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Maybe all it takes to succeed is to gain a fifteen-minute advantage. According to Rosabeth Moss Kanter innovation can involve short bursts and baby steps rather than big breakthroughs. According to her, some of the characteristics of success involve innovations that are trial-able, divisible, reversible, and tangible. Be sure to read this posting to see how a "fifteen-minute" competitive advantage is a big deal.
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This article is such a good read not only for the business minded people but also to those who call themselves scientist or experts in new creation and innovation. Aside from time and enough effort, it also takes great patience to make every short-term steps to make something stunning…
I could say, I'm motivated by this one….
It is really true that innovation involves taking one step at a time.
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Media pundits were shocked today when BBC Radio 4's flagship news programme 'Today' handled a science feature seriously. In contrast to the usual flippant,condescending, dismissive 'nobody needs to know this stuff apart from nerds' attitude reserved for science-based content, the feature about subatomic physics was treated with the hushed reverence and respect usually reserved for conceptual artists and dancers.
The humanities graduates who run and present the programme, many of whom gained a first in 'reading aloud' at Oxford, or an 'Art history' 2.2 at Lambeth Poly, appear to have been genuinely respectful of the leading scientists being interviewed.
"We don't normally interview scientists who might make our listeners feel stupid", said Evan Davis. "After all, that's Stephen Fry's job" added John Humphreys.
Nah, just kidding, they were being twats as usual.
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You know how your dog gets about toys, you shouldn't have brought a toy to a dog park.
It doesn't mean the other lady wasn't more in the wrong, she was. But you need to protect your dog. There are idiots everywhere in the world, and for the future, if you continue to do, leave the toy behind, because having the toy there, caused a problem where there may not have been one.
I think too, that when the dog came and took your toy out of your hand, and the response from the other dogs' owner, and the fact that she had several dogs with her, I think you should have been more prepared for trouble. Hindsight it 20/20 but you probably should have carried the toy away instead of letting your dog carry it away. This dog was not willing to give you a pass with the toy, you being a human. Chances are he was not going to give your dog a pass with it. And the lady with three dogs simply did not have the control to prevent her dog from starting a problem.
We don't have to be in the wrong, for our actions or inactions to make a crappy situation worse. Sometime, to avoid problems, because I do not know how someone else's dog might act, I will do a thing that I shouldn't be expected to do. I think that in most situations, we can look back and ask ourselves, what might I have done differently? It doesn't mean you were wrong. It is just trying to make you and your critter more safe in the future.
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UPDATE 3-Two killed, scores injured in Ugandan riots
* Security forces clear barricades
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By Barry Malone and Elias Biryabarema
KAMPALA, April 29 (Reuters) - Two people were killed on Friday and at least 90 injured as police fired live bullets and teargas to try to quell protests across the Ugandan capital over the arrest of an opposition leader.
Kizza Besigye, who was defeated by President Yoweri Museveni in a February presidential election, was detained on Thursday for the fourth time this month during a protest against high food and fuel prices.
Television footage showed Besigye being beaten and drenched repeatedly with pepper-spray before he was thrown into a police pickup truck. He was later released on bail for medical treatment and his lawyer said he could not see.
While the protests against rising living costs have not attracted a huge following, the manner in which Besigye was arrested unleashed a wave of anger in Kampala and at least two other towns in the east African country.
"Kampala will be like this every day until Besigye is safe," shouted one young man has he ran from military police firing live rounds into the air in Nakasero market.
Besigye left for neighbouring Kenya on Friday afternoon to seek medical treatment. An official in his party said he was not running away and hoped to be back for a court appearance on Monday if his eyes had recovered.
Military police fired live rounds, rubber bullets and teargas at burning barricades blocking the main road out of Kampala to the international airport in Entebbe and sprayed adjacent residential areas with bullets.
Shell casings littered the highway, teargas hung in the air and security forces beat local residents. Reuters witnesses saw burning barricades in at least seven areas of Kampala and there were reports of rioting in other districts.
A Reuters witness saw one victim lying in a pool of blood who appeared to have been shot in the head at a market.
Minister for Internal Affairs Kirunda Kivejinja told a news conference that two people had died in the violence, 90 were injured, 360 arrested and that the authorities were investigating reports of further injuries.
"The police, therefore, within its constitutional mandate restored law and order and removed the blocks from the roads, opened the roads, disengaged the crowds to ensure those with criminal intentions do not reach the city centre," he said.
Kivejinja also said Besigye and his aides had threatened the police with pepper spray and a hammer, and that the officers who arrested him had used "appropriate force".
"He and his group in the car had clear intentions to do harm to the police," the minister said.
Besigye's February election loss was the third time he had been defeated by his former ally Museveni. He has vowed to continue campaigning despite repeated detentions during protests that had killed at least five people before Friday.
Museveni, in power since 1986, blames drought for high food costs and soaring oil prices for surging local fuel costs, and has warned Besigye that his protests will not be tolerated.
Uganda's statistics bureau released inflation figures for April on Friday that showed the headline rate had leapt to 14.1 percent from 11.1 percent, with food prices up by nearly a third over the past year.
Uganda's opposition has called the government's decision to spend $720.6 million on Russian fighter jets a misuse of meagre resources.
In Besigye's home town of Rukungiri, a heavy deployment of security forces led youths to erect barricades while others fled the streets, residents said.
"There's immense anger in all Rukungiri because they can't believe security could treat Besigye like that," said Collins Nyangaro, a Rukungiri resident.
The Red Cross said two people had been injured in a town on Uganda's eastern border with Kenya.
"How can they teargas and beat an important man like that when he is telling the truth that we are poor? They spend our money on fighter jets and teargas when people have no food," shouted an angry protester in Kampala. (Additional reporting by Justin Dralaze and James Akena; writing by David Clarke; editing by Andrew Roche)
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01 December 2011
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The house has been OVERHAULED with Christmas cheer over the last few days and I can't wait to get our tree! I grew up with a 'faux' tree, but the Hubs is a 'realist'. Oh well. You win some, you lose some. I may have lost the Real vs. Fake battle, but I won the "Oh yes we DO need Christmas cheer in the bathroom" battle! *giggle*
Today kicks off My Creative Time's 12 Days of Christmas! If you've arrived here from Trell's blog - you're on the right track! If not, you can go to the beginning of the hop at Emma's blog so you don't miss out on any amazing projects!!! Today I'd like to share my Kietzman Christmas invitation with you. This is the third time we are hosting my family's Christmas celebration in our home, but it's the FIRST time we're hosting as a married couple. A phone call or text just won't do this year - I'm sending out invitations! *que the Christmas music*
My husband and I like the aqua & teal color combination - a lot. We use it throughout our home and also had it for our wedding colors. For the last two years, we've had a very elegant aqua/teal/silver/white Christmas color combo - but this year, we're spicing it up! I didn't want to get rid of the ornaments and decorations we already have, so we're just adding red and lime(ish) green to our current decor. Let me tell you - it looks FAB!
Since I'm a matchy-matchy kind of gal, I created our Kietzman Christmas invitations to coordinate with our new festive color scheme. Our invitations are a basic A2 sized card (portrait orientation with a bottom opening). To get the 'window' effect, I used MCT's XL Label Die to 'punch out' the opening in my red card stock and then popped it up on my card base and first layer. The snowflake (MCT's Anyday Bingo & Crossword) was stamped in Versamark and metallic silver.
To make sure that the card was an invitation and not just a greeting card, I decided not to use a Christmas sentiment, but to use the date of the party instead. December 23rd. Christmas Eve Eve, as we call it. With my brothers and sister all married with lots of other family to visit, we decided a few years ago that the 23rd was the PERFECT day for us all to get together. No running off to another party or getting home early for Santa - we have plenty of time on the 23rd to enjoy EACH OTHER.
The "December" stamp is from MCT's Whimsical Calendar Days and "23rd" is from All Around Birthday Time. I stamped the date on my white Stitched Oval, added some silver eyelets and popped it up on the red card stock. Of course, the adorable snowman hails from All Around Accessories and I colored him with my Copics. Stickles (Star Dust - my favorite) help to finish the card with a little snowy shimmer.
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I couldn't wait to RUSH over here!! hehehe! I am LOVING LOVING your invite!!! SO PERFECT & especially how you did the date instead of a sentiment, "Genius"!;) I might have to talk to my family about the whole Christmas "eve" "eve" thing because it's rough to see everyone rushing back & forth to all the different houses! AWESOME Job my sweet friend! LUV YA!;)
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That is REALLY cute! I love it.
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PS...I also think the bathroom is a perfect place for holiday decor! My hubs just shakes his head and smiles!
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I love this card and definatally am going to make it. I am in love with the color combo. Great job!
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firstname.lastname@example.com great invitation, your date oval looks like it is cut from white leather, look awesome, love the whole creation top to bottom, hope you have a great time with the family on the 23rd, a great Chrsitmas on the 25th a a fabulous 2012 :)
I really enjoyed the hop, I stumbled on it when I was checking out peoples creations for the PK LFIF challenge, then I got caught up in something else for a few hrs, but came bk to finish the hop, its only 4:27 a .m. and grouchy I mean hubby will be stirring soon, I better sneaky my hiney into bed. I'm pretty sure I am now a follower of each of the DT members...woot!- AnonymousDecember 4, 2011 at 9:59 PM
Great card, I love how you used the die!!
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Very cute snowman invitation! Love what you did with your color scheme...perfect. This would be so fun to receive in the mail. TFS
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Four Car Lengths
I re-watched Sleepless in Seattle a few weeks ago. I was flying home to Georgia to visit my family, and it was one of the complementary selections on the in-flight entertainment system. (The choices were Annie, Frozen, a straight-to-video Tinkerbelle flick, or Sleepless. I chose Sleepless.)
I enjoyed the movie—as I enjoy all Nora Ephron films—but about halfway through, I noticed something I'd never picked up on before. Whenever Annie (Meg Ryan) needed to park, there were always four car lengths of open curb in exactly the right place.
No need for parallel parking. No backing and filling. No circling the block and hoping for someone to vacate a spot. Always an empty parking space precisely where and when she needed one, and always four car lengths long. Enough room for Annie/Meg to zip right in on the first pass. No muss, no fuss.
It was a simple bit of movie magic, and one that made perfect sense for that genre of film. In the context of a romantic comedy, the ever-ready parking slots were both expedient and completely understandable. When you have less than two hours to create and resolve the complications of a human relationship, you don't want to waste precious minutes of screen time having Meg Ryan search for a place to park.
I get that. If I had directed the movie, I'm sure I would have solved the problem the same way that Nora Ephron did—by leaving four car lengths of open curb at the end of every driving scene.
But I'm not in the business of writing and directing romantic comedies. I write techno thrillers. In my genre, the goal is not to simplify the world. As I see it, the goal is to show the world in all of its gloriously messy complexity. Military hardware and tactics? Complicated. The international balance of power? Damned complicated. Global Geopolitics? Unbelievably complicated. The frailties, ambitions, and prejudices of flawed human leaders? Insanely fucking complicated.
Given the kind of books I write, it only makes sense that at least some of those complexities should be reflected in the stories I create. Anything less would amount to spoon-feeding my readers, which would be an insult to their intelligence, not to mention a complete waste of my time.
I suspect that most readers of techno thriller fiction would agree with me on that point. So you might be surprised to learn that the mainstream publishing industry does not agree with me at all. It turns out that acquisitions editors for the major houses don't want any of that nasty complex stuff in the novels they publish. At least not in my experience.
Over the past ten years, I've been asked variations of the same question from editors representing nearly every major house.
Is there any way to sort of "streamline" the political arc of this book?
Do you think the readers will be able to follow all of that technical information?
Aren't all these subplots a bit confusing?
Couldn't we get to the meat of the story quicker if we left out the historical underpinnings?
What do you think about drawing your protagonist and antagonist in sharper contrast?
Every one of those editors was doing his/her best to communicate through wink-wink-nudge-nudge circumlocution. Trying to ask the real question without ever having to speak the actual words.
The real question is this…
Can you please dumb this book down? You're completely overestimating the intelligence of the book-buying public.
My answer to this carefully-avoided query has always been the same. No. Not at all. Not ever.
If an editor wants to talk to me about pacing, I'm all ears. Character motivation? Lay it on me. Dialogue? Description? Theme? Readability? Language? Absolutely! Any of those. All of those. Whip out that blue pencil and let's edit the hell out of this thing. I'm willing to rewrite. I'm willing to polish. I'm willing to rip out twenty-five chapters and rework the whole damned thing.
As long as the goal is to weave a tighter, better, and more meaningful story. But if the intent is to dumb the book down, on the (false) assumption that readers are idiots, my answer is not just no. It's hell no.
I happen to believe that the world we live in is complex, chaotic, and utterly fascinating. The politics are not cut-and-dried. No real person has the purity of good or evil depicted in cartoon heroes and villains. Sometimes cultural conflicts fester for decades (or even centuries) without reaching any kind of lasting resolution. And we can't expect every detail to be tied up in a neat bundle by the time the end credits roll.
I also happen to believe that readers are smart enough to understand all of those things. That they can sift through the chaff to find the kernels of wheat. That they enjoy a story that isn't written for the lowest common denominator.
And when they come to the end of the book's journey, they don't expect to automatically find four car lengths of open parking at the curb.
Herman Wouk Is a Badass
For most of my life, I've been judging Herman Wouk's authorial Kung Fu on the basis of his 1952 novel, The Caine Mutiny. That always seemed like a pretty good yardstick to me. It was the only one of his books to win the Pulitzer Prize, so it must (logically) be the high water mark of his writing.
I was so confident in this assumption that I never bothered to read anything else written by the man. Instead, I contented myself with re-reading The Caine Mutiny every ten years or so—reliving the tribulations of the spoiled and callow young naval officer, Willie Keith, and the spectacularly-flawed Captain Philip Francis Queeg.
If you've never read the book, you should. It takes a hard look at the complexities of military politics and the pressures of wartime leadership, then goes on to examine the razor-thin boundaries that separate privilege-of-rank from abuse-of-power, personal interpretation from simple deception, and reasonable caution from outright cowardice. It also happens to be a rollicking good sea story, with enough saltwater action and human drama to keep an old Sailor like me flipping pages long into the night. (The movie is great, by the way. Humphrey Bogart gives a masterful performance as Queeg, and Fred MacMurray is wonderfully despicable as Lieutenant Keefer. But—as fine as it is—the film is no substitute for the book.)
I've always regarded The Caine Mutiny as one of the best novels ever written about the U.S. Navy, so I spent something like three and a half decades avoiding Mr. Wouk's later work. I knew instinctively that his other books would only disappoint me. He couldn't possibly equal the power, tension, and insight of that one book. No writer is that much of a badass.
Do you know what's worse than being stupidly and stubbornly wrong? Taking thirty-something years to figure out that you've been stupidly and stubbornly wrong. Because it turns out that Herman Wouk really is that much of a badass. His authorial Kung Fu is far greater than I ever imagined. After ignoring his subsequent books since the Carter Administration, I recently decided to take a chance on The Winds of War.
That book is not just good; it's fucking brilliant. As far as I'm concerned, it's better than The Caine Mutiny. Don't ask me how such a thing is possible, because I don't know. What I do know is that War and Remembrance is next in my reading stack.
Maybe it'll be as good as The Winds of War. Maybe not. At this point, I don't even care. Mr. Wouk—who celebrates his 100th birthday this month—has given us two astoundingly good novels about the United States Navy. It's probably too much to hope that he managed to make lightning strike a third time, but I'm damned well not waiting thirty years to find out.
Happy Birthday, Mr. W. You sir, are a Mark-1 Mod-0 Badass. I bow three times in the direction of your writing desk.
Plagiarism, Ice Cream Cake, and the Red Baron
I didn't realize it at the time, but my first experience with writing military fiction was also my first experience with plagiarism. I was seven years old, and my family had just moved from Marietta, Georgia to the nearby town of Austell. Our new house was only a dozen or so miles from our old apartment, but the distance was enough to put me in a different school district.
Before our change of address, I wasn't even aware that other schools existed. Park Street Elementary in Marietta wasn't just my school. It was the school. The only one I'd ever seen. How could I possibly go to school anywhere else?
But it turned out that there were other schools in the universe. I discovered this when I found myself sitting at an unfamiliar desk, listening to an unfamiliar teacher, in a classroom full of complete strangers, in a preposterously round school building called Richard B. Russell Elementary. (My mom said my new school looked like a donut. My dad called it the circus tent. I preferred to think of it as Hell.)
A few months later, I would learn that there are worst things in life than changing schools in the middle of the year, but if you had told me that back then, I wouldn't have believed you.
Except for my brother who was two grades ahead of me and avoiding me like the plague, I didn't know a single person in that school. No friends in the classroom. No familiar faces in the lunch line. No one to pal around with at recess. No seat buddy on the school bus. Even the textbooks and assignment sheets were strange and alien to me.
So when my new teacher announced that she would be holding a story writing contest, she had my attention immediately. As she laid out the rules, I began to smile. The stories would be submitted anonymously, and the class would vote to select the best one. (Good… Good…) Illustrations would be permitted. (Even better, as I considered myself something of an artist.) And the grand prize was to be an ice cream cake, which the winner could take home to his or her family.
I nearly stood up and cheered when the teacher revealed this last part. This was my chance! It was the perfect setup! I would write a dazzlingly brilliant story, brought to eye-popping life by my full-color art work. My classmates would not even realize that they were acknowledging the glory and talent of the new kid when they selected my entry as the obvious winner. And then, when I was basking in their collective adoration, I would have an announcement of my own. Ice cream cake for everyone! The frozen delight would not be going home with me on the bus. I would be sharing it with my fellow students.
No longer would I be the new kid. I would be the story master. The artist. The provider of icy confections. All would love and admire me. And best of all, I already had the ideal story in mind.
My favorite song back then was Snoopy vs. the Red Baron, by the Royal Guardsmen. If you've never heard it, you can take my word; that was a pretty cool song. In addition to having a catchy tune, it told the story of a beagle who takes to the skies atop his dog house, to duel with the infamous World War I flying ace, Manfred von Richthofen.
To my seven year old mind, that song had everything a story could possibly need. It had a flawless balance of military action and humor. It had history. It had a life-and-death struggle against superior odds. It had blazing machine guns, and a flying freaking dog. With that much literary goodness going for me, how could I possibly lose?
I sharpened my number two pencil and got to work. After a bit of deliberation, I decided to change the title. I was certain that none of the other kids in the class were cool enough to listen to the Royal Guardsmen, but there was a slim chance that one of them had heard the song in passing. To be on the safe side, I changed Snoopy to Spot. This was, I judged, a sufficient injection of originality. For the rest of the story, I could rely on the actual contents of the song, along with a couple of illustrations depicting my visual interpretations of aerial combat between a murderous flying ace and a cute cartoon dog.
I paraphrased the plot line of the song. "A long time ago, after the turn of the century, in the cloudless blue skies above Germany…"
When it came time to extol von Richthofen's impressive record of kills, I quoted the lyrics verbatim. "Ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty or more. The Bloody Red Baron was rolling out the score. Eighty men died trying to end that stree of the Bloody Red Baron of Germany."*
*The word "spree" was not part of my vocabulary at age seven, and I assumed that I would learn all about the mysterious term "stree" at some point during the second grade. Or possibly the third.
With such a powerful source to draw from, my story was finished in no time. Away went the number two pencil, and out came the felt-tipped markers. I was determined to make the art work every bit the equal of the literary tour de force I had just penned. And so I did.
My first drawing depicted the deadly Baron in the cockpit of a bright red delta-winged fighter jet. (I apparently didn't have a good handle on the state of the art for World War I aircraft in those days.) Streaking from the Baron's jet toward some hapless Allied aircraft were at least thirty missiles, each trailing black curly smoke and long tails of orange fire. The Allied plane—not nearly as badass as the Baron's delta-wing—was already pockmarked with black dots that represented bullet holes. The pilot was clearly done for.
My second drawing showed Snoopy… I mean Spot… astride his dog house, flying straight toward a head-on collision with the Red Baron's jet. Guided missiles and machinegun bullets (represented by dashed lines) screamed across the page in both directions. It was a snapshot in time, captured a mere fraction of a second before all of those lethal projectiles struck home. Chaos and disaster just one heartbeat away.
The finished product exceeded my wildest expectations. Looking over my story and drawings, I knew instantly that I was going to win. No one could possibly compete with the lurid high-octane excitement of Spot vs. the Red Baron.
I left my name off the pages, as instructed, and carried my masterpiece to the teacher's desk where I laid it face down. (Also as instructed.)
Then I had to sit at my desk and wait, while all of the slower kids in class struggled to complete their doomed entries in my contest. I passed the time by mentally practicing my acceptance speech, and imagining the taste of ice cream cake garnished with victory.
At last, the final story was turned in. The teacher shuffled through the pile, pulled out a story at random, and read it to the class, holding up the attached drawings for examination by her students. I didn't think much of the story or the illustrations. They were adequate, I supposed, but definitely not in the same caliber as my work.
Teacher read another story, and another, and then another. I sat waiting for mine. And waiting.
She finished off a lame tale about a purple horse who could turn invisible, and then proclaimed the voting period open.
I was stunned. What about Spot vs. the Red Baron? Had she overlooked my story? Was such a thing even possible?
My hand shot up. The teacher ignored me.
I waved my raised arm from side to side, in the time-honored gesture used to capture the notice of inattentive pedagogues. The teacher made eye contact with me, gave her head a single shake, and proceeded with the mechanics of soliciting votes for the contest.
This was appalling! I was being cut out of the contest! Denied my rightful chance at victory! But no matter how long I kept my hand in the air, it was clear that the teacher was not going to call on me.
Finally, the prize was awarded. I think it went to the purple horse story. I honestly don't remember.
I lowered my unacknowledged hand in defeat, and sat through the rest of the school day in disbelieving silence. My master plan was in tatters, and I didn't even know where I had gone wrong.
When the final bell of the day rang, I joined the scrum of kids shuffling toward the exit. The teacher intercepted me at the door, and handed back my story.
She had circled the word "stree" in red ink, along with an annotation to check my spelling. In the margin was a note which read, "Nice drawings and good penmanship. Look up the word 'Plagiarism' when you get home.
I did look up the word, and then I understood why my story had been disqualified. It had never occurred to me that stories and even choices of phrase might actually belong to the people who created them. I took that lesson to heart, and I've spent my life as a writer trying to avoid making that same mistake again.
And—to this day—I don't know what ice cream cake tastes like.
Secret Messages
A few years ago, a retired literary agent and long-time friend of mine made a rather interesting comment about my naval warfare books. He remarked that I was rapidly becoming the first military techno-thriller author in history to build a successful career out of writing anti-war novels. Before I could respond, he went on to compliment me for weaving the anti-war message into my stories so subtly that no one had ever caught me in the act.
I honestly didn't know how to respond. I'll admit that I've explored certain themes in my writing. For instance, Sea of Shadows explores what might happen if an unprepared president takes military advice from his political cronies, while ignoring the counsel of the people who are actually qualified to guide him. The book also examines the dangers of becoming a slave to established doctrine in situations where it clearly doesn't apply.
In my opinion, both of those concepts are worthy of discussion in real life, and they happen to double nicely as complicating factors in the story. But I wouldn't consider them messages. In fact, I don't consider them messages. I've never intentionally set out to imbed messages in my stories. I write thriller novels. My job is to entertain readers. Period. Not to educate them. Not to influence their opinions. Not even to broaden their horizons. If I can keep readers turning the pages and smiling, I've accomplished my entire mission.
So I was surprised (and frankly a bit upset) when this wise and trusted literary guru congratulated me for the clever subversiveness of my anti-war message. I asked him to explain. He did…
"You're writing combat action thrillers," he said, "but your stories are never about crushing the enemy. In your books, the U.S. military units fight until their objectives are satisfied, and then stop. The Soldiers and Sailors don't wave the banners of victory and proclaim American supremacy. They do their jobs as quickly as possible, and then they go home. No fanfare. No parades. No grandstanding about the glory of war, or moralizing about how the bad guys had it coming."
Listening to my friend speak, I started to get a glimmer of where he was coming from. Most of what he was saying was true, but I don't think any of that qualifies as a secret message. It's more like my basic view of military action, formed over many years of life in uniform.
War sucks. So does open heart surgery, and so does chemotherapy. Military intervention is never a good answer. But sometimes—for all of the attendant horror and suffering—it ends up being the best of all the bad options available. When that happens, like cardiac surgery or chemo, your best course of action is to get it over with as skillfully and quickly as you possibly can.
Heart of a Military Woman
If you know anything at all about me, you've probably realized that I spend a lot of time talking about the nature of heroism. I keep coming back to this topic because I think it's vitally important. Our very way of life depends upon people who are willing to face risk and bear the sacrifices required to keep our nation safe.
I recently came across a book that explores heroism from an angle which is too often overlooked. Heart of a Military Woman by Sheryl L. Roush and Eldonna Lewis Fernandez is a collection of stories, poems, musings, and sayings, by and about military women. Sometimes funny, sometimes profound, and sometimes heart wrenching, these are the thoughts and experiences of our women in uniform.
Sheryl Roush has kindly agreed to let me reprint one of the stories here…
The Price to Pay
I am a mother, wife, nurse, and an Army Master Sergeant. In February 2003, as a Reservist, I was mobilized to serve my country when my daughter was only three years old. If I had to think of the hardest event in my life, it would have to be the day I left. The front page of the Dallas Morning News said it all in a picture. It showed my daughter being ripped from my arms as I boarded the bus to leave. I have a love for my country and if everyone said, "Military life is not for me," there would be no one to keep us safe at home. That heartache you never really get over it – and your child never forgets it.
It became a way of life for my daughter to have her mother leave. At age five, In December 2004, I was mobilized again. The sadness I felt was relived all over again. This time my daughter was more understanding. In her Kindergarten class she would say, "My mom is serving her country so we can live here free." I do not know if she truly understood what she was saying, because it was so far beyond her years. But living the life as a military child teaches our children values others never really achieve.
I trained soldier medics, who were on their way to Iraq, the skills they must possess to stay alive and help others who were in need of medical help on the battlefield. The pride I felt – and still feel – to get an email back saying lives were saved from what I taught is beyond words.
As a woman and mother of three, I have a fear after 15 years of serving my country, I will get that call again. But it is a price I must pay to make sure my children will have a safe place in which to grow old.
—Angela Perez, Master Sergeant, USAR
I don't know about you, but that short little piece speaks to me as a parent, as an old ex-warrior, and as an American.
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Throwdown Thursday: Faking It
According to the Huffington Post, a man in the UK was recently arrested for faking a coma for two years. (Here I'll insert a pre-emptive apology to those of you who were hoping we'd take up the topic of an entirely different sort of "faking it"). Apparently, he was about to go on trial for swindling an elderly neighbor out of more than $60,000. Sadly, before his trial date, he "fell and broke his neck," resulting in a "vegetative state". Only, it has recently been discovered that this vegetative state included driving, shopping, and family vacations. I am horrified by this story, but Momus is Coma Guy's biggest fan.
Momus: OK, the scam part is not admirable….well not ethical at least…kind of impressive in the depth of commitment really. But faking a coma to get out of two years of life's responsibilities? This man could be an inspiration to an entire generation. Imagine calling in sick one day to that job you despise, and then deciding "Hey, why don't I turn this into two years?" Kind of uber Timothy Leary: "Fall Down, Look Lame, Veg Out."
Cassandra: How bereft of human decency does one have to be to fake a coma?! At least his wife was apparently in on it. I hope she used it to get him to do ALL the housework. You know you would be scrubbing the bathrooms on a weekly basis if I had to cover for your malingering ass.
Momus: Fair enough. There would certainly be some tit-for-tat if an accomplice was needed, but this is not just malingering. It is Hall of Fame malingering. Decency is not really the salient dimension here. How many artists fail the human decency test? Many, if not most, of them. But you can still admire their craft – the output of their creativity. This guy is the Picasso of dirtbags.
Cassandra: I admire nothing. The guy laid flat on his back for two years and faked brain death. Apparently, you have decided that is your highest calling. I remain appalled.
And on another dimension, how bored must this guy have been? After about day 4 I'd be calling uncle.
Momus: Just think of the stamina needed to cope with that kind of boredom. Although it sounds like when all concerned eyes were off of him, he was doing the fandango around his local supermarket. Some chinks in his long con. The boredom is what would be my undoing. Whenever I have to sit on the couch and pretend I'm listening to my father's stories about his childhood barber, I feel like body parts are going to start flying off.
Cassandra: So basically, what you're actually looking for is a Get Out of Responsibility Free card accompanied by an unlimited day pass to fun. Maybe throw in a Disney E ticket for good measure?
Momus: Well OK, now we understand one another. A vacation of a complete liberation from responsibilities? Perish the thought!
Cassandra: I guess that doesn't surprise me. Still, I give Coma Guy a big fat Fail.
Momus: Two thumbs up from me!
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17 thoughts on "Throwdown Thursday: Faking It"
Get Out of Responsibility Free card,yes. LOVE the idea of that. Just have to figure out how to obtain this free pass ethically though.
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I just realized what I'd really like is a Get Out of Loading/Unloading Dishwasher Free card. It's amazing, four people live in my house and I appear to be the only one with "dishwashing" skills. Oh and there's my awesome "laundry" skills!
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And this is why I will never be a criminal mastermind. It would never occur to me to "fake" a coma. A sprained ankle, maybe, but a coma, no.
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I'm such a terrible liar, I'd never be able to do it. Even if by doing it I was only supposed to be still and act unconscious (which I don't think I could do for two minutes, much less two years). Once I had to cancel an appointment with a massage therapist last minute, and when she asked, I lied and said I had a friend coming in from out of town. The next appointment she asked how my visit with my friend was, and I was sure she could feel the lie coming out of the muscles in my back while I lay there, unmoving.
I guess the point is: I'll never be a criminal mastermind. Even if I were in an actual coma, I'm sure I'd have a liar's aura or something.
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Faking a coma for 2 years – that neatly describes a couple of my old university lecturers!
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This whole thing reminds me of "I Love You, Philip Morris" when Jim Carrey's character pretended to be dying of AIDS to escape prison. Based on a true story. How. HOW!?!
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Line of the year: Whenever I have to sit on the couch and pretend I'm listening to my father's stories about his childhood barber, I feel like body parts are going to start flying off.
Haha the Picasso of dirtbags – that's hilarious!
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I'm team Cassandra on this one. I can't stand laziness!
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In the main garden.
Roads here are in a serious state.Not much of a thaw out yet.A let up is not in the air yet.
Still though no snow falling,so not to bad,and able to walk around the garden this morning.Despite been messy,it is a bit of the way.
Thaw is slowly having an effect here.
We need that thaw for sure Fran.Just after five this evening,fresh snow has been falling since.Hopefully not for to long more.
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Hello Stampers! Today I have an inky bookmark to share with you.
Next, I used Black Archival Ink to stamp the words from the Journaling Words & Creative Art Thoughts Plates repeatedly down the bookmark, then I inked the edges with the black ink. I stamped the small dancer from the Dance Plate, 3 times onto white card, using faded jeans, dusty concord & chipped sapphire Distress Inks, then cut them all out. I glued them to the bookmark, as shown in the photo, using Glossy Accents.
I smeared Rock Candy Distress Stickles all over the bookmark, then dried this with a heat gun. I used dusty concord Distress Stains to colour some seam binding, then stamped the word Dance with the black Archival Ink. I punched a hole at the top of the bookmark, added an eyelet & some of the seam binding, leaving a piece to add to the bottom edge. Finally, I added some crystal beads to the top to finish.
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"It's beyond a tragedy. It's really an act of terrorism and, in my mind, a cold-blooded assassination."
George Pataki
"[Neighboring India called the assassination a] terrorist crime. ... a vicious act of terror."
Condoleezza Rice
"Demoralize the enemy from within by surprise, terror, sabotage, assassination. This is the war of the future."
Adolf Hitler
"This is a criminal act, a political assassination and a continued Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people."
Saeb Erakat
"The main message is that in a democracy, [assassination] is not the means to change policy, ... Unfortunately, the assassin was right: for a while, there was a freeze in process."
Yitzhak Rabin
"Calling for the assassination of a head of state is a terrorist act,"
Hugo Chavez
"The assassination of his character, to me, is absolutely ludicrous. There's no question in my mind, if there's a person in the world of hockey that deserves the benefit of the doubt in a situation such as this, it's Wayne Gretzky."
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Although the farthest I have traveled in the United States from California is Nevada, there is a burger joint in Chicago that really interests me. Called Kuma's Corner, its menu mostly contains burgers named after heavy metal bands. They include the Mastodon, Black Sabbath, Darkthrone, Neurosis, Bongzilla, and hell the YOB burger; I will listen to that band while slowly eating it down. Occasionally they would also have limited run burger choices including the Nachtmystium. Besides the heavy metal named burgers, there is the Kuma Burger that just sounds tasty (bacon, cheddar, fried egg).
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Today's creation is another patchwork totebag from Moda's "Butterfly Fling" charm packs. The fabrics for this one are just yummy and made me feel Happy & Smiling the whole time I was making it.
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**Rejoicing in All Seasons**
by Debbie Holloway, Crosswalk.com [Family
_"The hope of the righteous brings joy"_ ([Proverbs
I'm currently in the process of moving – but only a few miles away. During the
intense first weekend of driving back and forth constantly from the old house
to the new apartment, I was always amused when I passed by one curious little
house. We began moving in on Valentine's Day weekend, and this little brick
house by the roadside was decked in red and white lights and glowing hearts
dotting their lawn. During the daylight it was easy to miss the house, but
come nightfall it stood out like a beacon of Valentine's Day glory.
A few days after Valentine's Day passed, however, the hue emanating from the
house transformed from red to chipper Irish green as the occupants geared up
for St. Patrick's day – complete with shamrocks instead of hearts. My initial
reaction to this was something like, _Wow. These folks really love their
As I would drive past the house over the following days and weeks, it got me
thinking something else, though. Very few of us embrace change so exuberantly
as these (I imagine) quaint little homeowners. Very few of us throw ourselves
wholeheartedly into the season of _right now_. It's tempting for many of us to
leave the Christmas lights up past New Years, simply because it's hard to let
go of the nostalgia of that warm, fuzzy time. Many of us are picky about what
we celebrate. Not these folks, though! They seem delighted just to be able to
revel in the fact that we _have_ holidays.
That's an attitude I could probably learn from. I think of Jesus turning water
to wine, of all the celebrations, holidays and jubilees that God instituted
for the Jews, and I think – God loves an excuse to have joy and celebration!
If I can smile, rejoice, and bring attention to a thing of beauty and
excitement, I think I should. Just like the people who use every holiday as an
excuse to dress up their little house and share a little light with the
**Intersecting [Faith](http://www.crosswalk.com/faith/) and Life: **Do you roll your eyes at the exuberance of others? Or do you take every opportunity to rejoice in the beauty of the world around us? Take a moment to celebrate something small.
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Sunday, May 16, 2010
Review: Peppermint OS
I recommend you pay a visit to their official SITE for a full summary of features, but here's a list with some highlights:
- Peppermint OS foundations are designed to provide optimum performance. As a result, it is particularly fast overall, specially with the default window manager, LXDE.
- Along those lines, many of the popular applications usually preinstalled in other Linux distros were left out in favor of low disk space usage. Instead, Peppermint OS approach heavily leans towards the cloud, including Google Docs, Gmail and Google Reader among others.
- Ease of use is another priority, with applications working from the get go. In my experience, minimal tweaking was required, none for basic functionality.
Peppermint OS uses the popular LiveCD for installation. You can download the ISO image from HERE. Simply copy it to a CD and boot from it.
The boot process is not worthy of any special attention. Starting with a simple text menu, the OS loads considerably fast for a LiveCD and before you know it, the LXDE desktop is in front of you. From there on, simply click on the "Install Peppermint OS" shortcut and follow the usual steps.
Peppermint OS lineage includes Debian, Ubuntu and Linux Mint. That shows on the installation wizard as well as on many internal features.
So how does it do? Pretty well, actually!
As expected, the boot process is quite fast. Getting to the login screen is particularly quick, after briefly passing through a splash screen similar to the latest Ubuntu's.
There are three window managers available: KDE, OpenBox and LXDE, which is the default. For me, it was the first time using it and I found it interesting and quick. Don't expect much in terms of eyecandy tweaking, but I can't say it looks bad either.
The Peppermint OS desktop and the Internet applications available.
As I mentioned already, Peppermint OS is Internet and cloud oriented. Using Prism, it presents several such applications wrapped as if they were installed locally. Gmail, Google Reader, Google Docs, Seesmic web and others come as default Internet and Office applications. I particularly liked finding Dropbox preinstalled as well.
The Peppermint OS Office applications installed are all cloud based.
Seesmic is among the Cloud based applications available, a great Twitter client.
File management
Using LXDE, the PCMan file manager is the default. For those favoring speed over other criteria, PCMan is a dream. Look&Feel changes are very limited, though.
The Peppermint OS LXDE PCMan File manager.
Interestingly, you can access Dolphin from LXDE, so it is a bit of having the best of worlds.
KDE's Dolphin is also available for those leaning towards good looks.
System stuff
Most system features I tested were working smoothly and fast. Reconnecting to the default wireless connection when logging in was particularly simple and quick. Inserting a USB drive brought up the usual dialog, as displayed below:
USB plug-in dialog.
The system appearance settings are managed through the LXDE manager as expected, but I found it confusing to see the System settings managed through KDE's own manager. In fact, that happens as well when using KDE, which shows the LXDE system manager. For instance, trying to change system fonts from KDE was apparently changing those of LXDE and viceversa. I guess it is easy to work around the problem once you get the vibe, but seems like this piece requires some polishing.
Another system application I found very interesting is the Disk Utility.
Peppermint OS Disk Utility.
Among the features available, I found the Benchmark one to be very nice. After just a few seconds I was getting a nice graph showing read speed on my drive. (As you can see, I installed Peppermint OS on a USB drive)
Peppermint OS Disk Utility.
Firefox is the default Internet browser, sporting the latest 3.6.3 release. Although not as fast as in PCLinuxOS, it feels quicker than in does when running in Ubuntu. Flash player codecs were installed during installation, which is a nice thing.
Firefox is included and on the latest stable release.
Installing and updating Software
Peppermint OS uses Linux Mint's Update manager and Software Center. If you have used Linux Mint, you know they are both easy to use. My main complaint about both has always been their poor performance in general.
The Software Center is quite nice, using an interface that is very similar to that in Ubuntu. I don't know who's copying who, but they are almost identical. In all fairness, I think it was Linux Mint who first started using this concept, back when Ubuntu relied solely on the Synaptic Package manager.
Mint's Software Center main screen.
Many of the applications available have user reviews, as well as long descriptions which provide great explanations for the end user. Screenshots are mostly missing, but I am guessing they will be populated eventually. Aside from the categories displayed, the search feature works pretty well, returning search results quite quickly. It is the installation process that can get painfully slow.
Mint's Software Center search results screen for Minitube.
The Mint Update manager particularly can get ridiculously slow. I am not sure if this is down to Linux Mint's own repositories lacking bandwidth, Peppermint's repositories or both, but it can easily get frustrating.
Mint Update main screen.
Audio & Video
As could be expected, most audio and video apps are cloud based. Some interesting ones are installed locally though, such as the great Banshee audio player or the lightweight Asunder CD burner.
Peppermint OS has Audio and Video covered with a number of cool applications.
All in all, I think there is enough here to get your thirst for video and music satisfied both while connected and when offline.
Peppermint OS is a very nice project with a fresh and very interesting approach to how Linux should shape up for modern users. Far from the extremely minimalistic approach taken by Google with Google Chrome OS, Peppermint OS actually keeps enough local weight to keep your attention when you can't go online.
In fact, one thing I specially like about Peppermint's approach is that it provides lots of flexibility. On the one hand, you may choose to go minimalistic, going for an OS that can take as little as 512MB of hard drive space. Nothing would prevent you from installing many of the applications available and beefing up the local catalog though, consequently getting closer to a standard desktop OS.
All in all, Peppermint OS is a very nice Linux twist which I definitely recommend trying.
Have fun!
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Our group here at Sandia National Labs reviewed Peppermint OS and was pleased with the operating system. Although the customer support on their IRC channel was rude and disrespectful to their guests. Also Kendall did not seem to entertain the idea of making more money or being funded for working with us on the cloud products. He was more worried about going for a drink at the local tavern. Good OS but not very delightful work ethic and customer service. Thats why linux doesn't make it in this world. To many hacker want to bees and not enough real world business experience. Xubuntu has a flavor that is made with more quality and a much more stable environment. They also have better customer service and reliable upgrades.
ReplyDelete- AnonymousJanuary 16, 2011 at 3:38 AM
thanx for the revieuw.
this is the note- / netbook distro for me!
<3 it!!! Excellent, I think you're very explicative. Openbox is designed to be small, fast, and fully compliant with the Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual and Extended Window Manager Hints. It supports many features such as menus by which the user can control applications or which display various dynamic information. 23jj
ReplyDelete- AnonymousMarch 19, 2011 at 10:24 AM
Nice review. I an new to linux and tried this OS on my 4 y/o mac book pro (via Virtualbox). It flies! I am seriously thinking about installing it as my default os!
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