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- Publication date: 9 December 2012
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"How Music Works" is David Byrne's remarkable and buoyant celebration of a subject he has spent a lifetime thinking about. In it he explores how profoundly music is shaped by its time and place, and he explains how the advent of recording technology in the twentieth century forever changed our relationship to playing, performing, and listening to music. Acting as historian and anthropologist, raconteur and social scientist, he searches for patterns--and shows how those patterns have affected his own work over the years with Talking Heads and his many collaborators, from Brian Eno to Caetano Veloso. Byrne sees music as part of a larger, almost Darwinian pattern of adaptations and responses to its cultural and physical context. His range is panoptic, taking us from Wagnerian opera houses to African villages, from his earliest high school reel-to-reel recordings to his latest work in a home music studio (and all the big studios in between). Touching on the joy, the physics, and even the business of making music, "How Music Works" is a brainy, irresistible adventure and an impassioned argument about music's liberating, life-affirming power.
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David Byrne is a Scottish-born Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and cofounder of Talking Heads. He has been the recipient of many awards, including an Oscar and a Golden Globe. The author of "Bicycle Diaries" and "The New Sins," Byrne lives in New York City.
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"From the former Talking Heads frontman, a supremely intelligent, superbly written dissection of music as an art form and way of life...Byrne touches on all kinds of music from all ages and every part of the world... Highly recommended--anyone at all interested in music will learn a lot from this book."--"Kirkus" (Starred Review) "In this fascinating meditation, Talking Heads frontman Byrne ("Bicycle Diaries") explores how social and practical context, more than individual authorship, shaped music making in history and his own career... his chapters on Heads recording sessions are some of the most insightful accounts of musical creativity yet penned. The result is a surprising challenge to the romantic cliche of musical genius... Byrne's erudite and entertaining prose reveals him to be a true musical intellectual, with serious and revealing things to say about his art."--"Publishers Weekly" (Starred Review) "David Byrne is a brilliantly original, eccentric rock star, and he has written a book to match his protean talents ... What's best about [it] is that Byrne concentrates on his own experience, from a teenage geek splicing layers of guitar feedback on his father's tape recorder (he had a mild self-diagnosed case of Asper-ger's syndrome, he writes) to arty if neo-primitive rock star with the early Talking Heads at CBGB to increasingly sophisticated, globe-wandering art-rocker, happily collaborating with all manner of world musicians and pop-technological innovators."--John Rockwell, "The New York Times Book Review" "Endlessly fascinating, insightful, and intelligent."--June Sawyers, "Booklist" (Starred Review) "[How Music Works is] the book [Byrne] was born to write. I could make a good case for calling this "How Art Works" or even "How Everything Works.""--Cory Doctorow, "Boing Boing" "Byrne explores a whole symphony of argument in this extraordinary book with the precise, technical enthusiasm you'd expect from the pa


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Hi All,
I found a couple of similar posts on here but none that helped. Hopefully someone can give my tired brain a hand!
Summary: Exchange 2003 server. Previously working until issues which occured yesterday (with no apparent cause... no one using the server, no patches / updates applied, event log clear etc).
Exchange was set with an SMTP Virtual Server and an SMTP Connector pointing to the schools external SMTP feed (Smart Host SMTP with RM/SWGfL).
No major configuration changes for x-amount of months, worked perfectly!
Issue: SMTP became corrupt. Worked through MS KB Article 938673 which looked like a perfect fit.
The hotfix cured the event log errors but eventually led to me having to uninstall SMTP via control panel and re-install, which in turn eventuall led me to having to reinstall exchange and service packs (as in disk in and reinstall over the top to fix errors etc).
Current state of play is that I can't send or receive email at all.
I'm getting MTA and x.400 event log errors (9318 and 290) cycling through the event log, yet I can't find anything obvious wrong with the installation.
290: A non-delivery report (reason code unable-to-transfer and diagnostic code unrecognised-OR-name) is being generated for message C=us;A= ;P=My School;L=MSEX010911041721140715. It was originally destined for C=us;A= ;P=MySchool;O=Exchange;DDA:SMTP=me(a)myschool.la.s ch.uk; (recipient number 1), and was to be redirected to . [MTA DISP:RESULT 16 136] (12)
I've tried creating new SMTP Virtual Server and Connectors with no joy. The Exchange BA and Troobleshooter don't kick up anything that looks immediately related.Quote:
9318: An RPC communications error occurred. Unable to bind over RPC. Locality Table (LTAB) index: 6, Windows 2000/MTA error code: 1722. Comms error 1722, Bind error 0, Remote Server Name MS2K04 [MAIN BASE 1 500 %10] (14)
There are decent backups available to start a proper disaster recovery / full server reinstall, but it's frustrating - I don't want to reinstall a whole server just for what looks like a transport issue?
Does anyone have any ideas?

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Where do senior uniformed leaders draw the line between acknowledging the primacy of civilian leadership to make policy, and maintaining enough distance from the politics to retain their independence of the politics and the politicians?
Is there a point where someone can pass from being a "good soldier" to simply becoming a useful tool of ambitious politicians.
Our guest this Sunday to discuss this and more will be J.D. Gordon, CDR USN (Ret.) We will be using his latest article, "Obama's top military advisers: 'Useful idiots' or good military officers?" as a starting off point before broadening the discussion.
J. D. Gordon was a career Navy public affairs officer with 20 years of active duty service, and is the former Defense Department spokesman for the Western Hemisphere in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, serving under both Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Secretary Robert Gates from 2005 to 2009.
Gordon also served as the Vice President, Communications and Chief Foreign Policy and National Security Adviser to former Republican Presidential Candidate Herman Cain's 2012 campaign. During the 2010 Congressional campaign cycle, Gordon arranged speaking events for former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
Recently, Gordon has also been a Senior Fellow and Communications Adviser to numerous think tanks and foundations, including Atlas Economic Research Foundation, Center for a Secure Free Society, Americas Forum, Atlantic Bridge, Center for Security Policy, Let Freedom Ring and the Liberty and; Freedom Foundation.
Gordon, a columnist to Fox News and The Washington Times since 2010, has regularly appeared as a national security and foreign policy commentator in television and radio outlets in English and Spanish languages.
Please join us live or pick the show up for later listening by clicking here. Or pick the show up later from our iTunes link here.
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The Lost Intellectual Capital of a STEM Dominated Navy
By CDRSalamander
We like to benchmark successful civilian enterprises, and we like to emphasize that the best training is a technical training. Are those things in conflict?
The STEM bias towards officer education is long documented, defended, and argued – but on balance the pro-STEM argument holds the high ground in our Navy. Good people can argue both sides, but it is clear that the Mahanian ideal of the intellectual training of an officer has been out of favor for a very long time.
Is this technical bias simply a habit born or archaic assumptions towards intellectual development as out of touch with the needs of the 21st Century as Mad Men is toward gender roles in the workplace? Are the greatest challenges in our wardrooms, staffs, and intellectual debates 85% technical in nature? Are the challenges our nation and our military are facing that threaten our national security best addressed by people who made it through thermodynamics and mumble DiffyQ in their sleep?
Why would some of the most successful technical civilian organizations value a liberal arts education? Those with an extreme pro-STEM bias (CNO, I'm blogg'n to you) should take some times to digest what Elizabeth Segran over at FastCompany recently wrote on the topic,
So how exactly do the humanities translate into positive results for tech companies? Steve Yi, CEO of web advertising platform MediaAlpha, says that the liberal arts train students to thrive in subjectivity and ambiguity, a necessary skill in the tech world where few things are black and white. "In the dynamic environment of the technology sector, there is not typically one right answer when you make decisions," he says. "There are just different shades of how correct you might be," he says.
Yi says his interdisciplinary degree in East Asian Studies at Harvard taught him to see every issue from multiple perspectives: in college, he studied Asian literature in one class, then Asian politics or economics in the next. "It's awfully similar to viewing our organization and our marketplace from different points of view, quickly shifting gears from sales to technology to marketing," he says. "I need to synthesize these perspectives to decide where we need to go as a company."
Danielle Sheer, a vice president at Carbonite, a cloud backup service, feels similarly. She studied existential philosophy at George Washington University, which sets her apart from her technically trained colleagues. She tells me that her academic background gives her an edge at a company where employees are trained to assume there is always a correct solution. "I don't believe there is one answer for anything," she tells me. "That makes me a very unusual member of the team. I always consider a plethora of different options and outcomes in every situation."
Look again at what the critical thinking skills a well rounded education gave Yi and Sheer, and ask yourself – are these skills we value and need?
If so, why do we actively discourage them?
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Yes, we are time shifting for this coming episode of Midrats to 6:30pm on Sunday, 26 October for a 90 minute adventure in national security and spin-off topics as we offer up Episode 251: DEF2014 wrapup and the budding question of veteran entitlement:
A special time and format this week with two different topics and guests.
Moving for just this week to a 6:30pm Eastern start time, our guest for the first 30-minutes will be Lieutenant Ben Kohlmann, USN – Founder of Disruptive Thinkers, F/A-18 pilot, member of the CNO's Rapid Innovation Cell, and Co-Founder Defense Entrepreneurs Forum. He will be on to give us an overview of DEF2014 that ends this weekend.
For the following hour our, guest will be Major Carl "Skin" Forsling, USMC. He will be on to discuss some of the broader issues he raises in his article earlier this month, Unpacking The Veteran Entitlement Spectrum, and perhaps some more as well.
Skin is a Marine MV-22B pilot and former CH-46E pilot. He has deployed with and been an instructor in both platforms. He has also served as a military advisor to an Afghan Border Police battalion. He is currently Executive Officer at Marine Medium Tiltrotor Training Squadron 204, training Osprey pilots and aircrew for the Marine Corps and Air Force. He earned his batchelor's degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and his master's from Boston University. His writing has appeared in the Marine Corps Gazette, USNI Proceedings, Small Wars Journal, and Approach, among others (available at carlforsling.tumblr.com). Follow him on Twitter @carlforsling.
Join us live at 6:30pm or pick the show up later by clicking here. You can also pick the show up later from iTunes here.
No Boots on the Ground, No Victory
By Taylor Holbrook
The phrase "no boots on the ground" has become a constant refrain when this country contemplates the use of military force. This phrase relies on the myth that air power alone can resolve a crisis. As a policy it sees boots only as people vulnerable to victimization by the enemy. However, the boots are actually grunts, people who dedicate their lives to defeating our enemies and are not afraid to get their hands dirty in the process. Militarily they increase the effectiveness of airstrikes and bring capabilities to the fight that aircraft do not possess.
Grunts possess not only boots but also optic, audio, and olfactory sensors. These sensors gather information which the grunt's brain housing group develops into an awareness of the situation. While remote electronic sensors such as drones and satellites can be substituted to a degree, the grunt provides a more complete picture. This allows for quicker and more accurate target identification for aircraft.
Recent history shows the problems from a failure to deploy grunts. In Kosovo, NATO attacks were wasted on decoys, the Chinese Embassy was mistakenly bombed, all while civilians continued to suffer below. In Operation Desert Storm, Saddam Hussein continued to launch SCUD missiles from mobile launchers in Western Iraq until Special Forces grunts were deployed. In Pakistan, mistaken attacks by drones on civilians undermine our efforts in the Global War on Terror.
Grunts also possess a unique capability that aircraft do not. While aircraft can influence events on the ground, grunts control them. Aircraft fly over the battlefield. After the initial shock subsides, the enemy adapts their tactics and becomes acclimatized to the bombing. (Despite years of strategic bombing by the U.S. and Britain, German production continued to increase throughout World War II.) In contrast, a grunt occupies the ground they stand on and the enemy must first push our grunts off the ground before they can act as they wish. Massacring civilians is not as easy when you must first defeat the grunts protecting them.
Like in Kosovo, after Desert Storm the U.S. attempted an air only approach to protect Iraqis who revolted against Saddam Hussein by imposing a no-fly zone over portions of Iraq. Those revolts were brutally suppressed. In the 1980's, French air attacks stalemated Libyan advances into Chad but never defeated them. Finally, after a decade of fighting, the Chadian ground forces assimilated the surface-to-air and anti-tank guided missiles provided to them into their natural fighting style and decisively drove out the Libyans within a year.
By attacking with both air and ground forces you impose a dilemma on the enemy. If they concentrate to engage your ground forces, your air attacks become more effective. If they disperse their forces to minimize the effects of your air attacks, they become vulnerable to your ground forces. With boots on the ground supported by air attacks you inflict a defeat on your enemy, without them you can only hope he gives up.
Above all a no boots on the ground policy is a moral failure. Defeating an enemy requires convincing them that they cannot obtain victory. Accepting the risk of deploying ground troops demonstrates your resolve to seek victory. In contrast, attacking from the air and setting deadlines for withdraw indicates that you are more interested in reducing your risk and leaving as quick as possible. Showing this kind of weakness emboldens your enemy, not only by lifting their morale, but also because you tell them exactly what they have to do to win. The Greatest Generation did not ask for a no boots on the ground policy after seeing the pictures from the Tarawa beaches of the carnage of battle. They won World War II with a policy of "for the duration". If we are committed to acting militarily, we should state clearly the goal we intend to accomplish, obtain Congress's authorization for military action, and deploy the forces, including some form of ground component, necessary to accomplish our goal.
Join Us for the Midrats' 250th! 19 October 14 at 5pm (EDT)
By Mark Tempest
Believe it or not, this week is our 250th Episode of Midrats.
In celebration, we're clearing the intellectual table, going to open the mic and see where it takes us.
From Kobane, to Coastal Defense, to Ebola and everything in between and sideways that's been in the national security news as of late, plus whatever else breaks above the ambient noise – we'll be covering it.
As with all Midrats Free For Alls, we are also opening the phone lines for our regular listeners who want to throw a topic our way.
Come join us Sunday as we try to figure out how we got to 250.
Join us live (and join in) or pick the show up later to by clicking here. Don't forget that Midrats is back on iTunes, too, for later listening – which you can reach here.
Sea Control Podcast 56 – Forgotten Naval Strategists
By LT Matthew Hipple
Tiago Alexandre Fernandes Maurício, associate editor for our Forgotten Naval Strategists Week, joins us from Tokyo to discuss Fernando Oliveira and our other Forgotten Naval strategists – as well as how these strategists become "forgotten." There's a bit of Peloponnesian War thrown in too… just because.
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Building to Strength
By Anna Simons and LTC Joe McGraw
For the moment, the U.S. military can still apply overwhelmingly decisive force – whether we're talking lethal Special Operations teams or waves of bombers. At the same time, no one has our logistical reach for responding globally to natural disasters and other unforeseen catastrophes like Ebola.
We should build on these dual strengths. Indeed, the real shift that is needed in the defense budget and in national security debates isn't about who or what we have, but about what we deploy our forces to do. Forget trying to re-make the military to fight violent extremists the way violent extremists want us to fight them. Instead, we should re-build foreign policy to fit our military capabilities and re-tilt the playing field to advantage us.
How about "don't tread on me" married to "to each his own." Just consider: if the U.S. got out of the business of telling other people how to live their lives – which is what respecting others' sovereignty should mean – then the U.S. could demand of other governments the other quid pro quo sovereignty promises: namely, no one hailing from any other country should seek to cause us harm.
If foreign leaders were held accountable for the actions of their citizens, if they were made to understand that in exchange for the deference they receive as heads of state their duty is to guarantee security to their citizens and to us, they'd have to deliver better services. Otherwise, they risk an insurgency or worse. Meanwhile, let just one non-state actor harbored in another country attack the U.S. again, and here's what violating our sovereignty would mean: that government would have to root out our attackers or we would be obliged to consider it complicit, too.
In other words, if people elsewhere prefer to live under a Caliphate or under a leader like Vladimir Putin, so be it. If they don't want to, however, let them do the lion's share of the fighting. Let them organize. Let them demonstrate that they are capable of uniting under a more viable alternative – one that can govern effectively, deliver services equitably, and will be a steward of regional peace. Then, 'we the people' can decide: is this an entity we want to support, in which case the U.S. Senate can ratify a treaty that makes clear to everyone what our support consists of.
No doubt this will strike some readers as too unrealistic and far-fetched. Clearly, we wouldn't declare war on Russia over irredentism in its backyard. But, if not, why are we lending desultory support to Ukraine? Ditto for our positively schizophrenic treatment of Bashar al-Assad; we wanted him gone, encouraged the rebels, but refused to help them remove him, and now we need his help.
Imagine if we instead had a far clearer "don't tread on me, or else" foreign policy. And say we had applied such a policy in the wake of 9/11. Mullah Omar either would have turned over Usama bin Laden or Mullah Omar would no longer be alive. Afghans would have chosen their own next leader in their own way. We wouldn't still be in Afghanistan, still trying to cajole Afghans into a form of government and democracy that suits us.
One reason the U.S. should get out of the business of propping up regimes is that by doing so we prolong chaos and uncertainty. Cutting off the aid spigot is critical for two additional reasons. First, what too few Americans appreciate is the extent to which foreign aid projects don't just corrupt, but corrupt absolutely. After all, why should a foreign government have to provide for its own citizens if we are willing to do so for them?
Second, our serial experimentation hasn't really worked. The 'developing world' has been the developing world for decades. Have any of our taxpayer-funded aid projects really made a sufficiently significant dent?
Pilferable projects and cash feed the dysfunction we say we want to stop. Which isn't to say that we should halt efforts to offer education or training. Those are unstealable. Nor should we stop delivering assistance in the immediate aftermath of unforeseeable natural disasters.
Indeed, there are numerous reasons why the United States should strive to remain the globe's most robust First Responder. Not only is this what all good neighbors should do and what American citizens always seek to do anyway, but there is no surer way to show people elsewhere how well democracy and a free market economy can work, since without them we wouldn't be able to deliver the mountains of assistance we do.
Assisting during the triage phase of an earthquake, tsunami, or pandemic is one thing. But prolonged assistance or a lengthy intervention is something altogether different. We Americans are unbelievably generous as a people. And we are great logisticians. But we don't have what it takes to undo others' chronic problems. Also, despite what many might think, we are too egalitarian and too impatient to successfully make people over in our image since that takes an imperial ruthlessness we don't possess.
Our greatest strength? Directness – ideal for getting to the scene quickly to do immediate good, but also ideal for getting to the scene quickly to do immense damage. Reflect on our dual capabilities of relieving people from, or introducing people to, devastation, and we would save untold blood and treasure by re-calibrating our foreign policy to make the most prudent possible use of the Navy, Air Force, Army, and Marine Corps we have.
At the same time, reinvigorating sovereignty would liberate others to make much more of themselves, too. It would force those heads of state in the path of ISIL, Boko Haram, al Shabaab, or you-name-the-armed-group to live up to their obligations to their citizens. They (too) would have to make far better use of the resources they already have – or succumb.
Consider what else Washington would gain if it took the military's core strengths and made more (rather than less) of them. Members of the military would be able to concentrate on their comparative advantages, which come from being impatient, generous, capable, and direct. These are among the attributes that non-Americans used to admire in us – exactly the attributes that prolonged un-declared, fitful counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency campaigns squander.
Power projection, sea control, access, denial, and the ability to impose your will on the enemy from the sea – or depending on your perspective – prevent them.
If the comparative advantage of American military power includes the use of the world's oceans as a basing area from projecting power and national will, how can other nations design systems and tactics to trump that advantage? What are in place now, and what can we expect to see in the near future?
Our guest for the full hour will be Sam J. Tangredi, a defense strategist whose studies of future warfare prompted Defense Department officials to label him "the Navy's futurist." His thirty-year naval career included command at sea, service in key strategic planning positions in the Pentagon and overseas, earning a PhD in international relations, and research fellowships at two think tanks.
His over one hundred publications—which include four books–have won awards, including the U.S. Naval Institute's Arleigh Burke Prize and the U.S. Navy League's Alfred Thayer Mahan Award. He is currently the director of San Diego operations for the planning/consulting firm Strategic Insight.
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The Virtue of Being a Generalist, Part 3: Viper and the Pitfalls of 'Good Enough'
By Jon Paris
In both Part 1 and Part 2 of this series, I compared various naval counterparts – laying the groundwork for discussing what the U.S. Navy's Surface Warfare Officer community is getting right, and what areas could use improvement. It is easy to complain. Surface Warfare Officers are notorious for it. I am infamous for it, as my peers and superiors alike will attest. Combine our penchant for complaining and our ingrained inferiority complex and it is no wonder that so many SWOs think that everyone else is "doing it better." This time, though, it is not typical-SWO wanking: they aredoing it better, and we must pull our heads out of the sand and catch up. Royal Navy Warfare Officers, U.S. Naval Aviators and nuclear trained officers are specialists and are unmatched masters of their trade. They must train endlessly and they feverishly adhere to standards written in blood to remain at the top of their respective callings. They are role-models and could teach us a thing or two about being the best. As for Surface Warfare Officers – weare good, and that is the problem.
It appears that there is nothing wrong here. As a Surface Warfare Officer myself, I can get onboard with most of the above. There is a seedy underbelly to all of this, though. It thrives on a couple of points: that our greatness has not been tested by an opponent in decades, and that the perspective of greatness is naturally skewed from the top down. If not by desire, doctrine, or intent – then surely through practice – the Surface Warfare Officer community accepts mediocracy.Surface Warfare Officers – and the ships we drive, fight, and lead – guarantee the free flow of commerce across the world. We deliver critical readiness to the Geographic Combatant Commanders and we send a powerful message to both overt and would-be enemies. What we do, works. Our ships deploy and our navy projects unparalleled power around the globe. As an inherently expeditionary force, we ply the world's oceans, go where we please, and influence international events as a matter of course. We conduct prompt and sustained combat operations like no other nation can. Our ships are leaving port and returning safely, they complete the widest variety of operational tasking of any military community, our personnel are advancing, and finally, as one senior community leader put it to me, "We are pretty damn good… I would take our top 50% Department Heads and put them against the top 10% of PWO (RN, Principle Warfare Officers) or Snipes (engineers) and bet on our people."
Tom Skerritt's Viper stood in front of a room filled with the elite – "the best of the best," and told them deadpan: "we'll make you better." In this fictional portrayal, which is representative of the real-life attitudes found in the previously featured communities, good enough, wasn't. Surface Warfare Officers are undoubtedly the best in our business. Unfortunately, context matters, as the same can be said when a Major League club steps into a Little League park. We need to be better. We have ill-defined core-competencies, which leads us to becoming Jacks-of-all-Trades. Our habit of recoiling in horror at the thought of specialization causes us to become plug-and-play officers; ultimately figure-heads and placeholders with little value added to a respective sub-unit. Finally, we do not deliver professionals to the Fleet. One Surface Warfare Officer with multiple commands under his belt conceded, "We should be more deliberate. Success and mastery occur by happenstance." Another community leader said, "We have good tacticians, but that is mostly by personal choice, and a little bit about your ship's schedule and how interested your Commanding Officer was in tactics." This series is not about career advancement. It is about a profession. It is about war. It is about winning! Our nation does not deserve victory by happenstance. It deserves an ocean-roiling, awe-inspiring, burned-into-the-history-books slam of Thor's hammer upon our enemies. I do not think we are there yet.
Getting there is not simple. It is not as easy as adopting all of the policies and culture of the Royal Navy or Naval Aviators or nukes. Surface Warfare Officers should be the best because we train to be the best, not because we happen to be a part of the American Navy. We should be the best because we retain the best, not simply because our kit is better than everyone else's. Under some fantastic leaders, the community is getting the right idea. The introduction of the Basic Division Officer Course, the Advanced Division Officer Course, the Surface Navigator's Course, the Command Qualification Exam, and rigor added to the Department Head Course are all aimed at developing professionals. Weapons Tactics Instructors – previously a rice-bowl of the aviation community – will invigorate tactical awareness and proficiency throughout the Fleet. The SWO Clock concept – another idea poached from Naval Aviators – which gets "beached SWOs" back to the waterfront, shows a tilt towards valuing production in the upwardly-mobile. We are making good efforts to improve our community in an environment that naturally builds anti-bodies to culture change. That said, we are not doing enough; our profession, our competencies, our reputation, and our retention suffer due to this slow trod down the middle-of-the-channel. As is evidenced by both the Naval Aviation and nuclear communities, it really comes down to what a community accepts in, and for, itself. Do we continue to accept mediocracy, or do we stand up and say that "good enough" is not good enough?
One admiral opined, "I think it is good we SWOs have this institutional 'inferiority complex,' as it keeps us from getting complacent…like naval aviation did in Vietnam and later years." I am not nearly the first to question the level of professionalism in our force. In a 2009 Proceedings article, LT Mitch McGuffie discussed his shock at how much more professional Royal Navy Warfare Officers were than SWOs. This topic and topics like it pop up on Sailor Bob – the definitive forum for SWO discussion – all the time. We do have a questioning attitude and that does make us better. While I readily acknowledge that we are the best Surface Warriors on the block, I am not satisfied with a 10:1 or 50:1 advantage. Like Viper and his pals, and real-life naval professionals who recognize that "there are no points for second place," I am not satisfied with us being the best – I want us to be the best of the best.
To be the best of the best, we must deliver professionals to the Fleet at all levels. To measure one's professionalism, we must establish community-recognized core competencies. We must define what it means to be a SWO and prove that our pin is worth more than the money we pay for it. For the sake of brevity, I propose that our core competency be ship-driving. Imagine, if you will, a room full of mid-grade Hornet pilots: 20% of them openly admit to each other that they have no clue how to fly Hornets, and another 30% who are less open about their weakness demonstrate their ineptitude in the simulator. The remaining 50% range from barely capable to superstars. While quality spreads are a reality in any group, this scenario is un-imaginable. Naval Aviators with more than 8 years of service that do not know how to fly? Rubbish! This is a reality for Surface Warfare Officers, though. Lieutenants that do not know how to drive ships are commonplace. They exist because they were never trained, nor tested, much less held to a standard, in the first place. They were never trained, tested, or held to a standard because ship-driving – again, if not due to desire, doctrine, or intent, then through practice – is not recognized as a core-competency of the U.S. Navy's ship drivers. As is demonstrated in the excellent film, Speed and Angels, Naval Aviators consider carrier operations to be a core-competency – if a student pilot cannot land on the boat, then he will not become a Naval Aviator. Why can't Surface Warfare Officers take the same approach to our profession?
We need a flight school for Surface Warfare Officers. The name is not important at this point – rather, the purpose ought to be the focus: building ship drivers. We must stop accepting mediocracy in this venue! While the Basic Division Officer course is a fantastic concept meant to bolster our young ensigns, it lacks focus and does not zero in on core-competencies. The lessons taught in the Basic Division Officer course are important – being an effective small-unit leader is vital, and I do not propose that we scrap the current construct. Rather, I propose – nay, I implore – that we first recognize ship-driving as a core-competency, and second, require our officers to be competent ship drivers.
SEALs do not accept sub-par. Neither do Naval Aviators, nor nuclear-trained officers, or Marines. While I applaud our most recent Commander, Naval Surface Forces for his outstanding efforts to instill meaningful training, we are still accepting sub-par, and are using the re-creation of half-way schooling as a security blanket. Under our current system, young SWO candidates are flooded onto ships in an effort to make future retention goals – an indictment of our culture's impact on retention. They then fiercely compete for time on the bridge to gain experience – and hopefully competency – as ship drivers. On most ships, this is not a recipe for success. The Professional Qualification Standard books, which drive progression, are signed with unpredictable integrity, imparting sometimes-dubious knowledge on young minds. To cap it off, Officer of the Deck and Surface Warfare Officer qualifications, granted by Commanding Officers, are determined using two-hundred some different standards. Some candidates sit for gut-wrenching, rigorous tests of their skills and knowledge, and others chat with their Commanding Officers at local watering holes after a command event. The evidence of the disparity in knowledge is on display in Newport, Rhode Island – home of Surface Warfare Officers School – where junior officers return for the Advanced Division Officer Course, and later, the Department Head Course. Some officers were obviously put to the test during their professional development, and others were obviously not.
I propose that we start a Deck Watch Officer School – our flight school - in Newport, which all ensigns will attend, and must pass, prior to reporting to BDOC and ultimately, the Fleet. As with aviators, this school would not be a second thought or a 60% solution, but rather would be a proving ground for our nation's future ship drivers. The length of this notional school can be figured out later; what is important is that SWO candidates shall qualify;ashore. We must have one standard, one organization responsible for enforcing that standard, and must require those desiring entrance into our community to meet it – otherwise, seek life elsewhere. We should not be ashamed of upholding a standard and of telling some people that they are not cut out for this business. At this school, candidates would receive in-depth, hands-on instruction in seamanship and navigation, basic-through-advanced ship handling, meteorology, bridge resource management, and a variety of other skills required for the competent mariner.
Integral to this process would be the move of the Yard Patrol Craft fleet – the U.S. Navy's only training ships – from Annapolis to Newport for the exclusive use of the Surface Warfare Officers School. During the pipeline, ensigns would log hours and prove their skills in simulators and on the water. They would complete classwork, learn from case studies, and would be continually tested, remediated, and attrited, as required. If they successfully made it to the end of this program, they would sit for a SWOS-run and community-sanctioned Officer-of-the-Deck board, ensuring that all ensigns are held to the same standard. Earning one's OOD letter – like the pilots and their wings – would be a culminating event, and those unable to meet the mark would not be sent to the Basic Division Officer Course or the Fleet. If we could implement this plan, we would then send Captains competent, qualified ship drivers, immediately useful to their commands. Like in the Royal Navy, newly reported officers would then complete their platform endorsement, signifying both their grasp of their new ship and the trust their Commanding Officers have in them.
To be the best of the best, we must be good at our jobs. If Surface Warfare Officers are going to continue to be both professional watch standers, and small unit leaders, we must stop accepting the notion that plug-and-play is an effective way of doing business. Imagine a Naval Aviator spending his junior officer tours flying F/A-18's, his department head tour in a P-8 squadron, and finally, growing up to command an MH-60 squadron. This progression would never happen in the aviation community because they are not plug-and-play pilots. Yet, a Surface Warfare Officer may indeed spend a tour in Weapons Department, followed by Operations Department, followed by Engineering Department, followed by eventual command. The issue as I see it is that the community views this as a positive – exposing officers to a variety of shipboard functions – but in reality, it ensures that we never become truly good at our jobs. We become personnel and administrative gurus, irrespective of our assigned department, perched to jump into a different role at a moment's notice.
Instead of our current system, I propose that U.S. Navy Surface Warfare Officers matriculate into the community with a billet specialty: engineering, operations, or combat systems. Anathema! Rather than wandering from department to department as figure-heads, I want us to have a vested interest, and subject matter expertise, in the Sailors we lead and the systems we are responsible for. An Infantry Officer leads infantry units. Armor Officers lead armor units. F/A-18 pilots fly Hornets. Today, a Surface Warfare Officer can become a Weapons Officer, and in theory, an Engineer Officer, without prior experience in those respective departments. Imagine, though, the benefits of the following: a new officer enters the community as a Surface Warfare Officer-Engineering, graduates the OOD School and BDOC, completes basic engineer training, serves two division officer tours in Engineering Department, completes shore duty, graduates Department Head School, and returns to the Fleet as an Engineer Officer. This officer has received specialized training along the way and has walked the walk and talked the talk at sea prior to stepping foot into what is acknowledged as the most challenging tour of a SWO's career. They are no longer a figure-head, but rather: they are an engineer. Or a Combat Systems Officer. Or an Operations Officer. Their title means something. They are good at their job. To ensure preparation for command and to keep some semblance of well-roundedness, Surface Warfare Officers of all flavors would continue to earn the qualifications and stand the watches that the community currently holds dear: on the bridge, in the Combat-Information-Center, and in the engineering plant. Finally, the XO/CO fleet-up model would ensure that specialists are appropriately rounded-out before taking command.
I want Surface Warfare Officers to push ourselves "right to the edge of the envelope." I want us to be proud of our community. I want our Surface Warfare Officer pin to mean something – to the military, to the service, and most important of all, to us. I want us to be professional watch standers and experts in our respective jobs. The Surface Warfare Officer community is known for being the dumping ground of Unrestricted Line Officers who could not hack it, and this happens because we do not establish, much less uphold, standards. No more! We should honor our heritage, establish a role in our force that is both respected and admired, and strictly and unabashedly police ourselves as consummate professionals who accept nothing less than the best of the best.
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I was 30 minutes early for my reservation, no truck was there due to a client not returning their truck. So the owner George, went to another location and got me my truck on time and was very professional in this situation which could have been a disaster. I will only use this location in the future
I showed up exactly at the time I said I could arrive to pick up the truck and there was no UHaul representative present. He had "just left". He finally returned 25 min. later, resulting in my losing the helpers I'd lined up to load up my van for me. I was also told I could not leave my car at the UHaul location - I would have to "park on the street". There was no available street parking so I had to drive down the street, around a corner, and down THAT block to find a parking space. While I was waiting for the UHaul rep to return, another patron arrived who had reserved a larger truck. There was no larger truck on the premises. I don't know how long he had to wait to get the rig he had reserved. This location was inconvenient and ill-equipped to serve customers despite.
No improvements needed, great place.
Nothing wrong. Just adequate. My biggest gripe is with UHaul and the online reservation. I chose the convenient location with the right truck. The online system bumped me to a different location for no reason at all. I had to call the regional office to get it moved back. Totally annoying.
It's really a great experience. Things went smoothly. Very convenient!
There are a couple of things UHaul as a whole can do. 1. The mileage charge is utterly ridiculous. I rented a truck that was $19.99, however the mileage was roughly $36. Pure greed. When a customer returns a vehicle with more gas than was required there should be a credit of at least 1 gallon of gas. Lastly, when I called to reserve the truck the customer service rep told me that he couldn't tell if a truck was a available - until I gave him my credit card information.
Horrible practices...
The authorized dealer was great. However, your policy stinks and reeks of the usual corporate greed.
Courtney Thomas
I have used U-Haul many times over the years. The office at this location is not up to U-Haul's standards. It was adjacent to a car service bay - it was dirty and not a pleasant experience. I did not receive a receipt at the office and the proprietor stated that my invoice would be emailed. Ironically, a cleaning fee was added to the invoice though the van was clean when returned. I am not a happy customer!!!
I had the Van for 5 days, with a total of 459 miles. When I called to extend the days, I asked about the mileage, and I was told it would automatically kick in to a .29 cent per mile rate after 200 miles. This was factored in to my decision process on whether or not to keep it, or to bring it back. Because I was told this I kept it for more days.
I was later charged for one week (not 5 days), and, although I was not charged for mileage, I did not agree to this. I agreed to pay for 5 days plus basic coverage insurance, and 0.29 cent per mile for 459 miles. This would be less than what you charged me.
I would like a refund of the amount over what I should have been charged.
I had scheduled my truck the nearby storage place on National. The truck had a problem and they scrambled and found the truck at the Overland yard. The folks at both places were friendly and helpful.
A positive experience.
Reduce wait time. Better explain return deadline. And most of all, make it clear that they have no place for customers to park their personal vehicles while using vans.
Fast and Easy!
The person handling the rentals was rude and unhelpful and I would not use this location again.
After the reviews I was a little concerned but I ended up having a pretty good experience. The truck was available when I asked for it which I have heard is not always true. I was disappointed that I called 24 hours to confirm beforehand for the blankets / furniture pads and the outlet only had 9 of the 24 I ordered. If someone had let me know that ahead of time, I would have had time to find a supplementary option. Instead, I had to take a lot of risks in scratching my furniture. NOT COOL.
Also, it wasn't very well explained when I was checking the truck for damages to avoid being charged later that the existing damages were marked by special stickers. I personally think the whole scratches thing is hogwash. We're driving something the size of a tank without the durability and it's not going to get scratched? Also, it would be nice if the Truck was washed every once in awhile.
Anyway, the guys were friendly enough and didn't charge me immediately when I accidentally forgot one of the blankets and gave me time to return it. The gas meter markings were accurate so there was no danger of getting ripped off on gas tank markings like I read in other reviews.
So, yeah definitely above average for the rental truck business.
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There's an adorable new addition at the Albuquerque BioPark Zoo.
A three-week-old white rhino calf has arrived from Florida to his new home at the BioPark Zoo, but visitors will have to wait a few months before meeting him until he's accustomed to the staff and the three adult rhinos he's living with, Bertha, Lulu and Bernie.
"He's the hit of Albuquerque," Zoo Director Rick Janser told ABCNews.com. "The citizens unfortunately can't see him yet, but we're taking video of him and playing it on a monitor so they can see how rambunctious he is. We're getting the staff used to him. He's a very social animal."
When the baby rhino was born in Florida's White Oak Conservation Center on Oct. 30, he didn't establish a strong bond with his mom, so the next-of-kin, if you will, was BioPark.
"He is our animal. His dad belonged to us when we sent him out," Janser explained. "In the zoo world, you usually you do breeding loan agreements. The first offspring belongs to female, and the second belongs to the male.
"Since the mother rejected this one, White Oak didn't have the staffing to hand raise him, so they asked if we wanted to take him back."
Transporting the animal from Florida to New Mexico was quite an adventure for the now 180-pound baby. The zoo sent two staff members, manager Lynn Tupa and veterinarian Ralph Zimmerman along for the ride on the Fed Ex plane where the rhino was shipped in a crate specifically made for him, equipped with latch doors that can open for feeding time.
"They flew out on a Monday, and spent all Monday and Tuesday getting to know the husbandry of the animal," Janser said. "How to mix the formula, how to hold the bottle, and what he liked as far as interaction. Wednesday morning they put him in a crate and loaded him on a Fed Ex plane to Memphis, had a four or five hour layover in Memphis, then flew him into Albuquerque."
Last Thursday the rhino calf even got a special bottle-feeding from Albuquerque's Mayor, Richard J. Berry.
"We are pleased that Albuquerque can offer a good home to this rhino calf," Berry said. "We know that our Zoo will give him top-notch care, and what a great treat for families to watch this little guy grow up."
The baby rhino has not been named yet, but BioPark Facebook fans can visit their page to vote on their favorite name choice. Chopper is currently in the lead, but his other options are Linus, Clyde, Titan and Kgoski.


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If you would like to catch the perfect wave next to the IOP Pier, enjoy a perfect day on the beach, or relax in comfort and style, you will find a perfect vacation at "Surfs Up". Located at the beautiful complex, 1140 Ocean Blvd, Condominium #308 "Surfs Up" offers oceanfront views in the heart of Isle of Palms. Shopping, restaurants, and ice cream parlors are all a short walk from "Surfs Up". In addition to the beautiful beach and the best surf break on the Island, 1140 Ocean Blvd. offers a large private oceanfront swimming pool for its vacation guests.
The interior of "Surfs Up" is just as beautiful as the outdoor surroundings. Professionally decorated, you will find everything perfectly coordinated throughout "Surfs Up". Being situated on the top level, in the corner, "Surfs Up" offers extra windows making it bright and sunny throughout the home. The master bedroom features a comfortable king bed with oceanfront views. The master bath is highlighted by the garden tub. Two of the guest bedrooms feature a queen bed and two sets of bunk beds highlight the fourth bedroom. A Jack and Jill bathroom is shared by one of the queen bedrooms and the bunk bedroom. The living space in "Surfs Up" is gorgeous with an extra large sofa, flat screen television and wonderful art work. The dining room and kitchen bar can accommodate ten comfortably for dinner.
A beautiful interior, ideal location, large sandy beach and the best wave break on the Island makes "Surfs Up" the perfect beach vacation destination.
Listed rates do not include additional taxes & fees for the stay.
Listed rates may not reflect any current specials and/or discounts available.
Please inquire for an exact and all inclusive quote.
For payment, we accept V/MC/AMEX/DISC.
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Pedro Alvarez hit a tying two-run homer off Sergio Santos in the ninth inning and Starling Marte following one out later with a winning drive into the bullpen in left-center, giving the Pittsburgh Pirates a 6-5 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night.
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In a greater context, maybe Starling Marte's most embarrassing moment as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates — and one that cost the club a pivotal game – will turn out to be a huge positive.
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After a disappointing series-opening loss to the St. Louis Cardinals, Pirates hitting coach Jay Bell joins Vinnie on Sportsradio 93.7 The Fan.
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PITTSBURGH (93-7 THE FAN) — The topic du jour Wednesday was a dropped fly ball by Pirates leadoff man Starling Marte that opened the door to a 4-3 come-from-behind win by the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium in 14 innings Tuesday night.
Bucs Avoid Key Loss; LF Marte Stays, RF Presley Demoted
PITTSBURGH (93-7 THE FAN) — At 70-47 the Pirates have been a great team, but they are not necessarily a deep one, so fans surely breathed a sigh of relief when the team announced today left fielder Starling Marte will not go on the disabled list.
Which Pirates Are The Most Irreplaceable?
PITTSBURGH (93-7 THE FAN) — The silver lining to a disappointing sweep at Coors Field for the Pirates was the avoidance of potentially key injuries to third baseman Pedro Alvarez and left fielder Starling Marte.


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The director of Killer Snakes returns to terrify viewers with this tale of a fallen boxer whose quest for an omen with the power to break a long-running family curse leads to an action filmed adventure through a horrific land of nightmares and death. When the punches start flying and the creatures of the underworld come out to play, the battle is on to defeat the powers of evil, and free his family from the evil hex that binds them. Bolo Yeung and Lung Wei Wang star in a classic supernatural martial arts film from the prolific Shaw Brothers. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi … More
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There were two exceptions out of the 12 — one falling in strong volume and one rising in above-average trade.
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Web.com Group (WWWW) was the day's loser in busy trade. The small-cap stock rose about 1.5% in the opening minutes and then reversed to end down 0.26 to 25.34. Volume was 67% above average.
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Is it possible to add new structural blocks to the page.xml file, e.g.
<block type="page/new_block" name="new_block" as="new" />
or do you have to use all the ones that are currently in the XML, such as
<block type="page/html"…
<block type="page/html_head"…
<block type="page/html_header"…
<block type="page/template_links"…
<block type="page/switch"…
<block type="core/text_list"....
I want to add a new element to every page in the website that will be a container for things like the search, breadcrumbs etc. Is this possible?
Thank you
Ok, this was bugging the heck out of me too… There's quite a bit of runaround on this subject in the forums… here's what I've found:
1. Yes you can create a new block as you outline above, but it entails editing the core code in app/code/core/Mage/Page/Block/HTML, you would add a new php file named whatever you want your new block to be called there and basically just do a simple __construct and setTemplate there that would reference your template in page/html. The downside of this is that it entails editing the core code so it would be wiped on upgrade… generally a no-no. I saw some stuff that said you could put the same file in either the app/code/community or app/code/local directory, but I couldn't get that to work, plus I really want to try and stay inside my design directory, so…
2. You can create a basic "container" as is done with the "right, left, and content" blocks by just adding something like
<block type="core/text_list" name="myblock" as="myblock"/>
Basically think of it this way… create as many plain containers as you like in the page.xml file, in your specific page templates (e.g. page/2columns-left.phtml) wrap the getChildHtml like so:

<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('myblock') ?>

<reference name="myblock"> <block type="core/template" name="myblock.search" as="myblockSearch" template="catalogsearch/myblock.search.phtml"/></reference>
Thanks for posting this.
I just managed to successfully drop a CMS block into a new (custom) structural block using your second method described above. (I also was keen not to modify any source files).
I have a question though, if anyone has the time… why does this have to be a type "core/text_list"?
You're quite right above, no other "type" I tried worked. So I was just curious as to whether there was a simple explanation as why only "core/text_list" does?
To me I can't see why "page/html" wouldn't work?
Cheers, an answer may just throw some light on my magento progress!
All the best,
I have been attempting to add a new structural block between the content and the footer blocks and then rendering the subscribe.phtml in the new block,:
my newsletter.xml looks like this:
<reference name="newreference">
<block type="newsletter/subscribe" name="newreference.newsletter" as="newsletter" before="-" template="newsletter/subscribe.phtml"/>
my page.xml
<block type="newsletter/subscribe" name="newreference" as="newreference" translate="label" template = "template/newsletter/subscribe.phtml">
New Reference
subscribe.phtml is untouched
I want to do a 2colums-right.phtml layout, so the related .2columns-right.phtml file as below:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="<?php echo $this->getLang() ?>" lang="<?php echo $this->getLang() ?>">
<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('head') ?>
<body<?php echo $this->getBodyClass()?' class="'.$this->getBodyClass().'"':'' ?>>
<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('after_body_start') ?>

<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('global_notices') ?>

<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('header') ?>
<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('global_messages') ?>
<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('breadcrumbsContainer') ?>

<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('content') ?>
<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('newreference') ?>

<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('right') ?>

<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('footer_before') ?>
<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('footer') ?>
<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('before_body_end') ?>
<?php echo $this->getAbsoluteFooter() ?>
When I run my code as is,ie with the above code in place I get a blank page,I would appreciate any help
Inchoos developers are just superbs, they give much valuable things for absolutely free, isn't that great.
Please look at this:
base on the incho post I did this post:
please see the folowing tread with the explanation about how to create a new reference and block to move the categories the cms block to the header....
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More than likely, the Artichoke Invitational at Scottsdale Community College on Saturday, Sept. 17, won't be noted as a memorable meet for anyone who follows the Scorpions.
That's too bad.
The girls cross-country team at Sedona Red Rock High School finished eighth overall with 261…