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Melanie L. Carter
Melanie L. Carter
MARSHFIELD Melanie Lynne Carter, 42, of Pattys Crossing, passed away unexpectedly at her home on Sunday morning, July 7, 2013.
Born Feb. 20, 1971, in Berlin, she was the daughter of Allen H. and Vivie (Peatman) Ward Sr. She attended Montpelier elementary schools and graduated from Twinfield Union School in Marshfield.
On April 3, 1993, she married Thomas M. Carter in the Macedonia Baptist Church in Plainfield. Following their marriage, they made their home at their current residence.
For several years, she had been a substitute teacher at the Twinfield Union School and established many special relationships with her students.
She enjoyed spending time with her family, reading and her gardens. Watching her husband, Tom, and son, Josh, race at Riverside Speedway in Groveton, N.H., and at Barres Thunder Road was her life. Also a special time was shopping with her daughter, her mother and her sisters.
Besides her husband, Tom, she leaves her daughter, Amanda Carter, of Marshfield, and her son, Joshua Carter, of Fresno, Texas; as well as her mother, Vivie Ward Berry, of Montpelier; two sisters, Lisa Copeland and her husband, Jay, of Plainfield, and Wendi Everett, of Montpelier; and two brothers, Allen H. Ward Jr. and his wife, Heather, of Riverton, and Jeffery Ferris and his wife, Holly, of Montpelier; and nieces and nephews. Also surviving are her mother- and father-in-law, Shirley and Gary Carter, and brother-in-law Brian Carter and his wife, Trish, all of Marshfield.
She was predeceased by her father.
Melanies life will be honored and celebrated on Friday, July 12, 2013, at 4 p.m. at her late residence with a barbecue to follow.
Family and friends may call at the Hooker and Whitcomb Funeral Home, 7 Academy St., Barre, on Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m.
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The Oregon Department of Justice settled claims with Reliant Energy, and dedicated $1 million of the settlement funds to establish the CREFF under the Oregon Department of Energy.
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The Oregon Department of Energy (ODOE) provides grants for feasibility studies for renewable energy, heat, and fuel projects under the Community Renewable Energy Feasibility Fund (CREFF). This program is similar to the Renewable Energy Feasibility Fund, though the scope of CREFF is broader, as it offers grants to companies in the private sector. Renewable energy projects eligible for Oregon's Small-Scale Energy Loan Program are eligible for CREFF. Smaller scale heat and fuel generation projects are eligible, and generally electric generation projects sized 25 kilowatts (kW) to 10 megawatts (MW) will be considered.
Funding for the program comes from a settlement between the Oregon Department of Justice and Reliant Energy. $1 million of the settlement funds was used to establish CREFF under the Oregon Department of Energy. CREFF is designed to be a revolving fund, and projects that are ultimately constructed and are profitable are required to pay the state back for the initial grant amount.

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A little more than a year ago, Beeville residents were given a wonderful opportunity. By this, I mean the recycling bins. However, some of us are abusing them. Remember to read the instructions periodically of what goes in there – as in no plastic bags and no garbage. You already have a garbage bin, so let's do it right.
P.S. Do not litter; it is not necessary now that we have correct bins to dispose of it.
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- NMSU expands pecan research as region expands production
- Multi-discipline research
- Newly planted saplings enhance New Mexico State's pecan research options.
- Linwood Nurseries donated trees.
- New pecan acreage being incorporated into research in many disciplines.
Pecans, like people, are moving to the Southwest. According to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Mexico and Arizona accounted for a mere 4 percent of U.S. pecan production in the mid 1970s. As a result of steady growth in production, the percentage has blossomed to more than 28 percent.
With the expanded production has come a need for expanded research. And New Mexico State University, whose first experimental orchard dates back almost 100 years, is poised to expand significantly its already robust pecan research program, according to Richard Heerema, NMSU Extension pecan specialist.
NMSU has recently planted nearly 2,000 new pecan saplings, donated in 2011 by Linwood Nursery in La Grange, Calif. With extensive new orchards in three New Mexico growing areas, Heerema feels that NMSU is on its way to becoming a national leader in pecan research.
This is Linwood's second major donation of pecan saplings to NMSU in as many years; they provided 1,200 trees in early 2010. Planted at three of the university's science centers around the state, that first set of trees allowed NMSU to triple its pecan research acreage. This latest gift more than doubles the 2010 total.
NMSU now has more than 60 acres planted at the Leyendecker Plant Science Center south of Las Cruces, the Agricultural Science Center at Los Lunas south of Albuquerque and the Agricultural Science Center at Artesia in the Pecos Valley.
"NMSU's research orchards represent the largest of their kind for the arid southwestern states, where much of the nation's pecan industry growth has been occurring and where pecan producers face unique challenges," Heerema said.
The monetary value of the 2011 Linwood donation is in excess of $40,000, bringing their total support of NMSU's pecan research enterprise to nearly $65,000.
Linwood Nursery, which deals exclusively in pecans, became familiar with NMSU's pecan research program through participation in the annual Western Pecan Growers Association conference, held in Las Cruces and co-sponsored by NMSU. A personal connection also helped spark the support: Linwood owner Jason Hall reports that Joel Hall - father, retired partner and current consultant in the nursery - attended NMSU between 1961 and 1963.
"He gets a real kick out of seeing this project come together at his old stomping grounds," the younger Hall said.
Hall recognizes the importance of research on nut crops and feels that pecan research needs to catch up with what has been done on other nuts. He wants NMSU to play a large part in accomplishing that.
"Over the course of my 23 years in the nursery business, I have seen just how important research and development have been to the advancement of crops like almonds and walnuts in California," he said. "These two crops alone have benefited immensely through rootstock and variety trials as well as cultural practice research."
Linwood has a history of working with various universities on pecan research involving such issues as fertilizer, bud break and cold tolerance, according to Hall. After Linwood's regional field representative Karlene Hanf talked to NMSU's Heerema at a WPGA conference about the need for an expanded research orchard at NMSU, Hall determined to supply the trees.
Heerema foresees the new pecan acreage being incorporated into research in many disciplines.


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A man accused of killing seven women in Milwaukee will get a new lawyer, which will likely delay his trial.
Walter Ellis told Milwaukee County Judge Rebecca Dallet Wednesday that he hadn't had enough contact with his lawyer, Russell Jones, and when Jones does visit, they don't talk about the case.
Dallet spent much of the 20-minute hearing trying to convince Ellis that Jones, who was retained, was doing a good job and that he would likely get a court-appointed attorney with fewer resources. Dallet said the May trial date will likely be delayed.
The 49-year-old Ellis has pleaded not guilty to first-degree intentional homicide and first-degree murder in the deaths between 1986 and 2007.
Tomesia Miller, a sister of homicide victim Tanya Miller, said she's frustrated that the trial will be delayed but said she's sure Ellis will eventually be found guilty.


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Homeland star Morena Baccarin sizzles in a new photoshoot for British GQ magazine.
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National Child Safety Expert, Alison Rhodes, "The Safety Mom," is one
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parents on a broad range of issues facing all children - newborns to teens.
Whether it's corporate daycare, home daycare or somewhere in between, there are many wonderful providers available. It's important, however, to thoroughly research your options and be sure that the daycare you decide upon will provide a safe and nurturing environment for your child. Both at-home, or family daycare, and a large daycare facility can provide a warm and loving atmosphere for your child. But safety issues can be very different in each setting and it's important to know what to look for and what questions to ask before making your final decision.
Check the records - is the daycare licensed? Check with your state's Children and Family Services Office on their licensing history and any regulatory violations the daycare might have received.
What about background checks? All teachers and potential substitutes should have been fingerprinted and criminal and child abuse background checks conducted. If it is a family day care setting, make sure no one will be visiting the home at any time who might have a criminal background.
What is the staff to child ratio? Make sure that, especially with infants, there are sufficient people available to watch each child.
Is everyone on staff certified in CPR? Each staff member should be taking refresher courses on a frequent basis.
Do they follow SIDS risk-reduction guidelines? Do all infants sleep on their backs? Do the cribs all have firm mattresses and are they free of loose blankets and stuffed animals?
Do they have a fire escape plan posted? The nearest exits in case of a fire should be prominently displayed. Fire drills should be conducted on a regular basis. What is the protocol if the building needs to be evacuated during the day - where are the children taken?
What happens in an emergency? If it is a small daycare or family daycare setting, what happens if one of the children needs to go to the emergency room? Check to make sure the provider has an adequately stocked first aid kit.
Is the outdoor play area safe? A fence, at least 4 feet in height, should surround the perimeter. The area with playground equipment should be covered with at least 12 inches of wood chips, mulch, sand, or pea gravel, or mats made of safety-tested rubber or rubber-like materials. Preferably there is a separate area for the infants to play away from the older children.
Is the indoor play area safe? If the age range of the children varies, be sure that small toys, that might be appropriate for older children, cannot be accessed by infants and toddlers. The play area should be free of sharp, hard edges and all toys and surfaces should be clean.
What about lunch and snacks? What sort of food is being served at lunch time and snacks. Are any of the items potential choking hazards? Are meats and cheeses cut up into small bites? Is popcorn being served (this should be completely avoided until age 5.) Make sure that all food that is served is cut into small, bite size pieces.
Is the facility baby proofed? This can vary dramatically between a home daycare and a large daycare facility but look for the following key items:
What type of security does the facility have? All doors to the daycare should be locked at all times. It's also important to find out if parents are allowed to drop in and pay surprise visits at any time.
The facility director should be able to answer all of your questions acceptably and provide you with a list of references. Make several trips to the facility at various times of the day to observe how the staff manages nap time, lunch and play time. It's important to see that they can handle disruptive behavior and crying infants in a calm and gentle manner. You'll still worry the first day you drop your baby off, but if you feel comfortable after going through this checklist it will give you a little more peace of mind.
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The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Engineering
Program Objectives
For more than a decade, research-focused centers at UAB and elsewhere have brought together expertise from many disciplines to solve problems. This same problem-solving approach is now finding its way into academic programs through the implementation of interdisciplinary graduate education. It is the premise of these interdisciplinary programs that students must be educated in more than one area to remain competitive and have successful careers whether they choose to stay in academia or work in industry. Industries are particularly interested in graduate education that emphasizes breadth of knowledge as well as depth in a particular field. Today's professional must be able to change, focus, and move between disciplines in order to keep up with rapid market shifts and technological advances.
The Ph.D. program in Interdisciplinary Engineering takes advantage of unique resources and strengths at UAB. This program fosters interdisciplinary interactions between the School of Engineering and medical and biomedical units and the Schools of Business and Public Health and the College of Arts and Sciences. Students in Interdisciplinary Engineering will have the opportunity to develop a plan of study and research topic which incorporates course work and faculty expertise from two or more of these disciplines.
The students enrolled in the Interdisciplinary Engineering Ph.D. program will gain the skills needed to succeed as independent and productive investigators in multidisciplinary analysis and design, with applications over a wide spectrum of science, engineering, health, and medical fields. The interdisciplinary program will:
- provide a rigorous academic curriculum including course work in two or more disciplines,
- provide collaborative interactions with students and faculty from a variety of disciplines,
- provide unique opportunities for interdisciplinary research, and
- facilitate continued development of high quality research programs supported by external funding.
Two tracks are available in the Interdisciplinary Engineering Ph.D. program – Computational Engineering and Environmental Health and Safety Engineering.
Degree Requirements
The Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Engineering promotes a research-based curriculum. A minimum number of core courses will be required of all students in the program, with additional course work directed by the student's graduate research committee based on the student's area of interest. Committee members must be selected from at least two different disciplines, and the planned curriculum must result in cross-training in two or more disciplines. A list of graduate faculty participating in this program is found here.
Students entering the Ph.D. program with a baccalaureate degree must, in keeping with UAB Graduate School Policies, complete at least 48 hours of course work prior to admission to candidacy. Up to 16 credits of the 48 can be as non-dissertation research credits, and up to 10 credits can be as lab rotations, seminars or directed study credits. Students entering the Ph.D. program with a Master's degree in a related field, M.D., DMD, etc., must complete at least 27 credit hours of course work prior to candidacy. Up to 6 credits of the 27 can be non-dissertation research credits, and up to 6 credits can be as lab rotations, seminars, or directed study credits.
The UAB Graduate School also requires that students complete at least two semesters as a full time student in candidacy, or accumulate at least 24 credits in research hours or course work in candidacy prior to granting of degree. At least 24 hours of dissertation research will be required for Ph.D. program graduates in Interdisciplinary Engineering.
All students in the IE program must complete the following core courses:
- EGR 710 Introduction to Interdisciplinary Engineering (3 credit hours)
- EGR 711 Methodology for Interdisciplinary Research (3 credit hours)
- EGR 796 Interdisciplinary Engineering Journal Club (1 credit hour; 4 enrollments)
A Comprehensive Exam is required of all doctoral candidates. The exam may include both written and oral components and will include presentation of the student's dissertation proposal. The exam will be administered by the student's graduate research committee. Upon successful completion of the Qualifying Exam and completion of at least 48 hours of course work (in keeping with Graduate School requirements), a student is admitted into doctoral candidacy.
A dissertation showing ability to conduct independent research, organizational, and presentation skills must be prepared on a topic in the research field of interest. Dissertation results are expected to be submitted for refereed scholarly publication. The dissertation must comply with UAB dissertation preparation guidelines. When the dissertation has been completed, doctoral candidates will present and defend their work before their graduate research committee and the public. This defense will constitute the candidate's final exam. The results of the examination must be reported to the Graduate School at least six weeks before the commencement at which the degree is to be conferred.
Five tracks are available in the Interdisciplinary Engineering Ph.D. program:
- Computational Engineering
- Environmental Health and Safety Engineering
- Advanced Safety Engineering
- Information Engineering
- Integrated Systems
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Students applying to the Interdisciplinary Engineering Ph.D. program must have completed an undergraduate degree in a supporting field and must submit official transcripts and Graduate Record Exam (GRE) scores with their application. In general, a minimum undergraduate grade point average of 3 on a 4 point scale is required for admission. Applicants should present with a minimum GRE percentile rank of 50% in both Quantitative Reasoning and Verbal Reasoning sections. Students for whom English is a second language should have a TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) score no less than 80 (IBT) and/or 6.5 IELTS. The Interdisciplinary Engineering Admissions Committee reviews all applications completed and submitted and will make all admission decisions.
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An 84-year-old Albuquerque woman has been indicted for drug trafficking.
Lillie Smith, who requires an oxygen tank to breathe, was recently indicted by a Bernalillo County grand jury for trafficking, conspiracy to commit trafficking, tampering with evidence and possession, according to KRQE-TV.
Deputies suspected that the woman's son, Nathan Jones, was running a small drug operation out of her home back in 2011. The sheriff's office says deputies found cocaine and marijuana on Smith and she tried to stash the drugs during the investigation.
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About 19 people a minute become new victims of identity theft, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center.
ID theft is the fastest-growing crime in the United States, according to authorities. About 10 million people a year find themselves in trouble involving their identity.
One complaint filed with the Federal Trade Commission sums up the frustration that victims face when their identity is stolen:
"I first was notified that someone had used my Social Security number for their taxes in February 2004. I also found out that this person opened a checking account, cable and utility accounts, and a cell phone account in my name. I'm still trying to clear up everything and just received my income tax refund after waiting four to five months. Trying to work and get all this cleared up is very stressful."
In many cases, thieves who take your personal data have a job where they have access to the information. Other sources include bribing someone who has the access, stealing the data from a computer or even a laptop, stealing mail, wallets or bank records, searching trash and one of the most recent trends: phishing.
Phishing is when a fraudulent company or person steals your information from you by posing as a legitimate company that has a problem with your account. The request for your information usually comes in an e-mail or phone request.
One of the main tools of identity thieves is your Social Security number. That nine-digit code can give them access to tax records, allow them to open bank and credit card accounts, buy a car or even give your name in an arrest by authorities.
Many government agencies have eliminated printing people's Social Security numbers on documents or IDs. Banks no longer suggest customers place their Social Security numbers on their checks.
Here are a few tips on how to protect yourself from becoming a victim.
- Don't carry your Social Security card. Leave it in a safe place.
- Order copies of your credit report. You are entitled to a free report every 12 months.
- Shred documents that have personal data, such as bank account statements and credit card applications.
- Place your outgoing mail in postal collection boxes instead of your home mailbox.
Internet Crime Grows Along With Web Explosion
We have become heavily reliant on the Internet. What did we do before the Web?
We pay bills, manage accounts and shop online. However, that gives us another layer of vulnerability of which thieves are quick to take advantage.
That computer in your home or office can be fortified with a few easy programs that help keep intruders at bay. Adding a firewall, a program that keeps invaders from gaining access to your computer without your approval, can be one of the easiest moves. If you run Windows XP, you can turn it on in your settings. There are also programs you can buy at computer stores that do the same.
Another smart thing to do is keep updated virus protection on your computer. It can keep hackers from coming into your computer through weaknesses.
And get rid of spyware. No, we're not talking the James Bond type of spying. Hackers use programs called spyware to look for your personal data in your computer or track the keystrokes you make on your keyboard. That could give them access to your passwords. There are programs on the market that can help block or alert you when spyware is trying to download into your computer.
Avoid keeping your private information on your computer. This may seem like a no-brainer, but do not store your Social Security number, birth dates, account numbers or other private information on your hard drive. If you have to, make sure you have the anti-spyware programs and other protection that lowers your risk of having your data stolen and require difficult passwords to access the information.
Financial Companies Target Theft Prevention, Fraud
Companies that deal with finances and sales find themselves on the front lines of protection against theft.
Credit card giant Visa said it has taken steps to stay ahead of criminals.
"One of the latest innovations we have put into the marketplace is something called Advanced Authorization. It looks at every single transaction in the Visa system and scores it in real time for its potential to be fraud," Vice President of Visa Corporate Communications Rosetta Jones said. "With this new technology, we're able to prevent fraud right at the checkout line."
The company deals with millions of transactions each day. The new program keeps track of your accounts and analyzes your spending habits. That helps make Visa aware of unusual activity on accounts.
"We're looking for unusual patterns," Jones said. "We're looking for systemwide attacks. You might be one card account in an attack that's broader than just that individual. So we are looking both at the card level and across the entire system to look for these fraud patterns and trends."
Consumers should know that they -- the consumers -- are not liable for fraudulent credit problems.
Credit card companies also look for duplicate accounts that may have been opened using your identity by an ID thief.


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Good question. If you're looking for a watch that simply tells the time, then our watches are probably not for you. We design wearable art, many people don't appreciate art but many people do.
If your sole reason for buying a watch is to tell the time, we would recommend purchasing another watch brand that does just that. If you have a cell phone, computer, PDA or wall clock, the chances are you don't even need to wear a watch, so why purchase a Tokyoflash watch?
If you are in some sort of design business, be it product design, graphic design or homepage design, you probably have a flair for design. Our watches are what we like to call "Unique Product Design", where design is the main point, not function. After all if it looks good you want to buy it.
An exotic car is by no means practical but most people would love to have one. A painting that just strikes you in a certain way or a piece of jewelry - these all pretty much serve no function, well maybe the car does, but you could have bought a practical one.
So, when thinking about our unique time telling designs try to look at them as if each is a piece of art that also tells you the time. We turn TIME into ART.
Who are our customers? We have been praised by designers from Apple, Puma, Google and many many more. People in the design and computer field tend to be big fans, often requesting wackier and wackier designs, while others request more practical to read designs. Some of our designs are very easy to read the time on offering the best of both worlds, but it is often hard to design one style without compromising on the other.
Before the cell phone watches were common but nowadays many people feel there's no need to wear one and the watch industry has suffered greatly. Our aim is to "CHANGE THE WAY YOU THINK ABOUT TIME."
Enjoy and have fun - that's what life is all about.
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Those watches are for people seeking attention.
Well aren't we all in some way or another? People who have tattoos, piercings or color their hair would attract far more attention than a watch would, unless you are running down the street with your arm up in the air saying, "look at my watch!'
These watches are way over priced for what they are.
NO WAY! If anything they are way under priced and let me explain why.
Each watch has been individually designed from the bottom up then needs the time programmed into the IC chip as they all tell the time differently, every component has new molding made for it and tooling setup for production. Then, every design has to be tested extensively. We only make a very limited amount and then never make more.
So all these costs are incurred into this product while other larger companies develop one design, and put that same module (inside part) into many variations of cases, then sell tens of thousands of them all over the world. In fact 80% of watches around the world just purchase a standard movement from the factories for next to nothing.
This is one of the reasons why we can not sell wholesale, as the cost to produce our designs are very expensive.
Love them or Hate them.
We give our designers a complete freedom all we ask is make something new and innovative. Our designs vary greatly and the reason why is that people all find different things attractive. What one person thinks is beautiful, another feels it's ugly. Again you have to think of our watches like ART.
To our Customers from the Manager.
Our focus is 100% on you the customer. We want to keep a direct link between you and us to better understand your concerns and give you the best possible service and experience we can that is why we are focusing on selling direct to you. We never want to do it our way, we always want to do it YOUR WAY. Decisions are all based on what the customer wants, so in theory you are one of the managers here. I feel a great appreciation for every customer who spent their hard earned money on one of our designs and I really get emotional when I see someone wearing our design.
Goals for the future.
We want to keep our designs exclusive and limited. We never want to go big with Tokyoflash Japan. We enjoy what we do, love being creative and love it when our customers are just as excited in the designs as we are. We want to push the design envelope and introduce new technology to our products as they become available. Our designs are becoming more and more refined and attention to the smallest details is a must. Radii, angles everything is analyzed down to fractions of millimetres in some cases 100th of a millimetre, trying to bring all elements together in the best possible way. We only want to use the best factories possible for every part of the watch. Like any company we had growing pains, and had many problems, now with over 10 years behind us we have managed to solve most of these previous problems. Our aim is to use the best in the industry in every part of the watch. Quality can not be compromised.
Customer service
We never want our customer to have a bad experience with us from purchase or years later. If at any time you have had a bad experience we will do everything possible to make things right. Your purchase doesn't just stop at the time of delivery, we are here for you, be it a battery change, a broken lens that happened by accident, we will help, even if the warranty has expired we will do whatever we can.
Even if the warranty period has passed we can fix just about anything on your watch, and if there is a cost, it is REALLY only cost, like shipping and $10-$30 in most cases. We never want to profit by our customers misfortune of say a broken watch lens. We are just happy that our design is liked by you. How many other companies do that?


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Forgive me if this has been asked a million times but I don't have time to look for the answer.
I'm going to be leaving 4mo DD2 with my MIL for a couple hours in part to go out with friends and also to see how she'll do with a bottle. I've been pumping a couple of mornings this past week to create a small stash.
How much milk should I leave MIL if I'll be away for about 3-4hrs max?
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SDLA/NDLA/MPLA Tri-Conference 2013
Visit with your OCLC cooperative colleagues at the OCLC booth and attend the presentation OCLC member libraries at Webscale on Wed., Sept. 25 at 12 p.m.
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Be sure to visit the OCLC booth - booth #1 - at the 2013 SDLA/NDLA/MPLA Tri-Conference.
Geek the Library colleagues will be located at booth #63.
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I didn't know I'd make it but I have, my LO is 1yo and we are still nursing!
I've had such a struggle with supply and work and and and.....
Now I feel I'm facing my biggest struggle, "social judgement".
I'm SOOOOO sick of all the comments. "Oh you're still nursing?" "How old is he (insert disguisted look)?" "You're quitting soon right?" "That's kinda gross?" "Isn't it time mommy lets him grow up" "She's doing it for herself"
UGH!!! I realize it's not the norm to be nursing a 1yo....heck a 6 month old around here. Now my boss tells me I need to get a perscription or docotor's note because people at my office are complaining about my needing to pump.
How do you deal with the comments and negativity? I really want to nurse untill my little man seems ready to end our relationship, then at the same time I imagine how much easier life would be if I wean. Sigh. I just want what's right for my baby.


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I know JS owns all of those radio stations and none of the TV channels involved, and therefore has always only listed TV broadcasts on channel 4 (which JS also owns).
Isn't it time to rise above JS? Especially now that all three of these teams are pegged for greatness this season and bandwagon jumpers will regularly be looking at your broadcast listings for the next four months or so.
Ninety five percent of the fans will watch the TV broadcasts, so please list them. It's not as though people will suddenly start listening on the radio if you don't list the TV broadcasts.
I know the TV broadcasts are listed in the TV/Radio listings under the sports section, but at least for this glorious, unpredecented, much-anticipated fall season, can you possibly start listing TV broadcasts in your general coverage? I'm guessing no.


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Plan B?
So the guv'ment is gonna shut down. I have no doubt. If it does, and the shut down lasts 10 days or so, does anyone have a suggestion on a plan B for my trip? We're set to arrive at Smokemont on Oct. 10th. Obviously we won't be able to access our campsite. Will we still be able to access the Luftee, Bradley Fork, Chasteen Creek, etc.? Is there a campground someone could recommend should we not be able to get into Smokemont?
There are campgrounds in Cherokee only a few miles from Smokemont. You would still be able to access the streams.
Wild troutin, blue linin, fly flingin, camo wearin, redneckin elitist.
Yeah but I ain't paying $38 a night for KOA.
They almost had a shut down 2 years ago if we all remember. The other full time guide and myself at the shop we guide out f had to find out of the park places to fish that day just in case of a shut down. For the last almost shut down, the only thing you would have been allowed to do was drive through the park. The roads that did not lead somewhere would have been closed. So basically 441 an little river rd would have remained open and the others gated. You should call park Info and inquire about stream access. If it is like last time, you wont be able to park and where in the national park....South Holston would be my back up. Tons of fish, big browns, and the majority are wild..
441, the spur from Pigeon Forge to Gatlinburg, and the Gatlinburg By-pass will remain open. You will not be allowed to park. This was on the news today. If you're going to stay at a campground in the surrounding area, you'd better make reservations now. They will be filling up with the folks that intended to stay in the park. There's not many/any options that won't cost you $38 a night. The National Forest will be probably be open, but our bear seasons are starting. You'd have to share a campsite with dozens of hounds if you want to go that direction.
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Our backup plan is to head north instead of south. If the park doesn't open up by early next week, we'll be backpacking it up into the wilds of northern Pennsylvania. As a Libertarian, I love this! As a fly fisherman who was planning his first trip to the Smokies, this SUCKS!!!!!!!!
Not to challenge the veracity of your info....but has anyone seen anything official? The GSMNP website doesn't have anything regarding the closure. Specifically....they need to answer these questions:
Can I pull over at a parking area....get out and walk down to the stream and fish?
Can I daypack into a streamshed to fish?
Can I hike on a backcountry trail?
Common sense says these activities would not require the services of the Park Service....but we are dealing with the federales. I digress.
Okay...after much searching....found this on the Backcountry Reservation site:
Backcountry Permit System
Temporarily Closed for Maintenance
October 1, 2013 6:53:18 AM
Due to the federal government shut down, Great Smoky Mountains National Park is closed until further notice. Backcountry hiking and camping is prohibited during this closure. Visitors already in the backcountry at the time of the closure should leave the backcountry as soon as possible. A refund will be given for the value of any nights remaining on backcountry permits. Visitors with permits for dates during the closure will be offered a full refund or the opportunity to reschedule. Refunds and rescheduling will take place once the government shut down ends and the park reopens.
Please check back again later.
Please call 865-436-1297 if you have additional questions.
I'm scratching my head on this one:
"Visitors already in the backcountry at the time of the closure should leave the backcountry as soon as possible."
Obviously they expect folks in the backcountry today...should log in and check this website before preparing your coffee, tending the campfire, and eating your gorp. Wifi in Bone Valley....who would have thunk it? Just ****.
Drifter I would say it depends. I have seen news stories that you will be charged with trespassing if you enter a national park that is closed. I can't tell if that means the ones which charge a fee or not. Seems strange since we already own the park to be charged for tress-passing on ones own land but that is where we are at in the modern world. The park no longer belongs to the people it belongs to them and they can shut us out.
In reality though if you can park outside the park and walk in then you can probably fish all you want and won't get in trouble. I would be big $ that if they saw you they will simply ask you to leave and not charge you with tress-pass. The reason being charging the wrong person with that (someone willing to fight it in court) there is a good chance they might lose in court then in future shutdowns it would be wide open for anyone to walk in and do what they please.
Adam Beal
Hey Jack (JAB)...
I agree with your thoughts. What is so disturbing is the closure of things like "pullouts" along 441. That is crazy....and I see no reason why we could not hike on a hiking trail. I never see them (NPS personnel) when in the backcountyy anyhow.
BTW....I enjoy your input on the backcountry tax issue over at gosmokies.com. I'm real close to going backpacking on Hazel Creek this weekend as my little act of civil disobedience.
BTW....did anyone notice anything wrong with the Park Service announcement above?
"Visitors already in the backcountry at the time of the closure should leave the backcountry as soon as possible. "
I didn't know they had WiFi in Bone Valley? Who woulda thunk it?
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Eastern Caribbean
The Peace Corps currently operates in the countries of Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada and Carriacou, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and St. Kitts and Nevis. The countries of the Eastern Caribbean face special development challenges because of their small size and vulnerability to natural disasters. They are poised on the edge of technological innovation, yet hampered by a limited economy subject to any changes in the global economy. One such example is the island of Dominica. In 2005, it reported a 60 percent drop in exports, while remaining in the top third of the United Nations Development Index. Despite these complexities, there remains a natural beauty formed from the many rugged mountains, extensive rain forests, dynamic volcanoes, and lush vegetation found throughout the islands.
The islands are confronted with increased unemployment, growing drug trafficking, and periodic natural disasters such as hurricanes and volcanoes. Opportunities for youth are particularly limited. Economically, the Eastern Caribbean nations are sustained primarily by single cash crops or tourism. There is growth among communication and technology sectors in some areas.
Peace Corps programs focus primarily on providing job skills training and health services to youth. In collaboration with government ministries and nongovernmental organizations, Peace Corps /Eastern Caribbean has integrated the following into its integrated community development program: information technology, disaster preparedness and mitigation, and HIV/AIDS education and prevention.
Peace Corps History
Main article: History of the Peace Corps in the Eastern Caribbean
The Peace Corps entered the Eastern Caribbean in 1961, when St. Lucia became one of the first countries in the world to receive Volunteers. Since then, approximately 3,300 Peace Corps Volunteers have served on various island nations in the region. Volunteers were initially assigned to education, agriculture, health, youth, and community development projects. The contributions of Volunteers in these areas have provided strong and consistent technical support to the Eastern Caribbean for more than 40 years. Basic human needs programming in the 1970s encouraged health, special education, preschool education, teacher training, forestry, fishery, and livestock extension projects. The 1980s were a period that focused on four projects: education, health, agriculture, and small enterprise development. At the beginning of the 1990s, education, environment, health, and youth initiatives were priorities. Peace Corps/Eastern Caribbean has made significant progress since January 1991 to establish project-based programming and to provide focus to the program. After concluding an assessment of the program in 1993, efforts focused on developing partnerships with nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and moving steadily away from formal education into educational projects targeting at-risk youth.
Peace Corps Volunteers currently serve in six island nations in the Eastern Caribbean:
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Dominica
- Grenada, Carriacou, and Petit Martinique
- St. Kitts and Nevis
- St. Lucia, and
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Living Conditions and Volunteer Lifestyle
Main article: Living conditions and volunteer lifestyles in the Eastern Caribbean
During this time, you will begin to integrate links with your host community. Your associate Peace Corps director will identify proper housing for you. It is very likely that all homes will have running water and electricity. The houses will also be fully furnished and a few may include a television set with cable service. Volunteer sites can be as close as 15 minutes or as far as 90 minutes from the capital and the Peace Corps office.
Main article: Training in the Eastern Caribbean
Pre-service training (PST) is seven weeks in length and begins with the arrival of a new group of trainees, once a year. Phase One of PST, the first three weeks, is conducted on St. Lucia, where Peace Corps/Eastern Caribbean headquarters is located.. Phase Two of PST takes place on the island nation of assignment and lasts four weeks. During the entire training period and for two weeks after swearing-in as a Peace Corps Volunteer, you will live with a homestay family. Qualification for Peace Corps service is determined according to an established set of competencies and upon successful completion of PST. After seven weeks of PST, trainees are sworn-in as Volunteers and are expected to serve 24 months from that date.
Pre-service training in the Eastern Caribbean is a unique and challenging opportunity that requires your active and full participation. There are two interrelated goals. First, training is designed to provide you with the basic cross-cultural, technical, language, behavior norms, and health and personal safety skills necessary to live and work effectively as a Peace Corps Volunteer. Second, training is a mutual assessment process, whereby you will have the responsibility to assess whether Peace Corps service is the right thing for you at this point in your life. At the same time, Peace Corps staff will assess your suitability to provide the Eastern Caribbean with Volunteers who are effective and qualified.
Health Care and Safety
Main article: Health care and safety in the Eastern Caribbean
The Peace Corps' highest priority is maintaining the good health and safety of every Volunteer. Peace Corps/Eastern Caribbean maintains its own in-country health unit with three full-time medical officers. One, based on St. Lucia, is responsible for the medical needs of Peace Corps Volunteers on Dominica and St. Lucia. Another, based in St. Vincent and the Grenadines looks after Volunteers on St. Vincent and the Grenadines, as well as Grenada. The third, based on St. Kitts, takes care of Volunteers on Antigua and Barbuda and St. Kitts and Nevis. The medical officers travel regularly to the island nations in their care. Consultant medical services are also available throughout the Eastern Caribbean. In addition, the Peace Corps has a well-organized system for moving seriously ill Volunteers to the continental United States or another appropriate site when necessary.
The Peace Corps medical program emphasizes the preventive approach to disease rather than the curative mode. As a rule of thumb, good healthcare comes from good health maintenance. Health conditions in the Caribbean are good by international standards, but certain immunizations are required and must be kept current during your tour.
Diversity and Cross-Cultural Issues
Main article: Diversity and cross-cultural issues in the Eastern Caribbean
In the Eastern Caribbean, as in other Peace Corps host countries, Volunteers' behavior, lifestyles, background, and beliefs will be judged in a cultural context very different from your own. Certain personal perspectives or characteristics considered familiar and commonly accepted in the United States may be quite uncommon, unacceptable, or even repressed.
The Caribbean people are well-known for their generous hospitality to foreigners. However, members of the community in which you will live may display a range of reactions to differences that you present. We will ask you to be supportive of one another.
To ease the transition and adapt to life in the Eastern Caribbean, you may need to make some temporary, yet fundamental compromises in how you present yourself as an American and as an individual. For example, female trainees and Volunteers may not be able to exercise the independence available to them in the United States; political discussions will need to be handled with great care; and some of your personal beliefs may best remain undisclosed. You will need to develop techniques and personal strategies for coping with these and other limits. The Peace Corps staff will lead diversity and sensitivity discussions during your pre-service training and will be on call to provide support, but the challenge will ultimately be your own.
- Possible Issues for Female Volunteers
- Possible Issues for Volunteers of Color
- Possible Issues for Senior Volunteers
- Possible Issues for Gay, Lesbian, or Bisexual Volunteers
- Possible Religious Issues for Volunteers
- Possible Issues for Volunteers With Disabilities
- Possible Issues for Married Volunteers
Frequently Asked Questions
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Main article: FAQs about Peace Corps in the Eastern Caribbean
- How much luggage will I be allowed to bring to the Eastern Caribbean?
- What is the electric current in the Eastern Caribbean?
- How much money should I bring?
- When can I take vacation and have people visit me?
- Will my belongings be covered by insurance?
- Do I need an international driver's license?
- What should I bring as gifts for Caribbean friends and my host family?
- Where will my site assignment be when I finish training and how isolated will I be?
- How can my family contact me in an emergency?
- Can I call home from any of the island nations?
- Should I bring a cellular phone with me?
- Will there be e-mail and Internet access?
Packing List
Main article: Packing list for the Eastern Caribbean
There is no perfect packing list. You obviously cannot bring everything we mention, so consider those items that make the most sense to you personally and professionally. You can always have things sent to you later.
One essential item to bring is a shortwave battery-operated radio. We strongly encourage all Volunteers to keep a radio at home so that in the event of an emergency or hurricane you can be kept informed of the latest developments
You will need clothing for work, special occasions, and relaxation and fun. Bring clothes that are washable (although you can always have your nice clothes dry-cleaned, as this is available in the capital and main towns). For work, both men and women should stick to cotton and poly-cottons so you can dress to stay cool. Military-style clothing (i.e., camouflage or olive-green Army surplus items) is inappropriate for a Volunteer.
- For Work
- For Relaxation and Fun
- Shoes
- For Men
- For Women
- Miscellaneous
- Toiletries
- Photos
- Overnight Bag
Peace Corps News
Current events relating to Peace Corps are also available by country of service or your home state
The following is automatic RSS feed of Peace Corps news for this country.
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Country Fund
Contributions to the Eastern Caribbean Country Fund will support Volunteer and community projects that will take place in Eastern Caribbean. These projects include water and sanitation, agricultural development, and youth programs.


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Print Supple Florentine leather has the look and feel of fine saddlery and, like saddle leather, it develops a rich patina over time. Our updated take on an American classic, this saddle bag is big enough for all your workday essentials, but streamlined enough to make the perfect style statement.
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All eight clubs will set their sights on a coveted place in the Northern Rail Cup final but will also be in contention to contest the inaugural Northern Rail Bowl final, which will feature the two highest ranked Kingstone Press Championship One clubs.
The opening fixtures of the 2013 Northern Rail Cup see Hemel Stags and University of Gloucestershire All Golds compete in the professional ranks for the first time when they go head-to-head on Sunday March 3.
They will be joined by Gateshead Thunder, London Skolars, North Wales Crusaders, Oldham, Rochdale Hornets and South Wales Scorpions competing in two groups, with the top side in each group set to progress to a knock-out round of 16 where they will join all 14 Kingstone Press Championship clubs in May.
Should a Championship One club reach the Northern Rail Cup final, the club placed second in its group will play in the Bowl final.
"The Northern Rail Cup has firmly established itself as one of the sport's most entertaining competitions and has as a prize a trophy that all Championship players want to get their hands on," said RFL Chief Operating Officer Ralph Rimmer. "The competition has treated us to some memorable and dramatic action during the past few years and recent finals have been among the most exciting games of recent times. "The re-structured group stages have added an extra element to the competition and promise to make for an increasingly competitive competition from start to finish. I look forward to watching the action unfold during the coming weeks.
"This is a very exciting year for the sport with an expanded Championship and three new clubs entering Championship One: with an extra trophy up for grabs, I fully expect the action to be even more cut-throat over the coming months.
"Every team now has a realistic possibility of a final appearance on the big stage: from the moment the ball is kicked-off in every Northern Rail Cup fixture, every pass, every tackle and every score will count!"
The 2013 Northern Rail Cup Groups are as follows:
Group A
Rochdale Hornets
Gateshead Thunder
North Wales Crusaders
Group B
South Wales Scorpions
London Skolars
Gloucestershire All Golds
Hemel Stags
*Each club will play four games, two Home and two Away. Three games will be between clubs in their pool with one game played against a club in the other pool. All 14 Kingstone Press Championship sides enter the competition during the first knock-out stage which will be played on the weekend of May 18/19.
Details of ticket prices and availability for the 2013 Northern Rail Cup finals day at The Shay, Halifax, on Saturday July 20 will be announced in the next few
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The bagworm, Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis, is an interesting pest of ornamental shrubs and trees. The spindle-shaped bag that the larva carries around as it feeds characterizes this insect. The larva constructs the bag from silk and covers it with bits and pieces of leaves and twigs from the host plant. Therefore, the bag looks quite different when the worm is feeding on juniper than on rose. The larva is dark brown with a yellow head and yellow and black spots on the body. Adult females are wingless and lack functional legs, eyes, and antennae. They are almost maggot like, yellowish and seldom seen. Adult males are typical moths and are sooty black and densely hairy. The wings are nearly clear and have a span of 1 inch.
Bagworms often prefer juniper, arborvitae, and pines, but they are also found on many broadleaf shrubs and trees including rose, sycamore, maple, elm, and black locust.
Defoliation is the primary injury caused by the caterpillar. Heavy populations of bagworms kill many ornamental arborvitae and juniper.
Bagworm larvae hatch from overwintering eggs during May. The young larva spins a silken case that it carries about as the larva feeds. As the larva grows, it enlarges the bag and continues to add bits of foliage to the bag. When the larva is resting, it attaches the bag to a twig with silk. Pupation occurs in late summer. In 7 10 days the adult emerges. Males are free flying and leave the bag. They search out bags containing females, enter the bag, and mate. After mating, the female lays 500 1000 eggs in the bag and dies. Because the larval stage is the only mobile stage, one bush can have a high population and another one several feet away can be free of bagworms.
Bagworms are attacked by several parasites and birds and are killed by low winter temperatures. A very effective control is picking the bags off the host in winter or early spring to help prevent problems the coming season. The bags, and eggs inside can be destroyed or the bags can be placed in deep containers that allow any parasites to escape but keep the larvae in.
Young larvae are especially sensitive to the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis. This bacterial insecticide is commercially available under the trade name DIPEL. The disease caused by the bacterium effects only the moth larvae and is safe to use. Always read and follow label directions before treatment. Best control is achieved when spraying is done in late afternoon or early evening. Small larvae are much easier to kill than mature larvae. Therefore, treating infestations in the spring when they are first noticed is important.
Additional information on other insecticides that are labeled for bagworm control may be obtained from you local County Extension Agent.
Prepared by Clyde S. Gorsuch, Extension Entomologist/ Professor, Department of Entomology, Soils, and Plant Sciences, Clemson University.
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|How will Hailstorm and Passport change the face of P2P, web services, and the Net itself?
So many ideas and so many technologies are swirling around P2P -- decentralization, distributed computing, web services, JXTA, UDDI, SOAP -- that it's getting hard to tell whether something is or isn't P2P, and it's unclear that there is much point in trying to do so just for the sake of a label.
What there is some point in doing is evaluating new technologies to see how they fit in or depart from the traditional client-server model of computing, especially as exemplified in recent years by the browser-and-web-server model. In this category, Microsoft's Hailstorm is an audacious, if presently ill-defined, entrant. Rather than subject Hailstorm to some sort of P2P litmus test, it is more illuminating to examine where it embraces the centralization of the client-server model and where it departs by decentralizing functions to devices at the network's edge.
The design and implementation of HailStorm is still in flux, but the tension that exists within HailStorm between centralization and decentralization is already quite vivid.
HailStorm, which launched in March with a public announcement and a white paper, is Microsoft's bid to put some meat on the bones of its .NET initiative. It is a set of Web services whose data is contained in a set of XML documents, and which is accessed from the various clients (or "HailStorm endpoints") via SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol.) These services are organized around user identity, and will include standard functions such as myAddress (electronic and geographic address for an identity); myProfile, (name, nickname, special dates, picture); myCalendar, myWallet; and so on.
HailStorm can best be thought of as an attempt to re-visit the original MS-DOS strategy: Microsoft writes and owns the basic framework, and third-party developers write applications to run on top of that framework.
Three critical things differentiate the networked version of this strategy, as exemplified by HailStorm, from the earlier MS-DOS strategy:
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The key to shifting from a machine-centric application model to a distributed computing model is to shift the central unit away from the computer and towards the user. In a machine-centric system, the software license was the core attribute -- a software license meant a certain piece of software could be legally run on a certain machine. Without such a license, that software could not be installed or run, or could only be installed and run illegally.
In a distributed model, it is the user and not the hardware that needs to be validated, so user authentication becomes the core attribute -- not "Is this software licensed to run on this machine?" but "Is this software licensed to run for this user?" To accomplish this requires a system that first validates users, and then maintains a list of attributes in order to determine what they are and are not allowed to do within the system.
HailStorm is thus authentication-centric, and is organized around Passport. HailStorm is designed to create a common set of services which can be accessed globally by authenticated users, and to this end it provides common definitions for:
or as Microsoft puts it:
From a technical perspective, HailStorm is based on Microsoft Passport as the basic user credential. The HailStorm architecture defines identity, security, and data models that are common to all HailStorm services and ensure consistency of development and operation.
The decentralized portion of HailStorm is a remarkable departure for Microsoft: they have made accessing HailStorm services on non-Microsoft clients a core part of the proposition. As the white paper puts it:
The HailStorm platform uses an open access model, which means it can be used with any device, application or services, regardless of the underlying platform, operating system, object model, programming language or network provider. All HailStorm services are XML Web SOAP; no Microsoft runtime or tool is required to call them.
To underscore the point at the press conference, they demonstrated HailStorm services running on a Palm, a Macintosh, and a Linux box.
|Clay Shirky will speak in several sessions at the O'Reilly P2P and Web Services Conference, Nov. 5-8 in Washington, DC. David Chappell will speak on "Understanding Hailstorm", as well.
While Microsoft stresses the wide support for HailStorm clients, the relationship of HailStorm to the Web's servers is less clear. In the presentation, they suggested that servers running non-Microsoft operating systems like Linux or Solaris can nevertheless "participate" in HailStorm, though they didn't spell out how that participation would be defined.
This decentralization of the client is designed to allow Hailstorm applications to spread as quickly as possible. Despite their monopoly in desktop operating systems, Microsoft does not have a majority market share for any of the universe of non-PC devices -- PDAs, set-tops, pagers, game consoles, cell phones. This is not to say that they don't have some notable successes -- NT has over a third of the server market, the iPaq running the PocketPC operating system is becoming increasingly popular, and the XBox has captured the interest of the gaming community. Nevertheless, hardware upgrade cycles are long, so there is no way Microsoft can achieve market dominance in these categories as quickly.
Also in Clay Shirky -- Decoding P2P:
Interoperability, Not Standards
P2P Smuggled In Under Cover of Darkness
The Parable of Umbrellas and Taxicabs
Enter HailStorm. HailStorm offers a way for Microsoft to sell software and services on devices that aren't using Microsoft operating systems. This is a big change -- Microsoft typically links its software and operating systems (SQLServer won't run outside an MS environment; Office is only ported to the Mac). By tying HailStorm to SOAP and XML rather than specific client environments, Microsoft says it is giving up its ability to control (or even predict) what software, running on which kinds of devices, will be accessing HailStorm services.
The embrace of SOAP is particularly significant, as it seems to put HailStorm out of reach of many of its other business battles -- vs. Java, vs. Linux, vs. PalmOS, and so on -- because, according to Microsoft, any device using SOAP will be able to participate in HailStorm without prejudice -- "no Microsoft runtime or tool" will be required, though the full effect of this client-insensitivity will be determined by how much Microsoft alters Kerberos or SOAP in ways that limit or prevent other companies from writing HailStorm-compliant applications.
HailStorm is Microsoft's most serious attempt to date to move from competing on unit sales to selling software as a service, and the announced intention to allow any sort of client to access HailStorm represents a remarkable decentralization for Microsoft.
It is not, however, a total decentralization by any means. In decentralizing their control over the client, Microsoft seeks to gain control over a much larger set of functions, for a much larger group of devices, than they have now. The functions that HailStorm centralizes are in many ways more significant than the functions it decentralizes.
In the press surrounding HailStorm, Microsoft refers to its "massively distributed" nature, its "user-centric" model, and even makes reference to its tracking of user presence as "peer-to-peer." Despite this rhetoric, however, HailStorm as described is a mega-service, and may be the largest client-server installation ever conceived.
Microsoft addressed the requirements for running such a mega-service, saying:
Reliability will be critical to the success of the HailStorm services, and good operations are a core competency required to ensure that reliability. [...] Microsoft is also making significant operational investments to provide the level of service and reliability that will be required for HailStorm services. These investments include such things as physically redundant data centers and common best practices across services.
This kind of server installation is necessary for HailStorm, because Microsoft's ambitions for this service are large: they would like to create the world's largest address registry, not only of machines but of people as well. In particular, they would like to host the identity of every person on the Internet, and mediate every transaction in the consumer economy. They will fail at such vast goals of course, but succeeding at even a small subset of such large ambitions would be a huge victory.
Because they have decentralized their support of the client, they must necessarily make large parts of HailStorm open, but always with a caveat: while HailStorm is open for developers to use, it is not open for developers to build on or revise. Microsoft calls this an "Open Access" model -- you can access it freely, but not alter it freely.
This does not mean that HailStorm cannot be updated or revised by the developer community; it simply means that any changes made to HailStorm must be approved by Microsoft, a procedure they call "Open Process Extensibility." This process is not defined within the white paper, though it seems to mean revising and validating proposals from HailStorm developers, which is to say, developers who have paid to participate in HailStorm.
With HailStorm, Microsoft is shifting from a strategy of controlling software to controlling transactions. Instead of selling units of licensed software, Hailstorm will allow them to offer services to other developers, even those working on non-Microsoft platforms, while owning the intellectual property which underlies the authentications and transactions, a kind of "describe and defend" strategy.
"Describe and defend" is a move away from "software as unit" to "software as service," and means that their control of the HailStorm universe will rely less on software licenses and more on patented or copyrighted methods, procedures, and database schema.
While decentralizing client-code, Microsoft centralizes the three core aspects of the service:
Identity: The goal with Passport is simple -- ubiquity. As Bill Gates put it at the press conference: "So it's our goal to have virtually everybody who uses the Internet to have one of these Passport connections."
HailStorm provides a set of globally useful services which, because they are authentication-centric, requires all users to participate in its Passport program. This allows Microsoft to be a gatekeeper at the level of individual participation -- an Internet user without a Passport will not exist within the system, and will not be able to access or use Passport services. Because users pay to participate in the HailStorm system, in practice this means that Microsoft will control a user's identity, leasing it to them for use within HailStorm for a recurring fee.
It's not clear how open the Passport system will be. Microsoft has a history of launching web initiatives with restrictive conditions, and then dropping the restrictions that limit growth: the original deployment of Passport required users to get a Hotmail account, a restriction that was later dropped when this adversely affected the potential size of the Passport program. You can now get a Passport with any email address, and since an email address is guaranteed to be globally unique, any issuer of email addresses is also issuing potentially valid Passport addresses.
The metaphor of a passport suggests that several different entities agree to both issue and honor passports, as national governments presently do with real passports. There are several entities who have issued email addresses to millions or tens of millions of users -- AOL, Yahoo, ATT, British Telecom, et al. Microsoft has not spelled out how or whether these entities will be allowed to participate in HailStorm, but it appears that all issuing and validation of Passports will be centralized under Microsoft's control.
Security: Authentication of a HailStorm user is provided via Kerberos, a secure method developed at MIT for authenticating a request for a service in a computer network. Last year, Microsoft added its own proprietary extension to Kerberos, which creates potential incompatibilities between clients running non-Microsoft versions of Kerberos and servers running Microsoft's versions.
Microsoft has published the details of its version of Kerberos, but it is not clear if interoperability with the Microsoft version of Kerberos is required to participate in HailStorm, or if there are any licensing restrictions for developers who want to write SOAP clients that use Kerberos to access HailStorm services.
Definitions and Descriptions: This is the most audacious aspect of HailStorm, and the core of the describe-and-defend strategy. Microsoft wants to create a schema which describes all possible user transactions, and then copyright that schema, in order to create and manage the ontology of life on the Internet. In HailStorm as it was described, all entities, methods, and transactions will be defined and mediated by Microsoft or Microsoft-licensed developers, with Microsoft acting as a kind of arbiter of descriptions of electronic reality:
The initial release of HailStorm provides a basic set of possible services users and developers might need. Beyond that, new services (for example, myPhotos or myPortfolio) and extensions will be defined via the Microsoft Open Process with developer community involvement. There will be a single schema for each area to avoid conflicts that are detrimental to users (like having both myTV and myFavoriteTVShows) and to ensure a consistent architectural approach around attributes like security model and data manipulation. Microsoft's involvement in HailStorm extensions will be based on our expertise in a given area.
The business difficulties with such a system are obvious. Will the airline industry help define myFrequentFlierMiles, copyright Microsoft, when Microsoft also runs the Expedia travel service? Will the automotive industry sign up to help the owner of CarPoint develop myDealerRebate?
Less obvious but potentially more dangerous are the engineering risks in a single, global schema, because there are significant areas where developers might legitimately disagree about how resources should be arranged. Should business users record the corporate credit card as a part of myWallet, alongside their personal credit card, or as part of myBusinessPayments, alongside their EDI and purchase order information? Should a family's individual myCalendars be a subset of ourCalendar, or should they be synched manually? Is it really so obvious that there is no useful distinction between myTV (the box, through which you might also access DVDs and even WebTV) and myFavorite TVShows (the list of programs to be piped to the TiVo)?
Microsoft proposes to take over all the work of defining the conceptual entities of the system, promising that this will free developers to concentrate their efforts elsewhere:
By taking advantage of Microsoft's significant investment in HailStorm, developers will be able to create user-centric solutions while focusing on their core value proposition instead of the plumbing.
Unmentioned is what developers whose core value proposition is the plumbing are to do with HailStorm's global schema. With Hailstorm, Microsoft proposes to divide the world into plumbers and application developers, and to take over the plumbing for itself. This is analogous to the split early in its history when Microsoft wrote the DOS operating system, and let other groups write the software that ran on top of DOS.
Unlike DOS, which could be tied to a single reference platform -- the "IBM compatible" PC -- HailStorm is launching into a far more heterogeneous environment. However, this also means that the competition is far more fragmented, and given the usefulness of HailStorm to developers who want to offer Web services without rethinking identity or authentication from the ground up (one of the biggest hurdles to widespread use of Sun's JXTA), and the possible network effects that a global credentials schema could create, HailStorm could quickly account for a plurality of Internet users. Even a 20% share of every transaction made by every Internet user would make Microsoft by far the dominant player in the world of Web services.
Also in Clay Shirky -- Decoding P2P:
Interoperability, Not Standards
P2P Smuggled In Under Cover of Darkness
The Parable of Umbrellas and Taxicabs
With HailStorm, Microsoft has abandoned tying its major software offerings to its client operating systems. Even if every operating system it has -- NT/Win2k, PocketPC, Stinger, et al -- spreads like kudzu, the majority of the world's non-PC devices will still not be controlled by Microsoft in any short-term future. By adopting open standards such as XML and SOAP, Microsoft hopes to attract the world's application developers to write for the HailStorm system now or soon, and by owning the authentication and schema of the system, they hope to be the mediator of all HailStorm users and transactions, or the licenser of all members of the HailStorm federation.
Given the decentralization on the client-side, where a Java program running on a Linux box could access Hailstorm, the obvious question is "Can a HailStorm transaction take place without talking to Microsoft owned or licensed servers?"
The answer seems to be no, for two, and possibly three, reasons.
First, you cannot use a non-Passport identity within HailStorm, and at least for now, that means that using HailStorm requires a Microsoft-hosted identity.
Second, you cannot use a non-Microsoft copyrighted schema to broker transactions within HailStorm, nor can you alter or build on existing schema without Microsoft's permission.
Third, developers might not be able to write HailStorm services or clients without using the Microsoft-extended version of Kerberos.
At three critical points in HailStorm, Microsoft is using an open standard (email address, Kerberos, SOAP) and putting it into a system it controls, not through software licensing but through copyright (Passport, Kerberos MS, HailStorm schema). By making the system transparent to developers but not freely extensible, Microsoft hopes to gain the growth that comes with openness, while avoiding the erosion of control that also comes with openness.
This is a strategy many companies have tried before -- sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Compuserve collapsed while pursuing a partly open/partly closed strategy, while AOL flourished. Linux has spread remarkably with a completely open strategy, but many Linux vendors have suffered. Sun and Apple are both wrestling with "open enough to attract developers, but closed enough to stave off competitors" strategies with Solaris and OS X respectively.
Hailstorm will not be launching in any real way until 2002, so it is too early to handicap Microsoft's newest entrant in the "open for users but closed for competitors" category. But if it succeeds at even a fraction of its stated goals, Hailstorm will mark the full-scale arrival of Web services and set the terms of both competition and cooperation within the rest of the industry.
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If you ask most recovering people what got them sober, they'll talk about a "moment of clarity" rather than "the bottom," and I think most of us can relate to that moment, addict or not.
Many of us have had "moments" in our lives that have been pivotal, moments that defined the end of one part and the beginning of the next. Most of us can remember looks on faces, important people, big and sometimes seemingly small events that have changed the course of our lives.
Sometimes "moments of clarity" come only after a long series of events and long after other people think they should have happened. This is especially true in the case of addiction, when the sicker one gets, the harder it is for them to see it clearly. Bystanders wonder when the poor guy will wake up and how he cannot see. They don't understand the depth of his rationalization to continue the path he's on. To them, it looks like self-destruction; to him, it feels like survival, and he doesn't want to look at all.
"Ron" saw himself as a fun and incidentally hard-drinking guy. He was always full of energy and rarely passed up an opportunity to party late or a line of coke. The truth is Ron often bought the coke and threw the parties, inviting people like him so he wouldn't feel different. Even his friends knew he was way over the top. Ron's wife and family had been a casualty of his addictions five years earlier.
The first time "Ron" was terminated from his high-powered sales job, he blamed the company. He dreamt of how he would go to work for a competitor, take all the business from his former employer and be vindicated of wrongdoing. He fantasized about the day they begged him to come back.
That day never came, and he was terminated a second time only 18 months later. His disease had gotten worse; he was missing appointments, turning in expense reports months late and alienating customers with his bragging conversations, trying desperately and transparently to prop up his sagging self-esteem and confidence. Unemployed, money running out, all his party buddies gone, you would think Ron would pack it in for rehab, but he wasn't there yet.
Then one morning about six months later, when Ron was bloated from booze and red around the eyes from sleeplessness, the phone jangled next to his bed. It was Ron's middle daughter, who rarely talked to him. She had simply called to tell him she loved him and despite the substances wanted to "bury the hatchet" and have a relationship. She heard "Ron's" gravelly voice and knew it was "one of those mornings" but said nothing about it, wished him well and hung up.
Ron staggered to the bathroom, looked in the mirror and had a moment of clarity.
• Rick Atwater is a licensed clinical professional counselor.


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Monday MLK speaker challenges audience to write own book
Posted on January 21, 2013
The first keynote speaker for Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Week brought the audience to its feet with a message of making a difference and building King's "beloved community."
Judge Glenda Hatchett spoke before a standing-room crowd in the Kirkhof Center January 21. Hatchett has a syndicated TV show, "Judge Hatchett," and serves as national spokesperson for Court Appointed Special Advocates. Hatchett said as a child growing up in Atlanta, she took piano lessons with King's young children.
"I didn't know he was this famous person," Hatchett said. "I later learned that their daddy was a man who God sent to the world on this journey."
Hatchett stressed that the country's leaders are not following King's mission of building a beloved community. She cited Michigan statistics in which 24 percent of children live in poverty, nearly 11 percent in extreme poverty. Hatchett drew a connecting line from poverty to prison, stating that people who live in poverty are three times more likely to have a criminal record.
"We have got to break this generational cycle. We can do better," she said. "You cannot fix it unless you understand it. Where is that beloved community King talked about?"
She issued a challenge to audience members, the same challenge her father gave to her when she was in the first grade. Hatchett said in her first-grade classroom, she had a book with ripped pages. She asked her teacher for a new book only to be told, "Colored children don't get new books."
An avid young reader, she told her father that he needed to speak to someone who would get her a new book. "My father said, 'You're not going to get a new book. You have to write your own.'"
All of Monday's social justice activities were well-attended. Highlights included morning and afternoon sessions of upcycling and making crafts for shelters. A panel discussion in the afternoon drew about 60 people, who listened and participated in discussions about "America in the Age of Obama."
More than 400 people attended a free luncheon and watched President Obama's inauguration in the Kirkhof Center. A highlight of the luncheon was a presentation by sixth-grader NasCierra Sims, from Muskegon. NasCierra recited King's "I Have a Dream" speech with confidence and to a tee.
MLK events will continue Thursday, January 24, with a second keynote presentation from Majora Carter at 5 p.m. in the Kirkhof Center, Grand River Room. That presentation will be simulcast to the Eberhard Center and Meijer Holland Campus. Visit www.gvsu.edu/mlk for details.