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About the Author: Brian Van Pay is a Maritime Geographer with the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs. He is currently on the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy on the Arctic Ocean.
This is my sixth and final entry for DipNote aboard the Healy. Thanks for all of your comments and questions over the past couple of weeks. I'll close this series by answering those questions that were presented and a couple others that I am typically asked.
Is this a modern-day land grab? Is this a race for resources? No, the Arctic Ocean is just that -- an ocean -- and just like other oceans, there are international law and agreements in place that govern how nations will act. In fact, high-level officials from the five nations that border the Arctic Ocean (Canada, Denmark, Norway, Russia, and the United States) met in Ilulissat, Greenland at the end of May. There they reaffirmed that the law of the sea provides a foundation for responsible management of the Arctic Ocean. They also pledged their commitment to freedom of navigation in Arctic waters, preservation and protection of the fragile marine environment of the Arctic Ocean, cooperative marine scientific research, and orderly settlement of any possible overlapping claims to the continental shelf.
So why now? Are we up there because of climate change or declining ice? No. While this might make for a more interesting story, the real reason lies in a sentence toward the end of the Convention that says each nation has 10 years to define its continental shelf once they become a party. Many nations, including Canada, are approaching their respective deadlines. We are taking advantage of cooperative opportunities as they arise, such as this joint venture with Canada.
What significance is there to Russia planting a flag on the North Pole in August 2007? While it was a technological achievement for two submersibles to reach the seafloor of the North Pole, the action of planting a flag has no legal effect. On a related note, the United States and the Soviet Union signed a maritime boundary agreement in 1990. Russia has respected this provisional maritime boundary, and they are not defining an extended continental shelf where the United States might.
How does the fact that the United States has not acceded to the Convention on the Law of the Sea affect the establishment of its continental shelf? President Bush issued a statement in support of the Convention in May of 2007 and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee successfully voted it out of Committee in October 2007, but a vote on the Senate floor has yet to be scheduled. The United States abides by the Convention, its provisions secure our sovereign rights over the U.S. continental shelf, and the United States will continue to collect data that will define the outer limits of our continental shelf. Accession to the Convention will provide greater international recognition to the establishment of those limits.
What safety precautions are there for marine mammals while collecting seismic data? Natural Resources Canada conducted an environmental assessment and subsequently received an authorization from the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans. As part of the authorization, the Louis has marine mammal observers aboard and has implemented mitigation measures. (As an example, the seismic system was shut down when we passed the polar bear and her cub that I mentioned in the last blog). All seismic data collection is occurring from the Louis and outside the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone. The Healy also has a marine mammal observer aboard to serve as a supplementary lookout. Finally, both ships have representatives from the native communities onboard to monitor activities on behalf of the native subsistence hunters.
Who is doing the work? The work to define the U.S. extended continental shelf is coordinated by the U.S. Extended Continental Shelf Task Force, an interagency body headed by the U.S. Department of State. Participants in this Task Force include the: U.S. Geological Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Executive Office of the President, Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency, Minerals Management Service, and Arctic Research Commission. In addition, much of the data collection has been done by the Joint Hydrographic Center, a cooperative office between the University of New Hampshire and NOAA. For more information on the work of the ECS Task Force and the data collection this summer, see our website.
Fall is setting in and the surface of the open water is turning to a thin black or gray ice and soon it will become solid, first-year ice. After traversing just over 3,000 miles during the past 26 days, it is time to wrap up data collection this season and head back home. The Louis broke off from us at midnight on Saturday and is on its way to Kugluktuk for a crew change. On Wednesday, the Healy will anchor off the Alaska coast once again where my colleagues and I will board a helicopter for the short ride to Barrow. By Monday I'll trade in my jeans and plaid shirt for my suit and tie back in Washington, where I have plenty of work to get us organized for our efforts over this next year.
I hope you enjoyed reading my entries on DipNote as much as I have enjoyed writing them. To my family and friends, I will see you soon.
Editor's Note: Read Brian's previous entry about life aboard an icebreaker.
Joe in Tennessee writes:
I am sure your glad to be off that god forsaken trip...
Agreement between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the maritime boundary,
1 June 1990
They may respect it, but they are not the USSR now:
What have they signed since? Where does it state that the NEW Russian Federation has to grandfather that or is there some other oversight paperwork signed since establishing the new Country?
Why should Russia respect any Internal bills passed in the US? I do not understand.
August 1, 2008
According to the new doctrine, the Russian Navy will prioritize the deployment of fourth-generation nuclear-powered submarines and aircraft-carrier task groups.
Russia will completely modernize the naval component of its nuclear triad by 2016.
Fourth-generation Borey-class nuclear-powered submarines armed with Bulava ballistic missiles will form the core of Russia's fleet of modern strategic submarines.
Aircraft-carrier task groups will consist of an aircraft carrier, escort ships and support vessels.
"Three task groups will be in service with the Northern Fleet and another three with the Pacific Fleet," a defense ministry source said.
Russia is gradually shifting the focus of its geopolitical interests toward the Arctic and will increase its military presence in the region.
The Defense Ministry has already announced plans to expand the presence of the Russian Navy in the world's oceans, including the Arctic, and extend the operational range of submarines deployed in the northern latitudes.
Russia is gradually shifting the focus of its geopolitical interests toward the Arctic and will increase its military presence in the region.
But they are a longgg way off in actuality having put foreign sales before self interest-that is what the Intel suggest but.., how did they pump out two new subs for India in such a short time and not the ones they revamped.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
Thanks for posting Brian, and welcome back to "the world"(sic)...
Safe travels.
P.S. link to website above is not working (two different addresses combined)
Extracted, this one worked: www.state.gov/continentalshelf
DipNote Blogger Luke Forgerson writes:
@ Eric in New Mexico:
Great catch! We've corrected the URL, and the link should work properly now. Thanks!
Susan in Florida writes:
@ Brian -- I just finished reading your last posting and want to thank you again for your great entries and incredible photos. Thank you,too, for answering the questions in such depth. I feel that I have learned so much from your entries and truly appreciate you taking the time to educate all of us out here. Welcome back!
Tim in Canada writes:
Heeeeey Brian!
Do you plan on finally removing that Louis ballcap from your head??
Safe travels! Good working with you.
Joe in Tennessee writes:
So, where is the legality to back up why Russia should maintain any agreement made as the USSR?
Justin in Alaska writes:
Hey Brian,
Suit and tie? (where's the gloves or mittens?) I respectively admired your posts. It was a glorious experience working along side yourself and so many other brilliant people.
Thanks to Captain Fred and everyone aboard the Healy as my time there was well spent and you greeted us with unimaginable care.
Leon in Maryland writes:
@ Brian: Exciting reading! Sounds like you are really enjoying your work -- how great. We'll miss you next week in the cafeteria. Best wishes.


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April is Alcohol Awareness Month
"Help for Today. Hope For Tomorrow" is this year's theme for National Alcohol Awareness Month, announced National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence.
Alcohol Awareness Month, held every April, was founded by and has been sponsored by the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence since 1987 to increase public awareness and understanding aimed at reducing the stigma that too often prevents individuals and families from seeking help.
During Alcohol Awareness Month, the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence and council's national network of affiliates reach out in communities across the country to bring the American public information about alcohol and alcoholism as a chronic, progressive disease, fatal if untreated, and genetically predisposed.
The disease of alcoholism is a family disease that is treatable, not a moral weakness, from which people can and do recover. In fact, millions of individuals and family members are living lives in long-term recovery from alcoholism.
There are more than 18 million individuals or 8.5 percent of Americans who suffer from alcohol-use disorders.
There are millions of individuals who experience the devastating effects of the alcohol problem of someone in their life.
In fact, 25 percent of U.S. children are exposed to alcohol-use disorders in their family.
Statistics show that every year more than 6,500 people under the age of 21 die from alcohol-related injuries involving underage drinking and thousands more are injured.
Almost 2,400 youth under 21 die in drinking and driving crashes; some 2,400 die from other accidents, falls, fires etc., 1,500 die in alcohol-related homicides and 300 due to suicide.
Some important basic facts about underage drinking:
– Alcohol is the number one drug of choice for America's young people, more than tobacco or illicit drugs.
– Those who begin drinking before age 15 are four times more likely to develop alcoholism than those who begin at age 21.
– Each day, 7,000 kids in the United States under the age of 16 take their first drink.
– Underage alcohol use costs the nation an estimated $62 billion annually.
Parents are a child's most influential teacher.
Parents who choose to drink should serve as positive role models by drinking sensibly and in moderation so that when their teenagers are of legal drinking age they know what is appropriate and responsible behavior.
When was the last time you talked to your kids about alcohol?
It isn't something that can simply be left to the schools or churches to handle.
It is only when parents take an active role in discouraging alcohol usage that real progress can be made.
Many parents are surprised at how early a discussion about alcohol is necessary.
Most children have the ability to comprehend some basic concepts from about five years of age.
By then, they're old enough to understand what substances are harmful, especially for children.
Such early discussions provide a foundation that parents can build on by adding age-appropriate details as the child grows.
By the second or third grade, it's a good idea to incorporate a "plan of action" into the discussions.
A good plan of action is one that the child has helped prepare and practice, and is ready to use when confronted with a situation involving alcohol.
This can help your child from being caught off guard when a situation occurs in the real world.
Role-playing is a good way to give kids practice in turning down alcohol.
Lead it off by saying, "I wonder what you can say and do when refusing alcohol?" Take turns being the one to offer the alcohol and the one turning it down, practicing various responses.
Children also need parents to provide an appropriate model.
Young children may accept a parent's actions being different than theirs, but teens often believe "what's good for the goose is good for the gander."
A bad example on the parents' part can undermine previously-learned lessons very quickly.

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"The thing to remember is that, for affluentials, money has become the tool with which to buy non-material things—space, time, health, fitness, and meaningful experiences. "
Agusta A109
If legendary sports car builder Enzo Ferrari had designed a helicopter, this would have been it: the Italian-made Agusta A109 light twin.
First conceived in 1967, the 109 was Agusta's first clean-sheet-of-paper product (although the company had been successfully building helicopters under contract and designed by others, most notably Bell, for years). Like the 1968 Ferrari Daytona, the 109 had all the hallmarks of classic Italian design: sleek and slippery styling that made it look fast even when it was sitting on the ramp, nimble handling, amazing speed and ingenious integration of new technologies and materials. And there were also a few traditional drawbacks: idiosyncratic maintenance requirements and interior ergonomics best suited to adolescents. So what? It was fast.
Agusta merged with Britain's GKN Westland Helicopters in 2000 and the entire company became a subsidiary of Agusta's parent firm, the Italian Finmeccanica Group, in 2004. Over the years Agusta has made many refinements and improvements to the 109, culminating with the introduction of the stretched-cabin 109S "Grand" in 2004. Last summer, American pilots Scott Kasprowicz and Steve Sheik set an around-the-world helicopter speed record in a stock Grand (no auxiliary fuel tanks or other special equipment): 11 days, seven hours and two minutes for an average speed of 84.9 mph, which includes ground time. Like I said, fast.
Getting the first 109s to market was another matter. After protracted gestation-Agusta first started looking at building its own light helicopter in the 1950s-deliveries of the "A" model began in 1976. The "A" featured a pair of 420-shp Allison (now Rolls-Royce) 250-C20B turbine engines and a high-speed, four-blade main rotor system.
The A109 quickly became one of the most popular rides for the rotor-borne executive set. A U.S. distributor took out an option for 100 units and, for a time, Britain's RAF even used it to transport the royal family and other VIPs. Law enforcement, search and rescue, military and air ambulance variants also were developed over the years. Today more than 540 A109s are operating worldwide.
Upgrades have included up-rated engines and transmissions; better avionics; improved hydraulic, drive-shaft and rotor systems; redesigned maintenance access panels and tail boom; beefier landing gear; single-pilot IFR capability; sliding cabin doors for utility and military operators; and external hard points for anti-tank missiles. (No, that last add-on was not a factory option available to the general public. But what a handy way to clear a landing zone.)
In 1997, Agusta launched the A109E "Power." An AgustaWestland spokesman insisted that the Power is not a variant of the original 109 family; instead, it's an entirely new helicopter that "differs in all aspects from all of the A109 models previously produced since 1971," the year Agusta first manufactured a 109 prototype.
However, while there are numerous differences, the Power does still look like the original A109 and all models are approved under the same type certificate, albeit with a slew of amendments. Although not exactly capacious, the cabin in the Power is slightly larger, the avionics are more modern and the engines are more powerful. The instrument panel was updated with a six-screen LCD display. Customers had a choice of two engines for the Power: Pratt & Whitney P206 or the Turbomeca Arrius. The Pratts, while notorious for belching soot all over the tail boom, were otherwise fine under most circumstances but the Turbomecas did provide slightly more power for operating in high/hot conditions, such as mountain flying in the summer. Either way, customers got 25-percent more takeoff power (some 1,300 shp) than with the Allison 250s in the original 109s and a maximum cruising speed of 154 knots. Fast.
Beginning in 2002, the U.S. Coast Guard used that speed to chase down drug smugglers in go-fast boats. Under a program called HITRON, for Helicopter Interdiction Squadron, the Coast Guard leased eight Powers they designated MH-68 "Stingrays." It equipped them with machine guns, laser-sited sniper rifles, stun guns and entanglement nets. The program was an enormous success, forcing smugglers to devise alternative methods.
The larger marketplace also embraced the helicopter; AgustaWestland has received orders for more than 470 AW109E Powers from 50 nations. Almost half of these were for aircraft customized for executive transport. In this configuration, the Power remains largely unchanged from the original 109s; two pilot positions up front-although it can be flown well with one-and two facing benches behind with room for four to five passengers. With a full complement of fuel, the Power has a ferry range of 440 nautical miles and a useful load of 1,287 pounds. Of course, most executive helicopter flights last less than 30 minutes, requiring nowhere near full fuel. Typically laden with passengers, a Power has a range of 260 nautical miles and can stay in the air for slightly less than two hours with a 30-minute reserve.
The bench seats are a tad cramped for longer trips and tall pilots find the cockpit somewhat confining-but that rap applies to most helicopters in this class. AgustaWestland did attempt to improve passenger ergonomics by subsequently offering the Power Elite model, which provides better rear bench pitch at the expense of slightly less fuel capacity. An extended 34-cubic-foot cargo-hold option is also available, but passengers still need to pack light.
Some of Italy's leading design houses, including Pininfarina and Versace, have designed upscale interiors for the Power and there is room for a beverage drawer and small-scale in-flight entertainment components. Window views are generous and the air-conditioning system is accordingly robust. Enhanced soundproofing and a cabin step are popular after-market options.
The AW109E's small, retractable wheeled landing gear makes it easy to maneuver on the ground but can limit it to landings on paved surfaces as opposed to wet turf or mud, where the wheels can sink in.
Pilots generally love the way the AW109E handles, praise its ability in instrument conditions and like all that extra engine power.
Passengers seem enamored with the style, if not completely satisfied with the ergonomics. Parts and support are less of an issue than you might imagine, as AgustaWestland assembles helicopters at its U.S. plant in Philadelphia. The 109E will require more maintenance than competing models in its class.
While not inexpensive to operate, it is 20 knots faster than anything comparable and that speed gives it better numbers overall (see chart on previous page). Besides, we're talking Ferrari here, not Honda Accord. With the AW109E, you fly fast and arrive in style.
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Minot man charged in shooting incident
Ruben Voegele
BEULAH – Ruben Voegele, 82, Beulah, died Monday, April 8, 2013, in a Beulah nursing home.
He was born Jan. 21, 1931, to Christ and Eva Voegele, south of Zap. He married Evangeline Menge in 1950 in Beulah. She died in 1975. He married Judith Keller in 1970.
Survivors: wife; daughters, Valerie Johnson, Dickinson, Dawn Wilson, DeKalb, Ill.; son, Gerald, Grand Forks; 10 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; stepsons, William Keller Jr., Beulah, Kevin Keller, Gillette, Wyo.; stepdaughters, Stacey Winkler and Jody Pfenning, both Beulah; nine stepgrandchildren; eight stepgreat-grandchildren; sisters, Hella Menge, Beulah, Alvina Spier, Bismarck; and brother, Raymond, Beulah.
Funeral: Tuesday, 10 a.m. CDT, Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Beulah.
Burial: Beulah City Cemetery.
Visitation: Monday, 5 to 7 p.m. CDT, in Barbot-Seibel Funeral Home, Beulah.


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Official *What did you get in the mail today?* Thread!!!
The tea I bought from Momo is waiting for me at home- unless my sister opened the package and stashed it somewhere. Must get home faster! =-O
Mmmmm my swap from agnrboda arrived! Woot woot!
I got part 1 of my Verdant order! Also, I pretty quickly decided I did not order enough. I… think I have a problem.
I got my gaiwan set from Verdant! Love it, pours beautifully. Waiting on the tea I ordered before the set, because one or two were pre-orders.
Verdant mail day! Technically they arrived yesterday, but I wasn't home, so I had to go to the P.O today to pick them up. Huzzah! My Tall Pond Gaiwan is here, along with some favorite teas (Eight Treasures Yabao!!!!) and my tea of the month club box came as well. Tea overload! Should be a nice weekend :)
My swap from Lariel~
Verdant sent me a second gaiwan no questions asked because the first one wasn't the specific design I'd picked out. Like always it came with a handwritten note (this one kindly apologizing for the mix-up even) PLUS 2 generously sized free samples of their new spring teas, which is nuts considering it wasn't an order per se. They are the best and my gaiwan(s!) are beautiful. They immediately got pride of place in the corner of my kitchen on a tray.
I got my swap from CK!!!! I love it all!
My mint matcha, Irish cream matcha, zen-tea Phoenix pearls, and lupicia tea break!!
She added a couple extra:) Hawaiian islands tea company – hibiscus honey :) I can't wait to sip away!
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An awesomely huge package of 52teas, which I split with Charoma.
The delivery person nearly gave me a heartattack. I wasn't expecting it delivered to my door & he was early, knocked super loud & rang the doorbell.
The 2 VITs are in here, banana pudding, smores genmaicha, marshmallow treat, tropical eyebrows & pancake breakfast.


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Vermont sweeps St. Lawrence Carnival
WILMINGTON – The University of Vermont alpine ski team captured the team championship at the two-day St. Lawrence Carnival held over the weekend at Whiteface Mountain.
The Catamounts racked up 1,013 points to outscore Dartmouth (789) and University of New Hampshire (748). St. Lawrence finished seventh.
UVM dominated the women's slalom event on Saturday, with Elli Terwiel taking first with a total time of 1:27.44, Kristina Riis-Johannessen (1:29.20) in second and Kate Ryley (1:29.58) in fourth. Lizzie Kistler of Dartmouth placed third in 1:29.35.
Ryley placed first in Friday's giant slalom with a two-run time of 2:03.41, while Riis-Johannessen was second in 2:03.76 and Terwiel was third in 2:03.93.
David Donaldson of Middlebury College won both the giant slalom and slalom. He won the men's slalom with a two-run time of 1:21.98, followed by UVM's Travis Dawson (1:22.85) and Coley Oliver (1:23.04).
Jonathan Nordbotten placed second in the giant slalom with a total time of 1:59.30 and Andrew McNealus was third in 1:59.57.
U16 Cup at Whiteface
New York Ski Educational Foundation hosted the U16 Cup giant slalom and slalom races at Whiteface Mountain on Saturday, Jan. 12.
Cecily Decker of Saranac Lake won the giant slalom competition after recording a 54.96-second first run and 52.66 in her second for a total time of 1:47.62. Her sister Sheila Decker placed third in the event with a total time of 1:56.46.
Whiteface skiers dominated the slalom top five, with Beatrix Lever (1:28.99) taking first, Sheila Decker (1:34.32) in fourth and Jillian Barile (1:35.78) in fifth. Megan Bright of National Sports Academy was second in 1:33.80.
Ben Meyer of National Sports Academy won the giant slalom with a two-run time of 1:51.83. Whiteface skier Dillon Smith was fifth in 1:53.85.
Jonathan Yudell won the slalom with a total time of 1:31.91. Alex Akoundi was NSA's top finisher in the event with a time of 1:39.89.


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Quest for magic bullet fly
I will start with a confession.....
Two weeks ago at the Knoxville Fishing Show my son persuaded me to spend 25 bucks on a "Trout Magnate" kit, video and spool of their special 2 pound line.
Okay so laugh if you want.... fortunately my life long fishing buddies in Maine will not find out.
My son claims the trout magnate "system" catches trout in moving water like crazy and after watching the DVD that included a TWRA biologist (Habanera?) fishing in Gatlinburg with them I must agree it works extremely well.
They don't look like anything more than a rubber grub with a split tail and ribbed body on a weighted jig hook and they come in all kinds of crazy colors.... nothing special about them other than they kick along the bottom and must look like food or stimulate some kind of reckless response. not certain.
It seems to me that the closest thing to them a fly fisher would tie would be a cone head wholley bugger in hot pink or chartruese.
So I seriously doubt I will ever tie one onto a spinning outfit and head to g-burg but I will be trying to find some fuscia marabou to imitate a trout magnate ASAP.
While we would all love to think that trout do most of their feeding in the film or just below.... Shawn's awesome videos actually show that trout hang much lower than I ever imagined and do most of their feeding just above the bottom.
I will tie my version on the same size hooks, tie a marabou tail and then wrap the body with the remaining marabou and tie off behind a cone head likely no palmered hackle..... this I think would be the feather equivalent of the rubbah trout magnate.
Anyone familiar with these?
I've seen them advertised- looks like a crappie jig. I caught a trout on a white crappie jig on a fly rod! Hard to cast, though.
John Torchick
Funny thing; Last night I compared the TM jig head to other hooks and it appears size 10... the jig weight seemed similar to a size 3/16 black titanium bead... the little rubber split tail body is virtually weightless.
When it comes to total weight this would be throwable under a decent size indicator with a five weight!
Moral dilemna.... is this poor form?
Time to slightly downsize a unique "fly" I created two years ago... my quest for the magic bullet fly continues.
The LRO online store shows the specialty hook I need so I will call them now.
I think when we start adding "moral" implications to the type of fly/bait/lure we throw at the fish, we add to the (sometimes real) myth of the snobby fly fisherman. If it's legal and you like it, and it catches fish - who cares? Those things will catch trout. So will crappie jigs and Rapala's ( single hook regs in most places, so watch it if you try that). So will crickets and worms and "flies" made of the filter of a found cigarette butt! (don't ask.)
As long as you're fishing within the law, I don't see the need to worry about any other moral issues. It's fly fishing. It's supposed to be fun. Or catch you dinner. Or both.
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When I first started bringing my son to the Park he was too small to effectively fly fish but he could handle a small UL spinning outfit. He first started using these "magnets" in place of a nymph below a split shot. The fish killed them and this was able to keep him interested in fishing up there until he caught his first trout on a fly. Closest thing I have seen to these is a bead head green weenie with an extended tail...come in the same colors and act similar in the water....have often wondered what one of the magnets would do if fished on just an extend hook with no weight.
A couple years ago while recovering from a total right foot re-build I had lotsa time to think about tying flies... and dream of moving from Maine to HERE.
After five months in traction and reading a ton of magazines I finally asked my wife to bring my tyoing stuff to my bed and tied in bed for weeks. Fortunately she slept in a different room those several months because the bed was full of snippets, feather. fur etc..... But I was happy to be doing anything.
Well; I had a ****ton of size 4 kink shank hooks that I had misordered years prior and got thinking about what I might do with them.
MY RECIPE for a my magic bullet:
BTW... Daniel at LRO hooked me up with some size 8 kinkshanks the other day so now I can down size the original fly a bit.
Don't laugh now but I put a tungsten cone head on the kinkshank size 4 hook and centered the bead in the kink with the hook inverted in the vise.... this lowers the center of gravity causing the fly to ride point up & less likely to snag bottom.
On the size 8 kinks I'm using tungsten beads that ride in the kink.
Then I tie fuschia, green, white or other color ESTAZ ONTO THE SHANK about 1/3 up the bend with inverted hook in vise and run it up to the bead or cone and tie off.
Retie ESTAZ in front of bead and wind to 1/8 inch behind the eye and tie off.
THEN I get a bunny strip (zonkah) and pierce through enough to make a tail that hangs off the bend about 3/8 to 1/2 or longer and pull it forward over the BOTTOM of the hook which is inverted covering the estaz and bead and tie off behind the eye.
****ation I wish I knew how to post pictures here but I had a brain injury many years ago and computers drive me nuts.
Anyway this thing swims so seductively that fish seem to attack it! The first day I could barely walk in May 2010 I hitched one onto a 7 weight and went down the road to the lake... first cast hooked huge pike from shore, say good bye it was 3x! Within half an hour I broke off several more and land a couple.
Since then I've caught all kinds of stuff on it. Browns, smb, redeye and now that I'm doing it in trout magnate size I think I will catch more trout on it than I did on the size 4. I like white estaz with white bunny but the white bunny with fuschia estaz seems to be the killer.
Anyway; I will see if my wife can figure out how to post pictures for me.
Was reading Geirach last evening - laughed out loud when he described his friend slaying the fish with a large Pistol Pete in a private stream and another angler's shock.
Now for you Pistol Pete Purists, is it morally better to wear a hoodie or mash the barb of this fine lure to prevent gaining new ear jewelry?
The marabou fly you are describing (or something close to it) is one of my best flies on warm tailwaters where stripers, white bass, and hybrids live. I've caught so many different species on this fly. I just wrap a lot of lead, cover it with thread and/or dubbing, tie in the marabou tail as you describe and wrap the rest of the marabou forward to the eye and tie off. Not sure why, but on days when absolutely nothing else will work, this simple little fly works wonders. I tie it on a fairly short hook in size 6.
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Topic: [SOLVED] An index view in need of a major refactor
Hello this is my index view of my entries controller which uses a lot conditional logic to show address book data if it exists for a particular entry. I have two questions: is there a simpler way of writing the <%- unless entry.paddress.nil? || entry.paddress.empty? -%> parts and why won't the "Nothing was found. Please try another search term." ever appear? If I search for something that doesn't exist, it just returns nothing in the view instead of the string: "Nothing was found. Please try another search term." I'm fairly sure it has something to do with entries_count in the controller code, but I'm at a loss as to what the problem is. With "@entries, @entries_count = @search.all, @search.count" in the index action of the controller it seems like it should be working correctly. Does anyone see something I do not? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
My index view:
<% @entries.each do |entry| %>
<%- if @entries_count > 0 -%>

<%= link_to h(entry.name), entry %>

<%- unless entry.paddress.nil? || entry.paddress.empty? -%>

 <a href="http://maps.google.com?q=<%= h(entry.paddress) %>"><%= h(entry.paddress) %>

<%- end -%>
<%- unless entry.address.empty? -%>

Location: <a href="http://maps.google.com?q=<%= h(entry.address) %>"><%= h(entry.address) %>

<%- end -%>
<%- unless entry.category.nil? || entry.category.empty? -%>

<%= h(entry.category) %>

<%- end -%>
<%- unless entry.description.nil? || entry.description.empty? -%>

<%= h(entry.description) %>

<%- end -%>
<p2><%= link_to "more...", entry %><p2>
<%- if current_user -%>
<%= link_to 'Edit', edit_entry_path(entry) %>
<%- end -%>
<%- else -%>

Nothing was found. Please try another search term.

<%- end -%>
<% end %>
<%= will_paginate @entries %>
<%- if current_user -%>
<%- else -%>
<%- end -%>
with it's associated method in the controller:
def index
@search = Entry.search_for(params[:search])
@entries, @entries_count = @search.all, @search.count
@entries = Entry.search_for(params[:search]).paginate(:page => params[:page], :per_page => 10)
respond_to do |format|
format.xml { render :xml => @entries }
Thank you for your time.
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Who's Beating Us in Cashless Payments
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- It's no secret that more and more Americans are turning away from cash in favor of using debit cards, credit cards and mobile and online payments.
It turns out the rest of the world is going cashless too.
According to a report from MasterCard
In the U.S. alone, 80% of all consumer payment transactions in 2011 were cashless, but that leaves Americans well down the list of countries on the fast path to abandoning cash.
Ahead of the U.S. were these countries:
Belgium: 93%
France: 92%
Canada: 90%
The U.K.: 89%
Sweden: 89%
Australia: 86%
Netherlands: 85%
For consumers, the trend away from paper-based currency is about convenience. Buying a pair of jeans or filling the car at the pump using cash costs consumers time, and as any economist will tell you, the extra stop at the ATM or bank to draw out cash is just as much a commodity as a $20 bill.
There's also the risk of losing cash stashed in pockets or in the console of a consumer's car or truck.
Consumers are also turning rapidly to smartphones to pay for goods and services, rendering even credit cards less useful. According to Forrester Research
"What seems to be overlooked in the policy dialogue is that cash takes time to access, is riskier to carry and costs a country up to 1.5% of its GDP," says Peer Stein, an analyst at the International Finance Corp. "We can't expect the journey from cash toward electronic payments to be completed overnight, yet driven by technological advances and public-private partnerships this trend has gathered significant momentum over the past few years."
The MasterCard study says the U.S. is at a "tipping point" and that the only reason consumers even use cash is due to history and habit.
Still, the road to a cashless society includes several categories of global consumers. Analysts at the U.K.-based Kantar Media 's TGI Insights & Integration team say there are three types of financial consumers right now:
- Cashless converts: Those who have already readily embraced a largely cashless existence.
- Cashless cautious: Those who have taken first steps toward moving away from cash but still have a ways to go.
- Cashless concerned: Those who still cling fiercely to cash as the default means of payment.
Until the last category is convinced cash is a quaint relic, global governments will keep printing paper currency, even if they'd prefer not to. ���


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Innovation at Microsoft? Show Us, Don't Tell Us!
If it was a little boy you would pat it on the head, give it a dollar and tell it not to spend it all at one place.
Smith must have interfaced with somebody at Microsoft recently. Nice people, but enough is enough: Show us, don't tell us .
One cornerstone of Smith's piece -- and certainly a bullet point fed via spoon by Microsoft -- "Redmond spends more on R&D than Google (GOOG) and Apple (AAPL) combined."
Fantastic. Oatmeal raisin or chocolate chip?
Smith editorializes in his next sentence: "Think about that the next time someone tells you Microsoft doesn't have a future." He wrote an excellent public relations piece for the company.
Just as I do not question the coolness or genius of Google's driverless car, I appreciate Microsoft tinkering with futuristic touchscreens, interactive 3-D models and robots that play catch. I love that stuff; however, we already know that Microsoft, somewhere beneath its uninspiring veneer, had some hip in it.
If you kick the tires at all, you know this. Back in June a Reuters story about how excited young interns are to work summers at Microsoft made the rounds. Among this set, the company apparently ranks cooler than Facebook (FB) and almost as desirable as Google.
Given my love for startup culture, particularly among mature companies , I can't help but respect the slightest inkling of innovation at Microsoft.
I'm as big, if not a bigger idealist, than the next guy. But at some point the realist lens enters.
As Eric Jackson explained this past week on TheStreet, outside of Apple, who in tech is really innovating these days? Jackson singles out Facebook:
Facebook innovated by displaying your Facebook email address as your primary one and hiding all others.
Facebook innovated by putting more ads in your news stream.
Jackson's not alone. The lack of innovation coming from tech, particularly Silicon Valley, has people talking. As Francisco Dao illustrates at PandoDaily, they're not being nice:
From Peter Thiel's lament that "they promised us flying cars but instead we got 140 characters" to Michael Arrington's latest complaint that he's bored with what currently passes for innovation, there is a growing chorus of people voicing their disappointment with Silicon Valley's inability to push the envelope.
Theil's being a bit of a ding-dong there -- Twitter is worthy innovation -- but I catch his drift. Even Willis would know what he's talking about.
Microsoft has all of this awesome stuff percolating in labs staffed by small teams and pumped-up interns, but what does it have to show for it? What does it bring to market?
The Surface tablet. Where's the innovation?


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Clear Lake SP opens disc golf course
CLEAR LAKE – Disc golfers looking for a new challenge can check out the new nine-hole course at Clear Lake State Park.
The new course has a crushed stone path winding through it, making it universally accessible, Park Supervisor Joe Hall said. It winds through the park, north of Atlanta on M-33, and runs along Clear Lake's shore at one point. The course also has interpretive signage telling about the area, including one with information about the Kirtland's warbler, according to a release from the Department of Natural Resources.
"It has been very busy, and so far all the reviews of it have been very good," Hall said.
The course was added to the park after local disc golfers approached park management two years ago looking for a new place to play, Hall said. At the time, the two closest courses were in Alpena and Grayling. Since then, Treetops Resort in Gaylord has added one.
Clear Lake State Park received a grant from a program within the DNR called Chief's Challenge, Hall said. The program funds park improvements the DNR might not normally fund.
"Basically, it's a funding mechanism for improvement projects, different things to bring people into the parks," he said.
Aside from being the only fully accessible disc golf course in the area, the state park's new course gives people another recreation opportunity, Hall said. The park's namesake is an appropriately named lake, complete with sandy beaches. There's a campground, a boat launch, a day use area and trails through the woods.
"A lot of people don't just want to come out and sit on the beach any more," he said. "They're looking for activities, things to do in the park. The more we can offer that, the better."
The course is free to use for those with a Recreation Passport, Hall said. It will be open throughout the year, and equipment is for sale at the park office.
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Gann: The PlanetsPosted by Jay Batzner in CD Review, Jay Batzner, minimalism, tags: CD Review, chamber music, instrumental, Jay Batzner, Kyle Gann, Meyer Music, Planets
The Planets
performed by Relâche
Meyer Media
Book 1: Sun, Moon, Venus, Mars
Book 2: Jupiter, Mercury, Saturn
Book 3: Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
Members of Relâche: Michele Kelly, flute; Lloyd Shorter, oboe; Bob Butryn, saxophone; Chuck Holdeman, bassoon; John Dulik, synthesizer; Chris Hanning, percussion; Ruth Frazier, viola (on Neptune, Sun, Mars, and Jupiter); Sarah Sutton, viola; Douglas Mapp, bass.
For too long it has seemed like the most comfortable portions of the cosmos were musically owned by a dead British composer. Holst had essentially staked his claim on the biggest chunks of well-known real estate outside of the Earth and put up a sort of musical "Do Not Enter" sign. We composers could write about the Earth or Pluto, the "dwarf planets" that may come and go, or any other cosmic entity (manmade or otherwise), but Holst took the celebrities of our galactic neighborhood and hung them on display like so many apples on the Tree of Knowledge. From 1994-2008, Kyle Gann refused to be daunted by this musical monopoly and created his own suite of suites inspired mainly by the more recent evolutions in cosmology/astrology.
Relâche proves to be the perfect vehicle for Gann's music and this collection of works showcases their extreme virtuosity in the realms of rhythm and blend. Relâche's rather quirky instrumentation provides a constantly shifting sense of color and, like an instrumental Pierrot Lunaire, each movement maintains its own timbral character within the context of a unified whole. At first I was skeptical of the synthesizer but in the hands of John Dulik the synth always blends with the woodwind-dominated group and never sounds cheesy or anything less than ethereal. Gann, of course, knows what he is doing and The Planets comes across with light and careful touch. Every movement, no matter how driving and rigorous, maintains a fundamental buoyancy.
While some of these works were available as singles from Gann's website, this disc is the first aggregation of all ten movements collected into three "books." Each book could be performed autonomously and, to my ears at least, each individual movement works on its own as well. Gann's attention to internal driving structures never trumps his generally accessible and listenable sonic palette. This music is intensely difficult to perform but Gann and Relâche never make it difficult to hear. The surface is attractive and approachable and repeated listenings reveal a web of clockwork structures that madly spin forth in a way that would make Bach jealous. I never feel as if I am receiving some grand and verbose lecture on How to Write Post-Minimal Music, even though this disc is a treasure trove of relationships and techniques. Kyle Gann is, in this respect, the Neil Degrasse Tyson of contemporary music. Gann has all the smarts and his passion towards the subject is augmented by sharp and highly refined communication skills. I'm sure Gann would kill on The Daily Show, too.


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Commission on Elections Chairman Sixto Brilliantes Jr. knows what he was saying when he described our party list system as a big joke. It is sad that a novelty of the 1987 Constitution intended to increase the representation of the marginalized groups in our society has been bastardized by trapos.
And no, it is not just the trapos affiliated with former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, led by ex- presidential son Mikey masquerading as a representative of security guards, that has done it injustice. It now also includes the party of presidential mouthpiece Edwin Lacierda, the Black and White movement composed of five persons, who but for one (who was removed), are already in government.
Almost all of the party-list representatives, with the exception of the Bayan Group and Akbayan, are 24- karat multi-millionaires. Worse, the so-called marginalized groups represented in Congress include regional parties already represented in Congress, and sectors which in no way can be described as marginalized, including but not limited to electric cooperatives, LPG suppliers etc.
Worse, the trapos have also resorted to the party-list system as a more economical way to firm up dynasties: the Velascos allegedly of Marinduque but our neighbors in Pasay, the Banals of Quezon City, the Ruiz clan of Cebu, to name only a few.
I am hoping that finally, the length of the Smartmatic ballot will be dramatically shortened with the Comelec denying accreditation to an overwhelming majority of these party list groups.
Brillantes should be more vigilant against allies of the President attempting to be accredited under the party-list system, as their very existence is a disservice to the "mastoid an dean" mantra of the President. For Lacierda's party to be accredited as representing a marginalized group would be a black eye to President Aquino given the moral majority's outcry when Mikey Arroyo successfully duped the constitutional body that he was representing security guards.
Let's not allow the Black and White Movement—unless it purports to represent bygone singers from an equally bygone era—dupe the nation into believing that it can represent other marginalized sectors of our society.
Moreover, the Comelec should not construe the Constitution in a manner contrary to human experience. If the party-list system is to help the marginalized sectors have a bigger voice in governance, all their representatives should also be from the marginalized sector that they are purportedly representing. We should not allow again the farce of a presidential son purportedly representing security guards, in the same way now that Leah Navarro, a long time Forbes Park resident and Kabataang Barangay officer of the said village- is now purportedly representing the urban poor sector. The point being that perhaps with the President having set very high moral standards in governance, it is high time that everyone, even those parading as his loyalists but whose actions betray his moral high ground, should no longer be allowed to make a mockery out of this very noble intentioned party-list system.
The furor over the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 continues.
I joined Alexander Adonis, the Davao-based journalist who spent two years in jail for libel, and veteran journalist and blogger Ellen Tordesillas et al in asking the Supreme Court to declare specific provisions of the law as being unconstitutional.
These include the law's provisions making electronic libel criminal, imposing a higher penalty for it of up to 12 years imprisonment compared to libel under the Revised Penal Code which is punishable only with up to six years of imprisonment, the possibility of being subject to double jeopardy as the law sanctions conviction under the RPC and under the law, and the draconian powers granted to the Department of Justice to act as investigator, prosecutor, judge, and executioner.
As a result of the ongoing "cyber-revolt", it is heartening to know that politicians may still be swayed by public opinion. Almost all of them, with the exception of Senator Tito Sotto, have expressed the intent to revisit the law. Even Justice Secretary Leila De Lima swore that her department expressed reservations with the provisions that we have claimed are unconstitutional.
What is disheartening is that despite all these, Malacanang, at least according to Undersecretary Abigail Valte, claims that it thoroughly studied the bill before the President signed it as law. That's not exactly what we the people expected of a President who still enjoys unprecedented public support. We expect to see a veto, and not a signature, when a protected right such as that of freedom of expression, is infringed upon by legislation.


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At Whittier College, education goes beyond the confines of campus. Here, we know that classroom learning needs to be practically applied both for career training as well as civic involvement, and so getting out into the community – to fulfill an internship, engage in community service, or pursue a fellowship - is crucial for intellectual and character growth.
Whittier's location in Southern California, close to Los Angeles and Orange County, gives students internship opportunities that will help them gain crucial business training and experience valuable for their post-Whittier lives.
Industries ranging from entertainment to finance, aerospace to bioengineering, and more all call Southern California home. Merrill Lynch and First Heritage Bank, Sony Pictures and New Line Cinema, EMI Music Publishing, the J. Paul Getty Museum, A.B.S. Designs by Allen Schwartz, Southern California Edison, and Valvoline are just some of the places that our students have interned. Whittier students often travel further afield as they gain invaluable work experience, whether interning at the Department of Education in Washington, D.C., the United Nations in Geneva, or the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago.
At the same time, civic involvement is immensely important at Whittier. Our Center for Engagement with Communities brings together faculty, students, and staff from all sectors of the College to partner with non-profit organizations and local government in Whittier and the neighboring communities. On average, 300 to 400 of our students work in the community—in internships and classes, or in volunteer service. From tutoring at local schools and youth clubs, to serving as docents at museums, to conducting research for local hospitals, to working with environmental groups protecting the Whittier Hills, to traveling to New Orleans to help in the post-Katrina clean-up and rebuilding, our students are vitally involved in the local and global community.
Studies show involvement in community engagement and internships has real value for students.
Learn more about the internship process at the Weingart Center for Career and Professional Development website. And to locate volunteer opportunities in and around Whittier College, please visit the Center of Engagement with Communities.
Each year, Whittier students compete for and win scholarship and fellowship awards that help them attain financial support to actualize their college and post-college plans – whether those plans involve graduate school, international research, public service, and so on.
To date, four Whittier graduates have earned a Rhodes Scholarship, two were named Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellows, and several have become Fulbright awardees.
Fellowships is committed to helping student launch their search for internal, national, and international fellowships that meet their intellectual, professional, and personal goals.
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Police arrest 3 in Grain 'N' Grape armed robbery
WELLS – Three Delta County residents have been arrested in connection with a reported armed robbery at the Grain 'N' Grape convenience store last year.
The incident happened at around 10 p.m. on Aug. 3, 2012, when Grain 'N' Grape store clerk Annaelise Marie Ambrose reported the store had been robbed, according to the Delta County Sheriff's Department. This led to an intensive investigation by many police agencies.
Ambrose, 22, of Escanaba, was arrested in connection to the robbery Thursday, in addition to two other suspects: Abby Beth Johnson, 20, of Escanaba, and Cory Michael Vanderlinden, 26, of rural Gladstone.
According to a press release from Delta County Sheriff Gary Ballweg, sheriff's deputies received a tip last month in regard to the incident via crimestoppersusa.com, which led to witnesses and suspects on the robbery and other crimes. Since the incident, police had been seeking more information after it was originally reported a man had entered the store with a ski mask and a pistol, demanding money and fleeing the scene with an undisclosed amount of cash.
All three suspects were arrested Thursday and lodged in Delta County Jail. They were arraigned Friday in the Delta County District Court on multiple charges.
Ambrose faces the following three charges: larceny in a building – aid & abet, conspiracy to commit larceny in a building, and lying to a peace officer – violent crime investigation. Each of the three charges carries a maximum punishment of four years in prison. Cash bond for Ambrose has been set at $50,000.
Vanderlinden faces one count of accessory after the fact to a felony, a five-year felony. His cash bond was set at $50,000.
Johnson has been charged with one count of larceny in a building and one count of conspiracy to commit larceny in a building, which are each four-year felonies.
In addition, Johnson faces three charges in an unrelated theft of a safe from a Ford River Township home in April 2012. These include one count of safe breaking, a felony of up to life in prison; one count of larceny in a building, a four-year felony; and one count of larceny of $1,000 to $2,000, a five-year felony. Cash bond for Johnson has been set at $100,000.
Ballweg said no further details of the investigation are being released at this time.


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Trail Bloggers - Page 2
Reading blogs can inspire and inform your own training, but fruitlessly searching for worthwhile ones can drain time better spent outdoors. What follows is a guide to 25 hot blogspots. Think of them as virtual trailheads— good starting points to visit frequently—that link to other paths to explore.
News and Reviews
Two runners-who-blog have earned reputations as the go-to guys for reliable and timely trail-running news and commentary: Scott Dunlap and Bryon Powell. Since 2004—a year that could be considered the Renaissance in the medium's relatively short history—Dunlap's Trail Runner's Blog (runtrails.blogspot.com) has maintained a smart balance between journalistic reporting and personal reflections. Powell's IRunFar (blog.irunfar.com), which took root as a personal blog, has blossomed as a news hub powered by a team that cranks out thoroughly trail-tested gear reviews and race recaps along with lively features.
A couple of full-scale websites (which aren't really blogs per se) deserve mention because they rely heavily on blogs to create a clearinghouse of trail-running info. While this kitchen-sink approach leads to uneven quality and multiple personalities, the grab bag of content is rarely dull. Trail Running Soul (trailrunningSoul.com) draws on multiple sources for a content package not unlike trail mix—varied ingredients, very filling and easy to digest for running—while Muddy Socks (muddysocks.com), a social networking site, allows its users (including you, if you're so inclined) to sign in and blog away.
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Case in point: ski-bum-turned-ultra-phenom Karl Meltzer (karlmeltzer.com). With a style like a sportscaster, he handicaps the who's-who of the trail ultrarunning race circuit and takes readers on his odysseys along the Appalachian Trail or through the Wasatch Mountains. In a similar but more contemplative vein is Anton Krupicka, who could have a second career as a travel writer. His blog, Riding the Wind (antonkrupicka.blogspot.com), transports readers to singletracks near his home base of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and beyond.
For a while, it seemed as though Scott Jurek had abandoned his blog (scottjurek.com/blog), but he was just taking a well-deserved break. His post on the benefits of off-season "hibernating" typifies his best writing: personal yet practical, informal yet informative. The same might be said of posts by Andy Jones-Wilkins (ajwsblog.blogspot.com), plus Andy adds an extra shot of humor to his mix of commentary and race reports (for example, search his archives for his satirical open letter to the Western States Board of Trustees).


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I'm starting to worry a bit.
I played with a colleague's "Developer Alpha" version of the BB10 OS, and I had a couple of observations:
1) In Alpha form, BB10 is more complete and less buggy than release-day WP8 was. It has a better music player, and the experience is just as smooth and sexy.
2) RIM took its time to "get everything right." They've ramped up hardware production, they have every major carrier in the US and worldwide supporting their launch (unlike WP) and there are unlikely to be device shortages, regardless of demand. They also spent time to fix and tweak every element of the software experience.
3) RIM is launching with over 100,000 apps in the BB10 store.
4) RIM is making it easy for Android apps to be ported over to native BB10. That means that apps like Instagram and others will be reasonably easy to develop for BB10, and will arrive for that platform long before we get them.
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6) RIM is supporting carrier-independent OTA updates, just like Apple and Google. That means that any bugs that do occur can be fixed quickly, without a Portico-style "is my phone going to get it or not" mess.
I was super-impressed with the UI, slickness, and overall polish of BB10. I am getting worried... this OS could be good enough to push Microsoft out of third place.
Microsoft needs to step up its game. Third place is NOT guaranteed.
True, but Surface sales are hardly setting the world on fire.
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hmm what exactly to you mean by "more complete"? Please be more specific. Customers won't care if a platform is "more complete and less buggy than release date wp8" if wp8 was launched 3 months before and by the time bb10 is released, it has fixed it's minor problems. I can believe that it has a better music player, but there is no chance that they have anything as good as xbox music (or nokia music for that matter) and from what I have seen bb10 does not look nearly as good as wp8. In fact it looks about as good as android.
Taking your time to "get everything right" is not necessarily the right choice since time is of the essence in a business like this. I think the approach of releasing a bit early and quickly patching any bugs that Microsoft , nokia and even htc and Samsung are doing, is a much better approach to take because it will use the very important Christmas time to sell devices. Who cares if RIM is launching with 100.000 apps... wp8 launched with 150.000 + apps and many more developers are attracted to wp8 than to RIM.
The way nokia is doing lately it's only a matter of time before it becomes profitable again, just look at how it's doing in china and pretty much everywhere else in the world. They just need to ramp up production to fix the shortage problems since the demand factor is definitely there.
OTA is present in wp8 in case you have not noticed, and all wp8 phones will get portico, that is guaranteed and there is no mess. It's true that the international version of the 920 is only getting it in February, but that is hardly a train smash in my books and since the American version seems to need it the most anyway that is fine by me.
The UI of blackberry is just another ios/android clone with nothing really new about it. It simply seems like a more polished android phone. It has no wow factor that WP8 gets from most people when they see the startscreen. All the wp8 needs is the notification center and bb10 will have nothing over wp8.
Again I'm not saying its bad at all, but it is simply wayyyyy to late (about 2 year's too late) to the market to be able to save itself. BB10 is dead even before it launches in my opinion, and even if i'm wrong, it will never appeal to more people than wp8 does.
OTA is in WP, but updates are not simultaneous (unlike BB10). If AT&T decides that my 8X won't get Portico until June, then I won't get it until June.
As for "more complete," BB10 Alpha has apps that WP8 still doesn't have, like Adobe Reader, Facebook (official version), Twitter (feature-complete), online banking from major US and European banks, etc. It's sorta hard for them not to get access due to their simple Android port.it is simply wayyyyy to late (about 2 year's too late) to the market to be able to save itself
The obvious benefit of "taking time to get everything right" is the risk that BB10 in early 2013 will be a less buggy and more complete experience than WP8 in early 2013.
And RIM sold more BlackBerry phones in this past quarter than Nokia has sold Lumias in its entire run.
We're in a precarious place. Microsoft needs to execute better. The assumption that we're in a comfortable third place and RIM is dead is the wrong one to make, and the compromises around user experience that have been made to date need to end.
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Disclaimer: I'm an ex BlackBerry user so I will always have a soft spot for them, however I don't see them gaining any ground on us unless BB10 is so polished and so impressive, that it will win over converts immediately. BlackBerry users are fiercely proud of their devices and those will jump on board - heck I bet most have their pre orders in already. As for the rest of us? Aside from the plan (and that's all it is at this point) that the new devices will bring over Android apps slicker than poop through a goose, I haven't seen any evidence of that. If it was that easy the playbook would already have them.
As for the last quarter sales beating us - I'd like to see the evidence, because every chart I've seen shows RIMM has lost marketshare in every country in the world. The only places they may be still slightly viable is in bourgeoning markets in developing countries where RIMM can dump truckloads of curves at cheap prices.
12-23-2012, 10:12 PM #7As for "more complete," BB10 Alpha has apps that WP8 still doesn't have, like Adobe Reader, Facebook (official version), Twitter (feature-complete), online banking from major US and European banks, etc. It's sorta hard for them not to get access due to their simple Android port.Not sure if I buy that. Windows Phone 8 is a brand new platform, just like BB10, and launched in mid November. BB10 is launching a few months later, but will be more feature-complete (assuming no other updates past Portico hit).
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The obvious benefit of "taking time to get everything right" is the risk that BB10 in early 2013 will be a less buggy and more complete experience than WP8 in early 2013.
And RIM sold more BlackBerry phones in this past quarter than Nokia has sold Lumias in its entire run.We're in a precarious place. Microsoft needs to execute better. The assumption that we're in a comfortable third place and RIM is dead is the wrong one to make, and the compromises around user experience that have been made to date need to end.
Similarly, the emerging markets will not be able to afford the new BB10 devices, which will cost a lot more than those cheap Curves.
Netflix is in decline, and I'd expect that BB will get a port of the Android version pronto.
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Sure it's possible. It's also possible that both can succeed!
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"Could BlackBerry 10 kill Windows Phone?"
I highly doubt it. RIM has to battle a perception and mindshare problem, very much like WP is doing now with iPhone and Android. WP is finally getting some real traction (I've actually gotten people come up to me and say "Oh wow, is that that new Nokia phone I saw on TV? Looks nice!"). Also, we're starting to see signs that China can single handedly keep WP afloat. The China Mobile deal along with the recently revealed subsidized pricing is shaping up to be extremely huge for Nokia and WP in general.
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I think for the most part, people choose something other than iOS or Android either because it's already familiar to them, or because it's much different than what they normally use. Windows Phone has that, "ooh what's that?" appeal to it because of the bright colors and the live tiles. The new hardware is slick and Microsoft is really putting their money behind advertising. BB10 doesn't have that same, "ooh what's that?" The hardware looks okay but there is a ton of bezel from what I could see on the leaks. The gestures look awesome (I was a huge webOS fan so I'm partial to gestures) but if someone in a cell phone store picks it up without knowing anything about it, will they be able to figure it out? The icon layout is very similar to iOS and Android, and the home screen doesn't really pop out at you. This doesn't mean it won't be a slick and easy to use OS, it's just that it may not be an attention grabber which seems to be what's needed nowadays. So, that leaves the people who are familiar already as the likely buyers; people who already use BlackBerry. Will it be too different for them? Are enough of them happy enough to stick with RIM? Only time will tell, but I don't think it'll be easy for RIM to compete with Microsoft.
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BlackBerry can come out with the best OS in the world and everyone would still puke at the thought of getting a BlackBerry. Conversely, people are interested in WP8 whether they end up buying it or not, they have curiosity.
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A lot of younger folks might be Xbox fans. Windows Phone might appeal to them for the Xbox tie-in.
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I don't think BB10 will take off. At least it didn't got me. Why would I want a mix of all OSes?
In my country WPs biggest problem is Android, because they people haven't had the oportunity to see how fast and better WP is compared to their Android lag machines (don't deny it, I have 2 friends with G Nexus w/ latest software and both are laggy, restarting and they change their theme 24/7 -even when we go out)
2/32 are having a WP in my class and soon another one will join the ship.
Oh and, it could've been more but, Orange's sellers are stupid (for sure) and recommended a friend the S III mini over the 8S, although that's what she wanted.
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I miss a lot (and I mean a lot) of small features from blackberry... I'm going to wait a bit BUT I may switch to bb again.
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I want to warn all those people living in the US as there BB might be dead already, but in the rest of the world, and expecially developing countries it is still very much alive. I live in South Africa and it was on the news this weekend that BB still has the largest share in the smart phone market. This means that all the large companies will first make apps available for BB before WP8 (if at all).
I am trying to decide between WP8 and BB myself.
BB Pros:
unlimited data for fixed fee
good local app selection
smooth interface
WP8 pros:
integration with W8
A LOT of bugs and syncing problems (if I believe the forums, as I have not found anybody with a WP8)
No (of hardly any) local apps
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Blackberrys were always good business phones. Yet they are trying to compete against consumer devices.
They need to go big on business, do something iOS, android, WP, etc can't, I just don't know what that is.
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I share the same feeling. MS made a good working thing messed up by not providing a balanced backups, backups are made here & there [Skydrive/liver servers etc..] software, the UI is just not enough anymore for consumers..
MS needs to fix the following to take over.
Export to SIM
Custom colored tiles
Levels for brigtness
Profiles for sound
Proper backup solution [Complete/Selective/Custom]
Custom Ringtone selection [More than 1 min., etc]
And I already see MS taking the third spot...
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I work for one of the biggest retailers in the uk and in July we moved from blackberrys to windows phone
so everyone above a level at our company now have lumia 800s, the companys reason for change was the cost price, 200 cheaper per contract over sa set number of years (3 i think) and the sync of outlook as we have now moved from lotus notes to outlook for emails
I hear of many other businesses making the same move
not really seen the OS of BB10 so will go Bing it now :) needsless to say i have seen screenshots though which makes it look a lot like android/ios and very boring
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BB10 is just a copy of IOS and Android put together.
Some of the swipe features are cool, I'll give them that.
That home screen though Is like... Wtf? :/ It's like a failed live tiles.
BB10 is too late. The ONLY thing RIM has going for them is BBM. But one by one, people are slowly leaving.
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Not sure if BB10 will kill WP, but it could certainly relegate it to never being anything more than a niche player.
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I won't kill WP8, but it will pull ahead of it. The quality and features of the OS are way ahead of what anyone else on the market has currently, including iOS and Android. The build quality is also excellent on the Z10. The browser is currently the highest scoring available, even on the alpha prototypes. The one and only thing BB10 doesn't have is 600k apps. But they are coming right out the gate with a solid 100k and they've convinced pretty much all of the important players to be on board, and if my sources are correct, they're currently in negotiations with any remaining who haven't. The team in charge of BB10 really have their **** together well. You can smell the enthusiasm coming from them, they're very communicative with the public on social network, unlike Ballmer and his stodgy old fart regime :P
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This is a great tool for students who struggle with fraction operations. You have the option to see it step-by-step, which is great for visual learners. It is also nice because you can wean students off of it, so they don't become overdependent on seeing the steps. At first, they could see all of the steps and then you can slowly take the steps away, so ultimately, they are just using the calculator to check their work. This also makes it easier on me as the teacher, so they can self-monitor their answers. A bonus is you can turn it into a standard calculator, for kids who benefit from using the large calculator keys.
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Great way to visualize fractions.
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Great for students that struggle with the 4 basic operations of fractions.
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