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The George W. Bush Presidential Library denied a request by a Democratic super PAC for documents related to Sen. Rob Portman's work in the George W. Bush administration. The library says it is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act and that all are welcome to see the documents in 2014. The super PAC, American Bridge 21st Century, has been researching GOP candidates as Mitt Romney moves closer to choosing a running mate.
"When you look at the roster of V.P. candidates, each of them is significantly flawed," American Bridge senior adviser Ty Matsdorf said in a statement. "For Portman, it is his calamitous record on fiscal issues while working at the Bush White House. It shouldn't be a shock that he is going to want to keep that under wraps for as long as possible, but unfortunately it's pretty hard to hide a record as terrible as that."
CNN is live blogging from the Supreme Court to see if there are any rulings on the health care law or immigration.
Gay pride celebrations took place in New York, Chicago and San Francisco over the weekend, and Obama organizers were there to recruit volunteers.
Spain formally asked for European aid for its banks.
The sea level is rising faster along the Atlantic Coast than other places in the world.
Facebook has created a new "find friends nearby" function that will allow users to see friends and people they don't know who are at events or social gatherings. From some Facebook engineer's comments on the story:
I built Find Friends Nearby with another engineer for a hackathon project. While it was originally called 'Friendshake', we settled on 'Find Friends Nearby' for launch (the URL was a little bit of a homage to the previous iteration).
For me, the ideal use case for this product is the one where when you're out with a group of people whom you've recently met and want to stay in contact with. Facebook search might be effective, or sharing your vanity addresses or business cards, but this tool provides a really easy way to exchange contact information with multiple people with minimal friction.
HBO's The Newsroom premiered last night, and this guy at the Toronto Star said it kind of sucked while the New York Times says CNN could learn something from it.
A local developer has offered to build a new jail adjacent to the Justice Center, a cost of $65 million, in return for the county leasing it for 30 years at $10 million a year, according to The Enquirer. The developer, Rob Smyjunas, said the offer isn't about making a profit, just making the county better for his and other families.
Mayor Mallory didn't answer The Enquirer's questions about the potential for a Council majority to block the property tax increase in City Manager Milton Dohoney's proposed budget. A Mallory spokesman says he'll work behind the scenes on a budget that will win a Council majority and that he's off to New Orleans for a conference on reclaiming vacant properties.
An environmental summit in Rio de Janeiro kicked off on Wednesday, with environmental groups and activists disappointed with the Rio+20's lack of progress on creating clear goals for sustainable development.
The Sanford, Fla., police chief who drew criticism for not investigating the shooting death of Trayvon Martin has been fired. Sanford City Manager Norton Bonaparte said he relieved Bill Lee of his duties because the police chief needs to have the trust and respect of the community.
A video of middle school kids in upstate New York bullying a 68-year-old bus monitor has drawn international media attention. The woman says the kids are all pretty much normal and are OK to deal with one-on-one.
The bullying continues unabated for about 10 minutes in the video, reducing Klein to tears as a giggling student jabs her arm with a book. Recorded by a student Monday with a cell phone camera, the brazen example of bullying went viral and spurred international outrage.
A population of chinstrap penguins in Antarctica has declined by 36 percent due to melting sea ice.
"Actually, in the '90s it was thought that the climate change would favor the chinstrap penguin, because this species prefers sea waters without ice, unlike the Adelie penguin, which prefers the ice pack," study researcher Andres Barbosa told LiveScience. He added that at the time, chinstraps, named for the thin black facial line from cheek to cheek, seemed to increase in numbers, with some new colonies being established. The sea-ice decline in the winter, however, has become so big that it is now impacting krill populations, said Barbosa, of the National Museum of Natural Sciences in Madrid.
Researchers found evidence of ice on the moon.
A new study has found that eating disorders are common among older women. Researchers say weight and eating concerns do not discriminate based on age.
College football BCS commissioners have endorsed a
four-team playoff format to determine college football's national
champion instead of the current computer-human two-team system. The plan will go to the BCS presidential oversight committee
on June 26 for approval.
LeBron James and the Miami Heat are one win away from winning the NBA championship after going up 3 games to 1 with a 104-98 win in Game 4 Tuesday.
Cleveland officials are apparently trying to outlaw flash mobs, describing them as violent, unruly terrorizing of communities and family-friendly events. That's not how AT&T presents them in this cell phone commercial.
The Ohio Board of Regents has recommended banning tobacco
on all school campuses. The ruling is meant to curtail students picking
up smoking during college. According to the Ohio Department of Health,
40 percent of college-aged smokers began smoking or became regular
smokers after starting college.
Louise Nippert, Cincinnati philanthropist and art patron, died yesterday at the age of 100.
Secret groups have been pumping Ohio's Senate race between incumbent Sen. Sherrod Brown and Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel with out-of-state money in support of Mandel. Unsurprisingly, the Brown team is not happy about it.
More Ohio adults are on Medicaid and Medicare, a new study has found. Ohioans are also relying less on employer-provided insurance. The numbers apparently match a nationwide movement.
Yesterday, the world got its first glimpse at the suspect in the Colorado theater massacre. He had orange hair.
A coalition of labor groups is getting together to push for a higher minimum wage in Ohio. They want minimum wage raised to $9.80 per hour in 2014.
Penn State is getting a heavy-handed punishment from the NCAA. It seems like the occult hand of former coach Joe Paterno will continue having a heavy grip on the university's football legacy.
Apparently, earth's resources aren't good enough for technology. Scientists want to use dwarf stars to improve computers in a big way.
Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls responded to Rep. Steve Chabot's Wednesday attempt to block federal funding for Cincinnati's streetcar construction by calling it "an outrageous interference in local government decision-making." The Enquirer today recapped the situation, which involves Chabot adding the following amendment to a massive federal transportation bill: "None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to design, construct, or operate a fixed guideway project located in Cincinnati, Ohio." The amendment has little chance at being included in the final passage of the bill, as the Senate and President Obama would both have to approve and sign it.
A parody video of a Western & Southern PR representative explaining why the insurance company should build condos at the site of the century-old women's shelter has earned a response from W&S. The company's VP of public relations told The Enquirer: "Whoever created the video, we think it's unfortunate that they've taken this approach," he said. "We think it's a distraction from finding a win-win for all involved." The video is no longer available on YouTube, however, due to "a copyright claim by Canipre inc."
Speaking of funny videos, MSNBC posted this video of Rep.
Jean Shmidt apparently reacting to someone incorrectly telling her that
President Obama's health care law had been struck down. Schmidt can be
seen twisting around and making strange screaming sounds.
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
The ongoing saga involving Cincinnati Police Chief James Craig and his nonexistent policing powers will continue into July, as a hearing scheduled for Thursday has been continued. Craig's attorneys will argue in front of the Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission that his prior experience, and certification in three other states, should exempt him from a state rule requiring all officers pass a certification exam before earning police powers. Craig believes he was hired to do things other than study for an entry-level policing test, and some states would already have certified him.
A statewide ban on texting while driving moved through the Ohio House of Representatives yesterday and is expected to be signed into law by Gov. John Kasich. The law makes the writing, sending or reading of a text message while driving a secondary offense, meaning officers may not pull over an adult driver for the act. Teens, however, under House Bill 99 will be prohibited from using any electronic device other than GPS and may be pulled over for it.
Kasich on Tuesday followed through with the GOP plan to overturn its own controversial election law that was to go before voters in November. State Republicans and election officials now say there's no reason for the law to go in front of voters thanks to the 300,000 signatures gathered by President Obama's re-election campaign and other opponents, but opponents of the election law point out that the repeal still reaffirms an election law change that would end early voting the weekend before an election. Democrats plan to keep the issue on the ballot.
But people on both sides of the issue say there's no precedent for a legislative repeal of a bill that also is the subject of a referendum, so it's unclear how a court might rule if a legal challenge is filed.
Jennifer Brunner, a former Democratic secretary of state and a leader in the Fair Elections Ohio campaign that brought the referendum, said Tuesday that the action taken by Gov. John Kasich and Legislature doesn't force the removal of the question from November ballots.
"Since this issue is a case of first impression for any court, we do not see the statement of the Secretary of State to be determinative on this issue," Brunner said in an email. "The issue remains on the ballot."
More drama from Columbus: Republicans are moving forward with a test program requiring some welfare recipients to submit to drug testing in order to continue receiving benefits. Opponents say the process stigmatizes the poor, while the GOP says it's just a simple process involving poor people paying the upfront costs for drug tests, being reimbursed if they pass and living on the streets for six months if they fail.
Northern Kentucky leaders plan to use the revitalization of Over-the-Rhine as a model for reinvesting in their urban core. A nonprofit organization has raised $10 million during the past five years to get started spurring commercial and residential investment.
Two Kentucky high school students who were turned away from their senior prom for arriving as a same-sex couple have argued that if their Catholic high school wants to ban students based on upholding the church's teachings, such a ban should include couples who have had premarital sex and kids who plan to get wasted after the prom.
Apparently viewers of Harry's Law, which was set in Cincinnati and used a stage-version of Arnold's as the lawyer gang's regular hangout, are too old to attract advertising dollars despite their relatively high numbers.
The show ranked very low among viewers ages 18 to 49, the demographic most advertisers care about. In fact, its young-adult numbers were beneath those for "Prime Suspect," a cop show that NBC canceled earlier this season, and roughly on par with those of "Off Their Rockers," the Betty White show about senior citizens pulling pranks on younger people.
"It was a difficult decision," an NBC executive said Sunday, quoted by the site Deadline.com. "Everyone here respects 'Harry's Law' a lot but we were finding it hard to grow the audience for it. Its audience skewed very old and it is hard to monetize that."
President Obama raised $44 million during April for his and other Democratic campaigns.
John Boehner says that when the federal government raises the debt limit again America can expect another prolonged fight about cuts.
George W. Bush has found "freedom" wherever he ended up after having little to offer the GOP after his tumultuous two terms as president. From ABC News:
We don't see much of Bush these days. He's the president that a lot of people would like to forget, still so toxic that he's widely considered more likely to hurt than help the Republican Party by participating in the 2012 campaign.
Bush's speech Tuesday morning was a rare exception. He spoke in a small, nondescript room to about 200 people about democracy activists, promoting a human rights campaign that's part of the George W. Bush Presidential Center.
His presence on the national stage is perhaps best seen in his presence on the small stage at 1777 F Street. At the end of the affair, Bush and his wife were called back up to be presented with writings by Czech human rights icon Vaclav Havel. They posed for pictures as the audience clapped, and when they were done, Bush glanced around as if unsure what to do next.
He walked back to his seat, but then quickly walked back onto the stage and behind the lectern. He leaned forward into the microphone, paused, and said slyly, "Thanks for coming."
Bush waited a second or two. Then he said, "See ya later."
He waved, and then he left.
Is U.S. energy independence a pipe dream? This article says no.
Apple might soon give you a larger iPhone screen.
A private rocket launch this week could be the start of commercial space travel.
Here are some important tips about sunscreen as summer approaches and the circle in the sky threatens to burn off our skin.
Here are two ways to report the latest news regarding potential Duke Energy rate hike connected to streetcar construction:
• From The Enquirer: "Duke customers could face streetcar tab"
• From The Business Courier: "Cincinnati, Duke making progress on moving utility lines"
A 15-year-old girl was killed in Over-the-Rhine around 11 p.m. last night. She was reportedly standing with a group of people, though Police haven't released any details about the shooter.
A new poll shows support for President Obama's shift on
immigration policy.
More Asians are immigrating to the U.S. than Hispanics these days.
Adult humans are 16.5 million tons overweight, which
researchers say will threaten the world's food security and environmental
Approximately half of all new AIDS cases are occurring in the South, and the region is severely short on HIV specialists.
Attorneys for the Penn State football coach who showered with a bunch of boys are starting their defense by painting him in a positive light.
Spotify will stop charging $10 per month for use on mobile devices. Free now.
Facebook acquires Face.com. Ha.
Former baseball player Roger Clemens was acquitted of perjury charges, the latest in a bunch of wasted time by the federal government investigating athletes who can afford really good lawyers.
Hamilton County has been killing people more often than Ohio counties of similar size, despite actually asking for the death penalty less often. Today's Enquirer takes a look at the growing opposition to the death
penalty in other states and recent legislation and task forces aimed
at either studying its effectiveness or stopping the practice
altogether. Prosecutor Joe Deters says he's going to kill all the people who deserve it because the law is still the law.
Would you like to pay tolls or higher gas taxes in order to have a new Brent Spence Bridge? No? Then you're like a majority of people who take the time to respond to Enquirer polls.
City Manager Milton Dohoney plans to ask City Council to raise the property tax rate in response to a projected $33 million 2013 deficit that everyone knows was coming.
The Community Press on the East Side says Norfolk Southern is willing to consider selling the Wasson Way right of way that some would like to see turned into a bike trail. CityBeat in March found the proposed trail to have support among cycling enthusiasts but some resistance from light rail supporters.
President Obama hooked up an 11-year-old kid with a note excusing him from class on Friday.
"He says, 'Do you want me to write an excuse note? What's your teacher's name?" Sullivan told ABC. "And I say, Mr. Ackerman. And he writes, 'Please excuse Tyler. He was with me. Barack Obama, the president.'"
Fortune magazine has taken exception to Mitt Romney's recent criticism of Solyndra, the solar panel company that went out of business despite a $500 million Department of Energy loan.
So last Thursday Romney held a surprise press conference at Solyndra's shuttered headquarters. During his prepared statement, Romney said:
"An independent inspector general looked at this investment and concluded that the Administration had steered money to friends and family and campaign contributors."
Romney then repeated the claim later in the press conference.
Small problem: No inspector general ever "concluded" such a thing, at least not based on any written reports or public statements.
Wisconsin Gov./Union Crusher Scott Walker holds a slight lead over his Democratic challenger, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, according to a recent poll.
George Zimmerman is back in jail after what his attorney is calling a misunderstanding over telling a judge that he had limited money even though a website set up to fund his legal defense raised more than $135,000.
Legal issues will be involved in New
York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's attempt to ban giant sodas.
Jason Alexander has released a lengthy and quite thoughtful apology for referring to the sport of cricket as "a bit gay" during a recent appearance on The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson.
Why do people on the West Coast get to see all the cool stuff that happens in space? First the eclipse and now the Transit of Venus, when Venus will cross paths between the sun and earth. Next time it will happen is 2117. And Australia got to see a partial lunar eclipse the other day, too.
The Cincinnati Enquirer announced its endorsements over the weekend, and four incumbents were left thinking, "What the [expletive] did I do?!?" The current councilpersons who the paper decided not to endorse are Republican Wayne Lippert, who was appointed in March, and Republicans Leslie Ghiz and Charlie Winburn, along with Democrat Cecil Thomas.
Ghiz was described as having a penchant for starting arguments that have been "personal, petty and nasty," while Winburn's "unpredictable behavior" was noted along with Thomas' problems fully grasping budget and finance issues.
President Obama dropped $90 mil on a couple of local non-profit development companies. Cincinnati Center City Development Corp. (3CDC) and the Uptown Consortium were awarded $50 million and $40 million tax credits, respectively, by the U.S. Department of the Treasury as part of a program aimed at spurring retail and residential growth. 3CDC says it plans to create a rock climbing wall/juice bar/light-free techno dance hall in order to draw more YPs to the area. (Just kidding.)
P&G plans to cut 5,700 jobs next year (and we just had our resumes all cleaned up to prove we could write the best stories about how Tide makes clothing — and life — better for everyone…).
A 15-year-old Milford High School freshman named Eben Christian Franckewitz has advanced to next Thursday's live episode of American Idol. Franckewitz is reportedly the first area reside to become one of the 24 Idol semifinalists. Pick it up, area talented people!
The New York Police Department is defending its recent practice of spying on mosques using tactics it normally reserves for criminal organizations. The AP got a hold of documents that showed police "collecting the license plates of worshipers, monitoring them on surveillance cameras and cataloging sermons through a network of informants."
The new documents, prepared for Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, show how the NYPD's roster of paid informants monitored conversations and sermons inside mosques. The records offer the first glimpse of what those informants, known informally as "mosque crawlers," gleaned from inside the houses of worship.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says his police would never spy on Muslims.
Officials in Australia have opened another investigation into the 1980 death of a 9-week-old baby whose parents say was taken away by a dingo. The mother was convicted of murder and later cleared of the charge.
Seven Marines were killed in a training crash near the California-Arizona border Wednesday night, one of the deadliest training crashes ever. Officials say it will take weeks to determine why the two helicopters crashed in midair during a routine exercise.
JC Penny lost $87 million in the fourth quarter of 2011. CEO Ron Johnson says it's cool, though, because the company was getting a makeover and those are expensive.
On the other side of the fence dividing companies that lose money and companies that make mass of it, Apple is so flush its CEO says the company has too much cash. Tim Cook is reportedly "wondering what to do with the company's $97.6 billion."
More drivers than ever are about to be paying $5 per galling for gas, although if we vote Newt Gingrich for president he'll make it $2.50.
A new study says
that global warming could shrink the human race. Wait, what?!? It's
true: NEW GLOBAL WARMING THREAT: HUMAN RACE MAY SHRINK. Great ... just great.
Oh, and the UC basketball team beat No. 17 Louisville last night, a big step toward playing in the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year. Nice, one-handed jam, Dion!


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LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 25: Director James Gunn and cast members Zoe Saldana, Chris Pratt, Karen Gillan and David Bautista pose at the "Guardians of the Galaxy" photocall at The Corinthia Hotel on July 25, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/WireImage) ORG XMIT: 502697081 ORIG FILE ID: 452655130
Gale's fails: The number of times he can't kiss Katniss in 'Mockingjay'
We counted the instances Gale COULD'VE romanced the love of his life, but it just didn't work out.
Vavavoom! It's Kate Hudson and Goldie Hawn
Can they be any hotter and more adorable?
Jimmy Fallon's 'Lip Sync Battle' moves to Spike
That sounds about right.
Why Buttercup the cat is the greatest 'Hunger Games' survivor of them all
President Snow cannot take any of Buttercup's lives in 'Mockingjay.'
'Homeland' casts Carrie's mom for Season 5
But can Tony winner Victoria Clark match Claire Danes' cry face?
The 5 biggest differences between the 'Mockingjay' book and movie
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Film blog + Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Peter Bradshaw: With new offerings from Audiard, Haneke and Loach, this year's festival will be another feast of quality film-making. Could have done with a few more women directors, mind
Our film critic makes the nominations for his own personal Oscars in a widely underrated year for film
This year's lineup has been revealed, and there are even fewer surprises than usual. Does it matter to you? And how should that affect our coverage?
Peter Bradshaw: The consensus seems to be that Cannes 2010 was far from a stellar year. But the competition produced a bewitching Palme d'Or winner, there were frequent gems elsewhere, and flashes of real social engagement from the likes of Jean-Luc Godard and Lucy Walker
• Peter Bradshaw's full review of Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Xan Brooks: There's always one film you regret not having managed to catch at the Cannes film festival. Guess which one I missed this year
Peter Bradshaw: In this lull before the whirlwind of the 63rd edition starts, the question that I've been pondering is this: why have these past Cannes discoveries never crossed the Channel for a UK release?
- Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- Cannes film festival
- Mike Leigh
- Festivals
- Cannes 2010
- World cinema
- Abbas Kiarostami
- Juliette Binoche
- Documentary
- Kristin Scott Thomas
- Darren Aronofsky
- Ken Loach
- Colin Firth
- Danny Boyle
- Bernardo Bertolucci
- Michael Winterbottom
- Oscars 2011
- Toronto film festival 2010
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|By Chris Yeh
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|July 14, 2008 08:15 AM EDT
E-mail is extremely easy to adopt and use, and lends itself very well to certain types of collaboration. When two people are attempting to collaborate asynchronously, e-mail is usually the best solution. It's certainly far less frustrating than phone tag. But once more people are involved, email's utility rapidly degenerates. While the rise of free, open-source solutions makes it tempting to build one's own collaboration tools, on-demand or Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions are the better choice for the majority of users and uses.
Design Commission, an award-winning design firm based out of Seattle, Washington, had grown from a bootstrapped startup into a thriving business. Along with a friend, David Conrad had co-founded Design Commission after working as a design lead for videogame giant Electronic Arts' EA.com Web site.
Starting from scratch, Design Commission had built up a stable of prestigious clients like Sony, Corbis, and Paul Allen's Vulcan Labs. David had even been recognized for his work with Sony in the Communication Arts Interactive Annual. Now, the firm had to figure out how to deal with how success had made its previous strategy of collaborating via email unmanageable.
"The studio has gone from two people to six people in the last 18 months," said Conrad. "That doesn't sound very big, but that's 300% growth, and you run into the same issues of scale as you would with a big company. At the heart of these challenges is communication. Our success had made it much more difficult to make sure everyone in the team was on the same page."
Email is still the most common tool for electronic collaboration. Everyone has it, and everyone uses it. However, email presents an extremely difficult set of challenges for organizations who try to use it for coordination and project management.
Email is extremely easy to adopt and use, and lends itself very well to certain types of collaboration. When two people are attempting to collaborate asynchronously, email is usually the best solution. It's certainly far less frustrating than phone tag. But once more people are involved, email's utility rapidly degenerates.
The problems with email as a platform for multi-person collaboration are the issues of accuracy and discoverability.
As asynchronous emails fly back and forth between the participants, it becomes harder and harder to ensure that the information in the email remains accurate and consistent. Who hasn't experienced replying to an email, only to discover that another party had already given a different answer? There is no way to know which version of the information is the gold standard.
In addition, email is a poor medium for storing and discovering information. Only the recipients have access to it, and it is generally disorganized and unsearchable.
Who hasn't experienced the pain of spending minutes or even hours fruitlessly searching for a particular lost email?
Yet because email is a critical part of our professional lives, it became the default collaboration tool for Design Commission.
"We've been dependent on email, and it's a habit we're trying to break," said Conrad. "It's incredibly dispersed, and trying to find the password to Campaign Monitor takes 30 minutes when it should take 30 seconds. We wanted a common place where we could store all our important information."
Nor was his email addiction simply an issue of convenience. It had real impact on Design Commission's business and bottom line.
"Being able to organize and find information translates into real financial benefits," said Conrad. "I have more time to work on billable projects because I'm not spending that extra 29:30 hunting down information I'm not being paid to find. There's also a boost to general morale. It drives me nuts when I can't find a piece of information I need to do my job."
Since Design Commission is a professional services firm, Conrad knew that time was literally money. He resolved to find a collaboration solution that would help his firm manage its growth.
Conrad looked at a lot of different options before choosing PBwiki. "We've been looking at collaboration options since we started the company," said Conrad. "There's no shortage of potential approaches to the problem."
One key decision Design Commission made up front was to opt for an on-demand collaboration solution.
While the rise of free, open-source solutions makes it tempting to build one's own collaboration tools (There's no cost! We can tailor it to our needs!), on-demand or "Software as a Service" (SaaS) solutions are the better choice for the majority of users and uses.
Even the most comprehensive and powerful collaboration tool will generate zero productivity gains if it isn't used. Focusing on functionality first is putting the cart before the horse. Better to emphasize ease of adoption and use.
Low barriers to entry will help encourage users to experiment with collaboration tools and ease of use encourages them to keep exploring new uses for those tools. This incremental approach allows organizations to adopt technology informally and from the bottom up, rather than requiring a major top-down effort to re-engineer the enterprise. That's as true for a 6-person organization as a 60,000 person organization.
Introducing a new software package into the datacenter generally rules out the informal, bottom-up approach. Instead, it is necessary to trigger your organization's standard procurement and review process. Rather than being up and running in a matter of minutes, it may take weeks or even months to obtain the necessary approvals and resources from corporate IT (assuming that the request is approved in the first place). By the time the rollout is done, the original reason for introducing the tool might have disappeared.
Peter Williams, the CEO of Deloitte Digital found this out when he requested help the IT group to roll out a knowledge management solution for collaborating on new business plans. His IT group finally responded 18 months later. By that time, Williams had already brought in an on-demand solution from PBwiki, and had successfully used to generate real business benefits.
This example illustrates one of the key strengths of Software-as-a-Service: An organization can start using a hosted solution immediately, without waiting for its IT department.
Naturally, it is important to consider the needs and requirements of IT in the long run. While line of business managers can focus solely on business benefits, IT managers need to consider the overall safety, security, and maintainability of the organization's technology infrastructure.
Even in this case, however, the standard arguments for hosting in-house—security and reliability—have been addressed by on-demand vendors like PBwiki. Hosted wikis provide high-grade encryption, redundant data replication, and full access controls. Additionally, because on-demand vendors focus solely on wiki hosting, rather than treating it as a single project within the IT portfolio, they generally deliver better performance and reliability. PBwiki delivers "five nines" uptime to its millions of users.
In the case of Design Commission, as boutique design firm without a formal IT group, the decision was even simpler: Avoid the hassles of hosting by only considering on-demand solutions. Based on this criteria, Design Commission evaluated three main solutions: 37Signals' Basecamp, Google Sites, and PBwiki.
Design Commission had already used 37Signals' Basecamp to manage client-related projects, but that tool lacked the necessary comprehensiveness and permanence:
"We manage client-related projects using Basecamp. Not because we like it; a lot of us really dislike it, but because it was the best option available at the time. The problem with Basecamp is that it doesn't let you tie everything together; there's no way to see all your different projects at once. Also, it's temporal; there's a begin date and an end date. PBwiki lets us organize information for use in perpetuity."
Conrad liked PBwiki's flexibility and openness, citing its open APIs and widget support as evidence that PBwiki gives its users the opportunity to build on top of the base platform.
"PBwiki seemed to be making efforts towards information convergence," Conrad said. "In a closed environment like Basecamp, there's not much flexibility. Because PBwiki offers exposures to APIs and widgets, that shows me that there's an opportunity to do new things."
Conrad also looked at Google Sites as a potential solution. Design Commission was already a Google customer, managing its email using Google Apps. But when Conrad reviewed the Google Sites product, he concluded it wasn't going to meet his needs.
"When Google first announced Google Sites, we started tinkering with it, but quickly found it to be a disappointing experience," said Conrad. "It didn't do a good job of getting me into a mode where I could create useful pages. There's nothing cohesive about the experience. I don't even know the URL. I had to log into my Google account and hunt around for the link. With PBwiki, we know exactly where to go, and there's a place that's got all the content I'm looking for."
In addition, Design Commission had already had a good experience with PBwiki, thanks to one of its projects with Vulcan Labs. That recommendation helped make going with PBwiki an easy decision.
After choosing PBwiki, Design Commission moved quickly to make PBwiki an integral part of the team's workflow. Now the team members all use PBwiki on a daily basis. Among its uses:
- Recording the notes from the company's internal meetings
- Recording the notes from the company's partner and client meetings
- Organizing and recording the company's staff meetings
- Providing a central repository of login information for software and Web-based tools
- Storing contact information, both for staff and for key vendors and partners
- Planning and managing company projects and events
"We have a company retreat coming up in a couple of weeks, and we're storing all the information about the retreat on PBwiki," said Conrad. "Everything from logistics--directions and who's cooking what--to planning out our meeting agenda. That's temporal, but some of that information needs to live on, and PBwiki lets us do that."
And while Design Commission specializes in telling stories through design, they made the decision to use PBwiki based on cold, hard ROI. "We figure that we save on the order of an hour per week for each of our six team members, and we hope it will be more than that in the long run."
"Conservatively, we're improving productivity at least $2,000 per month," said Conrad.
|Alice McLane 07/07/08 05:16:25 AM EDT
Email is still the most popular project collaboration tool - this is right. But its many draw backs are not the reason to give up on your favouite communication medium. As, you have noticed in your article, SaaS are offering more and more options for collaboration, one of them is project management software integrated with email. Our idea is to build projects by simply emailing your tasks to the system.
Focused on this fast-growing market's needs, Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (Nasdaq: VTSS), a leading provider of IC solutions to advance "Ethernet Everywhere" in Carrier, Enterprise and Internet of Things (IoT) networks, introduced its IStaX™ software (VSC6815SDK), a robust protocol stack to simplify deployment and management of Industrial-IoT network applications such as Industrial Ethernet switching, surveillance, video distribution, LCD signage, intelligent sensors, and metering equipment. Leveraging technologies proven in the Carrier and Enterprise markets, IStaX is designed to work ac...
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ARMONK, N.Y., Nov. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that it is bringing a greater level of control, security and flexibility to cloud-based application development and delivery with a single-tenant version of Bluemix, IBM's platform-as-a-service. The new platform enables developers to build ap...
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"There is a natural synchronization between the business models, the IoT is there to support ," explained Brendan O'Brien, Co-founder and Chief Architect of Aria Systems, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at the 15th International Cloud Expo®, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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C-Labs LLC, a leading provider of remote and mobile access for the Internet of Things (IoT), announced the appointment of John Traynor to the position of chief operating officer. Previously a strategic advisor to the firm, Mr. Traynor will now oversee sales, marketing, finance, and operations. Mr. Traynor is based out of the C-Labs office in Redmond, Washington. He reports to Chris Muench, Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Traynor brings valuable business leadership and technology industry expertise to C-Labs. With over 30 years' experience in the high-tech sector, John Traynor has held numerous...
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Bit6 today issued a challenge to the technology community implementing Web Real Time Communication (WebRTC). To leap beyond WebRTC's significant limitations and fully leverage its underlying value to accelerate innovation, application developers need to consider the entire communications ecosystem.
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The 3rd International @ThingsExpo, co-located with the 16th International Cloud Expo - to be held June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY - announces that it is now accepting Keynote Proposals. The Internet of Things (IoT) is the most profound change in personal and enterprise IT since the creation of the Worldwide Web more than 20 years ago. All major researchers estimate there will be tens of billions devices - computers, smartphones, tablets, and sensors - connected to the Internet by 2020. This number will continue to grow at a rapid pace for the next several decades.
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The Internet of Things is not new. Historically, smart businesses have used its basic concept of leveraging data to drive better decision making and have capitalized on those insights to realize additional revenue opportunities. So, what has changed to make the Internet of Things one of the hottest topics in tech? In his session at @ThingsExpo, Chris Gray, Director, Embedded and Internet of Things, discussed the underlying factors that are driving the economics of intelligent systems. Discover how hardware commoditization, the ubiquitous nature of connectivity, and the emergence of Big Data a...
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Almost everyone sees the potential of Internet of Things but how can businesses truly unlock that potential. The key will be in the ability to discover business insight in the midst of an ocean of Big Data generated from billions of embedded devices via Systems of Discover. Businesses will also need to ensure that they can sustain that insight by leveraging the cloud for global reach, scale and elasticity.
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Windstream, a leading provider of advanced network and cloud communications, has been named "Silver Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9–11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York, NY. Windstream (Nasdaq: WIN), a FORTUNE 500 and S&P 500 company, is a leading provider of advanced network communications, including cloud computing and managed services, to businesses nationwide. The company also offers broadband, phone and digital TV services to consumers primarily in rural areas.
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SYS-CON Events announced today that IDenticard will exhibit at SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. IDenticard™ is the security division of Brady Corp (NYSE: BRC), a $1.5 billion manufacturer of identification products. We have small-company values with the strength and stability of a major corporation. IDenticard offers local sales, support and service to our customers across the United States and Canada. Our partner network encompasses some 300 of the world's leading systems integrators and security s...
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IoT is still a vague buzzword for many people. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Mike Kavis, Vice President & Principal Cloud Architect at Cloud Technology Partners, discussed the business value of IoT that goes far beyond the general public's perception that IoT is all about wearables and home consumer services. He also discussed how IoT is perceived by investors and how venture capitalist access this space. Other topics discussed were barriers to success, what is new, what is old, and what the future may hold. Mike Kavis is Vice President & Principal Cloud Architect at Cloud Technology Pa...
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Smart devices that use wireless technology to exchange information with each other and with their human owners: this is the Internet of Things (IoT). This incredible level of connectivity is already transforming how we exercise, treat diseases, park our cars and access business documents. Research firm IDC projects that the IoT world of connected devices will grow to 200 billion objects by 2020. As more businesses, entrepreneurs and government entities embrace the IoT, more data will be generated daily than the already mind-boggling 2.5 quintillion bytes of data per day. However, even curren...
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The Industrial Revolution in the 18th to 19th centuries was a period during which predominantly rural societies in Europe and America became industrial and urban. Advances in steam technology, transportation, mass production and the telegraph collectively transformed industry and society. Today, the Internet of Things (IoT) has the potential to once again transform industry and society just as the Industrial Revolution did. Analyst firm IDC forecasts that the IoT market will grow to $8.9 trillion by 2020 with anywhere between 30 to 50 billion connected autonomous things, making the potential g...
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Cloud Expo 2014 TV commercials will feature @ThingsExpo, which was launched in June, 2014 at New York City's Javits Center as the largest 'Internet of Things' event in the world. The next @ThingsExpo will take place November 4-6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, in Santa Clara, California. Since its launch in 2008, Cloud Expo TV commercials have been aired and CNBC, Fox News Network, and Bloomberg TV. Please enjoy our 2014 commercial.
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From a software development perspective IoT is about programming "things," about connecting them with each other or integrating them with existing applications. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Yakov Fain, co-founder of Farata Systems and SuranceBay, will show you how small IoT-enabled devices from multiple manufacturers can be integrated into the workflow of an enterprise application. This is a practical demo of building a framework and components in HTML/Java/Mobile technologies to serve as a platform that can integrate new devices as they become available on the market.
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The 3rd International Internet of @ThingsExpo, co-located with the 16th International Cloud Expo - to be held June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY - announces that its Call for Papers is now open. The Internet of Things (IoT) is the biggest idea since the creation of the Worldwide Web more than 20 years ago.
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Located in booth #314, the Bsquare team will present DataV demos and discuss how DataV will help customers put their data to work to improve business outcomes. DataV is unlocking new initiatives across a wide landscape of customers in industries such as industrial manufacturing, transportation, retail and mobile. The solution is designed to complement a new project start or help to enrich an existing machine investment.
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The Physical Web incorporates beacons that can be put in any small retail store, for example, so that every store now has "an app" for its customers. In this Birds-of-a-Feather session at Internet of @ThingsExpo, Scott Jenson, Product Designer at Google, will discuss the Physical Web and how it is an open standard so any device can broadcast a URL wirelessly, so any phone/tablet/watch nearby can see, and rank those devices. When the user taps on one, they just go to that web page. It's really that simple. It's about thinking small, enabling micro-information (what is in my prescription bottle...
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BSQUARE is a global leader of embedded software solutions. We enable smart connected systems at the device level and beyond that millions use every day and provide actionable data solutions for the growing Internet of Things (IoT) market. We empower our world-class customers with our products, services and solutions to achieve innovation and success. For more information, visit www.bsquare.com.
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Whether you're a startup or a 100 year old enterprise, the Internet of Things offers a variety of new capabilities for your business. IoT style solutions can help you get closer your customers, launch new product lines and take over an industry. Some companies are dipping their toes in, but many have already taken the plunge, all while dramatic new capabilities continue to emerge. In his session at Internet of @ThingsExpo, Reid Carlberg, Senior Director, Developer Evangelism at salesforce.com, to discuss real-world use cases, patterns and opportunities you can harness today.
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9/11 note reaches family 10 years later
Category: Cultural Commentary Written by Jim Denison
They found trace amounts of blood on the note, which they were able to match through DNA testing to a Connecticut man named Randy Scott. He had worked at Euro Brokers in the South Tower, where United Airlines Flight 175 crashed at 9:03 AM. Just over a year ago, the Medical Examiner's office contacted Scott's wife, Denise. When she saw the note, she knew instantly that her husband had written it. It will be displayed at the September 11 Memorial, where the chief curator says it will be "one of the most powerful artifacts in the museum."
It's been 11 years since that horrific day. Like today, it was a Tuesday morning. Eleven years later, we're still at war with the ideology that inspired such tragedy. But most Americans still don't know why radical Muslims hate us.
Their reasons are twofold. First, they believe that the West has been attacking Islam since the Crusades, and especially with by supporting Israel. Since the Qur'an requires Muslims to defend Islam (2:190), they believe they are obligated to strike at us in return. Second, since our nation is a democracy where we elect our leaders and support our military, radical Muslims believe that we are all complicit in this perceived assault on Islam.
To the 19 terrorists, their actions were not an unprovoked attack on innocent Americans. Rather, they were a defense of Islam, striking at the heart of Western "crusader imperialism." To them the Twin Towers represent the financial; the Pentagon, the military; and the White House (apparently the intended target of United Flight 93), the political. They will continue attacking us until their version of Islam reigns supreme over the world.
Why did Satan inspire such a murderous ideology? My friend Tom Doyle, longtime missionary to the Middle East, explains that radical Islam is Satan's strategy to keep the gospel from Muslims. If we hate them or fear them, we will not take Christ to them. So today, on the 11th anniversary of that terrible Tuesday morning, let's turn the enemy's evil into good. Please take a moment, right now, to ask the Lord to bring a great spiritual awakening across the Muslim world. Pray for Christians in Muslim lands to be bold and powerful in their witness.
And pray for our nation to remember this terrible day by turning to the only One who is "our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble" (Psalm 46:1). A "refuge" helps only those who trust its protection. Have you made the Lord your refuge yet today?
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BY Christopher Mangum
December 09 2009 11:35 AM ET
A federal lawmaker in the Philippines introduced a bill on Monday to criminalize gay marriage.
Manila Rep. Bienvenido Abante Jr., a former pastor and advocate against pornography, claims that while same-sex marriage is not allowed in the country, legislation is needed to punish those who attempt to enter into such marriages.
The bill labels gay marriage "highly immoral, scandalous, and detestable," reports Filipino newspaper Business Insight Malaya.
Under the bill's provisions, same-sex couples who attempt to marry would face 15 years in prison and be fined 150,000 Philippine pesos (approximately $3,200.)
Similarly, individuals who misrepresent their sex to obtain a marriage license would face 12 years behind bars and a fine of 100,000 Philippine pesos.
Furthermore, any person who issues a marriage license to a gay couple or who performs a same-sex marriage would also be imprisoned for 10 years and face a fine of not more than 100,000 Philippine pesos. The bill requires the local civil registrar to determine the sex of applicants before issuing a license or conducting a ceremony.
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This morning, I was reading a news article on Apple (either Snow Leopard or FCC), and I came across a part that referred to an old book by Apple (IIRC), that had two parts, and the first part was just on UI design. I was trying to get a copy of that book, but it seems I lost the link to the article. Does this book ring a bell with anyone, and if so, what's the title? (This book was published before 2000, maybe even before 1990, so if anyone recalls this book, congrats!, you have a great memory).
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Apple Computer Inc. (1985). Chapter Two: The Macintosh User-Interface Guidelines. In Inside Macintosh: Volume I
Apple Computer Inc. (1991). Chapter Two: User Interface Guidelines. In Inside Macintosh: Volume IV
I'm not 100% sure this is what you are looking for but this book was written by Jef Raskin who worked for Apple at the time:
I think you may be thinking of Bruce Tognazzini's Tog on Interface, written in 1992. This is a book by Apple's original designer. The first half of the whole book is indeed on interface design. (And even if it isn't the one you were looking for I found it to be a very interesting read.)


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Nevada Republicans Caucus for Presidential Pick
Posted: 02/04/2012 - GOP caucuses began as early as 7 a.m. in the state capital of Carson City, with a "vote and go" option for shift workers and others unable to attend the regular caucus meeting.
Posted: 02/04/2012 - GOP caucuses began as early as 7 a.m. in the state capital of Carson City, with a "vote and go" option for shift workers and others unable to attend the regular caucus meeting.
Updated: 02/04/2012 - Reno Police Department officers arrived at the area of Boynton Lane and Weeping Willow Ct. around 3:40 a.m. after receiving reports of two subjects breaking into parked cars and stealing electronics.
Updated: 02/04/2012 - The annual Brew HaHa at the Nugget featured three dozen breweries, 1500 people,. live entertainment and cold beer for a good cause Friday night.
Updated: 02/04/2012 - The Susan G Komen Foundation understands too well what a difference a day can make. Just 24 hours after adamantly standing by her plan to pull funding from Planned Parenthoods Breast Health Programs, founder Nancy Brinker reversed her decision.
Posted: 02/04/2012 - Super Bowl weekend is, well, the Super Bowl of sports betting here in Reno. Local casinos expect most people to place their bets on Sunday, but of course some people are already putting their money down now.
Posted: 02/04/2012 - Victims of the Washoe Drive Fire can now apply to get low-interest loans from the federal government. The Small Business Administration just opened its assistance center in Reno.
Updated: 02/04/2012 - The state with the highest unemployment and foreclosure rate, Nevada is recovering more slowly than the rest of the country. That could influence the results of Saturday's GOP caucuses.
Posted: 02/03/2012 - In preparation for Saturday's caucus, the Republican presidential hopefuls made their rounds throughout the Silver State this week, each making a stop in Reno.
Posted: 02/03/2012 - The City of Reno is accepting applications for Public Safety Dispatcher in Emergency Communications (ECOMM). The closing date for accepting applications is Friday, February 24, 2012 at 5:00 p.m.
Posted: 02/03/2012 - The Washoe County Board of Adjustment has approved plans by Mount Rose Ski Tahoe to upgrade the resort southwest of Reno with a mountaintop restaurant, faster chairlifts and a second snowmaking pond.
Posted: 02/03/2012 - Reno firefighters arrived at the home in the 300 block of Sugar Hill Dr. just after 4:00 a.m. to find heavy smoke and fire in the front rooms of the house.
Posted: 02/03/2012 - Steps have been taken to prevent clerks at the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles from issuing fraudulent driver's licenses following last year's arrest of a worker in Las Vegas, the agency's director said.
Posted: 02/03/2012 - A dry weekend with wet weather possible next week.
Posted: 02/03/2012 - Deonte Burton hit a three-point shot with 11 seconds to go to give Nevada a 53-52 win over Utah State on Thursday night. The win ties a school record with 16 in a row.
Updated: 02/06/2012 - Catching an updraft and riding it as far as it will take you is an exhilarating feeling that draws glider pilots from all over the world to Northern Nevada.
Posted: 02/03/2012 - Four Reno immigration fraud suspects pleaded guilty on Jan. 31 for their participation in a Reno-area immigration assistance scam, announced Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto.
Posted: 02/03/2012 - Mitt Romney says he misspoke when he said he was not very concerned about poor people.
Posted: 02/03/2012 - The Susan G Komen Foundation is known nationwide for its work on breast cancer awareness. But for the last couple of days, Komen has garnered unwanted attention for deciding to drop Planned Parenthood as one of its fundraising recipients.
Updated: 02/02/2012 - The latest edition to Legends celebrates its grand opening to the public.
Posted: 02/02/2012 - I say Groundhog day Shmoundhog day! That over sized rat couldn't forecast his way out of a wet paper bag.
Updated: 02/02/2012 - Local students and professional artists showed off the work that decorates the new Renown Children's Hospital patient floor Wednesday night. The state-of-the-art facility is set to open next week.
Posted: 02/02/2012 - It's been a very dry winter, but we're getting a better idea of just how much snow we have in the mountains. That's important because the snow melt makes up most of our water supply in the Truckee Meadows. On Wednesday, scientists with the Natural Resources Conservation Service went up to the summit of Mt. Rose to survey the snow.
Updated: 02/04/2012 - It's finally here, Nevada's brief turn in the political spotlight. Here's what to expect if attending Saturday's GOP caucus.
Posted: 02/01/2012 - Stroke and heart disease claim more women's lives each year than the next five causes of death combined. That's the reason each year for "National Wear Red Day. The campaign hopes to bring awareness to a real lady killer.
Posted: 02/02/2012 - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is asking Nevada Republicans for support in Saturday's caucus, depicting himself as a true conservative. Gingrich spoke to a crowd at the Great Basin Brewery in Reno on Wednesday.


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Henry's Spark, a Kick-scooter for Snow
February 05, 2004
So I made time the other day to whip together a Xmas present for the kiddies. A Norwegian "spark" or kickscooter for use on snow and ice. I've seen quite a few drawings of them in things like the "Boy's Handy Book." And thanks to Dave Dermott on the XC ski Usenet newsgroup, I've discovered that there's a whole world of sparks out there, including modern hightech wheeled varieties that are even used in racing. Sparking is done quite a bit over in Scandiland, even for things like grocery-shopping. It's easy to build a chair or basket arrangement into a spark. They are perhaps most commonly used with long metal runners on ice. There's even quite a bit of racing done along these lines, with world records and such---I think they go about 20mph with them. They wear lycra suits, use sport shoes with ice cleats, the works.
Well, I didn't have much time and less money, so I thought I'd just build my own simple starter spark for the kids.
I thought it would be particularly appropriate because our kids are age 6 and 3 and neither are bigtime sports and agility buffs. They are energetic and persistent, however. They like XC skiing OK, and sledding better. I figured a spark was like XC skis except the skis can't go astray. And you don't need poles. The main thing is to help the kids get GLIDE, was what I figured. We don't have hills around here really. One sled hill down the road. But glide is really the goal. So if you can get nice glide even on the flats, I think a kid is happy. Especially a mild child like ours. I have a hunch that sparking around the yard might go over well. So I built a spark.
We tested the final version this morning: total success. I waxed the skis and Henry gave it a whirl on our flat driveway: and he got GREAT long glide with every kick. Which put a big smile on his face. We tried it yesterday with the no-wax steps still in the base and without wax. It went a lot slower. They still loved it but I knew things would get better. I sanded off the no-wax portion of the base and waxed up: the spark flew!
Anyway, back to the start: to make our spark, I just found an unused pair of touring junior skis and got a nice long seasoned sapling I had laying around and cut it up into appropriate lengths and angles with my Japanese pull saw (which didn't really like cutting this wood for some reason). Then I screwed it all together with drywall screws. Did it by eye and T&E. Took a few hours, mostly in the guessing of the various angles. Wasn't too hard, though. It seems robust, yet not overbuilt. We gooped strips of coarse sandpaper down for boot traction, who knows if it'll work, so far so good. The skis are set apart about 11"--they still fit into normal XC tracks. I think that adult sparks are 14" wide and, gosh, might require different tracksetting for snow-use. (Bummer.) I think it's still a little tall for Henry. In the pics of the modern sparks, people rather lean over the handles to get a good kick. I guess I'm thinking he can use it next year this way, but, sheesh, they're so easy to build why not just make more. So far it seems like a straight-going rig, but so simple that you just scootch it a bit to handle any turns. I suppose ideally there'd be a way to have the handlebars torque the ski-tips. ?? I searched online for how-to info: and found none! (One dead link. So here's a new live link!)
I'd like to make another with a chair/basket arrangement up front. I have an unused pair of old 215s around here that could support me kicking and a kid sitting up front. Could be fun!
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Demand cools for Hawks outdoor tix
Ticket demand on the secondary market for the NHL Stadium Series outdoor game between the Chicago Blackhawks and Pittsburgh Penguins at Soldier Field has slowed this week because of the potential of a minus-8 wind chill Saturday, according to local ticket brokers.
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Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville joins "Carmen & Jurko" to discuss NHL players in the Olympics, playing at Soldier Field on Saturday and more.
Being the first NHL game held at Soldier Field, and with the Blackhawks' success of two Stanley Cups in the past four seasons, public tickets sold out within 24 hours in December. Chicago ticket brokers said the secondary market remained highly active for the game until about two weeks ago, when 10-day forecasts became available and included the possibility of sub-zero temperatures and snow for the 7 p.m. game.
The nighttime temperature for Saturday is expected to be 8 degrees with the wind chill making it feel like minus-8, according to ABC7 in Chicago. There is also a chance of snow in the late afternoon. The average temperature for March 1 in Chicago is a high of 42 degrees and a low of 28, according to weather.com.
"[Demand] was strong for a long time leading up to the last month or so," said Dan Murphy, who works in the purchasing department at Gold Coast Tickets in Chicago. "I would say the last two weeks, just when people were able to access the 10-day forecasts, they've kind of maybe thought I don't want to go out there. We probably have as many sellers as buyers."
Dmitry Murokh, who owns StubStop in Chicago, has had a similar experience.
"It's just a lot slower," Murokh said. "Prices have fallen. Tickets have dropped 30 or 40 percent. A lot of tickets are selling for less than face value. It's an outdoor event. There's a lot of snow. It's cold out. I can tell you I was going to go, but being 20 degrees and maybe four inches of snow, I'm not going to go."
All three ticket brokers contacted said they have stopped purchasing tickets from the public. One Blackhawks season ticket holder, who asked to remain anonymous, said he looked into selling his tickets but decided against it after seeing how many were already on the market.
Tickets at face value range from $99 for the 100 level to $325 for club seating. Brokers said the price and interest in club seats have remained constant because spectators can find refuge indoors from the weather.
Unlike the other ticket brokers, Anthony Manning, a manager at Ticket Chest in Chicago, said ticket demand has been solid in recent days.
"I think sales have been pretty strong all along," he said." The only thing is this week there have been a few more people selling. I think [the weather's] affected it a bit. It's not like no one is going. I'm sure there are other people who want to brave the elements. We had some sales today."
All three ticket brokers agreed that the market for this game is nothing like when the Blackhawks played the Detroit Red Wings at Wrigley Field on Jan. 1, 2009.
"That was a way larger event, way more exciting," Murphy said. "I think part of it is you're combining Wrigley and you're bringing in all the bars and being a national holiday on Jan. 1. That was more of a holiday atmosphere. There was a bigger lure to it. It was a way bigger buzz. It was the Red Wings. That one was a way bigger scale and bigger retail."
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FDA Action Date for Next GIlead (Nasdaq:GILD-Free Report)HCV Drug: Gilead could well have its next hepatitis C virus (HCV) drug approved later this year -- the company, which had filed for FDA approval of its once-daily fixed-dose HCV cocktail treatment -- ledipasvir (NS5A inhibitor) plus Sovaldi (nucleotide analog polymerase inhibitor) – said that the combination has been accept for review.
The FDA will decide on the approval status of this cocktail treatment by Oct 10. Approval would make this combination the first oral treatment for HCV patients with genotype 1 infection to be available in the U.S. The important thing is that patients would not need to take interferon or ribavirin (RBV), which are usually associated with greater side effects.
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