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Mary Norton (author)
|Mary Norton
'The Cedars', Norton's house until 1921 and reportedly the setting of The Borrowers
|Kathleen Mary Pearson
10 December 1903
London, England, UK
|29 August 1992
(aged 88)
Bideford, Devon, UK
|Children's fantasy novels
|Notable works
|Notable awards
|Carnegie Medal
Mary Norton, or Kathleen Mary Norton née Pearson (10 December 1903 – 29 August 1992), was an English author of children's books.[1] She is best known for the The Borrowers series of low fantasy novels (1952 to 1982), which is named after its first book and, in turn, the tiny people who live secretly in the midst of contemporary human civilisation.
Norton won the 1952 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising The Borrowers as the year's outstanding children's book by a British author.[2] For the 70th anniversary of the Medal in 2007 it was named one of the top ten winning works, selected by a panel to compose the ballot for a public election of the all-time favourite.[3][a] Norton's novels The Magic Bed Knob; or, How to Become a Witch in Ten Easy Lessons and Bonfires and Broomsticks were adapted into the 1971 Disney film Bedknobs and Broomsticks.
Kathleen Mary Pearson was the daughter of a physician and was raised in a Georgian house at the end of the High Street in Leighton Buzzard. The house now forms part of Leighton Middle School, known within the school as The Old House, and was reportedly the setting of her novel The Borrowers. She married Robert Charles Norton on 4 September 1927 and had four children, two boys and two girls; her son Robert became a printer and consultant for Microsoft.[4][5] Her second husband was Lionel Bonsey, whom she married in 1970.[1] She began working for the War Office in 1940 before the family moved temporarily to the United States. She began writing while working for the British Purchasing Commission in New York City during the Second World War. Her first book was The Magic Bed Knob; or, How to Become a Witch in Ten Easy Lessons, published by J. M. Dent in 1945.[6] Its sequel Bonfires and Broomsticks followed two years later and they were re-issued jointly as Bed-Knob and Broomstick in 1957. The stories became the basis for the 1971 Disney film Bedknobs and Broomsticks. Norton died of a stroke in Bideford, Devon, England on 29 August 1992.
All of these books save for The Borrowers Avenged were originally published by J. M. Dent in hardcover editions.[6]
- The Magic Bed Knob (1945)
- Bonfires and Broomsticks (1947)
The first omnibus edition was Bed-Knob and Broomstick (1957), illustrated by Erik Blegvad; later Bedknobs and Broomsticks after the Disney film (see adaptations).
- The Borrowers (1952) — winner of the Carnegie Medal[2]
- The Borrowers Afield (1955)
- The Borrowers Afloat (1959) — a Carnegie runner-up[a]
- The Borrowers Aloft (1961)
- Poor Stainless: A New Story About the Borrowers (1966)[6]
- Are All the Giants Dead? (1975) — no relation to the Borrowers series[7]
- The Borrowers Avenged (Viking Kestrel 1982)
- The Complete Borrowers Stories (omnibus, excluding Poor Stainless, issued with an introduction by the author) (1983)
- Poor Stainless (revised as a novelette with a short author's note) (1994) (Viking UK, 0-670-85427-1).[8]
The Borrowers novels have been illustrated by Diana Stanley and Ilon Wikland.
- The Bread and Butter Stories (1998) - a collection of short stories for adults, written for magazines.
Film, TV and theatrical adaptations[edit]
Norton's novels The Magic Bed Knob; or, How to Become a Witch in Ten Easy Lessons and Bonfires and Broomsticks were adapted into the 1971 Disney film Bedknobs and Broomsticks, starring Angela Lansbury and David Tomlinson.
There have been several screen adaptations of The Borrowers:
- The Borrowers: a 1973 American made-for-TV movie.
- The Borrowers: a 1992 BBC TV series and its 1993 sequel The Return of the Borrowers, both starring Ian Holm and Penelope Wilton.
- The Borrowers: a 1997 film with a British/American cast including Tom Felton, John Goodman, Jim Broadbent, Celia Imrie and Mark Williams.
- The Secret World of Arrietty: a 2010 Japanese animated film from Studio Ghibli.
- The Borrowers: a 2011 British film starring Stephen Fry, Victoria Wood and Christopher Eccleston.
There have also been numerous theatrical adaptations of The Borrowers.[9][10]
- ^ a b Today there are usually eight books on the Carnegie shortlist. The Borrowers Afloat, third in the series, was one of five "Commended" runners-up for the 1959 Medal. The distinction was used about 160 times from 1954 to 2002, counting both commendation and high commendation in later years.
"Carnegie Medal Award". 2007(?). Curriculum Lab. Elihu Burritt Library. Central Connecticut State University. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
- ^ a b "Mary Norton." St. James Guide to Children's Writers, 5th ed. St. James Press, 1999.
- ^ a b (Carnegie Winner 1952). Living Archive: Celebrating the Carnegie and Greenaway Winners. CILIP. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
- ^ "70 Years Celebration: Anniversary Top Tens". The CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards. CILIP. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
- ^ Barker, Nicolas. "Robert Norton - obituary". The Independent. Archived from the original on 23 June 2001. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ Berry, John. "The Mischievous Mind behind Microsoft's TrueType Fonts". Creative Pro. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ a b c "Mary Norton Bibliography: A Collectors Reference Guide: UK First Edition Books". Bookseller World. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
- ^ "Are all the giants dead?" (first US edition). WorldCat. Retrieved 2013-07-03.
- ^ Poor Stainless (collection) publication contents at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
- ^ Anne Hopper (3 December 2007). "The Borrowers". TheStage.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-08-22.
- ^ Kelly Rowles (5 November 2010). "Philly's Arden Theatre Brings The Borrowers to the Stage this December!". CultureMob. Retrieved 2011-08-22.
External links[edit]
- Mary Norton at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Mary Norton at Library of Congress Authorities, with 44 catalogue records

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By Keith Fernandez
"A large number of ['study-tour'] programs are for a short duration, allow for limited interaction with the Cuban people, and include lengthy unscheduled time periods to permit largely tourist activities to be accomplished. Such travel does not promote a genuinely free exchange of ideas between Cubans and American students." – Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba, Report to the President, May 2004
This year, Hofstra Law School will be sponsoring a week-long spring break study abroad for participating law students in Havana, Cuba. Sponsored activities include a walking tour of Havana, a bus tour of the Havana suburbs, a tour of the Hemingway museum and museum of the Cuban Revolution in addition to several receptions surely designed to make the participants feel at ease in their novel and exotic surroundings. While there, they will take in presentations on Cuba's current constitution and Cuban trade law (more on that later) and learn about American trade law, focusing on the Export Administration Regulations and the Trading with the Enemy Act among others.
Although it is curious as to why American law students are being encouraged to study American trade law in Cuba, one of the least economically free countries in the world, instead of in New York City, London, Hong Kong or other hubs of trade, it is certainly true that every person or institution has the right to determine their course of study as long as it falls within current statutory and regulatory schemes. Admittedly, the regulations are content-neutral on what can be taught on academic trips to Cuba as long as something is taught so the specific learning is still the province of the professor teaching the class and the institution sponsoring the trip. See Emergency Coal. to Defend Educ. Travel v. U.S. Dept. of the Treasury, 545 F.3d 4, 13 (D.C. Cir. 2008).
However, this brings us to the question of whether this particular trip falls within the justified intent of current regulations and ideals of true academic exchange. In addition to taking courses on American trade law, which presumably could be done at any institution in the United States, including Hofstra Law, the participants will engage in planned tourist activities and presentations from unidentified individuals – likely Cuban government-paid professors – on the current Cuban constitution and other aspects of Cuban law. Additionally, participants will have a substantial amount of free time in which they will likely go to the beach, enjoy restaurants open to tourists and shop for exotic knick-knacks. These activities are not intended to be promoted when traveling to Cuba on an educational visa.
Participant's program sponsored and independent tourist activities are just that – tourist activities. While Americans generally cannot travel to Cuba, Hofstra is allowing students to play tourist in the streets of old Havana under the guise of studying law. Additionally, those activities prohibited to most Americans, that is, travelling to Cuba to smoke a cigar, drink a mojito, and see the Malecon, are being enjoyed with impunity by program participants through this backdoor travel hatch. La Bodeguita del Medio may be an icon, but it has little jurisprudential value.
In what may nominally be called academic exchange, participants will see presentations on the Cuban constitution from presenters who, although unidentified, seem to be Cuban academics. Although they will hear about free health care, an "equitable" society for all and the "abolition of racism in Cuba", they will likely not hear how Cuba has at times and currently and consistently violated its own constitution, particularly Articles 8 (freedom of religion), 43 (be served at all public establishments and enjoy the same beaches, resorts and centers of rest) and 122 (independent judges).
They will also not hear of the undue restriction of rights placed on Cuban citizens by its constitution through Articles 29 (d) (circumscribed artistic freedom), 53 (circumscribed freedom of speech), 54 (establishing "necessary means" already exist for freedom of assembly), 57 (unreasonable search and seizure re: mail and other communications), 60 (allowing for confiscation of property with no redress), and, finally, Article 62 (no "freedoms" may be exercised contrary to the "objectives of the socialist state"). Additionally, participants will likely not hear of the notorious Articles 74 – 84 of the Cuban penal code which grant the state almost unlimited authority in imprisoning its own people. Sadly, their "exchange" about the Cuban constitution will likely amount to no more than sun-burnt law students feverishly taking notes or napping while not questioning a presenter.
In the final analysis, this trip is a missed opportunity to implement the intent of the current statutory scheme: true academic exchange. Participants could have met with Laritza Diversent, a young attorney who graduated from the University of Havana who became an independent journalist/blogger in order to show the effects of the regime's repressive laws on ordinary Cubans. Participants could also have met with dissidents such as Marta Beatriz Roque, whose free speech rights have been curtailed but who bravely published a pamphlet on freedom titled La Patria es de Todos. Even if in a non-political context, participants could have met with fellow law students from the University of Havana. Hofstra Law's trip to Cuba under their current program shows true exchange was not a priority.
Even today, the sad reality is any of those activities can land Americans in a Cuban jail with no hope or time table on release in similar circumstances as American contractor Alan Gross. The fact that an institution can't promote true academic freedom and has to abide by a circumscribed set of rules leads one to question the utility of a license that can be used to contravene the intention behind its creation.
However, by choosing to take students to Cuba instead of other, more open environments, Hofstra Law squandered an opportunity for academic and professional development in favor of what is, essentially, a Potemkin village tour for their students. As law students, we have the opportunity to question, to analyze and to seek input from diverse sources in order to arrive at the correct legal conclusion. It is, at best, sad and ironic that Hofstra Law would not choose to afford their students those same opportunities when it scheduled a trip to one of the world's least free countries.
Keith Fernandez, an American of Cuban descent, is a second-year law student at the University of Florida Levin College of Law.


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To make the attack more convincing, I chose to use Ettercap to do some DNS spoofing. So I edit the etter.dns file to send the victim PC to the attack PC when they type in X site. Now the victim can browse to said site, get redirected to the fake Credential Harvester site, and the browser address bar shows the site they typed in rather than the attack PC's IP address, everything is good up to here.
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A team of six donkeys from Dunkin Acres Miniature Donkeys in Plainfield will be marching in the parade in Pasadena, California January 1.
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"I've never gone to the Rose Bowl. I've always thought I'd like to go, but going to see it with a different perspective, certainly this time than I ever thought I'd get to see it," said Ralph Dunkin.
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She said they practice with the donkeys every other day.
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The donkeys may be miniature, but they are a big hit. They've already traveled to the Kentucky Derby parade and the state fair. It's not every day you get to see donkeys driving a six-hitch wagon.
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"The premise that increasing CO2 emissions (human caused or natural) lead to increased global warming is built on a cause-and-effect falsehood. The actual research and historical records shows -- that increasing levels of CO2 in the atmosphere does not precede increasing global temperatures, but instead, the cause-and-effect relationship is exactly the opposite, that is, CO2 levels increase after increased global temperatures, not before. Start reading here for an illustration of the beginning deceptions behind the myth of man caused global climate warming. This link offers an honest, objective analysis, although it does not mention or document the falsity of the causal relationship. You can find that by further research. Here's more: here and here.
Please make up your own mind, don't let me or anyone else do it for you. Best."
SM's Response: As I said previously, I am decidedly on the fence. As such, I would say that my blog is probably one of the few places on the internet where you will find information supporting both sides of the argument. But, the truth is that the entirety of human existence spans such a finite portion of the life of this world, and documented history an even more finite span, that I have real doubts as to our ability (as a species) to even be able to answer these kinds of questions... much less to simply trust that we're getting it right. The bottom line is that this planet was making weather long before the earliest days of mankind and it will likely be doing so long after we are a dim memory. To think we know it all is hubris.
29 August, 2009
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Virginia Tech Hokies at North Carolina Tar Heels
The Virginia Tech Hokies travel to Chapel Hill to play the North Carolina Tar Heels in a very important ACC match-up. Â The line in the game is a ckem with the total set at 140. Â Virginia Tech has played some good basketball recently winning their last six games after starting the season at 4-4. Â Virginia Tech has an unimpressive 4-6 record against the spread this year. Â North Carolina is riding a four game win streak into this game. Â North Carolina holds a record of 11-4 while being 5-7 against the spread. Â Both teams are a mirror image of each other coming into this game with modest winning streaks, which makes it no surprise that the line is a pickem.
North Carolina and Virginia Tech split their two regular season match-ups a year ago, each winning at home. The Tar Heels covered as nine-point favorites, 78-64, with the Hokies pushing their four-point line in a 74-70 victory. Both games finished 'under' the total.
North Carolina owns a 60-13 all-time lead in the series, winning 23 of the last 26 meetings between the two schools, and 27 of 32 at home.  I believe that North Carolina past dominance will help North Carolina squeak out a victory at home in this game.  Most smart sports bettors will know that Virginia Tech's last four games went "under".  This game should be no different.  Ill go with North Carolina and the under in a parlay. Im not betting the game or the under straight. Im just sticking to my parlay in this game.
Parlay- North Carolina and Under 140


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BRIEF-MBIA says board approved new share repurchase authorization for co
* Mbia says board approved new share repurchase authorization for co, indirect unit, to repurchase up to $250 million of co's outstanding shares on open market
Feb 22 - Fitch Ratings has affirmed Prudential Plc's (Prudential) Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'A+' and senior unsecured debt at 'A'. The agency has also affirmed Prudential Assurance Company Ltd's (PAC) Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) rating at 'AA'. At the same time, Fitch has affirmed Prudential's US subsidiaries Jackson National Life Insurance Company and Jackson National Life Insurance Company of New York's (collectively, JNL) IFS ratings at 'AA'. The Outlooks on all of the group's Long-term IDRs and IFS ratings are Stable. A full list of ratings actions is at the end of this comment.
The affirmation reflects Prudential's continued strong and resilient capital position, operational scale and strong business position in each of its key markets, the UK, the US and Asia. Fitch also recognises that Prudential is continuing to expand its market-leading presence in Asia by launching life operations in Cambodia. Prudential has strong cash generation and a strategy focused on high-margin products with short pay-back periods and a profitable asset management business.
Partially offsetting these positive rating factors is the company's relatively high exposure to credit risk, longevity risk and adverse policyholder behaviour risk. This exposure includes the rapid growth in variable annuity business in the US over the past three years. However, Fitch views positively JNL's decision to limit sales of variable annuities with guarantees, announced in November 2012.
In January 2013, Prudential issued USD700m 5.25% of perpetual Innovative Tier 1 under its medium-term notes programme, primarily to Asian retail investors . Fitch views the issuance as neutral to Prudential's rating as it did not lead to a material increase in the insurer's financial leverage.
Key rating triggers for a downgrade of Prudential's ratings include the crystallisation of credit risk, longevity risk and adverse policyholder behaviour, or interest coverage falling below 5x-6x. Also, any structural increase in financial leverage is likely to result in downward pressure on the ratings. An upgrade is unlikely in the near term.
Fitch views JNL as 'core' to the Prudential group (as defined in 'Insurance Rating Methodology', dated 11 January 2013 and available at www.fitchratings.com) and factors group support into JNL's ratings, which would be lower on a standalone basis.
The rating actions are as follows:
Long-term IDR: affirmed at 'A+'; Outlook Stable
Short-term IDR: affirmed at 'F1'
Commercial paper: affirmed at 'F1'
Senior debt affirmed at 'A':
GBP250m 5.875% bonds due 2029 (XS0096874671)
GBP300m 6.875% bonds due 2023 (XS0083544212)
GBP300m 1.25% bonds due 2015 (XS0855527916)
Junior subordinated debt affirmed at 'BBB+':
GBP435m 6.125% subordinated notes due 2031 (XS0140198044)
GBP400m 11.375% subordinated notes due 2039 (XS0431150902)
Perpetual subordinated capital securities affirmed at 'BBB+'
USD1bn 6.5%, undated (XS0170488992)
USD250m 6.75% undated (GB00B02FFZ25)
USD300m 6.5% undated (GB00B0G40271)
USD750m 11.75% undated (XS0439094524)
USD550m 7.75% undated (XS0580467875)
USD700m 5.25% undated (XS0873630742)
Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) rating: affirmed at 'AA'; Outlook Stable
Jackson National Life Insurance Company
Long-term IDR affirmed at 'AA-'; Outlook Stable
IFS rating affirmed at 'AA'; Outlook Stable
Surplus notes affirmed at 'A+';
Short-term IFS affirmed at 'F1+';
Jackson National Life Insurance Company of New York
IFS rating affirmed at 'AA'; Outlook Stable;
Jackson National Life Global Funding
Medium-term notes affirmed at 'AA';
Jackson National Life Funding, LLC
Medium-term notes affirmed at 'AA';
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Ramadan approaching, Sudanese fret about food prices
By El-Tayyeb Siddig and Ulf Laessing
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Staring at the small handful of change she got back from a merchant after buying spices and beans in a market in central Khartoum, Nadia Ahmed realizes just how badly inflation is hurting her family.
"The market is generally expensive," she said. "Food commodities are very, very expensive."
With the Muslim holy month of Ramadan starting next week, Sudanese like Nadia are stocking up with meat, vegetables, fruit and sweets so they can prepare lavish evening meals for their families, who fast from sunrise to sunset.
Prices usually shoot up in the run-up to Ramadan, but this year the increases come on top of an inflation rate that has almost doubled since November.
"We'll buy just a quarter of the amount we usually buy for Ramadan compared to previous years," she said.
Oil lies at the heart of the problem.
With the independence of South Sudan three weeks ago as part of the 2005 peace deal that ended decades of civil war, the North has lost 75 percent of the country's oil production of 500,000 barrels a day.
Oil is the lifeline of both economies and the main source of foreign currency, so the north will be hit hard as its share of oil revenues dwindles. Continued...


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John Thomas Miner
John Thomas Miner, 86 years of age of Mantua, passed away Friday April 11, 2014 in Aurora, Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Ohio on June 1, 1927, he was the son of the late John G. and Elsie (Poots) Miner.
He attended The Ohio State University and later found his passion in farming. A longtime Mantua area resident, he and his wife, Opal, owned and operated Miner Farms for 43 years before retiring. A veteran of World War II, he proudly served his country in the United States Air Force. Mr. Miner enjoyed spending time with his family, fishing, going to the casinos, traveling, and his Saturday breakfast with fellow vets.
On July 19, 1952, he married Opal (Gless) Miner who survives at their home. Also surviving are his children Steven (Betty) Miner, Donald (Donna) Miner and Barbara (Donald) Bryant all of Mantua, Diane Carmen of Garrettsville and John Robert (Carol) Miner of Warrington, Pennsylvania, brother Robert (Genevieve) Miner of Mantua, sister Janet Scott of Richmond, Virginia, 10 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his sister Wanda Pender.
Cremation has taken place. Memorial visitation will be Wednesday April 16, 2014 at the Green Family Funeral Home & Crematory Service in Mantua from 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m., where his memorial service will begin at 4:00 p.m. Military Honors will be provided by The United States Air Force Honor Guard Team, assisted by members of Mantua American Legion Post No. 193.
In lieu of flowers, donations are encouraged to either the Wounded Warrior Fund, National Brain Tumor Foundation or Friends of Melana. His obituary and personal video tribute may be viewed at www.greenfamilyfuneralhome.com.
(Green Family Funeral Home & Crematory Service, 330-274-3145, RC 4-13, 4-14-14)
Dearest Opal and Family,
I cannot express how sorry I/we are to hear of John passing. I remember so many good times and know my mom is showing John the ropes up there. I wonder if there is fishing????? My prayers and thoughts are with you all. May God bless you with many memories cause those will help ease the pain of losing him for a long time.
Sending my love and condolences to all. Aunt Opal I was so sorry to hear of Uncle Jack's passing. He was such a fine man. My sisters, brother and I always looked forward to visiting you and Uncle Jack every year when we would go to Mom & Bob's for our annual reunion. He will be missed so much. The video tribute of him was beautiful! I sent the link to my sisters and brother for them to see with the warning to have a tissue handy. Aunt Opal hope to see you when we are at Mom and Bob's the first week in May. Love to you all. Linda Gardner Matanis
Sending my love to all ! I have been friends with Niki since we were little and have so many great memories at the Miner house, he will definitely be missed, glad I had the pleaure of knowing him and so many of his awesome family members. Cherish all the happy memories! Thoughts and Prayers! Love Always Brandi and Jordan Bosley


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Paul Rodgers Discusses His Inspiration for New Album, The Royal Sessions
Paul Rodgers chatted with Jonathan Clarke about his love for Memphis, where he produced his latest album called The Royal Sessions. Since he was a young boy, he was inspired by many musicians from Memphis and all of his song writing still comes from this music.
He shared that he may be working with Bad Company in the future and they will be making the announcement on his official Facebook page within the next month.
Rodgers spilled that music kept him off the street as a kid so all proceeds from the album will be donated to a music school for children.
He will performing nearby on April 29th at Bergen PAC and April 30th in New Brunswick!
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|To continue with the series of blog posts regarding WebSphere CloudBurst FAQs, I want to take a look at one aspect of the deployment process.
|When you leverage WebSphere CloudBurst to push patterns (complete WebSphere Application Server configurations) into a private cloud, the appliance provides an advanced placement algorithm to determine exactly where the resulting WebSphere virtual systems will reside. It attempts to match the needs of the pattern to the correct set of hypervisors that have been defined. WebSphere CloudBurst considers things like storage, CPU, memory, and high availability characteristics when placing the pattern, and this is all done by the appliance without you having to intervene at all.
|This is certainly nice in that it absolves you from having to make such placement decisions. Having said this though, you may be thinking of a question that comes up quite often:
|If WebSphere CloudBurst controls the placement of the pattern, how can I make sure that certain deployments end up on certain servers (hypervisors)?
|Considering what I just told you above, it may not seem that it's possible to control what machines end up hosting your virtual system since the appliance takes care of that placement for you. However, the organized use of WebSphere CloudBurst cloud groups allows you to take advantage of the intelligent placement provided by the appliance while retaining a level of control over which machines end up hosting particular deployments.
|In WebSphere CloudBurst all patterns are deployed to cloud groups. Cloud groups are a collection of hypervisors that have been defined within the appliance. The basic deployment mapping is depicted in the image below:
|As seen above, you can create a cloud group for any purpose (dev, test, QA, production, etc.), including any hypervisors that you desire as long as a given hypervisor only belongs to a single cloud group. When you are ready to deploy a pattern, you simply select the cloud group you want to deploy to:
|By selecting a cloud group for deployment, you are implicitly selecting the physical machines that will host your deployment. The cloud group could consist of anywhere from one to N hypervisors, so you are afforded the ability to restrict the location of your virtual systems as necessary.
|I hope this helped explain a little bit about cloud groups in WebSphere CloudBurst. If you're looking for more information about WebSphere CloudBurst cloud groups, I'd also suggest you watch this video on our YouTube channel.
|-- Dustin Amrhein
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The more and more we visit with customers about our new WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance, the more we see a common thread of questions emerge around the offering. In an attempt to address some of these questions in a more accessible medium, I figured I'd start a series of blogs that relays some of these questions and of course the answers. Today I want to start with what is perhaps the most frequently asked question about WebSphere CloudBurst.
One thing I've noticed while talking to customers is that virtualization and virtualization management tools are widely used today. When we talk to customers already using these tools, they immediately understand the benefits WebSphere CloudBurst delivers in the form of virtualizing WebSphere Application Server environments and bringing a set of lifecycle capabilities to this virtualization. However, almost invariably they ask why they would use WebSphere CloudBurst over their existing tools, for instance VMware's vSphere offering.
There's a two-word answer to this question: WebSphere intelligence. What exactly does that mean? WebSphere CloudBurst was built with WebSphere in mind, and it knows how to configure, tune, and maintain WebSphere Application Server environments without the need for custom scripting.
For instance, when a user is building a WebSphere CloudBurst pattern (if you are wondering what a pattern is, or just want to learn the basics of WebSphere CloudBurst, take a look at this article) the relationships among the various WebSphere Application Server parts are automatically configured. This means that custom nodes are automatically federated into the Deployment Manager cell, web servers are automatically configured to route to application server nodes (and the web server's config file is setup to be automatically propagated), and much more. In addition to establishing these relationships, WebSphere CloudBurst also applies best practice tuning to the WebSphere environment. This tuning of course is just a suggestion and can be easily changed by users.
In addition to configuring and tuning a topology, WebSphere CloudBurst allows users to apply both fixes and service level upgrades to running virtual systems. Through the console, users can select virtual systems and apply either a fix or upgrade directly to the system. All the while, WebSphere CloudBurst automatically backs up the state of the system before the change is applied, and users can easily roll back to the previous system state if undesired behavior is encountered after the change.
I'm not disputing that all of these actions could be potentially accomplished using some "black-box" virtualization management tool, but the burden of supplying WebSphere intelligence is placed directly on the user. In order to configure, tune, or maintain virtualized WebSphere Application Server environments, users would accompany their virtual machine definitions with a heavy dose of scripting. These scripts only add to the pile of IT assets that need to be owned, updated, and maintained over time, and they only serve to distract users from the end-game of getting their applications up and running.
It's important to note too that WebSphere CloudBurst was only just released, so I would expect that the WebSphere intelligence it provides will only grow and get better over time. If you want to learn more about WebSphere CloudBurst, or if you think your company would be interested in a briefing and demo please get in touch. You can reach me at email@example.com. We would love to explain both the business value and technical capabilities of the appliance.
-- Dustin Amrhein
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Unwrapping WebSphere CloudBurst script packages
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I have written in this blog before about how using WebSphere CloudBurst, users can achieve fully customized WebSphere Application Server environments. Those customizations start at the operating system level by extending the shipped virtual images, modifying those images, and recapturing the custom image in the WebSphere CloudBurst catalog. On top of operating system level customizations are customizations made to the WebSphere Application Server middleware environment.
Customizations to the middleware environment are mainly achieved through what WebSphere CloudBurst calls script packages (click here for the script package section in the WebSphere CloudBurst Information Center). Very simply script packages are merely ZIP files that users uploaded into the WebSphere CloudBurst catalog and include in their custom WebSphere CloudBurst patterns as necessary.
The ZIP file that is stored in the catalog includes an executable script and optionally a set of artifacts used or needed by the script. In addition to uploading this ZIP file into the WebSphere CloudBurst catalog, users tell WebSphere CloudBurst how to invoke the script package and provide other information like environment variables that need to be present during script execution. WebSphere CloudBurst then uses this information to invoke the script packages upon completion of pattern deployment.
Script packages are very open-ended. As long as WebSphere CloudBurst can execute the script in the operating system environment, then it can be included in a pattern. So, users can create script packages that utilize the WebSphere Application Server wsadmin tool to install applications, set server trace settings, or otherwise alter the WebSphere Application Server configuration. Alternatively, users can supply operating system executables like shell scripts that otherwise configure the application environment. As long as a valid executable is supplied, then there are really no imposed limits on what a script package can do.
However, just because script packages can do just about anything doesn't mean they should! You can read this developerWorks article for a more complete discussion about WebSphere CloudBurst customizations and the use of script packages, but the bottom line is that script packages are best suited to deliver customizations that vary over application environments (like installing applications). For customizations that are needed in just about every application environment (required anti-virus software comes to mind), creating a custom virtual image is the way to go.
If you want to learn more about WebSphere CloudBurst script packages, I'd suggest you check out the WebSphere CloudBurst Information Center link and the developerWorks link above. As always, let us know if you have any questions by commenting here, sending us a tweet (@WebSphereClouds), or by sending an email to email@example.com.
-- Dustin Amrhein
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This Week: The Ferris State University football team wraps up the 2008 campaign and its 100th season of varsity action by hosting the Saginaw Valley State Cardinals in their regular-season finale Saturday, Nov. 8, at FSU's Top Taggart Field in Big Rapids, Mich. Kickoff for the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) encounter is set for 12 p.m. (EDT) and it represents Ferris' annual Senior Day contest.
Ticket Information: Tickets will be available at the gate or for more information, contact the FSU Ticket Office at (231) 591-2888. They can also be bought online at www.starticketsplus.net. Tickets are $7 adults or $5 students (K-12), senior citizens and FSU faculty/staff. Ferris students with ID will be admitted free as will children not yet of school age.
Media Coverage: Saturday's game will be carried live locally by WYBR (102.3 FM) with Jason DaDay handling the play-by-play duties. A live video and audio webcast will be available through B2 Networks for a pay-per-view charge on FSU's Athletics Website at www.ferris.edu/sports (Click on B2 Networks icon). Live internet statistics are also slated to be available. Links for all coverage will be posted on the FSU website and can be found by clicking the "internet event schedule" icon.
Senior Day Contest: Seventeen Ferris State seniors will be making their final career appearance at Top Taggart Field this Saturday versus SVSU – Josh Brenning, Leonard Curry, Alex DeKok, Rob Evenboer, Terrell Heggins, Jeff Hollandsworth, Rahseem Jones-Salaam, Matt Mausolf, Cole Meredith, Jordan Moore, Kevin Noe, Tom Thornton, Jake Visser, Kyle Walker, Kyle Williams, Darnell Wilson and Jim Yates. Ferris will recognize the 17 seniors prior to the contest. Three other players listed as current seniors on the FSU roster have an additional season of eligibility remaining and can return next season, including Travis Eising, Paris Holloman and C.J. Lee.
Tough Loss For FSU: A quick start followed by a strong third quarter paved the way for the Hillsdale Chargers in a 34-14 win over Ferris last Saturday (Nov. 1) afternoon at Frank "Muddy" Waters Stadium in Hillsdale, Mich. The Chargers struck early on a 72-yard scoring pass only 1:39 into the contest and took a 17-0 lead against a Bulldog team that still had playoff aspirations entering the game. The Bulldogs seized the momentum late in the second period to make it a three-point game at halftime on the heels of a defensive score. However, the Chargers outscored FSU 17-0 in the final half for the win.
Winning Season: This year marks the Bulldogs' 14th winning season in the last 20 campaigns and is the ninth winning season for head coach Jeff Pierce in his 14 years at FSU.
The Records: Ferris State is currently 6-4 this season and 5-4 in the GLIAC after Saturday's 34-14 loss at Hillsdale. FSU registered a 7-4-0 (including forfeit win) overall record in 2007 and placed tied for fourth in the league with a 6-4 mark. The Bulldogs were 4-2 at home and 3-2 on the road last year. Ferris is currently 3-1 in home games in 2008. Saginaw Valley State is presently 6-3 both overall and in the GLIAC after Saturday's (Nov. 1) 17-9 road win at Findlay. SVSU had to forfeit four wins in 2007, including one over Ferris, and its revised record was 3-7 overall and 11th in the GLIAC. The Cardinals are presently 3-1 in road games this year.
The Coaches: Ferris State – Jeff Pierce (Ferris State, 1979), 14th season, 91-62-0 (.595) – (8-5-0 vs. SVSU). Pierce has compiled a 46-27-0 (.630) coaching mark in home encounters and is 21-9-0 (.700) in November contests to date. Pierce, who played at Ferris (defensive back) from 1974-77, is the 12th head coach in Ferris State's history.
Saginaw Valley State – Jim Collins (Wittenberg, 1988), 1st season, 6-3-0 (.667); Career: 15th season, 76-80-0 (.487) – (0-0-0 vs. Ferris State). Collins is in his first season at SVSU after spending 11 years at NCAA-III Capital (Ohio) where his team was 44-13 over the final five years. He was a graduate assistant at Central Michigan in 1989-90.
The 100th Season: The 2008 campaign represents the Bulldogs' 100th season of varsity competition. The program actually began in 1900, but no football was played in 1908-09, 1917-18, 1932 and from 1942-45 for various reasons. Additionally, no scores are available from either the 1912 or 1916 seasons. Ferris has posted an all-time record of 366-407-40 (.475) to date following Saturday's loss at Hillsdale.
Season Finales: The Bulldogs are 16-8-0 (.667) in regular-season finale contests dating back to 1985, which includes a 11-7-0 (.611) mark since 1990. FSU had dropped its previous four season finales prior to back-to-back wins over Wayne State to close the last two years (2006-07). Last year, the Bulldogs secured a winning season with a hard-fought 17-13 road triumph (11/10/07) over the Warriors in Detroit, Mich. Ferris also registered a 21-17 win against WSU in its last regular-season finale that took place at home two years ago (11/11/06). Ferris' 39-32 season-ending setback at SVSU in 2005 (11/5) was changed to a forfeit win.
Home Finales: Ferris State has compiled a 16-7-0 (.696) record in its final home regular-season appearance per campaign since 1985. The Bulldogs sport a 12-6-0 (.667) mark since 1990 and have won four of their last seven such outings to date. FSU posted a 48-41 overtime win over Northwood in its last home game of the 2007 season (11/3).
Tied For Sixth: Ferris is tied for sixth place in the GLIAC standings with one week to play. Grand Valley State (9-0) heads the league standings with Ashland (7-2) and Wayne State (7-2) tied for second. Michigan Tech and Saginaw Valley State both are next with 6-3 league marks while FSU and Hillsdale are one game behind (5-4) them in sixth place with one game left.
First Career TD: Ferris senior All-America defensive tackle Jake Visser (Coopersville) notched his first career touchdown with a 34-yard interception return at Hillsdale. Senior cornerback Terrell Heggins (Lansing/Everett) came on a corner blitz and hit Charger quarterback Troy Weatherhead as he tried to throw a second quarter pass, which was picked off by Visser who held off a couple of Charger players and rambled 34-yards into the endzone for the Bulldogs' first score of the day.
Four Honorees: Ferris has had four players earn one of the GLIAC's weekly player of the week award honors this campaign. Jake Visser and junior safety Chad Wilson (Howell) have picked up recognition on the defensive side while junior quarterback Kyle Parrish (Garden Grove, Calif./Santiago) was an offensive selection and senior kicker-punter Jim Yates (Goshen, Ind.) claimed special teams recognition this year.
Tough To Score On: The Bulldogs currently have allowed the third-fewest points in the GLIAC this season in league-only games. FSU has given up 190 points in nine league games, ranking behind only Grand Valley State (116) and Wayne State (127).
On The Ground: FSU's current 162.7 rushing yards per game ranks eighth on the school's single-season leaders list to date. Ferris' top figure was a 229.4 average on the ground in 1999.
Top Ten List: Ferris senior DT Jake Visser currently ranks ninth on the school's career tackles chart with 380 tackles in his career. He also is listed fourth on the FSU all-time sack leaders list with 26.5 sacks in his career and is 2.5 shy of tying former standout Ed Philion (1990-93) for third place on the school chart. Additionally, Visser is also tied for first place with two former Bulldog greats in Monty Brown (1989-92) and Philion, who both played in the NFL, with seven career fumble recoveries.
Tough To Beat: The Bulldogs have presently emerged victorious in eight of their last nine games determined by a touchdown or less dating back to last season's thrilling 44-41 league home win (9/22/07) over Hillsdale. FSU has won seven-straight such contests and the squad's only setback in games decided by less than seven points over the last two years was a 37-35 homecoming loss to Ashland in 2007 (10/20).
Number Change: FSU senior middle linebacker Kevin Noe (Orleans/Belding), who usually wears uniform #4, will instead don the #5 jersey in honor of fellow senior linebacker Jeff Hollandsworth (Livonia/Stevenson) for his final collegiate game Saturday. Hollandsworth was injured in Saturday's outing at Hillsdale and will miss his final contest.
In November: The Bulldogs have currently compiled a 21-9-0 (.700) record in November contests since 1995. FSU is 11-3-0 (.786) on the road and 10-6-0 (.625) at home during that span. Ferris won both of its November games last year (2007).
Claiming The Close Ones: Five of Ferris' six wins this campaign have been decided by seven points or less. The Bulldogs scored the go-ahead touchdown in the final 37 seconds of four of those contests - at Ashland (Sept. 6), vs. Northern Michigan (Sept. 27), at Indianapolis (Oct. 11) and vs. Northwood (Oct. 25). Seven of FSU's 10 outings this season have been determined by 14 points or less and the Bulldogs are 6-1 in those contests. Ferris is 5-0 in games decided by seven points or less.
One Stop Shy: Ferris senior linebacker Kevin Noe is one tackle shy of recording his 100th tackle of the season. Noe enters Saturday's game with a team-high 99 stops this year, including 57 solo efforts. He also led the Bulldogs with 111 total hits in 2007 and currently has 266 career stops in 39 games with 143 unassisted efforts.
Punting To The Top: FSU senior kicker/punter Jim Yates' current 41.4 punting average on 41 punts this season represents the program's second-best single-season effort to date in school history. Former Bulldog Doc Proctor holds the top mark with a 41.8 average on 40 punts in 1998.
Football Banquet: FSU will celebrate yet another successful campaign in its 100th season of varsity competition by holding its annual awards banquet on Sunday, Nov. 9, at the Holiday Inn Hotel and Conference Center in Big Rapids, Mich. Festivities will begin at 12:30 p.m. (EST) with lunch to be served at 1 p.m. (EST) and the awards program set to start at 2 p.m. All Bulldog fans and parents are invited and encouraged to attend the annual event. The cost is $20 per person and payment will be accepted at the door on the day of the banquet. Please RSVP by e-mail to Assistant Coach Allen Curtiss (email@example.com) or call (231) 591-2860 for more info.
Table Auction: A group of senior parents will auction off a large "turf" table during pregame tailgate activities in the Gridiron Club Parking area (Lot 35) on Saturday will proceeds going to the club. The table can then be passed down to future Bulldog tailgaters. Former Bulldog player Bill Scheible will handle the auctioneer duties.
Regional Rankings: The Bulldogs are not listed in this week's Super Regional Three Rankings issued on Monday (Nov. 3) after previously being ranked 10th last week. Five GLIAC schools are included in the current top 10 regional poll including Grand Valley State (#1), Ashland (#4), Wayne State (#7), Michigan Tech (#8) and Saginaw Valley State (#10).
Among The Leaders: The Bulldogs are listed 29th nationally in pass defense (171.2 ypg.), 36th in scoring defense (20.2 ppg.), 44th in total defense (312.0 ypg.), 54th in rushing offense (162.7 ypg.), 57th in net punting (32.8) along with 64th in pass efficiency defense (118.4) according to the latest NCAA-II National Statistics released on Monday (Nov. 3). In the GLIAC, Ferris is second in total defense, second in pass defense, fourth in pass efficiency defense, fourth in scoring defense, fifth in rushing defense and fifth in net punting to date.
Ferris Sports Update: Ferris head coach Jeff Pierce will make appearances throughout the season on Ferris Sports Update, a weekly half-hour TV show promoting Bulldog Athletics. The show airs each Wednesday at 11 p.m. (ET) on Fox 33 across most of Northern Michigan.
Vote For Pierce: Bulldog fans once again have an opportunity for vote for FSU head coach Jeff Pierce as part of the 2008 Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award process. The award honors the college football coach who best exemplifies responsibility and excellence on and off the field. Pierce was among the top Division II vote-getters in 2006. Go to www.coachoftheyear.com to cast your ballot.
A Great Start: This year's 3-0 start prior to the loss at Grand Valley State (Sept. 20) was FSU's second such start in the last 12 years along with the 2006 campaign when they won their first three outings before losing at Hillsdale in week four (29-27). Prior to 2006, FSU hadn't won three in a row since the 1996 campaign when they made their last trip to the NCAA-II Playoffs. The 2008 season marked the 10th time in 100 seasons the Bulldogs had started the year with three consecutive victories.
NCAA Region Change: The NCAA adjusted the way in which regions are named for selection purposes effective this season. Previously labeled geographically, regions have now been renamed "super regionals" and are categorized numerically so as to not create confusion with the geographical-based labels in Division II's regionalization model. Thus, effective with the 2008 championship, the four "super regionals" for football selection purposes are: Super Regional One (composed of the Atlantic and East regions), Super Regional Two (South and Southeast regions), Super Regional Three (Central and Midwest regions) and Super Regional Four (South Central and West regions). The GLIAC schools are in Super Regional Three.
Team Captains: FSU's current team captains for the 2008 campaign, as voted on by team members, are senior receiver Cole Meredith (Big Rapids) on the offensive side along with senior defensive tackle Jake Visser (Coopersville) and senior linebacker Jordan Moore (Ada/Lowell) on the defensive side. Visser is the lone player who also served as a team captain last season.
Preseason All-Americans: FSU senior defensive tackle Jake Visser, senior cornerback Terrell Heggins (Lansing/Everett) along with senior middle linebacker Kevin Noe were chosen as 2008 preseason All-Americans by various sources. A returning All-American, Visser earned consensus preseason acclaim by being named to the 2008 Lindy's College Football Preview All-Division II Preseason First Team along with the D2football.com Preseason All-America First Team, the Consensus Draft Services (CDS) Division II Preseason All-America Second Team and the Sporting News Division II Preseason All-America Team. Lindy's also selected Visser as its Division II Preseason Defensive Player of the Year. Heggins was chosen as a first-team pick by Lindy's College Football Preview while Noe attained CDS First Team honors. Noe also earned honors from CDS by being named to its 2009 All-Underappreciated Third Team from all levels.
Bulldog Gameday: Complete information on every Bulldog home and road contest this year can be found by visiting the Bulldog Gameday page on the FSU Athletics Website at www.ferris.edu/sports (click on football and then Bulldog Gameday). The Gameday information, which will be updated several days prior to each game, includes links to all pertinent notes and statistics for both teams as well as links for the respective broadcast and internet media coverage available for the contest.
Yearbook Available Online: The 2008 Ferris State University Football Yearbook is available to view online in a PDF format. The 68-page publication features such information as 2008 player rosters, season outlook, player biographies, coaching staff information, 2007 season statistics, career and season statistical records, series records, game records, etc. Visit the FSU athletics website at www.ferris.edu/sports to find the publication online.
Follow The Bulldogs: Bulldog fans now have the ability to catch Ferris State in action even when they can't be at the stadium. A live video and audio webcast is slated to be offered for all 2008 Bulldog home football games via an agreement with B2 Networks. In addition, selected road games at B2 partner schools will also be available. For more information, visit the FSU Athletics Website (www.ferris.edu/sports) and click on the B2 broadcast icon.


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Singapore, 23 December, 2009 – Fujitsu has announced the release of the Fujitsu LifeBook MH380 today. Designed to impress, this Mini-Notebook weighs less than 1.3kg and comes equipped with the wherewithal for ultimate usage anywhere you are.
The Fujitsu LifeBook MH380 has USB sharing applications that can easily use the ODD drive (DVD/CD) of home PCs and notebooks through a wireless or USB connection. It also allows the MH380 to perform as a large USB memory (max. 32GB) to share files with another computer by simply connecting to the computer with the bundled Mini-USB Cable.
With a 10.1-inch HD Back-Light LED Glare display at max. 1366×768 pixels and 200nits brightness, the LifeBook MH380 is great for video viewing. It also features a generous 250GB 5400rpm SATA HDD and supports up to 2GB of RAM. It is also suited with SD and SDHC card slots.
Powered by the latest Intel Atom N450 processor, the Fujitsu has a unique dual scroll function that includes both the conventional Multi-gesture Touch Pad and a Scroll Wheel which you can use to freely scroll lengthy email chains or pages.
One of the things that make the LifeBook MH380 the ultimate companion is the myriad of connectivity capabilities it is furnished with – Bluetooth® V2.1 +EDR, 100/10Mbps Ethernet, Wireless LAN 802.11b/g/n and a 1.3-megapixel camera.
Pricing and availability
The Fujitsu LifeBook MH380 is retailing at S$1,088 (incl. GST) and will be available from end January 2010 onwards.
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by Ty Kiisel, @task - Change is hard. We humans are creatures of habit and we don't like it when someone upsets the apple cart. That being said, projects often react like living, changing creatures. Sometimes it only takes a few hours for a successful project to morph into something spiraling down the vortex to disaster. With that in mind, project management might sound like a counter instinctual career choice, but I tend to look at it the same way some cultures look at their dream lives. By overcoming their fears in their dreams, it makes them stronger in their waking lives. Change might be hard for us to face, but the more often we face our fear (of change), the better we get at adapting and overcoming.
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Because projects change, knowing (and then educating everyone involved with the change) what to expect can make changes a little easier to deal with. When the change becomes more than something minor, the "fear of change" in most cases is simply a fear of the unknown. Here are some of the most common fears that organizations face as they try to change or implement new methodologies:
1. It's Different: Realizing that there are some people who thrive on change, but most people don't, is important. You may get pushback simply because it's a change.
2. Some People are Uncomfortable with Additional Scrutiny: Projects that might be important to one senior manager may not be as important to others. This could make some managers a little nervous that their projects might not stand up to peer review.
3. Some Projects are More Important than Others: Implementing a sound work management methodology will mean that only those projects that provide the most value will get pushed forward -- not the "pet" projects of influential stakeholders. Because this might negatively impact some projects, those stakeholders may try to block the process.
4. There are Tough Decisions to be Made: Best practice requires that some projects will get funded and others will not. It's important that senior managers understand that they have a responsibility to the organization -- not just their individual departments.
5. Implementation Takes Time: Implementing a new methodology for project-based work takes time. Because it doesn't happen overnight, there will be those who will say they don't have time for this, but it's necessary to take the time to be successful.
Like any organizational culture change, there will be those who embrace the change and others who don't. That being said, let me suggest a few approaches that will make change more acceptable (if not easier to bear):
Be Sensitive: Realizing that change is had for many people to accept, be aware that a heavy-handed approach to change is never well received. If your approach to making change is threatening, it will be received threateningly by project teams, and what's more could negatively impact team productivity and project success.
Make Data-Driven Decisions: Formalizing the project selection process with pre-determined criteria for evaluating potential projects and selecting those that will be pursued is a great first step to creating a culture where project decisions aren't personal (or fearful). When everyone understands how decisions are made, it makes decisions about change much easier for everyone to accept.
Be Patient: The time devoted to implementing change is well worth the effort. Don't give up if the people in your organization don't immediately respond. Positive change will be accepted and embraced as the positive fruits of the change become apparent.
What are some of the challenges you have successfully faced when implementing a major change like a new project management methodology? What did you do to help your project teams embrace the change?
Ty Kiisel writes about project management issues and best practices for @task Project Management Software. Follow Ty on Twitter: @tykiisel
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I am off to Flagstaff for college! I know of one person who is FF who lives in flag.. Once i start working up there, i am going to start modding. I couldnt down here because alot of my money was going toward gas.. because my job was 45 minutes away.. Up there, it takes 30 minutes in traffic to cross the town.. lol
Let the modding begin! First on the list is FSWerks Stealth, FSWerks Cool-Flow, and a ATX to MTX Swap.. But i think the swap might be next summer..[wrenchin]
don't forget the torsen differential for the snow amd some good tires
I like that area. [:D]
We were just there last week!
(Spent time in the Grand Canyon and Sedona)
^oh cool, thanks for the heads up, I would have loved to meet you for lunch or something. I am always looking for a reason to go to Flagstaff
We were even closer to you when we flew in/out of Phoenix.
We just didn't leave any extra time to do anything in the area.
(It was an annual conference in Sedona that my wife was attending)
But then again, we might just head back down that way anyway.
I have an Aunt that lives in Tucson, and my wife really liked Flagstaff as maybe being our next place to move to.
Though I'm still partial to Sedona (which is too much money) and even Prescott.
I'll tell ya what though...112° in Phoenix was WAY too friggin hot!
On my way up here i has a ZX4 ST with a turbo drive past me. I think it had a turbo. It had a turbo decal right before ZX4.
He looked at me, as he passed.. It was a nice looking Red ST, ill tell ya that much..
lol yah i highly recommend some stock rims (if you have aftermarkets) and a set of snow or all seasonal tires to go on them that you can put on during winter, flagstaff gets more snow then i get here and sometimes it gets pretty bad, been times i could not even back the focus out for 4 days had to use the 4x4 truck
I've got some stockers for sale if you want them
I got stocks, my whole car is... lol
I wanted to do the stealth air intake before i left but ran out of time.
Hey there, I'm over in Williams, if you ever need a hand with anything let me know!
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Problem StatementIn 2008, Kentucky mandated ACT testing for all high school juniors before graduation. LFPL immediately developed the ACT Tips & Strategies class for students, offering them at some branches and teaching at one high school. In 2010, we wondered what else the Library could do that would offer test takers improved skills and knowledge of the ACT exam and how could we reach more students?
Partnered with Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) and the Mayor's office in a program called Close the Deal that encourages and prepares students in low-performing high schools to go to college. LFPL's role:
- Taught ACT Tips & Strategies to all juniors in all three participating under-performing high schools and at branch libraries. The class curriculum included:
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Braintech Inc. and ABB started a Vision Guided Robotics Channel Partner Program, and ABB recruited CIM Systems Inc. as the first certified TrueView Integrator, the companies reported. Braintech, provider of Vision Guided Robotic (VGR) software, also announced receiving its first order for eVF software as part of ABB's Channel Partner VGR market expansion initiative; eVF, the vision part of ABB's TrueView VGR system, is designed to allow engineering groups to easily build and support a new breed of intelligent, vision-controlled robotic applications.
ABB's TrueView systems can eliminate highly structured and fixtured manufacturing technologies (such as conveyors or transfer lines). The order, from ABB Channel Partner CIM Systems, is for a pair of proven TrueView cells using Braintech's SC3D guidance technology to palletize V8 engine blocks. The system is unique, Braintech says, because it acts as an "infinite buffer," which allows the blocks to be packed in or out between machining applications.
Dave Fox, CIM Systems president, says, "We've already quoted several additional TrueView systems since becoming certified earlier this year. Successfully adding vision to robots creates new opportunities for customers to automate" operations, particularly material handling.
Training to become TrueView Certified covers software, robot programming procedures, and system integration. Rick Lemberg, engineer from CIM Systems, after attending certification training, called TrueView an "extremely powerful robot guidance tool," user friendly with a simple interface. Jerry Osborn, VP and GM of ABB's Robot Automation, says he expects others to certify, allowing easy expansion into the automotive tier, heavy duty trucking, and general industry.
Braintech is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. CIM Systems is in Noblesville, IN. ABB Robotics North American headquarters is in Auburn Hills, MI.
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if you do mod the trigger and it wont reset after about 5 pulls you put the block in backwards.
Bought my 40VE this past weekend. Put 400 rounds through it. Not one single jam or misfeed.
As for the heavy trigger. You can mod it just look for tutorials on YouTube. Takes it from about 8 pounds down to about 3. I'm in love with it now. And If you don't feel comfortable modding it yourself or if you don't have much experience just take it to a local gunsmith. I had no experience modding handguns but somehow I pulled it off.
if you do mod the trigger and it wont reset after about 5 pulls you put the block in backwards.
I shot the sigma 9 this weekend and my 40ve the 9 seemed to have a better pull than the 40 but I think its fine
Just shot a buddy's 40VE today, and it seems fairly reliable. At least, it didn't FTF or FTE. Never had a jam. However, my big hand wrapped around that skinny grip, then trying to pull the trigger 6 ft. back... made for an uncomfortable gun after a few dozen rounds. It didn't seem to be as accurate as my XD40 SC, which was strange, considering the barrel length difference.
I bought my first handgun yesterday a Sigma 9. I hope the weather is good this weekend to get out and do some shooting. Any advise on starting off would be appreciated.
I have a 9mm and a 40cal sigma.
Have been shooting them for over two years. The triggers have smoothed out and both are as accurate as I shoot.
I think a 4 inch group at 20 feet will get the job done.
Just bought my sw40ve on 3/7/2012 for $220 plus tax. Very nice gun people dont like the trigger but I cant complain . Ive only put 400 rounds through it but im very happy with its accuracy up to about 50yds(more than that to me is a waste). I would definitely suggest it to anybody.
does anyone know of any aftermarket parts for the SW40VE?
I've had my 9VE for nearly 5 years now with nearly 1000 rounds through it. I've never experienced a single issue with it. One interesting side note is that after getting used to the heavier trigger, it is easier for me to shoot every other pistol accurately.
Obviously you can get a better pistol for more money, but I have yet to regret this purchase.
I bought a sw40ve last year. I could not stand the trigger. I did the trigger mod to it and got the trigger pull down to 5 lbs. I then polished the heck out of the sear assembly and trigger bar. Now it is as smooth as glass. I have fired about 23K rounds thru it and have never had I problem with it at all. Its a graet gun and for the money ya cant beat it as long as you do the trigger job. Apex Tactical is producing a trigger for it and it should be out within the next couple of months.
I had my Sigma 9 a month and already put 500 rounds through without a single issue. What a sweet gun and I got the Sigma 40 on order at my local range. I know the trigger's hard but I removed the torsion spring (pigtail) and the trigger's lot better and improved the accuracy. It's going back to SW for the replacement spring because I lost it. I learned that there may be a legal issue about trigger mods when it comes to SD. I don't want to take that chance.
When I get the 40 I'm just gonna have to get used to the trigger. By the way SW fixed it where you can't do trigger mods on Sigmas anymore.
I got one in 40 cal and it has been a champ. I shot 247-250 at my CCW quals.


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After spending some weeks on a tropical island I'm really happy to be able to wear a blazer & jeans again. Don't get me wrong, I did enjoy the high temperatures and the casual outfits; read bikini + denim shorts and tanktop, but the heat was pretty overwhelming from time to time.