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Lil Wayne settles royalties lawsuit with producer
Lil Wayne has settled a $1.5 million lawsuit with a producer who accused the rapper of failing to pay him for work on his 2008 album Tha Carter III. David Kirkwood launched a legal battle against the hitmaker and bosses at Cash Money Records and Young Money Entertainment last year, alleging he was still owed […] [Read More]
Lil Wayne recording album of love songs
Lil Wayne will inject some romance into his next music project by putting together an album of love songs. The hip-hop star admits he came up with the idea for a record called Devol – loved spelled backwards – while he was serving out a prison sentence on weapons charges in 2010. Lil Wayne insists […] [Read More]
Weeds, grass get Lil Wayne a citation
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Lil Wayne is a no-show on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Rapper Lil Wayne left U.S. TV talk show host Jimmy Kimmel hanging in the balance on Thursday after standing up the comedian on his live, late night talk show. The tardy Lollipop star was slated to appear as a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live! but he failed to arrive – forcing quick-thinking Kimmel to improvise […] [Read More]
Lil Wayne shuts down engagement reports
Rapper Lil Wayne has dismissed reports suggesting he proposed to his girlfriend on Valentine's Day, insisting a message posted on his Twitter.com account was misconstrued. The cryptic post on the star's social networking site appeared to suggest the Lollipop hitmaker had asked his cocktail waitress girlfriend Dhea to marry him – but he has since […] [Read More]
Lil Wayne reportedly engaged and expecting a new baby
Lil Wayne had two reasons to celebrate on Valentine's Day – he reportedly proposed to his girlfriend, who is also expecting a baby. The Lollipop hitmaker popped the question to cocktail waitress Dhea on Tuesday and he appears to have hinted at the happy news in a Twitter.com message. The post on Wednesday reads, "She […] [Read More]
Lil Wayne recovering after St. Louis skateboard accident
Lil Wayne said Monday he is recovering after gashing his head at a St. Louis-area skateboard park. The 28-year-old rapper whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. was in suburban St. Louis Sunday for a performance at the outdoor Verizon Amphitheatre. KTVI-TV reported that Lil Wayne, accompanied by a large entourage, showed up Sunday […] [Read More]
Lil Wayne ready to retire
Rapper Lil Wayne is readying himself for early retirement, insisting his busy music career isn't fair on his kids. The Lollipop hitmaker has been one of hip-hop's most in-demand stars since releasing his debut record in 1999, but admits his upcoming Tha Carter IV album could be one of his last. The 28 year old […] [Read More]
Lil Wayne sued for the third time
Troubled rapper Lil Wayne has been hit with his third lawsuit in two weeks. The hip-hop star is facing legal action from bosses at a music publishing company who allege he used a sample without permission in his 2006 collaboration with Bryan 'Birdman' Williams, Army Gunz. Executives at Bridgeport Music allege the track features parts […] [Read More]
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SLS and Mills Legal Clinic alumna, Lila Miller (JD '14), writes below on a recent Ninth Circuit opinion in a case concerning an adverse award of attorney's fees against a parent of a disabled child under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Lila authored an amicus brief in the case while enrolled in the Youth and Education Law Project during the winter and spring of 2013.
Since graduating, Lila has gone on to do full-time civil rights litigation at a non-profit firm in New York. She was the recipient of Stanford Law School's Deborah L Rhode Public Interest Award in 2014.
As a student attorney in the Mills Legal Clinic, I had the opportunity to work with several special education advocacy organizations on an amicus brief for a case in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The case, C.W. v. Capistrano Unified School District, pertains to an adverse award of attorney's fees against a parent under the Individuals with Disabilities and Education Act ("IDEA"). In this case, the district court actually invited a school district to seek attorney's fees against the mother of an eleven-year-old with cerebral palsy. We argued that such an invitation runs contrary to the letter and spirit of the IDEA, which deputizes parents as private attorneys general. Parental enforcement of the IDEA is crucial to achieving the statute's remedial goals, and fee awards like the one in this case will chill meritorious litigation and, ultimately, harm the students most in need of help.
Last week, almost seven months after the case was argued and about twenty-one months after we submitted the amicus brief, the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion. Just as we argued in our amicus brief, the majority reversed the fees awarded under the IDEA, meaning that school districts should not be entitled to recover fees against parents and children in most special education disputes, except under the most egregious circumstances. Nonetheless, the court went on to affirm the fees awarded under a number of other statutes under which the family's claim was deemed frivolous. Judge Reinhardt wrote an impassioned dissent, arguing that the entire fee award should be reversed. His opinion is worth a read, but one point in particular is worth highlighting:
By punishing a small firm for arguing a non-frivolous claim under the wrong sections of the United States Code, the precedent established by the majority opinion will discourage disability lawyers from taking on the very cases that the IDEA sought to encourage. In light of the majority's opinion, small firms will have to weigh the risk that they will incur a costly sanction for a minor legal error intended to benefit a disabled child. This despite the fact that IDEA practitioners — indeed, nearly all civil rights practitioners — rarely have the time or the staff to handle the volume of cases for which they are responsible with the same attention or devotion of resources as their counterparts who represent the defense.
As someone who has gone on to work at a small civil rights litigation firm, I could not agree more. The majority's piecemeal resolution loses sight of the forest for the trees. By awarding any fees at all, the decision subverts the remedial goals of the statutes under which C.W. and her mother sought relief and will deter attorneys from taking on cases like this one.
Working on this case meant a great deal to me. Not only did I develop practical skills that I've already put to use in my career, but I also gained a unique perspective. Namely, I had the rare opportunity to provide direct services to parents and students while simultaneously working on appellate litigation in the same niche area of law. The very people who will be affected by those decisions are the modest means clients YELP represents on a regular basis. But unless and until the Mills Legal Clinic and the handful of legal organizations that provide similar direct services grow large enough to serve all of the special education students in California, last week's ruling risks gratuitously hobbling parental enforcement of the IDEA. Thank goodness future generations of YELPers are here to prevent that from happening.


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Portrait Of Johnny (1961) is the 15th album released by Johnny Mathis. It is the third compilation of hit singles released by him.
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- "Starbright"
- "While You're Young"
- "Should I Wait (Or Should I Run to Her)"
- "All Is Well"
- "You Set My Heart to Music"
- "My Love for You"
- "Oh That Feeling"
- "How to Handle a Woman"
- "Cherie"
- "Hey Love"
- "Jenny"
- "The Story of Our Love"
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After the surprisingly disappointing sales of his previous album I'll Buy You a Star with Nelson Riddle, Mathis was back on sales track with this album peaking at #2 on the Billboard album chart in its original release, his fourteenth consecutive album to chart.[1]
From the stunning opening track "Starbright", which culminates with a perfectly placed high not,e through to two Nelson Riddle arranged ballads, "Jenny" and "Should I Wait (Or Should I Run to Her)", and an obligatory showtune, "How to Handle a Woman" from 1960's Camelot, this is a fine selection of Mathis singles work of the period. Although revered for his ballads, Mathis proved conclusively that he could swing with two fabulous uptempo cuts included on this album, "All Is Well" and "Hey Love".


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Salmon with poached egg
This salmon and poached egg recipe is packed with protein and great natural nutrition - the taste combination of the delicious salmon topped with rich egg and served on a bed of spinach leaves is simple, succulent and satisfying.
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2 (100g) salmon steaks, skinned
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- Arrange the salmon steaks in a micro-proof dish. Cover with micro-proof film, then pierce. Cook on 650 watts for 31/2- 4 minutes, turning once until just cooked through. Leave to stand whilst you cook the eggs. Pierce the bag of spinach and cook on HIGH for 2-3mins or until the leaves are wilted and tender. Drain in a sieve. Set aside.
- Meanwhile, fill a large pan with water to a depth of 5cm/2in. Add the vinegar and a dash of salt and bring to the oil. Carefully crack in the eggs and when the water is simmering, cook the eggs for 2-3mins depending on how soft you like your eggs. Use a slotted spoon to lift the eggs from the water and drain on kitchen paper.
- Divide the spinach between two serving plates, top with the salmon steaks. Place a poached egg on top of each salmon steak. Serve immediately.


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Fugitive pig trapped after terrorizing Maine neighborhood
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Fugitive pig trapped after terrorizing Maine neighborhood. Amy Sinclair reports.
(NECN) A pig gone wild is back behind bars Wednesday in the town of Oakland, Maine after nearly two months living on his own in the woods.
His owner, Jeff Taylor, says Kermit didn't exactly take to domestic life on the farm right away.
"He was only here 10 or 15 minutes before he bolted," recalled Taylor.
He said they looked for Kermit, who was just a piglet, for about a month, but eventually gave up.
Then Taylor says he picked up the newspaper.
"I read about a pig harassing people on the nature trail," he said. "We were like uh-oh. That's our pig."
By then, the Oakland Police Department had gotten involved.
"There were people who were concerned and they weren't using the trail. People who encountered him were afraid." said Chief Michael Tracy.
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A Pakistani intruder was arrested by army along the LoC in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.
A Pakistani was arrested Thursday evening by the paramilitary Border Security Force (BSF) after he infiltrated into the Indian side of the international border in Jammu and Kashmir.
The BSF on Saturday arrested a suspected Pakistani national along the Indo-Pak border in Jammu and Kashmir`s Samba district.
A Pakistani intruder was injured in an exchange of fire along the International Border (IB) after a suspicious movement was noticed near Paharpur outpost in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.
A Pakistani intruder was arrested Tuesday along the International Border (IB) in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, a BSF official said.
Army troops have scuttled an infiltration bid from across the border and shot dead a Pakistani intruder in Rajouri district along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir.
A Pakistani intruder was shot dead by BSF personnel at Khemkaran sector in Tarn Taran district near here and heroin worth Rs 50 crore was recovered from his possession.
A Pakistani intruder was arrested by the security forces along the Indo-Pak border in Gharkhal area of Jammu district.
A suspected Pakistani intruder was shot dead by women constables of BSF near Dera Baba Nanak Sector of Punjab, while he was trying to sneak into the Indian territory.
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Google Go 1.2 Brings Minor Language Changes
Google's developers working on the Go programming language have announced the stable 1.2 release. The Go 1.2 release features some minor language changes but also performance improvements and continued work on their tooling.
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21 November 2013 - Chrome 32 Beta - 37 Comments
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Four years after Google announced the SPDY experimental Internet protocol, there's a new blog post by Google engineers trumpeting their accomplishments with SPDY forming the base of the HTTP/2 protocol, numerous web-browsers supporting the protocol, etc.
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Chrome 31 Lands Portable Native Client (PNaCl)
Chrome 30 was just made stable this week but Google has already released the Chrome 31 Beta. There's several user-facing changes for Chrome on Android while in the desktop version the major change is the arrival of Portable Native Client.
3 October 2013 - Chrome 31 Beta - 4 Comments
Google Web Designer Comes To Push Along HTML5
Google announced this week the debut of their Web Designer project, which is a WYSIWYG editor/designer for creating HTML5+CSS3 content to compete with Adobe Flash in the realm of rich media experiences on the web.
3 October 2013 - Flash Competitor - 17 Comments
Google Chrome 30 Lands As Stable
Version 30 of Google's Chrome web-browser is now deemed stable for Windows, OS X, and Linux platforms.
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25 September 2013 - GNOME 3.10 - 20 Comments
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Aside from the Intel Bay Trail unveiling today, exciting news out of the Intel Developer Forum today is a set of new Chromebooks thanks to Google and their partners. Being at IDF, these are Intel-based devices and using the latest-generation Haswell CPUs.
11 September 2013 - Haswell Chromebook - 8 Comments
Google To Bring New Packaged Chrome Apps To Linux
For celebrating the fifth birthday of Google's Chrome project, the search giant has today unveiled "For your desktop" Chrome Apps that work from the desktop. Initially this new generation of Chrome Apps is for Chromebooks and Windows, but Linux support is coming soon.
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In an Aug. 30 FCW article about a ninth vendor receiving approval through the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP), reader Peter Stark questioned whether companies were skirting the FedRAMP process by earning agency authorities to operate (ATOs) rather than certification through the FedRAMP' Joint Authorization Board (JAB): The article states that Akamai is the 9th vendor to receive FedRAMP approval, then lists only five others. The other three are characterized as receiving "agency authority to operate," implying it's not the same as FedRAMP ATO (presumably being issued by an individual agency for its own enterprise). Then it concludes by stating that one of those three is the only federal agency to achieve FedRAMP approval. It doesn't seem like all those statements can be true. Does an agency ATO somehow equate to FedRAMP approval?
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U.S. House members are expected to vote later this afternoon on a bill that would cut billions of dollars in nutrition programs over 10 years. Two New York congressmen from the Hudson Valley will vote the same way.
The Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act cuts some $40 billion from the national food stamp program, known as SNAP, or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. It's a Republican sponsored bill that was broken away from the Farm Bill over the summer. Here's GOP Congressman Chris Gibson.
"I'll be voting no on the SNAP measure," says Gibson.
On Wednesday, New York Congressman Chris Gibson was at The Business Council of New York State office in Albany, where he received the Spirit of Enterprise Award recognizing his pro-business, voting record as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Ron Eidshaug, vice president of Congressional and Public Affairs for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, presented the award.
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Republican Congressman Chris Gibson will receive the Spirit of Enterprise award, which is to recognize his pro-business voting record as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. The vice president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce will be on hand, as will the president and CEO of The Business Council of New York State. Gibson will receive the award at the Business Council in Albany.
A broadband symposium organized by an upstate New York Congressman brought concerned residents and community leaders together with experts from state and federal government to discuss expanding high-speed internet in rural towns.
Congressman Chris Gibson, a Republican from New York's 19th Congressional district, organized the event Thursday at SUNY Cobleskill in rural Schoharie County. Gibson said he considers bringing high-speed internet to the rural towns in his district a priority.
There are new Republican websites featuring the name of a potential Democratic contender for a congressional race in New York — but that potential candidate hasn't announced a campaign.
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Steamboat girls soccer is gunning for a 6-1 start, Sailors boys lacrosse and girls tennis will be heavily tested and both Steamboat and Soroco track squads are heading to a huge Front Range meet this weekend.
Girls sprint medley, Kerbs' shot put anchor Sailors track
Competing against some of the best Front Range and Western Slope competition there is, the Steamboat Springs and Soroco track and field teams held their own Saturday.
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The Steamboat Springs High School boys lacrosse team improved to 2-1 with a come-from-behind win at Douglas County.
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Longtime Steamboat Springs High School volleyball coach Wendy Hall has been named the 2015 Helen D. McCall Memorial Award winner for her role in advancing girls sports in Colorado.
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The Steamboat Springs High School girls lacrosse team ran out of gas Saturday morning in an 18-4 loss at Durango.
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The Steamboat Springs High School baseball team lost twice playing Saturday on the road against Delta, 3-0 and 10-0.
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The Steamboat Springs High School girls lacrosse team snagged its first win of the spring on Friday at Telluride in convincing fashion.
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Eoin Reddan is Ireland's solitary fitness concern for Saturday's crunch clash with Grand Slam-chasing England at the Aviva Stadium.
The Leinster scrum-half lasted less than a minute of his team's 19-13 loss to Wales at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday after being struck in the face by a clearance kick from Lee Byrne.
He suffered concussion and was replaced by Munster veteran Peter Stringer. Reddan is being monitored by Ireland's medical team in addition to seeing a neurologist this week as part of the injury management process.
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Aspiring actors, particularly those with a taste for the immense possibilities of the theatre, have an Indo-Polish collaborative effort waiting for them.
The effort, the result of a joint venture between the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi, the Polish Institute, New Delhi, and Adam Mickiewicz – Institute Poznan, Poland, is to create a theatre piece inspired by the theme of gender: 'Burning Flowers — 7 Dreams of a Woman.'Gender issue
This Indo-Polish collaborative theatre project, according to a press release from the Akademi, will explore the issue of gender, focussing on the problem of violence against women in India and elsewhere.
The cast of Teatr Biuro Podró¿y (Travel Agency Theatre), the award-winning alternative theatre company from Poland, will be coordinating and directing, in association with International Theatre Festival of Kerala organised by the Akademi.
Indian researchers, playwrights and performers will all be part of this project. The approach is to start with the documentary survey and convert the collected material into a powerful, expressive and evocative outdoor theatre performance with the Indian cast, the press release said.
"The idea behind the process is to take theatre to people in every walk of life, non-theatre goers, and ordinary passers-by, to strike with the art in the street," the release said, adding that Teatr Biuro Podrozy has previously performed twice at ITFOK, and this time they are here for a collaborative theatre production roping in Indian theatre artistes.In Thrissur
"Around 12 to 15 actors are needed. As of now, there is a need for more female Indian actors. The project will be developed in Thrissur/Kerala between January 4 and 26. The performances will be presented at ITFOK in Thrissur between January 27 and February 3," the Akademi release said.
Those interested may contact Manu Jose at email@example.com or over mobile at 91 94471 94411. There will be an audition on January 5, 6 and 7 at the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi in Thrissur.
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The Defense Information Systems Agency had shed new light on its strategic directions for fiscal 2011 and 2012 with its 2011-2012 Campaign Plan, released June 20.
The plan provides greater definition to the agency's near- and long-term directions, including a renewed emphasis on enterprise services and mobile-computing technologies.
This is the second time the agency has published a campaign plan. In 2010, DISA issued an initial plan defining its strategic objectives, setting priorities and establishing initiatives to better align resources and budgeting.
This year's campaign plan addresses head-on the warfighter requirement to have the latest information for both garrisoned users and those at the "edge," who require access to information anywhere and anytime, allowing them to make informed decisions.
"The 2011-2012 Campaign Plan really starts better defining some the areas that we need to focus on in terms of technology and architecture to further enable those edge capabilities," said Paige Atkins, DISA's director of Strategic Planning and Information. "It's a refinement and additional focus in that area. Everything we do we have to keep in mind the edge, whether the tactical edge or the mobile user."
"Operationally, we must enable services for the edge; any user, any device, anywhere – to include mobile users," states DISA Director Lt. Gen. Carroll Pollett in the opening section of campaign plan.
Central to this effort is DISA's enterprise infrastructure, a converged platform consisting of the Defense Department's core communications, computing and enterprise services that allows the warfighter to connect to the information resources they need from any device, anywhere in the world.
Pollett said in the plan that DISA is "continuing to make progress" on providing an efficient, secure and integrated enterprise infrastructure. The agency makes the case that an integrated information enterprise must support new service-oriented implementations, including cloud computing and server virtualization.
"Cloud computing is widely recognized as a fundamental shift in the way IT is managed," states DISA's campaign plan. "The agency will focus on the maturation and migration to cloud service models."
DISA is the logical organization within the Defense Department to meet the need for a defense cloud, providing infrastructure, software- and platform-as-a-service for the enterprise standardized across the department, said Warren Suss, president of Suss Consulting.
"It's a more disciplined approach that is the direction that DOD is going to have to take," Suss said.
Enterprise email is a high-priority initiative in the partnerships section of the campaign plan, a reference to the Army's enterprise e-mail migration to the private DISA cloud. The Army enterprise e-mail solution is hosted at nine of DISA's Defense Enterprise Computing Centers (DECCs).
"DISA has done a great job in many ways of establishing a robust, mature, high-bandwidth infrastructure to serve DOD," said Suss. "The next challenge for them is to build on this infrastructure and to move to providing enterprise services. They've taken some important first steps in that direction, most notably in working with the Army to put their e-mail in the DECCs."
The continuing challenge for DISA and the DECCs will be to suppress the appetite for service-unique, one-off solutions and to encourage the use of standardized defense-wide services, he said.
Going mobile
DOD's increasing use of smart phones and tablet computers has made information sharing an expectation among warfighters that require new capabilities, particularly in the edge or tactical environments that have limited availability to robust connectivity. "Advances in mobile-computing technologies offer significant and unprecedented opportunities for seamless information sharing to end users," states the technology forecast section of the campaign plan.
To date, however, DOD has not kept up with technology in the area of mobile computing, according to DISA's Atkins.
"We see young folks on the civilian or military side coming in [to the department] and they are used to using smart phones and other devices, and they don't have the same kinds of capabilities when they are trying to perform their mission," she said. "We are very focused on enhancing those capabilities, leveraging the mobile technology, adapting it to our environment and ensuring that as we move forward we have a good strategy in place to be able to take advantage of those technologies."
According to the campaign plan, DISA is hoping to drive DOD's implementation of mobile-computing devices by providing:
In May, DISA issued a request for information from industry seeking advice on how the agency might become a Mobile Virtual Network Operator to manage more than a million smart phones and other devices. According to the RFI, DISA is trying to learn from Mobile Network Operators and Mobile Virtual Network Enablers the steps, resources and lead time required to support more than a million mobile subscribers.
Resource constraints
DISA's 2011-2012 Campaign Plan was developed with the sobering reality that DOD's budget has assumed an overall downward trend.
"We must deliver these operational capabilities in a resource-constrained world and while budgets continue to decline," states Pollett in the plan. "We must optimize and consolidate – tough choices lie ahead."
However, Suss believes that Defense Secretary Robert Gates' initiative to reduce redundancy, improve cost effectiveness and efficiency of operations across DOD is going to play to DISA's strengths.
"What you will see in the future are fewer large programs of record and more standardized enterprise services similar to the enterprise e-mail initiative which will be put in place using existing capabilities within DISA's DECCs," he said. "Cost is going to be such an important driver, and there is going to be more pressure toward standardization."
Declining budgets and fiscal constraints aren't the only challenges facing DISA. DOD's pace of military operations around the globe has been a drain on the agency's resources. According to the campaign plan, over a four-month period in fiscal 2011, DISA supported an unprecedented six simultaneous operations.
"Although successful in responding to global operations and crises, lessons learned from recent operations have pointed to a major gap – the need for an integrated strategic approach for information sharing that can rapidly support the range of operational needs across the department," according to the campaign plan.
"We identified some themes and gaps in these operations over the last few months, and we've leveraged those lessons learned to provide more focus and definition to our overall intent," said Atkins. "One of the powerful elements of the campaign plan is that it ultimately allows us to synchronize our outcomes and deliverables with our resources. Everything in the campaign plan is not fully funded. But, it helps us to guide our POM activities, helps us prioritize and helps us focus."
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i will always wonder who you would have become…
i will always wonder who you would have become…
"And when at last you find someone to whom you feel you can pour out your soul, you stop in shock at the words you utter — they are so rusty, so ugly, so meaningless and feeble from being kept in the small cramped dark inside you so long."
- Sylvia Plath
so true… and oh so hard.
1 country
3 hotels
4 hangovers
5 cities
6 flights
6 nights
7 days
8 people
10 hours of sleep
17+ shuttles
99 bottles of wine.
do you believe in people having a sixth sense?
i don't think i ever really thought about it till i was much older.
i've talked about whatever it is just a tiny bit here, but it's so much more than that.
was talking to someone about it yesterday and it got me thinking about how weird and unsettling it can be. i never understood it before, i guess i still don't? i just know i get the feels sometimes.
let me explain.
for as long as i can remember, i instinctively get this intense, crazy feeling, a physical feeling, throughout my whole body unlike anything else when i meet someone new and know they'll be important in my life.
the kind of important where i'll know them for life and they're there for a bigger reason that i don't necessarily know at the time. the journey with that person is not always easy, but it's always taught me an incredible amount about myself and life in general. i'm not talking about the romantic sense of knowing them, either. just life-long, important people in my life.
the crazy thing is, is that i've yet to be wrong.
even though it's happened several times before, it still surprises me.
every. damn. time.
the feeling is so intense that it almost knocks the breath out of me.
it's even weirder when someone else, a 3rd party, affirms it.
all this to say… it happened again. while i was in europe.
it threw me for a loop as it always does. and i sit here and wonder, what does it all mean and what will be…?
the answer is i just don't know. i have to let whatever course happen naturally, which sometimes is hard. i mean, realllll hard.
i don't have any expectations of friendship or anything from this person. like i said, it's not a romantical kind of thing.
i'm still feeling the feels lingering because it's hard to shake the feeling i get from the initial contact. which means there's just weirdness. (how many times can i put 'feel' in one sentence?).
oh, another thing that starts happening are these weird synchronistic things. like people with the same name start messaging me and friending me. just an example.
[also happens right before someone close to me dies. fun, right? now, who wants to hang out?]
[in case you missed them, you can also read my initial post and part 1.]
and now back to it…
day 4
brekkie in the lounge. hungover. embarrassed. vulnerable. just feeling weird.
left for cosentino to explore the dekton factory. truly revolutionary. more later…
big group lunch with the canada group. few references from the night before. good times.
loaded the van/bus up with our group and a group from canada that was there and we headed to the seaside town of mojacar about 1+ hours away.
felt overwhelmed on the ride. starred out the window watching the spanish countryside pass me by while listening to music on my phone. i was exhausted and slightly delirious but so happy to be there. but also, so strange just how alone you can feel when you're surrounded by a group of people. great people, even.
we stopped to get out and see the mediterranean. remember i mentioned it here and it being on my life list here? well, it was nothing short of magical sticking my feet in and just soaking it up as much as possible. the sun on my face and arms and sand between my toes was awe-inspiring. we hung out there for awhile taking it all in.
loaded back up and headed up the winding hills to the town of white dwellings and businesses. when the bus couldn't go any further, we got out and walked up the hill to the top. the views = captivating. we took group photos then ventured down to a cafe.
i wondered off some but came back to tables full of sangria and eats.
so i drank again. numbed out. (ps. the sangria there is mighty fine)
we walked down to meet the bus and headed down the hill to dinner on the water.
another fun, loud night of over-sharing and i liked it. not the over-sharing on my part but everyone else's.
there was beer, wine, and limoncello. i think there was a lot of food too. mostly a liquid dinner though.
the party bus continued back to macael 1+ hours away. got back close to 2am. another long, but fulfilling day.
more drunk texts. not awesome again. someone, please keep my phone for me.
day 5
up early again after not much sleep. more hangover and head hanging down.
check out of the hotel and loaded up on a bus. took another 2 hour drive to granada. we walked the canadian group to their hotel and then headed to a cathedral as a group. another magical moment.
somehow most of the group left without me (miscommunication) and i was invited (?) to third wheel it with L & J. not sure (definitely sure) it wasn't what they had in mind.
we explored and went in shops and then headed to the granada cathedral. the main one. overwhelming to say the least. it's impossible not to feel things in there, no matter your take on religion. spent some time in there before heading back out.
walked around and found an outdoor cafe to eat/drink lunch. hallie walked by and joined us. more eats and drinks (sangria).
the boys left and hallie and i walked around until we met up with the group.
it was then time to go to the alhambra palace for our tour. the tour was 2.5 hours with lots of walking but sooooo worth it. so much history and so much to look at. tried to soak as much of it in as possible realizing that things were winding down.
got a charlie horse in my leg walking back. awesome, right? especially when you're in a hurry.
we rushed back to the bus to head to the airport for our 10:30pm flight back to barcelona. we were pretty exhausted by this point after many long days, lack of sleep, and walking around in the hot sun. we had one last meal together in the airport and then waited for our delayed flight.
i got stuck in a middle seat on a hot plane with a creep next to me. i was done at this point. started to freak out and wanted to get off the plane. it was all i could do to hold it together and meditate. then listened to spiritualized. it was the longest 1.25 hour flight ever.
day 6
arrived in barcelona at around 12:45am, got luggage and then went to find shuttle to hotel. we were all pretty delirious at this point. or maybe it was just me?
made it to the hotel for the slowest check-in process ever. i was tired but not sleepy so i didn't care.
we split off and headed to our rooms at who knows what time. i couldn't cool off so i showered and tried to sleep. was awake till about 4:30am.
up at 6:15am i think. it was next to impossible to get up. i just wanted to sleep and forget everything.
managed to make it downstairs to find L. talked to him for a few and once again tried to explain myself. don't know why i kept feeling compelled to do so, but things felt weird and i kept feeling the need. it's just a weird time for me. confusing. emotional. and had been feeling lost. pretty sure he's over it and just wants to avoid me. whatever.
the remaining 7 of us went to the airport and said our quick goodbyes.
must admit, i was sad to see everyone go in opposite directions.
it was time, but still, we had shared an experience that no one else did and it was ending.
luckily i ran into rona near our gates and we sat and talked before another goodbye.
then it was time to board the next flight home….
only to be surprised when one of my hall passes (you know about those, right? look it up if you don't) that i had just talked about the day before, boarded last onto my flight and sat right across the aisle from me.
he's one of those enigmatic people that you're drawn to. not dropping his name because i believe in privacy and shit. but those at the table might remember the spanish actor i was talking about. hot damn.
made for an interesting plane ride.
part of me is so sad it's over. part of me didn't want it to end, not wanting to come back to reality. nothing lasts forever, i know. and we all have lives in various parts of the country.
but still…
it's a chapter closed and who knows if you'll see these people again.
if only you knew how true the title of this post was for me…
(rundown of the trip so i don't forget anything. parts are sort of cryptic but that's how it needs to be.)
i already talked a bit the other day about the trip. you can read that here.
i'll add photos at some point but in the meantime, you can check out what i've posted to my instagram account and to design milk's.
day 1
arrived in barcelona at around 7:45am (local time), tired as hell. headed to the hotel but my room wasn't ready yet. roamed around but just wanted to shower and rest. finally checked in then went to explore some. the grocery store was a madhouse but i always like seeing how it's done in other countries.
met the group for the first time at 8pm for dinner. walked to a local restaurant and ate some of the best damn food i've ever eaten. it was a tapas place called ciudad comtal. go if you're ever there. do it. you won't regret it, especially if you go with someone who's awesome at ordering.
i left earlier than the rest of the group. needed to roam some. then rest.
day 2
i just couldn't get up. between jet lag and other stuff, i just couldn't. i slept and would wake up and write in my journal and then go back to sleep. then repeat.
finally found the strength to get up and get ready. ate a few bites of food at a local cafe then taxied to gaudi's casa batlló and then on to sagrada familia. good lord. it's jaw dropping and pretty fucking magnificent. you could stare and walk around it all day and never begin to notice all the details.
then headed to gaudi's park guell. one word – wow.
i started feeling really rundown so i headed back to the hotel and laid down. sadly, i missed the group dinner that night. it was a shitty night. a really, really shitty night.
day 3
checked out of the hotel at 6am (kill me) and headed to the airport with the group. 8am flight to alicante, spain. got in a van and drove the 2+ hours to macael, spain. once there, we visited a quarry owned by cosentino. amazing.
went to our hotel, la tejera, and checked in. group lunch at the hotel's restaurant. so. much. delicious. food. after the 2-hour meal, we headed to cosentino to learn about the company.
i get pitched a lot of product, brands, designs, you name it. let's face it – it's hard to blow me away. much of it comes from how a company is run and the people who work there, and of course, the product itself. getting invited inside a company is one of the coolest things ever. first, it's a privilege to be there. second, what an experience to get to learn the ins and outs of what makes a company tick and how they got to where they are. i also really like seeing how things are made.
cosentino is one of those companies that reminded me again why i love design and why i love my job.
we explored their showroom and one of their factories. we busted it out in orange vests, headphones, masks, and hard hats. no, i will not post those photos.
then back to the hotel. walked the street a little to shoot some of the local scenery.
and then it begins...
our US group decided to meet up at the cafe/bar of the hotel for dinner instead of the fancy restaurant.
and then, i dropped my sobriety at the door. let's just say i haven't had a drink in awhile but the switch flipped and i started with beer.
then wine.
then more beer. and i didn't care.
the dinner was laid back and full of laughs. something i needed badly. the walls were dropped and my normally vaulted mouth opened up.
everyone kinda opened up. 'twas a fun time.
if only i'd left my cellie in my room. it's amazing how someone's words can change the course of a moment, or even a lifetime.
felt pretty broken but the kindness of these (recent) strangers, now maybe friends was helpful. thanks, people. occasionally, i'm reminded that not everyone sucks.
i have no idea when we left but we shut the place down. couldn't sleep despite my exhaustion. drunk texts ensued. awesome.
to be continued…
some days, well, most days even, i'm grateful for my job, feeling like the luckiest girl in the world.
never imagined i'd end up where i am but i guess sometimes that's just how it's supposed to be. if you'd told me 3 years ago that i'd find a job that would take me around the world, i'd have laughed in your fucking face.
but you know what? i did and it does and each time i go away, i'm forever changed.
why am i talking about it now?
because i'm currently in spain, never imagining i'd fall so hard for a country i'd never been to. i mean, i figured it would be nice and a cool learning experience, but never, ever could i have imagined just how much i'd love it.
along for the experience were 5 other people, plus 2 hosts, with which i had zero expectations of what would come of it.
never expected to like each one of them and damn what a ride it was.
landed in barcelona not feeling my best. for various reasons, i probably shouldn't have traveled but i like to keep my commitments.
or perhaps the universe was just making sure i went? who knows.
brief summary: after almost 2 days in barcelona of free time, our group flew to alicante. once there, we loaded in a van and headed on a 2.5 hour drive to macael, a tiny town with about 0.5 grocery stores and nothing else but some companies, like cosentino, that keep the area going and a wonderful community. we spent time with the company, a company so doing it right, that we wanted to just soak it all in. i still do even though the trip is winding down. and i want to continue. they're that good.
The group ventured out of town some, first to a seaside town called mojacar, which sits right on the mediterranean. yep, that mediterranean. i mean, i stuck my feet in the mediterranean, people. in case you don't recall, that's been on my life list.
checked it off.
we also spent a day in granada, walking around streets and alleys filled with shops and cafes and cathedrals.
oh, the cathedrals.
i know you think you're reading it wrong but you're not. these were cathedrals that were so magical that it could make your heart feel like it could actually be healed and be whole again. lately, i was having doubts that that could ever happen again.
the dinners and lunches. we're not talking about grabbing a bite and hitting the road.
nope. the spanish people do it right. meals usually last 2 – 3 hours which at first i thought would make me want to stab my eyeballs out with a dull rusty knife, but honestly, i get it. such a lesson for this semi-impatient american.
the time we spent eating and drinking is time i'll probably never forget. for various, um, reasons that shall remain within the ears of the people there. all i can say is that it's been a long time since i've laughed so much.
i definitely felt something shift in me. many things, maybe. seems only appropriate after how much has changed over the last few months and everything that has gone on. it was nice to get away and have a break from routine to let things shift.
despite the roller coaster of my emotions during this time, it was something i'll never forget and will forever pinch myself to be reminded how lucky we all were.
and most definitely, the people. the people are people i'll never forget because the trip wouldn't have been the same without all of them there. each one, like pieces in a larger puzzle.
so, to team comf: i can't thank you enough for the good times, especially when i needed them most. to liz, jim, rona, hallie, matthew, lorenzo, and michael, i'm bowing down, bitches **. you're solid people that i'm lucky to have met and gone on this journey with. you inspired me and i have the utmost respect for each and every one of you. love you all. cheers forever (i'm looking each one of you directly in the eyes).
the days and nights were long.
but long in a way i'd do again anytime. i mean, maybe after a recovery period first.
more soon, with photos and all. it's like 4am and i'm back in barcelona with about 10 hours of sleep total over a week. what the fuck do you expect?
** oh what's that? just a queen bey reference in a semi-serious post. perhaps it's because i'm listening to a bit of holy grail from jay-z.
hey you… yes, you. i'm still here. hi.
my time, however, seems to vanish at a rapid rate of speed. where does all the time go? no clue…
but another year has come and gone and i recently celebrated (i.e. cried) my latest birthday (i.e. old age). i think i'm still in denial about it. denial that i'm not where i thought i'd be at this point and denial that so much time has passed.
i wish i could snap and make it all happen.
my dreams.
they're still there, but they sometimes get buried in reality.
almost exactly a year ago i shared my struggle with figuring out where to go next. it's a question i've asked myself everyday of my adult life, i think. i've always felt this need to move, to try something different and explore new areas. my nomadic heart tends to feel stifled when i stay somewhere too long.
then there's the other part of me.
the part that thinks maybe it's time to grow up. time to plant some roots somewhere. time to unpack all of those boxes in storage instead of continuing to pack away memories of the years gone by in hopes that they'll always be there.
i was getting to the point where my indecision was making me shut down and not want to make any decisions at all.
i got sick of it.
then one day, a space came on my radar and i felt it was kinda meant to be.
at least for now…
the place happens to be in downtown raleigh.
a city i said i'd never live in again. the city i grew up in and the city i let my mind hate.
i've watched it grow and become a much better place than it was when i was younger, but it's still the place that i came from. and part of me felt like if i went back there that i was a failure.
hopefully one day i'll be able to let go of that feeling.
but… maybe this space i found is where i need to be, even if it is in raleigh, the city that haunts me.
so, i'm going to give it a go for awhile. plant some roots and see if they take hold.
the good news is that i'll still be able to travel which will keep the free-spirited side of me happy.
this video, by tatia pilieva, has been all over the interwebz since yesterday and it documents strangers kissing for the very first time. it makes me feel all kinds of uncomfortable and awkward but i love it.
my love for miranda july knows no bounds. we feature NOWNESS videos on design milk regularly and this miranda one has been floating around the interwebs again recently.
h/t to erin loechner for the reminder.


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Charles Hogg
I find I'm using a lot of long, hierarchical lists. For hierarchical chapters/sections, navigation is very easy and powerful using vim's folding commands. Is there anything similar for the lists? Something like "jump to first/last/next/prev element", "jump to the next-outermost level", etc.?
So far I've been relying on standard vim navigation (jumping to line numbers, etc.), but there's clearly this structure to the document, and it'd be great to take more direct advantage of it.
Any ideas?
Tom Link
You can search for the list markers or paragraph boundaries and map that to a key. Maybe something like this:
This should match either paragraphs (which doesn't work that well with that regexp but it's only meant to be an example) or list items. If you want to take into account list levels, you'd have to limit the amount of \s in the second branch of that regexp.
If you find yourself using many lists, you might also want to change the fold method. One of those methods in ftplugin/viki.vim creates folds for list items. It didn't work well though and I cannot remember which one it was. An alternative approach would be to use indent-based folds.
I personally separate groups of list items with an empty line and then use paragraph movements to move between list items.


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