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South East Asia Part 3 - Asiarooney with Slat, Brig and Shuv
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January 29th 2012
Published: February 7th 2012
New Year's eve
Hey there folks!
We've asked Slat, who came to visit us around New Year, to guest-write our last chapter on South East Asia. Not only does it relieve us from the hardest chore of our travelling life(!), but it also gives you some new eyes on what our everyday life is like here.
Thanks again Slat for writing up about these awesome times we've had with you, Brig and Shuv on our Asiarooney holiday. Of course, some things are omitted here...to name just a few: Slat wears shoes on the beach (we managed to get him to buy some crocs, which is as near as flip flops as he would venture!), and he also carries his backpack on his belly like a proper tourist! Besides all that, what an awesome time we had with you guys! Cider Pit, New Year's eve, Shuv's rat bedroom in Penang, the motherfucking boat to Langkawi, cocktails on the beach, numerous sunsets, karaoke night, the mangrove tour, our own private island….lots of great times together!
To everyone else - happy reading! Hopefully he might encourage some of you to come out and join us for a bit! As always it's great to hear
Asiarooney 2011/12
how you're all doing, so drop us an email if you get a chance!
Kuala Lumpur and Melaka: 27 Dec - 30 Dec
I have been given the pleasure and the honour of being asked to write this little section of blog for Lee and Ori following our recent fortnight traveling together. Lee and Ori have been my best friends these past few years and it was a big loss to me to see them go off on their yearlong odyssey. We have a history of many road trips, holidays and adventures together and so we hatched a plan that my girlfriend Brigid Jones and I would make the journey to visit them. Another very good friend Siobhan Oerlemans made the move to Singapore 18 months ago and thus it seemed like fate that we would all meet up and celebrate New Year's together on the other side of the world.
Although Brigid had visited Malaysia before, this was my first time out of Europe. We flew with Emirates with a 6.5 hour journey to Dubai and a second 6.5 hour flight to Kuala Lumpur. We flew into the city in the late evening
Reunion in Kuala Lumpur
and the lights of the city from above were more striking and strong than you would see in a western city. We took a train from the airport and went to meet Lee and Ori in Chinatown where they had found us a room in a hostel. The first thing to comment on, on seeing them again only a quarter into their trip, was how unbelievably happy they are, constantly smiling and obviously loving every element of their trip; it was a pleasure to see and we would soon see why over the next two weeks. We walked through the quiet nights streets to our hostel and after a delivery of chocolate, a new camera and a few newspapers, we promptly drank a large bottle of gin and sat about till 3am talking and laughing. For the night in KL we paid about £6 for a double room, it wasn't up to 'British' standards but it was perfect for our needs. Of note was the large amount of rats we could hear scuttling around on the streets and climbing up the walls outside the hostel while we were drinking.
The next day we were informed that there was an
Chinatown in KL
even cheaper hostel run by the same man just around the corner - so in what I imagine to be an everyday ritual for back packers, we packed up and booked ourselves into the other place before setting out.
We had lunch in Reggae bar, which comprised of the most bizarre set of fillings for a club sandwich and Brigid eating lettuce on bread as the vegetarian option. The first real taste of the local life was hitting the Chinatown market - a long, partially-covered pedestrianised road absolutely bubbling with life. In every nook and cranny they could fit, a market seller had set up shop selling counterfeit watches, glasses, wallets, purses, clothes and trainers, dvds and a world of other items. Everything was costing literally a tenth to a twentieth of what you might pay for such a thing in the UK - although this was for a reason, as I later found out. We later went onto the indoor market, which was a slightly more polished version of the Chinatown market, with some genuine independent merchants selling fine wares or any fabric with the label 'pashmina'. Then we went on to walk around KL admiring the tall
Sunset from Menara tower in KL
towers interspersed with some fine religious buildings and colonial structures.
We set off to see the sunset from the top of the KL tower which, while not particularly famous, offered a substantially higher view than from the Petronas Towers, and a full panorama of the city. On the way we were caught by one or two downpours and boy did it rain! All the locals out on the street ran for shelter under any cover they could find and life seemed to just be on pause till it stopped. We waited for 20 minutes but then grew our balls back and walked it. From the top of the KL tower we saw the sun set and the city come to life. The traffic on the roads was quite striking, as was the beauty of the towers lighting up. After this we went for a walk around the city at night to stand under the Petronas Towers which are as wondrous as they appear in the photos.
For our evening meal, we had our first taste of street food and ate like kings and queens for a couple of pounds each, the food blowing out of the water anything you
Petronas towers
would order in the UK. We also dared to go to the night market and even though it didn't seem possible, the market we saw in the morning seemed to have doubled in size. I bought a pair of sunglasses for £5 and didn't haggle to Lee's chagrin - I would come to suffer for this later.
The next day we decided to leave and boarded the coach to a town called Melaka, roughly halfway between KL and Singapore. My leaving impression of KL was that it seemed quite an exciting place and very similar to home. By this I mean that there was a complete multiculturalism, numerous religions and races all living side by side in a big patchwork of culture, and also dazzling wealth and prosperity, metres away from complete poverty and beggars. The multiculturalism however felt more comfortable, as no one needed to be overt and everyone was seemingly accepting of each other, no doubt as they have had several hundred years of practice at it.
Melaka was much like a quaint British tourism town. The sun was beaming, lots of museums, old buildings and attractions, and locals biking tourists around on rickshaws covered completely in
bright flowers. We decided to stay in Chinatown which was an area of narrow streets and thin buildings, with the frontage of each unit being some sort of commercial enterprise, be it a blacksmith beating metal, a pet store with a dog in a cage, a bar, a restaurant or a shop. Interspersed amongst these were wonderful Chinese temples and shrines full of a sense of calmness and brimming full of colour, and the streets were lined with Chinese lanterns. The day was spent exploring many of the tourist sights which included an old full size replica of a trading boat, and drinking in-between wandering around the streets. The night was whiled away at a bar sat by the river drinking and laughing, and with the colourful lights reflecting off the water, it reminded me of Amsterdam.
Singapore: 30 Dec - 2 Jan
The following day, we made the coach journey to Singapore. We had decided to take some cheap booze with us as the Lonely Planet advised that you have a duty free allowance of 1 litre of spirits. First of all, we had to get off the coach and have our passports
checked at the border in Malaysia, before getting back on to drive over a huge bridge over the Straits of Johor. Over the bridge you see a huge intimidating citadel rise above you like something out of a Sci Fi film or computer game. Once over the bridge we had to get off the bus again, this time with our bags.
While having our bags scanned, both Brigid and I were stopped as they had found the alcohol we were carrying. They asked us to follow them and took us into a customs office. Two people not speaking a word of English (despite that being the state language) took about 5-10 minutes filling out various forms on paper and PCs while holding our passports and never looked at us once. Then a gentleman came in and asked us to bring out bags and follow him and he took us back outside the passport check area and into a second office. He showed us a room no bigger than a toilet cubicle with a mirror and a wooden bench and told us to sit in there and wait and he will tell us what is going to happen to us.
On Shuv's friend's rooftop in Singapore
The fun part of me actually enjoyed this experience since I knew that we had done nothing wrong and that the experience was very interesting and quite a funny story to tell, but at the back of my mind I had horror stories running around of being thrown into prison for something we didn't do. In the end they explained that there is no duty free allowance between Malaysia and Singapore and waived the fine of several hundred pounds, but made us pay the duty. We then ran to make the coach which was about to pull away. This was our first experience of Singapore and obviously left us on edge for much of the rest of the trip.
We then got dropped off and took a taxi to meet Siobhan who we had not seen in 18 months.
Her condo was one of the countless we had drove past in the taxi - brilliant white, clean , luxurious inside with a swimming pool outside. After an initial drink and re-acquaintance we walked about half a mile to an empty flat of a friend of Siobhan's which would be our base of operations. Even though it was around 8pm
Reunion at Cider Pit, Singapore
on a Friday, every shop and business was open and the entire place was buzzing and working. We walked past restaurants of several kinds which made your eyes pop out and senses think they had died and gone to heaven. We sat upon the roof of our holiday flat drinking coffee-flavoured Tequila and swapping stories before venturing to a local bar.
At the bar we had one of the most striking experiences of the entire holiday. Ori had spoken to two ex-pats - an English man and an Irish man and they had both drunkenly sat next to us and started conversation. The Irish man was the embodiment of the stereotype we had been told to expect from some ex-pats. He literally said the words "but I earn more than you so you don't know what you're talking about" in answer to any question he didn't know the answer to or like the tone of. The other gentleman was very apologetic for his friend and very keen to talk about home and while extoling the virtues of money and Singapore was full of sadness about his son not being able to see his family in the UK; it was
New Year's eve
obvious that it was these emotions also dictating the shit coming out of the mouth of his drunken friend. Before we went to bed we jumped into the swimming pool with our clothes on and messed around to the chagrin of some of the tenants…
The next day was New Year's Eve. We walked the same streets as the night before and they were just as busy in daylight. We went and ate street food again which again was nothing but awesome. At one point we walked past the Singaporean council housing which was made up of extremely tall tower blocks, maybe half a km from the coast. We visited the beach which at that point was the most beautiful beach I had ever been to, with near white sand, a clear blue sky and palm trees. Lee quite correctly reminded me that I had not seen anything yet. All along the horizon were container ships all waiting for their turn to dock.
We later went for cocktails on the roof of a colonial building in Club Street, in the heart of Singapore and walked to go for our tea. In what seemed like the bottom of a
The girls on NYE
brightly lit and full-of-life pit, surrounded by frighteningly high tower blocks, was a sea of tables and chairs, lined by hawkers pushing satay and all sorts of other food. Brigid had a humongous vegetarian curry and we had yet another meal to shame any other we had had to that point, absolute poetry in the mouth.
New Year's Eve was spent in a bar called Mugumbo's, near the river where we would later watch fireworks. In this bar there was a rule that if you rang the bell you bought everyone at the bar a shot, and on the wall was plaques for the highest scorer every month. One month someone had literally spent the equivalent of £10000 on shots. While amused, I was just mystified, also contrasting that to beggars we had seen in Malaysia only days before. We drank heavily for many hours and hit the dance floor. Of note were the many Asian and Eastern people watching us dance with sheer wonder and amazement at the moves we were pulling out. Some brave ones joined in and it was all pretty silly. We then walked through the city streets which were full of people; although the
Beach in Penang
whole scene was a lot better behaved then the equivalent would have been in any British city.
The next day we saw little India which Lee and Ori stated was much the same as the equivalent scene in some Indian towns. The streets were wall to wall Indian men, all with moustaches, all just talking and being very hands on and jovial with each other. The place felt, as everywhere had done, full of energy and high spirits. We went to a vegetarian restaurant and ordered half the menu!
Penang and Pulau Langkawi: 2 Jan - 7 Jan
The following morning we got flights to Penang, an island back in Malaysia. The airport was very intimidating with our passports being checked and bags scanned maybe 2-3 times each. We stayed in Georgetown on Penang which to me in many ways seemed like a poor man's Melaka, the same type of town but only doing it half as well. We also didn't realise that it was a public holiday and thus many places were closed. We thus decided to take taxis to a beach miles down the coast and sat drinking beers on the next
On a mother f*cking boat to Langkawi
best beach I had ever seen up to that point! We enjoyed yet another night market, with strangely identical wares to the one in KL, before sleeping in our hostel which was straight out of the first chapter in The Beach.
The next day we got on a mother-fucking boat to Langkawi, a 3 hour journey to a paradise island in the north. This journey for me was one of the highlights of the trip. We spent a couple of hours chilling on the roof of the boat simply taking in the air and the view. You could look to the horizon and see nothing but a clean line of bright blue sea hinting at the world's curvature, and the sun glistening off it as if the waves were made of diamonds and gold. Straight out of a dream, in fact this whole part of the trip seemed too perfect to be real and often opening my eyes I thought I was dreaming.
On arriving in Langkawi, Lee's warning came true and the sunglasses I had bought a week before in KL broke from wear and tear. Our hostel was in the far corner of the island and
Slat buried on the beach
came with a bar selling 60p beers and an extremely friendly and helpful local named Sam who ran the bar and became a good friend over our trip.
We spent the first evening on the new best beach I had ever seen. We swam, played frisbee, buried me in sand, drank several cocktails and generally relaxed for hours in the most picture perfect beach scene. We decided to get a banana boat towed by a jet-ski for a bit of fun. We went round the bay for five minutes which proved pretty boring and then we thought we would capsize the boat. As this obviously made the trip ten times more fun we did this a few more times, being thrown upside down into the water and then having to swim and climb back on. That evening we ate at a Mexican restaurant where the quesadillas were just tortillas with a smidgen of cheese and the red wine came in an ice bucket. It's hard to be pissed off considering we paid about £4 each but it was rather crap.
The following day we rented a car and decided to go on a road trip. I have been
Our car in Langkawi, very posh!
on maybe a dozen road trips with Lee and Ori over these past three years, driving all around the UK, and around the Alps, and it was hard not to feel that this one was the best. After a massive fail at a visit to a local tourist trap of a shrine, we drove to the top of the mountain at the centre of the island. The drive was slow and windy, and took about 30 minutes with a small glimpse every few minutes of the gift we would receive at the top. At the top there was a tower which cost £2 to climb and included a cup of China tea. The view was like nothing else I had ever seen, and at the time I thought it may be the best I will ever see. We could see the full circumference of the island, the ocean on the horizon dotted by islands and the shadow of the mainland to one side. We next drove to a private beach on the opposite side of the island and saw the new best beach I had seen up until that point - swimming, drinking out of coconuts and generally feeling sublime.
Karaoke time!
On the drive back to the hostel as the sun was setting it was hard not to feel amazing after what we had seen that day.
As a result when we returned we were all in high spirits and were greeted by home cooked food made by Sam which outdid anything we had had up until that point. He had even gone out of his way to cook special vegetarian food for Brigid. We ate and drank and chatted heavily with our fellow guests for many hours. At the end we decided to go to Karaoke, something Ori had been pining to do the entire length of the holiday. We booked out a room for two hours, got some more booze and let loose like there was no tomorrow.
Waking up hungover from the awesome day before, we kept the car for a second day and decided to head out to the Seven Wells waterfall. On our way we stopped at a marina and ate a fine breakfast overlooking private boats and yachts. Above the waterfall was a series of pools of water where we went swimming for an hour in the sun, several hundred meters above sea
Hangover after karaoke night
level with a killer view all the way down the valley to the ocean. It was hard not to feel that this day was going to be as good as the last.
Following our frolics we decided to have a jungle trek and walked further up the mountain through the jungle until we decided to head back due to the dimming light. Most striking was the piercing noise of the bugs in the trees; unrelenting and seeming like there were hundreds of them. Every look in every direction was a beautiful piece of art, uninterrupted nature with every shade of green.
Walking down the mountain we stopped off at the waterfall, hundreds of feet below the pools we were swimming in. At this point, light was beginning to dim and I persuaded everyone that we should run and go up the cable cars to the top of a nearby mountain to watch the sunset. We quickly drove and ran and made one of the last cable cars. On the way up we could see the waterfall and pools we were just at and it was hard not to feel we were about to see something special. At the
Seven Wells, Langkawi
top we had a vision of heaven and out of the several sunsets we were lucky enough to see this one was definitely the best. Looking out west we would see nothing but the horizon and the sea, the sun shining with a wondrous path coming at us along the sea and the sky all shades of red. I have never seen a sight so simple and yet so beautiful.
The following day Brigid and I decided to spend the morning island hopping, and for £5 we got a four hour trip visiting the local islands to the south. On the first island, there was an inland lake surrounded by sheer cliff face, where we hired a solar powered boat and sailed around soaking in the serenity. The next island had the new best beach I had seen up to that point - brilliant white sand, clear sea and barely anyone around. I would open my eyes and it was too picture-perfect to be real.
After this we hooked up with the guys again who were with Sam from our Hostel and we went on a 4 hour boat journey around the Mangroves and north of the island,
One of Slat's best beaches..;-)
taking in some caves, bats, a marina, fish farm, monkey feeding and finishing with another fine ending. He took us to a small island with a secluded and sheltered empty beach pointing straight out west where we landed and enjoyed yet another incredible sunset with a fire, surrounded by good friends. Our last night was spent drinking and playing darts and pool till we got kicked out of the bar at closing time.
It was hard to leave Langkawi but the fact the return journey was graced with another 3 hour boat ride almost made up for it.
Singaporei: 7 Jan - 9 Jan
We later flew back to Singapore and had an early night. Our last day in Singapore was spent taking in a lot of the city centre and a walk around the Asian Civilisations Museum. We then went onto check out the Arab district and smoked a shisha and had a Lebanese meal. One quick drink back at the flat, and then we had to leave for back home.
To conclude...
The last time I had said goodbye to Lee and Ori, on their last evening in the UK,
Sunset in Langkawi
I was a little tearful as were they, but this time the goodbye felt quite joyous. Throughout the trip it was perfectly obvious that they couldn't be any happier and are having the time of their lives, always smiling and loving every aspect of the adventure. At the end of our little journey together it was also pretty obvious that we had done it very well, took a lot of opportunities, had a real adventure, seen some amazing things and had many memorable times, and thus I felt quite satisfied that we had done our trip as good as we could have.
The first thing I'll take away from this is how accessible 'back packing' seemed to be. At every place you stop there is friendly staff who can fix most things you need, other backpackers who are mostly very friendly, and with some money and a rough idea of what you want to do, you're pretty sorted. I can't fool myself and think every aspect of it was as easy as it seemed for Lee and Ori all the time but I can appreciate how you can become confident and brave and start to go 'off piste' and
Hermit crab
have some real adventures.
The second thing was the multiculturalism. Everywhere we met there was a mix of Chinese, Malay, Indian and Western people of every religious persuasion. Every culture had its space and breathing room, and merged together seamlessly and no one felt the need to push their culture above any other, in your face. Everywhere felt non-threatening and accessible. This was an absolute pleasure to see but was also in stark contrast to some of the tensions in an equally multicultural place like Birmingham, where I feel there is a tendency for people to have to shout about their differences sometimes, and go out of their way to be different.
The third thing I appreciated was the ease and attraction at going to somewhere like KL or Singapore to live and work. While it would be hard to settle there for a life time, the amount of opportunities you have with the money you can make there definitely offer a good option to spend a few years. There are a lot of westerners out there, the standard of living is extremely high and a lot of things catered toward your taste, including bars and places to
Monkey in the mangroves
The last thing I took away was the general contrast from there and back home, something I only got a fortnight of and I know the guys will have exponentially more of. Be it comparing the council houses of Aston and Singapore; the View from my office window and the view out across Langkawi; my job in child protection and the lady with three toddlers on a moped with no helmets. The contrasts are innumerable and have made me start to question afresh many things I hold dear.
To anyone reading this, know that your friends couldn't be better and if you are lucky enough to go and visit them or to do something similar, then you really must!
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Yesterday we saw BlackBerry tap John Sims as the new President of Enterprise Services. He is leaving his current role as President of Mobile Services at SAP to take on this newly created position at BlackBerry.
I'm honestly happy to see this because for some time now I've been concerned about the quality of management on the enterprise side of the company. Here's an article where I discussed my concerns on strategy, communication and execution. When Thorsten Heins was CEO he did quite a lot of work to reshape the executive team and bring BlackBerry 10 to market. But it also feels like the enterprise side of the company took a back seat, which was probably a huge mistake.
As far back as I can remember, BlackBerry never had any divisional presidents. They've had C-level titles, Vice Presidents, and Senior Vice Presidents. Unless I'm mistaken, there has never been a president of anything at BlackBerry. Think about this: John Chen's first major hire was a guy with experience in the enterprise software business appointed to the role of president in a company that never had a president running the enterprise business before. This is a pretty obvious sign of how seriously Chen views the enterprise business.
Two days ago, when I wrote about the most recent executive departures, I suggested that Chen was looking for different skill sets in its executive team. I also said I'd like to see who he hires, because it would reveal a lot more about what his goals are. Now we know more.
I'm also curious about the title "Enterprise Services", with an emphasis on the word "services". I've always thought that the transition to BlackBerry 10 should coincide with a transition to a SaaS model (software as a service), where BES licenses are not sold (ever) on a one-off basis, but billed monthly or yearly. Same thing for enterprise mobility management of other devices (iOS and Android). It's unclear to me what's actually happening. It seems you can buy lifetime licenses for BlackBerry, but iOS and Android are annual licenses. If this can't be communicated easily to people, someone should be fired. Something is broken. Maybe Chen and Sims will be fixing this stuff.
In my mind, a success for the enterprise business would be to 1) convince people BlackBerry will be around for a long time; 2) clean up the actual product offering and pricing so it's super simple to explain to customers; 3) push like hell on cloud-hosted enterprise mobility management products since this is going to be an important growth area. If they can do this and sign up a bunch of customers we might just have what we need to replace all of the recurring consumer service revenue that is disappearing day by day.
crackedup77 Dec 18, 2013 at 2:57 pm
Not second. :)
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TranceRomance Dec 18, 2013 at 4:58 pm
You "crack" me up.
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Prem WatsApp Dec 18, 2013 at 5:44 pm
Me too. "Crack"berry cracked up. Hope Quickie will find it as funny....
My name is Prem, I'm using BBM ... from my QuZe10 ...whatarhyme...
tushargkwd Dec 19, 2013 at 12:42 am
Great username ;)
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TioPepe78 Dec 18, 2013 at 2:59 pm
We were waiting for your comments Chris, I think the hire is in the right direction and confirms the path BB is taking, at least now all the messages to the market are consistent.
sk8er_tor Dec 18, 2013 at 3:47 pm
And also speaks volumes that someone is willing to leave a senior position with SAP to come to BlackBerry.
IJKBB10 Dec 18, 2013 at 4:11 pm
Of course he's getting a bigger title at BlackBerry which he can use down the road for another company and plus a better pay package.
Puz_zled Dec 18, 2013 at 5:56 pm
Is this a personal connection to Chen, then? Do you know any history here between these guys?
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IJKBB10 Dec 18, 2013 at 9:12 pm
My bad Chris. But still his new title as President of "Enterprise Services" verses mobile services has a better ring and sounds and is more important. And I'm sure he's getting a much better pay package for being now President of Enterprise Services.
Puz_zled Dec 18, 2013 at 5:57 pm
My thoughts exactly!
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Totally agree! Someone with that kind of position comes to BlackBerry? Wow, this ship might actually continue to sail!
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RP Singh Dec 19, 2013 at 1:52 pm
Ha, like there was ever any doubt.
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Good read. Lets hope the outcome is positive. It's soo hard to tell what BlackBerrys results will be like.
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Kennedy.L Dec 18, 2013 at 3:16 pm
is that in reference to friday's quarterly results or the results of reorganizing?
bbfanboi Dec 18, 2013 at 4:28 pm
agonizing? I hope there is a positive spin to it.
Observation Junkie Dec 18, 2013 at 3:04 pm
Chris, great article.
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digitalman101 Dec 18, 2013 at 3:05 pm
It doesn't tell us anything. Good for the new guy, he needs it.
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Watch this space, this guy means business!
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thisiscjay Dec 18, 2013 at 3:29 pm
I keep hearing the same thing
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masterful Dec 18, 2013 at 3:10 pm
Let get out of this messed
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Brian Scheirer Dec 18, 2013 at 3:12 pm
What it tells me is that he might only hire other "John's" and that seems a bit egotistical. But what you said is good too ;)
chrisstlaurent Dec 18, 2013 at 3:14 pm
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jojo beaconsfield Dec 18, 2013 at 3:32 pm
great one.
chrisstlaurent Dec 18, 2013 at 3:13 pm
All hail Chen!
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Chen hasn't really done one single thing to resurrect Blackberry. Hold off the praise.
qwerty4ever Dec 18, 2013 at 7:32 pm
Some people proclaimed Thorsten Heins as saviour early into his tenure only to be gravely disappointed. Let's wait and see if John Chen delivers positive results for BlackBerry users.
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joshua_sx1 Dec 18, 2013 at 11:51 pm
All companies are like show businesses... everything they did from the very start is excellent i.e. from the selection of actors and actresses, the script writers, the director (itself), the cast, the story line, etc... until it shown to the public and "flop"...
I definitely not concluding that this management restructuring being done by BlackBerry will "flop"... but rather emphasizing that the truth will set as free, I mean, the results will tell us if they did the right thing... same thing happened with TH that the entire BlackBerry's world thought that he could change BlackBerry's history - for a better...
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imcurved Dec 19, 2013 at 12:13 am
It's definitely not easy. This is why it's not for everyone. To all fairness, TH did put up a fight for BlackBerry. Let's just hope for the best.
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smallbiz Dec 18, 2013 at 3:24 pm
As long as they aren't sitting on the john's....
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jojo beaconsfield Dec 18, 2013 at 4:34 pm
John's are good,ask any hooker..
jiminica Dec 18, 2013 at 3:25 pm
I think I would reserve judgment, until we see more hirings and a orgizational structure. That will be telling on what Chen really believes is moving BlackBerry forward.
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1magine Dec 18, 2013 at 3:30 pm
My most sincere hope is that BBRY stops taking the approach where anything can "take a back seat". The history of RIM/BBRY/ Blackberry for the last 5+ years is that they can only focus on one small thing at a time, often to the exclusion of anything else, often resulting in huge holes in marketing, ecosystem, hardware and/or operating system. Chen needs to be quite the executive mechanic in order to unsieze the engine and get all pistons firing.
jojo beaconsfield Dec 18, 2013 at 3:36 pm
Good read.I like the optimism.
bigsuededog77 Dec 18, 2013 at 3:45 pm
I'm glad BlackBerry keep going on the right track with the right people
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BerryRipe Dec 18, 2013 at 3:53 pm
Mr. John Chen is serious! He's a warrior in a business suit. Rebuilding BlackBerry is Chess not Checkers.
Keep The Faith
Prem WatsApp Dec 18, 2013 at 5:48 pm
He's probably read Sun Tzu... and lives it.
My name is Prem, I'm using BBM ... from my QuZe10 ...whatarhyme...
Mr BBRY Dec 18, 2013 at 3:57 pm
I'm so glad Chen seems to continue in what is probably the best strategic direction being business / enterprise focus. Let's hope this hire further confirms his and BlackBerry's commitment towards this market.
Chris U, I give you a great deal of credit for re-stating your position on this. I have been a strong believer that this was the best chance of survival for BlackBerry and recall you pointing this out a while back. Thank you for your insight.
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BlackberryFan777 Dec 18, 2013 at 4:30 pm
Good post, Chris. I agree that a SaaS model makes sense. I also think that BlackBerry should push in the cloud mobile management space, but I suspect that a number of its existing customers are a little paranoid about the cloud and security given headlines in the US.
BlackBerry should continue to develop it's Enterprise services, but I see several lines of Enterprise as markets that will soon be occupied by smaller, more nimble firms and the others will be dominated by consumer electronics firms that have won the consumer race like Microsoft and Sammy. In the end, enterprise should use friendly consumer tech on platforms their employees already know how to use and enjoy using rather than an "enterprise specific alternative" unless there's something essential missing from the consumer product. I fear that Microsoft could deliver a death blow here, but their emphasis right now is competing in the consumer game because winning their is necessary for winning in enterprise in the future as well...
In fact, normally I'd reject the enterprise / consumer distinction as short sighted, but I think the marketing / sales is distinct enough to justify the separate divisions with a President of Enterprise. I'm hoping to see more services, as well. That way we don't have a product manager with the "President" title, but instead a real President.
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BBPandy Dec 18, 2013 at 9:09 pm
A "Real" President eh?
Maybe they will hire Barack Obama :P
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MadeFruity Dec 19, 2013 at 12:23 am
I agree that the distinction between enterprise and consumer may disappear one day, after significant further socio-economic evolution, ideally. But until then, realistically there're long list of outstanding enterprise specific problems that need to be solved and that's what BlackBerry's core strength is right now. Much like one can possibly tackle the enterprise by conquering the consumer first; an alternative strategy is to conquer, or in this case, re-conquer the enterprise and then tackle the consumer after. And that's what seems to be the only option on the table for BlackBerry now. But not a bad option at all.
When Thor came to BB everyone here was saying this guy is the savior for the then RIM. Now everyone is saying Chen is the savior. Think it's time to cut back on the BB coolaid.
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Good analysis. I also believe Blackberry's comparative advantage is enterprise, and if it is going to survive this needs special attention. The sooner the better. If successful in this space, the benefit will be happy customers who will use the technology for personal and for family use. This was the pathway to BlackBerry's initial huge success. This time round, if BlackBerry can get traction from business users, it must also be highly up to date for other family members... riding on android is a good plan for that.
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MadeFruity Dec 18, 2013 at 4:50 pm
Hey Chris, much appreciated! Reading your articles both back then and now reveals so much. BlackBerry really has always had all the ingredients necessary to succeed immensely in the enterprise. It just didn't have the right glue - a clear, strong strategy well shaped and well communicated internally and externally, and as a result, could not execute what it was capable of, or perhaps didn't bother to as it was in hot pursuit of the elusive consumer market. It's exciting to watch Chen clearly cleaning things up and putting the right gears in to drive an enterprise strategy forward. Though he hasn't said much, he has communicated very effectively with what he actually has said and done since he took helm. Let's hope this is just the beginning!
jojo beaconsfield Dec 18, 2013 at 4:52 pm
If Sims is a work-alcoholic it's all good,because that's what BB needs.A good CEO delegates,and those people ,who are given a task, better perform.I hope it's not a here we go again story.I also think Prem has chosen the right man ,who puts his money where his mouth is.
KPR1976#CB Dec 18, 2013 at 5:03 pm
Great article Chris. I think that BlackBerry is positioning itself were their core strength is and that is enterprise. The other platforms are very focused on the consumer front and I think there will be a saturation point in the consumer end and BlackBerry can take advantage of having a different offering with great room to grow on. BB10 is a superb platform. I truly think Mr. Chen is doing what he needs to do reestructure BlackBerry.
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The Palm parallels just won't stop. Leo Apothecker came from SAP too, you know. He really worked out great.
BBPandy Dec 18, 2013 at 9:12 pm
EEK Scary!
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TBone4eva Dec 18, 2013 at 5:07 pm
Honestly, I think this guy is going to be CEO in a year or so. That's why he left SAP. Chen said he wants the CEO to have software experience and the company is supposed to focus on enterprise. It's just a way to ease him in.
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Justforfun7 Dec 18, 2013 at 10:38 pm
It;s going to take more than a year to turn Blackberry around. Give it 2 years for Chen to get things going. He'll stay longer if he can really make Blackberry successful again.
Drenis Dec 18, 2013 at 5:08 pm
Great article Chris. Thanks for the read.
ranzabar Dec 18, 2013 at 5:11 pm
I'm happy with an enterprise / corporate focus. Just keep making QNX-based phones.
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pembsboi Dec 18, 2013 at 5:14 pm
I agree with whatever he said :-)
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Dylanmichael603 Dec 18, 2013 at 5:23 pm
I love apple
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Dylanmichael603 Dec 18, 2013 at 5:23 pm
I was hacked by a friend!!!
#BlackBerry10 is the best!!!!
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Prem WatsApp Dec 18, 2013 at 7:45 pm
Lock your Berry, dude!
My name is Prem, I'm using BBM ... from my QuZe10 ...whatarhyme...
tushargkwd Dec 19, 2013 at 12:51 am
Go eat an apple... oh.. but the someone already ate it in the logo
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DjRoySealer Dec 18, 2013 at 6:02 pm
I stopped using BlackBerry since 3years despite been a big fan.Even when da bb10 Os was out I stepped back and was still happy to be on android.
But few days back I couldn't resist keeping away from bb. I got my z10 in hand as if am back home.
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bspence87 Dec 18, 2013 at 6:49 pm
Atta boy!
Props to you for trying to resist the urge though :)
ririeisdead Dec 18, 2013 at 6:14 pm
"Shut your mouth when Chris speaks" :D Damn I guess the company should hire the guy
styleskey Dec 18, 2013 at 6:22 pm
Momentum, we still have fight left excellent, gods speed Chen
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kastortroy Dec 18, 2013 at 6:26 pm
This is indeed very good moves on BlackBerry part, heavy focus of enterprise side and back end. Just let Apple n Samsumg deal with comsumer aspect. Now if they can parnter with a soc like qualcomm that would awsome.
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StoicEngineer Dec 18, 2013 at 6:45 pm
"In my mind, a success for the enterprise business would be to 1) convince people BlackBerry will be around for a long time; ..."
Have to agree. The business community is a staid lot. More than anything, they fear instability, which is almost synonymous with uncertainty.
Remove the uncertainty and the enterprise folk will be willing to listen to plans and strategies.
On the other hand, if they have the smallest suspicion that BlackBerry will disappear then there is simply nothing more that can be said. Listening would be seen as a simple waste of time.
Removal of uncertainty is key.
The attraction of significant talent says a lot. It means currently independent people are buying into John Chen's personal vision and publicly joining in. Bravo.
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CrispyOz Dec 18, 2013 at 7:34 pm
For those of us that have worked with SAP and enterprise products for years, these appointments make a lot of sense.
Doing business with the big end of town is all about 3 things: 1) who you know; 2) mutual sucking up; 3) being able to write a report explaining why you made a bold decision, yet making sure that if things go wrong, it can't be blamed on you.
It's not the way it should be but it's just how it works. Chen is surrounding himself with people who understand how the game is played, that's what BlackBerry lacked under TH.
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I heard the band playing this tune when the mighty Thor came on board. Hopefully the ending is different.
Sent while driving from my CrackBerry.
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New_Z10 Dec 18, 2013 at 10:00 pm
Lets not over read this title- calling someone a sanitation engineer doesn't make the streets cleaner! But it looks like a quality team of outsiders who are not encumbered with history and institutional memory.
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agapechua Dec 18, 2013 at 10:40 pm
They just need rock have more apps!!! That's the only thing BlackBerry missing.... every thing is super ok. Iove BlackBerry 10 love my z10 and honestly. Never thought I will actually live z10 as am a bold user...
PS: to Chen if ur reading this... and u know what obviously missing... APPS!!!! make it even with Android and apple...
Everything is perfect
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3_M4N Dec 18, 2013 at 10:41 pm
The transformation continues. Interesting that Enterprise now has a president. I wonder if he will make similar appointments in hardware and and software and services (xBBM, BB10, QNX).
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Justforfun7 Dec 18, 2013 at 10:45 pm
Yes a fresh set of executives is what was needed. I guess the timing of these hire announcements means Chen is not going to have much of a game plan to present on Friday morning. This has to be worked out with the new team. I think that means new lows based on another big loss. But they have the money to keep the doors open long enough to turn things around. I hope they keep developing the BB10 platform as it is just getting competitive feature wise with the other major handsets (still behind in selection of apps though).
alan510 Dec 19, 2013 at 2:11 am
I wonder by creating one division with a President, does that mean we will see other divisions and more presidents? That could happen if you view each as an operating entity with separate balance sheets. BlackBerry corporate becomes a strategic head office running some common services. I'm not sure the company is big enough for this structure but it would certainly bring focus to each operating unit in a hurry.
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Superfly_FR Dec 19, 2013 at 4:01 am
Hi Chris.
You nailed it.
SAAS BES *is* coming early 2014. Fees would be in the €15/$20 per year/device (yes, device, not user)
Now, I'm raving the new organization. Me "armchair CEO" was arguing about that for months, when talking about quitting the hardware : "do not slice/split the company hardware/software but consumers/Enterprises". That's a VERY nice move.
And BTW, BBM is not enterprise, as BlackBerry positions it ;).
yokogeri374 Dec 19, 2013 at 5:45 am
Heading firmly in the right direction:)
emanuscript Dec 19, 2013 at 11:51 am
Awesome keep them coming. What's funny is people aren't thar well educated on the BB10 os. I work in the tech field and a bunch of Galaxy and IPhone folks keep checking out my phone and had no idea about the swipe based OS. BlackBerry show it off more.
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NoNexus Dec 19, 2013 at 1:43 pm
So this is the guy who is gonna lead the sale of BB's hardware division to someone that can use the supply chain?
Otherwise it is just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic
Musical chairs.
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gordo51 Dec 19, 2013 at 3:40 pm
Paving the way for a SAP acquisition. More x-SAP hires today
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Xadion Dec 19, 2013 at 5:51 pm
former big guy from SAP to come in and help a company in a crucial time for their mobile hardware etc divisions ... Leo? HP?!
with BB not going private there will still be much pressure from shareholders etc for increased margins... That is what killed WebOS and almost took the entirety of HP with it. BBry will be software only focused on enterprise within 2 years.
christoph77 Dec 22, 2013 at 2:19 pm
Great read Umi!
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Also, layaway plans can be used again this year to take advantage of the sales tax holiday.
Although fuel prices have started to inch downward, they remain near all-time highs.
Based on this factor and many others, local residents should make every effort to "Shop Palestine First," keeping their dollars in the local economy. A dollar spent locally will be respent multiple times, stimulating the local economy from several angles, most notably jobs and, in the case of every weekend besides the upcoming one, tax revenue.
In general, jobs and tax revenue can mean a higher quality of life for all residents in terms of public safety; increased services; and the like.
A person spending $300 on eligible clothing and other items during the upcoming tax free weekend will save roughly $24; someone spending $200 will save roughly $16; and a person spending $100 will save roughly $8.
Maybe not enough to open a fund for your child's or grandchild's college tuition, but every little bit helps, especially in today's economy.
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Perhaps the kids could even use the saved time to tidy up their room or get organized for the Aug. 25 start of school.
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:Dubus in print — again: Well-known local author Andre Dubus has done it again. His publisher is about to release another work by the Haverhill High graduate. This time it's a collection of short stories called "Dirty Love.'' Dubus is also the author of the novel "House of Sand and Fog,'' which was made into a movie, and the novel "The Garden of Last Days,'' scheduled to become a movie. But locally, perhaps his best-known work is the memoir "Townie,'' the story of him growing up in Haverhill in the 1970s and 1980s.
Dedicated to his work: Tom Sullivan is always looking for a worthwhile cause, and his latest is the gardens at Winnekenni Park. He's using the social network of the local Brightside volunteer organization to find help for the project. Sullivan, a city councilor and lawyer, is exercising his green thumb as an adopt-a-park volunteer. He and others will be working at the park June 1 from 9 to noon, and hope other residents will show up to help with weeding and planting.
A 'brush' with local greatness: Mayor James J. Fiorentini has named Linda Koutoulas as Artist of the Month for May. She is a 1986 graduate of Massachusetts College of Art, and began her art education at Boston University. She has been creating art for as long as she can remember. Her preferred medium is oil paint but also works in many other mediums and disciplines. Recently, she created a series of collages, some of which are on display in the mayor's office. These collages express ideas about modern society.
Playing religiously: What a musical commotion was coming from All Saints Church a couple of Sundays ago. Members of the Sons of Italy Drum and Bugle Corps made their annual appearance at the church to play at the end of Mass, before marching through nearly neighborhood streets. The show had church members and neighbors cheering.


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Archaic Louisiana Legislation Would Codify Discrimination into Law
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Rick Santorum Tells Boy Not to Use Pink Bowling Ball
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Senior Romney Advisor Admits: Mitt's Positions Change "Like an Etch a Sketch"
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Rep. Buchanan Paying for Misleading Anti-Gay Mailers with Tax Dollars
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15,000 Americans Call on Romney to Fire Anti-Gay Finance Chair
Date: March 09, 2012
HRC Calls on Romney Campaign to Fire Virulently Anti-Gay National Finance Chair
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Accident occurred Friday, February 03, 2012 in Boise, ID
Aircraft: GARZA CARLOS LANCAIR IVP-TP, registration: N321LC
Injuries: 1 Fatal.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. NTSB investigators either traveled in support of this investigation or conducted a significant amount of investigative work without any travel, and used data obtained from various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
On February 03, 2012, at 0856 mountain standard time, a single-engine experimental Lancair IVP-TP, N321LC, impacted terrain while on the initial takeoff climb from Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho. The air transport pilot, the sole occupant, was fatally injured. The airplane was registered to Raleighwood Aviation LLC and was being operated by the pilot under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The personal flight was originating from Boise and the pilot had intended to stay in the airport's traffic pattern. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed.
Numerous witnesses located at the airport observed the airplane on the first takeoff attempt and on the subsequent accident flight. A majority of them stated that the airplane initially departed 10R and climbed to about 5 to 10 feet above ground level (agl) before touching back down on the runway. The pilot taxied back toward the west end of the airport. Shortly thereafter, the airplane departed 10R again and began the initial climb to about 100 to 200 feet agl. It then made a steep bank to the left and began to roll while rapidly losing altitude. The airplane completed about one revolution and impacted terrain in a nose-low attitude. The airplane came to rest in a dirt area between the parallel runways 10R and 10L.
The Boise Air Traffic Control Facility provided the recorded radio communications between the pilot and controllers. The pilot was initially cleared and departed from runway 10R about 0846. He transmitted to the controller that "we're going to land here and stop… we've got a problem," followed by "I am going to taxi back and see if I can figure it out." About 7 minutes later he told the controller that he would like to depart and stay in the traffic pattern. About 0855 he made his last transmission when he requested that he would "like to turn back in and… um… land… coming back in."
The first identified point of impact consisted of a crater in the soft terrain where a propeller blade was imbedded; small pieces of airframe and debris surrounded the disrupted dirt. Numerous portions of the airframe were located in the debris field leading from the initial impact to the main wreckage, the largest of which was a majority of the right wing. The main wreckage was located about 80 feet from the initial impact on a magnetic heading of 046 degrees. The main wreckage had sustained thermal damage and consisted of the engine, inboard portion of the left wing, and fuselage (from firewall to aft bulkhead).
A complete airframe teardown examination has been completed. The engine, engine accessories, and three recording devices have been retained for further investigation.
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After six years on Fourth Street, tapas restaurant Sabor of Spain lost its lease and moved out in October. What do you think should take its place?
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- Police Arrest Three Day Care Workers in Fatal Infant Asphyxiation
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Even the market for super premium liqueurs and cordials saw a 21.1 percent increase last year. Chalk it up, in large part, to the growing number of micro-distilleries producing small-batch organic, local or otherwise specialty spirits that often fit into premium categories. "The big guys are looking at that and seeing they have to step up," said Jerald O'Kennard, director of the Beverage Testing Institute. Major brands have extended their own lines with premium spirits that have been aged longer, or with a unique finish or flavor. Renewed interest in cocktail culture has exposed drinkers to more of that selectionthrough craft spirit bars, buzzed-about drinks and spirits festivals such as Tales of the Cocktail, said Tony Abou-Ganim, author of "The Modern Mixologist." And it's whetted their appetites.
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Community Programs and Events
There are many opportunities for New Haven families to explore the Yale campus and experience our world-class arts and utilize our educational resources. Both the Yale University Art Gallery and Yale Center for British Art are free and open to the public year-round. In addition, Yale helps support several community-based programs, such as the New Haven Reads Book Bank, which collects and distributes over 140,000 books to children and families throughout the city each year. The Yale Peabody Museum welcomes hundreds of thousands of visitors annually.
Yale science outreach programs offer a variety of educationalexperiences for New Haven students, families, and community members. The University's talented faculty, students, and staff are made available to encourage young scientists and to discuss the significant scientific discoveries of our time.
Programs and Partnerships
Astronomy Public Observing Nights
Every Tuesday night Leitner Family Observatory and Planetarium presents shows in their new 50-seat digital planetarium theater. Afterward, participants are welcomed to look through one of the telescopes at the Observatory and have questions answered about astronomy. The astronomical objects viewed change seasonally, and range from the Moon to the planets (such as Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, and Venus) to nearby star clusters and galaxies. Check the Leitner Observatory website to learn about public lectures and other special events.
Info: www.leitnerobservatory.org
Contact: Tomer Tal at email@example.com or Rachel Semple-Shuchter at firstname.lastname@example.com
Center for Research on Interface Structures and Phenomena (CRISP) Events for the Public
CRISP participates in many public events throughout the year. Through departmental open houses, laboratory tours, and participation in various professional science consortiums and symposiums, CRISP strives to improve the scientific literacy of the community and encourage diversity in the scientific professions.
Contact: Jacquelynn Garofano, Education and Outreach Coordinator, at 203-392-8959 or email@example.com
Dixwell-Yale Community Learning Center (DYCLC)
The Dixwell-Yale University Community Learning Center (DYCLC) is an initiative of the Yale Office of New Haven & State Affairs beginning in 2006.
The DYCLC is a facility for residents of Dixwell and primarily focuses on youth through educational programming. The mission of the DYCLC is to provide educational programs for Dixwell residents, to cultivate scholastic achievement, and strengthen the social and economic conditions of Dixwell.
Info: http://www.yale.edu/dixwellyale
Dwight Hall at Yale, Center for Public Service and Social Justice
Dwight Hall is an umbrella community service organization that involves over 3,500 Yale University students each year through 75 student-managed programs (nearly 2,000 in the New Haven Public Schools). Yale students provide servicessuch as tutoring, mentoring, youth development, and advocacy.
Info: www.dwighthall.org
Contact: Dwight Hall Main Office at 203-432-2420 or email@example.com
New Haven Reads Book Bank, Inc.
The Book Bank is a joint project of New Haven Reads and Yale University that provides free tutoring to more than 300 students. They also provide free books to individuals, families, teachers, and organizations. The Book Bank is located at 45 Bristol Street, across from the Dixwell- Yale University Community Learning Center, and serves as a drop-off point and distribution center for donated books.
Info: www.newhavenreads.org
Contact: Kirsten Levinsohn at 203-752-1923 or firstname.lastname@example.com
Picture This!
Picture This! Is a free program at the Yale Center for British Art for children ages 7-12. Program activities are based on the current special exhibition at the Center and are conducted on two consecutive Saturdays twice a year, once in the fall and once in the spring. Advance registration is required for participation in the program.
Contact: Linda Friedlaender, Curator of Education, at 203- 432-2855 or firstname.lastname@example.com
Yale Science Outreach
Science is more fun when you share it. Come look through our telescopes, listen in as a Nobel Prize winner talks about puzzles that fascinate him, or do experiments in your own classroom with a Yale student. Yale Science Outreach programs work together so that local students can get on a pathway that leads to success in high school, in college and in careers in science, technology, engineering or mathematics.
Info: http://science.onhsa.yale.edu
Contact: Maria Parente, Coordinator, at 203-436-4677
Yale Athletic Department
The Yale Athletic Department has a variety of youth programs that take place in the New Haven community and on Yale's campus.
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Yale Center for British Art
The Yale Center for British Art houses the largest and most comprehensive collection of British art outside the United Kingdom in a landmark building designed by Louis Kahn. The Center has a rich array of exhibitions and educational programs, as well as fellowships and academic resources, including a reference library and study room for examining works on paper in the collection. The Center offers a number of programs, including lectures, concerts, films, and family programs, that are free and open to the public. For more information, view the Center's calendar.
Info: britishart.yale.edu
Contact: General Information Line at 203-432-2800
Yale Child Study Center
The Yale Child Study Center provides clinical care for children and adolescents in New Haven, engages in scientific research, trains child development professionals, and helps shape social policy concerning children. The Center also has a partnership with the New Haven Police Department to reduce the impact of violence on New Haven's children.
Info: http://info.med.yale.edu/chldstdy
Yale College Chess Club
The Yale College Chess Club was established for the purpose of promoting chess in the Yale/ New Haven community and throughout the world as a global game, transcending cultural, linguistic, racial, and religious barriers.
Info: http://www.yalechess.org/
Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
The Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History features a diverse collection, including dinosaur skeletons, Egyptian mummies, dioramas of North American wildlife, and a new permanent exhibit on our planet and solar system. In addition to many educational programs, the Peabody offers excellent academic research opportunities and scientific publications. The Museum is open to the public and offers free return tickets to the families of New Haven school children who visit each year. There is a modest fee for admission.
Info: http://www.peabody.yale.edu
Contact: Information Line at 203-432-5050
Yale Repertory Theatre
In addition to its theatrical performances of new and classic plays, the Yale Repertory Theatre offers educational programs for the New Haven community.
Admission fee.
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Contact: Box Office at 203-432- 1234 or email@example.com
Yale University Art Gallery
The Yale University Art Gallery has over 185,000 works of art in its permanent collection, ranging from American decorative arts and American paintings to African art and art of the ancient Americas. In addition to its permanent collection, the Gallery also has educational programs, special exhibitions, study rooms, and museum archives. The Gallery is open to the public and admission is free.
Info: http://artgallery.yale.edu
Contact: General and Program Information Line at 203-432- 0600
Yale University Art Gallery Family Programs: Stories and Art
On the second Sunday of each month, the Yale University Art Gallery hosts Stories and Art. Tales of distant times and far-off lands will inspire children of all ages to view art in a new way. Yale students and Gallery staff tell folktales, myths, and exciting stories from all over the world that highlight unique features of selected objects in the Gallery's collection. For children of all ages. Drawing materials will be available for older children. The group meets by the couches in the lobby at 1PM. Stories and Art is free to the public. No registration required.
Contact: Jessica Sack, the Jan and Fredrick Mayer Associate Curator of Public Education, at 203-432-3706 or firstname.lastname@example.com
Yale University Audio Archive
Yale University has a wide array of podcasts available from faculty, alumni and distinguished visitors. Apple's iTunes distributes the University's podcasts, all free of charge. You can download episodes one at a time or you can 'subscribe' to the entire series. Topics include science and engineering, health and medicine, the environment, as well as the arts, humanities and other areas of interest. A step by step guide is available to help you make use of this resource. Free and available to the public.
Info: http://www.yale.edu/opa/podcast
Contact: Office of Public Affairs at 203-432-1345 or firstname.lastname@example.com
Communiversity Day
Every spring, Yale students host Communiversity Day, a family bazaar, on the Old Campus courtyard. While enjoying student group performances, games for children, and free food during the event, New Haven families can also learn about the community programs available through Yale.
Info: http://www.yale.edu/onhsa
Contact: Office of New Haven & State Affairs at 203-432-8613
Science Saturdays
Science Saturdays is a fun Saturday- morning lecture series for children, 7th grade and up. The mission of this award-winning series is to showcase science in a fun way with talks given by excellent communicators of science who are Yale professors and local scientists. It is also designed to show that science is for everyone and those who do it come in all colors, shapes and sizes.
Past topics have included "Why Birds Are Dinosaurs" and "How to See a Black Hole." Interactive science demonstrations are often presented before lectures.
Info: http://www.sciencesaturdays.org
Yale Athletic Department Youth Days
Yale student-athletes and coaches host four Youth Days a year: Fall Youth Day at the Yale Bowl, Winter Youth Day, Yale Hockey Youth Day, and Spring Yale Olympic Youth Day. Youth Days are open to the public and often include free sports clinics, free admission to a Yale sporting event, and prizes for participants.
Contact: Alison Cole, Athletics Dept. At 203-436-3937 or firstname.lastname@example.com
Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History Events & Public Programs
The Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History hosts annual events including Fiesta Latina, Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Weekend, Dinosaur Days, and The Natural History of Witches and Wizards: A Peabody Halloween. The Peabody hosts numerous lectures and talks throughout the year, including the John H. Ostrom lecture series.
Info: http://www.peabody.yale.edu/events/ev_annual.html
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Wrestling the Right Lessons Out of Life
Posted on July 17th, 2014 by Gregg Goodmanson
A couple of weeks ago I had the privilege of participating in VAST's 40th consecutive quarterly Sales Summit. As I considered what I would share, I was thinking about a number of different things and nothing felt quite right. After a bit of frustration I thought about some of the things I have learned in life and decided to make it personal and discuss some things I have learned over the years. Things that you only learn through struggle, wrestling with life and being forced to look at yourself...
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Want More Referrals? Be Risk Proof.
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I'm having breakfast at a Friday morning leads group. People I know are chatting and munching on breakfast burritos and fresh fruit. It's a comfortable environment with big windows overlooking a lake. When the facilitator asks for announcements, an attorney motions for the opportunity to address the group. He walks to the front of the room. This must be important as people usually talk from their seat. He's English. We all know him. He has a great sense of humor. But today he's not smiling...
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Multitasking is a Myth
Posted on July 7th, 2014 by Steve Farmiloe
The Cost of Continuously Checking Email by Ron Friedman | 8:00 AM July 4, 2014 (From blog post in Harvard Business Review) Suppose each time you ran low on an item in your kitchen—olive oil, bananas, napkins—your instinctive response was to drop everything and race to the store. How much time would you lose? How much money would you squander on gas? What would happen to your productivity? We all recognize the inefficiency of this approach. And yet surprisingly, we often work...
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What Does It Cost A Prospect To Say No?
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The other morning as I was doing some reading, a question popped up in my head – What does it cost for our prospects to say no to us? If a prospect doesn't know what it will cost them to say no to us, the likelihood of us getting that sale is very low. Obviously, we haven't done a good enough job of creating value, quantifying that value and building a compelling reason WHY they should say yes! As we all know, pure price is never the complete story in terms of how a prospect makes their...
Finding Great Producers
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I just read an article that stated that 55% of producers in the insurance industry are classified as "non-performers" because their average annual new business is only at $27,334. It's true. In my experiences I have seen that more than half of producers are simply not effective. But the author of the article (whom I respect enough not to mention) took the article is a strange direction. The author went on to give tips on how to hire a better producer! While the hiring process is...
Employee Benefits Evolution and the New World
Posted on June 3rd, 2014 by Larry G. Linne
Employee benefits products and services have changed dramatically over the past 20 years. The transition of this industry has changed for the buyer, providers, and agents/broker. The changes cross borders but have some different terms and labels. However, the answers and strategies for successful brokers will be very similar. The changes in the industry and in business needs have created an amazing opportunity for brokers who understand and take advantage of these changes. My first...
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How To Root The Transformer Prime on Ice Cream Sandwich
Transformer Prime owners, you may have noticed that the Ice Cream Sandwich update for your device is ready. You may have also noticed that it breaks root. If you didn't catch the news that you could maintain your root with OTA Root Keeper, and went ahead with the update, you may be wondering how you can get re-rooted. XDA's sparkym3 has the solution for you, with a method based on the same exploit used by Justin Case to root Honeycomb. It's called TPSparkyRoot, and you can go about it in one of two ways. If you prefer a manual method, you can follow the ADB commands listed here, but if you'd rather do things the easy way, we've got you covered there, too. If you need any help, please refer to the original thread.
Before you Begin:
You must have your Prime set up with ADB, and your ADB location contained in your path variable, or unzip the files from the downloadable zip into the ADB directory before running.
Step-by-Step Guide:
Root Using ADB:
- Download the zip containing SU, and the .bat file
- Open a command line terminal
- Input the following
- adb shell mv /data/local/tmp /data/local/tmp.bak
- adb shell ln -s /data /data/local/tmp
- adb reboot
- adb shell "echo \"ro.kernel.qemu=1\" > /data/local.prop"
- adb reboot
- adb shell id
- //IF ID IS 0/root THEN CONTINUE, ELSE START OVER>
- adb remount
- adb push su /system/xbin/su
- adb shell chown 0.0 /system/xbin/su
- adb shell chmod 06755 /system/xbin/su
- //UNDO EVERYTHING EXCEPT su
- adb shell rm /data/local.prop
- adb shell rm /data/local/tmp
- adb shell mv /data/local/tmp.bak /data/local/tmp
- adb reboot
As jchase stated "If your device "bootloops" don't stress, just follow through with the commands as it "loops" ro.kernel.qemu can do funky stuff." I did notice this in my rooting but just assumed it was normal as this is my first use of adb.
Now, download SuperUser from the Market, and you're finished.
Using Auto-Root:
- Download TPSparkyRoot
- Run the .bat file
- Your device may pause during reboot. Let it, and wait, but do not hit "GO" until it has finished.