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About Greenfield Community College:
Greenfield Community College is located in the beautiful and historic Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts, between the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains and the fertile farmland of the Connecticut River watershed. GCC is a public community college serving approximately 5,000 credit and credit-free students. Known for the caring and supportive attitude of the faculty and staff, and for the broad support it enjoys from the surrounding community, the college is fully accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. In addition to a strong Liberal Arts focus, the College offers a wide variety of innovative and successful programs including Gender and Women's Studies, Fine Arts, Nursing, Renewable Energy, and Outdoor Leadership, as well as varied learning environments, from traditional classrooms, to distance learning, peer tutoring, one-on-one faculty-student advising, workforce development, and learning communities that cater to specific needs and interests. Close to fifty percent of Greenfield Community College students transfer to four-year colleges, and it is Smith College's largest source of community college transfer students. Much of the College has recently undergone a multi-million dollar renovation that sets the stage for future developments in learning. Greenfield Community College actively encourages and provides opportunities for leadership and professional development.
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Category: Potential Adjunct Faculty
Department: World Languages
Posted: Jan 25, '17
Type: Part-time
Ref_No: DCE17-11
Teaches course(s) in specific discipline. Responsible for instructional preparation and assessment of student performance. Provides assistance to students by appointment. Attends a limited number of faculty meetings.
- Requires Master's degree or a Master's degree in progress in a related field.
- Collegiate teaching experience.
- Successful community college teaching experience
- Commitment to the mission of the community college
- A demonstrated commitment to promoting domestic diversity and/or global multiculturalism in the curriculum where appropriate.
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VANCOUVER, Canada — The British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV /AIDS at St. Paul's Hospital is pioneering new technology from PHEMI Health Systems and SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) to accelerate the treatment and improve the outcome for patients diagnosed with HIV/AIDS. The Centre intends to roll out powerful Big Data technology in a pilot project to deliver personalized medicine based on the genetic signature of the virus that infects each patient.
"We're changing the face of treatment for HIV and AIDS," said Dr. Julio Montaner, director of the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS. "This technology will be invaluable to the lives of our patients. We will be able to quickly treat patients by delivering personalized medicine based on their unique strain of the virus. This will help us save time and money while also significantly decreasing the number of new HIV and AIDS cases. For the first time, we will have access to vast amounts of information and get answers immediately thanks to technology from PHEMI and SAP."
The Center for Excellence aims to implement PHEMI Central's healthcare data warehouse and the SAP HANA® platform. PHEMI Central shall be used to store, archive and govern the research and clinical information in a healthcare-specific data warehouse that is embedded with 'Privacy by Design' capabilities. The solutions from PHEMI and SAP are envisioned to be used together, delivering advanced, personalized and private medicine information.
"Over 70 percent of healthcare information is unstructured and difficult to mine for relevant insight using traditional methods," said Dr. Paul Terry, CEO of PHEMI Health Systems. "What we intend to offer healthcare professionals, essentially, is the ability to turn physician letters and lab results into searchable information, thereby helping to unlock vast amounts of new information for clinicians, analysts and researchers."
"Our cooperation with PHEMI and the work we do with the Centre for Excellence is a great proof point highlighting that forward-thinking Canadian companies, taking bold actions, can lead the world in their industries," said Bob Elliott, managing director, SAP Canada. "Doctors and researchers are envisioned to have a much faster way of treating patients. Working together, we plan on lowering healthcare costs by speeding up treatment plans, improving patient care and addressing chronic disease as a whole."
The BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) is Canada's largest HIV/AIDS research, treatment and education facility and is internationally recognized as an innovative world leader in combating HIV/AIDS and related diseases.
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[Intro: Nicki Minaj]
Yo, SB, I think it's my time
You know why? My tears have dried
And I know that no weapon formed against me will prosper
And I truly believe that my haters are my motivators
Young Money
[Hook 1: Nicki Minaj]
If you could, you would get rid of me
Fuck you gone do when a bitch try to go hard?
But I won't let you get to me
You should already figure I'mma go hard
If you was as real as me you would never let another girl sit in your throne
I done put the choke hold on now, they screaming, "Nicki leave me alone!"
I am, I'm still the one to beat
Ain't in a rush for mainstream, I am the streets
I am getting it in until the end I gotta go
Go, go hard!
[Verse 1: Nicki Minaj]
Carter called, lemme get the car key,you don't want it with the Harajuku Barbie
Keep a marquee, everything sparkly (Man down!)
Hit him on the walkie-talkie
Hit 'em, hit em, knock-knock, tell 'em let me in, my name ring bells, bitch buzz me in (BZZZZ!)
And I only stop for pedestrians (Oh!) Or a real, real bad lesbian
Hit 'em with the MAC, hit 'em with the TEC-nine,hit 'em with the Ruger, by the intersect sign
Hit 'em with a Tommy, so my niggas call me Pammy
And I always keep the jammy, in the trunk or in the Lamby (O-WAH!)
Put my whole borough on my back and I'm good-a
I don't wanna hear what you would, what you could-a
I represent all the girls that stood up (Uhn!)
Used to drink water with a little bit of sugar (Oh..)
Now I'm in the gym with my squats and my sit-ups (One, two! "Breathes")
Doing the scissor-leg, on the mat, with my foot up
Young black pin-up, all of my bitches did up
Now I'm telling LA Reid, to step his bid up
And I'm telling President Carter, he picked a winner,bitches like Nelly and Kelly, got a dilemma
These birds all fly south, in the winter
Fuck I look like? Chomping on a chicken dinner?
You can hate me, but why knock my hustle?
I'mma be the queen, no matter how they shuffle
Skirts with the ruffle, Louis on the duffle
I'm a bad bitch, no muzzle
Singing: (Aha-uh, aha-uh, aha-uh, ah-ah-ah-ah, aha-uh, aha-uh, aha-uh)
No muuuuz-zlllllle, hahahaha
Bitches is softer than Al Dente,cut from a different kente
Tell em I'm the ninja, Weezy is my Sensei
So I call him Splinter, faster than a sprinter
Gimme my chopsticks, I'll have these rap bitches for dinner
This is for my gentlemen, in button-ups, and khakis
This is for my nigga, Seven Up, in Castaki
This is for my niggas, wheelying them Kawasakis
Shout out, to the Vackee's, Saltfish Ackees
Kisses to my fans, unless I'm feeling, kinda cocky
Winter Wonderland, is on my hand, it's kind of rocky
I am Nicki, Minaj, or Lewinski
Pump's on the clutch, right hand, on the 6-speed
Write my own raps, I gotta go, I gotta get me (gotta get me)
[Hook 2: Nicki Minaj]
If you could, you would get rid of me
Fuck you gone do when a bitch try to go hard?
But I won't let you get to me
You should already figure I'mma go hard
If you was as real as me
You would never let another girl sit in your throne
I done put the choke hold on now
They screaming, "Nicki leave me alone!"
I am, I will, I gots to win
I'm still looking around for my competition
I am getting it in until the end
I gotta go, go, go
Go hard!
[Verse 2: Lil Wayne]
From slap-and-cry you start to die, so I must go harder
Gotta make these bitches know me just like Bobby know water
Better yet, like Bubba know shrimp, but he don't say shit when the gun on his lip
And I don't say shit, put the gun on my hip, so I don't say shit but the gun on my hip
If you don't wanna drown don't come on my ship, check out how them bitches just run on my dick
And me, I'm still nasty as a son of a bitch, I still got that bitch cum on my lips
If you ain't got money, don't come on my strip, and if you got money, don't come on my strip
I wear that metal; no Olympic, but I can still make you tumble and flip
You fucking with me if you fucking with Nic, they ain't fucking with me, they ain't fucking with Nic
Your girlfriend her decision is split cause she wanna fuck me and she wanna fuck Nic
They wonder if he be fucking Nic, as long as she be fucking rich
That's why I keep my luggage cause I swear y'alls a fucking trip
Young Money dungeon bitch, my swagger is punching bitch
And I shoot like I'm from overseas, so call my gun "Gunovich"
Weezy F Baby and the 'F' is for a bunch of shit
Red drank, blue pill, white dust, yes, I love my country, bitch
[Hook 3: Nicki Minaj]
Wish you could get rid of Young Money
Fuck you gone do when a bitch try to go hard?
But I won't let you get to me
You should already figure I'mma go hard
If you was as real as me you would never
Let another girl sit in your throne
I done put the choke hold on now
They screamin', "Nicki leave me alone"
I am, I will, I gots to win
I'm still lookin' around for my competition
I am gettin' it in until the end
I gotta go, go, go, go hard
One of Nicki Minaj's favorites mixtapes songs.
Minaj herself said that she wrote it in Atlanta:
and it takes her time:
To celebrate Lil Wayne's 34th birthday, Nicki took to Instagram to post multiple lyric videos from their collaborations featured on her Beam Me Up Scotty mixtape. For this song in particular, Nicki used her caption to correct the lyrics in a YouTube video which were coincidentally, the lyrics transcribed here on Rap Genius as well, at the time.


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Normally when I write a book, I create a book outline, give it to my editor for feedback, make some changes, then begin writing the book.
I would like to try something different, assuming you are interested. Since I am at the very early stage of creating the book's outline, would you like to review it and give me some feedback? I am sure that if I could get several (or many) SQLServerCentral.Com members to offer me their advice on the outline, that I could write an even better book than if I did all the outlining by myself.
So what do you say. Do you want to help out?
The book is tentatively called "High Performance Index Maintenance," and as you can guess from the title, it is a very narrowly focused topic. The goal is to keep the book under 75 Word pages, and then publish it as a compact reference book that will be given away free as an e-book, and in some cases, as a printed book.
If you have some extra time, and you have a lot of experience with index maintenance, please e-mail me at email@example.com, and I will send you a copy of the draft version (which is about 6 pages). You can make any comments you want in the Word document, and then return it to me no later than Friday, February 6, 2009.
In return, when the book is finally printed as a paperback version, I will send you an autographed copy. I will also mention you in the book, by name, for your contribution to the outlining process.
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Behavioral Response Team Protocol
The BRT has developed a protocol to ensure that concerns regarding student behavior are addressed and managed appropriately and effectively using the college's support services.
→ Please see the Protocol Flowchart for a visual illustration of our protocol.
Upon receipt of a BRT referral, the Team will determine the appropriate course of action. The course of action, or response, will be based on a thorough risk assessment and may include contact with the referral source for additional information. Actions taken by the BRT may include any of the following:


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Greetings, my name is Carlos Ortiz and I enjoy the Florida west coast where I live with my wife and family. Here we enjoy the beaches, warmer weather and the diverse outdoors. I am also a Computer Science professor at Hillsborough Community College where I enjoy teaching technology courses to our students since 2009.
Since moving to Florida in 1977, I had the distinct opportunity to join commercial, government and military organizations where I have used my skills in technology and learned others as well. I have experience in electronics manufacturing where I worked in hardware design, software design, and test engineer. During my work in Information Technology I performed the duties of system administrator and Information Systems Security Officer for a defense contractor.
While living in Florida I completed my undergraduate studies at UCF where I earned a BS in Engineering Technology and graduate studies at Nova Southeastern University earning a MS in Management Information Systems.
In 1995, I started working in corporate technical training, and in 1999 I began teaching at universities and colleges, I have developed and delivered training courses for LAN, WAN, Operating Systems, Applications, Network Management Systems and telephony technologies. Some of these courses have been also delivered online and in shorter corporate training sessions (one week) where I have been able to interact directly with students worldwide. Over this period I had the opportunity to teach some of these technical courses in Spanish on locations in Brazil, Mexico, and the United States
As a college professor I have developed and delivered graduate level courses in Information Technology and undergraduate courses such as Open Systems I - TCP/IP, Linux, LAN troubleshooting, Introduction to Unix, Windows Server, Assembly Language programming (Intel), MS Office, MS Publisher and MS Frontpage among others.
Some of the industry certifications I have earned which have allowed me to teach additional technical courses include: CompTIA Linux +, Cisco CCNA, Cisco 7600, Cisco Advanced MPLS VPNs, and Cisco AON.
I look forward to a great semester and to working with you in class.
Enjoy your time at Hillsborough Community College and do well in your studies.
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Well, technically it was Ogden Nash that coined that testament to the efficiency of booze, but most people probably credit it to Mr. Wonka. It's one of the many memorable quotes from the best movie ever made, 1971's Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory starring Gene Wilder in the title role. To paraphrase the great candymaker, inside this blog post some of my dreams become realities, and some of my realities become dreams. And I, dear readers, dream in booze.
In homage to my favorite film, I present to you an array of cocktails inspired by the spectacular characters and delectable story created by Roald Dahl.
In homage to my favorite film, I present to you an array of cocktails inspired by the spectacular characters and delectable story created by Roald Dahl.
Up first is Mike Teevee, the kid addicted to television, cowboy shows in particular, who ultimately is reduced to action figure stature through the revolutionary process of Wonkavision.
Mike's cowboy getup inspired me to use tequila as the base spirit (and I happened to have a bottle of tequila shaped like a gun- even better!) and the white chocolate liqueur spiked with Grand Marnier go really well with it. And the extra dollop of chocolate via the creme de cacao makes it Wonka-worthy. These are very easy to drink!
Mike Teevee's Tequilavision
2 oz. Tequila
1.5 oz. Godiva White Chocolate liqueur
1 oz Grand Marnier
.25 oz. white crème de cacao
Rim a cocktail glass with multicolored sugar. Put all ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice, shake vigorously, strain into sugar-rimmed glass. Enjoy!
"Boy, that's great stuff!" – Mike Teevee


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im building a welding table and i was gona go with 3x3 .120 square for the vertical legs. but a guy has some 3x3 .250 angle for sale for a little cheaper then what it would go for new. so im considering it for the vertical legs. the legs are gona have horizontal supports on top and down low too. what do you guys think? .120 square or .250 angle? ill only save about 20 bucks if i go angle but its heavyer.
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With the square tube you may get away without strapping the legs, depending how beefy you build it. With angle your defiantly gonna have too, just due to small surface area of welding will enable those legs to wiggle like spaghetti. Then you gotta buy material to strap em. Personally I prefer tubing over angle in a situation like this hands down. Just my opinion tho.
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What size is the table top? What thickness? I have a 30" x 60" x 1/2" welding table and I use 2x2x.120 square legs with some angle between the legs to stabilize. Plenty strong.
That is thick angle so it will resist twisting. Still word like to know your final plans.MillerMatic 251
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Originally posted by slow50 View Post.120 square or .250 angle? ill only save about 20 bucks if i go angle but its heavyer.
WOW, what are going to be putting on that table 18 or 20 elephants.
Unless you are going to be putting massive amounts of weight on the table, the angle will be just fine.
Do a little research and see how much weight it would take to twist or buckle 3x3x.250 angle from a vertical positionJIM
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Almost any question which starts with which is stronger etc is suspect. You should see "what size air line" on garage forums. None of it makes squat and there are good benchs and poor ones made from each.
I hate the shelf low, I want it up so it stays cleaner and can sweep under it. The weld connection at the corners is basically insignificant. They usually don't need several cross braces and gussets at the corners.
Personally wouldn't use either but 2x2 tubing. Half the cost again. Even angle, with braced/shelf you would need to measure the crush in tons or 1000's vs pounds,,Last edited by Sberry; 10-27-2013, 12:51 PM.
I made 100's of benches, had a modular system with jigs for the legs, way before dig cams but this is a mockup of it basically with red for a little weld. I gang cut the parts at the yard but my helper could put 3 together to finish in a morning.
The customer wanted tube, I changed the design a bit when I submitted a proto and it looked so much better than the competitor I got it even with a few $ higher price.
Tube looks a bit nicer. My own are angle just scrapped together from a couple jobs, never did get around to deliberately designing a bench. I have worked where we had a plate across 2 big sawhorses, that worked really good except they set the location haphazardly left footed.
In a small garage a 30x60 is sufficient, you can reach across it and walk around is easy. Anything bigger I frame up on the floor. Also,,, no holes in top for clamps, its an idea that seems better than is except for specialized deals, these get used for all kinds of work not just welding, don't want dirt falling thru as well as tools, can wipe up a spill.
I stuck a grate and can on mine, finally built a hopper. It blew soot under the bench and I finally fixed it, now making a simple cut doesn't mean sweeping the floor. On a portable bench probably wouldn't bother with electric.Last edited by Sberry; 10-27-2013, 01:15 PM.
I don't think that you would have a problem with either choice of materials. In my opinion the tube looks much nicer and considering you are going to have it for a long time....why not?
I have mine on wheels now. I think in this picture there is still dross from plasma cutting the pieces for the table top. I want to raise the lower shelf up a bit. Too low to the ground. I also I need to add some tool hangers for wrenches, air tools and clamps. I just stitched the 1/2" top to the frame to make sure it didn't warp the top at all. My tubes are 2x2x.120 and that is more than enough.Attached FilesMillerMatic 251
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Here is the table in use building a tube bender. The overhang along the edges let's me clamp projects down and I really like the 2" slot in the middle to clamp things in the middle of the table. Comes in handy.Attached FilesMillerMatic 251
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I used 3" drill pipe for the legs on my table. I got some 1/2 " plate left over off a job . it was originally two tables but I joined them together to make one table 12' x5' . after having a table with angle iron legs I noticed it was a lot harder to move and most times when a leg got hung up on something it wants to bend didn't have that problem with pipe or tubing.going to be making a smaller table 4'x4' for the rear of my shop something small so I can move it outside or inside depending on wheather.i also weld an angle iron to the side of all my tables that way it serves as a soaopstone holder or small tool holder and aslso when a small pipe job comes up it's very easy to just lay the pipe in the angle iron and tack it no need to waist time making sure the pipe is square the angle iron does it for you.
I like the way tubing looks. Cleaner..sigpic
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As Blaine Gabbert prepares to play for his third head coach in as many seasons, the Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback enters Year Three with the leash pulled tight.
Draftinsider.net's Tony Pauline reported the consensus during Senior Bowl week was that Gabbert will be given one more season to prove his worth or be sent packing after Jacksonville drafted him 10th overall in 2011.
Gabbert threw just nine touchdowns in 10 starts last season in an offense that sputtered. After an encouraging start -- he was more efficient and threw fewer picks -- Gabbert exhibited too many of the problems and quirks that sunk his rookie campaign. It didn't help that first-year quarterbacks lit up the world in 2012, suggesting to all that the days of the project passer are long gone.
Pauline notes the Jaguars, under new coach Gus Bradley, might pull the trigger on a quarterback in the draft, and Arizona's Matt Scott is a likely target. The prospect shares ties with Jaguars quarterbacks coach Frank Scelfo after they worked together at Arizona and spent time training prior to Scott's Shrine Game outing. The word on Scott is that he possesses an NFL-caliber arm and would fit in as a long-term project under center. If that, of course, still exists in the NFL.
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Guide by stahrgazer with thanks to Robinette and the Strategy Guides Project team for their assistance.
The Classic map reflects six of the main landmasses of the world with major cities as region names. Hold each region (city) of a bonus zone (landmass) at the start of the turn for the zone bonus indicated in the legend, the series of small globes along the bottom of the map.
Some players might be interested to know that this map is the last in a Classic progression. The first "Classic globe" map was replaced with two "Classic cube" maps: one with obscure Artsy names, another with geometrical Shapes; each with the same play-pattern. The Classic Shapes map was converted into the Society of the Cooks' Strategy Training Map when, after a long and intense foundry process, Conquer Club settled on this aesthetic, "globe" map with cities of the world represented as regions. Older members occasionally reminisce about "the good ol' Classic," meaning the original "Classic globe" map from Conquer Club's launch.
At 42 regions and 6 traditional bonus zones, the Classic map offers sufficient strategic challenge for those who want to risk the agony of defeat for the thrill of victory against one or many opponents using a variety of the game options Conquer Club offers.
With no alternative victory conditions - that can be found on some Conquer Club maps - the only way to win on the Classic map is to assault and conquer every opponent. The exception to this is Assassin, where one need only eliminate that one opponent to win the game.
How to play Classic
Classic is fun for two to eight players, whether the setup is:
- Two player (1v1)
- Multiplayer (1vAll – the player against 2 to 7 opponents)
- Terminator
- Assassin
- 2 to 4 Doubles teams
- 2 Triples teams
- 2 Quads teams
In general, go with automatic deployments; but you might want to opt for manual deployments sometimes in games with four or more players.
Flat rate or escalating spoils each offer pros and cons; players will argue vehemently as to which is best. For multiplayer (1 v. all) games, the option of choice is usually escalating, if for no other reason than to ensure the game ends rather than stalemates. No spoils, especially for team games; and nuclear spoils; offer chances to experiment with alternative strategies so that the same map becomes an entirely new game. On the Classic map, spoils are generally a matter of preference.
Fog of war is not necessary to Classic, but it is unique to online games and adds some spice. As personal preference, I do recommend the setting.
Conquer Club game options can change the strategy required to win. Rather than restrict yourself to just your comfort zone, have fun, experiment with all the varieties of game options. Classic is a versatile map!


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Speak of the devil
Just so everyone knows that our leadership is on top of the most important issues facing the church--things like sex abuse, new translations of the Mass, immigration reform, financial transparency--I thought I'd point out an important conference last week attended by dozens of bishops and priests on exorcism.
What the devil? It seems we Catholics are suffering from a severe shortage of trained exorcists (a shortage that seems to coincide with a general shortage of priests). That, and a book by author Matt Baglio about the training of an American exorcist is Rome, has resurrected this bit from the liturgical closet.
I guess I'm not entirely sure there's an epidemic of demonic possession out there, and to be honest I don't see how performing this kind of liturgy doesn't always end up looking like magic. Either way, I can't seem to unarch my eyebrows every time I read about last week's exorcism convention.


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Canadiens net 3 in 3rd, top Maple Leafs 5-2
Canadiens net 3 in 3rd, top Maple Leafs 5-2
Feb. 28, 2013
TORONTO (AP) — Winning was the best redemption for Max Pacioretty and the Montreal Canadiens against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Pacioretty scored twice to lead the Canadiens to a 5-2 victory over the Maple Leafs on Wednesday night and emphatically avenge a 6-0 home loss on Feb. 9.
There was bad blood between the longtime rivals in that previous meeting when an alleged biting incident involving Mikhail Grabovski and Pacioretty took place.
But instead of physical retaliation, the Canadiens effectively used their speed to outplay Toronto, cementing the win on third-period goals by rookie Brendan Gallagher, Pacioretty and Brian Gionta.
"The coaches talked to us before the game about sticking to our game plan and not getting sucked into the emotions of the game," Pacioretty said. "I think we did a great job of that."
Defenseman Josh Gorges echoed Pacioretty's take on the rematch.
"There's always a lot of different ideas, different emotions especially after the last way we played these guys about how do we get back," he said. "It's not about grabbing somebody and jumping them and feeding them punches because that really doesn't do us any good in the long run.
"It may feel good for a few minutes if that opportunity did ever come, but ultimately two points always feels better."
Gallagher scored his sixth of the season at 9:08 of the third period to break a 2-2 tie. Pacioretty clinched the win for Eastern Conference-leading Montreal (13-4-3) with his sixth at 14:26, and Gionta added an empty-net goal with 2:26 left.
Frazer McLaren and Clarke MacArthur scored for Toronto (12-9), which had won three straight at home.
Since being shut out by Toronto, the streaking Canadiens have gone 7-0-2. They outshot the Leafs 40-23 before a crowd of 19,625 — the largest in Toronto this season.
The Maple Leafs, who earned a 2-1 win at Montreal in the season opener, fell to 4-5 at home overall.
"The Maple Leafs played two terrific games at the Bell Centre and we knew we had to bounce back from those type of games," Canadiens coach Michel Therrien said. "We certainly played a great team game and stuck to our plan, and we were controlling our emotion to play that game.
"Right from the get go I thought our guys were ready to play, and we set the tone. They tried to be physical on us but I was not afraid of that. We just kept focusing on the things we had to do to be successful."
Maple Leafs goalie Ben Scrivens made his eighth straight start and kept his club in the game, finishing with 35 saves.
"We were flat, flat, flat, flat," Maple Leafs coach Randy Carlyle said. "It looked like at times that we were playing in our boots and they were playing on skates.
"We just didn't get anything going for ourselves. I don't think there's any way to paint it pretty and I'm sure you guys will give us a lot of help."
The Canadiens had forward Michael Ryder in the lineup after reacquiring him from the Dallas Stars on Tuesday for Erik Cole.
Ryder didn't figure in the scoring but wore his usual No. 73 after rookie Gallagher gave it up to him. Ryder has worn No. 73 since breaking into the NHL in 2003. Gallagher wore No. 11.
Montreal controlled much of the first period, outshooting the Leafs 12-4, but McLaren opened the scoring with his second goal at 13:44.
Defenseman Alexei Emelin tied it with his first at 16:56 before Toronto's Mike Brown received a major penalty for checking from behind. He was ejected after he hit Gorges in the final minute of the period.
Pacioretty put Montreal ahead on the power play at 4:17 of the second. Scrivens attempted to deflect P.K. Subban's point shot to the corner but it deflected in off Pacioretty for his fifth.
Toronto had a prime chance to tie it when Grabovski was awarded a penalty shot at 11:45 after he was hauled down by Emelin. But Grabovski couldn't beat Price to the stick side on the attempted deke.
MacArthur tied it at 15:47 with his fifth.
NOTES: This was the third of five meetings this season between the teams. ... James Reimer served as Scrivens' backup after being added to the active roster earlier Wednesday. Reimer had been out since sustaining a knee injury Feb. 11 against Philadelphia. G Jussi Rynnas was reassigned to the AHL's Toronto Marlies. Reimer is expected to start Thursday at the New York Islanders. ... With Rafael Diaz (concussion) out, Montreal D Tomas Kaberle suited up against his former team. ... Maple Leafs D Mark Fraser came into the game leading the NHL with a plus-14 rating.


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Currently, My Biggest Fear
May 20, 2014
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One of the long-term writing projects I had given myself in the past few years was to write a book on a lifetime of experience with HIV, less about my own story and more a commentary on being a child in the early AIDS era and how it impacted me as I grew older and HIV/AIDS grew downplayed into merely a "condition."
Thing is, I was going to call the oeuvre "Catch-32." As in: CCR5-Delta32. As in: up until my December diagnosis, I believed I possessed the "CCR5-Delta32" gene for "plague immunity."
Obviously, I don't.
But actually ... it's more complicated than that.
Broadly, 10% of Caucasians possess this gene. Initial thinking was that Delta32 originated out of a small NW European village that survived the waves of the Black Death during the late Middle Ages. More recent findings suggest, however, that it may have been waves of broader small pox plagues dating back millennia.
Scandinavian populations can have as high a concentration of Delta32 as 16%. The further south you head, the less common this gene is (6% in Italy, 4% in Greece). That the highest frequency of this allele (meaning: genetic variation) occurs around the Baltic Sea basin would suggest the Vikings were the main dispersers of CCR5-Delta32 throughout Europe. Ashkenazi (but not Sephardi) Jews also test rather high for the Delta32 gene, however it's believed to be a conveyed "founder effect," due to the genetic bottlenecking of centuries spent in "ghettos."
Between my mother and my father, I definitely fit into this Viking/Ashkenazi profile, which allowed me to continue disconnecting myself from reality.
Here's what I've learned since:
In order to be immune to "plague" (yes, including HIV), you need TWO copies of Delta32; BOTH of your parents need to be descended from these Medieval populations.
Due to facts on the ground, I no longer believe I possess 2 copies of Delta-32. Where it gets tricky is if you have only one.
This conveys "Resistance." The problem I'm having, in 2014, is that no doctor seems to know what that means, exactly.
Does one copy of Delta32 mean it's far more difficult for you to become infected ... OR you just incubate HIV at an insanely slow rate?
The insane neurosis I struggle with now: what if I got infected years and years, if not decades, ago? What if it had just been hiding out in my body since then, undetected? What if I unknowingly infected others?
I mentioned in a previous post (on HIV Social Etiquette & such) that it's incredibly invasive to follow-up an HIV "de-closeting" with a "how did it happen?" as many afflicted will never know their exact origin story.
It's looking like I need to get my DNA sequenced, which has always been a crazy nerd interest of mine, only now: this is about peace of mind and how I progress on this new course I'm on. If I DO NOT possess one copy, then I concretely know the how/when/where of my infection.
Am I playing a new variant of the same histrionic game? Might sound that way, but: I grew to have a sense that there was something wrong with me last year. And I don't just mean skin or health ailments -- I had anger that threatened to consume me at times.
I've always been sensitive, but I questioned myself over where this anger/discord was coming from. It just didn't seem right. Hindsight being 20/20, I get to thinking there's a connection between this influx of anger and the spreading of HIV throughout my body.
That I'm *much* happier now, post-diagnosis and just having started Month 3 of my meds would seem to suggest that HIV and mood are, as I suspect, related (both are affected by gut health, for example). OR, to play Devil's Advocate for a moment: my mood is infused by the "Spiritual Teflon" I've also mentioned prior (associated with, but not the same as: Survivor's Guilt).
Different generation, same disease, different issue, but: FDA, you really piss me off.
Where can I go to confirm or deny my one copy of CCR5-Delta32?
Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?
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There are three fundamental resources that executives must manage during a transition: time, talent, and relationships.
Deloitte's research and insights from its transition labs suggest there are three fundamental resources that executives must manage during a transition: time, talent, and relationships. Focusing on these three resources can help you cut through the inherent bustle of an executive transition and unlock your organization's potential.
Time: The flood of issues crossing an incoming executive's desk can be overwhelming. As an incoming or newly promoted executive, you need to develop a clear sense of your organization's priorities while keeping the existing engines running. We often hear about 60–80-hour work weeks at the outset as incoming executives get pulled into meetings and launch their listening tours to get a handle on the issues.
As an incoming executive, you generally have to address four issues to garner better control of your time:
- Establish a realistic timeframe, as I discussed in my last essay, and dispense with the myth of the first 90 or 100 days. Unless you're addressing an emergency, this is usually not enough time to drive meaningful results on the important things. Often, we find incoming executives—for example, a CIO joining a retailer in June and having to focus almost exclusively on Cyber Monday and e-commerce through the Christmas season—pulled in other directions before moving more broadly to frame an IT agenda. So much for the first 90 days.
- Establish relationships with key stakeholders. Influential and good relationships with key stakeholders make it easier to move your agenda forward. It's critical to spend time establishing a personal, one-on-one connection and hearing their concerns and needs. So, in the initial months, listening tours take time.
- Establish three to five key priorities, and make some tangible progress on them in the first six months of your tenure. Make these priorities—and their value—"elevator ready" by succinctly framing them.
- After 30–45 days, take an audit of where your team's time is going, and decide what must be stopped. Kill the unproductive meetings or the less important projects that drain you and your best talent so you can focus more productively on your most important priorities.
Time is your one irrecoverable resource, so it is imperative to prioritize and guard it during a transition.
Talent: No senior executive could do their job alone, and you are dependent on your new team to deliver results from day one. Generally, executives have to address a talent agenda with the following four items fairly quickly after a transition:
- Get the right people in the right seats. This can entail assessing the inherited staff and recruiting or reassigning staff to effectively deliver key priorities.
- Establish a high-performing leadership "team." Often, incoming executives inherit broken organizations and teams with each direct report driving isolated initiatives. Resetting these behaviors and establishing a team can be vital to delivering key priorities.
- Set a talent development agenda. You want to get the best out of your people and build a sustained organization. To do so may require a broad, talent-development agenda—from training to coaching key staff, rotating some people into key development positions, and developing succession plans. Showing a strong commitment to talent early can help retain and motivate staff.
- Design your organization for the future. The organization you inherit is often designed for the previous leader. It is important to design the organization to best serve you as well as the future needs of your company.
Given that talent is key to your success, you are likely to spend between a half day and a full day each week to execute your talent agenda. I will expand on the talent agenda in future essays.
Relationships: New executives have to foster relationships with a wide range of stakeholders during their transitions. Dialogues with stakeholders can shape priorities, and good relationships make it easier to move forward on key priorities. In our research and labs, the unhappiest executives are vexed by relationship issues. Thus, establishing good relationships is vital to transition success, and again, it can take up considerable time. Fortunately, there are a wide range of tools available today to help executives develop influence strategies and assess the needs, personalities, and communication styles that are effective with other stakeholders to accelerate relationship building. These will also be explored in future essays.
Takeaway: Effectively managing time, talent, and relationships can help you accelerate the creation of a focused agenda and realistic execution plans that enhance the likelihood of a successful transition.


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New Brunswick Collection Group
August 14, 1999 Minutes
Present: Ben Beede, Ilona Caparros, Joe Consoli, Howard Dess,
Mary Fetzer,
Rebecca Gardner, Helen Hoffman, Jackie Mardikian, Pat Piermatti, Bob Sewell,
Addie Tallau, Lourdes Vazquez, Connie Wu
1. Prior Minutes Correction: Lourdes
Vazquez areas of subject
specialization are Latin America, Africa, and Anthropology.
2. Collections budget planning--Bob Sewell
was the presenter. A
subcommittee of SACCDM consisting of Bob Sewell, Howard Dess, Veronica
Calderhead and Jim Nettleman met and laid out a basic plan for reducing our
1999 collections budget. Bob distributed the handout entitled "1999
Cancellation strategies overview" which he then discussed in detail. The RUL
collections budget anticipates no increase this year. It is expected that we
will have about $500,000 in serials inflation costs in a $4.5 million total RUL
serials budget.
Joe Consoli asked about SIRSI reports no encumbered figures are
Bob Sewell said that Nancy Hendrickson and systems staff are working on the
SIRSI reports problems. Bob has internal expenditure figures for those who
Helen Hoffman asked about funding for the surcharges to continue our
subscription to e-journals which have been free. A large number of these
"freebies" will have surcharges imposed as of January 1999. Bob said that
there is no extra funding to cover these costs. Helen spoke of biological
sciences faculty who would be willing to contribute dollars to continue these
e-journals. Helen will prepare a proposal for Bob to review. Bob then said
that a major problem is the central RU administration perception that
electronic is not only better but also CHEAPER!
Addie Tallau and Jackie Mardikian then inquired about the CINAHL file
as a
networked database (referring to page 2 of the handout). Addie will check LSM
and DANA paper subscription costs and availability. CINAHL should be a VALE
Continuing with page two of the handout Howard has discovered
at least
$25,000 in duplication in abstracts and indexes. Also, it is no longer
possible for RUL to maintain archival paper copies for networked databases.
Therefore, as a result of the recent addition of the INSPEC database, we will
be cancelling our paper subscriptions to Physics Abstracts, Electrical and
Electronics Abstracts and Computer and Control Abstracts. He then mentioned a
few A/I titles from the list he has compiled. CINAHL will be added. Howard
will also check the duplication of New York Times microfilm. Additionally,
Howard will check Women's Studies Abstracts. Bob, Lourdes and Joe then
discussed Hispanic American Periodicals Index, Handbook of Latin American
Studies, certain art indexes, etc. They will email Howard after investigating
further. Lourdes also spoke about the need for Lexis/Nexis. Much discussion
followed. Bob said that in his discussions with the publisher, FTE pricing is
what they consider for their academic accounts at the moment.
Going on to page three of the handout, Howard will be distributing a
list of
serials costing more than $4,000. This list will cover everything. Just for
information, the RUL Elsevier subscriptions cost over $999,334 (1997/98
subscription rates). Howard met recently with the Elsevier sales rep. The rep
was very surprised by Howard's proposal of a discount to RUL for multiple
Elsevier subscriptions. Howard has use data for these expensive and heavily
used titles. Howard mentioned that his faculty have told him that they don't
have the money to pay for articles costing $20-$50 each.
Bob then distributed a one page handout listing expensive journal cost
per use
data compiled by the University of Wisconsin. Bob is compiling a similar list
for RU folk.
Continuing with page three and the topic duplication of paper subscriptions
with full-text electronic packages. Veronica is investigating the overlap of
UMI PD with our current paper subscriptions. Howard then gave a few examples
a listing is being compiled and will be distributed soon. The next item
discussed on page three was expensive and unique serials. LSM has use data to
help with these. More discussion. Remember that September 15 is the deadline
for getting our cancellation lists to the vendors/publishers. So September 1st
for selectors.
Discussion of NERL initiative--Bob Sewell presented. So far
there have been
two ways to sell e-journals; a) purchase all titles or b) establish a deposit
account for per article purchase (very expensive). NERL has an alternative
approach--select the top 50 or so serial titles wanted in electronic format and
negotiate a pricing scheme. NERL libraries are compiling a list--Howard has
already sent us an email asking for our comments. Howard said that if this
proposal goes through, the pricing would be independent of paper subscriptions.
Jackie Mardikian mentioned ADONIS (electronic format for 1991+; Elsevier titles
and others) she is trying to schedule a demo for RUL. Rebecca asked about how
to insure that everyone is involved in our cancellation decisions, not just
NBCG. Addie suggested distributing paper lists to NB faculty selectors.
Howard will schedule a special meeting prior to the next NBCG meeting. He will
email us next week with dates. After further discussion, Howard recommended
including Newark and Camden. The group then discussed coordination of this
year's cancellation process. Howard will send an email to NBCG subject
subgroup chairs to meet as soon as possible. Joe volunteered to cover for
Jeris and Kevin Mulcahy is acting Social Sciences chair. Mary Fetzer asked Bob
to update the collection development guide on the library web site.
4. The Collections Budget: Making the
Case--Bob Sewell. Bob then
a handout entitled "The Collections Budget: Making the Case." Bob is
compiling RUL cost data. Please send any articles you find on this topic to
Bob. Joe Consoli recommended using exemplar departments in our data. Much
discussion ensued. Bob agreed that focussing on selective subjects is best.
Global and Area Studies, Physics, Neurobiology, History, etc are good
5. Subcommittee Reports--Addie reported
that she, Mary Page and Connie Wu
are members of a committee discussing SIRSI reports. They are recommending
types of reports needed and frequency. Send your recommendations for report
contents and frequency via email to Addie, Mary or Connie. Addie then
requested that NBCG members review InfoView. She asked us to use the reporting
feature; familiarize ourselves. If training is desired, inform Addie et al.
Mary Fetzer raised the issue of knowing the status of ordering in TAS. SIRSI
report features need much work. RUL staff working hard to understand and
implement local fixes. More discussion. Regarding ordering and acquisitions,
Joe expressed his opinion that the Acquisitions job should be a 100%
responsibility. This needs to be discussed more. Addie said that we also
need to prepare a procedure for the formal transfer of selection duties from
one selector to another.
Addie then reported on the Budget Allocation Subcommittee. She
has received
most of the data for programs and students. She is now compiling faculty data.
A decision Addie has made is to equate a part-timer as a 50% line. Her numbers
will not be perfect. Addie hopes to distribute her tables soon. One question
that Addie needs a response via email -- is a minor 50% of a major???
Ben Beede then distributed copies of a proposal for weeding the Kilmer
Library collection. Addie recommended that we meet in October or November
after the cancellation deadline to discuss this further.
At the next NBCG meeting, Jackie Mardikian will distribute copies of
the newly
revised missing books procedures.
Respectfully submitted,
Pat Piermatti
Secretary du Jour
Howard M. Dess
Chemistry and Physics Librarian
Library of Science and Medicine
Rutgers University
Piscataway, NJ 08855-1029
tel.: 732-445-3526 fax: 732-445-5703


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Why I love Microsoft's vapourware tablet
Probe beneath the Surface
Surface tension
"Surface has not just one but two cameras." Yes, and it also has not just one but two stereo speakers, not just 76 but 77 keys on the keyboard, and the rectangular unit has not just one but four edges. It also has none of these things because it doesn't bloody exist yet.
I was also evilly amused watching Microsoft's Windows president, Steve Sinofsky, deal with a frozen manufacturing mock-up of his non-existent tablet live on stage at the beginning of his presentation:
'Here's one I prepared earlier...'
These things happen, of course, but often they happen simply because nature and common sense feel the need to make their presence known amid the illusory world of men. At IBM's London launch of OS/2 2.0 in 1992, the demonstrator famously announced that the "revolutionary" new operating system was completely and utterly crash-proof... at which precise moment, her demonstration computer completely and utterly crashed. As indeed OS/2 did from time to time on test machines back at the office.
Contrary to your expectations, though, I warm to the promise of Microsoft Surface. This could be the tablet computer I've always wanted. To be honest, I pined for a Tablet PC about ten years ago and sang their praises in a column I wrote for an IT weekly magazine at the time.
Looking back, I should have guessed Tablet PC was not going to last. The computers were a bit ugly and a bit expensive, and the range of Tablet PC-enhanced applications was a bit crap. These were the reasons I never bought one. Indeed, these were the very same reasons why no one else bought one.
Fujitsu's Stylistic: how a tablet should be... What, a bloody desktop?
So how does the Surface tablet compare? It doesn't look ugly but I suspect it's going to be nut-crunchingly expensive: "About the same as an ultrabook," means a starting price of £1000. Hmm, should I buy a diddy Windows 8-only tablet that has a built-in stilt or buy a MacBook Air with proper memory spec, full-size fuck-off keyboard and trackpad and that will run just about any operating system I want?
But most of all, please someone tell me they are optimising their Windows 8 applications for Surface. The whole conversation about Microsoft's ability to sell hardware is entirely irrelevant. As Apple found with iOS, and I know Microsoft's Steve Ballmer will back me up on this, it's all about the developers. ®
Alistair Dabbs is a freelance technology tart, juggling IT journalism, editorial training and digital publishing. He feels he may be the only person in the world who harks back to the Microsoft Mouse with fond memories and believes that Microsoft was always a much better hardware manufacturer than software developer.


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You can't beat a system you can't understand
Politics is a touchy subject. Nonetheless, something has been bothering me for some time that I think needs addressing. It's two years before the next presidential election. By now, we usually know who the front-runners are for the upcoming contest. It appears to me that qualified people don't really want the job. Nobody is coming forth and actually throwing their hat in the ring, so to speak. When asked, they all say, "no way" or, "I'm not sure."
A few years ago when Senator Bob Dole was asked why he wanted to be president, he said: "It's an inside job with no heavy lifting." Sounds attractive when you first hear it, and a nice house comes with the position. However, when you look at it closely, there are more than a few negatives.
For instance, the salary isn't that great. The president just got a raise to $400,000 a year. When you stop and think about it, that's not much money for being responsible for the welfare of 300 million people. The president is a CEO overseeing a staff of 2 million employees, and that does not count the military or the postal service. That's a lot of people, when you consider that each one of us pays him only a little over a penny a year to do the job. Compare being the president of the United States to being the CEO of American Express, and the president is a pauper. Ken Chenault is paid $18.3 million annually for running a credit card company, and he doesn't have half the stress of our president with his paltry $400,000 income.
When Doug Daft left CocaCola a few years ago, he was making $6 million a year and received $164 million in stock options when he retired. The CEO of Anheuser- Busch is paid $1.5 million a year, and I'll bet he gets to have a beer with the boys after work. Somehow, I doubt if our president gets to do that. He probably hasn't been in a real restaurant in the last six years, let alone a saloon.
Unfortunately, it gets worse. Since Richard Nixon was in office, the highest approval rating at the end of a president's term was 65 percent. The lowest was 24 percent. But let's just say the average was around 50 percent because there were more above 50 than below. That means that at least 150 million people are not happy with the way the president does his job, and that's just the people in this country. Now think about how many people in the world are not happy with our president at this very moment. I'm not being judgmental about his performance, nor am I giving an opinion. I'm just stating a fact to prove a point. I do not believe I'd want a job where that many people didn't like me.
When you couple those figures with the number of people on the president's staff (the U.S. Congress) that don't like him, I believe we have a picture of a very lonely man - I don't care who's in the oval office. This is what every president lives with every day.
Now let's compare his salary and perks to CEO's of other countries. Saddam Hussein was worth billions, and he ran a country that was just slightly larger than California with not even 10 percent of the population of the U.S. Plus, he stayed in office for a very long time. And, his lifestyle was way over the top when you consider his palaces and luxurious surroundings. However, his worth pales when compared to the head of the royal family running Saudi Arabia. Now think about this: When we send the president of the most powerful nation in the
world to a summit meeting with the heads of state in the Middle East, he's probably the poorest guy in the room. It's almost embarrassing.
My point is, the job really isn't all that great when you consider the low pay, the aggravation, and the stress of the responsibility. can't help but wonder if maybe we'd have some better candidates if . . . well . . . maybe we paid a little more. Right now, it doesn't appear as if anyone is very eager to take the job. I mean, it would really be embarrassing if the space guys paid us a visit and asked to see our leader and - we didn't have one. It's just another reason why I say: we live in a system that we can't understand.


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Face to Face Meeting
Date: January 31, 2012
Time: 9:00 - 17:00 (UK time)
Location: IBM Hursley
The linked PDF File:Visiting IBM Hursley.pdf contains lots of good info for anyone visiting IBM Hursley
Google Map showing location of suggested hotels and restaurants, as well as IBM
NOTE: A dinner is being planned for the evening of January 30th, see below.
NOTE: Attendence is open to individuals that are members of the M2M Industry Working Group and invited guests.
- Mike Milinkovich, Eclipse Foundation, @mmilinkov
- Ian Skerrett, Eclipse Foundation, @ianskerrett
- Benjamin Cabé, Sierra Wireless, @kartben
- Gaétan Morice, Sierra Wireless, @gmorice
- Brian Anderson, Sierra Wireless
- Jean-Yves Reynaud, Sierra Wireless
- Andy Piper, IBM, @andypiper @mqttorg
- Dave Locke, IBM, @davejlocke
- Peter Niblett, IBM
- Ian Craggs, IBM, @icraggs
- Nick O'Leary, IBM, @knolleary
- Andy Stanford-Clark, IBM, @andysc (pm only)
- Arlen Nipper, Eurotech, @EurotechFan
- Robert Andres, Eurotech
- Marco Carrer, Eurotech
- Roger Light, mosquitto.org, @ralight
- Jens Wiegand, Wind River
- Ben Pirt, Pachube, @bjpirt
- Kai Hudalla, Bosch
- Stefan Ferber, Bosch
- Ken Boak, Nanode, @monsonite
- Nick Humfrey, MQTT community, @njh
- Gerry Reilly, IBM (Director, WebSphere Messaging and Integration)
- Mark Bunday, IBM (Briefing Consultant)
Invited Guests / Awaiting Confirmation
- Scott de Deugd, IBM
| Do we want to start any earlier than 9am for light breakfast and coffee etc? or start at 9?
NB need to add a couple of breaks and lunch ~~andyp
Here's a link to the IWG Charter as context for the group
0900 ?
- Breakfast available
- Introduction / Welcome to Hursley (Gerry)
- Company Introductions (15 minutes each)
- Eurotech
- Sierra Wireless
- Bosch
- Detailed discussions and review of [M2M Roadmap] (Benjamin, Scott)
- Project plan for M2M IWG for next 12-18 months
- (between 12.30/1.30) tour of the Emerging Technologies lab (IBM ETS team)
- Review of Koneki plans (Benjamin)
- Review of Paho plans (Arlen, Scott)
- Mosquitto Overview (Roger)
- Community and Marketing for M2M IWG (Ian)
1700 Close and departures
Suggested Hotel
Mercure Winchester Wessex Hotel
Group Dinner Jan 30th
We are organizing a group dinner for 6pm Monday Jan 30th at the The Wykeham Arms (British pub/18th Century coaching inn)
Reservations have been guaranteed for the following people: Mike Milinkovich, Eclipse Foundation, @mmilinkov Ian Skerrett, Eclipse Foundation, @ianskerrett Benjamin Cabé, Sierra Wireless, @kartben Gaétan Morice, Sierra Wireless, @gmorice Brian Anderson, Sierra Wireless Jean-Yves Reynaud, Sierra Wireless


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A German city from which immigrants introduced the cheeseburger to the United States.
A hamburger is from Hamburg; a cheeseburger is from Cheeseburg.
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Abbreviation for "Cheeseburger" (see also Hamburg), used almost exclusively in the Northeastern United States, Central Atlantic, Ohio, and Michigan.
School Lunch Menu: Hamburg, Cheeseburg, Hash Browns, Fruit
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A fake thing. What dumb people say when they mean "cheeseburger."
"Hey I want a bacon cheeseburg."
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Minnesota Woman Convicted of Animal Cruelty Gets Jail
HASTINGS, Minn. (AP) - A Dakota County dog kennel owner accused of drowning puppies has been sentenced to a month in jail.
Sixty-two-year-old Dayna Bell of Northfield also was ordered Friday to serve 45 days of electronic home monitoring and perform 100 hours of community service.
A jury in November convicted Bell on 13 counts of felony animal cruelty. The complaint says employees at Bell Kennels saw her drown puppies in buckets of water or by throwing them in a swimming pool with a cinder block tied to their necks.
The complaint says sheriff's deputies searched Bell Kennels in September 2011 and found 10 small dogs in a freezer.
Bell also was fined $2,600 and placed on four years probation. She also cannot own or work around animals and has forfeited her commercial license.


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biianca | going downtown
we met bianca right outside the club. turns out the real party was right outside. the door man of the club we went to was a real dick and was super selective of who he let in. bianca faced the same trouble after they wouldnt let in her fat,ugly friend. so all the people who were turned down decided to hang out in the street and used car stereo systems to create a makeshift club. i had to make believe i was into biancas fat friend just so that tony could hook up with bianca. he owes me big time. we went to finish the party at her place and tony went ape shit on her ass. he fucked her in so many ways it would take a while to list them here. she loved every minute of it and luckily for me her fat friend had to go to work the next morning and i got away scott free, plus i was able to record bianca and tony fuck each others brains out
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