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LSA Summer Institute, Ohio State University, 1993. Courses in Government and Binding (P. Culicover) and Child Syntax/Semantics (S. Crain).
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BeschreibungExplores issues of gender, race and national identity in Japan, by taking up for critical analysis an emergent national trend, in which some urban Japanese women turn to the West--through study abroad, work abroad, and romance with Westerners-- in order
InhaltsverzeichnisContents: Introduction The promised land: a genealogy of female internationalism Internationalism as resistance Capital and the fetish of the white man (Re) flexibility in the inflexible places Conclusion: Strange bedfellows
PortraitKaren Kelsky is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Oregon.
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Hello, and if you're reading this, then thank you for taking the time to welcome me to this beekeeping community.
Let me introduce myself:
I am a new beekeeper; I live in an intentional community in southern Missouri in the Ozarks. We have 1,000 acres of beautiful untouched forested land with about 50 acres covered with organic vegetable and herbal gardens, as well as a moderate orchard of various fruit trees. We are pretty isolated... compared to a lot of places... from GMO farming and pesticides.
This fact is probably the primary reason for me wanting to keep bees.
I had a mentor-of-sorts in regards to keeping bees, though in retrospect I feel that I learned more about what not to do, rather than what to do. He is gone now, and I haven't lost my drive for this activity. I have mostly been learning by reading books... my favorite being The Barefoot Beekeeper by P.J. Chandler... and by using my intuition influenced by what I know.
I currently have 2 hives going... one top-bar that I started last year, and one box hive that I started just this spring. Despite a warm winter with active bees and little foraging, I feel that both hives are healthy and doing well....
...Except for one thing, which is what incited me to seek out this forum.
Just last week I checked on the top-bar. I wanted to look at how many brood combs they have right now, and perhaps give them another bar. I carefully cut and separated one of the brood combs apart so I could lift it and view it, but I didn't do a good enough job and the comb fell off of the bar. As it was brood I didn't want to remove it from the hive, so I put it in the bottom of the hive.
Now I see that it was a mistake, for just a week later they have built a hideous mass of comb off of that one. It is overwhelming.
As of this moment, I am not sure what I should do in this situation. I know I must remove the mass of comb from the bottom of the hive, but I don't know what I should do with the brood comb that is in there.
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I'm installing a fan in the attic to vent different rooms the inside the house. The ducting will run from ceiling boots in the rooms to an exhaust on the side of the house.
I've heard condensation can form inside the ducts in cold weather. Since I will be running the fan mostly on hot days, is insulated ducting really necessary in the attic?
Yes it is. You won't be able to seal those vents off 100% in the winter. Cold will drop down and the heat will rise. Wont take long before the drywall around the vents is stained and the grills start to rust due to condensation.
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I am 19 years old and not in terrible shape, however the last 2-3 years have been solely me working a part time job and sitting on my butt playing on my computer all the time...
Anyway, after the buzz of the olympics I was inspored by the triumphs of the likes of Ennis and Mo, and decided to get fit and back in good shape. I started running 4 weeks ago and once I bought all the shiny new gear that I wanted set out on my first run. Luckily for me I live right by Langley park so I had a nice place to go for my run.
I spent 5 minutes walking there and then jogged/run for as long as I could, well that was the plan. After about what felt like 20 minutes but was in fact only 1 I was panting and huffing. I couldn't believe how unfit I was.
I kept at it and decided to get a 0 to 5k plan on my iPhone, and have been following that closely. After a holiday to Bournemouth a week ago I found it was getting really easy, really quickly. Even though I am going extremely slow.
I decided to speak to a friend who runs ultra marathon's and see what he suggested. He told me to ditch the phone app and go for a jog, but go as long as possible at a medium pace. Suprisingly I ended up doing the full 4k circuit that I was supposed to be doing at week 7 of the program, but 3 weeks earlier! Well chuffed!
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My question is, if I can do the 4k route, should I ditch the phone app and do the 4k route again and again and slowly build it up? I have a ParkRun (Black Park) 5 minutes walk away from me too, and that is my main immediate goal. To finish a 5k race. I know parkrun isn't a race but if I can do that I can register for a proper race.
I am contemplating registering for this Saturday's ParkRun and just trying to finish. Do you think this is a good idea? or should I be improving slower? I am feeling no pain or injuries, but when I get home after a run I often have a small tickly cough, although I have heard that is because of my mild asthma.
I look forward to hearing any advice,
Hey, thanks RMR.
So you think it is best to find a 5-10k plan and work towards that?
I am hoping to do sub 30 mins in my first 5k and today my morning run was 4k, I times myself and it took me exactly 24 minutes excluding warm up and cool down. I went all out the last 200m like in a race, but now I feel I oculd have gone a bit of a harder pace during the middle of the run.
Do you think that I could do sub 30 mins if I keep that pace? as thats really my main short term goal. Then its off to the big bad wolf that is the world of 10k's.
I know I have a lot of questions for you to answer, but please just one more
I have been looking for 5k races close to me (Berks/Bucks) and have seen Mens health survival of the fittest night race in London, for those who don't know it is an obstacle race where the combined distance is 5k~ but you have to climb over walls and get a bit muddy
The other one I have found is the Kilomathon, 6.5k race on 20th~ October. This race is a plain old flat 6.5k'er and I reckon I could get myself up to that distance in 1 month, no problem. It also comes with a shiny medal for all finishers
So what do you reckon I should do then? sorry for all the questions, what plan and what race ?
Don't get too carried away. Your heart and lungs become fitter much faster than the other structures in your body. In the early days its quite common to get fitter and fitter and then tear something. As a rule of thumb I give areas with greatest blood circulation 12 weeks to get fit. Bones six months, tendons nine months to a year and the bits that take the longest to strengthen up, ligaments at 18 months. So think ligaments. Its 18 months basic training to be on the safe side.
Hey, thanks for the reply RicF.
I see what you mean about the heart and lungs improving very quickly and the body not so much, as the last couple of runs have been the only ones where my legs feel like they are being tested. (Usually out of breath before legs hurt) However my cardiovascular fitness must have overtaken my legs , I still feel though they have lots left to give though, but am still edging on the safe side, simply because I am still a newbie xD.
It would be interesting to hear other peoples opinions and I would love it if someone could basically lay out what I should do if I decide to go for the 2 races that I wrote about in my previous post.
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Nagashima Takehisa – Asahina, Japan
How long have you been growing tea?
About 50 years. I have been involved in agriculture, especially in green tea fields ever since I graduated from an agricultural high school.
What got you started in the Tea industry?
I was the firstborn son of a green tea farming family, so it was a natural choice. Mainly I have been growing green tea, and I also grow Gyokuro.
Can you describe a typical day out in the field. How many hours would that be?
To growing Gyokuro, we start out by making shade coverings called "Komo" which is made of black polyester mesh. When green tea bushes' buds start coming out in April, we start putting covering on the frames over the tea bushes. After about 10 days, we cover with two layers, and cut the sun rays by 95%, and we pick them in 20 days.
We pick them by hand, so an adult could only pick 10kg of tea leaves working from 6AM till 6PM. Then finished tea will come out only 2kg. We cannot pick tea leaves on rainy days. After air-dry the leaves in bamboo containers, we start processing them 5AM next morning.
What is your favorite part of growing tea? What inspires you to keep going?
When Gyokuro grows up to be what I hoped. When we take good care of the tea bushes, they respond.
Conversely, what is the hardest part of your job?
The hardest thing is the climate. When new buds are coming out, frost is our biggest concern. In order to protect the new buds, we need to cover the tea bushes.
How has tea farming changed over the years?
The green tea industry will change due to the rise of price of fertilizer, pesticides contrasting with the price of tea going down itself, and a lack of successors to carry on the businesses.
What do you think makes your tea more unique or better than others?
We manage all fertilizer and organic manure. We use 100 kg a year. We manage the right steaming temperature like human temperature, and all temperature in manufacturing lines.
What makes the difference between a successful and unsuccessful harvest?
As for tea, there is growing and manufacturing. In growing, temperature and pest control is important. In manufacturing, managing raw harvested leaves and the machinery used for processing are important factors.
Do you exchange growing secrets with other local farmers?
We often do exchange information with other Gyokuro farmers of the Asahina area in order to improve quality about growing and manufacturing.
Are there any tips you can give on how to best brew your tea?
Asahina Gyokuro is best drunken by "TsuyuCha", or drip tea. It is often said that when your throat is thirsty, drink Senhca. When your heart is thirsty, drink Gyokuro. Gyokuro is the best when you brew as the same temperature as a human's skin and drink it slowly over much time.
What is your favorite tea to drink and why?
Gyokuro. The sweetness that sweeps in the mouth is just excellent.
If you had any advice to give western tea drinkers, what would it be?
Last year, I went to Paris, France to promote Gyokuro with the Okabe Tea Association, and even in France, "TsuyuCha" was popular.
What does this project & contribution mean to you?
Thank you for featuring Gyokuro. I want the readers to taste the real Gyokuro.


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Are you in on the "Green Revolution?"
This is not politically motivated, strictly for discussion and curiosity.
We in the Atlanta area are now into our second year of drought and the effects of water rationing and out and out loss of water resources. Lawns have died and more importantly we are losing scores of small businesses, landscapers, nurseries etc due to the problem.
I would be interested in hearing from the forum members how important it is to them , personally, to seek out and use plumbing fixtures not just low flush toilets but showerheads, faucets etc that are designed for smart water useage.
Is lowering your footprint as important as how the faucet looks? How has your family and communtiy been affected of late by the loss of water resources.
The fact is you should be able to have low-flow fixtures, toilets, faucets and shower heads while still keeping the exact same aesthetics. I was in Atlanta just over a year ago, and the drought was effecting me just for the week I was there. I think water conservation is something that many homeowners and builders don't really think about. Hopefully the word will spread nationwide...
I hope so also,,,,thanks Aaron for the support
We are really suffering here in Atlanta and what triggered my thread question was that so many people seem to be hung up on the esthetics as you mention. I like a pretty bathroom or Kitchen faucet as much as the next guy but you know I like one that puts out water when you turn it on no matter what it looks like.
Thx again Aaron
PA has had way too much water this year...my basil actually drowned last May in a raised bed because we had 3 times our normal amount of rain. It's doing terrible things to the old sewage and stormwater drains that weren't meant to handle this much water. Here's hoping the balance gets restored soon.
the water company is usually a regulated utility and has a monopoly over its customers...
the only real way to get people to use less water is to charge more money, if like most utility companies, the Atlanta area water companies are unable to raise rates to match this new environment, then other draconian efforts by governments usually end up being enacted... and often not working..
that said I'm a big fan of the green revolution, as long as people really understand what going green is. Going green doesn't mean tearing out your kitchen and replacing all those products with "environmentally friendly" products... unless you were going to remodel your kitchen anyway, and even then, its probably greener not to remodel... I've read lots of articles about supposed green buildings using lots of glass, glass has a horrible R rating and would suck a lot of energy out of the building during the cold months.
Are the bamboo floors really environmentally friendly if they have to be shipped from china? Anything wrong using renewable Pine? all tough questions that will have more hype than good answers over the next few years.
I'm going to do my best to reduce my waste starting with solid wastes (trash & recycling) and then energy with gas & electricity, and lastly water. With the price of water, and abundance in my part of the country, it doesn't make sense to place much priority on it.
We haven't had many problems with water shortages up here in michigan except a couple times during the year when we arent suppose to water our lawns everyday. Only every other day. We try to conserve anyways though. Some LED lighting I've seen is something that can help conserve large amounts of electricity. Doesn't really help with the water :(
I bought a low flow shower head about 10 years ago when we lived in a house with low water pressure. I like a shower head that's close to a fire hose and this little European model delivered. It was $9 at Home Depot. Is it pretty? Maybe not, but then again, I don't think shower heads are a pretty item anyway.
So, we have low flow toilet, low flow shower and sinks....and a washer that only puts in the water necessary for the load I'm doing without having to select small, medium or large.
I never water my lawn
Just makes it grow then I have to mow it
Of course it doesn't get that hot around here
I also l have a stream on the property
At some point I will put in well for irrigation
My garden is located down low near the river
It gets watered very rarely - & the tomatoes grow 8' tall
I have (5) 55g barrels to catch rainwater for my flower gardens
Other then that I don't use water outside
We use 1700g of water every 3 months - family of 3
I'm actually looking for lower flow shower heads - 1.5 -1.89gpm
As soon as I find one I like I'll buy it - I take long showers
So that could save 5-10g per day
I've also replaced all the old aerators on my faucets with low flow ones. It doesn't get the savings of the shower head but every little bit counts and it cheap, easy to do and didn't change the look of my old faucets.
Dave are you sure you don't mean 1700 cubic feet? (12,750gal), 1700 gallons for 3 people for 3 months would be an almost impossibility (6 gal/day each). I practice severe water conservation here and am at best 500 gallons a month with only me.
I only practice conservation to save money - no other reason, I'm like al gore and say smoke'em if you got'em.
I have been disappointed in the initial number of responders from this question although they are trickling in. I think this is becoming more and more important by the day. For the latest on my take on the green revolution and the responses from my original thread, read my blog site. Check my profile for blogs listed on here and directions to my blog site. I want to hear more on this subject.
i'm over here in Athens, GA. I'm definitely in. I just bought a '72 Rambler and I'm trying my very hardest to go as "green" as possible with the remodel. You can catch my blog about it over at http://myfirstranch.blogspot.com
hey "53buick" I checked out your blog and liked it alot...but it didnt tell me about the '72 rambler....tell me more Im an old car freak including having just helped a buddy to buy some old diesel MBZ for veggie oil conversion. He's got one on the road already. I know the rambler wont burn veggie but it ought to be pretty frugal
ah sorry, by "rambler", i was referring to "ranch" house. as for my car restoration I have a 1953 Buick Super with a 322 Fireball V8. Still trying to figure out how to green this thing! Maybe grow some switchgrass and convert to pure ethanol? i had a '76 MBZ diesel in high school. I'd love to find another one cheap and do the veggie conversion!
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A basement bar in Karangahape Rd provides an appropriate venue for a highly original variation on the classic "man walks into a bar" scenario.
The drama Sexy Buddha sets up a challenging and often amusing encounter between a world-weary bartender and a Buddhist nun who is questioning her commitment to the monastic life.
Geoff Allen's script displays a keen appreciation of the absurd, a wry sense of humour and a refreshing avoidance of neat resolutions.
Although the characters function as clearly identifiable types, the writing is sharply attuned to the peculiarities of real people and both characters emerge as engagingly complex personalities.
Their dialogue has the digressive, unpredictable quality of a well lubricated bar-room conversation as it swings wildly between earthy humour and high-minded philosophy.
The drama is brought to life by the two characters who are polar opposites and the actors spark off each other with some finely choreographed verbal sparring.
Simon Clark establishes an easy going affinity with the audience with his take on a hard-case, heard-it-all-before bartender.
His contempt for the self-absorbed pretensions of his customers provides a provocative foil to the studied tranquillity of the Buddhist nun but his cynicism is leavened by a fierce commitment to his own existential philosophy.
Belinda Wylie's portrayal of the nun has an appealingly vulnerable quality in which religious certainty is strengthened by acknowledgement of doubt. Her delicate performance is given tension by recollections of a history that included participation in beauty pageants.
Director Jonny Hair's staging brings together a variety of styles with puppetry, naturalistic drama, forays into surrealism, film projection and flashbacks - blended together like a well-shaken cocktail.
Galatea Theatre has the attractive can-do enthusiasm of an independent company.
The result is a lively and life-affirming piece of theatre. With a 50-minute running time, $15 ticket prices and ready access to pool tables and a bar there is little not to like about this production.
Where: Pull Bar, 214 Karangahape Rd.
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Twitter fight!
Yesterday morning, a line in a New York Times article by Nick Confessore offered me the opportunity for mirthful needling that turned into a full-blown, impossibly brief exchange of views on Twitter.
The article was on Harvard Law Professor Lawrence Lessig's plan to elect candidates who are committed to his version of campaign finance reform. It quoted Lessig saying, "Inside-the-Beltway people don't think this issue matters, they don't think voters vote on the basis of this issue, and they advise their politicians not to talk about it."
So I tweeted: "I don't think this issue matters." Then I tweeted: "Voters don't vote on the basis of this issue." (I didn't bother with the rest because I don't advise politicians.)
I'm inside the beltway! I'm a people! How could I not?!
Responding to another NYT reporter's question, I touted my own work as "speech-friendly reform," linking to our upcoming event on congressional Wikipedia editing. Just think of the prospects if legislative staff—some of the foremost experts about the bills in Congress—contributed information about notable bills to Wikipedia for the public to peruse ahead of congressional debates.
Professor Lessig took the crumb of bait, asking me "how is more speech not speech friendly #Escapethe1990s." (I still don't know what the hashtag means.) Assuming he was still working on public/taxpayer funded campaigns—I'm not a follower of Lessig's in the Twitter sense or any other—I tweeted about the wrong of forcing people to pay to money to support speech with which they disagree.
Lessig's plan is not detailed on the website of his "Mayday PAC," which only offers gauzy promises of "fundamental reform." After some back and forth, I learned that Lessig's reform plan is not direct public funding, in which taxpayer money goes from the Treasury to campaigns, but indirect. He would rebate $50 in taxes in the form of a "democracy voucher." The taxpayer could give the voucher to any candidate who pledges only to take such vouchers, it could go to the political party of the taxpayer, or "if an independent, back to this public funding system."


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Quirky has changed the organization game, simply by combining a rubber band and a hook. This hybrid is a highly adaptable tool that can fasten phone, keys, and wallet into one vital unit, or keep everything—from excess cords to accumulated hotel pens—tidy and in sight. Whatever kind of clutter you have, Bandits keeps it together.
I had trouble figuring out what to do with these, but found that they are nice to have on-hand. I used some to wrangle cords of my straighteners and curling iron. That will be great for packing them in a gym bag or suitcase. I'm sure random things will come up where they will be helpful.3


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It is a written agreement which provides for the lease or use of personal property by a lessee; had an initial period of four (4) months or less, whether or not there is any additional obligation; is automatically renewable with each rental payment; and permits the lessee to become the owner of the property. Property is not real property or intangible personal property under the Indiana law. At any time after the first rental payment is made, the lessee may acquire ownership of the property under the terms specified in the rental purchase agreement. A rental purchase agreement may not contain a provision that conflicts with the rights and duties imposed under the Rental Purchase Agreement Act. The Rental Purchase Agreement Act does not apply to rental purchase agreements involving motor vehicles (as defined in IC 9-1-1-2).
Person/s soliciting, engaging, or taking assignments of Rental Purchase Agreements for a personal, family, or household purpose under the Indiana Rental Purchase Agreement Act. Each operating location (branch) in Indiana where rental purchase agreements are made must be listed on registration form. Attach a separate sheet if necessary. Each legal entity involved in rental purchase activities must complete a separate registration.
Registration must be made within thirty (30) days after soliciting or engaging in rental purchase agreements.
There is presently an initial registration fee of $600.
A registrant will annually receive a Notification Return Form 2 to be filed with an annual renewal fee determined by the Department. The annual fee is due on or before February 1 of each year. The Department may impose a fee of five dollars $5 for each day a lessor is late in paying a fee.
If the Department examines the books and records of the lessor and requires more than three (3) days per location to conduct the examination, the lessor shall pay to the department a fee fixed by the department for each day or part of a day after the third day of the examination.
The Indiana Rental Purchase Agreement Act, IC 24-7 requires all registered lessors with the Department of Financial Institutions to file an Annual Notification Return - RPAA Form 2 before February 1 in each subsequent year that the lessor solicits or enters into Rental Purchase Agreements subject to the Rental Purchase Agreement Act.
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Contains the requirements for Rent-to-Own businesses.
"Lessee" means an individuals who rents property under a rental purchase agreement.
"Lessor" means an individual or other person who, in the ordinary course of business leases; offers to lease; arranges for the leasing of; or accepts assignments of leases of property under a rental purchase agreement.
"Property" means any property that is not real property or intangible personal property under Indiana law and is made available under a rental purchase agreement. Rental purchase agreements involving motor vehicles as defined in IC 9-13-2-105(a) are prohibited under the Rental Purchase Agreement Act.
"Rental purchase agreement" means an agreement between a lessor and a lessee that: provides for the use of personal property by an individual primarily for personal, family, or household purposes;
The lessor shall reduce a rental purchase agreement to writing. The terms of the rental purchase agreement shall be set forth in not less than 8 point type.
The lessor shall disclose all information required in section 3 of the act before the rental purchase agreement is consummated. The disclosures shall be stated clearly and conspicuously and in words and phrases that have a nontechnical meaning. Disclosures may be included in the rental purchase agreement or in a separate writing that references the rental purchase agreement. Additional information or explanation supplied by the lessor may not have the effect of circumventing, evading, or unduly complicating the information required to be disclosed.
Before any rental payment is due under the rental purchase agreement, the lessor shall obtain the signature of the lessee on the writing containing the terms of the rental purchase agreement and shall furnish the lessee with a copy of the written and signed rental purchase agreement. If there is more than one (1) lessee in a rental purchase agreement, delivery of a copy of the rental purchase agreement to one (1) of the lessees is sufficient to comply with the Act.
A lessor may contract for and receive the following additional charges:
The lessor shall make their books and records reasonably available for inspection by the department or the department's representative. The department may examine the books and records of persons subject to the act and may make investigations of persons necessary to determine compliance. The department may impose an examination fee after the first three days of $100 per day.
If the person's records are located outside Indiana, the person shall, at the persons option, either make them available to the administrator at a convenient location in Indiana, or pay the reasonable and necessary expenses for the department or the department's representative to examine them at the place where they are maintained.
A lessor shall use generally accepted accounting principles and practices in keeping books and records so that the department or the department's representative may determine if the lessor is in compliance with the act or a rule adopted under the act.
A lessor shall keep the lessor's books and records that pertain to a rental purchase agreement for at least 2 years after the rental purchase agreement has terminated.
A lessor who knowingly:
If a lessor violates the act and a lessee who is a party to the agreement prevails in the proceeding, the lessee may recover from the lessor committing the violation; or set off in a counterclaim in any action by the lessor committing the violation and may recover reasonable attorney's fees, as determined by the court; court costs; and the greater of the actual damages, incurred by the lessee as a result of the violation, $300; or 25% of the total rental payment necessary to acquire ownership of the property leased under the agreement.


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Date of Stay: January, 2011
This is a very nice, extremely clean campground. Office people were super cordial and helpful. The bathrooms were some of the cleanest I have ever seen. Very laid back environment. This is a campground we would certainly visit again.
Date of Stay: January, 2011
We were happy to find a convenient park but there were absolutely no facilities - no restrooms, no place for garbage, locked in for the night...not a safe feeling at all. In addition, it was not made clear that the "park" was contained within a used RV lot. Also, the very nice lady who took our money worked quite hard to sell us the Passport America program. The cost for our night with no amenities whatsoever was $40 plus tax but if we purchased Passport America for $60, it would have been $20. We would stay there again in an emergency, but only for that reason.


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Researchers have developed a compound that can transform near-infrared light into broadband white-light, offering a cheap, efficient means to produce visible light.
The emitted light is also exceedingly directional, a desirable quality for devices like microscopes that require high spatial resolution, or for applications with high throughput, such as projection systems. Nils Wilhelm Rosemann and colleagues designed their compound of tin and sulfur, and with a diamondoid-like structure, then coating this scaffolding with organic ligands.


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Mike Birbiglia
Mike Birbiglia might not enjoy the superstar name recognition of comedians such as Jerry Seinfeld, Steven Wright or the late, great George Carlin. But the 31-year-old funnyman is definitely on the "up-and-coming" list, mainly because he shares a crucial quality with the all-time greats: He takes seemingly mundane aspects of his life and makes them hilarious. Check it out for yourself Thursday, Jan. 21 at the Lincoln Theatre on South Beach.
What can we expect from your show?
I'm always working on new material. My live shows tend to be some blend of my CDs "Two Drink Mike," "My Secret Public Journal Live," my show "Sleepwalk With Me" and the hour of new material I developed on my Comedy Central tour this fall. Every show tends to be different.
How's your film "Sleepwalk With Me" progressing?
It's coming along really well. I'm writing the script now and it's an exciting process. We're hoping to shoot it this year, possibly this summer. I'm actually writing a book of personal stories at the same time, tentatively titled "Sleepwalk With Me and Other Stories." It should be out in the fall.
Your shows are very autobiographical. Is everything in them true?
It is, yeah. People often ask me that after shows, and I'll say, "Yeah." And sometimes they'll ask again. They'll be like, "Was it?" and I don't know how to respond to that. Sometimes I think I should say it louder. Like, "YEAHH!!" They'd be like, "It's probably true. He said it louder."
Is there anything about yourself you'd be reluctant to include in your act?
Not really. I think one of the coolest things a comedian can do is make something boring seem funny, and one of the most interesting things a comedian can do is make something sad seem funny.
What inspired you to become a comedian?
Other comedians: Steven Wright, Mitch Hedberg, Jake Johanssen, Kathleen Madigan, Brian Regan, Bill Cosby. I watched "SNL" a lot as a kid, particularly that Dana Carvey era that was so good.
Name an old-school and current comedian you really admire.
Old-school: Richard Pryor. Every comedian loves Richard Pryor, but there's a reason: He was honest and just so damn funny. If you can do those two things at the same time, you've got a lot. Current: I love a lot of comics. I really like Doug Stanhope. He's very brave. He says a lot of stuff people don't want to hear, and it's funny as hell.
Your humor doesn't rely much on cursing. How do you feel about cursing in comedy?
I'm fine with it. I mean, I don't curse a lot onstage because I don't like to use one word more than another. I wouldn't say the word "dragon" 95 times in an hour, so I don't use the word "f—" 95 times, either. I might say it twice, three times at most, but I'm not against using it, either.
You seem comfortable in front of a crowd. Was it always like that for you?
No way. I was always very nervous, and as a result, early on, my TV stuff feels too character-y for my taste. Almost like this guy who's afraid of the world – a little jittery. It makes me cringe watching it now. But now people come to my shows and they think I'm so comfortable that they think I'm drunk. But I'm not. I'm just trying to be myself in the way that I am when I'm not onstage. I think people assume comedians are supposed to be all like, "And now…MY ACT!!!" and I'm not like that. So they assume I'm drunk. But i'm not. It's just a choice.
Why do you think audiences respond so well to you?
Well, thanks. I mean, sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. I think my fans kind of get me at this point. My goal is to just be as candid as I can and in the process kind of connect with the audience. Sometimes comedians try to connect with the audience through disconnection of some kind. I like to watch that, but it's not what I do. I try to just talk about things in my life that are relatable.
If no one thought you were funny, what do you think you would do for a career?
When I was a kid, my goals were to be a poet, a rapper, a breakdancer, a teacher, or the owner of a pizza restaurant where third graders could hang out. So, you know, probably breakdancer?
- The Mike Birbiglia contest ended at noon on Wed., Jan. 20, 2010.


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The Delicate Balance--Board-Staff Relations
By Gerald B. Bubis, Jack Dauber
Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (JCPA), 1999
In this chapter of Board-Staff Relations for the 21st Century, the authors look at certain factors that may impact the relationships of people who are involved in Jewish communal organizations. They look at shared and disparate values, skills, and knowledge as a key area and recommends that efforts be taken to bridge this gap. They look at the issue of role delineation and highlight that trust between executive and lay leaders is important in understanding the differences in roles; they also examine the issue of power and authority and assert that organizations can only function successfully when the potential conflicts are weaker than the power, structure and authority.
Topic: Management and Administration, NGOs, Organizational Development, Nonprofits, Leadership, Jewish Organizations
Name of Publication: The Director Had a Heart Attack and the President Resigned: Board-Staff Relations for the 21st Century
Editor: Bubis, Gerald B.
Page Number(s): 151-164
Genre: Book Chapter
Coverage: United States
Identifier: 965-218-037-8
Language: English
Copyright Holder: Bubis, Gerald B.
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Bubis, Gerald B. Dauber, Jack. The Delicate Balance--Board-Staff Relations. The Director Had a Heart Attack and the President Resigned: Board-Staff Relations for the 21st Century. Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (JCPA). 1999: 151-164. http://www.bjpa.org/Publications/details.cfm?PublicationID=4259
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Will that "run" with a RDIAS?
Just finished my latest creation, an AR45 in ?Tommy Gun? configuration.
I started off with a 10% CNC Guns AR45 lower receiver finished out by Khalan Weaponry. Single digit serial number 00x! The Upper is a VM left side charge handle 9mm receiver a[img][/img]vailable from Spike's tactical and modified by Tango Chaser tactical for an Olympic Bolt & Ejector in .45 caliber. The ?Finned Barrel? is a standard 16? Thompson barrel modified by Kurts Kustom Firearms with a Olympic style barrel extension. The fore grip & pistol grip are standard wood furniture for the Thompson, the pistol grip was heavily modified to fit the AR45 receiver. Muzzle brake is for a 9mm high point carbine; both brake and barrel were modified by Alien Arms to thread together. Alien Arms custom machined the fore grip adapter ring secured on the barrel nut. This allows the use of the stock cantilevered mount for the Thompson fore grip. The butt stock is available at Brownell?s as a retro replacement for the AR15 plastic stock. Magazines are stock 30 Rd M3 grease gun mags & sighting system is the short version of the Eotech.
Since I?ve built it, I?ve taken it to the range several times. The typical reaction is ?What is it ? followed by ?Can I shoot it & I want one!? With the 16? barrel it is extremely accurate and with minimal recoil , a pleasure to shoot. I normally shoot a 12? gong with my AR15 .223 at 65 yards, so I?m used to the time from shooting until the bullet hits the gong. With the AR45 and sub sonic round, it?s almost disturbing how much longer it takes to hit the gong , you almost feel like you could squeeze a second shot off before the first hits. 3000fps vs 900fps..
I love the retro Tommy Gun look and enjoyed building something different. My next AR45 project is going to be something like a combination of an AR45 and a DeLisle Commando Carbine.
Will that "run" with a RDIAS?
thanks now I gotta figure out if I want the ak74 and 4000 rounds of ammo or an AR45
If any punk kid ever comes up to you asking for your `Gang Sign` Tap your chest twice then your forehead once. After doing that only upon a threat do you draw your glock and show him what you meant.
how heavy did it end up being? I have the tommy gun and a 45 uzi, this would be a nice addition to round out the collection.
now thats a bit different! not bad at all/
Hate takes LESS energy & thought... Dont be so Lazy.
Building or Bitching? which are you here to do?
YES, i work for TEC Tactical. 02/07 SOT
I read the post entirely before scrolling down to see the photos. I had a visual in my minds eye that was ugly ugly ugly. So to say I was surprised is an major understatement. I really really like that that gun. Great job and what a concept. Did you try or do you know if a drum magazine could be adapted to work? In any case nice work Allen.


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So What, Exactly, Is Joe Paterno's Legacy?
The passing of Penn State coach Joe Paterno left many sports pundits feeling terribly conflicted.
An unthinkably horrible scandal led to his unceremonious firing. The lung cancer ravaged his body and took his life in short order.
Just how should we remember this man?
America's sporting press struggled with that topic this week:
Sally Jenkins, Washington Post: "For most of his 61 years as a football coach at Penn State, Paterno built a record of thorough decency and good intention. He loved his wife, reared five nice children, taught his students well. He turned down big money for the role of a tenured professor, and strolled every day from his modest home to his unpretentious office. He acquired real power, and generally tried not to abuse it, and if sometimes he did, he covered for it by insisting on paying for his ice cream cones. He set out to prove that staying in one place could be as rewarding as climbing to the next rung. He meant to walk away sooner. He stayed too long. He stayed so long that he became more of an ideal to his followers than a person. Then the horrific happened, and the quaint success story in the peaceful hamlet was destroyed by allegations that Jerry Sandusky, Paterno's assistant coach for 30 years, was a serial child molester and that Paterno, when told of an incident involving Sandusky and a small boy in the Penn State showers, did his duty but no more, passing the report to his superiors. The only way to give the tragedy the gravity it deserved was to topple the icon who behaved so fallibly."
Frank Fitzpatrick, Philadelphia Inquirer: "At the moment Joe Paterno's polished wood casket disappeared into the frosty earth at Pine Hall Cemetery on Wednesday, the legend of Happy Valley vanished, too. Like the bespectacled football coach who'd shaped it, the Happy Valley mythology was mortally wounded by the Jerry Sandusky scandal. Born as a metaphor for the Penn State Paterno envisioned, the concept grew into a powerful and enduring symbol in the spectacular growth of the university and its football program. For generations of Penn Staters, the Avalonian image of a remote mountain valley ruled beneficently by Paterno, its incorruptible Arthur, had remarkable appeal - and, until November - validity."
Dan Wetzel, Yahoo! Sports: "This is a complicated passing. What was once the most consistent and basic of messages – honor, ethics and education – seemingly lived out as close to its ideal as possible was rocked Nov. 5, 2011, when a grand jury indicted Paterno's former defensive coordinator, Jerry Sandusky, of multiple counts of sexual abuse of children. Many, including Penn State's Board of Trustees, believed Paterno could have and should have done more to stop Sandusky, especially after allegations of misconduct arose in 2002. Within days Paterno was fired from the program and school to which he'd become synonymous. Now, a little more than two months later, he's gone for good, a bitter, brutal ending for an American original."
Gregg Doyel, CBSSports.com: "How will Joe Paterno be remembered? That's up to you, and only you. In the coming days you will be told how to remember the winningest coach in college football history, but beware of those stories. Some of them will be written by people with an agenda, some by people who idolized Paterno for all he did on the football field from 1966-2011, others by people who despised Paterno for all he didn't do when told about Jerry Sandusky in 2002. You will be given instructions on how to remember Joe Paterno by people propping themselves up as experts on the topic, but there is only one expert here, and that expert is you. There is too much here to be condensed into a single point of view."
Jen Floyd Engel, FoxSports.com: "What I hope the legacy of Paterno will be is that it is possible to be both iconic and disappointing. It is possible to do the right thing a majority of the time and still have a screw-up so major that it clouds everything else. You can be a good man and still flawed. In fact, it is impossible to not be."
Joe Posnanski, SI.com: "In the moments after Joe Paterno died, it became common for people to write and say that he died of a broken heart. He did not. Joe Paterno died of lung cancer and the complications it caused. He did not die a bitter or broken man. I know this because I spent time with Paterno in his hospital room during the last weeks of his life. I am writing a book about Paterno. We spoke different times about many things -- from his days playing stickball in the streets of Brooklyn, to his time in the Army after World War II, through his playing days and his many coaching days, to, yes, the day a graduate assistant coach told him about seeing Jerry Sandusky in the shower with a young boy -- and what stood out above everything else is that Paterno refused to be bitter or sad about the way it all ended."
Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com: "Grief takes many forms. The warmth that has enveloped the Paterno family and the anger that has been directed at Old Main, the building that houses the Penn State administration, may be coming from the same place. The university already felt under siege enough that president Rodney Erickson held several town halls earlier this month. Members of the board of trustees met with news media last week to explain the board's decision to fire Paterno. That's two and a half months later. No one engages in damage control unless he has suffered damage."


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Futures Cheer Bernanke Remarks; Housing Starts Fall; BofA Beats
Futures were headed up after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's relatively dovish testimony to a Congressional panel.
Bernanke, whose previous comments on the subject have led to wild swings in markets, was at pains to clarify that the central had not set a time-table for tapering of its $85 billion per month bond-buying program.
"I emphasize that, because our asset purchases depend on economic and financial developments, they are by no means on a preset course," he said in prepared remarks to the House Financial Services Committee. If economic and labor conditions worsen, the program could be continued and even ramped up; if the economy improves ahead of the Fed's expectations, it could be reduced more quickly.
At recent check, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 were tracking slightly higher following the release of Bernanke's statements. The Dow was up less than 0.1%, reversing its earlier losses; the Nasdaq and S&P were both up 0.2%.
The news helped to overcome a gloomy housing report from the Commerce Department, which said housing starts declined 9.9% month-over-month in June to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 836,000 units. The fall was led by a 26% fall in the volatile multi-unit category.
Building permits slumped 7.5%, notching their sharpest decline in more than two years, and again permits for multi-unit buildings were at the forefront, falling 21%.
Economists were expecting a 3.9% rise in June housing starts and a 1.5% gain in permits.
In corporate news, Bank of America (BAC) was rising 1.3% after its better-than-expected second-quarter earnings report.
US Bancorp (USB) was down 1.3%; its second-quarter earnings per share met estimates but revenue came in just below consensus and net interest margin declined.
PNC Financial Services Group (PNC) was down 1.7%; although its second-quarter report beat analysts' forecasts, the bank reported a drop in net interest margin as well.
Mattel (MAT) was tumbling 6.7% after its second-quarter top- and bottom-line missed expectations.
Abbott Laboratories (ABT) was falling 0.5%; despite a better-than-expected quarter, the company disappointed investors by not updating its earnings forecast for the year.


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John Lennon, Dimebag Darrell – Rest in Peace [VIDEO]
John .... Dime ...
John .... Dime ...
New Pantera!! It's here ... finally!! Check it out!!! F*** YEAH!!!!!!!
The long-term girlfriend of late Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell Abbott has called on his ex-bandmates to end their feud in the name of the dead musician.
PANTERA/DAMAGEPLAN guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott's longtime girlfriend Rita Haney told "Metal Zone" host Nikki Blakk of the San Francisco, California radio station 107.7 The Bone that this year's Dimebash event — in honor of Dimebag — will be held on December 8 at the world-famous Key Club on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California.
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Now that's a pumpkin carving I can relate to.
So if your Windows Mobile phone is off in it's time, go to that page and download the DST patch over the air to fix it.
So why didn't I just tether the phone and fix it that way? Because I'm sitting out in the parking lot as they do carpeting in the office and all of the computers are locked up in another office building.
Now blogging from the laptop sitting outside in the parking lot.
…so I'm reading Windows Internals book by Mark Russonovich on the Kindle on a plane coming back from Dallas (and now out in the parking lot at the office waiting for the carpeting to be laid down) and there's a grid of tools that are handy in debugging and other technical tasks.
Image name
Startup Program viewer
Access Check
Dependency Walker
DLL List
Global Flags
Handle viewer
Kernel debuggers
Windbg, KD
Debugging SDK
Logon Sessions
Object Viewer
Reliability and Performance Monitor
Pool Monitor
Process Explorer
Get Sid tool
Process Monitor
Service Control
Task (process) list
Task Manager
An Open Letter to Hosted Exchange Providers – Commentary news from Channel Insider:
So what other vendor do YOU want to see paired up with Aurora?
Backup? Exchange? SharePoint? What other add ins do you want to see?
Hello, MS. SBS Diva. Hope it is going great for you. I finally have 3 customers moving forward from SBS 2003. (1 is moving from STD. model). I have seen your name on a couple of "how tos blogs" I have read. Couple of questions for you:
I assume you are a consultant for yourself or a firm like myself. Correct?
Actually no I'm not, I use SBS in my business and have migrated from SBS 2003 to SBS 2008.
What are most of the people you talk to or work with using for Anti-Virus these days? Symantec has been our company until EndPoint (horrible in my opinion). I must move my customers forward.
In the MVP panel at SMBnation we had none, Trend, Viper, NOD32, etc. Bottom line pick one and get comfy with it. No one a/v product will be perfect. They will always be risks to running a/v. It's code getting updated every hour on the hour most days that we trust and don't test. Why do I say some are running without a/v? Because their philosophy is that if you scan all the entry points and exit points rather than having a/v on the server itself, the system is less likely to get mangled.
3 Customers
o Standard 2003 domain to SBS 2008. Under 15 users. No Exchange. New domain?
o SBS 2003 to SBS 2008. Is there a good how to out there for this? I have partials but not complete like there was for SBS 2003. I see people complaining about the "migration wizard" a lot versus manual (even if you are very familiar with FSMO, AD, etc.).
o SBS 2003 to SBS 2008. Complicated network with Citrix, SQL, Goldmine for mail client .
Before I say what I think you should do in each, I want to step back a bit about that "migration wizard" thing and set expectations for the next version of SBS currently in Beta. I haven't been as bloggy as I normally am mainly because for a week I was at SMBnation in Las Vegas where you can't blog and sleep and go to a conference at the same time, and then the week after I've been in training for SBS vNexts. I say Nexts as there are two coming out. One is a reflection of the blended world of on premises and cloud world we live in (SBSAurora), the other is a traditional premise solution (SBSv7).
From this post forward I'm going to stop calling the migration documentation of SBS a "wizard", it is a process. A wizard implies that you click a button and that everything is done automagically for you. Migrating a production domain isn't trivial. Whether you choose a clean install, process b: Microsoft migration process or c: www.SBSmigration.com you will find yourself with a checklist. What has changed is this:
"In SBS7, migration is now more reliable and predictable. Source server compliance/health checks are now enforced before actual migration happens, and up to 90% of all migration blocking issues should be discovered at this point.
Both clean install and migration now offered during setup, to make the migration process a lot easier to implement for Value Added Provider (VAP) partners and for customers. "
The initial setup no longer needs you to be sitting there with your usb stick ready to plug in at the right time. You can flip it to migration mode right as you install it. That's it. After that there's no easy button coded up folks.
But the migration being more reliable and predictable is a by product of doing how many years of these various processes and knowing where the glitches are and building a checking tool as part of the source tool that looks out for the migration blockers. The issues that many have seen are summarized in www.sbsmigrationtips.com. These will now be caught by the source tool.
But the idea that magically the printers will move across from 32 bit to 64bit, or that data will just magically copy across, ain't gonna happen folks. If you read through any migration method out there on the web today and don't want to do it yourself we have folks like Amy and Eriq of www.thirdtier.net to help you, you could hire them to do the migration even.
So how do you approach what you want to do? I'd argue you need to do just like with you do a/v and pick one and get comfy with it. Best way to do this is to use the PtoV (disk2vhd) and make a vhd of your physical box and run through the actual migration start to finish and take your notes. "But Susan that's a lot of reading and work" Yes I know, but you have to invest in future proofing yourself and keeping yourself trained for the future. You think all of these small businesses can move into the cloud in five years all by themselves? Get real Google. Ain't gonna happen. First rule in trying to grow yourself from a small business to a bigger business is that you have to give up control of stuff and outsource where it makes sense. YOU are probably not using the same technology you did five years ago. We will all need to get better at migration from anything to anything else and quite frankly our small firms are so complex that no one, not Microsoft, not Google, not Apple, not anyone BUT YOU knows what that small firm needs.
So now that that rant is over… back to the original question … what would I do in each scenario?
Standard 2003 domain to SBS 2008. Under 15 users. No Exchange. New domain?
It depends. I need to know more. Line of business applications? You planning to use local exchange? Where's the email now if anywhere? Is this a DC? What's the name of the DC?
There's no Yes or No here, honestly and depends on the firm. 15 users (to me) is beyond that clean install threshold but I'd want to know more about this firm. There have been times people had a horrible domain naming setup/structure and wanted to start over.
o SBS 2003 to SBS 2008. Is there a good how to out there for this? I have partials but not complete like there was for SBS 2003. I see people complaining about the "migration wizard" a lot versus manual (even if you are very familiar with FSMO, AD, etc.).
I'm not picking on you but I want to pick on you, or rather I want to pick on Microsoft. The worst decision they EVER made was to call that migration checklist a wizard. You remember that infamous debate at a vice president debate years back "I knew Jack Kennedy.. you are not Jack Kennedy…" well I'm a SBSer. know wizards…. YOU are not a wizard is what I'd like to say about the "Migration wizard". There is no easy button here and Microsoft made a terrible mistake in calling that documentation and guide a wizard. It set the expectation incorrectly from the get go. It's a deployment guide. I also see people asking if it's better going from SBS 2003 to SBSv7 (the next version that has Exchange 2010). Go look at the Exchange 2010 documentation, go look how it's a new database, go look how you have to swing over to in and cannot inplace upgrade from 2007 to 2010. Don't get me wrong there are other sources of migration advice and brain power (see Jeff Middleton's www.sbsmigration.com for example), but it's a guide, a framework. Printer driver issues haven't been "fixed" as there is no "fixing". Applications still need to be moved. Nothing in the migration was "broken", WE were "broken". We didn't know how to diagnose the health of our active directory, didn't know that about ¼ of our boxes were in journal wrap (as some consultants have reported), mainly due to the times we ran out of hard drive space on the c drive, lost our licenses and never realized we were in journal wrap. If you have journal wrap you are"broken" you just don't know it (and yes, the www.sbsbpa.com can tell).
For this one, I'm not going to take sides over Microsoft's process or Swing migration process. Many consultants like the swing process as it's less destructive to the existing system but I can point out the places you can roll back from a Microsoft process if you get stuck as well (more blog posts on that). But bottom line there's now advice and guidance on the process.
o SBS 2003 to SBS 2008. Complicated network with Citrix, SQL, Goldmine for mail client (I absolutely hate this & the guy's users do too).
Same advice as before, you need to decide what process feels right for you. This one I strongly would not do clean.
Bottom line, there are two very clear processes for migration. There's no wizard here though for any of your three scenerios. I can't give you a black and white answer for you. All I can do is show you where this blog post is from Microsoft that will get you on your way – www.sbsmigrationtips.com – and this from Jeff Middleton's migration process – www.sbsmigration.com .
Get ready for SBS v7 and SBS Aurora, we're going to be doing a LOT of MIGRATION PROCESSES as we go forward.
Stay tuned, the vNext era of migration blog posts are in the works.
Are you at a user group meeting tonight? I am at the Dallas SMB user group listening to Kerio Technologies.
We already talked about how you don't want to do snapshots of domain controllers in virtual machines. We talked about how in SBS that they can be in journal wrap and we may not know it and thus why it's wise to run www.sbsbpa.com to check the health of the server.
Now we're hearing about a SMB product called Kerio Connect for a smaller lighter weight mail server.
Do you know that you can connect a drive to a machine, run the wizard and put the image on a disk? So if you can't get the nic drivers working on a home server restore you can do it this way?
Pretty cool, huh?
First off I don't think the "Microsoft consumer brand" is dying. http://money.cnn.com/2010/10/27/technology/microsoft_pdc/index.htm A little dented maybe, but it's going to take a long time to migrate to Ray's vision. Go walk into a best buy or Fry's and the number of Windows PCs is still greater than any other platform. Add to that the need for business to keep workflows working, and well there ya go.
I think the role of the "software architect" is in your hands, that of the marketplace. You'll still find the best fit to your needs whether here, there, cloud, on premises, whatever you want to call it.
P.S. Yo, Ray. You want a dawn of a new day? How about enabling comments.
Win 7 sp1 just put out a release candidate…. and Windows update just put out a servicing stack update getting ready for SP1.
Just remember while you can remove this, it's still a BETA. Test accordingly.
I think SBS has done a disservice in making active directory deployments easy. Then when one needs to migrate one doesn't realize that this isn't a trivial thing. For several years…ever since SBS can no longer to an inplace upgrade people have been asking for an easier migration. Something simple. But we're overlooking the obvious. We grow complexity over time. We add printers and shares and databases and line of business applications and it's not simple anymore.
If there is one thing and one thing only that I will tell you to do before migrating is run the www.sbsbpa.com as that will for sure catch the number one gotcha — journalwrap errors.
But people want simple printer migrations and the problem points out the age of printers and the various printer driver issues.
People want an easy exchange migration and the Exchange team has changed the database format between 2003, 2007, and now 2010.
When we start moving things, making the decisions to move to the cloud there were be issues as well.
The best thing you can do is understand that making something simple never is, and only if you have inflexibility for small businesses will a "Simple" migration occur.


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Dick Jerardi: Kreiser on track for career year
Tim Kreiser passed 1,000 winners earlier this year. By the end of 2013, the Penn National-based trainer is a lock to have his first triple-digit win season. He has always been a high-percentage trainer, but is hovering around 30 percent in 2013.
"A couple good claims, that's about the only difference,'' Kreiser said.
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Back in November 2012, Kreiser claimed 3-year-old filly She's Ordained for $7,500. All she has done since then is win seven times in 10 starts, with two seconds, a third, and earnings of $156,970. She was a strong second in the Regret Stakes at Monmouth Park on the Haskell undercard.
"Obviously, we didn't think we were getting anything like she turned out to be," Kreiser said, noting that he will claim horses who have the first-level allowance eligibility and try to win at that level.
She's Ordained won that condition and a whole bunch of starter allowances as well.
"When we get one to go," Kreiser said of the starters, "almost anyone, if they know she's in, they don't go in."
She did not win the Regret, but she ran a winning race.
"I didn't expect to have six horses within a length going [faster than 22 seconds]," Kreiser said. "The track was kind of dull. I really didn't see all that speed in the race, and then all of a sudden everybody wanted to go.''
She's Ordained ran the other speed out of the race and split two closers. And she is not the first really good Kreiser claim.
"I've claimed a lot of nice horses lately," he said.
They would include King Henry, Blue Mountain Cat, and Tomorrow's Tale.
Kreiser claimed King Henry for $15,000 on Jan. 26. He has won five times since then, including a division of the June 1 Penn Dash.
He claimed Blue Mountain Cat for $12,500 in November 2012. The horse not only has five wins since the claim, he won the other division of the Penn Dash.
Kreiser claimed Tomorrow's Tale for $10,000 in December 2011. The horse has 8 wins from 22 starts and earnings of more than $200,000 since the claim.
"Owners basically give me loose rein where to run them,'' Kreiser said.
Kreiser's all-time personal favorite is Who's Bluffing.
He claimed the horse in August 2005 for $16,000 at what was still known then as Philadelphia Park. The horse won nine times over the next three years before getting claimed for $40,000.
Kreiser eventually claimed the horse back three more times. He lost him for good late in his 10-year-old season. Who's Bluffing retired in 2011 with 110 starts, 21 wins, 19 seconds, 16 thirds, and earnings of $523,401.
If Kreiser runs them, they win.
"Turf season kills me," Kreiser said. "I can't get nothing in.''
His only grass horse is Relay Bill. He did not claim the Pennsylvania-bred who won his maiden in May 2012. Relay Bill is pretty good on dirt and really good on grass, with a win in the Capital City Stakes at Penn a year ago.
There are more than enough dirt races for Kreiser. He is winning at a high percentage all over the Mid-Atlantic this year and, if he keeps making good claims, he will keep on winning.
Aristone on top at Parx
Trainer Phil Aristone has opened a 10-win margin over the field in the Parx Racing standings. Aristone had 52 wins at Parx after the first weekend of August and appears to have the stock to ride all the way to the 2013 finish line for the training title.
Owners win big at Charles Town/Parx
When owner Moshe Mark runs a horse at Charles Town this year, it is close to an automatic bet. He is 22 for 57 (38.6 percent).
High Point Thoroughbred Partners is doing even better in 2013 at Parx. The stable has 60 starters this year, with 27 wins, 8 seconds and 7 thirds. That computes to a cool 45 percent winners.
** Jamie Ness, with 30 winners, 21 seconds, and 15 thirds from 98 starters, wins at a high percentage wherever he trains. He is a solid 31 percent at Delaware Park.
** Arnaud Delacour does not start nearly as many horses as Ness, but is winning at an even better race. The trainer is winning with 35 percent of his starters at the meet.
Only article he should of wrote should have been 'Parx riders and management rob bettors in broad daylight'
Thank you, Mr. Jerardi, for covering Penn National. I also enjoy Let's Go Racing Saturday mornings with Mr. Jones. Keep up the great work and we look forward to seeing you next year at The Penn Mile. John Smith Fleetwood, PA
There is not a single trainer in the Hall of Fame with a career win percentage near 25%, yet these bums continue to crank out these kind of numbers. Anyone who doesn't think something's wrong here probably also believes Alex Rodriguez has been clean his entire career as well.
i hate to see these pieces that idolize the miracle trainers...we all know how the do it..it just puts even more emphasis on how bad testing really is at American racetracks.
Jerardi should be fired for writing this garbage. Idolizing some of the most blatant examples of everything wrong in the business. Most trainers are lucky to move horses up off claims, yet Kreiser gets multiple wins and hundreds of thousands in purses off cheap claimers. "Ness wins at a high level..." duh, and A-Rod hits homers at every ballpark.
Hey Dick how a few words about the bettors who got the shaft at Parx this past weekend when for no reason they took the 8th and 9th race of the turf after p3s had already started.
Delacour does a great job with his horses. He may be the next trainers name that we hear coming out of Fair Hill. Two more years he will probably have a triple crown or breeders cup horse.


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