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I am glad to see the Economist arriving at a deeper level of understanding: the problem is debt. Lack of liquidity is a symptom. Puzzles me how it can still support the USD 700 billion bail-out of Wall street. This shifts the problem from banks to the US government (i.e. from people who made unwise investment decisions to the future US tax payers).And after that we pretend nothing has happened and continue as before? I really don't think investors and central banks outside the US will buy into that. The system was built on the belief that the US economy would continue to grow and that the Dollar would never fail. That belief is broken.I agree with TheDevilsAdvocate that the US will have to get used to a more modest standard of living. In addition, foreign investments in the US will lose value. The issues are how quick the downturn will be, and who will pay the bill. And that is what the 700 billion dollar plan is about.
Yes, this will happen. Only the extent and timing is in question indeed. However, I'd recommend caution on the external, i.e. USD related factors. It looks like a quick fix.
To make it understandable for everybody: To the extent, the USD falls, the US pi**es off their CREDITORS. Those, whose goods were consumed in the US during the last decades, all the Toyotas, Samsungs, BMWs and Mercedeses. Those guys were producing it all, to get something "real" back at some point. To get things back to a "balanced" co-operation, rather than just devaluating the USD, the US must find something, the world really wants other than more greenbacks. Remember, devaluation of a currency was always, always in history regarded as a means of the weak. It's not a sign of strength to let one's currency fall. And I am not only talking pure economic strength here.
To me there's only one way out. 1) Get bad debt off banks balance sheets and re-capitalize banks, so they can lend again. Cost: 2 trillion USD 2) Start investing in infrastrucute (Cost 1 trillion USD) to achieve job growth and accomplish 3) internal growth with more orientation on what to export to the world beyond a glut of greenbacks. One cannot import everything from oil over tv sets and cars to toys, without exporting something back beyond barbecues and Harley Davidsons. The former notion of the US exporting to the world a superior setup of knowledge concerning the setup of institutions, law, and financial system and being a provider of stability to the world sounds odd, if not outright wrong...
One way of realizing "Antiviral's" suggestion about "lot less offshoring of jobs and a lot more manufacturing at home" can be done by de-valuing the USD and therefore making "imports in to US" less attractive to the foreigners and making "US exports to other countries" attractive for foreigners.
Right now, the USD is being artifically propped up. This only helps those that export to the US. To buy these goods, (most) Americans borrow and fall into a debt trap.
There is no way that offshoring can be stopped right now ( I was in this industry for 17 long years, so trust me on this one!!!) because for a given piece of IT-related work, an American charges 100 USD per hour and the same work is done by an Indian for 20 USD (of what quality is a topic for a different debate altogather!!!!). To stop offshoring, the American will have to charge, maybe, 30 to 40 USD, thereby making offshoring unviable and unattractive.
This will, undoubtfully, affect the American's life-style, but then, out of the several difficult choices faced by the American right now, this is not such an unpalatable choice.
De-valuing the USD will upset several coutries because they hold a lot of their foreign exchange in USD and thus they will have to live with an eroded foreign exchange reserve. It will also mean that gas will cost more in the US.
So, one way out of this mess is to de-value the USD. By how much and over what period of time is a different topic.
This is a good thing, or at least people should recognize that there will be good that will comes out of this. Let me suggest 1) that deleveraging will rebalance the US economy away from finance towards service and manufacturing, since financial profits will drop, 2) slow down growth outside the US and give the world time to catch up to its new circumstances; 3) localize economic activity, as there won't be the money to finance far flung activities, 4) shift US economic activity and political power away from money centers (NY) to the heartland, south, and west.On the other hand, the great overriding threat is that the government is where temporary problems become permanent problems.
Sir: A failure of simple leveraging would only yield a fairly local problem. Perhaps that is all that will result from the current debacle, we can always hope. However, one must note that with leveraging, one party puts up "money" and is aided and abetted in their endeavors by another party who also puts up "money". The money supply is controlled exclusively by the central banks-- neither you nor I nor a (non-central) bank can create money. Therefore leverage bubbles typically require inputs from other areas, and by definition would result fairly local downsides when deleveraging occurs. There may be collateral damage and painful side effects, but not catastrophic side effects to the lenders of money aiding in leveraging. What has happened is that the complex financial instruments are forcing an expansion of the money supply-- basically forcing the central banks to expand the money supply to keep the complex instruments from collapsing and taking economies with them. A paper fiction not using real money now needs propping up by the use of real money-- and no one has or is willing to provide the huge sums except a central bank. This leads to a rapid expansion of the money supply and all attendant ills that depend from such an action. The notional value of these instruments appears to be larger than the planetary output by a comfortable margin-- one hopes that the central banks (after all, every economy that was breathing drank the Kool Aid(r) one way or another in a worldwide chugging frenzy) can keep the house of cards upright long enough for the central banks to regain their lost control of the money supply. Regaining control by the central banks and deflating the financial monster is the real deleveraging. One hopes the Fed alone can manage it since the other central banks would rather tune their fiddles and hope the fire does not spread.
Increased debt is an avoidance mechanism. Obviously the people during the early part of the Great Depression chose to borrow rather than reduce spending. It is also happening today, more slowly but for the same reasons. Then as now, what stopped the economic collapse was a choice of the masses to stop borrowing and live within their means.
The economy needs a cleanup; it is so clouded up by debt that people cannot see where the real problems with the economy are. I think when our new Great Depression is over, you are going to see a lot less offshoring of jobs and a lot more manufacturing at home. People will be a lot more willing to see a house as an asset to buy and hold instead of trade. Businesses who will be used to spending earned capital rather than borrowed capital will have more solid business plans. These are good things which need to happen, despite the pain.
"The Bush administration's rescue plan aims to arrest this deleveraging cycle. But it will not be easy. "Eventually they will put the fire out," says Nick Carn, a partner at Odey Asset Management, a hedge fund. "The question is how much gets burned between now and then.""Correct me if I'm wrong here, but the only way you are going to end this deleveraging cycle is when the country's debt ratio finally goes back down. Throwing nonexistent money courtesy of the government will not end the nation's debt. Only a good long period of saving - not necessarily a depression but clearly not the GDP growth we are accustomed to - will bring the economy back on the right footing.
You want even more liquidity, then istead of giving $2000 per US citizen to the NYC bankers and financiers....
why not give $2000 to every US citizen directly, where it will wind up in those banks and credit unions and investment fims.
They could put strict limits on it like in exchange for receiving $2,000 you must pay $2000 towards your mortgage, credit card or auto loan...and accept a $2,000-$4,000 reduction in your credit limit. Now thats a direct way to deleverage!
A very interesting question in this context arises whether a new kind of "debt inflation" will happen...To prevent this, the FED will have to be very proactive to constantly provide liquidity when needed. Not sure if Panic Ben will be the right person for that.
The stupidity in this bailout is astounding.
Let the big NYC banks and investment firms fail or merge. No matter how much money is invested in them, they arent going to lend. Their a black whole.
Guess who is still lending? Small credit unions and local banks. There is one thing about finance that is fortunate. There are always small local and regional banks, credit unions, and investment firms just waiting for an opportunity to grow locally or regionally or nationally.
Let these big monstrosities die. The policy should be priming the pump for the businesses that will replace them.
Its the same story for what was it Arther Anderson in Accounting/Auditing services. They went out of business and there were plenty of local, regional and national firms that grew right into that vacuum.
Insurance...dont prop up AIG, let it fail and help Chubb and the others to replace it.
This is just insanity to hold the entire nation hostage because some companies leveraged themselves 30:1, lied (legally because there was no regulation) by hiding debt/leverage off the books and then refused to be regulated.
The American car companies bet gas prices would be cheap and refused CAFE increases...as if not learning from the 1970s then sure as shinola...they built the same dinasaurs that lost their market to the asian and european market in the 70s, only this time market loss meant bankrupty not layoffs. Do they deserve a bailout no. Its structured as a loan just like chryler...that has to be paid back...a loan to modernize their manufacturing plants to what they should have been building 10 years ago.
But do you think Bear Sterns, AIG, etc are going to repay their bailout with interest? Not on your tushie.
Big Crunch seems it would last a while. Funny it coincides with boomer retirement. Interesting time we live in, yes?
Finally we have come to the point: Deleveraging! I absolutely agree that the US economy is totally over-indebted. And it is true: much of the last two decades' real growth was due to asset inflation. I remember European economists discussing how it could be that the US had so much more prodictivity growth in services, part. in financial services (and, strangely, wholesale trade). And: Why was the euro area's potential growth rate so much lower than that of the US? The smarter of economists always argued: It all boils down to the negative national saving rate of the US (and some strange GDP accounting of the US).Throwing now $700B after an anyway falling financial sector is totally lost money. It might only delay the contraction and the contraction will become that much more severe. Like a valve that opens later than it should. In my opinon Ben Bernanke never understood what he was doing.If the US government were wise, it would now drive failed (over-leveraged) banks out of the market ASAP. Even then, there will be no total financial meltdown, only a credit tightening. And this credit tightening will be needed to force US economic agents to save, save, save. And invest, invest, invest: in roads, infrastructure, energy efficiency, health, education, social cohesion (not: war, weapons, security and other madness).A remark to our fellow nihilist below: I am not sure you can say how Europeans would act in such a situation. Let us see how we will overcome the eminent CEEC crisis (together with US-mirror problems in UK, Ireland and Spain). In the end: Even depressions happen cyclically.
Due to globalization over the last 30 years,Americans have become poorer. But it was hidden by increased debt and reduced savings. Today, the household savings rate is zero. In contrast, households in poor India and China save over 25%. In the USA, this has happened due to a desparate attempt to maintain same or better standard of living. This is not sustainable.
When the water settles, the real GDP of USA might turn out to be much much less than $14 Trillion. The common man has to save a quarter of the income for old age. That means lower standard of living today. Only that can rescue USA.
While this has happened in the USA, there is no reason to believe that western Europe is better off. The external debt of major European nations is much higher than the US on a per capita basis.
Dear jcfoot,I can only say what Europe would do.Nationalise all critical financial components.Convenient and non core financial activities would be allowed to whither or flourish.The 'Fortress Europe' economic strategy would be implemented, creating employment and stimulating economic activity in markets that had been off shored or where we were uncompetitive.Economic retaliation would be minimal, as most trading partners would be wrecked by a Dollar collapse; they'd also need the Euro to stage a recovery.
"Even firms that are not heavily in debt may think twice about expanding."That is spot on.I work for a /> $1B Multinational and in the last 6 months we have gone from "full capital expenditure ahead!" to "Let's be cautious and delay some investments" to "credit might be so hard to get that we could have to live with our cash for a while".Up until recently, we were said to be "under-leveraged". Now I think we are at risk in this crisis, things are going to get ugly before they get better.
Observing the graphic, does it not seem rather dire to others that the national debt arose only AFTER 1929, as opposed to the current crisis in which the borrowing forms part of the ramp up to the crisis? In other words, the national debt soared during the depression in Keynsian response to the crash, whereas now an overleveraged government appears to be part of the problem.The government, as the last lender, can supposedly borrow cheaply through the flight to T-bills, but I observe that the run up in debt coincided with a 40% drop in the currency. What will this new round of borrowing occasion?
Was no one smart enough to be hoarding cash as the others leveraged up? Warren Buffet comes to mind... no that he has put money into Goldman, does it mean the bottom is here? What does he say about whether the government should enter, rather than letting bargain hunters name their price.
Nice diagram. It seems like 1% of annual GDP growth in the US of the last 30 years was in fact down, not to any fundamental strength of the US economy, but steady accumulation of ever more debt, trusting the world to trust the US to pay it back. Oh well, what goes up, will come down.
Dear sirs, it appears to me that there is an almost universal sense of denial concerning the scale of this implosion. Consumer spend is about to fall off a cliff as credit is withdrawn. What then of manufacturing? What then of the rest? These are forces well beyond the power of any government to mitigate. It is altogether possible we are facing the collapse of the financial system as we know it. In many ways this looks far worse that any previous meltdown, starting with the shear number of people with a direct financial exposure to global markets. Perhaps it is then prudent to begin to consider useful courses of action to be taken in the event of collapse? Were it then to transpire, the worst of the social damage may be able to be contained. The stakes are just to high for this idea to be disavowed.
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Dude, if the robots that overthrow humanity are made of LEGOs, my head is going to explode trying to decide how I feel about the situation.
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Great menswear collections usually excel in two things: durability and details. Sometimes, it's one or the other, but there are those certain designers and labels that expertly balance both, along with a very distinct brand vision. Daiki Suzuki of Engineered Garments manages to pull this off every season, while the relatively new Ovadia & Sons are also strongly consistent in delivering clothes that are constructed well enough to be timeless, but modern enough to be "cool." Here's another one of the more promising entries into the modern menswear foray: Over All Master Cloth. A higher-end take on Carhartt's rough-around-the-edges Work In Progress line, O.A.M.C. melds items like shooting shirts, chore jackets, and cap-toe oxford shoes with materials like Harris Tweed, Bison leather, and felted wool. The silhouettes may be familiar, but everything else is elevated.
And really, that's how menswear progresses—not with a radical shift, but a comfortable nod towards the right direction. That's the sort of mentality that informs Chris Gibbs of Union, one of the best independent boutiques in the country. Gibbs's eclectic approach to clothes and experience as a custodian of cool also influences his role as the creative director of O.A.M.C. He's working with a pretty impressive team in this venture—head designer Luke Meier cut his teeth at cult New York brand Supreme, while Matthew Boule (formerly of Visvim) is heading up the sales team, and Carhartt Work In Progress creative director Arnaud Faeh is the COO. We spoke with Gibbs about the new label, what's behind a high-end price tag, and the modern menswear market.
GQ: How involved were you in the initial stages of Over All Master Cloth?
Gibbs: I've pretty much been involved since day one. Coincidentally, the designer of the brand, Luke Meier, is one of my best friends. We met 20 years ago in NY. When I first started working at Union, we started a T-shirt line together, and it took off. At the time people were into it, and it was easy to get Japanese distribution. He had just graduated from Georgetown with a business degree, and then he decided to go to FIT and got a degree in fashion design.
GQ: What happened after that?
Gibbs: One of his first gigs out of FIT was the head designer of Supreme. Brendan, who's designing Supreme now, left to start his line, Noah. Long story short, the owner James Jebbia asked me if I knew any good people, and I told him my best friend had just graduated. Luke was there for about 8 years.
GQ: When did he start working with Carhartt?
Gibbs: Luke started freelancing for Carhartt Work In Progress, and he came up with this idea of taking the design sensibilities of workwear and updating them. He wanted to start using modern technology, fabrics, and materials to kind of re-invent it. And that's basically what you have with Over All Master Cloth.
GQ: How did you get involved with this project?
Gibbs: We have a mutual respect for each other, and he invited me to come on as a consultant. I've kind of been a jack-of-all-trades. I've helped with the design, the marketing, factories, pretty much, anything I have access to. I put in my two cents, and I'm definitely a big part of it, but it's hard to say: "this is my job." I guess I'm creative director.
It's been fun. It's really cool and great to work with a good friend. And I sell clothing that other people make for a living, so this is my first real foray into the other side of it, and it's been quite tough, but I'm pretty proud of the product.
GQ: After being on the other side for so long at Union, what has that taught you about what makes a good menswear brand?
Gibbs: I've always felt that one of my biggest assets—and the thing that has helped me be successful—is that I come at it from the other way. I try to run the store thinking about what the consumer wants, so I took that same kind of mindset into O.A.M.C. I know what the consumer wants, and I know what the retailer wants, and if you can make a line that works for both, then you'll be successful. The bigger fashion houses have merchandisers do that, but I don't think a lot of brands get that.
GQ: Union carries everything from Thom Browne to PYREX Vision, that's pretty eclectic. With that in mind, how would you describe the modern menswear market?
Gibbs: We're a part of a new movement of men's fashion. I'm not trying to say we started it, but now guys are taking similar approaches to dressing themselves like women have predominantly done. This was born out of streetwear, and it's now being soaked up by the other categories of men's fashion. There's more wearable clothing that allows a guy to express himself creatively.
In the past, everything that was made for men was very utilitarian, very functional: It's got a pocket here because you can put a hammer in it. Then on the other end of the scale, there's like the O.G. fashion houses making more like costume wear, like really flamboyant stuff. Super creative, but it's not practical. Now, your everyday guy can buy a practical pair of pants that still have this certain level of creativity that falls somewhere between. I think Union, as a store, our goal is to constantly provide a new way of wearing, seeing, and offering "classic menswear." That's where the men's industry in general seems to be blowing up more than anything, and that's where O.A.M.C. would like to fit.
GQ: Isn't it ironic that a lot of shops and brands offer this this air of exclusivity, while actually being very accessible because of the Internet?
Gibbs: That's something that we in fumbled around with. Up until two years ago Union didn't have a website. We thought of ourselves as a best-kept secret. Like: "Hey, we have these brands. You either know about them or you don't, and if you don't know about them, then we can't help you," and it was kind of "for the initiated," so to speak.
We've tried to keep that part of our history and identity, while at the same time embracing the fact that the whole market has blown up. And what I mean by that is what I would call "proper streetwear." I believe that Union is where streetwear started. I was shopping at Union before I worked there, but the voice and vibe of Union started ten years before I even knew it existed.
GQ: You mean with James Jebbia, Shawn Stussy, Eddie Cruz and those guys?
Gibbs: Exactly, and now streetwear is a multi-billion dollar industry, and I could argue that the store that started it has a very small stake in that. To a certain degree that's our fault, but we want to correct that, and we thought that our original attitude was not very inclusive.
GQ: Why do you think that's Union's fault?
Gibbs: Originally we were a place where if you didn't know what was up, we weren't going to tell you. We weren't going to help you, and we weren't making ourselves available. If you think about the early Supreme days, people would complain how rude the staff was. Maybe we considered ourselves kind of as gatekeepers to this new thing, and if you didn't know about it, you could go fuck yourself.
GQ: And you had shops like Nom de Guerre, which people really had to seek out or know about beforehand.
Gibbs: Exactly, and those all blossomed out of that same kind of energy. I don't speak for anyone else, but for us, there are two things that made that change. One is that I realized we didn't have to have that attitude. People wanted what we were offering, and it was so unique that we didn't have to stop them from getting it. The price and styling were prohibitive anyway. We needed to stop being about "being exclusive," because at the end of the day, it wasn't serving us properly. We couldn't survive as a business being the world's best-kept secret.
We're not like, some old butcher shop that's been in New York for over a hundred years. They might have a limited quantity of meats, but the quality is really high. They've been family-owned for years, and they'll continue to stay around because what they offer is homegrown. But we sell other people's brands. And all those brands inevitably want to grow, and we would not be in business today if we didn't have a website.
I believe our exclusivity comes from our edit. And this is going to sound super conceited, but I gotta keep it real: I think our edit is better than any other place on Earth. So the brands that we carry, like Thom Browne, we do a different and a better edit that any other store. The designers, they see that we make a different edit than anyone else, and we represent their brand in a way that's still unique.
GQ: You said the term "price prohibitive," which is interesting especially when it comes to O.A.M.C., because it's expensive. What exactly are people paying for?
Gibbs: There's a whole article that could be written on that, but I'll try to keep it short-winded. A good example to me is Comme des Garçons. They make really good products, they're constructed well, but at the end of the day, their design sensibilities are extremely unique to them, and when you're paying more for a Comme des Garçons piece, you're typically paying for the design. You can't get what they make from anyone else. The second thing you're buying is the name, the brand, and the identity. The third thing would be the quality.
Other brands say: "Hey, we're using the best manufacturers and fabrics on Earth," and you're buying quality first. The design is just a regular chino, or a blue oxford shirt, but it's made out of the best shit. There are many brands I could put in that pocket, ones that come to mind are Visvim and Hermès, where they're using the highest quality materials. So when we're taking about "price prohibitive," there are some brands that go out with making something expensive just to do that, so that it speaks to a certain consumer and excludes another one, but I'd say most brands do not. Most brands are making a garment, it costs what it costs, and there's a premium. I've learned a lot about that with O.A.M.C., I've really seen the other side of making clothing and what it entails.
GQ: Is O.A.M.C. the latter? What separates something like the Jahn Shirt, a white buttondown with black shooting patch details, from its contemporaries?
Gibbs: We're using a higher end cotton that's going to last longer and feel better. We're using really beautiful felted wool for the applique, so there's design going on. That extra felting adds to the cost, we're buying really high-end fabrics, and the whole line is made in Italy and in France. If you want to break it down to a really simple way of looking at it: Every new detail you add to a garment adds a cost.
I used to have to explain to people why we sold $600 washed denim at the store. I'd tell them that, to wash it, that's an extra step. I've been to the places making these jeans and if it has a worn out patch, on a better-made jean, there's some guy rubbing that out every day. Versus in China, where there's a machine doing it and it looks the same on every pant.
GQ: What are your favorite pieces in the fall collection?
Gibbs: One of my favorite pieces is the Chester coat, which is basically our take on the chore coat, in the heavy canvas, which I think is just beautiful, I don't think there's anything else on the market like that. Whenever anybody gets to feel the jacket, they're going to notice the difference; it's actually quite soft to the feel, quite soft to the touch.
My other favorite piece would be the Chester coat in the British Millerain. It best represents what we're trying to do with O.A.M.C. It's taken from workwear, but it's really clean. It's something you could wear out to a nice restaurant, dress it up or down, and it would raise the bar on what you were wearing.
GQ: There's also some double-knee Niemeyer Pants made from Loro Piana and Harris Tweed, what inspired those?
Gibbs: Luke and I have a soft spot for heavy wool pants, which probably dates back to our '90s hip-hop youth. With the Niemeyer pants we were like "fuck it, how can we take the thing we and make it the best one?" And we thought: What better than Harris Tweed? The color inconsistency of the Harris Tweed wool is beautiful. One more favorite is the Ghost Shirt, made from lightweight cotton poplin but it's got a back that's twill, I was really happy with that.
GQ: Why are you so pleased with the Ghost Shirt?
Gibbs: It represents where I think the men's market is going, Union's place in it, and where O.A.M.C. would go: A subtle twist to classic pieces. That piece from a classic brand would be just a cotton shirt. From a high-end designer, it'd have like, some crazy pleather backing. I think we did a really nice twist giving it that back placket with a nice tonal twill. I'm quite excited for Spring. This is our first season so we've kind of had to lay some groundwork, so for Spring and moving on to future seasons we're going to see our reality start to blossom.
GQ: Quality, details, and design are hallmarks of a good collection, but what about consistency, especially in the trend-resistant world of menswear?
Gibbs: Design consistency with the market that we cater to is important. I think that when you get into really high fashion design, they change every season, they might be inspired by firemen one season and make a whole line of fire-retardant clothing, and then the next season they might be inspired by the Vietnam war, or whatever, and their line can change. When I think of high-end men's fashion lines, they change from season to season, and that's really cool, and that has its place.
But what Union does well, is we don't change as drastically; our changes are slighter. It's more like: "This season we're going take that classic shirt, and make it in a subtly different way." We'll change it enough to make it something you want, and want to wear, but it's not going to be something you can't wear three years down the road, and I think that's where Union sits in the hierarchy in men's fashion and retail. I like to think we do these small changes, not these big, sweeping "this season, we're into... whatever." The brands that we carry, we've been carrying them for the past 12-plus years, some even longer.
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Sun Tzu's The Art of War, a Taoist classic probably written between 320 and 310 B.C., is not a mere text on military strategy (and by extension, competitive endeavors in business and other realms), as it is commonly interpreted today. It runs much deeper. As one of its translators into English, Thomas Cleary, has written: "Perhaps the paradox of The Art of War is in its opposition to war. And as The Art of War wars against war, it does so by its own principles; it infiltrates the enemy's lines, uncovers the enemy's secrets, and changes the heart of the enemy's troops." (T. Cleary, Shambhala Publications, Inc. 1991).
According to Sun Tzu, the greatest victory consists in defeating the enemy without having to resort to armed conflict. Any violent military victory, even the most overwhelming, represents a loss even for the victorious force. The goal of the commander is to creatively and deceptively manipulate the basic elements of warfare–formations, weather, terrain, energy, timing, and the principle of Tao (harmony)–to place the enemy in such an untenable position that it must yield without fighting. The most important tool of an army is intelligence about the enemy, particularly that gleaned by double agents. Complete victory must be seized at the earliest stage possible, before the enemy has had the chance to array its forces, even before it has formulated its final plans.
Which brings us to the current world situation. A major planned war supported by President Obama, which very possibly could have become a world war with Russia fighting the United States, has been averted in Syria. There are two basic theories why the war did not take place, both well argued in various FDL posts. The first position is that high-level diplomacy was responsible for putting an end to the crisis, that Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin, approaching the precipice, cut a deal whereby Assad's government in Syria agreed to peaceably dispose of its chemical weapons under U.N. supervision. If this interpretation is correct, the accord over Syria can be compared to the results of the numerous conferences between the major powers before World War I which delayed, but ultimately did not prevent, the great conflict which followed.
I support the second view, that "people power" stopped the war. The sequence of events which unfolded was so startling and unprecedented, and laid bare such yawning gaps in the national leaders' actual level of control, that it cannot be reasonably interpreted as a part of a master diplomatic plan. First was the August, 2013 vote by the British House of Commons against military action, in defiance of the hawkish position of Prime Minister David Cameron. This was the first time the House of Commons voted down a war motion since 1782, when the parliament voted against further fighting against the American Revolution. See Reuters
In recent decades, the United States and United Kingdom have been two halves of a single whole when it comes to major military actions in the Middle East. Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher during the First Gulf War in 1991, George W. Bush and Tony Blair during the Second Gulf War beginning in 2003, worked on the closest of terms. Once Britain excluded itself from participation, Obama's position with respect to a Syrian attack was knocked so badly out of kilter that could no longer initiate military action by executive fiat. He had to go to Congress. At this point, U.S. public opinion manifested an overwhelming show of opposition, both in numbers and intensity, against the planned conflict. It soon became evident that the votes for war were not there in Congress, that indeed the Congressional vote would be a landslide defeat for Obama. Only at this point did Putin grab control of the situation with his face-saving offer.
What happened in the 10 years between the start of the Second Gulf War in 2003 and the 2013 Syrian crisis is that the people of the United States, Britain, and the world became wiser. The millions who had earlier supported the invasion of Iraq as a show of support for their leaders in the aftermath of 9/11 gradually formed a consensus that the years of endless fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan was futile, designed to strengthen the iron grip the national security state rather than combat "terrorism." Gradually, the people learned to decode the deceptive messages of their leaders, gaining real intelligence into the situation. Informal networks of popular organization crystallized and grew below the surface. Sun Tzu emphasizes that a successful army must remain formless to the enemy until after the enemy reveals its shape. The growth of internet communication made possible a "form in formlessness" never conceivable before (not even to Sun Tzu). There were no identifiable commanders, there was no "top down" agenda, and yet the war opposition moved in synchrony, consolidating the combined intelligence of tens of millions of citizens. The result was that, when the decisive moment struck, the war forces folded.
The momentum of the peace forces proved unstoppable, like the rushing water or avalanche of boulders by which Sun Tzu analogizes the path of a victorious force. And in keeping with Sun Tzu's advice, the popular advance skirted the enemy's fortresses and attacked its weak points. It was not directed against the Washington bastions of the presidency, the military, and the national security state. Instead the people moved to where they still had influence, namely, their representatives in the House of Commons and Congress.
Until now, Sun Tzu's concept of a victory without violence has been held out as an impossible goal, one to be approached but never attained in full. Remarkably, in stopping the Syrian attack, the people may have actually fulfilled the Sun Tzu ideal. What transpired was not a victory for one or the other side in Syria or anywhere else. It was a victory over war itself, and for this reason perhaps the greatest victory in history.
We have become habituated to chronicling the record of our defeats by those in power, and fighting dogged, but ultimately unsuccessful holding actions. All of this must change. We now hold the strategic advantage. Don't fool yourself, the Powers that Be know of our triumph, and so should we.
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You will be hard pressed to to better than the Balboa Inn for many reasons, however if you need 5 star deluxe, then go find it and pay accordingly elsewhere.
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Nebraska Indian Community College | |
Established | 1973 |
Type | Tribal College Public, non-profit |
President | Micheal Oltrogge |
Students | 95 |
Undergraduates | available |
Postgraduates | not available |
Location | PO Box 428 Macy, Nebraska, US68039 |
Campus | rural |
Affiliations | Omaha, Santee Sioux & Winnebago reservations |
Website | www.thenicc.edu |
Nebraska Indian Community College is a co-educational public, regionally accredited community college located in Macy, Nebraska. Today NICC serves the Omaha Tribe and the Santee Sioux Nation, and maintains an open door philosophy. The multicampus structure of NICC provides opportunities for individualized attention and distance learning for students and teachers who may be separated by hundreds of miles. The college operates three sites: in Macy on the Omaha Reservation, in Santee on the Santee Sioux reservation, and in the urban South Sioux City.[1]
Nebraska Indian Community College began in July, 1973 as the American Indian Satellite Community College under a grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Post-secondary Education. The grant was administered through Northeast Technical Community College in Norfolk, Nebraska, to provide post-secondary education on the Omaha, Santee Sioux, and the Winnebago reservations. In 1979, Nebraska Indian Community College established itself as a fully independent two-year college chartered by the governments of three Nebraska Indian Tribes following the enactment of the Tribally Controlled Community College Assistance Act. In 1996 the Winnebago chartered the Little Priest Tribal College on its reservation. It is named after one of its notable chiefs and is open to students of other tribes as well.[2]
The American Indian Satellite Community College established classrooms and administrative offices in communities on each reservation, with the central office located in Winnebago. In serving its clientele, Nebraska Indian Community College has made a variety of cultural, educational, and social resources available in isolated and economically underdeveloped areas. The college libraries at each campus are developing collections of resources important to the history and culture of each tribe, and the nation.[3]
An eight-member board of directors governs the NICC. In 1979, the schools of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, of which the Nebraska Indian Community College is a member, succeeded in persuading Congress to pass and fund Public Law 95-471, the Tribally Controlled Community College Act. Nebraska Indian Community College and other tribally controlled community colleges thus became eligible for direct funding from the federal government as land grant institutions. NICC established itself as a fully independent two-year college. It was granted a charter by the governments of each of the Indian tribes within Nebraska.[4]
In June 1981, the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA) approved the college for accreditation at the associate degree granting level. The institution was granted a charter by each of the three Nebraska Indian Tribes. A Board of Trustees composed of three members from each tribe was appointed by the individual Tribal Councils to govern the college. To reflect its independent status, the Board renamed the institution the Nebraska Indian Community College.
Majors available[edit]
- Horticultural Services (Certificate or Diploma)
- Native American Studies (A.A.)
- Business Administration/Management (A.A.)
- Computer/Information Sciences - General (A.A.)
- Data Entry Applications (A.A.)/(Certificate or Diploma)
- Carpentry (A.A.)/(Certificate or Diploma)
- Early Childhood Education (A.A.)/(Certificate or Diploma)
- Liberal Arts & Sciences (A.A.)
- Natural Resources & Conservation - General (A.A.)
- Social Work (A.A.)
- Police Science (A.A.)
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See also[edit]
- American Indian College Fund (AICF)
- Native American organizations
- Two-year colleges in the United States
- Universities and colleges in Nebraska
- American Indian Higher Education Consortium
- Educational institutions established in 1973
- North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
- Education in Thurston County, Nebraska
- Buildings and structures in Thurston County, Nebraska
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Fairfax, Virginia - Every twenty-five years, Colt's Manufacturing Company celebrates their longevity and success with the creation of a commemorative firearm. Now what do you do when you've got yourself a one-of-a-kind handgun? How about putting it on display at the NRA National Firearms Museum?
"Our CEO, Lt. General William M. Keys, USMC (Ret.), thought that rather then leave it in a cabinet at Colt's Manufacturing, that we should have it on display where the public could see it," said Timothy Looney, Manager of the Colt Custom Shop.
Definitely sounds like a job for the National Firearms Museum. So what exactly are we talking about here?
A special product from the Colt Custom shop, this beautiful piece is based off of the classic 1873 Single Action Army Revolver design. Gold inlays, delicate engraving and scrimshaw paneled grips are just a few of the touches on this masterpiece.
"And if you look closely, you'll see the serial number is Colt175," pointed out Senior Curator Doug Wicklund. "How cool is that."
We'll share specs and pics once we round up all the details on the Single Action Army, so stay tuned.
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The Greatest Keyboard Ever Made
dell's (304 comments)
am i the only one who loves the dell sk 8135?!?!, perfect weight, perfect keys, usb ports. its PERFECT!
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dell's (304 comments)
am i the only one who loves the dell sk 8135?!?!, perfect weight, perfect keys, usb ports. its PERFECT!
is this? (70 comments)
is this the beginning of the descolada?
Re:The PS4 (128 comments)
in effect, the ps4 memory is even more integrated.. see: here and here
Re:Win 8 a contributing factor, not the main culpr (564 comments)
we couldn't find any laptop vendor supplying 3rd generation i7 powered laptop that runs Windows 7
i'm not sure if i missundestood you, english is not my primary language, but srsly?!?!
took me 60 seconds, first stop.
a suggestion i didn't see. (687 comments)
Many suggested an easy way to pay, so put in the apple store and play store an 5$ app that gives the registration number based in the identity of the buyer.
This has several advantages, easy to pay, ubiquitous, trusty, and if the buyer loses the key, he can always re-download the app you already purchased.
Host yourself the app and dont ask for any info for the download,
Re:Get rid of some (615 comments)
far ahead of every other country on earth? how about number 32
Re:This is blindingly obvious (183 comments)
At one time, I too thought of a similar system, but the "One big problem" is precisely the verifiability of your vote. E.g. Imagine your employer demanding you vote for a certain candidate, he can now verify that you indeed voted for that candidate, or someone buying votes can confirm that the vote was indeed for the proper candidate. Or a political party/church doing the same. It's a bad system
Re:So? The games suck anyway (221 comments)
Dude, sorry for your loss, but if your update is 3.55 or below, you can downgrade via software and get back otherOS, or use one of the more modern CFW with said feature... Cheers
Re:Sony removes features (221 comments)
Sorry, extra character at the end, there you go, sports
Re:Sony removes features (221 comments)
well, it have been confirmed that the ps4 will not need internet connectivity at all, so games cannot require key registration. source
battery life (233 comments)
"Power: Rechargeable lithium-polymer battery, ~5-10 hours of use
Battery Life: Officially 5 days of classroom use or 2 weeks of homework use
That's really, REALLY crappy! for a 15Mhz, 1287k ram device! i would have espected at least ten times that!
not new (71 comments)
relevant wikipedia:
A claimed advantage of optics is that it can reduce power consumption, but an optical communication system will typically use more power over short distances than an electronic one. This is because the shot noise of an optical communication channel is greater than the thermal noise of an electrical channel which, from information theory, means that more signal power is required to achieve the same data capacity. However, over longer distances and at greater data rates, the loss in electrical lines is sufficiently large that optical communications will comparatively use a lower amount of power. As communication data rates rise, this distance becomes longer and so the prospect of using optics in computing systems becomes more practical.
and a more interesting article from 2010.
Today computer components are connected to each other using copper cables or traces on circuit boards. Due to the signal degradation that comes with using metals such as copper to transmit data, these cables have a limited maximum length. This limits the design of computers, forcing processors, memory and other components to be placed just inches from each other. Today's research achievement is another step toward replacing these connections with extremely thin and light optical fibers that can transfer much more data over far longer distances, radically changing the way computers of the future are designed and altering the way the datacenter of tomorrow is architected.
wow (457 comments)
heÂs my new hero!
Re:America leader on clean energy, not Europe (341 comments)
Well, to be fair, after a short google expedition, America does seems to be an accepted name for the United States of America, but it is so ONLY in the United States of America. remember, in the Americas there are about 911 Million persons, including the 315(35%) Million currently in the USA
autograph (1142 comments)
Can you answer this question as a sort of online autograph for me? your books had a great influence in my life. thank you
least commented article (13 comments)
Only 12 post at the time of this writting (-1) is this tle least commented article in the recent story of slashdot??
Re:Ice Tea... (370 comments)
not a lot, concrete streets are very common in a lot of places, and are pretty white
Re:The "A Better Informed Electorate" oxymoron (306 comments)
All they want is to have an easy life, get laid, and be fed
but but... that's the dream...
Re:Agreed (566 comments)
I Agree!
Re:Probably wrong argument anyway (545 comments)
And 100% oxygen will kill you pretty damned quick, too. So your argument is nonsense.
100% oxygen at a "normal"atmospheric pressure (0.3 to 3 atm) is perfectly fine and secure to breathe, if used for a very long time can lead to a retinopathy and other problems but is not very dangerous. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen_therapy


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I'm trying to protect my hostas from voles by planting them in 3 gallon plastic containers before placing them in the ground. I have four questions and would appreciate help from anyone who has to constantly deal with voles.
1.) I've covered the bottom of the pots with sharp edged gravel. Should I also drill holes in the sides/bottoms of the containers as well? 2.) I purchased some crushed oyster shells. Should this be mixed throughout the soil or only placed as the top layer to protect the plant? 3.) When hostas are planted in the ground in containers, do they require daily watering? 4.) I mulch with shredded bark to help control the weeds in my hosta beds. I've read that this attracts voles as well. Should I discontinue this practice? Thank you. |
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- Posted by botanybabe 6b (My Page) on Sat, Jun 13, 09 at 0:04
1. Definitely drill holes in the pots about 2 1/2 inches from the bottom so excess water can drain out. I use this method on about 50% of my hostas 2. If you are growing hostas in pots its best to grow them in fine pine mulch, not soil. It decomposes and give the plants just what they need to thrive. Put your oyster shells on top to discourage slugs. 3. Daily watering is usually required only if the hostas are in direct sun, hot conditions and are using lots of water. Water when the potting medium is nearly dry about 2 inches down. 4. Any kind of mulch attracts voles. They crawl under it. If you have voles, it's best to use no mulch. Other folk here will have some good ideas too. Lainey |
What I have seen in my yard of vole tunnels is that they are close to the surface of the ground. It would be great if someone could confirm this or how deep they tunnel. The reason I say this is that I don't know how necessary it is to provide more protection deep in your pot or deep in the hole in the ground. Hopefully, the pot itself will provide the necessary protection for deep root growth. The area of the pot and hosta roots close to the surface is what I would be most concerned about. |
Voles will use mole tunnels if available. I got hit very hard by voles over the winter, first time ever. This is also the first time that I blew the leaves off of my yard onto the hosta bed for 'winter mulch'. Hmmm. Anyway, when I blew the leaves out of the bed, I did see many surface runs. However in order for the voles to do the damage they did, they would have had to burrow down. Among my losses was a HUGE (4' across) Blue Angel. I am still stunned....all that was left was a HOLE in the ground, as if I'd dug it up. Not one iota of the plant remained. Between the major vole attack and the fact that I'm planning to move, I dug up all of my remaining hosta and put them in pots. I begged free pots from a local landscaping company, and before adding the soil, I used 1/4" hardware cloth to cover the holes. I suppose I could plant the pots like this, but since I'm moving, I just put them on my back patio. If I were planting them, I guess I'd add some gravel to the top. When I do replant them, I will not plant them in pots, but do plan to dig extra big holes and line those with gravel before adding the hosta and soil. I would like to line the hole with the hardware cloth, but I think that would be a big PIA. I don't know what I'll do on top...I'm thinking pine needles. |
- Posted by woodthrush z4PA (My Page) on Sat, Jun 13, 09 at 21:55
Use the sharp gravel on top also. Pine needles will be soft enough for the voles to dig in. Cages are a pita, and I figure it will take me a couple years to cage all of mine. Here's what I am doing. I caged the Blue Wonder in the fall and it's in the bed where the voles were the worst, eating every hosta in that bed. Came through the winter fine. |
Here is a link that might be useful: cages for hosta
It is mentioned to plant in fine pine mulch, not soil and pine needles as mulch. Does all this pine make the growing medium too alkaline for the hostas liking? Just wondering as pine was mentined several times in this thread. Thanks for any info. |
- Posted by botanybabe 6b (My Page) on Sun, Jun 14, 09 at 10:32
- Posted by elizabethanne Illinois 5 (My Page) on Mon, Jun 15, 09 at 18:54
Thank you for all of the helpful responses. I planted all of my hostas yesterday and am hoping they will thrive. After seeing the photos, now I want a Pineapple Upside Down Cake, too! |
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Stop-Motion LEGO Ghostbusters Movie (with Special Guest Ghost)
Check out this awesome film from filmmaker Marc-Andre Caron (aka MonsieurCaron). He created this cool stop-motion animated LEGO version of the Ghostbusters movie to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the film.
It's Ghostbusters made using LEGO bricks and minifigs. It features a very special guest star in place of Slimer, presumably because there is currently no official LEGO Slimer minifig (yet). I think it works better this way, anyhow. Just watch and enjoy:
This is a super fun video. Seeing the special guest ghost get "busted" is awesome. You can also check out the neat "Behind the scenes" video to see how it was made.
[via Laughing Squid]
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10 Artists You Need To See At SXSW This Year
Are you headed to Austin, Texas next month to check out this year's South By Southwest festival? If so, we've got two pieces of advice for you: One, pack sunscreen. Seriously. It might be freezing cold wherever you're at right now. But it will not be chilly down in Austin. And two, decide which artists you need to see at SXSW before you go. Otherwise, you'll be overwhelmed by all the acts that are scheduled to perform and end up missing shows you want to see.
We can't help you when it comes sunscreen. But we can suggest some of the artists you'll want to put on your must-see list. Here are the 10 artists you need to see at South By Southwest.
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Harrell, Cosart and a dog make journey to Astros' spring training
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Lucas Harrell wasn't going to spring training without his dog. Two weeks ago, the Astros' righthanded starter suddenly found himself in the market for a new friend. Harrell visited the Houston Humane Society on Almeda Road. Before he left, a chocolate-colored Labrador retriever, Lee, was part of his life. "He kind of […]
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Astros closer Jose Veras says baseball is 'crazy' business
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Jose Veras was surrounded by boxes. Small, rectangular orange ones filled with baseball cleats; larger boxes loaded with clothes and sports gear. It was 8:40 a.m. Tuesday. Veras had just arrived at Osceola County Stadium for the Astros' first official spring training workout of the 2013 season. The 32-year-old righthander was still […]
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Astros' 2013 lineup: Can you write in Altuve's name more than once?
"Boy, when you list them out like that I realize that we lost no one significant and gained no one significant." –Guillermo_Casas, after reading a recap of the Astros' off-season moves. Last year, Brad Mills and Tony DeFrancesco used 144 different lineups. Think about that: In 162 games, Houston trotted out 144 different batting orders. […]
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Kissimmee Notebook: Ankiel and Porter reunite, Freiman's height, Norris' comedy
KISSIMMEE, Fla. – Bo Porter's using everything he can think of to change the Astros' losing culture. The first-year manager made his first impact Tuesday. After more than an hour's worth of pitching drills and side sessions, about 20 Astros pitchers and catchers converged on a minor-league field at the team's spring training complex. Porter […]
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Spring training report: Veterans join in with pitchers and catchers
KISSIMMEE, Fla. – The Astros are ahead of schedule. Rick Ankiel, Erik Bedard, Jose Veras and Carlos Pena made their spring training debuts Tuesday at Osceola County Stadium. Veterans Bedard and Veras joined Astros pitchers and catchers in the club's first official workout, while Ankiel and Pena arrived three days ahead of the Friday report […]
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Bo Porter delivers first clubhouse speech to Astros
KISSIMMEE, Fla. – First-year manager Bo Porter held his first closed-door clubhouse meeting Tuesday at Osceola County Stadium. Porter's message to the rebuilding Astros: Everything is new. Let's go compete. Astros pitchers and catchers held their first official spring-training workout Tuesday after reporting Monday. About 15 position players joined the group, and Astros' athletes, coaches […]
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Video: Lucas Harrell opens up about spring training
Astros pitcher Lucas Harrell talk about the energy that new manager Bo Porter brings to the team, plus raw video from the first day of the Astros' spring training camp. 2/11/2013. Video: MLB
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Astros report: Luhnow senses more excitement in camp
To Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow, the 2013 season already feels different than 2012. One day into spring training, Luhnow said everything from the club's new manager and uniforms to a flood of new players competing for spots on the team's opening-day roster created an excitement level at Osceola County Stadium that was nowhere to […]
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Kissimmee postcard: Astros are so new even they're unsure who's who
KISSIMMEE, Fla. – Everything was new. New faces, new uniforms, new messages. So new even the Astros had difficulty keeping up with everyone and everything. A player and coach joked Saturday it was hard to know who was who without numbers and names on the back of practice jerseys. Astros spring training officially opened Monday, […]
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Battles loom at top, bottom of Astros' rotation
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Astros starting righthander Lucas Harrell considers Bud Norris the team's No. 1 starter. First-year manager Bo Porter isn't ready to give the ball to Norris just yet. Porter said the Astros' top-of-the-rotation pitcher hasn't been set, while spots four and five will be a "competition" throughout the club's seven-week spring-training stay in […]
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Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio, (March 23, 2007) -- The Lodge & Conference Center at Geneva-on-the-Lake celebrates spring with a grand Easter Brunch on Sunday, April 8, and two spring getaways that won't break a budget.
Easter Delights
The Easter Bunny presides over activities for those attending the Easter Brunch on Sunday, April 8. Youngsters will be invited to gather up their share of eggs filled with candy and prizes at the Lodge's Easter egg hunt at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. and have their picture taken with the Easter Bunny from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. All will enjoy the balloon creations and magic tricks of local entertainer Mr. Twister as he entertains in Horizons restaurant and in the lobby from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The Easter Brunch will tempt traditionalists with chef-carved brown sugar glazed ham, chef-prepared omelets to order, and French toast stuffed with strawberries and cream cheese. More exotic selections include blackened mahi-mahi with creole sauce, pepper crusted sirloin with brandy demi glaze and lemon thyme roasted chicken served atop wild mushroom ragout. A chilled seafood display featuring house-cured Gravlax – a Scandinavian, salmon appetizer; domestic and imported cheeses, fresh seasonal fruits, and bakery are among the variety of culinary delights awaiting guests. The brunch finale includes a selection of cakes and pies.
The Easter Brunch, served from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., is priced at $26.95 for adults; $24.95 for seniors over age 65, and $12.95 for children ages 4 – 11. Children 3 and under are complimentary. For reservations, call (440) 466-7100, Press "2."
Take A Break This Spring with Two Getaway Packages
The Lodge offers two spring getaways that will complement any budget. Both packages are available from April 1 to June 15, 2007, except May 5, 8, 9, 18, 19 and 28. To make reservations, call 866-442-9765 or visit www.TheLodgeAtGeneva.com:
The Family Getaway at Geneva: The package includes a one-night stay for two adults, children age 13 and under stay for free, starting at $89.
Spring Special at Geneva: The package includes a one-night stay for two and a breakfast voucher for $20 at Horizons restaurant, starting at $99 per couple.
Spring Break Activities for Guests
Overnight guests will be treated to special activities that include adult aerobics, wine tastings, a family cookie social, Friday night winery shuttle, jigsaw challenge in the lobby, and live entertainment in the lounge. Activities are offered at various times and dates from April 2 through April 15 at no additional charge.
Saturday, April 7 activities also include egg decorating, kite flying and a family movie in the lobby. The public is invited to bring kites and join in the kite-flying fun on Saturday, April 7, from noon to 4 p.m.
About the Lodge at Geneva-on-the-Lake
Located at 4888 North Broadway (State Highway 534) in Geneva-on-the-Lake, the Lodge at Geneva-on-the-Lake features 109 finely appointed guest rooms (the majority with lake views); Horizons, an upscale restaurant with a striking octagonal dining room and breathtaking view of Lake Erie; a lounge with a rectangular bar and great views of Lake Erie; and amenities that include a fitness center, game room, indoor pool and gift shop. The Lodge entrance is located one mile north of Geneva State Park, on the left. For room reservations, call 866-442-9765 or visit www.thelodgeatgeneva.com. For Horizons reservations, call (440) 466-7100, then press "2."
The Lodge is located in Geneva State Park, which encompasses 698 acres featuring 1.6 miles of Lake Erie shoreline as well as a beach and new bathhouse, six-lane boat ramp and marina, hiking, picnic areas and more. To learn more about Lodge at Geneva-on-the-Lake, visit www.thelodgeatgeneva.com.


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The Freemium Service Creeps into the Enterprise
January 20, 2012 | Posted in Business Applications, Enterprise, Managed File Transfer, Megaupload, Secure Platform | By Thomas Skybakmoen
Feds Shutter Megaupload, Arrest Executives Megaupload was based on a consumerization model, aka freemium service. This is where a vendor supports "free" users, working to convert the "free" users into paying customers. By offering a freemium model, the task of governing millions of users and what they upload & download is simply impossible, not to mention costly. What we have seen is that the easy accessibility of these types of services becomes very attractive to a large percentage of the population and will often creep into the corporate environment. According to The Application Usage and Risk Report by Palo Alto Networks, which monitored a week's worth of traffic at 1,636 medium to large size businesses around the world, Megaupload traffic
Lotusphere 2012 – Great Geek Challenge
January 3, 2012 | Posted in Cloud, Geek Challenge, Lotus Notes, Lotusphere 2012 | By Thomas Skybakmoen
At Lotusphere 2012, we are excited to sponsor the Nerd Girls' Great Geek Challenge. This year's event promises to be another fun and challenging evening as both nerd girls and boys come out and test their knowledge while enjoying food and drinks. There is no need to register, just show up at the Fountain Restaurant in the Dolphin Hotel on Tuesday, January 17th before 8PM to enter your name into the drawing for the $200 Amazon Gift Certificate and secure your seat at a geek table. Our own nerd boy, John Herr (who spent New Year's Eve watching a marathon of the Big Bang Theory), will be at the event representing Thru, Inc. We look forward to seeing if he


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Busy on a Friday evening. Good tempura shrimp. REALLY good shrimp won-tons in chili sauce. Nice maki rolls. Good selection of hot teas. Good servers, attentive host.
Busy on a Friday evening. Good tempura shrimp. REALLY good shrimp won-tons in chili sauce. Nice maki rolls. Good selection of hot teas. Good servers, attentive host.
Our last night in Columbia before our move and we decided to grab some food at Miyo's. When we walked in things seemed fine but I needed to use the facilities and found the bathroom completely filthy plus no soap available to wash my hands. When I asked the hostess about the situation she had no idea and didn't think... More
Miyo's has several locations around Columbia and all of them are delicious. Try the one in the Vista as it is surrounded by some good bars to visit as well. Be sure to try the green tea! My favorite is the Singapore Noodles and Chicken and Cashews.
I've eaten at several different Miyo's restaurants and they are all excellent! The menus appear to vary somewhat but you could pick an item blindfolded and not get a dud! Yummy!
We went there twice in the past month. The food was good, but the first time my wife got sick about 5 hours after eating there. She was sick all night. Now we went again last Friday. This time I got sick a few hours after dinner. Coincidence? Maybe, maybe not. We will not go there again.
I only tried the sushi and the gyoza. The server only knew the gyoza as "pot stickers"; no big deal, but they were excellent. Everything after that was extremely bland. I would probably not go back.
Miyo's on Main is our favorite Chinese restaurant in town. Having lived and traveled in the Orient, I am not easily satisfied with "American/Chinese" restaurants. Miyo's consistently meets even my high expectations! At Miyo's on Main food is always cooked to order, with lots of choices, good service, and reasonable prices. There is lots of variety in the menu. The... More
I went to Miyo's on Main street for lunch with 3 of my colleague. Out of our party of four, two were satisfied with their meal, the other two were not. This was very disappointing, since I have eaten at other Miyo's, and was the one to recommend we come here. My meal started well with the Sesame Noodle Salad,... More
All of the restaurants in the "Miyo chain" (only in Columbia) are first rate. Go there just for dinner or your 50th anniversary. You will not be disappointed.
I've eaten at Miyo's many times, and I've also been to a couple of their other locations around Columbia. Miyo's on Main Street is hands down the worst. The food is good, but overpriced; I think they're expecting you to pay a bit extra for the atmosphere, but to be honest it's not really that nice of a restaurant. It's... More
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