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After the Dallas Cowboys treated female fans with an opening of Victoria's Secret Pink shop in the grand Cowboys Stadium, the Detroit Lions too are reaching out to the segment of population that makes up 45 percent of NFL fan base.
The Detroit Lions will open a one-day Style Lounge Boutique at before the game against Seattle Seahawks at Fort Field this Sunday. Although the event is primarily targeting the female fans, all Sunday's game ticket holders can visit the Style Lounge Boutique which will remain open throughout the game and afterwards at the Gate A Party Deck.
The Style Lounge Boutique project was initially introduced by the NFL during a New York Jets' home game last season.
"What we found was that we were changing the way people looked at female products," stated NFL vice president consumer products retail development Natara Holloway. "We wanted to surprise and delight our female fans."
Due to the overwhelming response NFL received from the opening of the first Style Lounge Boutique, the league decided to collaborate with 10 willing teams to bring the event to their homes this season. The Detroit Lions are the third stop for the Style Lounge Boutique, with seven NFL teams left to host the event this season.
"The response was so overwhelming that other people saw that and said we have to have that at our stadium,'' explained Natara Holloway. "The 10 that we're actually doing this year, the clubs approached us about bringing it to their club."
The Detroit Lions Women's Association, comprising of wives of team front office personnel, coaches, players and other female members of the staff will host the Style Lounge Boutique this weekend. The wife of Detroit Lions president Tom Lewand, Suzanne, was impressed with the Style Lounge Boutique's launch last year and had been since pushing to bring the event to Fort Field.
"We've been working with Suzanne on this one for a little while, she's been so great, she's such an advocate for the women fans here in Detroit,'' stated Natara Holloway. "She was like, 'I've got to have it and I've got to have it right.'"
"This is all her working, she's done a phenomenal job.''
The Style Lounge Boutique was opened to the press and wives of Detroit Lion's players a day prior to its official launch on Sunday.
The Style Boutique Lounge will feature a variety of female fan apparel and accessories ranging from Detroit Lions T-shirts, boot, jackets and hats to specifically designed jewelry by LogoArt. Clothing items from All Sports Couture will also be available besides a new collection of female fan logo shirts and halters etc. There will also be specifically selected products from the Somerset store that can be matched with the NFL apparel.
Stylists from Neiman Marcus have been enlisted to help customers create different looks. Detroit's own professional stylist Eva Scrivo will also be present on at the launch of Style Lounge Boutique to drop a few hair and make-up tips for the Detroit Lions female fans.
Natara Holloway claimed the stylist will try to help incorporate the merchandise available at the Style Lounge Boutique into everyday wear.
A DJ and free silver and blue manicures will also be available at the Style Lounge Boutique.
However, the men haven't been forgotten in all this hassle since the event will also feature a fit technician for the NewEra hats.
Lions pamper female fans with opening of fashion-forward boutique
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Go to Wikipedia and look up Charles Krauthammer's bio. He is an amazing person, one who has overcome odds that would have made most people give up, yet he continued on with his education. He speaks with class, elegance and expertise, he can slice and dice an idiot before the idiot even realizes what has happened. Love it!

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When Jack carried Sophie back to her bed, he was able to hold her and his hands did not pass through her! And of course we all know that this only happens with believers.
I think it just didn't occur to Jack that Sophie believed in him because Sophie never spoke directly to him or acknowledged him visually in any way.
Alternatively, Jack being able to hold Sophie might just be an oversight on the part of the Dreamworks team. However, I don't think this is true as there are hundreds of people working on the movie, and surely at least one would have spotted the mistake.
So for now, unless I can find an explanation or the Dreamworks team clarifies this, I'll just take it as canon that Sophie was Jack's first believer.
*This does not take anything away from Jamie's special connection with Jack! Jamie was still the first person to talk to Jack, the first person to interact with Jack, the first person that displayed his belief in Jack, after Jack's 300 years of loneliness.*


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That's the question CNBC's Larry Kudlow asked House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan yesterday, which resulted in a fascinating exchange:
KUDLOW: But what do you say to supply siders and others who argue–regarding Social Security, not health care–if you grow the economy in the next 50 years at 3 1/2 percent per year, which is the long-term growth since World War II, then Social Security will fix itself?
Rep. RYAN: No, it doesn't.
KUDLOW: Now that doesn't mean we shouldn't have a personal account option and so forth, but that's what they argue. If you grow the economy, growth, growth, growth, then we don't have to slash benefits and the Republican Party will look better, not worse.
Rep. RYAN: Except, first of all, nobody is talking about slashing benefits. We're not even talking about touching benefits for people in and near retirement. But we've run those numbers on growth and Social Security and they don't catch up, because when you have more growth and you have more Social Security contributions, you have more expenses. The more you pay in, the more you get out. So growth, you cannot grow yourself out of our Social Security solvency problem. I've run those numbers with the actuaries. You do need to make some changes in Social Security benefit for the future generations to make this program solvent.
KUDLOW: But the actuaries say you can only grow at 2 percent for the next 50 years.
Rep. RYAN: No. But even if you run bigger growth numbers through the system, you still don't fix the problem. I've run those numbers. I've run the 3 and 3 1/2 percent growth numbers through the system. We are kidding ourselves if we think we can simply grow ourselves out of our entitlement problems. We can't. We have an $88.6 trillion unfunded liability with our entitlement programs, according to the GAO. Last year that was a $76.4 trillion problem. Every year we delay fixing these entitlement programs. We go about $10 trillion deeper into our unfunded liabilities.
Me: This is actually a tricky issue. As the CBO forecasts it, America's debt-to-GDP ratio could top 700 percent by 2080. But drill down into that prediction and you find that the CBO has plugged in a rather dismal long-term forecast of U.S. economic growth, just 2 percent or so. That's only two-thirds of the average U.S. growth rate since 1970. But what if (a) government spending tracks current projections over the next 70 years, (b) government revenue as a percentage of GDP stays at its historic average of 18 percent, and (c) the economy were somehow to grow a bit faster than its 20th-century average, about 3.5 percent.
Under those conditions, according to a recent study by JPMorgan Chase, a much wealthier America (generating $100 trillion in tax revenue rather than $50 trillion) would be able to afford projected spending without raising taxes. The long-term budget gap would vanish.
So Kudlow is correct — if you could find a way to meet those conditions.
But here is the problem with that math:
1) It, as Ryan alludes to, ignores that Social Security benefits are linked to income growth. So higher growth equals higher benefits, though a quirk in how benefits are figured means faster growth could reduce the program's short-fall by 25 percent or so.
2) Healthcare costs continue to increase at a rate faster than GDP growth. So you have to find a way to bring down spending, or healthcare will consume an ever bigger part of the pie and continually boost government spending (unless you reduce Uncle Sam's role). This chart from the CBO tells is all:


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The Bryant City Council will hold a special meeting at 6:30 tonight to discuss the city's contract with CodeRED.
The meeting will take place at City Hall.
At the meeting, the council will discuss the contract and "any actions necessary to issue payment for service," said Heather McKim, Bryant City Clerk.
This contract came into question during the council's meeting last week. When asked why residents were not notified by CodeRED of a recent boil order, Mayor Jill Dabbs said the notifications were removed from the budget at the beginning of the year.
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Sheena Seals, age and address unknown, and Betty Moore, 69, of Little Rock, were both transferred to the hospital via MedFlight after the car they were passengers in was rear ended twice on Interstate 30.
The driver, Gayle Moore, 39, of Little Rock was killed in the three-car accident that shut down the entire eastbound lane near the Alcoa Road Exit in Benton.
In a letter dated Friday, June 13, Mayor Johnny McMahan contends that three Bauxite aldermen are "meeting, discussing and making decisions of Bauxite affairs before an official meeting, which is contrary to state law."
The alderman accused of the violation are Karen Brooks, Paula Matthews and Mona Struble.
McMahan claims that on Tuesday, May 27, Brooks, Matthews and Struble met at City Hall and rode together to and from a settlement conference held at the federal courthouse in downtown Little Rock to consider a settlement in the Purifoy v. Bauxite lawsuit.


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Adjusted Basis
In tax, investments, and accounting, basis represents the value of an asset to a taxpayer. For example, the price of a house a taxpayer buys is the original basis. If the taxpayer puts in a new kitchen, the basis increases by the amount of the renovations. If the house burns down, the basis is decreased by the amount of the damage. The basis amended for changes and improvements is called an adjusted basis. Basis is critical for calculating gain or loss on personal property as well as business property for tax reporting purposes.
Alternative Minimum Tax
An alternative rate of taxation in the form of a virtually flat-rate tax imposed above a certain exemption amount after adjustments to gross income. The calculations for AMT are complicated and the rates have not recently been adjusted for inflation, making its use controversial. Any taxpayer can be subject to AMT if their income falls within a certain window and are subject to certain tax situations like accelerated depreciation and tax-exempt private activity bond interest.
Capital Loss Carryover
Capital losses from the sale or disposition of capital assets are limited to $3,000 per year. If you have more income than the full amount of the $3,000, any amount of your unused capital loss will carry over to the next year. To determine the amount of the capital loss subject to carryover, you must first net short-term and long-term capital losses to come up with one total amount and subtract the $3,000 used in the current year.
Foreign Tax Credit
Taxpayers who pay foreign taxes, either on earned or unearned income, can sometimes be permitted to take a credit for the taxes paid. While most people don't have a general source of income from working in other countries, many individuals have passive foreign source income from investments in international securities. When a taxpayer pays foreign taxes, they must report the income and taxes paid on Form 1116. This form calculates a tax credit, which can be used to offset income.
Passive Income
Many people believe that all income is the same no matter where it comes from. However, this is not true. Some income, like income earned at a job and reported on a W-2, is active or general income. Income from things like partnership interests where a taxpayer is not materially involved or from sources like rental properties are considered passive and thus subject to different rules. While passive gains must be recognized as income, passive losses can only be used to the extent of passive gains and cannot be used to offset any other kind of income.
Section 265 Disallowance
For taxpayers who pay an investment advisor to oversee their portfolios, investment management fees are deductible on Schedule A. This provides a tax relief to these taxpayers, as many asset management firms have steep rates. However, taxpayers cannot deduct management fees imposed on tax-exempt income. Taxpayers in this category must calculate the tax-exempt percentage of their investment portfolios, find the percentage of investment management fees related to this portion, and subtract it from the gross total of fees they wish to deduct.
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FORT MCCOY, Wis. (AP) -- Fort McCoy says the U.S. Army installation in Monroe County had an economic impact of about $1 billion in the last fiscal year.
The training post totaled work force payroll, operating costs and other expenditures for the year which ran from Oct. 1, 2011 to Sept. 30, 2012.
Nearly 2,900 people are employed at the fort, located between Sparta and Tomah. That amounts to about $124 million for civilian and military personnel. Operating costs include new construction, maintenance, utilities and supplies.
The fort says it used a gross multiplier index of 3.2 was used to determine the overall effect of the expenditures in the local economy.
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(January 27, 2012: Orland, CA 95963) The Orland Trojans routed the visiting Wheatland Pirates basketball team by a final score of 66-39 in Friday's league game.
In their next game, the Trojans face the Winters Warriors (Winters, CA) in a Butte View game, on Tuesday, January 31. Orland will attempt to move on its 15-6 season record. The Warriors enter the game with a 9-11 record after their 43-32 league win over Sutter (Sutter, CA).
With the defeat, Wheatland moves to 4-16 on the year. The Pirates host Gridley (Gridley, CA) to face the Bulldogs in a Butte View game on Tuesday, January 31. The Bulldogs enter the game with a record of 9-10. Gridley won 56-39 in their recent league game against Winters (Winters, CA)
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@Vol_Golf Represented Worldwide
The past two weeks have seen one current Vol and four VFLs represent the program across the globe. Check out scores from the Mexico Open, Q-School Qualifying and the Perth International here.
Bank of TN Final Round Washed Out
The weather conditions which had caused delays throughout the weekend, eventually brought the 17th Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate to an early end Sunday morning. Final round play was cancelled.
Second Round Halted by Darkness
For the second consecutive day, the Tennessee men's golf team battled weather conditions and early darkness in Jonesborough. Vols end day two in a tie for 11th place at 8-over par.
Rain Suspends Play at Bank of Tennessee
The Tennessee men's golf team had first round play suspended by rain delays. The Vols will resume play Saturday morning at 8:45 a.m. ET.
17th Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate Preview
On Friday, the Tennessee men's golf team will be traveling to Jonesborough to tee off at the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate, hosted by ETSU, at the Blackthorn Club at the Ridges.


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City Week: June 4-June 10
A Selective Listing of Recommended Cultural & Community Events
Compiled by Max A. Goldstein
Friday, June 4
Eastern Dance—The Indo-American Arts Council and Asia Society present the third annual "Erasing Borders: Festival of Indian Dance 2010." The agenda includes two evening performances and two days of panels, workshops and demonstrations of Indian and Indian-inspired dance. The evening performances feature traditional, non-traditional, classical and post-modern dance, while the day sessions explore movement elements, rhythm and textual content. For more information, visit www.asiasociety.org. Asia Society and Museum, 725 Park Ave., 212-288-6400; $16 to $20 for performances, $7 to $10 for a class.
Immigrant Experience—Author and culinary expert Jane Ziegelman talks about her latest book, 97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement. The families—who were Irish, Italian, Eastern European Jewish and German—lived in the same building from 1863 to 1935. Each sought assimilation, but hung on fiercely to recipes from "the old country." Includes wine and cheese reception, author talk and book signing, followed by evening service and potluck dinner. The Society for the Advancement of Judaism, 15 W. 86th St., 212-724-7000; 6:15 p.m., Free.
Baby Boomers—Town Hall presents a tribute to boomers' music of the '60s and '70s, featuring Tony-nominated actresses and sisters Liz and Ann Hampton Callaway. The two share stories about growing up in New York and Chicago and perform selections from their cast recordings and works made famous by Joni Mitchell, Carole King, Carly Simon, Stevie Wonder and more. The Town Hall, 123 W. 43rd St., 212-307-4100; 8 p.m., $45 to $50.
Opera Cinema—Empire Opera presents the world premiere of renowned composer Thad Wheeler's latest work, Cinema Songs. This production brings together recognized performers from both musical theater and opera, and offers a new interpretation to some of America's best-loved movies, from Hitchcock's Rear Window to Tarantino's Pulp Fiction. Empire Opera, 349 West End Ave., 917-743-7076, www.empireopera.org; 8 p.m., $30.
Saturday, June 5
Storytelling—The 54th season of "Stories at the Statue of Hans Christian Andersen" kicks off today with Haitian stories from the book The Magic Orange Tree and Other Haitian Folktales. Stories are accompanied by music from Haitian drummer Oneza LaFontant, singers Jessica Lee and Joy Smith, and guitarist Phil Robinson. Through Sept. 25; visit www.dianewolkstein.com for details. Central Park on the west side of the pond, near 72nd Street and Fifth Avenue, 212-929-6871; 11 a.m., Free.
Spring Fair—Celebrate spring with the P.S. 9 community. Festivities include inflatable rides, face painting, games, arts & crafts, food and music. P.S. 9, West 84th Street between Columbus and Amsterdam avenues, 212-678-2812; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Free admission, games/activities $1 to $2 each.
Ocean Experts—The 2010 World Science Fair, running through June 6, includes a much-anticipated discussion about the world's oceans with legendary marine biologist Sylvia Earle and Fabian Cousteau, grandson of the famed oceanographer Jacques Cousteau. They focus on the endless possibilities of oceanic exploration, with a look at new technologies transforming how we investigate the seas. Also check out never-before-released "making-of" footage from Jacques Perrin's revolutionary film, Oceans. The Paley Center, 25 W. 52nd St., 866-811-4111 or 212-352-3101; 4:30p.m., $15 to $30.
Multi-talented—The "Lyrics and Lyricists" series ends its 40th anniversary season with a tribute to the composer, pianist, singer, actor and bandleader Hoagy Carmichael. Carmichael wrote some of the most famous American songs of all time, including "Stardust," "The Nearness of You," "Heart and Soul" and "Georgia on My Mind." Tonight's show, "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening: The Stardust of Hoagy Carmichael," features artistic director Ted Sperling and Broadway vocalists Laura Maria Duncan, Capathia Jenkins and Clarke Thorell. Also June 6 and 7. 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave., 212-415-5500; 5 p.m. and 8 p.m., $52 to $62.
Sunday. June 6
Community Festival—The Enid A. Haupt Glass Garden at NYU Langone Medical Center's Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine hosts its 12th annual community festival for families and children. The festival includes a petting zoo with baby farm animals from Green Chimney Farms in Westchester, plant potting, nature crafts and pony rides. 400 E. 34th St., 212-263-6058; 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Free.
Medical Info—The Hospital for Joint Diseases at NYU Langone Medical Center hosts the 2010 Rose Dabbs Health Fair. The fair includes free medical consultations, craft and book sales and physician referrals, along with children's activities and a magician. The Hospital for Joint Diseases, 301 E. 17th St., 212-598-6016; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Free.
Monday, June 7
Colon Cancer Cues—Learn more about colon cancer prevention on a virtual tour of a colon. Colon cancer survivors and health professionals provide tours through an 8-foot-high, 20-foot-long inflatable replica of the human colon that depicts healthy and cancer-riddled tissue. NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, Jay Monahan Center for Gastrointestinal Health, 1315 York Ave., 212-821-0560; 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Free.
Taste of Times Square—The annual Times Square festival showcases food from different neighborhoods and restaurants around the city, and includes live entertainment. Special musical guests perform at the Hard Rock Café stage. For more information, visit timessquarenyc.org. West 46th Street between Broadway and Ninth Avenues, 212-768-1560; 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Free.
Preservation Effort—Kathy Howe of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation delivers an informal discussion on how to submit a building or neighborhood for consideration on the National Register. The designation can provide benefits and tax incentives to owners and residents to preserve the neighborhood or building, and is the first step toward local landmark designation. Neighborhood Preservation Center, 232 E. 11th St., 212-614-9107; 8:30 p.m., Free.
Roosevelt Review—A musical review featuring Broadway's only female
composer-lyricist team, Gretchen Cryer and Nancy Ford, raises money for Roosevelt House, Hunter College's recently reopened public policy institute. "Einstein & the Roosevelts" is a fanciful story about Eleanor Roosevelt's 120th birthday party hosted by her cousin, Alice, with a guest list of luminaries that include Albert Einstein. Roosevelt House, 47-49 E. 65th St., 212-650-3786; performance 7:30 p.m., dessert reception 8:45 p.m., $95.
Tuesday, June 8
Senior Steps—Choreographer Naomi Goldberg Hass and her company, Dances For a Variable Population, offer a six-class workshop for older adults that encourages participants to explore the benefits of dance in their daily lives. Participants will perform with the ensemble on the High Line Cruise in September 2010. Classes are also June 11, 15, 18, 22 and 25. Hudson Guild Fulton Senior Center, 119 Ninth Ave., 347-683-2691; 1 p.m., Free.
Get Your Culture On—Museums up and down the mile offer free admission for the 32nd annual "Museum Mile Festival." El Museo del Barrio, The Museum of the City of New York, The Jewish Museum, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, National Academy Museum & School of Fine Arts, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Neue Galerie New York, Goethe-Institut New York/German Cultural Center and The Metropolitan Museum of Art are taking part in the festival, which includes outdoor activities for children. The opening ceremony is at El Museo del Barrio, on Fifth Avenue between East 104th and 105th streets. Fifth Avenue from East 82nd to 105th streets, 212-606-2296; 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Free.
Wednesday, June 9
Bee Talk—Samantha Bee, the most senior correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, talks about her memoir I Know I Am But What Are You?, a collection of her hilarious personal essays. Bryant Park Reading Room, Bryant Park, Sixth Avenue and 42nd Street, 212-768-4242; 12:30 p.m., Free.
Symphonic—Music Director George Rothman leads the Riverside Symphony, for the third and final concert of the orchestra's 29th season, in "Theater for the Ears." The finale, dedicated to three generations of music from the theater, features Rebecca Jo Loeb, winner of the 2008 Lotte Lenya International Soprano Competition. Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, 1941 Broadway, 212-864-4197; 8 p.m., $35 to $50.
Incredible Life—George Marcy's life has been a voyage. The Ballad of George Porgie, a one-man show presented by Marcy, takes audiences from an orphanage to a tank in World War II and his role as Bernardo, opposite Chita Rivera, in the original West Side Story. Don't Tell Mama, 343 W. 46th St., 212-757-0788; 6 p.m., $25 plus two-drink minimum.
Thursday. June 10
Vinyl—More than 10,000 items, including records, posters and sheet music from the 1800s to the 1980s, are on sale. Includes genres spanning across the music world. Tip Top Shoe Building, 155 W. 72nd St., 4th floor, 212-579-0689; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Free.
Sketchy Stuff—Beginning June 10, some of the best live sketch comedy groups in North America descend on the city for SketchFestNYC. Featured shows include MUDRDERFIST, Fearsome Presents: Grease 3: THREASE, Elephant Larry, Fuct and Tom Davis Presents: 39 Years of Short-Term Memory Loss. The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, 307 W. 26th St., 212-366-9176; 7 p.m., $10 to $90.
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I have been trying since february 2014 to get my cell phone plan changed. Safelink offers 250 free minutes each month with no roll-overs. Then there is a 125 free minutes with with roll-over minutes each month plan. I have contacted the bbb at least three times concerning this same problem. I am wanting the 125 free minutes plan. I am disabled, in bed and depend on my phone. I get worried when my minutes get low so i purchase extra minutes. Tracfone offers if you buy 60 minutes you get 140 free. So i get a total of 200 with each purchase. I might buy 60 minutes two or three times a month.
Well, at the beginning of each month i find out that they did not update my plan and i still had the 250 minutes. And they took all of my minutes that i had on the phone. One month i had 750 minutes that i had purchased. They took all 750 yet they gave me just 250 in the plan. I would try to contact the company and get the run a round! One dept would say that it shows that you have the 125 plan but they could not give me back my minutes because the could not prove them. Then if i spoke to someone on the same day they would tell me that my plan was the 250 free plan.
This has been happening since February – i have a document from the bbb stating that my complaint was resolved on 4/14/14. And it is signed by tracfone. It has the 125 free minute plan confirmed and guaranteed that way with roll over minutes. The very next month, the problem again. Every month, they take my minutes saying my plan is the 250 plan. Yet i keep applying and verifying that i have the 125 free plan.
Yesterday, June 12, 2014 i purchased 60 minutes giving me 200 minutes and i added it to my card. Something told me to verify my plan – i got the morbid answer: Your plan is the 250 free minutes. So now when July 1st comes, they will take my 339 minutes that i have on my phone now. At that time i wanted to scream! I wanted to throw the phone at my window or wall and i wanted to curse and call the person every name but a person. In stead, i just cried and hung up.
What can a person do? How long do you continue to fight until you fight no more?
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You've just been out clubbing with your best friends. You asked Niall to come seen as he's your boyfriend, but he wanted you to spend some time with the girls. Instead he promised to pick you up. Ten minutes to midnight and you're waiting outside for Niall, in just your small black cocktail dress you're beginning to feel cold and after dancing in heels all night, your feet are killing. You see cars pass by, but still no Niall. You've only been together a month but he's never let you down before. You begin feeling anxious, frantically looking up and down for any signs of his car. Suddenly you warm arms wrap around your waist making you jump and feel warm breath on your shoulder. "Hello Princess" Niall whispers gently in your right ear. Feeling considerably more comfortable you place your cold hands on top of his. "Ready to go?" he asks, still standing with arms wrapped around your waist. You turn around, peck him gently on the cheek, and looking into his gentle eyes nod smiling. He wraps his arm around your shoulder, pulling you close to him, and you walk slowly towards his car. As you get around the corner from the club, Niall stops, pulling you gently towards the wall. "Niall, not here" you say blushing, scared people will see. "I can't help it (Y/N), look at you, you look so beautiful!" You turn your head to the right looking towards the floor and your cheeks turn a deeper red. Gently turning your chin so you are once again facing him, he plants soft, wet kisses on your neck sending shivers down your spine. Using all your might you push away, shaking your head. "Niall, not here, please" Looking into his soft blue eyes you wait for his response. "Okay, but hurry" He grabs your hand pulling you in the direction of his car. You run as best you can in your heels despite the fact your feet are hurting because truth be told, you want him as much as he wants you. You reach his car. He's managed to park completely alone, not a single other car or person in sight. Niall grabs your waist, pushing you against the drivers door, determined to finish what he had started. This time you give in. He plants kisses all round your neck and collarbone. You throw your head back pushing it against the window. He runs his hands up and down your body. You feel yourself getting wet in your small delicate panties. Niall brings his head up and whispers in your ear "shall we?" Before you can answer he rips his shirt off, kissing you passionately. Without answering you reach for his belt buckle frantically trying to undo it. He slides you over to the side opening the back door. He reaches his hands behind you and gently unzips your dress and slowly and sensually sliding it down your body. You run your fingers through his messy hair as the cold whips around your now bare middle. Niall lets your dress drop to the floor and lifts you out of your heels and carefully onto the back seat. Making you wait to once again feel his warm body against yours, he picks up your shoes and dress, throwing them into the car. He stands by the open door, finishing undressing himself. Removing his jeans, you see the bulge in his tight Calvin Klein boxers. He leans across towards you, pulling down your black lacy panties. Your breathing increases, breaths deepen and you feel yourself getting wetter and wetter with every slight movement. You close your eyes letting the excitement run through your body. He begins kissing the inside of your thighs, running his hands up and down the outside. He gently moves his body further up yours, all the time shifting you into a more comfortable position. He leans across pulling the car door closed. You can feel his hard-on through his boxers. With eyes closed you listen to every breath. You hear him drop his boxers. He hovers above you noticing you still have your bra on. "We wont be needing this" he says cheekily, reaching behind and unclasping it with one hand. He begins massaging your breasts making you groan loudly. This only encourages him. With one hand on your breasts he runs his other down to your clit, rubbing it vigorously with his thumb "Oh N-Niall" you groan. He looks up smiling, still teasing you. You reach your hand down, taking his shaft and pumping as fast as you can. He drops his head to your shoulder groaning in your ear. "Niall! I need you in me" you whisper into his ear releasing his shaft. Moving himself round he positions himself at your entrance, his tip just touching. You brace yourself, expecting to thrust himself into you. He waits until you lift your head to look him in the eye. As you go to kiss him he inserts his full length into you. You wince as pain shoots through you. He stops, leans close in towards your face saying gently "no more pain now beautiful" and he delicately kisses your lips. You kiss back hard, allowing your fingers to once again explore his hair. "Ready?" he asks winking at you. You nod, dragging his lips back towards yours. He begins to thrust into you, soft and sensual, hitting all your walls. With every thrust you groan, biting his bottom lip gently. He begins to up his pace, thrusting harder. Moving with his rhythm you groan louder. "Niall" you moan as he pulls in and out of you. "That's it baby, you scream my name" "Oh, Niall, faster, harder" you shout. He obliges, thrusting harder and faster into you. With every thrust you moan louder and the car shakes. "N-Niall… I'm going to.." you begin. "Hold it baby, I'm nearly there" you hold, digging your nails into his back and biting your lip. He thrusts a few more times, groaning almost as much as you. "Release" he pants. You release, letting the pleasure run through your whole body. "NIALL" you scream, throwing your head back. Niall's head is resting between your breasts. You hear him moaning into them. You ride your orgasm out. When you're both done, he gently pulls out but stays with his body pressed against yours. You look into his eyes. After placing a few kisses on your neck he whispers in your ear "I love you Princess. I'm so glad I was your first, and I want to be your last" Without saying a word you dive in for a kiss, gently pushing your tongue through his lips allowing your tongues to intertwine. You pull away. "I love you Nialler". "We should go he says, throwing your clothes towards you. After scrambling to re-dress, he drives to the flat you share. When you reach the flat, he carries you inside and up to bed. Puts you into bed and after locking up, joins you for the night.
*Two Months Later*
9:30 am. Your alarm goes. You roll over, expecting to see Niall waiting for you to wake up. Instead, you see a handwritten note. "(Y/N)" is written on the outside of a small folded piece of paper. You open it and read it aloud. "Morning Beautiful. I had to leave early, remember me telling you? You looked so peaceful I didn't want to wake you. See you tonight Princess, I love you so much" You smile at the note, remembering he had told you about his early start. You drag yourself out of bed and head to the kitchen to make yourself some breakfast. Putting bread in the toaster, you flick through the paper reading stories about how big Niall and the other boys had become. Smiling you walk over to the toaster to take out the now cooked toast. As you go to take a bite you stop, a sudden sick feeling takes over your every action. Dropping the toast you run to the bathroom throwing up all you had eaten the night before. This wasn't the first time this had happened, but before you thought nothing of it, now you are beginning to feel worried. Cleaning yourself up you walk towards the calendar near the kitchen. Late. You shake your head in disbelief. You run to the bedroom scrambling for you phone. You call your best friend Lexi. "Lexi I'm scared. Remember what I told you about the night we went clubbing" "ah, yes, that little gem" she replies giggling, "Lexi, I'm being serious now, I'm late. I need you to be here with me through this, I'm going to buy and take a test, stay by your phone, please" your voice growing ever anxious as you speak. "Okay, (Y/N), one step at a time, stay calm, we'll sort…" the phone cuts out mid conversation. Panicking you pull on some jeans and a hoodie and head down to the shop to buy a test. Checking around for paparazzi you head through the self service, fumbling with your change in your rush. Practically running out the shop, you make your way back to your car. Jumping in you throw the bag onto the passenger seat, buckle up and drive home hoping Niall wont be home. Reaching the flat you remember he wont be home until 2, a thought which relaxes you a little. Fumbling your way through the door you hurry to the bathroom. So many thoughts run through your head, but you have no time to process any of them. You reach the bathroom door ripping open the test. Closing the door as if someone is in you take the test. Waiting for the result you pace up and down, searching your pockets for your phone. Finding it you call Lexi. You don't give her chance to speak, instead you immediately jump in with "I'm waiting on the result" Lexi remains silent. You hear your heartbeat in your ears as you check the time. Time to read the test. "Lex, I cant read it, I'm too scared" "(Y/N), what happens happens, thats all there is to it, just read it" Shaking you pick up the test. Positive. Tears prick your eyes as a wave of emotion floods through your body. You throw the test still in disbelief. "Positive" you whisper into the phone. A scream is the only response. "Lex, how do I tell Niall, he's so busy lately, the timing is all wrong" "(Y/N) listen, he'll be so excited, just tell him, trust me!" Still shaking you remain silent. "Trust me" Lexi says again, "I haven't lead you wrong before". "But how do I tell him that…" you begin but before you can finish, you feel familiar arms wrap around your waist. "Tell me what Princess" Niall says turning you round to face him. You drop the phone, leaving it still connected to Lexi's call. You play with his hair, avoiding the question. "(Y/N)? Come one, what have you got to tell me?" The tears you're holding back begin to fall. He gently wipes them away pulling you in close. You rest your head on his chest and whisper "I'm pregnant" He places his hands on your shoulders, pushing you back so he can look in to your eyes. You keep your head looking down, worried about his reaction. He lifts your chin so you are looking directly into his eyes. Tears fall from his eyes. Taking your hands he says in a croaky voice, "I'm going to be a daddy" You hear a scream from your phone. You leave it, this is your moment with Niall. Letting his tears fall he pulls you in kissing your head vowing to be there every step of the way.
*Seven Months Later, A Week After Your Due Date*
You sit bolt upright in bed, pain surging through you. You shout Niall who has gone to the kitchen to make you something to eat. He comes rushing in hearing you shout. "What is it Princess?" "Niall, I need you to sit with me, it may be time". Panic and excitement cross his face as he crosses the room to sit with you. Your pain only intensifies. Niall suggests walking to the sitting room closer to the door ready to leave. You agree, and using him as support make your way to the sitting room. As you pass, Niall pick up the hospital bag he prepared for you weeks ago. You slow down as a huge pain surges through your body. Taking as much of your weight as he can, Niall holds you, kissing your forehead through the pain. As you reach the door to the sitting room your waters break. "Okay Niall, now we need to go" He helps you to the car, reassuring you every step of the way. Driving to the hospital he remains calm through all your screams of pain. You're checked into the hospital and immediately your dilation is checked. "We're at 10cm, we're going to get you into a delivery room and you're ready to push" The midwife takes you through to a large delivery room. You are laid down onto a bed surrounded by midwives with Niall at your side. He holds your hand no reacting anytime you squeeze it. He stokes your hair, counting and breathing with you. You push as instructed by the midwives. Exhausted you pull Niall closer and in between pants say "Niall, I can't do this, I cant take any more" Still holding your hand he moves close to your ear and says "Princess, you're almost there, you can do this, just a few more pushes" You believe what he says and push. A cry fills the room, followed by a cheer. You are passed a beautiful baby girl wrapped in a towel. You gently kiss her forehead and pass her to Niall who is dying to hold her. He looks down at his beautiful blue eyed baby girl. A single tear rolls down his cheek. "Niall?" You look at him starring into the eyes of his daughter. He manages to say only three words, "She is perfect"
This is my first long imagine so apologies, it isn't that great. It was kinda rushed but I hope you like it x
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just some :P all 111 blogs i follow are my fav haha.
skisandchutes replied to your post: skisandchutes replied to your post: LOL i hope it…
Haha me neither…I tried to look back at your blog and see but nothing made sense with what they said
yeah same here haha.
skisandchutes replied to your post: LOL i hope it progresses & you die thatd be funnyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Hey anon why don't you kindly fuck off
I find it funny that i dont know what the hell they're talking about.
Well regular people die in the end.
So yes, my life will progress, obviously better than yours, and yes i will die at the end.
feeding into it?
If you mean by answering these anons, I only answer a few, the rest i delete.
and its fun screwing with people. especially dumb ones.
Welcome to my life abby.
Steezy shit,
creepy kids,
and a few good haters.
hi abs c:
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And then have it break in half on the way down
All the guys who ride those things always have gear problems out on our local bump.
they blame it on the park, yet, im doing the exact same stuff >.>
a solid 111
Im the judgemental one?
Lol alright well aslong as you, ma'am, are up on your soap box, tell me what evidence has led you to this conclusion, as i have just told heather that i like girls better without makeup.
Apparently liking girls for who they are is now frowned upon.
Oh whats wrong with this world.
skisandchutes replied to the post: were gonna meet one day and go snowboarding.js
haha someone said they wanted to snowboard…what a joke
Why strap your self to a popsicle stick anyway.
I ski, but you can snowboard, WHILE i ski.
if you want. Ive never really snowboarded, i dont like it a whole lot..js


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I was asked by Mr. Peter Hastings (NH DoIT Commissioner) about my understanding and knowledge of "End to End Solutions". I have witnessed these solutions before but I wanted to find a good definition. So, I began my research and found this definition: One supplier or one company that can provide all of your hardware and software needs in a suite of tools that meets all of the customers requirements and no other suppliers need to be involved. I think this is a good one and makes sense to me.
I'm sure there are many other definitions that exist and this is simplistic in nature but I see this as a baseline definition. One could certainly branch off of this definition to encompass a variety of explanations but let's stick with this one for this article.
This idea has been around for sometime now and slowly but surely as the years go on it seems to go away and pop up and go away and pop up, etc... I have been watching and observing for a long time as well and witnessed the process and implementation of these suites over the years and have developed my own opinions about all encompassing tools. So, this has come up before in my career.
Commissioner Hastings wanted to understand at a high level if there was any benefit for our development teams across the enterprise of State government to integrate and entire suite of tools to achieve a more seamless Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). If this were possible there could be savings realized by having shorter development life cycles rather than an application taking three years to complete, trim a year and the State could save money.
Theoretically, this is a great idea and makes good sense but in reality the only shops that can take on an idea of this magnitude are shops with a lot of money, a lot of staff and a lot of expertise in house because inherit in the words "End to End Solution" I hear big, large, enormous, all encompassing and there is a lot of overhead in this idea right out of the gate.
I explained to the Commissioner in advance and prefaced my dialog as such that I would be happy to write about this subject but that not all would agree with my analysis and conclusions. I explained to the Commissioner that this would only be my perspective and that there are varying experiences that would be a counterpoint to my thoughts on this subject. The Commissioner is quite open to varying opinions and really just wanted to understand the subject more than anything else at a high level. Now, I can only tell you what I have seen and witnessed over the years and share my thoughts.
The premise that one company can fulfill all of the requirements of an organization: Can this be true? Can one supplier/company provide this much and help an organization realize a cost savings? My opinion is that I have not seen this be true to date. It's a big white unicorn in my opinion, although, you have to believe in a unicorn once in a while. Every company has their specialty. Those things they do well and those things they try to do well and fail at.
We are all microcosms of the wider world so we are all "End-to-End Solutions" in some way, do we as humans do it all well? I think not. We all have those things we do well and those things we don't. The same goes for companies. So, the premise that a company can deliver it all to me is not real but fantasy in my opinion. Not only that but let's take it one step further and play devils advocate for one moment and even if a company could deliver an entire "End to End Solution" a suite of tools that delivered it all.
These are the next questions to ask: Can the organization it's being delivered to in reality manage it all? Do they have all the staff to support the toolsets in the suite, do they have all the expertise required to implement the toolsets in the suite, do they have the time it takes to learn and support the toolsets in the suite and can they really manage an entire suite of toolsets successfully?
If I were to think even of one tool in the suite, let's take the SCM tool since I know that tool well. You have the software configuration administration piece of the tool, you have the release management tool performing compiles, you have defect tracking tool to manage deficiencies, modifications and enhancements against the application, then you have code reviews and theoretically this could be three to four people with these skills. That's just one toolset in the suite. Do you have all of this expertise in one person in house already? SCM is not an easy skill to come by to begin with.
What tools will your organization do well at and which ones do you have the knowledge in already? Several toolsets in the suite may be worked because there is expertise in house on those toolsets but not on others and you may have to hire or train staff in house on the other toolsets providing you have the staff to train. In any case it usually turns out to be that you don't have all that it takes and as such fail at the implementation. Once the implementation fails and the buy in from management fades because no one wants to be associated with a failing project and the grass roots folks that are really working the products on the ground are to stressed from the implementation the experiment is over and lots of money is wasted that could have been targeted in another more productive manner.
The problem really is that when you get a lot of folks in a room and the sell is on and the atmosphere is charged with enthusiasm and a lot of folks see potential savings not yet realized that could be they become swept away in a sell. When this happens it usually ends up costing an organization a lot of money that was unintended and at some point the question is always asked what did we do?
I agreed to write on this subject ultimately because I'm bugged about "End to End Solutions". I bugged about the sell. I'm bugged about the hype and the promise that I don't see how anyone could deliver. For example: I have recording software that is more automated than anything I have seen before but I still have to know how to run the tool, record with it, how to mix, add effects, edit the recording, master to a stereo track even though the tool is very automated.
This would be the case for the "End to End Solution": There is the Testing tool, The QA tool, The Project Management tool, The Requirements Gathering tool, the SCM tool, the Defect Tracking tool and whatever other tool or plug-in you add to the suite. I'm sure the suites can be customized as well to only include what you need for your organization, which makes more sense.
The bottom line is, that's a lot of expertise, staff, time, money and resources. The tools have to be learned; you might have to hire folks in addition to support them, others will have to be cross trained in the event that your expertise goes away. What organization can really afford this level of overhead other than large organizations with a chunk of capital?
I think one of the big mistakes that organizations make is that when these sells are occurring there is often times no expertise from the organization in the room to ask the tough questions. What training is the supplier offering, what is the technical support like, are you using a proprietary database, if the database goes down who supports it, etc...
So, it's typically managers who are in the room who are not even going to do the work on the ground or support these behemoths. I'm bugged by the suites themselves that typically do a good job in one area and fall down in others but yet you now have an entire suite of tools to make-work. For example: I have seen some companies make a great SCM tool but a terrible Defect Tracking tool and a great Project Management tool but a terrible SCM tool.
The idea that one supplier can do it all in my opinion I feel is flawed. Just like when I'm recording music, since that's the analogy that I understand best. As automated as any mix they want to make whether they say click here for rock, jazz, easy listening, etc... The user still has to do something to get to that place and if that is not the right place the user must have an understanding of how to get to the right place. So, human intervention is required. Truly automated tools are a myth in my opinion.
Now a lot of folks are going to disagree with me because they are selling these monster's to people who can't support them, implement them, maintain them, provide technical support on them and mentor other's on them. It really requires and army depending on how big the organization is and that brings up my first example.
Every organization wants to save money and often times find themselves getting sold on this pot of gold that if everything could be integrated across the enterprise of our business however big or small we could save so much money and here's the thing as I said earlier.
A large organization can take the impact of a completely integrated software environment like this because it has the staff. Now if they have the staff, then it's possible they have the expertise or you at least have the staff that can be trained by the seller initially to get your people trained. However, when the customer leaves there must be competent staff that can truly maintain the tools and champion the tools to create the standard that can actually produce the desired result and cost savings.
For most organizations the additional staff, training and expertise in itself would more than likely be a great expense that was unintended. Good for you and your organization if you have the expertise of the suites toolsets in house but typically that is not the case.
Often times you have to go outside your space to find some help. Maybe to find someone who knows QA, which is hard to find these days or SCM's, that is even harder, Tester's, etc... If you have a suite of five toolsets you must have a champion of each one of those toolsets in order to get them introduced successfully in an organization.
Now, if you try this with State government your even more likely to fail because you never have the staff, expertise, time or the money. I have seen this attempted at least two times in my tenure.
Also, something that organizations don't take into consideration when taking on suites like this is that it usually requires a culture that accepts change and having their cheese moved and understand the chain of command. It requires typically a culture shift and most folks don't like change, including me. However, it was once said to me many years ago that Change is stability. It's the one constant. So, I try to believe in that.
So, consider for one moment an organization taking on a tool suite of this nature the "End to End Solution". Once you have hired staff, have your trained expertise in house, your staffing is solidly in place, you now need your leader to convincingly direct the staff to implement and accept the new methodology. This industry is always in flux and moves fast and is never is static but change is still difficult to implement.
When everyone gets on the bus and you have institutionalized a new culture with new toolsets and they are embraced, then savings can be realized because anyone who then draws outside the lines changes the integrity of the outcome and a new outcome emerges.
I've told you what you need and that larger organizations are more successful at this than smaller ones because they have the staffing, expertise, money and time on their side.
Let me just provide one example of what I have seen and the way I think this can be done successfully even in smaller organizations. Many attempts fail and the reason is simple. It's too big to eat. I mean these implementations are monstrous. They take multiple administrators for starters of every toolset in the suite. One person should never be running the whole suite with each tool having it's own administrator that would be a security risk. You never want one person having all the keys to the kingdom anyway.
There are multiple layers of understanding and expertise and a lot of time to get up and running. Now, I'll have plenty of folks who will disagree with me and that's fine. They are the ones selling these suites. They are going to have a different opinion and that's fine.
As I have learned in life anyway one-third of the people are going to like you, one third of the people are going to hate you and one third of the people don't care.
So, you purchase the suite anyway and the first toolset you'll tackle is the testing suite. Now you need to have a body that understands the testing tool. How to write the scripts that get populated into the tool to run the test scripts and they are constantly changing based on new functionality, modifications, deficiencies and enhancements against the applications under development. If you don't have a good scriptwriter for testing you are already in trouble.
Now you are going to tackle the Project Management tool. Who really knows this skill? I've never met anyone who actually used a tool like this and understood it and implemented it well. That's just my experience. I'm sure they are out there. To me this is a rare expertise. Moving onto the QA tool, then the SCM tool, Defect Tracking Tool, etc.. There could be a combination of toolsets. My point is that you have to eat a tool one at a time. It's extremely hard to begin with to standardize any tool across any organization never mind a suite of toolsets. However, if you take a small bite, digest that and then the next one and so one you'll be more successful.
I feel scalability is the answer and actually makes more sense. If you can customize the suite to only include in it what you have expertise in and build upon that knowledge slowly I feel you can be more successful. For example start with the expertise you have in house. Let's say you have SCM and Defect Tracking knowledge.
Introduce those tools and let users in your organization get comfortable with that standardization. Then once that is stable introduce the Project Management, then Testing, then Requirements Gathering, etc... It doesn't have to be in this order clearly. It can be in whatever order you want but if you go slowly you won't break the bank and it will evolve. I always tell folks this is an evolution not a revolution.
Just look at world events, when there is a revolution and the old government is now out of office typically no one knows how to introduce a new government successfully. Even when they do they try to do the whole thing at once and it fails because it usually takes years to get in the situation that you are in and it's going to take time to get out of it and change it. So, an evolution is always a better approach in my opinion. Slow progress over time gathering up steam as one tool is introduced after another until it's all in place.
Should an organization even take on this kind of an exercise you have to put competent people on it because competent people can mentor others and this makes the implementation more successful at the end of the day. Every person has their strength's and weaknesses so your going to want to put folks on the job that have a proven track record at pushing change through. Not an easy thing to do.
You want folks running this who have experience with rejection and get a leadership that is 100% unfalteringly driving the process. One exception to the process and the entire suite will fail.
If you were smart while you were implementing the toolset you have strength in you would have been learning the next toolset in the suite to be ready to move forward with that implementation the moment the first tool was completely implemented. This way there is no pause in the next learning curve.
There is a lot of work that goes into these suites and it's not just staffing a tool like this and finding the expertise to implement the various pieces/tools. This includes upgrading the tool, applying any bug fixes, maintaining the OS, supporting back-up's. The list really does go on.
One thing to make sure to find when examining the SCM toolset in the suites is that it has a Generic repository perspective. This really is the answer for the SCM piece of the puzzle. You need to have repositories, which is a glorified name for a folder that will house any type of asset in the organization. You can have an "End to End Solution" for one development tool and one project but most development environments contain multiple tools (Java, Cobol, PowerBuilder, etc.). Now you'll have to introduce multiples toolsets and twice the overhead and no way of measure across an enterprise. That's a waste of money in the final analysis.
You need to make sure that these repositories can support any platform of development tool that an organization has in house or across the enterprise depending on how your organization is structured. SCM tools that only support one platform or another that are part of a suite of this nature in the "End to End Solution" are limited in scope and are not flexible enough to be called standards and standardizing and centralizing is how you really save money.
I don't know of to many organizations anyway that only have one application language they are developing in and nothing else and if you're serious about SCM you have to take into account every type of software asset or intellectual property you have in the enterprise.
I'm not saying that there are not exclusive Java, Visual Studio or PowerBuilder shops because they exist. What I am saying is that large organizations like States for example typically have a lot of legacy applications that were developed in many types of languages and to have a SCM tool in your "End to End Solution" suite that only covers one language or another could never be a standard. Where would you house all the rest of your source data assets, intellectual property or mission-critical assets in a second SCM tool or a third?
If that is the case there goes the whole benefit of reporting, managing, requirements gathering, testing on all of your assets in the enterprise because you won't have everything in one repository but in multiple repositories. Then the "End to End Solution" idea is a moot point. The benefit is lost. Now you will need more expertise, more money, more staff, more time, more resources and now your wasting more of everything and you lose the value of the "End to End Solution" anyway. There is no value in supporting just one type of language at all, the metrics will be quite limited and remember the purpose of these suites to begin with is to standardize, centralize and realize cost savings across an entire organization not just one project.
Listen to how this makes no sense we spent all of the money and bought an "End to End Solution" just for the Java team or the Visual Studio team or the PowerBuilder team. What about all the other types of development you are performing? Don't you want to save money in those areas of application development as well? For the cost of these suites I would hope so and anything else would be a waste of time, money and resources for any organization.
There is also the disaster recovery aspect would you secure one set of assets and then not secure another set. For example would I only care about my PowerBuilder source assets and not my Visual Studio assets? If I have a repository perspective that can only handle one type of data assets, what happens if there is a catastrophic event I only can recover one sets of assets but not another. So, when looking at these suites and considering disaster recovery make sure the SCM toolset has a generic repository that can secure and control any type of source data assets in your organization. It doesn't have to be great at it but it does have to work.
There are a lot of pitfalls to these "End to End Solutions" make sure you have competent folks in the room that can ask the hard questions and if the managers are embarrassed by the hard questions at the dog and pony show they are going to be even more embarrassed when they buy the suites and begin to lose money for the organization, the implementation fails, they lose their jobs or have to move on to distance themselves from the failure and the organization has to absorb the cost.
You have to make sure you have the staff, the time, the money; the expertise and that you choose suites that can support every type of source data asset in your enterprise. Make sure leadership convincingly communicates the change. Take small bites and digest those and make the cultural shifts in your organization you need to make before moving on to the next toolsets in the suite. It's an evolution not a revolution so think it through and don't get caught up in the sell. It will only cost you more money later when you buy on impulse.
My background is that I have been working in Software Configuration Management (SCM) for a few years now and I am presently, the administrator of SCM at the State of NH. SCM is a process-based Software Configuration Management (SCM) tool for managing application source code, intellectual property and mission critical assets. In this capacity I also secure these assets for disaster recovery purposes. I manage 400 plus applications housed in SCM and support 400 users using the product. The development tools we currently use are PowerBuilder PBV8, PBV11 and 12; Visual Studio 2003, 2005, 2008, 2010 and 2012; Eclipse, Juno, RAD, Mule, Cold Fusion, Java, COBOL and VB.
As the Software Configuration Manager (SCM), I provide the administration of the source code management tool. This includes the entire infrastructure of the environment for development, developing life cycles, providing best practices, procedures, processes, documentation; defect tracking, disaster recovery, maintaining build machines and the training of all the developers on proper source code management using the development tools in our development environment.
Risk to End to End Solutions
- Not enough staff to support the toolsets
- Not enough expertise to understand the toolsets with great clarity (Testing, SCM, Defect Tracking, QA, Requirements Gathering, Project Management)
- Loss of expertise to other employment opportunities.
- No cross training of expertise or transfer of knowledge
- No solid implementation team
- The expertise required to analyze these tools are typically not invited to the dog and pony show.
- Not enough capital when problems arise.
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Definition of Benedictus in English:
BenedictusLine breaks: Bene|dic¦tus
Pronunciation: /ˌbɛnɪˈdɪktəs /
nounChristian Church
1An invocation beginning Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini (Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord) forming a set part of the Mass.
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- It is indeed difficult to see how men can read the Benedictus or Magnificat without realizing this.
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2A canticle beginning Benedictus Dominus Deus (Blessed be the Lord God) from Luke 1:68-79.
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The Houston Rockets will be actively pursuing a third star this summer. Both Kevin Love and Carmelo Anthony either want out of their situations or should want out and the Rockets will pursue both.
Kevin Love has one season remaining on his contract though is expected to leave the Minnesota Timberwolves next summer. The Timberwolves would love to keep Love but they would be wise to maximize his value by dealing him this summer if he's expected to walk for free.The Timberwolves front office has been reluctant to answer any phone calls for Kevin Love in the past, but it appears they are now willing to listen to offers. Though they would be wise to ship him this summer, it is also possible they wait until the February trade deadline. The Timberwolves could also choose to keep him in Minnesota all of next season and hope he stays.
The New York Knicks are in a similar situation with Carmelo Anthony, though Anthony is in total control of his situation. Melo can make another $33 million more with the Knicks than any other team if he chooses to stay in New York. The Knicks can also work out a sign-and-trade with another team if Anthony chooses to play elsewhere.
Anthony is getting older and he wants to win an NBA championship. The Knicks hope Phil Jackson can keep him in New York, but the Knicks have yet to take a step in the right direction since acquiring Melo a few seasons ago. Carmelo would be wise to leave New York and Houston will pursue Anthony if he chooses to leave "The Big Apple".
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