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Some news came out last night. It landed on the interwebs with the subtlety of a habanero pepper mixed with Goldschlager. By now the entire sports world knows that Michael Sam, hopeful NFL Draft pick, is openly gay. This past season, Sam was the co-SEC defensive player of the year and the first unanimous All-American for Missouri in 53 years. Sam's draft stock and evaluation has been all over the board, but there is little doubt, Michael Sam is a fantastic football player.
Now to the reason any of you are reading this. Last night the NY Times broke the story that Michael Sam is gay. What makes this story special? For starters, The NFL has never had an openly gay player. That's probably enough, but to expound: Sam, is only beginning this journey, and has added a large amount of pressure on the football watching public, the NFL brass, and players to accept him. Sam has added a large amount of pressure to his own shoulders to succeed. And lastly, Michael Sam has in one period of viral internet awareness, thrown himself into the lead pack of LGBT torch bearers. It's not insignificant; it is historic, and I'll be prudent in holding my judgments on just how historic, until we see how much additional change this affects. However, there is no doubt Michael Sam is a pioneer for equality in the LGBT community and in this country.
You will undoubtedly read and hear opinions about every angle this story takes, for there are many subtopics to discuss. But make no mistake; the target now falls squarely on the NFL and its organizations. There are already stories out (Deadspin) where "anonymous" NFL GMs, twelve of them to be exact, ALL think this will either hurt his draft stock or cause him to be undrafted altogether. You'll read great stories (Fox Sports) about how this puts Michael Sam into a category of historic figures in American History. You'll probably read some bigotry on Twitter, and find lots of praise and encouragement on Facebook. I just googled Michael Sam, and it came back with 1 trillion, 120 million hits....granted not all were pertaining to him specifically with a common first and last name...but still, DANG!. It is not possible to avoid it, if you're paying attention to the news, any news. I'm going to specifically target the Deadspin article, those NFL execs, and a few quotes they were too cowardly to put their names next to.
Let me throw some thoughts into the ring. And by thoughts, I mean some tough truths to any of those NFL execs who think that the NFL is a "man's man game" and that somehow EXCLUDES Michael Sam. I'm going to firmly pass my opinion about the sorry excuse of an NFL exec who thinks that the NFL isn't ready for an openly gay player yet...but might be in 10-20 years. And lastly I'm going to keyboard slap the NFL exec who asserts that not ONE of the 32 teams, owners, and organizations will be willing to "break the barrier." Buckle in, because I'm fixin' to assassinate the ideas of these old, tired, anonymous NFL Execs who aren't willing to accept, or are too stupid to see, that change is upon us NOW! Not in 10-20 years.
It's near impossible to provide accurate information about what players will approve, and what players will be uncomfortable with a gay teammate. It's just not reality to try and pinpoint how many players or managers believe this would be a "locker-room disruption," because we can't interview them all, and many of them wouldn't put their names to it anyway. The sample just wouldn't be right. So let's look at this from a broader perspective. This country has elected a VERY liberal president for two consecutive terms, a president who has been very vocal about gay rights. While the entire country doesn't agree on the issue of gay marriage, or any issue for that matter, there is a very real trend as to how the American public is viewing gay marriage. Before 2003, zero states had legal same sex marriage. Since 2003, 17 states have legalized same sex marriage, and in 9 of those states the public voted to overturn a previous ban. Conversely, as recently as 2010, 41 States had a ban on gay marriage going back to 1979 (Wisconsin), and in the last 3-4 years that number has dropped to 33 (Great chart shows the progression and current trend). In light of this data regarding the whole of our country, I say to the NFL execs who don't think the NFL is ready for change now; "WAKE UP."
The NFL is in America, played and coached by Americans, owned and operated by Americans. Get your heads out of your asses, and do some reading NFL bosses. The country is speaking in a progressively strengthened voice about what we're ready for. The NFL has had gay players playing in it for years; this only changes it from a "not so good" secret to the reality that exists. It is not your job to tell the public what your league is ready for, it is your job to foster a workplace that protects and respects its employees. You've shown you're tolerant of: Blacks, Whites, Asians, Mexicans, Republicans, Democrats, murderers, wife beaters, bar fighters, drinking and driving, fake girlfriends who never existed, and liars.....How could you POSSIBLY not be ready for an openly gay black guy with no criminal record and a college degree? And if YOU think your locker-room is not ready, then you damn well better get it ready, because it's happening and it's happening this year.
Next up, is the genius who asserted that no NFL teams want to be the one to "break the barrier." Sure thing, boss. Because this country HATES to break down barriers...riiiight (Sarcasm font). Please find me another society in the history of this planet that was or is more progressive than ours. Please find an example out there of a country that has been around for as short a time as the USA, and has pushed the limits of damn near everything to the degree we have? I'll be here waiting; you can comment on this story at the bottom when you've got an example, you simple-minded schmuck. How about I bring it closer to home, and bring up a less global example and aim directly at the NFL. Dan Rooney says "hello." Mr. Rooney introduced a "barrier breaking" rule into the NFL regarding black coaches in 2003, and the jury is in on its success. It worked, it is accepted, and it will continue to improve the diversity and success of the NFL. How is accepting an openly gay player similar? Well, think about how many gay football players quit because of the culture that exists. Do you think out of that group, some may have been successful? Do you think out of that group some could help the NFL and its teams put better products on the field? At the very least, do you think some of these men would support the NFL more throughout their lives if openly gay players played and were accepted? Use your brain; of course it is good for the NFL. Oh, and another barrier breaker just texted me: Jackie Robinson said to GTFO.
Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, to the ignorant gentleman who mentioned that the NFL is still a "man's man game." On the surface, there is nothing wrong with that statement. The problem is, you said it with context that excluded Michael Sam as a "man," and I beg to differ. If I could get Michael Sam and you into a room together, I'd wager you would come out of the room in agreement with me. Michael Sam is a man, a proud one, a talented one, a physically and mentally strong man, and if his entire team and coaching staff at Missouri knew he was gay, accepted him and supported him during a great year, I would recommend you talk to those MEN about how Michael Sam will handle being a professional. If you think he's not heard a gay slur or a homophobic remark before in his 15+ years of playing football, then you truly are as pathetic as that remark you made. It should be the job of you NFL execs to create an environment where men of all kinds can be together with a common goal of winning games. Michael Sam has always been gay, his history to date show's he's plenty a man to handle the NFL, it would be wise for the NFL to be manly enough to support him and the help lift the weight of the cross he's borne for this long. And maybe the real men in the NFL can help teach tolerance and strength to the next generation of football players.
I've been in several locker-rooms in my life. Not an NFL locker-room, but one full of 100 college football players. Odds tell me there were gay players on that team. I look back with hindsight and can honestly say, I would not have cared less, as long as that guy in the locker-room was respectful, doing his job, and helped our team win. The notion that people would be uncomfortable with this is real. But there are PLENTY of things about people that make other people uncomfortable, and the NFL survives just fine. White players using the "N" word, Tim Tebow's religion, players hitting women...you don't think people are uncomfortable with this stuff? Of course they are. Yet, the NFL carries on just fine, and it will with openly gay players as well. The NFL better be ready for it, because it's happening now. This is the right time, because Michael Sam said it is. It's his choice, and he'll handle all the negatives along with the positives. Many ignorant souls will certainly persecute him for this. But the NFL had better not be one of those parties...for Michael Sam is about to be one of you. Deal with it.


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With the SCOTUS shooting down this administrations attempts to run roughshod over the 2nd amendment and operation "Fast & Furious", intended to create a crisis they hoped would sway public opinion in the direction that would allow them to disarm the sheep and thus better control them, having backfired on them, you would think they would give it up. Not a chance in hell. The leftists want to make sure the people can't defend themselves … Read more
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If you still doubt what government really thinks about your second amendment rights
Then take a look at this article where government entities again made 2nd amendment , America loving, types the terrorists. Can't have Islamic terrorist blowing shit up, because that would hurt their sensibilities. After all, these fucking murderers are part of the religion of peace and they will fight back. Accusing people that actually believe in the constitution and that our government has basically destroyed our freedom and our nation, knowing full well that they … Read more
Government attempt to create a gun database fails
Profiting from the tragedy that cost a bunch of innocent kids their lives at the hands of a mentally unstable person, the collectivist gun grabbers in the People's Republic of Connecticut, more successful in using that crisis to help cement the power of an already bloated government than the feds were at the same, passed a host of unconstitutional gun grabbing laws. Only problem for the anti-2nd amendment political class is that even in a … Read more
Why the LSM is not talking much about the NAVY yard shooting any more..
I think the first, and most obvious reason, is that the LSM can not use this incident to push for more gun control, without some serious problems for the government gun grabbers, from those of us that are not going to just swallow their bullshit without checking the facts. From the article:
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In Washington, D.C. on Monday, Aaron Alexis gunned down twelve people. As if designed to preempt the scripted reactions of those who
The Weapons Limit
Having thought about Barack Obama's gun plan, I'm still convinced that most of it is a non-issue: the government doing what it is supposed to do with background checks and enforcing laws. The only issue that is likely to be really contentious is the assault weapons ban (and related bans on high-capacity magazines).
I oppose the ban for a number of reasons, the biggest of which is that I think it will be ineffective. There … Read more
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Gun grabbers, all under the guise of public safety do they ply their nefarious intentions of eroding our civil liberties. Much like the food nazi's, under the guise of public health, the cap and traders, under the guise of protecting our environment, the card checkers, under the guise of worker's rights, and those conscience deniers church/state separation ignorers forcing employers to provide products and services contrary to their moral beliefs, the gun grabbers go to … Read more

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The minds behind My Favorite Franchise Of The Last Gen (Maybe, Maybe Not, Whatever) have revealed their next game. And like we all knew ahead of time, it ain't Borderlands 3. The joint is called Battleborn and it's been labeled a "hero-shooter." While I'm sure I will enjoy this game to an extent, a) I don't really know what the fuck hero-shooter means, b) the art design ain't my speed, and c) I want Borderlands 3. None the less, I trust the group to deliver compelling gameplay. And ain't that what this shit is all about? What do you all make of this?
'BORDERLANDS 3′ isn't being made right now. F**ks**ta**
C'mon, Gearbox Software! Fuck you, fuck your new IPs. You're not working on Borderlands 3 right now? You need to. Don't misunderstand me. I need you to. It keeps the glue in my blood-brain barrier from dissolving, which will let the omni-slugs into my rotting-piece.
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Never mind my hesitation. All it took was a trailer to make me loot-moan. My vault is ready to gape open for this goodness,
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'BORDERLANDS 2′ golden key dares you to use it. Early. Often.
I'm not really sure if I'm getting a golden key with my copy of Borderlands 2. I ordered the most expensive copy I could find on Amazon, so if it I'm not getting it, I got fucked. The conceit behind the key is pretty awesome, and one that I quietly am hoping I can exploit to my own wonderment.
'BORDERLANDS 2′ SEASON PASS ANNOUNCED. $30 for all DLC. I'm thurr.
The Money Making Minds behind Borderlands 2 have announced a season pass for the upcoming title. Such a swag bag will entitle you to all of the game's DLC for a mere $30. I'm not a computational wizard, but that shit is at least 50% off what you'd have to spend to buy it as it came out. As a dorkus who was going to snag all of the DLC and rub it so, so, so lovingly all over my own shanty towns, I'm excited.
What with all the rejiggering of this year's game releases, Borderlands 2 has elevated itself to the position of my most anticipated joint. Here's some new screenshots of the bitty. I'm totally loving the fact that they're employing an entire palette this time, not just a wasteland of brown and poopy-green.
Hit the jump for some screenshots.
'BORDERLANDS 2′ TRAILER: Full 'LION KING' Treatment For Our Horror-Win
Borderlands 2 goes In The Jungle. Wasn't what you were expecting, but god dammit you'll fucking love it.
'BORDERLANDS 2′ Getting Better Framerates, Sh*t Loads of New Enemies
Now that Diablo 3 has dropped and BioShock Infinite has gotten shoved into a date past the Year of Mayan Oblivion, I'm hard pressed to figure out a jam I want more this year than Borderlands 2. I'm also not really thinking that hard, between the caffeine haze and my ADD.
Here's some info on my must-have.
'BORDERLANDS 2′ SPECIAL EDITIONS. Or, How I'll Be Wasting Money In September
My goodness. My love for Borderlands is unmatched by many a franchise. It is a love so strong that it will have me doing ludicrous things, like opting into ridiculous special editions I don't need, and really can't afford.


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Some call it "homebuilder extortion" but companies such as Lennar say they're simply trying to cut costs in a struggling housing market.
I'm reporting a story on Lennar today. The sixth largest public homebuilder in the nation sent out an interesting letter to its contractors a few months ago offering them two choices: (A) Reduce your unpaid invoices as of 1-26-07 by a minimum of X [many have reported up to 20%]… or (B) Not reduce your unpaid invoices and be excluded from bidding future work for a minimum of 6 months. Those companies who choose to participate in this request and/or can exhibit the best price possible will continue to have every opportunity for future business with Lennar.
In the wake of a Charlotte Observer report about one area's unusually high foreclosure rate, Beazer Homes USA said it has received a grand jury subpoena from the U.S. Attorney's Office, which is probing its mortgage origination business. A unique case? Not according to CGM Capital Management's Kenneth Heebner, who says the negative impact of fast and loose lending policy has "only begun."
Stocks closed lower after a new warning from the housing industry kept buyers out of the market. "Even though we may test the lows just because some short-term investors may get out of the way, this market has been really good shape," said Richard Steinberg, president and chief investment officer at Steinberg Global Asset Management. "If we pull back, investors should be reassessing their portfolios and looking to pick up bargains."
A senior U.S. Federal Reserve staff member warned on Tuesday that subprime mortgage market troubles could last as long as two years, while a leading home builder posting a huge profit plunge blamed subprime lending problems for worsening a soft housing sector.
Lennar said first-quarter profit tumbled 73% on continued softness in the housing market, and warned it doesn't expect to meet its 2007 earnings forecast. "While some markets are performing better than others, the typically stronger spring selling season has not yet materialized," President and Chief Executive Stuart Miller said in a statement.
Stocks show signs of weakness ahead of the open today after yesterday's disappointing real-estate data snuffed out the Dow's five-day winning streak. Asian markets were lower overnight, and Europe's major markets are mostly higher.
Is the housing sector doing better than consumers think -- or are some contrarian market boosters guilty of "cherry picking"? An economist and a CEO debated the question, on "Morning Call."
Toll Brothers today said its first-quarter profit plunged 67% compared with last year; the luxury-home builder's CEO, Robert Toll, said there are still too many soft markets. Which raises the question: Has the bottom come at last? Two analysts called it two different ways on "Power Lunch."
Stocks inched their way to a positive close after a sharp reversal in oil eased selling pressure and a late buying spree broke out in internet stocks.
Stocks suffered their biggest pullback in two months as a disappointing bond auction and a lackluster report on sales of existing homes halted the market's two-day rally.
U.S. stocks closed lower after oil prices staged a late rally, while weakness in technology dragged down the Nasdaq.
Lennar, one of the nation's largest home builders, reported a sharp fourth-quarter loss after writing down the value of its property investments amid a weakening housing market.
Stocks in the U.S. are seeking direction and are looking mostly higher in mixed action ahead of the open. Earnings news from big names like Intel and J.P. Morgan are making headlines, and the markets are watching for PPI inflation data this morning and the Fed's Beige Book at 2 pm. Oil slumped below $51 a barrel this morning after a deep slide yesterday.
Lennar Corp., one of the nation's largest homebuilders, said Tuesday it expected a fourth-quarter loss as the company reevaluates how much its inventory is worth as the industry has been slowing.
Shares of home builders each gained more than 1%, with the overall Dow Jones Home Construction index gaining 10 points, or 1.4%, to 729.58. The index has lost 21% this year, and is down about 35% from its high in July 2005.
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Last week the Secretary of the Treasury, Hank Paulson, was asked if the residential real estate market had bottomed. He refused to answer the question. But as we approach the New Year, that is arguably the biggest question in real estate. The spring season is right around the corner, traditionally the busiest for buying and selling, and many believe it will tell the true story of the state of the market.
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|2 On the first day of the week, let every one of you put by him in store, in measure as he has done well in business, so that it may not be necessary to get money together when I come.
|2 On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made.
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Please watch this. I beg you this because the animation is just that awkward! I mean, the humans in this fanime move like robots.
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Anime USA has announced that anime voice actor J. Michael Tatum will be guest at their next convention. Tatum's credits include Sebastian Michaelis from Black Butler, Kyoya Ootori in Ouran High School Host Club, and Scar in Fullmetal Alchemist.
Anime USA will be taking place October 3-5, 2014 at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, D.C.
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FanimeCon has announced that anime director Hiroyuki Kanbe will be a guest at their next convention. Kanbe's credits include Oreimo, Rosario + Vampire, Full Metal Panic!, and Rurouni Kenshin.
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Maidenhead, UK - November 28, 2012 - Flexera Software, the leading provider of Application Usage Management solutions for application producers and enterprises, announced today that Tullow Oil plc, Africa's largest independent oil company has selected FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications as their Software License Optimisation solution of choice. FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications delivers the most complete and meaningful insight into application usage to efficiently manage concurrent software licenses. It is used by six of the ten largest oil and gas companies in the world. Within a matter of only a few weeks, Tullow Oil's investment in FlexNet Manager has already paid for itself in software license cost avoidance, maintenance savings and improved user productivity.
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Core to Tullow Oil's business is its ability to discover and extract oil and natural gas from underground fields. This activity is facilitated by engineers who use sophisticated and costly geotechnical software that can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars per license. Like many engineering applications, these run on a concurrent licensing model, which means that if all the licenses are in use and someone else tries to launch the application, they'll be denied use. According to Tim Burke, Head of Global IS Operations at Tullow Oil, this was happening too frequently - and it was causing expensive problems: "Our engineers are very important to Tullow's business and their downtime is costly. Denials of service cost the business money and slow down our ability to find, appraise and produce hydrocarbons."
But because Tullow Oil had limited visibility into their software license estate to analyse use, the company had limited means to assess how many licenses were actually needed - and whether denials of service were due to lack of sufficient licenses or something else. As a result, with significant pressure to minimise denials of service, Burke's team could only be reactive, which often meant purchasing costly additional licenses that, in retrospect, often were not always needed. "Line managers would come to us and say, 'We need a new license.' Without the historical data to show actual usage trends, we'd have no way of knowing whether the need was legitimate -so we'd buy the license to prevent downtime."
Burke knew the situation wasn't sustainable, especially given Tullow Oil's rapid growth - the company has been doubling in size every three years. He started searching for a solution, and quickly realised that FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications was the right choice. "I'd worked with Flexera Software previously, and understood the power of their tools for managing licenses across the entire software estate and providing intelligent reporting." Moreover, FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications was already used by many of the top oil and gas companies in the world. Wanting a best-in-class tool, they moved quickly to purchase the system, and were up and running in only a couple weeks, including integration with Tullow Oil's other geotechnical systems.
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Within only a few weeks of having implemented, FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications value was tested. A line manager approached someone on Burke's team asking for an additional license for an important geo-technical application, which cost around $200,000. An analysis of that application using FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications revealed that utilisation was actually only at 60%, but that some engineers were logging in and not logging out, resulting in the denials of service. "Having this information allowed us to have a conversation with our engineers about best practices to avoid these denials of service," explained Burke. "As a result, we changed bad habits and secured an agreement to change behavior, created more capacity for the licenses, and avoided having to purchase more."
In another denial of service situation shortly thereafter, using FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications Burke's team discovered that the problem arose from consultants using the system, who were only working for the company temporarily. "We were able to manage the peak and rent a license for the time the consultants were in - again being able to avoid purchasing a costly license and maintenance."
Right out of the gate, FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications was field-tested, and delivered on its promised benefits. "Within a few weeks our investment had paid for itself by allowing us to avoid new purchases and drive better behavior amongst the user community," said Burke. "The ROI is high."
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Perhaps an unexpected benefit from implementing FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications was the credibility it provided the IS team in the eyes of the engineers. With data in hand, Burke's team is now able to have a conversation with line managers about why denials of service are happening, and discuss very easy steps users can take to avoid them. "Having the data gives you the confidence to have the business conversation with the line manager, because you can show you know exactly what's going on," said Burke.
In fact, Burke was recently forwarded an email from an engineer to a line manager, in which Burke's team was complimented for their excellent work and the noticeable improvements in software availability. "They're impressed that we have the information and are in control of software license management," said Burke.
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Nigeria has the largest economy in Africa, at more than US$500 billion, and ranks 23rd in the world. A recent re-evaluation of Nigeria's true economic size doubled the previous estimate, and brought it well ahead of South Africa, which is a member (unlike Nigeria) of the G20 club for political as well as economic reasons. Nigeria's economy can be said to be quite diverse from one point of view, but heavily dependent on oil and gas at the same time. Oil and natural gas account for about 15% of Nigera's overall economy, but traditionally represent more than 90% of the country's exports and as...
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The Internet of Things is a misnomer. That implies that everything is on the Internet, and that simply should not be - especially for things that are blurring the line between medical devices that stimulate like a pacemaker and quantified self-sensors like a pedometer or pulse tracker. The mesh of things that we manage must be segmented into zones of trust for sensing data, transmitting data, receiving command and control administrative changes, and peer-to-peer mesh messaging. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Ryan Bagnulo, Solution Architect / Software Engineer at SOA Software, focused on desi...
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"At our booth we are showing how to provide trust in the Internet of Things. Trust is where everything starts to become secure and trustworthy. Now with the scaling of the Internet of Things it becomes an interesting question – I've heard numbers from 200 billion devices next year up to a trillion in the next 10 to 15 years," explained Johannes Lintzen, Vice President of Sales at Utimaco, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at @ThingsExpo, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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"For over 25 years we have been working with a lot of enterprise customers and we have seen how companies create applications. And now that we have moved to cloud computing, mobile, social and the Internet of Things, we see that the market needs a new way of creating applications," stated Jesse Shiah, CEO, President and Co-Founder of AgilePoint Inc., in this SYS-CON.tv interview at 15th Cloud Expo, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Gridstore™, the leader in hyper-converged infrastructure purpose-built to optimize Microsoft workloads, 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. Gridstore™ is the leader in hyper-converged infrastructure purpose-built for Microsoft workloads and designed to accelerate applications in virtualized environments. Gridstore's hyper-converged infrastructure is the industry's first all flash version of HyperConverged Appliances that include both compute and storag...
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Today's enterprise is being driven by disruptive competitive and human capital requirements to provide enterprise application access through not only desktops, but also mobile devices. To retrofit existing programs across all these devices using traditional programming methods is very costly and time consuming – often prohibitively so. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Jesse Shiah, CEO, President, and Co-Founder of AgilePoint Inc., discussed how you can create applications that run on all mobile devices as well as laptops and desktops using a visual drag-and-drop application – and eForms-buildi...
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We certainly live in interesting technological times. And no more interesting than the current competing IoT standards for connectivity. Various standards bodies, approaches, and ecosystems are vying for mindshare and positioning for a competitive edge. It is clear that when the dust settles, we will have new protocols, evolved protocols, that will change the way we interact with devices and infrastructure. We will also have evolved web protocols, like HTTP/2, that will be changing the very core of our infrastructures. At the same time, we have old approaches made new again like micro-services...
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Code Halos - aka "digital fingerprints" - are the key organizing principle to understand a) how dumb things become smart and b) how to monetize this dynamic. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Robert Brown, AVP, Center for the Future of Work at Cognizant Technology Solutions, outlined research, analysis and recommendations from his recently published book on this phenomena on the way leading edge organizations like GE and Disney are unlocking the Internet of Things opportunity and what steps your organization should be taking to position itself for the next platform of digital competition.
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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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As the Internet of Things unfolds, mobile and wearable devices are blurring the line between physical and digital, integrating ever more closely with our interests, our routines, our daily lives. Contextual computing and smart, sensor-equipped spaces bring the potential to walk through a world that recognizes us and responds accordingly. We become continuous transmitters and receivers of data. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Andrew Bolwell, Director of Innovation for HP's Printing and Personal Systems Group, discussed how key attributes of mobile technology – touch input, sensors, social, and ...
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The development dispute dates back to 2008, when private Episcopal school Palmer Trinity sued the village for denying a 33-acre expansion. A bitter court battle ensued. On July 5, the Third District Court of Appeal sided with the school; the council reluctantly agreed to Palmer Trinity's plan.
But over the past four years, the school spat has mushroomed into a full-blown fight over the village's future. Palmer Trinity is now seeking up to $13 million in lost tuition from the village, and some locals are furious that Palmetto Bay has spent $600,000 on legal fees. Now a PAC called Recall Palmetto Bay is demanding Mayor Shelley Stanczyk's removal for opposing the school.
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Running back Daniel Thomas will get one last shot to prove his value to the Dolphins when they take the field Thursday against the Rams.
On draft weekend 2011, the Dolphins thought they had their man.
Plenty of running back options were available when they went on the clock in the second round. Oklahoma bruiser DeMarco Murray was on the board. Stevan Ridley, an LSU prospect, also had not been picked.
But then-general-manager Jeff Ireland and the Dolphins were so smitten with Daniel Thomas, they moved up 17 spots to get the physical runner from Kansas State.
Ireland explained the pick after he made it, saying: "[We] like the player; very physical kind of guy, our kind of guy, very physical. Once he gets to the second level, he can make linebackers miss, he can make [the] secondary miss. He is kind of a one-cut runner, but very physical. He punishes defenders when he gets his pads down."
Three and a half years later, it's fair to say Ireland overvalued Thomas — and undervalued the players that followed him in the draft. Murray and Ridley each have had 1,000-yard rushing seasons with the teams that selected them.
Thomas has consistently underwhelmed. His yards-per-carry average his first three seasons: 3.5, 3.6 and 3.7.
Now the big question: Will he get a fourth season?
Thomas has one last chance to salvage his career in Miami. After missing the first three preseason games with a hamstring injury, he will play and likely get a heavy workload in the Dolphins' preseason finale Thursday against St. Louis.
And if he's going to make this team, he will have to earn it. The people who drafted him — Ireland and then-coach Tony Sparano — are gone. And their replacements — Dennis Hickey and Joe Philbin — have shown no compunction about removing the mistakes of the past.
Just ask Michael Egnew. Some 28 months after Ireland selected him in the third round, the tight end is gone, cut by the team last week.
Thomas and a handful of other players drafted by Ireland could be next. The team must get down to 53 players by Saturday, and Thomas is firmly in the cross-hairs.
"I haven't been out there in a while, so I want to show coaches that my hamstring's good and I'm feeling good and ready to play good," he acknowledged Tuesday.
"I haven't played any this preseason, so I feel like I have a lot to prove."
Simply moving the pile would be a good start. Thomas is easily the biggest running back on the Dolphins' roster. But he gained an average of just 2.0 yards after contact last year. By comparison, Arizona's Andre Ellington — who weighs about 35 pounds fewer than Thomas — averaged 3.2.
It's a big reason why Ellington is a starter and Thomas is in a battle with an undrafted rookie for a spot on the Dolphins' third string. Knowshon Moreno and Lamar Miller, assuming they stay healthy, will get the vast majority of carries this year.
That could leave just one roster spot at the position — and Damien Williams, the rookie out of Oklahoma, is doing his best to claim it. He averaged 4.7 yards per carry against the Cowboys on Saturday and also was effective in the return game.
In years past, anything close to a tie would go to the second-round pick on pedigree alone.
But it's a new world in South Florida, and these other Ireland selections would do well to make a strong closing argument against the Rams:• Kicker Caleb Sturgis, fifth-rounder in 2013: It's hard to envision newcomer Jake Rogers winning the job, but the Dolphins have had an in-house competition for weeks, indicating a willingness to look elsewhere. If Sturgis isn't their choice, veteran kickers Jay Feely, Rob Bironas and Rian Lindell are among the available options.
• Defensive back Don Jones, seventh-rounder in 2013: His anti-gay tweets from the spring are now water over the dam, so if he doesn't make the team, it would be performance-based. Jones has worked with the third-team defense in practice, but his versatility — he can play both corner and safety — and special-teams history could get him past the finish line.
• Wide receiver Rishard Matthews, seventh-rounder in 2012: Once in the doghouse, Matthews beat out Armon Binns to survive the first round of cuts. He has caught five passes for 83 yards this preseason — perhaps enough to edge out Damian Williams, the receiver, for the fifth spot on the depth chart.
• Linebacker Jelani Jenkins, fourth-rounder in 2013: In his battle with Jonathan Freeny for a roster spot, it might come down to who plays better on special teams.
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Here is a Guerrilla Job Search maxim to live by: When in doubt, do the opposite.
Here's a Guerrilla Job Search maxim to live by: When in doubt, do the opposite.
Think about it: If most job hunters are struggling to find work, why do what most job hunters are doing?
Take email, for example. If most job seekers email their resumes to employers … and get no reply, why not try the opposite? The opposite of email could be in-person delivery, fax, or U.S. Mail, to name but three possibilities.
Here's another example: If most job seekers apply only for advertised jobs and flounder for months, why not go after unadvertised jobs? And the best way to do that is what I call, networking from the opposite direction.
Huh? What happened to plain old networking?
Again, think: If you network like everybody else is doing, you'll get results like everybody else is getting.
Not good.
So let's dispense with standard networking and look at three ways you can make connections more effectively at employers -- and get hired faster -- by networking from the opposite direction …
1) Don't Ask for a Job
Instead, try asking for advice. This is especially true when networking with people you already have a valuable connection with, your fellow alumni.
"Too many out-of-work university alumni are desperate. This is understandable. But desperation can work against you," says Dr. Barry Miller, Career Services Director at Pace University.
Asking people you barely know for job leads will only drive them away. You're stampeding a sensitive topic without first laying the groundwork, like walking into a singles bar and shouting, "Hey, who wants to marry me?"
There is a better way.
"If you meet someone at a networking event, don't dominate their time with your sad story -- they will only try to get away from you. Ask for their card and contact them later, to set up a networking meeting," advises Miller.
Your goal in connecting with someone is to schedule an informational interview.
Tip: In this economy, almost every employed person has been asked for an informational interview -- when you and they both know you that what you want is a job.
So never say "informational interview." Instead, ask to interview someone for an industry white paper, freelance article, or blog posting that you're writing. You have a better chance of flying under the radar -- and getting that informational interview by another name.
2) Help Others to Help Yourself
Why do most folks hate networking, anyway?
Perhaps because they feel like door-to-door salesmen, canvassing their neighborhoods and Outlook contacts, asking -- literally or figuratively -- "Can you help me find a job?"


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The former Everton midfielder has been consigned to a place on the bench in recent weeks but gave manager Steve Evans a gentle nudge as Town thumped Sussex neighbours Brighton 5-0.
Crawley were four up at half-time thanks to Akpan's double and further goals from Jon-Paul Pittman and John Akinde, and Michael Doughty added the fifth near the end.
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