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- LST Ropeways' prototype detachable chairlift in France is once again open.
- Despite a wild winter in Colorado, the shiny new Glenwood Gondola is tracking towards a March 16th launch.
- Mt. Spokane's first new lift in four-plus decades has been spinning since December but the mountain's nonprofit operator is still seeking donations to help pay for it.
- Epic Passes go on sale and a new Epic Day Pass offers Vail Resorts skiers the option to pre-buy a flexible number of days at a big discount.
- The Mountain Collective Pass is back for 2019-20 and, as expected, no longer includes Sun Valley or Snowbasin.
- Following the collective model, an Indy Pass is brewing with eleven regional resorts already signed on.
- Court documents suggest the Hermitage Club may file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
- The highly anticipated Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge opens at Walt Disney World Resort August 29th, which would be a great date for the Skyliner to start carrying guests to it.
- Aspen voters approve the Lift 1 corridor project by 26 votes, but it may be a few years before a Telemix joins the Ajax lift fleet.
- Two years after a fatal ride accident blamed on corrosion, the Ohio State Fair is spending $116,000 to replace all the carriers on a different attraction – its chairlift.
- Doppelmayr is looking for workers to help build lifts across the country this summer.
- Vail Resorts season-to-date lift revenue is up 9.6 percent from a year ago, with skier visits increasing 7.9 percent.
- Attitash won't open Summit this weekend but not for lack of trying.
- In California, the City of Long Beach is in the very early stages of considering a multistop gondola.
- For the first time in years, Black Mountain is opening its 1935 vintage J-Bar this weekend.
Three New Quads Debut in Utah
Utah ski resorts are proving this season that lifts need not be giant to positively impact guest experiences. I got to visit the state's three newest chairlifts this week, which are all short but sweet with beginner skiers in mind.
High Meadow Express – Park City Mountain
The High Meadow Express is the centerpiece of re-imagined teaching terrain above Park City's Canyons Village. With mellow loading and unloading speeds, a quick ride time and an improved alignment, the high speed quad marks a significant step up from the fixed quad it replaces. High Meadow Park is now wide open with perfectly pitched beginner trails. Expanded snowmaking rounds out the freshened up beginner zone.
Homestake Express – Deer Valley Resort
Homestake Express launched this morning at Alterra-owned Deer Valley, becoming the resort's 13th detachable quad. Ride time is now under two minutes between Silver Lake Lodge and Bald Eagle Mountain. There are only eight towers now, down from 12, freeing up space on the busy Silver Link ski run. The new Homestake also features slatted backrests for wind resistance.
Snowpine – Alta Ski Area
In Little Cottonwood Canyon, the new Snowpine Quad carried its first skiers yesterday. The Skytrac Monarch was manufactured just 30 miles away in Salt Lake. While it only has two towers and a dozen chairs, the new lift serves dual functions. It will provide ski-in, ski-out access to the new Snowpine Lodge, which opens January 30th. Alta's first fixed grip quad also provides a beginner-friendly alternative to the surface tow it replaces. The return terminal is height adjustable for the big snow years.
News Roundup: Heavy Snow
- The world's largest vertical tramway is expected to reopen in time for Christmas, just three months after one of its cabins was destroyed in an unfortunate accident.
- Peak Resorts completes its acquisition of Liberty Mountain, Roundtop and Whitetail in Pennsylvania.
- There was a bit of a setback before American Eagle's load test on Monday but repairs are complete and the first of two new lifts at Copper opens Saturday.
- A pulse gondola could join the skyline in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania.
- Investors who helped the Hermitage Club buy its bubble lift file a lawsuit seeking $9.8 million.
- Did you know the Lone Peak Tram's bottom terminal is slowly moving downhill thanks to a rock glacier?
- The White River National Forest grants final approval for Beaver Creek's McCoy Park expansion and preliminary approval of Aspen Mountain's Pandora project.
- Plans for a new Oakland Athletics ballpark include a 6,000 passenger per hour gondola across Interstate 880.
- A proposed Portland Major League Baseball stadium also has a gondola component.
- As Utah weighs growth, Alta seeks to retain some of the land it owns in Grizzly Gulch, key to any future connection between the Cottonwood Canyons.
- Heavy snow delays completion of Ascutney Mountain's T-Bar until next spring.
- Arapahoe Basin drops the ropes on 339 new lift-served acres.
News Roundup: Color Choices
- The Adirondack Park Agency approves construction of a new chairlift at the Lake Placid Olympic ski jumping facility.
- Ascutney seeks permission to build a 1,760′ T-Bar with 11 towers.
- As Oz Real Estate weighs investing more than $50 million, the Hermitage Club receiver reports the resort's lifts need $86,000 in maintenance that neither the bank nor members have agreed to fund.
- Mountain Capital Partners hosts a packed public meeting regarding its Nordic Valley expansion. "I've never had a project not be successful and I'm not going to start with this one," James Coleman tells the crowd.
- Days before the deadline for public comments, Sunshine Village CEO Ralph Scurfield pens an op-ed criticizing Parks Canada's proposed site guidelines that would eliminate three future lifts from consideration.
- Leitner-Poma looks to immediately hire installation team members for the big Winter Park gondola project.
- Thanks to Rob and Max for these awesome shots of the Whistler Blackcomb megaproject.
- Some Alta land is withdrawn from a proposed land swap, maintaining the possibility of future expansion in Grizzly Gulch.
- Killington goes blue with its bubbles.
- Vail Resorts officially takes over Stevens Pass.
- Massachusetts awards the current operators of Blue Hills a new three year contract.
- Fatzer begins production of the first Compacta rope for the US lift market. At 54 mm, any guesses where it's headed?
- The Jackson/Teton County Parks & Recreation Board unanimously says no to a Snow King Gondola alignment as the Forest Service extends public comment until September 13th.
- The Capital Gondola project moves along in Albany.
- Anyone can rent the six lifts at Pico Mountain for $6,500 on Tuesdays or Wednesdays this winter.
- The Jay Peak receiver plans to sell the resort by next summer while an offering of Burke Mountain is indefinitely on hold.
- Copper Mountain appears to abandon dark green lifts for more sophisticated copper-colored terminals.
Three New Lifts Rise Across the Wasatch
Utah ski resorts will debut three new chairlifts for the 2018-19 season and although none of them service new terrain, each will make lives better for skiers and snowboarders. One of my stops this weekend was Park City Mountain, where Vail Resorts announced the creation of a reimagined High Meadow Family Fun Zone back in December. A new Doppelmayr detachable quad, opened up runs, upgraded snowmaking and candy cabin are coming together above the Red Pine Gondola. The new lift will have 8 towers, down from 11 on the old CTEC quad, which is sitting under the Cabriolet for now.
Across old town Park City at Deer Valley, another Doppelmayr detachable quad is replacing another CTEC fixed-grip quad. Highlander Lift Services & Construction is assembling Homestake Express in the existing alignment but again with fewer towers. I think the new number is eight, down from a dozen in this high traffic area above Silver Lake Lodge. For its second winter under Alterra, Deer Valley will operate an impressive 13 high speed quads this season. The 1999 version of Homestake is bound for Utah Olympic Park.
News Roundup: Needs
- Mt. Sunapee plans to install the former Sunbowl quad in place of the North Peak triple and move that lift to the other side of North Peak as early as 2019.
- There are now four Snow King Mountain master plan alternatives; all include a base-to-summit gondola and three have a new backside chairlift.
- The first fly day of 2018 title goes to SilverStar, Doppelmayr and Vancouver Island Helicopters.
- A top ramp incident at Wachusett Mountain apparently leads to a $72,000 verdict.
- The approved Mt. Baldy tram at Alta remains contentious and may never happen.
- In hot and dry Arizona, officials close large swaths of National Forest including all outdoor summer activities at Arizona Snowbowl until further notice.
- The asking price for Blacktail Mountain is $3.5 million.
- As BMF builds its first detachable lift in Iran, the Swiss company says it has no interest in the U.S. market.
- OSHA proposes $64,673 in fines for 15 violations identified during the investigation into Loveland lift mechanic Adam Lee's death.
- West Mountain needs a Poma return terminal and eight quad gauge towers in order to complete its third new lift of the decade.
- When Alta's reimagined Snowpine Lodge opens in January, you will be able to get there on a dedicated Skytrac chairlift.
News Roundup: Timelines
- The Staten Island Economic Development Corporation secures $212,000 to study the feasibility of a gondola connection to Bayonne, New Jersey.
- The Forest Service green lights Alta's big plans for a new Baldy tram, Flora lift, Wildcat detachable and replacement for Sunnyside.
- The Colony's master plan now includes two new lifts along Pinecone Ridge at the center of Park City Mountain.
- Copper is selling parts from the Flyer and the Eagle detachables. Must act fast!
- Crested Butte says the three lift Teo 2 expansion, if approved, would likely be built over approximately five years.
- Snow King's gondola and terrain expansion public process moves along at a glacial pace.
- Mountain Capital Partners, the company behind Arizona Snowbowl, Hesperus Pajarito, Purgatory and Sipapu, will operate Nordic Valley and add it to the Power Pass.
- Doppelmayr breaks ground for its eleventh cable-propelled automated people mover, set to open in 2021.
- Spokane's paper traces the history of three lifts that have graced Riverfront Park, including a new gondola.
- The Forest Service seeks feedback on Arizona Snowbowl's chondola proposal.
- An ice storm apparently causes a track rope to jump out of a saddle at Jay Peak, closing the tram and nearby lifts indefinitely.
- As legal wrangling continues, nothing seems out of the ordinary this week at the Hermitage Club except for notices on the clubhouse doors.
Game-Changing Ikon Pass to Launch with 23 Mountain Resorts
Alterra Mountain Company dropped a bomb at the Outdoor Retailer/SIA show this morning, announcing the forthcoming Ikon Pass will bring together its dozen North American resorts along with eleven other major mountains. Aspen Skiing Company, Boyne Resorts, Powdr Co. and more have partnered with Alterra to add destinations such as Aspen Snowmass, Alta, Snowbird, Big Sky, Killington and Jackson Hole. "The Ikon Pass is a collaboration of like-minded mountain destinations across North America where incredible terrain, unique character and local traditions are celebrated," said Erik Forsell, Chief Marketing Officer for Alterra Mountain Company. "We've curated a community of iconic destinations. We believe this new pass offers tremendous opportunity and appeal to mountain enthusiasts who have a passion for outdoor adventure."
Pass options will range from a set number of days at varying destinations to an ultimate, unlimited season pass. I can't stress enough how much this changes big mountain skiing in North America. For years now, Vail Resorts' Epic Pass has been the largest and most successful season pass product in the world, now offering access to 272 lifts and 44,000 acres at 15 mountains in North America and Australia to some 750,000 passholders. Ikon will one-up Vail's terrain offering with access to 23 top-tier North American resorts, a ridiculous 363 lifts and 48,840 acres (for both passes, I am counting gondolas, chairlifts and surface lifts with towers. If carpets and rope tows are included, the Epic Pass offers 340 lifts while Ikon has 434.)
Ikon Pass resorts for 2018-19 will be:
- Alta, Utah
- Alpine Meadows, California
- Aspen Highlands, Colorado
- Aspen Mountain, Colorado
- Bear Mountain, California
- Blue Mountain, Ontario
- Big Sky, Montana
- Buttermilk, Colorado
- Copper Mountain, Colorado
- Deer Valley, Utah
- Eldora, Colorado
- Jackson Hole, Wyoming
- June Mountain, California
- Killington, Vermont
- Loon Mountain, New Hampshire
- Mammoth Mountain, California
- Snowbird, Utah
- Snowmass, Colorado
- Snowshoe, West Virginia
- Snow Summit, California
- Squaw Valley, California
- Steamboat, Colorado
- Stratton, Vermont
- Sugarloaf, Maine
- Sunday River, Maine
- Tremblant, Quebec
- Winter Park, Colorado
Ikon passholders will also receive discounts and special offers at CMH heli-skiing in British Columbia. Epic holders already enjoy limited access to 30 European resorts. The Liftopia-powered Mountain Collective Pass, which allows destination skiers to sample many large resorts, will remain an option in its current form and also go on sale in March. The M.A.X. Pass, founded by Intrawest, Powdr and Boyne, will sunset. Specific Ikon tiers and prices will be released in the coming weeks.
As an employee of one of the independent resorts on the MCP and now Ikon Pass, I watched first hand the worry of consolidation last spring turn to optimism in the fall. Now I know why.
Behold The Bend, Alta's Latest Lift Creation
Jagged ridgelines spread in seemingly endless directions at Alta Ski Area, serviced by relatively few lifts in just the right places to make skiing there a blast. Alta has collaborated with various lift manufacturers over its 80 year history to create unique contraptions such as the Transfer Tow, a Yan rope tow mechanically more similar to a chairlift and one of the world's only high-speed triple chairs, called Sunnyside. In 2004, Alta and Doppelmayr CTEC dreamed up Collins, two Stealth high-speed quads joined together at a 29-degree angle with loading but no unloading at the mid-station. "Don't text and bend," a sign at the Wildcat base warns riders destined for the full trip.
This season, the new Supreme detachable quad goes where no bend has ever gone before, replacing both the Cecret double and Supreme triple but without an angle station. Prior to 2017, there were a handful of lifts that turn a few degrees using canted sheaves, particularly in Utah, where the mining scene created an enduring checkerboard of public and private lands. Snowbird, Park City, Deer Valley and Moonlight Basin in Montana all sport lifts that bend a few degrees for one reason or another.
Instagram Tuesday: Mystery
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Want to see a concise version of the report in video form? Well you're in luck, here's the video.
The typical suspects are present - FCA, Nissan, and Honda since CR seems to have big issues with their infotainment and push button shifter.
My notes -
~The Dodge Journey isn't a fair pick. That vehicle is an American treasure and should be respected. It's so outdated that putting it on this list is almost pointless. (Sorry my former fca salesmen bias is showing)
~Since this is Oppo, I feel obligated to defend the Tacoma. I get their points, it's not the fastest and it could be more refined, however, comparing it to a 12 year old (or more?) Frontier, I'd take the taco any day.

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|I love this age- you can set them down and they stay in one place.
|Brett's cousin is an amazing wedding photographers too ! Check out her work here!
I am not a great writer- I struggle with each post so this time I've decided to have the bride tell her story in her own words:
"Travis proposed to me in our spring garden, hiding my ring in a red lettuce plant. We decided pretty quickly that we wanted to be married in the fall, that we wanted to be outdoors, and that we should incorporate things we love as a couple: fresh local food, good cocktails, Texas music, and a home-grown feel. Barr Mansion was a natural fit, with its herb and flower gardens, amazing ceiling-fan laden pecan tree, organic food, and gorgeous barn where we would hold our reception.
Two months later, that barn was struck by lightning and burned to the ground! After a little panic and much deliberation, we decided to stick it out with Barr Mansion; so much of what we loved about the place was still intact, and we trusted that the day would be perfect anyway, even if our reception had to be in a tent.
Travis and I both love graphic design and good paper. Early on we found a simple lovebird rubber stamp, around which we coordinated our save-the-dates, invitations, cake topper, and place cards. Travis's grandfather's 1940's typewriter was refurbished to type all of the text for our various pieces. We also used a beautiful Chiyogami Japanese paper with a bird and tree motif for our envelope liners and program, as a nod to our upcoming honeymoon in Japan (not to mention that the colors coordinated well.)
We decided to have a Sunday brunch wedding, as that's the time to which we most look forward every week. Guests arrived to Bloody Marys and mimosas, and were able to mingle under that amazing pecan tree before heading out to the lawn for our ceremony.
Bonni and Madeleine at Posey blew us away with their flowers, which complemented the venue and season perfectly. We were married under an elegant arbor, adorned with magnolia greens and hydrangeas. Our good friend Jack, a non-denominational minister, officiated. My childhood best friend was my maid of honor, while Travis's sister served as his "Best Woman." Both Travis's high school friend, and my closest friend from graduate school (where Travis and I met -- UT Architecture) read poems during the ceremony.
We danced to "Come Rain or Come Shine" - our favorite version is by Ray Charles - which the band learned just for us. We loved having a band that also played classic Texas swing songs, since so many of my friends and family were experiencing the state for the first time that weekend.
Through planning the wedding, Travis and I gained a better sense of who we are as a couple, and were able to express that to our friends and family on that amazingly beautiful fall day."
Cheers to Brett and Travis and their Spring honeymoon in Japan!
Venue: Barr Mansion http://www.barrmansion.com/
Officiant: Jack Worthy
Flowers: Posey Floral and Event Design http://www.poseyevents.com/http://www.poseyevents.com/
Food and Bride's Cake: Barr Mansion
Groom's Pecan Pies: The Deutsch Apple, Blanco Texas
Band: Tony Harrison & Hot Texas (band members played the ceremony) http://tonyharrisonmusic.comhttp://tonyharrisonmusic.com
Letterpress Invitations: Designed by Brett and Travis, printed by OneBlossom
Bride's Dress: Emerald, from Blush Bridal Salon http://www.blushbridallounge.com
Bridesmaid and Best Woman's dresses: JCrew
Hair: Kendall Kibby-Deck
Wedding Rings and engagement ring: The Menagerie http://www.themenagerie.comhttp://www.themenagerie.com
Getaway Car (1940 Cadillac): Antique Limousines of Austin


text: So after the NY Times article, I realized that I should look into Marriott socks-but alas there are none! We received wonderful gifts at Tipple-some of which were confusing without discussion and "googling" about function. I also noticed these items are nice to have but not visible to a larger audience than housekeeping staff, TSA, etc. Some of the more visible items like a Marriott phone thingy isnt something I would use. From a marketing perspective, how about send some of the Insiders Marriott polos, t-shirts, socks, hair ties, travel bags? You know we would proudly sport them. It would be an easy and relatively cheap marketing trick.


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#29 — Laura (Otto Preminger, 1944)
There is something about film noir during its heyday that bought out the twisty darkness in every filmmaker who waded into its murky depths. While director Otto Preminger had a career that was varied enough to defy easy categorization, I generally think of his works as clean and resolutely open-eyed, utilizing careful craft to tell relatively straightforward stories. Even a great film fringed with darkness like Anatomy of a Murder becomes methodical under Preminger's guidance, almost anticipating modern procedurals in its keen attention to the simple progression of events, the whirring machinery of a court case. And yet, Laura draws Preminger in, enticing the director just as surely as the portrait of Laura Hunt (Gene Tierney) stirs something bordering on obsession in police detective Mark McPherson (Dana Andrews) as he investigates the woman's apparent murder. Preminger's instincts might carry him to clean storytelling, but Laura demands something murkier and more elusive, something draped in heavy shadows.
There's a little bit of Citizen Kane's roundelay of recollection to the early scenes, as the detective interviews a variety of people from Laura's life, trying to ascertain who might have had cause to level a shotgun blast at her. He's picking up clues, but he's also, almost against his will, filling in details on who Laura was, building up a secondhand understanding of a woman who inspired intense feelings in many of those who helplessly orbited her. The more the film goes on, the fiercer its eddy of problematic humanity swirls. Bad behaviors emerge like percolating gas in a tar pit, offering ample hints as to the many ways affection can fester into something far more ugly. The mystery of who committed murder becomes almost incidental by the end of the film. The underlying message of the film suggests that almost anyone could transform into a figure of diabolical retribution.
Abetted by the ravishing cinematography of Joseph LaShelle, Preminger crafts a film that is stylish and cool. The interplay of shadows is always a hallmark of the best film noir, but in Laura it sometimes reaches levels that nearly imply the whole film is taking place in the darkest corners of the human heart, where light dare not intrude. Though the plot has a healthy number of kinks built right into it, the main carrier of the dread is the overall feel of the film. It lives in a bleak mist that never quite lifts, where a idealized vision of the world, as with Laura's portrait, winds up a delusion rather than a promise. And there will be no shortage of individuals lining up to follow the delusion down to stifling depths.


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T-Mobile announced yesterday via their Facebook Page that the BlackBerry Curve 3G would land on their network September 8th.
Archives for August 2010
Gowalla For BlackBerry 1.0 Released And Ready For Download
Gowalla for BlackBerry, which has been in public beta for a little over a month, has been updated to version 1.0 and is now officially available for download. For those not familiar with Gowalla for BlackBerry is a social networking check-in application similar to Foursquare for BlackBerry and the recently launched Facebook Places.
The following features have been added to Gowalla for BlackBerry 1.0:
- Trips
- Items
- Take and post photos
- Ability to post threaded comments
Gowalla for BlackBerry is a free download and you can pick it up OTA at the link below…
Download Gowalla for BlackBerry 1.0
BlackBerry Deal Of The Day: Tether For BlackBerry 50% Off!
We have a great BlackBerry Deal of the Day to close out the month of August. Tether for BlackBerry, one of our top 5 selling BlackBerry applications, is on sale for $24.97, 50% of the regular price. I will go on the record and say that if you have a BlackBerry and you have a laptop, PC or Mac, Tether for BlackBerry is simply a must have application.
Why pay a monthly fee to your carrier to use their BlackBerry tethering service when you can just purchase Tether for BlackBerry one time and use the data connection your BlackBerry already has to get your laptop onto the internet? At the 50% off price of $24.97, Tether for BlackBerry will cost you less that 2 months of tethering service from your wireless carrier, a few days of internet access in a hotel, or even several hours of service while stuck in an airport.
Tether for BlackBerry is an awesome BlackBerry application that I personally use and recommend to any BlackBerry user with a laptop. You don't, however, have to take my word for it… Tether for BlackBerry offers a free trial. It will take you less than 10 minutes to download, install, and configure Tether so just test it out for yourself. Don't forget, however, that the Deal of the Day ends at midnight tonight, so, if you want to get Tether for BlackBerry for just $24.97, 50% off the regular price, you have to purchase today…
Download Tether for BlackBerry for $24.97, 50% off the regular price!
Hootsuite For BlackBerry Images Released
It was just over a month ago we let you know that HootSuite for BlackBerry was going into private beta and now that the beta is underway, images of the application have made their way on to the web. As those of you that use Hootsuite know, the application is much more than just a Twitter/Facebook client, but, more of a social media dashboard. From the look of the screen shots, Hootsuite for BlackBerry will be as well.
Hootsuite for BlackBerry is still in closed beta, however, you can sign up here to try to get in one they open it up to more users.
SMRpodcast Episode #34: Sushi Is Cold Dead Fish
Episode #34 of the Simple Mobile Review Podcast, "Sushi is Dead Cold Fish" is up and ready for download. Our big question for BlackBerry users this week… What is RIM doing to attract new BlackBerry users?
Hosts: Rod Simmons, Brent Harmon, Robb Dunewood
Recorded: August 29th, 2010
Published: August 30th, 2010
Duration: 1hr 20Min 59Sec
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Verizon BlackBerry Storm2 9550 And Curve 8530 Get End Of Life Dates
An internal document detailing upcoming end of life dates for various Verizon mobile devices has leaked its way onto the web. Of particular interest to RIMarkable readers might be the EOL of the BlackBerry Curve 9530 on September 16th, followed by the EOL of the BlackBerry Storm2 9550 on October 10th. This gives Verizon subscribers looking to upgrade their current BlackBerry device a good indication of when the BlackBerry Curve 9330 and the rumored BlackBerry Storm3 might become available…
[Via phonedog.com]
Sprint BlackBerry Curve 9330 Mentioned In BlackBerry Knowledge Base Article
Even though the BlackBerry Curve 9330, RIM's CDMA variant of the BlackBerry Curve 3G, has yet to be officially announced, I don't think it comes as any surprise that Research in Motion is working the device. It looks like a BlackBerry KB article (which has since been pulled) mentioned the Sprint BlackBerry Curve 9330, particularly a problem with the device. We are guessing that RIM pulled the KB article because the would like to officially announce the BlackBerry Curve 9330 before they start detailing issues with it publicly.
[Via BerryReview]
Trillian For BlackBerry Out Of Beta And On Sale In BlackBerry App World
Trillian for BlackBerry is out of beta and now available in BlackBerry App World. Unlike the beta which was free, the official release of Trillian for BlackBerry has a $4.99 price tag.
Download Trillian for BlackBerry via BlackBerry App World...
Bell Launches BlackBerry Torch Sign-Up Page
There is still no official word on when the BlackBerry Torch 9800 will launch on Bell, however, Bell has launched a sign-up page where you can register to receive more information as it is made available. Seeing how Bell is rumored to start hosting BlackBerry Torch parties September 21st in Toronto, our best guess is that the Bell BlackBerry Torch will go on sell in the early Fall…
Research In Motion Acquires Cellmania
Research in Motion has acquired mobile storefront operator Cellmania, a California based company with extensive experience in developing, managing and distributing mobile application storefronts for handset operators.
On the Cellmania website, the company says that it has joined Research in Motion's global organization and will bring its expertise in Application Storefront development to the BlackBerry platform (BlackBerry App World). Cellmania also notes that it will continue to provide support for its existing customers…
[Via Mashable]


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It was 2015 when Microsoft first announced Azure App Services. Since then the platform has gone through a lot of changes and tons of new capabilities and features were added. Especially when looking at Logic Apps.
In July of 2015 I wrote a blogpost on how to expose SAP functionality to the cloud using both API Apps and Logic Apps. For people that are feeling a bit nostalgic you can find the blogpost here.
As already said, since then the platform has gone through a lot of changes and I've been receiving lots of feedback to re-write the above blogpost to include those new changes. Now that the new SAP Connector is finally available in public preview, the wait is over…
What will be build?
Just like in the previous blogpost we will keep it as simple as possible so we can focus on the main goal of this blogpost; showing the method on how to expose SAP data via Logic Apps.
In this sample we will create a Logic App that will expose an HTTP Endpoint, that Logic App will then call a BAPI function on the SAP System via the on premises data gateway and return the result directly to the caller.
Configuring and installing the on premises data gateway
A detailed installation and configuration guide can be found on following link:
Important to mention is that the on premises data gateway requires a 'Work account'. The configuration of the gateway will fail if you are using a Microsoft Account. If your Azure subscription is linked to a Microsoft Account and not to a work account you can use following workaround you create your own 'Work account' via your Microsoft Account subscription.
When the on premises data gateway is installed and configured you can use and configure the gateway in the Azure Portal. Detailed instructions can be found here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service-logic/app-service-logic-gateway-connection
Creating the Logic App
Before creating the Logic App make sure that you have an instance of the on premise data gateway service in Azure and that you've installed the SAP NCO Client libraries (both x86 and x64 versions) on the gateway Machine.
Add a Request trigger as first step of your Logic App, this Request trigger will host an endpoint in Azure that you can use you send POST requests to your Logic App.
As a second step add the SAP Application Server – Send to SAP action.
Fill in all necessary connection options to your SAP Server. Please take note that here we are using the on premises data gateway to connect to the gateway machine.
After you successfully created the connection towards the SAP Server you will be able to select a SAP Action. BAPI's/IDOC's/RFC and TRFC are available.
It's also perfectly possible to manually add this action to the Logic App Connector. In the case below the action was added manually. As an input message we are passing the Request Body to the SAP Server.
As a last step in this demo application, we are returning the result of the SAP Action as a Response of our Logic App.
The image below is the final result of our Logic App.
Testing the Logic App
You can test this Logic App with Postman, as an INPUT provide your SAP XML and the result of your call will be the result XML of SAP.
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Hello I am Tanaya 29 yeras 5'4" height weight 66kgs .This is my first pregnancy ( First one I misscarried in 8weeks) I am now 17 weeks of pregnancy . I did an USG on 14 weeks result is like this
Fetal heartbeat rate is regular 154 betas /minutes
BPD 25mm
H.C 70 mm
A.C 94.1 mm
Expected fetal body weight 86 gm
Nuchal Thickness 1.9mm
G/A by LMP - 12 Weeks 5 days
G/A by USG - 14 Weeks 1 days
Grade 'O' Maturity located in body anterior wall
Retro-Placental space is normal
Impression- Single live intrauterine fetus with cephalic presentation with 14 weeks 1 day maturity .
My Doctor has asked me to do a Triple marker Test . As I asked him if everything seems normal . He said yes yes this is just to rule out any down syndrome. Result is yet to come back .My concerns are as follows
Does my USG Report show any Abnormalities ?
My LMP differs from USG near about 10 days does it make any impact ?
Please revert me


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The Dolphins spent yet another second-round pick on a quarterback, this time using it in the NFL Draft by taking John Beck. They also engaged in a protracted semi-hostage negotiation to get Trent Green from Kansas City. Some people would call those moves a hint and a half for quarterback Cleo Lemon that any dream of being an NFL starter would be colored something other than aqua. So why did Lemon re-sign with the Dolphins? "I was told the competition is open," said Lemon to the Miami Herald, who signed a one-year deal in late May. "I can only go off what I've been told, work accordingly and hope I get an opportunity."
Besides being a restricted free agent, there's also the reality of what's out there beyond the Dolphins and what's here. Also, NFL Draft weekend and the succeeding few weeks are decision making time when it comes to NFL teams and their quarterback situations. The Dolphins were one of the few teams that left that period with any uncertainty about who would be under center for the first live snap in September. Lemon worked with the first-team offense up through the second day of the June 8-10 minicamp, when Green began getting the majority of the snaps with the first team. Now the big question is whether Cameron will make Lemon or Beck the backup in September.
Lemon got out of the No. 3, emergency-quarterback slot last season when Daunte Culpepper (whom the Dolphins acquired from the Vikings for a second-round pick) had lingering problems with his right knee, and then saw his first regular-season action when the offense stagnated under Joey Harrington. Lemon relieved Harrington in losses to Buffalo (21-0) and the Jets (13-10), and then started the season-finale loss in Indianapolis (27-22). How the battle for the #2 QB job is anyone's guess at this point. However, I think the signs go towards Beck getting the backup QB job. Lemon, as was the case for him when he was with San Diego, is in the wrong place at the wrong time.


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UPWARDS of two thousand accidents in
factories—being the usual average—occurred
in the half year, last reported upon by the
factory inspectors. Of this number, all but
about a hundred were not only preventible,
but such as millowners are bound by law to
prevent. The law compels these gentlemen to
fence their machinery; but, in an unfortunately
large number of instances, the obligation is
resisted. As a consequence of this resistance,
one and twenty persons have, in six
months, been drawn into machinery, and
slain by every variety of torture, from
breaking on the wheel to being torn limb
from limb. One hundred and fifty working
people have had torn away from them, during
the same six months, a part of the right hand
that earns their bread. A hundred and
thirty two have lost part of the left hand.
Eight and twenty have lost arms or legs; two
hundred and fifty have had their bones
cracked in their bodies: more than a hundred
have suffered fracture or other serious damage
to the head and face; and one thousand two
hundred and seventy two have been painfully,
but not dangerously, torn, cut, or bruised.
The price of life is twenty pounds; and lower
damage costs but a trifle to the person whose
neglect has inflicted it. What it costs to the
sufferer, all may judge who ever read London
police reports, and meet from time to time
with the sad stories of men, women and boys,
who—having been mutilated in a factory and
rendered useless to the owner thereof—are
pitilessly thrown upon the world.
It has been proved by the experience of
millowners who have obeyed the dictates of
humanity, that every part of the machinery
they use can be securely fenced without
producing a great fire of Manchester, or causing
the total ruin of Great Britain as a
manufacturing country. The Home Secretary
has, therefore, since we last called attention
to this subject,* rescinded every compromise
between right and convenience that was, a
year ago, admitted by authority; and orders
that henceforth the law shall be enforced to the
utmost. Unfenced machinery is not to be held
to be innocent until it has spilt "much more
blood;" but, shall be made innocent before it can
have had time to crack a bone, or crush a body.
Instantly a large number of millowners fly to
the platform, deliver and hear angry
orations, form deputations, and declare
themselves a slaughtered interest.
It has been proved by the experience of
* In Volume IX., page 224.
At a great meeting held in Manchester,
when this increased care for the lives of work-
people was threatened, one speaker drew an
awful picture of the conflagration that would
follow. "Suppose," said he, "the mill-owners
were to go home and set to work to case all
their gearing; in many of the mills miles of
casing (wooden casing of course) would be
required, and the effect would be that, within
this casing, a large amount of cotton flake
and dust would find its way [hear, hear].
This would more or less interfere with the
oiling of the machinery, and a spark,
communicating to the fibres inside this casing,
would inevitably lead to the destruction of
the whole mill [hear, hear, hear]; the soft
fibre would ignite like gunpowder, the fire
would pass from shaft to shaft, and it would
be found that the moment the fire was put
out in one place it would break forth in
another and render extinction impossible.
The wood casing too, when ignited, would fall
in burning fragments and set fire to every
thing else." Upon this magnificent picture
of ruin, which Martin might have been
tempted to paint, Mr. Howell, one of the
Inspectors, comments by stating the result of
proper fencing in a large factory at Hyde,
near Manchester. "In that factory," he
says, "several hundred feet of horizontal
shafting, having been enclosed in hexagonal
wood casing under the supervision of Mr.
Robert Hall, the manager, a length of the
casing which had been fixed more than six
calendar months was, at my request, taken
down while I was in the factory, in order to
ascertain the fact whether any cotton flake
or dust had insinuated itself within the
casing; and it was satisfactory to find that
the inside of the casing was as free from the
insidious intrusion of cotton flake and dust
as it was when first put up."
Then it is said that victims have been
cautioned, and that they were heedless of
instructions. Assume this to be the case, though
it is not true that every accident results, or,
that one half of the accidents result, from
carelessness on the part of the sufferer. A
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HPU softball reaches national tournament
• Photo gallery: Hawaii Pacific softball
By Kyle Sakamoto
Advertiser Staff Writer
The Hawai'i Pacific softball team made it look easy and not so easy yesterday in a sweep of Chico State.
And now the Sea Warriors, for the first time, can make travel arrangements for St. Joseph, Mo., site of the NCAA Division II national championship tournament.
The Sea Warriors needed ace Sherise Musquiz to come through yesterday, and she delivered a pair of complete games in 11-2 and 5-3 victories over Chico State in the NCAA II West Super Regional at Howard A. Okita Field in Kāne'ohe.
"I can't even describe it. Just pure excitement," said Musquiz, a 6-foot senior right-hander.
In the second game, HPU scored four runs in the first and held off Chico State, which stranded nine runners, including five in scoring position.
Musquiz scattered 11 hits 10 were singles with no walks and four strikeouts for HPU, the Pacific West Conference champion and ranked No. 3 in the NFCA Division II Top 25 poll. In the two games yesterday, Musquiz threw 194 pitches.
"She is a bulldog," said HPU coach Bryan Nakasone. "If you notice our defense behind her supported her. Sherise herself, that's her nature. She is a bulldog. She refuses to lose. She loses and we lose, she takes it personal."
Nicole Morrow had an RBI single in the first and a run-scoring double in the fourth, which put HPU (44-8) ahead 5-1.
The Wildcats scored two in the fifth, but stranded runners at the corners in each of the final two innings.
Before handing the ball to Musquiz to start the top of the seventh, Nakasone gave her a brief pep talk, then slammed the ball in her glove.
"I told her let's get the first out," Nakasone said. "Worry about the first out and we'll get the rest."
By that time, Musquiz probably didn't need any motivation.
"I think the adrenaline kicked in," Musquiz said of the final innings. "I kept thinking, 'Let's do this.' "
Musquiz got the lead-off batter, but a double by Sam Quadt, a pop out, and single by Jenna Wermes put runners at the corners.
Musquiz then fielded a comebacker by the Wildcats' No. 6 hitter and threw to first baseman Breanne Patton for the final out.
Musquiz improved to 29-3 with yesterday's victories.
"She's such a strong girl physically and mentally, and when she pitches everyone knows just to back her up," said Morrow, a freshman catcher. "She did so well in the super regionals and regionals. We knew she was going to get it done."
HPU's victory ended a remarkable run by Chico State (33-21), the fourth-place team out of the California Collegiate Athletic Association. The Wildcats beat HPU, 5-0, on Friday in the opener of the best-of-three series.
"They've shown a lot of heart all year," said Chico State coach Angel Shamblin, who played at Brigham Young-Hawai'i. "We've battled in a lot of close games in conference and the CCAA tournament and regionals. We fight; we fight until the end."
The Sea Warriors showed improved energy after Friday's loss.
"We weren't like putting ourselves down," Morrow said. "We were just staying positive, saying this is just another doubleheader that we needed to win. We knew we had to win."
The Sea Warriors, who won their first regional last week, will leave tomorrow for the national championship tournament. They will open Thursday against No. 7 Wayne State (Detroit, Mich.), the winner of the Midwest Super Regional. Wayne State is 52-11.
In yesterday's opener, the Sea Warriors walked away with the victory.
HPU drew 11 walks off four pitchers with seven of the base runners coming around to score in a game shortened to five innings because of the eight-run mercy rule.
"It was one of those games. It happens and unfortunately it happened at the wrong time," Shamblin said of her pitchers' control problems.
Musquiz pitched a five-hitter with one walk and three strikeouts.
The Sea Warriors, the designated visiting team for the opener, had a four-run third, five-run fourth and two-run fifth.
HPU No. 2 hitter Casey Sugihara and No. 5 hitter Musquiz each walked three times.
Chico State issued six free passes in the fourth, including consecutive bases-loaded walks to Kozy Toriano, Patton and Melissa Awa.
"We went through their pitchers all in one or two innings," Nakasone said. "It's a tough situation for their relievers to come in. They just couldn't find the strike zone."
Toriano also had a two-run triple in the third and a sacrifice fly in the fifth.
Chico State scored twice off Musquiz in the third to get within 4-2. Courtney Brock had an RBI single and Christine Johnson scored on a throwing error by the HPU catcher on a double steal with runners at the corners.


text: Freezang 0 Posted April 20, 2019 Are you interested in joining the Lineup Challenge we have going on MFL.com (myfantasyleague.com) We had 43 people last year, and 184 in our playoff version of it, so hopefully will have alot more than 43 this year. This is a different from your usual league as you can basically pick whoever you want each week. Doesn't matter who you are, and what kind of football knowledge you have, you have a chance to win money each week. $50 entry via Leaguesafe. Here is what it entails. - Submitting your best or ideal lineup of 11 players every week, all season long. - you can only pick the same player 8 times all year long (that way you can't leave, say LeVeon Bell in your lineup all year long, make us think a bit) - roster spots are 2 QB, 2-4 RBs, 2-6 WRs, 1-3 TEs, but only 11 players maximum - we use PPR decimal scoring (get credit for each yard gained) here is a link league to browse around (hope you can view it) https://www65.myfantasyleague.com/2019/options?L=60720&O=26 Payouts are roughly (may change due to # of participants) $50 Highest Team Score Each week (x 17 Weeks) Remaining Balance (will change if we get more than 50 players) 1st - 45% 2nd - 25% 3rd - 15% 4th - 10% 5th - 5% Email me to join and mention MFL , I have many leagues and want to get you into the right league. email@example.com Commish entry is 'complimentary' in any leagues over 40 people if you are interested in any other survivors, or fantasy leagues (96 team super leagues or even 12/14 team leagues) etc, see this page www.tinyurl.com/openleagues Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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The Christmas Show
posted Wednesday December 10th, 2008
"Gosh, I didn't expect to cry," a mom said, wiping her eyes as we walked out out of the school cafeteria after the kindergarten holiday show.
"Yeah, I know," I mumbled, grateful it was dark so she couldn't see my own dry ones. I actually had expected to tear up, had packed extra Kleenex, but it never happened.
Maybe because I was too apprehensive. Sophie looked worried, too, as she waited on the risers before the concert started. (Once it did start I couldn't get close enough to get a good picture.) Maybe because the place was so freaking packed you couldn't move, maybe because I was distracted by the endlessly fascinating task of watching the odd music teacher, or maybe because I feel like an interloper.
That's it. Interloper. I got the usual phony hello from the principal as I ran Sophie into her classroom, then watched as another teacher had to nudge her (in a not very friendly fashion, I thought) toward her group, when she strayed — just enough that I was likely the only one to notice, but still.
I don't mean to whine. Sophie rocked it. She mouthed along to the songs, sat up and down when she was supposed to, and didn't sneeze (a big worry — she's got a runny nose and I had visions of a "snot alert" from the stage.) Of course, for Sophie all rocking it really meant was that she didn't bolt from the stage when she saw her family, looking for a hug. Luckily, Annabelle found a spot on the floor right in front of where Sophie was sitting, and (trained from her own kindergarten experience) did the hand movements for Sophie to copy.
But I just couldn't get past the anxiety and the fluorescent lights and the Flip camera to get a good cry in, and I didn't realize why til we were walking to the car, just after talking to the weepy mom.
Next year, Sophie might not be in school with that weepy mom's little girl. She might not have the luxury Annabelle has — of hanging out in second grade with the BFFs she made in kindergarten. Sophie might be held back, or forced to go to another school (if the principal has her way) and flush! There goes the community we've been building for her. I'm hesitant to embrace it, for fear it's an illusion, just as my mom (understandably) worries that Sophie's not really making any friends.
That so much of this is for show.
Is this kindergarten experience for show, just something to make me feel good? I have evidence to the contrary, I do. I know it. Sophie's where she should be.
For the moment….
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AWWW Too bad you were too anxious to enjoy. I know that once Ricki did bolt, and I sent her right back. Over the years she has learned that a TINY wave while going upstage (or before) is enough.
But I always found parties a bit stressfull, because those were the times that I saw OOO so clearly just how far advanced her classmates are ahead of her. So the teacher and siyat would come over beaming about Ricki's good performance, while I am in tears……
But eventually I came to be a bit more relaxed.
Your principal may change her mind. Sophie has barely started. As she sees the progress that Sopie makes, and sees that it is not a disaster for the class, she may change. I have a friend whose daughter is included in a different school in our town. At first the principal was anti.. but REALLY. By half-way through the school year, she told my friend: "I am already doing "penance" for having thought to not include your daughter…."
If the principal stays anti, maybe there is another school in your area that can accept her? We had Ricki in a school that barely tolerated her. Finally we switched, and it is the best thing we ever did.
I guess this is just one of those "take it as it comes" things. But that's really really hard to do.
Annabelle doing the motions for Sophie is an incredibly sweet image.
And I love her tights! Very festive.
Hmm. I never noticed the tights, actually. A guy thing, I guess. But that overwhelmingly precious countenance melts this hard heart.
Now that you mention it, Cate, the tights do have a certain Ronald McDonald-ish appeal, not unlike Amy's pink plaid tablecloth. Alas, as I am wont, I have digressed.
I know this is going to be a long reply, and I have wondered if Amy's forum is the forum for this, or should I have my own blog? Nah. It's topical, so it fits. Ultimately, it is about my caring for the Girls in the Party Hats.
Two things in this post stimulated this reply:
1. When Ryan (my son with DS, now age 32)started public school around 198o, the local I.S.D. bragged about their new segregated special ed campus.
Another father (a medical Ph. D. whose son, Todd, had cerebral palsy; even in those days Todd "spoke" via a stick on his forehead to point onto his new Texas Instruments speak 'n' spell keyboard device, similar to Stephen Hawking) and I confronted the truly beloved Superintendent of Schools with the federal Public Law 94-142, promising to call in Advocacy, Inc. (the ACLU for the rights of handicapped people) if the School District implemented the plan.
The District immediately backed off, fearing a lawsuit and bad publicity, etc. It was surprisingly easy. One visit. Bam.
The point of this point is to point out that even the best of administrators must occasionally be redirected to think in terms of the law. The law called for the "least restrictive environment", i.e. "mainstream as much as you can."
So, tough toenails to school administrators regarding the inclusion of our kids. Mainstreaming Sophie & Todd & Ryan was and is the right thing to do, not to mention that it is a FREAKING FEDERAL MANDATE (!). Not even the school board, much less a principal, can avoid this. So, Sophie stays, as long as you claim your rights.
2. I really don't want to go here. This will bum you out, so go away now until you're ready for this tough read.
Amy's mom is generally right about friends.
Particularly in high school, Ryan had lots of kind acquaintances, but he has had no true friends since he left public school. The true peers he had in high school were handicapped.
In high school, he would do go bowling and sleepover with Eddie or Eric. Ha! Ryan used to mock their idosyncracies when they weren't around, just as Ryan's brothers and I still mock Ryan's idiosyncracies! I'll bet ya'll do that about Sophie. Oops, digressed again.
Ryan's functioning is sufficiently high that he has no interest in hanging with other handicapped people since high school. He's in denial of his own handicaps.
He has a rather healthy interest in girls, as long as they're actually hot; age or marital status does not matter. His social life is pretty much limited to attending church with his mother, his part-time busboy job, and flirting with babes he can't have.
I wish that he were in one of those sheltered homes with other handicapped folks, but I don't think he'd want that.
In the moment when they first brought Ryan into the hospital room, I saw it. The almond eyes. Then that asshole pediatrician tried to be all evasive about the DS until they had done "testing." That arrogant SOB knew. That's another story.
After that weekend, I had to drive back to Ft. Sam Houston to continue US Army Officer Basic training. A few miles out of Houston I had to pull off Interstate 10 for a big cry, having been stoic all weekend. You know: it was the classical Down's parent's "he's never going to be President" grief cry.
It's a cry that never ends; borrowing from an eye care text regarding the dry dye syndrome, "it tends to last a lifetime with minor remissions and exacerbations." Sigh.
I don't like the principal and I frankly have not had any "real" interactions with her. She's just not a good fit. She doesn't want to be there, they made her come to the school. So she's miserable all around and making everyone else that way. I wish the situation would change.
A lot of kids repeat kindergarten, it's not uncommon at all.
I love Robert Polk!
I love Robert Polk, too!!!!!!!!
(See, RP, I told you there's a fan club out here….)
Quit your day job, Robert, and BLOG!!


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text: In the terminology of sociologist Fenggang Yang, the segment of Chinese religion including Churches, communities, mosques, and temples that are not part of the red market, i.e. refuse to join the five official religious organizations, yet are not listed as xie jiao. Religious organizations in the gray market are illegal, but being active in one of them (unlike being active in a xie jiao) is not a crime. They were alternatively persecuted and at least half-tolerated for decades, until the new Regulation on Religious Affairs indicated the CCP's intention of no longer tolerating them.


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by Marc Wright
How do you create a digital workspace for the world's oldest pharmaceutical and chemical company and bring your colleagues along with you? It's all in the strategy and the governance claims Frank Sielaff head of Digital Media at Merck.
Every year Merck hold a Group Executive Conference for top 300 managers. One year delegates were entertained with a stage play – a living demonstration about how a junior executive is putting together the presentation he is about to give at the conference. But instead of toiling alone at a solitary desktop (not exactly the most thrilling of dramas) the delegates saw him co-creating with other team members, working in real-time on shared documents and building his killer presentation concurrently using O365 tools brought together by the promise of a new digital platform EVA.
EVA is the digital workplace that was launched the following year: a SharePoint based social intranet.
EVA stands for Expertise, Virtual teams and Access to information. And there in the name you have the very purpose of the platform. Launched by Frank and a team of 6 internal comms and IT staff, it is designed to connect colleagues in a network where the promise is that the free flow of information fosters collaboration and innovation.
"We decided to go away from a conventional name like SharePoint and go for a more emotional name. Eva expertise is everywhere, flowing through virtual teams with access to information to help them work in the most effective and efficient way."
Race against time
The clock was ticking as the platform needed to be ready and feel lived in to enable another major change. This was because Merck was – and still is – going through a major transformation. The most visible aspect of the change is the company identity. Go Live for EVA was September 1st 2015, and the rebranding went public October 15th 2015. The Rebranding heavily depended on EVA being the global communication platform.
"EVA was needed to push the new brand simultaneously in our 66 countries. Only through EVA all employees have received the same messages at the same time and we received their feedback (from all over the world) and could answer in real-time."
Feedback was inevitable as Merck was changing dramatically from its roots. Established in 1668 by Friedrich Jacob Merck, an apothecary, in Darmstadt, Germany, where he established a family-run business that led to scientific discoveries in their own pharmacy lab, Merck has developed into a science and technology company specializing in healthcare, life science, and performance materials. Over 50,000 employees work to develop everything from prescription medicines for serious diseases through lab equipment and materials for use in consumer electronics and printing technology.
Merck has grown considerably in the last ten years evolving from a classic supplier of pharmaceuticals and chemicals into a global science and technology company. The difference in the new identity is, to the say the least, radical and it reflects the change in culture that the new CEO Stefan Oschmann wants to instil since he took over the helm in April 2016.
Building the EVA house
Frank did not want to build another technology platform; he and his team wanted to build a house where the new culture could thrive.
"The idea was that we wanted to introduce a new language for the intranet, so we used the analogy of building a house. And when you build a house you need to furnish it. In every room there will be people who will work out loud in a public space. But there also need to be corners that are private. So the governance of the site was all expressed in terms of 'rooms' and it is this vocabulary that is used right up to C Suite."
Governance first
What is particularly interesting about EVA is that Frank and the team thought very carefully about the governance of these rooms before launching. In too many cases these technologies are just released into the workplace without any deep thought about who can set up Groups and how they might be regulated. Without governance you can soon have a couple of thousand groups, many of which are never used. This leads to duplication and groups becoming orphaned when the person who set them up loses interest or leaves the company.
Frank explains that governance cannot be a strait-jacket:
"We have made lots of adjustment throughout the process to evolve our original idea of how rooms should work. But we still do specify a lot. There is a life cycle attached to a room. We approve specific groups and size limitations."
At Merck they have recruited Virtual Team Members and got the intranet authors together. There is an All About EVA forum which is used by the 600 room managers or room publishers. The total population is 60.000 of which 45,000 have access to EVA.
"We tried to convince the managers to nominate people capable of publishing for their part of the business. We did on-boarding sessions with them; 1-2 hour slots that explain their role. How they can get information, training and support. We undertook intense 3 day training workshops on-site in Latin America, the US and Asia as well as Europe. We also hold monthly virtual meetings using Skype for business."
The big launch
'You cannot escape a big launch', maintains Frank. The majority of staff were going to come to work on launch day to a forced landing page so there was no way that could happen without an intensive comms campaign beforehand. Frank co-ordinated with the separate country communications network so that everybody had the launch materials in good time.
On the lead up to the big launch there were posters in the canteens and reception areas. The old intranet had a 5 days before the launch countdown, so no one could be in any doubt that EVA was coming. It helped that the majority of the country MDs were highly supportive of the new launch.
One of the big learnings in the run up to the launch is that the team had plenty of delays and too high expectations of what the platform would do. Part of the problem was that Frank's team went through 4 different sets of IT partners during the planning process, which meant lots of on-boarding and a reduction in scope. Only now are they addressing the issue of single log-on for mobile devices.
EVA is built based on a "one vendor" Microsoft strategy, e.g. by using SharePoint and Yammer. Frank is well aware that other companies are using bespoke packages for specific tasks such as ideation. Novozymes for instance use Nosco for their R&D function. But these things do tend to go in cycles and he does not rule out the use of other apps and platforms for specific purposes.
Not the usual suspects
Adoption is measured through simple access rates and how much interaction there is on the microblogs:
"After 6 months we have good adoption (according to a recent employee survey, EVA became the most important communication channel after face 2 face and Email). Adoption varies round Merck depending on how the managers have promoted EVA in their area and how motivated they are. It is not the usual suspects who are leading in adoption. Procurement, for example, is very advanced.
Controversy drives activity
One subject that generated a lot of activity in the forums was the radical redesign of the company's brand identity. The start of the project of rebranding and EVA were very inter-dependent. The new brand is designed to reflect and promote the idea of a vibrant science and technology company that Merck wants to be perceived as.
"The good thing was that EVA and the rebrand made it high visibility of how we are changing and how we needed to work together. The most active EVA room was about the brand change. Some initially complained that the new branding made us look like Toys'R'Us but the vast majority were positive comments.
"The most controversial issue was that there were not enough give-away packages and lanyards in the new branding to meet demand on launch day."
For the future Frank is interested in opening up EVA to external collaboration.
"The majority of our products need to be developed closely with our customers. Our intellectual property needs to be made more available to our partners many of which are much smaller than us such as start-ups and others are much bigger – like Pfizer."


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I really must share with you two things.
First, baked caramel apple oats:
I don't know why it took me this long to bake my oats. Just in time to move into the dorm. :(
Baked Caramel Apple Oats:
1/2 c rolled oats
1 c liquid (I use water)
1/2 a medium sized apple, chopped
Dashes of:
Ginger, ect.
Mix Bake at 350 F for 15-20 minutes
Top with:
dried coconut
Butterscotch chips (I'm sure caramel chips exist somewhere, I just had the other)
Almond butter or other nut butter
Soooo decadent.
Second, Creamy Baked Peanut butter Banana Oats:
"I thought you hated peanut butter?" Usually, but every so often this need for a reminder of childhood sneaks up on me.
Creamy Baked Peanut Butter Banana Oats:
1/4 c rolled oats
1/4 c oat bran
1 c liquid (water, milk, ect.)
1/2 banana
Crunchy PB
Creamy PB
Raisins or craisins
Mash 1/2 of the banana with some crunchy PB, add the raisins, oats, and liquid.
Bake for 15 minutes, add the other half of the banana in slices on top.
Bake 5 more minutes
Remove and add some creamy PB on top.
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For this jerky we opted to use nothing but 100% USA Chicken Breast Meat, it stays plenty fresh and tastes great even with zero preservatives. Guaranteed your dog will love it……..just chicken here.
Probably the purest treat you can buy- there is absolutely no preservative in this jerky. Natural plant glycerin is sometimes used as a preservative, it helps keep things from drying out, we thought you might like chicken in its purest form….. so try some your doggy will love it.
We have three different breeds of dogs, all rescues. Each has it own likes and dislikes, but three are two that each will eat until you quit treating them EVERY time. This is one of them. They all three eat them each and every time.
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Sliced Bread? American Cheese? Whatever it is that you currently feed your pupper as a treat, this one is gonna beat it. This is the stuff you want to give them for being a VERY GOOD boy/girl, and keep an eye on your fingers.
This is some really crunchy yummy chicken, and PERFECT for bribing your dog to do whatever it is that you want. Break it in little pieces for doggo, Tempt them all the way to the bathtub for their bath. It's great stuff.
We got the pig years for our German Shepard and the chicken for our small Yorkie mix and they absolutely love them.
Not only is the chicken jerky his favorite, he recognizes the bag, knows where I keep it and paws at the cupboard where it is. If I'm eating something, he wants his crunchy chicken. One of us is very well trained.
I have 2 cats and a dog and all 3 of them just go crazy for this jerky.


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Our latest loan offering is nearly 100 per cent bid-for. When the quota is filled, the cheaper offers of credit will drive out the more expensive ones as the auction continues.
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Crowdfunding is a general term for the process of raising money. Back in the early days of email, people who raised money for charity by emailing all their friends in a big group email were doing a primitive form of charity crowdfunding. Other common purposes for crowdfunding are to raise share capital investment (the person in the crowd takes a direct stake, or shareholding, in the company seeking funds). Many commentators say this process is rather risky, and that a high percentage of the typically young companies seeking funds fail. It is known as equity crowdfunding.
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Money&Co. is in the P2P business-lending sub-sector of crowdfunding and is part of the fast-growing trend in crowdfunding loans, quick, fast, and at rates that work for borrower and lender alike.
Our latest loan offering is an A-rated loan of over £455,000. The borrower is an independent adviser looking to use the funds to expand. The loan auction closes in 8 days' time. The offering is currently 84 per cent funded, with a current indicative gross yield of 8.4 per cent. As we say above, cheaper offers of credit will drive out the expensive offers,. and the borrower's cost of credit will come down at the end of the auction. Well, that's what usually happens, at least!
Our loans are only offered if our borrowers are free of all other debt, and have a track record of sustained profit. Moreover, Money&Co. takes a charge on the assets of the company, which is exercisable if a borrower defaults. The relevant assets could then be sold and used to reimburse lenders. As yet, after two years' trading, no borrowers are in default. See our recent article on Money&Co.'s conservative attitude to vetting deals.
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