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Coffee farmers in Peru look to carbon market to fund climate adaptation
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14th May, 2012Coffee brands' project aims to stop slash and burn farming by linking local reforestation to the international carbon market. Matilda Lee reports from Peru more...
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5th April, 2011Brazil's cattle sector has become the largest driver for deforestation globally, overtaking palm oil plantations in Asia. With the UK sourcing 40 per cent of its processed beef from Brazil, campaigners are now calling for a consumer boycott. Chris Pala investigates more...
California overcomes oil opposition to approve the first US carbon-trading scheme
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17th December, 2010The state, the eighth largest economy in the world, hopes to create the second biggest carbon market after Europe when it opens in 2012 more...
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21th September, 2010The role of economics and the future of capitalism will be to preserve our natural resources rather than destroy them but the US may be missing the message, says economist Graciela Chichilnisky more...
Shell funding of forest protection scheme could result in 'largest land grab of all time'
8th September, 2010Oil giant's investment in Indonesian REDD conservation project is a crude attempt to increase profit and gloss over its expanding oil drilling operations, say campaigners more...
'Street champions' inspire communities to adopt low-carbon lifestyles
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13th August, 2010A pioneering social marketing project in Richmond and Ham is using neighbourhood networks to improve energy efficiency in the borough more...
EU carbon trading scheme has been 'an enormous success'
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9th March, 2010The European Emissions Trading Scheme was always going to disappoint the NGOs who wanted a perfect climate solution, but simply bashing it ignores the progerss that can be made through small steps more...
European carbon trading labelled 'model for the world'
1st March, 2010The world's first carbon trading scheme should be used as a model for global cap-and-trade says leading American economist more...
MPs propose carbon tax to boost green investment
Terry Macalister
8th February, 2010MPs say a carbon tax is needed to get the EU emissions trading scheme working more...
What the carbon market did after Copenhagen: nothing
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2nd February, 2010Come 31st of January - the day when international emissions cuts were supposed to be announced - carbon markets should have rocketed. They didn't, and that's a bad sign more...
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Why carbon trading cannot work
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13th November, 2009Carbon trading cannot work. How do we know this? Because economic theory tells us so more...
Carbon trading is a dangerous obsession, says report
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Carbon markets not working, says Deutsche Bank
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Cornering the market
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1st June, 2008Do the peaks and troughs of the financial markets really hold the key to solving our environmental troubles? Faisal Islam investigates more...
Carbon Trading and the limits of free-market logic
Kevin Smith
3rd October, 2007Carbon trading, its backers claim, brings emissions reductions and supports sustainable development in the global south. But, argues Kevin Smith, it may do neither, and is harming efforts to create a low-carbon economy. more...
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Although it seems more Americans are choosing to die in hospice instead of spending their last days in intensive care units, new findings published in the Journal of the American Medical Association show hospice is often a last resort, only after aggressive treatments fail.
Researchers studied more than 800,000 fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries who died in 2000, 2005 and 2009. They were at least 66-years-old and died of cancer, dementia or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Findings show more seniors are dying in hospice, but the rate of ICU use in the last month of life is also higher. In 2009, some 30 percent of the decedents experienced the ICU in the last months of life. Some 12 percent had three or more hospitalizations in their last 90 days of life.
Although hospice use did increase from 22 percent in 2000 to 42 percent in 2009, about 30 percent used a hospice for three days or less.
"We are not getting the right care to the right people," study author Joan Teno told Politico. "And if we want to improve care, we've got to change the incentives — and publicly report the quality of care." Teno is a health policy expert at Brown University and a practicing physician at Home and Hospice Care of Rhode Island.
Patients are moving from their hospital bed to the ICU for aggressive treatments, and they then move to a hospice to die. Nearly one-half transitioned to hospice in the last two weeks of life. Teno connects these short-term stays to the growing pattern of greater use of intensive services at the end of life. Hospice becomes an "add on" that does not reduce hospital resources.
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Dr. Judi Strauss-Lipkin, 69, is the owner and principal of Strauss Financial in Chicago, Ill., and former professor of human resource management at Benedictine University. She spoke to Life Matters Media about her experiences caring for her aging husband. Larry, 87, a retired accountant and WWII veteran, is her husband of 26 years. Larry has suffered bouts with heart failure, Bell's palsy, COPD and short-term memory loss.
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DURHAM, N.H. – Junior Kirsten Bates (Calgary, Alberta) had a season-high 21 kills and added 10 digs, but the University of New Hampshire volleyball team lost to America East foe UMBC, 3-1, on Sunday afternoon at Lundholm Gymnasium. The match scores were 26-24, 28-26, 23-25 and 25-20. UNH falls to 6-19, 3-6 in America East, while the Retrievers are now 16-10, 5-3 AE.
In addition to Bates, Lindsay Fogarty (Pleasanton, Calif.) had a season-best 18 kills and hit at a .371 clip. Lauren Laquerre (Concord, N.H.) and Pauline Acres (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) had six and five kills, respectively, while Justine Elliott (Mitchellville, Md.) added three kills and five blocks. Setter Kate Uitti (Pinckney, Mich.) recorded a team-best 51 assists, the most by any Wildcat in a four-set match this season. Defensively, Alyse Lahti (Pepper Pike, Ohio) led four Wildcats in double figure digs.
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Jagged Alliance 2 Port GoldNovember 30th, 2000 by Crusader
Tribsoft's Mathieu Pinard wrote in to announce that their Linux port of Jagged Alliance 2 has gone gold:
Jagged Alliance 2 for Linux was tested and approved by Sirtech. The CDs were sent to Titan Computer for manufacturing!!!
Jagged Alliance 2 can be pre-ordered at Tux Games at $26.
Neverwinter Nights Dev Update; ShotsNovember 30th, 2000 by Crusader
The official Neverwinter Nights site has been updatedwith a development update from BioWare's Trent Oster.Oster breaks down the update into code, art, and design elements; also, the newlylaunched Quarter To Three (who really need to work on their HTML) has fourscreenshots from the upcoming multi-platform AD&D RPG game.
id Interview; Master DowntimeNovember 29th, 2000 by Crusader
Linguica from Doomworld conducted aninterviewwith the newest employee, animator Fred Nilsson. The questions mainly concernNilsson's background and past work experience (which includes animating the memorable Homer 3Dsequence from a Simpsons Halloween special). With regards to the next Doom title, Nilsson states:
My main focus will be setting up the characters (bones,skinning) and making them all move in whatever way we need them to, whether it's players/monsters in game, or cinematics. I'll also be working with Jim Dose so we can figure out how this new animation system will work. Currently I'm using Maya to animate, and it seems like a great system. So far so good.
Also, Graeme Devine updated his.planto apologize for yesterday's Q3A master server downtime:
I've been working on the master server these past few hours and just noticed the pile of emails coming inregarding its status. Apologies for the down time, it was meant to be invisible to the outside world.
IESDK ArticleNovember 29th, 2000 by Crusader
Indrema's John Gildred has posted a new developer's diaryentry at Gamespyfor the month of November. This edition discusses the recently launchedIndrema Developer Network, controller layout for the L600, UI requirements,and certification procedures.
SiN 2 and Shadowbane PetitionsNovember 29th, 2000 by Crusader
Marv forwarded an e-mail from Ritual'sSteve Hessel concerning a petition demanding thedevelopment of a SiN sequel:
Not sure if you're interested in this kind of news, but there's a petitionto get a Sin 2 going at http://www.petitiononline.com/sin2/petition.html.Great response so far… a few more names and we will have no other choicebut to make it ;)
The Linux version of SiN is being developed by Hyperion Software; a demo is availablefrom here.
Also, Matthew Johnson fired in a link to apetition designed to gauge interest in a Linux portof the MMORPG Shadowbane, which is a possibility according to the developers.
Altered God Sprite EditorNovember 29th, 2000 by Crusader
Natas of the Altered God projectsent in news that they are developing a general sprite editor for their isometric game:
This sprite editor is not a project just for Altered God…theyare working to make it dynamic as possible so others can use it. It willincorporate plugin ect. Anyway we will be doing a 1st release real soon!
A screenshot can be found here.
Eric's Ultimate Soliatire 1.00aNovember 29th, 2000 by Crusader
Loki Software has released a patch for their card game collection port,Eric's Ultimate Solitaire. Changes in version 1.00a include:
- Fixed the command line handling. –nosound now works.
- Fixed a bug in Calculation where the second card thrown to the top discard pile would corrupt masking for the duration of that run of EUS.
- Fixed a bug where users could not add their own midi files.
- Pressing the shift key highlights the currently available moves, as advertised.
- Menu accelerators are now saved, for each user, between EUS runs.
- EUS now releases /dev/dsp if sound has been turned off.
- Dialog enhancements:
- Added a progress bar to the "Choose Backgrounds" dialog.
- File operations now work in the file selection dialogs.
- Added stricter file checking support for save and challenge games.
- Menu accelerators are disabled while dialogs are displayed.
- Many other minor enhancements…
- Window position now saved between EUS runs.
- Fixed the rare occasion where the mouse cursor would not change, reflecting the state EUS was in.
- Fixed the window sizing code so that:
- Buttons now appear after a window resize.
- the original window size is restored if cancel was pressed.
- Fixed sound on newer Macs.
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Heroes 0.7November 29th, 2000 by TimeDoctor
Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote in to announce the release of Heroes 0.7 (Screens, ChangeLog), a Nibbles-style game with five game modes. Heroes features 12 original sound tracks, 94 levels (with 10different tile sets) plus a level editor, and effects similar to many popular demos. Alexandre also notes that this is a source release and although the download page lists binary packages, they may not be available yet.
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New id AnimatorNovember 29th, 2000 by Crusader
Anthony "madcow" Cowley let us know that id Software coder Jim Dose noted in a VoodooExtreme comment that, while discussing Team Arena's player models, id has hired a new animator (thanks to Jim for the quick confirmation):
Actually, Steed animated and modelled the player models in TA. He had been done for a while before he was let go. Check page 2 of the credits in the TA demo.
Our new animator, Fred Nilsson, is pretty bad ass. He's a professional animator who's worked on a few animated films. He only arrived a month or so ago, so he didn't do anything on TA except animating the new logo movie, which was modelled by another new artist, Seneca Menard. Both these guys are incredibly talented and have a style all their own.
Doomworld's Andrew "Linguica" Stine found the IMDb entry for Nilsson, which lists a stint at Pacific Data Images where he worked on the sci-fi movie The Arrival. Presumably, Nilsson will be animating the new rogue's gallery of hellspawn that will be found in the Doom sequel, which went into development earlier this year.
Tribes 2 in 2001?November 29th, 2000 by Crusader
Stomped, in a look at 2001 titles,pointed out adisappointing possibility regarding Tribes 2:
However, it's looking more and more like the game will not make the Christmas tree. Dynamix and Sierra stated at E3 that the game would be released in the fall, but recently they have back pedaled on that statement, citing a need for more beta testing. The external beta was just released a couple of weeks ago to over 1,000 testers, and it seems unlikely that the finished product will be ready to hit store shelves by Christmas. Indeed, calls made to various software retail stores by Stomped indicate the game's current release date is a few days after Christmas.
On the positive side, a post-Xmas delay will increase the already excellent odds of a simultaneous Linux/Win32 release.
Two Tribes 2 previews have also been posted in the past week (thanks TribalWar):
Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business ReviewNovember 28th, 2000 by Crusader
The Russian gaming site Freelancerhas posted a reviewof the Win32 Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Businessrelease, which presumably will be identical to its Linux counterpart in terms of gameplay.Tribsoft, who ported the game's predecessor,Jagged Alliance 2, is portingJA2: UB to Linux.
Vavoom 1.6November 28th, 2000 by Crusader
Version 1.6 of Vavoom, themulti-game Doom-engine source port, has been released. Changes:
- Progs are now split into client progs and server progs
- Added Quake style key bindings, togglable mouse look, and lookspring
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Linux 2.4.0-test11 NVdriver PatchNovember 28th, 2000 by Crusader
ridicully wrote in to let us know that the most recent test releases in theLinux 2.4.0 kernel series have broken NVIDIA driver support, which has not yet been patchedby NVIDIA. For those of you who live on the bleeding technological edge,Christian "phoenix" Zander has released a patch for the NVdriver kernel modulewhich should render the driver functional again; obviously, this is an unofficial solution for the time being.
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Should TuxGames Stock Indrema?November 28th, 2000 by Crusader
Michael Simms of TuxGames sent in the following Indrema-related query:
At Tux Games we have been debating if we should stock the Indrema and its games. Whilst we are a Linux based games company, theInderma is a Linux based console for gamers.What opinions do people have? Should we stock this for completeness of range and support for the community, or wouldwould people prefer weremain purely a company selling games to use on basic mainstream Linux systems? If you have an opinion please drop anemail to email@example.com
Kohan ScreenshotsNovember 28th, 2000 by Alkini
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U3D 0.6 releasedNovember 28th, 2000 by keerf
Vasileiou Nikolaos wrote in to let us know that the U3D game engine has reached version 0.6. The new release fixes some run-time crashes and contains alot of new features, like particle system, and networking. More info about this new release can be found at http://utopia3d.sourceforge.net.
Vasileiou made a note in the email also, read below:
With 0.6 we, as a team, have a good platform to create 3d graphics andwe will be using it to start a game project for the linux platform. Soon aweb page will be set-up about the game project so that you can see whatsall about.
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SDLRoids 1.3.3November 28th, 2000 by TimeDoctor
David Hedbor has released SDLRoids, his SDL-based Astroids clone.
- Version 1.3.3 released. Adds support for joystick control.
- sdl.c (IsKeyDown): Now it doesn't crash when there are no joysticks present.
- configure.in: Added check for setenv.
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Renzo Gracie On Sonnen Phone Call | "I Just Asked Him To Behave With The Greatness Of A Champion." | UFC News
By Jamie McAllister
We previously reported that a phone call from Renzo Gracie changed the behavior of the UFC Middleweight number one contender Chael Sonnen. Since then Renzo got in contact with MMAFighting and reveals what he told Sonnen over the phone.
"I just told him that if he kept that trash talking he would be taking the greatness of the task that he had ahead of him,"
"He is fighting one of the best fighters of our generation, and people would lose the chance to know the real Sonnen, a great athlete who I saw young fighting hard back in the Japan days, building his career as a fierce fighter, a career that ended up turning him into one of the amazing people that populate our great sport."
"I just asked him to behave with the greatness of a champion. Many fighters dream with that opportunity, to fight the best and test themselves in the toughest sport that existed. Be great, be bold, be fair, and above all, be honest. Some will love you, others will hate you, but they will know who you really are. Fight this fight in a way that will be unforgettable to those who had the privilege to watch. I won't miss a second of this great match."
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34 Responses to "Renzo Gracie On Sonnen Phone Call | "I Just Asked Him To Behave With The Greatness Of A Champion." | UFC News"
Nice to hear from Renzo and he's right glad Sonnen took it on board !
Renzo is a great man with excellent advice.
lol…. Renzo be great be fair… i recall him storming into the ring after Nate the great beat Ricardo and kicking Nate in the head when he was on the ground.
Ricardo beat Nate and renzo kicked him in the face coz Nate continued gandp after he had been submitted by big dog!
Nate had it coming. He lost by tap out and went on with GnP after the stoppage. Renzo was just defending his pupil.
Not a Renzo fan, but great advise for the Chaelmonster!
I remember on wcc1 where he was fighting a judo player and didnt let go a choke and after he stepped on the dudes neck lol.
Apparently, the reason why Renzo stepped on the dude's neck was because the judo fighter made some insults at Renzo's wife.
Renzo talks a good game, but let' s see if he can walk that game. If he has learned from hts past mistakes then great, but something about this guy seems fake. He seems like somebody who says shit just so he can hear himself talk and maybe he can convince himself he believes what he says. All I know is I really liked it when Hughes tko'd his ass and wrestle choked out his 'pupil'..
all gracies are mma royalty…even phael recognizes that…without them there would be no ufc. the first ufc tournys were basically infomercials for bjj. the gracies are like efhutton…when they talk real mma fans listen…
It's moved way beyond the Gracie's day. It's a real sport now. Wrestling rules the day and will even more so now. You gotta earn your keep daily and there are no kings in my world. Until a Gracie can win again in mma, then they are has been's. I see what Renzo said more as a common sense human being advice then any kind of Gracie royalty bullshit. Don't know how your wired . But us Americans DON'T have kings here. We're ALL have liberty and potential. We kicked the British Royalty the hell outta here and definitely don't need it back in any form whatsoever.
Chael is the one that said the gracies are royalty.
You have the shitty liberty to go to war and die for oil, and then go to the UFC and scream USA.
What a douche!
If Sonnen said that he thought they were royalty, then I do not agree with Sonnen. Sonnen is no god either.
WTF … shitty liberty??? Are you a fuckin' marxist or something??? You don't love FReedom. what kind of weirdo are you?? GTFOH…AMERICA is #!!!! HOOORaaahh!!!
Dude you are a ignorant ass. This is the reason why people hate us(Americans) all over the freaking world! Because morons like you who insult their cultures for no reason and just run your mouth all day. Shut up and grow a brain.
Obviously coming from a moron who has never been around the world. The rest of the world SUCKS kid. Why do you think they want to come here. We are superior to them and the normal ones know it. The destructive ones hate us and that is GOOD… grow up boy…
What's so great about wresting? Rolling around with sweaty men in tight spandex leotards? Stalling and point fighting so a real martial artist doesn't take your head off? Doesn't sound that great to me. Wrestling isn't ever gonna "dominate" the way you are always hyping it up. It is just one piece of the puzzle that makes up a MIXED Martial artist's skill set. If wrestling was as important as you make it sound, Matt Lindland and Brock Lesnar would still be relevant. Keep talking trash though, I'm sure it makes you feel better when you get nostalgic thinking about getting 2nd in state back in the 80's or some shit lol.
Wrestling is done in MMA. There was a tiny wave caused by wrestlers, but that wave has passed a while ago.
You are clueless. Wrestling dominance is growing more and more what is fading away is juijitsu. Wrestling is the base of all fighnting and it will even become more so. Wrestlers are just barely getting into this sport.. Living in Holland does not give you a true picture of where it is going….
"…but something about this guy seems fake. He seems like somebody who says shit just so he can hear himself talk and maybe he can convince himself he believes what he says."
Holy shit dude. Look in a mirror lately.
The difference is that I am using humor alot to make a point and I know it whereas Renzo seems to believe some of the shit that comes out of his mouth.
wrestlingrules u r filled with such negative energy its incredible. finally someone shuts chael the fuck up and tells him to behave like a champion, and obviously that convo had a big impact on chael. ur god chael respect renzo and u still r saying dumb shit. fake? i dont care if renzo is a masked murderer, good advice is good advice, no matter who its coming from u dumbass. take my advice and kill urself.
Little boy, be very careful with the words you use. They could just come back to haunt you. hahahahahaha………You think Renzo is GOD? Is he your GOD?? You are a joke boy….
renzos not my god, but i always respected him and his family. and i respect him even more for being the first person to somehow tone chael down a bit. seriously man y the fuck u gotta be so whack all the time? damn man. it went past trolling, its just like u gotta ruin the good in everything. i can just imagine how ur personal life is. maybe u should go to church or something, or get some pussy..one of the two, if not both.
Why? Why do you respect him??? Because he acted like a thug in the ring a few times. Because he gave Sonnen good advice or because Sonnen has decided to tone down his rhetoric?? Why do you respect him?? He is no better than you. You just talk like a kid with a big mouth. Have you been in a war have you killed anybody?? Have you put your life in the line for aybody?? Has Renzo? This guy is no hero. If he gave him common sense human being advice then I respect him for that, but not the rest of this fantasy shit of yours.
My life is incredible kid because I live it honestly and not in some unreal fantasy. You see I know what happiness is and it is NOT pleasure. You live a life of pleasure and you will never be happy until you get sober and see things for what they are and not what you fantasize about that is not real.
You take my challenges as negative. Its not, its nothing but challenging your beliefs. When you can;t take my words its because your beliefs are weak and can't handle it. My guess is you are around 18-24. I am 27, but have lived a more real life than you. Because I choose to be involved in the world and see it for what it is, That brings happiness. And I have more women that want me than you know. But they are Women and NOT pussy. You have a long road of maturity ahead of you kid…..Be warned though, watch the words you use, they will haunt you…….There are real ghosts and you create then with your words in your mind!!!
LMAO. The sad, yet funny thing is you actually believe the bullshit that spews from your mouth. WrestlingRulesFAG
Yah have you ever been serious in your life??? Or are you a liberal???
Wrestlign rules ur so fuckign dumb. Ur talking about how u see things for how they really are and so on. And further up u talk about how USA are great and they have freedom and liberty. Wow ur real stupid. USA has no liberty, u live as they want u 2 live. Thats why ur school system is shit because they want u 2 be dumb so u wont get a sucessfull job ( in most cases) from there they u join the army go 2 war for some oil and kill some ppl. U know nothing about liberty u dumb fuck. Liberty is when all ppl have it not only the rich and powerfull. GET SOME EDUCATION
@ wrestlingrules, you are fucking killing me with that bullshit!! There royalty cause every fighter in the ufc practices Bjj, so the fact that a gracie has not wOn ina lOng time dont mean shit cause you see Bjj in preety much every fight dumbass!! Look at your champs now, besides GSP, there all great stand up fighters with good or great Bjj, wake da fuck up b4 you disrespect a family name just cause you only like da dry humping moves u fucking fruit!!
No what I like to do is take your fairy juijitsu players and dump you on your head over and over again…..Its very fun ragdolling jitz boys…hahahahaha
it really baffles me that someone can talk out there ass that much and for absolutely no reason. he actually says all the gracies are has beens. lol. those guys have done and continue to do so much for this sport. fyi, there is like a million gracies devoted to the growth of mma and bjj. like i said, u dont got to be a damn saint to give out advice. im far from a saint, i give ppl good advice that i sometimes dont even follow. but that advice helps them. ive been on bjpenn.com for a LONG time, and ur comments are easily the dumbest i ever ran across. its like u scroll through the forums and say "okay, let me think of the most fucked up, hateful things to type." i said this b4, ur just like sonnen, a real life troll. atleast sonnen can be genuine at time and respectful. u just gotta find the bad in something. ur literally the only person ive ever spoken to that 99 percent of the shit u say is depressing, irrational, and just pure negative.
Sorry kid, it's NOT me it's you…You take everything I say and think it is negative.That is your responsibility to take whatever anybody does and decide how to see it. That's on you kid. You have alot of growing up to do…..You really don't like someone's opinion that differs from you and is not afraid to say it and defend it. If I am wrong, I'll change. I use humor alot to make a point, but you are way to obtuse in your views. I bust your fantasies and you feel all depressed and shit. That;s you kid..wake up…..
Btw: Silva is getting his ass beat up very soon…..lmao
@wrestlingrules pretty sure you are a 27 yr old private who went to iraq once and tells everyone you been thru some shit. but i bet you are a POG and didt do shit for your country. you are just a fake.
you have a right to your opinion and thoughts. Maybe I am a fake and maybe you are not a fake….
Silva is gonna get beat up? LMAO. Wheres Chael now? After a brutal ass beating. After the bad end of a KO of the night bonus. SILVA IS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME
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Host nation Brazil meet Colombia in the quarter final of the 2014 World Cup in a match which promises to be full of excitement and action. The Home side will be under tremendous pressure after an unconvincing victory against Chile while for their opponents Colombia everything has gone well until now. Here is a compilation of some of the players on show hoping to swing the game in their sides favour.
Neymar: The Brazil striker had an injury scare before the match but has been declared fit to play against Colombia which is massive boost for the side. Neymar has looked dangerous every time he has had the ball at his feet Colombia will have to play out of their skins to contain him.
James Rodriguez: He has scored in every game so far in the tournament and leads the race for the golden boot. Rodriguez has been one of the top performers of the World Cup so far and it would not come as a surprise if he toppled the Brazilians with his game in Fortaleza.
Julio Cesar: If Colombia and Brazil cancel each other after 120 minutes then Julio Cesar will have to come to the rescue of his side again once again and looking at the form the Colombians have showed so far a Penalty shootout might well be needed to decide the winner.
Fernandinho: The dynamic midfielder is known for his wide range of passing an pressing game which helped his club Manchester city to a domestic double in the 2013/14 season. Coach Scholari would be hoping Fernandinho has a good game for Brazil in Fortaleza and more than makes up for the absence of Luis Gustavo.
David Luiz: The new PSG recruit was on target for Brazil against and Chile in normal time and scored from the spot in the penalty shootout that helped his side clinch a quarter final berth. He will however have to curtail the odd moment of lapse of concentration he is prone to as it may prove disastrous for his side.
Juan Cuadrado: The Colombian winger has been in fine form throughout the World Cup and his tendency to drift in and play the no 10 role has made him very flexible player and an asset to the side.
Mario Yepes: The Colombian skipper has led the backline exceptionally well and hardly looks his age with some rock solid defending for his side . His nation would be hoping he can lead his side to a famous victory against Brazil in Fortaleza.
Jackson Martinez: After breaking his goal scoring drought against Japan, Martinez has found his old vigour and would be eager to perform some heroics against Brazil.


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The current Fairfax County school budget concerns reflect the pressure for school officials, administrators and teachers to do more with less for Fairfax County children. This is amidst a real problem of ever-increasing enrollment and already-crowded classrooms. While fully fixing the problems is not likely in the near future, there is an acute need to address the high level of stress resulting from these economic pressures.
The Feb. 3 issue of Time magazine's cover reads "The Mindful Revolution" and goes on to detail the increasingly well recognized stress-reducing benefits of learning to practice mindfulness. Mindfulness in a nutshell is being more fully present in each moment of our lives as it unfolds, rather than being continually lost in worries about the past or anxiety or planning about the future. It involves bringing our attention back to the here and now, repeatedly, and noticing when our minds habitually wander (often in stress-based thinking). We can apply focused mindfulness to many of our daily activities and experience life more fully, such as walking, learning, listening to music, eating and brushing our teeth mindfully. Formal practices of mindful meditation use a focal point to help us anchor our attention, such as focusing on one's breathing.
But mindfulness practices go beyond simple awareness to include becoming better attuned to recognizing habits that create stress in our relationships, cloud our thinking and judgment, and lead to depression and anxiety. For example, the quality of our thinking is an important consideration, given that as humans we have a "negativity bias," a lens through which we place more emphasis and time on thinking about negative experiences and appraisals than positive ones. Exercises in compassion, openness, gratitude, and acceptance pervade mindfulness teachings and help us to soften in our stance towards ourselves and others.
The foundation of mindfulness research comes from a program called "Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)," founded by Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He established MBSR as a program for patients suffering with chronic pain and medical illnesses, and since then it and programs like it have shown positive results in areas such as stress reduction, pain management, depression and anxiety. It also has positive effects on calming the stress-based response system in our bodies that, when overly active, interrupts our ability to focus, problem solve, and experience positive emotionality.
Returning to the issue of our collective concerns about needing to help children in our county learn as well as to retain teachers amidst considerable resource gaps in the budget, it seems like a little mindfulness could go a long way. There are several efforts to bring mindfulness to the schools, with goals of reducing stress, calming bodies, focusing minds, bringing intention to thoughts and actions, and increasing empathy for others (e.g. see www.mindfulschools.org, thehawnfoundation.org/mindup, and the Insight Meditation Community of Washington, bringing mindfulness to schools in our local area www.imcw.org). Teacher programs are also being developed (e.g. www.care4teachers.org). While mindfulness won't solve the economic problems our county faces, it may assist in bearing the burden a little more easily and buffering the impact of the stress on our children's development.
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The family of Marc Herrera said they are relieved after a judge ruled his wife, Amy Herrera, will stand trial for his murder.
"I think you can probably tell by the smile on my face that we're ecstatic," said Marc's mother, Marian Herrera.
A judge ruled Wednesday that prosecutors have enough evidence to bring Amy Herrera to trial on second-degree murder and manslaughter charges. The judge ruled prosecutors did not present enough evidence for a first-degree murder charge.
An attorney for Herrera entered a not guilty plea.
Air Force Major Marc Herrera was found dead in the couple's closet in July 2012. Investigators say he was shot during a party the couple was hosting for foreign exchange students who lived with them. At first, Amy Herrera claimed her husband committed suicide. Her attorney now argues that she killed her husband in self-defense.
"When you tell the truth, you have one story to tell and it never changes," said Marian Herrera. "And you tell it over, and over, and over again. She's told too many stories, too many times, to too many people. I don't think she's capable of telling the truth."
Amy Herrera has avoided trial twice in the past because the indictments were dismissed.
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Kate Middleton Baby Bump Bikini Photos: Is the Outrage Hypocritical?
Does being "royal" make you more special than any other person in the public eye? There's a debate going on about the appropriateness, or lack thereof, of posting bikini photos of the pregnant Kate Middleton (Duchess of Cambridge) while she was vacationing on a private island. Palace spokespeople said they were disappointed that the photos were published, calling it "a clear breach of the couple's right to privacy."
A People magazine rep was on Good Morning America today, saying they declined to print the photos. GMA also blurred them out to protect the royal couple's privacy.
But is a bikini photo on a beach really the same as snapping topless photos outside a private home, which was the big scandal over the summer? Mustique is a "private" island, but it's not like the royal family owns it, and they are not the only famous people to vacation there. It's not really that private.
Bikini is not topless. And how many times a day do we see paparazzi photos of other celebs in bikinis on beaches? They don't all ask to be photographed, especially when the pics turn out to be unflattering. They may not be out on "private islands," but modern celebs deal with paps in their private spaces all the time. Miley Cyrus just taped a photographer who was following her down the street outside her home while she was walking her dogs.
Supermarket tabloids love to post photos of stars without makeup or with cellulite. It's gross, but you don't hear a lot of outrage about it, like the current "LEAVE HER ALONE!" about Kate Middleton. Is it because she's a "princess"? It does seem a bit hypocritical to bash the baby bump photos, especially since any mention of them seems to get fans interested. That interest in everything she does is exactly why the photos were taken.
This is part of the trade-off of being famous in this modern age. You get money, fame, and fan worship, but you have to put up with the increased interest in your life. That said, nude or topless photos taken by zoom less into a private residence — that's a different story. From here, anyway. What do you think? If they shouldn't do it to Kate, should people be just as upset when they do it to another celeb? Where is the line, to you?


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By DAN ELLIOTT
(AP) DENVER - Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Thursday the investigation into the Boston Marathon bombings shows how difficult and sensitive the issue of racial profiling can be.
Speaking with young students in Denver, Sotomayor noted that some people asked whether authorities had done enough to track the two suspects, both ethnic Chechens.
"Is that profiling? Could be," she said. "Is it something you just can't ignore? Maybe sometimes not."
Sotomayor, who was in Denver for the dedication of a new state courts building, said police who rely only on racial profiling to decide if someone committed a crime are usually wrong. But she said investigators need to pay attention to some "indicators" about suspects, without saying what they might be.
"It's a fine line society walks in trying to be fair," she said.
Sotomayor, who became the first Hispanic on the Supreme Court when she took office in 2009, said she was the subject of racial stereotyping after her appointment, and it was hurtful.
Her biggest challenge was dealing with other people's low expectations, she said, "and having fun proving them wrong."
Sotomayor took questions from about 100 eighth-, ninth- and 10th-graders before ceremonies to open the Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center.
Shortly after Michael Bender, chief justice of the state Supreme Court, introduced her, Sotomayor stepped off the speaker's platform and roamed the aisles around the students, answering questions eye-to-eye and engaging them in banter.
She frequently referred to her new memoir, "My Beloved World," and urged the children to dream big and explore career possibilities, even if they seem intimidating.
"When I was your age, I didn't know there was a Supreme Court," she said. She said she learned about the legal system by watching "Perry Mason" television dramas.
She promised her young audience that if any of them became a justice, "I'll come and swear you in."
The new building was named for Ralph Carr, Colorado's governor from 1939 to 1943, who spoke out for the constitutional rights of Japanese-Americans who were confined to internment camps during World War II.
The $258 million building houses courtrooms for the state Supreme Court and state Court of Appeals as well as offices of the attorney general, the state public defender and court administrators.
While praising the center, Sotomayor looked up from her notes and said with a smile, "The kids in this audience today won't remember a time in their lives when this building didn't exist."
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Do not like your flipent tone, and the way you are trying to talk down to us.
This is a good place, for such a discussion, football, politices, or what ever it may be.
If it has escaped your attention, this is called the "OFF TOPIC LOUNGE".
Now in my book that means, that you can talk to fellow drummers, about anything other than drumming. Or have i got this wrong.
Read the little small print beside the words "OFF TOPIC LOUNGE" they say "all discussions not relating to drumming"
Now i was never to bright at school, but even i got that one.
Some times there are drummers who you may like, or may dislike, and maybe you would like to talk to them about things other than drums, and this is the place for it.
So if you do not like this thread, could you please move along, and reply to other threads, but not in the "OFF TOPIC LOUNGE" as you may not agree with the topics.
The OFF TOPIC LOUNGE. for all things not drums.
If i have got it wrong, please accept my appolgises, for my misinterpatation and spelling.
But again i think not.


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Airport Express & non-Apple Wireless Network
I haven't been able to figure out if there is a way to do this or not, and I thought I'd turn to a more experienced group. I just got an Airport Express. I'd like to use it to expand my current wireless network, but my "base station" is a Netgear (long story). I know that the Express can expand an Airport Extreme network, and that other base stations like my Netgear are not supported. Anyone know if there is a workaround for this? I could run a LAN cable to my living room & create a separate network, but my house is not that big, and I don't want to constantly be switching networks when I change locations or if I want to stream to my stereo. I tried adding the Extreme to my Netgear and nada. Looking for programs, hacks, thoughts and ideas. I do have an Extreme I can use, but it's in use at work. Big hassle to switch it out. Thanks in advance. :confused:
You can set up the airport express to function on it's own wireless network, but to extend an existing network you will need an airport.
can you only connect to airport wireless networks or can you connect to other networks. I have a Belkin wireless network router connected to my broadband connection, would i be able to connect to this with an ibook??
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COLONIE - A Troy woman will be heading to prison for setting a fire that killed a dog in Colonie.
Khadijah Hopkins pleaded guilty to burglary and cruelty to animals Friday.
Prosecutors say she broke into an acquaintance's home on Elm Street back in November and stole several items.
Before leaving, they say she set the house on fire.
Firefighters found a dead dog in its crate, inside the burning home.
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FORT WORTH – Matt Kenseth won the Coors Light Pole Award for Sunday's AAA Texas 500 during the Pinnacle Propane Qualifying Days on Friday evening at Texas Motor Speedway. Kenseth, driving the No. 20 Dollar General Toyota, recorded a lap time of 27.095 seconds, 199.299 mph during the third round of the knockout qualifying format. […] [Read More]
Reddick on pole for WinStar World Casino & Resort 350 at Texas Motor Speedway
FORT WORTH – Tyler Reddick earned the pole position during qualifying for tonight's 16th annual WinStar World Casino & Resort 350 at Texas Motor Speedway. The 18-year old driver of the No. 19 DrawTite Ford posted a lap time clocked at 29.677 seconds, 181.959 mph. It was his second career pole in 15 NASCAR Camping […] [Read More]
Matt Crafton chasing back-to-back championship going into tonight's NASCAR Truck race at TMS
FORT WORTH – Matt Crafton is on the verge of winning a back-to-back championship in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. A victory tonight at the WinStar World Casino & Resort 350 at Texas Motor Speedway will help him in his quest for defending his championship title. "We're just trying to capitalize at each track," […] [Read More]
Eddie Gossage says new Chase system is great for NASCAR, fans
FORT WORTH – If there is any doubt that the change to NASCAR's Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship format is working this season, just ask Texas Motor Speedway President Eddie Gossage. With three races remaining on the season schedule, Gossage says that this weekend's AAA Texas 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Sunday […] [Read More]
Greg Abbott, Harlem Globetrotters and Derek Holland headline AAA Texas 500 dignitaries
FORT WORTH – Texas Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott, along with the Harlem Globetrotters and Texas Rangers pitcher Derek Holland will serve as the dignitaries for the AAA Texas 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Eliminator 8 race at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday. Abbott, who is the Republican gubernatorial candidate and is vying […] [Read More]
TMS unveils Hawg Heaven Bacon Nachos for AAA Texas 500
FORT WORTH – Texas Motor Speedway and its official concessionaire Levy Restaurants have unveiled their latest item in the concession stand just in time for the AAA Texas 500 NASCAR tripleheader next weekend at the 1.5-mile speedway. Billed as Hawg Heaven Bacon Nachos, the newest concession item with feature bacon in four forms – white […] [Read More]
Loud and Proud Pre-Race Show to launch AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway
FORT WORTH – The eighth race of the 10-race Chase for the Sprint Cup, the AAA Texas 500, will kick off with the "Loud and Proud Pre-Race Show Fueled by American Ethanol" on Sunday, November 2 at Texas Motor Speedway. The pre-race concert begins at 11:20 a.m. on the frontstretch stage and will feature Kevin […] [Read More]
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Ladies and Gentleman,
First and foremost on behalf of the council, welcome to the NPHC section of Binghamton University's Greek Life page. If you are a student, congratulations on your acceptance or continuing enrollment into the University. We hope to be a great asset to your collegiate experience. Our diverse and inclusive culture combined with our dynamic executive board promises to serve your campus profoundly.
The National Pan-Hellenic Council, Inc. (NPHC) is a coalition of the nine (9) largest historically African American Greek-letter fraternities and sororities, currently representing over 1.5 million members internationally. The organization boasts a diverse membership comprised of students, celebrities, corporate, political and community leaders. Its affiliate membership includes Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., and Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. The NPHC was organized on May 10, 1930 on the campus of Howard University. For over seventy-five (75) years, members of the constituent Greek-letter organizations of NPHC have convened to discuss and address issues of mutual concern. The collective social and economic power of the NPHC has been a major source of change for the African American community in America since its inception.
Binghamton University (Active Chapters):
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Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. (Alpha Alpha Xi)
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. (Rho Xi)
Stay up to date with our events this year, such as our annual Homecoming Step Show, Meet the Greeks, etc. We hope to meet you soon, and wish you the best on your endeavors.


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Blueworks Live Best Practices
This post is from Krista White, co-author of our new guide to BP3's Blueworks Live Best Practices posted below. Krista also works on Neches and the Brazos suite. Over the last few years I've noticed an increase in the volume … Continue reading
Legislating Competency
"Your goal is to set up the conditions for success." At BP3 our teams go in and rescue a lot of BPM projects that previously failed to get off the ground with the big generalist consulting firms. I thought a … Continue reading
Think Your Company Cares about Process?
If you think your company cares about process, check this out this exclusive from ABC: Apple engineers, managers and developers have been secretly volunteering for the past year in this state-of-the-art lab to participate in rowing, running, yoga and many … Continue reading
Getting it Backward, SAP Edition
[This post is courtesy of David Brakoniecki, our UK Delivery Director, and is also posted on his blog] Posted in the SAP Community Network is an article on 3 traps on the way to S/4HANA. As a BPM guy, the … Continue reading
Do Bad Companies have a Right to Improve?
Recently, I was challenged by someone for tweeting/blogging about a company that was investing in a BPM program. The complaint was that this company had been failing at BPM for years, and had terrible customer service as demonstrated by several … Continue reading
Why Neches?
BP3 recently announced the GA release of our tool for analyzing IBM BPM solutions – Neches. This is a product that I have been working on for many years. Those who know me well may be aware that baby versions of … Continue reading
Starbucks' Process Lab
Starbucks has an interesting experiment going on in their new Reserve Roastery and Tasting Room in Seattle. It sounds like a coffee process junkie's dream: The space is designed to be both a playground for coffee nerds and an easy … Continue reading
Collaboration Doesn't Replace Process
In a recent BPM.com post on BPM Quotes, this one jumped out at me: "Not everything is a process, nor can it be written down. However, if you want something to be measured and repeatable then it needs to be … Continue reading
14 Best New Coffee Shops
Thrillist is out with a list of the 14 best new coffee shops. Well, they did themselves a favor by saying "New" because otherwise they'd have a monumental task to sort out the "best" in the US. I haven't been … Continue reading
5 Areas BPM Projects Fail
I've spent over half of my career in BPM, and encountered quite a few projects in that tenure. While some might call me 'knowledgeable', I genuinely enjoy BPM because its diversity enables lifelong learning and consistently presents new challenges. Problem … Continue reading
The Sophomore Effect and BPM
I've been looking at and discussing our collective knowledge of BPM projects among the good folks at BP3, ever since BPMCAMP. And we noticed a theme among our customers who are most successful with their BPM efforts. The most successful … Continue reading
Promoting Code is a Habit
When talking to people about startup companies, there are several phrases that I've heard echoed by several successful people. "Making a profit is a habit." "Shipping product is a habit." Likewise, for successful BPM engagements I believe "Promoting Code is … Continue reading
Morning Ritual = Process for Creativity
Inc. published an article by Jessica Stillman, "Why It's Worth Making Time for this Lengthy Morning Ritual". When business owners go looking for productivity boosters, they're generally thinking of small changes that can help them squeeze more essential business tasks … Continue reading
The Process of Teaching Apple
Great article in the NY Times, covering Apple's internal training program (dubbed unoriginally "Apple University"). The best thing I can do is refer you to the article to read about it, but if you take a look at this and … Continue reading
Five Signs that a BPM Project is Going to Fail
Over on the BPM.com forums, Peter Schooff asked the question: "What is the first sign that BPM project is going to fail?" – it is a good discussion to read, but I also wanted to share my thoughts more directly … Continue reading
Activiti 5.16 Released
Its good to see that the announcement of Activiti Enterprise Edition hasn't slowed the release of community edition updates. To that end, Activiti 5.16 has just been made available for download here: http://activiti.org/download.html While this is primarily a bug fix release, … Continue reading
Being Told What to Do
In May there was an interesting discussion around an article by Peter Deng, entitled "Process Is Being Told What to Do by Someone Who Has Less Information than You". It is a fascinating read for a BPM practitioner. Because Peter … Continue reading
This is What BPM Looks like When it goes Mainstream
In recent GE Capital advertisements, I couldn't help but notice that they're pitching their business know-how as a competitive differentiator for their customers. Specifically, it's their business process acumen that they're pitching as a key differentiator: "if you just need … Continue reading
Process and Basketball
I'm not precisely a Spurs fan, despite living in Texas. They don't always inspire to put it nicely, but you have to respect their approach to the game and the fundamentals. And they just won another NBA championship – their … Continue reading
Process and Data – If Data came First, How Did it get There?
BPM.com's Peter Schooff was nice enough to take our post on Process First, then Data and start a robust discussion on their forum. One oversimplification in my writeup was that by saying "process first", the implication is that data can't … Continue reading
Support for your Side Project
My good friend (and former coworker) Gary Chou has started a new venture that I hope flourishes and establishes a branch in Austin! It's called Orbital. And he already has some great press coverage for his new project: Gary Chou's … Continue reading
Scale is another word for Opportunity
In the process world, large scale is just an opportunity for process improvement. At small scale, many improvements won't earn back their investment in a reasonable time frame. But at large scale, or increasing scale, more and more improvements will … Continue reading
Personal Process
Tom Baeyens recently wrote about Personal Workflow, painting his vision for how it works. I'm a big proponent of personal process. The best software developers I have ever worked with have had strong personal software processes – a method to … Continue reading
MWD on Appian
Recently saw an update from MWD on Appian's positioning: Earlier this week Appian Corp announced that seasoned VC Harry Weller of New Enterprise Associates (NEA) has joined its board. Weller is an acknowledged VC star; he's been on Forbes' Midas … Continue reading
Over-Optimizing – Effective Business Process User Interfaces (Part 2)
In Lean thinking, one of the cardinal sins is overproduction. In BPM thinking, we always assume that the requirements are wrong. When you take those two principles together, it should be clear that an iterative approach with frequent testing of our … Continue reading
I'd Fund That: Blue Bottle Coffee
I saw this article on TechCrunch almost a month ago- on the fund raise that Blue Bottle Coffee just did. I think the folks at TechCrunch were understandably surprised that Blue Bottle raised $25M in a series B investment from … Continue reading
3 Tips for Success with BPM
As we warm up for Impact 2014, why not review some fun video from 2013, edited down a bit for easier consumption! In this IBM Impact 2013 interview, I gave three tips for a successful start with BPM. For customers … Continue reading
Focus on Something that Matters
Thought we'd share a good moment from last year's IBM Impact – about a minute of an interview I did where the discussion turned to advice for customers taking on BPM. The short version: Focus on something that matters. Seriously. … Continue reading
Congratulations to Ian Gotts
I'm a little overdue, but I just wanted to take time out to say congratulations and thanks to Ian Gotts, one of the movers and shakers in BPM for many years. Just two years ago his firm, Nimbus, sold to … Continue reading
Writing the Press Release First: Amazon and BPM
Loved the insights from this post by Brandon Sterne about Amazon's product management approach, and "working backwards". (If you don't read his blog, you should!) We've previously looked at Apple and BPM, but this time, we turn our attention to … Continue reading
The Simplicity Index
Having written previously about Simplicity many times, I found this article fascinating: Yesterday, brand consultancy Siegel + Gale released its annual "Global Brand Simplicity Index." The online survey of over 10,000 respondents in seven countries sought to determine which businesses … Continue reading
Thinking about Data as the new Oil… Process Context to Refine it
In a post-dinner conversation a couple weeks ago with some fellow BPM evangelists, Lance brought up something that the CEO of Tableau had said, if I'm not mistaken – that "data is the new oil". And the analogy makes some … Continue reading
Innovation World Coverage (Software AG)
Sandy Kemsley has posted a series of articles on the sessions she attended at Innovation World, Software AG's user conference. In this post she talks about ARIS world, the subconference focused on ARIS and its move to the cloud: He … Continue reading
AQPC Interview: Is Micro-Managing with BPM a Myth?
I was invited to be interviewed by the APQC blog the other day, and the results are now live on their site. Some favorite quotes ensue: In this quote I was referring to how to ask the right questions to … Continue reading
The Process of Writing About Apple
Most people don't think of creative endeavors as requiring or adhering to process, but when I read enough of someone's work, a process becomes apparent in the way they approach their subject. I thought it would be fun to turn … Continue reading
Joins and IBM BPM – Diving Deeper
[Editor's note: This is another guest-post from Andrew Paier, our Director of BP Labs at BP3. In this post he's examining how Joins work in IBM BPM. There's quite a bit of material available online about how Joins should work … Continue reading
Intentional Business Process Management
Forrester has put out a new report on Accelerating BPM Velocity with the Right Service Provider. The Challenge It is a good read. Clay and the other authors start out by pointing out three basic problems with BPM programs at … Continue reading
Critique of Task Management
Anatoly often brings great issues to the table – the kind of problems we and our clients wrestle with periodically – and gives some great analysis of potential solutions. This time, the subject is "Task Management" in the context of … Continue reading
The Myth of Micromanaging (with BPM)
I have to admit that the myth of micromanaging as a requirement of BPM is one of those things that just irritates me. Even more so when people in the ACM community foist that upon the BPM community, of which … Continue reading
Sales Process vs. Buying Process
Interesting blog from Jaisundar: "Prospects don't care about your sales process. Maybe you shouldn't either…" But then, is there really something like Consultative Selling at all?I would argue that there is no such thing. If you really look at the … Continue reading
Identifying the Major Anti-Patterns to Business Value
Perhaps more useful than telling you the right things to do in your BPM projects, is helping you identify the "anti-patterns" to their business value. Avoiding them, or not, sets the stage for project success. The whitepaper, Identifying the Anti-Patterns, authored … Continue reading
A Process Too Good? Or Too Good to be True?
Good blog from Keith Swenson about the dangers of over-emphasizing cost in your process (or more broadly, efficiency): 3M started to use Six Sigma from 2001 to 2005 in order to cut costs and increase efficiency. It worked! They … Continue reading
Austin is BBQ Ground Zero
Austin has always had good BBQ. I was hardly here a whole day before I ate at County Line BBQ on 2222. And I haven't lived more than 2 miles from a County Line BBQ ever since… And yet … Continue reading
Phil Gilbert on IBM's Design Thinking
Context and History Phil's speaking engagements at Impact have been one of the highlights of the show for me since Impact 2010. This year he had a change of pace – instead of talking about BPM, or BPM and ODM, … Continue reading
BP3 Customers Speaking at Impact
With Impact on the horizon, we wanted to highlight some of the great sessions our customers are participating in at Impact. Eleven IBM customers that BP3 folks have worked closely with are presenting on the order of 13 or 14 … Continue reading
Blueworks Live Training from Bruce Silver
Great resource that Bruce Silver just announced, if you want to access Blueworks Live training online: Together with Shelley Sweet of I4Process, I began doing a set of basic Process Mapping 101 training videos for Lombardi Blueprint several years back, … Continue reading
What's Complicated
As I go through my notes from bpmNEXT, I keep finding little gems that I want to share. Like the note I wrote myself- that Germans love David Hasselhoff… and BPMN, after watching a series of great presentations reflecting serious … Continue reading
Revisiting Starbucks and Square
As we know at BP3, rolling out process change across an organization the size of a Starbucks is no easy task. They have so many retail locations and registers and team members to train, it is a daunting task. But … Continue reading
Copying Apple
Two great blogs about why nobody copies Apple – one by Horace Dediu, and another by Charlie Kindel. Horace asks the question – why doesn't anyone copy Apple? Put another way: Why is it that everyone wants to copy Apple's … Continue reading
Austin's Thinktiv in the News
Great article in the Statesman on Sunday about Thinktiv, by perhaps Austin's best connected tech reporter, Lori Hawkins. It centers on how Thinktiv is revising the startup process for their customers: "I knew exactly what the software would do and … Continue reading


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Just finished a seed stitch scarf with a garter border made out of this incredible hand-dyed wool we found on an Alaskan cruise last year. Love how the color travels. Off the needles a night ago. Picture attached.
Hands are itching for the next project.
Next up - mitts for married friends here in Sacramento. Anybody have any favorite fingerless mitt patterns? I've pulled a few off Ravelry. I tricked out a pattern a few years ago from the Flying Geese & Partridge Feet Book that I got back East.
Any favorites?
Wow! I hope you bought that yarn like crazy. The colors are fabu together and the pooling was marvelous. Great scarf. I'm sure your man will love it. What a lucky dog.
That pattern came out just fantastic! I like how the seed stitch and garter edge compliment each other so well. I'm going to have to remember that "design element" for one of my future projects. I love ikat and this colorway certainly recalls it to mind. Definitely a "thanks" for sharing.
Hey, Joe! You're welcome. Thanks so much for the thoughts about the pattern. I like how the garter borders the seed stitch (3 stitches of garter on each side and 6 rows at the beginning and end to "frame" the seed stitch). Best wishes!
Amazing! Ikat!
Thanks, Dan! Yeah, it kinda came out that way. Not planned at all :)
Absolutely. Wanna say I planned it, but alas it was all up to the skein.
This is one of the nicest varigated colourways I have seen and the pooling is fantastic, the scarf is handsome and masculine, overall an exceptional piece of work.
Thanks for the kind words, Dennis. The colors really spoke to my partner when we found a couple skeins in a shop up in Juneau, Alaska.
Oh that is excellent! You chose the right number of stitches to make the pooling work out like that. If you had a few more or a few less, it wouldn't have come out like that. Or if you started the row at a different point in the colour sequence, it would be all thrown off. You were very lucky!
Actually, you don't need to do a garter stitch border with seed stitch. The reason for garter stitch is that there is an balance of knit and purl over two rows so it won't curl. Seed stitch also has the same number of knits and purls in two rows, so is a good substitute for garter stitch along the edges. You can also use moss stitch with equal effectiveness. A 1/1 rib is also good, with a slightly different visual effect. You would get a really good scarf with just all seed stitch.
This is one situation where variegated yarn (and pooling) actually looks good!
Thanks for the feedback, Tallguy.
I really like the colorway. How appropriate that you got it on an Alaskan cruise. It looks a lot like an aurora borealis event! Beautiful.
Thanks, Mark. Yeah, when I saw how the pooling was working out I thought the same thing. We didn't get to see the Northern Lights on the cruise, but now we have this handmade version to remember :)
The colors are amazing. It looks as if the scarf itself was watercolored.
Thanks, Mike! The dyer did a beautiful job with this wool. I LOVE the colors she chose. They really knit up beautifully with very little effort on my part. Had no idea when I bought those skeins that it would end up like this :)
What an amazing color distribution! Beautiful job!
Thanks for the comment, Tom. Makes me want to learn how to dye. Can't take any credit for that :)
Your man is crazy lucky all 'round.
Hey Gregory, thanks! My man and I both think we're crazy lucky all 'round :) Best to you!
The scarf is very handsome! I love the way the colors pooled.
Thanks for the compliment, KnittingMill. I think it came out pretty well myself. The pooling's pretty spectacular. Wish I could say it was planned, lol.


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Rethinking Steven Jackson
Categories: Rams
All along, whenever the subject has come up, I've been vehemently opposed. I don't care if the team is bad at the moment; you don't trade away a franchise back when you're trying to take steps toward respectability. Trading away the team's best player at this point would be completely asinine and would quite likely alienate even more of the fans whose posteriors you're attempting to fill your seats with.
Well, I have an admission to make. Recent events have conspired to force me to reconsider my position. I'm not quite ready to say I've switched sides yet, but I do think the idea merits at least a little bit of discussion.
So what has caused me to change my tune? Two things. Wait, no, three things, actually, though two of the three are sort of the same thing. Let me explain.
This week, both LaDainian Thomlinson of the Chargers and Brian Westbrook of the Eagles were given their walking papers, released by the teams they made their names with. Neither of them are just run-of-the-mill sort of players, either; each of them was among the very best at his job in the NFL at one time.
Now, I know what you're thinking: is he really going to suggest the Rams trade Steven Jackson and replace him with one or both of Thomlinson and Westbrook? This guy is even dumber than I thought! No, gentle reader, I assure you, I am exactly as dumb as you think, but certainly not dumber.
No, the reason the releases of LT and Westbrook have really served only to underscore in my mind a fact I've known forever, but doesn't really come up all that often: running backs, even the great ones, have expiration dates. And it isn't like the expiration date on yogurt or salad dressing, where you can probably push it without too much trouble. No, the expiration date on a running back means business.
The cutoff for a running back in the National Football League is set, pretty much across the board, at 29, maybe 30 years old. It doesn't seem to much matter what sort of back a guy is, either; both the bruisers and the elusive guys seem to hit the wall at roughly an equal rate. There are exceptions, of course; guys like Jerome Bettis and Emmitt Smith, but those are true outliers in every sense of the word. Betting on a back, no matter how gifted or well-conditioned, to follow the aging curve of either one of those guys is an almost impossibly bad idea.
The other thing which has gotten me to thinking about possibly moving Steven Jackson is the beginning of the NFL's Scouting Combine. The Combine is the official kickoff for Draft season each year, and it's got me all hot and bothered. (In a strictly platonic way, of course.) Reading scouting reports and dreaming of extra picks has that sort of effect on me.
Steven Jackson will play the entirety of the 2010-2011 season at 27 years old. He missed significant time in both 2007 and 2008, and played several games this past season while fighting back spasms. The point is this: Jackson has had more than his fair share of injuries in his career, and he isn't getting any younger.
Of course, there's nothing at all wrong with Jackson when he's on the field. His production numbers have been excellent despite playing behind patchwork offensive lines for most of his career. He isn't trending down, either; if anything, he's actually gotten better the past couple years as his workload has increased. He averaged 4.4 yards per carry in 2009, while matching his career high for number of attempts per game. So it certainly isn't as if Jackson isn't holding his own.
Then again, those production levels also mean Jackson is very valuable, and could bring a considerable haul back to the Rams in the form of draft picks. The same may not be true in another season or two. After all, 29 seems to be the approximate dropoff point, but Jackson has already had several truncated seasons due to injury. It wouldn't be a complete shock to see him start a steep decline phase a year or two early.
At this point, Steven Jackson is the most valuable commodity the Rams have. This is the question: by the time the Rams make themselves into a truly competitive team, will Jackson still be an impact type player? Considering he's working against what very well could be a three-year clock (or maybe even less), it's tough to say the Rams are going to be good enough soon enough to make full use of Jackson's abilities. On the other hand, how much more quickly could the Rams move through this extensive rebuilding process with the drafted talent they could get in return for the present-day, Pro-Bowl quality Steven Jackson?
On balance, I still hesitate to move Jackson, both from a football standpoint and a business standpoint. The team on the field would be significantly worse in the immediate, and Rams' fans are already seemingly at the breaking point in their willingness to continue supporting such a sorrowful franchise. I wonder if the fans will continue to show up if the Rams dealt their only elite talent.
Then again, life in the NFL is a lot like "Logan's Run": you spend most of your time in a dome wearing a uniform and then at a certain age you just sort of...disappear. Why not try to get the value for Jackson while the value is there? After all, slow and steady building is great, but the man is on the clock.
So for now, I think the answer is still no. I think I still hang on to Jackson. I think. On the other hand, it wasn't so long ago I was sure I held onto him. Now I just think I do.
An extra pick or two sure would be sweet, though...
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