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The surf's up in Jeff McElroy's new book 'Californios'
In his new book "Californios," local author-filmmaker Jeff McElroy rides his beloved surfing passion in a plethora of directions ranging from poetic to realistic.
Surfing forms at least a backdrop for most of the book's 17 short stories. McElroy, in a recent interview from his Pierpont domicile in Ventura, said the idea was to capture the life and times of this era along the coast — with a nod to the Chumash, Spanish, Mexicans and titular peoples who came before and still inform that oft-alluring meeting of land and sea.
"I've always seen surfers as a tribe, and every tribe has its mythology," McElroy said. "I'd like to contribute to that. I want to entertain, and I want people to take away a deeper understanding of the surfing culture."
There were two surfboards, propped up against walls, almost within arm's reach of McElroy. But it was a very foggy morning, the surf was down and McElroy was in between gigs on his day job, tutoring, so he had time to talk.
"Californios," he said, was 10 years in the making, dabblings in between stints of waves and teachings, amid lots of rejection.
In it, McElroy does not shy from the power of being on a board about to ride what some surfers call a liquid freight train, the alluring connection between water and land, and how that ride can nourish mind and soul and elicit sheer joy.
But McElroy also uses surfing as a jumping off point to explore deeper thoughts — father-son and parent relationships, the foibles and struggles of everyday people on surfing's periphery, and the beauty and necessity of solitude.
His trips through surfing on these pages often veer from the romantic to the seamy, sometimes in the same story.
It arrives almost 100 years after James Joyce's "Dubliners," a collection of 15 short stories that depicted life in middle-class Ireland in the early 20th century in stark and oft-bleak terms.
McElroy's face lit up when discussing Joyce's "Dubliners"; it was an influence.
"What he did with that, I'm trying to do with this," he said, "although I'm not James Joyce by any stretch."
A double-edged board
McElroy, who turns 33 next month, grew up in Moorpark and has been a surfer for about 20 years.
The stories in "Californios" are all fiction, though some are based on real experiences he and others had.
The creepy story "Sit By My Fire" is based on a real incident at Emma Wood State Beach in Ventura around 2000, when McElroy got the chilling feeling a guy who'd invited him to his beach fire was going to kill him.
"I was naive, this bright-eyed 20-year-old surfer who was going to camp by myself," he recalled. "I should have gone to the police. I fled. Nowadays, I'm a little more careful."
Some of his surf scenes are not pretty, and the parents, friends and other characters are far from role models. McElroy writes of surf territorialism, the graffiti taggings that read "If You Don't Live Here Don't Surf Here."
He finds used condoms and used hypodermic needles in portable beach toilets. He writes of broken homes, parents and their kids in repeat patterns of drinking and drugs.
"I have seen a lot of that " he said. "Even on the Boardwalk in Ventura, you see some sorry scenes. But I've also seen where surfing helps in some situations."
In "Get Wet," a father peels off his corporate business suit and years of disillusionment when he sees his son's gleaming smile after a surf ride.
"Surfing is a way for fathers and sons to bond, that idea of handing it down," said McElroy, whose dad, Tim, was a body boarder back in the day and taught him the way of the water.
Elsewhere, "Goofyfoot" is about a young man struggling to make sense of his older brother's surfing-related death. The title refers to a surfing term for those who put their right foot forward on the board instead of the typical left. In the end, the younger one honors his dead brother by surfing "goofyfoot."
The rainbow of life
In the stories such as "Brown Pride" and "Highway 118" (the route he used for years to get from Moorpark to the Ventura-Oxnard beaches), McElroy touches on laborers and field workers.
In the latter story, McElroy contrasts a laborer with a smile on his face with his car companion who's bitching about how his dad won't pay for him to study abroad in Paris.
"The Tipsy Fox" is a grim story about a man who left a wife and child behind in Mexico two years ago to try to find a better life here. He waits in the parking lot of a store for white people in pickup trucks to come by and offer him field work.
He calls his wife and tries to tell her of their dreams and that he loves her, but his voice is drowned out by a passing train and the time on his prepaid phone card expires. It is, McElroy writes, "the story of work, with sleep to prepare for more work."
The title refers to a real-life convenience-liquor store in Moorpark where McElroy would see many Hispanic workers gather in the parking lot waiting for work.
Both it and the "Highway 118" story, he noted, speak to other people's sense of entitlement and privilege.
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"As I got older, I realized the field workers were all part of the same scene — us," McElroy said. "I can't ignore it. I just can't ignore it."
The collection's longest, and last, story is "Humqaq," a tale steeped in Chumash mythology. The title, translated as "the raven comes," is the Chumash name for Point Conception. The Chumash believe that sacred spot is the "Western Gate," the place where souls first go to depart for the realm of the dead.
McElroy contrasts this with modern uses of the area, including rocket launches and, of course, surfing.
It is, he said, the story he is most proud of among the collection.
"I was doing a lot of camping up in (nearby) Jalama," he explained. "It's my escape."
The heavy winds there often scuttle surfing, so McElroy took a lot of long hikes. Sometimes, he'd stare into the cliffs and swear he could see Chumash faces.
At Jalama, he noted, "you look north and see nothing. It's what California used to look like."
Honing a windbag
As for the darker tones in the book, McElroy said that might have to do with early experiences and influences.
A bout with meningitis at age 4 robbed him of about 50 percent of the hearing in both ears. He skips going to movies because he has difficulty hearing recorded sound; he has to wait for the captioned DVDs.
He reads lips and is very sensitive to loud noises, often plugging his ears when loud trucks and motorcycles pass by.
"Now, I'm a happy person," he said. "I've overcome it. But in my formative years, it was hard. I think it might have pushed me into a darker place, at times."
On top of that, a broken femur at 14 ended his dreams of a soccer career. McElroy began to read, plunging into Kerouac, Kafka, Camus, Nietzsche — and "Dubliners."
Eventually, he began to write. The "Highway 118" story was the first that give him an inkling he could do a book. Soon, a couple more signposts popped up.
The "Brown Pride" story won a Writer's Digest short story competition in 2006. After "Goofyfoot" was published on a popular surfing website, McElroy turned it into a 17-minute short film that was accepted into the prestigious Santa Barbara International Film Festival in 2010.
Initially resistant to writing school — wanting to do it naturally, "like Hemingway did" — McElroy wound up getting a master's of fine arts degree in creative writing from Antioch University in Culver City in 2009.
It was a wake-up call, a splash of hot coffee in the face before a dawn surf. A professor there said he liked his work but also called McElroy "a pretentious windbag."
"But I needed to hear that," McElroy said with a smile and a hearty laugh. "I mean, I was writing sentences like, 'I did deign to endeavor to meet her acquaintance.'"
Along the way, McElroy shopped his growing collection around and "it got rejected and rejected." Penguin and Random House turned it down. (It took Joyce almost a decade and more than a dozen publishers before "Dubliners" — now regarded as a classic — was released as a book).
So McElroy is content to put it out and see what happens. He wants it to become part of the surfing canon — if only in an informal, word-of-mouth way.
Surfing buddies Lars and Hans Rathje told The Star a few years ago that McElroy is humble and quiet guy with much substance to him — the type, as Hans noted, who has "a lot going on in his head that you just never see."
That speaks to the appeal of surfing for McElroy, who noted, "It's a solo thing. It's hard for me to listen to people all day. I like to be alone with my thoughts."
Jeff McElroy excerpts from his book "Californios"
"My wave grew of darkness, black on black. I paddled with demon strength until it lifted me high above all the other peaks and valleys of swell. And as I stood with thunder in my ears, I put my right foot forward. Goofyfoot (most surfers put their left foot forward).
I rode that wave like a poet, tracing lines of calligraphy on its inky bosom. I etched my initials on the face of God, all the way to shore.
I walked to my truck. I'm not sure if the local saw my ride. I never looked back."
**From "Goofyfoot"
"From his truck, Jose Enrique Gonzalez glared at the sticker on the boy's school binder. Brown Pride. It was the second word that interested him. The word itself was dangerous enough, without any adjectives. It was ambiguous. Men died for it. It's meaning changed over the course of a lifetime. For a young man, pride was something you fought for every day. In every handshake, every flash of eye contact, in every passing car, your pride was threatened. To a young man, pride is an upraised fist.
Old men do not have to die for their pride every day. They wrap their pride in a handkerchief. They take that handkerchief and hide it behind the fourth loose brick in their backyard. They realize the many sacrifices to be made for the symbiosis of pride and freedom. They know that suffering only further redeems the secret of their pride. And most of all, they know that pride is only a virtue of the living. They choose life. And the corners of their mouth smile while they suffer, because they are silently thinking about that fourth brick in their garden."
**From "Brown Pride"
"But now he's approaching me and I can see his expression. He's wearing a smile that every father wants to see on his son's face. Ear to ear. And his eyes. They're sparkling like Roman candles, as if he's seen gods or angels, just gleaming with a life force. He's stoked.
'Did you see that? Did you see that?'
I felt something inside of me begin to crumble. It happens quickly. It's so strong that I don't even pretend to fight it. This wall I've constructed over the years, brick by brick, is completely decimated by the strength of my son's aura. All those awful nights of my dad vomiting in the shower, all the sleazy women I'd find in the kitchen on mornings hoping I'd never have to call one of them mom, the lie about Oregon — all of that is forgiven. Like a surfboard, my dad was always awkward and out of place on land. And, like a surfboard, he'd always been graceful and at home in the sea.
It is with great giddiness and urgency that I begin tearing off my business suit, tugging on my wet suit, waxing my board and running to the water with my son. After all these years, it's finally time again to get wet."
**From "Get Wet"
"Trained birds on a wire, red eyes facing west. Always west! West. That sacred cardinal direction which lured all of mankind ever since the first Phoenician watched the sun fall and firework behind the Rock of Gibraltar .
So we surfed. Leapt off the continent and paddled our boards west, only to be brought back by the wave energy of distant storms. And, --------, we could never turn our backs on those sublime sunsets. So we drank. And the years did pass. All of us, wealthy in sunsets, but poor in everything else."
**From "Timing Sets"
"The death of Manifest Destiny, played out in the sky. When there's no more West, there's only up. Or within. Choose. I saw the culmination of circumnavigation. Millions of years, billions of threads, all woven into the eye of the Western Gate. Humqaq. Even the might rocket, a toy. Laughable progress. A mote of dismal dust. The Chumash didn't lose. They merely left a dying planet, each with a budding teardrop in an almond eye.
My wave was born of a butterfly's breath. It was born of the friction of the clouds, laughter and plate tectonics. Its origins negated the concept of origin — my wave had always been. For every action, an opposite and equal reaction. Energy, the great Shape-changer. I paddled hard for the wave until we were one. When I jumped to my feet, I knew this wave was different. It warped into the shape of a nautilus, and took me away from shore. West. Tonight, the waves flow toward Japan, then the stars. And the wind continues to blow. I'll always be here. I know."
**From "Humqaq"
Where to get it: Jeff McElroy's "Californios" is available from Amazon.com ($15 new in print, $4.99 Kindle).
It's also available as a Barnes & Noble nook book ($4.99, online only).
Local outlets that plan to carry it include the WetSand Surf Shop (446 E. Main St., 652-1706) and Iron & Resin Garage (324 E. Main St., 643-0737) in Ventura. It's also available via the Coastal Postal shop (2419 E. Harbor Blvd., 654-1913), on consignment.
Booking signing: McElroy will sign copies of the book from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Surf Brewery, 4561 Market St., Ventura.
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Feeling Lost? Need Sanctuary? Sci Fi can help!
Rarely does a show hit television that's so serialized it's almost impenetrable to come late into. And even more rarely does a network let it last past ten episodes; FOX'll yank it in one if they think they can get enough videos of aquatic life attacking compiled in time for a special. Well, never fear ... it's Sci Fi to the rescue!
That's right, starting September 15th, you can catch four episodes of Lost every Monday on Sci Fi. And Lost is a show that works even better in large chunks like that. I recorded the entirety of season three to my DVR before I even started it and wolfed it down in a weekend! But wait, there's more ... like what that picture has to do with this story!
The rest of Sci Fi's fall line-up was announced, and it includes the return of Ghost Hunters and Destination Truth, both starting Wednesday, September 5th, as well as ECW taking Eureka's slot on the schedule starting Tuesday, September 30th, followed immediately by the season premiere of Scare Tactics (with 30 Rock's Tracy Morgan). The remainder of Eureka's season will air sometime next year. When did we reach a point in television where seasons are just blatantly split in half like this? We'll air the first half of the season and then four months later the second half. Four months? That's like a summer hiatus? That's how long there generally is between season?
Well, I guess in the case of cable the gaps between seasons can be longer (*ahem*Sopranos*ahem*), but the scheduling thing is getting really weird to me. Why call them halves of the same season? Let's just call them all different seasons. Survivor and The Amazing Race have two seasons apiece each year, and there's only a month or so gap between them.
Oh yeah! I almost forgot. How insulting is it that the only part of Sci Fi's fall schedule to make the front page was the reruns of Lost? I'm such a jerk. But maybe that's because I wanted the parting thing for you to think about is the premiere of Sanctuary. It's taking the place of Stargate: Atlantis, which is also stopping mid-season because ... well, that's what we do. Maybe they fear viewer fatigue, but then how do you explain 24 straight weeks of 24 being such a rousing success. How do you -- [the wife from the other room: "I can hear you typing angry. Remember your blood pressure, dear."]
As I was saying. Sanctuary premieres on Sci Fi Friday October 3 with a two-hour launch. They're billing it as "the first television series to feature live-action actors against primarily virtual sets." I guess they missed Drew Carey's Green Screen Show? Sanctuary started life as a web-only series featuring Stargate's Amanda Tapping. A hit online, it's been retooled for broadcast air and given a 13-episode commitment to find an audience. And it looks like the entire cast will be featured in the newer made-for-TV episodes as well.
I like that Sci Fi is looking to emerging technologies to enhance the television experience. It was a bold move when they launched Sanctuary online, as it was given a much bigger budget than most web series, and managed to create a virtual reality every bit as surreal and captivating as films like 300 and Sin City managed with their green screen techniques. Hopefully, this series can do well and we can see more original programming from Sci Fi that has less to do with wrestling and reality and more to do with science and fiction (together).
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Nostalgia is a powerful trend-lurer. Tevas and socks remind me of how my dad used to break in his new Tevas without wasting band-aids. Crop tops remind me of when I used to be able to eat fish fingers for every meal and still have a stomach like a surfboardt. Shiny embellishments remind me of playing dress-ups in my mom's jewelry. People always say about fashion that it goes around and comes around, and it's exciting to experience the full cycle of a trend, from birth to death to reincarnation. This is basically what they were singing about at the start of The Lion King. It's the circle of life, and it moves us all.
I also used to be very enthusiastic about distressed denim. Distressed denim was absolutely huge at the point where the '90s meet the aughties, which happened to be around the point where I first started taking notice of Fashion with a capital F. I bought a pair of Dickies, I spend $60 on a Billabong tee, and I distressed the shit out of my denim. I would purposely buy jeans too long so they dragged on the ground and frayed into shreds, and then I would get so mad when the shreds got so shredded that they fell off and there were just big holes in backs of my jeans. Areas above the ankle were harder. They sometimes required taking the extra course sandpaper from Mr. Lynch's woodwork room. Of course, you could buy your denim pre-distressed, but they always had the holes in the wrong places. Plus mom would totally not get mad if she thought I was rocking my jeans extra hard these days.
This, you might have thought, was peak distressed denim. Except it wasn't. It was that moment when you're climbing towards the summit of a mountain and finally make it to the top, only to have the real summit loom up before your eyes because the first one was just a ridge obscuring it. That new, larger peak, the one mocking you and your 50 grit sandpaper, is the jeans Rita Ora and Lady Gaga have been wearing lately. It is both less and more than ever before.
The extreme style is once again heavily infiltrating shops now too. I would actually kind of dig the underbutt window on these UNIF ones if upskirting wasn't being deemed legal. But when they're done in tight styles they make it look like you're wearing thigh pads made of human skin.
My problems with peak distressed denim can be summarized thusly:
- It seems unfair to jeggings than they can't be jeans and yet these things can.
- There are other ways to jazz up your jeans and make them unique. Try embellishments. O, if we're skewing 2000s, sewing a triangle of different fabric into the outer seam of your skinnies to turn them into a kicky pair of flares.
- They're the necrotizing fasciitis of clothes.
- They're only suitable for spring and fall, which in New York are only a week long each.
- They might be post-normcore?
The saving grace of highly distressed denim is that there is essentially less of it to hate. But there are better ways to play with negative space, like by looking at one of those optical illusions that are both a wine goblet and two faces.
Where do you stand on this issue?
Related links:
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Yoga in Aruba and Aruba yoga retreats are a relaxing and healthy way to spend your vacation in the Caribbean. Experience and enjoy a Caribbean Yoga Vacation at the intimate Boardwalk Hotel Aruba, tucked away amidsts a former coconut grove and just steps away from on Aruba's beautiful Palm Beach.
For the ultimate relaxation and rejuvenation you can try yoga the Caribbean style as Aruba's beaches offer an unexpected yet breathtaking location for yoga in Aruba, especially at sunset or sunrise. Also Boardwalk Hotel's gardens are the ideal tranquil and tropical environment to exercise yoga.
Several yoga retreats and centers in Aruba offer multiple classes and exercizes to relax body and mind. One of them is Happy buddha yoga center, where yoga instructor Corinne Voermans offers excellent yoga classes. She is also available for yoga sessions at at Boardwalk hotel and at one of Aruba's beautiful beaches (on request).
Also, walking distance from Boardwalk Hotel the newest addition to the fitness and wellness experience is offered, namely, SUP (standup padle board) yoga!
Join Corinne Voermans, one of the Top Instructors on Aruba, for Yoga and/or Meditation at her studio Happy Buddha Aruba Yoga (located in the High Rise area) or book a private Garden yoga session at The Boardwalk.
For more than 10 years Corinne has been practicing and teaching different styles of Yoga (Hatha, Ashtanga, Vinyasa Flow and Bikram/Hot Yoga). In the Netherlands she was a well-known Aerobics Presenter, Personal Trainer, Pilates and Yoga Instructor. Since 2006 Corinne resides on Aruba and was associated with the first official Spinning Center on Aruba, Santosa Health Club. In 2011 she opened the doors of her own Yoga Studio & Boutique,Happy Buddha Yoga Aruba, which has been described by visitors as "The hidden Pearl of Yoga in Aruba".
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Book a private Garden yoga session with Yogi Corinne Voermans at the Boardwalk Hotel Aruba and receive a FREE card for one of her morning Yoga group classes from Monday until Saturday from 8:30-9:45 AM at Happy Buddha Yoga in Aruba. Corinne is available for private classes on Tuesday until Friday from 10:15-11:15 AM, Monday from 8:30-9:30 AM or Tuesday until Thursday from 4 until 5 PM.
Private yoga class at Boardwalk Hotel Aruba is offered at 75USD per hour.
Corinne's yoga studio, Happy Buddha Aruba, is conveniently located in the High Rise area, only 5 minutes away from the Boardwalk, on an unique private estate in a renovated Cunucu Style House, dated 1920, with a beautiful tropical garden. Corinne is known for her challenging classes and inspiring meditation sessions. Over the years she has developed her own signature class, The Ultimate Serie, which is a mix of Ashtanga and Bikram Yoga.
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Clearwater Florida Condo Bargains are Available for Under $100,000
September 17th, 2007 Categories: Clearwater Florida, Condominiums, Condos for Sale
Clearwater Florida | Condos for Sale Under $100,000
Buyers often ask me, "Can I buy a condo in Clearwater Florida for Under $100,000?" Today the answer is YES!
Well today there are still some great choices for living in Clearwater for under $100,000 – which most would agree is a real bargain. There are options for both buyers looking to find their full time home and also for our seasonal buyers looking for hassle free condo living.
Today we'll introduce you to one of the best condo buys we know of in Clearwater – Chateau Belleair. Chateau Belleair is an extremely desirable, quaint, peaceful community of 114 condos with 14 larger garden units.
It is centrally located in Clearwater Florida off Belcher and Belleair Road with the added benefit of having a totally private and tropical retreat feel. You can look forward to coming home nightly and relaxing in the large heated pool or the largest hot tub/spa I've ever seen or sit on your patio and enjoy the lush landscaping out your back door(check out show below)
Buyers tell us they feel this is one of Clearwater's best condo communities of 1 and 2 bedroom condos. One of the things that makes it unique is that they have no age restriction. Many affordable condos in Clearwater are designated 55+ Communities. For this reason Chateau Belleair is great for first time home buyers and retirees alike. It is a quiet, well maintained complex. You will also appreciate the lushly landscaped grounds giving you the peaceful feeling of being on vacation whenever you are home.
These Clearwater condos are located within 10 miles of the sugar white sand of Clearwater Beach or Indian Rocks Beach – take your pick. It's also just a 20 minutes drive to the Tampa International Airport.
I checked our MLS for you today (9/17/07) and there are currently 6 condos for sale ranging in price from $74,000 for a 1 bedroom 1 bath condo to $101,990 for a 2 bedroom 2 bath condo.
If you have been thinking about buying a condo in Clearwater or the Tampa Bay area and want to stop renting – these could be just the Clearwater condos you're looking for. If you would like to know what your monthly payment would be and what you financing options are then just ask for a free mortgage quote and consultation with one of the best Clearwater Home Loan | Mortgage Experts we've found.
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rob van dyk said at October 28th, 2007 at 10:08 pm
Please let me know what taxes, condo fees and any other monthly costs would be owning these units.(1 and 2 bedroom)
We are thinking of one for a place to go in the winters from Edmonton. Also are there rules about renting out for vacation rentals?
Cyndee Haydon said at October 29th, 2007 at 8:48 am
Rob, I will email you all the info you requested. Chateau Belleair currently doesn't have any age restrictions however there are minimum rental periods. Thanks for visiting our blog and this would be a great place to spend winters – how does 85 degrees in November sound?
russell moore said at June 30th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
How close is this community to the beach and cost of a 2 bedroom tn house?If you have other photos please send them. Is there a Assoc monthly fee or anyother codo fees involved?
russell moore said at June 30th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
Let me know what montly fees are involved per unit, how close it is to the beach and cost of 2bdr?
Geno Sebia said at February 9th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
I am interested in more information on the Condo's you hav elisted between $75K – $100K..Any information you can sedn me along with photos of property's would be greatly appreciated..


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the end of March, during its annual conference for North American customers,
Convergence 2004, Microsoft Corporation's
(NASDAQ: MSFT) Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS)
division previewed upcoming versions of its enterprise resource planning
(ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) solutions: MBS
Axapta, MBS Great Plains, MBS Navision,
MBS Solomon, Microsoft CRM, and related services.
The main takeaway was that MBS continues to invest in its current offerings
to provide customers with the enriched functionality they need to remain competitive
in today's evolving marketplace and exploit their existing information technology
(IT) investments by streamlining business processes, and by more easily accessing
the information that they need to make educated business decisions.
the immense ongoing development undertaking which began at MBS, even before
its strategy was espoused in 2002 (see Microsoft
Lays Enforced-Concrete Foundation for Its Business Solutions), the
incremental approach towards building a more complete enterprise applications
portfolio seems logical, if not the only possible option. MBS hereby strives
to not only retain the existing install base within the maturing ERP product
lines, but also to stimulate the acceptance of recent ERP-adjacent product extensions,
some of which are featuring parts of the latest Web services-based technology,
and drive sales or upgrades of high-volume products like Microsoft Office
2003 within the MBS' large install base that is nearing the 300,000
one should not be surprised by MBS' recent more upbeat results which were generated,
in a great part, from up-selling so-called "surrounding" applications like Microsoft
Business Network (MBN), Microsoft Demand Planner,
or Microsoft Business Portal to its existing ERP users (see
Keeps on Rounding Up Its Business Solutions). Namely, late in 2003,
to enhance its current line of ERP business solutions and service offerings
that help its small, mid-market segment and even some large corporate customers
improve the effectiveness of current ERP investments, MBS announced the general
availability of MBN, and an upcoming delivery of two demand planning modules.
all, while it is the likes of Wal-Mart, Home Depot,
or Target that are driving these electronic data interchange
(EDI) requests, it is the middle-market distributors and manufacturers that
fill their shelves. After serving as spokes within an EDI hub, some of these
same, mid-market companies might be looking to achieve further efficiencies,
and a more substantial payback on their initial EDI investment by, in turn,
promoting electronic document exchange within their own, lower-tier supplier
base. What is "good for the goose" should be "good for the gander", and, thus,
many smaller suppliers realize that if EDI saves x
percent or so in costs for the likes of Wal-Mart, why should not it save them
some percentage of costs as well?
is Part Three of a four-part note.
One detailed recent events.
Two covered the market impact.
Four will continue discussing challenges and make user recommendations.
The Promise of XML
In theory, extensible markup language (XML) shows many advantages, since unlike EDI, it was specifically designed to use the Internet as the data transfer mechanism. Also, while organizations in an EDI network have to set up direct "point-to-point" connections between each participating system, XML's "extensibility" means that any number of participating companies which have agreed on a data format for transactions, can supposedly freely exchange data electronically. In short, XML has initially not only promised to ease the technical pain of integrating the flow of data between systems, applications and people, but also to reduce the cost of this process through faster transactions throughput, improved trading partners' data quality, elimination of manual processes, and other potential cost saving benefits.
Nevertheless, while at the surface there are few economic or strategic reasons for organizations to persist with EDI, many seem reluctant to adopt the alternative at this stage. In fact, there has been almost negligible growth in the number of organizations replacing their EDI-based systems with XML. The key reason for this is that the number of organizations using XML has not yet reached the "critical mass" of at least a double-digit percentage of overall B2B data flow, while the estimated number of large and mid-sized organizations using EDI is estimated between 250,000 and 350,000 worldwide.
For the time being, the wealth of businesses that have invested significant resources in EDI still use the technology for B2B communications, and many see EDI as the best choice for secure, reliable transactions, given it is a mature, standardized, and trusted medium. Namely, the leading EDI standards, such as the X12 and EDIFACT, continue to meet the ever-evolving needs of more than a dozen industries, as opposed to the ongoing evolution of a myriad of industry-specific extensions (dialects) to the base XML standard, many of which are non-interoperable and still a work in progress. Eventually, the XML traffic will inevitably exceed EDI X12 protocol traffic, but it will not necessarily be a replacement. X12 is still the dominant format for things like purchase orders and invoices, whereas for newer things, like collaborative forecasting and planning, there are no widely used X12 documents so far, which might motivate users to exchange these data in XML.
MBS needs to build and nurture its own community of independent service
providers (ISVs) willing to add their products and services on top of MBN.
Also, it is only logical that EDI value-added networks (VANs) and other
providers of integration as a service would seek to reinvigorate their business
value proposition by adding applications to their "plumbing" portfolios to offer
more of an application-like, vertical solutions-oriented approach to trading
community integration requirements.
an example, vendors that have eyed delivering packaged data synchronization
software and transaction delivery services would be e-commerce network services
vendor Transora and product information management
(PIM) software maker Trigo Technologies. Both recently announced
plans to work together on a joint offering that combines the two companies'
products. Further examples would be Inovis and Sterling
Commerce, which partnered to fill in key functional gaps in PIM and
data synchronization areas. Moreover, the direct acquisition of HAHT
Commerce by Global eXchange Services (GXS)
shows its commitment to the retail sector (see GXS
Acquires HAHT Commerce for More Synchronized Retail B2B Data). MBS
would certainly benefit from signing one of these large, highly visible public
trading exchanges, such as GXS, Transora or Elemica,
which could, in turn, benefit from providing tens of thousands of their participants
and trading partners with lower-cost access to their networks.
brings us to the fact that the MBS' competition has not been sitting still either.
Namely, Microsoft will provide built-in support for various
EDI standards and EDI data transports, partly by working on EDI and other areas
of connectivity extension and enhancement. This is in addition to working with
Inovis, with Covast (whose EDI Accelerator for BizTalk
automatically renders an XML representation of the EDI format) and vSync
(which markets EDI for MBS Great Plains that allows the user to send and receive
EDI documents from within the ERP package's sales order and purchase order modules)..
However, over last ten years, another MBS' EDI partner, eBridge,
has also established partnerships with many other leading mid-market ERP and
accounting software vendors, such as ACCPAC, Best Software,
Epicor Software, Exact Software, Intuit,
Open Systems, and Softline, which recently,
together with ACCPAC, were acquired by the MBS' archrival Best Software's parent
Sage Group (see Will
Sage Group Cement Its SME Leadership with ACCPAC and Softline Acquisitions?).
eBridge provides tools that allow mid-market ERP and accounting packages to
accommodate bi-directional data exchanges within an EDI (ANSI X12 and EDIFACT
for international deployments) or XML framework. The products include the flagship
eBridge EDI, Mapper (for reformatting e-business
documents), ASN, CRM Integration, and the
eBridge Software Development Kit.
also partners with ACOM, whose EZConnect engine
also allows trading partners to exchange documents in compliance with EDI, XML,
and other structured data formats. Furthermore, a small ERP vendor, IQMS,
which might occasionally compete with MBS Great Plains or Navision in certain
industries, has a native EDI module that supports ANSI X12, EDIFACT, and Odette
file formats. It is XML enabled and supports file transfer protocol
(FTP) transmission and receipt of files. The system generates and processes
virtually all commonly required transaction sets. For inbound transactions,
it supports remittance advice (820); planning/release schedule (830); purchase
orders (850); change orders (860); shipping schedule (862); order status report
(870); receiving advice (861); functional acknowledgement (997); cash application
(824); and text message (864) when it comes to X12 format, and DELFOR (a delivery
schedule message from a buyer to a supplier about product requirements) and
DELJIT (delivery just-in-time message which relays the precise delivery sequence
of a JIT schedule) EDIFACT transactions. On the outbound transactions side,
it supports invoicing (810); planning/release schedule (830); shipments (ASN)
(856); order acknowledgement (855); vendor shipping schedule (865); and functional
acknowledgement (997) for X12 and DESADV (dispatch advice message) for EDIFACT—a
message specifying details for goods dispatched or ready for dispatch under
agreed conditions..
due to the intrinsic integration with the rest of the EnterpriseIQ
ERP suite, outbound transactions are sent directly from the system, that also
includes template-mapping tools and eliminates the need for third-party translators,
which are a default for a vast majority of ERP systems that require third-party
EDI solutions. When it comes to industry savvy, the system is based on the Automotive
Industry Action Group (AIAG) supply chain business
practices, while a number of flexibility business rules generate exceptions,
such as to flag and report on dramatic quantity changes in EDI transactions
or to identify maximum allowed quantity increase or decrease based on the selected
day range and allowed percentage change (user defined limits). Logically, the
orders that comply with the rules are passed through to the sales module, while
the orders that do not comply, get flagged. Finally, the rules can be setup
either for each EDI transaction code number or each customer. Although IQMS
will not often compete with MBS or MBN, it is worth mentioning at least for
giving a flavor for what expertise is needed for an efficient deployment of
possibly the fiercest competition to MBN might come from ACCPAC Exchange,
the first EDI offering to integrate mid-market accounting applications with
IBM Business Exchange Services, aimed at delivering affordable
EDI transaction documents over the Internet. ACCPAC Exchange was designed to
enable small and mid-size businesses to overcome the significant cost and infrastructure
obstacles typically associated with traditional EDI VANs and to relatively easily
create inexpensive trading communities with their suppliers and customers. Utilizing
the Internet, the fairly new product supports established EDI (ANSI X12 and
EDIFACT) and emerging "EDI over the Internet" (AS1 and AS2) standards.
Exchange also integrates with the ACCPAC Advantage Series and
ACCPAC Pro Series accounting systems, and it consists of software
and services that should deliver affordable Internet-based EDI processing. Additional
integration exists between ACCPAC Exchange ASN and the ACCPAC Warehouse
Management System (WMS) module. Its components include
a translator, mapper, and application integrator. It uses Cyclone Activator
as its communication software, and IBM Business Exchange Services as the gateway
for EDI communication. To that end, businesses can use the ACCPAC Exchange
Transaction Manager to send and receive business transactions to other
businesses. These transactions include purchase orders destined for a supplier-via
an EDI data transfer service hosted at ACCPAC Online. IBM Business
Exchange Services would then act as a central data transfer manager for EDI
transactions, transmitting the data either exclusively through the Internet
or, when required, by accessing traditional EDI networks. This flexible transaction
delivery should insulate businesses from the complexities of dealing with multiple
EDI networks, while enabling them to electronically trade with not only traditional
EDI VANs, but also Internet-based trading communities.
Businesses can either use ACCPAC Exchange to adopt pure Internet-based EDI right away, or, as the market evolves, to gradually adopt Internet-based EDI while benefiting from a lower cost alternative to the traditional EDI fees they may already be paying. The system's connectivity with traditional EDI networks should ensure a smooth transition, while integration with the ACCPAC accounting solution should provide for rapid implementation and increased operating efficiencies. ACCPAC Exchange Transaction Manager carries a suggested retail price of less than $6,000 (USD), while options for advanced shipment notices (ASNs) and file mapping to match vendor or supplier standards are also available. Transaction fees for ACCPAC Exchange start at $100 (USD) per month, which would be a fraction of the cost of traditional EDI services.
concludes Part Three of a four-part note.


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Bachelor of Music in Performance • Master of Music in Performance • Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance
The voice and opera program at Northwestern University has a long and illustrious history. Today, program alumni fill the ranks of opera houses and university faculties worldwide. Recent graduates include Met Grand Finals Winner Paul Corona, (BM06), Tucker Foundation Grant Winner Amanda Majeski, (BM06), and Met Finalist and San Francisco Opera Merola participant, Matt Hanscom (BM05, MM07).
The voice and opera faculty collaborates to offer students a variety of course offerings that promote a strong technical and pedagogical foundation. Students receive weekly vocal instruction and, in addition, upperclassmen participate in weekly musical preparation sessions with the coaching staff.
Students have access to a number of performing opportunities including opera, recital, vocal solo class, master classes, and studio classes. All students are welcome to audition for the operas, two of which are fully staged, subtitled, and accompanied by full orchestra. The thriving music scene in downtown Chicago, only twelve miles from campus, offers many other performance possibilities.
The Bienen School of Music offers a number of special programs. Undergraduates may pursue dual degrees or double majors (music plus an outside field) or an ad hoc (self-designed) major. The faculty encourages and supports students interested in these opportunities. Select students may take advantage throughout the year of the many on-campus auditions offered by visiting opera companies and elite summer programs.
All entering doctoral students receive a full tuition scholarship and a work stipend.
Should you have questions about the voice and opera program, please feel free to contact any faculty member or the Office of Music Admission and Financial Aid.
To learn more about voice and opera at Northwestern, please schedule a campus visit. Visitors may sit in on voice and opera classes, lessons with various voice teachers and vocal coaches, opera and choral rehearsals, and weekly vocal solo class.
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|February 20, 22, 26, and 28
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|May 21, 22, and 23
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Master classes will be announced throughout the academic year. Previous master clinicians have included: Thomas Hampson, Mignon Dunn, Renée Fleming, Elly Ameling, Regine Crespin, Ricky Ian Gordon, Grace Bumbry, Diana Soviero, Julius Rudel, Renata Scotto, Tito Capobianco, Tony Randall, Richard Pearlman, and Denyce Graves.
Through the Robert M. and Maya L. Tichio Vocal Master Class Series, established in 2014, students have worked directly with master clinicians Renée Fleming, Eric Owens, and Frederica von Stade.
The following video of a master class is from our Davee Media Library, a video, audio, and photographic collection of performances, master classes, and documentaries.
Video: Vocal Master Class by Renée Fleming (August 2009)
The incomparable Renée Fleming coaches singers from the Bienen School of Music voice program in front of a full house at Pick-Staiger Concert Hall. Singers include Ashleigh Semkiw, soprano; Jessica Best, mezzo-soprano; John Eric Rutherford, tenor; and Nikolas Wenzel, bass.
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LAKE GRAHAM. Lake Graham is on Farm Road 3003 two miles northwest of Graham in central Young County (centered at 33°08' N, 98°36' W). An earth dam was completed on Salt Creek in 1958 to provide a water supply for the town of Graham. The lake is fed by Briar, Mule Pen, and Willow branches and is also connected to Lake Eddleman. The dam is eighty-two feet high with a 1,050-foot-wide spillway. Normal capacity is 39,000 acre-feet; maximum capacity is 195,000 acre-feet. The lake was probably named for the brothers Edwin S. and Gustavus Graham, who purchased 125,000 acres of land near Graham in 1871. The local terrain consists of rolling hills, surfaced by clay and sandy loams that support scrub brush, cacti, grasses, live oak, and juniper.
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article."LAKE GRAHAM," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/rol37), accessed October 04, 2015. Uploaded on June 15, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.


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REEL ROCK Film Festival to premiere in Boulder.
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Thanks to Dana Richardson for the below heads up. We. Can't. Wait! ~ ed.
Here it is. T-minus, uh, just a couple days 'til the world premiere of the 5th Annual REEL ROCK Tour here in Boulder, Colorado.
What's the best part about going to a REEL ROCK showing? Hanging with your friends? Being a part of the social climbing community in Boulder? For me, the best part is the sheer brilliance of the filmmaking, of course. Few filmmakers in this genre truly push the limits, allowing you to feel like a part of what you're watching the way this tour does.
From the Press Release:
The REEL ROCK Film Tour brings the best in climbing and adventure films to local audiences across the globe. REEL ROCK shows are spirited events where climbers and outdoors lovers come together to celebrate and sample the ultimate in adventure filmmaking. Prize giveaways, appearances by top climbers, and fundraising for non-profit organizations are always part of the party at REEL ROCK events.
In 2009, REEL ROCK screened in over 120 locations worldwide, drew over 35,000 audience members, raised over $15,000 for non-profits, partnered with more than 120 retailers, university outing clubs and climbing gyms, and won critical praise.
REEL ROCK has turned five and co-founders Sender Films and Big UP Productions are celebrating by taking you on a global ride like never before. From death-defying speed link-ups of the wildest faces in The Alps, to Olympian displays of strength and tenacity on the hardest boulders ever climbed, REEL ROCK 2010 features a breathtaking journey through the vertical realm with the heroes of rock and snow.
Did I mention the films in this year's tour yet? No?!? Well, read on, my friends, and get psyched!
First Round First Minute
Since Chris Sharma moved to the sport climbing mecca of Catalunya, Spain, he's opened dozens of routes that are redefining high-end climbing. First Round First Minute gives an update on Sharma's latest 5.15 first ascents, and tells the story of his latest, epic project.
The Hardest Move
Daniel Woods and Paul Robinson compete to climb the hardest boulders ever scaled. An inside look at what it really takes to push the envelope of this intense sport.
Origins: The Hulk
Peter Croft and Lisa Rands attempt a wild free ascent on the Incredible Hulk Wall in the Sierras — arguably America's best (and least filmed) alpine rock wall. Croft, the most legendary of California's crack masters, mentors Rands (a renowned boulderer in her own right) as she explores the terrain.
Down and Out, and Under
A once-in-a-lifetime adventure expedition for first ascents in Australia and on the wild sea cliffs of outer Tasmania.
Fly or Die
Dean Potter continues his extreme vertical exploration, opening new freeBASE climbs, along with highline and wingsuit jumps in some of the most mind-blowing vertical footage ever captured.
The Swiss Machine
Ueli Steck may be the greatest speed alpinist the world has ever seen. In this film he narrates stunning aerial footage of his record-breaking ascents in the Alps, and joins Alex Honnold in Yosemite to attempt speed records there. His ultimate goal: take his one-man alpine speed game to the largest, highest walls in the world.
If that didn't get you pumped 'n ready to purchase your tickets, then check out the trailer below, featuring the cool sounds of Radical Face. Prepare to have your mind blown.
Oy vey! Such good filmmaking magic up in here! No matter what you think about climbing, the athletes, or the filmmakers, there's no denying the Reel Rock Tour is the place to be on Thursday September 16th, at the Boulder Theater. And to top it off, there's not one but two showings: 6 and 8:3o p.m.
See ya there!
Discounted tickets available from The Boulder Rock Club, The Spot Bouldering Gym, Neptune Mountaineering, and Movement Climbing and Fitness. If you prefer full price tickets, go straight to the venue, The Boulder Theater.
For showtimes in other cities and other details, visit REEL ROCK's website. For more information, press passes or to schedule an interview with the filmmakers or athletes, contact Dana Richardson.
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If you're in my age demographic, you probably spent way too much time watching cheesy TV shows like "The Brady Bunch." In the episode titled "The Wheeler-Dealer," Greg Brady passed his driver's test and then bought a car from his friend, Eddie. Unfortunately, Eddie tricked him into a bad transaction as the car turned out to be a lemon. The lesson for young Mr. Brady was "Caveat Emptor," or "let the buyer beware." Why am I telling you this? Because oftentimes things aren't always as they seem and buyers should make purchases fully aware of all the facts.
This is the case with the new generic Top Level Domain (gTLDs) names. If you have read some of my other blogs, you are aware that I maintain a healthy skepticism about the view that these new gTLDs are viable alternatives to more established gTLDs, such as .com and .org.
More than 1,400 gTLDs are scheduled to hit the market over the next year or two. I won't spend much time trying to argue one new gTLD string versus the other; rather, I will try in this article to raise the awareness of the economics of .com versus the new gTLDs.
See also: New generic top-level domains do more harm than good
One of the dirty little secrets about the new gTLDs is that they don't have predictable pricing. While most of the established gTLDs, such as .com, .net, .biz, .org, etc., have pricing restrictions in place with regard to how much prices can be increased each year, it's highly concerning that not one of the more than 1,400 new gTLDs coming online has similar pricing restrictions. Furthermore, as mentioned in my previous post about TLD pricing, the new gTLDs are already more expensive than .com, .net and most other established gTLDs.
For consumers and businesses alike, unfortunately, this apparent lack of oversight means the registry operator can increase prices each year without restriction as long as they provide the registrars with six months' notice.
But wait, there's more - it gets even trickier when it comes to renewal pricing (the price you pay after your initial pre-paid period ends). Most established gTLDs are required to have uniform renewal pricing (the price to renew a particular domain name is required to be the same as the renewal price for every other domain name). The new gTLDs have this same requirement, but with a catch: it doesn't apply if you "expressly agree" to non-uniform pricing when you first register your new gTLD address. Check the small print of the "registration agreement" for the new gTLD you're interested in. You may be "expressly agreeing" to a future of uncertainty about how much your new gTLD will cost. So how might this "exception that swallows the rule" work? Let's say you come to the very reasonable conclusion that, particularly given the uncertainties regarding the success and security of new gTLDs, you opt for an initial term of one year, with both the initial registration and the first year's renewal priced at $29.99. Let's say, due to your hard work over the first year or so, your new gTLD address is a phenomenal success, and the traffic generated at the site becomes critical to the success of your business. As far as I can tell, there is nothing preventing the registry from capitalizing on your success by increasing the renewal price for the third year of your registration to whatever price they choose, provided that they provide you with six months' notice.
Of course, you could hedge your bets against the potential for this type of behavior and lock in the current price for a certain number of years, let's say 10 years in this example. This may sound like a good deal on paper, but who's to say whether a particular new gTLD will be desirable over the long run? What if some of these new gTLDs prove to be disasters when it comes to reliability or security, and their customers want out of their contracts? If they took the deal I outlined earlier, now they have pre-paid for 10 years of service and are stuck with their contract.
Again, I have said this before and I will say it again. Until the new gTLDs are proven to be a viable alternative option, .com is likely the best choice for business. In "The Brady Bunch" episode, Greg looked for another sucker to pass his lemon of a car along to, but had a change of heart. In the world of domain names, once you buy it and bet your business on it, you're pretty much stuck with it. Caveat Emptor.