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Last week, I read a post by Daniel Kirk. It (k)irked me. So I wrote a response in the Huffington Post, titled, Is Christian Higher Education Dead? Daniel and I have agreed to continue talking. If you are interested in thinking about whether Christian higher education is dead, or mortally wounded, or what not, then read those two posts—and join in. Happy to have you.I've got 9 points--7 of disagreement, 1 of agreement, 1 conciliatory--with Daniel's new post, which you can read here.One di … [Read more...]
Is Christian Higher Education Dead? The Debate Continues
What's for Lent?
The Catholic kids on Long Island gave up chocolate for Lent—at least that's what they said. I grew up in a church without Lent. Most of our band of believers had gotten fed up with being Lutherans or Catholics or Methodists, so they wanted nothing to do with high holy days, like Ash Wednesday, or church seasons, like Lent. I don't blame them. Most of the Catholic guys on my baseball team—Ash Wednesday hit during the bracing late winter days of high school baseball, when we stood on the field froz … [Read more...]
Guns, God, and Advent
My son had two days off from work, so we headed to the Texas Hill Country. En route, we stopped at a shooting range. Yes, you heard me right.We'd only visited a shooting range once—in Seattle, with our friend from church. Bob brought his own pistols and rifles, and we spent some time learning to shoot.On Friday, we entered a different culture altogether: a shooting range in Texas. Yes, you heard me right again. We visited a shooting range in Texas.We walked in, waited a bit in line, l … [Read more...]
Phyllis Tickle Behind the Scenes
Monday through Wednesday find me buried in classes and teaching, so I didn't receive word of Phyllis Tickle's death until this afternoon. I did not know Phyllis personally—face to face—but, as many no doubt will tell you, I felt like I knew her personally. So I do what many of the authors Phyllis Tickle championed behind the scenes do: I write. I write to honor her.I called Phyllis one Friday evening a few years back to talk about some meditations I had written on the Holy Spirit. I expected … [Read more...]
Does It Matter If You're Right?
Does it matter who's right?I'm not so sure anymore.Right or wrong: we all seem to lose something in this equation.I've come to this temporary conclusion because I've reflected on Paul's letters to the Corinthians recently. At the heart of his first letter, Paul answers a question about whether believers should eat meat that has been sacrificed to idols. He begins the section in this way: "Now concerning food sacrificed to idols: we know that 'all of us possess knowledge.' Knowledge pu … [Read more...]
Sanity About the Spirit: Not in 1 Corinthians!
Confusion. That's what we get in the contemporary church when it comes to the Holy Spirit. You've got the Pentecostals, of course, who make great hay of the Spirit. But they differ dramatically from one another. The Assembly of God, for instance, sees speaking in tongues as clear evidence of baptism in the Holy Spirit. Not all Pentecostal churches are so strident, and some are even more strident. The Vineyard, a movement I deeply appreciate, is more lax about speaking in tongues because it sees … [Read more...]


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News Blog :: DELAIN - Special Guest On Sabaton EU Tour
After the successful release of The Human Contradiction in April and a grand tour with Within Temptation throughout Europe, DELAIN were able to convince completely fans and critics with their great live show, Charlotte's power voice and bombastic symphonic metal anthems. Now the pleasant Dutchies are confirmed as special guest of the SABATON European tour in spring 2015!
From early January to mid-February the SABATON EUROPE TOUR stops in Germany, France, UK, Netherlands, Hungary and Italy, to name only a few stations. As support of SABATON the Finns BATTLE BEAST will rock all cities next to DELAIN.
Thus, the tour is all about the young, successful Heavy Metal - who thought the style of music had nothing more to offer since the late 90's, will be convinced on this tour tremendously to the contrary.
Also, the summer festival season is still running hot on DELAIN festival shows at the Leyendas Del Rock Festival in Spain and Summer Breeze and Rommelrock in Belgium are fixed in the calendar. In addition, DELAIN have just announced a UK HEADLINER TOUR in fall 2014 for their English fans.
So it definitely shouldn't be a problem to see DELAIN LIVE! Check out the tour dates near you!
09.01.2015 DE - Oberhausen, Turbinenhalle
10.01.2015 DE - Geiselwind, Event Hall
11.01.2015 NL - Tilburg, O13
12.01.2015 UK - London, HMV Forum
14.01.2015 FR - Paris, Bataclan
15.01.2015 CH - Pratteln, Z7
16.01.2015 DE - Ludwigsburg, MHP Arena
17.01.2015 DE - Langen, Stadthalle
19.01.2015 DE - Berlin, Huxley's
25.01.2015 HU - Budapest, Petofi Hall
27.01.2015 RO - Bucharest, Turbohalle
28.01.2015 BG - Sofia, Hall Universiada
30.01.2015 GR - Athens, Fuzz Live Club
31.01.2015 GR - Thessaloniki, Principal Club Theater
03.02.2015 IT - Milano, Alcatraz
04.02.2015 DE - Munich, Tonhalle
06.02.2015 AT - Vienna, Gasometer
07.02.2015 CZ - Prague, Forum Karlin
08.02.2015 CZ - Zlin, Hala Euronics Novesta
09.02.2015 SK - Bratislava, Refinery Gallery
11.02.2015 DE - Saarbrücken, Garage
13.02.2015 BE - Antwerpen, Lotto Arena
14.02.2015 DE - Hamburg, Alsterdorfer Sporthalle
15.02.2015 NL - Amsterdam, Melkweg

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Sounds like Mr. Willis should stay put for a while.
Toledo 6 Charlotte 5
Dontrelle Willis made a rehab start and he struggled. He walked 3 and allowed 7 hits in 5.2 innings including 2 homers. He threw 46 of his 79 pitches for strikes. Mike Hessman and Jeff Larish homered again, and Mike Hollimon joined in on the fun.
Erie DNP
Lakeland 6 Tampa 2 11 innings
Mike Bertram had two hits. Duane Below fanned 10 in 7.1 innings while walking one and allowing 2 runs.
West Michigan 1 Fort Wayne 2
Kyle Peter had 2 hits. Lauren Gagnier went 7 innings and allowed 2 runs on 6 hits, no walks, and 7 K's.
Sounds like Mr. Willis should stay put for a while.
Sounds like one more rehab start for Dontrelle…I hope?
I was lucky enough to be at the game, and Dontrelle got lucky. Charlotte tried a double-steal in the 5th with one out, and Dontrelle picked off the runner taking 3rd, and drove the runner trying to take 2nd back to 1st. He was also struggling on staying ahead of hitters in the count.
I get the feeling that Dontrelle's career as an effective pitcher is just about over. What a shame. Not only did we lose a prospect for this– who has struggled this season but now seams to have turned a corner– the retarded Dave Dombrowski felt compelled to "lock-up" Willis with a big & expensive multiyear contract. And like Nate Robertson, this team is compelled to put him in the rotation in order to chase after sunk cost. This is much like the Barry Zito situation, but with two dud pictures instead of one.
This is turning out to be a nightmare of a season where every single off-season move is a disaster.
hessman on fire!
Funny comment from a reader at the Free Press –
"What chu talkin' 'bout, Willis?"
Well, it made me laugh anyway (for you younger folks go watch an episode of Different Strokes and you'll get it).


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IL reporter Rebecca Berfanger wrote this post.
Two years ago today, Indiana Lawyer announced the blog was in session.
First Impressions was started and continues to offer legal news of interest to our readers, whether it's an event, an achievement of a bar association, an observation from a reporting assignment, or some other information that we found interesting even though it didn't quite fit into the editorial mix of the IL daily or printed edition newspaper.
When I looked at the statistics of the blog since the first post on June 2, 2008, the highest ranked entries have been about disciplinary actions – whether that's specifically named attorneys or firms, or attorneys who didn't complete required CLE or didn't pay their registration fees.
Posts about law firm mergers, hiring updates, and departures are also pretty popular. (Note: We don't report rumors, so if it is in Indiana Lawyer as a blog, online or print story, it was verified by a reliable source before we posted or published it).
We've also had blogs and other articles linked to readers' Facebook pages, and our Facebook page posts a link to the blog every time it is updated.
We haven't had many comments in response to blogs – unless the blog has a very positive or very negative message to share, or if the commenter had a personal connection to the story and wanted to chime in. But we do read the comments and respond when it's appropriate.
But we'd like our readers to know that if they don't want to comment directly to the blog, they can still e-mail or call the editorial staff with their comments on a specific blog post – or any other article we publish online or in print. Our e-mails are linked to every story we write. And if you're not sure who to contact, we're a small enough staff that if you e-mail one of us your message will be directed to the right person.
If there's anything you think this blog is missing, we are open to ideas from readers. In fact, some of our blogs have started out as an e-mail or call from a firm or bar association, or a link to an article in a newspaper that we may have missed without a reader's input.
While we've yet to receive a lengthy e-mail exchange between a potential employer and employee, like the one my former employer's blog recently posted as a lesson in civility, we wouldn't be entirely opposed to it if there was something everyone could learn from it and would give both sides a chance to respond.
What do you think of First Impressions? Any suggestions? Criticisms? Compliments?


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Meg Ryan has joined the cast of the How I Met Your Mother spinoff, albeit in an unseen role. The Sleepless in Seattle star will serve as narrator for the new series How I Met Your Dad, which is slated to join CBS's primetime lineup this fall. The 52-year-old Ryan will supply the voice of "future Sally" in the spinoff, just as Bob Saget provided the voice of future Ted (Josh Radnor) for nine seasons of HIMYM. Greta Gerwig and Tiyar Sicar have already signed on for fulltime roles on How I Met Your Dad.
Source: CNN
Beyoncé graces the cover of Time's 100 Most Influential People issue. The annual issue features Facebook CEO Sheryl Sandberg interviewing the pop diva, who says, "[Being in Time] is something important for me as an artist because it's not about fashion or beauty or music; it's about the influence I've had on culture. To be among other influential people is a huge honour for me." The issue also includes Pharrell Williams being interviewed by Justin Timberlake, Miley Cyrus being interviewed by Dolly Parton and Robin Wright being interviewed by Naomi Watts.
Source: Jezebel
HBO is going into business with Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling. The bestselling author will partner with the U.S. cable channel and BBC to produce a three-hour miniseries version of her novel The Casual Vacancy. Released in 2012, Vacancy was the first novel from Rowling following the publication of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The premise takes place in the seemingly idyllic English village of Pagford, where the inhabitants are quietly at war with each over over a wide range of modern issues. No casting decisions have been announced for the TV version, which is scheduled to begin filming this summer in Britain.
Source: MTV News
George Clooney and casino magnate had a heated argument on the subject of politics. According to reports, a recent dinner between the actor and the hotel-casino developer turned into an expletive-laden donnybrook after Wynn began criticizing the merits of U.S. President Barack Obama. In a statement issued to The Las Vegas Review-Journal, Clooney said the argument involved multiple "adjectives and adverbs" and "had nothing to do with politics and everything to do with character." Wynn told the paper that Clooney "got drunk" from tequila shots and stormed off after saying the F-word.
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Mark Zuckerberg has been immortalized in wax. The London-based wax museum Madame Tussauds unveiled a life-sized wax version of the Facebook founder on Wednesday alongside two other celebrity effigies: Leonardo DiCaprio and Rihanna. The Zuckerberg likeness took 20 artists nearly four months to create and features the young billionaire barefoot and sitting lotus-style in a chair with a laptop computer. Madame Tussauds has previously created wax versions of tech kingpins Steve Jobs and Bill Gates.
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Brennan Carroll
Brennan Carroll, the oldest son of USC head coach Pete Carroll, is in his eighth year on the USC staff, including his sixth as a full-time assistant. He is in charge of the tight ends. He took on the additional duty of recruiting coordinator beginning in 2007.
In 2007, tight end Fred Davis won the Mackey Award, made All-American first team first team and was a second round NFL draft pick following the season. Tight end Dominique Byrd was a third round NFL draft pick following the 2005 season.
He joined the USC staff in August of 2002 as a graduate assistant. He spent 2002 working with the offense and special teams, then handled the tight ends in 2003.
USC played in the 2003 Orange Bowl, 2004 Rose Bowl, 2005 Orange Bowl (BCS Championship Game), 2006 Rose Bowl (BCS Championship Game), 2007 Rose Bowl, 2008 Rose Bowl and 2009 Rose Bowl. In 2003 and 2004, the Trojans won national championships.
Carroll, 30, was a reserve tight end and key special teams player at Pittsburgh the previous 3 years (1999-2001). He caught 3 passes for 25 yards (8.3 average) as a 2000 junior, including 1 for a touchdown (a 3-yarder versus Boston College). He added a 12-yard reception as a senior in 2001. The Panthers played in the 2000 Insight.com Bowl and the 2001 Tangerine Bowl. He redshirted the 1998 season.
He spent his 1997 freshman season at Delaware, but did not see action as a reserve tight end.
He prepped at Saratoga (Calif.) High, where he starred as a linebacker in football and also played basketball.
He earned his bachelor's degree in social sciences from Pittsburgh in 2001.
Born March 20, 1979, he is married and his wife's name is Amber (she played volleyball at North Carolina, in Europe and on the AVP beach tour). They have a newborn son, Dillon.
His father, Pete, has been USC's head coach since 2001 and has 35 years coaching experience in college and the NFL (he was the head coach of the New England Patriots and New York Jets). His mother, Glena, played volleyball at Pacific. His sister, Jaime, was on the USC women's volleyball team in 2000 and 2001 (the 2000 Women of Troy advanced to the NCAA Final Four). His brother, Nate, is a junior at USC. His late grandfather, Dean Goranson, received his master's degree from USC.
BIRTHDAY: March 20, 1979
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DIY spider killer?
I had a guy come out to spray my house a while back and most spiders do die when they touch the surface of the house. I want to make something like this myself and possibly get a sprayer similar to what he used that way I can just do the job myself.
Anyknow know what to buy/mix together to come up with a spider killer that is fairly friendly to other stuff?
guaranteed no collateral damage to other species, as long as you have good aim.
Haha. I usually just use my hand if the spider is not in a web, but I need something that works when I'm away. Currently duct tape seems to catch some of em too.
how do you know the spiders are dying? Is this like instantaneous?
I see them dead right on the walls outside sometimes. Whatever the stuff he uses is, it works great, but it also costs 200 bucks to get him out here and I'm sure I could get the same effects with the right product and I could apply as much as I want. If I can spray all the joists and walls with something that kills them, it should stop the webs which is really my main fear - very weird, but they just creep me out when I run into them. It's the way they feel and how they stick to you, and how they look. *shivers*.
There is also products designed to stop webs from being formed, does that type of stuff work at all? That may be another option, combined with just repelling spiders. I know they don't like lemon, orange and other such smells, so I could make a repellent using oranges, and it would also smell good, though I wonder if it would rot. I've smelled rotten orange juice before, and it aint a pretty smell.
I also want to look at insulating all the rim joists with foam, think that should cut down on spiders as well? Where do they normally enter by? Cracks in walls, sump pit?
These can be purchased over the counter, at least here in Pa. and are good for spiders and crawling insects.
Active ingredients:
1) Lambda-cyhalothrin (trade names: Demand, Border, other trade names at the big box stores.
2) Delatamethrin
3) Cyfluthrin
My preference is #1, the others are good second choices.
These can be bought as concentrates to be mixed with water. If you have dark siding, soffits, etc then spray a small area first, let it dry and look for cloudy, whitish, deposits. If so, keep it off those areas in the future. Can be cleaned off with water, does not set in as a stain. If it doesn't matter to you, then spray away. Read and understand the labels.
I never heard of products designed to stop webs from being formed; sounds like a good sales pitch.
Repelling spiders with citrus based chemicals sounds good, but I have no idea if it works; if it did I believe that our industry would use it. Another good sounding idea. I suspect that for citrus oils to work, they would have to be applied frequently. Hope this helps.
What kind of store would sell these, would I get that from a pest control place? I like the idea of buying in concentrate and just mixing myself, probably cheaper for doing large areas. If it works to the point where I can freely walk in my basement or crawlspace without worrying about running into webs, then if I have to apply it every couple months, I'll do that.
There are sites that sell pest control supplies on-line. When you find them, look for Demand or Border.
If you go to the big box stores then look at the active ingredients on their labels. The box stores don't sell under the Demand/Border label but you may find the same active ingredients; that would be fine. Matching the active ingredient is more important than the brand name.
Buying as a concentrate and mixing with water will be much cheaper. AFter you familiarize yourself with the label, you will see that you have a range of concentrations that you can mix. The first time or two, use the higher rate, when you treat every 2 or 3 months after that, you can cut back to the lower rate.
Cool I will do that. I do recall buying ant killer powder, and other ant killer products, I'd have to check at the store what the active ingredient is, maybe I can use that. From my research ant killer and spider killer tend to be the same things. So I just have to look for Lambda-cyhalothrin or the other two as the active ingrediant, and should be set.
Hmm this stuff sounds promising, do you know anything about it?
I would buy a pump sprayer as well.
Demon is good. It is a powder that you mix with water and it will cause staining and discoloration on dark surfaces. For spiders I still like Border or Demand (same active ingredient in both).
I can't seem to find Border or Demand anywhere, know of any places that would sell and ship to Canada? I did find Demon on ebay and it seems quite cheap too.
Did you google Demand? I find this site called Domyownpestcontrol.com that sells it. I didn't realize you were in Canada, that may make a difference. Even here in the states, not every state allows the same products to be sold there.
I've never purchased anything from the above site, don't know anyone who has, and I have no interest in that site. I don't think we're allowed to post sites here, but I'll try it. If I am in error by publishing this site, then I apologize in advance and accept the decisions of the moderators. I enjoy this site and I want no trouble.
I'm thinking it's ok as long as you're not promoting your own product but I could also be wrong.
I found the site you mentioned but they'll only ship to the states. I did find Demon WP on ebay.ca though. Oddly enough it was not on Amazon.ca and is on the .com, so maybe it's not legal here? Is this stuff or Demand or any of the others considered harmful to the environment or is it rather friendly once diluted as directed? While I want to kill spiders and create a surface they'll die on, I also don't want it to harm small animals or people. I do have chipmunks around that I'd like to remain alive and healthy.
While searching deeper for Demand I did find CYONARA 9.7 which has 9.7% Lamda-Cyhalothrin
Demon wp will do fine on spiders, just be careful on dark surfaces that you care about. It wipes up with water anyway, but if it is on a porch ceiling or soffit then it can be hard work. I still like lambda-cyhalothrin better, as it is a micro-encapsulated insecticide. Long residual with minimal toxicity.
Demon and Demand are in the "low" toxicity range, as opposed to "moderate" and "high" range. The greatest risk to people and environment is when working with the concentrate. When mixed, apply the insecticide to the structure in a low-pressure and controlled application. Non-target insects will die from it, especially with an exterior application. Indoors greatly limits the type of non-target insects and reptiles that would contact it. Toads, frogs, lizards do not do well with insecticides. If the spider problem is indoors, then keep treatment inside. The exposure to humans is minimal as far as inhalation. Wet surfaces should be avoided until dry. The label will give you guidance.
The Cyonara sounds interesting; try to get that-otherwise the demon will do fine.
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Can someone please tell me the truth about post inflammatory hyperpigmentation? I had fraxel co2 laser 12 months ago and still have PIH. Topical treatments have not worked and I have seen little improvement in these splotches.
Is this permanant or what is the real average time for its resolution?


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Transaction traceability of enterprise files, data, and applications
Part 3: Tracking operational transaction data in files, data, and applications using IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Transactions
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This article series describes a scenario involving JK Financials, a fictitious bank that needs to gain end-to-end visibility over its integrated enterprise IT infrastructure. This visibility will help provide transaction traceability and ways to address the IT infrastructure problems that arise during regular operations.
Part 1 described the challenges faced by large enterprises today in integrating file-based systems with enterprise applications spread across multiple networks and supporting different protocols. Part 1 showed you how to integrate IBM® Sterling Connect:Direct (hereafter called Sterling C:D) with IBM WebSphere® MQ in order to generate MQ messages that can be used by an orchestration engine such as WebSphere Message Broker or any application capable of consuming an MQ event.
Part 2 showed you how to build a WebSphere Message Broker orchestration that correlates file arrival events in a WebSphere Message Broker flow, generates a unique ID to track file transfer details using monitoring tools, and computes a routing endpoint and protocol based on the file contents in the Sterling C:D file.
Part 3 will show you how to use IBM Tivoli® Composite Application Manager for Transactions (hereafter called ITCAM for Transactions) to track end-to-end movement of files, transactions, applications, and components using IBM Sterling C:D. It will also show you how to use WebSphere Message Broker to emit transaction data to ITCAM for Transactions, and quickly identify operational and transactional problems involving a money transfer application.
Installing and configuring WebSphere Message Broker and ITCAM for Transactions
Here are the detailed instructions from the information center: Installing Transaction Tracking components of ITCAM for Transactions V7.3. Here is an overview:
- Download ITCAM for Transactions V7.3 Transaction Tracking for the appropriate platform.
- After installing ITCAM for Transactions V7.3, make sure that Transaction Collector and Transaction Reporter V7.3 are installed.
- Verify the installation:
Figure 1. Verify installation of ITCAM for Transactions
- Search for Transaction Reporter and Transaction Collector in the list
of installed Tivoli agents, as shown below:
Figure 2. Search results for Transaction Collector and Transaction Reporter
Configuring ITCAM for Transactions with WebSphere Message Broker
This section shows you how to install ITCAM for Transactions to monitor transaction details from WebSphere Message Broker.
- In a command window, change directory to
- Run
configDC.bat –enable. Make sure the command is successful:
Figure 3. Configuration command execution and results
- Using the
mqsichangebrokercommand, set the active user exits name as
C:\IBM\ITM\TMAITM6\k3\bin>mqsichangebroker <BrokerName> -e KK3UserExit
Here the user exits are provided by ITCAM, which captures the required transaction data from WebSphere Message Broker.
- Verify that the user exits are successfully set in WebSphere Message
Broker using the command
mqsireportbroker <BrokerName>, as shown below:
Figure 4. Command execution results for a user exit configuration
- Restart WebSphere Message Broker.
Implementing transaction tracking using WebSphere Message Broker and ITCAM for Transactions
Part 1 of this article series explained the JK Financials scenario shown below in Figure 5. This scenario involves transaction tracking using ITCAM for Transactions, and managed file transfer within its enterprise network using IBM Sterling C:D. In this scenario, a branch of JK Financials at a different location from the data center sends money transfer instructions in a file using secure transfer protocol:
Figure 5. Architectural overview using WebSphere Message Broker
The message flow that implements the banking scenario is shown below. For more details about the flow implementation, see Part 2 of this article series.
Figure 6. Correlating events of file arrival using WebSphere Message Broker flow
- Deploy the message flow shown in Figure 5 on the ITCAM configured WebSphere Message Broker execution group.
- Run the message flow as explained in Part 2 of this article series.
- Open Tivoli Enterprise portal and then open the Transaction Topology workspace.
- Launch Tivoli Enterprise Portal and then open the Transaction Reporter
workspace: Select Transaction Reporter => Transactions
=> Transaction Topology:
Figure 7. Transaction Viewer in Tivoli Enterprise Portal
The Transaction Aggregate Topology captures the transaction processing path through various application components, and it shows you how different applications in the system interact to process the transaction. Figure 8 shows the Transaction Aggregate Topology view:
Figure 8. Transaction Aggregate Topology view in Transaction Reporter
In the Transaction topology workspace, you can see how transactions flow through various application end points connected to a WebSphere Message Broker orchestration. Here the event message comes through SCCQueue, goes to a message flow called db2admin, and then goes to either OUTPUTQ or ERRORQ.
In this topology, you can see individual transaction instances captured by ITCAM, check transaction performance, and view details about individual transactions and context views, as shown below in Figure 9. As you can see, there are some slow transactions, which you can act on in order to meet service-level agreements (SLAs).
Figure 9. Transaction instances view in ITCAM for Transactions
Similarly, you can view the Application Topology and Component Topology workspaces to view the applications and components involved in a transaction in a topology diagram. If any application is down, then ITCAM will detect it and show an alert.
You can use the Situation Editor and set some criteria to show an alert in ITCAM using the Universal Message Console. For example, you could specify that if the currentDepth of a queue on the Message Broker queue ERRORQ is greater than 0, then show an alert. In the Transaction Topology view, you can select ERRORQ as an application endpoint where a failure message arrives, and send a Short Message Service (SMS) text. An SMS gateway needs to be installed, and then you run a command to send an SMS text when a message arrives in the ERRORQ. You can configure alerts like these, as shown below.
The Situation Event Console below shows various system alerts classified as "Warning" and "Critical," which helps the administrator of ITCAM for Transactions react appropriately.
Figure 10. Situation Event Console for alerts
The Universal Message Console shows customized situation events. Here a situation event is created to show an alert when any transaction message is routed to ERRORQ. The current depth property of ERRORQ is used to capture such event. If the current depth of ERRORQ exceeds 0, the Situation Handler sends an alert to the Universal Message Console:
Figure 11. Viewing failed transactions in Universal Message Console
Viewing transactions using ITCAM for Transactions
Part 1 of this article series explained the architecture of the JK Financials multi-protocol branch integration using WebSphere Message Broker. Figure 12 shows the overall architecture:
Figure 12. Component overview using WebSphere Message Broker
Part 2 of this article series explained the message flow for the scenario, as shown below:
Figure 13. Simplified WebSphere Message Broker orchestration
This flow receives the file transferred by different bank branches to the enterprise data center at CDNode A1. The input messages file details are provided in Part 1. It processes all transactions available in each file. The CDInput node sends each transaction in the file to the next compute node, called BaseOnRequestTypeRouteIndividualTransaction. This compute node routes the messages to either the NEFT queue or DD Print endpoints, based on the RequestType field value in the input message.
The message flow is deployed and transaction data files are sent to the enterprise data center using the Sterling C:D Server available at different bank branches. The Sterling C:D secondary node at the enterprise data center receives the data files from all branches. The CDInput node fetches the data file received at the enterprise data center after it is reprocessed through the local Sterling C:D node at the enterprise data center.
Running the message flow
After deploying the message flow in the execution group, open the Sterling
C:D Requester Tool and process
MsgFile2.txt from the
branchesdatacollection folder messages into the
CDWindows\download\ folder. Send all files from different
branches using the Send/Receive File Utility of the Sterling C:D node:
Figure 14. Testing end-to-end flow using Sterling C:D Console
Use the amqsget utility to receive any messages routed to the NEFF queue as
shown in Figure 15 below. Two
DDn.txt messages will be stored
in the file system.
Figure 15. Running amqsget utility to send sample data file
The two other transactions on DD print will be stored in the file system
using the CDOutput node. For the two transaction requests of type DD, the
message is routed to the CDOutput node, where it generates
DD16.txt and
DD17.txt files in the output file
system folder, as shown below:
Figure 16. Testing arrival of a file in Sterling C:D configured node folder
After processing the messages through the Sterling C:D Server and the
WebSphere Message Broker flow, open the Tivoli Enterprise Portal, using
sysadmin and password
Go to Transaction Reporter. The Sterling C:D Node connected to the broker system is shown. Here it can detect a remote C:D node also and show the C:D node details. Figure 17 shows that the broker system ISLRPBEIXV378 is connected to C:D node islrpbeixv378. The C:D server node is a local node. It will also show the remote C:D server node connection if any file transfer happens through a remote C:D server node to the broker system ISLRPBEIXV378.
Figure 17. Server Component Topology view
Viewing the application in ITCAM
Three applications have been detected:
- DEMOQM -- WebSphere MQ application
- itcamEG -- WebSphere Message Broker application execution group process
- ISLRPBEIXV378 -- Sterling C:D node server application
In Figure 18, the Applications panel on the left shows four applications: DEMOQM, ISLRPBEIXV378, islrpbeixv378, and itcamEG. It shows the availability of these applications in the Lowest Availability panel on the right. The three green bars show that three applications are running well, while the yellow bar indicates that DEMOQM has a performance issue and message processing through it is slow:
Figure 18. Applications detected by ITCAM for Transactions
- Open the Application Aggregate Topology workspace to view how these composite applications are connected.
- In the Tivoli Enterprise Portal, select Transaction Reporter => Applications => Workspace => Application Topology.
- The Application Topology view is shown below. The Application
Aggregate Topology shows you how various applications are wired
together in the overall solution:
Figure 19. Application Aggregate Topology view
- In the Application Topology workspace view, you see that a Sterling C:D Server ISLRPBEIXV378 is connected to the WebSphere Message Broker execution group itcamEG, which is connected to the WebSphere MQ application DEMOQM. DEMOQM is lightly coupled with amqsget.exe, which consumes the NEFT messages from the queue. The execution group itcamEG application is connected to the Sterling CD server islrbpeix378 to create an output file for any DD type request.
Viewing the Components in ITCAM
Select the components in the Transaction Reporter, as shown below in the Tivoli Enterprise Portal.
In the Components view, you see that it has detected four components: two Sterling C:D, one WebSphere Message Broker, and one WebSphere MQ.
In Figure 20, the Components panel on the left shows the four components detected by the Transaction Collector and Transaction Reporter. The Lowest Availability panel on the right shows the status of these components:
Figure 20. Components view in Transaction Reporter
To see how these components are aggregated, perform the following steps:
- Select Transaction Reporter => Components => Workspace => Component Topology.
- The Component Aggregate Topology shows you how various application
components are wired together and running in WebSphere Message Broker,
as shown in Figure 21. The Sterling C:D Server is the starting point
that sends the file to WebSphere Message Broker, which picks up the
transactions in the transferred file and routes them to either
WebSphere MQ or C:D components. The WebSphere MQ component puts the
message into a queue, while the C:D component creates an output file.
Finally, the WebSphere MQ client component consumes the messages in
the message queue. The dotted line shows that the WebSphere MQ client
is loosely coupled, while the other components are tightly coupled:.
Figure 21. Component Aggregate Topology view
Viewing the transaction in ITCAM
The Transaction view lets you view transaction performance at five minute intervals, and you can adjust this polling interval.
- Open the Tivoli Enterprise Portal and select Transaction Reporter => Transaction.
- There are four transaction endpoints as shown below in Figure 22 in
different colored boxes. PROC3 is the process that initiates the
transaction and starts the file transfer. FileTransfer_CDNodes is the
flow that consumes the file transfer started from PROC3 and routes
messages inside the file to NEFTQ and two messages to DDPrint, since
the Sterling C:D server created two different processes to create a
DDPrint output file. The Transactions panel on the left contains
columns for different performance evaluation parameters. Total Time
shows the time elapsed in each of these application components:
Figure 22. Transaction view in Transaction Reporter
- To view details about transaction performance in these application components, open the Transaction Aggregate Topology view: Select Transaction Reporter => Workspace => Transaction Topology.
- In this scenario, the Sterling C:D server process PROC3 sends a file having multiple transaction records to the message flow FileTransfer_CDNodes, which routes the transaction records to either NEFTQ (a WebSphere MQ queue) or DDPrint process (a Sterling C:D process to create the output file). The Transaction Aggregate Topology view shows how these individual applications are wired as part of the overall transaction processing system. The topology is detected automatically by the Transaction Collector and Transaction Reporter of ITCAM for Transactions.
- In Figure 23 below, the ITCAM Transaction Reporter detects the file
transfer initiated by the Sterling C:D server process PROC3. It
reaches the WebSphere Message Broker flow FileTransfer_CDNodes, and
then the message is routed either to the CDOutput node or to the
MQOutput node in the message flow, based on the message contents.
Either the CDOutput node's Sterling C:D Server process DDPrint writes
the output file to the file system, or else the MQOutput node puts the
message to NEFTQ. In Figure 23, the FileTransfer_CDNodes message flow
contains two routing paths: DDPrint and NEFTQ . The amqsget
application shown as db2admin consumes the messages that arrive in the
NEFTQ output queue:
Figure 23. Transaction Aggregate Topology view
Viewing the transaction instance
An individual transaction instance can help you identify details about a specific transaction, so that you can query on what happened to an individual transaction using a localtransactionId or sub-transaction, in case a transaction contains multiple sub-transactions. These kinds of queries can help you maintain security and SLAs. For example, if a message is routed to an error queue or dead letter queue instead of to the desired destination, you can diagnose and correct the problem and resend the request.
In this scenario, a file contains four transactions, which get processed and routed individually to various destinations by the WebSphere Message Broker flow. In the individual Transaction Instance view, you can see that the transaction file transferred by the bank contains four transaction records, shown below in pink. Two of them (shown in green) are routed to DDPrint, and two (shown in blue) are routed to NEFTQ. The view also shows that the NEFTQ transaction is slow, and therefore you should take some corrective action to maintain the SLA.
Figure 24. Transaction Instance Topology view
The CDInput node of the message flow FileTransfer_CDNodes reads each of the four messages individually, and the message flow Compute node routes two of them to NEFTQ and two of them to DDPrint to a file to print the demand draft. The slow transaction on the WebSphere MQ NEFT queue is shown as an alert in yellow, indicating that WebSphere MQ has a performance issue. If the file contains more transaction records, then the destination of each transaction record is shown in the Transaction Instance Topology view.
Transaction Contexts view
The Transaction Contexts view is part of the Transaction Instance Topology view, and it shows details about an individual input or output transaction instance in a table.
In the Contexts view shown in Figures 25 and 26, you see that the
transaction instance contains a file named
transferred by the Sterling C:D Server PROC3 (in pink) and it comes to the
WebSphere Message Broker flow as a transaction.
contains four sub-transaction messages identified by LocalTransactionID:
MsgFile2.txt_20120311_124421_197168. Due to a limitation in
ITCAM, the individual sub-transaction ID is not getting overridden or
populated, and therefore four sub-transactions are shown with the same ID.
However, the LocalTransactionID shows where all four transactions have
gone -- two of them to NEFTQ with respective WebSphere MQ MessageId's
(shown in blue), and two to the DDPrint application (shown in green),
which is a Sterling C:D application and creates output files named
DD72.txt and
Figure 25. Contexts table view of individual transaction instance
Figure 26. Contexts table view of Individual transaction instance
To achieve the transaction tracking in WebSphere Message Broker, ITCAM for Transactions provides a user exit that instruments its code into the WebSphere Message Broker runtime, and fetches the necessary transaction information, and displays it in various Transaction Reporter workspace views. The Transaction Collector uses the WebSphere Message Broker user exit to collect various transaction messages processed through the deployed message flow, and Transaction Reporter then shows the activities in its various workspaces.
This article showed you how to use ITCAM for Transactions to trace a transaction that is processed through IBM Sterling Connect:Direct, WebSphere Message Broker, and WebSphere MQ. ITCAM for Transactions can help you meet SLAs by showing alerts for slow transactions and enabling you to act before an SLA is violated.
This article series showed you how to integrate IBM Sterling Connect:Direct and WebSphere Message Broker to provide end-to-end visibility of transactions involving files and application-specific data across different protocols and networks.
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I am jut hoping that the people here are a bit more technically advanced than in the general tech dicussions and I can finally put this issue to rest!!
Here goes
Blower motor does not work power on ground and positve cables
Ac swithch light will not come on
When I ground out the blower motor blower works ac kicks in and led on switch comes on everyhing seems to work properly
Just going through the system replaceing parts... I just don't know any other way to troubleshoot this issue
Right now I am trying to find the ac/clutch diode.. and I am not talking about D1 or D2 in the fusebox . The schematics show another diode
in the system and my deaership has actually been able to get me one ( which is more than they could do when I was replacing D2). I have traced the wires shown in the schematics but it still seems to be hiding from me.
So if any one could tell me where this diode is located or has successfully fixed the problem of having power on the ground on the blower motor please let me know how I an fix this !!!
This seems to be a fairly common problem on the focus. I have found several post on other BB's with other pople having the same issue but NO resolutions!!
SO if you can help PLEASE let us know!!!!!!
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English Trifle recipe Video (scroll down for printable recipe)
The Trifle was one of my grandmother's signature desserts. For as much as she loved to eat, she really did not enjoy cooking and rarely did it that I recall, except for gingerbread muffins, cinnamon toast, and this trifle, if you can call making a trifle "cooking". It's assembly, really; a combination of ready-made ingredients that comes together remarkably well. Most trifle recipes will use store-bought ladyfingers layered with custard, jam, sometimes nuts, and whipped cream. My grandmother always made hers with a frozen (and thawed, derp) Sara Lee poundcake, instant vanilla pudding, raspberry or strawberry jam, and CoolWhip. I've used poundcake here, but occasionally she also used angel food cake. You can use any of those cakey bits that you like.
If you'd like to make your own custard (pudding) use the vanilla pudding recipe I gave you in this banana pudding post. Trifles lend themselves very well to experimentation, too, so you might want to try using a chocolate or coconut custard instead. Use any chunky jam that you like, but raspberry jam with vanilla custard is the most traditional combination. You could also make it a little fancier by macerating fresh berries or fruit in a little sugar and orange juice or orange liqueur for an hour and using that instead of jam. Sliced almonds were always on top of hers, too, but again you could try different nuts or maybe even use raw cacao nibs instead of nuts if you were doing a chocolate trifle. Really, the world is your oyster and you are free to trifle with it as you please.
Trifle Recipe – Printable!Print
- Prep Time: 1 hour
- Total Time: 1 hour
1-10 ounce frozen poundcake, thawed
¼ cup sweet sherry or brandy
3 cups prepared custard or pudding*
½ cup jam
1 cup sliced fresh berries
½ cup heavy cream, whipped to stiff peaks
¼ cup sliced almonds
Cut the pound cake into slices about ⅓" thick crosswise.
Cover the bottom of a 2-3 quart dish (straight-sided glass dish is considered the "proper" dish for a trifle, but really anything will do) with slices of pound cake. Break the slices as necessary to make an even layer, filling in all holes with cake bits.
Sprinkle 2 tablespoons brandy over the cake.
Spread 1 cup of the custard over that evenly, reaching edges. Dollop a little of the jam over that and half the berries.
Make another layer of cake, brandy, custard, jam, berries.
If you have enough cake to make a final layer, do so. Spread the remaining custard, jam, berries over that.
Cover the top of the trifle with whipped cream and sprinkle with almonds.
Serve right away if you must, but it is better if allowed to sit in the refrigerator for an hour or two before serving.
For more recipes from the British Isles, check these out!
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Tyler, the Creator And Justin Bieber When They Were Friends
Last week, headlines broke across America that Best Friends Forever, Tyler, The Creator and America's Canadian sweetheart Justin Bieber, allegedly shared a strawberry milkshake at Fat Burger in Los Angeles. It was a story that shook the foundations of our tentative grasp on an external reality as Tyler and the Biebs were believed to have indulged in the same dairy-based drink product at the same time. In a word, it was shocking.
America's leader in shake-based news, TMZ, caught up with Tyler over the weekend to query the Wolf rapper about his indulgence with Bieber when Tyler denied the story declaring "that's gay" and that he "doesn't even like strawberry."
Clearly, this heralds the end of one of America's greatest bromances because who would deny sharing a shake with somebody as magical as Justin Bieber. Since this is the "end" of their storied friendship, XXL would like to take the time to remember Tyler and Justin in better times.


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REBELS WITH A CAUSE: Youth Culture and Music In the '50s
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Every generation of youth struggles for self-expression that eventually defines its particular place in history. So it was in post-war America as young people rebelled against authority figures and society in general. Join The B-Sides, a Washington D.C.-based group of Smithsonian history scholars by day, rock 'n' roll musicians by night, as they host an evening of R&B, doo wop, and rock 'n' roll tracing the social causes that impacted the music of this decade.
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$759,000 - 413 Avenida Salvador, San Clemente
- 4Beds
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San Clemente Home Sale
Charming Salvador Hill 4 Bed 2 Bath home with canyon, mountains and city lights views!!! Plenty of curb appeal and is a single level just minutes from Calafia Beach, SC Muni golf course (bring your golf cart), shops and dining. Gated front courtyard, 2 car garage. Inside we have the family room and formal dining room off the modern kitchen which boasts a Viking 6 burner range and oven. Within the living room we have cathedral ceilings showing off the dramatic fireplace and hearth. Bathrooms have been upgraded, floors redone and garden planted! No HOA, no Mello Roos. Surf, Sand, and the best weather on the California coast. Live the dream!
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- Price$759,000
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2.00
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- Square Footage1,943
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- Sub-TypeSingle Family
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- Interior FeaturesBathtub, Cathedral-Vaulted Ceilings, Ceiling Fan, Ceramic Counters, Kitchen Open to Family Room, Open Floor Plan, Remodeled Kitchen, Shower, Storage Space, Sump Pump, Drywall Walls
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Brother Jonah also emphasized that theology is more about questions than answers. If a person thinks he has all the answers, he explained, then he doesn't have God.
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Prince William & Kate Middleton Take Prince George to New Zealand Playdate
They've received the warmest of welcomes in New Zealand, and Prince William and Kate Middleton gave their adorable son Prince George a chance to romp around with a few Kiwi babies in Wellington this morning (April 9).
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge looked proud as their little guy charmed up a storm during Plunkett's Parent's Group at Government House, and there were plenty of picture perfect moments to be had.
During the Wellington portion of their three-week tour of New Zealand and Australia, William, Kate and George are staying at the Wharekauhau Lodge overlooking Palliser Bay.
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If you can read this, then all is well, if you can not... then this will be difficult to explain :p. Regardless, we've been having issues with the name-server, so quite a few people can not access the site for some reason, including members of staff. It is currently being looked into.
Most problems have now been fixed. However, in the upcoming days we'll be moving servers and hosts, so there will likely be further 'teething' problems. Please bear with us during this post-apocalyptic turmoil.
Also, it's all Rob's fault.
We are currently in the process of transferring to the new server and there is likely to be some downtime. The main site should be fine, but the forums may be down for an extended time. Please bear with us as we attempt world peace...
And we're back. Hello everyone!
We successfully escaped the zombie apocalypse with plenty of fuel spare for the chainsaws. Rob only got bit 3 or 4 times, but I think he'll get over it.
We should be 100% at this point. I for some reason still can't access the site regularly (I am using a proxy), but I suspect everything will settle down very soon. If anyone happens to notice anything out of the ordinary, including performance issues, please let us know.
Returning from banishment ... thank you very much ROB!! LOL
I have been missing all of the excitement since Rob had a hissy with his ISP. Just this eve I was not even able to find the site! Glad I have Rob's email. Creating argument in the past was good for something!
Haha. My ISP is not at fault for you not being able to connect. The old server was in Chicago, while the new one is in Indianapolis. My ISP just happens to be a bitch when it comes to DNS, I guess (and yours too). Our traffic hasn't really bumped at all, so it seems we were in the extreme minority.
Everything is found! Had to keep with the IP addresses thru this AM
A few of us switched DNS server for faster updates. Go into your router and set primary DNS as 220.127.116.11 - that's Google Open DNS. It's very fast, solved nearly all my slow DNS problems. My ISP was dreadful about updates - not quite days, but often hours.
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That's a glorious cascade of tea partying in the best non political tradition of the term.
It makes me want to say, "Pip, pip!"
My idea of tea time, lots of cute sweets to go with it.
The long, dark tea time of the soul?
Lovely design- Such a warm and cozy color palette...
Can't zoom in and no inks are listed so is this a digital print? Just curious.
Lovely art.
I want all my cupcakes to come with monocles from now on.
love the Grey shirt!
Would love a tote with this design on it. Will it be available later?
Woo, delicious details. Awesome design!
Why of all days does the zoomy cursor not work today! :p
Yay! I see many cosy, tea-filled afternoons spent in this shirt in my future.
This design is too cute for an ugly t-shirt!
Maybe I'll get it for an apron, bag, or a pillowcase.
Steampunk cupcakes?
I loved how you showcased the Tea; using it as the background design to bring everything together in a marvelous display. Nothing here "doesn't work". And as if presentation weren't tasteful enough, you blended the ingredients perfectly without loosing the Tea's flavor to the pastries. Masterfully done. You'll be moving to the next round of "Chopped"...or rather, "Printed".
Sophisticated and adorable! (If you buy this shirt, watch out it doesn't upstage you ...)
Sweet design! Amazing work.
Sooo purty!
Love the stylish muted colour palette, congrats :-)
This is such a beautiful and detailed design! Wonderful work!
Very lovely and cool design!
This design sums up just about everything I absolutely love...tea, cupcakes, and foods with faces on them :3
Add me to the list wondering if this is going to be screen printed or DTG. There's a lot of fine hatch work and some really subtle color blends that are hard to do with screenprinting to make it look like your monitor shows it. BTW really nice design.
Can we get 589758387346 more of Medusa's designs up, please? I ADORE this style!
We did this one simulated process (similar to The Time is Meow). Word is it came out great.
This looks amazing! Congrats Medusa!
Awesome shirt!!!
Thank you all :D
Great work! I really love this one :D
I want this on tea towels, or fancy cloth napkins! This is the best design I've ever seen here! Please make this on a tote too! Cupcakes with monocles! Too much cuteness!
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Promoting Healthy Outcomes, Enterprising Team Player
Here's what some coworkers and employers say about me, these are their words, not mine.
I'm proven across two areas – healthcare customer service, and product development in IT teams. I thrive on new big ideas and I'm a dependably solid team player, cheerful, and forward-thinking.
In User-experience design and dev, I bring compelling and solution-focused ideas to your team:
• Approachable, problem-solving, willing and able to explain projects in lay-person's terms.
• Excel in people skills, engaged, always 110% "in the game" and moving projects forward.
• Easy collaborator, delivers advanced expertise in Medical Informational Technology Design.
As a Certified Medical Assistant, I bring strong professionalism and compassion to the care team:
• Applied critical and analytical thinking coupled with people skills, agility, ability to shift priorities.
• Service to patients, team and organization missions; professional and with a personal touch.
• Reliably fulfilling defined role in team, there like clockwork, no drama, no hassles, no weirdness.
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The reluctant Twitterer's dilemma – the gist of this is that if you've been reluctant to start twittering (tweeting? I hate this terminology), you probably shouldn't. It's hard for me to disagree.
Just… don't.
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I agree. I have actually been considering stopping or seriously ignoring it. There is something annoying about it and bothersome about it though it is hard to describe.
- David Dunham
I started and tried and it just seems like a pointless endeavor, so I've pretty much stopped.
- http://nowheresville.us The Dane
If you're reluctant to start anything, maybe you shouldn't. You might not be cut out for it. It might not be the kind of thing you're good at. Better to stick with what you know than risk wasting time and effort on something that might not be worth either your time or your effort.
Settle for mediocrity for therein lies comfort!
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Until someone can explain to me how this is (or can be used for) anything more than broadcasting banality, I just can't get interested in either following tweets or twittering myself.
C. Hollands last blog post..When The World Comes To Your Field
- http://nowheresville.us The Dane
@C. Holland – One might ask the same thing of writing books or of blogging or of commenting on blogs or of talking.
Seriously, is this the level of incisive commentary to which Capca has fallen?
Arg, why am I even the one defending Twitter? I'm not even a super huge fan.
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@The Dane – I think the incisive part of the commentary was where it pointed out that it's not like Twitter solves some sort of problem we've all felt needed solving in our life. Unlike email, blogs or facebook, twitter seems to be a bit… superfluous. That doesn't mean it can't be useful, but it does mean it's not necessarily for everyone, especially if you can't come up with one good reason for it.
@C. Holland – Your wish is my command.
- http://nowheresville.us The Dane
Yeah, my complaint about incisiveness was more to do with comments here than with the cited article. If Twitter does not seem useful, that's because people are using it poorly—not because the medium is inherently bad. If Twitter seems superfluous, that's because not many people have worthwhile things to say or at the least have an inability to communicate such things. The same goes for blogging and the same especially goes for comment threads—just go to Kotaku and reel in horror at the pages of useless, worthless banality.
Still, we're fools if we blame the medium for the messages. I say, Shoot the messenger.
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Sporting glory of the egg and spoon kind in London…France
Robert Dore reports
Rarely is the world treated to the kind of mind-blowing spectacle which has been experienced in London this summer. London, France, that is.
Athletes from all over Burgundy have been preparing for weeks to get themselves in to shape. Some of the competitors are rumoured to have trained for up to 45 minutes a day. Not every day but at least every second day, depending on how many eggs were left over after breakfast.
Of course, this event follows Paddy Power's announcement that we would sponsor the biggest athletics event in London, France, this year. Of course, LOCOG (boooo! hisss!) tried to ban us, but we won that fight.
Being patrons of sporting excellence, Paddy Power could not let such a momentous occasion pass without lending our full support to the occasion.
Controversy? Us?
Cynics may claim we were doing it to get around the ridiculously strict regulations imposed on a smaller and less significant event taking place in a town of a similar name. As well as stirring up some controversy for a little free advertising. They're probably right. It's kind of what we do.
That's why Paddy Power wholeheartedly sponsored the games, which included such classic events as the egg and spoon race. Actually that's all it included. But what an egg and spoon race!
The joyous exaltations of the crowd filled the air as the whistle blew and the athletes took off from the line, spoons in hand. Eggs on spoon.
Cows mooed, dogs barked, old people looked on disinterestedly as the eight finalists pushed their bodies, spoons and eggs to the absolute limit. Giving everything they had for every inch of the 30-yard course.
Anyone who has ever taken part in a school sports day will fully appreciate the necessary combination of fitness, dexterity, speed and a touch of glue on the spoon which is needed to triumph in this event.
In the end Valerie Blaisse was the first to cross the line with her egg still intact, earning herself the title of Paddy Power's 2012 Egg and Spoon champion, the €100 prize, a gold(ish) coloured medal and memories which will stay with her for the rest of her life. Or a few weeks. Depending on how exciting her life is.
Paddy Power the makers of dreams.