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Sometime in the beginning of 2011, Purity Ring's "Ungirthed" started circulating through blogs and mix CDs and podcasts, firmly entrenching its sputtering saccharine sound in the minds of those who like to keep abreast of the outer edges of pop music. There was a vinyl single released, along with a couple of additional songs to keep the masses sated while the mysterious band – who actually turned out to be a twosome from Edmonton, Alberta – prepared their debut album, Shrines, which was released last week through indie stalwart 4AD.
All previous singles – the aforementioned "Ungirthed, along with "Belispeak" and "Lofticries" – are all accounted for on Shrines. Taken together with the two songs released as singles from the album earlier in 2012 – "Obedear" and "Fineshrine" – about half of the material on the album is previously unheard.
And yet, while listening, none of Shrines sounds like it's previously unheard. If you have heard any one of the five singles that have been disseminated through the indiesphere over the past twelve months, then you've heard all of Shrines. There isn't much variance on the pair's previously established dark electro theme. And if you hadn't come across Purity Ring until Shrines, the choices for singles are obvious once you've been made aware of their existence. Meet the new songs, same as the old songs.
My distaste for the relative homogeneity of Shrines aside, the album isn't unlistenable. In fact, it's wholly repeatable. But somewhere during the time in between "Ungirthed" and "Belispeak," one realizes that there were actually three songs played, all of which mesh together as a sort of gothic filler between the high points of the singles.
There is enough good in Shrines to keep it repeating, and to warrant curiosity over an eventual follow up, whether it's to see if the pair can outdo the warped pop of "Ungirthed" or to see if they take things in an entirely different direction. Whichever path the duo chooses to embark upon, an expanded sonic palate from which to draw inspiration will be essential.


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CHICAGO — Michael Hogan will get a one-year sabbatical as soon as he resigns from the University of Illinois in July at a salary of $285,100, the average of the top 10 faculty members, as his original contract stated. (An earlier version of this story erred in the salary figure.)
He gets to pick which campus he wants to work on when he returns from sabbatical in 2013, and the UI will pay his moving expenses.
The resignation "in no way constitutes an admission that any basis exists for the Board of Trustees to terminate Hogan as president for any reason or without cause," the agreement says.
Hogan submitted his resignation on Thursday. The UI has posted a revised contract with Hogan to be considered today (Friday, March 23, 2012) by the executive committee of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees.
The committee also will name Robert Easter the president-designate. Until Hogan leaves, Easter's salary will be based on a $250,000 annual salary. When he becomes president, his salary will be $450,000 — about $200,000 less than Hogan was earning.
Seriously? He RESIGNS and gets one-year's salary and all his moving expenses paid for...more tax dollars hard at work :(
Mr Kennedy says that President Hogan did what the university needed.
I guess what the university needed was national disgrace, a year's salary and moving expenses and a tenured position to the one who brought it about. Saving money, my donkey!
Mr Hogan did pretty well for doing an embarrasingly ghastly job.
Too bad those who do their jobs well get cuts.
Guess 285K plus moving expenses is cheaper than any coach they have let go this year!!
Lucky us!!!
One year off doing research on the Marshall Plan with a salary of $285,000.00. When he returns, he gets the average salary of the top 10 faculty members in the U. of I. system including engineering, etc. It will be a better salary than a tenured History professor. He, also, picks which campus to work on with a graduate assistant, and secretary. He could work from U. of I. Springfield, or U. of I Chicago; and not have to face his detractors. It is called exile with financial means. In a few years; he can retire with a decent pension if pensions still exist, and move to a warm location with respectibility. Not a bad deal for a History prof, and failed university president. No disrespect to the History profs meant.
I want to just emphasize that he's rich and doesn't need to wait out his pension from UI(llinois) since I'm sure he's got a decent one from Iowa or UConn. Combined with his salary over his lifetime and any not totally stupid investment plan he could retire right now and live in the lap of luxury. (An Illinois pension would only be bonus.) As for respectibility? That I don't know about -- depends how much he cares what other academics think of him.
Dear UI Foundation, Alumni Center, DIA, etc:
Don't bother calling me for a donation EVER again! The constant waste of money coupled with never ending campus embarassment has reached its limit. "The University of Illinois" has become a national punchline but no one holding a diploma from this flagship institution is laughing!
Wait a minute. In reading his contract, I didn't think he was eligible for a sabatical unless he had been President for 5 years.
It's a typical termination negotiation. Basically it says "we're giving you something extra, and you sign off on the resignation and thereby waive your rights (if any) to sue us for constructive dismissal". It happens all the time in the "real world" as well.
The "real world" as opposed to what other one?
Good point, lcoil79! Had to think about that one a bit. Hogan DID resign at the request of the Board. The other two options were either dismissal with cause or dismissal without cause. I suspect dismissal with cause would have been a long, tedious, embarassing process, so dismissal without cause would have been the only viable alternative. In THAT case, UI would have owed Hogan another full year's salary from date of dismissal ($651,000). So ... although I'd rather he not get another dime from UI, it seems the Board took the least expensive option. That year of paid sabbatical may well have been Hogan's price for tendering his resignation. Still ... OUCH!

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Jennifer Grey won television's "Dancing With the Stars" contest on Tuesday, while Bristol Palin, whose survival on the show sparked nationwide controversy, finished in third place.
Grey, 50, who co-starred with the late Patrick Swayze in the 1987 movie "Dirty Dancing", was named champion at the end of a two-hour broadcast and a record number of public votes.
Kyle Massey, 19, a former child star on the Disney Channel show "That's So Raven," was runner-up.
Grey, who danced through much of the season with injuries and said she suffered a ruptured disc in her back on Monday, had been the front-runner after scoring consistently high marks from the judges.
But her claim on the mirror ball trophy seemed at risk as Palin, the daughter of conservative politician Sarah Palin, waltzed into the finals on a tide of public support despite coming bottom with the judges for more than six weeks.
"This has been a life-changing experience," the 20-year-old single mom said of her third-place finish. "I am very blessed to be here. I've had a ball."
Palin again scored the lowest with judges in her final tango and cha cha cha dances on Tuesday, but was praised for her improvement over the last three months.
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Purss placed eighth in the 3-meter dive at the NCAA Zone Diving Championships. His scores, combined with Thursday's fourth-place finish, were enough to qualify for the finals March 28 in Indianapolis, Ind.
"It's extremely exciting to have another team member heading to Indy for NCAAs," Utah's interim swimming and dive coach Richard Marschner said. "Our team is alive and well and is competing with a chip on its shoulder."
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BOSTON, Mass. -- University of Michigan men's basketball head coach John Beilein was named the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) District 7 Coach of the Year today (Thursday, March 27) after being selected as a finalist for Collegeinsiders.com's 2014 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year award on Wednesday (March 26). Beilein has already been named the Big Ten's Coach of the Year by the media and the USBWA District V Coach of the Year.
Beilein is one of 15 finalists for the 2014 Phelan Award; the other finalists are: Steve Alford (UCLA), Rick Barnes (Texas), Tony Bennett (Virginia), Ed Cooley (Providence), Billy Donovan (Florida), Steve Fisher (San Diego State), Danny Manning (Tulsa), Gregg Marshall (Wichita State), Sean Miller (Arizona), Greg McDermott (Creighton), Tim Miles (Nebraska), Craig Neal (New Mexico), Brad Underwood (Stephen F. Austin) and Jay Wright (Villanova).
Michigan enters this weekend with a 27-8 record and is making its second consecutive appearance in the Sweet 16. U-M is one of just five schools, along with Arizona, Florida, Louisville and Michigan State, to reach the Sweet 16 in each of the past two seasons. This season marks Beilein's fifth 20-plus win season in seven years at the helm in Ann Arbor; he recorded the 700th victory of his 36-year collegiate coaching career in Michigan's NCAA Tournament third-round win over Texas.
Despite losing Trey Burke and Tim Hardaway Jr. to the NBA, as well as preseason All-American Mitch McGary (Chesterton, Ind./Brewster Academy [N.H.]) to injury midway through the non-conference season, Beilein and the Wolverines the program's first outright Big Ten championship in 28 years, claiming the title by three games. The conference crown is Michigan's second in the last three years after U-M also earned a share in 2012.
Coaching the ninth-youngest team in the country, Beilein led U-M to wins over three straight top-10 opponents for the first time in school history with victories at No. 3 Wisconsin (77-70, Jan. 18), against No. 10 Iowa (75-67, Jan. 22) and at No. 3 Michigan (80-75, Jan. 25). The three-game stretch marked the first time any program has defeated three straight top-10 foes since Florida during the 2007 NCAA Tournament and the first time by a Big Ten school since Iowa during the 1986-87 season. Michigan's wins at Wisconsin and Michigan State marked the first time in school history that U-M had defeated a top-three ranked opponent on the road.
Under Beilein's guidance, sophomore guard Nik Stauskas (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada/St. Mark's School [Mass.]) earned the program's second straight Big Ten Player of the Year honor and also earned All-America first honors from the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
Beilein has already been named the Big Ten's Coach of the Year by the media and the USBWA District V Coach of the Year. On March 20, he was also named one of five finalists for the Naismith Men's College Coach of the Year Award by the Atlanta Tip-Off Club.
On March 20, he was also named one of five finalists for the Naismith Men's College Coach of the Year Award by the Atlanta Tip-Off Club.
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The dawn of the automobile age saw the construction of the spectacular Columbia River Highway running east from Troutdale in Multnomah County. The highway, built between 1913 and 1922, blended engineering and art with a vivid appreciation for the magnificent Columbia River Gorge landscape.
Engineer Sam Lancaster applied lessons from some of the great European highways but drew his biggest inspiration from the idyllic surroundings. His goal was to build a modern transportation route that would take full advantage of every natural aspect, scenic feature, waterfall, viewpoint, and panorama. Contemporaries described the results of his work as a "poem in stone" and called the highway the "king of roads." It was designated a national historic landmark in 2000. (Sources: National Scenic Byways Program | Oregon State Archives Exhibit)
Multnomah County was created on December 22, 1854. It was the thirteenth county created in Oregon Territory. The land was taken from the eastern portion of Washington County and the northern part of Clackamas County. The borders have remained relatively unchanged to the present.
Multnomah County was created when the people living in Portland found it difficult to travel to Hillsboro to conduct business at the county seat of Washington County. They also thought that they were paying too much in taxes to support the farmers in the rural areas surrounding Portland. In 1854, Portland businessmen petitioned the Territorial Legislature for a new county and Multnomah County was created at the subsequent session. The county was named after the Multnomah Indians who were part of the Chinookan tribe that lived on the eastern tip of what is now Sauvie Island in the Columbia River. The City of Portland was chartered in 1851 and made the county seat in 1854. The Multnomah County Commissioners met for the first time on January 17, 1855.
Multnomah County is the smallest county in Oregon, with only 465 square miles. It is bounded by Columbia County and the Columbia River on the north, Washington County on the west, Clackamas County on the south, and Hood River County on the east. Multnomah County is very diverse with Portland in the west and the Columbia Gorge and Mt. Hood in the east. Most of the eastern portion of the county is covered with timber and is sparsely populated.
The first courthouse was built in 1866. Expanding county business required the addition of a north wing in 1885 and a south wing in 1889. In 1914 a new courthouse was completed at the same location.
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Looking for one of these gaskets in leather or vinyl, when are they available again ?
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Looking for one of these gaskets in leather or vinyl, when are they available again ?
At the moment I'm out of material. I'm trying to track down a source that is not going to cost an arm and a leg.
Add me to the list when you get more materials. I've decided on my helmet so I will need one for BKBT Jango.
EDIT: The asok I bought was too small for my fat head, so I now have a Cruzer BKBT and will need one for that.
add me to the list aswell for a asok cc jango if/when you get the material for it.
Sorry guy's I'm still on the hunt. The colors either off or they want a small fortune.
Alright tomorrow I should find out if I can get some Jango leather. Thanks for everyone's support over the years.
If you do get some Jango leather I am interested in one.
Yep, I am still in for a Jango BKBT one please.
I sign up for a blue leather gasket also
or black i mean :)
i recieved a swatch,but it is more blue than i hoping. i will post pics you guys decide.
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i recieved a swatch,but it is more blue than i hoping. i will post pics you guys decide.
I have another source sending samples.
I'll sign up for a Black.
Unless the Red you have is dark enough.
Added for a black vinyl, the red was a bright red. What helmet?
Cool, thanks... It's a Bobamaker Jango.
Black leather isn't a possibility?
I just have to find a good deal on it. Possibility=yes.
Here is a pic of the samples I got. Not the best news. Opinions? If the lighter blue is fine I'll pull the trigger and get it.
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I would try the light blue.
I'll go for the light blue as well for my Jango Bobamaker Helmet.
Ya, the lighter blue looks good. Plus once you add a little weathering it will darken it up. I would love one of these for my BKBT please!
I would like to get one for my Jango, please. PM will be sent
LEATHER Black and Jango IS OFFICIALLY ORDERED! :jango :cheers
Cool, I will be waiting to hear when you are ready to start.
Will these fit an RS Props Boba helmet (supposed to use the master replica scan that was made into the prototype helmets not the mass release similar to FP)? I know its not screen accurate, but it looks to be more trooping friendly than the BBF one....


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See details here: http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/28400.wss
"Our industry has undergone unprecedented changes over the last year, and that serves as great example of why it's so important for U.S. Bank's employees to be able to use technology to communicate and collaborate efficiently," said Mark Dickelman, senior vice president, innovation, research and development for U.S. Bank. "Keeping up with economic developments and policy changes and the need to quickly communicate while innovating for growth would be nearly impossible with traditional methods, and that's why Lotus collaboration software will continue to be incredibly useful to us, especially as we continue to solidify our company's position as a leader in the financial services industry."
Makes lots of sense, given the recent TCO math (see my previous blog entries) that shows a reduction in TCO by more than 37% if you adopt IBM Lotus collaboration software rather than Microsoft sharepoint, and office communications server.
TCO analysis from Applicable in UK comparing IBM and Microsoft
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Interesting analysis by Applicable in UK, modelled for 500-4000 users:
Cost of adding advanced collaboration capabilities: compare between IBM and Microsoft:
- IBM Solutions are up to 37% cheaper based on Infrastructure costs and subsequent user support costs.
- When licensing costs are introduced, particularly those of Microsoft Office – this saving is more pronounced.
Remember Binary tree CMT tool to migrate Microsoft Exchange Outlook to Lotus Notes Domino?
AntonySatyadas 1100009CNT Tags:  microsoft exchange 2010 binarytree symphony migrate notes outlook cmt domino occs 4,188 Views
Many of you may remember this tool from Binarytree: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/documentation/d-ls-dominoexchange/index.html
Sure they do the other way too. But looks like this way is getting hot: from Exchange to Domino...
Why not.. See how the math works here: http://www-01.ibm.com/software/lotus/offer/roi-calculator.html
Lotus Notes Domino beats Microsoft Outlook Exchange says CRN
Interesting study by CRN -- kind of a bakeoff between the latest and greatest, almost :-)
Evaluation criteria included installation and deployment, interoperability and customization, feature set, performance and pricing.
The winner is IBM Lotus Notes and Domino...
Why did Discount Tire switch from Windows to RedHat Linux?
AntonySatyadas 1100009CNT Tags:  redhat windows tire notes lotus linux discount domino 3,534 Views
Any takers?
"The IT team originally tried building a new e-commerce system based on a Windows platform, but the solution did not meet Discount Tire's performance, reliability and stability needs. Additionally, Discount Tire's use of IBM Lotus Domino Server was a critical aspect of its daily ability to meet business demands. Previously running on Windows, the lack of reliability and consistent downtime of its Lotus software was critically impacting its day-to-day operations.
After extensive testing and load balancing, Discount Tire selected Red Hat Enterprise Linux for its critical systems. Since, the Red Hat Enterprise Linux platform has run Discount Tire's entire e-commerce operation, as well as numerous internal applications, including its Lotus Domino application" Check out http://www.lotusonredhat.com
Microsoft Enterprise Agreement up for renewal?
AntonySatyadas 1100009CNT Tags:  notes domino agreement ea occs enterprise symphony 4,635 Views
If you have a microsoft enterprise agreement up for renewal, consider the following before you commit:
"an Enterprise Agreement (EA) renewal for an enterprise with the main desktop suite on, say, 10,000 PCs could cost around $1,500,000 per year": says Forrester (see blog link below)...
1. Listen to this podcast on Cost reduction strategy for smarter collaboration: http://download.rbn.com/ibmpdc/pdc/open/podcasts/collaboration/smarter_collaboration.mp3
2. Read this Project Liberate white paper on how hundreds of customers have freed up Billions of Dollars by not renewing Microsoft Enterprise Agreements: ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software/lotus/lotusweb/Project_LiberateforCIOsFinal.pdf
3. Check this out from Forrester: http://blogs.forrester.com/cio/2009/02/should-i-renew.html
"So should you renew your EA? As you can see, there are a lot of factors to consider, so the answer is genuinely "it depends." But consider this: Somewhere between 25% and 35% of customers don't renew"
mainstreaming Linux desktops
AntonySatyadas 1100009CNT Tags:  notes novell gruman galen redhat symphony occs domino software web open infoworld social canonical ubuntu 2.0 linux 4,458 Views
Well, we have been saying this for a while. And we have seen customer interest and adoption starting to trend in this direction for sure...
Check out this article by Galen Gruman in Infoworld: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=Linux+and+Unix&articleId=9128813&taxonomyId=122&pageNumber=1
"Essentially, desktop Linux makes sense as the desktop OS only for thoseemployees who do common work in Office and Web apps. But that's a lotof people."
"OpenOffice is a sound alternative to Microsoft Office, but I spent most of my time with the free IBM Lotus Symphony, which is a slightly better productivity suite than OpenOffice, in the InfoWorld Test Center's evaluation."
"many companies, government agencies, and educational institutions canchuck at least some of them. Those based on XP -- or Windows 2000,which still has a huge installed base in government agencies -- canlook to big savings on licensing, hardware, and training costs."
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IBM Open Collaboration Client Solution momentum
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Check this out: http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/23370.wss
On a roll. Great momentum with Open Collaboration Client Solution (OCCS -- Lotus Notes, Lotus Symphony, etc.)
1. OCCS powered by SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop from Novell: More Customers, Value Added Resellers like Arrow in USA, Avnet in Italy generating leads for their partners. Live DVD from Novell: https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/preLogin.do?lang=en_US&source=sw-pprod05&S_PKG=SW-LN8betaSUSElinux
2. Red Hat offering OCCS powered by RHEL from Red Hat: Marketing initiative for Business Partners
and Live DVD: http://rhx.redhat.com/rhx/support/article/DOC-2050
3. Lotus Notes support for Ubuntu (limited 8.0.1, full 8.5)
and this:
Lotus Symphony beta 4, Lotus Notes features, etc.: http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/23366.wss
Lotus Foundations: http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/23326.wss that leverages the Net Integration Technologies acquistion: http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/23325.wss runs on SLES from Novell.
Bluehouse SaaS suite of collaboration features: http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/23326.wss
and more...
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From IBM Lotus Notes 5 and Microsoft Desktop to IBM open client solution -- Customer in New Zealand
AntonySatyadas 1100009CNT Tags:  bennett zealand notes linux michael exchange domino client mark microsoft open desktop new sampson 1 Comment 5,807 Views
According to Michael Sampson's blog (http://www.michaelsampson.net/2007/07/mark-bennett-on.html ) a Lotus Notes 5 customer in New Zealand is planning a roll-out of Notes 8."All of the Domino Servers run on Linux, and they are considering the roll-out of some Linux desktops. In terms of Notes 8, Mark says, "What exactly do our people need beyond Notes 8, the inbuilt productivity editors, and a browser?" In other words, Notes 8 paves the way for a move away from both a Windows desktop and Microsoft Office."
See also the IBM web page discussing the IBM open client solution on Linux: http://www.ibm.com/lotus/openclient[Read More]
IBM's open client solution - Why customers and ISV/SIs care
AntonySatyadas 1100009CNT Tags:  notes vista apple open domino mac client portal odf websphere hat sametime microsoft linux windows expeditor eclipse novell red 4,882 Views
You might have seen the IBM announcement of its open client solution (http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/21060.wss ) - Lotus collaboration software (Lotus Notes 8 and IBM productivity tools with ODF support, Domino, Sametime, WebSphere Portal, Expeditor) and associated software services to support flexibility and choice for the customer around operating systems (Windows from Microsoft, Linux from Red Hat and Novell, Mac OS 10 from Apple - planned for Lotus Notes 8), platform devices, productivity editors (Microsoft Office on Windows, IBM Productivity Editors or open source products on Linux and Windows), alternatives for application development on thin/rich client (leverage Eclipse RCP). See IDC News Service: http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/02/12/HNibmlinuxopenclient_1.html
However, some are reporting that Microsoft is not very happy with this http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/operating_systems/microsoft_is_not_very_hapy_about_ibms_new.html
1. IBM financials for Y2006 show 30% revenue growth for Lotus software in Q4 and also 9 consecutive quarters of growth.
2. Open standards based software does provide flexibility and choice to the customer, ISVs, and Systems Integrators. Flexibility and choice is about operating systems, platforms, productivity editors, applications, collaboration software, application development, and rich/thin client. Microsoft products runs on Windows only, and often have complicated product inter-dependencies. According to Avinash Singh, COO of Birlasoft (http://www.birlasoft.com ), a Systems Integrator based out of New Jersey, "IBM's open client solution is very timely. It allows us to offer more value to our customers who either want to move to Linux desktops or drive a heterogeneous client strategy. This solution can help them reduce costs while increasing organizational productivity. It is all about offering flexibility and choice for our customers."
3. Customers are being Vista "challenged" in terms of cost of software, hardware, deployment, falling short of security features (http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2007/01/vista_firewall.html?chan=search ), printer and device drivers (http://www.enterprisenetworksandservers.com/newsflash/art.php?698 ). "MIT flunked Vista" recently (http://www.varbusiness.com/sections/news/breakingnews.jhtml;jsessionid=RLEG1GEALNJJIQSNDLOSKHSCJUNN2JVN?articleId=197004760 ). Office 2007 requires end user training. Customers are also concerned about "after Vista what" -- I spend all this money and cant get locked out of innovation -- do i move to "Live"? when? Why not continue to stay on Windows XP or the like. Others say: I have to "migrate" anyways, so why not leverage Linux? As you may know, many experts are "OOXML challenged" also (http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20070117145745854 )
4. Customers are also figuring out a way to free up lots of money in their IT budget by deciding to take alternative procurement strategies instead of renewing/signing Microsoft Enterprise Agreement - "a la carte vs buffet". So says several analysts and press (http://www-142.ibm.com/software/sw-lotus/lotus/general.nsf/wdocs/license )
So despite any criticism out there, my take is that the open client solution is real and deep and its all about bringing value, flexibility, ease and choice to customers.[Read More]
Top 10 Questions you should ask Microsoft
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Recently several of our customers received this invite from Microsoft/Avanade to an event in NY where they were going to talk about re-platforming of Lotus products! So here are the top 10 questions you could ask Microsoft:
10. Please list the Microsoft products that require SQL Server? Why?
9. What is an Enterprise CAL and what is its cost? How does that differ from Core CAL?
8. How much will it cost me, per user, to move to Vista? (a) Select agreement, (b) Enterprise agreement, (c) new hardware purchase?
7. How much money can I save by signing Select Agreement and NOT renewing/signing Enterprise Agreement?
6. Why should basic administrator tasks in Exchange 2007/fail over and replicia storage require to use command line/manual operations?
5. How much more expensive is it to install Exchange 2007 compared to Exchange 2003 including hardware costs?
4. Can I virtualize Exchange 2007? If not now, when?
3. Why should I buy MS Office when I can get open standards based alternatives?
2. Please list all clients and servers required to be deployed to deliver a complete Microsoft Collaboration environment?
1. Given the fact that next version of Domino will run on the same hardware and operating system as the current version, what is meant by re-platforming? The same is not correct for Microsoft Exchange 2007, correct?[Read More]
Duet or Harmony - its a no brainer for Lotus Notes customers
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I came across this interesting article in Datamonitor, based on AMR research findings, on challenges in leveraging Duet. (http://www.computerwire.com/industries/research/?pid=5F04C21A-8AC3-42B9-865E-86458CACFE93)
The article points out the following challenges:
So what? Well, lets look at customers in Retail and Manufacturing industries. According to the Datamonitor aticle above, AMR, estimates only 29% of the SAP customers they surveyed have the prerequisite technology in place.
So why is it a no brainer for Lotus Notes customers?
Available since May 2006, there is no additional charge to Lotus Notes customers current on their maintenancce for access to the SAP solutions feature.
Check out this case study: ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software/lotus/lotusweb/lotusforsap/WPLC_for_SAP_Case_Studies.pdf
Note that we also have IBM Workplace for SAP software (http://www-142.ibm.com/software/workplace/products/product5.nsf/wdocs/workplaceforsap)[Read More]
Nitix on Linux outperforms 17x Microsoft windows SBS
AntonySatyadas 1100009CNT Tags:  crn sorrybill business 2003 server linux sbs domino accpak small nitix 20 Comments 7,544 Views
Check this out-- According to Nitix, Nitix on Linux outperforms almost 17x Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 in a test case comparing the Installation of the Operating System and Core IT services!
And, here are more details of a product performance bakeoff done by CRN:
"Net Integration's Nitix Linux small-business server offering packs every bit of the feature punch of Microsoft's just-launched Small Business Server 2003 R2 ..."
Try Nitix with IBM Lotus Domino at no cost here: http://www.nitix.com/products/domino/requestDownload.php.
They already have Sage Accpak running on Nitix: http://www.nitix.com/products/accpac/index.php
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Migrate to the Penguin - move from Exchange to Domino on Linux? Here is yet another reason!
AntonySatyadas 1100009CNT Tags:  exchange linux bit migrate penguin networkworld domino 64 3,669 Views
According to John Fontana, Networkworld.com (http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/061606-exchange-2007.html )
"Corporate users who migrate to Exchange 2007 (yes, no upgrades!) will face mandatory infrastructure changes that, while advancing security and management could add complexity and costs to their networks"!
According to the article, you will need to deal with the following:
I expect Microsoft will soon release the following:
So, why wait?
Move to Domino or DAMO (for Outlook fans), run it on Linux, to help save some money so you can invest it in other mission critical initiatives![Read More]
FUD from Avanade (a joint venture between Microsoft and Accenture) targeting IBM Australia customers on Lotus Domino to move to Microsoft Exchange and other products!!!
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'If you are a organisation who has invested heavily on the IBM Lotus Notes/Domino platform, you may currently have a few concerns. What is the future of your Communications and Collaboration platform now that IBM have announced the withdrawal of support for Release 5 and the impending withdrawal of Release 6 support?"
IBM customer support data shows that 90% of our customers are currently using 6.5.x and/or 7.0.x. Extended support contracts are available past the support date.
So the IBM vision and strategy, and product roadmap is clear. There are no forced upgrades. Each release is planned to further improve the TCO, and augment capabilities based on customer requirements.
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Migrate to the Penguins - Opportunity for business partners to make money and Customers to reduce cost and get more value
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Migrate to the Penguin is a limited time only rebate program for eligible IBM Software Resellers who move customers from Microsoft Exchange and other competitive messaging platforms to Lotus Notes and Domino on Linux collaboration offerings. Eligible IBM Software Resellers can receive a rebate for each seat of qualifying "trade up" licenses, up to a maximum of 1,000 seats per Passport Advantage site number or Passport Advantage Express site number.
So here is the 1 2 3 Punch!
1. IBM Lotus is winning Customers from Microsoft
In the last two years, IBM has migrated nearly 3,000 customers from Microsoft Exchange and other email and messaging platforms to Lotus Notes and Domino.
IBM's Linux-based email and other collaboration software sales revenue grew more than 200% year-to-year. Customers are benefitting from the Domino 7 performance improvements on Linux compared to Domino 6.5 (400% Notes Bench - http://www.notesbench.org/bench.nsf?OpenDatabase - performance improvement and 50% more users supported).
Many customers are adopting open standards and J2EE based middleware to help ensure interoperability and leverage flexibility and choice.
Some customers are funding mission critical initiatives using money saved by not renewing/signing Microsoft enterprise agreements.
Since the last release of Microsoft Exchange, we have shipped 4 versions of Lotus Notes and Domino - What is out there for Exchange is old and what is coming has been delayed and, we believe, very expensive.
Platforms like Linux offer our customers security and scalability, while some users of competitive, proprietary products are tired of installing security patches and managing rooms full of servers.
2. Here is the Partner value proposition
From the Washington Post: IBM Makes A Play at Microsoft Customers (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/29/AR2006032902155.html)
"International Business Machines Corp. said it will roll out an aggressive strategy today to lure business customers away from rival Microsoft Corp.,offering bounties [rebates] of up to $20,000 to sales partners who can persuade companies to make the switch....Peter O'Kelly, an industry analyst with the Burton Group in Boston, said the move shows a much more aggressive side of IBM..."
3. Get in the Ring!
Migrate to the Penguin Program is in execution
A very aggressive migration offering, this is a limited time only rebate program for eligible IBM Software Resellers who move customers from Microsoft Exchange and other competitive messaging platforms to Lotus Notes and Domino on Linux collaboration offerings. Eligible IBM Software Resellers can receive a rebate for each seat of qualifying "trade up" licenses, up to a maximum of 1,000 seats per Passport Advantage site number or Passport Advantage Express site number. The rebate offers $20 per qualified seat with a maximum rebate of $20,000 per IBM Business Partner. Visit the Migrate to the Penguin program web page for more information: http://www.ibm.com/software/sw-lotus/movetolinux.
Migration tools for Notes and Domino 7
IBM Business Partner Binary Tree (http://www.binarytree.com/website/msg/home.nsf/vContentW/CMT+For+Notes--CMT+For+Notes!Opendocument&migrateFrom=Exchange&migrateTo=Notes ) and other IBM Business Partners offer Migration Tools to help with the move from Microsoft Exchange to Lotus Notes Domino, and their case studies posted on their website point to superior collaboration as one of the many reasons customers make the switch. More than 3000 customers have leveraged the Binary Tree tool! According to Binary Tree, they have helped migrate more than 5 million users from Microsoft Exchange to Lotus Notes and Domino since 1995 (http://www.binarytree.com/website/msg/home.nsf/vcontentw/CMT+For+Notes--CMT+Exchange+To+Notes+Customers+Only!Opendocument ).
1 2 3 and Punch!Migrate Microsoft Exchange customers to Lotus Notes and Domino on Linux -- Make money through this promotion.
IBM Lotus Business Partners News page: http://www-142.ibm.com/software/sw-lotus/partners/cwebp.nsf/wdocs/bpnews
Partnerworld Linux web site: http://www-1.ibm.com/partnerworld/pwhome.nsf/weblook/pub_ben_pat_linux_learn.html[Read More]
Is Microsoft afraid of IBM? starting with Bill Gates?
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Quote from Bill Gates at the Microsoft Sharepoint Conference recently (http://www.microsoft.com/billgates/speeches/2006/05-15sharepoint.asp): "And so we've been very lucky that as IBM has had a discontinuity, that they're saying, well, your Notes applications aren't going to continue to run, we want you to move to a new environment, which is some WebSphere type thing, people have had to step back and say, okay, it's not the best messaging system, Exchange has been totally focused on those scenarios, and it's not the best collaboration platform because it's sort of stuck as a pretty good messaging platform and a pretty good collaboration platform."
Gates went on to say when people think about comparisons of Microsoft and IBM/Lotus they should not think just about Exchange. "For messaging, Exchange is the best system, but we never turned Exchange into a collaboration platform. SharePoint is clearly our collaboration platform."
Gates was quoted last year saying:
Fortune: How much has Microsoft wanted to beat Notes?
Gates: There are two ways to think of Notes. One is as an e-mail product, and the other is as a deep collaboration product. Microsoft competed with Notes as e-mail. We never matched Notes in some of the collaborative features.
(http://www.fortune.com/fortune/subs/article/0,15114,1073785,00.html )
So, according to Gates: Notes Domino is a pretty good messaging and collaboration platform. Exchange is the best system for messaging and not the best system for collaboration. Sharepoint Server 2007 is/will be the best collaboration platform?
So, here are the Top 10 reasons why IBM does pose a competitive threat to Microsoft!!!
10. IBM offers choice of server platform, operating system and devices. Microsoft doesnt. Vista is delayed, and IBM supports Windows, Linux, Mac OS, and p/z/i/x series platforms!
9. IBM is now offering a choice of desktop - with Linux and software that meets customer needs - The mantra is flexibility and choice, Investment Protection.
8. IBM offers choice for Productivity tools: targeting under and over provisioned users, which based on popular user segmentation model, is more than 90% of the desktop users!!
7. IBM productivity editors, like many others in the marketplace, but for Microsoft Office, supports ODF. ODF has been voted to be an ISO International Standard. While Microsoft is active with OpenXML, analysts such as Gartner doubt if this will make it to an ISO standard!
(http://www.gartner.com/resources/140100/140101/iso_approval_of_oasis_opendo_140101.pdf )
6. IBM has products (WED, Workplace Managed Client) that provide desktop the ability to leverage Server and network resources, while supporting disconnected use -- best of both worlds: thin and rich client capabilities. The next release of Lotus Notes (codenamed "Hannover") is real code. Code talks! See http://www-03.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/page/AntonySatyadas?entry=ibm_new_notes_client_is
5. Several IBM customers are coming back to IBM after trying out Microsoft Exchange and Sharepoint. The Migrate to the Penguin initiative is gaining momentum.
4. Solutions offered by IBM Global Technology and Business services address customer transformation needs end-end. The emerging BTO models are forcing Microsoft to speed up their "Live" capabilities! The Strategic Outsourcing team currently host millions of users of messaging and collaboration capabilities.
3. IBM software solutions offer an attractive TCO. Large, early adopters of .Net are moving to J2EE.
2. Product delays, product inter-dependencies, high costs, and customer education may drive more customers not to renew Microsoft Enterprise Agreements! See reference to Merrill Lynch survey details in eWeek: See http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1961455,00.asp and http://www-03.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/page/AntonySatyadas?entry=merrill_lynch_survey_around_half.
1. IBM and open source are challenging Microsoft's monopoly of the desktop! Meanwhile IBM continues to innovate to improve organizational productivity, self-service, automation.. Server managed Client, Activity computing, Role based execution of business processes, Component Business Model, Service Oriented Architecture, ... the list continues...[Read More]
Attend. Effective Team Collaboration in an On Demand Workplace: Bedfont, England, May 23rd. half day technical customer briefing. Or in Amsterdam on May 24th.
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Meet IBM technical experts at Bedfont, England on May 23rd. They will deliver a half-day technical customer briefing entitled "Effective Team Collaboration in an On Demand Workplace." Or if you are in Amsterdam on the 24th afternoon, that will work too...
Register Here: http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/offers/techbriefings/details/dve.html?S_TACT=105AGX01&S_CMP=HP
This event will highlight how organizations can benefit from the capabilities of our Lotus technologies to become, and remain, a flexible, highly responsive on demand business. This road show is unique in that the content is delivered via live demonstrations and technical discussion.
The agenda is as follows:
Register Here: http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/offers/techbriefings/details/dve.html?S_TACT=105AGX01&S_CMP=HP[Read More]
Merrill Lynch Survey: Around half of CIOs may not renew MS Enterprise Agreement in 2006! SOA in, Vista out?
AntonySatyadas 1100009CNT Tags:  portal ms websphere enterprise notes soa domino survey lotus vista agreement 4,142 Views
Check this out article in eWeek: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1961455,00.asp
Survey: SOA In, Vista Out Larry Dignan, 05/12/06
Merrill Lynch surveyed 76 CIOs in April and released the survey on May 12th 2006.
Key findings:
So what is the big deal?
Well, two points to note:
How does one add Lotus Domino in a SOA environment without changing the Domino Applications?
Here are some ways:
How about SOA and WebSphere Portal? Mobile devices?
Register for IBM SOA Development Survival Guide: http://www-306.ibm.com/software/info/sdp/soaguide/index.jsp?S_CMP=swhpfeature
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The New York Times
|10/31/2008"Three states ? Massachusetts, California and Connecticut ? have legalized same-sex marriage. "But...the question for gay couples is this: Is it worth it to tie the knot?"For many couples, the answer is a resounding yes: the word "married" itself instantly conveys something that civil unions and domestic partnerships do not.
Why Just One Wedding Isn't Enough For Some Gay Couples
The Wall Street Journal
|10/30/2008"Daniel McNeil and Patrick Canavan joke they've been married four times ? to each other."The 'I do's' started with a Washington, D.C., church wedding in 1998. Since then, the two men, have chased evolving laws across the U.S. to secure a civil union in Vermont, a domestic partnership in the District of Columbia and a marriage in California.
NY court hears appeal in same-sex marriage case
Poughkeepsie Journal
|10/17/2008"A state appeals court heard arguments today on whether New York can give equal benefits to same-sex couples married in other jurisdictions.The case comes from a decision by former Gov. Eliot Spitzer in May 2007 to let gay couples married out of state and employed by the state receive health benefits for their families.
Transgender Candidate Who Ran as Woman Did Not Mislead Voters, Court Says
The New York Times
|10/06/2008"The Georgia Supreme Court ruled Monday that a transgender politician did not mislead voters by running for office as a woman."The court dismissed a lawsuit filed by two opponents of the politician, Michelle Bruce, who was born Michael Bruce, that said she disguised her sex while seeking re-election last year in Riverdale, Ga.
Georgia transgender politician wins legal battle
USA Today
|10/06/2008"Georgia's top court ruled in favor of a transgender politician who was slapped with a lawsuit by two political opponents who claimed she misled voters by running as a woman.
Suit filed in '07 park sex sting
Johnson City Press
|10/1/2008"One of the 40 men charged in a city park sex sting last year filed a federal lawsuit against the city and Johnson City Police Chief John Lowry because he says the police department gave his arrest excessive publicity.
Indiana High School Fails on Prom Dress Rights
The Advocate
10/1/2008 "On May 16, 2006 K.K. Logan arrived at his senior prom in a dress, which was not unexpected since his classmates and teachers knew of his 'deeply-rooted femininity.' Principal Diane Rouse did not allow Logan to enter, claiming his attire violated school policy.
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|9/15/2008"Eleven advocacy groups are taking issue with a claim that the East Meadow School District does not consider itself an 'education corporation or association.'
Court Backs Paterson Regarding Gay Unions
The New York Times
|9/2/2008"Governor David A. Paterson was acting within his powers when he issued an executive order requiring government agencies to recognize same-sex marriages performed outside the state, a court ruled on Tuesday.
Transgender Ga. woman claims she was wrongly fired
Associated Press
|7/23/2008"A former state employee claimed Tuesday in a federal lawsuit that top Georgia legislative officials fired her because she said she would come to work dressed as a female as she prepared for a sex-change procedure to transform from man to woman.
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Nissan has opened a new chapter in its ambitious plans to be a global leader in pure electric zero emissions vehicles.
At their new headquarters in Japan on Sunday August 2nd, the Nissan LEAF pure electric car was unveiled.
The car is a compact or C-class sedan with distinctive and special styling. It is a 5 door hatch with seating for 5, and utilizes unique LED headlamps that use 10% as much energy as traditional headlamps. The lights are also designed to slice the wind and direct it away from the side mirrors to improve aerodynamics.
The vehicle uses Nissan/NEC proprietary large format laminate batteries that total 24 kwh. They power an 80 kw/280 Nm torque electric motor that gives the car a top speed of 90 MPH. Charging is through a port on the front hood and takes 8 hours at 220 though is capable of 80% in 30 minute fast charging where available.
The car also has a wireless IT system that connects it to a global monitoring center 24 hours per day.
"Nissan LEAF is a tremendous accomplishment – one in which all Nissan employees can take great pride," said Nissan President and CEO Carlos Ghosn. "We have been working tirelessly to make this day a reality – the unveiling of a real-world car that has zero – not simply reduced – emissions. It's the first step in what is sure to be an exciting journey – for people all over the world, for Nissan and for the industry."
Nissan plans to begin selling the car in the selected US markets in late 2010 and plans to build 50,000 in its first year of production.
Pricing has not been announced, but Nissan claims it will be comparable to a well-equipped gas powered C class sedan.
Nissan is hoping this car will serve as a realistic everyday car that will sere people's needs without producing emissions. It will of course like any limited range EV not be practical for all uses though Nissan claims this range will satisfy 70% of global and 98% of US drivers daily needs.
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I am really uncomfortable when the boat heels over. It feels like it's going to capsize. I've got a 25-foot keelboat. How do I reduce heel?
Mark Matthews responds:
Thanks for the question. There are a number of things you can do to minimize heeling, but you wont be able to get rid of the sensation altogether. For starters, you should know that sailboats heel most when they are beating, or when they are travelling upwind, at an angle of roughly 45 degrees from where the wind is blowing. At this point, the sails are sheeted in all the way.
If you decide that the boat is heeling more than you'd like, you have the option of easing the sails. If you release the sails entirely, the boat will flatten out, although you wont be making much headway, but that's the most immediate control to eliminate heeling. If your boat has a traveler, you can also play that so that you depower the sail plan as the stronger puffs come along, thereby lessening the heel.
Of course the most efficient way to avoid excess heel is to reduce sail area. In this you have several options. You can either decide to reef one or more of your sails (For a description of reefing the mainsail see my article "Reefing Basics,"), or remove one of them entirely. One tactic to try is dropping and stowing the headsail and sailing with just the mainsail up. The boat wont point as high or go as fast, but it may give you a better sense of control for now and allow you to ease your way into becoming better accustomed to the heeling. If you have several other crew members aboard, you can move them to the high side of the boat and have them hike out, using their weight to help keep the boat flatter.
Heeling, as I mentioned, is a natural behavior for sailboats. Barring extreme weather conditions, there is almost no way to capsize a 25-foot keel boat. Sailboats on the ocean can capsize due to large breaking waves, but these kinds of conditions are exceedingly rare.
Of course the point of sail your boat is on has a lot to do with heel. If you're beam reaching, with the wind coming perpendicular to the boat and the sails half in and half out, you'll find the boat heels quite a lot. Now head downwind and begin running, or going dead downwind and you'll see that the boat will sit relatively flat on the water, heeling only slightly from side to side.
I hope this information is helpful to you. Id encourage you to check out the Learning to Sail colletion here at SailNet for additional information.
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Best Choice for Cable TV Services Nowadays? -- What Do You Think?
Who do you think has the best price/service for cable TV, internet and phone services combined going nowadays? I'm so inundated with promotions, flyers, and offers, but when it comes right down to it, it seems like they advertise one thing, then you order and they tell you one thing, then charge you a different pricing plan on your bill.
I just ordered cable TV with a local cable company in So. California and thought I was to be paying about $129/month and opened their bill to see a charge of over $200. Nothing about their bill reflects anything about my pricing plan, and I'm fit to be tied. I have nothing but standard service plus HBO and Showtime, and no DVR, no extra set top box, nothing fancy.
Add to this their internet service is incredibly slow and they run some kind of local dreck on CNN Headline news during the commercial break instead of picking up the entire CNN Headline News feed and it's driving me crazy -- I'm already wearing out the mute button on the new remote. I'm ready to drop them now just after 10 days of installation -- what a hassle and nightmare this has been -- such a poor choice Charter Cable has been.
Any suggestions?
Pay a visit to the Consumerist web site.
I have WOW. DVR, around 80 channels basic cable, unlimited phone service and 11 meg internet. $115/month total. Every year, they increase the price $15. I call up and ***** and they give me a $15 discount.
What's "WOW ?". Is that something available locally in your area? I'm in So. California and have never heard of this and I consider myself fairly tech savvy.... I watch a lot of cable news and have never seen a TV ad. Please do tell more, many thanks.
We have a digital antenna on our TV, and we subscribe to Netflix. We pay $7.99 per month to watch TV and movies.
I have Netflix streaming as well. One thing, no new movies..?
I watched The Crazies last night.
Wow, television packages cost a lot in America!
The biggest TV packages you can get here (UK) which include every single TV channel and your phone and broadband are about £60 (about $93)....
But I don't drive; do watch TV though!
I've got Netflix too -- it's wonderful! I dropped Hulu since I'm not much of a network TV viewer.
I checked out WOW after finding it through a Google search -- it seems it's a midwest only service provider.
The Consumerist website looks cool -- definitely worth checking out!
Time Warner Cable is awful -- this much I know -- Ive had the displeasure of their services in a few Southern California locations where I've lived in the last decade, and I'm sure many other smaller cable companies follow in their footsteps...
In my opinion two of America's biggest rip-offs are cable TV and public storage! Now that we have the internet to enjoy, I think our TV viewing options will be rapidly changing soon enough and we can pick and choose what we really want to enjoy... All I'm really interested in watching are networks like CNN, HBO, Showtime, public television and a few other favorites, and that's it... the other 1000+ channels of nothingness are really time wasters in my opinion and pure dreck. I've begun to read more anyhow and with services like Netflix and Hulu, companies like Time Warner Cable will have to lower pricing to remain competetive.
How good is it really? I mean, how often do you look for something to find it's not on there?
The $7.99 a month for streaming video to my computer (which I plug into my big screen and watch it there) for Netflix is almost not worth it for myself.
Btw, over here in the states it's one or the other for $7.99, streaming OR disc through the mail. If you want both it's $15.99 per month.
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In MVC baseball action, the Redbirds evened the score with the Shockers, while the Sycamores and Bluejays clinched series victories with wins on Saturday. Illinois State's Ryan Court belted three home runs as the Redbirds run-ruled Wichita State, 18-8, while Indiana State scored five runs in the first inning and never looked back, topping Missouri State, 10-3. Creighton stranded 16 Evansville batters to churn out a 7-3 victory over the Purple Aces.
In Saturday non-conference action, Southern Illinois topped SIU Edwardsville, 4-2, while Bradley won both games in a doubleheader against Calumet - taking the first game 31-4, and the second game, 6-0.
ILLINOIS STATE 18, WICHITA STATE 8 (8 innings)
NORMAL, Ill. - Ryan Court hit three home runs, including a walk-off blast with one out in the bottom of the eighth to push Illinois State to its first ever run-rule victory over the Wichita State, 18-8, at Duffy Bass Field Saturday. The win evened the series at one game each and sets up a deciding game three Sunday at 1 p.m.
Court, who entered the week hitting just .250, tallied five hits in the contest and became the first Redbird to homer three times in a game since Scott Bialobreski in 2003. Court's two other base hits were doubles, bringing his number of total bases to 16 in Saturday's contest. He has eight hits in the last three games to raise his average to .277. Illinois State (21-17, 9-2 MVC) pounded out 18 hits and scored the team's most runs ever and largest margin of victory against Wichita State (28-16, 9-5 MVC).
The Redbirds hit a season-high five home runs, with Tyler McNeely and Anthony Ruffolo also leaving the yard, but it was a two-RBI double by Brett Kay that put Illinois State in front after both teams dueled to an 8-8 tie after the top of the sixth. Zach Amrein and Tyler McNeely drew a pair of two-out walks in the bottom of the sixth and Kay drove them both in with a ball just out of the reach of left fielder Brett Bascue near the warning track. Leading 10-8, Illinois State added two more runs on base hits by Chad Hinshaw and Matt Mirabal before the third out was recorded.
Illinois State added two more runs in the seventh on solo home runs by Court and McNeely, and ended the game with four runs in the eighth after a three-run shot by Ruffolo and Court's final blast.
Ryan Copeland (3-4) earned the win after striking out five Shockers in three innings of relief. Copeland allowed one run, but combined with Cam Verbeke to strike out 10 in 5.2 solid innings from the Redbird bullpen. Verbeke's five strikeouts were a new career-best. Brad Sorkin started for Illinois State and threw a scoreless first inning thanks to a caught base runner and pick off at first by Mirabal, and allowed just one run in the second before being tagged with six in the third.
Illinois State leadoff hitter Kevin Tokarski reached base five times and set a new career steals mark for Illinois State with a pair of stolen bases. Tokarski stole the 55th base of his career in the first inning to tie Mark Prior for the all-time lead and swiped second as part of a double steal in the third inning for No. 56. Seven total Redbirds recorded multiple hit games.
Grant Muncrief (1-3) took the loss for the Shockers after allowing the go-ahead runs to reach in the sixth. Preston Springer led the Shockers at the plate with a 2-for-4 effort and three RBI. Will Baez, Cody Lassley and Travis Bennett each tallied two hits also for Wichita State.
Sunday's game will start at 1 p.m. with JD Learnard (2-2, 6.67) pitching for ISU against Wichita State's Tim Kelley (6-2, 5.37).
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - The Indiana State University baseball team plated five runs in the bottom of the first inning and never looked back on a rainy Saturday at Bob Warn Field at Sycamore Stadium, defeating the visiting Missouri State University Bears by a score of 10-3 in front of 511 fans.
Senior Joe Rodriguez (5-1) picked up the victory on Saturday, tossing six innings on the mound while striking out eight batters, scattering five hits and allowing three runs. Six Sycamores took the mound against the Bears, with the combination of Rodriguez, junior Brett Merkley, senior Scott Harlan, sophomore Brandon Flora, sophomore Brandon Dorsett and freshman Tyler Browning forcing Missouri State to leave 15 runners on base during the game.
Indiana State (29-12, 8-5 MVC) broke the game open early, scoring five times in the bottom of the first frame. Senior Ryan Strausborger led off the inning with a single through the right side of the infield before moving to third on a double by sophomore Kyle Burnam. Senior Luke Fieser came to the plate next and grounded out to third, but the ball hit off MSU third baseman Curt Courtwright's glove letting Fieser reach on an error and allowing Strausborger to score from third. The play continued as the ball bounced to MSU's Travis McComack at short who attempted to get Burnam moving up from second to third, but the throw was out of Courtwright's reach and went into the Sycamore dugout, pushing Burnam home and Fieser to second base.
After freshman Robby Ort drew a walk, fellow freshman Jeremy Lucas picked up an RBI with a single through the left side of the infield to score Fieser from second. A walk by senior Tyler Graham loaded the bases, before junior Phil Liniger and senior Grant Grgurich tallied back-to-back RBI ground outs to put ISU in front 5-0 after one inning.
Missouri State (17-24, 3-8 MVC) got on the board in the top of the second inning, with designated hitter Tyler Paxson scoring on a bases loaded ground out by MSU catcher Brett Marshall.
ISU came back with three more runs in the bottom of the third inning, taking advantage of another error by the Missouri State defense. With one out, the Sycamores placed a perfect hit-and-run play together to put Graham at third and Liniger on first base. Grgurich delivered the first run of the inning on a ground out to second base. ISU put runners back on the corners with a single by senior Ben Ferrell, bringing Strausborger to the plate. Both Liniger and Ferrell would score to give ISU an 8-1 lead when McComack's throw from the hole between second and third went over the head of the MSU first baseman when attempting to get Strausborger at first base.
After the Bears cut the lead to 8-3 after the top of the seventh inning, the Sycamores scored two of their own in the bottom of the eighth on RBIs from Strausborger and Burnam.
Strausborger, Burnam, Lucas and Ferrell all picked up a pair of hits on Saturday, with Grgurich tallying two RBIs on ground outs.
The Sycamores will look for the series sweep on Sunday, with junior Jason Van Skike (3-1, 4.09 ERA) taking the mound against MSU's junior south paw Aaron Meade (1-3, 3.70 ERA). First pitch is set for 1:00 p.m. at Bob Warn Field and can be heard live on ESPN Radio AM 1130 & 1300.
Indiana State will also be honoring eight seniors on Sunday, as Ben Caple, Ben Ferrell, Tyler Graham, Grant Grgurich, Scott Harlan, Kevin Mann, Joe Rodriguez and Ryan Strausborger will all be playing their final games at Bob Warn Field. Senior Day festivities will begin approximately 30 minutes prior to first pitch.
OMAHA, Neb. - Creighton pitchers stranded 16 Evansville runners on base, as the Bluejays clinched their first Valley home series win with a 7-3 victory over the Purple Aces, Saturday afternoon at the CU Sports Complex.
Six different Bluejays had an RBI, with Scott Thornburg and Ian Dike posting two hits. Thornburg and Joey Bowens both had two runs, as Bowens contributed a controversial, game-saving catch in center field in the top of the eighth inning.
The Aces (23-19, 5-6 MVC) left the bases loaded three times on the afternoon, the last coming in the eighth with the Bluejays leading 7-3.
With two outs, Tom Heithoff launched a ball to straight away center that looked destined to clear the bases. Bowens crashed into the wall, making a catch that was originally ruled a trap against the wall, as three Evansville runs scored. After the umpires convened, the play was overturned and the three runs were negated, with the score going back to 7-3.
The Jays (21-17, 8-9 MVC) led throughout, but got some breathing room with a two-out rally in the seventh. T.J. Roemmich posted his second triple in as many games as Carson Vitale brought him home with an RBI-single. Ian Dike then shot the first pitch he saw into the gap in left-center for the four-run Creighton cushion.
Ty Blach (2-2) tallied his second win, laboring through 6.0 innings, allowing two runs, one earned, on seven hits with six strikeouts. Sam Johns (5-3) took the loss for Evansville, allowing all seven runs, six earned, in 6.2 innings. He struck out nine Bluejay batters.
The Bluejays took the lead with back-to-back doubles from Bowens and Elliot Soto in the third. Bowens came around on Soto's double, and Soto scored two batters later when Trever Adams shot a single through the right side for a 2-0 CU advantage.
The Jays got out of their first bases loaded jam in the fourth, as Thornburg posted his solo shot, a towering blast to left-center, to make it 3-0.
The two squads exchanged single runs for the next four half-innings, as Evansville got on the board with Cody Fick's league-leading 13th home run in the fifth. Creighton answered in the bottom half as a Bowens scored on a wild pitch after getting plunked to start the frame.
Evansville came right back in the sixth to make it a 4-2 game. Heithoff reached on an error by Alex Staehely at second, and after an Andy Pascoe single and Chris Pearson sac bunt, Alex Acheson scored Heithoff with a sac fly to left.
Bowens figured into the action again in the bottom half, as he brought home Thornburg, who doubled to lead off the inning, with a perfectly executed safety squeeze, to make it 5-2 Jays.
Evansville would not go away, as a Trentt Copeland double and Nate Smith single set up Copeland scampering home on a Gage Daniels wild pitch to make it a 5-3 game. Evansville loaded the bases for the second time, but Bobby Lackovic came on in relief to get Acheson to fly out to the track in right field.
Creighton and Evansville will wrap up their series tomorrow at the CU Sports Complex. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m.
Other Saturday Non-Conference Scores Around the Valley:
Bradley 31, Calumet 4 (7)
Southern Illinois 4, SIU Edwardsville 2
Bradley 6, Calumet 0 (7)
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A Minute With: Kevin Spacey betting on "Casino Jack"
By Janet Guttsman
TORONTO (Reuters Life!) - Kevin Spacey has won Oscars for his roles as a father in mid-life crisis in "American Beauty" and a quick-thinking criminal in "The Usual Suspects."
In his new movie "Casino Jack" he portrays corrupt government lobbyist Jack Abramoff, a role which earned him a Golden Globe nomination this week for best actor in a comedy.
"Casino Jack," which opens in U.S. theaters on Friday, looks at the "me-first" culture in Washington epitomized by Abramoff, who lobbied lawmakers on behalf of casinos and greased the palm of many an outstretched politician's hand.
To prepare for his role Spacey spent hours talking with Abramoff in a U.S. federal prison where he was housed until his release this month. He spoke to Reuters about the movie, his impressions of Abramoff and his plans for the future.
Q: Abramoff comes across as quite a complicated character. How did you decide how to play him?
A: "I made the decision that I was not going to begin, really in earnest research, until after I met him. I didn't want to walk into that room with a lot of opinions about him.
"He was very helpful, and very generous and very funny and very charming, and in some ways very different from what I thought he was going to be. I could completely see why he had been so successful at raising funds. Whatever room he was going to be in, he would have owned, absolutely.
"His greed wasn't self interest. It is that he got caught up in the game of being the best, of making the most money in the culture of the lobbying industry? Because frankly when you break it down, he wasn't doing anything that everyone else in Washington wasn't doing. He was doing it louder, bigger, better and making more money than everyone else." Continued...


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Sarah Fielke's new book, Quilting from Little Things, helps you learn new techniques with a doll or mini-size quilt. Sarah then shows you how to make a larger version of the quilt once you are comfortable with the techniques. Sarah writes, "This enables you to take a small bite out of a new sewing technique instead of having to start a large quilt every time. I used that idea by expanding on the mini and taking the little block into something larger." It's been said by folks on the blog tour that this is the best book they bought this year! If you admire Sarah's beautiful style and her well-loved Material Obsession books (Material Obsession: Modern Quilts with Traditional Roots and Material Obsession 2: More Modern Quilts with Traditional Roots), you're going to love Sarah's new Quilting from Little Things!
There are ten quilt pairs in the book so you can make small and large quilt versions, all while learning traditional quilting techniques like creating wedges and flying geese blocks.
Hanging Lanterns Queen-sized Quilt from the book, demonstrating wedges.
Sarah also shows you how to experiment with less conventional methods like deconstructed piecing, and she teaches you her unique needle-turn appliqué and hand-quilting techniques.
Geese Around the World Crib-size Quilt from the book.
Sarah made this quilt using the Geese Around the World doll quilt design from the book, though she used the blocks in a different way to create a crib-size quilt. This pattern is available to all Sew,Mama,Sew! readers! You need the templates from either Quilting from Little Things or Issue No. 52 of Australian Quilters Companion magazine, and then you can email Sarah for the rest of the pattern if you would like to make your own crib-size Geese Around the World quilt (email@example.com). The pattern is a great way to learn more about foundation piecing.
Whirligig Throw Quilt from the book, from the Appliqué Bias Stems chapter.
You can hear what Sarah has to say about the new book in her interview with Pat Sloan on American Patchwork & Quilting Radio. We're at the end of Sarah's blog tour so you'll want to check back at other stops for interviews plus some great examples of quilts made from patterns in the book:
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The book is fabulous! I really want to make Hanging Lanterns.
Love the concept of learning a new technique on a small quilt before trying it on a larger one!
a great review for this book … i like big blocks; this book would be a big help making them!
I love her style and eye for color
Beautiful quilts!
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This is officially on my Christmas List.
how great to share the day with you on this tour!
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