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William "Bill" Voliva, age 79, of Pocahontas, died Tuesday, April 2, 2013.
He was born July 2, 1933, in Dahlgren. He married Bonnie B. (Dale) Voliva; she survives.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by a son, Gordon L. (Deanna) Voliva of Pocahontas; daughters, Phyllis A. (John) Shockley of Troy, Karen S. (John) Onderko of Troy and Donna M. (Mark) Pottorff of Troy; and a brother, Franklin (Crystal) Voliva of Ava.
He was preceded in death by his father, James R. Voliva; his mother, Suzanne C. (Fulkerson) Voliva; brothers, Charles Ray Voiva, James Richard Voliva and Joab Voliva; and a sister, Martha Sue Voliva.
Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Saturday, April 6, at New Life Christian Fellowship Christian Church in Hamel, with David Denton, pastor of Bethesda Baptist Church of Granite City, officiating. Interment will be at Middle Creek Cemetery in Dahlgren at 2:30 p.m. Saturday.
Visitation will beheld from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, April 5, at New Life Christian Fellowship Church in Hamel and from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Saturday at the church.
For those who wish, memorial contributions may be made to Heartland Hospice.
Arrangements are being handled by Dauderman Mortuary in Alhambra.


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The Dynamo wrote:Todays echo shows plans for a retail and commercial center on the old sunbeam site in Blackpool. Looks vey impressive if I say myself.
who_me wrote:- And a question: I'm sure this has been raised many times before, but has there ever been a concerted effort to promote the Shandon/Firkin Crane/Butter Museum area? It seems to me it's an underdeveloped and virtually unknown gem; right in the city centre.
rofbp wrote:last sunday's business post had a cork supplement. in it, the city manager was interviewed and i think he mentioned a tourism investment for the shandon area, and a geology museum, which would be developed in the north mon in conjunction with ucc.
i'm afraid i have recycled the paper, and it doesn't seem to be on their website, so i can't be more specific, sorry
who_me wrote:I haven't seen it mentioned, but work seems to have started on the Riverway Inns development on the South Mall (the former ACC bank, adjacent to the Peace Park).
This looks like a great development for the city centre, a bar restaurant with roof terrace by the Peace Park & boardwalk.
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Experiences in which students design or develop a product that serves a purpose, cultivates understanding, or is otherwise aesthetic or effective
The word 'creativity' easily evokes images of artistic expression: visual arts, dance, theatre, music, poetry. Although creativity is associated with the arts, it need not be confined to what is beautiful or pleasing to the senses. Creativity, along with innovation, infuses any effort with novelty; a creative approach to a task employs ingenuity or resourcefulness. The compass point known as Creativity and Innovation may encompass one or more of the fine arts, but also can steer plans in unconventional directions. Students may invent strategies that promote efficiency or productivity in the workplace, church, volunteer organizations, or countless other settings. Outcomes of creativity or innovation may be tangible, such as a publication, performance, a piece of machinery, or increased revenue. Alternatively, creativity and innovation could be apparent in time saved, or in feelings of joy, delight, or contentment.
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• Members of the film club produce a documentary about campus life.
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SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. - An 18 year-old URI student is facing four felony charges for allegedly selling MDMA, amphetamines and marijuana out of his dorm room on campus.
Police say during the month of April, they caught wind that MDMA, marijuana, and amphetamine pills were being sold in and around the dormitories at the University of Rhode Island Kingston campus.
Police obtained a search warrant for room 108 in the Tucker Hall dormatory. When they searched the room, police say they found a large quantity of MDMA, money, marijuana, amphetamine pills, alcohol, and an air-soft gun.
According to police, they arrested URI student Dylan Bednarz, 18, in connection with the investigation. Bednarz faces four felony charges:
Police say another student was cited for the civil violation of possession of marijuana while the search warrant was being executed.
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Remodeled Harbor Cove Four Bedroom Condo in Harbor Springs
- bedrooms 4
- baths 2½
- sleeps 10
- pool yes
- hot tub yes
- pets allowed no
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rates (USD)
/ night
$ 1,100 - $ 2,000 / week
vacation rental description
Our family invites you to come "Up North" and discover the four
season ambiance of the Little Traverse Bay area! We love it and
believe you will too.
Main Floor
Living Room w/ natural fireplace (firewood provided), Cable TV w/
Dining Room - table seats eight w/ two bar stools at counter
Fully Equipped Kitchen w/ all new appliances/ countertops etc.
Master Suite w/ bathroom and queen size bed/ Cable TV
Half Bath w/ new washer & dryer
Phone - unlimited calling in USA / WIFI at Community Building
Full Bath w/ tub & shower combo and double sinks
Bedroom - queen size bed
Bedroom - Two twin beds
Bedroom - one double bed and two twin beds (capacity for four)
Pak-N-Play and traditional crib on site
Bike Rack and Charcoal Grill shared by four units
Beach Chairs and Sand Toys provided
vacation rental location
property availability
- dates with deals
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condo rental amenities
Beautiful Sand Beach on Lake Michigan w/ community beach house &
bonfire pit.
Seasonal Outdoor Pool w/ bathhouse, sunbathing deck, gas grills &
picnic facilities.
Indoor Pool w/ locker rooms, whirlpool and sauna open during
inclement weather and cool weather months.
Playground & Bicycle Rental on site
Nature/ cross country Ski Trails on property
Community Room (attached to indoor pool) & Beach House can be
Boat Storage for a fee and based on availability
activities and attractions in Harbor Springs Michigan
Minutes to fine dining and shopping in Harbor Springs, Petoskey, Bay
Harbor, Cross Village and Charlevoix
Access nearby to twenty two mile Little Traverse Wheelway (paved bike trail around Little Traverse Bay)
Renowned Golf Courses in area
Nubs Nob & Boyne Highlands Ski Resorts are less than ten minutes
Park/Nature Preserves with nature trails, boat launch sites and
beaches w/i minutes
Art galleries, community festivals and live entertainment are
integral features of the area's culture.
vacation rental rates
All rates include four hours of cleaning/ laundry upon departure
Weekly September 6th-December 24st 2014: $1100/wk; Two Night Weekend Stay -$450
December 25th, 2013 -January 5th 2015: $250/night with at least a three night stay.
Weekly January 3th -February 2015:$1300/wk; Two Night Weekend Stay - $500; Three Night Weekend - $750
Weekly March - June 20st 2015: $1100/wk; Two Night Weekend Stay - $450
Weekly June 28- Labor Day 2015: $2000/wk
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vehicle and will be provided. (complex has on site security).
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Its struggles may have been lost in a season defined by some draining losses and subpar defensive play, but the Texans' return game was far from a strength in 2010. The Texans averaged a paltry 19.8 yards on kickoff returns, worst in team history, and just 6.7 yards on punt returns, second-worst in team history. During the season, head coach Gary Kubiak pointed to personnel changes on the return units, notably the loss of S Dominique Barber to a season-ending knee injury and LB Kevin Bentley's promotion to the starting lineup on defense, as one of the reasons the Texans couldn't get much going on kickoffs or punts. The Texans' special-teams units have generally been a strength since they began NFL play, and Houston has been able to break some big plays in the return game. Jacoby Jones, who has three career return TDs, could be the punt and kickoff returner next season if he re-signs with the team, the way we hear it. The free-agent-to-be averaged just 21.5 yards on kickoffs and 7.0 yards on punts. Steve Slaton was ineffective returning kickoffs, averaging just 19.7 yards.


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Drama, Drama, Drama!
Have you ever wondered what's involved in preparing for a stage production? Look no further than the library's Bring Your World Into Our World display, where we're featuring the Theatre Department now through Fall Break. You'll get a behind-the-scenes glimpse at a director's notebook, costume renderings, set design, and of course, some recently-used, recognizable props (does anyone here know a poor sap named Yorick?). There's also an impressive array of photographs from past Hilltop Player Stage Productions and a video clip of scenes from Tartuffe. Most importantly, however, are interviews with Bernie Belisle and Jared Cole, in which the professors discuss what it means to be a dramatist and a Christian and how the act of doing theater helps believers step into others' shoes. As Mr. Belisle says, "[Theatre is] about connecting with individuals, learning to identify with people different from ourselves culturally, generationally, philosophically, religiously." Stop by the library soon to see this great display!
New Look: Part II: Books & DVDs
As we said in last month's newsletter, our primary goal during the recent web site reorganization was to make our library's home page layout simple and intuitive, using as few clicks (or action steps) as possible to get to the desired information. One of the means we used to move us toward this goal was to prominently feature a dynamic, tabbed box (see screen shot below) on our front page, which allowed us to show our users what broad types of information are available to them at a glance. Our many thanks to Ryan Harrell of the web team for coding this box for us!
Our Books and DVDs tab (which is the primary default for our home page) allows users to search the library's catalog, which includes records for our physical (on-site) book and DVD collections, as well as access to two of our subscription eBook collections. Underneath the search box are image links to three other collections not included in our catalog: WorldCat, which strives to be a world-wide catalog of libraries' holdings and is customizable by zip code, and two other subscription eBook collections (which require a Bryan ID and password to access): ACLS Humanities eBook and ABC-CLIO's eBook Collection. If you can't find the book you want in our online or physical collections, you can request it through interlibrary loan using the form at the bottom of the box.
Need to Organize?The library has moved many of our periodicals online and we are offering our leftover cardboard periodical boxes to all faculty and staff for their private collections. If you keep magazines, workbooks, unbound papers, really anything that needs a little help to stand up straight on your bookshelves, these are a great way to manage such things (I use mine for organizing recipe magazines in my kitchen) . They are about 3" wide, can be labeled with the years/volumes contained, and come in standard sizes to fit most journals or magazines. If you want one or several, email Polly Revis (firstname.lastname@example.com) with a request for the number and size you need (approximate dimensions of the journal issues) and we can have a student assistant deliver them to your office. Or if you prefer to come and look at them and pick out your own, come to the library and Polly will show you what we have.
From the Director
In defense of a "kinder, gentler" library (to use the words of the senior President Bush), Maria Shine has written an article in Inside Higher Ed that extols the virtues of academic libraries and their staffs. Of course, I find her observations quite complimentary, but I also find one of them, in particular, astute. I am referring to the observation that most library personnel have vast intellectual curiosity.
I think that is one of the major reasons I became a librarian. I remember one of my library school professors who seemed to recognize this quality in me commenting on how I wanted to take every course in the library school curriculum, including all four tracks for the four major types of libraries. To put that in perspective, he had bachelor degrees in physics, chemistry and math; master degrees in library science, physics and math, and PhDs in physics and math, and he liked library science the best. (Incidentally, his wife obtained her MLS degree at the same time I did, having, with that, equaled the number of his degrees.)
But my broad range of subject interests goes back even further than that. Before I even got to college, I played the drums (unmistakably an intellectual endeavor), did star gazing, learned German, read my Bible through several times, grew a large garden, learned the state histories of most of the states I lived in (as an Army brat), and wanted to be a research chemist to find a cure for cancer. I started my college career as a psychology/social-work double major with music and German minors. After switching to a drama/ biblical studies double major and learning modern Hebrew and some biblical Greek, I had to concede that I couldn't be everything, and satisfied myself with fact that my drama major (Communication Arts, Drama Concentration) required me to take courses in advanced communication theory.
It is interesting that librarianship is a second career for many of us. I think we just had to go through other careers like my library school professor did, until we found something that let us touch on many subject areas. What this boils down to is that I, like most of my fellow academic librarians, am sold on the idea of a broad liberal arts education because it fits my specific interests: everything. So if any of your students are having a difficult time narrowing their career choices to just one, tell them that there is a career that fits their interests. They can be librarians!
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Music Administration Collaborative at the 2014 NAMM Show
Friday - Saturday, January 24-25, Anaheim, CA
Click here for a copy of the Music Administration Collaborative NAMM Flier.
In partnership with the NAMM Foundation, the Music Administrative Collaborative will host sessions providing the latest information concerning; professional development, policy, research, evaluation standards and the most current music advocacy at the 2014 NAMM Show.
The Music Administration Collaborative is led by Gary Markham, (Retired) Music Supervisor of Cobb County in Atlanta, GA, Johanna J. Siebert Ph.D., Director of Fine Arts at Webster Central School District, Rochester, NY and Beth Sokolowski, Division Head, Music Education at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA.
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While Broussard reported that the New Jersey Nets might try to acquire Gallinari after striking out on Anthony, there are several other interested teams with first-round draft picks to offer in exchange for the perimeter-shooting forward. Other potential suitors include the Los Angeles Clippers, Cleveland Cavaliers and Toronto Raptors.
Salaries are not PERfect Edition: Trade options We're not likely to be active at the trade deadline (ending this Thursday), but I developed a database that compared salary, number of years under contract and Player Efficiency Rating (PER) to see what assets the Raptors' have versus what the team could acquire. This article shows us …Continue Reading


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Seahawks RB Marshawn Lynch released the following statement regarding his recent arrest for DUI:
"I want to apologize to my family, the Seattle Seahawks, the NFL and the 12th Man for the negative attention resulting from my recent actions. This is not the type of community leader I have been over the last two years or the one I'm striving to become. I want to assure everyone that I will work to be better and look forward to a very exciting, and very successful season with the Seattle Seahawks."
Lynch was arrested on Saturday night in Oakland and has a preliminary court appearance scheduled for Aug. 14. Lynch signed a four-year, $31 million deal with the Seahawks in March and had 12 rushing touchdowns last season.


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I took an early morning walk while visiting Colonial Williamsburg and Historic towns along the Virginia Chesapeake bay. It was mid autumn and the color of the leafs just changing. A log with a bright yellow moss caught my attention, I was able to get the shoot during the only 5 mins window where the sun hits it directly. I went back several times, and was not able to get the same light or colors. As simple as it looks, this was my lucky shoot and the image I'll treasure of this Virginia trip!
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Phoenix Suns
Suns promise refund if fans not happy vs. Mavs
"We believe strongly in the up-tempo, exciting brand of basketball that our team plays every time it steps onto the court, as well as the overall entertainment experience we provide here at US Airways Center," said Phoenix Suns president, Jason Rowley in a press release. "We feel so confident in our product that we are willing to offer money back to those fans who leave our arena unsatisfied after experiencing the excitement of Suns basketball."
ESPN sports business analyst Darren Rovell told radio hosts Mike & Mike on Friday morning, "If you don't go home happy, they will give you your money back. No questions asked. You go to the game, you pay for the ticket, you're not happy, you get your money back."
The Suns are 7-9 in fourth place in the Pacific Division and are coming off their third-worst loss in franchise history.
"They're not doing anything crazy -- they're saying we don't have a whole bunch of stars, we don't have a whole bunch of names, but we think we have good entertainment," Rovell said. "[The Suns] think we provide you with a great night. So if you're not happy with it, you will get your money back."
The Suns aren't the first local team to offer a satisfaction guarantee. In 2008, the Arizona Rattlers guaranteed they'd make the Arena Football League Playoffs, otherwise season ticket holders would receive a full refund on their seat purchases. In the end, the Rattlers made the postseason and didn't have to honor the refund offer.
Phoenix is averaging 15,063 fans for home games this season, a mark which ranks 24th in the league.
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04-01-2014 23:08:49 | More by LXIXME
3/5 rDev -5.1%
10-21-2013 06:17:00 | More by ygtbsm94
3.5/5 rDev +10.8%
09-26-2013 16:58:36 | More by flexabull
3/5 rDev -5.1%
09-19-2013 19:38:18 | More by ejimhof
3.91/5 rDev +23.7%
I am assuming this Cali Pale Ale is the same as the extra pale ale. No freshness dating on the bottle.
A= Pours a nice looking pale yellow color that is completely translucent with a finger of head on it. The head is active and holds nice retention and lacing on the glass.
S= The smell is faint of grassy hops and sweet grain. I dunno if it has wheat in it but it has a wheaty poopy smell to it.
T= The taste is a nice piney citrusy hop flavor with a nice sweet grainy malt flavor. The suspected wheat aroma doesn't come through in the nose and instead this is a nice hop forward easy drinker.
M= The mouth is perfect for having a few.
O= This is a solid brew. I don't understand why it is rated so low by BA standards. If I had this available I would drink it pretty often during the summer. If you can try it out do it. A light easy drinking APA.
09-07-2013 01:10:02 | More by jjanega08
3/5 rDev -5.1%
08-06-2013 17:35:47 | More by JTomczak
3.5/5 rDev +10.8%
07-14-2013 21:56:34 | More by GeorgeH
West Virginia
3/5 rDev -5.1%
05-22-2013 12:11:20 | More by williamjbauer
3.5/5 rDev +10.8%
01-13-2013 05:29:46 | More by outoffocus
3/5 rDev -5.1%
11-19-2012 01:31:56 | More by t0rin0
4/5 rDev +26.6%
07-04-2012 05:19:25 | More by Nage37
3.2/5 rDev +1.3%
I usually like Eel River brews, but this Ale seemed more lager like than many I have drank. Poured with a rather flat and dull appearance and light head and lace. Still looks lively with carbonation and much prettier than those American lagers.
Again, smells more of lager like aromas than ale aromas. Rather light with some grassy notes and herbs. Light, crisp and mellow on the palate. Rather light and lacks the complexity I would like to make it more drinkable. Rather ordinary.
02-24-2010 06:24:07 | More by cbarrett4
3.35/5 rDev +6%
L: Pours a nice golden orange color with a medium sized and medium bodied white colored head that laces the glass nicely on the way down.
S: Smells of sweet toasted malts, some floral and earthy hoppiness and that is about it.
T: Tastes of a sweet toasted malt base followed by a nice mellow floral/earthy/slightly citrus-y hop finish. I was expecting more hops, but this was probably more palatable for the malt that went in it.
M: Very crisp, fresh, refreshing, and the perfect amount of carbonation.
D: Very drinkable beer, more of a nice summer beer, but I liked it nonetheless.
01-21-2010 11:28:23 | More by erosier
1.93/5 rDev -38.9%
Poured into a pint glass. Bought this for a buck at local place. I was only going to have one beer tonight, but the last one sucked so bad that I needed to drink this as well.
2.0 A: Hazy brownish yellow color. Agressive pour resulted in half a finger of head that fell quickly, but surprisingly left a decent amount of lacing.
2.0 S: Slight (as in zero + the smallest discrete unit of measurement) floral hoppiness and nothing else.
1.5 T: Slight bitterness along with the meagerest of citrusy hops. Nothing else really going on other than musty vegetal-like flavor.
3.5 M: Not as horrible. Medium body, but it lays heavy on the tongue (like carbonated lead or something like that).
2.0 D: The worst part about tonight is that this wasn't even the worst beer I've had.
11-17-2009 00:14:52 | More by DavoleBomb
2.88/5 rDev -8.9%
This looks like a glass of bud light. This is not what a good pale ale is supposed to look like. No head, no lacing. Poor attempt.
The smell is of citrus hops, and thats about it. This is not a very strong smell, overall a very faint smell of a hop product.
The taste is drinkable. This represents a very poorly made pale ale. There is no malt characteristic whatsoever. Actually, this tastes like a Bud Light with hop extract. Not special at all.
The mouthfeel is nicely carbonated and makes this thing drinkable. Cold and refreshing, that is about it.
The beer is drinkable, but no flavor or body makes this a memory that will soon fade out. This tastes like someone's first homebrew attempt. I hate to be a negative Nancy about this brew but this is not very good at all.
11-15-2009 01:47:43 | More by Jmoore50
4.43/5 rDev +40.2%
A - very light copper with a bubbly/foamy head that lingers and some nice lacing.
S - Cascade citrusy hops and a background of grain. Not overwhelming which you usually encounter.
T - Lighter hop presence than expected. But that's ok. Bigger isn't always better. Cascade / citrus type hops and a subtle amount of bready and biscuity grains.
M - tons of tiny bubbles so this has a nice bite.
D - I really like this beer and can appreciate a less EXTREME flavor.
05-27-2009 04:16:21 | More by xhcadamx
Rhode Island
3.4/5 rDev +7.6%
Poured from a 12oz bottle into a US tumbler pint glass.
A: The beer is a light golden brown color, with a thin white head that fades quickly and leaves a thin lace on the glass.
S: The aroma is of hops but with an odd earthy & herbal to it, caramelized malts and some citrus.
T: The taste is bready up front with hearty flavors of citrus, caramel and a grain malt character, also a touch of smokiness. There's a good hops presence that comes in a little more slowly than it does in most beers in the style, but provides a decent balance. The after-taste is slightly bready and slightly sweet.
M: Crisp and smooth, medium body, medium carbonation, finish is clean and dry.
D: A little tasty, goes down easily, not too filling, decent kick, good representation of style, it's not a bad beer but there are certainly several others in the style that I would choose first.
05-13-2009 03:25:53 | More by TheManiacalOne
3.1/5 rDev -1.9%
Light orange color with some yellow and red highlighting. Lots of tiny bubbles moving very fast to the cap; head is white, sticks around quite a while. Lacing is moderate. All around pretty decent.
The nose is muted and earthy, with a bit of pepper and citrus. A little like trying to sniff a grapefruit that happens to be underneath a layer of dirt.
The flavor is under-hopped, with a mild sweetness throughout, along with a DMS undertone, probably from some adjunct used to fill out the pale malt bill. Bitterness lasts throughout the sip into the finish.
Nicely carbonated and decently chunky for an APA, just about right. Nothing great, but a nod towards a well brewed beer.
04-03-2009 03:32:11 | More by BretSikkink
3.75/5 rDev +18.7%
Clear amber with one finger white head and plentiful lacings. Slight floral hop and caramel aroma. Taste is earthy bitter hops with plenty of support from the malts. Clean and crisp almost APA like. Carbonation is average. Easy drinker would be a good light session beer. I believe the abv is about 4.8%.
03-14-2009 17:58:58 | More by Spikester
3.4/5 rDev +7.6%
12oz. bottle into shaker pint on 2/23/09. thanks to Deuane for sharing.
A - Clear golden amber body with modest carbonation and thin quarter inch head that settled into patchy retention and left spotty lacing.
S - Malt-heavy nose with lots of sweet caramel and toffee, as well as some bready notes. Hop character is subtle with hints of citrus fruit.
T - Very caramely overall with a honey sweetness and a more sturdy bready malt backbone. Hops are citrusy and mildly bitter at best.
M - Medium body with a syrupy texture and light carbonation. Finish is slightly bitter on the palate with some residual sweetness from the malt.
D - Decent enough pale ale. A little light on the hops and big on the caramel malt overall, but it was easy to finish.
02-24-2009 13:02:47 | More by ffejherb
New York
3/5 rDev -5.1%
12 ouncer w/o freshness info to be had. Pours clear, typical light amber, minimal head, zippo lacing and next to no nose....Hmm not off to a good start...cant say much great about this one....lacking much of a malty base, hops are resinous and drying, but none too exciting...tastes "off" somehow...
forgettable, nothing special pale.
12-04-2008 00:18:58 | More by Billolick
3.7/5 rDev +17.1%
Not so pale, but it was very nice. Quite bitter but not excesively. likd, not my style but I liked it. Great head and can be easily enjoyed. Thus I have tried 5 Ee river organic ones in most places I find only 2 or 4. I don't know if the California Blonde one exists in the two ways: organic and not organic, but apparently some of the other organic ones do.
11-17-2008 19:17:51 | More by nekronos
Certified Extra Pale Ale from Eel River Brewing Co.
75 out of 100 based on 53 ratings.


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Hospice shop empire goes ten to the dozen (From Essex County Standard)
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Hospice shop empire goes ten to the dozen
Updated 3:24pm Wednesday 14th May 2014 in News
ST Helena Hospice is set to open two more shops, bringing the total to 12.
It will open branches in Culver Street East, Colchester, and High Street, Dedham – the village's first charity shop.
It means the Colchester hospice will have doubled its number of stores in just two years.
The Essex Federation of Small Businesses has warned the explosion of charity shops can disadvantage other retailers.
Iain Wicks, development manager, said: "St Helena Hospice is a wonderful charity.
"Supporting a local charity is something very worthy.
"But in terms of competing in the High Street, we have always taken the view charity shops should be selling donated products only.
"There are a number of charity shops moving into the area of selling new products when they have the advantage of 80 per cent business rate discounts.
"They only have one or two paid staff. It puts other retailers at an unfair disadvantage."
Mr Wicks said a high number of charity shops was never a good sign for a town centre.
He said: "It is one of the signs a high street isn't being as successful as it could be."
The hospice's new store in Dedham will sell high-end items, including designer clothes where the person donating the item will get a cut.
It will replace the Vogue and Vintage shop.
An opening date has not yet been confirmed. The new shop in Culver Street East, Colchester, was previously home to Italian fashion store Brand Village, which opened last autumn.
Opening at the end of the month, it will sell second hand items, as well as having a wedding and occasions section, and a children's area. The new shops will both employ two members of staff as well as volunteers.
Indira Allen, the hospice's head of retail operations, said the shops were not in direct competition with businesses.
She said: "We pay charitable concessions rates, but because of this we are limited to what we can sell."
"A recent report by think tank Demos found there is no evidence charity shops have an adverse economic impact on the High Street.
"The Culver Street East shop was empty and by opening a shop we hope to contribute to the footfall of the vicinity, which will support other businesses."
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4:40pm Wed 14 May 14
Say It As It Is OK? says...
6:21pm Wed 14 May 14
Ontheball says...
Are all these places really necessary??
11:00pm Wed 14 May 14
Ritchie_Hicks says...
Ontheball wrote:I don't know about Colchester, but in the majority of cases a charity can apply for relief of up to 80% (varies throughout the UK). There is also VAT relief.
I wonder just how much of the money people give to the hospice goes to pay for rates, etc for all these shops. The one in Culver St East is only yeards away from the one in the footway from Queen St to Long Wyre St.
Are all these places really necessary??
Most staff will be volunteers (no need for NI and PAYE).
All in all, I think most would agree that any charity taking advantage of these spaces to raise money to support their cause has got to be worth while.
7:47am Thu 15 May 14
A Very Private Gentleman says...
I think the word excess comes to mind.
What about all the other charities and their shops.
Why No Help For Heroes/Royal British Legion Shop in Colchester? Surely we are the largest single Garrison town in the UK now.
12:47am Tue 10 Jun 14
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Archive for the 'Ubuntu' Category
ARMing your servers and the data centre
Someone recently remarked to me that you can think of hardware as software that's developed really slowly. While the software space has been going wild over cloud computing it's been pretty quiet on the hardware side of the equation. But, that's going to change as we see a new class of server hardware that helps businesses take advantage of the power and density savings possible through new CPU architectures and software stacks.
As an illustration IDC reported on the server market recently and it shows the start of the next wave of change. As you'd expect the general server market is pretty poor, growing at just 2.7%. But, blade servers which are commonly used for Web workloads is growing at 7%. Finally, the hyperdense form-factor is growing at 29% – which is an astounding amount.
In some ways the drivers for this change are just the continuation of a long-running story where everything is (has?) moved into a Web infrastructure set-up which enables the horizontal scaling of services. Implicitly this favours buying a lot of cheaper systems and building in redundancy at the software level. But the Cloud accelerates this trend further since it's stateless and you no longer care about the specifics of the hardware layer in the same way.
The challenge for infrastructure managers is that continually adding more servers means you're incurring ongoing costs for electricity, space and management. So anything that can drive better performance per watt in a denser arrangement is interesting. As you can see from the diagram below the expected growth in this space is really significant.
At a CPU architecture level ARM chips have been getting more powerful and this year they're going to enter into the mix for servers. The first reason for this is that they're relatively low-power which means lower running costs. Since they're low power they also give off less heat so another advantage is they can be put into a 'hyperdense' arrangement that also saves money in terms of space. You'll see systems this year from both Dell and HP (see Moonshot). It's pretty astounding to think that the same chip that's powering your phone could be powering Facebook!
If we're truly going to get the benefit from the new hyperdense form-factor then the software layer will also need to reflect the capabilities of these systems. So for Ubuntu we're continuing our work on ARM and recently announced the availability of 12.04 LTS as an ARM server – the first commercial Linux to come to the platform. We're also exploring how these hardware systems unique strengths are expressed and how this impacts the software stack. For example if you've got a few hundred systems in a half-rack then the problem of managing those systems is far more significant – so service orchestration (such as Juju) is really critical. It's exciting times in this space and a really interesting project.
If you're interested in a quick summary of ARM server check out this Prezi by Victor Palau.
Hybrid suspend with Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin)
I'm pretty much tied to my laptop, not only does it have all my applications on it but I think I might be so habituated that I can't usefully think without having it's warming reassuring whirr on my lap. Of course like all mobile workers I'm always worried about how much time I have left in the battery, in fact I'm so paranoid that I've developed frown lines from constantly scowling at the battery indicator as it slowly dribbles down to the moment when I'll be disconnected from the world-wide-'like'-a-sphere! It's one thing to watch it dribble down when you're working, but how much worse when you 'resume' the laptop to find that half the battery has gone already! Equally, doing a full hibernate is great from a battery perspective but the 'resume' takes a long time to get to which isn't fantastic if you're just moving from say one meeting room to another. In Ubuntu 12.04 LTS we have the answer with hybrid suspend.
If you've ever had a Mac OSX laptop then you've seen this capability before. Essentially, when you close the lid the system initially goes to suspend, and then after a few minutes it drops into hibernate so you're no longer using any power from the battery. One capability the Mac has is to resume from hibernate really quickly, not quite sure how they do that – if you know I'd be interested.
Hibernate takes a while to get back to your previous state because it has to read the system image back from the disk. Equally, with plain suspend you're using a trickle of battery to keep the system quietly ticking over so it can resume a lot faster. So when you're using the hybrid system you want to set it to hibernate when you're not going to be using the laptop for a while. I set it to go to full hibernate after 15 minutes.
Here are the steps to follow:
Test that hibernate actually works:
$ sudo pm-hibernate
Check if the system thinks that suspend-hybrid is supported:
$ sudo pm-is-supported --suspend-hybrid && echo $?
If it returns 0 then suspend-hybrid can be used with this system.
Create the hybrid suspend capability by creating the /etc/pm/config.d/00-use-suspend-hybrid file.
In the file you have:
# Always use suspend_hybrid instead of suspend if [ "$METHOD" = "suspend" ]; then METHOD=suspend_hybrid fi PM_HIBERNATE_DELAY=900 # Hibernate to disk after 15 minutes (900 seconds)
It should now use hybrid suspend and put the system to full hibernation after 15 minutes. There's some more power saving information in the Ubuntu Wiki, and the original source of the idea was from Daniel Hahlers post.
Ubuntu business product marketing job
Canonical is looking for a business product marketing manager to lead the marketing of our portfolio of enterprise products and technologies. The objective is to increase the profile, market penetration and user-base of Ubuntu's business products such as Ubuntu Cloud Infrastructure.
All technology companies face the problem that they think in terms of tech, but users think in terms of how a product benefits them in their specific situation. This often leads to a sales and marketing gap. In Canonical's case Ubuntu is an operating system platform that's used by a variety of consumer and enterprise audiences. Although our server and Cloud products are generally for enterprise users, there's over-lap in the desktop area which is used by both. So the product marketing manager role will market Ubuntu products to businesses and organisations – whether global enterprises, academia or government.
Technology companies tend to subtly vary the way product marketing is defined, and particularly the line between product management and product marketing. As an aside there's a nice article at Silicon Valley Product Group about this. In Canonical product managers are responsible for defining the strategic direction for a product and work closely with the engineers who are developing and delivering the technology. The product marketing managers are part of our marketing and communications department with the responsibility for defining and leading the marketing activities. By definition the two roles are closely related, but product marketing is inherently focused outwards communicating the benefits of the products to prospective users.
In order for Ubuntu to succeed in an enterprise the benefits must be clear to both the technologists (e.g. Sysadmin) who will implement it, and the management decision maker (e.g. CIO) who will sign-off its use. Consequently, our marketing activities speak to both audiences, though with more focus on technologists. On a day-to-day basis we're a pragmatic organisation where everyone rolls their sleeves up and gets on with it. So you'll need to use quantitative and qualitative approaches to identify addressable segments for marketing programmes. You'll work with product management to create and polish propositions and with other members of the Comms team to form messaging. You'll then put together marketing programmes that achieve the best ROI, iterating and improving how we reach the segment as necessary. In many instances you'll want to take advantage of ways we can team-up with our passionate advocates to get the message out.
Canonical is a deep technology company so to be successful in this role you need to be excited about the technologies we're developed and capable of understanding and communicating their advantages. You'll understand how the Cloud is revolutionising enterprise IT and be able to clearly communicate where, why and how it's impacting DevOps. Ubuntu is a key part of that equation so you'll understand how our technologies, such as Juju, are part of that revolution. Importantly, you'll act as a bridge to enterprise users, explaining the features and benefits of these products in the context of the challenges they face. You'll need the capability to clearly explaining technologies, understanding the business problems they can solve for customers and undertaking marketing activities to communicate this.
The next year is full of challenges and opportunity. In April we'll be launching 12.04 LTS which is a major enterprise release and the spring-board for our activities in the business segment over the next two years. We're focused on expanding Ubuntu's use in the public cloud where we are the most popular OS on platforms like Rackspace Cloud and Amazon Web Services. We believe that private and hybrid clouds will be an important part of the future for enterprises and we're working with partners such as HP and VMWare to help them get the most from Ubuntu Cloud in their data centres. In other words it's an important moment and we're full steam ahead!
As an open source company our first challenge is to make sure our products are widely known and used in a playing field where proprietary vendors can outgun us in marketing spend. So the measure of success in this role is whether Ubuntu is increasing market penetration compared to the large proprietary cloud vendors such as Microsoft and Oracle. Having built-up an extensive user-base the product marketing manager also works with field marketing to convert users into customers for commercial services such as Ubuntu Advantage.
At a personal level Canonical is a dynamic organisation so you'll need to be entrepreneurial, high-energy and collaborative – your colleagues are based around the globe ranging from offices in Taipei to being sat at home in California. I think the biggest reward will be to work with an amazing set of people at one of the most innovative technology companies around, during a time of massive industry change. If that sounds like heaven then get your application in ponto!
GDC Europe 2011 – the Web as a games platform
I attended GDC Europe 2011 in Cologne back in August. If you haven't run into GDC previously it's the main games developer event in Europe and comes just before Gamescom which is an absolutely gigantic.
The most interesting topic of conversation was that we're in a period of considerable change for the games industry as online and the Web become increasingly important. In a panel discussion Martin de Ronde of Vanguard Games summed it up by pointing out that what's most confusing for the industry is that the period of transition is unclear. But, that the eventual outcome will be a future of many screens, with many platforms and that the aim for developers has to be to provide players with the ability to play anywhere and any time. For Ubuntu this is a very positive perspective as we know we'll be on many devices and form-factors.
I sat in lots of talks and panels about on-line gaming and the Web – the speed and velocity of change is clearly still controversial. The general perception is that the Web isn't quite ready for Core Gamers but that it could get there very quickly. Aside from the buzz around online games the other issue is the impact it has on development costs. In one talk about publishers it was pointed out that a PC game costs 2-3 million to develop, while a console game is 8 million (!) or above. Meanwhile, an on-line game will be considerably cheaper at around 500k.
The primary reason given for why Web games aren't ready is the lack of bandwidth which makes it difficult to deliver a high production value. One insightful point was that the technical limitations mean it's useful to think about specific genres since some will be easier than others to put on the Web. The costs and revenue potential is also very different, with the opportunity to do long-tail revenue with an online game. For me an implicit issue is that the software stack around "HTML5″ is still immature so you're bound to see issues and incompatibilities – this is probably something that we in Ubuntu have felt the full pain off in the past with Flash!
So where are the opportunities for smaller developers? Well everyone seems to agree that digital distribution is revolutionising the way in which developers can reach players. And that this change is going to be across every player segment and on multiple different plaforms. However, the challenge for developers is that they'll need to form a relationship with players and do some of the things publishers have previously done – market and sell their game. Luckily the Web is a great platform for this.
From an Ubuntu perspective GDC confirmed that digitial distribution is now considered mainstream, so everything that we're doing in Software Center and our developer programme is timely. For the future it seems clear that the Web is going to be a major gaming platform which will benefit Ubuntu users as it offers the promise that they can play on an equal footing to everyone else. Clearly, we'll want to look for ways to influence and get our voice heard on aspects of the technology stack, since it will impact our users in the future. Moreover, our experiences as an alternative platform contain valuable insights for those developing and choosing the future software gaming stack.
Phew! so GDC was great, though it was a bit of a culture shock. Particularly, on the last day when I blearily made my way into the convention centre and in the corner of my eye caught three camels walking along the road – it made me jump in surprise! It turned out they were for free rides during Gamescom. Only at a games conference do you get that sort of marketing!
Develop Brighton 2011 thoughts
Recently I attended the gaming conference Develop 2011 in Brighton. Digital entertainment (movies/music) is something Ubuntu users are excited and interested in. This means there's an increasing opportunity for developers to create applications that those users want. So understanding the challenges, concerns and opportunities the gaming industry faces and how that might apply to Ubuntu was my focus during the conference.
Perhaps the most immediate thing that struck me is the burgeoning importance of online games. Nick Parker gave an interesting talk on funding development. The slide that stood out the most was one that showed 'core gaming' (think PS3) has now peaked and that online (casual, MMOG, mobile and social) gaming is the real driver of growth for the industry. He pointed out you're still talking about a core gaming market that's hundreds of millions of dollars in size but nonetheless the traditional vendors haven't yet grasped the online opportunity.
Generally, it's difficult for new platforms to break through into games developers consciousness. At a basic level creating games is risky and expensive so develpoers target platforms with the maximum possible number of sales. To some degree online games offer a way out of this conundrum for alternative platforms: if the browser is treated as the platform then all operating systems have an equal chance. The devil is in the detail depending on the technologies used, Flash is fine from a Linux perspective, WebGL could be great but plugins (such as Unity browser plugin) are more of a problem. Perhaps the best talk I saw which combined these trends was done by Ikka Paananen who talked about the opportunities for immersive play within the browser. If you want to find out what he means try Supercells game Gunshine which works in a browser on Ubuntu just fine – in fact I lost a Sunday afternoon to it!
There also seems to be a lot of optimism about the opportunities for interesting games development: a lot of positive commentary around the opportunities around despite the wider economic conditions. A big part of this was around Indie development, with small teams able to create so much for a relatively small level of investment. A talk by Tony Pearce about raising cash for your game (supported by NESTA) illustrated this, not only was it a great talk but it was absolutely packed with developers.
Reinforcing the positive theme was a very motivating keynote given by Michael Acton Smith the CEO of Mind Candy, the company behind the super-hit Moshi Monsters. First, I'm embarassed to admit that I hadn't heard of Mosh Monsters, it turns out that if you're a parent then you know all about them – it's that big! Of course, he was head-lining because it's such a massive hit and with a suitably dramatic story where at one point they almost burned out. But, much of his talk's insight could have been applied to any start-up or group creating new products. I heard two key things, one was that you you should explore the boundaries of your space with creativity, the other one he didn't say directly but I was struck by how deeply he'd thought about the mechanisms and drivers that power his business. From a pure inspiration perspective the main sense was the essential energy the team brought to the journey as they explored (and continue to explore) creating something for their users. So there it is – explore creatively, think deeply and be energised!
Raspberry Pi – The BBC B for a new generation?
Raspberry Pi is a project to spark exploration, innovation and to create a new generation of programmers by putting a computer into the hands of every British child. That was the passionate vision presented by David Braben of Frontier Development at Develop in a talked labelled "Giving something back". There are some interesting parallels with the vision One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) had. The radical difference is that with the effects of Moores Law since the OLPC project the Raspberry Pi vision is for a device that costs 15 GBP – that makes it realistic to put one into the hands of every child in the UK!
They showed an alpha last year which got lots of attention – watch it and then we'll continue:
The starting point for this endeavour is that children aren't excited by Computer Science in the UK any more and that this has meant a radical drop in the number of University applications. There's a shortage of precise figures, said David, but it could be as much as a 51% drop since the mid-90's. He cites a lot of reasons for this, from changes in life-style, curriculum and the mass-media. His conclusion is that a key shortage is a computing environment for kids that encourages programming – a BBC B for a newer generation. The team aims to create a small (phone sized) computer, powered by an ARM chip, which you can plug a TV/keyboard into and a software load with educational software on it. The long-term mission being to provide these free to groups of children with appropriate content, along with management capabilities for teachers.
The bottom line for me is that encouraging experimentation, exploration and creation is a good thing in and of itself. If you want to create programmers they have to start along the journey of realising that you can create as well as consume in the digital world. When I was in school computers were all the rage from an educational perspective and certainly while we mostly played games we also created small programs. Like many others I spent long hours typing out program listings that came in magazines, and learnt rudimentary concepts in BASIC. While I personally took an indirect path into computers I do think these experiences were formative in accepting what was possible and sparking an inherent interest.
Creating a complete computing environment for children and teachers is a hugely ambitious goal. You have to solve hardware, software, content and distribution problems along the way. At the moment the Raspberry Pi team is focusing on the hardware, with an initial developer version due this year. I see the software stack as being a critical portion – you'll be glad to know that Ubuntu is the OS! It has to be said that although I got into computing with BASIC and a manual I don't think that's going to cut it for kids these days: it certainly wouldn't have cut it for me if there'd been anything like the Net! Moreover, I think we have to accept that the Web is the platform and that the elements of sharing, socialising and interacting are all part of what makes up computing now. So any software stack has to look forward and encompass new elements even when trying to be simple. That said I think the software and languages we have today are a lot stronger and more compelling: whether that's languages like Python or some of the OLPC environment! Of course, it's easy for a technical audience to focus on the technology stack but this changes all the time, what's more important is the content and education contacts.
Clearly, the content will need to address childrens needs at different ages, and working with the education sector so that it fits their needs and understanding is going to be very important. David noted that managing groups of machines was a key need for educators who aren't technicians. I was struck by the passion and willingness to get involved throughout the room – if that passion can be harnessed it will hold the project in good stead. I've love to see Raspberry Pi develop into a full charity with funding from the industry and efforts to work with the education sector.
If you're like to find out more about Raspberry Pi, and perhaps sign-up for one of their dev boards, then see their site. What do you think about this initiative and on a more general level how can we help get kids involved in experimenting with technology?
iCloud and Ubuntu
Apple finally announced iCloud, reinforcing that the Cloud is ready for consumers. It validates some of the things we've been doing in Ubuntu and encourages us to think about how the trend will impact free software in the future.Cringley focuses on Apple targeting Microsoft by making the desktop category just like a device and moving everyone onto the Internet. Steve Jobs is quoted as saying:
"We're going to demote the PC and the Mac to just be a device – just like an iPad, an iPhone or an iPod Touch. We're going to move the hub of your digital life to the cloud."
I don't know if this targets Microsoft, I do know that Apple has done as much as anyone to make the network a central part of our digital life.
It's clear that we all spend more time online – if you stand-back you can see see our increased dependence on the Web (we spend more time on-line than watching TV), along with how central some web apps are becoming to our lives (from Facebook to Google calendar). You might question how quickly this is happening or how widely spread: there's not much bandwidth in Africa, and I often find it surprising how poor connectivity is in rural areas. But, that's just a question of timing – large numbers of users already think of their computers and the Web as being synonymous.
The Web itself is rapidly becoming the standard development platform and storage medium for applications. With HTML5 and its' extended technologies we will see increasingly complex and capable web apps: this Financial Times HTML5 app is a nice example and tweaks Apple's tail! Even if the interface of everything can't be a Web front-end, then data storage is also moving in that direction: increasingly users think of their content as being 'available' everywhere – meaning online.
From a user perspective this means we all expect to access our favourite applications and our personal data at any point from a myriad of devices. The impact on Windows is that the field is being reset, both at a software and a hardware level. Microsoft is not a cherished consumer brand that everyone loves so they will have to start over. But, it equally impacts anyone that wants to create a general operating system – Ubuntu being my concern.
If everything is on the network, and the network provides many of the applications then there's going to be a fundamental set of shifts in how the system stack supports the user. Among the many areas, two things stand out for me.
The first theme is that we need to provide ways for users to store and access their content online. We've seen Apple's system, we're bound to see systems from all the titans of the industry as well at a lot of start-ups. This could be fantastic for users, but there's also potential for drawbacks if there's no standardisation – we don't want to go back to a world of locked in data.
But it's deeper than data, users don't think "I need my data" they think "I want my photos of Nancy the dog" which means we need to attach storage and applications together. That's why in Ubuntu One we talk about the personal cloud and we're providing both applications and API's to build on top of basic data storage and sync. Any data storage (including Ubuntu One) also needs to be available across multiple platforms so that our users can access their content whenever they want or need it. Importantly, to make the Cloud the central storage location it needs to be fully integrated and seamlessly part of the users experience – going to the 'Web folder' is a fail!
The second theme is that the operating system will be a window onto the Web, and this changes what it needs to present to the user and the services it provides to applications. From a user perspective we need to integrate the Web so that there's no difference between local and network applications. Moreover, some of the metaphors of the Web are impacting how users think about interacting with their computers, take search as an example.
For applications to be truly integrated it will mean that the system stack will need to provide services that web application developers can use. For example, rather than signing into a myriad of different web applications how can the system stack authenticate me to them seamlessly. Perhaps even the idea of local and web apps will need to disappear, if we can provide technologies that help web application developers create applications that work both locally and through the network.
A final thought, I said at the start that Apple has done as much as anyone to make the vision of a connected world real. But Unix and Linux has done even more – network computing is central to our technology, and distributed community is central to our ethos. For me this means Ubuntu has great strengths it can draw on as we create this future – Ubuntu can be the operating system for the rest of us in a connected world!
Darwinia and Uplink in Ubuntu Software Center
We added two classic games, Darwinia and Uplink, to the Ubuntu Software Center this week. It's been a great journey working with the Introversion team to bring this software to Ubuntu and it's great to see this result!
I first spoke to Mark Morris, Introversion MD, last summer explaining the concepts around the Software Center and our intent to bring a wider range of applications to Ubuntu users. It was great to explore how this system would work for commercial developers and Mark gave us great perspective on the mechanics of software publishing in the gaming industry.
We used the Introversion example internally when we were working through many of the complexities of the commercial system. And I staid in touch with Mark keeping him up to date on our progress and reflecting on his commentary.
As an Indie developer Introversion has to focus on the future, particularly their current project Subversion. So it was by no means a given that they'd be willing to take on the additional attention cost and effort of a new publishing platform. Sowe were really happy when he agreed to publish Darwinia and Uplink through our platform. And they were fully committed as we worked through putting their software into Ubuntu Software Center.
Both Darwinia and Uplink are great titles that show the quality and range of commercial games and applications that are available for Ubuntu. I hope you support them by buying and enjoying them!
UK innovation and Open Source
Why wasn't Google invented in the UK? Where are all the great British software start-ups? Why isn't there more Open Source in the UK?
That last question may not have come up in the Chancellors budget speech, but it should have. This was my central argument to The Register this week – to move from an economy whose value is "the loan was created in Britain", to one where it's "invented, designed and built in Britain" then we need to unleash innovation through Open Source.
You might think it a bit self-serving for me to be pushing Open Source as the answer to the UK's ills. In fact, as I far too passionately made my points to Lucy Sherriff, it crossed my mind that I could fully conform to my own stereotype of "special pleading corporate PR" by next asking for special tax breaks and complaining about unspecified (but nonetheless burdensome) "red-tape"! Nonetheless, I believe that technology and Open Source have to be key elements in the rebalancing of the UK's economy.
First, lets put back into the box the idea that the UK cannot do technology, and that we should just leave it to Silicon Valley. The funny thing is that when you pull up the covers on successful valley technology companies you'll find plenty of Brits. That shouldn't be a surprise, the education system in the UK is strong, we have a fantastic tradition in science and engineering, and the language/culture compatibility helps. Finally, it completely ignores the evidence of the technology companies we do have, from successful start-ups such as Last.fm through to majors like ARM.
Perhaps it's that cultural contrarianism that makes us unable to dwell on the positive or accentuate the good. A national character of, you say "tomato", I say "no, it's a squashed, bruised, fruit that tastes anaemic and who knows the long-term effects of the pesticides". So, lets not waste any more bits on this – the UK has great technology capabilities and we should celebrate them!
So why is Open Source an important element in creating an environment that can create success for our technologists and economy? Because, it's a leveller and a remover of locked-in de-facto networks. Open source releases innovation and provides ways for companies of all sizes to compete, bringing greater competition and delivering more value to everyone.
First, government wants to encourage start-ups and small business. There's lots of policy options, but a big (perhaps the biggest) lever is government procurement. Our tax money should be used to buy great value technology, provided by local companies if at all possible. Governments know this, but they're often concerned that small suppliers will fail – it's a real concern because it happens. Mandating that the technology be Open Source removes that concern. That way if the supplier fails it can be supported and maintained by an alternative supplier. And, in the long-run you create a competitive national set of technology companies that will be employing locally and providing services far more efficiently than a small number of multi-national conglomerates (yes, looking at you Oracle).
Second, Open Source enables a local (ie national) supplier ecosystem to be created. Fundamentally, if our technology companies just resell proprietary software that's developed by the large multinationals they will lack the skills to innovate and create on their own. Open Source is customisable and enables the suppliers to develop the same skills that will be needed to create products. There's no black-boxes in Open Source, so if someone spots an opportunity or a gap they can understand it and innovate from there.
Third, Open Source provides more flexible and capable systems for end-users. My biggest fear about proprietary software is that it destroys enquiry in our children and students – it's a curiosity trap. How many of the stories about great inventors (whether software or not) start with them taking apart everything they could get their hands on, from clocks to cars. They had a spirit of enquiry, a curiosity to understand and then improve.
In this era Open Source is the biggest library of software on the planet. In any domain, sphere or software idea there's an Open Source project and some of the most skilled developers on the planet out there working on it. And everyone can read, understand and enquire – how short a step is it for the imagination to be fed and the idea of improving to occur? It's terrible to anaesthetise our children and students with the idea that they shouldn't look under the hood or understand what's happening. That's exactly what proprietary software does. And we risk missing the next Steve Jobs or Bill Gates because of it.
So really George (Osbourne in this case), stop throwing tax dollars at bribing multi-national banks to keep taking space in Canary Wharf. Unleash the UK into the forefront of the global technology revolution by adopting an industrial policy that develops technology as a key area, and for goodness sake make Open Source part of that mix. You know I'm right!
Ubuntu Developer Relations Advocate job
To go with the Software Business Development role we also opened up an Ubuntu Developer Relations Advocate job as the two areas are closely related. Business Development is focused on working with developers at a business level, fundamentally creating a revenue-generating relationship. Developer relations is focused on working with developers at a technical level, providing resources, assistance and community. Both roles could be speaking to the same people in a small developer shop, but the focus of the conversation is different and we need both to help developers be successful.
Fundamentally, the objective of developer relations is to provide a focus for evangelising the platform and assisting developers as they develop software for Ubuntu. One thing to clarify is that the type of development we mean here is 'developing applications that run on Ubuntu', with the desired outcome being that we increase the range of applications available to Ubuntu users. So this is different to a lot of our other community relations work which is aimed at contributors to Ubuntu. Another point is that our focus is on commercial software developers since we believe that it's important to create a sustainable ecosystem around the platform: that doesn't exclude FOSS since Open Source can be commercial – although being realistic I expect that most of the commercial software will be proprietary.
Developer relations is a mixed role, it's partially to evangelise the platform and attract developers, and partially assisting developers by giving them resources and a community. I group the responsibilities into three areas – attracting, enabling and enthusing. By attracting we mean communicating and showing how great the Ubuntu platform is for developers. This covers the Ubuntu distribution but also developer enabled technologies such as Unity, UbuntuOne and distribution through the Software Center. To enable developers we need to provide resources they can use to develop on Ubuntu explaining the tools and technologies that are part of the platform and how to use them. A key difference between Ubuntu and other platforms is that we aim to be participatory and transparent. So the most important element of 'enabling' is that we want to create a Developer Community: we're focusing our attentions on developer.ubuntu.com which you can think of as the equivalent to IBM's Developer Works or Apple's Developer Center. This is a real connector role so a key part will be working with the wider world, and coordinating internal Canonical teams and exciting everyone so that we're all working together to the common goal.
Finally, there's lots of discussion whether Developer Relations should sit within an engineering department or within a marketing organisation, which depends on your objectives. In our case the focus is increasing the range of software that is available on Ubuntu which is a long-range business development strategy aimed at strengthening the platform, so we've chosen to put Developer Relations within that team so we can have the best connections. Either way at heart it's a technical role that is all about communications by helping developers get the most from the platform – being their advocate.
We know the objective and the strategy, how to drive it forward is open territory that will need leadership, energy and tenacity. If you have experience in Developer Relations and some of the thoughts above chime with your own ideas then hop across to the Ubuntu site where you can read the job description and apply!


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