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No Carry Permit Needed in Wyoming
Murdoc's been off the grid for a while but thought this subject deserved an update:
Wyoming Adopts "Constitutional Carry" of Firearms
An important step was taken yesterday in Wyoming toward restoring the constitutionally protected right of Americans to keep and bear arms, as that state became the second in less than a year to enact legislation affirming the right of its citizens to carry a concealed firearm without a special government-issued license. Following adoption in the state Senate, the vote of the House in the Wyoming legislature approved the bill by a vote of 48–8 several weeks ago, and Gov. Matt Mead (photo, left) signed it into law on March 3.
This is good news, though (predictably) not everyone agrees.
Meanwhile: Carrying gun without permit passes Utah committee
More Honors for the 1911?
State bird, state flower, state gun? Utah could be first to have one
The Utah House passed a measure to make the Browning M1911 semiautomatic the state gun in honor of Utahn John Browning. Critics question the wisdom of having a state gun.
Honestly, I don't see this as a big deal either way. But, then, Murdoc doesn't care about state flowers or state trees, or whatever, either.
Maybe some value if it drives the grabber crowd a bit more bonkers, I guess.
If Gun Owners Aren't Violent Enough, Trick Them
You'd think this must be fake. Unfortunately, it isn't:
The University of Utah has created a secret policy whereby its police officers are instructed in how to harass and intimidate law abiding gun owners by trumping up non-gun charges for perfectly lawful conduct.
Utah Officials Warn TV Viewers Not To Shoot Their Old TV Sets
Got an old TV? Don't shoot it! That's the word from federal wilderness officials. The people at the Bureau of Land Management in Utah's west desert are worried some folks might want to use their old sets for target practice.
They warn it can cost up to $7,000 to clean up after a television set has been shot.
So I bought a .44 magnum it was solid steel cast
And in the blessed name of Elvis well I just let it blast
'Til my TV lay in pieces there at my feet
And they busted me for disturbin' the almighty peace
Judge said "What you got in your defense son ?"
"Fifty-seven channels and nothin' on"
23 State Attorneys General To Attorney General Holder: "No Semi-Auto Ban"
Via the NRA-ILA:
On June 11, the top law enforcement officials of nearly half the states signed a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, expressing their opposition to reinstatement of the federal ban on semi-automatic firearms.
"We share the Obama Administration's commitment to reducing illegal drugs and violent crime within the United States. We also share your deep concern about drug cartel violence in Mexico. However, we do not believe that restricting law-abiding Americans' access to certain semi-automatic firearms will resolve any of these problems," the letter said.
The letter notes congressional opposition to bringing back the ban, and calls for increasing enforcement of existing laws.
We encourage NRA members to let these state officials know we appreciate them standing up to the incessant clamor for gun control that is currently coming from anti-gun groups and their media allies.
The 23 state Attorneys General, in alphabetical order, by state, are:
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'As many as eight or nine assailants'
Police say they are looking for as many as eight or nine assailants after a home invasion early Tuesday at a Midvale apartment that ended when one of the residents shot and killed a suspect.
Midvale police believe a female assailant was also shot, leaving a trail of blood outside the Springs of the Country Woods apartment complex at 1039 E. Watercress.
Four people, including two sisters, ages 14 and 22, were inside a third-floor apartment at the complex at about 1:30 a.m. when someone knocked at the door, Midvale police Sgt. John Salazar said.
When the 26-year-old uncle of the sisters opened the door, a group of up to 10 tried to force their way inside. In a struggle at the door, one assailant stabbed the uncle in the hand, Salazar said.
As the struggle continued inside, one assailant hit the 22-year-old woman, angering her 23-year-old boyfriend. He fought with another assailant, got hold of the man's gun and fired about four shots inside, and possibly three outside, Salazar said.
Three of the shots inside struck a 31-year-old suspect, who died at the scene. He was armed with two knives and a handgun, Salazar said.
The cops noted that the handgun shots didn't go through the apartment walls, though the story doesn't say what sort of gun it was. Two additional guns, apparently belonging to the intruders, were found nearby.
Odd that so many would try to pull off a home invasion together. Seems like there's probably more to this story.
Via Civilian Gun Self-Defense Blog
UPDATE: Another story on this incident has this detail:
The SWAT team blasted a garage where another suspect may have been hiding, but it was empty.
I was trying to figure out what they meant by "blasted" when I saw this picture:
I guess they really meant "blasted." Sheesh.
UPDATE 2: And here are some more details:
The woman at the door asked for a man who did not live there, said Nikki Hulett, who also lives in the apartment complex.
Hiding behind the woman were several men. When the uncle saw the men, he tried to push the door shut. Neighbors said there were five other people in addition to the woman. Police believe there were between six to 10 people total. All of them were armed with either a knife or gun, said Midvale Police Sgt. John Salazar.
As the uncle tried pushing the door shut, one of the intruders reached inside and sliced the uncle's hand, Salazar said.
After gaining entry, the intruders tried pushing all of the occupants into a back room. At one point, one of the intruders hit the older woman with the butt end of a gun and threw her around by her hair, Hulett said.
So this appears gang and/or drug related. Big surprise. They were looking to jack whoever used to live there. Or they just totally had the wrong apartment. Those types don't always tend to be the brightest light bulbs on the porch.
The tenants have lived in that apartment for only three months, so I'm guessing the bad guys were after the previous resident at that address.
From a witness:
Two more suspects, one carrying a shotgun, were seen running in a different direction, she said. One of them was yelling, "Your dog is going to be OK," but she didn't know if he meant an animal or one of the other intruders.
Well, if he meant "an animal" he was probably right. If he meant "one of the other intruders," not so much.
Not Exactly Under the Radar
Those watching things closely may have noticed a trend:
- Gun sales jump (Utah)
- Area gun sales spike (Alabama)
- Gun sales rise in Ohio, stay flat in Ross County (Ohio)
- Gun sales shoot up after Election Day (Colorado)
- Gun sales up, supplies down (Texas)
- S.D. gun shops see rise in sales (South Dakota)
- Gun, ammo sales increase in Churchill, Lyon counties (Nevada)
- Local gun sales increase since election (Arkansas)
- Gun sales shoot way up (Maine)
- Hawaii gun sales shooting up
- Fear Fuels Gun Sales Locally (West Virginia)
- Gun Sales Are Up Since Obama Election (Kentucky)
- Fear of ban increases gun sales (Mississippi)
- Finger on safety as gun sales shoot upward (Idaho)
- Gun sales rise as owners fear stricter controls (North Carolina)
- Gun Sales Boom Ahead of Obama Presidency (Tennessee)
- Gun Sales Booming Since Presidential Election (Nebraska)
- Gun sales, permits climb following election (North Dakota)
- Gun Sales Rise As Buyers Anticipate Political Change (Washington)
- Gun Sales Shoot Upward in Springfield (Missouri)
- Madison gun sales soar (Virginia)
- Some stores see surge in gun sales (Pennsylvania)
- Firearm sales surge following election (Wisconsin)
These are all from the past two or three days and aren't simply re-runs of AP items in different papers. All of these have considerable, if not exclusively, local content. I could easily have included many, many more.
No doubt, the media coverage is feeding the flames a bit. As is the fact that hunting seasons are kicking off or underway in most states right now. But the trend is unmistakable.
It doesn't seem to be localized to the bitter, clingy parts of the nation. Or to the red states.
Utah's CCW
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A rather even-handed treatment by the media. (Unless the skeptical wonder if the pro-carry guy's technical problems were not accidental…)
I'm not up on the specifics of Utah concealed carry.
Is Utah's program unfunded by general tax dollars?
Is Utah's CCW permit near the tougher end of the range as far as qualifying and earning it goes?
No time to dial
Civilian Gun Self-Defense Blog notes an attack in South Salt Lake, Utah:
A man, who police have identified as 18-year-old, Daniel Glen Larson, allegedly kicked in the apartment door and shattered the door frame.
The woman immediately alerted her boyfriend, who was also in the apartment and began calling 911.
Just as she was dialing the numbers into her phone, Larson allegedly grabbed the woman and began attacking her.
She didn't have time to dial three numbers let alone explain what was happening and wait for the authorities to arrive. The boyfriend, a CCW permit holder, shot the attacker and drove him off. He was later apprehended by police.
By Stephanie Simon, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
I don't know what else to title this post, so I'll use Stephanie's byline. No doubt she's very proud of this piece.
I managed to miss it when it came out last week, but it's full of, well, full of interesting points. I'm just going to note a few of them and comment quickly.
The piece's title is "Gun dealer wants weapons on campus" and is about Eric Thompson, the online gun dealer whose shop was connected to sales to two major college campus shooters .
He had no reason not to sell a pistol to Seung-hui Cho, who walked from classroom to classroom at Virginia Tech last April, methodically firing 174 rounds. Nor did he have cause to question the sale of magazines and a holster to Steven Kazmierczak, who last month opened fire at Northern Illinois University.
It's nice that Stephanie clears Mr. Thompson right up front. The fact that she doesn't seem to have meant to clear him is confusing, but, then, most of Stephanie's piece is fairly confusing.
Thompson's firm, TGSCOM, runs more than 100 websites, each designed to appeal to a different segment of the gun market (and each calibrated to pop up high on Google searches). All told, he peddles 8,700 types of firearms, priced as low as $70 for a surplus rifle and as high as $8,800 for a shoulder-fired, semiautomatic, long-range rifle that takes jumbo .50-caliber bullets.
Ah, Mr. Thompson "peddles" guns. Now, I don't know much about Stephanie, but I'm taking it for granted that she has had at least introductory education in writing. And, as such a skilled journalist, she knows that words matter. She knows, for instance, that "peddle" doesn't exactly mean "sell," but that it confers a decidedly negative connotation. That's why she used "peddle" instead of "sell," I'm confident in saying. Plus, Stephanie gets extra credit points for describing a rifle as a "shoulder-fired, semiautomatic, long-range rifle" and a bonus gold star for calling the .50 caliber bullets "jumbo." They're apparently larger than normal .50 caliber rounds.
Gun control advocates condemn online transactions as open to fraud, because convicted criminals can browse online, then pay someone with a clean record to place the order and pick up the firearm.
Shocking. Some people break the law when shopping online? Next thing you know, someone may buy beer or cigarettes at 7-11 for someone under age. Hopefully Stephanie's next piece will be written to shed light on this dastardly practice.
He shrugs off such unfortunate transactions as part of doing business.
"I'm sure Wal-Mart has sold more weapons to killers than I have," he says.
She not only doesn't address his point, she doesn't even start a new paragraph. Just hurry on to something else and hope that no one noticed that he's undoubtedly right and that her ever-so-carefully constructed case against him just fell apart.
He argues too that allowing guns on campus could deter future shootings.
That perspective has caught on widely since the carnage at Virginia Tech. Most states long ago declared schools gun-free zones; only Utah allows concealed weapons at all public colleges.
And Stephanie then goes on to detail the long and bloody history of the many large-scale shootings at public colleges in Utah.
Just kidding.
She probably doesn't want to mention the best-known mass shooting in Utah, in fact, because it happened at a shopping mall. You know, one of those so-called "gun-free zones" like at public colleges in states other than Utah. Whoops. So she just quotes Paul Helmke instead.
He also asks whether we can trust states to make sure that permit-holders are skilled shooters with solid safety training. In Florida, a Sun-Sentinel investigation found that more than 1,400 felons, including killers and child molesters, had been granted concealed-carry permits.
"The bottom-line problem is: We make it too easy in this country for dangerous people to buy guns," Helmke says.
Whoops! Even when dodging uncomfortable facts that blow your position to smithereens, you're in for a smithereen or two if you take Paul Helmke at face value. Those 1400 "felons" weren't convicted, therefore weren't actually felons, and so weren't barred from getting their CCW permits. Their convictions were "withheld" by the courts. Simple as that. Helmke says that they were felons and Stephanie prints it, but don't buy what they're peddling.
Classic rock plays softly in Thompson's call center as Alex Wallin sells guns.
He chats with a customer about night sights. He tells another caller the going price for an AK-47 assault rifle: $479.53.
What a deal! An AK-47 assault rifle for under $500. But a quick check shows that they're not AK-47 assault rifles but semi-automatic AK-47 clones. We'll give Stephanie a pass on not knowing the difference this time. After all, both AK-47s and semi-auto clones are very scary looking. Besides, she's got gumption, and we like that.
For instance, she didn't let the fact that she doesn't know the difference between AK-47 assault rifles and semi-auto clones stop her from writing a piece in the LA Times about guns. Stephanie is unafraid of putting it out on the line. In fact, it seems like the only thing Stephanie is afraid of are scary-looking guns. Well, those and fact-checkers.
Other than a general disregard for logic or the facts, though, Stephanie's piece was an informative one.
Guns in Parking Lots
Utah: Committee OKs bill to allow guns to be kept in private cars
Parking-lot owners would be unable to have policies against guns in vehicles under a bill passed by a Senate committee Tuesday.
"Some people have characterized this as gun versus property rights," said Sen. Mark Madsen, R-Eagle Mountain. "Really, though, it's a life right versus a property right. A balance between life and property. When you put appropriate issues on the scales, you find that life does weigh heavier than property."
The bill does not apply to school grounds, state and local government entities or religious organizations. It requires that the person with the gun be legally allowed to possess and transport the gun, that the vehicle be locked or that the gun is in a locked container and that the gun is not in plain view. The bill also has exceptions for secured parking lots.
Via GunPro.
Dawn finally comes: I'm still alive
In Popular Mechanics: How to Survive in the Wild for 72 Hours: I'll Try Anything
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Night is falling, and we're lost. Somewhere in the canyon lands of southern Utah, I'm trudging across a seemingly endless sagebrush plain, and the twilight gloom is thick. My group of 14 hikers has been on the trail for 5 hours, and our delight at the majesty of the red rock landscape has long since given way to grumbling about hunger and sore feet. As the first stars start to twinkle, the question arises, "Okay, now what?"
Though not strictly a gun-related topic, I think that wilderness survival is a subject that most gun owning readers have at least a passing interest in. Remember, the term "wilderness" includes the wild rural areas of Utah, but it also includes the woods where you hunt deer, urban sprawl where the predators are more dangerous than those in rural Utah, and just about anywhere after the shit hits the fan.
Having a few things ready can help. Having a plan is crucial. Having enough basic knowledge to ad lib when necessary is key.
I am going to add a 'Survival' category to GunPundit. Photo by Ian Parker.


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I recently visited the Coaldale Cemetery in Scott County, Arkansas and made the pictures found below. The first one is the gateway to the cemetery, which is located South of Highway 28, up a dirt road just inside the Arkansas State Line. Coming from Oklahoma, this is Highway 128, which becomes Highway 28 as you cross the state line into Arkansas. The second photo is the tombstone of my great-great grandfather, Dr. Joseph A.J. Roth. Dr. Roth practiced medicine in Scott County. The third photo is the stone of my great- grandmother, Eliza Catherine (Hopkins) Roth. Contributed by Jimmie H. King.Please use "Back" to return to Scott County Genealogy.
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On June 2, Harry Cleberg, a former chief executive at Farmland Industries, obtained a permit to cut a doorway between two condominium units. Cleberg and his wife, Clara, live on the third floor of Santa Fe Place, a seven-story building at Crown Center.
The timing is noteworthy. The Clebergs purchased their units in the fall of 2005. Why would nearly six years pass before the city of Kansas City, Missouri, was apprised of their intention to combine the units? The answer may lie in a recently opened investigation. The city is looking into the apparent disregard for the permitting process that occurred at Santa Fe Place during its condominium conversion.
Santa Fe Place functioned as an apartment building for most of its 35-year existence. Crown Center Redevelopment Corp. stopped renting and started selling the 110 units inside the building in 2005, when the market for downtown condos peaked. Prices ranged from $88,000 to $378,000.
Several dwellings have undergone extensive makeovers. Last fall, Crown Center auctioned off its 15 remaining units. A sales brochure indicates that one unit received a $100,000 upgrade, including a new floor plan. But City Hall has been kept in the dark about most of the work. Cleberg is only the second occupant to get a permit.
Of course, not every remodeling job would have needed a permit. Wilson Winn, the manager of the Investigations Division of the city's Planning and Development Department, tells Plog that cosmetic improvements -- paint, carpet, light fixtures -- can be made without City Hall's permission.
But when the work involves more than new flooring and a bucket of high-gloss, city officials like to be kept abreast. The city is aware of multiple instances of units being combined. "Obviously, doing something of that magnitude is going to require a permit," Winn says, "because you're going to get into moving walls and those kinds of things."
Conrad Knab, the president of the Santa Fe Place Condominium Association, is not ready to concede that some residents may have flouted the city's rules. "We don't feel like there's been any violations at this point," he says.
As Knab tells it, his knowledge about what's happening at Santa Fe Place is limited largely to the common areas. "Crown Center sold the units as-is," he says. "What every individual owner has done, I'm not privy to all that information."
Knab, an engineer at Hallmark, isn't clueless, though, and neither are other board members. The condominium association's newsletters identify the units in which construction is taking place. The December newsletter noted that work "continues" on the seventh floor of the building, an apparent reference to the most substantial remodeling project at Santa Fe Place.
The family trust of Dan and Ron Shaffer, brothers who ran Seiden's Furs in downtown Kansas City with their parents, owns six contiguous units on the seventh floor. The city's preliminary investigation indicates that four of the units have been combined into two. City records do not show that permits were obtained.
Messages left at a phone number listed to Ron Shaffer did not elicit a response. Cleberg, a member of the condominium association's board of directors, did not respond to a voice message. A Crown Center spokesman did not reply to an e-mail or return a phone message.
In an initial interview, Knab seemed to want to put the compliance burden on Curry Association Management, a private company that manages the building on behalf of the residents. "We depend on Curry Management, that's had a lot of experience in condos and everything, to follow the rules and regulations of the city," he said.
But later, in an e-mail, Knab took Curry off the hook. "Any modifications made to individual units are the responsibility of the homeowner," he wrote. "It is spelled out very clearly in our bylaws that everyone who purchases a unit has received."
Permits have been obtained for work that has been performed in the common areas of Santa Fe Place. The most recent, issued in 2008, indicates remodeling of a clubhouse.
The apparent lack of compliance within the units is not standard for condominium conversions. The Sulgrave, a high-rise apartment near the Plaza, went through a similar transformation. City records indicate that dozens of permits were issued for plumbing, electrical and other remodeling work that took place inside the dwellings after they were sold.
The city's permitting process is not unusually burdensome -- it takes hours, not weeks or days. "The city tries to make it pretty easy," says an executive at a construction company that has worked on a number of lofts.
The city can penalize work that begins without a proper permit in place by tripling the fee. There is a five-year statute of limitations, however, which may complicate the city's investigation of Santa Fe Place.
The residents who hired contractors who ignored the permitting rules deprived both the city of fees and Jackson County of information. Every month, cities within Jackson County submit permit information to the Assessor's Office. The permits alert the county assessor to property enhancements that may need to be recognized with a higher assessed value. They also notify the county of parcel numbers that need to be reissued. From Jackson County's perspective, the Shaffer brothers own six discrete units on the seventh floor, which is inaccurate.
Calvin Williford, an aide to Jackson County Executive Mike Sanders, says permit information helps the county perform its duties. "It becomes really problematic for us as Jackson County to move forward when these sorts of issues are out there," he says.
At Santa Fe Place, the prevailing opinion seems to be that what went on behind closed doors was only the business of the residents.
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When I purchased P&H, I discovered an old file cabinet containing the agencies scrap files going back to the 1920′s. The files contained reference photos taken for the staff illustrators, advertisements, and samples of illustrators the agency admired. Over the coming weeks I will post these samples, some bio info, and my commentary. I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed discovering them.
California Beaches. Southern Pacific Railroad
There are 2 sides of Maurice Logan, The illustrator, and the fine artist. What I like about his work is his ability to, at times, combine these 2 worlds. You can often see in his commercial work the loose, impressionistic brush stroke of a fine artist and his non-commercial work shows what a keen an eye for design and composition he had.—Bruce Hettema
By 1915, Maurie Logan was a leading illustrator in San Francisco. His specialty was creating painted images on demand for advertising work. Someone else would then usually do the lettering and layout work. His expertise with the landscape and the figure made him very versatile. There were few ad agencies at that time. Some of his clients were railroads such as Southern Pacific and Canadian Pacific which wanted landscape travel advertisements.
Scrap illustration cut from travel brochure
He did a number of landscape Sunset Magazine covers in the 1920s and 1930s as well. In 1935 Logan founded the commercial art business of Logan, Staniford, and Cox (competitors of P&H). Their accounts included such names as Dole, Southern Pacific, Caterpillar, Lucky Lager Beer, and Ghirardelli Chocolate.
Caterpillar Tractor brochure
Lake Tahoe Travel Brochure, Southern Pacific Railroad
Postcard: Lake Apache Lake, Southern Pacific Railroad
Around this time he was hired and sent to Africa as preparation for painting dioramas of Africa at the Los Angeles Museum of History and later at the San Francisco Academy of Science.**
He also was a member of one of the most artistically rebellious art groups to emerge in California during the 20th century. The group became known as the "Society of Six" and their rebellion took the form of producing mostly boldly colored impressionistic paintings and watercolors. The Society of six was created in 1917 and consisted of Selden Connor Gile, Maurice Logan, William H. Clapp, August F. Gay, Bernard von Eichman, and Louis Siegriest. These artists worked primarily in Northern California and their art experimentation was not generally appreciated by contemporary art critics. In an interesting philosophical turn-around he reacted to the modernism of contemporary art and late in life joined the anti-modernist Society for Sanity in Art.*
* Chelette, Iona M. California Grandeur and Genre. Palm Springs: Palm Spring Desert Museum, 1991.
** Maurice Logan, Artist and Designer by Marvin A. Schenck
Bruce, I was showing my paintings at an invitational art showing in the Napa Valley in the mid 90s', and an older gentleman said that my paintings reminded him of his father's. He said his father was an illustrator in S.F., but did a lot of fine art painting on location in the bay area. After introducing himself as Dick Logan, I responded that his dad must be Maurice Logan. After a nice lengthy conversation with Dick about his dad and his career, he invited me to come over to his apartment in Moraga and see his collection of Maurice's paintings that he inherited. He and his sister had divided their father's paintings equally, and Dick had paintings stashed in every closet and under all the beds in their apartment. Both oils and watercolors painted mostly around the bay area countryside, waterways and estuaries. He kept pulling more and more paintings out for me to see, and I was completely engrossed for four hours. There were only a few from the Society of Six period, apparently most of those had either gone to his sister or were in private collections and museums. After his sister had passed away, her husband sold off every painting, probably for quite a bargain.. he didn't care about the paintings, he just wanted some quick cash. Dick was very disappointed that they were no longer in the family. He said I don't really have the room for all of them, but I just can't sell off something that meant so much to my dad. He did sell some over the years, but decided to hang on to the rest that I saw.
Maurice Logan was probably a better illustrator because of his weekend painting excursions with the Society of Six, and then later as one of the California Watercolor Regionalist in Northern California. Dick was interviewed for the book on the Society of Six, and was disappointed by the rather skimpy coverage of of his dad, and the implication that his commercial background was perhaps a liability with the group. You know, the notion that you are not a true artist unless you paint only for yourself. Seldon Gile was often very critical of Logan's paintings, claiming they were too slick and commercial looking. But, I disagree, and attribute Gile's dogmatic remarks to insecure elitism.
Thanks for displaying Maurice Logan's terrific illustrations and paintings, they such an inspiration.
Tom Watson
Thanks Tom, what a treasure to have seen his son's collection.
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Monday, July 2, 2012
Drink Carrier Paper Organizer
17 comments:
- If These Walls Spoke... said...
That's pretty clever! Does it stay upright? I'd think it would tip over all the time if the weight wasn't evenly distributed? Might have to give it a try, love the idea!
- July 3, 2012 at 5:46 AM
- Jillian Nicole said...
Hi this was a great way to recycle the recycle :)
I am following you from the Mom's Monday Mingle Hop and hope you can follow back.
http://puzzlemecomplete.blogspot.com/ - July 3, 2012 at 8:37 AM
- W. Latane Barton said...
saving trash.... hummmmm... let's see. Think it went out with the trash. uh oh.
- July 3, 2012 at 10:40 AM
- Cassie {two-in-diapers.blogspot.com} said...
Those are too adorable! I found you via the Mom's Mingle and am happy to be your newest follower! I'd love for you to follow me back at http://www.two-in-diapers.blogspot.com! :)
- July 3, 2012 at 1:21 PM
- Tracey @ Don't Mess with Mama said...
What a great idea! I never thought about using drink containers. Visiting from the linky hop. Great to meet you.
- July 3, 2012 at 1:52 PM
- Kathryn Ferguson Griffin said...
What a great idea! Very clever. Thank you for sharing. Would love it if you would share this at my Make it Pretty Monday party at The Dedicated House. http://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com/2012/07/make-it-pretty-monday-week-4.html Wishing you a grand day. Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
- July 4, 2012 at 7:27 AM
- Christine said...
What a great idea! Oh and I LOVE the chalkboard labels! :)
I really hope you are planning on sharing this at The DIY Dreamer.. From Dream To Reality! :) - July 4, 2012 at 9:38 AM
- Betsy @ Romance on a dime said...
This is a great way to use a drink carrier!! Nice idea. Thanks for sharing this at Romance on a dime.
- July 4, 2012 at 9:54 PM
- Debby said...
I got containers like this for a carry out. I used one for coloring books, rolled up in one sections and in the other section is a little bucket of crayons. I set it on my kitchen table for the grandkids to color. I wonder where you can buy these things. I haven't gotten these for drink containers.....they always give me those egg carton thingies. Love all your uses.
- July 5, 2012 at 6:28 AM
- Tara @ Tales of a Trophy Wife said...
Love it! Another great reason to go to Sonic:)
- July 6, 2012 at 4:52 PM
- Crystal said...
Great idea! :-)
- July 6, 2012 at 6:20 PM
- Chase the Star said...
What a great idea!! I have come across so many of those drink holders!
I came across your blog from the blog hop at Life With Twins and a Drama Queen..I'm a new gfc follower! Would love to see you at my place soon!
Barbara at Chase the Star
http://chase-thestar.blogspot.com/ - July 6, 2012 at 10:55 PM
- Katie Watts said...
I have enjoyed blog hopping today. I have joined your site and hope you visit and join mine. Thank you so much, Katie msqueenfashionista.com
- July 7, 2012 at 8:08 AM
- kristi@ishouldbemoppingthefloor said...
So stinkin' smart!! I'm going to start saving those things...so many cute uses!! Would be super delighted for you to link up with us at Mop It Up Mondays: http://www.ishouldbemoppingthefloor.com/2012/07/mop-it-up-mondays-24.html
Thanks Bunches!
kristi - July 8, 2012 at 8:19 PM
- Christine said...
Thanks for sharing this at The DIY Dreamer.. From Dream To Reality! I can't wait to see what you link up this evening! :)
- July 10, 2012 at 4:21 AM
- Jerri Rivers said...
These are so cute! I especially love your labels! Great idea!
Thanks for linking up with me for Friday Favorites! - July 10, 2012 at 5:30 AM
- Trish - Mom On Timeout said...
What a neat idea! So creative! Thanks so much for sharing at Mom On Timeout!
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Georgian pastoral odes
Before Joseph Stalin was known for murdering millions of his own people, the Soviet dictator was a locally famous Georgian poet who wrote flowery odes to nature and working-class heroes. Young Ioseb Dzhugashvili's work was considered good enough to be included in prestigious literary journals of the time and Georgian anthologies. According to Simon Sebag Montefiore's Young Stalin, the dictator's poems became minor Georgian classics even before he took power -- some were even unwittingly memorized by schoolchildren all the way up through the 1970s (Stalin typically published anonymously). His rhapsodic invocations of Georgia's rolling lush landscape, as in the poem "Morning," were beloved by nationalists and read as a rebuff to czarist repression:
The pinkish bud has opened,
Rushing to the pale-blue violet
And, stirred by a light breeze,
The lily of the valley has bent over the grass.The lark has sung in the dark blue,
Flying higher than the clouds
And the sweet-sounding nightingale
Has sung a song to children from the bushesFlower, oh my Georgia!
Let peace reign in my native land!
And may you, friends, make renowned
Our Motherland by study!
Stalin's poetry was fairly standard for early 19th century romantic poetry, as biographer Robert Service notes in Stalin: A Biography, if a little juvenile. "It wasn't very original," Service says. "I don't think it's very good, personally. It's very conventional, the imagery is very standardized and rather self-indulgent.… He's not one of the great poets."
Stalin largely gave up writing his own poetry after he took power, but he pursued his love of verse in other ways: In the 1940s, he translated and edited Georgian poetry into Russian, memorized poems by Nikolai Nekrasov and Alexander Pushkin, read translations of Goethe and Shakespeare, and could apparently recite Walt Whitman's work from memory. Supposedly, when Nobel Prize-winning poet and novelist Boris Pasternak was on a list of execution targets, Stalin said, "Leave that cloud-dweller in peace." "He had really romantic yearnings," says Service.
Stalin's poetry is not widely read today, a notable exception being among talented Georgian parrots.
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Title Mode Effects in Web-enabled, Telephone and Face-to-Face Foreign Policy Surveys
Author Kull, S., Wolford, M. L.
Year 2003
Access date 10.05.2004
Abstract This paper will explore mode effects in responses to questions on US foreign policy as part of the quadrennial Chicago Council on Foreign Relations survey of the American public across three modes. The CCFR survey was fielded simultaneously by Harris Interactive using face-to-face administration (n=400) and telephone interviews with an RDD sample (n=700-1,000). In addition Knowledge Networks administered a subsample of questions from the CCFR survey to its web-enabled panel (n=1,000) shortly after the original study was completed. This created the unique opportunity to examine the impact of three widely used modes of administration on respondent's statements of policy preferences.
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Bibliographic typeConferences, workshops, tutorials, presentations
Year of publication2003
Web Survey Bibliography - The American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) 58th Annual Conference, 2003 (46)
- Determining the Probability of Selection for a Telephone Household in a Random Digit Dial Sample Design...; 2003; Triplett, T. A., Abi-Habib, N.
- Validations in Web-based Surveys; 2003; Crawford, S. D., Peytchev, A.
- Use and non-use of clarification features in web surveys; 2003; Tourangeau, R., Baker, R. P., Couper, M. P., Conrad, F. G.
- Web Experiment: Examining the Effect of Error Prompting on Item Nonresponse and Survey Nonresponse; 2003; Mooney, G., Rogers, B., Trunzo, D.
- Mode Effects in Web-enabled, Telephone and Face-to-Face Foreign Policy Surveys; 2003; Kull, S., Wolford, M. L.
- Differences in Mode of Questionnaire Administration: Self-Administered Web vs. CATI/CAPI; 2003; Carley-Baxter, L. R.
- The Effect of Data Collection Modality on Students' Foreign Language Survey; 2003; Shieh, Y. Y.
- How web surveys differ from other kinds of user interfaces; 2003; Ehlen, P., Schober, M. F., Conrad, F. G.
- Differences in the Political Attitudes and Behavior of Cell and Land Line Telephone Users; 2003; Traugott, M. W., Joo, S. H.
- Surveys Using Cellular Telephones: A Feasibility Study; 2003; Steeh, C. G.
- Go With the Flow: Cognitive Testing of a Multi-mode, Multi-Agency Survey about Drinking Water; 2003; Wilson, B. F., Kamimoto, L. A., Whitaker, K. R., Williams, M., Dockins, C., Kim, H., Posnick, L. M.,...
- Asking Comparative Questions: A Comparison Of Three Wording Strategies; 2003; Liu, K.
- Comparing Propensity Score Weighting with Other Weighting Methods: A Case Study; 2003; Forsman, G., Varedian, M.
- It's Only Incidental: Effects of Response Format in Determining Behavioral or Event Occurrence; 2003; Lafond, C.R., Smith, M. R., Behnke, C. S., Thomas, R. K.
- Evaluating Unit nonresponse Rates in Web Surveys - A Meta Study; 2003; Vehovar, V., Lozar Manfreda, K., Koren, G., Dolničar, V.
- Achieving high response rates on web-based surveys of post-secondary students; 2003; Nichols, L.B., Ghadialy, R.
- The Effects of Cash, Electronic, and Paper Gift Certificates as Respondent Incentives for a Web-Based...; 2003; Birnholtz, J. P., Horn, D. B., Finholt, T. A., Bae, S. J.
- Developing a Strategy for Sampling U.S. Mobile Phone Users Based on European Models; 2003; Buskirk, T. D., Callegaro, M.
- Comparing Internet "River," Internet; 2003; Feld, K. G.
- A Comparison between Using the Web and Using the Telephone to Survey Political Opinions; 2003; Forsman, G., Isaksson, A.
- Design implementation of a Multimode Web Survey; 2003; Wine, S.J., Cominole, M.B., Carwile, D.S., Perry, K.
- Partnering with a Newspaper to Assess Community Opinion Online; 2003; Downs, E.P., Lindley, A.M.
- Implementing a Web Survey Administration System at the GAO; 2003; Feldesman, A.G.
- Cognitive Processes in Web Surveys; 2003; Fuchs, M.
- Using Internet-Based Surveys With Physicians, What Works and What Doesn't Work; 2003; Schneiderman, M., Thran, S., Adams, C., Lerner, B.
- Exploring Online Survey Metodologies: Who are the Respondents and How to Get them to respond; 2003; Wolter-Warmerdam, K., Gardinali, A.P., Wong, R.
- Using RGI (Respondent Generated Interval) to gather factual information in a web survey; 2003; Lusinchi, P.D.
- Methodological issues in Web data collection of ego-centered networks; 2003; Vehovar, V., Lozar Manfreda, K., Koren, G., Hlebec, V.
- Can What We Don't Know (about "Don't Know") Hurt Us?: Effects of Item Non-response...; 2003; Krosnick, J. A., Behnke, C. S., Lafond, C.R., Thomas, R. K.
- How Does Ranking Rate?: A Comparison of Ranking and Rating Tasks.; 2003; Krosnick, J. A., Shaeffer, E. M., Thomas, R. K.
- Web vs. IVR: Mode Effects in Structured Interviews Utilizing Rating Scales; 2003; Callegaro, M., Bhola, D. S., Yang, Y.
- What They See Is What We Get: Response Options for Web Surveys; 2003; Tourangeau, R., Crawford, S. D., Conrad, F. G., Couper, M. P.
- Measuring Visual Political Knowledge; 2003; Prior, M.
- Collecting Eye Tracking Data to Test QUAID, A Web Facility that Helps Survey Methodologists Identify...; 2003; Graesser, A., Daniel, K. F., Cai, Z., Cooper, E., Whitten, S., Louwerse, M.
- Survey content foreknowledge and response rate; 2003; Ehrlich, N. J.
- Web Survey Design: Comparing Static and Interactive Survey Instruments; 2003; Nyiri, Z., Clark L.R.
- Comparing Web-Based Survey Methods with other Approaches: An examination of health knowledge, opinion...; 2003; Greiling, K.A., McCarrier, P.K., Stringer, M.C.
- The role of issue involvement in UK public attitudes to the single European currency; 2003; Roberts, E.C.
- Using an Instructional Web Site for Respondents to Improve Response Quality; 2003; Trussell, N., Lai, J. W., Shuttles, D. C.
- Partipation in Online Surveys: Results from a Series of Experiments; 2003; Kiniorski, A. K., Smith, M. R.
- Propensity score and calibration as bias reducing techniques in surveys based on Internet panels: application...; 2003; Johansson, C., Lorenc, B.
- When Respondents Know Too Much: Limitations of Web Surveys for Electoral Research; 2003; Callum, N., J., Sturgis, P.
- Measuring Customer Satisfaction with a Salient Event: An Experimental Design Analyzing the Impact of...; 2003; Schuldt, G. R., McDevitt, P. K.
- Effects of sponsor identity and perceived data security on response rates and data quality; 2003; Davis, B., Levin, K., O'Brien, J., Wang, A., Gordon, A., Shipp, S.
- Does Order Really Make a Difference? The Impact of Respondent and Question Characteristics on Response...; 2003; O'Neill, G.E.
- An Experiment with Respondent Burden in a Pop-Up Web Survey; 2003; David, P., Horner, L. R., Diedrichs, C., Rogers, S. M., Connell, T.


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PhD (University of Queensland), BSc(Hons) (University of Queensland)
Communities and new media, Creative industries policy, Media communication, Social impacts of the Internet
Greg Hearn is Director, Industry Research and Consultancy, and Research Professor in the Creative Industries Faculty at QUT. His work focuses on policy development and R and D for new technologies and services in the creative industries. He has authored or co-authored over 20 major research reports and books, including, Public policy in knowledge-based economies (2003: Edward Elgar) and The knowledge economy handbook (2005; 2012: Edward Elgar); Knowledge policy: Challenges for the 21st Century (2008: Edward Elgar) and Action research and new media. (2008: Hampton Press). He is the leader of the Creative Workforce 2.0 program in the ARC Center of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation and an adviser on Creative Industries policy to the National Governments of South Africa, Brunei and Brazil.
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Q&A: Microsoft Channel Execs Outline Windows, Cloud Opportunities For Partners
4:40 PM EST Fri. Apr. 27, 2012
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CRN editors met with Microsoft channel executives this week at the company's Redmond, Wash., headquarters. Below are excerpts of the interview with Jon Roskill, corp. vice president of the worldwide partner group; Ross Brown, vice president, solution partners and ISVs, worldwide partner group; and Thomas Hansen, vice president, small and medium business, worldwide.
CRN: What's CEO Steve Ballmer's role at Microsoft today as relates to the channel?
Roskill: Steve, in the last few years, has sort of re-trenched back into product development. He looked back at what happened with the development project leading up to Vista, and he really took that very personally and said: "As CEO I need to re-trench and be a products guy." First-and-foremost people buy products. And if we have crappy products, we're going nowhere as a company. And so that's where he's spending lots of his time and really has been in the last few years.
CRN: CEOs get the message out there and partners get nervous, the partners expect to have a relationship with the CEO.
Roskill: That's why having Steve at WPC [the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference] is so important. We're going through this transition to the cloud and the partners want to hear [about] it from Steve.
Last year, before the last WPC, there were actually discussions about whether Steve should be going. I think there were a number of people inside Microsoft who thought: 'We're moving to be more direct, these online services are going to be more packaged and we're not going to need partners as much.' And there really was this turning point, in my view, a little more than a year ago going into WPC [2011] where Steve, in a really big meeting, declared: 'Look, whether it's on-premise, whether it's in a private cloud that's hosted with one of our partners, or it's in our public cloud, it's software and we need partners to sell, service [and] customize the software, just like we always have.' And that really did change the attitude in terms of what was going on.
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CRN: Talk about that crucial meeting. Who was in it?
Roskill: It was a WPC prep meeting, in March just over a year ago. A number of the [divisional] presidents were in it, all of the speechwriters, making sure we were aligned on what the message was, what we were going to be talking about at WPC.
I wouldn't say it was a huge fight. I'd say it was more of a transition the company was going through. Just the fact that Steve declared that [about the importance of partners] to me was a big deal.
CRN: Talk about the VDI issue and why you made this licensing decision. Will you use it as a hammer to prevent Android and iOS devices from being used in the bring-your-own-device market? It flies in the face of some of things you've done with Systems Center.
Roskill: This is a decision made by a product group. It is taking into consideration the inclusiveness. We recognize that competitive solutions like the iPad are going to be in our enterprise [customer] installed base. So one of the issues, when we look at it, many of them are trying to figure out how to run Windows apps on these things. This is a direct way to help them solve this business problem.
While at the same time we want to be paid and monetize our value-add. So it's fine that these things are coming in. We think we've got value-add to add on top of these. We do think we've got a strategy to help IT to get control of what, in some cases, is chaos. I've heard of customers that are moving to public Wi-Fi for their internal IT. And there are a number of issues [such as] security that arise around that.
Ross: Well, it's a companion device. When you look at the number of iPad devices that sit in the enterprise that are basically accessing and running Windows 7, using it and getting value out of the software, there wasn't [any] monetization that was associated with those things. We are being inclusive also by creating a clear licensing model that allows you to be able to run Windows 7 on those devices. It wasn't as clear before.
I sit on the commercial licensing council. The [goal] was to make this as clean and as clear as possible. Don't introduce seventeen different layers and all these other things, just make it really simple so people know what they need to do to be able to monetize and effectively run those licenses.
Roskill: And perhaps, most importantly, it creates a lot of partner opportunities. You talk about desktop virtualization. It's clearly a business that we see exploding as well. We believe we're coming at this with a strong perspective.
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CRN: Where do you see the opportunities for partners to make money on desktop virtualization? Is this a prime, greenfield opportunity? How aggressively are you going to enforce this VDI license for Android and iPad?
Roskill: Broadly, desktop virtualization, yes, is a huge greenfield. It's actually one of the places where we have a competitive advantage versus a company like VMware. So it's something we're excited about. The iPad is just a component of that story, broadly. But again, the partner opportunity is huge.
In terms of whether we're going to enforce it, our whole licensing methodology is based on trust and will continue to be.
CRN: Is that why you decided to hold the paper with Office 365? Because that's a big issue with the partners that Microsoft collects the money. If you look at it, it's a big inhibitor for some of the small business guys. They want to own the customer relationship and they're fearful Microsoft's getting in the middle of it. As a result, it's held back a lot of guys who would have jumped more aggressively at selling Office 365.
Ross: I don't disagree that there's an opportunity for us to be more streamlined and to leverage our natural channel strengths. But by the same token, we went into it first with BPOS [Business Productivity Online Suite], then Office 365. I use the experiences we've had around Xbox as a metaphor for it. We had to make sure that the out-of-the-box experience was seamless. When you're running the service, the more breakpoints you introduce into the model, where the dependencies on third parties and dependencies on expectations are set, the more you can kill it. So there's a real concern that we would effectively create a bad user experience out of the gate. A bad user experience would kill the cloud. So it was important for us to have that consumer-class experience. How that evolves over time -- we want to try to maximize our opportunities as best as possible without sacrificing that experience the customer has.
Thomas: In the past year we've gained several hundreds of thousands of new customers in the cloud SMB space. Those customers are net-new to our partners. These are not customers who have been cannibalized away from volume licensing. They are net-new in the Microsoft universe. So it means new opportunities for the partners -- not just in terms of the cloud but also with all the add-ons that follow the cloud sale.
Ross: We have a metric internally in terms of measuring partners who are really in the cloud business. A lot of folks have tried it once. But we measure people who have done three deals with 150 seats or people who have done eight or more deals with more than 500 seats. And when we look at those two groups, 50 percent of the ones who cross [from the first group into the second] are net-new partners; they came into being to sell cloud, as opposed to traditional Microsoft partners adopting cloud.
Roskill: We're now at the point where 75 percent of the partners who are really moving and grooving in that top space are now our core managed partners.
NEXT: Opportunities For Partners To Add Value And Partners Responsibilities Concerning Piracy
CRN: What are the opportunities for partners beyond the partner-of-record fees, and what is Microsoft doing to help partners recognize those opportunities?
Ross: We have this workshop that we offer called "business model transformation," which is helping partners understand how you go from a business model that's project-based to one that's advisor-based and services-based, where you attach recurring services to that underlying contract.
Roskill: This is both a business and a technology transformation we're going through. And that's why most partners need to start the discussion with, well, what does this mean to my business fundamentals, my business model. Thinking about how their business model evolves is the core thing. [They] need to think about faster turns, more customers, those sorts of dimensions. All [their] money isn't going to come from the partner-of-record [fees]. It's a business process re-engineering effort. And, the partners need to start with that.
CRN: Talk about the problem of software piracy. What is the legal responsibility of channel partners when they see it?
Roskill: At the end of the day, we want customers to have the best experience. Our licensing is based on trust. If people really want to go steal the stuff, they will. The majority of customers I talk to actually are legitimate business people who understand intellectual property and actually want to be in compliance. And I think one of the issues that people are grappling with is that it gets more complex as you get into [midsize] and bigger businesses. Some of the tools that come out from us and from partners -- some of the large-account resellers have put out asset management tools -- are really advantageous for helping customers.
Ross: In the U.S. you're going to find that it's a novelty to find structured piracy -- someone who's making a business out of selling illegitimate software.
Roskill: If you're a VAR and you see this, number one, I would expect that they would raise this with the customer, at least make them aware of the situation they are in. And the second thing is to bring it back to us. And there are certainly partners who are doing that.
Thomas Hansen: One of the big changes that's fundamentally going to change that picture is the cloud. The cloud is the great equalizer when it comes to the notion of piracy. Because there you're going to have the option of saying: 'We switch off if you don't pay.'
NEXT: Partner Investment Opportunities And Profitable Growth
CRN: Where are the real opportunities for partners for investments in margin when we look at your product line?
Roskill: I'd start off with the desktop competency. We created a desktop competency specifically around this for the set of partners who are playing in this space and really adding value. And it's not just on deployments. It's on how to manage complex configurations and getting into things like virtualization.
Ross: We introduced two years ago a solutions incentive program for our partners who carry a Gold competency in certain workloads who can lead and sell projects. Even though they transact and monetize through an LAR, we pay an incentive to the partner who created the deal. So we've got that around our private cloud products, around Lync, we had one this year around Windows 7 deployment.
We continue to use that as a way to make sure that there's a broad economic opportunity for partners to lead in areas where we're dealing in a very fast growing market where we want to take share, where Microsoft may not be a [market] share leader. And it's paying off, the partners tell us.
CRN: Where have you seen the most explosive growth and the most profitable growth? What's been the most surprising?
Roskill: The best place to take this is our competency model. We have 28 competencies that allow partners to declare a major, essentially, and be a Gold partner in that area and specialize. What's been great to hear is that 99 percent of the Gold partners are re-enrolling. That really shows that we've got the value-add with things like the Solutions Incentive program.
So pick one, say, business intelligence, with a set of partners who are very differentiated, able to add value in that space, tacking on top of a product like SQL [Server] -- which is one of the big products, but also one of the very fast-growing products, well into the double digits -- and the folks who have made the bet on that competency have invested in building out a business in this space. They're the ones who are really seeing the positive effects on their business.
And, you could take that for almost any business were in. Lync is doing incredibly well. The big ones are obviously Windows and Office. As you saw from our recent earnings, there's still a lot of energy going on in basic Windows, despite the fact the PC market didn't have a great quarter. Partners are attaching SA (Software Assurance), they're driving desktop virtualization, [they're selling] the MDOP [Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack] on top of it. And Office continues to be a many, many billion-dollar business. Hundreds of thousands of VARs resell Office.
NEXT: Viability of Reselling Windows
CRN: Is reselling Windows a viable business model today?
Roskill: It depends on the partner business model. I actually think for resellers it's a great business model. People typically buy Windows with a PC [with] Software Assurance.
Ross: There's a big business around deployment. And how do I help a customer plan out their new desktop. Almost all of our corporate accounts and [many SMB customers] standardize on desktop images by role. So there's work for our partners in being able to define what policies, what role, what configuration gets out. Then build a propagation deployment strategy for how do we get the new version of Windows and Office out to the broad base of users -- and then servicing it, either acting as a help desk or doing desktop moves, adding additional users, changing policies.
That's where Intune becomes a nice fit. If you're doing that desktop refresh, Intune becomes a good service to lay on top of it, to be able to manage those installs on an ongoing basis.
NEXT: Prepping Partners For Windows 8
CRN: What are you doing to prepare partners to sell Windows 8? And how can partners make money?
Roskill: Windows is one of the most distributed products in the world. Do some people treat it as a loss-leader? Sure. Are some people building very healthy businesses on top of it? Absolutely. And, that's something that each of these VARs has to make a decision around their own business model.
I'll guarantee the percentage that is reselling SA is quite low. So, I would encourage them to look for other opportunities, and look at things like Windows Intune, and think about adding other value on top of that stack.
Windows 8 is a monumental release for us. That's what we're shooting for on this one, and there shouldn't be any question about that. We're investing big-time in the channel behind that. We're firing on all cylinders across the company, and it starts with the developer evangelization group. They're going after the top applications in the world while making sure they are ready for Windows 8. And, most of those applications run on Windows 7 today and so the discussion is about the Metro UI.
We're working not just with the packaged applications, but, interestingly, with a lot of the big businesses that make applications that go to consumer devices. So it could be your bank, for example, or your insurance company.
We're spending billions, from what we're spending with the OEMs, to what we're spending with the resellers, what we're spending with application developers, in terms of the overall go-to-market. It's absolutely in the billions.
So it's going to be a big, big release. There's going to be lots of Windows 8 at WPC. So partners should come expecting that. In a lot of ways it's going to be a kickoff for them in terms of building out their [Windows 8] business.
The second [WPC] piece is going to be around the cloud offerings. You're going to hear a lot about the next versions of our cloud offerings. WPC is the place where our best partners come to have business discussions and learn how to build their businesses to the next level. And, we'll be announcing new programs around the products, the cloud products, and new rate tables and the next revs of what we're doing.
We've changed a lot in the last two years with the competency models and the new incentive programs we've got out there. That's what we want to leverage going into this WPC.


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You sound like someone liable to get an electric cord wrapped up in their mower! A little common sense and COURTESY would serve you well! In that area, I believe it's 3 lanes. Here is a vehicle about 70' LONG, weighing, oh let's say 80,000 POUNDS! Would it be too much to ask you to move your 'oh I'm so important' vehicle over 1 lane so this driver, who at his age, has more miles under his belt than all your cars put together in a lifetime!? If not, EAT THE BUMPER! Probably just trying to get your goods delivered before you need them! :(
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Purple is a combination of red and blue. (Smarty pants!)
This is the first thing I noticed while watching the inaguration.
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Show support for both the Democrats and the Republicans, usher in the new era of bipartisanship with an intelligent symbolic choice.


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The Denver quarterback came back from a neck injury and transitioned to a new team, and had one of his best seasons. He led the Broncos to a 13-3 season and threw for 4,659 yards and 37 touchdowns.
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Other honorees on included: Minnesota running back Adrian Peterson for NFC offensive player of the year; Houston defensive end J.J. Watt for AFC defensive player of the year; San Francisco linebacker Aldon Smith for NFC defensive player of the year; Chuck Pagano and Bruce Arians of the Colts were co-winners for AFC coach of the year; and Pete Carroll of the Seahawks for NFC coach of the year.
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Manning's appearance capped a whirlwind day in which he awoke in Germany as part of a USO tour visiting the troops. The flight back to the United States landed in Washington, D.C., and Manning was then able to catch another flight to Kansas City, arriving in time for a pre-event news conference.
"At each stage this season, I'd reflect back to what I was doing a year ago at that point," said Manning, who sat out the 2011 season because of the neck injury. "I've been reflective all year and this is a nice way to culminate it. This has really been a special comeback and there is an endless list of people who have helped me along the way."
One of those helpers was Duke coach David Cutcliffe, who served as the offensive co-ordinator at Tennessee when Manning played for the Vols. Manning spent time working with Cutcliffe in Durham, N.C., last year and selected Cutcliffe to introduce him at Saturday's event.
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Smith's appearance enabled him to come full circle. The 49er linebacker accepted his award just a few miles from Raytown High School where he played through 2007. Smith led the NFC and was second in the NFL last season with 19.5 sacks.
"They retired my jersey at the school (Friday), so coming back and then receiving this award is a pretty good homecoming present," Smith said.
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text: Lots of questions here. What does this "fair opportunity to meet" language mean? It obviously means something other than equal access. Does it suggest a substantive minimum right of access greater than that provided other groups? If other groups do not get a "fair opportunity to meet" because of their policies relating to sexual orientation, must patriotic groups and the Scouts be provided such opportunities in any case? Can the Scouts access be limited under a policy limiting access to non-controversial groups, or to groups that do not discriminate on suspect or quasi suspect class grounds (such as gender, religion etc.)? Alan Brownstein UC Davis At 04:35 PM 11/06/2001 -0500, you wrote: >Here's the text: > >No public elementary school, public secondary school, local educational >agency, or State educational agency may deny equal access or a fair >opportunity to meet after school in a designated open forum to any youth >group listed in title 36 of the United States Code as a patriotic society, >including the Boy Scouts of America, based on that group's favorable or >unfavorable position concerning sexual orientation. > >It is located on the Thomas website, as part of the ><http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c107:2:./temp/~c107HpCYYb:e1861068:>Better >Education for Students and Teachers Act of 2001. You can find the text >link ><http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c107:2:./temp/~c107HpCYYb:e1861068:>here. >Jim "If You Want Research Done, Do It Yourself?" Henderson >Senior Counsel >ACLJ