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urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entries-4aa46619-143f-4d1a-9819-da9aa5fdae3d IBM Rational community - Tags - clm Tips, tricks, and food for thought about software development. Share your thoughts and ideas as they relate to Rational software. Note that posts reported to us as spam or advertising will be removed. 0 30 3 2017-02-22T23:50:30-05:00 IBM Connections - Blogs urn:lsid:ibm.com:blogs:entry-a59eeb16-31dc-41fe-b80c-0d080329c7da Roll call: 5 questions for...Millard Ellingsworth sjpeich 270000KJQC active false e4210f90-a515-41c9-a487-8fc7d79d7f61 Comment Entries application/atom+xml;type=entry Likes true 2012-12-07T11:54:45-05:00 2012-12-07T12:02:48-05:00
We're calling on Millard Ellingsworth. He is a member of the software development team for Rational Team Concert; a musician and golf enthusiast; and the author of Get ready to Sprint with Rational Team Concert, the featured article this week on developerWorks Rational.

What books have influenced your ideas and thoughts the most?

I'm going to lead with what may seem like an odd choice: Janet Kagan's Hellspark. It is dense with ideas that resonate for me, including understanding and respecting cultural differences in a team environment, particularly how to adjust your behavior to be more effective through that understanding. There's a character in the book whose culture highly values speaking accurately and truthfully, to the point that they award bracelets to individuals who have done so reliably over time. Rattling or shaking these bracelets while making a statement is a way to emphasize how strongly you feel that your words speak true – and to put some of your reputation on the line at the same time (bracelets can be revoked). As I write or speak I will sometimes ask myself if I would rattle my bracelets about the point I'm trying to make. It's an internal dialog that I hope keeps me clear and honest. Oh, and it's a heck of a good book, too.

From more of a technical book perspective, I was impressed by early work around analysis and design activities by Tom DeMarco, Structured Analysis and System Specification and Larry Constantine's Structured Design. In software construction, we still worry about coupling and cohesion – two of many concepts that developed from these early works. Pretty much everything that Gerald Weinberg wrote is worth reading. Ivar Jacobson's Use Case Driven Development is another one that injected truly new thinking in this space. You can check out my developerWorks blog for additional books I like.

How do you handle defeat and/or failure?

It's all a learning exercise and you learn the most when you stumble. That old saying is useful to remember during difficult moments: Success is a poor teacher. The important thing is being able to review your goals, intentions, actions and results and determine what you might have done differently and consider how it might have changed the outcome. Even more important is incorporating that understanding into future efforts. The only real failure is to not be improved by the lessons life hands you.

How do you handle obstacles and roadblocks?

You have to lean into the pain. If something is difficult for you, you need to do more of it until it isn't so difficult any more. Most things can be mastered if you care to. And that's the other side of the answer: you need to consider the obstacle and decide if it matters. Perhaps walking away or looking for a different path is better than powering through. Sometimes when you step back and take a broader view of your goal, you realize there are better ways than the one you had been focusing all your attention on.

What interests you outside of your job (hobbies, activities)?

Music is a big part of my life both as a listener and creator. I was in several different bands when I lived in Southern California (if you look hard enough you can find stuff I've worked on as both a musician and producer on Rhapsody and iTunes). These days golf is a bit more of an obsession. I started playing again (with the IBM Beaverton Golf Club) after many years away from the game and am very much enjoying both the physical and mental aspects of playing a good round. The rainy Oregon winters leave plenty of time for some woodworking projects – my wife is expecting me to build her a "pie safe" over the upcoming holiday.

What do you see as the top driver to Application Lifecycle Management tools?

The same as the top driver for any tool: Value. An important part of the agile mantra is delivering value quickly. For tools to play well in that space, they have to support exactly that -- they must help teams do more, do it better and get it done and delivered. I've been an unabashed supporter of Rational Team Concert since the very beginning because I believe it brings together a remarkable suite of capabilities and integrates it beautifully. That suite has expanded on both ends with Requirements Composer to help organizations do a better job of being clear what needs to be done and how it should behave and Quality Manager to traceably prove that we've passed the tests that matter. Any organization not considering adopting these tools does not yet understand the value they provide.

 If you haven't yet used Rational Team Concert customizations to help improve your practice, did the article give you some ideas on how you could do that? Leave a comment here or connect with Millard on both Google+ and Twitter (@millard3)
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 We're calling on Rosalind Radcliffe, an IBM Distinguished Engineer and the Enterprise Modernization Solution Architect responsible for collaborative lifecycle management (CLM) products for IBM System z and Power Systems.

 What is the area of software development process that is most important to you and your role?

 I have two focus areas, one is bringing the different development teams based on platform and language to work closer together. We can only improve the overall development of applications if all the teams are working together. Second area is bringing development and operations closer together so that we can reduce the problems and errors introduced in production.

 What is the one action you have taken that has accounted for most of your success?

 I have a focus on understanding our clients. Having a clear understanding of what's important to our clients business, understanding what their goals are and why they have selected our products and for what they will be using it for. This allows me to facilitate our building better solutions and has provided the opportunity to work across the divisions in IBM.

 How do you keep up with changes in the industry?

 By attending conferences, discussions with clients and peers, and reading news summaries from the industry. I have attended, presented and been a SHARE volunteer for the last 24 years. I believe this has been one key way of my keeping up with the focus of our clients and with the industry. Working with clients also has a way of forcing you to read and understand what's going on so I can provide the best input.

 If you could change your life in one way, what would you change?

 I think if I had understood earlier in life that it's important to find the joy and fun in what ever you are doing. This is a lesson I had to learn over time and it would have had more fun if I had learned it earlier.

 What books have influenced your ideas and thoughts the most?

 I read a wide variety of books as a child from science fiction including Asimov to Shakespeare. I believe the variety has led me to question what's in the world and try to find a better way of doing things. It also provided the opportunity to learn about different cultures and different ways things have been done in the past in order to help understand how to communicate new ideas to different groups of people.

 When not heads-down in innovation, Rosalind spends most of her time with family and enjoys traveling in Europe for vacation. She volunteers for National Engineering week, spending time in middle school class rooms to explain what engineers do and help them understand the value of science in math. She is an active host and presenter at numerous events such as IBM Women in Technology, SHARE an IBM user group, IOD, Pulse, Impact and Innovate.

 In collaboration with IBM Senior Software Engineer Chen Zhang Hong, she recently authored a series of feature articles IBM z/OS application continuous integration: Building continuous integration with Rational Team Concert, and Continuous testing at all levels. She appreciates feedback about whether you do automated deployment and testing of your z/OS applications? And if so, how?
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Take the OSLC 2012 Community Survey and encourage your colleagues to do the same, because it is good for the Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration community and it is good for you.

Share and discuss the survey using #OSLCSurvey on Twitter, and join the OSLC Group on LinkedIn.

Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC). Have you heard about it before? Even if you've never heard of OSLC before now, you may already be using software that depends on it.

OSLC is both "a community of software developers and organizations that is working to standardize the way that software lifecycle tools can share data" [1], and the set of specifications describing how that data is actually shared. Perhaps the most famous use of OSLC specifications is the IBM Rational Jazz Platform [2], and the associated set of products [3]. These Jazz products use OSLC specifications to integrate with each other to provide a complete CLM (Collaborative Lifecycle Management) solution [4]. Since OSLC specifications are available under the Creative Commons Attribution License [1], however, it isn't just Jazz-based products that are using OSLC to solve the integration problem. Open source software, such as FusionForge Tracker, Jenkins, and the Eclipse Lyo project; "traditional" IBM Rational products, such as ClearQuest and DOORS; IBM Rational competitor products, such as Oracle Team Productivity Center; and even software from outside the traditional CLM space, such as IBM Tivoli Service Request Manager; have all implemented OSLC specifications [5]. Third party solutions have also popped up that provide OSLC adapters that enable OSLC integrations with software that doesn't support it natively, such as HP Quality Center and Atlassian JIRA [5]. Even companies whose main business isn't software are choosing OSLC as the standard integration technology for connecting homegrown and open source tools with the commercial software they purchase [6] [7].

(If you really have never heard of OSLC before now, be sure to check out open-services.net, beginning with the About page, then check out some of the materials from the OSLC Community Webcast Series.)

Beyond using software integrated with OSLC and experiencing increased visibility and simplified traceability across integration boundaries, OSLC is also really interesting from both technical and business perspectives. From a technical perspective, the application of Linked Data to application data is a novel idea with lots of potential. From a business perspective, open specifications offer hope to all those feeling "locked in" by one vendor or another. More, whether driven by technical or business concerns, that there is an active specification development community interested in new integration scenarios is a huge step forward for the industry.

Certainly, there is a lot to be gained by participating in OSLC workgroups, to clarify and prioritize new scenarios, to create and review new specification revisions, and to implement the initial implementations that prove the specification is complete [8]. Even if you're just the end user of what the community produces (either by implementing specifications to create integrations that matter to you, or by using integrations developed by others), you can gain a lot from OSLC. But all of that takes effort on your part (whether you've done it already, or might do it in the future), and if you're going to put some effort into OSLC, why not maximize your return?

Fortunately, there is a simple (and painless) way for you to influence the OSLC Community so that future returns are maximized: the OSLC 2012 Community Survey! The survey can be completed in less than 5 minutes (though if you have participated in an OSLC workgroup, implemented an OSLC specification, or used software integrated by OSLC, please take an extra minute, or two, to complete those optional sections as well). The survey is also completely anonymous.

Since feedback is so important to OSLC, and the effort to provide it is so minimal, why not encourage your colleagues to take the survey too? Use #OSLCSurvey to discuss on Twitter, and join the OSLC Group on LinkedIn.

References:

[1] http://open-services.net/about/

[2] https://jazz.net/about/about-jazz-platform.jsp

[3] https://jazz.net/about/about-jazz-products.jsp

[4] https://jazz.net/projects/clm/

[5] http://open-services.net/software/

[6] http://open-services.net/blog/cesar-research-project-and-consortium-joins-the-oslc-community/

[7] http://open-services.net/blog/sprint-research-project-joins-oslc/

[8] http://open-services.net/participate/

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BAGHDAD - The biggest Shiite party in Iraq once appeared to hold all the political sway: control of the heartland, the backing of influential clerics and a foot in the government with ambitions to take full control.
But the days of wide-open horizons could be ending soon for the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, replaced by important shifts that could be welcomed in Washington and scorned in Tehran.
The signs began to take shape Sunday with hints of the voter mood from provincial elections.
The broad message - built on Iraqi media projections and post-election interviews - was that the eventual results would punish religious-leaning factions such as the Supreme Council that are blamed for stoking sectarian violence, and reward secular parties seen capable of holding Iraq's relative calm.
The outcome of the provincial races will not directly affect Iraq's national policies or its balance between Washington's global power and Iran's regional muscle. But Shiite political trends are critically important in Iraq, where majority Shiites now hold sway after the fall of Saddam Hussein's Sunni-dominated regime.
"There is a backlash from Iraqis against sectarian and religious politics," said Mustafa al-Ani, an Iraqi political analyst based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Although official results from Saturday's provincial elections are likely still days away, the early outlines are humbling for The Supreme Council. The group had been considered a linchpin in Iraqi politics as a junior partner in the government that had near seamless political control in the Shiite south.
Some forecasts point to widespread losses for the party across the main Shiite provinces. The blows could include embarrassing stumbles in the key city of Basra and the spiritual center of Najaf - hailed as the future capital in the Supreme Council's dreams for an autonomous Shiite enclave.
In their place, the big election winners appear to be allies of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, according to projections and interviews with political figures who spoke on condition of anonymity because official results are not posted.
Nationwide turnout in the election was 51 percent, said Faraj al-Haidari, chairman of the election commission. The figure fell short of some optimistic predictions, but was overshadowed by a bigger achievement: no serious violence during the voting.
Turnout ranged from 40 percent in the Sunni-dominated Anbar province in western Iraq to 65 percent in the Salahuddin province, which includes the hometown of Saddam Hussein.
Final figures were not yet ready for the Baghdad area, but al-Haidari said initial reports placed it at about 40 percent. Some unconfirmed reports placed the turnout even lower in the northern city of Mosul, which is considered the last urban foothold for al-Qaida in Iraq.
The timing of the election also could have hurt the Supreme Council, falling at the beginning of a major Shiite religious pilgrimage that might have left some backers unable to vote.
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text: S&B Pro Shop back on top at USBC Open Matt Cannizzaro and Emil Williams April 13, 2012 BATON ROUGE, La. - Bill Orlikowski of Grand Rapids, Mich., is fortunate enough to own a title at the United States Bowling Congress Open Championships and would be the first to argue that his teammate, Nick Wissinger, is one of the most accomplished bowlers on the tournament lanes without an eagle on his mantle.Wissinger turned in a career-best performance this week to help his own cause as he led S&B Pro Shop 1 of Clinton Township, Mich., into the top spot in Team All-Events with a 9,954 total at the Baton Rouge River Center on Friday. Lodge Lanes Too of Orlando, Fla., previously held the lead with 9,744.The 44-year-old right-hander started his 2012 USBC Open Championships campaign with a 169 game but kept his composure and went on to average more than 247 for his remaining eight games. He became the first bowler this year to roll three consecutive 700 series, which included 721 in doubles, 716 in singles and 715 in team for a 2,152 all-events total. He is second behind Ryan Whitney of Lewisville, Texas, who leads Regular All-Events with 2,170."In team, we decided to stay out farther, and I just didn't have a good reaction," said Wissinger, who made his 24th Open Championships appearance. "I finally decided to make a jump inside, and there it was. Of course I wish I would've made the adjustment and moved sooner, but anytime you shoot 2,100 here, you have to feel pretty good. I had a good ball reaction for two days, outside of the first game, and you can't ask for much more than that."Wissinger closed out his team event with games of 268 and 278 and helped S&B Pro Shop 1 into second place in Regular Team with a 3,277 total and carried that momentum into doubles and singles. Nicholas J's Pro Shop 2 of La Crosse, Wis., leads the team event with 3,401.'It seems like every year for doubles and singles, we run out of room because we're so deep and feel like there's nowhere left to go, but this year, I didn't feel that at all,' Wissinger said. 'My A game is inside, and I felt pretty comfortable all day. I didn't even move my feet much at all today. I just tweaked my hand position and rev rate, and I was able to keep throwing strikes.'Dave Ewald added a 2,049 all-events total for S&B Pro Shop 1 and was followed by Orlikowski (2,038), Kerry Kreft (1,900) and Mark Moore (1,815). All four bowlers, along with three members of their companion team, S&B Pro Shop 2, are title holders at the Open Championships, and they'd love to see Wissinger's name on the scoreboard with an eagle next to it, too.Ewald, Kreft and Moore claimed the 2004 Regular Team title with S&B Pro Shop 2's Fred Bauss and Joe Krajenke, while Orlikowski and Kreft, along with companion team member Jay Lang, were Team All-Events champions in 1999. Lang also is a 1997 Regular Team winner.'By far, over a career, Nick is one of the most accomplished guys on the team, and for him not to have an eagle is tough to see,' Orlikowski said of Wissinger, who is ninth among the tournament average leaders (213.9) with 20 or more years of participation. 'He's bowled with a lot of great teams and bowlers and has been really close before, but it just hasn't happened yet. It's definitely something that would be a huge monkey off of his back.'Wissinger and Ewald also left Baton Rouge in sixth place in Regular Doubles with 1,389, while Orlikowski moved into a tie for ninth place in Regular Singles with 742. S&B Pro Shop 2 shot 3,023 in team, which is 41st overall, and did not crack the leaderboard in Team All-Events.Sponsors for the 2012 USBC Open Championships include Circus Circus Reno, Eldorado Hotel Casino Reno and Silver Legacy Resort Casino Reno. Other sponsors include the Belle of Baton Rouge, official brackets sponsor; Kegel, official lane maintenance provider; Humana, official registration sponsor; Bud Light and Budweiser, official beer sponsors; The Advocate, official publication sponsor; Brunswick, official lane provider; Steltronic, official scoring system; Storm Bowling Products and Nationwide Insurance.


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Nimrodi: Tycoon or Paper Boy
Ofer Nimrodi, the controlling shareholder in Maariv newspaper, was embarrassed last week.
For almost two months, Nimrodi had categorically denied negotiating to make Arcadi Gaydamak his partner in family firm Israel Land Development Corporation (TASE: ILDC). Suddenly, just as he went public with the negotiations, Gaydamak gave him the cold shoulder.
Nimrodi has had to handle a lot of embarrassing things in his life, but this one nearly drove him nuts.
At 8:56 AM Wednesday morning, ILDC announced that the Nimrodi family intended to sell half of its holdings to Gaydamak. At 1:12 P.M., it had to admit that the talks were off.
Gaydamak does not play by Israel's rules. He has no sentiment for anyone and manages his affairs brilliantly. According to surveys, he enjoys incredible support, and is being chased by politicians: Benjamin Netanyahu, who turned up at Gaydamak's Hanukkah party, has not ruled out asking Gaydamak to join the Likud.
Gaydamak returned the favor, announcing he would support Netanyahu. His exhibitionist shows of charity allow him to do whatever he likes - and his idiosyncrasies do not hurt his standing.
At the other end of the rainbow
Nimrodi is in exactly the opposite position. Maariv has been losing money for years and his many attempts to sell the paper have not gone well.
Every few months somebody else's name pops up as a candidate to buy the paper. Nochi Dankner of IDB, Noam Lanir of Empire Online, American billionaire Sheldon Adelson: this time it was Gaydamak's turn.
You might think that the long list of potential buyers testifies to the attraction of the asset. In practice, however, it is beginning to look like a joke.
Some think Nimrodi is brilliant, but he's a failure as a businessman. His investments in Maariv seem to be in bad shape.
His actions surrounding the "sale on, sale off" for the paper, and the spin about various and sundry buyers, do him no honor. He looks more like a newspaper boy than a real businessman.
It seems that the potential buyers actually get more out of the reports than Nimrodi. People think that whoever controls a newspaper, or another media outlet, enjoys an extraordinary position of power and influence. This is how they justify the willingness of business people to make due with low profits in the media sector.
But maybe you don't actually have to own a newspaper to enjoy such influence. Sometimes it is good enough to be a potential purchaser of a newspaper to win respect. It is certainly cheaper. Perhaps that's why Gaydamak made a u-turn at the last minute, before becoming trapped in Nimrodi's journalistic black hole.
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As some of you may already know the planned 5v5 cup has been cancelled due to lack of participation. Simply too few wanted to take part in the experiment - part of that might have been the Angel-sponsored cup that has been announced shortly after the first announcement of the Velociraptor Challenge.
The cup is not cut from Esportsheaven though, just postponed and reworked! In association with Western Digital, we are happy to (re)announce the Velociraptor Challenge! They will be providing 6 (yes, six!) of the newest SATA hard disks equipped with a 32MB cache and running at an amazing 10,000RPM. Not only will they be providing these unrivalled puppies, they will also be providing €250 for the winner!
The setup will be the most traditional setup for Team Fortress 2 that we could think of: 6 players on each team will battle it out. Demomen, medics and heavies are limited to 1, rest to 2. No unlocks bar Blutsauger, Übersaw, Kritzkrieg, Crusader's Crossbow and the Original are allowed. The map pool consists of nothing else but the ever-repeating cp_badlands, cp_granary, cp_snakewater, cp_gullywash_final1 and cp_gravelpit. No surprises, just TF2.
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Sign-ups: 3rd April – 16th April
Date: 16th April – 21st May
Format: Double-elimination Cup, 6v6, Class Limit 1 for demoman, medic and heavy, Class Limit 2 for all other classes
Admins: Crasp, CanFo, huhy
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Prizes: 1st place : 6x 300GB SATA HDD's and €250 cash
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Although the next edition of Pitti draws near, there's still enough time to check some of last edition's highlights. One of my mandatory stops at the fair is Mr. Hare: outstanding footwear and an amazing staff just do it for me. It's always a pleasure talking to Mr. Marc Hare about the latest collection and just embracing his passion as he goes over ever little detail.
Revolving around the iconic trademark black the brand is known for, it's virtually impossible not to find a pair you instantly fall in love with. Each model exudes sheer luxury, resorting to high-end materials and craftsmanship techniques, to portray a wide selection ranging from sneakers and moccasins to oxfords, brogues, boots and slippers. A perfectly balanced mix of casual and classic, this collection sees some new designs come to life such as the "invisible stitch" oxfords and an array of accessories with contrasting high shine leather accents.
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My DW brought a single pup home from work about 18 months ago. I think it is a Billbergia. This is the only bromeliad I have yet, but I'm fascinated by them. This is the first bloom on this plant, but there are about 5 other offsets that have flower stalks developing. I'm intrigued by the bright green in the flowers.
...the flowers
...and finally, here is a view of some of the other areas of the plant. Last winter I brought it inside, but I am reluctant to bring it in with the flowers developing. I'm concerned about the low humidity inside. Will that be a problem with the flower development? How hardy might this plant be?
Looks like a billbergia nutans there. I have quite a few myself. I've never grown bromeliads from seed, but they pup so readily I've never needed to. In fact, I had so many of that billbergia I mailed some off to other DG members, and I still have plenty left for myself. Mine generally bloom in February here in FL; I've been looking forward to it. I'm not sure how hardy they are but I've never had problems. I just throw a sheet over them if we have a frost warning. The hunidity here is pretty low the time of year they bloom. If you're worried, just take some pebbles or rocks, set it in the container the pot is sitting in, and keep some water in it. Good luck!
Thanks Melanie,
I appreciate the ID. I'm surprised at the various plant types within this species. From what I have read this evening.... the most common B. nutans must be with long narrow solid green leaves, while mine has shorter, wider leaves with spots. Do growing conditions determine plant types to this great extent? Could it be a hybrid that has maintained the flower form of the species? I'm not that familiar with the primary distinguishing features between the various species....is it the flowers?
Thanks again for you contribution to my education! - Arlan
There are hundreds of Billbergia hybrids, so there is no way to really know.
Thanks Dave, I have rapidly learned the same thing in my search for a potential match. Now I am just enjoying it for what it is, and if an identification comes later. that's great. I'll be adding to the Bromeliads I have, particularly those that are hardy in my area.
atenkley, it sure looks like one of the ones I have with the spots and the coloring of the leaves. Yours may be this one:
Thanks htop, it certainly favors your plant. This plant only gets about 12" tall...is that considered "mini" for a Billbergia?
Arlan, mine is about 12 - 14 inches tall and is considered a "mini". My other billbergia nutans are much taller and the leaves "droop" more. The leaves on the "mini" stand a bit more upright. I love the blooms on these and always am so excited when they start to bloom.
I've enjoyed his one very much this year. I was very surprised and pleased at the beauty of the blooms...the color combinations. Nice to know what it "probably" is! This is my first bromeliad while living here. I'm surprised at how hardy it is. It has survived some pretty cold weather! I think I'll be adding to the collection......
I did bring it in last night as it got to the mid twenties....don't need to push the envelop!
Arlan, I will take some more photographs of my plant's leaves for you.as soon as I can figure out how to use my new camera. That way you are able to make a better comparison. It was in the mid-twenties here too and I brought mine in also. I left the other larger plants out and they appear to be fine.
Just thought I'd post this for you. More pics of Queen's Tears on an old DG thread. http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/422061/
That is just a gorgeous plant. I hope to have one someday, I've looked at pics of this one for some time and drooled and drooled, lol. In the next few years we are planning a move to CA, so I'll wait till then and hopefully be able to grow them outdoors with less fuss.
Good luck with this, your DW sure brought you a dandy!
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ST. PAUL -- Several lawmakers spoke emotionally about the impact of the Vietnam War before approving a bill Monday to recognize veterans from that conflict.
Rep. Larry Howes, R-Walker, sponsored the measure designating March 29 as Vietnam Veterans Day in Minnesota. Howes said it's time the state honors those veterans.
"Everyone knows the Vietnam War wasn't popular, but it wasn't conveyed to our veterans we appreciated what they did," he said.
The House passed the bill 130-0.
Rep. Dennis Ozment, R-Rosemount, told colleagues about people he knew who returned from Vietnam and were spat on, and one man who hid his Silver Star recognition from his children.
Ozment said creating a Vietnam Veterans Day shows that Minnesotans remember veterans' sacrifices many years later.
Rep. Doug Magnus, who said he is one of two Vietnam veterans in the House, favored the measure, saying it doesn't ask for much.
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The man responsible for leading Pope Benedict's mission to re-evangelize traditionally Christian countries is predicting that October 2012 will be the most important month to date for the Church's New Evangelization.
In October of next year, bishops around the world will convene in Rome to discuss the New Evangelization at a synod—just as Pope Benedict launches his "Year of Faith."
"I think next year's launch of the Year of Faith will be a really great event for the promotion of new evangelization," Archbishop Salvatore (Rino) Fisichella told CNA on Nov. 22.
"One whole year reflecting on faith, reflecting on our engagement in faith, of our choice of faith and also, I'd say, in our knowledge of the content of our faith."
Archbishop Fisichella is the head of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization, a Vatican department created only last year by Pope Benedict.
"The mission of the new evangelization," Archbishop Fisichella said, "is to announce that Jesus Christ is the true answer to all the questions that men and woman have today trying to make sense of our lives."
Over the past year, Archbishop Fisichella has firmly established the new department within the Roman curia while reaching out to dioceses around the world. He says it's also been a year of discerning what the "beautiful expression" of the term "new evangelization" actually means.
Last month, the pontifical council brought 8000 people involved in various forms of evangelization to Rome to discuss the topic during a two-day conference.
"That was our most important meeting of the year when we introduced the Holy Father to all the people representing the New Evangelization," the archbishop said, "it was very deep and also very enthusiastic."
One of the next significant events for the council is their 2012 Lenten "Metropolitan Mission" where they will use 12 European cathedrals as a base to re-evangelize each city. The initiative will "show the man of today," Archbishop Fisichella said, "that there is a resurgence of God underway."
Some of the pontifical council's tasks for 2012-13 are already set out in the Pope's Apostolic Letter titled "Porta Fidei," which was issued in October and announced the Year of Faith.
"It is written in Porta Fidei that each bishop along with priests and laity should find a special solemn moment in which to profess in public their faith," the archbishop explained, "but we hope in Rome, here at the tombs of St. Peter and St. Paul, that we can organize several events to also publically profess that our faith is a sign for the world of today—a sign of hope and faith and love."
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With the critics due to review today's show, there was intense pressure on the Saturday matinee to go ahead. Spacey, hailed as the Old Vic's saviour when appointed artistic director earlier this year, will have breathed a sigh of relief after the performance ran from start to finish with only a few minor glitches.
Audience members praised McKellen, best known for Shakespearean roles and as Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings, for his show-stealing turn as Twankey in a series of outrageous glitzy dresses. The pantomime, directed by Sean Mathias, also stars Maureen Lipman as Dim Sum, Roger Allam as Abbanazar and Joe McFadden as Aladdin.
Spacey, 45, is in need of a hit with the critics. His tenure got off to a wobbly start when a production he directed, Cloaca, by Dutch playwright Maria Goos, received a critical mauling, although advance ticket sales were impressive. Months earlier a major presentation in which Spacey announced his plans for the Old Vic, one of the nation's most historic theatres, was overshadowed by tabloid probing about a strange incident in a nearby park.
The double-Oscar winner initially told police he had been mugged while walking his dog only to claim later he had tripped over his Jack Russell dog while chasing a young man who had conned him out of his mobile phone.
Spacey is currently on a concert tour American singing the hits of Bobby Darin, a tie-in with his latest film, Beyond the Sea. Some have raised eyebrows at his absence from London but he was due to attend last night's Aladdin.
Friday evening's performance was cancelled after an afternoon dress rehearsal threw up technical difficulties which could not be resolved in time. Many only discovered the news when they got to the theatre. They were offered refunds or the chance to switch their tickets to another date.
Sally Greene, chief executive of the OId Vic Theatre Trust, said: 'It was due to part of the scenery that wouldn't transform quickly enough. It's just one of those things that happens. We've had lots of conferences about it to make sure everything is put right. Everyone who wants to is coming another night.'
There was loud applause from families attending yesterday's matinee. Kit Maskrey, 10, attending with his parents Lynn Tayton and Rupert Webb from north London, said: 'There were a few technical difficulties but it was very good and very funny. This is one of the best pantomimes I've been to.'
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This may have been suggested somewhere, but It is way too much to read through to check.
Is there a way you guys could make a patch that would show what key the song is in on info for the song? Or add a patch to filter for songs played in "E" or "D".
I was going through alot of E strings going back and forth changing from E to D and back again. So I have two guitars, one set for D and one set for E. But it really would be nice to see the song key when I'm searching for a song to play.
Why hasn't this happened?
start slow and build-up your speed gradually.
This is as basic as it gets for learning guitar.
I'm absolutely stunned that this not only wasn't in the original design; and has yet to be added.
even if it was in large increments... I DON'T care.
I do not want to try to practice a select portion of notes from the original song at 98% speed.
I want to practice the full version of the song, at 50% speed.
I would like to second some of the improvement recommendations made here:
1. I would really like to have the notes (not just color coded strings and frets). I think the system you have now is good, and it is fun, but I would like to be able to read the music, because for some reason reading the notes is easier for me to memorize.
2. I would like to see some type of "personal best" available. Currently I can see how I stack up against everyone else in the world, and while that is nice, I am more concerned with how I stack up against myself. Having competed professionally in other sports, I know that I do better by focusing on myself and monitoring my progress, not others.
3. I like the idea of choosing when to tune the guitar, rather than being forced to tune prior to each song (or even worse, at the beginning of a re-start)
4. In game navigation should be easier, I know that I have missed many options (especially early on in the game) because I didn't see them because they were greyed out.
Tanks for listening and creating a great game, I truly appreciate what you have done for the industry, and re-igniting my enjoyment for practice sessions.
(reposted from another thread)
I know this has been beaten to death, but as it's not actually dead yet, I wanted to raise it again.
The Riff Repeater tools are not OK. They're less awful than they were before the last patch, but they're still seriously flawed. Doing last week's challenge song (Mean B!tch) reminded a lot of people of a lot of the brokenness that it can be easier to ignore on easier songs & sections.
To whit, on the solo in the song:
It aggressively kicks you out for "too many missed notes"
Why is this even a feature? Are you trying to protect guitarists from their awfulness if they're struggling? This is jarring and just means that with limited lives you're getting gypped from practicing the whole section. Stop it, this is a dumb, dumb feature.
Suggestion: remove this feature altogether. It does nothing to improve the experience of playing Rocksmith or learning guitar at all.
The accelerator "speed setting" step (and Free Speed)
The rewind and playback thing when you're setting speed in Accelerator in Free Speed and make an error is an interesting idea that is terribly unsettling in practice. And it's also the only way to intentionally try to set the speed to something under 100%.
Suggestion: if you want a way to show someone exactly what they're missing, just indicate "misses" on the screen and possibly give people the option for an audio cue (so you don't have to be looking at the screen to see it happen). That would actually be hugely helpful via some 'replay' mode in the leveler, since a lot of times it's unclear where a miss happened (and there's no visibility into how many misses you're allowed on a section)
The accelerator in general
It is a long, unpleasant process to set the speed to something low for a longish section. On this week's song in particular, it is particularly awful. It takes 3 misses to drop the speed 1% so it takes a good 5-10 minutes to get it sped down to a nice slow speed. This is a huge waste of time and also a cacophony for anyone unfortunate enough to be in earshot.
* It can take 5-10 minutes to slow it down and if you "accidentally" play it right it speeds up on you, so you can never lock in a speed this way.
* You can't get credit for mastering a section if you play it at 100% speed at a higher mastery. This is an acceptable oversight in light of the fact that Set Mastery is new, but it does mean you have to go out to the repeater menu, pick the section, pick the leveler, set mastery and nail it again, which is a lot of wading through menus.
Suggestion: I think this has been beaten to death, but provide a "set speed" option in the accelerator. If you make that option and as a side-effect it resets your lives to 30, you wouldn't technically have to make any other change. Ideally you can choose whether you want it to ever speed you up automatically.
(Specific to this solo) If you manage to complete it at all, it levels you up.
Normally I like leveling up, and I'm kinda OK with it, but combined with the too many missed notes wackiness, this solo is basically impossible to practice in Rocksmith. As near as I can tell, the threshhold to level it up is adjacent to the "too many notes" fail. So if you get it right, you level up or speed up. If you don't get it right, you don't even get to try (since you're kicked out before you get there). So the only way to practice the end part of the solo is to exactly miss one note too few to get kicked out and then intentionally flub the last note.
Suggestion: if you remove the "too many misses" altogether, this mitigates this to a great deal.
Sections require vastly different levels of accuracy to level.
In some cases (Mean B!tch) you can miss a fair amount and level up. In some extreme cases, you can't miss at all. The inconsistencies are aggrevating to say the least.
Suggestions: at a minimum, some visual prominent indicator of Misses: x/y would let us know what we're missing and how tight a section. Also NEVER require perfection to level a section. We have lots of other incentive to get good at this game, please don't lock content behind frustrating perfection grinds.
In summary
Some way of setting the speed and a removal of the "too many misses" would make this massively more effective. I feel like I literally cannot use Rocksmith to learn any of the more interesting/challenging passages in the game (esp. solos) as it currently stands, and honestly these limitations heavily caveat any recommendation I make to my guitar-playing friends about a game that should be a blast for them to play.
PLEASE add an option to lock the guitar display from moving!
I'm pretty new to guitar playing.. and your game is helping me learn... BUT,
I have to look down at my fingers then back at the screen.. when I do. the dang display has floated around and I have to look at the fret numbers to know where I am supposed to be on the neck for the next note instead of just in reference to the last. I wish you would put an option so that the entire fretboard is displayed along the bottom of the screen, and not just the focus area.
Don't get me wrong, I like that the area I should have my fingers in is highlighted.. but I lose reference along the neck as to where I should be when the coloured notes are floating down and left to right and back like autumn leaves (poetic, right?).
For linear thinking minds like me, have an option to lock the guitar display in one spot so that the notes fall straight down.
I understand there is a lot of other things at hand but it would be nice
to have a full tuner in amp mode i want to go drop b or c and or whateva
and wish i could.. Even if you put it for 240ms or 400ms that would even be great
it also really would open amp mode wide open and ppls minds as well...and work on online
play that opens the game experience wide open as well ..but all n all keep up the good work
keep adding pedals resolve the tuning it makes no since to limit tuning to the songs in your library
..and multi but i dont really see that happening for awhile and last but not least get more metalcore
bands ((((unearth))) more aggressive stuff with sexy riffs!!!!!!!!!!!!! : )
Need better ways to learn the songs and reading music. This has been said many times in the thread; here is yet another:
- Would be really nice to be able to display or print TAB and/or traditional staff music to learn notes, practice, and memorize at our own pace.
- Need better control of riff repeater to select speed and sections of songs
- Show the note names to be played so we can learn the notes in addition to the frets.
- It would be nice to be able to play along using traditional music as an alternative to the fret display.
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COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – Shopping is on everyone's mind right now but I spoke to law enforcement officials earlier today and they have one thing on their minds: keeping shoppers safe. Millions of Americans will hit retail stores this Thanksgiving weekend to take advantage of sales but safety is a priority for law enforcement.
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A measure allowing illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition in Maryland has been amended to require them to first attend a community college in the jurisdiction where they went to high school.
The Senate approved the amendment on Wednesday in a 26-20 vote.
Sen. Paul Pinsky, D-Prince George's, says the amendment was needed to clarify the legislation. But Sen. E.J. Pipkin, R-Cecil, says the change was made to address a court case pending against Montgomery College for its long-standing policy of providing county tuition rates to all recent county public school graduates, regardless of immigration status.
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Professor Alexander Heger from the Monash University School of Mathematical Sciences is an expert in these powerful explosions and their progenitor stars. He will share his knowledge in a lecture presented by the Victorian Astronomical Society and hosted by the Monash Centre for Astrophysics (MoCA).
MoCA regularly hosts free talks featuring top astrophysics researchers who explain the mysteries of space to interested members of the public. Audience members are encouraged to ask questions following the talks.
Professor Heger will speak about the first stars to form after the big bang, nearly 14 billion years ago. These stars have never been observed, but were believed to be more massive, than today's stars. Estimates put them at up to hundreds of solar masses - the standard unit of measure in astronomy, based on the mass of our sun.
The talk will cover the evolution of these first stars, their supernovae, and how they synthesized the first heavy elements in the universe.
Professor Heger's expertise was also tapped for a recent article in the prestigious journal Nature, where he detailed advances in knowledge about progenitor stars just before they explode.
"It is these first stars that started the synthesis of heavier elements, including the oxygen we breathe, the calcium in our bones and the iron used to build cars," Professor Heger said.
"The first stars also set the stage leading to the formation of the first galaxies, to the transform the universe from a dark place to the one filled with light that we observe today. The next generation of telescopes may be able to directly observe some of the explosions from these pre-galactic stars."
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In Reply to: To Kevin from Victoria posted by Victoria on September 12, 2000 at 18:02:12:
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: Interesting take on the subject! I know. If we sat down at the end of a day and had a beer, no one would think twice. But, because it is illegal, there is a tremendous amount of guilt associated with it. It's a lose-lose situation with me right now..... Thanks for your input!
dear victoria,
I am 41 yrs. old, I first smoked at 13 or so. I know I am addicted to pot because it seems to be more improtant than anything or any one. I attended 4 yrs of college and smoked every day sometimes all day. I hardly never attended classes and achieved more "FA's" than c's as grades. The only thing that kept me grounded was my love of football. I could totally function on the fieldbut always smoked. I left college at 21 w/ no degree, after being kicked off the team for selling two jionts to a freshman. In 1981 I was one of the toplinebackers in the South and was heavily recruited by the NFL until I was booted off the team.It cost me a a NFL draft pick at 21 yrs. old. I married and was given an ultimatum to quite rightafter my son ws born, I could not or would not quit and my wife divorced me and took my beautiful6 mos. old son from me. I have continued smoking up until now and have recently grown tired and angrywith myself and my lack of motivation, memory, energy and responsibility. I have begun to questionmyself as to why I smoke and here is what I'm finding out about myself. Oh by the way when my son is here I can always find an excuse to run out of the house to get high. Anyway, growing up I was extremely shy, especially around girls, my father was almost physically abusive to me in discipline. I also wasand am very sensitve. I was the biggest sissy on the block. However I found an outlet in sports and becamevery good at them, but outside of that I remained an introvert. well around 18 -19 I through pot created this outgoing, strong,tough persona, somewhat invincable side of me that I felt safe. throughout my life I haveused pot to protect myself from the pain and risk of being hurt. Looking back pot has cheated me of so many things,I'm not bitter but I am tired of smoking to relieve the reality of life and it's problems. The truth is that I use pot to avoid my own shortcomings and to "NOT CARE". I am trying to quit and this admission was a first step. All my friends smoke and being around them is going to be hard to resist. I'm woking on it....Any advice plz send
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From Clark Hall to Getchell Library to the brink of the Knowledge Center, Harold "Hap" Morehouse has been an integral part of University Libraries for more than four decades. When he retires at the end of June, he will have spent nearly 46 of his 50-year library career here. So, he sat down last month to reminisce about his personal and University memories.
The Early Days at the University
When Morehouse came to the University in September 1961, the campus library was in the Clark Administration Building, and Getchell Library was still under construction.
He recalls the beautiful, high-ceilinged reading room in Clark Library, where he started his University career working in the Reference Department.
Only a few months later, in February 1962, the University Libraries moved into Getchell Library, where he eventually became head of Public Services, which included supervision of Reference, Circulation, and all of the University's branch libraries.
From Manual to Automated
In 1969, after a national search, Morehouse was offered and accepted the job as dean of libraries. For the next 24 years, he oversaw the transformation of the University Libraries from a totally manual card catalog and circulation system to the more technically advanced, automated ones we have today.
"That didn't happen without effort," he says. "I give Carol Parkhurst (now director of library systems) a lot of credit for that."
"Carol actually worked for the company that sold us our first computer system. As a customer service person, she helped get this new computerized circulation system up and running. We then persuaded Carol to apply for a position here as a systems librarian, and she is here to this day.
"Today her title includes director of IT planning & assessment, as well as director of library systems."
Morehouse also originally hired Steve Zink to head the Government Publications Department.
Years later, when he decided to step down from the dean's position in 1993, he recommended Zink as the interim dean, while a national search was conducted.
Zink then applied for the permanent position and got it. His position has since been elevated to the vice-presidential level, and he has the dual title vice president for Information Technology and dean of libraries.
"I'm going to take full credit for making good choices," Morehouse laughs.
Back to Catalog
When Morehouse stepped down as dean 13 years ago, he decided not to retire, but return to his first love of cataloging books.
"It's a great job for anyone who loves books," he said. In fact, his first job out of library school was as a cataloger for the California State Library in Sacramento. "The ink was still wet on that MLS degree when I started my first day on the job at the California State Library," he laughs. "I've had a good career."
To Retirement and Beyond
Beginning next month, Morehouse is looking forward to a more leisurely life of travel, golf, and taking care of his 3-acre property. Of course, his love of books will always be with him, as well. He says the hardest thing about retiring is leaving his many University friends, but he hopes to keep in touch as much as possible.
"In looking back over the years at Nevada, I can remember many projects completed, goals met, and 'important' accomplishments, or so we thought," he said.
"Few people remain who can even remember these things now. Maybe the most important accomplishment of all was to maintain a well-run academic library, with helpful staff, good collections, and competent services, helping the students and faculty do their jobs well. This, I believe, we did for many years. Keep up the good work!"


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Home Theaters and THX
October 30th, 2008 -- by Robert Harley
Source: The Perfect Vision
Home THX is a set of technologies and performance standards established by Lucasfilm that better translates film soundtracks mixed for the movie theater to playback in your home. THX is not a surround-sound format such as Dolby Digital or DTS. Rather, THX works in conjunction with Dolby Digital or DTS to improve the home-theater experience.
A THX Certified A/V receiver or controller incorporates four THX-developed signal-processing technologies, as well as meets a set of performance standards. (THX Certified power amplifiers and speakers don't include this signal processing, but must conform to technical standards set by Lucasfilm.)
The four THX processing technologies are called reequalization, timbre matching, surround decorrelation, and subwoofer crossover. Let's look at each of these individually.
Re-equalization is a treble roll-off (cut) applied in your receiver or controller when THX mode is engaged. Reducing the amount of treble in the soundtrack during home playback restores the tonal balance you'd hear in a movie theater. Films are mixed with extra treble energy to compensate for the fairly dead acoustics of a movie theater. In addition, some treble is lost in the relatively large distance between the speakers and audience (high frequencies suffer greater attenuation with distance than low frequencies). The result is that these bright soundtracks sound just right in a theater, but when reproduced in your home, are far too bright.
Determining the re-equalization circuit's characteristics (how much to reduce the treble, and at what frequency) was solved in an ingenious way. THX inventor Tomlinson Holman (THX is an acronym for "Tom Holman's eXperiment") played film soundtracks on a home-theater system for the engineers who originally mixed them. The engineers were asked to adjust an equalizer in front of them until the sound they heard over the home-theater system sounded like what they remembered hearing on the dubbing stage. Holman took note of the equalizer's settings. This process was repeated with many mixers, who made nearly identical changes to the equalizer. Holman used this information to create and patent the THX "reequalization curve," which removes just the right amount of brightness from film soundtracks for naturalsounding home-theater playback.
The next THX technology, surround decorrelation, attempts to make Dolby Surround's monophonic surround channel less monophonic. The process slightly changes the sound (specifically, the time and/or phase between the signals in the midrange and treble frequencies) in the left and right surround channels. This difference between left and right surrounds prevents the "inside the head" localization of surround signals that can occur between two loudspeakers reproducing the same signal.
Surround decorrelation produces greater ambience, spaciousness, diffusion, and envelopment from the surround speakers. Surround decorrelation is unnecessary with those discrete 5.1-channel Dolby Digital and DTS soundtracks that have completely independent left and right surround channels. Keep in mind, however, that many DVDs containing a 5.1-channel Dolby Digital soundtrack still have monophonic surround channels. If the original source had a monophonic surround channel (films mixed in the pre- Dolby-Digital era), the Dolby- Digital-encoded soundtrack will contain identical signals in both surround channels. In this case, the "inside the head" localization problems mentioned earlier will persist.
THX's timbre matching circuit compensates for the differences in the way we perceive timbre between sounds arriving from the front and the sides. Try this experiment: snap your fingers in front of your head and then again at the side of your head. The finger-snap's timbre is "sharper" when arriving from the side. THX's timbre matching ensures that, as sounds move from in front of to behind the listener (or vice versa), their timbres remain constant.
Finally, the THX subwoofer crossover separates bass frequencies from the midrange and treble. The bass is reproduced by a subwoofer and the midrange and treble by the main loudspeakers. Although all AVRs and controllers contain a crossover, the THX crossover is standardized with regard to frequency (80Hz) and steepness of roll-off (24dB/octave low-pass and 12dB/octave high-pass).
In addition to incorporating those four core signal-processing technologies, a THX Certified receiver must meet certain performance criteria, including output power, dynamic headroom (the ability to reproduce peaks without distortion), noise levels, and the ability to drive lowimpedance loudspeakers, among other factors. (Specifically, a THX Certified receiver must be able to deliver a minimum of 211Wpc into a 3.2-ohm load.)
Products with the THX Select designation incorporate the four technologies described above, but have somewhat relaxed performance standards with regard to output power. This allows lower-priced receivers to employ THX processing. The original THX certification is now called THX Ultra to differentiate it from THX Select.
Finally, the relatively new THX Ultra2 designation is a combination of new performance criteria for the video-switching circuits, as well as new signal-processing algorithms for creating 7.1-channel playback from 5.1-channel sources. THX Ultra2 Certified receivers contain sevenchannels of amplification, as well as a Boundary Gain Compensation circuit to reduce boominess caused by speakers being placed close to walls. In my experience, THX improves the sound quality of films and is worth having in a receiver or controller


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Ria is in the market for a new car with a low price, automatic transmission and affordable, easy upkeep. She's thinking a city-sized hatch will probably be sufficient as she has no open-road agenda or need for bulk occupant and carting space. She's willing to consider near-new options, preferably with a very recent (i.e. 2013) build plate. She's looking at the Mitsubishi Mirage but wonders how its small-capacity engine works in two-pedal form.
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Ria can put her fear of a tiny-capacity engine and auto transmission in the shed. While that combination certainly used to be a ticket to sluggish, thirsty nastiness, modern small autos generally compare pretty well to their manual counterparts.
So we wouldn't be counting out the two-pedal Mitsubishi just yet. Indeed, with VW's Up! (no auto option) and Fiat's 500 (no capped-price servicing) offering scant reward here and alternatives from Holden, Nissan and Suzuki outclassed by the Mirage, it's the only city car we'd be considering if we had to have an auto box.
We might, though, be very tempted by some slightly bigger alternatives from the light-hatch class, which deliver more substance without a massive hip-pocket penalty.
2010-13 Ford Fiesta LX auto, from $11,000*
This Ford only just squeezes into this budget in 2013-plate demo form. It has a shorter warranty than a Mirage (three years versus five) and is costlier to service under its capped-price servicing regime, averaging out at $360 annually.
Those prices, however, are covered for up to seven years/135,000km, a longer period than the Mitsubishi.
The Fiesta is also unquestionably more car than a Mirage, from its extra space and greater refinement to its sweet road manners and 1.6-litre petrol engine, which uses more fuel but is also much more responsive.
But don't expect the most contemporary cabin vibe, class-leading quality or the most powerful air-conditioning. You also need to aim for this mid-range LX model to get the full swag of safety essentials (and a five-star ANCAP rating).
Read Drive's Ford Fiesta reviews: Ford Fiesta LX road test.
2011-on Kia Rio S auto, from $10,230*
Unlike the Ford, this light-sized option easily makes the budget (we've seen 2013 demo three-doors in the $13k realm). It's also cheaper to service than that car (if only to the tune of about $30 per year) and has a longer five-year warranty.
It's not just a better buy than the Ford. It feels more contemporary, is roomier inside and its four-speed auto isn't susceptible to the stop-start foibles like the Ford's 'Powershift' dual-clutcher.
The downside is a lumpier ride and less handling poise, which ultimately means much less fun. Its 1.4-litre petrol engine is peakier and noisier than the Ford's and you get two less years of capped-price-servicing reassurance.
Read Drive's Kia Rio reviews: Kia Rio S road test, Kia Rio used.
Mitsubishi Mirage auto, from $14,490
This Mitsubishi is the only car of this group with a sub-$15k new price in auto form. We've seen 2013 demos for just $11,990 driveway.
It's dirt-cheap to run, too – service costs are capped to just $250 annually, its 1.2-litre petrol engine sips the least fuel of this group and it has a five-year factory warranty.
There's no question it will do the job. The small three-cylinder engine might be the weakest here but its performance is adequate and the CVT auto seamlessly exploits its reserves. It's surprisingly roomy and has a five-star ANCAP safety rating.
It is, though, noticeably wobblier to drive than your average light hatch, narrower inside and has a much smaller boot. Its capped-price servicing regime is also the shortest here.
Read Drive's Mitsubishi Mirage reviews: Mitsubishi Mirage ES Sport road test, City hatch road-test comparison.
Drive recommends
The Mirage strides to an easy victory when viewed using the bare criteria of this contest. It's affordable motoring personified and more than capable of doing everything Ria asks for.
If, however, the Mitsubishi seems just that bit too toy-like, that bit too cute and she can handle a minor cost increase then a light hatch like the Ford or Kia might be worth considering.
The Fiesta has the most engaging character of this group and is far from underdone when it comes to more sensible stuff. It's the light car to buy if you want to tickle the heartstrings; the Kia, which is more modern, quite well rounded and cheaper to buy and run, is the rational choice.
* Values are estimates provided by Glass's Guide based on an example averaging up to 20,000km per annum and in a well-maintained condition relevant to its age.


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|April 27, 2009, 10:15 AM
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I am looking for info on a gunmaker H Adkin and Sons you have inherited a double barrel 12 gauge and want to know more about the history of the gun Thx HBJ?
|April 27, 2009, 12:01 PM
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I found a reference to:
"H.Adkin and Sons 57 High Street Bedford"
Bedford is north of London.
I also found a mention of a later 1900 address in Guildford, sw of London.
That's it so far.
|April 28, 2009, 08:23 AM
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Just to make sure, it is "Adkin" and not "Atkin". Henry Atkin was a famous London gun maker, but at a quick look I don't see any info on H Adkin.
|April 28, 2009, 09:25 AM
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I was indeed able to find "Henry Atkins;" however, I'm certain that the gunmaker for this side-by-side, double 12 is "H Adkin and Sons" and it was made in Bedford, England.
Can't seem to find much else regarding this gunmaker however. Thx
|April 28, 2009, 09:29 AM
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You're on to something. The barrel has an inscription, "H Adkin and Sons Beford." I also find the number 1333 on various components of the gun, which I assume means that there are at least 1332 other versions of this gun out in the world.
I've googled to H Adkin and Sons Bedford, don't find much other than auction sights with little to no info.
Thank you for you good work,
|July 31, 2010, 05:17 PM
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H Adkin of Bedford was my great,great grandfather. The family business survived about 100 years in Bedford I believe, finally closing down in the 1950's when my great uncle died.
|November 13, 2011, 08:30 PM
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H Adkin 12 gauge side by side shotgun
I have a H Adkin serial number 1104. This must be an earlier shotgun because of the low serial number and on the barrel it just has H Adkin 57 High Street Bedford without the "& Sons"
I know nothing about the shotgun and would like to know more about it.
It is a hammered back action lock with the nice piece of wood I have ever seen on a shotgun
|November 13, 2011, 08:43 PM
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"H Adkin of Bedford was my great,great grandfather. The family business survived about 100 years in Bedford I believe, finally closing down in the 1950's when my great uncle died. "
You sound like a pretty good primary source
|November 28, 2011, 05:15 AM
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I've also recently bought a H.Adkin & sons, 57 high street Bedford, shotgun. Its a best quality box lock ejector with damscus barrels serial number 2007.
I've been trying to do some research with little success, I have found a little information here:
I have tried PM to "englishrose" but sadly it hasn't been read yet.
When I spoke to some people in the trade they thought it was most likely that H.adkin bought Birmingham guns and sold them as their own.
I also found a leather case on ebay by the maker, which I think had gun serial number 1211 on the trade label. I bought this for my gun and will probably restore it as its not in very good condition. If anyone knows a good restorer of leather goods, it needs a new strap and a handle as well as a repair to the ends.
Please post any more information you manage to find on the maker and I'll do the same as I find it.
|November 28, 2011, 11:36 AM
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You can try www.jeffsoutfitters.com he carries leather case's and some repair parts. He may know of someone who can restore your case.
|November 15, 2013, 04:43 PM
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Guys, I know im reviving thread here, but I need info on H.Adkin as well. I just aquired an old sxs shotgun from him as well. Its a double hammer, double trigger damascus barreled .12ga with "H.Adkin Maker Bedford" on it, the ser# is 938! Its got 30" barrels, and is in good condition. what would something like this be worth?
|November 15, 2013, 07:13 PM
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With my last name being Akins, I've seen through the years how there are many variations on the same basic name. Sometimes it was done over time in the same country by people misspelling it and just keeping the misspelling, and sometimes it was done at Ellis Island when people immigrated to the U.S. My grandfather (Laddie Akins) who was born in 1898 once did a family search and traced his ancestry back to two brothers that jumped off a British ship in America during the revolutionary war. My wife has gone back even further than that doing her ancestory.com thing she is into.
It can be "Akins", "Akens", "Atkins", "Atkens", "Adkins", "Adkens", "Aikins", "Aikens", or any of the above with the "s" left off the end. I wish I had a nickel for every time someone misspelled my name. It couldn't just be simple like "Jones" or something that doesn't easily change or get misspelled. So when you are looking up the name "Akins" or anything that sounds close to it, you can often find many variations on the same name. It is basically an English (British) name though.
Ginnz, sorry I can't help you with any info on your shotgun though. Somewhere along the line all us versions of the "Akins" name are related, but I have no knowledge of the info you need on your shotgun.
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|November 15, 2013, 09:10 PM
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Could you please expand upon your intimate/family knowledge about your great,great gandfather's firm ?
Especially about when he started in business, when & why the firm name changed to "& Son" (and the additional nemaes), and maybe an approximation on how many guns (and of what quality) were produced ?
|November 18, 2013, 07:57 PM
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I wouldn't expect a response Petah. She only made the one post on the same day she joined, July 31 2010.
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well, since my initial post, ive found no further information, except mine was built in and around 1870-1879, judging by the proofmarks I found when I removed the forearm. Im still amazed at the low serial # and the fact mine is missing the " and sons" to the name on the piece itself. I wish there was some more info out there..... I'd like to think it was worth something?
|October 8, 2014, 12:09 AM
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Is it anything like this H. Adkin gun. http://www.hillrodandgun.com/archive...e.php?id=12607
And are you in N NZ?
|December 15, 2015, 03:34 PM
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Apologies for my very long absence. I can't tell you very much about the guns you are interested in, only that my family were the owners of H Adkin and sons in Bedford. My knowledge is very limited as my grandfather and his brother were the last owners and my grandfather died very young, leaving his brother running the business, until his death in, I believe, 1953.
The business was then sold but the stone engraving of the shop's name still remains above the premises in Bedford High St. My father has memories of the shop when he was a boy.
The family were originally from Bungay in Suffolk, and were gunmakers. One son moved to Bedford in the middle of the 1800s and opened the gunshop, and the business passed down each generation. The business was long lived but I don't have any info about the weaponry sold. My father recalls they got into some trouble once when there was explosion but no one was hurt lol.
This gives you some history of the business which may help your research.....that's if any of you are still on this forum.
My father is the military author, Mark Adkin...whose books are quite well known if you read that type of non fiction, who is referred to in the link above.
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On a scorching hot day at Rowley Lane, London Lions scored another three goal salvo beating Stony Stratford Town and keeping a third consecutive clean sheet in the process.
On a scorching hot day at Rowley Lane, London Lions scored another three goal salvo beating Stony Stratford Town and keeping a third consecutive clean sheet in the process.
The English summer was well and truly under way as temperatures reached a year high 82 degrees, certainly not weather conducive to playing football but certainly outstanding for people watching it.
The game started lethargically which was no real great surprise given the sweltering hot weather. Manager Tony Gold made several changes to the team that beat Welwyn Garden City in midweek with Kyle Bentwood, Matt Davis, Craig Ellis and Daren Bern all starting.
As the game reached the 25 minute period Lions had spurred several good chances to build a substantial lead. Michael Sacks and Andy Glynne both hit the cross bar and Sam Sloma, Daran Bern and Dean Nyman all shooting wide when well placed.
Lions seemed to lack the cohesion which they have shown in abundance in recent performances but that may have been down to two fundamental elements the weather and the team changes.
Matt Davis in the Lions goal was rarely troubled as the game etched towards half time. Several more chances went begging for Lions as the untidy finishing and irregular passing started to frustrate the Lions faithful.
Then five minutes before the break left-back Jake Gottlieb showed the Lions front line how to do it. Bursting forward following good work from Bern, Gottlieb pounced on the ball and drove an unstoppable shot into the bottom corner of the goal.
Although Lions had been untidy in the first 45 minutes, they were worthy of the lead given the possession they had and the chances created.
The heat seemed to intensify in the second half but Lions came out looking much more like them normal selves. Crisper passing and a little more urgency saw Lions begin to break down their visitors.
With 30 minutes remaining changes were made to freshen up the exhausted Andy Glynne, Dean Nyman and Daran Bern. On came Danny Berg, TJ Keterman and Ben Ellis.
The latter, who is on the top of his game, made an instant impact. Bursting in from the left having left his marker for dead, Ellis drove a clinical cross into the visitors box which the inform Aron Barnes slotted home taking his seasons tally to five goals in three games.
Minutes later Ellis was involved again this time setting up Sloma who burst through with just the keeper to beat dragging the ball round him to slot home into an empty net.
It certainly wasn't Lions most convincing performance to date but it was job done on a very hot day, another win and a third consecutive clean sheet.
Lions manager Tony Gold said: "Today was one of those games that could have produced a shock. There were contributing factors as to why we were not as fluent as normal, what with the hot weather and numerous team changes.
"In the end I am pleased to say our quality shone through. We always looked solid and showed some versatility which was pleasing and to keep another clean sheet was very satisfying."
Lions: Matt Davis, Jake Gottlieb, Guy Morris (capt), Michael Sacks, Kyle Bentwood, Craig Ellis, Andy Glynne (sub: Danny Berg), Aron Barnes, Sam Sloma, Dean Nyman (sub: TJ Keterman), Daran Bern (sub: Ben Ellis). Sub not used: Ricky Engleman
Scorers: Gottlieb, Barnes, Sloma
Man-of-the-match: Gottlieb
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