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The Request for Enhancement Community Process
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We launched the WebSphere RFE Community this week at Impact. We are exciting how this will change the way WebSphere customers can influence the future of their products. In case you missed the Unconference on the RFE Community, or simply want to learn more about how the RFE Community is your tool to access IBM product teams, here is a video put together by our resident RFE expert, David Salinas, that explains it all:
Unconference opening session
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Fun keynotes kicked off this year's IBM Impact Unconference. A sterling job by James Governor and Grady Booch, amongst others.
ibmimpact on livestream.com. Broadcast Live Free
In case you were wondering, these were the topics that made the final cut:
Tom Young on the new developerWorks mobile site
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In this interview with Scott Laningham, Tom Young explains what is exciting about the newly launched mobile site on developerWorks. You will find advice from your peers in the forums, demos, how-to articles and other content that will help you get up to speed on mobile application development.
Visit the mobile site or download the Worklight Trial now
Guiding smarter interactions with Cincom Synchrony
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Randy Sanders, Program Director of Synchrony explains how Cincom helps its clients work in a multi-channel selling environment. The solution ties in neatly with the IBM Smarter Commerce solutions. Where IBM Unica can track across personalized offers, web channels and email, Cincom Synchrony pulls in other channels such as face-to-face, the call center or self-serve environment.
Given their inclusion of the IBM stack into their solutions, Cincom is one of the partners that has been enabled on IBM Puresystems.
CloudTrigger launch G2Analytics: cloud-based business intelligence and analytics
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With the launch of G2Analytics, CloudTrigger leverages cloud technology to deliver near real-time data analysis and BI regardless of the data origin. It helps business managers easily view, interpret, and analyze their data to make fully informed decisions.
Fascinating panel on the growing importance of cloud analytics and other emerging trends with inputs from CloudTrigger, Salesforce, IBM and THINKstrategies.
(Skip first 5 mins)
Jeff Kaplan, Managing Director, THINKstrategies
After the panel, we had the chance to grab this soundbite from CloudTrigger CEO Lonnie Wills:
Putting analytics in the cloud and in the hands of everyone: where can it lead?
Why is the Request For Enhancement Good?
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At Impact, we are announcing the new WebSphere Request for Enhancement Community. On Monday, we talked about why what it is in detail. Well, the next logic discussion is "why it is good for you and IBM"?
To start, the results of IBM's community-driven RFE system are remarkable. Over 20,000 RFEs have been submitted to date with almost 2,300 already delivered into a previously released version of a product, or in the next available release. Customers may submit RFEs for products in five IBM product families: Lotus, Rational, Tivoli, Information Management, and, recently WebSphere. And with the success of the program, more product groups are getting onboard, bringing closer to making the IBM RFE the one-stop shop for customer-driven requirements gathering. As a customer, never again do you have to worry about your requirements falling into virtual black holes. And as a product decision maker, the IBM RFE gives you access to your customers through a direct, manageable, and productive model.
Join the Unconference today (Wed May 2) at Impact to learn more about WebSphere RFE Community with Andrew Bates!
IBM Impact Unconference: final tally before event
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So this is it: from the 45 total topics nominated we now have our final 12. Topics include Cloud, WebSphere Application Server, security, WebSphere MQ, mobile and BPM.
Come on Wednesday May 2 at 12.15pm in the Palazzo A/B, level 5 to see what all the fuss is about.
And if that isn't enough, special guest speaker Grady Booch will share insights at 5pm.
Collaborative Lifecycle Management for mobile
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Yesterday I talked with Will Smythe with the IBM Rational strategy offerings team about his upcoming Impact session, where he plans to discuss how Rational's Collaborative Lifecycle Management tools fit into the development and delivery of mobile apps. He also plans to talk about how Rational CLM tools integrate with Worklight.
Check out Will's session, Accelerating the Software Development Lifecycle Using Application Virtualization. 3:15 on Thursday!
Mobile Lifecycle Management
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Leigh Williamson and Charles Rankin discuss their upcoming sessions on Mobile Lifecycle Management at IBM Impact 2012:
Find more information on the developerWorks mobile site
Micheal Rowe's mobile video review of the main tent session
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The mighty Michael Rowe explains just how easy it is to capture, edit and publish video on the fly nowadays using a tablet and a healthy dose of imagination.
Follow Michael on Twitter to see more inventive ideas
Unconference: what's trending on day two of IBM Impact
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Simon Maple and Cynthia Reyna touch on which sessions have gained traction and what trends are emerging in the run-up to the unconference on Wednesday.
As Simon points out, 'it could all change':
Sandy Carter talks social business with Wendy Arnott from TD Bank
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In this conversation, Sandy Carter, VP Social Business Evangelism at IBM and Wendy Arnott, VP Social Media and Digital Communication at TD Bank discuss the increasing role of social business.
For instance, they touch on how social can be used to build a culture that focusses on the customer, or how businesses across a country can use social networking to build out local ecosystems. On the popular question of ROI, Arnott explains how social can save time right the way up to the executive level. Collaboration is key. At TD Bank the project management group work across the whole organization, and have taken to using IBM Connections to share knowledge and bring teams together.
More information on their upcoming talk at IBM Impact on May 1 at 10.45am in Delfino 4105:
Influence IBM products with the Request for Enhancement Community (RFE)
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WebSphere Request for Enhancement (RFE) community on IBM developerWorks. Unlike many other companies' requirements submission systems, the IBM RFE is an online community consists of both customers and product team members. In fact, IBM product decision makers are active participants of the RFE community, communicating with and working alongside to refine requirements to produce products that meet customers' needs. RFE submissions are, in general, open to other community members to view, remark, and improved upon. IBM developerWorks is IBM's premier development resource site, making it the ideal home for the IBM RFE community.
Stay tuned to check out the Unconference (Wednesday, May 2, from 1:30 pm – 5:30 pm) where Andrew Bates from WebSphere will give you a demo of the tool!
Unconference trending topics: Impact day one
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Cindy Reyna explains what's cooking right now on the IBM Impact Unconference leaderboard, and boy is it getting hot.
Simon Maple on running the WebSphere Liberty Profile on Raspberry Pi
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If you are at Impact, you can catch Simon at the Unconference on Wednesday May 2.
See the demo in action or learn about the Liberty Profile.
IBM Endpoint Manager for Mobile Devices Demo
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For businesses, the growth of the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) to work concept represents a real challenge when it comes to ensuring that all the workforce has the software, access and policies required to be productive whatever the device they use to get the job done. This is where IBM Endpoint Manager for Mobile Devices comes in.
As Eric Geller explains in this demo, you can now hook IBM Endpoint Manager to to more than just desktops, laptops and servers. You can now manage and retrieve system information from mobile devices: recording inventory, GPS location info
You can create groups so that policies regarding wi-fi access, passwords or software updates can be managed and deployed at scale with minimal user interaction. Once an employee has the Endpoint app installed, you can push apps, wipe the device or enforce a new password, all without any interaction from the end user. Pretty cool stuff.
Learn more and try it for yourself
Attend a Meet Up and get the lowdown
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This year at Impact we're happy to announce there will be a new way to disseminate and share information: via a meet up. Part presentation, part networking event, the meet up pulls together experts and the inquisitive around a common subject.
As our own Noah Kuttler succinctly puts it in his guidance to organizers:
At Impact we'll have separate meet ups around developer trends, cloud computing, PureSystems and mobile.
All meet ups will take place at the Social Playground in the Solutions Hall.
Come learn about the new developments with PureSystems (and there will be many) and what exactly this new era of computing is all about.
When: April 30, 12:45 - 1:15 pm
Developers are the new Kingmakers
I recently heard that the most popular profession for students right now is to become a software engineer. Come discuss the latest trends (including a focus on mobile).
When: April 30, 3:30 - 4:00 pm
Big on Cloud? Come on over, talk to the experts and network!
When: May 1, 12:45 - 1:15 pm
What's new with Mobile at IBM? Interested in mobile apps? Network with the experts and peers.
When: May 2, 12:45 - 1:15 pm
We look forward to seeing you there at Impact 2012!
What you can expect at Impact: An interview with Duey Patel, IBM Software Services for WebSphere
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ISSW at Impact: Overview video
The focus on Cloud at Impact
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I was just about to pull up a list of the top Cloud sessions at the upcoming IBM Impact conference (Las Vegas, April 29 – May 4) when a tweet from Audrey Plaza (smiling @IceQueen2305) came to my rescue. She drew up a list of top sessions from the event's agenda builder.
Here's a sample:
1063 Future of Cloud Computing - IBM's Vision and Strategy
Cloud computing enables enterprise customers to fundamentally transform their datacenter. Private cloud enables customers to offer cloud-based services to their lines of business, and hybrid cloud capabilities enable customers to leverage external application and system resources. These services range from compute resources, to middleware capabilities, to application services that may even be running off-premises. This session will discuss IBM`s cloud strategy and vision which covers infrastructure and platform as a service, hybrid cloud capabilities and workload optimized systems. Information in the session is grounded on customer experiences gained over the last several years.
Date: Mon, Apr 30, 2012
2974 Don't Underestimate Monitoring in the Cloud! And What to Do When It Breaks
Migrating applications to the cloud often breaks monitoring. Yet monitoring is even more critical during the move, and thereafter as the virtualization of components increases the complexity of distributed applications. True visibility into a cloud-based applications health state requires a comprehensive view of the state of the many components on which it depends. Even more important is a filtering mechanism that permits users to quantify an individual applications usage of shared resources. This session will discuss the monitoring-related issues that arise with cloud-based applications, and various fixes when visibility goes dark. Use cases using highly scalable yet lightweight deploy-on-demand solutions will be presented.
Date: Mon, Apr 30, 2012
2631 Choosing the Right Security Strategy for Cloud
Cloud computing ranks among the top-three security concerns for most organizations. With cloud, its no longer obvious where a companys data is being stored, who has access to it, how its being used and how to demonstrate compliance to the business. In this session, we will discuss how organizations shouldnt let security concerns be an obstacle to adoption of cloud computing. We will discuss a holistic view of securing cloud environments and understand how best to secure various patterns of cloud adoption. The session will also discuss best practices in implementing a successful and sustainable cloud computing security strategy, elaborating on different delivery models and capability alignment.
Date: Mon, Apr 30, 2012
View the full list on the Agenda Builder by searching for the 'cloud' keyword.
Beyond these sessions, I'd recommend paying a visit to the cloud zone in the Solutions Hall where you will find a panoply of partners.
The home of the developerWorks team at Impact
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What a great event it was. Whether you made it to Las Vegas for Impact this year, or are interested in catching up with the highlights, you will find a wealth of information on these pages.
Feel free to interact, share and comment on any of the content you see here. Your feedback is valuable to us in building an even more engaging conference next year.
What topics matter to developers?
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On Wednesday May 2 from 1.30 pm until 5.30 pm, you will have the opportunity to come explore the topics that are currently top-of-mind to developers at the Impact Unconference.
Come hear technical experts and visionaries talk about about the latest developments in the world of computing.
Think you have a topic you can recommend? Go ahead post it now or vote for a session you would like to hear through the Uservoice site.
See a recap of last year's Unconference.
The latest developments in IBM middleware and BPM
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Find on these pages information about what is new in the world of WebSphere, from new product announcements, what's cooking in the labs and commentary from technical sessions.
As a primer, see the Developer's Guide to IBM Impact:
Learn about IBM PureSystems
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We have articles, demos, and videos ready to get you up to speed quickly on this new wave of computing, including architectural and pattern overviews and application development and migration how-to kits. For instance, if you are a WebSphere user, see our 5-part series Preparing for PureSystems.
Be among the first to experience the benefits of PureSystems first-hand with the cloud based trial and the development kit. Discover the value of using repeatable, deployable, and proven best practices via built-in patterns with our trials. With minimal management and maximum flexibility, you can develop, and test and deploy your applications to the cloud in minutes.
Learn more at ibm.
New site for mobile developers
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Furthermore, maintaining enterprise-level security in a Brin
developerWorks provides all of the technical skill building information developers need to start building mobile solutions ranging from simple apps to integrated web-based and native architectures, especially around IBM Worklight and other IBM mobile technologies.
Look out for the Worklight product trial that developers can use to gain experience with hybrid solution development as well as IBM products that streamline device management. The Worklight free trial will help developers to build mobile development skills by allowing them to free of charge start building mobile solutions - from simple apps to integrated web-based and native architectures. The trial will also allow for the development and testing of applications across platforms.
Visit the developerWorks Mobile Site to learn more.


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Nose Job Two Years Ago...got Hit Pretty Hard Yesterday?
I had a nose job two years ago. Yesterday, a dog hit the right side of my nose with his paw. I received a small cut on the right side and bled from my left nostril. I am scared... READ MORE
Possible Broken Nose. Will it Look Exactly the Same After it's Fixed?
I went to see the surgeon and he said my nose might be broken since there is a slight deviation. Yet, I have to wait for the swelling to go down to be 100 percent sure. He said... READ MORE

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All the system folders are generally accessed from the Control Panel in Windows, but you need to navigate through lots of steps to find a setting. System Folders Customizer is a simple freeware tool for Windows which lets you access system folders quickly from Windows Explorer, Desktop or even Windows 7 libraries. The tool will create shortcuts for the system folders in these locations based on the folders you select using the tool.
The app has 4 tabs to select the items which you want to display, the first two tab adds entry to the Windows explorer as shown below. Just select the folders and then click on the save changes button.
Desktop tab adds folder shortcuts to the desktop and the library tab adds folders to Windows 7 libraries.
Many of these folders are used by us commonly and adding a shortcut in either of these locations helps in easy access. The tool is completely portable and easy to use with minimal UI.


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Fees are set by regulations. The following is a table of the fees that apply in the Local Court. These fees apply from
1 July 2016.
Reference is made to the relevant regulation.
Schedule 1 Civil Procedure Regulation 2012
Filing an originating process, under Part 3 ofthe Local Court Act 2007, in the Local Courtsitting in its General Division
(a) in relation to a single notice - $113
(b) in relation to more than 1 notice arising - $59
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Retrieving, providing access to and furnishing a copy of any document (otherwise than asprovided for by items 6, 8 and 10)
Retrieving and providing access to, but notfurnishing a copy of, any document
(i) standard retrieval request - $14 per file or box of files
(ii) non-standard retrieval request (including urgent, high or after hours priority retrieval request or a retrieval request for deliver to or from a regional location outside the Sydney metropolitan area) - Such additional fee incurred by a court
(b) the State Archives, standard retrieval request - $34.50 per file or box of files
Supplying a duplicate recording ofsound-recorded evidence - per cassette tape or disc
Supplying a copy of a transcript of anyproceedings:
Providing any service for which a fee is nototherwise imposed by this ScheduleNote: A fee may not be imposed under this item except with the approval of the registrar.
a) in relation to a single offence - $113
(b) in relation to more than 1 offence arising from the same court appearance - $175
(a) for up to 20 pages - $13
(b) for each 10 pages (or part thereof) after the first 20 pages - $7
(a) the Government Records Repository or any other off-site storage facility (other than the State Archives)
Copy of any deposition or transcript (unless otherwise provided for under any other Act):
(a) for each page, where the matter being transcribed is under 3 months old:
(i) for up to 8 pages - $87
(ii) for each page after the first 8 pages -$11
(b) for each page, where the matter being transcribed is 3 months old or older:
(i) for up to 8 pages - $107
(ii) for each page after the first 8 pages - $12.50
fees of the Office of the Sheriff are provided in Schedule 2, Civil Procedure Regulation 2012.
Attending a view by a jury in civil proceedings
- for Production
- to Give Evidence
- to Give Evidence and Produce
A user of a court or a court service should contribute to the cost of that service and all court fees should be paid. However, some fees may be postponed or waived. Application to waive or postpone a fee is made in writing to a registrar. For more information, refer to the:
guidelines for waiving and postponing fees
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Love, Peace and Happiness Band3511 E. Crest Dr.
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Stars of wonder, stars of light. Whether to celebrate the holidays or as a touch of wonder year-round, this set of five ornaments is made in traditional Indian embroidery style as the focal point of any decor.


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we have this Great Yearbook in good condition The Makio 1913. It has 426 pages + many advertisement pages in the back of this book. Great pictures throughout. This book has some ware to its edges but no torn pages. The book measures 10" by 8 1/2". Please email me with any of your questions and view all my pictures before bidding. Due to a family death this item will not be shipped until after Dec 7Th.US shipping only $6.95 No Reserve


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UPDATE 2-Canadian dairy producer Saputo eyes Brazil for acquisitions
(Recasts with focus on M&A, CEO interview, analyst comment)
By Rod Nickel
June 2 (Reuters) - Saputo Inc, one of Canada's largest dairy producers, has an eye on Brazil for possible acquisitions, and could make deals worth as much as C$3.5 billion ($2.67 billion), its chief executive said on Thursday.
The struggling global dairy industry is fragmented, potentially yielding opportunities, CEO Lino Saputo Jr. said.
The company would like to buy cheese-making plants in Brazil, instead of continuing to move cheese into the market from Argentina, he said.
"You have hundreds and hundreds of dairy players" in Brazil, Saputo said in an interview. "If we found an interesting platform on the cheese side in Brazil that would allow us to be a consolidator, that's essentially what we're looking for."
He declined to say if Saputo was in serious negotiations with any company.
Brazil is one of the world's biggest milk producers and has a large number of domestic consumers.
After Brazil, Saputo is also interested in deals in the United States, Australia and New Zealand, he said. Continuación...


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Do a little search on the forum. Xploitz and Purehate have released some really great dictionaries. You should find howto's about dictionary creation as well.
Hi I'm trying to crack my PS3 wireless network which has a WPA/PSK. I'm using BT3 and loading it up throught CD ...I have a 3com 3CRPAG175, I've cracked my WEP connection no problem but WPA is a totally different beast. I've gotten a handshake but not sure how to use aircrack. I'm gone through the forum and seen that I need a dictionary to crack a WPA. So my question is how to I create one when using the BT3 CD. If anyone can help guide me in the right direction would be great but I'm not crossing my fingers.
Do a little search on the forum. Xploitz and Purehate have released some really great dictionaries. You should find howto's about dictionary creation as well.
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You could also put the dictionary on a USB drive and use that, when using aircrack to point to dictionary simply use ;
the above sdb1 being my external usb drive in this case.Code:/mnt/sdb1/dictionary.txt
As for the dictionary itsself, there are a few good ones posted here on the forums and also a torrent site
should be able to help you out as well.
Some useful tidbits found from here on the forums
(just browse the forums for a while, there is great help here)
Most from =Tron= Thanks !
Creating password list ;
So usage would be ;Code:/pentest/password/crunch <from length> <to length> <charset> -t FIXED@@@@ &> wordlist.txt
The above writing a text file with all possibilities (of 6 characters with the characters as specified) with a prefix of '?'Code:/pentest/password/crunch 6 6 ABCDEF123456 -t ?@@@@@ &> wordlist.txt
Combining wordlists ;
The above appends wordlist1 to wordlist2, if you do a single '>' you replace the contentsCode:cat wordlist1.txt >> wordlist2.txt
of wordlist2 with contents of wordlist1.
Create a wordlist out of text file (for instance a webpage text copied to notepad etc.) ;
Above creates a txt file with all words listed under each other.Code:sed 'se[[:space:]]e\neg' -i wordlist.txt
To delete the empty spaces/lines from the wordlist that may have been created;
To sort wordlist alphabetically and delete duplicates;Code:sed '/^$/d' -i wordlist.txt
Code:cat wordlist.txt | sort | uniq > wordlistSorted.txt
And search for wordlists, there's some good stuff here.
Can a newbie follow the forum rules please.
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Samsung Electronics has launched the world's first smartphone powered by the Tizen operating system.
The Samsung Z will go on sale in Russia in the July-to-September quarter.
Most Samsung phones currently use the Android platform, but the South Korean firm has been working with chipmaker Intel to develop Tizen as an alternative operating system.
It is seen as a way to make Samsung less dependent on Android's developer, Google.Samsung Launches Tizen Phone, An Alternative OS To Android [bbc.co.uk]


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So you might think the middle of a technology industry meltdown would be the worst time anyone could choose to set up a small, independent investment banking boutique specialising in tech deals. Yet 20 have recently been launched in San Francisco.
Although US stocks are drifting sideways, New York has seen the emergence of several aggressive investment and research houses. Big firms may have slashed their workforces amid slumping revenue but boutiques are growing. ThinkEquity, which focuses on the 'knowledge economy' - covering everything from the media to education - had $15m (£10.5m) in revenue in its first year and expects to double that in its second. 'You have to be determined and patient,' said Paul Deninger, managing director at Broadview, a small tech mergers and acquisitions specialist.
Boutiques were fashionable in the early 1990s when the theory was that smaller and nimbler was better. Houses such as Robertson Stephens, Montgomery Securities and Hambrecht & Quist proved this by capturing much of the business generated by the tech boom in San Francisco. Then the big banks wanted in on the action and got it by buying the boutiques, including all of the above. For the past five or six years, it has been a rapidly shrinking sector.
But now there are thousands of unemployed bankers who have fallen foul of rampant cost-cutting at big firms. As one boutique banker put it, you can either become a taxi driver or build your own bank from scratch. Building from scratch is easier than usual. The pool of talented and experienced out-of-work bankers has not been this deep for a decade.
Demand for boutiques is growing because big investment banks have discredited themselves in many people's eyes. The tech bust and accounting scandal at failed US energy trader Enron showed just how bad and tainted with conflicts of banking interest their equity research could be.
Last week, for instance, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said he was taking Merrill Lynch to court for recommending stocks that its own analysts did not believe in.
In this climate, institutional investors are looking for reliable, untainted research, preferably not from some deal-making machine. This may, indeed, be part of a progressive unbundling of some key investment banking activities over the next few years.
No one expects all of the boutique start-ups in San Francisco to survive. Even Thomas Weisel, one of the Montgomery Securities superstars who set up his own bank two years ago, is struggling. But it is clear the tide is rising for them. Because many of the same conditions apply here as in the US, London is likely to see a burgeoning of smaller companies, too.
Collins Stewart, an established smaller broker, showed that way by outperforming its larger brethren last year and increasing staff by nearly 30% this year when most banks and brokers are still cutting. Examples such as this are proving the big-is-beautiful philosophy no longer applies. Instead, the small guys may inherit the earth - until the next turn in the cycle.Reuse content


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Qualified guest students from other ABA-accredited law schools are permitted to take courses for credit at Cooley Law School, provided the school at which they are permanently enrolled agrees in advance to accept the credits earned as a visitor.
Guests apply through the Admissions Office.
We invite members of the bar to take advantage of the law school's courses and seminars and to make use of its library collections and research facilities.
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Pay the Full Amount Now! - $275.00
Note that RVSP does not guarantee you a spot. Payment does. Also note that you will be in Group B (camping). Group A is full
Group A: Backpacking - six people with permits - Renu, Mo, Tom, Johnny, Hans, Aidin - Full
Group B: Camping - six people without permits - Sonia, Joe, Cat, Alberto
Cost: 3 nights in hotels + 4 nights of camping + 7 days of car rental = $275.
Who: First and foremost, your safety is your responsibility.
Second, this is my first trip that I restrict participants to be advanced hikers. Since you won't be with me most of the times, I can't make sure you alright, and it would be unfair to ask others to assist beginners.
You must have a tent and a sleeping bag to join. Also, we'll be in Arizona, so make sure your paperwork is in order.
When: From 11:00 pm on 10/2 to 11:00 pm on 10/09. If you have Columbus Day off, then you only take 4 days of vacation for this trip.
Flights: Booked on delta.com (not included in the $275.00 cost)
October 2:
Leaving 7:15pm BALTIMORE
Arriving 8:55pm MPLS-ST PAUL DELTA 917
Leaving 9:40pm MPLS-ST PAUL
Arriving 11:09pm LAS VEGAS DELTA 1451
October 9 (red eye flights):
Leaving 11:15pm LAS VEGAS
Arriving 6:06am DETROIT DELTA 2216
Leaving 7:30am DETROIT
Arriving 9:06am BALTIMORE DELTA 1737
10/02: A hotel in Boulder City (half an hour from Vegas)
10/03: Maswik Lodge
10/04-06: Group A - Bright Angel Campground, Indian Garden Campground. Group B - Mather Campground
10/07: Marble Canyon Lodge - half way to the north rim
10/08: North Rim Campground.
This is a rough draft of the itinerary. Note that Group B, 6 people, has 3 cars from the 4th to the 7th afternoon. So you have a lot of freedom in picking your own hikes. You don't have to do what I'm suggesting.
10/04: Both Group A (backpack) and B (day hike) will descend the South Kaibab Trail at 6 am. No water and shade on trail so you must bring all water with you. Group B will turn around at Skeleton Point (6 miles rt -recommended) OR at the Tipoff (9 miles rt) OR somewhere in between. The hike up will take twice as long. Group A will continue to Bright Angel Campground (7 miles). We should get here before 11:30 am. Set up camp, have lunch, take a nap, play in the river. At 3 or 4 pm, we hike the Clear Creek Trail (2 mi). Around sunset, we'll do the river loop (1.5 mi).
10/05: Group A hikes into the "box" - optional - toward Cottonwood (in the direction of the north rim) to Ribbon Falls, then returns and hikes up to Indian Garden (4.7 miles) in the afternoon and set camps here for the next two nights.
Group B can either hike the Grand View or find something else easier to do.
10/06: Group B hikes down from Bright Angel Trail to Indian Gardens (4.8 miles). We eat lunch, play cards, and take naps. When it cools down, Group B hikes back up.
Group A hikes the Tonto trail during the day, then hike to Plateau Point (1.5 mi) for sunset and the amazing views of the inner gorge and the Colorado River, and magnificent night sky.
10/07: Group A hikes out of the Grand Canyon in the early morning and meet up with Group B at Lookout Studio near Bright Angel Lodge in the South Rim. In the afternoon, we drive to the north rim together, with several stops along the way: Yavapai Point (near South Kaibab Trail), Desert View Watchtower.
10/08: We hike the North Kaibab Trail down to Roaring Springs and back (9.4 miles rt), descending 3400 feet. We'll have lunch here at the waterfall. From Roaring Springs to Bright Angel campground is about 9 miles, so Group A has hiked more than 2/3 of the rim-to-rim, in the addition to the hike back up the North Kaibab trail.
10/09: Explore some famous trails on the north rim: Point Imperial trail (4 mi), Bright Angel Point Trail (.5 mi), Ken Patrick Trail, Uncle Jim Trail (5 mi), Cape Royal Trail (.6 mi), Cape Final Trail (4 mi). Drive to the airport with stops at Vermillion Cliffs and Horseshoe Bend overlook. Basically, do as much as you can on this day. Pick and choose your hikes.
Refund: Refund is sometimes possible but not guaranteed, except when we have a replacement. Last-minute dropouts have a lot less chance of getting a refund.
I envy all of those who were able to go. I hope the group will consider doing this again sometime.
0 · October 19, 2012
I am so psyched up for this I have repacked, like, 12 times.
If anyone isn't psyched enough yet, try this:
0 · September 30, 2012
Is anyone interested in eating at one of the restaurants on the south rim on Wednesday evening? We should make reservations if we want to. El Tovar is really very good and the Arizona room is pretty good and more reasonably priced. Since we are hurrying off to the North rim after hiking out, I doubt we'll have time to have a good meal then, so I thought Wednesday evening might be our only chance.
0 · September 29, 2012
I'm in... hope they have vegetarian options :-)
0 · September 30, 2012
We just came up with a new plan with Johnny. Pre- hike to get ready for our big backpacking trip in Grand Canyon: http://www.facebook.com/events/365504410193092/
0 · September 13, 2012
ok then here you go Facebook page for happy hour. It is public, you also can invite any one you would like:
0 · September 7, 2012
Excellent idea. I would prefer to meet on the 20th. Waiting for more replies and details to meete
0 · September 7, 2012
Since we are going for long trip, I talked with Johnny about a happy hour that we can meet, know each other more and talk about any ideas we have. I am thinking about September 20 or 27 in DC.
I will create a page for that in facebook by next week. Let me know if you have any suggestion.
0 · September 7, 2012
LOL. You're such an optimist, Tom. We'll sort it out once the park officer confirm since I'm trying to increase the group number to 11.
There are so many great trails around the Grand Canyon. If you're ok with not hiking rim to rim, I'm more than happy to create an itinerary for you guys to hike on the days we are down there.
0 · June 13, 2012
I'm in...you were right...I'm off for Columbus day so I'll miss a few classes...
0 · June 5, 2012
So, Justin. You're saying we should hit the trail at 6 o'clock in the morning instead of 6 o'clock in the evening??? And NOT to make camp off-trail .... in the front yard of somebody else's house .... that somebody being a fully armed park ranger??? Awe, come on! :-) Good times dude!
0 · February 11, 2012
My RSVP post was cut off, here it is:
I did North to South in September 2008, what a fabulous trip, my favorite so far! Early September is still pretty warm, 100 degrees at Phantom Ranch. However, it really doesn't feel that hot due to how dry it is. I recommend taking your time and doing it in 4 days. Start hiking at 6am, the sun isn't too high then and the trail is mostly in shadows. Then you can chill for the rest of the day. I'll probably do the Zion/Bryce trip in May as well.
0 · February 9, 2012
Carol, the question is not whether we would do Zion Narrows, but whether we would do it all the way. The whole trail takes 12-14 hours to complete, and we may not be able to get permits. I'm planning to go from Temple of Sinawava to Big Springs - the most beautiful section of the trail. My only concern is that it may not open in May since it didn't this year until July (from what I heard).
0 · November 6, 2011
If we do Zion, is anyone interested in the Zion Narrows river hike? Please please? http://www.zionnational-park.com/zion-narrows.htm
"One of the most touted and breathtaking adventures in America" "Best Season: Mid-June to mid-September (often closed in spring due to high water)"
0 · November 6, 2011
Bad news: the Phantom Ranch just confirmed that their cabins/dorms are completely sold out for the month of Oct. So now it's just backpacking, and I won't know how many permits I can get until May (for late September trip) or June (for early October trip).
I think I'm going to split this into two trips: Zion, Bryce, Grand Staircase, & Arches in late May, and Grand Canyon in either late September or early October.
0 · November 5, 2011
Thanks 4 me as well...don't backpack but could hike 14-15 miles...either way, if I understand it correctly we could still do Bryce & Zion
0 · November 4, 2011
Thanks for ur clarity Johnny. Don't backpack or hike 14 miles in a day. :-(
0 · November 4, 2011
Just to be clear, the backpacking is for hiking from rim to rim, not the entire trip. Backpacking is actually more manageable to hike rim to rim since we can break it up into 3-4 days and hike 6-7 miles a day. While there is only one cabin in the canyon and you have to hike 14-15 miles to get to it.
0 · November 4, 2011
It seems like there are 3 of us who don't want to backpack. Who else?
0 · November 4, 2011
If it's only backing I'm out too.
0 · November 4, 2011
I'm out if it's backpacking. But if you do Bryce & Zion and it's not backpacking then I could meetup with you all for half the trip???
0 · November 4, 2011
if it's only backpacking I'm out :-(
0 · November 4, 2011
Johnny, forgive me for hijacking this event, but would anyone be interested in hiking / backpacking Buckskin Gulch as an alternative to Bryce or Zion? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckskin_Gulch
0 · November 4, 2011
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I am sorry to hear you having such problems with your mother's attitude. I am in my 50s so attitudes to curly hair here in Australia are different. I remember my grandmother and great aunts having very curly/frizzy hair when I was growing up, probably in the 3c to 4a range looking at old photos, and my mum had very fine, very thin curly hair (2c/3a). My dad had straight hair which went completely gray at 22.
My sister and I both took after her, and we had 3a curls when we were little, but because we lived in a hot humid climate, she kept our hair in pixie cuts for a long time. When we were allowed to grow it out, I remember mum using brushes on us,so we both had frizzy hair, but we never had any unkind comments from our mum about our hair. I started going gray when I was 15, and mum let me start dyeing it then, her attitude was "it's just hair, it grows back, and its a good way of changing your appearance" so she supported us with anything that we wanted to do with our hair.
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Witness from India to Bhutan to Korea to Thailand to Vietnam!
March 2009
Dear Friends,
Thank you for your continued prayers and support. These are difficult times for many. Your continued encouragement is very much appreciated.
In mid January I went on a student recruitment trip to Bhutan. It was good to connect with Woodstock graduates now back working in Bhutan and seeing what a difference Woodstock has made in their lives. Soon after the Bhutan visit I went to Bangkok, Thailand for an education exhibition. More than 3,000 people visited and the Woodstock stall was constantly busy. Woodstock students still on vacation came to share with prospective families about 'their' school.
In early February Woodstock reopened for the start of the second semester. The day school started God showered us with snow! I welcomed a new staff member to help in the admissions office. She is a gift from God who is already taking on some of the work load. A small number of new students joined including a boy whose parents work in Afghanistan, several grade eleven students from the USA who have come for a semester abroad, a girl from Thailand and a girl from the USA whose parents are on sabbatical in India from a USA university. All are settling well as they become a part of the community.
At the end of February I headed to Surat in south India for another education exhibition. It was a good experience as I talked with a number of parents seeking a good school for their children.
I recently returned from Korea, Thailand and Vietnam. The new person in the office and I went to talk with parents and interview and test students who have applied for a place at Woodstock. We also met with a number of alumni and parents of present Woodstock students from those areas. There were wonderful opportunities to share, often over meals, with parents. In Bangkok we met with a missionary family seeking admission for their two children. It was wonderful to spend time sharing with them and learning of their ministry. In the midst of a large noisy hotel we were able to pray together.
What a privilege to be a part of what God is doing – to share with young people and their parents who will take what they have heard and learned to so many parts of the world.
It is good to be 'home' at Woodstock for a time now talking with prospective students and their families and working with families whose children are preparing to join Woodstock for the next school year which begins in August. In mid April I am looking forward to attending the annual meeting of the Council of Baptist Churches of North East India.
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- Yield: Makes 1 pound
Source: The Martha Stewart Show, Episode 3037
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Go to the range, fire about 100-200 rds of this stuff through your gun (I've fired thousands of rds of it in 25,380, 9mm, 40, and 7.62x39 and they did actually all go bang) go home and clean your gun. You'll notice significantly more soot, carbon, and debris in your gun. Personally I clean the hell out of my guns after running this stuff through them after seeing basically a brass barrel and finding all the left overs in the action. Pretty much, this ammo, in my opinion- it's only good for like a breaking in or "getting to know a weapon", (you experienced shooters know what I mean) aside from that go back to the few extra dollar good-for-your-gun ammo for sighting in, weekly practice or however you practice shooting. In my opinion, you run a huge risk of damaging your weapon with switching exclusively to this stuff for range ammo. Bare minimum this stuff DEMANDS 5 TIMES MORE TIME TO CLEAN YOUR FIREARM AFTER USING THIS STUFF, and you're risking losing an accurate barrel.


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small businesses and basement entrepreneurs, Yahoo Inc. is expanding
its premium service options and diversifying its revenue stream.
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Pier 1 Imports Inc.
Phone: 817-878-8000
Website: http://www.pier1.com
Price (12/3/97): $22 1/16
A strong housing market has helped home furnishings retailer Pier 1 Imports find booming sales this year, up a stunning 15.9% in same-store comparisons.
For a while, shareholders must have thought they were taking a long walk. But for those who stood fast, Pier 1's stock has paid off as a Double.
Pier 1 Imports is the country's largest specialty retailer of imported decorative home furnishings, gifts, and related items. With more than 700 stores domestically as well as in Puerto Rico, Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan, and Mexico, the Texas-based company imports its wares primarily from Asia.
Income Statement
12-month sales: $998.1 million
12-month income: $56.8 million*
12-month EPS: $1.16*
Profit Margin: 5.7%*
Market Cap: $1520.1 million
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Cash: $29.8 million
Current Assets: $352.1 million
Current Liabilities: $108.0 million
Long-term Debt: $115.2 million
Price-to-earnings: 19
Price-to-sales: 1.5
Legendary money manager Peter Lynch, who in an earlier life steered to prominence the country's largest mutual fund, Fidelity Magellan, was a regular heavyweight at the annual Barron's Roundtable. Great as he was, some of his picks, like Body Shop and Supercuts, never quite panned out. One of his perennial favorites, Pier 1, almost became another dog in his pound.
Yet this year the company has realized what the faithful have always believed was its potential. With rock-bottom mortgage rates and swelling consumer confidence, people are shopping for new homes to lock in favorable rates. Those who are not moving up are simply refinancing their abodes and using monthly payment savings, in part, to redecorate or load up on housewares.
Pier 1's sales are improving even from the amazing pace the company set earlier in the year. For October, sales at the individual stores were up 17.3%. That was the 25th consecutive month in which the chain showed double-digit gains. The strong showing was also above the 15.9% rise Pier 1 reported going into the month. CEO Clark Johnson's optimism has yet to waver.
"A vibrant housing market, attractive interest rates and high levels of employment in all areas of the country are expected to contribute to a positive Christmas season for Pier 1 Imports," he said when reporting the blowout October sales figures.
The unexpectedly strong unit sales have added up to unexpectedly strong earnings reports. The shares inched higher after every positive monthly report (Pier 1, like most retailers, announces the monthly sales data a few days after the term comes to a close).
So if interest rates bottom out, will Pier 1 peak? It is definitely something to consider.
The recent strength has had many positive effects. Over the summer, Moody's investor services upgraded the company's credit rating and investors have flocked to the fiscally upbeat company.
If there is a reversal of fortune, investors should have some lead-time. If mortgage rates were to head back up, it would probably flood the real estate market and refinancing institutions and, in the short term, play into Pier 1's master plan.
That would obviously be a good time to consider the viability of the company's future success.
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Who Wants to Hear Terrell Owens Complain? Apparently, YouDecember 14, 2008
Here's the thing. I don't believe T.O. cares about Jason Witten...getting the ball thrown to him, that is.
All this talk about T.O. getting out of line again is absurd. I didn't like T.O. before. I don't really like him now.
But the fact of the matter is that T.O. understands football, and the pass underneath to the tight end is sometimes the most reliable.
The flat is going to be open more often than a star receiver is, and Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo is going to try to do what's best for his team. Romo isn't overlooking T.O.
And here's the kicker, T.O. knows it.
He might have said something, but this site blew it out of proportion. So did this one. And this one.
I'm not upset with the media, it's their job to find the most intriguing story and run with it. T.O. is a volatile player, and has had problems with people throwing him the ball before. But as Trent Dilfer is pointing out on ESPN, it's whether he continues lashing out.
I think when you're a future Hall of Famer, you can complain a little bit, but you have to know your limits. For T.O., that was his limit. For the rest of his career. But back to the point at hand.
The media blows things out of proportion, because it's a business. I want all of you to read that again, and officially get over it. It doesn't matter what you think, if you'll read it, they'll print it. Or publish it.
He wasn't really complaining, he was just letting off steam. Everyone does it. Remember the last time you complained about your job that you like, you were doing the exact same thing.
I'm not a Cowboys fan, I'm not a T.O. lover, but I am a realist. T.O. was complaining about his job to the wrong people. Plain and simple. He has a good relationship with Romo to an outsider. He has a relationship with Witten that isn't bad to an outsider. So why do we keep reading?!
I'm part of the problem, because I sort of want T.O. to be a hothead. I'm a hothead. I like hotheads. So I read when he complains.
Regardless of what is actually going on, nobody is really going to know (even if you know someone that's REALLY good friends with T.O. or not, you don't know).
All that matters is that you Cowboys fans get to go to sleep tonight knowing you beat the Giants. Beyond that, just realize that unless T.O. is playing his heart out for your team, and pretend that everything else was just a nightmare.


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Bold Spirit: Helga Estby's Forgotten Walk Across Victorian America by Linda Lawrence Hunt (2003)
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On May 5th 1896 Helga Estby and her daughter, Clara, embark on a cross country journey on foot to raise money for their impoverished family. Everything about this journey is fraught with risk. Consider the facts. First, her home life: Helga has nine children she must leave in the care of her out-of work-husband. As a Norwegian, this is a scandalous decision simply because women do not leave their families for anything. Second, the "scheme": a wealthy yet unknown sponsor with ties to the fashion industry is offering a reward of $10,000 if Helga can walk from Spokane, Washington to New York City in seven months. Helga knows very little about this benefactor and the trip will be extremely dangerous. In addition, although this unknown sponsor wants to prove the physical endurance of women, she has a few rules.
This sets the stage for Hunt's Bold Spirit but what emerges is a story about courage and commitment. Unfortunately, because Helga Estby and her family were so ashamed of her venture when it was all said and done, very little evidence of her walk was properly preserved. Most everything was willfully destroyed. As a result Hunt has to rely on speculation to fill in the gaps. Language like "they were likely", "perhaps", "it is possible", probably", and "they might have" pepper the entire book.
This biography is exactly the problem with women's history -- it is hidden. And it is hidden very overtly by the family, which makes the entire story very difficult to process. Helga Estby wrote down all her experiences and her daughters burned the papers. How awful for the next generations. This makes Hunt's research very difficult because she had to depend on secondary sources, and this leaves big gaps in the story. Who initiated the 'contest' and the even bigger question is why Helga Estby? Why was this proposed only to her and not open to the general public? We will probably never know the answers if Hunt couldn't ferret them out. Considering what the author had to work with this is an exceptional history of Victorian America and the regional differences that explain the varying degrees of support for women's issues. The book is filled with photographs which are delightful and stunning. Thanks to the second and third generations for saving them.
I could not put this book down and honor her spirit and tenacity.
Helga Estby, a Norwegian immigrant living in Washington in the late 1890s, was mired in debt and her family of nine were in danger of losing their home when a mysterious sponsor offered her $10,000 if she and her daughter could walk across the United States, from their home in Eastern Washington to a New York City newspaper office, to prove that women were capable of surviving the trek. Desperate to earn the prize and save her family's farm, Estby agrees. She and her eldest daughter set off on the adventure of a lifetime as the rest of the family stays behind. However, things go terribly wrong, and Estby is unable to return home to her other children. As tragedy mounts at home, her children become so resentful that after their mother returns, her great journey is never spoken of again, hushed up for generations. When chance led Linda Lawrence Hunt to hear of Estby's extraordinary journey, she threw herself into reconstructing the story of Helga and Clara Estby, the first two women to successfully cross the American continent on foot.
Two stories unfold here. The first is the biography of Helga as wife, mother and adventurer, a tale of a brave woman willing to sacrifice much to get the money her family so desperately needs. Following the railroad tracks so that they wouldn't get lost, Helga and Clara could only carry a few supplies and had to work along the way to pay for food and lodging. As word spread of their attempt, people would buy photographs of the adventurers and leave water by the train tracks to sustain the women. No one thought that they would succeed in their adventure, especially not in the deadline set by the contest's sponsor. Unfortunately, events spiral out of control and Helga and Clara are left stranded in New York City. It's heartbreaking that no one is willing to help them get home, not the newspapers who were so keen to publicize their adventure or the sponsor who lured them across the country in the first place.
The second story is the tragedy that so many amazing stories like Helga's slide into history forgotten because one generation refuses to discuss it. In Helga's case, the manuscript of her memoirs was destroyed by the children still angry that she abandoned them when she and Clara accepted the challenge. Her grandchildren were only able to reconstruct fragments of the story.
Hunt went to great lengths to reconstruct Helga's life, but there are still great gaps. Details are scarce about the day-to-day life on the road, and Helga's true worries and fears can only be guessed at since she and Clara presented mostly cheerful accounts to the newsmen they spoke with. At times, Hunt seems to be projecting her ideas of Helga onto the story, casting her as a proto-feminist when the evidence of such leanings is quite thin. But for the most part, she remains fairly neutral. While clearly sympathetic to Helga's choices and the rejection she faced when she returned to the Norwegian-American community, the inhabitants of which greatly disapproved her decision to leave her family, Hunt also takes care to show why her children were so justified in their life-long resentment toward their mother and how events shaped their situation.
Hunt's research was able to unveil more of Helga's quest, which had been well-publicized in newspapers of the day, but the bare bones reconstruction only leaves the reader wanting more. It may also spark a curiosity about one's own family tree and the secrets hidden by past generations. Although Helga Estby's accomplishments were quickly forgotten in her own lifetime, they are still worth remembering today.
Wow! I loved this book. Reading about this woman's struggle and adventure in her trip across America in the Victorian period was eye opening for women's issues and for family issues. That her story wasn't told for so long is a fascinating story. It would be a great book club read, except for the fact that it doesn't seem to be available in large print or audio book.
The following rant contains spoilers later on so read at your own peril...
This author really really wanted to write a book. I get so irritated when an author takes one little historical nugget with almost ZERO back story and decides she's going to write a WHOLE book around it. What we get is tons of "life stuff"---most of which is either speculation or unapplicable. At page 66, I stopped to write this first rant. At that point, I was still reading about her garden flowers. If you're going to write a life story, call it a biography and label it accordingly. So far, there's been nothing about "Helga Estby's Forgotten Walk Across Victorian America". In fact, we don't actually get to that until page 83. Ugh.
I'm also getting irritated by the assumptions this author is making because she so desperately WANTS Estby to have been a feminist from the very beginning. While she seems to have drummed up some evidence (mostly hearsay from a probable feminist relative) of Helga's views later on, I don't think there's a good case for it in her early years. What better explains her early actions is the fact that she was the only English speaking person in the family for a long time and was, therefore, the only one who could communicate with most of the people around them. She wasn't "taking authority" because she wanted to step out from her husband's protection, she was being the voice of the family to a community that didn't speak their language. Her lifestyle before her walk definitely doesn't match what the real feminists were pushing at that time.
The author liked to make a lot of claims about Helga's political leanings, as well. There were a lot of political rabbit trails to fill space in the book and lots of repetition throughout. Very frustrating. I also thought that if the author was going to include so many randomly researched details she could have enlightened us on things that actually pertained to the journey. For instance, I would have loved to have learned about how they transported water over distances between towns---or did they always drink from streams? What kinds of foods would they have packed along that would sustain them, yet leave their packs less than the eight pounds she mentioned? How would they have dealt with their "time of the month", etc? You know...basics that are a little more relevant than the much repeated info.
I did enjoy reading (briefly) about her time in Walla Walla, Pendleton, and Baker City in Eastern Washington and Oregon, since that's where I'm from.
At first, I could sympathize with her reasons for making the journey. I did my best to be on her side and see it as an act of desperation. However, once I finished the book, my mind had changed. I completely sympathize with her children and the distance they put in between themselves and their mother. In the long run, what good was accomplished here? So much bad had come out of it. To have done all this with no one to guarantee that this was even a legit deal? I guess I didn't realize until the end that there was no one holding the donor accountable. Funny how that little detail was left out until the end. But hey, if it would have been made clearer earlier then we wouldn't really have a story, now would we? I think Estby was extremely stupid and irresponsible if this all took place the way the author makes it appear. What was her husband's take on all this? Why did he let her go? I definitely wouldn't call her courageous. Desperate maybe, but I see no honor in any of this.
Now that I've completely annihilated this book, I'm curious what future readers think of it.
Bold Spirit is an amazing book about a young pioneer woman (Helga Estby) and her daughter who crossed America by foot in 1896. This journey is amazing on a variety of levels. First, the modern day reader becomes immersed in the struggles that were the everyday life of American pioneers--and this offers us a lesson on the trials lived by many of our ancestors so that we, their descendants, live a life of of greater choice and ease (in comparison).
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0893012629, Hardcover)Helga Estby and her daughter Clara left Spokane, Washington, in May 1896 to walk to New York City on a $10,000 wager. The money was needed to prevent foreclosure of their mortgage, hopefully saving the family homestead.
Helga was a Norwegian immigrant who married young, bore nine children, and endured fruitless years on the harsh Minnesota prairie before moving West. She and her husband Ole settled near the little Washington farm town of Rockford, only to be wiped out by the nationwide depression of 1893.
Lured by an offer from a mysterious sponsor, Helga was promised funds if she and her daughter walked unaided and unfinanced all the way to New York City. The women "tramped" the railroad lines through Boise, Salt Lake City, Denver, and Omaha before reaching roads and "civilization" in the Midwest. They walked on through Chicago, Pennsylvania, and finally reached New York. On the arduous journey they faced extreme cold and heat, hunger and exposure, and even shot a man in the leg in self-defense. They met with mayors, governors, and other notables, such as, President-elect McKinley on his porch in Ohio.
On Christmas Eve, 1896, the New York World reported their arrival in New York City. What followed was an American tragedy.
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In 1896, a Norwegian immigrant and mother of eight named Helga Estby was behind on taxes and the mortgage when she learned that a mysterious sponsor would pay $10,000 to a woman who walked across America. Hoping to save her family's farm, Helga and her teenaged daughter Clara, armed with little more than a compass, red-pepper spray, a revolver, and Clara's curling iron, set out on foot from Eastern Washington. Their route would pass through 14 states, but they were not allowed to carry more than five dollars each. As they visited Indian reservations, Western boomtowns, remote ranches and local civic leaders, they confronted snowstorms, hunger, thieves and mountain lions. Their journey to New York challenged contemporary notions of femininity and captured the public imagination--but their trip had such devastating consequences that their achievement was blanketed in silence for nearly a century.--From publisher description.… (more)
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