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There are so many SharePoint-related items on my TODO list that an archiving operation is necessary. This is not uncomfortable to me with my recent success with the basics of ŌĆ£branding,ŌĆØ repair and installation.
This also serves as a recovery operation from somewhat frantic SharePoint research. I really need to ease up on this, chill out, relax and smell the blinding daisies:
|ŌĆ£Best Practices Resource Center for SharePoint Server 2007ŌĆØ
|This reference site has no feeds for syndication. So it will end up in a set of my links.
|ŌĆ£Introduction to SharePoint Products and Technologies for the Professional .NET DeveloperŌĆØ
|I think I need to print this oneŌĆ" on paperŌĆ"
|ŌĆ£New Download: Visio Stencils for Design Architecture PostersŌĆØ
|ŌĆ£By popular request, we have packed up and created a download for the stencils that we used to create many of the SharePoint Technical Diagrams. These models are created using Office Visio 2007. You can modify the Visio files to illustrate how you plan to incorporate Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies in your own environmentŌĆ":ŌĆØ
|ŌĆ£SharePoint Designer IntroductionŌĆØ
|This one looks deliberately not printable.
|ŌĆ£SharePoint ResourcesŌĆØ
|Heather Solomon is the Alison Balter of SharePoint! ŌĆ£This is an index of resources for SharePoint products and technologies. This list is slightly slanted towards design and customization, but there are also several resources related to other SharePoint topics. All links are organized into categories, then into resource type (article, blog post, topic, etc).ŌĆØ
|ŌĆ£Windows SharePoint Services, SharePoint Portal Server 2003, and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Support boundaries for Active Directory Federation ServicesŌĆØ
|Really advanced stuffŌĆ" why on my list now?
|ŌĆ£Creating the Structure for a SharePoint Theme in VSeWSS v1.3ŌĆØ
|The ŌĆścompanionŌĆÖ Blog post for the MIX09 video I mentioned earlier.
|ŌĆ£Paul Andrew: Visual Studio 2008 extensions for SharePoint (VSeWSS) 1.3 addresses all common SharePoint Developer requestsŌĆØ
|IŌĆÖm glad the ŌĆ£commonŌĆØ developers are satisfied.
|ŌĆ£WSS 3.0 Lists Web ServiceŌĆØ
|ŌĆ£The Windows SharePoint Services Web services provided by the
Microsoft.SharePoint.SoapServer namespace includes methods that provide Microsoft .NET Framework developers with object models for creating solutions that work with Windows SharePoint Services remotely from a client or custom application. They are defined through the server-side object model of the Microsoft.SharePoint assembly, and their design is optimized to reduce the number of roundtrips transacted between client computer and server.ŌĆØ
|ŌĆ£Using an alternate CSS on your SharePoint sitesŌĆØ
|A very ambitious approach to
core.css. This technique looks more MOSSy than WSSy.
|ŌĆ£SharePoint and Cascading Style Sheets: How to update, change and referenceŌĆØ
|ŌĆ£The following list is some methods for updating or specifying a custom style sheet for a SharePoint site. Several of these methods reference copying the custom style sheet to an accessible location for the web server. One common way to handle this is to store the style sheet in the \60 directory with the other files, but in an organized custom folder(s).ŌĆØ Why do I assume that Microsoft does not write SharePoint articles like thisŌĆöespecially three to five years agoŌĆ"
|ŌĆ£CSS Options with Master PagesŌĆØ
ŌĆ£So if you want to override any styles that are listed in CORE.CSS (and you will be if you are skinning your site), you will need to do one of the following:
List the styles in the master page file
Link to the style sheet through Master Page settings
Include the styles in the PlaceHolderAdditionalPageHead ASP content placeholder in your page layout files
Unghost CORE.CSS for the site. I donŌĆÖt recommend this.ŌĆØ
|ŌĆ£Chris OŌĆÖBrienŌĆÖs blog: Article seriesŌĆöcustom permissions with a site definitionŌĆØ
ŌĆ£This is an introductory article which gives the background to an interesting problem I've seen recently. Over the next 3 articles, I'll be looking at a solution to the problem and will discuss the following:
Site definition basics – how to create and deploy
Site provisioning – how to perform custom processing when sites are created using the definition
Unique permissions on created sites – how to ensure that certain users are automatically granted access to sites created using the definition, even when the parent site has different users/permissionsŌĆØ
|ŌĆ£Adding External Javascript files into SharePointŌĆØ
Eric Stallworth: ŌĆ£WSS 3.0 keeps all of [its] external script files in 12/Templates/Layouts/1033. This localized managed path hosts common file such as
ItŌĆÖs important to me to remember that SharePoint does not allow
|ŌĆ£Redesigning the Site Actions ControlŌĆØ
|ŌĆ£The default SharePoint Site Actions control doesnŌĆÖt really blend well with custom designs.ŌĆØ
|ŌĆ£SharePoint drop down menus and CSSŌĆØ
|ŌĆ£The CSS Reference Chart of Heather Solomon does not include the CSS for the different drop down menu in SharePoint. This post highlights the CSS of three main drop down menus used in SharePoint.ŌĆØ
|11 VseWSS Results at Kirk Evans Blog
|Among the 11search results these jump out: ŌĆ£Consuming SharePoint Lists via AJAXŌĆØ and ŌĆ£Hosting Silverlight in a SharePoint WebpartŌĆØŌĆ"
|ŌĆ£How to Deploy a Workflow with VSeWSS 1.3ŌĆØ
|ŌĆ£Visual Studio Extensions 1.3 has new features that allow the packaging and deployment of a workflow into a SharePoint Solutions Package (.WSP).ŌĆØ
|ŌĆ£SummaryLinkFieldControl Members (Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.WebControls)ŌĆØ
|This type has
*Template properties which suggests to me that it is possible to customize how the contents of this control are displayed. IŌĆÖm still looking for someoneŌĆÖs Blog post about thisŌĆ"
|ŌĆ£Using ~SiteCollection prefix in SharePoint CSS filesŌĆØ
|This is a very elaborate (and impressive) way to avoid sending CSS
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Foursquare - Find Places to Eat, Drink, and Visit
By Foursquare Labs, Inc.
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Foursquare is now available for Apple Watch.
Foursquare is your ultimate city guide, in your pocket. Find the best places to eat, drink, shop, or visit — in any city in the world. Access over 60 million short reviews from local experts. Traveling or looking to discover new places nearby? Get the free iPhone and iPad app today.
• Tell Foursquare your favorite things and the app gets to know you.
• Search for the best restaurants, coffee, nightlife, shops, and more.
• Read short reviews and never miss out on the best thing to order or experience.
• Save places you want to go, so you never forget.
"The new Foursquare, like Netflix, takes a lot of the work out of finding the right thing for the right moment." — The Verge
How It Works:
Tell Foursquare what you like — be specific, like "craft beer" or "fried chicken," or more general, like "outdoor seating" or "romantic places." Every search is tailored to your tastes, your past ratings, and picks from friends and experts you trust.
Want to check in, keep up, and meet up with friends?
Download our companion app, Swarm.
A note on battery –
We've spent years developing the location technology that powers Foursquare, making it extremely power efficient. But, as with all apps of this type, please note that continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
What's New in Version 9.2
We added a few requested advanced features into this release:
- When you open the app and we sense you're at a specific place, it's just a single tap to see all the tips there. So you can be sure you're always ordering the best thing.
- Want to add a place you love to a list? Now, you can tap on the three dots and there's a quick option to add it to a list.
- Stumble across a list you love (like the best romantic date spots)? We made it easier to share it with your friends.
In addition, we fixed a few bugs and made the app run faster. Happy exploring!
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Foursquare is awesome. Only app i could sign in and it shows me everything cool to do in my city. It shows me local bars, restaurants, entertainment etc what more can you ask for. Usually i have to find interesting thing to do on my own and this app basically puts it in front of you, you just have to choose what to do and go. I also like it because its great for travel. When im in another city it picks up my location and shows me all the things to do in that city what more can you ask for. I definitely give this app 5 stars! Its great because its easy to use which is very important usually apps are really tricky but this app is just straight forward. I definitely recommend downloading it.
Contextual recs just keep getting better
I must admit that I'm a bit disappointed with contextual (real-time) notifications. I don't mind passively sharing my location with 4SQ, but I expect for it to work both ways. I just spent an entire day in a new city without receiving any passive recs. This is the fifth time (4th different city) that has happened. What are you doing with all of these awesome tips that we're posting?
I've been using foursquare consistently since 2009, and I was among the first 40,000 users. It's sad to see that some of my favorite features (points, leaderboard, and badges) have now been removed. Said gamification elements compelled me to get out and explore the world around me.
That said, I'm excited to see where this new direction, that Foursquare is embarking upon, leads the company. With all the data that they are now gathering with "Pilgrim", passive recs should improve greatly in the coming weeks and months.
Although I'm not completely happy with all of the recent changes, I'm going to remain a loyal user of an app that has brought so much fun, joy, and adventure into my life over the years.
Foursquare keeps getting better!
Been a Foursquare user since 2011 and I can say without out a doubt, this is what Foursquare should be! Personalized suggestions and expertise make the app quite the experience. The Swarm split was needed in order for the developers to fully flesh out the experience. Looking forward see what's coming next!
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Three simple reasons VoIP abuse will grow
In its recent annual security report, Cisco predicted VOIP abuse as a potential area for cyber crime growth.
In its recent annual security report, Cisco predicted VOIP abuse as a potential area for cyber crime growth.
A spike in attacks against IP PBXs that started last fall shows no signs of abating, spawning speculation that those responsible have tapped intobotnets and cloud computing resources to carry out their illegal activities.
Cisco unveiled new unified communications products this week. The new UC offerings are designed to take Cisco out of its large enterprise comfort zone and deliver solutions for small and medium businesses. These products might be suitable for SMBs, b...
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Striped bass regulations have changed.
The Striped Bass Bonus Program (SBBP) closed on May 1, 2015 and will remain closed until September 1, 2015.
Detailed information about new SBBP procedures, including permits and reporting will be provided through various outlets including this webpage as soon as they become available. All current permit holders will receive a notice that the old permits are no longer valid and will automatically receive a new permit prior to September 1, 2015.
On September 1, 2015, the new SBBP regulations will be:
New Jersey recreational striped bass regulations have been modified in all state waters to the following:
Party/Charter Boat Facet of the Striped Bass Bonus Program Suspended - 6/8/12
The current allocation from ASMFC is 215,912 pounds to be distributed between individual anglers and party/charter boats. Should NJ overshoot this quota in 2015, any overage would be subtracted from the 2016 quota. Although this program does allow for the harvest of an additional striped bass for New Jersey anglers, the Division encourages catch and release whenever possible so this species can prosper for future generations.
Note: New Jersey recreational striped bass regulations have been modified in all state waters to the following:
With a bonus permit, anglers can keep one fish 24 inches to less than 28 inches from September 1 to December 31. Please note the order of fish harvested does not matter (Bonus fish can be the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd fish). Visit the Marine section of the Regulations page to check current Federal and State possession and season regulations for striped bass fishing in your area.
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Permits are currently not being issued. Applications for the SBBP may be submitted now:
Return completed form with a self-addressed stamped #10 envelope to the Division. All applicants must complete the Child Support Certification each year. See www.njfishandwildlife.com/child_support_info.htm for details.
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This woman has a lot of tattoos.
- Tattoos are permanent marks made on the skin by puncturing the skin with a needle and inserting ink.
An example of a tattoo is a butterfly that you have permanently drawn on your hip by a tattoo artist using a needle and ink.
- plural form of tattoo
Variant of tattoo
transitive verbtattooed, tattooing
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As hearings for the first of several legal challenges to Arizona's new immigration law SB 1070 got underway in a federal courthouse in Phoenix yesterday, additional information has come to light about just who is bankrolling the defense of the law. Not surprisingly, hate groups rank among the fiscal backers of the bill. In particular, as reported by the Southern Poverty Law Center, the white supremacist political party American Third Position (A3P) donated Arizona's Border Security and Immigration Legal Defense Fund," established by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, to advance the interests of "White Americans."
A3P proudly backs the bill, going so far as to challenge the Governor's basic argument that the measure does not encourage racial profiling or the targeting of Latinos. According to its own E-mail alert, SB 1070 is in reality a tool for the reinstatement of white political control. According to A3P, it is a measure they have every reason to support. "We support all constructive endeavors by private citizens, businesses, local governments- or in this case a sovereign state- to stem and reverse the browning of America."
The group goes even further, calling SB 1070 the "best current opportunity to reduce [brown-skinned] immigration.
It would be one thing if A3P were the only hate group openly backing the measure and funding its defense. But its not. Gov. Brewer's defense fund is also backed by Stormfront.org, the oldest and largest white nationalist forum on the Internet with open calls for donations from its members.
Of course the legislation's ties to hate groups is well known, even if those links are not being widely broadcast by Gov. Brewer or the other supporters of the measure. The law was written by Kris Kobach, a lawyer at the Federal for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), an anti-immigrant hate group. FAIR has a blemished history including employing key staffers who are among the ranks of white supremacist groups, retaining board members who frequently contribute to hate publications, and pushing rhetoric accusing immigrants of engaging in "competitive breeding" aimed specifically at diminishing white power.
Kobach also has a history of advancing racial profiling measures, both as an immigration advisor under former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft and later in the Department of Justice after the 9/11 attacks. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio tapped Kobach to train his officers to "spot" undocumented immigrants, creating a problematic partnership since Arpaio is currently under federal grand jury investigation for charges of racial profiling.
The extent to which these groups are successful in pursuing their agenda of hate on a mainstream stage remains to be seen as the courts sift through the various legal challenges, including one by the Department of Justice set for hearing next week. Regardless of the outcome of those suits though it is becoming harder and harder to support the argument that this is a piece of legislation born short of anything other than hate.
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Thank you.
illegal immigration needs to be addressed. How we do it is what differentiates us from North Koreans, Russians or Nazis for that matter...
Interesting how it's okay to advance the interests of Latinos, even those who are not citizens (La Raza) but advancing the interests of white people gets you a swastika. Sorry, not buying it. What's good for the goose is good for the gander. We need to take our country back, and I am 100% willing to back whatever group wants to advance that effort. It is not racial profiling to suspect hispanics are here illegally when it is a known fact the majority of our illegals come from Mexico. That is like saying it's racist to declare a black man robbed you. I guess the police should be precluded from looking for a black man in that instance, as well??
How about we deport white supremacist to Europe and all it's allies for all those that are so anti immigration in reality we don't even belong here regarding of legal status we are all models for America the only people that should be here are Native Americans because they are Native to Americans and we are not let's not for get how our ancestors got here this nation was founded By mostly illegal immigration look during WW1 about 25 million of illegal immigrants came here nearly the double or triple we have let's not forget how our generation came here then us... and our roots so let's stop this nonsense then our ancestor's should've been turn back because they were undocumented but no they came here....and stayed
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As I've said previously, I am deeply sorry for what happened to the Senator's son. I wouldn't wish that even on my worst enemy. However, the crime of one person cannot justify such an unjust law being imposed on the many.
Our Declaration of Independence is a document that spells out the basic human rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all. It also asserts the right and duty of people to rebel against arbitrary and capricious laws...
Enforce the law because it is a law? That is exactly what our Declaration of Independence rebels against...
I'm just as frustrated with the failings of our government as all in here seem to be. I think that it's unconscionable that we have not found Osama bin Laden, that we are still in Afghanistan without any idea of what we are doing there and how we are going to get out, etc., etc., etc.
So our duty and obligation is to go to the source of the problem: Our 'elected' representatives and all of the crap lobbysts that support them. We can't just advocate ready-shoot-aim policies that do nothing to solve our underlying problems.
Illegal immigration is but one symptom of the underlying crap in Wash DC. Let's not be duped into doing things against the values espoused in our Declaration of Independence...
The main problem is the federal government. A senator's son was shot by an illegal immigrant. This issue has not been dealt with so everybody loses. The immigrants got sent a message that nobody bothers them living here so in their minds it's accepted as okay to live this way. In Mexico crime is terrible but even Mexico's leaders seem to be part of the corruption. So the people are damned if they stay there and damned if they come here. Without immigration being dealt with there were no guide lines put in place for people to make decision about making life better for them selves. Even US businesses go to Mexico for cheap labor so they can profit here in the US, but make note nowhere in our political system is there anything that's for the good of the people. I do mean nowhere.
Yes I can understand where this law seems wrong but our country is really messed up. Nowhere is there any sign of hope to make the direction and well-being for the people anywhere in sight. In my opinion at least I can relate to the catastrophe that started this law coming into existence. A guys son was shot because problems weren't being dealt with responsibly. It doesn't matter what race this guy and his son were or even the fact that it was an illegal immigrant. The situation could have been avoided if we didn't let it go for so long. That neglect only made matters worse for everybody no matter what side of this they're on. I can't see where we can keep living like this much longer.
Unjust laws are not meant to be upheld so says our Declaration of Independence
I find it interesting that any group that stands up for the rights of white Americans is considered a hate group. That aside, the bottom line here is simply this; people who are in this country illegally are breaking our immigration law. This makes them criminals. They should be prosecuted under the law and if found guilty, sentenced according to the law. What is so damn difficult to understand about this.
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Mandrake 10.1b: problems installing nVIDIA driver
I'm getting some errors trying to install the nVidia driver on my new Mandrake system. I should point out I've not much experience with Linux, so please bear with me.
First, I get a warning about a rivafb module. How can I stop the rivafb module from loading?
Second, the install bombs out anyway with the following message:
ERROR: Unable to build the NVIDIA kernel module.
ERROR: Installation has failed. Please see the file
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I've looked at the log file; there are some error messages at the end, but they don't mean a lot to me :retard:
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks
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Installation problems with various Mandrake 10 kernels have been discussed here before, try searching for "Mandrake 10", "PM_SUSPEND_MEM" and "--add-this-kernel".
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Geographic Range
Saguinus graellsi, commonly known as Graell's tamarin, is native to the upper half of the Amazon between the Napo River and the Pastaza River. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. (de la Torre, et al., 2008; de la Torre, et al., 2008; Macdonald, 1984)
- Biogeographic Regions
- neotropical
The habitat of S. graellsi includes tropical rain forest, secondary forests that have regrown following a natural disturbance to the rain forest, forest patches within savanna, and along river-edge forests around Amazonian tributaries. ("New World monkeys II: Marmosets, tamarins and Goeldi's monkey (Callitrichidae)", 2003; Macdonald, 1984)
- Habitat Regions
- tropical
- terrestrial
- Terrestrial Biomes
- forest
- rainforest
- Other Habitat Features
- riparian
Physical Description
Graell's tamarins have fine silky pelage and, unlike many other tamarins, are uniformly colored. The head, neck, mantle, and forelimbs are black to blackish brown. The crown is pale brown and the tail is black except for a brownish basal portion. The area surrounding the mouth has short white hairs. Infants are born with very short pelage. Adults weigh 225 to 900 g, and the length of their head and body is 175 to 310 mm. Tail length is 250 to 440 mm. Their prehensile tails are always longer than the combined length of their head and body, and their legs are longer than their arms. Graell's tamarins have claw-like nails on all digits with the exception of the hallux, which has a flat nail. The hallux is opposable, but the pollex is not. On each side of the upper and lower jaws there are two incisors, one canine, three premolars, and two molars, which gives them a total of 32 teeth. Saguinus graellsi is considered a long-tusked callitrichid because the canines are longer than the incisors. Moderate sexual dimorphism exists within this species, with females larger than males. (Macdonald, 1984; Nowak, 1999)
- Other Physical Features
- endothermic
- homoiothermic
- bilateral symmetry
- polymorphic
- Sexual Dimorphism
- female larger
- Range mass
- 225 to 900 g
- 7.93 to 31.72 oz
- Range length
- 175 to 310 mm
- 6.89 to 12.20 in
Saguinus graellsi has a monogamous mating system and only the dominant female and dominant male mate. Fertile ovarian cycles are stifled in the rest of the social group's females by a combination of the dominant female's behavioral domination as well as the effects of pheromones exuded by her scent glands. It is also suggested that subordinate females have an active part in determining whether or not they will breed. If a subordinate female does give birth, the dominant female may practice infanticide. Subordinate females may gain breeding experience during this time. Eventually subordinate females form their own groups or join a new social group, then becoming a dominant female and breed. ("New World monkeys II: Marmosets, tamarins and Goeldi's monkey (Callitrichidae)", 2003; Macdonald, 1984; "New World monkeys II: Marmosets, tamarins and Goeldi's monkey (Callitrichidae)", 2003; Macdonald, 1984)
- Mating System
- monogamous
- cooperative breeder
Females do not exhibit external signs of estrus. Males are reported to associate with females more closely during the receptive period of the estrus cycle. Graell's tamarins are able to give birth twice a year. In one study of Graell's tamarins (De La Torre et al., 2005) 40% of females they observed experienced a second birthing peak. Gestation lasts 130 to 170 days. Peak birthing season occurs in January, and the second peak birthing season is in June. Births occur at night. All Graell's tamarins have dizygotic twins, which weigh 25 to 50 g at birth – up to 20% of the mother's weight. With the exception of tarsiers, they are proportionally the heaviest infants among primates. Young begin to explore around 21 days of age, but still ride on their parents' backs until they are six or seven weeks old. At four weeks infants begin to eat soft, solid foods. At 10 weeks, the young are independent. They reach puberty between 12 and 18 months. ("New World monkeys II: Marmosets, tamarins and Goeldi's monkey (Callitrichidae)", 2003; De La Torre, et al., 2005; Macdonald, 1984)
- Key Reproductive Features
- iteroparous
- seasonal breeding
- gonochoric/gonochoristic/dioecious (sexes separate)
- sexual
- fertilization
- viviparous
- post-partum estrous
- Breeding interval
- Graell's tamarins breed once to twice a year.
- Breeding season
- Breeding occurs during the early to mid wet season of the Amazon lowlands.
- Range number of offspring
- 2 to 2
- Range gestation period
- 130 to 170 days
- Range weaning age
- 4 to 10 weeks
- Average time to independence
- 10 months
- Range age at sexual or reproductive maturity (female)
- 12 to 18 months
- Range age at sexual or reproductive maturity (male)
- 12 to 18 months
Fathers assist in birth, receiving and cleaning the newborn. Other adult group members may also help. Born helpless, infants hang on to their mother or father with their hands and feet. Fathers hold the young except during feeding. He gives the infant to the mother every two to three hours and feeding lasts about half an hour. The young feed exclusively on milk for four weeks, then soft foods are introduced and weaning is complete by ten weeks. Help from the male parent is considered a key adaptation in the high reproductive rate of tamarins. Once females become established as the dominant breeding female they have the highest reproductive rate of any other primate. Both parents and all members of the social group help carry infants and give bits of food to young, as well as providing protection and education. ("New World monkeys II: Marmosets, tamarins and Goeldi's monkey (Callitrichidae)", 2003; Nowak, 1999)
- Parental Investment
- altricial
- provisioning
- female
- female
- female
- provisioning
- male
- female
- male
- female
- provisioning
- male
- female
- male
- female
- provisioning
- post-independence association with parents
- extended period of juvenile learning
In the wild, the lifespan of S. graellsi is unknown, but in captivity they have lived 7 to 16 years. (Macdonald, 1984)
- Typical lifespan
Status: captivity
- 7 to 16 years
- Typical lifespan
Graell's tamarins live in groups of five to ten individuals. Sometimes two or three social groups join together to form large group of ten to twenty, usually staying together for less than a day. They are diurnal, generally leaving their sleeping areas at dawn. Social behavior among the group includes grooming during times of rest. The majority of the time social grooming focuses on the breeding female and does not include the young, who play together during this time by chasing, wrestling, and playful biting. Grooming is initiated when one individual lies down in front of another tamarin with a specific body posture. Mass huddling during resting periods is also common. Aggression between group members is rare. When an aggressive interaction does occur, it is usually in response to limited food resources and consists only of threats and displacements - fighting is extremely rare in the wild. ("New World monkeys II: Marmosets, tamarins and Goeldi's monkey (Callitrichidae)", 2003; Macdonald, 1984; Nowak, 1999)
- Key Behaviors
- arboreal
- scansorial
- diurnal
- motile
- sedentary
- territorial
- social
- dominance hierarchies
Home Range
Groups move between 1,000 and 2,000 m per day. ("New World monkeys II: Marmosets, tamarins and Goeldi's monkey (Callitrichidae)", 2003)
Communication and Perception
Graell's tamarins make a long call audible to humans that travels 150 to 200 m, made up of 2 to 30 notes. The call is different between species, populations, and individuals. Within a group, the construction of the long call may reflect social status. Calls function to keep the social group together and to regulate space between neighboring groups. Graell's tamarins also have many other calls, including alarm calls when a group member sees a raptorial bird, squawking calls amongst young when seeking food from group members, and harsh atonal calls to communicate aggression. Infants chatter and use calls incorrectly, seeming to learn from group members as they age. Olfaction is another important component of communication. Scent glands are found around the genitals (anogenital or circumgenital glands), lower abdomen (suprapubic glands), and sternum (sternal gland). The glandular secretions, a mixture of fatty acids, esters, proteins, and other organic compounds, communicates information about species, sex, reproductive state, and individual identity. The secretion may be mixed with urine and applied to aspects of the environment (branches, trunks, and lianas) with habitual rubbing motions. Depending on the secretion, it is called anogenital, suprapubic, or sternal scent marking. Adult females scent mark more than adult males. Graell's tamarins also use physical signals of communication. Arousal is signified by raised hair on the head, ears, shoulders, or whole body. Facial expressions denoting aggression include frowning, opening of the mouth, and shaking of the head. ("New World monkeys II: Marmosets, tamarins and Goeldi's monkey (Callitrichidae)", 2003; Nowak, 1999)
All males and one-third of females have dichromatic vision; remaining females have trichromatic vision. While the gene for short wavelength vision is not sex-linked, the genes for medium and long wavelength vision are recessive and located on the X chromosome. It is believed that dichromatic vision enables better detection of camouflaged prey and predators, while trichromatic vision enables better detection of ripe, colorful fruits. ("New World monkeys II: Marmosets, tamarins and Goeldi's monkey (Callitrichidae)", 2003; Macdonald, 1984; Nowak, 1999)
- Other Communication Modes
- pheromones
- scent marks
- Perception Channels
- visual
- infrared/heat
- tactile
- acoustic
- chemical
Food Habits
Graell's tamarins spend 25% to 30% of their active time searching for food. Primarily frugivores, they feed on fruits, flowers, nectar, plant exudates, insects, and small vertebrates. When available, small sweet fruits make up the majority of their diet, especially those from the genera Pourouma, Ficus, Cecropia, Inga, and Miconia. Plant exudates like sap, gums, and resin are also eaten, though unlike short-tusked callitrichids, the long-tusked S. graellsi is unable to gouge trees to stimulate the flow of exudate. They consume exudates available through holes bored by insects or from wind damage. During seasonal fruit shortages, Graell's tamarins increase their intake of nectar and gum to compensate. Animal prey includes frogs, snails, lizards, and insects - particularly grasshoppers, beetles, and stick insects. They also eat baby birds and probably eggs. ("New World monkeys II: Marmosets, tamarins and Goeldi's monkey (Callitrichidae)", 2003; Macdonald, 1984; Nowak, 1999)
- Animal Foods
- birds
- amphibians
- reptiles
- eggs
- insects
- terrestrial non-insect arthropods
- mollusks
- Plant Foods
- fruit
- nectar
- flowers
- sap or other plant fluids
Predators include raptorial birds such as Guianan crested eagles, ornate hawk eagles, and bicolored hawks, snakes such as anacondas, rainbow boas, and jararacas, and tayras. Ocelots may also be predators of tamarins – tamarin hairs have been found in their feces. The response of Saguinus graellsi to predators includes alarm calling, escaping, and hiding. If caught in a tree without anywhere to hide, Graell's tamarins may drop suddenly to the ground. Once a predator is detected, group members often surround and harass it while emitting specific vocalizations. At least one group member is constantly on guard to prevent surprise attacks by predators and they sleep surrounded by thick foliage to camouflage themselves. ("New World monkeys II: Marmosets, tamarins and Goeldi's monkey (Callitrichidae)", 2003; Macdonald, 1984)
- Known Predators
- Guianan crested eagles (Morphnus guianensis)
- ornate hawk eagles (Spizaetus ornatus)
- bicolored hawks (Accipiter bicolor)
- anacondas (Eunectes murinus)
- rainbow boas (Epicrates cenchria)
- jaracaras (Bothrops jararaca)
- tayras (Eira barbara)
Ecosystem Roles
Graell's tamarins play an important role in seed dispersal. They swallow seeds up to 1.5 cm long and pass them through their digestive tract in 1 to 3 hours, depositing them away from parent plant. Their digestive processes don't harm the seeds. Though they appear to swallow the seeds because it is difficult to separate the fruit pulp from them, it has been suggested that swallowing such large seeds helps dislodge intestinal parasites. (Garber and Kitron, 1997; Macdonald, 1984)
- Ecosystem Impact
- disperses seeds
- spiny-headed worms (Acanthocephala)
Economic Importance for Humans: Positive
Humans benefit from the seed-dispersing ecosystem role of S. graellsi. (Garber and Kitron, 1997; Macdonald, 1984)
Economic Importance for Humans: Negative
Although believed until the 1970's to be carriers of malaria and yellow fever, S. graellsi probably do no harm to humans. (Macdonald, 1984)
Conservation Status
In 2008, the IUCN Red List considered S. graellsi near threatened, stating that the species almost qualifies as threatened and its population is continuing to decline. The severe deforestation of its western Amazon home is considered the cause of this diminishing population. The IUCN estimates that over the next three generations, approximately 18 years, population size will decrease 20% to 25%. Graell's tamarins were previously considered a subspecies of black-mantled tamarins (Saguinus nigricollis). In 2003, Graell's black-mantle tamarins (Saguinus nigricollis graellsi) were rated "least concern" on the list. CITES does not list Saguinus graellsi in its appendices (as a separate species or as a subspecies of Saguinus nigricollis) as a trade-restricted species. ("Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)", 2008; "New World monkeys II: Marmosets, tamarins and Goeldi's monkey (Callitrichidae)", 2003)
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- US Federal List
- No special status
- No special status
Other Comments
Saguinus graellsi was previously recognized as a subspecies of Saguinus nigricollis, S. n. graellsi. ("New World monkeys II: Marmosets, tamarins and Goeldi's monkey (Callitrichidae)", 2003; Macdonald, 1984; Nowak, 1999)
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- Neotropical
living in the southern part of the New World. In other words, Central and South America.
- acoustic
uses sound to communicate
- altricial
young are born in a relatively underdeveloped state; they are unable to feed or care for themselves or locomote independently for a period of time after birth/hatching. In birds, naked and helpless after hatching.
- arboreal
Referring to an animal that lives in trees; tree-climbing.
- bilateral symmetry
having body symmetry such that the animal can be divided in one plane into two mirror-image halves. Animals with bilateral symmetry have dorsal and ventral sides, as well as anterior and posterior ends. Synapomorphy of the Bilateria.
- chemical
uses smells or other chemicals to communicate
- cooperative breeder
helpers provide assistance in raising young that are not their own
- diurnal
- active during the day, 2. lasting for one day.
- dominance hierarchies
ranking system or pecking order among members of a long-term social group, where dominance status affects access to resources or mates
- endothermic
animals that use metabolically generated heat to regulate body temperature independently of ambient temperature. Endothermy is a synapomorphy of the Mammalia, although it may have arisen in a (now extinct) synapsid ancestor; the fossil record does not distinguish these possibilities. Convergent in birds.
- fertilization
union of egg and spermatozoan
- forest
forest biomes are dominated by trees, otherwise forest biomes can vary widely in amount of precipitation and seasonality.
- frugivore
an animal that mainly eats fruit
- herbivore
An animal that eats mainly plants or parts of plants.
- infrared/heat
(as keyword in perception channel section) This animal has a special ability to detect heat from other organisms in its environment.
- iteroparous
offspring are produced in more than one group (litters, clutches, etc.) and across multiple seasons (or other periods hospitable to reproduction). Iteroparous animals must, by definition, survive over multiple seasons (or periodic condition changes).
- monogamous
Having one mate at a time.
- motile
having the capacity to move from one place to another.
- native range
the area in which the animal is naturally found, the region in which it is endemic.
- pheromones
chemicals released into air or water that are detected by and responded to by other animals of the same species
- polymorphic
"many forms." A species is polymorphic if its individuals can be divided into two or more easily recognized groups, based on structure, color, or other similar characteristics. The term only applies when the distinct groups can be found in the same area; graded or clinal variation throughout the range of a species (e.g. a north-to-south decrease in size) is not polymorphism. Polymorphic characteristics may be inherited because the differences have a genetic basis, or they may be the result of environmental influences. We do not consider sexual differences (i.e. sexual dimorphism), seasonal changes (e.g. change in fur color), or age-related changes to be polymorphic. Polymorphism in a local population can be an adaptation to prevent density-dependent predation, where predators preferentially prey on the most common morph.
- rainforest
rainforests, both temperate and tropical, are dominated by trees often forming a closed canopy with little light reaching the ground. Epiphytes and climbing plants are also abundant. Precipitation is typically not limiting, but may be somewhat seasonal.
- riparian
Referring to something living or located adjacent to a waterbody (usually, but not always, a river or stream).
- scent marks
communicates by producing scents from special gland(s) and placing them on a surface whether others can smell or taste them
- seasonal breeding
breeding is confined to a particular season
- sedentary
remains in the same area
- sexual
reproduction that includes combining the genetic contribution of two individuals, a male and a female
- social
associates with others of its species; forms social groups.
- tactile
uses touch to communicate
- terrestrial
Living on the ground.
- territorial
defends an area within the home range, occupied by a single animals or group of animals of the same species and held through overt defense, display, or advertisement
- tropical
the region of the earth that surrounds the equator, from 23.5 degrees north to 23.5 degrees south.
- visual
uses sight to communicate
- viviparous
reproduction in which fertilization and development take place within the female body and the developing embryo derives nourishment from the female.
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Writer, illustrator, and knitter Franklin Habit joins us for his monthly column featuring humor and insights into a yarncrafter's life.
When at work, we all have our pet aggravations. Some folks grow tetchy when stuffed into a necktie or panty hose. Some folks hate office parties. Some would rather eat a bowl of broken glass than go to one more budget meeting. Me, I flinch when I'm asked to assign skill levels to needlework patterns.
I understand the rationale behind the practice of branding a project as easy, beginner, intermediate, difficult, complicated, spicy, yikes, @#!$%*, and so on. The goal, I recognize, is to pilot needleworkers (especially beginners) into safe harbors. There is such a thing as too much ambition. If you are as yet unsure of the difference between knit and purl, perhaps a project full of orders to "p5tog tbl" may not be for you. Perhaps it would make you cry, and flail, and kick people. If the pattern throws up a five-star flag to steer you away from torment, it will have done you a service.
In practice, however, I find that skill ratings tend to encourage the rank and file of the yarn world to be overly cautious, to grow bored, and–in the worst cases–to then drift entirely away from needlework.
I spend about half my life on the road, surrounded by knitters. Most of them wildly underestimate their levels of expertise.
"Is that your work?" I ask a woman whose exuberantly cabled sweater would look at home in a couture showroom. She says that yes, it is, and in the following breath tells me she doesn't feel ready to take on a certain pattern of mine because it was labeled by the magazine as being "intermediate," and she's just a beginner.
It happens all the time. Nervous crowds flock to patterns labeled "easy" because they fear they won't be able to cope with anything more. They cut their pleasure short because they fear failure. They doom themselves to hanging around at the bottom of the ladder. And that is silly.
What happens when a knitting project goes horribly, horribly wrong? What is the aftermath of a total crochet disaster? You grind your teeth. You glare at the cat. You rip out. You ball up the yarn and shove it back in the stash closet to wait for a happier day. You go to the store and just this once you buy a shower present like a normal person.
Nobody has died. Nobody has lost a limb. Nobody has taken your favorite bamboo needles and fashioned them into a wicker man and put it out on the front lawn and locked you into it and set it on fire.
So what, really, are you so worried about?
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You're toodling blithely through a normal day when suddenly WHAM! A memento of forgotten love hits you right between the eyes.
I was wriggling around under the work table trying to retrieve an errant ball of silk when among the thriving community of dust bunnies I found a crumpled lump that turned out to be a mitten pattern bought in a shop seven years ago.
It was an impulse purchase. I remember the impulse. I was only buying stitch markers, thank you. Then the shop owner was saying, Have you seen these? Then I was buying the stitch markers and the pattern for the mittens and the needles for the mittens and the yarn for the mittens, thank you.
If you would like to know how the mittens came out, please see "crumpled lump," above.
I can't recall why I abandoned them, but I can see why I snapped them up. They have an unusual, slightly tricky thumb. I get a kick out of slightly tricky knitting. It makes me feel dauntless and clever, like a lion tamer who has not yet had his head bit off.
Yet I don't think I finished the cuff, let alone the thumb. Today the yarn is (probably) in one of my stash boxes and the pattern is wadded up like old Kleenex, covered with dust. It is likely to remain so. The passage of time has not been kind to these mittens. They now remind me uncannily of the shapeless peacock blue suit that I wore to a high school debate banquet in 1987.
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* 6–7 a.m. Twisted Pearl. Early morning yoga for knitters and crocheters with Pearl Cotton.
7–9 a.m. Morning Wound Up. Who's making news? Who's making socks? Cast on for the perfect day with Tencel Washington, Angora Blends and the whole Wound Up team. Plus: weather and color forecasts for your area.
9–10 a.m. Sesame Street. Brought to you by the letters K and P and the number 2.
10 a.m.–11 a.m. The Price Is Right. Contestants guess the retail prices of various yarns, then buy all of them.
11–noon. Swatch Game. Contestants don't actually play, they just tell everyone they did.
Noon-1 p.m. The Selvedge of Night. Wrench returns from his secret mission to find that Veracity has run away with his size four needles. Dolores discovers a baby in a pile of discounted merino.
1–2 p.m. All My Mill Ends. Stricken with amnesia after falling into the spinning machine, Clarice struggles to remember which clue of the mystery shawl she was working on.
2–3 p.m. Stitch and Kvetch. Today's discussion topics include What Are You Working On, What Yarn Is That, Where Did You Buy It, and Do You Think This Is Going to Fit Me.
3–3:30 p.m. The Brady Bunch. The kids attempt to knit a sweater for Carol's birthday; everyone but Jan is able to get gauge.
3:30-4 p.m. Gilligan's Island. At Mary Ann's request, the Professor develops a primitive version of Ravelry made from coconut shells and old clothing. When Gilligan posts a question about copyright, the island descends into madness and bloodshed.
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Writer, illustrator, and knitter Franklin Habit joins us for his monthly column featuring humor and insights into a yarncrafter's life.
It has been my pleasure and privilege over the past several years to be interviewed by a few knitting magazines in America and abroad. The experience is always a little jarring, as for the first three-quarters of my life even those who knew me well were less than interested in my life and opinions. In some ways, it's easier. When nobody cares to ask you about your creative process, you don't have to worry about admitting that it mostly involves watching funny dog videos on YouTube and taking naps.
But interviewers, even the clever ones, always ask at least a few common questions that quickly become familiar and are easily answered. What's it like to be a man who knits?* Who taught you knit? What's your ideal yarn? What's on your needles right now? You learn quickly that you'd better ready for those.
Once in a while, though, even a softball question will throw you a curve. For me, that question was, "What music do you listen to while you work?"
My answer was that if the work requires concentration–designing a lace motif, say, as opposed to knitting merrily along a sample–I work in silence. No music, no television, no funny dog videos. Silence.
The writer wasn't terribly pleased with that response. It upset her data. She told me that every other designer she'd spoken to had obligingly offered the name of a recording artist, or at least a musical genre. Would I please do likewise? Or would I prefer she picked something for me?
So I told her to say I was physically unable to knit a single stitch in the morning until I had listened to the whole of Erich Korngold's opera Die Tote Stadt while sitting in a bubble bath. She cut me out of the article.
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I figure this as good a time as any to begin this essay, as my knitting is temporarily on hold.
The pattern says to work in stockinette until the piece measures six inches from the cast on edge. I may have hit the target, but I won't know until I measure it, and I can't measure it because I can't find my tape measure.
By "my tape measure," I mean any one of the thirty or so tape measures with which I share a compact urban living space. How compact? Not New York compact, just Chicago compact–about 1,600 square feet. That means one tape measure for every 53.3333 square feet.
I should not have to look very far for a tape measure.
In fact, my tape measure was right here. I know it was right here because when I sat down to cast on I knew I would soon need to measure six inches of stockinette. So I found (hooray!) (one of) my tape measure(s) and put it right here.
So where is it?
I remember when I was a new knitter and every trip to the yarn store meant spending money on needles and notions. You remember that time in your life? You'd go to the yarn store, see the pattern, pick out the yarn. Then the nice person at the counter would say, "You're going to need a [stitch holder/row counter/tapestry needle/bag of stitch markers/size E crochet hook/16-inch size four circular]? Do you have a [stitch holder/row counter/tapestry needle/bag of stitch markers/size E crochet hook/16-inch size four circular]?"
You didn't, so you bought one of those, too.
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Winter in Chicago takes no more notice of the first of March than a mean-eyed general takes of boundary lines. It tramples right along, both fists swinging. Winter here is a bully, unstoppable, and knows it.
As the months drag on I always find myself growing smaller and smaller, retreating under blankets and into tighter corners. The flowers in the borders–if they ever existed, I may have dreamt them–survive the cold by shrinking, and so do I.
In the stillness I turn contemplative. I've been thinking through my early childhood, which seemed always at my fingertips until with a snap, a few weeks ago, it withdrew to a place so remote I worried I might lose sight of it completely, forever. If you have dropped a piece of complicated knitting that has fallen off the needles, you know this feeling. One moment, there is a shawl. The next, there is a tangle.
Perhaps this is how life goes, as you grow older? I must have crossed a border without noticing, like the mean-eyed general–punching away without realizing what I left behind.
So now I sit under the blankets, eyes closed, and try to gather up the threads that slipped.
This is my first memory of needlework.
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When a non-knitter asks a questions about my knitting, that question is most often, "How long will it take you to finish that?" or the common variation, "How long would it take you to make me a [type of knitted thing]?"
So I explain that a hat may require several evenings, particularly if worked in a complicated technique or a fine yarn. I tell them the average number of stitches in a pair of socks (eight million) or a plain sweater (seven hundred trillion) and that completion of the latter may take months.
The gasps of astonishment are strong enough to suck the stitch markers right out of a raglan.
You will have noticed that we live in a world that idolizes instant gratification. What we want, we want now. (Did you scroll down to read the cartoon first? You did, didn't you?) Inevitably, the sight of a person voluntarily engaged in sustained concentration draws the sort of fascinated stares formerly reserved for lake monsters.
Not that I make any claims of superiority. During one of the first knitting classes I ever took, the redoubtable Galina Khmeleva held aloft a completed Orenburg lace shawl, roughly six feet square. The yarn was finer than a typical modern lace weight–the sort you often hear called "cobweb"–and the entire thing was absolutely riddled with yarn overs.
"How long–" one of the students (okay, me) said breathlessly.
"Six months," said Galina.
I said nothing, but my heart whispered, "Nope."
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I was sitting in an airport, waiting for the flight to a teaching engagement, winding yarn. Travel with a swift being sadly impractical, I was making do with the back of an empty chair. Without warning, a screeching ninny plunged into view and grabbed at the unwound skein.
"So cute!" she screamed, jangling a fistful of wool in one painted claw. "Are you, like, doing some crochet or something?"
"That was the plan," I said.
But it was too late. The skein had become a tangle so dense not even light could escape from it.
Working out occasional small snarls is part of knitting. There's no avoiding it. But really big messes like this? Forget it. I've always taken them as a sign that I wasn't supposed to knit with that yarn, anyway.
When I got to the guild I mentioned what had happened and displayed the ruined skein.
"It was so pretty, too," I said. "But now it's dead."
"No it's not," said the Chief Guild Lady. "Somebody get Eileen."
There was a general chorus of agreement: Eileen must be got.
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(It's going to take a moment to get to the yarn content today. Stick with me.)
It's football season. I need not have to tell you this if you live in the United States. It is impossible to live in the United States during football season and not know it is football season.
I don't especially care that it is football season.
My father, a native Pennsylvanian, rooted for the Steelers in a laconic and slapdash way; but we never gathered around the television to cheer. He believed that spectator sports were a waste of a healthy body. If you could run and jump and throw, you didn't watch other people do it, you did it yourself.
My partner Tom shares my lack of interest. It's one thing that brought us together. Here in the Midwest it's difficult to socialize for half the year if you don't want to watch football. "Come on over! We're getting together to watch the game!" the neighbors will say. If you admit you'd rather not watch the game, they thereafter regard you as a person of suspicious character, telling their children to come indoors when they see you on the sidewalk.
Tom doesn't care about football but he does enjoy socializing. So he often finds himself surrounded by jolly enthusiasts in colorful jerseys. Just this weekend, some of his friends, who had ties to Ohio State University, invited him to hang out at a sports bar during the game with the University of Michigan. Tom is a get-along guy, a real social chameleon. He happily put on the bright red shirt and the necklace made of buckeyes and settled in for the duration.
The trouble was that, like me, he not only does not care about the sport–he doesn't understand it. We both know what a "touchdown" is: when the ball has made it to one end of the field and somebody does a funky little dance, his team gets points. Beyond that, we have no idea what's going on.
I could try to learn the rules, I suppose, but a brain has only so much capacity. I'm afraid that if I commit to memory what "first and ten" means, it will push a piece of vital knowledge out of my other ear and suddenly I'll forget how to do a Kitchener stitch.
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Life in a city apartment means experiencing the joys of child rearing even if you haven't produced or acquired children of your own. The thundering grade-schoolers who used to live above my workroom have moved out and been replaced by an infant of six months. Said infant has colic. A baby with colic doesn't make for pleasant listening, but she pales in comparison to the toddler across the courtyard–who is suffering through an extended Riddle Phase. No, suffering is not the right word. She's having the time of her life. The rest of us are suffering.
Toddler (not her real name) has two volumes, "bellow" and "roar." So shut your windows, you say to me. It's autumn in Chicago. The windows are shut. Toddler has the lungs, but alas not the artistry, of a young Beverly Sills.
On any given day she can outclass my white noise machine, Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8, expensive sound-canceling headphones, and jet aircraft on the final approach to O'Hare.
Between bellowed demands to her nanny for snacks, toys, and trips to the bathroom, she has taken to roaring selections from an apparently inexhaustible supply of riddles and jokes. How one so young can have amassed such a wealth of material surpasses understanding. Perhaps she is Henny Youngman, reincarnated with pigtails. Stranger things have happened, especially on my block.
The nanny has to listen to the riddles and jokes, but she is being paid to listen to the riddles and jokes. I also have to listen. I am not being paid.
Prolonged exposure has caused me to begin dreaming and thinking in riddles and jokes. I mention this as alert readers may discern faint echoes in this month's ruminations about knitting, yarn, and the creative life.
Now, as I was saying about my knitting…
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During his State of the Union Address, President Obama extolled the way the stock market has come roaring back, gains in corporate profits and growth in the economy, yet presented few details on how to boost small business expansion. However, less than one week later, the White House introduced Startup America, an initiative to inspire and accelerate entrepreneurship throughout the country.
Startup America is an important part of President Obama's overall innovation strategy. Its goals are to:
- promote entrepreneurship as a core American value and source of competitive advantage;
- increase the number of new firms creating economic growth, innovation and quality jobs; and
- inspire and empower greater diversity of communities and individuals to build great American companies.
- The initiative will pursue these goals in a number of ways:
- expanding access to capital;
- supporting entrepreneurship education and mentorship programs that empower Americans to create jobs;
- strengthening commercialization of the $148 billion in annual federally-funded research and development;
- allowing entrepreneurs to request faster review of their patents; and
- identifying and removing unnecessary barriers, including some capital gains taxes.
These should prove to be valuable efforts.
The President has also rightly acknowledged the important role that technology has played in transforming business in the 21st century and challenged American students to put greater emphasis on math and science. Investments by China and India in math and science have helped their economies grow, particularly in research and technology arenas. He is correct in saying, "We won't be able to "make America the best place on Earth to do business" and "out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build the rest of the world" unless the next generation of American workers is willing to pursue careers in engineering, IT, and other industries in which innovation dominates.
In running my company, I see first-hand the dearth of IT skills in our economy. Businesses are looking to outside the U.S. for talent, in part because we don't have as many workers in technological fields. The laws of supply and demand dictate that the talented American workers can charge premium rates for their skills. Corporations are outsourcing technical work not because they want to, but because they have to.
So what do small businesses need in order to compete more effectively in the marketplace?
The first step is to better leverage technology. Many companies have learned to use tools such as eBay, Facebook and Twitter in their marketing efforts. Unfortunately, there are still thousands of small business owners who have not yet embraced these tremendous marketing tools. Many do not even have web sites or Internet access. Ignoring the benefits of utilizing technology puts companies in a competitive disadvantage. Small business owners who are intimidated by technology must embrace it. They must either train to learn how to utilize it better or hire people who do know how to take advantage of these innovations that help business compete more efficiently.
Small business owners can better implement the power of technology in their financial management. Budding entrepreneurs are increasing using the Internet to shop for the best deals on small business loans, in much the same way that consumers embraced eCommerce sites such as Amazon during the 1990s. Founders of start-up businesses look for capital online through companies like Biz2Credit, which also offers comprehensive financial management services. Thus, small business owners are now essentially able to farm out their CFO duties, making their companies leaner and freeing their founders to focus on developing new product offerings, sales and customer relations — the things that they are good at doing.
For instance, West Orange-based Vista Pharmaceuticals, founded by a group of doctors to manufacture and market bulk over-the-counter and prescription drugs and nutraceutical products, received FDA approval to start shipping bulk drugs to the U.S. market from its manufacturing plant in India. The firm needed working capital to recruit U.S. marketing staff as well as set up the infrastructure needed to handle all the sales calls. Vista's founder, Dr. Dhananjaya Alli, did not have a lot of experience in American corporate finance. He approached Biz2Credit to help raise debt financing — a challenge since his company lacked a U.S. revenue stream, which made banks hesitant to provide financing. Vista was able to amortize $2 million in R&D expenses over five years and got an industry valuation for the FDA license. By taking these steps, the company became eligible for a $575,000 SBA 7(a) loan at a low interest rate of six percent and has created five jobs in New Jersey.
I wholeheartedly concur with the President's assertion that Americans do big things. It's the reason why I — and countless other immigrants — came here. I applaud the creation of Startup America and the White House's continuing support of innovation and its focus on helping small businesses grow. If we are to fully recover from the Great Recession, small businesses must help lead the way.
Rohit Arora, an expert on small business lending, is co-founder and CEO of Biz2Credit (www.biz2credit.com), which connects small business owners with 150+ lenders and service providers via its safe online platform. KPMG ranked Biz2Credit among the top 100 emerging companies in 2008.
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