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A few things need to be said...
... about the Rimrock 1p. Backcountry has listed many things that simply do not exist on this tent. There isn't a second door, there isn't two vestibules (unless you count 2-3 inches 'space' on the back of tent), and no way could this comfortably sleep three adults. And there isn't four side pockets, nor gear loft.
But don't let this deter you from otherwise positive review! Because even with these discrepancies, the rimrock is a great bargain 1p tent. Sets up quick, has room for a weekend pack and boots in the front vestibule, and sleeps myself (6'2-3") with 3-4in of wiggle room on both ends, more if I'm laying diagonally. It does have gear loops inside the tent, and with a little jimmying you can hang wet clothes to dry albeit drying right beside you. It might - might - be able to sleep two fit adults with mummy-sized gear, but be prepared to spoon cause your packin' in tight. Upgrade to a 2p if your flying dual or like a portable office. It's cool to raise the door with trekking poles; you can zip the door many different ways to increase ventilation; and the fast pitch is possible with the footprint. The footprint will add about 6 more oz making the total weight 3lbs 8oz. However it does create a nice tent-free shelter, and it's never a bad idea to protect an investment.
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In March, I had to dig deep to get back on track. February was a bad month for my Health/Work/Life balance. Past performance issues created a hurdle for this month. I'm proud to say that I made it!
I set out to ride 2000 miles on my bike this year - that broke down to about 170 miles per month. Given that my past annual total was 360, that was a real challenge. On paper it looked like I could do it. Then came February. Meetings and illness knocked me way off the path, and I fell 100 miles short for the month.
100 miles of bike riding is a lot!! It would take me 2+ weeks to do it at any normal pace. There was no quick path back to "caught up" so, I needed a different strategy.
The only thing I could think of was to spread the 100 miles over the remaining months. That lifted my goal form 170 to 180. Even more daunting! Somehow I'm going to have to do something to get ahead because I can see vacation and other meetings knocing me down again.
You can see from the image that the final total for March was 182. Of course that took me pressing pretty hard the last 2 days of the month to make it work. A 20 mile ride on Sunday and a 13 mile ride on Monday.
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WWYD open condom wrapper(124 Posts)
Name changed for this.
Bought DP a new wallet for Xmas. His old
One has been on the fireplace since then. I was looking in it today for a receipt for a printer we bought which is now faulty. Inbetween hundreds of receipts I come across an open condom wrapper, no condom to be found.
DP has been unfaithful before. When we were younger. I forgave him and recently, I believe(d) he had grown up and realised the value of his family.
I obviously want to confront him but DP is very good at excuses, turning around or considering this wallet hasn't been used for four months I'm
Wondering if he'll just opt for 'haven't used that wallet in ages, I sincerely have no idea, god knows, but I swear to you I haven't done anything."
I can see this playing out. I can see me being made to be overreacting. Our relationship isn't great at the moment, I am pregnant and very tired our sex life has somewhat suffered due to this, he has made passing comments on lack
Of affection etc recently and I am very touchy if I am honest.
I am concerned for what answer I will get, I want the truth but would I get that? And If he opts out of telling the truth then what do I do? End my family? Go it all alone with no facts !?
FFS why did the fucking printer break
The no comment interview was suspicious. It's noncommittal. Even more suspicious if he miraculously thinks of a reason now. Convenient. Did he look like he was really trying to figure it out (if it was a genuine weird one you'd be racking your brains)- or did he seem satisfied with his "nah nothing to do with me" stuff?
Tbh I might be fobbed off with that in the right circumstances but I'm not sure these are those. I felt very uncomfortable when I read the end bit about telling you he loved you and hugging. But obviously you know if that felt sincere or a "stfu silly"/"guilty" thing.
OP, it's perfectly possible that your do used a condom to wank into; I used to because it felt good. Ignore all posters claiming that men don't do this; they do. I suggest the most likely reason for the wrapper being in his wallet is simply that it got caught up in receipts collected from his car, it almost passes belief that he would have just forgotten about it after having been with another woman.
Same response as LEtranger' s home here too :-(
I ran this past DH for a male perspective, told him about the empty condom wrapper in the wallet, his response "doesn't look good". Then told him this guy had cheated before, his response "ah, well it's a no-brainer then". Just one man's opinion, but he thinks a cheating explanation is inevitable in the circumstances.
OP did you have a thread about the condoms you found in his car? That sounds vaguely familiar. I remember reading it at the time and thinking it was a load of bolleaux.
I thought the same as Wisey about the car. Believe me there is no logic or reasoning to an affair or sordid liaison. He could have easily ripped open the packet, removed the condom leaving the packet in his wallet and forgetting to dispose of it later. There are so many reasons the empty condom wrapper could be in there.
Given your history though I would also be very suspicious it doesn't sound good. :-(
Difficult one OP. My first thought wasn't that he stuffed the wrapper in his wallet because he couldn't dispose of it in your house. It was because he'd had sex in the car .
I don't know what to advise, I'm sorry. It's your life, your marriage and your decision as to what you do next.
OP, you're the one who is dealing with this. You're the one who has to make the decisions. The advice on this thread is just that - advice. Don't feel you have to do what you're 'expected' to do, or that the support will dry up if you do the 'wrong thing'.
Maybe time for a full sweep of phones, emails (email folders) text, internet history?
To me affection doesn't necessarily mean sex, dw has been in pain post childbirth, I'll just knock one out, but the hugs etc are still there.
@ whyami
I hope you are right. I really do. OP seems to think that these are the kinds of friends her DP has, so maybe you are right.
I still don't see that it would be a very 'rewarding' prank though. Even assuming that kind of humour/mentality. Not much pay off really. And if it was the likeliest explanation, wouldn't the OP's partners have JUMPED on this as an excuse/explanation.
Surely, "That'll be fucking XXX. Wait till I see him tomorrow!" would have been far more convincing than "I have no explanation"
they would not want to jeopardise a friends marriage,
Your faith in human nature is touching. Point is - when they're out with the lads, 'relationships' are the last thing that anybody is thinking about. Darker point - I don't think the OP is married - maybe his friends don't approve of her?
for the sake of playing a prank that they don't even get to witness?
Obviously witnessing the payoff is best, but if it doesn't happen and the mark goes home with it unexploded, then there still might be a good story at work the next day.
All I'm saying, OP, is keep an open mind, trust no one (especially not his friends) and keep both of your two eyes on him....
Anyway - I only blundered in here by accident 'cos the title reminded me of the jape. Goodnight all.
@mamma - that can't be that common?
Happened to me once - right under my nose! Classic Derren Brown misdirection type stuff.
Fortunately my missus saw them from across the room as she was on the way back from the ladies.
Course she played along as somebody asked me if I could sub them twenty quid for the next round and the inevitable happened when I opened my wallet.
But she couldn't keep it up for more than 10 seconds and cracked up laughing with everybody else before I'd really grasped what was going on, so they didn't manage to get me into the spluttering phase.
I'm not necessarily saying that's what's happened here, but it's a standard prank and you shouldn't underestimate the level of cruelty that men will inflict on each other in the name of humour.
No, not weak. Don't put yourself down.
Get some sleep and spend some time tomorrow thinking about your next move.
Thanks all.
What whyami says is true amongst his friends, we are young. Half of his friends have children but would you believe not one of them sees/pays/bothers with them. They are very juvenile. Dp rarely goes out with them though but does work with them.
I am going to sleep on it, but yes it isn't enough for me yet I don't think for many reasons, mostly because I am just weak I suppose
I found a condom in my stbxh's overnight bag for work. Confronted him. He said he hadn't a clue how it got there (we didn't use them at all so it wasn't an odd one of ours) and I obviously didn't trust him if I was questioning him over it. I can't imagine any woman or man for that matter who wouldn't.
I'd just given birth and I was all over the place, but whether right or wrong, I let it drop. It alone wasn't enough to end my marriage over.
Sleep on it every, it looks bad, but you and baby don't need the stress of this tonight. Take care x
*whyami" - I don't think the twats you speak of are representative of the majority of men in circles of married/long term partner/with kids, family men.
I have known and still know, quite a lot of 'players' who like a laugh - they would not want to jeopardise a friends marriage, for the sake of playing a prank that they don't even get to witness?
Nah. Sorry.
OP - ask to see the other phone.
Yeah...not buying that whyami...that can't be that common?!
Bloody hell you know some thick men whyami
I haven't bothered to read all the comments (too many), so someone else might have mentioned this...
Does he drink with a load of loud and lairy mates who act a bit juvenile?
Slipping an empty condom wrapper into the wallet is a pretty standard pub jape. hiding an unwrapped condom under a car seat is another corker.
Absolutely fucking HILARIOUS when their missus finds out and goes mental!
Sure, the odd relationship might get trashed but so what? Having a drink and a good laugh with your mates is far more important than getting tied down by some bird. In fact, if he's getting too serious about a girl then maybe she needs shaking up a bit.
By the way - these aren't my opinions - I'm just paraphrasing the prevailing attitude of some young men.
My advice would be to hold your fire, keep your powder dry and keep watching. If he's playing away there will be something else - there always is.
A couple of other points -
- The unlocked phone is a good sign in my opinion. Every 'player' I know keeps their phone locked and their pin secret. Sure you can try an extra phone, but you really need it to be on you all the time to be useful, then that looks suspicious. It's much less hassle to just have one, keep it locked and disguise contacts as business/trade contacts.
- Putting the empty wrapper in the wallet? who T.F. does that? If you must clear up the crime scene (surely that's the woman's job?) then just stick it in your pocket and drop it on the street when you're 20 yards clear.
Empty wrapper in a wallet? Nah - that was intended to be found.
Again, don't shoot the messenger, I'm only saying how some lads think. It's not pretty.
Lois With real sex they don't need any sensation of a dick being inside something because it actually is. And part of the sensation that a condom blunts is wetness.
Condom, sock, banana skin, pillow whatever...
Personally I reckon a sock use is much more common, I agree with AwfulDaughter that the posh wank line is primarily an excuse for getting caught with condoms.
If you left him now it wouldn't be because of the condom. It would be because you have realised that his previous cheating has broken down you trust and you don't want to live looking over your shoulder all the time.
What snot said.
I'm sorry it's so inconclusive OP. I have to say his excuse is pretty much exactly the same as the one I gave when my mum found a Brooks clinic card in an old purse when I was 15. 'Dont know how it got there, no idea, if it was nefarious I would have a better excuse'.
In fact. Ask to see the spare phone in the office phone now.
If he is feeling so understanding, he will COMPLETELY understand your request and won't splutter or hesitate.
Oh OP. I feel really sorry that you are in this situation.
Because the ONLY acceptable response would have been an immediate, instant, innocent and articulate explanation - however unlikely - that your gut told you was the truth.
Saying 'I can't remember' under these circumstances is akin to a guilty person being interviewed by the police about a crime that they clearly do remember and, in the absence of having any defence, resorting to "I don't remember'.
Possible. But highly highly unlikely.
Big hugs to you. Please ask him again.
Feeling scared is understandable but don't think too far ahead.
Deal with today first. You've got to try not to stress out as it won't be good for you or baby.
Why don't you have an early night, run a bath and get to bed and sleep on it.
Tomorrow is another day- maybe try to get the phone.
I totally understand- I listened to the denials and lies for a long time, I knew they were lies but I kept waiting and waiting for either more proof (even though it was indesputible) or for it to somehow magic itself all away.
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WATCH ABOVE: Rescuers have recovered at least 29 bodies a day after a ferry capsized in a river during a storm in central Bangladesh and police estimate at least 100 others were missing, officials said on Friday.
UNSHIGANJ, Bangladesh – Rescuers have recovered 54 bodies from a ferry that sank in a river during a storm in central Bangladesh, resuming their search Saturday after protests by relatives of people missing in the disaster.
Officials said that 12 people were still unaccounted for, although there has been confusion over how many were aboard the ferry M.V. Miraz-4 when it sank Thursday in the River Meghna.
Earlier Saturday, authorities called the search off after retrieving 40 bodies, but hundreds of relatives and local residents protested at the scene of the accident in Munshiganj district, forcing authorities to announce that they would continue to look for bodies.
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There has been confusion over how many passengers were on board the sunken vessel. Ferry operators in Bangladesh usually do not maintain a list of passengers, and none was available in Thursday's disaster, said local administrator Saiful Hasan.
Before 11 more bodies were recovered after the search resumed Saturday, police had estimated that at least 100 people were still missing.
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Relatives of the missing and the dead have been gathering since Thursday on the banks the Meghna River, near where the boat capsized. Several bodies, covered in cloth, were laid out on the ground on Saturday.
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Sabuj, a passenger who jumped overboard when the ship began to sink, said he was among about 25 survivors who swam to shore. He said the captain of the double-decker ferry ignored the passengers' calls to stay close to the shore as the storm started brewing.
"But he continued to steer the ship" out into the water, said Sabuj, who uses one name.
The ferry was apparently overcrowded and its lower deck was loaded with goods, said Mohammad Ali, a director of the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority. Officials were investigating whether the vessel was overcrowded or had design faults.
Ferries are a common mode of transportation in this populous delta nation, and the Meghna River has been the scene of past accidents. In 2012, at least 150 people died when a ferry carrying about 200 people capsized at night in the river.
In 2003, an overcrowded ferry capsized in flood-swollen waters at the confluence of the Padma, Meghna and Dakatia rivers near Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka. Up to 400 people died.
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- If you must pick your child up early, please come to the main office to sign your child out. We will contact the teacher and have your child come to the office to meet you. Early dismissals count either as a tardy (less that 30 minutes) or one half day (greater than 30 minutes but not greater than half day).
- Two notes stating the reason for dismissal with a phone number where the parent can be reached needs be sent to the homeroom teacher who will forward one copy to the office. This way both the teacher and the office have documentation as to the dismissal procedure.
- A "Car Rider Permission Slip" will be sent home at the beginning of the school year. This is to be filled out only if you are picking up your child every day of the school year. Otherwise two notes need to be sent in to the homeroom teacher, as stated above, even if you are picking up your child the same day(s) every week.
- IN THE INTEREST OF STUDENT SAFETY – NO PHONE CALLS WILL BE ACCEPTED TO CHANGE THE WAY A CHILD GOES HOME AFTER 1:00PM. End of the day phone calls to the office to change your children's dismissal plans create many problems for the school. These calls should be limited to emergencies only. When numerous calls are made to the office near the end of the school day, it is difficult for the office to honor these requests.
- Parents are asked to assist with dismissal procedures by making certain that children are clear about dismissal plans before they enter school each morning. Last minute changes in plans are often confusing to the children.
The compulsory attendance laws of Ohio hold parents responsible for their child's attendance. Attendance update letters will be sent when a student has accumulated 5 days of absence and again at 10 days of absence. Any student who misses 15 days or more throughout the school year for any reason(s) may be referred to the county attendance officer for a hearing. Absences for any reason count toward a student's total absentee record for the year. Legal absences are as follows: A) illness; B) quarantine at home; C) death in the family, D) observance of religious holidays; and E) other absences requested beforehand by the parents and approved by the principal. These requests must be made by the parents at least 5 school days prior to the date of release. Any absence for a reason other than stated above (A-E) presumably is illegal and constitutes truancy. A STUDENT MUST BE IN SCHOOL A FULL DAY IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN AN EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITY, SCHOOL PROGRAM OR EVENT.
Students leaving one-half hour before school dismisses will be considered one-half day absent. Students who are signed out during the day for any reason and then return for the remainder of the day will be counted one-half day absent. Leaving during the last half hour of school may also result in the loss of perfect attendance incentives. Upon returning to school from an absence, children are required to present an excuse written by their parent or guardian, to the homeroom teacher citing the cause of the absence. If absences exceed 10 days, a doctor's note is required. The Board of Education reserves the right to verify such statements and to investigate the cause of each single or prolonged absence. Excessive absences may be a factor considered in student retentions.
Tardiness: Students are considered tardy if they are not in their assigned classroom location by the starting bell (8:04). Students arriving one-half hour late are considered one-half day absent. Students who are tardy to school must first report to the office. Tardiness will disqualify students from receiving perfect attendance.
Safety Measures: For your child's safety we require anyone wishing to remove a child from the building before or at regular dismissal to sign that child out. Verification of identity may be requested. The sign out log is located outside the office. You will be asked to sign your name, the child's name, relationship to the child, the date, time, and reason for the removal before the child will be released from the building. If someone other than the legal guardian is picking up a child a note or phone call from the legal guardian is required.
In the interest of safety, students are not allowed to leave the school grounds during the school hours unless accompanied by a teacher in a school activity or released to their parent or legal guardian for an appointment or an emergency. If one parent has been awarded custody of the student in a divorce settlement, the custodial parent as defined in legal statute shall inform the school in writing of any limitations in the rights of the non-custodial parent. Absent such notice, the school will presume that the student may be released into the care of either parent.
Board of Education
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Back row (left to right): Andrew Warner, Brian Sutorius
Front row (left to right): Kent Miller, Elmer Lippert (President), Paul Schoennegge (Vice President)
Regular meetings of the Margaretta Board of Education are held on the third Monday of the month at 6:00 p.m. and located at the:
Margaretta Board of Education Office
305 South Washington St.
Castalia, OH 44824
Check the website's online District Calendar for exact meeting dates and times.
All meetings of any Board of Education of a school district are declared to be public meetings open to the public at all times with the exception of an executive session, in which specific matters can only be discussed, and the public is excluded; however, no business may be transacted at such executive sessions.
The Margaretta Local Board of Education welcomes you to its meeting and expresses its appreciation for your interest in its work and schools.
An agenda is provided for your convenience enabling you to follow the board's procedure in transacting school business. Citizens who desire to include any matter of concern on the agenda should make the request to the Treasurer or Superintendent of schools at least five (5) days in advance of the regular board meeting date (third Monday of each month.) Minutes of the preceding meeting and the agenda are delivered to the members of the board at least two days in advance of the regularly scheduled meeting.
The agenda provides a specific time wherein the public may appear and be heard, but they have no right to enter into the deliberations of the board. The Board of Education reserves the right to table any matter of concern presented by visitors orally until the next regular meeting.
Unless a visitor has been placed on the regular agenda, speaking time is limited to five (5) minutes per speaker. The Board of Education policy also limits its total time for speakers to thirty (30) minutes. Exceptions can be made only by a vote of the majority of the board.
The Treasurer of the Board of Education records the business proceedings of each meeting of the board in a book provided for that purpose. These minutes are available to the public for inspection at any reasonable time. Approved minutes of previous meetings are posted in the green box to the left.
The above rules, regulations and policies are essential to accomplishing the objectives of the school district. We hope you enjoy your attendance of the Margaretta Local Board of Education meetings as members of the board act upon the public matters entrusted to them.
RC§ 121.22 permits discussion in executive session only for the following specified purposes:
1. The appointment, employment, dismissal, discipline, promotion, demotion, or compensation of public employees or regulated individuals, or the investigation of charges or complaints against a public employee or regulated individual unless such person requests a public hearing;
2. To consider the purchase of property or the sale of property, if premature disclosure of information would give an unfair competitive bargaining advantage to a person whose private interest is adverse to the general public interest;
3. Conferences with an attorney concerning disputes involving pending or imminent court action;
4. Preparing for, conducting, or reviewing negotiations or bargaining sessions with public employees;
5. Matters required to be kept confidential by federal laws, rules or state statues; and
6. Specialized details of security arrangements where disclosure of matters discussed might reveal information that could be used for the purpose of committing or avoiding prosecution for, a violation of the law.
Margaretta Middle/High School
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|Grade 9-12
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Bullying Report
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R.C. 3313.66 defines harassment, intimidation or bullying as intentional written, verbal, or physical acts that a student has exhibited toward another particular student or group of students more than once and the behavior both:
1. Causes mental or physical harm to the other student or group of students; and
2. Is sufficiently severe, persistent, or pervasive that it creates an intimidating,
threatening, or abusive educational environment for the other student or students
Ohio law requires school districts to provide a written summary of reported incidents of harassment, intimidation, and bullying, and to post the report on the school district's website. Accordingly, the Margaretta Local School District reports that it received the following number of alleged incidents of harassment, intimidation, and bullying during the 2015-2016 school year.
Summary of Reported Bullying, Harassment, and Intimidation Incidents.
2015-2016 School Year
Margaretta Elementary: 2
Margaretta Middle School: 7
Margaretta High School: 3
District Mission
The MARGARETTA LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT will deliver an education that supports academic achievement, in a safe environment, that provides the knowledge and skills needed to be college and career ready.


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The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the October jobs report today showing that the labor market has only gotten worse since President Obama was sworn into office.
The number of unemployed Americans rose by 170,000 in October and the unemployment rate rose to 7.9 percent. When Obama was inaugurated in January 2009 unemployment was just 7.8 percent.
Overall the number of unemployed Americans is up by 209,000 since Obama took office.


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American Idol season 2 finalist Josh Gracin gave his family, friends and fans a huge scare Thursday after he reportedly posted an apparent suicide note on Facebook and then went missing.
"I've loved her for 17 years I made mistakes I admitted them, told her the truth and she turned her back on me when I needed her … the most I love you all," Gracin, 33, reportedly wrote in a post that has since been taken down, according to TMZ. "You have given me the greatest gift. You allowed me to touch your hearts with what I loved to do the most Please remember me as someone who gave his all in his music Pray for my family as they carry on in this world without me. Goodbye."
TMZ reports that police rushed to Gracin's residence in Spring Hill, Tennessee, where they found his wife, but the singer was not at home. Police were later able to get ahold of the former Marine on the phone, and he supposedly told his wife he was coming home.
Law-enforcement officials apparently stopped Gracin on his way home, and he was reportedly placed under a 5150 psychiatric hold.
On Thursday night his manager, Amy Macintosh, posted messages on Gracin's Twitter account and Facebook page to say he was safe and with his family.
Gracin, who has been married to wife Ann Marie since 2001 and has four kids, released new music last year but hasn't had a hit song since 2007.


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Austin (Texas) Lake Travis quarterback Garrett Gilbert is one of the nation's top junior quarterbacks. The 6-foot-3, 186-pounder looked great at the Fort Worth NIKE Training Camp earlier this spring and has had a successful start to his senior season.
He's now focused on making the most out of his junior season and along the way he knows the recruiting attention will take care of itself.
"We're doing pretty well," he said. 'We're 2-1 so far and we've had a slow start, but we're playing pretty well now. We played three pretty good teams. I've been making some mistakes, but the other night I played pretty well the first of the game. Then I kind of forced the ball too much. I just need to be making sure I relax and know who my reads are and stuff.
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"We had a bye week then we open up district with Burnett. They're a pretty good team this year."
Gilbert said he's worked hard at improving his game. He also has worked hard on becoming a better field general both on and off of it.
"I want to lead the team as best I can and do what it takes to win the game," he said. "Even if we run it every play, it doesn't matter to me as long as we win. We had a goal of taking it one game at a time through district and have that same philosophy throughout the playoffs. We've got a lot of good tools. A great defense, some good receivers and a real good running back, too.
"I think if everyone keeps on working, I think we have a good shot of going a long way in the playoffs."
Gilbert said he's still looking for his first official offer. But since schools have been able to start sending juniors mail, his mailbox has been pretty full.
"There's been a bunch of different schools from all over," he said. "I'm just trying to take it as it comes, but I'm mostly focusing on what's going on with our team this year. I'm thinking about taking some visits, but I don't know yet.
"I went to the UT camp, I went up to the Tennessee camp and the Sam Houston State camp this past summer. They were all real good camps. I learned a lot, mostly footwork stuff. We did a bunch of different drills and stuff like that, drop back and stuff.
"I'm pretty open to go anywhere. I haven't really thought about it much yet. Whenever the season is over I'll be talking about it, but I'm not thinking about it at all right now."
Gilbert has also been linked with California and Texas Tech.


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This move, pioneered by the legendary Martha Graham, is called the Squat-n-Poop.
This video of a dancing baby was first shared about a year ago and popped up again this week. In it, 14-month-old Ivo, son of Brooklyn-based choreographer Alexandra Beller, leads a rehearsal for a piece called "Milkdreams."
The three dancers imitate Ivo's every move, and end up doing what looks like a pretty classic modern dance (er, if such a thing exists). Beller calls Ivo their "muse" in her original Facebook post of the video. I just hope the attention doesn't go to Ivo's head. Pretty soon he'll be walking in a straight line and pooping in the potty, and the dancers will abandon him for a younger, more wobbly choreographer.


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Bishop Sedgwick Daniels and the Holy Redeemer Institutional Church Of God In Christ's Love Family invites the community to witness history and observe the swearing in of Elizabeth Coggs as the new representative of the 10th Assembly district on Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011 at 9:45 a.m. Holy Redeemer is located at 3500 W. Mother Daniels Way.
The event will also be a tribute to the lawmaker Coggs will replace at the state capitol, the retiring Annette Polly Williams.
"I am proud to be elected to serve the residents of the 10th district and I will work hard," Coggs said. "It will be hard to fill the shoes of Annette Polly Williams. She has done an outstanding job."
Williams is the longest serving woman legislator in Wisconsin history. Coggs will also make history. Hers will be the first family in state history where the father, mother and daughter served in the state Assembly. Coggs is following in the footsteps of her father, Isaac N. Coggs; and her mother, Marcia Coggs.
Coggs will join her cousins, state Sen. Spencer Coggs and state Rep. Leon D. Young, who said, "I look forward to my cousin Elizabeth joining us in Madison."
The swearing in will be in Holy Redeemer's Genesis Hall and will be presided over by the Honorable Judge Maxine White. Sen. Coggs and Alderwoman Milele Coggs will be the master and mistress of ceremony for the occasion.


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As speculation continued Friday about whether a merger is ahead for PepsiCo, the parent of Plano-based Frito-Lay said it has held meetings with the Nelson Peltz's Trian Fund Management.
PepsiCo said late Friday that in recent weeks "we have held meetings with Trian to discuss and consider their ideas and initiatives as part of our ongoing evaluation of all opportunities" to boost the company's value.
Calling Trian "a respected investor," PepsiCo said it looks forward to "continuing constructive discussions with them."
Activist investor Peltz filed papers Friday with the Securities and Exchange Commission, laying out his investment firm's stake in PepsiCo and in Mondelez International, which used to be Kraft Foods.
Through his Trian Fund Management, Peltz owns 19.42 million shares of Mondelez and 3.93 million shares of PepsiCo, according to the filing. That's only 0.25 percent of the shares outstanding, according to Bloomberg News. Still, Peltz is known for agitating for change.
There's been speculation for months that Peltz will push for a merger of PepsiCo and Mondelez. Irene Rosenfeld, chairman and chief executive of Mondelez, is the former head honcho at Frito-Lay.
Last year, investors peppered PepsiCo management with questions about a possible spinoff of Frito-Lay, the nation's largest snack maker. It's been outperforming the soft drinks side of the business, as consumers back away from soda.
PepsiCo reported better-than-expected profits Thursday, despite a 6 percent drop in the amount of carbonated soft drinks sold in North America.
PepsiCo chief executive Indra Nooyi — who has balked at splitting the two sides of the business — said the company is looking at what's next for the beverage business.
She said the company has been reducing costs in the beverage business to improve margins, while it also looks at "sensible opportunities" to improve the company's value "through meaningful structural alternatives," she said.
There was no explanation of what "meaningful structural alternatives" means, or what any of this means for Frito-Lay. The company did not say anything beyond that, but Nooyi promised to talk more about it early next year.
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Feeling nostalgic?
Wishing you could taste a bowl of Oreo-Os just one more time? Wondering if Crystal Pepsi could have been your favorite soda if it had been given the chance? Asking yourself if the side effects of WOW! Chips really were as awful as everyone said they were? Apart from the WOW! Chips (they really were that bad), these questions will have to remain unanswered since all of these culinary masterpieces from the last two decades featured in the gallery above are currently discontinued. Though we hear you can still find Fruitopia in Canada and Australia.
Initially popular, these "diet" chips quickly met their downfall when everybody realized that the secret "WOW!" ingredient, Olestra, made consumers rush to the bathroom.
Look for Fruitopia in a store near you, if you're in Canada or Australia.
These things were like Christmas cookies, but apparently nobody wanted Christmas cookies for breakfast.
Who can forget the "ninja nets" that were really just Rice Chex and the turtle marshmallows that turned your milk all green? They were too good for this world. .
Let's be honest, it freaked everybody out.
The best part was twisting the cap off. The second best part was drinking 100 percent sugar.
The Bubble Beeper is so outdated that the Internet doesn't even know what happened to it. This wouldn't have happened to a Bubble Smart Phone.
Created as a product tie-in with the cartoon series, "The Real Ghostbusters," the Ecto Cooler wasn't supposed to last as long as it did. The show ended in 1991, but this bad boy made it all the way to 2001.
They were "crispety," "crunchety," and "peanut-buttery," and they still couldn't be saved.
But those little bubbly things were so much fun!
This was yogurt's only chance of being exciting.
Why this cereal didn't stand the test of time, we can't figure out. It's OREOS and MILK people, come on!
This brilliant breakfast item took the Cinnamon Toast Crunch franchise a step further because these little guys were actually shaped like toast! But, sadly, nobody cared. It's still available in Canada.
Rumor has it there's an online campaign to give Surge a second chance.


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Here's to a strong 2011 + we need your help
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Since I was snowbound yesterday, I spent the day looking closely at my numbers for 2010 and thinking about how I want to grow Marketing Mentor in 2011. Through that process, I came up with this worksheet, which addresses 4 areas of growth:
- Balancing your client roster
- Getting more of your favorite projects
- Getting more of the most lucrative projects
- Making more money
We need your help. We can't for the life of us come up with a title for the worksheet. We are too close to it. So if you have 10 minutes today, please download this worksheet, do it, and let us know your suggestions for a title. Thanks!
There will be a winner: The best title gets a free copy of my new book (coming shortly!), The Creative Professionals Guide to Money.
Reminder: With 2011 around the corner, if you need help creating a pipeline-filling new year, don't forget about the 2011 Marketing Plan + Calendar Bundle which includes the eCalendar that syncs with your Outlook, iCal, Google Cal and more…


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There are lots of good articles on the internet addressing this topic. The one I've found most useful is here:
The article advises against HP printers that use Ink Cartridges #10 and #11. Add #97 Tri-Color to that list.
I was very lucky this year and able to indulge myself with some of my tax return. Treated myself to a new Canon (one of the 2 brands most articles consistently recommend as the best for printing on fabric.) It uses their Chroma Life 100 inks. I also upgraded to 200ct muslin. Killed me to pay more per yard, but for once I truly believe I got something worth the "extra" money.
Using HP #97 ink, I lost at least 20-25% of the color every time, regardless of fabric or first-wash method or detergent. You can literally see the ink floating away every time.
The Canon CL100 gave results light years better than the HP#97 - on both grades of fabric. The 200ct results are by far the best, though.
If you are currently using HP#97, and plan to do a lot of printing on fabric, and can afford it, I do recommend you get a Canon. Make sure you get a model for which the cartridge numbers start with either CL or CLI. The least expensive of them use dye-based color inks, but pigment black. There are several models that use dye-based for all the colors and for black.
Most of them can be found for less than the price shown at Canon's own site.
I've already gone on and on here. (I can't even say "hello" in 25 words or less.) The article I attached is even longer, but includes the "rules" I've discovered over the years, the steps I used, and a summary of what it costs to POF.
If anybody out there gets pleasing results with an HP using #97 color, please share your method.
If you get great results with another brand or ink, please share also.


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Interactive Light at Miami-Dade Government Center
Ivan Toth Depeña has made some pretty incredible displays in his career thus far.  One beautiful and fun example would be the Miami-Dade Art in Public Places commission that Ivan did for the Miami0Dade Government Center.  Check this out:
From Ivan's Vimeo page on the installation:
MIAMI, FL – Ivan Toth Depeña's light-based installation "Reflect†was permanently installed in the Stephen Clark Government Center Lobby in Miami on November 18, 2011. Commissioned by the Miami-Dade Art in Public Places initiative, the work illuminates the dynamism of the lobby space and encourages a sense of discovery in the visitors.
This dynamic art work is designed by the artist with the idea of welcoming visitors and employees to Government Center in a fun and interactive way,†said Michael Spring, Director of the Department of Cultural Affairs. "It will energize the lobby and symbolize the County's commitment to be informative and responsive to our citizens.â€
As a main stop in Miami's MetroRail system, the space serves as a hub for commuters; incorporating the notion of daily circulation into his piece, Depeña uses sensors and light to focus on the communal nature and circulatory qualities of the lobby. The project engages the building's visitors and references the idea of community through various means of reflection, group interactivity and high-tech playfulness.
For more information please visit: ivandepena.com
Commissioned by: Miami-Dade Art in Public Places:
Additional Project Support:
Lighting Consultant and Programming Support: Focus Lighting
With generous support by: Color Kinetics
Music: Duster
Isn't it amazing that this kind of art can be made in the same place that bands of neo-Nazis are patrolling the streets? Â Blows the mind.


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The new Stubble Collection from Beardhead once again allows beardless individuals to experience the joys of having some scruffy stubble on their bare faces. These comical creations are literally knitted caps that look exactly like beards. They cover the entire head, like a winter cap, and snake around to the front, covering the mouth and nose with a full-fledged knitted beard.
These Beardhead caps are available in every hair color from yellow-blonde to husky auburn. This ensures that even people with unusual hair colors can look natural with their Beardheads, almost as if they were born with them.
Each Beardhead is a fun and unique way to pay tribute to beard culture, and would make for a hilarious addition to a lumberjack costume, or even a family photo. Regardless of the occasion, the Beardhead is sure to be the center of attention.
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References: beardhead & lostateminor
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Session Bean with no external clients (8 messages)
Hi Everyone, I have what's hopefully a simple enough question. If you have a service you want your application to provide, that is not invoked directly by a client, is it worth wrapping in a session bean ? For example consider that we have a session facade which is what the web tier interacts with directly, they call a method on the facade to pay for their shopping cart or whatever and we then go off and try and create an order, validate their credit card etc. Since the credit card validation code is not being directly invoked by the client, is it still a good candidate for a Session Bean ? i.e. would it be sensible to create a payment bean (statless session bean) which we then invoke locally from the facade. What would be the advantage of doing this rather than just writing a POJO ? Many thanks Steve.
- Posted by: Steven Wood
- Posted on: May 26 2008 05:06 EDT
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- POJO is the right choice by ibrahim shaikh on May 27 2008 05:49 EDT
- Agreed by Steven Wood on May 27 2008 06:00 EDT
Session Facade Design Pattern by ibrahim shaikh on May 27 2008 09:46 EDT
Re: Session Facade Design Pattern by Steven Wood on May 27 2008 12:21 EDT
Problem statement by ibrahim shaikh on May 29 2008 02:49 EDT
Re: Problem statement by Steven Wood on May 29 2008 05:33 EDT
How about a MDB? by magnus rydin on May 30 2008 01:32 EDT
- Will use MDB for email by Steven Wood on May 30 2008 04:05 EDT
- How about a MDB? by magnus rydin on May 30 2008 01:32 EDT
- Re: Problem statement by Steven Wood on May 29 2008 05:33 EDT
- Problem statement by ibrahim shaikh on May 29 2008 02:49 EDT
- Re: Session Facade Design Pattern by Steven Wood on May 27 2008 12:21 EDT
- Session Facade Design Pattern by ibrahim shaikh on May 27 2008 09:46 EDT
- Agreed by Steven Wood on May 27 2008 06:00 EDT
POJO is the right choice[ Go to top ]
I agree with you. We have developed a complete application with just couple of stateless Session bean just to utilize the container managed transactions. All the business objects are implemented as simple POJO and invoked from the SLSB. Unless you need to maintain the user state or have different transaction requirement for different use cases, i dont think there is any value keeping the overhead of extra home/remote interfaces and dd xml files.
- Posted by: ibrahim shaikh
- Posted on: May 27 2008 05:49 EDT
- in response to Steven Wood
Agreed[ Go to top ]
I think this is right, the only reason I could think of for having an EJB is that in future it would allow the system to be scaled as the EJB could be located remotely. I've another question maybe you can help with - what do you think of using a Session Facade as like a factory for other session beans. For example supposing I have a remote interface for my facade that looks like this : ... ShoppingCart getShoppingCart(); Customer getCustomer(); We can imagine that ShoppingCart is a stateful EJB, the client would call facade.getShoppingCart(); They would not have access to the remote home itnerface (indeed could we not create a remote home??) so that the only way to get a reference to the shopping cart is via the facade. I see the arguments in favour of this approach as : 1) The ShoppingCart must be a remote object, it it were a Value Object simply calling add(item) would have no effect on the server. 2) The lifecycle of the cart can be managed by the facade, e.g. when we remove the facade the facade can remove the shopping cart meaning the client doesn't have to worry about it. What do you think of this ? I'm looking for examples where this approach has been followed.
- Posted by: Steven Wood
- Posted on: May 27 2008 06:00 EDT
- in response to ibrahim shaikh
Session Facade Design Pattern[ Go to top ]
My reply based on what i understand from your statements is as follow. If you want expose your business methods to a remote client then just use Facade Pattern. What you state is just a factory pattern not Facade. Either you use remote home interface to create your stateful session bean or a factory bean , the resulting issues will be the same. Following are few problems that would kick in using this technique. 1 - Tight coupling, which leads to direct dependence between clients and business objects; 2- Too many method invocations between client and server, leading to network performance problems; 3- Lack of a uniform client access strategy, exposing business objects to misuse. Instead of accessing remote ejbs via getShopCart() and getCustomer() you should use a remote interface for the actual business usecase Like addIteminCustomerCart() and encapsulate the detail working with ShoppingCart and Customer inside this method of your facade session bean.
- Posted by: ibrahim shaikh
- Posted on: May 27 2008 09:46 EDT
- in response to Steven Wood
Re: Session Facade Design Pattern[ Go to top ]
That makes sense. The trouble I'm having (as you can maybe tell from the original post) is that if we don't implement the shopping cart as a stateful session bean then we hardly need any EJBs at all apart from the facade. For example - consider a simple shop where clients search for products, they then add the products to a cart and then pay for the cart and create an order. Boilerplate EJB stuff really. I'm happy that a facade could have methods like addItemToCart(Item) and payForCart(CreditCard). this is fine. For a complex search though we want to use the value list handler so our client can control the number of objects he receives. This would require another stateful bean to act as the value list handler e.g. SearchProcessor s = facade.getSearchProcessor(); s.executeSearch(); s.getItems(10); // get the next 10 items. The alternative is to say : facade.executeSearch(criteria); // this creates a value list handler internally as a POJO facade.getItems(10); Does that make sense ? Which do you think is best ?
- Posted by: Steven Wood
- Posted on: May 27 2008 12:21 EDT
- in response to ibrahim shaikh
Problem statement[ Go to top ]
Second approach is better. But the question what i like to ask is whats your objective? Do you want to avoid using EJBs except ur facade bean? Or you just dont want to use Stateful Session Bean? Look u can implement list handler even without using stateful session bean .. thats not a prblem .. but if you have an EJB container then u should use EJB where it can save extra effort.
- Posted by: ibrahim shaikh
- Posted on: May 29 2008 02:49 EDT
- in response to Steven Wood
Re: Problem statement[ Go to top ]
We have an EJB container, and I've no problem with using EJBs. I'm jsut thinking out loud really. As for the value list handler - we'll need to use this to limit the amount of data passed between the application tier and the web tier. I guess my concern was that the facade is becoming rather fat, it handles searching, adding stuff to the cart and creating orders. This is the only interface that the web tier communicates with. So in the end without setting to have a design that doesn't use EJB, it would appear that I only need the one, since the value list handler is just a POJO accessed via a stateful session facade and the shopping cart is just a list, again stored as member variable of the facade, as is the customer etc. This situation was the motivation for my original question, which is for creating the payment, should I have an itermediate EJB which handles the steps involved in persisting order details, validating credit cards and dispatching emails. This EJB would have no external clients so that was why I was wondering if there was any point in even having one. Problem being, this leaves exactly one bean - my facade!
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- Posted on: May 29 2008 05:33 EDT
- in response to ibrahim shaikh
How about a MDB?[ Go to top ]
If there is a chance that your payment procedure takes longer than what one would prefer from a request/reply, you might want to consider handling that asynchronous. One way of doing that would be to add a asynchronous method to your EJB (if you are using EJB 3.1), otherwise you could use a MDB for the same thing. Either way, the asynchronous handler would just update some state and thereby reporting back once there is something to report. The benefit of keeping it all in the EJB layer would be that you would be able to rely on the containers services such as transaction handling and also move into a clustered environment without too much consideration of concurrency issues.
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- Posted on: May 30 2008 01:32 EDT
- in response to Steven Wood
Will use MDB for email[ Go to top ]
Thanks for that - yes, I'll have an MDB for sending the email, thus if the SMTP server is down etc the users browser wont time out.
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- Posted on: May 30 2008 04:05 EDT
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A. Akbar Muhammad, international representative of the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam
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Special to the Sentinel from the Final Call
"O you who believe, if an unrighteous man brings you news, look carefully into it, lest you harm a people in ignorance, then be sorry for what you did."
-Holy Qur'an Surah 49:6
Abdul Akbar Muhammad, international representative of the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam, is back safely in the United States after being detained by law enforcement officials in the South American country of Guyana.
In an exclusive interview, Akbar Muhammad told The Final Call May 21 that when Guyanese police officers came to his hotel room in the country, an officer said the Central Intelligence Agency had told local authorities he was a terrorist. There are also suspicions that the false arrest and detention could be tied to tensions between the ruling Indian-dominated political party and Black opposition party as elections loom.
The false charges and arrest is part of a sustained effort to trash the good name of Minister Farrakhan and the good works of the Nation of Islam, charged Mr. Muhammad, who has traveled to Guyana on numerous occasions since 1975 and has never had any problems with law enforcement. His most recent visit was about five years ago to speak to young people.
The Minister is well known in that society, so when you see his name on the front of the paper, people are going to read it," said Mr. Muhammad. "It's absolutely to try to make Minister Farrakhan look other than the champion that he is (on behalf) of Black people, and to say that he's got one of his assistants down there who is a terrorist and dealing drugs and planning some terrorist act against Guyanese society," he added. Just hours after touching down on American soil, Mr. Muhammad spoke to The Final Call from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, explaining that the trip to the South American country involved a series of speaking engagements, media appearances and business meetings. During his time there, he spoke to the mayor of Georgetown, the nation's capitol, as well as some pre-teen students in an economically depressed area of town.
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While in his hotel room at the Princess Hotel in Georgetown, Mr. Muhammad said he got a strange telephone call at about 1:30 a.m. The caller asked to speak to someone, and he told them they had the wrong room.
About 15 minutes later, he heard banging on his door and the voices outside said they were the police. Mr. Muhammad said he was not sure if they were police so at first he refused to open the door, then they threatened to break the door down. He told them that was not necessary and knowing he had done nothing wrong, he opened the door, saw four Guyanese police officers and one of them said they were contacted by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency saying that he was a terrorist.
Angered yet under control, Mr. Muhammad began defiantly questioning the officer in charge.
"I felt it was erroneous, I felt that it was fake, so I said to the officer in charge, 'You got a message from the CIA? Are you the CIA's boys? They just call you and tell you I am a terrorist and you come and arrest me? I thought this was a sovereign country? Is the CIA running this country, or are you running it?' He didn't say anything," recounted Mr. Muhammad.
After grabbing a few belongings and walking out of his hotel room, he saw two White men standing in the hallway and heard them talking. They appeared to be with the police, but were not uniformed.
Mr. Muhammad walked over and asked one, "Are you the CIA agents who gave them this information?" He said the man answered, "No." Asked if he was an American citizen, the man replied, "yes," according to Mr. Muhammad. "Then how come you've got that British accent?" Mr. Muhammad asked, but the man was silent. The two men remained in the building after Guyanese officers escorted Mr. Muhammad outside, presumably to go through the hotel room and search through his belongings.
Mr. Muhammad was concerned that perhaps something could be planted in his room, but there was nothing that he could do about it at the time.
False media reports circulate
The first news many heard regarding the situation was an Associated Press report early afternoon May 19 stating that Akbar Muhammad, described as a "U.S. Muslim cleric," had been detained on suspicion of ties to drugs and terrorism.
In the Islamophobic climate of America, that wording was sure to push buttons and create a perception in the minds of viewers and readers.
Guyanese assistant police commissioner Seelal Persaud was quoted in several news articles as saying, "Based on the information we have, he is involved in drugs and terrorism."
Mr. Muhammad said, however, after being taken to the police station, he was subjected to a bizarre line of questioning from Guyanese law enforcement officials.
He was never handcuffed, which seems strange given the fact that he was allegedly involved in terrorism and drugs. He sat in a chair from approximately 2:30 a.m. until 5 p.m., answering their "ridiculous" questions while authorities went through the contents of his laptop computer.
"I said I'm not a drug dealer. I preach against drugs and I am not a terrorist. If anybody around me even had thoughts of a terrorist act, I'd get as far away from them as I possibly can," said Mr. Muhammad. "They just had something that they were trying to do," he added.
Following questioning, he was jailed.
He read and reflected on the situation while confined to the overcrowded and squalid conditions in the cell where he was held and swarmed by mosquitoes that bit him all over his arms and face.
During the ordeal, Mr. Muhammad reached out to his representative in the U.S. Congress, William "Lacy" Clay Jr. (D-Mo.) and the U.S. Embassy in Guyana was contacted and representatives immediately arrived to inform him that according to Guyanese law, an individual can be detained and jailed for up to 72 hours before officially being charged with a crime.
After appearing before a judge, it looked as if he would be jailed over the weekend.
The Nation of Islam has an active study group in Guyana located in Linden, which is about one hour outside of the capitol city of Georgetown. Its coordinator, Brother Dennis Muhammad upon hearing that Brother Akbar was in the country and experiencing difficulty, immediately contacted Student Regional Minister Rasul H. Muhammad who presides over the Seventh Region of the Nation of Islam, which includes South America.
A telephone conference was quickly arranged between the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan and President of the Republic of Guyana, Bharrat Jagdeo and the diplomatic wheels were placed in motion. Additionally, a television station Mr. Muhammad had made an appearance on earlier in the week enlisted Attorney Nigel Hughes, one of the leading lawyers in Guyana, for legal assistance.
Akbar Muhammad, who regularly takes heart medication, had not taken it for three days and had left it at the hotel. He asked officials to allow him to go and retrieve it and his request was granted. During that time, he got access to a phone, and placed a call to Minister Farrakhan, who informed Brother Akbar that he had spoken with Guyana's President regarding the situation.


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Since 1987 Austin has hosted the SXSW music festival. Of course, it has moved from being all about music to become nine sleepless days of technology, film and music, drawing artists and fans from around the world. Locals think of this as the time when "you don't want to go downtown" and the venues become privatized for people with wristbands. For the rest of the world this is a hardcore look at people who are innovating in various technological and entertainment industries, and making a good showing here can make a huge difference to your future.
The SXSW experience is not like a Comdex or any other sort of "button-down" conference. It's a highly-charged atmosphere of adventure and discovery... and just as bands and filmmakers are found, technology-makers get their chance to get on the map.
This is slightly non-sequitur, but browsing around to see what sorts of things had been discovered in the past I found this blog by doniree describing iPhone apps that she discovered in Austin at SXSW 2010. Two of them that jump out are foursquare and bu.mp. One can argue that they might be fad apps that have come and gone, but they certainly did make a splash for people at the time.
What intrigues me the most about this kind of a conference is that it's not an isolated conference. It all happens right in the middle of a flood of artistic expression. As a result I see what happens at SXSW Interactive as being much more connected with the "real world" of how people work with technology. I think it's so easy at some technical conferences to forget our place in the real world and get wrapped up in the nuances. Here it's just not possible to get away from everything and everybody. You are surrounded by your target audience, your real world users. I think that this sort of controlled chaos results in a freer flow of ideas. People are just a little more primed to look at the future rather than just the next fiscal year. I like to think that after SXSW, the majority of attendees actually go back to the office and put something into motion.
I'll be reporting regularly from the conference. Part of that will be blog entries like this, but I'm also going to try to do live video broadcasts multiple times per day. I don't know if I'll get the chance to interview people or if I'll just have to share. Either way you'll enjoy watching me transform as I become further and further sleep deprived. You can find out when I'm broadcasting by following either me (cmw_osdude) or this group (sxswdw) on Twitter. I'll post and retweet when I'm about to do a broadcast. There will be archives too, so you won't have to drop what you're doing. I guess later I'll have to show you my setup for doing these broadcasts. It's kinda sweet.


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Without stepping too deeply into the charged debate on whether or not developers are at the pinnacle of the IT food chain, I've recently observed that many of the DevOps leaders I've been speaking with are from operations. For me it begs the question – are the ops folks quarterbacking the DevOps process at most companies? In other words let me put it bluntly, are the Ops folks leading the way forward in DevOps?
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As with any key initiative within a company, there needs to be a focal point, a champion or leader to advance it. DevOps is no different. So, then, how do companies organize themselves to become and execute a DevOps methodology? Recently, we've spoken with three senior IT leaders – all in ops – from companies that are beyond the initial startup stage, but aren't yet behemoth enterprises either. All three ops leaders either had the title and role of VP of Operations or VP of DevOps (without trying to get into the "is DevOps a job title controversy). Their job is to deliver code to production as fast and safely as possible. This meant that they are directing, helping even conniving their counterparts in engineering to deliver smaller batches of code faster and on a regular basis. They then push this code out to production. In essence they were playing the role of the quarterback of the DevOps process.
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Don Prevost's painting, "Into the Storm," has been accepted into the permanent collection of the National Veterans Art Museum in Chicago. The museum collects, preserves, and exhibits art inspired by combat and created by veterans.
The painting records one of the most terrifying and beautiful days of Don Prevost's life.
Kilo Company was making another helicopter assault on the Que Son Valley, which was called "the valley of the crouching beasts" by the local people because of the North Vietnamese troops active there.
Prevost, a 19-year-old Marine volunteer from the Columbia Point housing project, peered through the cockpit of the lead helicopter.
A dark, monsoon storm cloud loomed ahead, and the valley below was completely enshrouded in thick white mist.
"How do you know not to hit the trees?" he shouted as the helicopter dove into the mist.
The pilot shouted back to him, "I don't."
"I was terrified," recalled Prevost more than 41 years after that day in December 1969. "They had their calculations of the valley floor, and they took a chance. If we hit a hill, we were all dead.This is the fear I remember."
Prevost's painting, "Into the Storm," has been accepted into the permanent collection of the National Veterans Art Museum in Chicago. The museum collects, preserves, and exhibits art inspired by combat and created by veterans.
The 36x24-inch panel, painted in acrylics, depicts the helicopters, fragile as birds, dropping below the storm clouds into the unknown.
"We disembarked quickly into a cold landing zone, with nobody firing at us," Prevost said. "The helicopters lifted away and all of a sudden, there was complete silence.
"The sun broke through, and it was the most beautiful day. Nothing happened. Nobody was waiting for us there, butI knew in my heart that, there would be other days."
Prevost served in combat with Kilo Company of the 3rd Battalion, 7th Regiment, 1st Marine Division from September 1969 through August 1970. He received an "early out" as part of the military reduction.
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Prevost said that he worries about his fellow Vietnam veterans who are still struggling with their demons and the new generation of veterans from Afghanistan and Iraq.
He can still feel the tension of living in a war zone with just seconds separating life and death.
"Don't let the enemy beat you when you've survived the war and you're home," Prevost said."You've suffered, but find your redemption in art, love, family, church, in AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) or NA (Narcotics Anonymous), in something.Reach out, go to the VA, find a friend."
Prevost's Weymouth apartment is dominated by his artwork, more than 140 paintings in different styles and covering a range of subjects.
Prevost has assembled "galleries" of related paintings, including portraits of European and American master painters, historical icons, rock and roll stars, and matinee "monsters."
"I'm a recovering alcoholic. Painting put me back where I belong," he said. "I pray to get better. That's all I can do."
At the age of 60, Prevost has also rediscovered his rock and roll roots.
Following a 2009 reunion of The Spores at The Beachcomber, the band has been revived and will begin performing this summer.
"There's nothing I want except for others not to fall into the trap I did," Prevost said. "We need to help the veterans find their place in this country, and art can help."
The National Museum of Veterans Art will be moving to new quarters in Chicago next year, and "Into the Storm" will be accepted into the collection at that time.
The museum houses more than 1,500 works of art, including paintings, photography, sculpture, poetry, and music, says the NMVA website, "born from the sheer sentiment of those who personally experienced the immediate suffering and realities of war."
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