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Cloud computing is becoming more mainstream by the day but shifting into the cloud has been far more challenging and expensive than most businesses expected, shows a new report.
KPMG has just released 'The cloud takes shape', a report based on the responses of more than 650 senior executives in 16 countries.
The survey found that although the cloud marketplace was growing and maturing, business leaders had found the technology difficult to adopt, with almost 33 per cent claiming cloud costs had been higher than they anticipated.
A similar percentage said integrating cloud services with their existing IT infrastructure had been particularly difficult.
Although the survey did not include New Zealand, the results were just as true here, said KPMG partner Chandan Ohri.
"Though cloud computing is the new buzz word in IT circles, it has yet to permeate through into NZ businesses in a big way," he said.
"The complexities were underestimated and more and more organisations ate finding the costs more than expected. It's not just plug and play."
Other reasons New Zealand businesses had been slow to adopt included security concerns and confusion about exactly how the cloud worked, Ohri said.
"While adoption is increasing, the fact that people still have concerns is stopping them from fully embracing the cloud."
But Ohri, who is KPMG's head of IT advisory, said the market was moving in the right direction and businesses were increasingly seeing cloud adoption as less about saving money and more about improving efficiency.
"While initially most organisations were looking at cloud services as a cost-cutting measure, the intention has clearly moved towards better process design and improving efficiencies that can be gained from adoption."
KPMG said in the report that as the cloud market matured, businesses were now starting to come to terms with "the hard practicalities of cloud enablement".
Ohri said a major lesson to emerge from the research was the importance for businesses to carry out any major process redesigns in tandem with cloud adoption.
Paul Matthews, head of the Institute of IT Professionals NZ, said while there were definitely benefits of the cloud for larger organisations, the level of cost and complexity of their IT requirements would be a barrier to any major IT platform change, including into the cloud.
"Therefore it's fair to say that the biggest cost and simplicity benefits from moving to the cloud are felt by SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises)."
He agreed that the move to the cloud in New Zealand had been "a little slower than expected".
A big issue in New Zealand was the quality and reliability of connectivity, Matthews said.
"For a business to rely on Cloud Computing they have to have confidence in their connectivity.
"We're likely to see rapidly increased take-up once the Ultra-fast Broadband project is bedded in, although we still have the international connectivity issue to solve."
He said general business cloud offerings are fairly mainstream and easy to adopt now, particularly for SMEs.
"However as confidence in cloud-based solutions grows and as the market matures, we are likely to see a greater take-up from mainstream businesses as they realise how quick, easy and cost-effective many cloud-based services are."
Initiatives like the Cloud Computing Code of Practice would help give businesses confidence when dealing with cloud providers, he added.


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text: Re: 1st Round Game 1 - Sixers Sun Apr 20 6PM Well...I'm shocked. Now I still think we can win the Series, maybe even in 5 but only if the way our Pistons played today was an aberration, a glitch, an exception, AN OUTRAGE. I don't understand it at all. Certainly the Pistons couldn't be nervous. Could they be complacent already? I mean wouldn't the excitement of a new run to the possible Championship have them a little stimulated? Because the starters played like it was a meaningless game at the end of the season. Maybe Flip forgot to tell them it was their first playoff game. Maybe it's all his fault. Anyway, I love ya Sheed. I love ya Rip, Tay, C-Bill, Dice. But you didn't look like contenders. Everything looked very disorganized and even lacking in confidence.Against the Sixers. Or was it just a very bad game for reasons we can not ascertain. Just a bad day maybe. You win some, you lose some? But you guys looked like you shouldn't have made the playoffs today. So get it together. My entire living room is decorated like a Pistons sports bar. Don't make me look like a fool. Play up to your abilities from now on. It's win or go home time. C'mon you guys. P.S. Are you trying to sabotage Flip's job? Seriously, wth is going on? Come back to yourselves, I miss you. P.P.S. Right now the Celtics are playing a very bad team. They appear to be taking them seriously and keeping their focus. Maybe you should turn on the game in the locker room there and see for yourselves.


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Original post made by H. Paul Balle, another community, on Apr 25, 2012
In my role with global governments I have committed by conflict of interest agreements to not become an appointed or elected official in any community. In the 26 years of residency in Contra Costa County I have learned not to have any commercial, economic or political interests in Contra Costa governments due to the extreme costs to friends including Gayle Bishop.
My goal, among many neighborhoods throughout Contra Costa County, is to develop honesty and ethical commitment to the will and interests of communities and neighborhoods as the majority of Contra Costans. Your sponsorship of Informed Resident(s) and friends in commentary on the town square forum seems to invite me to "throw my hat in the ring" which would violate explicit global conflict of interests. It is far more simple from outside of office to seek earnest commitment to interactive communication and mitigation with Contra Costa governments so very well delivered by Gayle Uilkema most recently in the new district 2.
If we simply let that be an example, then all county officials, including elected state representatives and city council members, can quite simply execute outreach to neighborhood, business district and community groups, maybe even individuals, to fully engage Contra Costans in government.
There is no better goal than finding people that will commit to earnest service to the will and interests of Contra Costans. We have not had that as CCC-BOS except for Gayle Bishop and, most recently, Gayle Uilkema, as members of the CCC-BOS. I am encouraged by District 2 candidate profiles on this website and hope Mary Piepho will be engaged in service to her district residents in Diablo, Blackhawk and Tassajara Valley.
We need a new majority for CCC-BOS quite qualified for the job of managing a +$2 billion enterprise. Certainly I have the skills but I also have the conflict of agreements that make that pursuit impossible.
Let us support those with capabilities and qualifications that choose to run for office and challenge all those unqualified to be our representatives.
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on Apr 25, 2012 at 11:05 pm
So sorry! I had no idea you were a secret agent. I hope I did not expose your identity.
And you do know the comment about you running for office was rhetorical right?
I must say I am not surprised that the politicians that you hold in the highest esteem are Gayle Bishop (convicted of political crimes) and Gayle Uilkema (who hasn't been seen in District 2 since redistricting). It is widely known that Uilkema has been very sick and has not been attending board meetings this year. Perhaps you can enlighten us of her accomplishments since acquiring her new district (Alamo, Danville and San Ramon). I actually am not aware of any.
In the spirit of honesty and ethics could you please explain;
What conflict of interest agreement you entered into that prohibits you from holding office?
What Supervisor Uilkema has "delivered" since acquiring the San Ramon Valley into her district? What "earnest service" specifically has she provided in the last 6 months since the redistricting?
And lastly what prohibits you from contacting Supervisor Piepho to get her positions on Countywide issues?
All serious questions which require your honest and ethical responses.
Thank you in advance for your prompt reply!
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At some point, Gina, you will need to speak for yourself rather than sponsoring Informed Resident(s) and friends insults on your behalf. Allowing abusive commentators to be defacto editors and publishers of the Express illustrates your distance from journalism in service to Dolores' readership.
It is a rare moment when you actually present news and information such as the candidates' profiles and it is too often that you sponsor the attack brutality of Informed Resident(s) and friends. Allowing contrived ignorance to be an informational authority on your forum and set the tone for your home page is not "a thoughtful gathering place for sharing community information and opinion."
This exchange gave you that opportunity without any intended handoff or invitation for more abuse. Your midnight complicity in the abuse of Informed Resident(s) does not eliminate your liability as an officer of EMCEB and hiding behind such pseudonyms does not excuse you from the insults you portray to Express readers.


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I just lease a 2011 Honda Pilot EX-L. The vehicle has only about 200 miles in, and brought a week ago. As I was driving today, I notice there is a line of crack in the windshield. It came out of no where, and the line is about 6" long. There is no impact, no problem with the windshield before. What should I do? Any recommendation for such problem? Thanks.
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I will bring it to the Honda Dealership tomorrow, and see what they have to say. I will keep updated. Never expect something like this happening to a new car.
A tiny rock probably hit your windshield. Not a big deal. Get it fixed, its free and takes about an hour.
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Multiplayer Connection Issues (cannot join party)[ Edited ]
Almost everytime I try to enter the multiplayer, I get "Error connecting to authentication server" and twice now I've been disconnected from the servers(to the main menu) during matchmaking. Even worse, sometimes the loading bar when you are connecting will freeze, and the only way to exit the connecting screen is by shutting off the PS3.
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error connecting to authentication server
i have been facing these problem 'error connecting to authentication server ' since i bought the game when i try to join the factions mode please help me
MP Bug since the latest patch (unable to join party, game glitching out...)[ Edited ]
So lately after the latest update, my friends and I played our first game for that night and when I got shot, my corpse went to the ground like usual but it wouldn't let me die (officially). I was basically staring at my dead corpse (not downed, it was after being executed) for almost the entire match.
Then after that match, I found out I couldn't connect to another friend's party (it keeps kicking me out), so we had another friend host the both of us to party it up. But we realized that we couldn't chat to each other, only to our other friend.
It's very frustrating. I try to see if I can mute/unmute my friend that I couldn't chat and it wasn't possible to do so, nor can he join my party as he keeps getting kicked out as well.
It's very odd.. I was wondering if anyone else had the same experiences?
(with the corpse glitching, the game d/cing, friends that can't be chatted or partied/hosted).
Re: MP Bug since the latest patch (unable to join party, game glitching out...)
Re: MP Bug since the latest patch (unable to join party, game glitching out...)
One thing I did change was the MTU (Set to 1500) in the network settings, I remember seeing it somewhere but I forgot, but maybe it's a solution?
I just got a mission in multiplayer and when the level,weapon was chosen it started to load then black screen and after the black screen the game should start but NO.The game ended after the loading and i got 0 supplies and a lot of minus (sick and hungry).The second loading i entered a mach where it was about to end ( 03:05 ) .It was impossible to achive the mission goals and i lost a lot of allies..... FIX IT PLEASE !!!
Anyone else stuck on a black screen after a match ends, or after a round ends in Survivors mode?
This has been happening to me too many times by now.. It was happening on Survivors mode to me quite a bit when a round would end - the black screen where it transitions from one round to the next was never going away. But then after the patch I didn't have it again, until now in Supply Raid it happened when a match ended, and for no reason. Also, I was playing just now, and the screen went black while I was actively playing. Just no display all of a sudden as I was moving in the map. I could still access the in-game XMB at all of these instances, but that isn't any good because the PS3 would still do the 3-beep thing if I try to quit or shut down. Am I the only one?
Parties take 15-20 minutes to find a game. Serious gamebreaker.
After the patch it is really broken with parties, it can take anywhere from 10-25 minutes before we end up in a game. It's a redicioulus long time trying to get a game together.
We can be 2 players or a full 4 player partie, doesent matter.
What we found out that in some cases work is that everybody in our partie quit to main menu, pick Factions again and rejoin and search for a game, this can lower the wait to 5-10 minutes sometimes.
We also have tried switching the party leader, sometimes it takes less time but many times it's around 15 minute wait.
We talked about filming this to show the developers but i believe they already know this.
The matchmaking really have to be improved, i want to play with my friends, this is one of the best games to incorporate real teamwork(if not the best) and i want to do this with friends, not randome people that run around the map like headless chickens.
I bought the collectors edition, the season pack and i hope you guys fix this soon, because it's really annoying.
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text: I have a 2012 Silverado Extended Cab that I purchased brand new in October. Ever since I bought the truck I've had a wind noise issue coming from the top of the driver's door. It use to be a random problem (would only happen when I was driving into the wind). But, I did notice the top of the driver's door did sit lower than the rear driver's side door.. so I thought this may have had something to do with it. Visit # 1 - Since the noise was random, I just mentioned it to the dealer during the first oil change. They said they'd take a look at it and they put me in a rental car for the night. I picked up the truck the next morning and the dealer said they made an "adjustment" and to try it out and see if it was better. The "adjustment" only made the noise worse - it's now happening all the time while I'm at 60 mph on the freeway. Plus, the gap between the two doors still existed. And now the noise is even worse when I'm on the freeway going around a curve - It sounds like the door is open! Visit # 2 - I took the truck back the next week on my days off and told them it made the noise worse. They gave me a rental car for the night. They called me the next morning and said I can pick up the truck - they contacted GM and they said to replace the seal around the door and the special order part would take a couple days to get. I asked if this would fix the gap in between the two doors and the service adviser said it would. Visit # 3 & 4 - The special order seal was installed. I waited for the truck while they did this... They gave me the truck back, I drove it around and immediately took it back to the dealer - the noise was still just as bad as before, and the gap between the two doors was still there. They put me in a rental car and sent the truck to a body shop for "adjustment". Visit # 5 -I came back the next day to pick up the truck and noticed a scrape in the paint on the driver's door pillar that wasn't there. The dealer took the truck back to the body shop and had that part of the door repainted. I was sent home in another rental car for the night. Now the wind noise is still present and it's just as bad as it was after the first visit. However, I moved 100+ miles away last weekend from the other dealer.. and with a new work schedule it's not possible to take the truck back to that dealer. I just dropped the truck off at a new dealer for visit # 6 for this issue. And man, I miss the old dealer! This dealer was very rude about the whole situation.. and when I asked for a rental car (because they were keeping my car overnight because I get off work at 4pm), they said that they couldn't because this wasn't a drivability concern. Really?? Why did the other dealer have no problem giving me a rental car?? Sorry, but I just needed to rant. I'm very upset that I spent all this money for a brand new truck and I'm having a problem like this, and then have to deal with a new dealer that doesn't seem to really want to help. It's embarrassing to have my friends get in my brand new truck and then hear this noise and think a door is open or a window is down. I don't think it's right.. shows poor quality in my opinion. This is just all a nightmare.. Any suggestions on what to do?


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I know the Giants have a lot of needs, specifically at the LB, CB, and DE positions, but Chance Warmack seems like such a good pick at 19. He's an absolute monster in the run game and also a very good pass blocker. He's a very good athlete for his size 6'3 320 and is a very safe pick. With Snee and Boothe both in their 30s, is this the year that the Giants go interior oline in the first?
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Name suppression has continued for a 19-year-old Eastern Bay woman charged with suppressing evidence relating to a child in Child, Youth and Family care being admitted to Whakatane Hospital in a hypothermic state.
During the woman's appearance in the Whakatane District Court today (Tue), police withdrew a charge of wounding with reckless disregard and replaced it with one of suppressing evidence in order to enable Eunice Towns to avoid conviction.
She entered a guilty plea to the charge and was remanded on bail for sentencing in the Whakatane District Court on March 6.
Judge Louis Bidois granted interim name suppression on the new charge and told the woman's lawyer, Rebecca Plunket, she would have to file submissions regarding further suppression for the woman's next appearance.
"It can be fully traversed at that time," Judge Bidois said.
The charge against the 19-year-old stemmed from an incident on May 11 last year after Eunice and Stephen Towns, aged 42 and 52 respectively, were approved Child, Youth and Family caregivers for three children under 3.
Both Stephen and Eunice Towns admitted abusing the boy over a five-week period. On January 9 Eunice Towns pleaded guilty to a charge of causing grievous bodily harm and Stephen Towns pleaded guilty to a charge of assault.
A police summary of facts said that on May 11 Eunice Towns became angry with a 2-year-old in her care.
She put the child in the shower and ran cold water over him while he was in a seated position for more than five minutes.
At 10.50am, an hour after the shower, the 2-year-old's condition deteriorated and an ambulance was called.
At Whakatane Hospital it was established the then unconscious toddler had a core body temperature of 31.6 degrees celsius, which is life-threatening hypothermia.
A total of 73 bruises and 10 abrasions were also seen on his body.
Police said Stephen and Eunice Towns had given the child cold showers a number of times, sometimes up to three a day for up to one minute to correct his behaviour.
Both Stephen and Eunice Towns had also started using excessive levels of force when grabbing the child and had started smacking him on his legs and bottom. Sometimes, when the 2-year-old refused to do as he was told, Stephen and Eunice Towns would forcibly push him causing him to fall to the floor.
Both will be sentenced in the Tauranga District Court on February 18.
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text: It's a rare day when something renders me completely gobsmacked, but this article succeeded. I have no words…. Some excerpts: Call me kooky, but I think these parents are incredibly selfish and irresponsible. While I understand the point behind their reasoning, they are living in a delusional world and are setting these kids up for a childhood filled with isolation, harassment, and bullying. And this concept of "unschooling?" GMAFB. JMO, but this article could be titled "Progressivism Run Amok." Thoughts?


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Hello and good morning everyone.
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When it seems the magic slipped away...
We find it all again on Christmas Day.
*Seeing isn't believing.Believing is seeing.*
I'm not feeling my best so I might not be on here as much....take care everyone.....see you soon.
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Our linebacker core definitely needs an upgrade, but I think what we saw in 2007 and 2011 were a result of our defensive lines more than great LB play. Remember in 2011, we almost didn't make the playoffs, playing terrible defense for much of the year as both Osi and Tuck spent time injured. We began to click as a defensive unit upon their return (and the timely returns of our secondary also). In other words, I think our, and generally speaking, LB play is a direct reflection of our defensive line's play.
I do agree with Titwio that our linebackers are going to become more important playing against Griffin twice a year. I know the pistol is the new rage, but I wouldn't put too much stock into it if Griffin weren't in our division or if other top teams in our conference didn't run it. We won't see San Fran every year, so I wouldn't cater my defense to it. I'm very interested to see what Chip Kelly does in Philly however, because I'm not sure he'll have the pieces for his offense OR defense this next year.


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I hope you all have a fantastic Friday. Friday's for me is not as exciting anymore. It's the last day of uni for the week. Which means work Saturday, Sunday and Monday. That's the life of a fashion student yo.
Also happy first day of May!
This is a cool series of doco's called The Day Before. I've actually, now watched them all!
I feel like I've posted this here before but I'm not sure. It's just a quick watercolor painting I did.
Me. Pardon all the selfies in this Foto Friday. You'll notice I've bought a new red lipstick and I totally love it.
I went to the Night Market and had one of these yummy spirally potatoes. And of course some Sangria.
Some gouache painting of the colour wheel.
Me in my red lipstick. I've noticed it makes my hair look more blonde than usual!
Lots of buttons at Jimmy Buttons.
Lots of trims too. I had the urge to start tidying up for them while I was there, but I resisted. The lady actually lost her keys while I was there. I have no hope that she was able to find them
My friend Ashy's hat. So super cool.
I found this at work. I think the other girl did it, maybe something to do with the shirts we sell having thread treads. I clothes are made in china so maybe I'm thinking that's why its translated. No idea.
My outfit of the day for uni yesterday. The red lipstick makes things more exciting.
This is my latest book club read, and I just realised I haven't updated you on book club. I like this picture of Patti.
My latte. I really, really love coffee and hanging out in cafes.
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Man charged with shooting weather man enters guilty pleas
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - The man accused of shooting a WJHL weather man with an arrow from a crossbow entered guilty pleas to three charges on Friday.
Gerald Taylor pleaded guilty to perjury, aggravated assault and aggravated criminal trespassing in Washington County criminal court. Taylor was accused of shooting Rob Williams at his home back in June of last year.
Police say Williams had filed a restraining order against Taylor prior to the shooting.
Taylor will be sentenced on April 19.


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The "martini bar" part of Ecco's name refers to a two-page list of retro cocktails and revised versions. The "Ecco Martini" ($9.95), made with imported gin or vodka and cheese-stuffed olives, is about as classic as it gets. Whether shaken or stirred, a martini should be a cold, dry drink that emphasizes the herbal and resinous notes of the gin. What this needed was more chill and a more expressive brand of spirits. There was no such problem with a well-balanced white-peach bellini ($9.95), nor a reasonably sour "Pomegranate Margarita" ($9.95) or a basil mojito ($9.95) — the last, a successful variation of the refreshing Cuban mint julep. The one aesthetic problem in the current revival of mixed drinks has been the tendency to sweeten the traditional sour and bitter accents. Ecco avoids this trap, except where clearly labeled. After all, no one will order a "French vanilla martini" under any illusion that it would be a dry, bracing drink.
Food starts with excellent, warm whole-grain bread in a kind of cigar box and a spread that tastes like butter and cheese compounded. Something as basic as flash-fried calamari ($8.50) stands out for the fantastic frying, the fresh-tasting squid, and the superior dip of mayonnaise with lemon and Sriracha hot sauce. Because most of the heat in chile sauce is oil-soluble, and mayonnaise is an oil-in-water emulsion, the sauce has just a nice bite and tons of flavor.
Wild-mushroom chowder ($8.50) with a cone of porcini-inflected potato in the center is superb, with a meaty-woodsy flavor to the cream stock and lots of different wild mushrooms in the bowl. Lobster and roasted corn chowder ($10) has an impressive amount of lobster meat and an interesting accent of cilantro, but the stock isn't based on seafood. That's odd, since the kitchen also produces a "Simply Mussel 'Hot Pot' " ($9), a big heap of cultured mussels in a butter-leek-garlic-wine sauce good enough to soak up with the three provided toasts. (The chefs could steal a little mussel broth for the lobster chowder.)
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text: Help me please? I have a 2002 Silverado Ex. Cab Z 71 with 19,200 miles on it. Obviously, I don't drive it a lot. Saturday, I started the truck in my garage and put it in gear. The engine started and immediately quit. I started it several times and it would start right up, but would not idle, either in gear or in neutral. If I accellerated, it would run and drive, but it would die if I took my foot off the gas. Also, I noticed that when I filled it up with gas, the mpg had deteriorated from 15-17 to 12-13. While trying to determine where to go to get this checked, I decided to replace the fuel filter, even though the current filter had been put on 3000 miles ago. Surprise! I started the truck to get it outside to work on it and the thing ran fine. I went ahead and changed the fuel filter, but I am worried that this will happen again. Has this happened to anyone else? Any insight into this problem would be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance.


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1. Acting like a complete douchebag in a way only possible on Facebook. This might involve relatively innocuous things like Facebook stalking or being a Facebook whore, or it might be a little more obnoxious, like telling Friend A that you can't go out on Saturday night and then posting tons of pictures from Friend B's party the next morning.
2. The innate quality of Facebook that inspires this sort of behavior.
2. The innate quality of Facebook that inspires this sort of behavior.
"Why does his ex-girlfriend keep writing cute little posts on his wall? Do you think they've still got something going on?"
"Honey, don't worry about it. It's just Facebook fail."
"Honey, don't worry about it. It's just Facebook fail."
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When someone posts something on facebook that is meant to get alot of likes, (ie. LMS or tbh ) and nobody likes it.
This almost never happens to popular people.
This almost never happens to popular people.
Guy 1: "Have you seen jennifer's stat? She posted a LMS 4 hours ago and NOBODY liked it haha"
Guy 2: "Bahahaha facebook fail!!"
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Posting something on a social network that you wouldn't want some people to see but are able to see.
"Dude my parents saw that photo of me drinkin on facebook" "Oooh... facebook fail!", "Senior skip day on Monday" *sent to everyone so underclassmen can see* Facebook fail!
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- The 15th-ranked University of Tennessee women's cross country team staved off a stiff challenge from 22nd-ranked Georgia to post yet another in a litany of program firsts this season -- a UT-best third-straight NCAA South Region championship. The Lady Vols scored 78 points to edge the 80 accumulated by the runner-up Bulldogs and earned a school-record third-consecutive NCAA Championship berth Saturday morning at the Harry Pritchett Golf Course.
On an overcast day with ideal running temperatures in the lower 50s, Southeastern Conference schools UT and UGA grabbed the pair of automatic NCAA berths accorded to the South Region. Chattanooga was a distant third with 140 points, followed by Florida State (176), Auburn (183), Samford (198), Florida (210), South Florida (265), UAB (266) and Vanderbilt (279) rounding out the top 10 in a field of 23. Just like the SEC meet, individual honors went to Auburn's Angela Homan, who held off Chattanoog's Shannon Wommack (20:27.27) with a first-place reading of 20:25.83.
"The bottom line is about winning, and this team is getting it done," UT Head Coach J.J. Clark said. "I am proud of how they pull together at critical times and make it happen. Sometimes they make it a little more interesting than necessary, but they keep finding ways to win."
Lady Vol senior Brooke Novak bounced back to her usual strong form after failing to score two weeks ago at the Southeastern Conference Championships, notching a seventh-place finish of 21:15.04 on the 6,000-meter layout to garner All-South Region acclaim for the third time in her career. The Kaukauna, Wis., native paced the Orange and White for the third competition this season and for the ninth occasion in her highly-successful career to enable UT to win its third region crown in Clark's first three seasons in Knoxville.
Fellow senior Elizabeth McCalley (Knoxville, Tenn.) came through with her best regional performance ever, taking 11th in a time of 21:28.71 to reap All-South distinction for the second year in a row after placing 24th in 2003. Joining her on the all-region squad were sophomores Felicia Guliford (Gallup, N.M.) and Katie Flaute (Dayton, Ohio). Guliford, who had led the Big Orange to the finish line in three of her previous four outings this season, took 14th and was UT's third scorer with a clocking of 21:34.62 to gain all-region status for the second time. Flaute, meanwhile, collected her first All-South certificate, crossing the finish area in 21:48.87 to place a career-best 21st and run fourth among her teammates.
UT's fifth-place scoring role went to junior Megan Cauble. The Knoxville, Tenn., product pocketed her third All-Region nod, covering the distance in 21:57.80 to place 25th and give Tennessee a school-record five all-region performers in one meet. Also running for the Lady Vols but not counting toward the scoring total were juniors Carly Matthews (Winston-Salem, N.C.) and Mindy Sullivan (Lubbock, Texas), who crossed the line in 32nd and 37th positions, respectively, in 22:09.85 and 22:21.50.
"Brooke came back to life (after the SEC meet) with a solid run, and Elizabeth showed up big once again," Clark said. "I am also very proud of Katie and Megan, who continued to show their consistency. Felicia had an off day by her standards, but she pulled it together and finished well.
"Having five runners in the top 25 is impressive,â?? Clark continued. "It's never been done before by Tennessee at an NCAA regional, and it is another great sign for our program."
The victory gave Tennessee its third NCAA South title ever (2002-2004) and its fifth region or district championship, including victories at the 1977 AIAW Region 2 and 1983 NCAA District 3 meets. It also means the Lady Vols will advance to the 2004 NCAA Championship meet, which will be held at 11 a.m. Eastern time on Nov. 22 in Terre Haute, Ind. UT will be making its 11th national appearance, including eight of the NCAA variety, and has earned three-consecutive trips to the national meet for the first time in the 31-year history of the program. Clark guided his first two NCAA-qualifying Big Orange units to 28th in 2002 and 24th in 2003.
With the triumph, Tennessee also chalked up five meet victories in a season for the initial time, and the Lady Vols improved their 2004 won-loss record to a school-best 111-5. That mark tops last season's 99-31 slate. It also gives Clark (269-70-1 in three seasons) his fifth region title overall, having won the 1997 and 1998 NCAA South Regionals at Florida before his three-year string at Rocky Top.
"We have come to a point we wanted with our program, where it has become something normal to go to the NCAA meet," Clark said. "That's my expectation for our teams, and one of our squadâ?TMs objectives each year. Our next step is to go to nationals and finish better than we did last year."


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Cozy Apartment in Scene Quarter
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Our apartment is located in the beautiful and trendy Prenzlauer Berg district. Right around the corner you will find plenty of cafés, kitsch boutiques and alternative-style bars. The popular Kollwitzplatz is only a leisurely 10 min stroll away, same as the Kulturbrauerei, an old brewery with shops and nightlife.
Also nearby is the huge & popular park "Volkspark Friedrichshain", with lakes, a fairytale fountain, film showings and beer gardens.
Public transport
Excellent public transport connections take you into Mitte in about 10 minutes, where you can visit main Berlin attractions such as Alexanderplatz, Museum Island, Brandenburg Gate or Hackescher Markt.
The apartment
The flat itself is located in the rear building of a typical "Berliner Altbau" built in 1910. It still has an old restored door, beautiful stucco, and high ceilings and windows. The windows look into a cozy little backyard with a tree whose leaves let the flat come to live in a beautiful green during the warmer months of the year.
The interior design is modern and inviting. We have a big, comfortable bed and cozy chairs that will help you relax after a long day of sightseeing in Berlin.
There is wireless internet in the apartment that you can use with your own computer. (We have removed the laptop that you can still see in the pictures).
The kitchen is fully equipped. It has a stove, a microwave (including grill function and fan), an electric kettle, coffee maker, a washing machine, pots, pans, silverware and dishes. There is also an iron that will come in handy when you want to get dressed up for an exciting night in Berlin clubs and fancy restaurants.
Linen and 1 hand towel + 1 bath towel per person are included. Extra towels cost extra and need to be ordered latest 1 week prior to your arrival.
Check In and Check out
Our standard check-in is after 3 pm and check-out is before 11 am. Other times may be possible upon request but cannot be guaranteed.
Additional charges:
A deposit of 200 EUR has to paid in cash at check in. It will of course be returned at check out provided nothing has been damaged in the apartment.
If check in takes place after 9 p.m. there will also be an extra late check in fee of 20 EUR.
Nearby public transport options:
Tram: the M2 and M10 are only 2 minutes away and will take you directly to the Alexanderplatz, Hakescher Markt, the Museum Island, or Friedrichshain which is probably the best place for for clubbing in Berlin.
Nearby U-Bahn: Eberswalder Straße (U2)
Nearby S-Bahn: Prenzlauer Allee (S8, S41, S42, S85)
We look forward to hosting you in our apartment!
Kasia & Alan
HusreglerCITY TAX
Since the 1st of January 2014 all private Berlin visitors have to pay the so called City Tax. This 5% tax has to be paid on top of the price you pay on airbnb and will be collected during the check in.
For more information please refer to the federal state of Berlin website.
A deposit of 200 EUR has to paid in cash at check in. If nothing has been damaged in the apartment, the deposit will be refunded at the latest two days after check out via bank transfer.
If check in takes place after 9 p.m. there will also be an extra late check in fee of 20 EUR which is payable in cash upon arrival.
Kids under the age of 3, who sleep in the bed with their parents, are allowed to stay for free!
Partying is prohibited in the apartment. Smoking is banned anywhere in the building. Do not make noise / play loud music after 10 pm or between noon and 2 pm. Please also try to be quiet when returning home late. The apartment may only be used by the named guests. The usage by a third party or any other additional occupancy is not permitted.
Bed linen and 1 hand towel + 1 bath towel per person are included. Extra towels cost extra and need to be ordered 1 week prior to your arrival.
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This cozy flat is in a very convenient and quiet location in nice Prenzlauerberg area; Alexanderplatz is just at walking distance!
There are many good shops, cafés, restaurants very close to the flat.
The bedroom and kitchen are bright, and fully equipped.
Alan & Kasia are very helpful and flexible. 5 stars!
Alan & Kasia are superfriendly and flexible. The location of the apartment is fantastic!
Only disadvantages are the small shower and the poor quality of the mattras.
All in all the apartment is small, but has everything you need when being this close to one of the nicest areas of Berlin.
Wonderful first time visit had by myself and girlfriend in Berlin. Apartment was perfect, amazing location in a very nice and relaxing area of Berlin. Very easy transport links and fantastic array of local restaurants, cafes and bars!
Great communication from hosts and lots of interesting suggestions on local activities that we took advantage of. So good we're already planning our next visit for 2012!
Thank you Kasia & Alan (and Nico!)
Alan and Kasia have a great apartment in Prenzlauer Berg. It is very clean and has everything to make your stay comfortable starting from internet access and a washing machine to umbrellas for the rainy Berlin weather.
Also they were very helpful at any time (even when I forgot the keys in the apartment on a Saturday afternoon) and therefore deserve 10 out of 10 points.
Prima studio. Netjes op orde. Compleet ingericht.
Goede bedden.
Locatie gunstig gelegen in wijk Prenzlauerberg en dichtbij bij tramstations
Vi, min kone og jeg har benyttet os af den lejlighed som Alan& Kasia stiller til rådighed for deres lejere.
Vi har været meget tilfredse med vores ophold. Faciliteterne var som vi forventede og tilfredsstillede vores behov.
Dog, kunne vi ikke være tilfreds med den internetdækning som var til vores disposition. Vi - og det tror jeg er aktuelt i 2013 - har behov for at få en medbragt iPad eller iPhone til at fungere. Det var ikke muligt - og det var ærgeligt!
Såfremt disse forhold bliver bedre, vil vi gerne vende tilbage.
Vi holdt meget af det lokale kvarter som lejligheden er ligger i.
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Twins getting healthy, seeking bullpen help
By Saturday, when right-hander Scott Baker comes off the disabled list to face the Tigers, the number of Twins on the DL will be down to two.
The two are center fielder Denard Span and first baseman Justin Morneau, but Span should return soon and Morneau is perhaps a month away.
In the meantime, the Twins consider themselves buyers, even though they're six games under .500 and six games out in the AL Central.
Their primary target: A middle-inning reliever.
"We just need depth," general manager Bill Smith said Friday morning. "We've got (Joe) Nathan, (Matt) Capps and (left-hander Glen) Perkins at the back – that's a good group.
"Capps has struggled a little bit lately, but he has been very, very good for us. We're fine with those three late in games. We just have some inexperience getting to that point."
Smith reserved special praise for Nathan, who has a 1.74 ERA in 11 games since returning from a right flexor muscle strain.
"Our pitching coach, Rick Anderson, told him, 'Go find your fastball,'" Smith said. "Go on a rehab (assignment), throw fastballs, get that back, and everything else will come together."
Now the Twins will find out if everything can come together for their team, too.
On Thursday, they activated outfielder Jason Kubel, who missed 47 games with a sprained left foot. Span, recovering from a concussion, is on a rehabilitation assignment at Triple A. Morneau, out with a strained left wrist, is expected back in mid to late August.
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Facebook is to hosting its fourth quarter earnings call in a couple of weeks, but before we find out if their market position has improved much since their dismal IPO launch, they've invited the media to "come and see what we're building" on January 15. Thanks to this surprise invitation, Facebook's shares have jumped 9 percent as of market closing on Friday as investors anticipate some positive developments from Facebook this year.
According to Baird analyst Colin Sebastian, this spike in Facebook's shares is due to "investors working themselves into a hopeful lather."
"There is growing anticipation of strong Q4 results, in particular relative to other online advertising companies. Secondly, [there is] speculation over the press event next week. Lastly, from a technical perspective the stock looks attractive…. Facebook continues to make progress with the transition to mobile, make improvements to the user interface, and bring more value to advertisers," Sebastian said.
But Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter doubts Facebook will be unveiling something big so close to their earnings call. Announcing anything is critical for any publicly traded company, as it could lead to plummeting shares and the lose of investor trust if people don't like what they hear.
Still, some analysts believe that Facebook is getting ready to unveil something big for the same reason. Topeka Capital's Victor Anthony believes that Facebook knows how volatile the stock is and they wouldn't be scheduling an announcement so close to their earnings call if they do not believe that it would reap positive results for the company.
So what can we expect from Facebook's event tomorrow? Here's a couple ideas making their way around the circuit:
Facebook Messenger
A recent report conjectures that we may see Facebook reveal a Messenger for iPad app tomorrow, an app currently missing from their mobile foray. Facebook already has Messenger working smoothly for phones and PCs, so it won't be surprising to see this strategy extend to the tablet space.
According to their sources, the event will be all about mobile products/services. Some even say that it has got something to do with Microsoft killing off Windows Messenger on March 15. Microsoft is a Facebook partner and they may be unveiling a new Messenger which will be available a month before Windows Messenger officially says goodbye.
Project Buffy
Reports are also suggesting that aside from a new Messenger app, Facebook might finally be unveiling the much talked about Facebook phone. The smartphone, codenamed Project Buffy, surfaced in 2011 when it was reported that the initiative had been in development for over two years. Expected to run Android, the Facebook phone has also been said to be manufactured by HTC. The rumors were resurrected in April 2012 and then again in November. It's already January 2013 and we've yet to see a Facebook phone, raising doubts as time goes on and the smartphone market gets more crowded.
We've only got a day to wait to find out what Facebook up to and if it involves a new mobile messenger and Project Buffy. Not surprisingly, the world expects big mobile news from Facebook tomorrow. This has been a key area of development for Facebook as the company seeks to increase revenue opportunities while keeping pace with emerging technology.
Mobile could be a great opportunity for Facebook, converging several of their efforts to contextualize the network's social graph. As advertising is a major focus for Facebook, mobile ads and an extended ecosystem around SoLoMo initiatives could prove lucrative.


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The Jazz Arts Collective and jazz chamber ensembles will perform on Thursday, Nov. 21, at 7:30 p.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
The college's jazz chamber ensembles afford students the opportunity to perform in the classic small-group combo setting. The ensembles vary in size and instrumentation, and place a creative focus on improvisation and group communication. All of the ensembles perform works from the classic jazz repertoire. The more advanced jazz chamber ensembles also perform repertoire from the contemporary jazz world. The ensembles also place an emphasis on original student and faculty compositions. All of the ensembles are coached by members of the Hope College jazz faculty.
The ensembles include the Blue Note Ensemble, coached by Steve Talaga, adjunct assistant professor of music; Vanguard Ensemble, coached by Mike VanLente, instructor of jazz percussion; Verve Ensemble, coached by Tom Lockwood, instructor of jazz saxophone; Standards Ensemble, coached by Brian Coyle, professor of music and director of jazz studies; Prestige Ensemble, coached by senior Mike Graverson of Hamilton; and the Concord Ensemble, coached by senior Jared DeMeester of Grand Rapids.
The Jazz Arts Collective that will be performing with the jazz chamber ensembles on Thursday, Nov. 21, is the premier large jazz ensemble at Hope College. The collective places a creative focus on ensemble communication and improvisation. Comprised of a rhythm section and flexible wind/string instrumentation, this select group performs compositions and arrangements from across the full spectrum of music. The collective's repertoire ranges from the great historical jazz composers such as Duke Ellington and Charles Mingus, to works by modern jazz masters like Vince Mendoza, Jim McNeely and John Hollenbeck. The Jazz Arts Collective frequently performs commissions, works by emerging young composers, and originals by Hope College faculty and students. The ensemble also collectively reinterprets and re-imagines the music from the twentieth century classical repertoire. The directors are Brian Coyle and Rob Hodson, professor of music and chairperson of the department.


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This article originally appeared in the July 11, 1978 issue of the Boston Phoenix.
In the summer of 1972 — as McGovern was dropping Eagleton from the ticket, Jane Fonda was broadcasting over Radio Hanoi, the plumbers breaking into Watergate — eight leaders of Vietnam Veterans Against the War were indicted in Tallahassee, Florida, on charges that they planned to attack Miami with automatic weapons. The government's star witness in the case would turn out to be William L. Lemmer, who — while serving as Arkansas-Oklahoma Regional Coordinator for the anti-war group — had begun to inform on his friends for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Now Lemmer is 30; he lives in Washington and works as a freelance graphic-arts specialist and cartoonist. During a two-hour chat on the back porch on the home he rents in a residential part of the city, Lemmer said life had been "really rough" since he was identified in the highly publicized trial as an FBI spy.
Eventually Scott Camil and the other seven veterans who were charged with conspiracy to disrupt the Republican National Convention (by sending "fire teams" armed with automatic weapons and explosives into Miami) were acquitted.
After the trial, Lemmer drifted through a series of jobs in Florida and Texas, eventually landing in Washington two years ago. At one point, he was penning a comic strip for a Dallas alternative newspaper, the Iconoclast, until his identity was discovered and he was asked to leave. And as recently as this past winter, he was offering free graphics advice to — of all things — a radical research group in Washington which specializes in government spying. When members of the group eventually recognized who Lemmer was, contact was quietly discontinued.
Lemmer says he hasn't worked for the government since the trial of the Gainesville Eight; he doubts he ever would again. He is bitter about the Justice Department's letting his name surface long before the trial began. "Justice let my name ride for 14 months, 14 months of publicity, 14 months of accusations .... Nobody knew the story, nobody knew who I was, what I was doing, the exact story. I wasn't allowed to tell that story, obviously. Pretrial publicity would have blown that case right out of the water. So for 14 months, the Department let the defense chase me."
Lemmer was only one of the FBI informants in the VVAW uncovered during the trial. Another was Emerson Poe, ostensibly a close friend of Scott Camil, who remained under cover as a defendant until the day he was called as a government witness.
(The government attorney directing the case out of Washington, Guy Goodwin, had earlier denied to the judge that there were FBI spies in the defense camp. Goodwin may now have legal problems as a result of his statements at the 1972 trial: the Supreme Court recently let stand a lower-court decision that Goodwin can be held liable in a private suit because of his apparent perjury. Until now, prosecutors have been immune from such suits.)
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- 3/4 cup chopped celery
- 3/4 cup chopped onion
- 1/4 cup butter
- 2 cans (14-1/2 ounces each) chicken broth
- 2-1/3 cups mashed potato flakes
- 1-1/2 cups milk
- 1/2 cup cubed process American cheese (Velveeta)
- 3/4 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- In a 3-qt. saucepan, saute celery and onion in butter for 2-3 minutes. stir in broth; bring to boil. Reduce heat. Add potato flakes; cook and stir for 5-7 minutes. Add milk, cheese, garlic salt and chili powder. Cook and stir until cheese is melted. Just before serving, add sour cream and heat through ( do not boil). Yield: 6 servings.
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The flood watch begins at noon today and runs through late tonight. According to the NWS, "scattered showers and thunderstorms this morning will become more widespread this afternoon and continue into tonight. Rainfall totals of 1 to 2 inches are likely with totals over 2 inches possible."
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Re: st: Simulate a skewed variable in stata, sample vs. population skewness
Austin Nichols <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Re: st: Simulate a skewed variable in stata, sample vs. population skewness
Mon, 7 Dec 2009 09:11:35 -0500
Short answer:
it is the population property (e.g. skewness) that should be held
constant, not the sample property, within one set of simulations
designed to estimate small-sample performance at one level of that
property (and varied across sets to see the dependence on degree of
skewness). But you should report the sample properties as well at
each level of the population property you simulate for.
On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 5:06 AM, Karl-Oskar Lindgren
<email@example.com> wrote:
> Dear listusers,
> I have a question that I guess is partly statistical and partly
> philosphical. In a paper that uses Monte-Carlo simulations to study
> the small sample performance of an estimator I was asked by a referee
> to investigate how the estimator performs when the error terms are
> skewed.
> When trying to implement this suggestion I realized that sample
> skewness as reported by stata can differ considerably from the
> skewness of the underlying population (although both the sample mean
> and variance of the variable remain close to their population
> counterparts). My question is therefore if it is the sample skewness
> or the population skewness that should be kept constant when
> examining the small sample performance of a statistical estimator.
> In case my question is unclear the following simple example may help
> illustrate the gist of my problem. Let's assume that we want to study
> how the OLS-estimator perform in small samples when the error terms
> are skewed. In order to do this we decide to generate 10 error terms
> from a chi-square distribution with 1 degree-of-freedom. The
> population skewness should then be 2^(3/2), i.e., about 2.8. But if I
> generate 1000 samples from such a distribution in stata the average
> skewness across these 1000 samples turn out to be about 1.3 (see the
> example code below). I understand that the reason for the discrepancy
> is that measures of skewness tend to be biased in small samples when
> the variables are non-normal (indeed the sample skewness is
> approaching its theoretical level as we increases the number of
> observations in the example below).
> My question, however, concerns whether it is the sample skewness or
> the population skewness that I should keep constant in my
> replications when I vary the other parameters of the model. If it is
> the population skewness the implementation is straightforward since
> the skewness in the population is known. But if it is the sample
> skewness that should be kept constant I would appreciate any hints
> of appropriate methods to accomplish this.
> **Example code to illustrate the bias of r(skewness)
> program define skewchi, rclass
> version 9.2
> drop _all
> set obs 10
> gen double x=invnorm(uniform())
> gen double x2=x^2
> sum x2, detail
> return scalar mean=r(mean)
> return scalar var=r(Var)
> return scalar skew=r(skewness)
> end
> simulate mean=r(mean) var=r(var) skew=r(skew), ///
> reps(1000) seed(1) dots: skewchi
> sum
> Best wishes,
> Karl-Oskar Lindgren
> Department of Government
> Uppsala University
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28 Jul
Hello, and welcome to a new Young Crafters Unite challenge! We hope you will be able to join us in this challenge =)
This month's challenge
The challenge for this month is all about buttons! Use them to add some flair, create texture or have fun with texture. :)
Awesome Design Team contributions
We are so lucky to have a great design team to give you lots of inspiration for this fun challenge. Without further ado, here are the DT's amazing creations for this challenge:
Chari Moss – http://littlemisslittleness.blogspot.com
Chunyuan Wu – http://dahliamemories.blogspot.com
Danielle Walls – http://neatandtangled.blogspot.com
Jen Rzasa – http://ourchangeofart.blogspot.com
Stephanie Britt - http://www.stephmade.com
Britta Swiderski – http://brittaswiderski.com
Marie Forberg – http://legojenta.blogspot.com
We are so lucky as to be sponsored by the awesome Simon Says Stamp for this challenge. They are giving one lucky winner a $25 gift certificate to their online store! If you haven't checked out their online store before, it's totally worth your time. They have a huge selection of stamping and scrapbooking supplies =) You can check them out here =) Thank you so much, Simon Says Stamp!
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Thanks to all who entered our Holiday Fun Silly Cake Contest. Each year, we receive a batch of brilliant entries from talented bakers around the country, and this year was no exception. From a pretty wreath cake to a depiction of Santa's Christmas Eve shenanigans, these cakes…well, take the cake. Click through to see who won an UltraGold Bakeware set from Wilton as well as the runners-up.
"This is an 8" round pumpkin cake. I used cream cheese frosting and Wilton's Decorating Tip #32 for the leaves. I then sprinkled the cake with cinnamon candies and gold dragées. To create the bow, I used rolled fondant." —Meagan Bu
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Only been loving on this song like, um, well over some year+ status now. And sure, we've writ about it in bits and pieces since hearing the eensiest weensiest snippet of it, but in full, Savage Skulls and Robyn's Bad Gal is in part, infectious and in whole, beastly. And now, we've got official clippage of the cut, meaning, ay yo, it's the video! Love love love.
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Posted by Ellen Daley on January 24, 2012
A lot of time and money goes into strategy. Most strategists at tech firms I work with do a great job talking about creating business solutions and forming strategic relationships. The truth? They are still selling speeds and feeds and are not considered strategic by their buyers.
There is a lot to lose if you don't engage on solutions to real business problems. Buyers are changing. Digital natives are entering into leadership positions and new as-a-service approaches make applications and technology accessible that previously were just the purview of IT.
Buyers of technology today tell us that only 13% of salespeople can demonstrate passable understanding of their business issues.
Enter the new discipline of Sale Enablement. It's an emerging discipline that is taking hold, where people with a variety of backgrounds and functions — from marketing to sales operations to front line teams to solution groups — are being tapped to "fix the broken things." These emerging leaders are approaching the problem with a new vision — moving from random acts to purpose-built plans. Shifting the focus from products and services to customer problems. Not just saying "customer-focus" but living it.
Posted by Henry Dewing on January 19, 2012
IBM, as always, put on a really big show at Lotusphere this year. More than 5,000 attendees from all walks of IT and business came together to find out how IBM could help them execute their business strategies — and IBM promised to help them make their business social, and thus more personal and effective. Every IBM executive that I heard present or spoke with had one thing in mind: how to help customers evolve the culture of business from one where employees hoard information and rely on their own ability to solve problems to get themselves and their firm ahead to one where sharing information and insight enables better decision-making and better customer service.
Over two and a half days, I talked to (or heard presentations from) dozens of companies leveraging social technologies to accelerate their business, including:


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Standing before a crowd of about 100 at a fundraiser at The Dorrance bar and restaurant in downtown Providence a couple of weeks ago, Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards left little doubt about her organization's top political priority in Rhode Island.
"David Cicilline, our good friend in Congress, is running for re-election," she said, "and we've got to get him re-elected."
The assembled applauded, but it was a bit of an awkward moment: Congressman Cicilline's opponent in the Democratic primary this fall, businessman Anthony Gemma, was standing just a few feet away.
The challenger, though, had to know what he was getting into when he walked through The Dorrance's heavy, revolving doors.
Cicilline, facing the political fight of his life, is doing all he can to harness outrage over the Republican Party's so-called "war on women" — the push to defund Planned Parenthood, the failure to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, the opposition to the Paycheck Fairness Act.
And little wonder.
In a May poll commissioned by WPRI-TV that gave Cicilline a small lead on Gemma in the primary, it was women who put him over the top. And in an earlier WPRI poll that had Cicilline 15 points behind GOP candidate Brendan Doherty in a general election match-up, it was women who kept him within striking distance.
The math, for the incumbent, is pretty clear: win women by a significant margin and he probably returns to Congress. Fail and he almost certainly goes home.
That a Democratic incumbent in a deep blue state would face such a stark challenge is still a little stunning. But Cicilline, of course, has committed one of the great sins of modern American politics: shaking the voters' trust.
The story, by now, is a familiar one.
Cicilline was serving as mayor of Providence when he launched his first Congressional bid in 2010. And he famously said the city was in "excellent" fiscal condition during the campaign.
After the election, when his City Hall successor Angel Taveras declared a "Category 5 hurricane" on the capital's books, the freshman Congressman's approval ratings went kablooey.
His early attempts to push back against the story, followed by a belated not-quite-apology tour, have done little to restore his reputation. And that means Cicilline's re-election strategy has more or less boiled down to this: smother the trust problem with an appeal to a few key demographics.
He has to turn out Latinos, who became a much bigger factor in the race after Cicilline grabbed the south side of Providence during a contentious redistricting fight this winter. And he has to turn out young voters, who favored him over Doherty by almost 20 points in that otherwise dismal WPRI survey.
Both groups are notoriously difficult to get to the polls, though. And that makes women, who consistently make up more than half the Rhode Island electorate, Cicilline's most important target. The Congressman, facing a pair of pro-life opponents, is courting them assiduously.
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Welcome aboard.
What part of Texas are you in? We have enough members spread throughout the state that someone probably live near you, and can show you some safety rules, pointers, etc.
What you start with will depend on what your shooting buddy has. Caliber does relate to size, and the best way to see the difference is to hold each in your hand.
Find a buddy. Or go to the range/gun shop and ask for instruction.
Hands on is way better than forum talk.


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B.F.A. Tufts University
M.F.A. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Mr. Archambault is a sound designer, sound art and music composer and a performer of electronic music. Among others, his credits include sound design for the award winning, CD-ROM, Exotic Japan, the BBC film Dear Nelson, and contributing composer for the PBS series Our Stories and Made-in-Maine.
He composed the music for the global art exhibit, C.O.D. He has also taught at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Savannah College of Art & Design.


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