text: RSS Events Feeds Technology Innovation Series Sustainable Growth through Innovation Day 1 3/22/2013 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM LocationFirst Floor Board Room75 5th Street NWSuite 100Atlanta, GA 30308 MapDate and TimeFriday, Mar 15, 2013 08:00 AM toFriday, Mar 22, 2013 04:30 PM EasternAdd to my Outlook CalendarAdd to my iCal CalendarAdd to my Google CalendarOverview- Drive Change and Transformation in your Organization- Execute your Innovation Strategy- Compete Globally and Multiculturally- Develop and Motivate your Workforce- Build effectiveness in your Supply Chain- Grow your Customer Base- Generate Capital and Manage Corporate InvestmentsDescriptionTechnology Innovation SeriesSustainable Growth through InnovationEvery module uses innovation tools and techniques to create change and foster a greater degree of productivity and growth.Drive Change and Transformation in your OrganizationExecute your Innovation StrategyCompete Globally and MulticulturallyDevelop and Motivate your WorkforceBuild effectiveness in your Supply ChainGrow your Customer BaseGenerate Capital and Manage Corporate InvestmentsDay 1: Friday, March 15Module 1 Innovation in Human ResourcesMake Your Workforce Your Greatest Strength: Your workforce can be, should be, MUST BE one of your corporate strengths. The changing workforce demographics mean changes must be made in hiring practices, selection criteria, mentoring, training and managing the new workforce. Critical to success are better talent-to position fit, communications and demanding management and mentoring by managers.Module 2 Innovation in Sales and MarketingStrategic Sales Growth Innovation: Over 80% of middle market businesses expect to grow sales in 2012 in spite of sweeping regulatory changes, a stagnant economy, and an unprecedented credit crisis in the US. These companies have discovered the critical elements of growing sales in a tough economy and are outperforming larger, better capitalized companies. 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The "trick" is making them successful for both parties and harvesting/employing the data they provide!Module 4 Innovation in Information SystemsTechnology Innovation Creates New Market Positioning: Creating an innovation program in technologies can take a company to new competitive spaces in the marketplace. Investment in technology and innovation in product and process design can take the organization into the blue ocean where no other organizations have gone before. Developing an innovation program involves the development of a technology strategy board, research and development strategy, and planning technology releases.Day 2: Friday, March 22Module5 Innovation in OperationsInnovation Through Business Design and Execution: The goal of every business is to create and sustain competitive advantage by creating and delivering value to their customers. Highly successful companies prosper because they create great business designs and execute relentlessly to deliver big profits consistently over time. This course focuses on critical elements and techniques necessary to identify and the execute the right business design for your industry and how to turn around shrinkingModule 6 Innovation in Finance and AccountingFinancial Innovation for Planning and Attracting Growth Capital: Financial executives complete years of training and master a defined set of requirements to produce traditional statements and reports. Do these standard financial statements truly measure the value your business is generating? Can we use them in real time to measure risk, assess capital requirements and better prepare your business for growth? We will develop financial strategies to better manage growth through financial structuring designed to attract capital or optimize your company's financial health.Module 7 Innovation in Global OperationsDriving Competitive Advantage via Global Market Penetration: Technology allows corporations to more easily address Global markets, but making those global efforts successful and profitable requires specialized resources, localized marketing techniques, careful budgeting, longer time horizons and a commitment to staying in those markets. The decision process to address these markets must be intensive and comprehensive. The results can produce a major competitive advantage!Module 8 Innovation in Strategic PlanningHow to Prepare for an Uncertain Future: Outside influences such as government health care regulations, a stagnated economy, limited access to capital and rising commodity costs create a crazy quilt of uncertainty for business owners in today's complex world. Nothing seems certain but uncertainty. This module teaches you to plan by developing scenarios-stories with a purpose. Scenario based planning goes well beyond forecasting to serve as teaching devices that drive executives to cast off preconceived notions and see that what they believe or hope will happen might not happen at all. If you've ever wished your business could make sense out of today's chaotic business environment, look no further.Innovation Types/ConceptInnovation Types and ConceptsTypes of InnovationThe introduction of a product or service from one sector across to another sectorDeep insights into a limited element of an existing product, from which a new product is createdThe exploitation of a new technologyThe redesign of processesImpacts of InnovationIncremental changes in unit processesLarge-scale changes in how departments operateDiscontinuous changes in organizational transformationArchitectural changes rearranging existing componentsDisruptive changes in how the organization competesBlue ocean changes in the industry as a resultTechnologiesEnterprise Resource Planning (ERP)Customer Relationship Management (CRM)Business Intelligence (BI) systemsMobile applications and technologiesGlobalization communication technologiesOrganizational AspectsVision and strategy for innovationCulture inspiring and driving innovationProcesses, practices, and people supporting innovationTop management teams leading innovationCross-functional teams mapping innovationFacultyRoger ReakReak has held executive positions with multiple major corporations and has successfully managed the turnaround of four different businesses. A graduate from Marquette University, he is expert in strategic planning & alliances/partnerships and is a partner in Innovation Consulting Solutions, an executive management training, research and consulting firm helping companies to generate sustainable growth through change. Reak is an accredited management consultant and a subject matter expert with a worldwide consulting organization. He is active with IBANA, a professional services and training organization (www.IBANA.org) and is founder of the Business Impact Group (www.atlantabig.com). Reak has been focused on helping companies to prepare for growth via investments, alliances, acquisitions or mergers.Donald AmorosoDr. Amoroso is Professor of Information Systems at the Coles College of Business, Kennesaw State University and Director of the Japan Strategic Initiative Group (JSIG). Dr. Amoroso has research fellowships at Asian Institute of Management, Philippines and University of Tsukuba, Tokyo. Dr. Amoroso's area of expertise is in three areas: (1) innovation, (2) strategy, and (3) technology and has worked with c-level executives in Japan, Philippines, and the Atlanta area. He conducts a seminar in Atlanta twice annually called, CIO Certification Seminar, where he trains a handful of aspiring CIOs in leadership and strategy. Dr. Amoroso received his MBA and Ph.D. from the University of Georgia in 1984 and 1986, respectively and has taught at the University of Colorado and San Diego State University before coming to Kennesaw State University.Gene WrightGene Wright is an exceptional professional with a reputation of great ethical conduct over 30 years of experience in business. From his involvement in the development of warehouse clubs and supercenters across the nation to expanding his expertise into global markets with Fortune 100 companies, Gene has helped many organizations achieve their goals. He has a history with Andersen Consulting (Accenture) as an associate partner responsble for facilitating discussion with Andersen's global client executive management teams. His company, Northstar Consulting, focuses on helping small and middle market clients change to become more successful. He is a certified advisor with the Organization for Entrepreneurial Development and a board member of the National Crowdfunding Association. Gene is a graduate of West Georgia Univeristy where he earner a Bachelor of Business Administration.Price: Regular (Jan 15, 2013 - Mar 15, 2013)Registrant Type PriceScholasticUS$ 1,795.00IndividualUS$ 1,795.00Non-MemberUS$ 1,995.00 Learn More: Technology Innovation Series Sustainable Growth through Innovation Day 1


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Anesthetize is probably one of the most awesome songs I've ever had the pleasure of experiencing. This album is fucking great.
Written by BloodTears on 16.04.2013 at 21:20
Did you listen to it live when they play it on that album's tour? It's immense.
Written by Jaeryd on 16.04.2013 at 21:28
I've never seen them live... I got into them too late. By the time I became a fan and started buying their albums, Steven was already into his solo thing. I have seen a video for it, though. Fucking spectacular live song. Wish I was there.
Written by BloodTears on 16.04.2013 at 21:31The first time they played the whole song and later only played part of it, but still great.
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Written by BloodTears on 16.04.2013 at 21:31The first time they played the whole song and later only played part of it, but still great.
I just came back from an amazing festival and I feel envy anyway. Love that song so much.
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Never l;iked anything by this band or even this album, which is regarded as their best by loads of people. But the album title is absolutely brilliant on so many levels especially referencing a classic rap album but also because of what else it implies.... Never like the artists Wilson but do agree wiht him on his thoughts on the music industry and such
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Intel Corp. on Monday announced that it has begun shipping Intel X18-M and X25-M mainstream SATA solid-state drives (SSDs) based on multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash technology for laptop and desktop computers. With a huge company like Intel entering the market of SSDs, it is highly likely that the storage technology will become more popular thanks to dropping prices.
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A new nonmetallic catalyst promises to enable economical hydrogen-based substitution reactions that now require expensive or hazardous synthesis routes, e.g., making hydrosilanes from chlorosilanes as well as hydrides from halides, believe researchers at Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany. The borane catalyst splits hydrogen molecules under mild conditions and should suit broad-scale use, they say.
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OP easily
onepiece. Naruto Shippuden is just meh. I prefer naruto original to shippuden. Naruto probably has the better story RIGHT NOW but Onepiece surpasses it in everything else
OP is gud 2.......but whenever I c M.D.Teech I burst out laughing :shrug:
Naruto for me. I just couldn't get into OP.
Naruto sucks.
i think one piece overall is better written then naruto but i would rather read a naruto chapter
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I don't like how the characters are drawn in OP.
Naruto. ^^
The art-style takes a while to sink in and once it does you'll love it. I love how detailed each and EVERY panel are, unlike Naruto. Plus One Piece barely has plot holes compared to Naruto.
One piece anime sucks post time skip but be fore that it was awesome. The manga is ok.
Naruto anime is consistently really good and the manga is awesome.
This is off topic but I'm liking the Fairy Tail manga more than both...
one piece..
Naruto's plot has one straight line, it's rather predictable.. you can't say that about One Piece.
But then again, it's easier to get into Naruto since One Piece doesn't start off that great but all in all One Piece is better in every possible way, there's character development for nearly ALL characters, they don't just focus on one or two main characters but on the entire crew and the story is just way more creative and less straightforward.
I'm more Naruto currently, but i still think One Piece is the best. Zoro ftw
My vote goes to Naruto, that's why I came at this forum.
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theyre even to me. even though i watched like 100 episodes of op (and i stopped watching it), i consider it even with naruto for the fact that this war has been rated G and obito and madara arent real villains.
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Much has been written lately of e-markets, auctions, supply chains, and integrated B2B networks. The ability to do business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce over public networks is all the rage. Forrester and other industry analysts frequently project growth rates in excess of 100%, of markets measured in billions of dollars. It's no wonder vendors and software providers are releasing B2B solutions daily. Most solutions have focused on application servers, commerce servers, customer relationship, and content management systems.
In this article we focus on applying Jini technology to B2B technical challenges by examining:
UDDI and ebXML
Universal Description, Discovery and Integration is an initiative of IBM, Microsoft, and Ariba to promote B2B e-commerce by providing a framework for trading partners to publish and find business service interfaces. The UDDI defines three primary components.
Figure 1. The UDDI defines three primary components.
Service requesters can search by industry code, products and services offered, and geographic location. Web Service Definition Language (WSDL) is an XML schema that describes service interfaces, implementation details, access protocols, and contact endpoints between trading partners. These definitions are published and exchanged with service brokers. See uddi.org for more information.
The Electronic Business XML (ebXML) initiative is being defined by the United Nations body for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT) and Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS). They've also begun a project to standardize XML business specifications.
The most important components of the ebXML architecture are the Registry and the Repository. The Registry provides access services, information models, and reference implementation information. The repository provides the physical backend information store. The repository contains Document Type Definitions (DTD) and schemas that are retrieved by the registry for conducting e-commerce transactions using ebXML. The ebXML Messaging Service provides for the exchange of ebXML messages between trading partners over various transfer protocols (SMTP, HTTP/S, FTP). See ebxml.org for more information.
Figure 2. Components of the ebXML architecture.
Both UDDI and ebXML admit the importance of a "yellow pages" structure to B2B system integration. Both approaches involve a registry or broker to answer questions like
Both approaches use XML to define and specify the answers. There's even a trading partner markup language (tpaML) being defined to standardize the information exchanged. Each approach requires the implementation of a well-known interface at a well-known location. In addition a considerable amount of effort is required to document the interface and to exchange the necessary information to conduct B2B e-commerce.
However, what if you want to break out of the yellow pages paradigm? What if the service you need isn't in the phone book? Do you call the operator?
Jini discovery and lookup
Like UDDI and ebXML, Jini supports the service discovery. Jini network technology provides a network-centric view of services and service delivery. Services are broadly defined: from applications to mobile appliances and anything in between that can exist on a network. Clients can request services without prior knowledge of where or what may ultimately satisfy the request. Services take on a life of their own in Jini networks. The goal is to minimize the amount of human intervention and administration required to keep the Jini network satisfied.
Discovery is the process used to find registries on the Jini network. The process may use a well-known registry address, like the approaches above, or it may use a more dynamic discovery process (a multi-cast protocol).
Lookup is the process used to find a particular service from the registry and learn how to use that service. You can search the lookup service for a particular object type. The lookup service understands Java type semantics, allowing support of interfaces and class inheritance hierarchies. It also provides the basis for a system to system or agent to software agent negotiation process.
The lookup service can be conceived as containing any number of service items. Each service item can have attributes associated with it. For instance like UDDI, they may include industry codes, implementation details, access protocols, and geographic locations. These attributes can be used to refine the search for a specific service.
Figure 3. The lookup service can be conceived as containing any number of service items.
In addition a proxy for the service is available that knows how to interface with the service. The code is downloadable to the client requesting the service. Downloadable service proxies are one of the key differences between other yellow-page-like services and Jini. In effect not only have you located a business service, but you've been transported there, conducted commerce, all while never having left your place of business.
Figure 4. Downloadable service proxies are one of the key differences between other yellow-page- like services and Jini.
So while the other approaches to service definition are being satisfied through agreed-upon XML schemas, Jini discovery and lookup provides a dynamic alternative to finding and interacting with B2B service providers. Jini itself could be used to bootstrap the process of finding UDDI and ebXML registries.
If you've integrated systems across a network, you know that the resiliency of the network and the ability to cope with network failures separates good applications from primitive ones. Jini assumes at its foundation that the network may be unstable.
Jini introduces the idea of a lease to service management. If you are a user of a service, you never own the service, you simply lease it. Nothing is permanent. All resources must have some management process that periodically checks to see if everything is okay and to determine whether the resource is still required by the user.
Imagine I am a service provider publishing services offered to B2B exchanges. My system crashes, or I am having system problems. How does the exchange maintain my status in a timely fashion? There's not likely to be a consistent approach across exchanges.
Leasing is an important part of Jini infrastructure robustness. Leasing allows the lookup service to delete services that have failed to renew their lease. If you provide a service, or if you are using a service, you must periodically renew your lease. The renewal period depends on the application. You request a finite renewal period on your lease, and the service provider determines the actual lease commitment. It's analogous to apartment leasing. I ask the apartment complex for a 6-month lease. They inform me they can only commit to 1-month lease periods. After 1 month I must renew my lease, or I am evicted.
When you use the Web you often find nvalid URL references or slow sites. B2B e-commerce is being built on this same infrastructure and architecture. System and network instability will be an issue. B2B E-Commerce will require the self-healing properties of a Jini network.
Transactions are at the core of B2B e-commerce. The exchange of goods and services involves monetary transactions. Transactions and transactional integrity are not new issues in distributed computing. However, traditional solutions have tended to be heavyweight and complex. As we expand our notion of distributed transactions to include a broader array of cliens like cell phones, palm pilots, and mobile agents, we will require support for more flexible and lightweight transactions.
Jini uses the traditional two-phase commit transaction protocol, which attempts to ensure the well-known ACID properties to data manipulations. Database management systems go to great lengths to ensure data integrity. As a result system overhead is generally proportional to the degree of transactional integrity. More system resources are required to ensure data integrity in the light of failures that may occure in reading, writing, and updating it.
Jini provides only the interface to transactions, and it closely resembles the two-phase commit protocol. Jini also comes packaged with an example Transaction service, mahalo, that's used with the JavaSpaces service (See below). By providing only an object interface to transactions, Jini does not dictate implementation. The notion of data consistency with regard to partial failure is promoted through the two-phase commit based interface. But the key is the degree to which the implementation will try to ensure consistency despite a partial or catastrophic failure.
Lightweight implementations will reduce the overhead and time required to deploy transactional systems. Similar to message oriented middleware (MOM), which provides various levels of message assurance, the new breed of transactional systems will provide various levels of transactional integrity.
In B2B exchanges the degree of transactional integrity will be dependent on the application context. B2B supply chain integration requires the coordination of multiple trading partner processes. Workflow is one area where transactional coordination of processes may be satisfied by a lighter weight implementation.
JavaSpaces is an example service that runs on the Jini network. JavaSpaces is closely tied to the Jini architecture. In fact it is one of the few services bundled with Jini. JavaSpaces was heavily influenced by the tuple spaces, which were first described in 1982 in the Linda language. The basic idea is that you can have many active programs distributed over physically dispersed machines, unaware of each other's existence, able to communicate by releasing tuples into the shared tuple space. Programs read, write, and take tuples from the tuple space that are of interest to them.
The B2B e-commerce environment has many of the attributes just described. For instance the environment is composed of distributed cooperating systems able to communicate by exchanging business information. The requirement to locate trading partners dynamically provides an even closer comparison.
To be successful in B2B e-commerce you must be able to integrate business transactions into your workflow processes and backend systems. Business-to-consumer (B2C) offerings have demonstrated the need for end-to-end service and fulfillment. Failure to support products and processes across channels diminishes your chances for success.
Integrating workflow and legacy systems has always been a complex and costly undertaking. JavaSpaces provides a simplified approach to dynamic communication, coordination, and sharing of objects between network resources. JavaSpaces acts as a virtual space between providers and requesters of network services. This allows participants in a distributed solution to exchange tasks, requests, and information in the form of Java objects.
Jini in concert with JavaSpaces provides a mechanism to loosely couple systems through remote events and a persistent shared memory model. Processes can exchange information through this space and be notified of changes through asynchronous events. JavaSpaces supports two implementation models: transient and persistent spaces. Transient spaces do not survive across a system restart, while persistent spaces use secondary storage to save restore services upon activation. The simplicity of the JavaSpaces API provides an easy interface, yet it still provides a powerful programming model.
As we move toward B2B service and component-based architectures, coordination and automation of processes both internal and external will take on more importance. Generic workflow engines supporting standard APIs will help integrate both internal and external processes. Jini and JavaSpaces are a network-centric middleware solution for enabling next generation communication and collaboration.
Let's end our discussion of the B2B dark horse contender, Jini and JavaSpaces, by discussing it as a platform for agents of collaboration. We thus move beyond traditional two-tier environments to discuss the opportunities emerging with P2P.
Software agents conjure up images of sci-fi technology. But the popularity of the Internet has ushered in a new era of communication and collaboration. Autonomous agents will provide a strategic advantage in the acquisition and control of information.
Autonomous agents are often defined as systems capable of acting on behalf of a user by learning and cooperating with their environment. Typically there's an agenda or goal that drives an agent's behavior. A mobile agent is able to move across machines and networks to carry out this mission. There's lots of of work being done to provide mobile agents for network management. It is easy to envision the benefits gained by network managers using mobile agents to relay conditions and instructions to network elements.
Jini provides a foundation for many of the requirements of mobile agents. As mentioned above, the ability to move code from machine to machine, through downloadable proxies, is one of the key enablers of the Jini framework. Business-to-business e-commerce can also benefit from agent technologies and specifically Jini-based implementations.
Often we think of B2B and B2C as two separate models of participation and communication. But B2B and B2C are not discreet models but rather exist on a continuum. By introducing agents you add another element of complexity to your current processing capabilities. As a result the ability to leverage software agents at key points -- in distribution, manufacturing, sales, and customer relationship management -- becomes compelling.
Figure 5. , B2B and B2C are not discreet models but rather exist on a continuum.
Imagine a business engaged in distributing products and services over the Web. Detailed market research is involved in determining the effectiveness of this distribution channel. Many companies are looking for more effective data capture and analysis techniques. A trellis pattern is one possible solution.
A trellis consists of a hierarchical group of processes. These processes can range from low-level data capture to high-level production forecasting. Jinni and JavaSpaces can be used to build trellis patterns. These patterns combine traditional systems, agents, and information workers, coordinating and collaborating at different levels within the process hierarchy.
The Jini network of loosely-coupled collaborating processes is an ideal foundation for the acquisition and control of information. Cutting edge corporations are investing in technologies to help systems and information workers become more effective in the capture, analysis, and dissemination of information.
Jini and JavaSpaces offer great promise in allowing systems, agents, and information workers to collaborate in new and exciting ways. These technologies will enable multi-dimensional information exchange and intuitive work group formation.
Betting on the dark horse may be your best bet.
Robert Flenner is an active author, software developer, and independent contractor who is actively involved with emerging B2B technologies.
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Colorado's "degreed" naturopaths (NDs) are nothing if not persistent. Starting in 1994 they have tried seven times to convince legislators that the Colorado's public needs protection from what "traditional" naturopaths (traditionals) do, and that the best way of providing that protection, they claim, is to bestow licensure on the guys with the college degrees. The irony in this is that the NDs could well be the more dangerous practitioners.
Legislators have been largely sympathetic to the concerns of the more numerous traditionals who fear the loss of their right to work as naturopaths. The NDs have tried neutralize these opponents by reassuring them they could continue to practice naturopathy, but the traditionals don't buy that. And they won't easily forfeit the title of "naturopath" to which they believe to have more claim.
So what we have here in Colorado is near 20-year turf war between two types of naturopaths: the NDs who seek legislation to transform naturopathy into a protected guild, and the traditionals who are happy with the status quo. There is no love lost between these groups. Legislators repeatedly advise them to resolve their differences before asking for licensure again, but they haven't gotten close to détente.
Colorado NDs have made no secret of their economic motivations. Before the 2011 legislative session, the Colorado Association of Naturopathic Doctors (CAND) was reinvigorated by the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act which has this "non-discrimination" provision:
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We need to be able to walk into an MD's office, describe our symptoms and be given a test to see if this is what we have.
Think of how many lives would be spared. How many suicides prevented. How this disease would be able to be diagnosed at the mild or moderate level and spare those who aren't diagnosed early enough, who end up trying to push through symptoms, and consequently spend countless years suffering the effects of severe M.E.- left bedbound and ultimately abandoned.
I want to know why, when I walk into an MD's office, I get told there is no such thing as ME and that I must be suffering from some other "real" disease like cancer and then be subject to a series of tests. MD's inevitably get pissed off when tests come back normal as if I've somehow fooled them.
For God's sake why in the hell does the National Institutes of Health spend $16 million dollars on male patterned baldness and $3 million dollars on M.E. ?! Why don't people fight for us?
There continues to be such a stigma attached to this disease-it's gone on for decades! Why does this feel like having a modern day version of leprosy? Or why it feels akin to admitting to a committing a crime upon 'coming out' with the name of this disease?
Variation on a theme once I have to disclose I have a chronic illness (only after having to cancel several planned outings or explaining why I can't go to certain events due to the possibility of passing out):
Me: Um...I'm sorry I have to cancel again. I don't want you to think I'm a flake. I have a chronic illness that limits my activity.......
Them: "Oh-what's the name of your illness?"
Me: "Well....it has a benign name but it's really a serious and devastating disease. It involves the immune system, brain, endocrine system."
Them: "I'm sorry to hear of this-what's the name of it?"
Me: "It's called Myalgic Encephalomyelitis."
Them: "That sounds Horrible!"
And then inevitably I feel guilty and blurt out...."in this country its called "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome."
Them: silence............."oh"...said flatly (as if I've fooled them into thinking I have something serious). "I have a friend who has that. She's tired a lot too but when she exercises she feels better. Have you tried exercising?"
Me: Sigh. Here we go again...
As an aside why can't people respect issues associated with MCS. They are so attached to their chemical scents. My housemate refuses to stop using those stupid dryer sheets. The vent is below my bedroom. He does laundry CONSTANTLY (he has OCD).
I have an idea for a research study that I'm exploring. I have started a literature review and am surprised there is no existing study, at least not that I've discovered so far. I have a few advantages for conducting such a study. I'm familiar with the type of research involved with this sort of study. I have some training in grant writing-albeit a long time ago. For my dissertation I was one of the first to do a research study utilizing this particular method. I was one of several Ph.D. candidates featured in a book written by a professor on research methods. The content of my dissertation was original so I have experience doing original work and am familiar with what is involved. I happen to be affected by lyme, toxins, viruses, bacterial infections, have a poorly functioning immune system, and have the honor of also having a lot of neurological symptoms.
I was once at the severe level. I remember a few months after being diagnosed when just the act of talking felt like an effort. I would lay in bed watching tv. When my then partner would ask me a question or say something that required a response and feeling alarmed at the effort it took. I didn't want to let her know because I didn't want her to be frightened. But she already was. Terrified. We both were. But we didn't speak of It. We became caught in the maze of M.E. That horrible, awful maze that is M.E.--that destroys the lives of all that it touches.
There are times when I have severe neurological symptoms. Fortunately it has only been a day at most but I know that's what awaits me if I don't pay attention. When those neurological symptoms occur the one question that strikes fear in me is "what if I end up this way forever"? I remember similar questions would get uttered by friends with HIV when they would catch a cold-"what if this turns into pneumonsystis pneumonia?" What if that bout of forgetfulness is the beginning aids dementia?
Part of the reason I'm considering this again is because I've been re-experiencing some bad cognitive symptoms (word finding difficulty, difficulty with writing, etc...) similar to when I was first getting ill I'm also having a re-occurrence of anxiety-the out of the blue anxiety like I did at the beginning. I'm a little worried about it-worried that I pushed myself too long. And there is also an increase of OI symptoms which likely accounts for the increase in anxiety.
Anyway, this research project would be a huge undertaking so I'm carefully considering it.
Oh, in case anyone was wondering-I did put up two posts and then take them down. Stuff is going on with my housing. Could use some positive thoughts about it....
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My boy is 8 weeks old (gosh, I bet those of you who read these daily are getting sick of my standard intro--sorry and for the past few days he has been such a cry baby.
That sounds terrible, but it's true. If we're not holding him, he cries. And today, it seems, if I'm not holding + feeding him (or at least allowing my nipple to be in his mouth), he cries.
Could he be experiencing another growth spurt at 8 weeks?
Do any of you experience this?
I believe in the 'parent your child to bed' bit, so I'm happy to hold him until he falls into a deep sleep, but lately he will wake right out of that deep sleep if I put him down. And when he wakes up, he's cry/screaming, not just crying.
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VALERO TEXAS OPEN JUNIOR SHOOTOUT QUALIFIERThe Dominion Country ClubSan Antonio, TexasJuly 11, 2004
TWO BOYS AND TWO GIRLS SHARE MEDALIST HONORS AT THE DOMINION COUNTRY CLUB12 boys and six girls gain entry into the Valero Texas Open Junior Shootout through Sunday qualifier
SAN ANTONIO â Dax Clark of Shawnee, Okla., and Scott Pinckney of Anthem, Ariz., shared medalist honors Sunday in the Boys Division, while Caitlin Bliss of Katy, Texas, and Stephanie Smith of The Woodlands, Texas, tied for first in the Girls Division to lead 12 boys and six girls who qualified for the Valero Texas Open Junior Shootout to be held at The Dominion Country Club later this week.Conducted by the American Junior Golf Association, the Valero Texas Open Junior Shootout is a 54-hole, stroke play event featuring junior golfers from nine states and Mexico. 101 Texans will be among the 120 juniors, who range in age from 12-18. 2004 marks the 13th year the AJGA has staged the event in the San Antonio area. The tournament will run from Monday, July 12, through Thursday, July 15.Clark and Pinckney each posted matching rounds of 1-under-par 71, while Bliss and Smith shot 9-over-par rounds of 81 to finish the day tied atop the field.The 18-year-old Clark admitted the course set up well for his style of play as he continually hit his driver off the tee. His strategy led to his hitting 14 greens in regulation. Clark has participated in two AJGA events in the 2004 season, the TaylorMade-adidas Golf Junior at The Woodlands and the OSSO Junior at Oak Tree.âItâs wide open so you can bust driver a lot and leave some short shots into the greens,â Clark noted. âI like courses that let you keep the driver in your hands.âPinckney used a hot putting stroke to earn his way into the field. The 15-year-old has previously participated in the Ashworth Junior Series and the Nike Golf Junior All-Star Series, but the Valero Texas Open Junior Shootout will be his first AJGA Open event.âI hit the ball well and putted really well today,â he said. âToday I probably missed only three fairways. Iâd rather qualify and earn my way into the tournament because I get to know the course that way.âTying for third at even-par 72 were Matthew Vela of San Antonio and Chase Neyland of Plano, Texas. Finishing in fifth place was Cameron Fanning of Houston who posted a score of 1-over-par 73.In the Girls Division, Bliss, 15, used a crafty gameplan and a deft touch around the greens en route to sharing medalist honors.âI got up-and-down really well today,â she said. âMy short game was working pretty well. I just tried to save pars when I could by getting up-and-down.âSmith, also 15, used her first-ever AJGA competition to grab a share of medalist honors.âMy tee shot was what made it work today,â she said. âMy putting also helped me. The course is nice and challenging.âTying for third place in the Girls Division were Sara Hemingway of Kingwood, Texas, and Kathryn Oliver of Waco, Texas, who shot 13-over-par 85.Also qualifying for this weekâs tournament in the Boys Division were Brandon Jones of San Antonio, Travis Woolf of Arlington, Texas, Will Griffin of San Antonio, Michael Mullin of Austin, Texas, Jared Shepherd of Kingwood, Texas, Andrew Workman of The Woodlands, Texas, Christopher Miller of The Woodlands, Texas, Aaron Smith of Westlake Village, Calif., and Michael Ramirez of Austin, Texas.Earning entry into this weekâs tournament in the Girls Division were Angela Birdwell of College Station, Texas, Abby Oberthier of Montgomery, Texas, Allyson Ferguson of Houston, Texas, Kelsey Vines of Austin, Texas, and Laura Dyson of Fairview, Texas.Qualifiers who opted to have a Tournament Exemption added to their Performance Based Entry Status in lieu of participating in this weekâs tournament were Boys Division participants Neyland, Fanning, Brian Scherer of Midland, Texas, Chance Pipitone of Houston and Jason Lowry of Southlake, Texas. Girls Division participants who opted out included Bliss, Smith and Oliver.The American Junior Golf Association is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the overall growth and development of young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf. The AJGA has a membership (boys and girls ages 12-18) of approximately 5,000 junior golfers from 50 states and 30 foreign countries.Titleist, the AJGAâs National Sponsor, has been the catalyst and driving force behind the Associationâs success since 1989. Rolex Watch USA, a supporter of the AJGA since 1983, became an AJGA Premier Partner in 2004.For more information on the Valero Texas Open Junior Shootout, contact tournament headquarters at (210)698-2745.
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If anyone is going to ignore the facts I presented and act like I'm just hating on Melo all day...you're really trolling and taking a dump on the forum real hard. This forum has been nothing but quality post...hate to see it turn into garbage because Melosexuals don't know how to carry themselves and speak fairly on this conversation.
The Title of the thread wasn't really a diss, I'm just presenting an idea that Carmelo is overvalued and I fairly made some points that are backed with the statistics. I don't have much time on my hands(work at 6AM till 3PM, boxing 4PMto7PM), I just know my resources.
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David Alan Mahloy Young, 32, of Harpers Ferry, passed away on Friday, April 19, 2013, at Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Ranson.
Born Jan. 5, 1981, in Clinton, Md., he was the son of Richard and Donna Young of Charlotte Hall, Md.
He was an elevator mechanic and a member of Local 10, I.U.E.C.
David was a die-hard conservative American patriot and lover of the Constitution. He was an avid outdoorsman, but most important, David was a devoted husband to Jenne and loving father to Kenly and Kaelyn.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by his loving wife of five years, Jenne Young, at home; two children, Kenly Reagan Young and Kaelyn Grace Young, at home; one sister, Stephanie Weimert and husband, Joshua, of King George, Va.; one brother, Tom Young of Fayetteville, N.C.; two nieces, Alexis Young of Fayetteville, and Lacey Weimert of King George; parents-in-law, Randall and Gail Brosious of Churchton, Md.; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and in-laws.
A visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at Eackles-Spencer & Norton Funeral Home, 256 Halltown Road, Harpers Ferry, WV 25425.
A Celebration of Life luncheon will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 27, 2013 at Christ Church, 112 East Charles Street, LaPlata, MD 20646, with the Rev. Joseph W. Trigg officiating.
In lieu of flowers, donations may go towards Kenly and Kaelyn's college fund and may be made payable to Christ Church, P.O. Box 760, LaPlata, MD 20646.
Condolences to the family may be expressed at his obituary at www.eackles-spencerfuneralhome.com.


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Night can be one of the most intimidating times of the day for photography. We often find ourselves driving past a city scene at night wanting to capture that beauty of the lights, the reflection in the water...but when we take out the camera to capture the image...it never turns out.
Friday night, a group of dedicated photographers met at Baker Beach to learn how to take the intimidation factor out of night time photography.
The first stop for our Night Owl workshops is Baker Beach. It provides us a chance to really get to know where our class stands as far as knowledge of shutter speed, aperture, ISO, etc. This is also where we find out what it is each student wants to come away with most during the evening.
The meeting time at Baker Beach gives us chances to shoot a sunset, when the light is nice...and lets us begin our night work just as the lights come on along the Golden Gate, and the reflection in the surf begins to glow with the brilliant oranges of the bridge.
Our group was eager to learn, and while we always try to keep to a schedule, we have all night to shoot...one of the advantages of night photography is that we're not trying to be somewhere to capture a sunset. It's nice, because if people are having a good time, we can be more flexible and stay until they feel like they have an image they're happy with.
When we'd finished with Baker Beach, it was time to pack up the van and head into the city. The second stop on this night was Lombard Street. People often drive it...or see it in photos...but It's not every day that an army of photographers is turned loose on the road.
Our eager group overtook Lombard, each student finding their ideal location to shoot from. Aperture Academy instructors Stephen and Brian worked the street helping students fine tune their compositions and set their cameras in order to use longer exposures to capture the streak of car lights as they made their way slowly down the city's most crooked road.
Lombard Street is an ideal location to work on using light streaks as a leading line into images that give photographs a bit of mystery and interest. This class was excited to shoot, and every time we thought we could leave, they were off to find more compositions. The nice thing about night photography is it can't get any more night...we're in no hurry.
We had a beautiful night of clear skies to shoot. Only the chilly air was of any concern to us, and after we finished with Lombard Street, we stopped so the group could grab a snack or warm beverage before heading off to our next spot. Taking these small breaks is a great way for us to push the boundaries of legal parking in the city, as well as experience a bit of the hustle and bustle that happens every weekend in San Francisco.
The next spot on the agenda is always one of our favorites -- the Bay Bridge from Embarcadero. Even though Stephen tried his best to get Brian's car hit by a TRAIN, all parties made it in one piece and within minutes of parking, we were set up and making images.
A lot of the concepts covered on the night workshops are the same at every location. Exposure settings and composition...but the goal is to really ingrain the concepts by providing a number of awesome locations for them to practice.
The Bay Bridge is stunning at night and the pilings in the water really give compositions a nice balance, and make them far more interesting to the viewer. The Embarcadero isn't the only place where the view of the Bay Bridge is spectacular, which is why we take our classes to a little overlook on Treasure Island that provides us with a different take on this structure and adds a skyline of San Francisco into the mix as well. (It must be a site to see 15 photographers with tripods lined along the road at midnight.)
Even though Friday was becoming Saturday, our group was NOT losing their drive to use that new found knowledge and capture more images. It seemed even when we stopped for a bathroom break our class was grabbing their gear and running to any vantage point near by to shoot more images of the city.
We ended our class the way it began...photographing the Golden Gate Bridge. The last vantage point we use is a nice little area off the beaten path for most. We get to use traffic lines on the bridge to lead the eye of the viewer into the compositions. We're doing so many of these workshops that even the police officers that patrol the area are recognizing us!
Night photography can be tricky, but an enthusiastic attitude, combined with the valuable knowledge and experience our instructors possess, it no longer becomes an exercise in intimidation. Instead, it's a fun evening out with like-minded individuals pursing a passion.
Thanks for a great evening, class!
Until next time,
Stephen, Brian, and the rest of the Aperture Academy team
P.S. If you'd like to join us at one of our workshops, you can find the schedule/sign up here.
Peter J. Villalpando - March 24th, 2010 (5:45pm)
Thank you Stephen and Brian for a fun educational evening of artistic photography. This was by far the best and most informative class on photography I have taken yet! I can't wait until my next outing with the Aperture Academy.
Sincerely, Peter.
Michelle Kiba - April 8th, 2010 (11:53am)
Thanks to Stephen and Brian, my levelof confidence has given me wings to fly! I dabbled in Manual mode before, but attending this workshop really helped me understand what the mumbo jimbo was all about.
I have to admit, I was quite intimidated at first. While I have been dabbling on my own for many years, this was my first workshop. I was worried that I wouldn't have sufficient basic skills to really benefit from the class, But I disvcovered that the particiapants were all ranges of skill levels. Some knew more and some knew less than I did. Stephen and Brian were great teachers and checked in frequently with each of us, but I also learned cool pointers from the other students too.
I look forward to taking more workshops with you folks again and again.
Michelle Kiba
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Workers ride a Palestinian-only bus en route to the West Bank from Tel Aviv on Monday.
TEL AVIV — For a country fighting allegations of racism and apartheid against its Arab citizens, introducing a "Palestinian-only" bus line for workers entering Israel from the West Bank may not be the smartest move.
The line came into operation Monday and immediately had Israeli human rights groups up in arms.
Zahava Gal-On, the leader of the leftist political party Meretz, demanded that the transport ministry "immediately cancel the segregated lines in the West Bank."
"Separate bus lines for Palestinians prove that occupation and democracy cannot coexist," she added.
Jessica Montell, director of the B'Tselem rights group, also criticized the move. "Creating separate bus lines for Israeli Jews and Palestinians is a revolting plan," she told Army Radio.
Palestinians with entry permits to work in central Israel must now all converge on one single crossing point, at Eyal near Qalqilya, where the new line operates, leading to delays.
A riot broke out Tuesday morning when Palestinians discovered there were not enough buses to take them all to their jobs in Israel.
According to Gal-On and other sources, the move follows pressure from Jewish settlers, who also cross from the West Bank into Israel to work, and who objected to sharing their buses with Palestinians.
Their reason: Fear that Palestinians could leave bombs on the buses and blow them up.
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Israeli soldiers stand on the roadside as Palestinians who have work permits wait for buses to take them to their jobs inside Israel before dawn on Monday.
There are already roads on the West Bank that Arabs are not allowed to use — for security reasons according to the Israelis.
And while the rights groups agree that there are legitimate security concerns, they also claim that "security" is a cover-all concept that leads to blanket discrimination against Arabs.
One Israeli newspaper, Yediot Aharanot, quoted an Israeli Peace Now activist as saying: "A Palestinian Rosa Parks is needed to insist upon sitting on Jewish bus lines, (someone) who won't surrender to discrimination."
The bus firm, Afikim, responded that it would provide more buses to avoid rioting, while the transport ministry issued a statement pointing out that it "has not issued any instruction or prohibition that prevents Palestinian workers from traveling on public transport in Israel nor in Judea and Samaria," Israel's way of describing the West Bank.
However, now that the "Palestinian-only" line exists, rights groups worry that Arabs will be turned away from other buses.
The bottom line is that what may or may not be a legitimate security concern has been turned by bureaucrats into another weapon for Israel's critics.
Martin Fletcher is the author of "The List,""Breaking News" and "Walking Israel."
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Asustek Computer reiterated its desire to become "another Apple" in the long-term future and promised to launch a "killer product" in June this year. In the short-term future the company intends to focus on south-east Asian markets to boost its revenues.
Speaking at an event dedicated to spinning-off Pegatron Technologies from Asustek, Jonney Shih, chairman of Asus, reiterated the company's long-term plan to become "another Apple", but to adopt open-source or popular platforms instead of proprietary software, including ARM and Google Chrome/Android combinations as well as Intel and Windows to suit consumer demand, reports DigiTimes web-site. This is hardly the first time when Asus expresses intentions to become as recognized as Apple, but this is probably the first time when Asustek Computer officially recognizes ARM processors and Google software as strategically important instruments for further growth.
"Our goal is to provide products that are better than Apple's. […] Before, we have been too conservative. We need to do better communications with the customers to let them know Asus is not only an Asian company," said Jonathan Tsang, the vice chairman of Asustek, in an interview in mid-2009.
One of the products that many expect to become popular is the so-called Asus Eee slate-type personal computer, which is expected to be launched in mid-2010. Even though Mr. Shih has not confirmed any actual products, he said that in June, 2010, the company would release a "killer product", which may indicate that the company pins a lot of hopes onto the rumoured Eee Pad gadget.
It should be noted that Apple is has gained its brand recognition and popularity due to attractive industrial design of its products, advanced software, sophisticated content services as well as overall usability of its products. Meanwhile, Asustek is primarily known for high-end motherboards as well as notebooks that are based on the mainstream software often criticized by demanding users. Asus does not offer any content services and its Linux software is moderate to say at least. While the company does have its own design studio called Asus Design, only a handful of its products can be called stylish at the moment. Taking into account all of the above, Asus' ability to become the next Apple seems a little far-fetched.
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A Special Holiday Thank You
I wanted to offer everyone a special RSBS Christmas gift but it appears our government already beat me to it. Detroit may not get a Super Bowl ring or a World Series Championship this year but we got the next best thing and it's all thanks to you!
Seriously, though, Happy Holidays from both me and Jeff. See you in the New Year!
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Wow, all I can say is wow…I'll probably be thinking the same thing this weekend when the Lions lose to the Pack and make it the first 16 game losing season ever…Wow
Hey Allen & Jeff – I hope you both had a great holiday and Go Lions! Let's hope they make it a perfect season!
Thanks Julia! I have to say, it's a humbling experience to be part of such perfection. This took years of hard work and planning to achieve what no team had ever achieved before. Here's to an extension of the schedule and the possibility of an 18 loss season!


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