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When planning to migrate from managed preferences to profiles, one of the important aspects to consider is automated enrollment. One of the more important aspects of automating a traditional managed preferences environment is to automate the binding to directory services. You do not bind to Profile Manager; however, you do enroll devices. Much like binding computers to Lion Server's Open Directory (by default), certificates and host names are important aspects of the enrollment process.
Much as with local managed preferences, management via profiles can be done through the command line and without any involvement from a centralized source. I had written an article awhile back on using profiles from the command line.
You can also instead enroll devices into Profile Manager. Previously, I had looked at configuring Profile Manager. Manual enrollment in Profile Manager is the same as enrollment from iOS. But instead of using Apple Configurator to automate enrollment, you'll use your existing imaging solution for automated enrollment of Mac OS X based clients. Therefore, we'll use DeployStudio as an example for automating enrollment at imaging time.
To get started, you'll need a functional DeployStudio configuration. You'll also need a functional Profile Manager configuration. From within Profile Manager, click on the plus sign ("+") in the lower left corner of DeployStudio and click on Enrollment Profile. Then click on the New Enrollment Profile entry that was created and click on the Download button to download the profile onto the server (when it attempts to install, simply click cancel to cache it to your ~/Downloads directory).
Click in the drop-down menu in the upper right hand corner of the screen and then click on Download Trust Profile. This will download the Trust Profile for the MDM solution to the client (when it attempts to install, simply click cancel to cache it to your ~/Downloads directory).
Next, drag the cached profiles into the ConfigurationProfiles directory of the DeployStudio repository. Now that you have the profiles that will be required for automated enrollment, open DeployStudio Admin (if it was open before, close it and then re-open it once you have copied the profiles to the DeployStudio repository). From within DeployStudio, we will create a new workflow, here called "Deploy Lion with Enrollment". We will then choose to restore a target volume and automate the task.
Next, click on the plus sign ("+") to add a new workflow item, sliding the task selection screen out automatically.
Next, drag the Automatic Enrollment Task item into the workflow. Once present, choose Previous task target from the Target Volume field. Next, choose the enrollment profile in the Enrollment profile field. Also choose the Trust profile that you just downloaded from the Trust profile field. Finally, check the Automate box and save your workflow.
Finally, we'll add a Configure task to set the hostname (note that your workflows may already be far more flushed out than mine here. Click on Save and then test the workflow.
Once booted, if you are automatically enrolled then the process was a success. You should be able to see the device in Profile Manager.
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A redesign of the popular model 610 saw, the blade design was improved for faster, smother cutting and made much longer for cutting even larger branches. The new turbo-cut blade leaves wood as smooth as if it were planed. Unlike conventional saw teeth which are filed and alternately bent opposite directions, the turbo-cut saw blade is taper ground and each tooth is honed to precise knife-edge sharpness. The hard-chrome plating prevents rust. Resins will not cling to the blade and green wood will not clog the teeth. For complete safety and easier cutting, the saw cuts on the pull stroke.
Now improved with a longer blade, impulse hardened teeth that increase lifespan, and a redesigned shape to push more shavings out of the cut. The new coating is better at avoiding sticking. Made in South Korea to Felco exacting quality standards and design.
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So it's the morning of October 31st and you just realized you spent more time pinning your favorite costume ideas than actually making them. No need to stress! We've got 15 cool and creative last-minute ideas that you can make using items already hanging in your closet.
So it's the morning of October 31st and you just realized you spent more time pinning your favorite costume ideas than actually making them. No need to stress! We've got 15 cool and creative last-minute ideas that you can make using items already hanging in your closet.
Whether you're going old school and dressing like a gnarly 60s chic or keeping it trendy with a pop-culture inspired Miley Cyrus costume, we've rounded up 15 of our favorite last-minute costumes so you can suit up and party the night away.
Daria & Jane
Flashback to a time when MTV still actually played music videos and you'll find the ultimate fashion and lifestyle icon Daria. This monotone maiden and her bestie Jane took the world by storm with apathy and sarcasm, and now you can too with this simple yet hilarious costume idea. The ladies of Glitter-Mint did an amazing recreation of this delightful duo.
Banksy's October Residence in NYC has the whole street art world on the edge of their seats. If you're not lucky enough to have spotted this sly artist In action, you can still channel your inner Bansky with this creative DIY costume from Make.
Frida Kahlo
The popularity of bushy eyebrows and floral headbands this year makes this Frida Kahlo costume idea a no-brainer. Buffalo Exchange has the how-to for recreating this trendy look.
Where's Waldo
If you already have a red and white striped shirt hanging in your closet, you're already halfway there! She Knows has the how-to for completing this simple yet chic Halloween look.
Morton Salt Girl
When it rains, it pours! Grab your trusty yellow rain coat and celebrate Halloween as the iconic Morton Salt Girl. Throw a container of Morton Salt in your purse as a conversation-starting accessory. Ecouterre shows us just how simple it is to recreate this look.
Wayne & Garth
If plaid and trucker hats sound like your dream team, grab your bestie and channel your inner Wayne and Garth! Agyness Dayne and Alexa Chung did a most excellent job dressing up as this hilarious duo. Minx Society has more shots of these celebs getting their inner rockstar on. Party on!
Risky Business
What's simpler than an oversized white button up paired with long white socks?! Keep your legs warm with nude tights for that October chill, and don't forget those Ray Ban wayfarers! We love this group shot from John Reiber of the ladies recreating their best Tom Cruise look.
Miley Cyrus
Grab your most revealing leotard or swimsuit and channel your inner Miley with this NSFW Halloween costume. Total Beauty has a step-by-step guide for recreating her VMA look – foam finger optional.
Rosie the Riveter
With the all things denim trend we saw this year, you're sure to have all the supplies for your very own Rosie the Riveter costume. She Knows has the 411 on getting this simple look. All you need now is the iconic bandana and the perfect red shade for your pout.
Jay Gatsby & Daisy Buchanan
How beautiful is this 1920s styled shoot from Wedding Ideas Magazine?! With the release of The Great Gatsby on the big screen, you'll be the trendiest belle of the ball with a Gatsby-worthy costume. Getting the look is simple. Fellas, dress to the nines with your Sunday best and slick back that hair for the ultimate suave look. Ladies, rummage through your closet for a glitzy frock and pair it with one of your favorite hair piece. Or, take a peak at our last-minute DIY flapper costume if you're feeling a little crafty!
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Join your favorite never nude in sporting jean cut offs with this oh-so-simple costume idea. If you don't have a bald cap, just say you're channeling Tobias circa his "graft versus host" episode. Zippercut combined 2 of their favorite Tobias alter-egos for the ultimate ode to Arrested Development.
David Bowie
Besides rocking tracks, David Bowie has also given us the ultimate last minute Halloween costume. I'm not embarrassed to say I myself took the lazy last-minute way out and channeled my inner Ziggy Stardust at last year's Halloween festivities. Dress in your favorite Bowie attire and put your focus on the iconic face makeup with a little help from craftser.
Blue jeans, a white tee, and a leather jacket are all you really need for this too cool for school Halloween costume. Slick back that hair you'll be running things before you know it.
Get your 60s inspired threads out and channel your inner hippie with this DIY costume idea. Who needs an extravagant costume when you've got peace, love, and happiness? Gone Soul Searching has some great inspiration for an easy hippie inspired costume.
Ruffle through your closet for your favorite bohemian inspired threads and add some mysticism to your Halloween with an easy gypsy costume. This Mama Makes Stuff created an Esmeralda look for her little gypsy, but you can make it your own using clothing you already have.
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My 46 yr old wife Tammy has had a very difficult time recently and I would like any help and input from the people on this board.
She was diagnosed with a Klatskin Tumor at the Mayo Clinic in March 07 when the local doctors, (Ontario, Canada), could not confirm the diagnosis. At that time, she was not permitted to have a liver transplant because the tumor had entered the portal vein. (The detailed version of this history / experience can be found on http://tammyhealth.blogspot.com )
She responded well to chemotherapy, Gemcitabine (Gemzar) / Capecitabine (Xeloda), and also had what seems to be a successful result from a radiation treatment in Toronto at Princess Margaret Hospital. Overall she was stable and doing very well right up to a period very recently, early Feb 2008.
She had a routine replacement of her stent at the end of January 2008. During the ERCP procedure the doctor noticed that she had some bleeding in the stomach. Tammy also admitted that she had noticed that her stools had been much darker during this time. What we did not know was that during this procedure she got an E.Coli infection in her blood. The bleeding was caused by portal hypertension, which we now know is from the tumor moving from the original site and placing additional pressure on the portal vein. She ended up in the hospital during this period for 3 weeks and had a pigtail catheter inserted to drain the ascites. They found several locations of the bleeding in her esophagus and stomach and performed endoscopic band ligation on her esophagus and argon laser treatment on her stomach. She also lost 35 lbs during this period and a good deal of her strength.
A recent MRI has indicated that the original tumor location has shown a reduction in size, but that it has had a great deal of growth in the area around the portal vein. Tammy has had problems with blood clots since the beginning of this process and we have been told that her entire abdomen is filled with many verticies created by the blood finding alternative paths. This complicates many things and eliminates the chance for brachytherapy or any form of surgery.
They have done all that they can do to stop her internal bleeding, but her red blood cells are still dropping very quickly, (indicating some form of internal bleeding).
She had to go off her chemotherapy during her time in the hospital, and her CA19-9 which had been stable in the sub 100 level for quite a while has now shot up to over 1,500. She started back on chemotherapy last week and during a blood test they found that her Potassium was excessively high.
A few days ago she hit rock bottom and determined that it was not worth fighting any more so she stopped chemotherapy. At the time she had a hemoglobin of 77, (and dropping about 2-3 points a day), high potassium, a tumor that was growing aggressively and a very tired and weak body. She convinced herself that this was going to be the end and made peace with that decision. She checked herself into the hospital so that her pain could be dealt with.
When in the hospital she got a bit of rest and decided to take another attempt at beating this nasty disease. She took an additional 4 units of blood (last night) to get her hemoglobin up, drank a nasty suspension to reduce the potassium, is scheduled for a scope to reduce the bleeding on Monday, and also scheduled for chemotherapy on Tuesday.
Her oncologist, (Dr Major), has indicated that her existing treatment was working before, but had started losing its effectiveness. They were also not able to run at the full dosage since she was having problem with her reduced white blood cell counts after treatments. He suggested adding another agent to the Gem/Cap mix, ("T" something), but really didn't have any other options.
I am willing to take her anywhere to get the best treatment in the world, so we are not limited to just getting treatment here in Canada. Her situation is more complicated than others due to the complication with the internal bleeding.
1) Is there any other chemo combination she should be looking at?
2) Has anyone on this board had success with dendritic cell therapy or Davanat? (These are 2 of the "miracle" cures I have been holding out hope for).
3) If you thought you had only one last thing you could try... what would it be?
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A TALENTED teenage saxophonist from Furness has reached the final of the BBC Young Musician of the Year.
Jess Gillam, 15, from Ulverston, has become one of five finalists in the prestigious competition that will be aired on BBC 4 and BBC 2 in April.
Competition manager Kerry Clark said "The category finalists show a remarkable level and breadth of talent. We're looking forward to working with these outstanding young musicians."
Jess is also set to play with music legend Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra in Summer this year in Carlisle.
She was awarded a scholarship from Award for Young Musicians, a music charity based in London, as 'the best young musician in the North West'. The Awards for Young Musicians have supported Jess greatly in her music studies, as have the Junior Royal Northern College of Music, where she studies saxophone and piano.
Later in the year, Jess will return to perform a concerto with the Ealing Symphony Orchestra in London. Other guests this year include clarinettist Emma Johnson and violinist Nicola Benedetti - both of whom are internationally renowned classical musicians and past BBC Young Musician of the Year winners.
Jess became the youngest ever endorsee for Yanagisawa saxophones, one of the finest saxophone manufacturers in the world, when she was aged 13. She runs her own concert series in Ulverston and the line up this year includes Snake Davis, the most prolific session saxophonist of the last 25 years and Courtney Pine, Britain's most famous saxophone player.
After the raging success of his gig last year, Snake Davis returns to Ulverston with his eight piece soul band, 'The Suspicions', for a night of Northern Soul, Atlanta and Motown Classics. Snake has performed and recorded with the likes of Amy Winehouse, Take That, Eurythmics, Kylie, James Brown and Ray Charles.
He will perform at the Coronation Hall on Saturday March 1 at 7.30 pm.
This will be Snake's fourth visit to Ulverston and he will be joined on stage by Jess, who first appeared with Snake when she was 12 years old and has been described by him as "one of the best young saxophonists in the UK".
Courtney Pine, Britain's most famous saxophonist, will also take to the stage of the Coronation Hall, bringing his new tour "House of Legends" to Ulverston on Friday May 23.
Courtney Pine has outstanding international acclaim as a jazz saxophonist - he has been at the forefront of the UK Jazz scene for the past 25 years.
In recognition of his career to date and his contribution to the black community and jazz music, Courtney was awarded an OBE in the 2000 New Year's Honours and it was announced in the 2009 New Year's Honours that he was to be made a CBE for services to music, which he received in 2010.


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Rome Reborn: A Digital Model of Ancient Rome
Rome Reborn is an international initiative whose goal is the creation of 3D digital models illustrating the urban development of ancient Rome from the first settlement in the late Bronze Age (ca. 1000 B.C.) to the depopulation of the city in the early Middle Ages (ca. A.D. 550)…
The primary purpose of this phase of the project was to spatialize and present information and theories about how the city looked at this moment in time, which was more or less the height of its development as the capital of the Roman Empire. A secondary, but important, goal was to create the cyberinfrastructure whereby the model could be updated, corrected, and augmented.
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A hair salon is hoping to raise hundreds of pounds for charity during a special fundraiser this Friday.
Customers at Hair Discovery, in East Barnet, will be invited to buy £5 tickets to a prize draw, featuring a number of goods donated by local businesses and salon brands.
All of the money raised will be donated to Crohn's and Colitis UK – a charity supporting people with the debilitating bowel disorders.
The salon has previously raised money for Macmillan Cancer Support but wanted to chose a different charity for this event and settled on Crohn's and Colitis UK after discussing it with customers.
Salon owner Angelina Hill said: "We're looking forward to it – we're all ready to go. Hopefully we will raise over £500 – it's always nice to raise some money for charity."
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FIRE crews were called to a house near Malvern after a bolt of lightning cause a blaze in the roof.
Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service was called just after 3pm yesterday (Saturday) to a detached two-storey house on the A4103 in Storridge.
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In the strange world of celebrity endorsements, it is usually the brand that dumps the celebrity – as happened, say, when Nike dropped cycling cheat Lance Armstrong in 2012 – rather than vice versa. So it stood out last week when Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan revealed he stopped endorsing Pepsi some years ago, after a young girl asked him why he was advertising a drink her teacher said was "poisonous".
"The Big B's" declaration, during a talk with Indian business school students, coincided with a controversy that took the more predictable route. Actress Scarlett Johansson maintained her endorsement of SodaStream, the Israeli fizzy drinks company, and severed ties with Oxfam, the charity for which she had been a long-standing (and, people in the NGO world tell me, interested and involved) goodwill ambassador.
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Timely guidance for transforming IT into a strategic business partner
Today's leaders are expected to reduce costs, increase productivity, drive innovation, and help the business identify and pursue new business opportunities. Successful IT leaders will be the ones that become strategic business partners and decision influencers in their organizations. Leading IT Transformation describes in actionable detail, the new mindset, core skill set, and interpersonal tool set that are necessary for IT leaders to thrive in today's increasingly complex challenging business environment.
A special feature of this book includes a chapter profiling several world-class organizations that have implemented the principles in this book. Learn about the culture change challenges they overcame and benefit from their best practices and successes.
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I found this book to be a huge waste of time. I am the CIO of $2Bil+ company and I read a lot of books on IT management and strategy. This book has way too many generalities and does not provide concrete guidance. The book is a few years old and is starting to be a bit dated in term of some of the topics being covered.
"Kaizen (continual improvement) in business/IT"
Great listen on the ever changing roles, processes, and technologies in the blended world of business and information technology. Lots of ideas and tools, for implementing and utilizing, a Kaizen (continual improvement) philosophy in to your organization(s). Nice flow and narration.
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A GROUP of San Francisco Star Wars fans have created a light saber class for Jedis-in-training.
At a recent class, Alain Bloch, the self-proclaimed Jedi Master at Golden Gate Knights, demonstrated a slicing technique. He has a background in martial arts and stage combat.
"Always be mindful of the presence!" he said, donning a Luke Skywalker outfit and a green light saber.
With Star Wars movie music coursing through the dance studio, his disciples clutch their neon-glowing light sabers.
These self-proclaimed "Star Wars geeks" slice and parry as they follow Bloch's lead, and get a little exercise, too.
People in a recent class in the city's South of Market district, including a couple on a date, said they embraced their quirkiness and had even converted some of the skeptical into the "Jedi order."
"At first they giggle because they think it's a little silly. Then they're like, actually that's kind of cool," said Julio Reyes, a student. "Then they start asking more questions."
Not all Jedis-in-training are rooting for the good guys. Some came to embrace "the dark side of the force."
"I just love Vader, period," said Darth Vader-clad student Gary Ripper.
"Just his voice, the way he moved, the power of him. I just liked the powerfulness of him."
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Fair Trade Lillet Vodka Cocktail
What better way to celebrate the Holidays than by sipping on a Fair Trade cocktail? This recipe come to us from our friends FAIR. Spirits, a company dedicated to high quality ingredients that are sourced ethically and sustainably. FAIR. Quinoa Vodka is a one-of-a-kind spirit made with Fair Trade quinoa from Bolivia and expertly distilled in France. These drinks are sure to inspire you to host a Fair Trade cocktail party of your own! Let's toast to that!
Fair Trade Lillet Vodka Cocktail
- 16 oz. Lillet Blanc
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Charles E. Whalen Jr. - known to everyone as "Gus" - had a long, successful career with the Warren Featherbone Co., maker of baby clothes. Since the company sold out in 2005, Whalen has tried to make his mark improving the community.
Connie Stephens has spent more than two decades advocating for needy and neglected children as executive director of the Hall-Dawson Court Appointed Special Advocates program. The program she heads fights solely on what is in the best interest of children who are being abused, mistreated or neglected.
As the man in charge of school bus routes for Hall County Schools, Jewel Armour has one of the county's most challenging jobs. He oversees 223 bus routes that deliver thousands of students to schools across Hall County. But it's a job he loves. Today, The Times asks Jewel Armour five questions about getting to school on the bus.
Carol Cox has spent 17 years at North Georgia Christian School, moving from substitute teacher to full-time teacher to administrator and, now, head of school. Her tenure at the school has allowed her to mix her strong Christian beliefs with her dedication to children. Today, The Times asks Cox five questions about the work of small Christian schools and the challenges they face.
What started 10 years ago as a group of friends meeting for Bible study has turned into Sheri Hooper's great passion. As the executive director of the Interactive Neighborhood for Kids, Hooper oversees a growing, hands-on museum that will touch the lives of nearly 75,000 visitors this year, a record number.
Fernando A. Sanchez brought his family to the United States with a dream of making a better life. They conquered the sometimes-grueling process of becoming American citizens, and they have chosen to settle in Gainesville to start a new business. Today, The Times asks Sanchez five questions about coming to America.
Melissa Wendt Tymchuk has seen Northeast Georgia Medical Center grow tremendously during her 15 years in the public relations office. Now, as the hospital gets ready to build a new hospital in South Hall and deal with the new health care law, Tymchuk is taking on a new challenge, as well - as director of public relations and marketing. Today, The Times asks Tymchuk five questions about her new role at the hospital.
Today, Lt. Col. Kevin Jarrard is the commandant of cadets at Riverside Military Academy, a position he assumed in 2009 after eight years as a classroom teacher at the school. But he is perhaps better known as a United States Marine.
Following in the footsteps of his father, Jim Mathis Jr. has spent his lifetime serving the community. And he's passed the legacy on to his own daughters, both of whom are involved in civic causes.
Counte Cooley is a successful businessman who is active in a number of community organizations. But he recently made news for winning a national championship in competitive racquetball. Today, The Times asks Cooley five questions about his sport and his championship.
Dana Chapman is the new executive director of The Guest House, but she's hardly new to nonprofit work. She's spent three decades working with organizations that help people. Today, The Times asks Chapman
Three years ago, hoping to put her training as a Stephen minister - a program of lay pastoral counseling to work - Anne Dittman had the idea of helping people learn the skills they need to find a job. At about the same time, Carl Liggett had the same idea. The two teamed up to create Career Connection at Gainesville First United Methodist Church.
Twenty-eight years ago, Ron Evans and his wife got the idea of starting a community band. Today, the Northwinds Symphonic Band has played concerts all over North Georgia and has taken two tours around the state. But perhaps the band's most meaningful performance is the annual Memorial Day concert. Today The Times asks Evans five questions about the patriotic performance.
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I've been thinking about how the breastfeeding relationship is not just between the mum and child - it's important for dads to be involved to. Ok, so I know dads can't physically do what us mums can - but their emotional support and breastfeeding knowledge is key to a happy and healthy breastfeeding relationship.
A breastfeeding study published in pediatrics concluded that the role of the dad has a significant effect on the length of breastfeeding and how the mum felt the breastfeeding relationship was developing.
It is particularly important for dads to be given sound information about milk supply and common breastfeeding issues so that they can support their partner (especially in the early days and if any problems occur).
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Friday, July 08, 2011
The Tipping Point
The Tipping Point
by Malcolm Gladwell
It's book report time! It's the time in which I read a book, then record my reading of this book for all time and infinity. Today's book is of the non-fiction, cross-between-economics-sociology variety. I think. I'm no economist or sociologist or non-fictionist. But if I were to classify this book it would be non-fiction-economics-sociology.
First, let's start with the author. I don't know much about Malcolm Gladwell, other than he's a writer for The New Yorker, and appears periodically on a Moth stage for some story-telling. Now it's time for some author research, which, coincidentally, is my favorite part of book reporting. This particular book is an extra special treat, because I feel there's a cosmic connection between the Rabid and the Gladwell. Maybe it's because I'm super GLAD when I'm feeling WELL? Maybe it's something else. Let's find out, shall we?
Mr. Gladwell, a Canadian, is the result of some diverse melting pot heritage. They say he descends from Indian, Igbo, Irish, English, and Scottish ancestors. They also say he's a distant cousin of Colin Powell.
When I learn of someone, or meet someone, I always like to observe where they come from. I like to get information on each of their parents; what they do for a living, what they're good at, their education, hobbies, and other stuff. People are very interesting. They are. And I find people are much more interesting when you get to know their parents, and subsequently observe how the offspray managed to pick and choose certain characteristic. One day I'll tell you all about my parents.
Today, however, I want to talk a bit about Malcolm's parents. Mr. Gladwell's father, Graham Gladwell, (GG!) was born in England and is a civil engineering professor. His mother, Joyce, was born in Jamaica, studied psychotherapy, and has authored a book or two herself. The Gladwells met in England where they had little Malcolm. When Malcolm was six the family moved to Elmira, Ontario, Canada.
Right directly, you can see why Malcolm Gladwell had an interest in scientific research that involves social behaviors. Scientist, engineering dad, and psychotherapist mom who writes – ba-bing! Malcolm Gladwell. It's like magic isn't it? I mean, I wonder if he just cued into the many actions and whatnot of his parents, or if they raised him to be this way on purpose. I'm raising kids now, you know, and these types of thoughts are very interesting to me.
Another interesting thing about Malcolm Gladwell is that he ran middle distance in high school. See! I knew there was a connection somehow, somewhere. We are both GLAD when we feel WELL, and we both spend/spent time running.
Now that we've observed the author, let's move on to the book. The Tipping Point, is a study of how little things can make a big difference. The book reviews a collection of earth-shattering events that were "tipped" into action by small little happenings.
The concepts and what-have-you are far too involved to begin summarizing here, but I'll give it by best shot. Basically, there are some people-types in this world that facilitate the spreading of these Tipping Points. They are connectors – people who know and collect massive amount of people and friendships; the Mavens – people who store massive amounts of information about a particular subject; and finally, Persuaders – people who are able to sell just about anything.
Connectors, Mavens, and Persuaders are the people that expedite big happenings. They are the people that spread the word because they know people, they know things, or they can sell things. This is mostly because people will actually listen and act upon whatever Connectors, Mavens, and Persuaders say and do. These type of people spread trends, products, and services. They also spread disease.
Another item of interest is what Gladwell refers to as "The Stickiness Factor." In order for epidemics to spread – both good and bad – the concept must "stick." He goes over certain theories and research that reveal what makes things stick.
For example, stickiness research was conducted on a show called Sesame Street. They studied children while watching the show to determine what types of things get concepts to stick. That's how big bird came to be. They found that while the adult actors were yak-yak-yaking on the street, the kids didn't pay attention and would not learn what the adults were teaching. When a puppet of some kind was thrown in with the adults, however, the concepts would stick. Since they needed a puppet that could be filmed walking, they creating a giant bird and called him Big Bird.
When it comes to the Stickiness Factor, there is also something called "The Power of Context" – how the context of the individual determines whether a concept will stick. One example used was nicotine addition, and how only certain types of people become addicted. They found that the genetic makeup of a person – context – determines whether an individual will become addicted. Some people, in their current context, are more susceptible than others to the Stickiness Factor.
This is a fabulously fascinating book. It's a thinker. And highly recommended.
Other Malcolm Gladwell books include: Blink, Outliers, and What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures. I think I'll check those out too.
3 comments:
- LaurieJ said...
My sister is reading Outliers and says that she likes it even more. I'd like to read your review of it too..
- July 8, 2011 at 5:58 PM
- Jessica said...
Outliers! That's the one I listened to. So awesome. And you get to learn more about him and his parents at the end of the book. You should definitely read it.
- July 8, 2011 at 8:20 PM
- Aubrey said...
I am totally reading this. AND! I want all of my information to come from big bird. :-)
- July 14, 2011 at 4:45 PM
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Boots on the Ground: Combating Malnutrition in Karamoja, Uganda
The Karamoja region of Uganda suffers from persistently high rates of childhood malnutrition. In this land of nomadic herders, rates of acute malnutrition routinely surpass 15 percent, while some 40 percent of the under-five population is considered underweight and at risk.
In response to this deadly persistence, Action AgainstHunger teamed up with UNICEF and ECHO—the European Commission's Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Department—on a large-scale intervention to improve child nutrition while helping government ministries integrate malnutrition protocols into their basic health services.
The video below, produced by our partners at UNICEF, tells the story of two Karamojong children who received treatment for acute malnutrition in one of Action Against Hunger's therapeutic nutrition programs:
Very young children are the group most at risk of developing acute malnutrition as their bodies grow rapidly and have specific nutritional needs. Sometimes, the necessary foods aren't available due to drought or market failure. In other cases, new mothers do not know the right foods to feed their children. Polluted water also contributes to malnutrition by introducing diarrheal diseases that interfere with the body's ability to take in nutrients.
Programs like Action Against Hunger's therapeutic nutrition interventions save lives, and they are simple enough to work virtually anywhere malnutrition is a problem. For long-term security, work is needed to revive local agriculture, expand access to clean water, and promote community and government partnerships for development.
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Haren, Harper lead Nats to third consecutive victory
Veteran righty notches first quality start as a member of the Nationals
WASHINGTON -- Right-hander Dan Haren pitched his best game as a member of the Nationals on Saturday afternoon at Nationals Park. He pitched six solid innings as Washington defeated the Reds, 6-3.
Before Saturday's outing, Haren did not look like himself on the mound. Through four starts, he had a 7.36 ERA and threw extremely hard like the rest of the pitching staff. As pitching coach Steve McCatty put it recently, he was trying to fit in with the rest of the starting staff by trying to throw hard.
But Haren is all about location. When he is at his best, Haren's fastball is clocked between 89-91 mph. That was the case Saturday, as he allowed two runs on six hits. During the first three innings, Haren faced the minimum number of batters and allowed one hit.
"That was more like him," manager Davey Johnson said. "It's like what we talked about before ... he just changes speeds, he moved the ball around. He pitches. That's what he did today, which is nice to see.
"[The Reds] are a good hitting club. You have to make pitches, and he made good pitches. I'm impressed. That was a good start."
By having a quality outing, Haren now feels like a part of the team. The funny part was that he felt horrible in the bullpen before the game, but he felt like he was in a groove by the second inning.
"I have to be like this or better the rest of the year. There is no excuse not to be," Haren said. "I'm happy with the way it went. I'm not going to get too [overboard] about it. It's just one start. I think I'll be throwing the ball a little bit better as the year goes on. I'll definitely try to build off this one as well."
In the meantime, Haren was given run support in the early innings against Reds right-hander Mike Leake, starting in the second frame. With runners on first and second, Haren helped himself by hitting a single to right field, scoring Ian Desmond. Denard Span followed with a single to center, which drove in Anthony Rendon.
The Nationals added two more runs against Leake the following inning. Desmond drove in Bryce Harper with a single to center field. Jayson Werth then scored the fourth run of the game on a throwing error by third baseman Jack Hannahan.
Harper once again proved his value to the Nationals, hitting a two-run homer in the fourth inning against Alfredo Simon. Harper now has nine home runs and 18 RBIs, a Nationals record for the month of April.
If you talk to Harper about what he accomplished at age 20, he'll tell you he doesn't think it's a big deal.
"It's early in the year. We have [138] games left. I'm just happy we are in the win column the last three nights. I'm excited to get going tomorrow and heading to Atlanta and Pittsburgh," Harper said.
By the seventh inning, however, Washington's bullpen made the game interesting. With right-hander Tyler Clippard on the mound, pinch-hitter Todd Frazier singled to left field, scoring Jay Bruce to make it a 6-3 game. Clippard then walked Shin-Soo Choo to load the bases. But he was able to get Zack Cozart to line out to Span -- who made a great running catch -- to end the threat. It was Span's second web gem of the day.
An inning earlier, with Haren on the mound and a runner on first, Joey Votto hit a ball to deep left center field. Span climbed the wall and made a spectacular catch for the second out of the inning to prevent a run from scoring.
"With Votto, I was already playing deep. You respect his power. I'm not sure if the ball would have went over, but I was prepared to bring it back if it went out," Span said. "The Cozart ball, that was my favorite out of the two today, because I was shading him over to the opposite field and he lined it to the left-center gap. It was fun for me to go out there to run and show my speed and grab the ball in the gap."
Clippard was grateful that Span was able to save him from being the goat of the game.
"Span gets really good reads on jumps. The thing about Denard is, he is fast," Clippard said. "And there are a lot of fast outfielders, but some of them don't get the best jumps. A lot of the times, the great plays or the diving plays you see guys get, it's because they are not getting good jumps, but they are fast and athletic enough to make those diving plays. And a play like that, [Span] didn't have to dive. He had such a good read, he just cruised under it."
Despite the loss, Reds manager Dusty Baker thought his team showed signs of life on offense. In their last four games prior to Saturday, the Reds scored a combined four runs.
"We're getting better. That was a better game. We were two hits away -- had it not been for Span -- from tying that game up or even going ahead," Baker said. "... Very rarely do you see two web gems in one game."
Drew Storen and Rafael Soriano blanked the Reds during the final two innings as the Nationals have won three straight games and improved their record to 13-11.
Bill Ladson is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, All Nats All the time. He also could be found on Twitter @WashingNats. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Police: Woman battered elderly father over money
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A Gainesville woman was charged Monday with battery on her elderly father after she demanded money from him and he refused to give it to her, according to an arrest report.
Arrested was Lynn Diane Hinely, 48, of 4056 NW 23rd Circle. She was charged with battery on a person 65 years or older in connection with Sunday's incident.
Police allege Hinely demanded money from her 79-year-old father. He went into his bedroom and locked the door, according to the arrest report.
Hinely banged on the door, demanding her father come out. When he opened the door, she shoved him several times.
Hinely's father told police he has memory problems and did not remember if Hinely shoved him but added that she probably did.
Two witnesses, Hinely's brother and her son, saw the incident, the report states.
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One of the oldest car shows in America, the 57th annual Classic, Antique & Collector Car Show at Stan Hywet is June 15 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
This annual Father's Day event showcases classic, antique and collector cars on view in 29 separate classes; the Inner Circle of notable vehicles from 1935-1939; Future Classics (future collectibles) and the Fast Lane area of auto aftermarket vendors. Highlights this year include a display of antique fire-fighting equipment, more than 40 Ford Mustangs to celebrate this legendary automobile's 50th anniversary.
Stan Hywet is at 714 North Portage Path in Akron.
A display of Mustangs on the Great Meadow commemorates the 50th anniversary of this iconic sports car-like coupe, the first of the "pony car" class of automobiles with long hoods and short rear decks. One of the most successful product launches in automotive history, the first Mustang rolled off the assembly line in Michigan in March, 1964 and sold over one million units in its first 18 months on the market. The Mustang remains in production today after many decades and numerous revisions.
Antique fire fighting apparatus is another highlight; this display includes an 1891 Amoskeag Second Size Steamer. Built in Manchester, New Hampshire by Amoskeag and used as a fire engine in New England until 1927, this engine is called a "Double Crane Neck Second Size," a top-of-the-line engine because it is 60 percent nickel-plated. The Amoskeag weighs 7,000 lbs., stands nine feet tall, six feet wide and 24 feet long. It was restored by Steve Hiltebrant in Cleveland in 1991 and has been displayed at shows around the country.
Inner Circle cars, located in front of the Manor House, are notable vehicles from 1935-1939 with the manufacture of each car documented, including the original owner. Back for kids is the popular GameTruck mobile video game center. Picnic fare will be available for purchase from Winking Lizard and Molly's Caf.
Judges will award prizes in each class for first, second, and third place.
General admission to the Father's Day Car Show is $12 for adults and $5 for youth, ages 6 to 17. Children 5 and under are free, and Stan Hywet member discounts are available. There is no onsite parking at Car Show, but free parking and shuttle service is available throughout the day to and from designated off-site parking locations.
For more information, visit www.stanhywet.org or call 330-836-5533.


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Complex Systems Symposium - Participant Biographies
Keynote Speakers
George Conrades, Executive Chairman, Akamai Technologies
George Conrades was named chairman and chief executive officer of Akamai in April 1999, bringing a broad range of business experience in the computing, Internet, telecommunications, and media industries. Mr. Conrades became Executive Chairman of Akamai in April 2005 and was succeeded as CEO by Paul Sagan, Akamai's president.
Before joining Akamai, Mr. Conrades was executive vice president and president of GTE Internetworking following the firm's acquisition of BBN Corporation in 1997. At GTE, he was responsible for creating GTE Internetworking and leading GTE's rapid growth in the data and Internet business, including integrated telecommunications services.
From 1994 until GTE's acquisition of BBN, Mr. Conrades served as CEO of BBN, which became one of the industry's top-tier ISPs. BBN helped build the ARPANET, the forerunner to today's modern Internet.
Prior to BBN, Mr. Conrades was an IBM senior vice president and member of IBM's Corporate Management Board. There, he was responsible for several of its key businesses including IBM United States, IBM Asia/Pacific and two manufacturing and development groups.
Mr. Conrades serves on the Board of Directors for Oracle, Harley-Davidson, BBN Technologies and Ironwood Pharmaceuticals. He also serves as a venture partner at Polaris Venture Partners, an early stage investment company. In addition, Mr. Conrades serves on the Board of Trustees for the Scripps Research Institute, Ohio Wesleyan University and New Profit, an early stage venture philanthropy investment organization. Mr. Conrades also is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Mr. Conrades is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University with majors in physics and mathematics. He holds an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.
John Donahoe, CEO, eBay
John Donahoe became President and CEO of eBay Inc. on March 31, 2008. In this role, John has global responsibility for growing each of the company's business units, which include eBay Marketplaces, PayPal and Skype.
John joined eBay in February 2005 as President of eBay Marketplaces, responsible for all elements of eBay's global e-commerce businesses. In this role, he focused on expanding eBay's core business, which accounts for a large percentage of the company's revenues. John also oversaw a number of strategic acquisitions, including Shopping.com, StubHub and classifieds sites, such as Gumtree and LoQUo.
During his three-year tenure as President of Marketplaces, revenues and profits for the division doubled.
Prior to eBay, John spent more than 20 years at Bain & Company, a worldwide consulting firm based in Boston. Starting as an Associate Consultant, John rose to become the firm's CEO, where he oversaw Bain's 30 offices and 3,000 employees.
In addition to serving on the Board of Directors for eBay Inc. and Intel Corp., John is also on the Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College. John received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Dartmouth College and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Duncan Watts, Principle Research Scientist, Yahoo! Research
Duncan Watts is a principal research scientist at Yahoo! Research, where he directs the Human Social Dynamics group. He is also an adjunct senior research fellow at Columbia University, and an external faculty member of the Santa Fe Institute. His research on social networks and collective dynamics has appeared in a wide range of journals, from Nature, Science, and Physical Review Letters to the American Journal of Sociology. He is also the author of Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age (W.W. Norton, 2003) and Small Worlds: The Dynamics of Networks between Order and Randomness (Princeton University Press, 1999). He holds a B.Sc. in Physics from the University of New South Wales, and Ph.D. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from Cornell University.
Guest Panelists
Denise Anthony, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology, Dartmouth College
Denise Anthony is Associate Professor and Chair in the Department of Sociology at Dartmouth College. She is also Research Director of the Institute for Security, Technology, and Society at Dartmouth, and a faculty affiliate at the Center for Health Policy Research at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. Dr. Anthony's research interests include collective action and trust, economic sociology and the sociology of health care. She has explored mechanisms for producing cooperation, trust and social capital in a variety of settings, from micro-credit borrowing groups to online groups such as Wikipedia.org. In health care, she has studied variation in managed care practices across the U.S., and how organizational incentives and communication networks affect physician's referral behavior and career satisfaction. More recently her work examines variation in patient preferences for care, regional differences in physician practice patterns, as well as predictors of hospital compliance with HIPAA requirements.
Prior to her appointment at Dartmouth, Dr. Anthony was a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Post-doctoral Scholar at the University of Michigan from 1997-1999. She has a Ph.D. in Sociology (1997) from the University of Connecticut.
Robert Cunningham, Associate Leader of the Information Systems Technology Group, Lincoln Laboratory
Robert K. Cunningham is the associate leader of the Information Systems Technology Group and is responsible for initiating and managing research programs in information assurance and evaluations of information assurance systems.
Dr. Cunningham received an Sc.B. degree in computer engineering from Brown University in 1985, an M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Boston University in 1988, and a Ph.D. degree in cognitive and neural systems from Boston University in 1998.
From 1985 to 1987, he worked at Raytheon, designing and developing a parallel and distributed operating system for the next generation weather radar system. After completing his master's degree in 1988, he became a staff member of the Machine Intelligence Group at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, where his research focused on machine learning, digital image processing and image and video understanding. As part of this effort, he contributed to early drafts of the real-time message passing interface (MPI/RT) specification.
In early 1998 he moved to the Information Systems Technology Group, where he pursued system security research and development. Initially, he focused on intrusion detection systems that do not require advance knowledge of the method of attack, then broadened to consider detection and analysis of malicious software. Most recently he has become interested in the design of tamper resistant systems. Throughout his time in the Group, he has been interested in evaluating the performance of security systems.
Dr. Cunningham has presented and published widely, and has enjoyed serving on program committees for RAID, WORM, and the IEEE S&P symposium, among others.
Dr. Cunningham has also had the pleasure of serving on several national panels and leading national teams. In 2001 Dr. Cunningham led the research working group for the NSA's computer network defense research and technology transition program manager, and received a commendation for his work from the director. In 2002 he participated in a study for DARPA developing a research program to detect and quarantine computer worms. In 2004 he was elected to the executive committee of the Institute for Information Protection (I3P), and later that year he was appointed to the executive advisory board for the Advanced Research and Development Activity (ARDA) organization. In 2005 through 2009, Dr. Cunningham managed the research team of a multi-institution effort to secure process control systems for the I3P and DHS.
Dr. Cunningham is a member of Sigma Xi and a senior member of the IEEE.
Andy Ellis, Senior Director of Information Security and Chief Security Architect, Akamai Technologies
Andy Ellis serves as Akamai's Senior Director of Information Security and Chief Security Architect, responsible for overseeing the security architecture of the company's massive, globally distributed network as well as setting the strategic security direction of its offerings and managing the Information Security organization at Akamai. Mr. Ellis provides security education and leadership to Akamai's world-class R&D team.
Previously in his capacity as a U.S. Air Force officer, Mr. Ellis was an Information Warfare Engineer, serving as the technical lead in performing network engineering, communication, and security duties to defend the mission-critical aspects of U.S. Central Command in Southwest Asia from network-based attacks.
He received a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
David Kotz, Professor of Computer Science, Dartmouth College
David Kotz is a Professor of Computer Science, and Associate Dean of the Faculty for the Sciences, at Dartmouth College in Hanover NH. During the 2008-09 academic year he was a Visiting Professor at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore India, and a Fulbright Research Scholar to India. At Dartmouth, he was the Executive Director of the Institute for Security Technology Studies from 2004-07.
His research interests include security and privacy, pervasive computing for healthcare, and wireless networks. He has published over 100 refereed journal and conference papers. He is an IEEE Fellow, a Senior Member of the ACM, and a member of the USENIX Association.
After receiving his A.B. in Computer Science and Physics from Dartmouth in 1986, he completed his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Duke University in 1991 and returned to Dartmouth to join the faculty.
Soren Mills, Former VP Global eCommerce, WalMart
Most recently Soren served as Vice-President & Corporate Officer, leading the Global eCommerce business unit for Wal-Mart International, a division of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. He designed and launched this business unit 3 years ago with the mission of developing Wal-Mart's ecommerce presence outside of the US. This business unit achieved significant milestones in launching Wal-Mart's first Global eCommerce platform, building a global operating model, and creating a state-of-the-art underlying technology solution. This model today supports over $1.5B in sales, has driven major productivity improvements in the store P&L's and is built to support all of Wal-Mart's global multi-channel growth.
Prior to this role, Soren spent 3 years on the executive committee of Walmart.com US, a division of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. as the company grew from $300M in sales to over $1B, while achieving profitability. He served in variety of roles leading Operations, Multi-Channel Integration, Strategy and Business Development; notably building and launching an industry leading Site-to-Store capability, and creating a major online advertising media business.
Soren started his career at Wal-Mart in the UK, in the ASDA division. There he served as Business Unit Director & General Manager of several food businesses before spearheading a company-wide revitalization of the Health & Beauty business.
Prior to his career at Wal-Mart, he held a variety of US, UK & International marketing and general management roles with blue-chip (PepsiCo, General Mills, Andersen Consulting) and high growth technology start-up (priceline.com Europe, Onvia.com) companies. This included serving as Marketing Director at the Pepsi-Cola Company for Europe and Africa, and leading marketing at Onvia.com through its IPO.
He completed his undergraduate work at Seattle University, and received an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.
Soren currently resides in San Francisco, California with his wife Jessica and their children, Abby, 7, and Theo, 2.
Satin Mirchandani, Former CEO and Founder of MessageOne (now owned by Dell)
Satin Mirchandani is a General Partner at Impact Venture Partners. At Impact, Satin focuses on e-business services and next-generation enterprise applications investments.
Prior to Impact, Satin was Vice President and General Manager at Trilogy/pcOrder where he was responsible for leading the IPO process and launching the ASP-model reseller business. Before Trilogy/pcOrder, Satin was an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Co. in Silicon Valley. Satin also worked as an Analyst at AEA Investors and as a Software Design Engineer at Microsoft Corporation.
Satin is a guest lecturer for the American Management Association.
Satin received a B.A. in Computer Science and Economics from Dartmouth College, Phi Beta Kappa, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Eugene Santos, Jr., Professor of Engineering, Dartmouth College
Dr. Eugene Santos, Jr. received his B.S. ('85) in Mathematics and Computer Science from Youngstown State University, a M.S. ('86) in Mathematics (specializing in Numerical Analysis) from Youngstown State University, as well as Sc.M. ('88) and Ph.D. ('92) degrees in Computer Science from Brown University. He is currently Professor of Engineering at Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College. His areas of research interest include artificial intelligence, intent inferencing, social and cultural modeling, computational social science, automated reasoning, decision science, adversarial reasoning, user modeling, natural language processing, probabilistic reasoning, and knowledge engineering, verification and validation, protein folding, virtual reality, and active user interfaces. He has served on many major conference program committees from intelligent agents to evolutionary computing. He is currently Editor-in-Chief for the IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Part B, an associate editor for the International Journal of Imaging and Graphics, and is also on the editorial advisor board for System and Information Sciences Notes and on the editorial boards for Journal of Intelligent Information Systems and Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence.
Philip John Venables, Managing Director and CISO, Goldman Sachs
Philip John Venables is the firm's chief information risk officer. He leads the Information Security, Technology Risk/Compliance and Business Continuity Programs. Additionally, he is part of the Core Infrastructure Management Team. Philip joined Goldman Sachs as a vice president in 2000. He transferred to New York in 2001 and became a managing director in 2003.
Prior to joining the firm, Philip was chief information security officer at Deutsche Bank. He also functioned as the global head of Technology Risk Management for Standard Chartered Bank and served in various technology and network management positions at Barclays Bank.
Philip serves as a board member of the SIA Information Security Committee and the International Board of Referees of the journal Computers and Security. He also serves on the Advisory Board of the London School of Economics Computer Security Research Center. In addition, Philip is an associate editor for the Information Security Bulletin.
Philip earned an MSc in Formal Methods and Cryptography from The Queen's College at Oxford University in 1990 and a BSc in Computer Science from York University in the United Kingdom in 1989. Additionally Philip was awarded the designation of Chartered Engineer in 1995 and Chartered Scientist in 2002. In 2005, he was elected a fellow of the British Computer Society.


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HAMMER: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate expensive car parts not far from the object we are trying to hit.
VISE-GRIPS: Used to round off bolt heads. If nothing else is available, they can also be used to transfer intense welding heat to the palm of your hand.
TROUBLE LIGHT: The mechanic's own tanning booth. Sometimes called a drop light, it is a good source of vitamin D, "the sunshine vitamin," which is not otherwise found under cars at night. Health benefits aside, its main purpose is to consume 40-watt light bulbs at about the same rate that 105mm howitzer shells might be used during, say, the first few hours of the Battle of the Bulge. More often dark than light, its name is somewhat misleading.
PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER: Normally used to stab the lids of old-style paper-and-tin oil cans and splash oil on your shirt; can also be used, as the name implies, to round off Phillips screw heads.
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Dry Aging Beef FAQ / HowTo
Contributed by HND
My dry aging refrigerator (pics) MEAT PICS FINAL PRODUCT!!!
i guess it seems pretty self explanatory. if you have any questions, fire away. Yes, it is working and yes it tastes real good.
[ SmokyOkie ] I'm very interested in dry aging beef, but know very little about it. Can you expound on the subject, you know, take us to school. I'm thinking you're supposed to keep it @ 52* or 53* for three weeks or something like that, but that's all I know.
What is that little metal box with the electric cord sitting on top of the fridge?
[ grilltender john ] Oooh, oooh, I know, I know. It is a power supply and fan from a computer and it takes the moisture out of the inside of the fridge.
[ SmokyOkie ] If you take the air out, how do you keep the cool in? And if you want the moisture out, why is there a sponge in the bottom? What % humidity is ideal?
[ rogerja ] For dry aging, you want a temp of 38 degrees and a humidity around 60-70 percent.
Best to go at least two weeks.
[ SmokyOkie ] If that's the case, all I need to do is set my beer fridge a little warmer, and age it in there. What other rules do you need to follow? It seems like I've heard something about scraping every so often or something like that.
I buy whole ribeyes frequently, usually choice as opposed to prime (seems like if I hunt around, I can find choice that's =to prime in quality). It would be nice to dry age it before cutting and vacupacking.
[ rogerja ] Not to hijack, but there are two ways of dry aging, wrapping in towels and replacing those daily and just letting meat sit (raised) and removing juices daily.
After a few weeks, trim the mold away. cut into steaks and grill or vacuum pack.
[ BBQ'D Badger ] If this is not done very carefully are we not talking about some serious issues with toxins?
I saw on TV the other day where this chef from a famous restaurant in Toronto visited a meat wholesaler. This meat wholesaler offered dry aged meat. This stuff looks like it is straight from a morgue. After they trimmed it all up and served it, the meat looked as it should have and based on the comments of the people eating it the texture and flavors were out of this world.
[ rogerja ] The only thing that looks worse than pre-trimmed properly dry aged meat in pre trimmed improperly dry aged beef.
Basically what you want is for the entire surface to develop blue and white mold. Generally, the mold you're developing should be a good mold (think blue cheese). This should be solid. When it get runny or turns green, either cut that part off or throw the whole thing out.
When you trim the mold off, you have delicious, concentrated beef.
You can lose up to 30 percent of the weight when you dry-age.
[ HND ] roger is right...if your meat is green start carving right away....but you want a bluish-white sort of blue cheese thing going on....
its really not as dangerous as people make it seem because your body will automatically reject any bad meat approx .005 seconds after you bite it...trust me....its really really bad
yes the thing on top is a power supply....however....all it is doing is supplying me with power to the squirrel fan inside the fridge....
air doesn't have to be pulled out of the fridge....it just needs to be moving...the squirrel fan probably pushes 3-4 mph of air keeping it moving....you just don't want stagnant air...
the Tupperware thing had 3 sponges standing up. that is for humidity....to show you how well it works...we were at 55% humidity without them, with them and the air I'm at 75%....the ideal humidity lies 70-80%...you'll hear varying opinions on it but its what has worked for our situation.
next is keeping it somewhere between 34-38*....just above freezing really....if its too low the meat will freeze and not really age....above and your meat will rot....
i like to keep it at 34....
I've tried the just laying it on a pan with a rack...and that seems to work the easiest....I've done the "wrap it in linens thing" and while it worked, it was tedious work. use cotton linens and change them everyday....
i will also be using this fridge to make biltong later in the summer....its a dried South African meat that is preserved with salt peter.....that and dry voers....we are excited to try this....
we are starting 1/2 a strip loin in a week or so, I'll post pics as we go....
we started a strip loin. 5.5lb choice. which should yield 5-14 oz steaks after trimming.
I'll be updating with pics every couple of days....
[ HND ] I put it in last night....i looked in this morning and you can already see it doing its thing...I'll take a pic tomorrow morning and post it.
this one was a little less marbled than previous loins and it came off a small 10lb one (I'm used to 6-7lb half's) so I'm just as curious as you guys.....
Day 3. looking fine
Day 7
everything is going as it should. i'm not seeing anything weird going on yet.
i did a few more.
that blue thing on the fat cap is a stamp that was on it originally...nothing that's not supposed to be there....
[ HND ] I'm far from an expert, I'd consider myself a novice as well....i just have this silly thing that i do where if i try something and i like it, I'll go to ridiculous heights to try and recreate it....
i tried biltong a year ago and am working on creating a drying chamber for it...biltong is basically a strip of meat covered in coriander and saltpeter that just hangs out in the open and dries....its delicious....anyway...it sounds very unsanitary but i have to try...
[ johnnyreb ] Are only certain cuts of meat useable for this or can you use any kind of beef. Would something leaner work too?
[ HND ] the rule of thumb is high end choice, prime for meat quality. this one i think is std choice but should still be ok.
as far as cuts of meat....
most places usually do a filet, strip, or porterhouse (filet and strip) they are both pretty lean to begin with but age well.....i also do ribeye....i think its the best aged meat but i've heard it can be tricky...ours was fine...alot of guys age ribeye roasts and rib roasts in their fridge for 3 or 4 days...
were a few days away....
now some of you are wondering where the white/blue crust is...that usually doesn't start until day 15-16...so you won't get to see it on this one....this is for a party on thursday....
[ johnnyreb ] thanks for the answer HD. We usually do the whole loin thing from Costco so I was wondering if you could similarly age those like what you are doing here. Sounds like I might be able to provided I can build the rig similar to what you have.
This is hands down the most interesting thread I've ever seen on this board, and there have been some good ones
[ FireDrake ] Filet/Loin can definitely be dry aged. One of the most expensive cuts there is if you can find it dry aged.
[ Truckman ] I was at Wegman's the other day, and I happened to notice that they had dry aged ribeyes. $23.99/lb I believe the sign read. There was also another cut, I can't remember exactly what it was, but it was $29.99/lb. After reading this thread I thought about checking with my butcher to see if he had any dry aged steaks so I could try one. Hopefully he'd be cheaper than Wegman's if he has any. , At $24-$30/lb I'll take your word for it that it's good. If I liked it enough, I would consider building one of these contraptions.
[ FireDrake ] Dry Aged can be difficult to find. Very few places do it anymore. Everyone's tastes are different but I would bet my firstborn it will be the best tasting steak you've ever had. If you can afford the price then don't waste an opportunity to pick some up.
[ HND ] well if its dry aged, it very well may be prime beef, if that's the case its a great deal....
today is the day....I'm excited to get it carved up this evening....I'll hopefully have pics in the morning....either that or you'll never hear from me again...
fyi. it turned out great and it was delicious. unfortunately the pics are on someone else's camera and I'll have the pics sometime tomorrow morning....will post..
btw...it was 5.5lbs initially.
Trimmed part - 1.5lbs
Steaks - 3.2lbs
total - 4.7lbs
we lost .8 lbs to moisture loss.....
cost was $50 bucks for the meat. so technically it was $15.60 a lb for trimmed dry aged choice strip.
I'll have pics of the cooked steaks later (on another camera)
the steaks ranged from 8 oz - 12 oz. they were all an 1 1/4" thick. if it was a bigger loin I'd of gone thicker...
anyway, there you have it.
sorry I didn't get a better picture of the parts I trimmed off.
[ grilltender john ] WOW those look awesome. I'm sure the pics don't do us justice on how they tasted but they sure look great. Any considerable taste difference than say a fresh steak? Fine job you did there.
[T-Rex ] Please forive my ignorance as I have never done this or even eaten a dry aged steak. Seen them and seen the high price for em, but never had one.
Couple ?'s. Is there ever a problem with bacteria? Is there an off smell that can be smelled or tasted once grilled? I'm sure the flavor gets concentrated, but what is the juiciness of one of these steaks? Great story and process you took us through. Some great learning there.
[ HND ] yes we compared them to 3 strips at the restaurant we were at. he gets his meat from the same place i did. they were all cooked exactly the same and seasoned the same (Canadian steak seasoning *just a bit*, butter)
compared to the dry aged the fresh just tasted a bit bland...it was still good but not as good....
I've never ran into a problem with bacteria or mold.
smelling the uncarved loin, it smelled somewhat sweet to be honest. and the steak really has a gamy odor to it...but not bad gamy..
the last one i did i did take a bit that seemed somewhat bitter....but it was like "oh bleh" and then i spit it out...it wasn't so bad that i was worried.
I'd say they are just as juicy if not juicier. IMHO..
[ Bob-BQN ] I didn't notice any bluish-white growth on the meat, either I missed it or it wasn't prevalent. Maybe this doesn't always happen?
[ HND ] we only did it for 16 days....and it was pretty sanitary....the bacteria never had a chance to give you the look you were looking for....which is good....that outside probably could be eaten like beef jerky to be honest....I'll let someone else try it if they want....
if i did one for 28 days, I'd say you'd get a little bit more goofy stuff going on in the later weeks...
this next one will be a 21 day'er....
[ 502mids ] Great info, thanks for letting us look over your shoulder. More information on dry aging here


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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle
Stories By Washington Irving
de Ian Roderer (Photographs)
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Hendrick Hudson whose namesake is the Hudson River that runs through the Kaatskill Mountains and clear through the state of New York was one of the first explorers of the great American continent. Settlers of the region have formed many myths and legends around his name and that portion of the country is rich in lore that will outlast any of our lifetimes. Washington Irving moved to the banks of the Hudson River to live and write in a peaceful setting with inspiring views. The enchanting New England landscape motivated him to create many of his unique and wonderful characters. Inside this book are two of his most classic legends picturing the captivating characters of Ichabod Crane and Rip Van Winkle that can be equally enjoyed by young and old.
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- Fecha de publicación abr. 22, 2008
- Etiquetas Washington Irving, fairy tales, photography, photos, children, Lego
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When Rep. Susan Almy held a 'tax summit' in 2009, she invited outside, Soros-funded groups to come speak to the legislature on behalf of a state income tax, while excluding real grassroots taxpayer groups such as GST and CNHT. Her excuse? "You have FOX News" she wrote to me in response to an email I sent asking where the local advocacy groups fit in and why they were not invited to participate in the discussion about NH's taxes. From there, her conversation became even more bizarre and disconnected from the real issue, I suspect, because she HAD no excuse.
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Player Profile:
|Right-Handed Pitcher/Outfielder
|Boston, Mass.
|High School:
|Boston College HS
- Appeared on the All-ACC Academic Baseball Team
- Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll
- Used as a two-way player, starting 55 games in the outfield and making 17 appearances as a reliever
- Named to the Rawlings Gold Glove team after holding a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage through 148 opportunities
- Named All-ACC Second Team as a utility player
- Batted .353 with 33 RBI and led Duke with 77 hits and 62 runs
- Tied Quinton McCracken for the fifth-most runs scored in a season in Duke history
- Led the team with 17 doubles and 106 total bases on the way to a .486 slugging percentage
- Added four home runs
- Led Duke with 31 walks, compared to 19 strikeouts, to contribute to a .438 on base percentage
- Batted leadoff in 28 games, second in 11 and third in 16 outings
- Stole 14 bases in 21 opportunities
- Filled in as Duke's closer, logging five saves and a 5-0 record
- Had a 1.30 ERA through 27.2 innings and gave up just four runs
- Held hitters to a team-low .184 average after surrendering just 16 hits, only one of which left the park
- Struck out 22 batters and walked nine
- Had a hit in every one of Duke's non-conference games to bat .442 against non-ACC opponents
- Had a 1.96 ERA , a 2-0 record and three saves in 10 appearances against ACC opponents
- Held ACC hitters to a .203 average
- Named ACC Player of the Week on March 17 after batting .579 for the week with three saves in relief
- Led the team with 24 multiple-hit games
- Opened the season with a 12-game hitting streak and nearly matched it with an 11-game tear later on
- Played with the Orleans Cardinals in the Cape Cod League and was used as an outfielder and closer
- Logged a 3.00 ERA with five saves and 13 strikeouts in nine innings out of the bullpen
- Held Cape Cod hitters to a .194 average
- Batted .208 with five doubles, 18 runs, four stolen bases and a .23 walks with the Cardinals
- Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll
- Started 52 games, including 41 in the outfield and 11 on the mound
- Batted .262 with 37 RBI and 39 runs scored
- Knocked 50 hits, including 12 doubles, three triples and a pair of home runs
- Put together a team-high 20-game hitting streak from March 6 through March 31
- Racked up 22 walks for the second most on the team
- Led all freshmen in hits, RBI, runs, walks and fielding percentage
- Had 14 multiple-hit games and eight outings with two or more RBI
- Had at least one extra base hit in 16 games
- Had a two home run game against Farleigh Dickinson (3/14)
- Hit .385 with runners in scoring position
- Batted .347 and knocked in 12 runs with two outs on the board
- Mde 13 appearances on the mound, including 11 starts, and tossed 54.1 innings
- Went 2-6 with a 5.80 ERA and fanned 34 batters while walking 24
- Played with the Pittsfield Dukes and earned a spot on the New England Collegiate Baseball League All-Star Team
- Started 38 of 41 games for the Pittsfield Dukes and batted .303 with 18 steals in 19 attempts
- Led the team in runs, doubles, RBI, stolen bases and on base percentage
High School
- Four-year letterwinner at Boston College High School
- Hit .500 with five home runs and 23 RBI and went 6-3 with a 1.58 ERA as a senior to earn Louisville Slugger Player of the Year honors in the state of Massachusetts
- Also named conference Player of the Year following his senior campaign
- Earned all-conference accolades as a junior after batting .400 with two homers and 20 RBI
- Hit .368 with 18 RBI and went 6-3 on the mound as a sophomore to garner all-conference honors
- His South Shore Spartans AAU team captured back-to-back-to-back state titles while his legion team also won a state championship during his prep career
- National Honor Society member
- Born Alexander Edward Hassan on April 1, 1988, in Quincy, Mass.
- Son of David and Kathleen Hassan
- Has a brother, Dan
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