Rodgers is sacked for minus-5 yards. After a quick hitter to James Jones for one yard, Rodgers scrambles to his right on third down but can't connect with Randall Cobb against blanket coverage in the end zone.
- Mike McCarthy calls playaction and rolls Rodgers out on a 3rd-and-1 play just inside the red zone. He has options at every level (short, intermediate and deep), but the Lions get pressure in his face and the coverage is again solid.
- A 10-yard holding penalty on David Bakhtiari eventually sets up a 3rd-and-19 situation. Rodgers hits Cobb for 11 yards on third down. Cobb is short of the sticks, and also breaks his fibula on the play.
- After Datone Jones picked up a fumble and rumbled down to the Baltimore 13-yard line, the Packers brought on Mason Crosby for a chip shot field with just two seconds left on the first half clock.
- Facing 3rd-and-1 from the 13-yard line, McCarthy dials up a play action pass. Nelson runs an outward breaking route to the playside of the bootleg, but Rodgers' pass is too high and the coverage too good.
- After Eddie Lacy picks up four yards on 3rd-and-2, the Packers kneel down on the Baltimore 9-yard line.
3: Sacks allowed that set up 3rd-and-longs
3: Questionable playcalls on 3rd-and-short situations
2: Kneel down situations to end the game
1: Turnover
1: Holding penalty that set up 3rd-and-long
1: End of the half situation
This examination reveals a few things.
First, self-inflicted wounds are as much to blame as any other factor. Taking sacks and drawing holding penalties will kill a drive regardless of location on the field. These negatives only become more pronounced when the field shrinks and offenses get more conservative (turnovers are a big no-no inside the 20-yard line; quarterbacks like Rodgers would rather check down or throw away than force a throw).
Secondly, play calling has been an issue. There's trusting your quarterback in any situation, and there's getting cute for no reason. McCarthy has tip-toed that line in recent weeks and it's come back to bite him. When you have a 235-pound running back who has only a handful of carries that haven't netted more than a yard, give him the football on 3rd-and-short and play the percentages. Rolling Rodgers to his right off playaction is obviously a predictable call in this situation.
Lastly, the Packers have simply been unlucky. Two kneel downs that each clinched wins can hardly be seen as a negative, and McCarthy had no choice but to attempt a field goal at the end of the first half in Baltimore. Overall, that's three "empty" trips inside the red zone that hurt the Packers' percentage but shouldn't really factor in. Take those three away opportunities and Green Bay suddenly has a touchdown rate of 52.9 percent, which would currently rank 13th in the NFL. Also, Jones' fumble against Washington was simply a hustle play gone wrong.
Compared to last season, the Packers clearly haven't been as efficient in the red zone in 2013. And the drop off in scoring touchdowns inside the 20-yard line has been a factor in Green Bay's recent scoring dip.
But behind every statistic is the need for context, and the Packers red zone percentage certainly has more working parts than a "45 percent touchdown rate" would suggest. Mistakes, playcalling and bad luck have all played a role.
If the Packers clean up the fixable mental errors, put more trust in Lacy on short-yardage situations and simply have their luck turn around, there's no reason why this offense won't start scoring more touchdowns inside the red zone.
Zach Kruse is a 25-year-old sports writer who contributes to Cheesehead TV, Bleacher Report and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. He also covered prep sports for the Dunn Co. News. You can reach him on Twitter @zachkruse2 or by email at [email protected].
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On March 1, 2013 the Wayne County District Attorney Janine Edwards and the Honesdale Borough Police Department announced the charging and arrest of Steven R. French, age 48 for the robbery of the Citizens Bank in Honesdale on February 20, 2013.
On March 1, 2013 the Wayne County District Attorney Janine Edwards and the Honesdale Borough Police Department announced the charging and arrest of Steven R. French, age 48 for the robbery of the Citizens Bank in Honesdale on February 20, 2013.
According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause, on February 20, 2013 at approximately 1:51 pm the Honesdale Borough Police Department was dispatched to a bank robbery at Citizens Savings Bank 335 Willow Ave, Honesdale Borough. Upon arrival the bank teller gave a description of the suspect to police and stated that he approached her and handed her a handwritten robbery note demanding cash and indicating he had a gun and a partner outside. The note also advised to act quickly, naturally and everyone will be safe. The suspect also handed her a cloth tote bag and said, "hurry". The teller responded by putting money in the tote bag, later determined to be $2,420.00 in cash, and gave it to the suspect. The suspect then exited the front door. The note was recovered and it was handwritten on a plain piece of 8-1/2" x 11" paper. Surveillance footage and still photographs were obtained of the suspect. The video footage revealed that the suspect removed a black glove from his hand, while at the teller line, and that he had a white, rubber glove on his hand.
Witnesses outside the bank said upon exiting the bank the suspect ran southbound on Willow Ave., crossed the road and ran onto Old Willow Ave. Surveillance video was viewed at Rent-E-Quip, a business located at 416 Old Willow Ave. Footage shows the suspect running southbound on Old Willow Ave at approximately 1:52 pm. Responding Pennsylvania State Police officers assisted with the investigation and a PSP officer located a single set of shoeprints off the left side of the roadway near 461 Old Willow Ave., approximately 200 yards south of Rent-E-Quip. Said shoeprints were in the snow and they led upward into a wooded area. Said prints were followed through the wooded area. The prints led to a side door of a business on Grandview Ave. that being a tattoo parlor at 164 Grandview Ave. The shoeprints were later photographed and measured and appear consistent with a 9-1/2 size.
Pennsylvania State Police officers entered the tattoo parlor business, which was open at the time, and made contact with a Steven R. FRENCH. A photo of him was taken and the investigation continued. Shortly thereafter FRENCH went to Cordaro's Restaurant 186 Grandview Avenue and then obtained a Maple City Taxi Cab and was taken to Dover, New Jersey. FRENCH paid $160.00 cash for the cab fare and a $20.00 tip.
On February 22, 2013 Bill French, owner of the tattoo parlor, and brother of Steven R. FRENCH, was interviewed by Honesdale PD. Bill French related that he picked up his brother from New Jersey on February 17, 2013 and brought him to his apartment, located in the rear of his tattoo shop, on Grandview Ave. Bill said FRENCH stayed with him until February 20, 2013 when FRENCH abruptly left the apartment without saying good bye to Bill and returned to New Jersey. Bill advised that he was missing a pair of black winter gloves, a pair of brownish colored sneakers-type shoes size 9-1/2, a green-colored cloth tote bag and several plastic grocery bags. Bill said he is not missing any money. Bill was asked if he keeps rubber gloves at his business and he related that he does. It was also noted that Bill had plain 8-1/2" x 11" paper in his business for his fax machine.
On February 22, 2013 a photograph line-up consisting of eight photographs, including a photograph of FRENCH, were shown to the bank teller. After reviewing the line-up, the teller positively identified Steven R. FRENCH as the person who robbed the bank.
On February 23, 2013 a contractor, who was working in the apartment at the tattoo parlor on February 20, 2013, was interviewed. He advised that on February 20th when he arrived for work at 7:30 am FRENCH and Bill were there. He then went into the basement to work. Between 1:00 pm and 2:00 pm he related that he came upstairs into the apartment and noticed that FRENCH was not there. He went back downstairs to work and at approximately 3:30 pm, when he was finished working, he went upstairs into the apartment. At that time he noticed FRENCH had returned and he appeared sweaty and flustered. On February 26, 2013, Honesdale PD was supplied with a copy of a handwritten letter that FRENCH wrote to his sister a few years ago. The handwriting on the letter appears very similar to the handwriting on the bank robbery note.
FRENCH was charged with Robbery, graded as a Felony 2, Terroristic Threats, graded as a Misdemeanor 1 and Simple Assault, graded as a Misdemeanor 2. The complaint was filed with Magistrate Theodore Mikulak's office on February 28, 2013 and FRENCH was apprehended by the Secaucus, New Jersey Police Department. FRENCH remains in custody in New Jersey while he awaits extradition back to Pennsylvania.
District Attorney Edwards stated that the police work done by the Honesdale Borough Police Department was exceptional and led to the positive identification and subsequent arrest of a man who terrorized the employees at Citizens Bank two weeks ago. The coordinated effort between Honesdale Borough Police and Pennsylvania State Police is remarkable and worked in favor of apprehending the defendant in a quick and calculated manner. Edwards said "I would like to thank the Honesdale Police Chief Joseph LoBasso and Detective Sergeant Sean LeStrange for their efforts in this investigation and Pennsylvania State Police Sergeant Paul Cavallaro for his diligence in tracking down the suspect."


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Jackie Bouchard is the author of What the Dog Ate, a story about a woman, her dog, and her quest for happiness. Jackie dropped by the virtual offices to discuss her book. Check out what she has to say.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Describe yourself in 140 characters or less.
[Jackie Bouchard] I love dogs, books, movies, laughter, silliness, fellow nerdy people, chocolate and margaritas. I don't like mean folks or Brussels sprouts.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Can you tell us a little about What The Dog Ate?
[Jackie Bouchard] It's about a woman (Maggie Baxter) whose world gets upended when she finds out her dog ate a pair of panties that aren't hers. Maggie's an overly analytical meticulous planner, and when her husband leaves her all her life plans dissolve. She's got no Plan B, so she sets out on a quest for what I call "tail-wagging joy" using her chocolate Lab, Kona, as her guide. When she starts over-analyzing things, she asks herself: What would Kona do?
[Manga Maniac Cafe] How did you come up with the concept and the characters for the story?
[Jackie Bouchard] The concept came from an episode of "Emergency Vet" that my sister had seen. They dedicated a whole episode to things the vets had pulled out of dogs' stomachs. That got me thinking, "What if they pulled something that was evidence of some kind of wrong-doing out of dog?" I started to wonder what that might be and how that might happen. That's when I got the idea for the panties! As for Maggie, she's a blend of my husband and me—she's got his basic job/work ethic and my habit of being a total rule-follower.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What was the most challenging aspect of writing the book?
[Jackie Bouchard] The most challenging aspect for me with this particular book was making it as funny as possible. There were parts where my agent would send notes like, "Make it funnier here." And I'd think, "Um, okay… yeah, like that's easy!" But I'd let stuff sort of ferment (I guess that's the best word for it) and sometimes in the middle of the night I'd wake up with an idea of how to make something funnier. I kept pen and paper by the bed and would write using my chest as a table as I lay there in the dark. I would sometimes wake up with pen marks on my t-shirt and notes that I could barely read.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What three words best describe Maggie?
[Jackie Bouchard] Rule-obsessed, conscientious, and tender-hearted.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What are three things Kona would never eat?
[Jackie Bouchard] That's a short list: the sofa (only because he knows he would get in trouble), anything metal (I actually know dogs that have eaten metallic things, silly pooches, but Kona doesn't have a taste for that) and… gosh, that's it. Turns out there are only two things he wouldn't eat.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What is Maggie's single most prized possession?
[Jackie Bouchard] Kona's collar. Maggie panics a little when she allows herself to think about the fact that someday Kona won't be there. But she'll always have his collar, and someday when that horrible day comes when they have to be separated for a while, she'll keep his collar next to her bed as a reminder of all the things he taught her.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What are your greatest creative influences?
[Jackie Bouchard] I get ideas from lots of different places, from books/shows/movies, to nature, to the news. I like to overhear tiny snippets of strangers' conversations and try to imagine the back story of what they're talking about or think about what will happen next. (I guess that's called eavesdropping…) I like to pay attention to what makes people laugh.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What three things do you need in order to write?
[Jackie Bouchard] I try to jot down ideas wherever and whenever, but if I'm going to seriously sit down and write for a period of time, I need: my laptop (I'm not much of a notebook writer – I have the most awful handwriting!), almost total quiet, and an ergonomic chair. (That last one makes me sound like an old lady, but I gave myself a bummer of an overuse injury in my neck/back writing cross-legged on my sofa, literally using my laptop on my lap. So, now I try to always be at my desk!)
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What is the last book that you read that knocked your socks off?
[Jackie Bouchard] That is actually a hard question because ever since I started writing about 6 years ago, I read so much more critically now. It's difficult to read without my writer's hat on, so I get caught up in wondering about choices the author made or things I wish I'd written or things that bother me. But if I had to pick one, I'd say "The Help," even though it's been a little while since I read it. The tension she built up in the story was amazing and the characters were really well developed. I was transported enough that I think my writer's hat actually fell off. I did wonder about that pie though… Couldn't Hilly taste that secret ingredient? Maybe there was only a little bit… (Am I the only one that thinks of these things? Oh, and Kona would have totally eaten that pie. But that would have been bad since dogs aren't supposed to eat chocolate!)
[Manga Maniac Cafe] If you had to pick one book that turned you on to reading, which would it be?
[Jackie Bouchard] I've loved to read my whole life, from kindergarten on, so there were many books I loved as a kid, but the one that I distinctly remember reading as a teenager–and then emerging from this fog because I couldn't put it down the whole day–was Daphne du Maurier's "Rebecca." Oh, that Mrs. Danvers! Evil, she was! Gave myself a terrible headache that day because I wouldn't even get up to get something to drink.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What do you like to do when you aren't writing?
[Jackie Bouchard] I love to read, watch movies, hang out with my hubby, take my dog for walks at the beach, go hiking, or do other creative things like drawing on my iPad or "felting" animals (mostly dogs!) out of wool. Felting is something my sister and I recently got into. You basically take this special wool, shape it, and then stab it repeatedly with a special needle. That's pretty much it. It's a strange thing, but the animals come out so cute! (As long as you don't stab your fingers and bleed on them.) Oh, I'm also very addicted to professional cycling and I get a little nutty (nuttier?) in July each year during the three weeks of the Tour de France.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] How can readers connect with you?
[Jackie Bouchard] Oh, gosh – I'm all over the place. Here's a list:
My web site: www.jackiebouchard.com
My blog: http://poochsmooches.blogspot.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/JackieBouchardWriter
Twitter: @jackiebouchard
If folks are on Goodreads and/or Shelfari, I'm on both of those as well. Just search "Jackie Bouchard."
Hope to see you on one/all of the above! Come on over and say hi.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Thank you!
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I hope someone can help me out on this.
I've implemented a remote search using Paging and it works fine.
However, I have a requirement wherein I would need to pass an information back to the client using the BasePagingLoadResult. Specifically I need to pass the value back to the client of the total size of the data list before it was filtered in the server. I can't use the totalLength because this is the totalLength of the filtered data.
I can't seem to find an elegant solution to this other than subclassing BasePagingLoadResult with an Object like a PagingLoadConfig. Is this the only solution?


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LONDON - London's designers offered a heady mix of floral inspired creations for next spring with colorful prints and intricate embellishments to entice fashion-hungry consumers into the shops.
Detailed craftsmanship on dresses, coats and accessories featured prominently on the catwalk with many designers playing up to their British heritage to attract more customers.
Burberry's Chief Creative Director Christopher Bailey presented an "English Rose Garden" themed collection of dusty pink, lavender and yellow lace dresses, teamed with its trademark trenches.
"If you look at a English rose garden, there's all these dusty rose kind of colors and then you'll see a spiky red rose in the middle and I wanted to build upon that," he told Reuters.
Fashion favorites Christopher Kane and Vivienne Westwood also drew inspiration from nature, playing with appliquéd motifs of buttercups, carnations and orchids, huge floral corsages and printed fabrics featuring traditional floral paintings.
"It's been really strong this season and I think basically you could get your whole wardrobe from things that have gone down the catwalk in London," said Laura Larbalestier, buying director at luxury boutique Browns.
"I've seen a lot of exaggerated volumes and kind of quirky shapes. There are some really interesting new proportions that we have seen in the last few days," she said, adding that designers Christopher Kane, Peter Pilotto and Simone Rocha stood out this season. Still strapped for cash as economic woes prevail, many fashion followers are looking for statement pieces to add to their wardrobes. Buyers from around the world said they were on the look-out for London's examples of edginess and creativity.
"The customer does not need something she already owns," Ken Downing, fashion director at luxury US department store chain Neiman Marcus said.
"The importance about the luxury industry is that there is always newness." ONLY THE VERY BEST American designer Tom Ford opted for a more sensual look for his latest showcase, which featured oversized biker jackets and knitted dresses embellished with sequins in raspberry, midnight blue and silver. "You have surface and texture and you have fabric and that was very important to this collection," he said, adding that his brand had been insulated from the economic crisis.
"We deal with a different level of customer ... it's just because at this stage in my career I want to make the very, very best," he told Reuters.
Alice Temperley presented richly coloured luxurious dresses that often fused floral and leopard prints. Her designs billowed out as voluminous coats, tops, dresses and skirts.
"Demand is really good for us, especially for the special things," she told Reuters backstage. "Catwalks should be about selling your dream for the brand."
This season also saw the addition of shoe designer Manolo Blahnik to the fashion calendar, who presented a beautifully crafted selection of footwear inspired by the turn of the 20th Century.
He used sumptuous materials such as rose-printed silks, ornate lace and metal buckles handmade in Europe, craftsmanship that Blahnik hopes to revive demand for.
"I want to do very beautiful shoes, like revive again those dying arts of Europe, which people don't want anymore," he told Reuters. "Beautiful craftsmanship is everywhere, in every small city in Europe, we have beautiful craftsmanship."


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My favorite gfree option.
Food is fresh. They always change their gloves when asked. So good.
8599 W Grand River Ave, Brighton, MI 48116
Great place. Choose exactly what you want.
|Celiac friendly
15836 Manchester, Ellisville, MO 63011
Awesome experience at this location. Servers washed hands, changed gloves, and got out fresh containers of everything my daughter was having on her tacos. Serving spoons were changed out as well-all before I even asked. Restaurant was crowded, but the staff couldn't have been nicer!
|Celiac friendly
2303 White Bear Ave., Unit H, Maplewood, MN 55109
Staff looked confused when I said celiac so I said gluten allergy, then they changed gloves right away and got new utensils. Haven't gotten sick here before and eat here regularly.
1016A South Salisbury Blvd, Salisbury, MD 21801
Fantastic food but dont go when theyre busy, and like the other person said - dont get toppings they grab with gloves. Even then its still risky if youre as sensitive as me, I usually feel insanely bloated after eating it (im no stranger to Mexican food)
|Celiac friendly
1441 S. Randall Rd., Unit D, Geneva, IL 60134
They have many gluten free options, and the server changed their gloves!
|Celiac friendly
300 McHolme Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15275
Eat here all the time and never get sick.
7370 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89123
Love the idea of Chipotle, but as a Celiac...can't do. Watched in line the server dipping the serving spoon into the food, then touching the spoon to the flour tortilla, then back into the food. I left...too bad because I really want d to support their business practice.
|Not celiac friendly
2231 Crystal Dr., Suite 100, Arlington, VA 22202
This location is horrible. Staff frequently doesn't speak enough english to understand what you are saying when trying to get GF ingredients. Their serving habits mean bins full of GF ingredients have lots of cross contamination. I like Chipotle but this location is not good.
|Celiac friendly
120 Tom Hill Sr Blvd, Macon, GA 31210
I eat here often and have never gotten sick! Just ask them to change their gloves.
|Not celiac friendly
2850 S. Kirkman Rd., Orlando, FL 32811
Changing my review. This location is terrible now. Go to the new one a bit further on apopka vineland it's worth it.
1780 N. Congress Ave., Boynton Beach, FL 33426
I understand most of what they have is GF but, most Chipotle locations will change out the utensils, and take from fresh pans, if you tell them you need GF. I said gluten free and it was as if I was speaking another language. I didn't end up eating, sat ehile my husband ate.
|Celiac friendly
334 Russell St, Hadley, MA 01035
Almost everything there is gluten free except for their tortillas. The staff is very knowledgeable and they usually have a list of their food and wether or not it contains wheat or other products.
|Celiac friendly
7915 Dream St., Florence, KY 41042
I love going here because I feel like a normal person. You can get nachos and the hard tacos. All their meat is gluten free. We eat here all the time and I have never had a reaction. If you tell them you are gluten free they will even offer to change their gloves.
|Celiac friendly
550 W Dickson St, Fayetteville, AR 72701
This was an excellent experience. I called ahead and asked if they had gluten free options, and they said everything was gluten free except for optional flour tortillas, which are kept separate from everything. She also said that they'd change their gloves and do a wipe-down if we mention the allergy. We got there maybe 20 minutes later, and Hayley remembered us from the phone. We mentioned it was our first time, and she ended up giving us free chips and queso. It may have been because it was late and could've been the last batch, but free queso is free queso! Everything is separated, and there is a dedicated cooking spot for the tofu 'meat' to keep it meat free. Overall I'm really impressed.
|Celiac friendly
51 Boston Wharf Rd, Boston, MA 02110
Standard Chipotle bowls and tacos. Several great GF fast casual options on the same bock!
211 5th Avenue South, Saint Cloud, MN 56301
Order online so you don't have to wait in line. Never fails, love chipotle!
1922 Niles Cortland Rd. SE, Warren, OH 44484
I eat here at least once a week and have never had a problem.
|Celiac friendly
3455 River Rapids Dr. NW, Coon Rapids, MN 55448
I am newly diagnosed celiac and I went here for lunch. I was very impressed with the staff when I told them that I was celiac with a gluten allergy. The girl went and removed her gloves and announced my gluten allergy to others. She washed her hands thoroughly and then made my bowl all the way through the line. She made sure to take out fresh, not touched ingredients from the fridge. I will go back!
|Celiac friendly
97 Boston Turnpike, Shrewsbury, MA 01545
Staff was great, changing gloves as soon as I told them about my allergy. Food is fine.
|Celiac friendly
18 E Mall Rd, Barboursville, WV 25504
Staff was really nice about washing hands, changing gloves, and making my salad from food in the back that had not been on the line.
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55 Dodge Street, Beverly, MA 01915
Staff was wonderful! He wiped down the counter, washed his hands, put on gloves and got a fresh container for the items that they use their hands to serve (cheese and lettuce). They are definitely celiac friendly.
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7724 Pineville Mathews Rd, Charlotte, NC 28226
Best fast-food around. I'm very sensitive to gluten, it flares my arthritis if I get even a trace, but the burrito bowls work for me. What I found here is that it's best to skip the lettuce. The same person who is scooping the lettuce is also at the end wrapping the flour shells of the burritos or heating the flour tortillas at the beginning of the line near the salad lettuce. I believe it transfers from their gloves and contaminates the lettuce. It may not be an issue for everyone, but it's hit-or-miss with me so I just skip the lettuce. I have had some very nice employees put on new gloves and chop me fresh lettuce, which is very cool, but as busy as most of these chains are when I go, it may make you a bit of an annoyance to ask for every time.
|Celiac friendly
236 East Betteravia Road, Santa Maria, CA 93454
Great food! Educated staff. Need to mention "Gluten Allergy". They will change gloves, serving utensils, separate lettuce, cheese containers. The bowls & tacos are delicious. Been going here awhile & my son has never gotten sick.
|Not celiac friendly
13501 Connecticut Ave., Aspen Hill, MD 20906
I've stopped eating at Chipotle because I always end up sick and regretting it. They change gloves upon request but the ingredients are already contaminated so the glove change probably doesn't do much
|Celiac friendly
2423 W Hundred Rd, Chester, VA 23831
My daughter has a severe wheat allergy. Staff was very knowledgeable. They changed gloves and used new utensils to make sure there was no cross-contamination. We've been back multiple times and she has never had a reaction. Very pleased.
|Not celiac friendly
114-116, Charing Cross Rd, London WC2H 0JR, UK
I had a reaction. Pretty sure it was the UK tortilla chips.
1229 N Retail Ct, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
When I told the server I'm allergic to gluten, she immediately changed her gloves and used a clean spoon on every item. I did not get sick! I love this place!
815 East Baseline Rd, Tempe, AZ 85283
Great place! They immediately changed there gloves and got new spoons and got cheese and lettuce from the back. They were really busy and still took the time to make sure my food was gluten food.
|Celiac friendly
1566 Monterey St, San Jose, CA 95110
Staff are trained to wash hands and change gloves when someone announces a wheat allergy or Celiac. The only item that the chain carries containing wheat is the tortilla. Everything else is gluten free.
|Celiac friendly
1909 Matthews Township Pkwy, Matthews, NC 28105
They have a good process and are really happy to accommodate. I'm celiac and have eaten at this location multiple times and have not gotten sick.
|Not celiac friendly
118 E. John Carpenter Freeway, Suite 160, Irving, TX 75062
I asked about gluten free preparation and the staff just looked at me like I was crazy. They had no idea what to do. I have been to other Chipotle grills where the staff was great. This one is obviously under poor management
|Celiac friendly
13127 State Line Rd., Kansas City, MO 64145
Staff changed gloves and got us fresh cheese without even asking. They clearly knew what to do.
1317 Q street #100, Lincoln, Nebraska 68508
Chipotle is my go to for gluten free they are fairly knowledgeable and offer a wide selection just wish they hadn't gotten rid of corn tortillas
|Celiac friendly
28251 Diehl Rd., Warrenville, IL 60555
Have eaten here often and the staff is always happy to follow proper GF protocol. They wash hands and change gloves, use fresh utensils, and open new containers of cheese and lettuce. Chipotle is my favorite for GF fast food, and this location is one of the best.
|Celiac friendly
4124 Burbank Rd., Wooster, OH 44691
Staff changed gloves and serving spoons. Allergen menu is helpful
|Celiac friendly
1 Stephen King Dr #10, Augusta, ME 04330
Staff cleans the counter and takes our menu items from the clean bulk supply in the back. Never makes us feel guilty for the extra work! I appreciate this option to have a quick safe meal!
|Not celiac friendly
195 Kennebec St #1, Portland, ME 04101
They didn't seem at all knowledgeable about gluten. They washed their hands and changed their gloves, then handled tortillas right afterward. I did ask him to change gloves again and he complied. The other one washed and changed gloves after my order was already made. They used the same cheese and I crossed my fingers, but I got glutened, a pain, but when you don't prepare your own food, it happens.
|Celiac friendly
Sensitive celiac never had a problem with any chipotle. This one gives generous portions too.
|Celiac friendly
84 Adams Rd A84, Rochester Hills, MI 48309
I was thrilled when I told them I was Celiac, they put on new gloves, used new spoons for all toppings and scooped out from all new containers of toppings! I will be back!
|Celiac friendly
41 S Court St., Athens, OH 45701
I eat here at least once a week. The staff is always willing to change their gloves and utensils, even when the line is out the door. Everything here is gluten free aside from the tortillas and soft shells, and its easily made dairy free without cheese or sour cream.
4477 Weston Rd., Weston, FL 33331
25 out of 10 would eat there again
|Celiac friendly
401 NE Northgate Way, Suite 1119, Seattle, WA 98125
Every time I go to this location they are super accommodating. They change out gloves and utensils, grab me fresh cheese and lettuce. I'm always hesitant to go to chipotle locations but never this one.
102 E. Kensington Rd., Mt. Prospect, IL 60056
Not perhaps the most knowlegable location in terms of staff, they have always been accommodating. My son has celiac and we go often and have never had a problem. Very reliable!
|Celiac friendly
17 S. Tejon, Colorado Springs, CO 80903
Good fast food option with healthy versions of gluten Free available. I can eat here without having a celiac option, as long as I don't order the corn salsa, which they say is gluten free.
|Celiac friendly
825 W. Market St., Akron, OH 44303
I can always count on Chipotle but this location did such a great job with prep! Made me feel like I wasn't a bother. I didn't have to ask for them to change gloves or anything. Luckily this location is close to my house and I can go regularly!
|Celiac friendly
225 Daniel Webster Hwy, Nashua, NH 03060
The staff in nashua nh chipotle are amazing with celiac ! They clean everything wash their hands and make sure there is zero cross contamination!!!
|Celiac friendly
18 E Mall Rd, Barboursville, WV 25504
Staff was incredibly friendly and knowledgeable. They changed gloves, washed hands, wiped down counter, and got out new guacamole and salad that hadnt been touched by gloves. So refreshing to have people be super careful and kind about gluten issues. Wonderful place.
|Celiac friendly
45 Gosling Rd., Newington, NH 03801
The staff here didn't miss a beat. Without asking they wiped down all the work surfaces, informed me that all options excepting the soft tortillas were gluten-free. They took cheese and lettuce from a fresh bin and changed all gloves before helping. Great service, conscientious employees and wonderful experience.
128 Hanes Mall Circle, Winston-Salem, NC 27103
I've been here several times since I was diagnosed and haven't gotten sick. I am sure to tell them I have a wheat allergy when I first come in (there was some confusion when I used the word "celiac") and they change their gloves immediately. They normally pass your food down the line to the next person if you don't have an allergy, but when I tell them GF the same person with clean gloves is the only one that handles my food. I live for the burrito bowls.
|Celiac friendly
3040 Scottsville Rd, Bowling Green, KY 42104
The staff is always accommodating and friendly when I tell them I have Celiac. They will change gloves and all the utensils.
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Chipotle does not have a gluten free menu but instead has a list of gluten-containing ingredients to avoid. Cross-contamination is a concern, however, so let the person taking your order know that you are gluten free and if you need them to take the proper precautions. From their website: "If you avoid gluten, don't eat our flour tortillas. If you are highly sensitive to gluten and would like us to change our gloves, just let us know at the start of your order. You should be aware items containing corn, including corn tortillas (chips, soft corn, and crispy corn tortillas) and corn salsa, may have a small amount of gluten from potentially co-mingling with gluten-containing grains in the field."
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Yes, yet another upcoming shows thread, but this one is for those of us that live here. I'll update this first post regularly to reflect the most current (notable) shows rolling through town, and if I miss one let me know. Feel free to discuss any shows you went to as well. And yes, I know this is basically what pollstar does, but they don't have everything and we usually know about this shit first.
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IT Management Slideshow: 9 Tech Vendors That Are Failing CIOs
By Don Reisinger | Posted 08-15-2011
9 Tech Vendors That Are Failing CIOs
CiscoCisco has long been an enterprise favorite, and the company offers many solutions favored by CIOs. But, over the last several years, Cisco has lost its way by focusing on consumer exploits rather than its core customers. How this may change as a result of the company's current restructuring -- which includes the elimination of 9% of its worldwide workforce -- remains to be seen.
When making business decisions, CIOs typically remain loyal to a select handful of vendors that they know and trust. But over the last few years, several companies that CIOs once relied on have undergone major changes. And now, it appears that some of those firms are failing CIOs. Perhaps these vendors are simply adapting their businesses to suit our changing technology times. But, for CIOs who need the best solutions for their employees, waiting for a vendor to determine which market matters most is a serious drawback. Here, we take a look at some of the technology giants that are not providing the enterprise-level of service that CIOs require. Some of these companies might seem rather obvious, while others will surprise you. Here's how these nine are falling short for CIOs today.
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It's been described, aptly, as the inbox from hell. As Barack Obama puts together his transition team in the weeks before his inauguration on Jan. 20, the President-elect could be forgiven if depression—with a small "d"—sets in.
It seems inevitable that by early next year the economic situation will have worsened as the impact of the "virtual" financial crisis feeds through to the "real" economy. Consumers will have cut back further, manufacturers will shed more jobs and the impact on steel and metal companies will only become more severe.
In the face of the most uncertain economic outlook in generations, what does the U.S. metals industry need from the next President? The top priority is the one that's simplest to identify but likely will be the toughest to implement Fixing the economy.
In the days after the election, Obama hinted at his support for a second stimulus package that hopefully will prove more successful than the first package in generating growth in the consuming sector. Metal producers and fabricators are quite capable of responding to changes in market conditions; what the industry needs is for the government to preserve the manufacturing base and prevent end-user demand from evaporating further. A big new push to invest in the infrastructure network would help.
The economic crisis sometimes seems to have overwhelmed all other considerations, but longer-standing issues remain a concern. Trade, and especially relations with China, remain a key challenge for the next administration. Steel imports crept higher in the fall as the dollar strengthened, and whether that's seen as good news or bad news by consumers and producers, it serves to put trade policy high on the agenda. Whether Obama will live up to some of his tough campaign rhetoric, or prove friendlier to the North American Free Trade Agreement and other international agreements once in office, is one of the key uncertainties for U.S. industry.
The debate over climate change (remember that?) continues. Obama has said he will implement a cap-and-trade program, which some in the steel industry fear could hamstring producers vs. foreign competitors. Energy policy also is critical, even if oil costs roughly half as much as it did in the summer. It was the lack of a coherent policy after the last oil spike in the 1980s that was largely responsible for the recent surge in prices. Obama wants to invest $150 billion over the next 10 years in clean energy sources, but the importance of securing reliable, affordable supplies in the meantime—from oil, natural gas and coal—needs to be made a priority too.
There are many more issues—jobs, regulation, taxes and others—on the metal industry's wishlist. But there also are several things the sector doesn't need, including a bailout. The auto industry might be going cap in hand to Washington, but the days of the steel industry being dependent on government aid are long gone. The way in which steelmakers have cut production in recent months to match the precipitous decline in apparent demand has been breathtaking. If Washington had reacted as nimbly to the crumbling economy as steelmakers did, the chances are that the country would be in better shape than it is today.
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Conrad Vernon, one of Shrek 2's directors, had the idea of making a film told from monsters' points of view albeit in Mad Magazine style. Rob Letterman, one of the Shark Tale directors, wanted to create an animated feature with a Dirty Dozen plot. Put the two ideas together, and you have a story in which an Army officer, General W.R. Monger (Kiefer Sutherland), releases a team of imprisoned monsters to fight an alien menace.
"We thought it was an interesting idea to give monsters personalities, hopes, and dreams, and take them down a comedic path," says Vernon.
Fighting for Earth on the monster team are Dr. Cockroach, PhD (Hugh Laurie), Insectosaurus (Jimmy Kimmel), The Missing Link (Will Arnett), Ginormica, the former Susan Murphy from Modesto, California, a 49-foot-11-inch-tall woman (Reese Witherspoon), and BOB the blob (Seth Rogen). On the other side is the alien overlord Gallaxhar (Rainn Wilson).
To create the look of the film, the directors worked with production designer David James and character designer Craig Kellman. "We put together material from old 1950s B-movies, horror flicks, and sci-fi films," Vernon says. "DreamWorks gave us a budget to buy 150 films on DVD. So, everyone checked them out and watched the acting, lighting, and the cameras. But, our biggest influence was Jack Davis, the way he handled humans. They were caricatures, but you believed them in serious situations." Davis, a Mad Magazine cartoonist, also drew for Tales from the Crypt.
The alien, in particular, represented an amalgam of these influences. "Craig drew 30 or 40 different designs," Vernon says. "Sometimes we'd see brains through the skull, sometimes antennae, sequined disco shirts with belts, and squid-like legs. At one point, he had a sinister moustache, pointy beard, and sharp teeth." They dumped the moustache, beard, and teeth, but kept the other attributes. "He has a disco shirt, 'dealiebobs' on his head, squid legs, and four eyes," Vernon adds, "all the 1950s sci-fi attributes. But, he's still quite unique to our film."
Similarly, the monsters trace their origins to classic sci-fi films, but are unique to this one. Dr. Cockroach is the team's homage to The Fly. "He has a huge head, giant eyes, antennae, elegant hands, and skinny feet," says head of character animation Dave Burgess. "He looks like a toothpick with a giant olive on top." Insectosaurus is a Godzilla-sized bug; he looks like a 350-pound fuzzy grub. The Missing Link is a cross between the Creature of the Black Lagoon and King Kong. And Susan Murphy is almost as tall as Nancy Fowler Archer in the 1958 film Attack of the 50 Foot Woman.
All these monsters are bipedal variations, although two have tails (Link and Insectosaurus) and Dr. Cockroach has antennae. BOB is another story. BOB is a cross between a character and a fluid simulation. Character technical director Terran Boylan worked for two years to create a rig that animators could use to control him and still have the creature look amorphous.
Susan Murphy, aka Ginormica, leaves a stream of particle system-created destruction in her wake as she waves good-bye to the alien robot chasing after her.
What About BOB?
"Our concept evolved over time," Boylan says. "He started out as a CG blob with a face mapped on. As we progressed, he became a metaball-like character that acts, has a face with characteristics of a blob in certain circumstances, and a head and arms that can come off."
But, Boylan still needed to give animators control over this amorphous character, which would have no consistency from frame to frame. "My throw-down to the character TDs was that I wanted the BOB rig to be so simple anyone could use it," Burgess says. He and Boylan wanted to give the animators a traditional interface, one that was similar to the rigs they used to control other characters.
"The trick, if there is a trick, was to have two versions of BOB," Boylan says, "one made of patches and another that's an implicit surface made of blobs."
The rig for the patch version, the one the animators used, looked like a series of rings with an eyeball in the middle. "He's elaborate and flexible," Burgess says. "By default, his arms are off, but we can pop them out when we need to and rotate his eye around his head. We could also turn his face on and get eye and mouth controls. Everything else was a simulation that shows up when he's rendered."
Dick Walsh, who received a Scientific and Technical Academy Award in 2002 for developing PDI's facial animation system, rigged BOB's face. "I was proud that we really challenged Dick [Walsh] to fulfill a lot of unusual requests for our movie," Burgess says. "When you can tell him to give me a guy with one eye, a huge mouth, multiple chins, brow ripples that come and go, and to swivel the eye around the head, then he gets excited."
In his blobby state, BOB was a consistent set of metaballs. "Imagine 30 flat metaballs that could separate running up and down a spine," says Boylan. "His head can separate between his mouth and his eye, or under his mouth." To create arms and fingers, the crew added curve primitives to the studio's metaball system, which previously used ellipsoid primitives.
Then, to bring the two versions together, the character TDs developed a system that mapped from the metaball version to the patch version, and used the patch version, that is, the motion system side, to warp the metaball version. In other words, it was like wrapping a lump of Jell-O with a net, and then pulling on the net to squash the Jell-O into specific shapes.
BOB has popped his arms out of his amorphous body to make a point, thanks to a sophisticated rigging system that gave animators control over his blobby form. Behind him, The Missing Link and Dr. Cockroach used more traditional bipedal rigs.
"It all comes back to having two different representations and blending between them," Boylan points out. We blend between one patch and one tessellated surface; the patch drives the tessellated isosurface."
In practice, BOB is always both versions at the same time—both versions plus one. A second patch version made it possible for BOB to lose his head and rotate his eye. "In order to make that gag work, we needed two different patch versions that work in concert," Boylan explains. One goes with the head; one stays behind.
Similarly, a surface patch version of the eyeball model can orbit BOB's head. The system blends between the patch surfaces for the eyeball and the head.
The animators saw a simple version of BOB with rigid polygons parented to joints, but they could dial in more details as they wished. "One of the true challenges from the production side was how to make a character with an implicit surface interactive enough for animators," Boylan says. "It took a lot of special optimization code written in C++ and a lot of work from R&D, as well, to get that performance. But, the animators could go all the way from a stand-in version in one-tenth of a second to a final version that took two or three minutes."
For BOB's face, animators could work with a surface representation, but as soon as the character needed to be blobby, they switched the view. Special deformers represented BOB's contact with the ground, but when BOB touched something, animators needed to work with the higher-resolution versions. In addition, because bubbles inside the blob added to BOB's performance, animators could use the rig to control a bubble simulation.
"One challenge was making sure all his gags played well together," Boylan says. At one point, I was describing how BOB worked to our lighting supervisor, and he said, 'You know, you guys could have said no.' But, we didn't want to say no."
Blob Lighting
As it turned out, creating a patch version of BOB provided advantages beyond animation. "One of the things that characterizes BOB from a CG standpoint is that we have a polygonal mesh made of triangles that can change in every frame, and there's no consistency from frame to frame," Boylan says. "That becomes a problem for lighting. So, for purposes of lighting, we had a mapping that occurred between the implicit surface and the reference model." Helping that along was a new polygonal model format developed internally that allowed the technical artists to specify arbitrary attributes at a vertex level.
Stereo 3D helped the directors emphasize the size difference between the 49-foot-11-inch-tall Ginormica and the normal-sized General W.R. Monger because they could push her deep into the screen.
At first, the artists wrote a special shader to transfer normals at render time from the patch surface to the polygonal version of the model, but the result had artifacts that caused "chattering."
"We could smooth them out and reduce them, but we couldn't get them to go away," Boylan says. "So, we decided to steal the normals that worked in the patch model and apply them to the polygonal model."
To sell the idea of a liquid, lighting used refraction. It turned out, though, that refraction and reflections became an interesting predicament once viewed in stereo 3D.
"You can render specular and reflections correctly, but sometimes when you get them on the screen, given current projection technology, they can read differently in the two eyes and create a shimmer," says Ken Bielenberg, visual effects supervisor. "It's physically correct, but it's not pleasing." Thus, rather than calculating the true reflections and specular for only the two eyes, the CG artists also simulated the result from a center camera so they could choose that simulation instead for the left and right cameras (eyes).
"It has the effect of changing the depth," Bielenberg says of the simulation. "In the extreme, you see a reflection mapped on something, instead of seeing the depth. However, we have a creative knob so we can dial between true and fake reflections. We almost always use true reflection. But BOB has such variation in his shape, as well as lumps and blobs, that the reflections and specular differences were extreme between the two eyes. So, we found a happy medium."
In the Deep
The crew was approximately three months into development when Jeffrey Katzenberg, DreamWorks' CEO, decided that Monsters vs Aliens would be the studio's first film authored in stereo 3D from the beginning.
"Jeffrey said, 'We'll show you what it entails,'" Vernon relays. "And then the studio gave us 300-page books with a lot of math. I became an artist because I don't understand this stuff."
Phil (Captain 3D) McNally jumped to the rescue. "He took us into the theater and broke it down for us," Vernon says. McNally explained that the more the cameras converge, the less the 3D effect, and the less they converge, the more the 3D effect. Using a laser pointer, he showed the directors where objects were in relation to the floating stereo window frame.
"He taught us all the tricks of the trade," Vernon notes. "We learned that 3D wasn't just about poking things out of the screen."
Stereo 3D caused the effects department to throw such comp'ing tricks as 2D heat-wave distortions and 2D glows overboard and rely instead almost entirely on 3D CG and volumetric rendering, as they did to create this light beam.
The directors decided to use the depth to bring the audience into the screen as much as possible. "We started looking at 3D in our layout pass when we had really rough, blocky shapes and forms," Vernon says. "If anything hurt our eyes or overtly popped out, we'd take it out. First, we made the composition and camera nice, and then pushed 3D later on. We constantly looked at each shot, each sequence, and then the entire movie in 3D to make sure we used 3D to its full potential without calling attention to itself. We cherry-picked the places where we could poke out from the screen."
Even though the directors used 3D with a deft touch, Vernon believes that in many ways this is a perfect film for stereo 3D. For example, stereo 3D helped dramatize the characters' size—especially that of Susan/Ginormica, the almost 50-foot-tall woman. "We could actually push far back, way into the screen, to get that depth," Vernon explains.
Similarly, when General Monger buzzes around Susan/Ginormica as he leads her through the monster prison, pulling him out into the audience and pushing her deep into the screen enhanced the size difference between the two. But while they were determined to keep the stereo 3D effects subtle, the directors did embrace a few possibilities for what Vernon calls the "boo" factor. For example, when Insectosaurus shoots silk out his nose, it zooms right out into the audience.
Managing the Effects
Working in stereo 3D affected all the departments. The layout department had to think about camera setups that maximized the effect, but that also worked in 2D. Animators needed to be careful about eye lines and about positioning characters that touched something. "We all had a constant dialog as we looked for what our stereo sensibility is," says Bielenberg, who notes that stereo 3D challenged the creative side of effects more than with other films.
"We designed the effects to have the maximum impact in stereo," Bielenberg explains. "We'd look for opportunities—lightning bolts, smoke, and sparks—where the story motivated the effects and the audience was so immersed in the scene that the effects didn't take them out of the picture. If they were too front and center, or felt too deliberate, we'd pull them back. We wanted the effects to make the story more dramatic. This wasn't a movie about stereo, like a theme-park ride."
Even so, Bielenberg singles out two great stereo 3D effects moments: During first contact, when the military is attacking the alien robot, bits of debris with streaming smoke behind them fall into the audience space. And in a later sequence, when Susan dives to the bottom of a ship with all the monster characters, she and the characters come off screen. "When the ship explodes, they are silhouetted against the explosion and all the sparks behind them," he says.
To create these effects, the crew needed to work almost entirely in 3D CG. "Comp'ing tricks didn't hold up," Bielenberg says. "In the past, for example, we could do heat-wave distortions in 2D, but in stereo, they wouldn't have the right depth. Sometimes, if we matted correctly, we could do 2D glows, but usually we had to put in 3D beams and use our volumetric renderer."
In addition to the challenges with stereo 3D, the scope of the film, which was the largest effects film that DreamWorks Animation has done, taxed the studio. Typically, approximately 20 people join an effects crew for an animated feature. For this film, Bielenberg supervised 45 effects artists and nearly 80 lighting artists.
"We had a lot of effects sequences," Bielenberg says. "Destruction was big. A chase in San Francisco had a lot of building destruction. We destroyed the Golden Gate Bridge. We also had gunfire and explosions."
For particle effects, the studio used a combination of Autodesk's Maya and proprietary tools. For destruction, they used Maya plug-ins from Blast Code for the first time. And, for fluid simulations, the effects team relied on the studio's award-winning proprietary software originally developed for Antz. "Scope and creativity were the challenges, not new software," Bielenberg says.
In terms of the character effects, other than developing the right reflections for BOB, Susan's hair provided the most interesting problems. "Getting the right styling and lighting for her white hair was a massive effort," Bielenberg says.
Reflections such as those in Dr. Cockroach's eyes caused the studio to create new tools to keep them from shimmering in stereo 3D.
Jeffrey "JJ" Jay, one of the character TDs who worked on setting up the controls to move Susan's hair, explains. "I don't think we had done hair dynamics at that scale before," he says. "It wasn't a major issue. We didn't have to create new technology; we could use our proprietary system. It was more a matter of finding settings that worked."
Jay also worked on rigging for "generic woman A," who appeared in crowds as secretaries in the war room, as soldiers, and so forth. "They're generally off in the distance and don't have speaking roles," he says. Jay, who has moved on to become the character TD supervisor for Shrek Goes Fourth, notes that the studio incorporated new rigging techniques for a few characters in this film. "We like to fold a bit of the new technology in to prove it out and see how it works," he notes. "Ideally, animators would like to animate in real time, to scrub and see characters move. We're on that path."
For clothes, the studio again primarily used the same tools as usual—Maya Cloth and Syflex software—but this time, they folded in a Maya plug-in, Kualify, from a Korean company. "We really wanted to raise the bar with simulated clothing," Bielenberg says. "In the past, we were selective about how much we simulated and how much we rigged and animated procedurally. This time, we pushed pretty much all the clothing through the simulation pipeline, even the crowd characters."
Light at the End of the Tunnel
Of all the groups on the pipeline, the lighters and CG supervisors probably felt the greatest impact from working in stereo 3D. "There were twice the number of frames to render, and there was zero tolerance for anything broken in the rendering," Bielenberg says. "A shadow that worked in the left eye might not work in the right. An incorrect comp'ing order that might have worked in 2D didn't work in 3D. The attention to detail hit the lighters and CG supervisors the most, and they had double the amount of work."
To help at the very end of the process, the studio used Autodesk's Lustre for digital color correction. "We corrected the color in mono in Lustre, then copied to the other eye, looked at it in stereo, and then did a pass to brighten and warm the shots," Bielenberg says. "The [stereo 3D] eyeglasses add a green tint that darkens the image."
In addition to darkening images, a second aftereffect of stereo 3D is ghosting, an outline that sometimes appears around objects and characters. This happens most often when a bright object lies over a dark background. To fix ghosting problems, the studio devised proprietary contrast-reduction software. "One of our PhDs wrote software that evaluates the difference between the two images," Bielenberg says. "We can dial in the amount of contrast reduction we want. If that doesn't work, we go back to Lustre and reduce contrast or shift lighting. When a planet was ghosting, we put a glow around it. We'll use whatever tools we can."
During a San Francisco prescreening for Monsters vs Aliens, Katzenberg said, "This is not my father's 3D. Until now, people made films in 2D and converted them into 3D. That's analogous to shooting in black and white and colorizing. When you author in 3D, you start to enter a new, creative world. Because filmmakers have to think about dimension in every shot, the film is more cinematic. But, it's as if we'd been speaking English and woke up and had to speak Russian."
Fortunately, the inventive minds on the production crew were more than up to the challenge for the comedy/action-adventure Monsters vs Aliens, the first DreamWorks animated feature authored in the new language.
"Jeffrey is out there touting the importance of 3D," Bielenberg says. "We had to make sure the movie had the right stereo impact, that it didn't feel deliberate, and that it was really story-driven." And that, you can be sure, was no joke.
Barbara Robertson is an award-winning writer and a contributing editor for Computer Graphics World. She can be reached at


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ONEONTA, NY— Rich Pete (Utica/TR Proctor) had 132 yards on 16 carries and scored four touchdowns to lead Buffalo State (5-4/3-3) to its third-consecutive victory, soundly defeating host Hartwick (4-4/1-4) 59-41 in an Empire 8 game today at Wright Stadium.
Buffalo State quarterback Casey Kacz (Amherst/Sweet Home) finished 20 of 25 for 347 yards and three touchdowns with an interception in just over three quarters of play. Kacz added 19 rushing yards and set the school record for career rushing yards by a quarterback with 781, breaking Dan Sansanese's mark of 762 set in 1983. Mike Doherty (Tonawanda/Kenmore East) led the Bengals' receiving corps with 158 yards on four catches with a pair of touchdowns. Sherman Nelson (Buffalo/O'Hara) had five catches for 123 yards and a score. Jeff McDuffie (Syracuse/E. Syracuse-Minoa) tied a school record with three interceptions to lead the Bengals' defensive efforts.
John Garcia was 24 of 39 for 324 yards with three touchdowns and three interceptions. Frankie Molina had eight catches for 149 yards and two scores, and Tanner Williams had 12 receptions for 146 yards.
The two teams combined for just shy of 1,000 yards of total offense with the Bengals piling up 533, compared to 432 by the Hawks.
Buffalo State used a quick-strike offense to open the game, scoring a pair of touchdowns on its first three offensive plays from scrimmage. After Kacz and Doherty connected with a 75-yard catch and run on the Bengals second offense play, the same duo hooked up on the first play their next possession, this time covering 68-yards on the scoring play. Hartwick sandwiched a 28-yard touchdown pass from Garcia to Frankie Molina between the Bengals two scores and the first quarter ended with Buffalo State holding a 14-7 lead.
The Hawks evened the score early in the second quarter with Garcia and Molina's second touchdown hookup of the day from 20 yards out. Buffalo State reclaimed the lead two possessions later on a drive that featured runs by Pete that covered 20, 37 and then 12 yards to find the end zone. Hartwick had the answer again, evening the score at 21-21 with a 22-yard scoring pass from Garcia to Shaun Eichner, but Buffalo State would end the first half with a 35-21 lead. First Nelson fought off a defender and came up with a 26-yard touchdown catch in the front left corner of the end zone. Then after a McDuffie interception, Pete capped off a 74-yard drive with a 4-yard touchdown run with just 37 seconds remaining before intermission.
Doherty returned the second half kickoff 73 yards and on the second play from scrimmage Pete scored his third touchdown of the day on a 6-yard run. The Bengals broke the game wide opened just three plays later, when McDuffie stepped in front of a Gacia pass for the second time of the day and returned it 70 yards for the score to extend the lead to 49-21.
A defensive touchdown just minutes later gave Hartwick a glimmer of hope, as Bryan Schweitzer returned a Pete fumble 9 yards for the score, but Buffalo State extended the lead to 56-28 on its next possession, as Pete punched in his fourth score of the day from 5 yards out.
Buffalo State added a fourth-quarter field goal, before Hartwick closed the scoring with a pair of 1-yard touchdown runs. After a score by Keegan Corbett, the Hawks recovered an on-side kick and complete the scoring with a Nick Knauser touchdown in the game's final minute.
Buffalo State will conclude its regular season next Saturday at home against St. John Fisher at noon.


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Nerve Stimulation for Epilepsy
Treatment Overview
Similar to a pacemaker, a stimulator device for epilepsy is implanted under the skin, either near your collarbone or on your skull. A wire (lead) under the skin connects the device to electrodes implanted in your brain or attached to nerves that go to your brain. The doctor programs the device either to produce weak electrical signals that travel to your brain at regular intervals or to notice abnormal electrical activity in the brain and send electrical signals to that area of the brain. These signals help prevent the electrical bursts in the brain that cause seizures.
What To Expect After Treatment
The nerve stimulator can start working right after the surgery. You may notice a slight bulge in the area where the device is. And the surgery will leave small scars where the wire leads were placed and where the device was implanted.
Why It Is Done
Nerve stimulation can be used in some people who have generalized or partial seizures, who have not responded well to antiepileptic medicines, and who are not candidates for epilepsy surgery.
Nerve stimulation is used in combination with other treatment. Nerve stimulation does not eliminate the need for medicine. But it can help reduce the risk of complications from severe or repeated seizures.
How Well It Works
Vagus nerve stimulation reduces the frequency of seizures that don't respond well to medicine and may make them less severe. About 2 out of 4 people say they notice that they have fewer seizures after surgery. But about 1 out of 4 people say they do not notice any benefit after surgery.footnote 1
The benefits of VNS seem to increase over time.
For people who can sense when they are about to have a seizure, turning on the VNS using their hand-held magnet can sometimes prevent the seizure. It may also shorten a seizure already in progress.
Studies show that VNS may also be effective in children.footnote 1
Nerve stimulation is considered safe. Side effects occur in some people when the device stimulates the nerve. They include:
- Coughing.
- Throat pain.
- Hoarseness or slight voice changes.
- Shortness of breath.
Other risks of nerve stimulation have to do with the surgery to place the electrodes and the stimulator, including:
- Infection.
- Numbness or tingling.
- Pain where the stimulator device is placed under the skin.
- Depression and memory impairment (with deep brain stimulation, or DBS).
What To Think About
Nerve stimulation is not a cure for epilepsy, and it does not work for everyone. It does not replace the need for antiepileptic drugs. It is most likely to be available at an epilepsy centre.
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McNealy: Sun can solve global warming
Give us servers and nuclear power
Scott McNealy may no longer be leading the charge at Sun Microsystems but he still knows a good Sun sales opportunity when he sees it.
The company's former CEO used the recording of a US TV chat show on "Going Green" to showcase Sun's Niagara chip, T1000 servers, Project Blackbox and Sun Rays as potential planet savers. He probably lost he TV audience when he started getting into the number of threads on a Niagara chip, though.
McNealy was participating in the Charlie Rose show with Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers VC John Doerr and Bloom Energy CEO KR Sridhar at Stanford University, California.
The program's goal was to explore the dangers of, and potential solutions to, global warming. Among the dangers, rising ocean levels that will put downtown Manhattan under water within the next half-century. The solutions?
More Sun servers.
Brandishing a Niagara chip for the camera, and leaving the audience to ponder the deeper mysteries of watts per thread (and what exactly a "thread" is), McNealy explained Niagara's power consumption is an amazing 64 watts per thread.
"We have a new chip next year down to one watt per thread. PG&E [West Coast power utility company] gives you a $1,000 rebate for installing one of these UltrasSPARC servers on your grid. There are ways utilities can encourage more energy efficient computing."
From there it was a small leap onto Project Blackbox as McNealy painted a scenario of plugging one of Sun's trailer-park storage units into the Hoover Dam. "Project Blackbox is 20 per cent more energy efficient than a data center. It's self contained and ready to go. You can ship this to where the energy source is," he said.
According to McNealy the debate over how far the sea levels rise is all relative and getting way too much play. What you need to focus on is power consumption. "At Sun we feel everyone should take an economic focus without getting into the science. It's just good business. Energy cost money. It can't hurt to reduce your energy consumption."
Companies and people will only change their behavior by going green if companies like Sun prove environmental practices will produce cost savings. "In my view as a raging capitalist it's got to be apparent how you are going to save money or it's a house of cards," McNealy said.
Power is Sun's big green crusade, and the company is positioning its AMD servers as helping companies reduce their electricity bills from running and cooling data centers.
Another solution to global warming? Clean energy produced using nuclear power, according to McNealy. "We can solve waste issues. I was taking to some one in the defense department who says there are good and solid ways of disposing of nuclear waste," he said. "France has figured this out," which is reassuring news to those of us not living in Kent.
Fortunately Sun doesn't actually own or operate any nuclear plants, although more than a few power stations probably run T1000 servers. ®