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Serve with fish or tortilla chips. Adapted from Allrecipes.
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- 1 mango, peeled, seeded and diced
- 1 avocado, peeled, pitted, and diced
- 4 medium tomatoes, diced
- 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced
- 1⁄2 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 1⁄4 cup red onion, chopped
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- In a medium bowl, combine the mango, avocado, tomatoes, jalapeno, cilantro, and garlic.
- Stir in the salt, lime juice, red onion, and olive oil.
- To blend the flavors, refrigerate for about 30 minutes before serving.
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This was wonderful!!!! Wasn't to sure at first though. I made as posted, but would add maybe another jalapeno and about 1/2 salt. Thanks for posting.
Loved this salsa! I really enjoyed the sweetness of the mango with the creamy avocado. I used red onion, but I did leave out the tomatoes and olive oil -- just added additional lime juice and an extra avocado. I like tomato in salsa, but wasn't sure I would like them with the mango. I will be serving this with my New Year's appetizers. Made for the Let's P A R T Y tag, December, 2011.
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I Didn't Miss Anything, Did I? A Month in Review
Yep, I'm still here. Lawvol hasn't kicked me out of the site yet, despite my laziness and lack of posting this spring. I literally haven't posted anything in a month and two days. My last post focused on Tyler Smith declaring for the NBA Draft and his prospects for that draft. Since then, I've had to finish up the spring semester, haul through a three week min-term class, and, probably most importantly, looked for and found a place to intern for the fall in efforts to further my career. After all, I am now a senior and hopefully I'll have graduated this time next year (yes, it's kind of scary).
I sure haven't missed too much the past month…
If you're like me, you've long been counting down to August and football season already, and only the NBA and NHL playoffs have been offering a real distraction from that. It's been a rather action-packed month for the Tennessee program, as there seems to be something come up just about every single day, especially this past week.
• Recruiting: This new staff obviously spends an incredible amount of time evaluating and going through the process, and that has reaped some results the past two weeks. After this season, the offensive and defensive lines are going to be particularly thin, so those two positions without a doubt are the biggest needs in the 2010 class.
So Tennessee goes out and gets some big people. Yes way yes way Jose Jose started it off, followed by JUCO defenders Pat Harris and Bruce Irvin, Georgia J.C. Copeland, and Miami linebacker/d-end Ralph Williams. Now I must admit I hadn't heard of any of these guys. Additionally, Jose needs to drop some weight and Harris didn't even play football in high school. Obviously we fans have to simply take our coaches' words for it when it comes to recruiting because it's so hit-or-miss, but I think we need to understand that this is likely going to be a big class numbers-wise and size-wise, as in there's going to be some beef in these commitments. I also don't find much surprise in taking some junior college players who have the potential ability to come in and contribute right away. Then again, those guys are even more hit (Gibril Wilson) or miss (Kenny O'Neal).
• The QB situation: In addition to the needs along the lines, the other big recruiting story line is of course the QB position, where the Vols expect to sign at least two in the 2010 class. Jake Heaps and Jesse Scroggins (their Rivals profiles are linked at the end) are the two big names, and Andrew Hendrix has been another guy whose name I've heard alot. I'll keep my opinion on this simple: if Tennessee were to get Heaps or Scroggins and Hendrix or another guy, then I think you can be happy with that.
Now that is where having the situation with Robert Marve not work out hurts a little, because now after this season you're down to Nick Stephens and Mike Rozier, the former baseball player. That's also where B.J. Coleman bailing doesn't help either, but the way he handled that situation of going to the Chattanooga Times-Free Press first and throwing the coaches under the bus makes me not miss him. Good riddance and enjoy playing for a really bad UT-Chattanooga program. Nevertheless, we should know something on Heaps and Scroggins soon, because Heaps has said he wants to make his decision in June and Scroggins may very well be waiting to see what Heaps does.
• The exodus: OK, players leaving is a part of any program where there's a turnover of coaching staffs, so this was sort of expected. It happened at Alabama when Nick Saban was hired and it's happened now with the Kiffin regime. What does it mean, exactly? Well, really outside of the Coleman departure's effect on the QB depth, the collective contributions of the 11 leaving players isn't much, outside of Lennon Creer and Dee Morley. Creer saw the writing on the wall with Toney Williams, Bryce Brown and David Oku joining the stable, and Morley had been walking a tight line for awhile. Losing some lineman hurts depth, but overall, how bad have the 11 departures really been? Hey, if a player isn't going to cut it or doesn't want to do the work that will cut it, then see ya later.
Even the new coaching staff has had a member leave this week in strength and conditioning coach Mark Smith. Obviously the AD and Kiffin had mutual disagreements of some kind with Smith and it's unfortunate and probably a negative event, but I think Tennessee will be OK in the end. Aaron Ausmus seems like the likely replacement, but Lane needs to find one soon, since summer workouts start next week.
• Hokey Pahokee: Much. Ado. About. Nothing. No, Lane shouldn't have said what he said and he apologized well before this got brought up again. The principal of the school and whoever else had a hand in drawing this out to the point it got to came across as desperate for some attention. The problem I had was the administration of a school denying access of specific schools to their students. In other words, if I'm a stud recruit at that Pahokee and there's mutual interest between me and Tennessee, should the school have the right to deny UT access to me? Fortunately it's apparently all good down there now, so hopefully UT can get another player from that talent-rich area.
• Twitter-gate: Who cares? Secondary violations don't mean a thing…unless Tennessee does it. Lane didn't even "tweet" it, so I don't even blink an eye to this nonsense.
On another note, what's the deal with Twitter? I've been back-and-forth on whether or not I want to give in and join the craze and following some of the various athletes' accounts would be cool, but what's the big deal? If you're on there, please tell me…
• Daniel Hood: This got a great deal of attention as well as it should have, so I won't spend too much time on it. It's a touchy subject as well, and I was skeptical at first about it. However, I feel much better about it now than I did when I first got the news the Hood was getting a scholarship. Tennessee still will have a convicted rapist on the team and opposing fans will use this against the Vols from now until the end of time, but that's part of the consequences. The bottom line for me is that everyone who commented in stories I read who are and were much, much closer to Hood and the situation than any of us said nothing but positive things about Hood. I mean, the victim of the whole ordeal vouched for Hood. What more does it take? I think Lane and the staff and Mike Hamilton did their work on this one, so I can handle their decision.
That's it for now. I'll probably post something about the awesomely exciting (or "amazing," if you agree with the slogan) NBA Playoffs. Also, this is probably old news, but if you haven't already checked it out, Will over at Rocky Top Talk is getting into the nitty-gritty (ie, top 15) of his countdown of the 50 best games from the Philip Fulmer era. This is probably old because they started way back in January, but it's really good stuff – the writing and story-telling is so good it might even be better than the nostalgic feelings of the good 'ol days.
Images Courtesy of: VolQuest • Rivals – Jake Heaps • Rivals – Jesse Scroggins
See You Next Year Tyler
As had been expected, Tennessee's Tyler Smith declared for the NBA Draft yesterday. As is the case with a number of others draft entrees, Tyler hasn't hired an agent, so he's got until June 15 to come back.
As the title of this post clearly states, I think Tyler Smith is going to be playing for Tennessee next year. I don't believe I'm in the minority in thinking that, either. Now, I could be very wrong, because Tyler could go work out for one of these teams playing right now (that will have late first-round picks) and really impress them.
It's not that Tyler isn't a good player or not NBA material. There are guys in the NBA who I see and wonder how they in the league (take Sean Marks, Mark Madsen, Brian Cardinal and Robert Swift, for example) in the first place. It's just that Tyler is a small forward in the NBA, and he's playing the power forward spot for Tennessee. He showed he can knock down the outside shot when he's left open, but this season he faced quite a bit of traffic in the lane because teams sagged off the perimeter because we couldn't shoot threes and struggled with his shot. The Memphis game – against a long, athletic team – comes to mind.
So he can post up, he can shoot it decently, but can he straight-up drive by an NBA 3-man? Can he hit the mid-range jumper?
There is his family situation with his son to think about as well, but I think Tyler's going to be a Vol next season. He should have better shooters surrounding him, and we saw how good he can be when you put that around him (2007-08). And even if he does stay in the draft, it'd be cool to have the number of Tennessee NBA players doubled.
Speaking of which, mad props to C.J. Watson the last seven games of this season for Golden State. Watson, one of my favorite Vols all-time and a guy who deserves more credit and appreciation than I think he gets, averaged 19 points and 6 assists in those games. He had 38 points, 7 rebounds, and nine assists (he made 16-of-16 free throws too) in a win over the Jazz, and had 20 points, 7 boards, 12 assists, and three steals in the season finale against Phoenix.
For an avid fantasy basketball guy like myself (second place in my second year of it…boom!), those numbers are more impressive to me. If this was his chance to stake his claim to Golden State's starting PG position for next season, you can't say he didn't take advantage of it.
But back to the main point of this, expect to see Tyler back in orange next year – with what should be an improved team.
Images Courtesy of: Ramin Rahimian / Reuters
2008 Beijing Olympics: The Amateur and the Olympic Games
Over the weekend I spent a fair amount of time watching the XXIX Olympic Games from Beijing — taking in all that comes along with the quadrennial rite that is the Olympics. It was an excellent weekend of competition, celebration, and pageantry.
Bearing all of this in mind, I began to ask myself what is the Olympics "place" in the overall world of sports? Many would say that the Olympic Games are the single most important competition in sports — the "ultimate" expression of athletic competition. On the other hand, others would argue that the Olympics really aren't about sports at all, representing the exercise of diplomacy through other means. Finally, there are those who would — for various reasons ranging from the lack of their favorite sport from the games to a lack of interest in international competition — say that, while engaging, the Olympics are largely a second-tier sporting event focused more on "ancillary" sporting events.
For me, however, the Olympics hold a special place — if only because of the "amateur spirit" which they embody…
I do eagerly await the Olympics each time they roll around. They are — for me — a sublime opportunity to view events and competitions that are far beyond the sports I normally have the opportunity to follow. So too, there is something that is uniquely endearing in the pursuit of achievement in the name of ones homeland, where the accolade is far less tangible than that which accompanies success in modern "big time" sports. That is the essence of amateur competition — not completely divorced from many of the reasons I so identify with college athletics as opposed to professional sports.
Of course, one can become a little to idealistic when it comes to the Olympics…
Gone are the days of "lily-white" amateurism from the Olympics as an ideal governing the competition between nations. This was not only the mantra of the international Olympic movement during the first three-quarters of the 20th Century, but was tenaciously enforced by individuals such as Avery Brundage, who served as the President of the International Olympic Committee until 1972.
During that era, any "taint" of professionalism by an athlete would assuredly lead to banishment from the games for life, and could possibly lead to medals being stripped. The stand of the IOC was clear: Any athlete competing in the Olympic Games must be an amateur.
Of course, things were not always as pure as the powers that be would suggest …
As anyone who witnessed any of the games held during the Cold War, the amateurism of some of the Eastern Bloc countries was perpetually in question. Furthermore, at times the stance on amateurism often overshadowed the real purpose of the Olympic Games, and placed form over substance with only the individual athlete feeling the pain of the IOC's censure.
Thus, perhaps, the "good old days" were not always as good as we have been led to believe…
Nonetheless, there is something that has been lost over the years as the Olympics seem to have moved farther and farther afield from the old amateur standards, to the point that — in all sports but boxing — professional players are welcomed. With this transition came the advent of the so-called "Dream Teams," peopled with superstar professional athletes from across the globe. The thought of playing against the greatest that the NBA has to offer is a daunting and discouraging prospect for a team from a smaller country lacking a professional league or an established sports infrastructure. Still, as the United States Olympic Basketball team learned in the 2004 Olympics in Athens, "David" still has a lot of stones in his sling when it comes to the "Goliaths" of the sports world.
Competition, however, is not always a fair fight, and, perhaps, that reality is part of what makes the Olympics special. Perhaps it is the "against all odds" mentality or ethos which makes the Olympics beautiful as a spectacle of competition.
The Olympics are not about necessarily winning or losing, but about trying despite the odds…
For me, the single most poignant image of the Olympics is that of Gabriela Andersen-Scheiss completing the marathon in the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. I still remember watching the then 39 year-old competitor for Switzerland come limping into Olympic Stadium — at least twenty minutes behind the winner — barely able to walk. She had only to complete one lap around the stadium track to finish the race. As she staggered from side to side, barely able to stand upright, she continued on. Fearing that she might be suffering from heat stroke, several medical staff actually walked alongside her as she took a heart wrenching 5 minutes and 44 seconds to complete the circuit of the field, before collapsing across the finish line and receiving immediate medical care.
The pragmatist would say that it was foolish for Andersen-Scheiss to continue on when she was clearly suffering and had no hope of winning. The utilitarian would undoubtedly conclude that she should stop, because the risk to her health far exceeded the benefit to be gained by completing the race. Sometimes, it is not rational, it is not practical, it is not about winning or losing — it is about heart, determination, and finding what it takes to put one foot in front of the other to finish the journey you have begun.
Sometimes, it is simply a testament to the human spirit…
I suppose that is what still draws me to the Olympic Games. In this regard, it is still a competition of amateurs, in some ways. For many athletes at the games, the competition is not one of professionals versus the amateurs. It is not one of one country versus another. It is not one of winner and loser.
In the Olympic Games — even today — for many athletes it is a competition between heart and head. It is the battle between self and soul which brings competitors from far and wide who have not a single hope for victory. They do it not to prove that they can beat any other athlete, break any records, or win any medals, but to simply prove that they can compete…
… and in this battle with self — the battle to find the will to press on — there are no professionals.
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Why I am a College Sports Fan
You hardly have to be a genius to realize that I am a college sports fan.
Whether I qualify as "die hard" is open to interpretation, I suppose. Still, as a VASF donor for more than a decade, season ticket holder for Tennessee Volunteers football, and as an individual who travels over six hours one-way to see each football game in Knoxville, I probably fall into the "dyed-in-the-wool" category placing me in the top tier of college fans when it comes to dedication (or lunacy depending on your perspective).
Either way, at various times in my life, I have contemplated becoming a more avid fan of professional sports. At times I have even been a "real" fan of certain teams by most standards. That being said, no matter what I do, I always seem to lose my interest in professional sports and return to my roots as a college football fan…
… or perhaps professional sports loses interest in me.
No, that last statement is not intended to be a wildly arrogant and self-centered declaration of my importance in the sports world. On the contrary, it is meant to show my complete insignificance — along with the millions of other sports fans out there.
In case you missed it, after forty-one years in the "City Which is Never Dry," the Seattle Supersonics are pulling up stakes and heading to Oklahoma City to be known as the Oklahoma Clod-kickers, or something along those lines.
The era of the Supersonics is over…
Owing to the fact that I live on the Right-Coast and parted ways with the NBA in the mid-1990s, I was really not tuned into this story until after the final announcement was made. I make no claims to be a Supersonics fan, and can really only think of 2 Supersonics players ever: Shawn Kemp and Xavier McDaniel (mainly because he choked Wes Mathews in the middle of a game which is the sort of thing I tend not to forget). Still, I feel for the Supersonics' fans, and I assume that there are a fair number of them, whether they be "die hard" or not. While I know that Seattle may potentially get another team some day, as a practical matter they now understand how SMU fans felt when their team got the death penalty for football. The only difference is that, unlike SMU who was finally able to resume play, Seattle's program is gone for good — gonzo, outta here, dead, kaput, snuffed it …
If I am a Seattle Supersonics fan, that just plain sucks…
That got me to thinking (which is so rarely a good thing). The fact that the Supersonics could up and vanish like a fart in the wind, is the reason why I personally will never be anything more than an occasional fan of professional sports. At so many levels, that disturbs me. It also brings back a few memories.
Headlines, Links & Lies … The Lazy Man's Edition
Sometimes, the Message Just Doesn't Come Across the Way I had Hoped…
Since I have been sucking at actually posting anything recently, I will pontificate vicariously! So, here's a few links from around the web worth giving a look…
- It's official, Tyler Smith is Staying at Tennessee – UTSports.com • BruceBall Blog • Go VolsXtra • VolNation
- A Look at Erik Ainge's NFL Prospects (along with neato charts, numbers and a bunch 'o videos) – Rocky Top Talk
- An excellent ranking of Isiah Thomas' Greatest Life Achievements and a Look at the Personal Lives of StormTroopers – BugeHoobs
- Crimson Daddy asks "Who will be CBS' Other Love Interest this season?" — 3rd Saturday in Blogtober
- A quick look at the 22 Worst Dunks Ever. I personally like this one:
- A poignant photo essay on Rosa Blasi (a/k/a eye candy), and The Pac Man is Heading to Dallas – World According to MoonDog
- John Adams and Tom Mattingly get all misty eyed and reminiscent over the 10th Anniversary of the Vols last football National Championship (damn, has it been that long?) — Go VolsXtra
- A Lesson on why no one wants to be the second pick in the NFL Draft – Cake Rocks the Party
- That little red light on top of the camera, it means your on the air and Gus Johnson Just Singing the Night Away
– NESW Sports
- A recruit breaks Florida's 2006 BCS Championship Trophy the BCS Trophy, that's so sad (snicker…) — Go VolsXtra
- Yes, just what we need, more Bowl Games – Get the Picture
- Finally, a few classic ESPN Bloopers … going all the way back to 1979:
Damn, I'm a gettin' lazy …
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We Interrupt This Program: Brawlin' With the Bird
A little mindless YouTube action this morning courtesy of NESW Sports, and the Ethanator.
I grew up watching Larry Bird as a kid. I always remember how amazing it was that this geeky looking white guy, who seemed to have a perpetual wedgy while on the floor, could seemingly run circles around the competition and light up the basket like no other. The other thing about Bird was that he never seemed to get frazzled, always played with composure, and never seemed to get into any shoving matches with other players.
All except for this one day …
Nothing like a nice brawl to get the crowd into the game…
Meanwhile, Michael Jordan decides to throwdown on the backboard with authority:
Guess MJ was ticked about the silly uniform…
Finally, this is a good example of why you should never fall asleep in public — especially at a stadium …
By the way, if you're looking for some good sports videos, make sure to check out NESW Sports, and tell 'em Lawvol sent you…
Videos Courtesy of: NESW Sports
Y'er Outta There!
Once again the sports world is abuzz about the start of spring training, and yet another Major League Baseball season. Baseball has a long list of issues on its plate as the season gets rolling along. All of the off-season chatter has centered on the problems arising from the Mitchell Report, Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds, Bud Selig, Brian McNamee, Bob Uecker, Pedro Cerrano, Ebby "Nuke" LaLoosh, Rick Vaughn, and Crash Davis. Those last five names actually have nothing to do with the controversy swirling in baseball, but I threw them in just for the hell of it — after all, the more the merrier.
Anyway, I am sure that the powers that be in baseball simply cannot wait to get the 2008 season going so they can put all of this ugliness behind them — "move on" as it were. There are only 2 problems with this line of thinking:
- The start of the 2008 season is not going to put the steroid issues that have been plastered all over the media for the last 6 months "behind" baseball, not even a little, and
- Even if it did cause millions of otherwise reasonably informed Americans to suddenly forget about a story that has been covered with more nauseating detail and intensity than the war in Iraq, that forgetfulness would only be the result of the fact that increasingly fewer people in this country give two shits about Major League Baseball anymore anyway.
I think baseball has a very tough road ahead of it…


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Personal post alert. I try to be an open book. I feel like things happen both good and bad for a reason and if I can help or encourage one person by sharing my experiences…I need to. God has used me for some crazy reason and that is why I share the bad and good. So here it goes… Last year when I was told
Weekly Weight Loss Update: Scale and Non-Scale Victories
This was a good week. I am back on my Advocare products and doing a mostly Paleo diet. My doctor reminded me that it was the best thing for my body. Limited to no grains and sugar. Back on track for me. It has only been one week back on the Advocare MNS and Spark and clean eating and I lost 1.4 pounds. This was
Shakeology and 21 Day Fix Review and Results
I want to share with you my honest Shakeology review and results along with my 21 day fix review and results. As I mentioned in my post about food addiction, I discovered it when I was searching for weight loss tools that work for people with hormonal and thyroid issues. What is Shakeology? Proteins, Vitamins, and Minerals – to help reduce hunger and food cravings. Antioxidants
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1 Corinthians 10:13- No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it. This is a hard post to write, but here we go. So I started my weight loss


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FanChar:Demon Sanya:Draenei Carmella
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- "Doubts and fears will sabotage one's victory."
- — Draenei Carmella
Draenei Carmella (ダラエネイ カーメラ, Daraenei Kāmera) is a original character.
She was created by Demon Sanya (also known as SOLDIER Cloud Strife) at 2010.
Carmella made her first appearance in Soulcalibur V and then recreated in Soulcalibur IV.
Draenei race was adopting form World Of Warcraft series.
- Carmella is much wise and circumspect.
- During the battle she relies first of all on intelligence and strategy.
- I'm not played in "World Of Warcraft", but I like Draenei race.
- Carmella appears in Soul Calibur game much later than Aletta. She was created for different fighting style, but become a regular character, as her sister.
- Draenei Aletta her sister twin.
- Demon Sanya become her comrade after the Demon saved Draenei sisters from Lexa.
- Lexa become Carmella's rivals, when she obtain Soul Edge and lost herself.
- Angelina is apprentice of Carmella.
Games and Media
Draenei Carmella appears in such games as:
Inspiration and resemblance
List of characters influenced the image of Draenei Carmella:
- Draenei race (World Of Warcraft)
Soulcalibur Universe
Soulcalibur IV
Draenei twin sisters - Aletta and Carmella get in Earth world through the magic portal. Since then they try to return to their world. One day Carmella hears a legend of two swords possessing magic ability. "Maybe it helps to open the portal for us?". Sisters have started their search.
Soulcalibur V
Soul Edge versus Soul Calibur
17 long years had passed since the Soul Edge and the Soul Calibur showed the signs of life in the human world for the last time. But in the past few months the strange sickness spread over Europe. The people contaminated by the seeds of evil appeared in the different cities of the continent. Malfested... that was how they called those people. What served the source of the plague? The rumors about the new Nightmare, the seed brought to life with the forces of the Soul Edge, reached the ears of Alexander. Demon and his fellows rushed to the place where, according to the rumors the enemy got its place to be. They fought their way to the Denevér Castle. The combat that started on the flatland was the only obstacle to the aim. Suddenly the brightest splash lit the battlefield. Demon was already late for that moment. The Nightmare was defeated. Still there was need to be sure of it personally.
Demon and his bodyguard named Killer came to the square in front of the abandoned Denevér Castle just at the moment when the combat of Good versus Evil had been over. They found the Soul Edge which was long sought by Demon in the middle of that square. It was one great opportunity to destroy the blade once and for all but suddenly Demon felt strange power coming from somewhere and that was definitely not from the sword. The Soul Calibur was somewhere very close.Right at the moment they felt it, Lexa came out of the tower shade holding the weapon designed to fight the Soul Edge. Few moments earlier she witnessed the touching collateral salvation of the young man and his sister. There was indeed some magic swords interference. When the great pillar of fire lit the sky, happy Patroklos and Pyrrha left the castle thinking that they had finally destroyed the Soul Edge and the Soul Calibur. Lexa understood that though blades were left without masters they were still alive. She also knew that soon there would come the one whom she wanted to meet in a long time. When they saw each other, Lexa challenged Alexander in her desire to prove she is capable of surpassing her idol. Having no other choice, Demon raises the Soul Edge again and confronted Lexa. With a great difficulty but he managed to win. Demon's sword broke the Soul Calibur which was already exhausted. But, suddenly, Lexa ordered Killer to attack Alexander from behind. And Killer obeyed his creator without questions and shot Demon in his back. Wounded Demon fell unconscious and dropped his sword. Lexa then threw her broken sword in disappointment. The Soul Calibur appeared to be less useful than she thought of it. In a short moment after the notorious fight two female warriors of the Draenei race - Aletta and Carmella - appeared on the square. They came here in searches of the Soul Edge - the sword that is capable of opening the portal and bring them home to their world. Upon seeing them Lexa nodded to Killer and he obeyed in silence confronting the unexpected guests. Lexa walked by the unconscious Demon and tried to reach the forsaken sword. The eye of the Soul Edge pinned its new potential master. Lexa picked the blade up and could barely grip the incredible power that overwhelmed her at that very moment. The spirit of the sword appeared to be stronger than her and Lexa got into its control in the moment the blade absorbed the demonic powers she possessed. The sisters managed to win the creature made by the demon but right after that they had to combat Lexa who was holding the Soul Edge. Lexa soon had those two flat on their backs without any problems from her side. But at the moment Aletta and Carmella felt speed approach of their death something unexpected happened...
Lexa was standing looking at them when the great shade covered her from behind her back - the shadow of the wounded Demon. He attacked her with all of his might and, preventing her to use the Soul Edge, hits the eye of the sword with the splintered Soul Calibur's blade. The bright splash blinds the arena and the wounded warriors. The Soul Edge shatters into thousands of splinters. Lexa was now set free and having lost all of her strength fell in the arms of Alexander. The forsaken blade is defeated but not demolished. The good and the evil, the light and the dark shall never vanish for good. To this or the other extend they would last forever. Demon knew it about himself too.
When Lexa came to senses Demon approached her.
- You became stronger since our last meeting, - he smiled, - but those swords only exist for the sake of destruction and you cannot control them. The one who holds the sword becomes its puppet. I do not want such a fate. Neither for myself… nor for you...
Lexa slightly smiled him.
Later Aletta and Carmella thanked Alexander for their salvation. Unfortunately for them the Soul Edge was not the key to open the door to their home world and that meant another adventure of searches for them. Having divided the splinters of the swords between each other they decided to hide them in the different parts of the world. At least it could help for some short period of time.
But the human hearts are greedy and ambitious to power, therefore, sooner or later, but the Soul Edge and the Soul Calibur would come to light again. And then Demon would come to search for them and maintain the equilibrium of forces here for a bit longer again.
Ending of Soul series
The Fall Of Soul Edge And Soul Calibur
The Demon QueenSoul Edge could actually turn the tide of the war between the good and the evil, but it swallowed three of the most powerful demons instead of strengthening the Hell.
This case was noticed by Lily the demon Queen. Alas, it was too late when rumors about the fall of the Brotherhood of Demons and Alexander's betrayal reached her. Alexander betrayed his brothers using Soul Edge against them. He betrayed the Hell preferring to come to the world of mortals and to bring his vaunted justice there. But, which is the most important of all, he betrayed her - his Queen. The general stopped obeying orders and gone absence without leave. Most likely Lily had some personal reasons to rage but she did not speak of it. The Queen thereafter kept offence on her minion. Unlike the Brotherhood that used the bounty hunter to seek Alexander, Queen claimed official Demon hunt. She needed him alive. Thrown down, wounded, but alive.
The Trap for the DemonAlexander's life gravely changed after he met Lexa again. The Demoness brought the news that the fire demon hunt begun. As she said, Queen Lily offered a huge reward to the one who would catch the demon and at that moment most of the demon bounty-hunters seek Alexander in the mortal's world. Alas, there were already rumors about the relations between Lexa and Alexander spread around Hell. Queen Lily used that information. She expected that Lexa would eventually come to Alexander. The only thing she had to do is to order her servants to watch Lexa and those were successful performing the order. The army of demons took Alexander and Lexa by surprise. Those two killed a lot of strong adversaries together, but alas, there were too many demons to fight against in that battle. Mercenaries supported by the sudden appearance of Queen Lily took advantage on two demons. Alexander was captured. The Queen personally escorted demon to the underworld. She ordered to kill Lexa right at the spot. But Lexa was able to escape. Summoning Killer, Lexa made her way to escape the squad of executioners. From that moment the hardest part remained - it was to save Alexander.
In one of the dungeons of the well-guarded prison being chained to the wall Alexander faced the Demon Queen.Lily: - It's been a long time, oh mighty Alexander... You know, after you destroyed the Brotherhood of Demons the balance of good and evil changed. But you will help me to tip the scales in our favor. There are rumors that you are the last one who owed the Soul Edge.
With reluctance Alexander told her about the essence of Soul Edge and that the sword cannot be destroyed. The doomed blade has its own will striving for blood and destruction. Each time, even being broken, even after long years it finds the new host, gets its shape and powers again to shed the rivers of blood on cities. Lily was stunned by the story Alexander told her and soon she gave her new order. Demons, not even hiding anymore, were searching for the parts of the blade all over the world.
NemesisRegular attacks of demons drew Nemesis attention. The Goddess of Retribution looked upon the world of the mortals in search of demonic powers and suddenly discovered the wondering demon named Angelina who was the blood relative to Alexander. Having accepted the force of the old enemy Nemesis attacked Angelina and her companions. Angelina the demoness, Jessica the dragon-girl and the young sorcerer named Fortune had to sweat a lot to stand against the goddess. Angelina refused to finish Nemesis, the goddess who had failed, and even offered help to the wounded adversary. All of the sudden the squad of demons appeared in front of women warriors. Demons demanded to give Nemesis to them. Angelina refused to do so. So, another battle broke out. The demons who were lucky to survive ran away as hell. The Nemesis wounds appeared to be too deep and the demon battle weakened the goddess even more. Before she died, Nemesis gave all of her powers to the young demoness who proved to be on the side of the light.
After few months Queen Lily came to Alexander again. Alexander: - What do you want from me again?
Lily: - We were trying to bring the Brotherhood of Demons back but failed. Using your unique powers, Soul Edge could consume your brothers. And that has created a sort of seal only you can break.
Alexander: - I've no desire of doing that.
Lily: - You shall do that, if not on your free will then by force!Alexander was chained and brought to the ritual hall. There, collected piece by piece but still broken apart, was Soul Edge lying on the surface of the altar. Oracle-demons started to shout their spells making Alexander release his power and activate the sword. Demon was fighting that with all of his might, trying to break the chains but it was all in vain. The aura of flame rose above Alexander and lit the gloomy hall. Soul Edge pieces came together and the blade, once again revived, splashed with the blazing light. The fallen demons whose names were Abaddon, Abigor and Bloodian came to life together with the unleashed power of the sword. The queen exulted. She ordered to bring Alexander back to prison where he would have to be kept for long centuries, atoning his sins.
Lily: - The time has come! Gather the troops! The world of the mortals shall be ours! The human souls shall come to my army and then Heaven would fall to my feet!
Thus the next war between Good and Evil started. And the battle arena was the human world. Never before the superiority of forces was as huge as that moment.
The Defenders of Earth
Soon Lexa found out that Soul Edge was brought back to life. And she realized that together with that blade the demons of the Brotherhood who were kept there were also brought back to life. Including the fact that the Queen decided to make war against humans to lure the forces of light there too. And Lexa came up with the idea that it was the best time to fulfill the plan of Alexander's release. Having been left alone and as the outcast of her own world Lexa came in touch with her children Angelina and Demian. Jessica and Fortune did not leave their best friend and promised to help Angelina wherever she would go. Lexa also informed Draenei sisters Aletta and Carmella about what happened. Once those two sisters helped Alexander in the battle against Soul Edge and owed him their lives. With the help of Killer they got in touch with his brother Black Ninja who showed himself as a skillful demon hunter. Black Ninja came to the Fu-Ma Ninja clan to persuade the elders to give their help in the future demonic invasion.
InvasionThe Legions of Hell under the command of Abaddon invaded the world of mortals through the open portal. Right at that moment they were faced by the warriors of Fu-Ma Ninja clan and Black Ninja. The last ones put the spell of doom on the ordinary demons and stopped the army. The team decides to split. Aletta, Carmella and Killer stayed to stop Abaddon and his army. Abaddon who was thirsting for fight for too long took the battle. Killer together with Draenei sisters surrounded and attacked Abaddon one by one, inflicting him crushing blows, but the Demon of War blocked and fighted back with awesome skillfulness. Those demons who were not taken under the stopping seal, were taken over by Black Ninja and the Fu-Ma clan.
The rest of the team was rushing to Hell through the portal.
The Force of God in the Demon's handsThe cunning Bloodian had foreseen something like that and that was why he made the ambush in the demonic dungeons. Lexa, Demian, Angelina and Jessica had to fight Bloodian and his minion demons. Suddenly those minion demons stopped still having been turned into crystal statues. The witch named Fortune had put the spell on them having hid behind the pillar aside and was on the way to read another. Bloodian who was fast enough, noticed that right in time. He rushed to her to break the spell. But the help was already there for Fortune. Demian risked his life to cover Fortune form Bloodian attacks with his own body. Since that moment young witch started to see the brother of her friend from the brighter side. Warlike Jessica came to help those two right on the way. The Brotherhood's demon was not in the mood to think of what to do with her so after another attack of the dragon-girl he gripped her wing and threw her against the wall. Jessica fell near Angelina being now unconscious. The Demoness was a bit scared of the outcome but the spirit of Nemesis came to her at that moment. The fallen goddess helped Angelina to use her spiritual weapon for the first time. The bright light shed over the dark corridors of the prison. Hundreds of invisible blows came against Bloodian. When the light faded there was Bloodian standing before Angelina all in blood.
Bloodian: - Demon... with the power of God?!
Being stunned by what happened, heavily wounded he realized that he would not have a chance against another attack. Those young warriors appeared to be too strong for him. So, undercover of the bloody mist demon fled from the battlefield.
Just at the moment when minions of Bloodian freezed and the demon himself dealt with Fortune, Lexa could slip unseen to continue what she came there for. From that moment no one was on her way and demoness came to the dungeon where Alexander was kept. Exhausted, heavily chained, the demon was in prison for too long and was not able to fully recover his forces. Lexa releases Alexander and helps him to recover.
The Sword of ChaosAccording to Lexa the Soul Edge was not then used and that meant it was still in Lily's hands.
Having brought back the weapons and recovered the wounds Alexander and Lexa came to the queen castle. The palace was empty but the Queen was there in the throne in the main hall as she always did. Abigor - her stern guardian was there behind her. Alexander made it clear that he came for the Doomed Sword and would not leave without it. Abigor was ordered to attack Alexander. The battle began.At the same time Lexa decided to steal Soul Edge but remembering her last fail she acted a bit more careful. But that also did not help. The Queen was ready for such an outcome. Another battle bursted out. Lexa was the best at technique but she was not able to win against the mighty Queen. When Lily was ready to throw back the wounded demoness, Lexa took advantage. She captured the queen with her weapon. Meanwhile Lily noticed that Abigor was not capable of winning the battle against Alexander. The demon powers were equal.
Lily: - Abigor! Use a Soul Edge!Pushing away the opponent Abigor rushed to the doomed sword. Soul Edge was long waiting for such a power. Being full of blind hatred and anger Abigor the demon of Chaos got under control of the blade right away. Soul Edge saw no difference of who was friend or foe and thus the weapon turned against not only Alexander but the Queen herself. Lexa, Alexander who was not yet in all of his powers and stunned by such a sudden outcome Queen Lily, had not found the other way out but joining forces. They all attacked Abigor but he threw them away by the invisible barrier.
The Holy Fire versus the Cursed ChaosThe Soul Edge, which was fed with chaos, released the powers of Abigor and the portal to the Astral Chaos opened right in the center of the castle. Still, Lexa saved the ace of trumps for the end of the game. Her wondering in the world of the mortals for so long was not in vain. Besides the search of the allies, the demoness was searching for something that would help her in the battle against the damned sword too. The Soul Calibur... But being more precise it was what was left of it. Those pieces were worth a lot. Lexa gave those Soul Calibur pieces to Alexander right in the heat of the battle. The fire demon fused those pieces into his own sword and they began to glow with a faint light. After that the battle came to a whole new level. The castle was now slowly absorbed by the world of Astral Chaos. It was the place where the rest of the battle between the two mighty demons took place. Alexander was fighting against Abigor and Soul Edge with the force of the dark flame and the light of Soul Calibur. The blades clang echoed around the Astral Chaos. The fire flames were reflected here and there in the floating crystal shatters. With each strike Soul Calibur's light was becoming even stronger. And together with that the force of the fire demon attacks grew stronger. Soon everything was over. Having absorbed the forces of Soul Calibur Alexander was no longer holding himself. He threw his sword away and struck Abigor with all his fire element might. Thus, the wounded Alexander finally struck his brother. Heavily breathing he lifted his sword. Then he came to Abigor and took the doomed blade that fell off his brother hands. Having said no word after, Alexander went back to the demons world. The portal behind him closed leaving Abigor in the eternal captivity of his own element - Chaos.
Upon entering out to the queen's room, Alexander throws Soul Edge to Lily's feet.
Alexander: - Soul Edge does not obey any one. I cannot allow using it even in fight against heavens. The nature of this weapon is too unpredictable and dangerous to everyone.
Reluctantly, but maybe even being thankful for the salvation, Queen Lily agreed and let the demon to do whatever he decides necessary with the sword.
The last time the hellish blade's eye looked at the light and the last thing it saw was the fire demon who was going to destroy the blade lifting his sword with the glowing pieces of Soul Calibur on it over his head.
The invasion ended. Abaddon and his legions of darkness were ordered to withdraw. The highest warriors of Earth were celebrating.
Lily was no longer thoughtfully attempting to start the war against the forces of light and darkness. As Alexander said: "Balance is the guaranty for the both worlds existence". The Queen was really sorry she could not hold such a mighty demon as Alexander on her side.
For the help Lexa gave in the battle against the doomed sword, she was exculpated. And even offered her to become the bodyguard of the Queen. The demoness promised she would consider the offer.
Black Ninja came back to Fu-Ma Ninja clan where after years he became its leader. Under his rule he managed to bring Killer back to the clan too.
Draenei sisters stayed there in the world of human to find their true selves. Aletta and Carmella still did not lose hope to find the way to their native world one day.
Angelina could not get rid of the power that Nemesis gave her. As the exception she was given the title of the new Goddess of Retribution by the Highest Gods. So she accepted the duty with honor.
Nemesis did not disappear for good, she continued existing in Angelina. She was coming to the demoness from time to time in the form of the spirit. She was the one who helped Angelina with her new abilities.
Demian stayed in the human world to company Fortune in her trip to East as her bodyguard. Time passed and they both got too attached to each other.
The wisest one among Alexander brothers - Abaddon served the Queen Lily.
It is unclear what had happened to Bloodian. They say he got mad. Few times he was seen in the slums of the Nether World and he was repeating the words: "Demon with the forces of the God... It's impossible!"
The era of Soul Edge and Soul Calibur came to an end.
Never to revive the weapon again it was decided to hide its pieces in the different worlds. In the demon world those pieces were called the royal heirloom and were guarded well. Some of the pieces were given to the gods and angels with the help of Angelina - daughter of Lexa and Alexander. The remaining pieces of the swords were given to the tribe of the dragons to be guarded in the human world. So Jessica became the guardian of the shatters just as her father once was before her.
From now on no one could bring Soul Edge and Soul Calibur to life.
Before Alexander left Hell once again, Queen Lily asked him to stay for a conversation.Lily: - In search of the information about Soul Edge I spent too much time in the royal library. And there, in the secret part, I have learned one interesting ancient manuscript. Your strange behavior was disturbing me for quite a long time. At first I thought that it was a sort of spell, but it was not... The manuscript said that the Fraternity Of Hell was created by the four demons - the sons of the Mighty Demon whose name was lost in time. But there was also one interesting detail... Those brothers had one father but different mothers. And somehow it happened so that one of them was the son of the Angel mother. And that demon was you! You are the son of the Demon and the Angel. So sooner or later you had to reveal it in you. I think that explains your rebel soul. No matter how hard you'd tried to escape your destiny, good and evil will always be struggling inside of you. It is your nature.
Having found out the truth about himself Alexander came to the mortals world again - to guard the peace in the worlds and hold justice there. Still there was one question that was unsolved for him - why was he the only one who could not control the doomed Soul Edge?...
Arcade Ending
Unfortunately, Draenei sisters have not been able to find a way to return to their home world. They remained in the human world. Aletta began to visit the Colisseum, where she becomes the undefeated champion of underground fights. None of the people could not be compared with her ability to handle a sword. And Carmella accepted to the academy, where for many years she taught philosophy and fencing. But despite the humility of their fate, the sisters never lost hope of ever returning to home.
Fighting Style
Draenei Carmella use Ivy's fighting style.
Rune Snake
Rune Snake is the same form as Ivy's Dream Blade.
Critical Finish
Rune Chain
Whips the opponent and starts an alchemist spell to trap the opponent in a ball, splits the blade up into small pieces, and shoots them into the opponent.
Critical Edge
Rune Chain
Carmella grabs her opponent and, as her sword shatters, parts of it stick to the opponent's body, making them levitate and fly. While in air, the sword pieces slash her opponent several times until the shards slam her opponent to the ground. At the beginning of the animation, she says "All end this! Brace yourself!" and the animation closes with her saying, "I got you now!".
Soulcalibur IV
Soulcalibur V
Ease of Use, Power, Attack Rate, Speed, Reach.
Soulcalibur IV
Distant Marsh (Talim's battleground).
Soulcalibur V
House of Valentine's Prague Residence (Ivy's battleground).
- "Man reaches out to the realm of the Gods."
- — Narrator
Music Theme
"Unblessed Soul" (Soulcalibur).
Soulcalibur IV / Broken Destiny
- Now atone for your sins.
- Strength does not always lead to the truth.
Soulcalibur V
- Let's get this fight started.
- Trust me, you won't be disappointed.
- Why?
- I won't let you.
- You're good.
- All end this.
- Brace yourself.
- Nooooo!
- One hit is all I need!
- Try to stop this!
- No chance.
- Alright!
- Now you stay down!
- I'm not holding back!
- Doubts and fears will sabotage one's victory.
- A splendid show of skill.
- I got you now.
- Tomorrow's victory starts with a heart of steel.
- Yes!


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PASS Elections
PASS Mission Statement
Last Post 4/29/2015 5:24 AM by
Valente Greece
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Thomas LaRock
New Member
I'd like to hear thoughts about the new PASS Mission statement and how each candidate expects to be able to contribute to the PASS mission during the next two years.
Amy Lewis
New Member
Hi Tom,
The new PASS mission statement is so encouraging to see. The PASS DW/BI Virtual chapter has been leading some of these same efforts the past 3-4 years, in particular the mission to "Expand our engagement and activity in regions outside the US".
How would I as a PASS BOD member contribute to the new PASS Mission?
Mission: Expanding our engagement and activity in regions outside the US
My Contribution and Objective:
1. Strengthen the Virtual Chapters to be more global reaching
A Virtual Chapter (VC) is able to reach many more professionals than a Summit, a SQLSaturday, or a local chapter. To help the VCs reach more professionals across the globe, I would work to strengthen the marketing of the events through various channels. I would also work with the VC leaders to grow their volunteer teams to include volunteers and leaders from other geographical regions. These leaders can then reach out to SQL Server professionals in their communities to connect, share, and learn with others in their field. This includes also reaching out to speakers in various global areas. The PASS DW/BI VC has shown this to be a huge success, by hosting sessions with speakers from EMAC, Brazil, and the US/CA.
Also, for those areas where the VCs can not reach, I would drive more partnership with universities or technology based schools in the area.
2. Work with IT to enable search capabilities for sessions across topics, discipline, and languages.
Under Denise's leadership, we have seen tremendous growth in our VCs, including many regional VCs (Russia, China, etc). The main element missing is the ability to search across all VC's, including regional, for topics that pertain to an individual. Example, SSIS topics span multiple VCs. By working with PASS IT and the community, I believe we can take the VCs to the next level with cabability and also promote sessions globally.
3. Partner with global STEM and WIT programs.
We have a fantastic WIT program. I would encourage an expansion of this program into the global STEM program and also as an outreach to high school girls' technology programs.
Mission: Establishing PASS as the community leader for Microsoft data technologies. and also Establishing strategic relationships with our partners
My Contribution and Objective:
1. Strengthen the BAC and Summit program selection process
I have had the honor of being a Program Manager for PASS Summit the past 2 years, as well as for the inaugural BA Conference. The program selection process has evolved into a structured and repeatable process. It would be my goal to continue to see this process evolve to be more fluid during the scheduling phases, as well as in the selection phase. To accomplish this, I would work closely with PASS HQ and IT to enhance the software and reports being used to be more aligned with the process flow and assist more in the scheduling aspects. This would benefit PASS by having a process and supporting software that can be leveraged by any size or type of conference, including SQLSaturday, SQLRally, BA Conference, and Summit.
2. Pilot a partnership program with our "sister and brother" Microsoft communities, including Excel, BAC, .NET, Sharepoint.This partnership can include more "super Saturday" models with a local .NET and SQL community event or a SQL, Sharepoint event, or, lets get crazy and say all three. :-) This will help expose PASS into more communities in a particular region.
3. Partner with Universities and new partners in the BAC arena.
I, along with PASS BA VC chair Melissa Demsak, had the honor of being the Program managers for the inaugural PASS BAC Conference. We spent many hours interfacing with Microsoft and our new partners in the BAC area to develop a great BAC schedule and program. I would work to continue to strengthen these strategic partnerships and also expand our partnerships into University programs with data science programs and advancements.
Lastly, for any of these efforts, I plan on building a global team to help brainstorm and drive the PASS missions in the areas I mention above. I tend to have a collaborative style of leadership in which all team members will have input and a stake in the success of any selected solution to a problem.
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Jen Stirrup
New Member
Hi Tom,
Great question and thank you for asking.
PASS's updated mission is to "empower data professionals who leverage Microsoft technologies to connect, share, and learn through networking, knowledge sharing, and peer-based learning." Ultimately, PASS seeks to support data professionals throughout the world who use some, or all, of the Microsoft Data Platform. This breadth goes outside SQL Server to other technologies, particularly in the Business Intelligence and Business Analytics spheres. I would also argue that this breadth reaches out to emphasise the importance of diversity; more on this below.
A mission statement is a combination of an organisation's foundation, and its goal for the future. I'd like to see more emphasis of the 'Professional' in PASS. People often come to PASS events to grow their career, whether it is in networking, depth of technical expertise, or professional development. The word 'Education' comes from the Latin 'ducere', which means to lead: prefixing with an 'e' means that it literally means 'to lead out'. PASS can help people to be 'led out' to meet their personal goals, particularly where these include professional development. I occasionally attend non-PASS conferences, and it seems to me that companies do not always know what PASS is or does, and neither do potential community members. I think we need to go 'back to basics' a bit, and make sure that we evangelize, and keep evangelizing, about the Professional aspects of PASS. There are a number of areas that could be tackled, but one important one is social media and deploying its benefits to meet the mission statement and 'lead out'. Achievable ideas include:
- Empowering volunteers - I believe in empowering our volunteers so that they have better assets in order to achieve their ambitions for their User Group, SQLSaturday or other event. For example, there is no route for new volunteers to 'bed in' to becoming a PASS volunteer. MyPASS can be difficult to use, for example, unless you know the 'tips and tricks'. I'd like to see us empower and support volunteers in the same way that we do for the wider SQL community; through webinars, events, and a feeling of a 'volunteer community'. For example, if we had a Volunteer VC, we could have webinars with titles such as 'Thinking of planning a SQLSaturday? Here is how!' and this would allow more experienced PASS members to help the new volunteers to grow.
- Empowering 'data professionals' - I would like to see more to 'empower' data professionals. I would work to see the BA Conference to become more established, and look to promote SQLSaturday events with a BA slant. BASaturday, anyone? I would look to work with Microsoft to ensure that the needs of the data professional are met. I'd like to see the ability for data professionals to sit exams at BAC, for example, so that the Conference has a feel of training as well as networking and sessions. This breadth could also include other technologies such as Hadoop, which sit beside the Microsoft ecosystem of data solutions.
- Empowering members, wherever they are in the world - I would like to see more 'lead out' by offering more local language Virtual Chapters: Denise McInerny has already done great work in this area. It would be good to work closely with Microsoft in the local areas, in order to produce local-language material. I would also like to see the production of a report that is transparent, and shows clearly the geography of the SQLSaturday events throughout the world. I would like to do 'Business Intelligence' on this data, for example: are there Microsoft offices that do not have a SQL user group nearby? What conferences and non-PASS events take place that could use support?
- Empowering those who would like to step into professional development and management - As someone who has organised Women in Technology events across Europe, I'm aware of the organisational difficulties that can take place when trying to organise an event remotely. I would like to see a process put in place whereby it is easier to work with Microsoft, for example, to make sure that the logistics are in place for Women in Technology events. This could be something as simple as helping with room booking, for example. Often the logistics mean that the Women in Technology events are put aside because of the logistics - no other reason, even if there is an appetite for the event itself, and it is a pity to miss it out. I believe that the 'Professional' part of PASS should have an element of professional development and learning, and the best managers will be aware of the importance of having diverse team members to build stronger, more profitable groups for the enterprise. To facilitate this, managers, and managers-in-training, need to have opportunities to learn about diversity and its importance in the success of organisations, problem solving and teamwork. In The Future of Diversity and the Work Ahead of Us, Harris Sussman says, "Diversity is about our relatedness, our connectedness, our interactions, where the lines cross. Diversity is many things - a bridge between organizational life and the reality of people's lives, building corporate capability, the framework for interrelationships between people, a learning exchange, a strategic lens on the world." It is so much more complex than it initially seems, and I believe that Women in Technology is a key aspect of the 'Professional' aspect of PASS since the shrewest organisations place an emphasis on it; omitting Women in Technology from events purely due to logistics is a missed opportunity to allow PASS members to learn about the complexities, and I would like to see a more well-defined process put in place to Women in Technology event support and logistics in order to help make it happen.
- 'empower' the readers in the data community - I am interested in asking PASS community members to write downloadable free e-books in the same way that they produce webinars, like we see free books offered by Packt and RedGate. The books themselves would not have to be very long; chapter sized, even. I think that this could be an important tool we are missing when thinking about evangelising to the BA community for example, who might stumble across PASS ebooks on topics such as Excel and SSAS cubes, for example, or data visualisation. This would allow us opportunities to work with other disciplines, and would be an excellent 'take away' for promoting the Professional aspect of PASS. I do think that organisations would see books as a way of educating teams, and this may speak to companies and management too. Further, e-Books are translatable into local languages, and it is possible that there are volunteers who would enjoy the challenge of translating, for example.
It's late here in the UK so that's all for now! I hope that putting down some thoughts has helped.
Kind Regards,
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Allen Kinsel
New Member
Hi Tom,
PASS's updated mission statement is a small but intentional change. I don't have the exact original mission statement handy but, if I recall it was very close except it had the words Microsoft SQL Server embedded in it. The new mission statement better aligns with where Microsoft and PASS are headed. The reality is our "data" communities are becoming very blended and crossover is not just a "nice to have" anymore, it is becoming absolutely necessary.
As for your second question about how I expect to contribute to that mission for the next 2 years? I think my stated goals for the next 2 years align perfectly with the new PASS mission statement.
Our global membership needs to be able to get the most out of our public facing sites. PASS has an absolutely immense amount of content potential and no easy way for our members to unlock it. Investing in IT should help us better facilitate the core of our mission statement to "connect, share, and learn".
Secondly, without a good membership list how can we know who our members are, where they are located and what their particular data interests are? Having data about our membership is absolutely critical to being able to provide relevant opportunities for them to connect, share, and learn.
More information about me and my platform can be found on my site
Richard Douglas
New Member
Hi Tom,
I specifically wrote my application to show how my goals would adhere to the mission statement of PASS – and then you changed them
Thankfully most of the things that I wrote still hold true as it was about empowering our members through reassessing and improving the capabilities of our IT infrastructure. To facilitate growth this area of PASS needs to be looked at as a priority.
The inclusion of a wider data platform could be a very good move from a revenue generating perspective. I am expecting big things from the BA Conference in terms of growth over the next few years as industries start in earnest to decipher data properly and make reasoned business decisions from them.
The wider reach will change everything from how our Regional Mentors operate to how we run at the local chapter level. We will need to ensure that we reach out to other communities to find experts in areas such as Azure on a more frequent basis. This can only be good for the networking aspect of the statement. Widening one's exposure and reach in a professional can only ever be seen as a good thing and I am sure that our members will see that.
Richard Douglas
Valente Greece
New Member
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