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Need to kill some bugs12/21
I have the opportunity to get a lot of walnut (5000+ bf) from a friends widow who passed. I inspected the wood which is in a pole barn, and has evidence of powder post beetles. Some of this wood was milled in the 1980's. I pulled a few pieces and ran them through a planer and found that the damage seems to be limited to the sap wood. The MC was about 12% (I live in upstate NY). I would like to build a box about 4'x4'x12' and add a heat source that would allow me to kill the bugs. What can I use as a heat source for the box?
A portable propane or electric heater might work, but specific effort would have to be made to assure sufficient heat distribution through stickered lumber. Temperature would have to be monitored and of course you would need to be very, very concerned and cautious over fire risk.
The planer shavings now have the insects in them, if it is indeed the lyctid PPB. The planed pieces may also. You need to deal with this as well as the rest of the lumber.
Do not allow the non-infected lumber of any species to get close to the untreated wood or shavings or sawdust.
Note tha there are also other PPB that infect wood during air drying that do not survive in very dry wood. One common one is the ambrosia beetle. So, Dryng to under 9% can get rid of them.
Thanks for the info. The plan for the wood is to put it in a pole barn, not near any other wood, and kiln it as I have time. Aft the kiln I would store it in my garage, probably ripping the sap wood off first.
I was unaware that the dust could also be an issue, I'm glad I haven't moved any of the wood home. I ran the wood through the planer where the infested wood currently is. The dust was collected by a dust collector and I swept up after ward and all went to the trash.
most residential duty portable heaters have safety switches that turn them off at temperatures that are too low to kill bugs. Some will stay running but most won't so you have to be a little creative.
A 120V base board heater can be made to work. They come with a built in safety thermostat that needs to be dealt with though. Using a thermostat from a water heater installed in the baseboard unit bypassing the safety one works for me to get to a controlled 140 degrees. No warranty and no guarantees. 24-48 hours and bugs are dead!
One reason for the upper limit switch is the durability of the nsulation on the wires.
I'll check into base board heater, I had looked quick but saw they had the safety limit in them so I ruled it out. Bypassing the thermostat seems plausible. I have a relative who is an electrician I can discuss the insulation on the wiring with.
What is the minimum temperature I need to maintain to kill the bugs? Whats a good method of making sure the core gets hot enough?
There are complicated ways to make sure the wood gets to 56c all the way through for at least 30 minutes. But they can be more trouble than you need. if you get the chamber to 140f and hold it overnight, you should be fine. This is not for export certification


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Friday, 3 June 2016
This week's smiles....week 172
5 comments:
- Twiglet said...
Fab photos - they look like seasoned travellers don't they!! x Jo
- 3 June 2016 at 08:53
- Angela Radford said...
Hi Annie. It's so sweet to see them walking along holding hands, long may it continue and welcome back to you too. Hugs, Angela xXx
- 3 June 2016 at 09:31
- mamapez5 said...
What a lovely header you have for your page Annie.
I enjoyed following your holiday on Facebook. I am glad you had such a lovely time.
The photos of the twinnies are lovely, especially the one of them walking through the airport holding hands, each pulling their own little case.
I hope you enjoy the benefit of your holiday for a while to come. Hugs. Kate x
- 3 June 2016 at 23:15
- Neet said...
Love the photo of the twins leaving with their little cases - so cute - would make a great rubber stamp.
Glad you enjoyed your holiday, you have worked so hard it was time for some relaxation.
Hugs, Neet xx
- 4 June 2016 at 10:49
- Lisca Meijer said...
Looks like your little grandies have had a good time.
Sorry, I haven't joined this time. As you have probably seen (as you follow me on FB) I went to Córdoba for a few days.
Have a great weekend,
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Satcaster wooing additional music companiesLONDON -- U.K. satcaster BSkyB is partnering with Universal Music to launch into the digital music market, the parties said Tuesday.
The satcaster will be the majority stakeholder in the unnamed startup venture, with Universal taking an undisclosed equity stake.
The startup will compete with music download stores from companies such as 7digital and HMV and offer an alternative to Apple's iTunes in the U.K.
The service, which is likely to be Sky-branded, will offer a monthly subscription service unlike iTunes' track-by-track purchasing.
The subscription will give users unlimited access to streamed tracks plus a set number of download-to-own songs.
Universal Music's catalog of songs from artists including Amy Winehouse, U2, Kanye West, Duffy, Rihanna, Eminem, Elton John and Abba will be on the roster.
Downloaded tracks will work on any device that can play MP3s, including iPods and mobile phones, Sky said.
BSkyB said it is in negotiations with other music companies to join the venture and to potentially take equity with Universal billed as "the first" to sign up.
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When Britain's Minister of State, Selwyn Lloyd[,] became bored with a speech by Russia's Andrei Vishinsky in UN debate, he borrowed a Dizzy Gillespie bebop expression and commented: "Dig that broken record." While most translators pondered the meaning, a man who takes English and puts it into Chinese gave this translation: "Recover the phonograph record which you have discarded." ["Jet," Oct. 15, 1953]
Jonas Bronck, who arrived at New Amsterdam in 1639, and whose name is perpetuated in Bronx Borough, Bronx Park, Bronxville -- in New York -- was a Scandinavian, in all probability a Dane and originally, as it seems, from Thorshavn, Faroe Islands, where his father was a pastor in the Lutheran Church. Faroe then belonged to Denmark-Norway and had been settled by Norwegians. The official language of the island in Bronck's days was Danish. ... Bronck may have been a Swede if we judge by the name alone for the name of Brunke is well known in Sweden. [John Oluf Evjen, "Scandinavian immigrants in New York, 1630-1674," Minneapolis, 1916]
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Emerson microwave ovens have a line fuse that protects them from too much electricity. If the line fuse is blown, the unit stops working. Replacing this fuse requires pulling the outer cabinet to access the fuse.
Once the owner locates and removes the fuse, he should test it with a multimeter. With the meter set to Rx1, the display should read O ohms when the ends of the probes touch either end of the fuse. If the fuse gives any other reason, it is defective and requires replacement. Before replacing the fuse, the person testing the fuse should determine the underlying problem because replacement fuses typically continue to blow until a repair is made.


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Not long ago I had a conversation with three Quakers, each from a different part of the US. We talked about Friends in Kenya, the east African country where the largest concentration of Quakers live. I expressed my concerns about an upcoming seminary faculty trip there and how I did not want us to continue the long history of cultural imperialism that dishonors the Other by assuming we have what they need.
We then discussed briefly the denominational body, Friends United Meeting, that provides oversight for many of the yearly meetings (i.e., regional associations) in the country [CORRECTION: 'provide oversight,' was my original phrase but is probably not the best description…perhaps, instead: 'that works in a partnership with']. I commented, as I often do, that given the demographics and population density of global Quakerism, that the denominational office should relocate to Nairobi or, that we should have more Kenyans working in the central offices here in Richmond, Indiana, or at minimal, we ought relinquish US oversight of Kenyans Quakers.
Since we were talking about education, I mentioned the irony that STILL, we (i.e., white, US Quakers) were in leadership of the major Friends theological training institute in the country, Friends Theological College (FTC).
I'm a professor so I am accustomed to having a room full of people disagree with me. It's part of the job. However, this conversation was startling. Each person, two women, one man, in his or her own way, stated that Friends can't be trusted…at least Kenyan Friends. I wasn't prepared for that.
"They're not ready yet to have leadership." (Really? FTC was founded in 1942…that's 68 years ago.)
"There has been so much corruption in the past, I'm not sure it's time." (Friends are no stranger to scandals: financial, sexual, political. To suggest, however, that having a white North American in leadership is a guarantee this will not happen in Kenya is nothing short of insulting.)
"They need someone in leadership who has academic credentials the Kenyan government will acknowledge." (Ok. I understand this argument. For accreditation and for public recognition, academic qualifications are crucial. However, what I do not understand is how in over half a century of involvement we have not been able to do what is necessary to minimize this dependency.)
Then came the final blow. One of my conversation partners said: "They don't trust each other. They want us to be there."
I do not know whether this is true, but I suspect it is just another one of the self-assuring justifications that have been used for centuries by those who colonize and who subjugate others in the name of a great ideal. In this case, the "ideal" is a version of Quakerism I simply do not recognize.
I want to state in no uncertain terms that I have a great deal of respect for the persons who have been and who are presently providing leadership in FTC. Some of them are personal friends of mine. My concern is not about the personalities but with the principle. This is, it seems to me, the inverse of the last comment made in my conversation with these three Friends. For some, at least, the principle is: "We do not trust them. We want to be there."
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"Before I left this school for 2 yrs, i met this cute white guy. He seemed really nice and charming. I thought it was super cute that he kept staring at me, but when I'd catch him, he'd look away. Unfortunately, I don't remember his name anymore. I kno a few things for sure, it was really nice of him to gather up the courage to talk to me. He asked me what class I came from, what my name was and what an impression was (artistically speaking). He made me laugh when he said something around the lines of, 'my impression of you.' I admit, it was hella corny, but it was really cute.
I met him a second time after my art night class ended. What I regret most about this part of this meeting was what I did. I was listening to pandora radio when I saw him again. He left a small gap between him and I. Then he sat really close to me to the point where his right leg and my left leg could accidentally bump into each other. I regret not talking to him that time 🙁 I knew he was there, thinking back, I guess I ignored him. I really wish I hadn't. If he still goes to SCC, I'd like to talk to him again and really get to kno him. I hope I find him or the guy who wrote me that really nice note. #obliviousasianchickprobs"


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The Majestic
1. Peter Appleton (Jim Carrey) seems to have it all: a beautiful girlfriend, a house in Hollywood, a nice car, and a successful career, until he is included on the infamous Hollywood Blacklist. Soon everything seems to disappear. He loses his job as a scriptwriter, his girlfriend, and his success all at once. After a couple drinks Appleton decides to go for a car ride, loses control of his car, and drives off a bridge. He ends up washed ashore with a sudden case of amnesia. A stranger finds him, and brings him to town, where everyone mistakes him for being Luke Tremble, a soldier who fought in World War II, and has been lost for nine years. Worst of all, Harry Tremble (Martin Landau) mistakes him for his lost son. While Peter struggles for memories, he helps his "father" reopen The Majestic, a movie theater that he once ran.
Harry Tremble dies just as Peter begins to regain memories of his "old life." The climax of this film is near the end when Appleton stands before Congress and declares his innocence regarding the Blacklist involvement. Instead of the expected outcome: being thrown in jail, Peter is seen as a hero by many.
2. Although this film portrays the theater, The Majestic, as being a magical place, it also portrays other mediums as being unstable, indecisive, and unreliable. Even though the newspapers and Hollywood production studios had no evidence of Peter being a Communist he was titled as one, and fired. In the beginning of this film different types of medium are seen to falsely accuse Appleton, but towards the end they label him a hero. It is evident that the mediums are willing to label someone something that they are not in order to...


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Posted by Tamara Samoylova and Matt Frost on October 1, 2013
How long does it take your team to recruit and hire a worker with the perfect skillset to fit your job description? The average lifespan of skills is rapidly diminishing with many skills obsolete within five years.1
Let's face it—business leaders are under pressure from both workers and consumers. Off-the-shelf, short-term solutions like cost cutting provide decreasing returns over the long term—and yesterday's goals of scalable efficiency and sustainable competitive advantage are no longer enough. We need new solutions across all areas of the business—including how we attract, hire, and develop talent.
HR business partners—with a combination of strong business understanding and cross-functional, trust-based relationships—may be uniquely positioned to lead efforts to help workers, teams, and organizations thrive in the new world of the Big Shift.
In our recent paper, Unlocking the passion of the Explorer, we examine how sustained extreme performance improvement can result from something deeper than employee engagement—worker passion. According to a recent Deloitte survey of the US workforce, only 11% of respondents have the following three attributes that characterize worker passion, although 56% have at least one:
Worker passion exists in your organization. Maybe it's the Sales Executive who used a new technology platform to better connect Sales, Engineering, and customer groups to dramatically improve customer satisfaction scores. Maybe it's the Marketing Manager who participates in a community of practice to learn new approaches to quantify the ROI of social media campaigns.
Unfortunately, because many of our institutional practices have failed to evolve, worker passion can be visible in deleterious ways. Maybe it's the Finance Analyst who challenged the 10-year-old forecasting process one too many times, resulting in a negative year-end performance review. Mr. Finance Analyst spoke with his feet—and moved to an organization and team that embraces his opinion as an opportunity to learn, develop, and improve for the long term.
Many organizations are designed to maximize predictability and minimize variances within tightly integrated processes. These work environments may squelch, rather than foster, the need for new challenges and interactions characteristic of the Questing and Connecting dispositions.
In an earlier paper released this year, we studied how redesigning the work environment can accelerate talent development and performance improvement. The same design principles can be applied as you search for ways to cultivate the dispositions of worker passion.
Our research suggests the following three goals and nine design principles as you redesign your physical space, virtual interactions, and management systems can help nurture worker passion and address business issues:
Goal # 1: Define high-impact challenges—by identifying those opportunities for greatest learning, improvement, and business impact
Goal #2: Strengthen high-impact connections—by enabling workers to connect with people inside and outside the organization
Goal # 3: Amplify impact—by building the right infrastructure to scale smaller efforts across the organization
Redesigning the complete organizational work environment is daunting—so start small. Identify a pressing business problem relevant to a function you support—where does Sales, for example, constantly struggle to improve a key operating metric?
By following this approach to work environment redesign, you can help your organization solve an immediate challenge, while also sustaining performance improvement over the long term. Fellow HR and business partners may look to you to share lessons learned and replicate this framework to help them solve their own unique challenges.
You, as an HR partner, have an incredible opportunity ahead—organizations need your help. Put on your work environment designer hat and get started, and please share your stories along the way:
|As head of research for Deloitte Center for the Edge, Tamara leads the Center's research agenda and manages rotating teams of Edge Fellows. Prior to joining the Center, Tama ra served as a senior manager in Deloitte Consulting's Growth and Innovation practice, helping mature companies find new areas of growth by better understanding unmet customer needs, industry dynamics, and competitive moves.
|Matt is a consultant who works with clients to align HR and strategies and initiatives with overall business priorities. The majority of Matt's clients are leaders within HR, Talent, and Recruiting functions. At the Center for the Edge, Matt's research focuses on how institutions can accelerate performance improvement in the 21st century, by redesigning work environments to amplify worker passion.


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The cafeteria is owned by Rocky View Schools, it is an important and unique part of the SMS culture, and it is the only Middle school in the Division with a cafeteria.
Hot lunches are available by pre-order only. All hot lunches are made on site, so the students will be able to enjoy fresh, hot food. Pre-orders for the following month will be accepted on School Cash (first check the posted menu for selections), under the cafeteria tab, until 9:00 pm on the last Friday of every month prior. A description of what is included in the meal can be found under a separate document posted on the web-site entitled "Hot Lunch Description".
Lunches can be cancelled with 2 working days notice by contacting the Business Manager.
The cafeteria is open daily during morning locker break for snack sales and during lunch for an array of other items – salads, sandwiches, fruit, cookies, ice cream, milk , juice, etc. More non-perishable lunch items have been added for students to purchase if they have not pre-ordered (soups, noodle dishes, etc).
Milk cards are also available on School Cash.
The cafeteria relies on parent volunteers to help distribute the orders and do cash. Sign up for this volunteer position can be found under the Sign Up Genius tab.
The cafeteria supports the SMS School Council Nutrition Beliefs by offering nutritional choices in a cost effective manner.
Monday to Thursday - 12:05 - 12:25, recess 12:25-12:45
Friday - 12:00 - 12:20, recess 12:20-12:40
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Aquabuddy Home is a portable shower that thanks to a waterproof sheet, allows to turns every bed into a bathtub.
Aquabuddy Home performs shower and bidet
Aquabuddy Home supplies clean water thanks to an adjustable shower
Aquabuddy Home thanks to its reduce size is handy and easy to move
Aquabuddy Home can be used at home by relatives and professional caregivers. Polytraumatized people, obese, spinals, elderlies, burnt are just few of the patients that can be assisted in the daily hygiene care by Aquabuddy Home.
Thanks to our innovative vacuum technology that pushes the clean water out and sucks up the wastewater, the device allows to reach, disinfect, check, and remove all the parts that have been in contact with the water (clean and unclean).
With just 8 liters is possible to perform a 15 long minutes shower.
Aquabuddy Home has an advanced proprietary technology, and it is composed of antibacterial plastic.
It can be used daily both for shower and bidet.
It can be used even if the patient has catheters, bedsores, skin rush, wounds, and skin burnt.
Thanks to an inflatable basin, with a disposable and hygienic system, it is possible clean up even localized body parts such as hair, foots, knees, harms, legs etc..
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Madonna on leaks: My heart is broken!
Madonna posted a photo on Instagram and finally commented on the fact two of her songs have been leaked in full a few days ago:
This broken ipod is a symbol of my broken heart! That my music has been stolen and leaked! I have been violated as a human and an artist! #fuckedupshit
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The battle took place on 1982. The result of the Falklands War was the invasion of Argentine forces of the British-owned Falkland Islands. A remote UK colony located in the South Atlantic. On April 2, 1982, Argentina's military forces landed in the Falklands, and captured the islands two days later. At a time of economic crisis, Argentina hoped to reclaim the sovereignty of the islands. The UK chose to fight as it had ruled the islands for 150 years. The 1,800 Falklands were "of British tradition and stock" said Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. As a result, a task force was sent to take back the islands, 8,000 miles away. The starting of the conflict began at sea between the Royal Navy and the Argentine Air Force. By June 14 the Argentine occupiers surrendered. In the conflict that happened, 255 British and 655 Argentine servicemen lost their lives, along with three Falkland Islanders.
The UK task force had 28,000 troops and more than 100 ships in total. Where Argentina had 12,000 soldiers on the Falklands and 40 vessels. The Argentine cruiser sank on May 2 which was the first major loss of life. General Belgrano and the loss of 368 crew members. Just two days later, the British destroyer, HMS Sheffield, was hit by a missile and sank. 20 crew members lost.


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Mix it, roll it, bake it, put all your love in it - Cake... such a simple thing that brings so much happiness and appreciation to others. Here I'll post you my favourite recipes, baking tips, and photos of my cakes for you all to drool over. I hope that you will be inspired to try some of my recipes yourself.
Sticky Toffee Cupcakes
For the cake:
180g chopped, pitted dates
180ml boiling water
80g unsalted butter, softened
pinch of salt
150g soft light brown sugar
2 large eggs
180g plain flour
0.5 tsp baking powder
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp vanilla extract
For the icing:
160g unsalted butter, softened
500g golden icing sugar
50ml milk
100g dulce de leche or tinned caramel
mini chunks of vanilla fudge, to decorate
Put the chopped dates in a bowl and cover with the boiling water. Leave to soak for around 20 minutes until they are soft and squishy.
While the dates are soaking, preheat the oven to 190C/ 170C fan oven and line a 12-hole muffin tin with cases
Beat together the butter and sugar until soft and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time and mix well after each addition.
Sift the flour, baking powder and bicarb into a separate bowl and add to the butter/sugar/egg mixture in three batches, mixing until just combined after each addition. Once all the flour has been added, whisk the mixture until smooth. Add the vanilla to the date mixture and then stir this into the cake mixture by hand.
Fill the cupcake cases about two-thirds full of mixture. Bake for 16-20 minutes or until a scewer comes out clean. Allow the cakes to cool in the tin for a few minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
While the cakes are cooling, make the icing. Mix together the butter and icing sugar by hand (if you use the whisk at this point you will get covered in icing sugar!). Continue in a half-arsed manner until the sugar and butter is somewhat combined, then add the milk and happily whisk away until smooth. Mix in the the dulce de leche, ice the cupcakes, sprinkle with the fudge pieces and stuff your face.
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- Anonymous15 March 2014 at 23:09
If I use ready to eat dates (packaged) do I still need to soak them & if not will I need to add some extra liquid?ReplyDelete
Hi! Yes you will still need to soak them is this makes them nice and soft and almost turns them into a paste.Delete
- Anonymous16 March 2014 at 19:26
Cheers! - Loving your website, most of the sites I come across are American & I have to translate the cup measures into grams & also they tend to use ingredients we don't have over here.ReplyDelete
Finally got round to making these yesterday - well impressed, what a great recipe, not too sweet, nice & light & the recipe makes 12 good sized cakes -thank you!ReplyDelete


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Some "highly educated people" think that the object in life, is to see no difference in everything -- rather than the uniqueness in everything. And so they think they've seen everything, when they have not even begun to see anything, or to look earnestly. So even when something is new and different, they will only see it as the same, and are quite content to confirm that it is what they already know -- even thought they have not even begun to inquire and investigate. They just know they are right -- and there is nothing more to know. That is the end-all and be-all of any inquiry -- just to confirm what they already know, and have done -- repeated one more time.
In that manner, nothing new will ever be discovered -- but only the ancient wisdom confirmed, reasserted, repeated -- as though nothing new can ever be discovered, or will ever be. And of course, for such people, nothing ever will -- though they will claim to know many things, because they have been the invariably same thing repeated through the generations. Such minds, and therefore bodies, become old before their time, and there is nothing they can do about it -- because that is the way it is -- and there is nothing they can do about it, etc.
People just age badly, because that is what they were meant to do -- and there is nothing to do but commiserate, as the fate all must endure -- and not that life and fate could be any other way, as it must be, for the few who will be the successful exceptions to the rule of failure. One will invariably know only that failure, until one discovers the success against it. That is what individuals who are successful, eventually do. They find a way to overcome and prevail, against the rule of failure, that thus far prevailed and ruled life until that point.
That is what changes life -- and the world, and not just repeating the failures and mistakes forevermore. Individuals find a way to win, and prevail, when the collective wisdom and "the averages" say they can't, and suggest they should not even try, or even think about it. All must simply acquiesce, or give in, to what those who claim to know all, and better, say is the rules for all time -- just as they have always been up to now, and nothing more is possible -- because all knowledge and wisdom, was perfected long ago -- by their chosen ones, and it is heresy to believe anyone can do any other, more, or differently -- under threat of even death, which they feel comfortable and justified to enforce.
That is invariably "the news," just as it has been for all time before -- and not that the real news, is the unveiling of the challenge to the rules revealing a greater underlying truth -- formerly dismissed, as only an exception to the rule, and an aberration not worth knowing about. Thus the "law of averages," remain inviolable and sacrosanct, as laid down previously by "the authorities," which are the self-appointed few of every profession and self-interest. They are "the experts," and no further proof and demonstration, is required other than their say so, which must not be questioned -- or the gods themselves would be upset.
That was the old world order -- that new information revealed as the limits to thinking that retarded the progress, until it too was challenged and overcome -- and life became very different, for the next generations to come. It has always been that way -- until it isn't, and becomes the critical failure, at which life ceases as we know it -- and something radically and unfamiliarly new and different, comes into being -- as the natural evolution of how it must be -- with or without us. Life will go on.
But the question for every individual, is to remain a part of it -- and not the many falling by the wayside -- until we can't. That is quite different, from the many who drop out, because they refused to find a way to go on -- but were discouraged and frustrated at every turn, until they simply gave up trying and waited for their end -- even for however long that might be.
For too many, that is sadly when one no longer has dedicated teachers and guidance for their improvement -- and they are "on their own," to provide it for themselves -- as the successful individuals, they are conditioned to be. Instead, they learn all the wrong lessons -- that plagues them all their lives. Society then has no recourse, except that they must enforce the rules for such persons, because they cannot mature as individuals -- discovering the truth for themselves, as the exception to the rules -- they are uniquely privileged to discover for themselves. That is the reward, of their very living -- and not just what everyone is "entitled" to, regardless of how they live their lives.
That is the reason for their living -- and the meaning and purpose of their lives, they've given to themselves. That is very different from those who think that "Shit happens," and because of that, they have no control over their own lives, but should control everybody else's -- for the same results, or worse. What is important for such people, is that all experience the same results -- without variation, or individuation, because their golden rule, is that everything be the same, for everyone, for all time. That is their "Paradise," and what they strictly enforce.
They simply do what everybody else does -- thinking "more" is all they can do -- and never differently, or better. Such things are not possible -- to their way of thinking. Only more or less -- in only one way of thinking. And so their problems are never solved, but only get worse with time and age -- until the critical failure when it is impossible to continue any longer. But that is not the one way it has to be for everyone. That is the value of those who discover the "exceptions to the rule" -- that reveal the even greater truth lying undiscovered beneath it. It was there all along too.
It was the "simpler" truth -- there for the taking, but nobody could figure out how to make their exclusive profit from it -- and so it languished, neglected and ignored, until impossible to overlook anymore. It was the mountain overshadowing all the molehills people claimed as their exclusive turf and could work their own profit from. That is the greater life beyond present imagination to recognize -- that transforms life immeasurably without such limits and preconceived notions of what it is.


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I searched over the web but no luck so far and thought of getting some help form gurus .
Did any out really implemented a way to handle concurrent logins ?
Please not that i'm no using either forms authentication or Roles/Memberships , I do have custom authentication for my website .
I'm sure it is someway related with global.asax file handling something in application events and session events but unable to figure this one out .
Any pointers will highly be valued and appreciated .
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It's known when we execute Coded UI tests on physical remote desktop computer and its window is minimized, closed or we logged off the tests fail. The reason is the session should be active to do all the UI actions.
I'm just wondering if it's possible to prevent closing session directly from the code? I mean could we write some code from our Coded UI tests that would prevent closing session?
Can we use any other way to workaround this? For example, executing tests from command line using tcm.exe.
Thank you in advance.
After login, i have create a session to display the Username of the logged user, however instead of display the Username, i want to display the Full_Name of the logged user
However i have no idea how it dones....Kindly if you could help me in giving suggestion / ideas. Thank you.
PersonUser Table
Username =lucy88
Password =88ycul
Full_Name = Lucy
User_Type =Admin
Login.aspx - as i do session, it will display lucy88 however i would like to display Full_Name which is Lucy.
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SqlDataSource sds = new SqlDataSource();
sds.ConnectionString = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["MyDB"].ToString();
sds.SelectParameters.Add("Username", TypeCode.String, this.TextBox1.Text);
sds.SelectParameters.Add("Password", TypeCode.String, this.TextBox2.Text);
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Hi All, i am using a multi selecting file upload control which is postBack free.I am using session timeout. My problem is that during files uploading my session got expired. Bcoz my uploadernot being postback so i can't enhance session timeout. and while uploading my sessiongot expired and process was not completed, causes some imp files could not uploaded. any one suggest me what to do OR any idea to complete uploading then session timeout.
I am executing calls to 3 Stored procedure in TransactionScope
On a random basis i get the following error:
'The transaction active in this session has been committed or
aborted by another session.'
On Executing the SPs again with the same data i am not able to reproduce the error.
Any suggestions on What i should investigate.
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For some irrelevant reasons I need to delete a bunch of records by column value without saving these columns to a database. The list is huge so I run several delete operators concurrently. Recently I experienced a deadlock and I wonder what are the
possible reasons and a reliable way to prevent it? If I drop clustered index first (I drop it anyway to speed Bulk Insert up) will it help?
I have only seen this once so there're no reliable reproduction conditions to capture additional info.
So to summarize, I'm using SQL Server 2005. I have a table with clustered index and I concurrently issue a bunch of DELETE operators in form
DELETE from MyTable
where MyColumn in (Val1, Val2, ... ValN)
and the exception was
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException (0x80131904): Transaction (Process ID 58) was deadlocked on lock resources with another process and has been chosen as the deadlock victim. Rerun the transaction.
at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.OnError(SqlException exception, Boolean breakConnection)
at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.ThrowExceptionAndWarning()
at System.Data.SqlClient.TdsParser.Run(RunBehavior runBehavior, SqlCommand cmdHandler, SqlDataReader dataStream, BulkCopySimpleResultSet bulkCopyHandler, TdsParserStateObjec
I have a table as "Company".
each companyID may have many number of active logged in users.
I want to keep
a count of active User Sessions, per companyID!
so how can i keep track that how many active users sessions are there as logged in into the application.
Please suggest me its very important.
Note: I Have each users Session("CompanyID"] , Session["UserID"].
How to prevent Session.Timeout extension on certain event from codebehind?
What I do - I have Session Timeout configured in Web.config file for 10 minutes. Also, I have in my webpage1.aspx, an ASP.NET AJAX control ModalPopup which shows into the page 9 minutes after the user stopped sending requests to webpage1.aspx. I did this with this code:
<asp:Timer ID="Timer1" runat="server" Interval="540000" ontick="Timer1_Tick">
protected void Timer1_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
showModalPopupServerOperatorButton_Click(null, null);
Timer1.Enabled = false;
So, my initial calculations was that 1 minute before the session ends, i'll inform the user something with the ModalPopup. The problem is that when this Timer1_Tick event triggers, the session.timeout renew ( or extends ) and the session ends 10 minutes later (if user still don't send any request from his browser).
Can I write code in Timer1_Tick event which prevent session extension?
I'm using the defualt membership provider, i created a table and used the gridview on the logged in user page to show his information such as address e-mail phone zip code etc,, how can i do this without writing a code?
I am new to asp.net i need simple help please?
I've set in the web.config:
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This works fine. If there is no ssl connection, the login form doesn't continue. But I would like to check if ssl is active (in codebehind) and, if it's possible, to automatically the user to the https page if he's currently on http. (I could do this job by manually redirect with page.response("https://url.../login.aspx"); but this is not really generic. For example if the webapp is moved to another domain it doesn't work anymore... I'm looking for something like: FormsAuthentication.RedirectWithSSL(); or so... :D)
Hi to all,
I have some things that I want to know. I am right now using a free asp.net webhosting ("somee.com"). The problem is that when I am visiting a page, there's a tendency that values stored in my session variables are lost. Therefore, it causes an error when the requested page is loaded.
1. I am thinking of using sessionState mode="SqlServer". Will it solve my problem?
Actualy Im working on it but Im having problems when connecting to the sql database.
2. Is that a problem in the webhost?
3. Do free webhosting sites provide allow session state in the sql server?. Because ive tried it locally into my computer and error say's i should intall the ASP.NET Session State SQL Server version 2.0 or above.
I have a web application in which i need to logout the user if he clicks the logout button or even if he closes his browser window. On Logout button click, i am doing session.Abandon(), but how to go about his browser window close.
Can anybody help with a code sample.
Dear All,
is there any way to find out the reason for session expiry?
In my live site session time out with in 5 min only.how can i get the default i.e 20 min time . below webconfig file give below
<?xml version="1.0"?><!-- Note: As an alternative to hand editing this file you can use the web admin tool to configure settings for your application. Use the Website->Asp.Net Configuration option in Visual Studio. A full list of settings and comments can be found in machine.config.comments usually located in \Windows\Microsoft.Net\Framework\v2.x\Config --><configuration> <configSections> <sectionGroup name="system.web.extensions" type="System.Web.Configuration.SystemWebExtensionsSectionGroup,
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For Phil Jackson, it's time to come in from the playground. Recess is over.
The Los Angeles Lakers coach said Thursday he's going to take a firmer grip on his team after superstars Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant took their long-simmering feud public.
Jackson said he faced similar problems with the Chicago Bulls when he guided them to six championships during the 1990s.
"I just have to take the order over; it's my job," he said. "That's my responsibility, to find the collaborative effort to put the best team on the court."
Jackson expressed annoyance with the NBA and the media, as well as the two players involved.
"This is really juvenile stuff, sandbox stuff," he said. "It's silly."
Bryant Wants to Turn His Game Up
Perhaps the NBA's two best players, O'Neal and Bryant have had their ups and downs since joining the Lakers in 1996, but they led the team to its first championship in 12 years last June.
The Lakers survived a rough stretch last season when they lost six of nine games, capped by a 103-81 loss at San Antonio last Feb. 1. But they closed the regular season by going 33-4.
Although the Lakers have struggled at times this season, no major problems were evident until comments Bryant made two months ago for an article in ESPN The Magazine were made public Tuesday. (ESPN The Magazine, like ABCNEWS.com, is owned by the Walt Disney Co.)
Bryant was quoted as recounting a conversation with Jackson in which the coach privately asked him to continue making O'Neal the focal point of the offense.
"Turn my game down? I need to turn it up. I've improved. How are you going to bottle me up?" Bryant told the magazine.
Bryant even talked about perhaps playing elsewhere, although he said this week he was "going to be a Laker for life."
Jackson said he remembered telling Bryant in November: "If you're not going to be happy here as a player, then I would want to move you on, if you can't be happy coexisting with Shaq."
'I Don't Have to Coexist With Anybody'
O'Neal responded by pointing to the success of last season, when the Lakers won an NBA-high 67 games en route to the championship.
"Now, we're 23-11," he said. "So you figure it out. I'm a proven commodity. I don't have to coexist with anybody. When everything went through me, the outcome was good."
The Los Angeles Times reported today that O'Neal told Jackson and general manager Mitch Kupchak after a Dec. 28 game at Phoenix that he wanted to be traded.
Kupchak told the Times he did not take the demand seriously. It was made after the Lakers defeated the Suns 115-78.
He said he believed O'Neal was merely venting his season-long frustration with the offense in general and Bryant in particular. O'Neal, who signed a three-year, $88.4-million extension in October, has not followed up, Kupchak said.
"You have to take the conversation for what the moment was," Kupchak said. "Never for a second did I consider it. This is something that will be worked out. There haven't been and there will be no discussions about trading anyone. Period."
Both Players Have Made Mistakes
O'Neal won the NBA scoring championship, came within one vote of becoming the league's first unanimous MVP ever, and was the MVP of the NBA Finals.
Bryant, the current NBA scoring leader who has taken 171 shots more than O'Neal, said Wednesday his teammate was living in the past.
"It's a different ballclub, it's a different year, we have new players and things change, things evolve," Bryant said. "I improve as a basketball player every day, and I want to show that improvement.
"All we ask from Shaq is to be the dominant presence that he is and play solid defense. That's it. Scoring shouldn't affect his defense. We've been losing games on the defensive end. Offensively, there's nothing wrong with us."
While both are obviously very good, neither has been perfect. Some of the defensive problems have been in transition, after Bryant has taken ill-advised shots. And O'Neal's horrendous foul shooting has hurt at times.
Jackson: Situation Has Affected Team
Jackson said the situation isn't serious, but it could be in the future.
"To blow it up out of proportion over an article that was written two months ago doesn't make any sense to me," he said. "It keeps burning."
Asked if the team's mood has been affected, Jackson said, "Of course. It becomes an irritant."
Jackson said he doesn't blame the media because the NBA mandates too much accessibility to players.
"That daily access sets this up," he said.
He added that he hasn't heard O'Neal say that Bryant is selfish, as O'Neal essentially told reporters.
"He's not vocal with us," the coach said. "That's where it counts. If he wants to say that to you guys, I'll let it ride. I gave him ample opportunity to say that today, and he didn't.
"Shaq is angry; you can see that in his demeanor and hear it in his voice. He's got to find a way to work through that. Anybody who's angry can't perform. Shaq has retreated a lot into himself. Kobe is a joyful personality having a lot of fun on the court."
The Lakers won eight of nine games before being blasted by the Clippers 118-95 last Sunday night. They return to action today against Cleveland before traveling to face Utah on Saturday.
"We don't have to be the best of buddies off the court," Jackson said. "We're pretty comfortable with who we are. We are a team that has to play a certain way. If we do, we're champions. If we don't, we're a good team."


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For the second year in a row, we were voted Best Physical Therapy clinic in Milwaukee by the Shepherd Express! Thank you to everyone who voted for us and for those who continue to support our business!
We were voted BEST Physical Therapy Clinic of Milwaukee in the 2016 Shepherd Express Best of Milwaukee. We are very honored by this award because, of course, we agree that we offer our patients the best care in Milwaukee!
We were the premier sponsor for the Wisconsin Riders Police Unity Tour's Donut Dash in April 2016. It was a blast! And as you can see, most of our team took home a trophy! Join us next year!
Dr. Croal presented at Badger CrossFit for a talk about women's core and pelvic health.
February 2016
Dr. Croal is demonstrating dry needling on Dr. Roberts for a local chiropractic clinic called Max Health Chiropractic.
February 2016
Runner up for the BEST Physical Therapy Clinic in Milwaukee through the Shepherd Express Best of 2015!
Dr. Roberts presenting at WCTC for the annual ASSE conference, August 2015.
Here is Dr. Roberts providing free consults to members of a local gym, Badger CrossFit. This is helpful to the athletes as free injury screenings provide preventative care.
We are taking part in Toys for Tots, and here is our donation! If you have a new toy you'd like to donate, please bring it to the clinic. Thank you for your support!
Merry Christmas!
In July of 2014, Wisconsin Orthopedic Physical Therapy helped raise money through a golf outing for a women's shelter in Milwaukee called Lissy's Place. Among those who attended were local foot and orthopedic doctors, as well as local business leaders. As you can see, it was a beautiful day to give back!


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Dear Jo and all of our readers,
Last week we offered some advice to Jo about precautions she could take to prevent her new dog becoming lost. This week we want to talk about what to do if the worst case scenario happens and your dog comes up missing.
First, panic! Then get over that and start working. (You might also want to feel guilty, but you don't have time at first, so save that for later.) There are many steps you can take to locate your missing dog. Swift action coupled with major neighborhood networking, will increase the odds. The key is to get the information out to as many people and places as you can. So enlist the help of friends, family and neighbors in your search.
Knock on doors and talk to the people in your own neighborhood first. Cover at least a three block radius, or if you are in a rural area, go to the nearest neighbors. Hand out flyers with your pet's picture on them, the date of loss and your phone number, and offer a reward.
Give copies of your flyers to veterinarians, groomers, trainers, pet stores, the post office, the grocery store, and any place that gets neighborhood traffic and ask them to put them up. There is very good advice about how to turn your flyers into effective posters here.
Contact all of the Animal and Dog Control Officers, and all animal rescue groups, including the Oswego County Humane Society, in a 20 mile radius. Visit the local shelters in person, bring a picture and ask to see their animals. Don't give a description over the phone; descriptions can be misinterpreted. Go back every couple of days.
Don't assume that your Animal or Dog Control Officer will be looking for you. Under New York Law, they are required to hold the pets they find for five business days to give you time to find them. If your pet has no identification (or has lost it), the DCO's and ACO's that may have found your pet have no resources to conduct a search for you but they do love to reunite pets with their owners. So keep contacting them.
Many local media and shopping guides allow free "Lost and Found" ads. Also check the media listings for Found Dogs and Cats. Some people only look in the local media to locate an animal's owner..
You can often register your pet online on services such as the online newspapers and Craig's list and even upload a picture. You should also search the "found" section of these same online services. There are also online lost pet recovery services that charge a fee. One is www.petamberalert.com.
Do it all again and again.
Don't give up. Lost pets have been found weeks, months, and occasionally years after they go missing. Good luck! When you find your missing best friend, that is when you can indulge in guilty feelings, but you won't want to because you are so relieved.
Speaking of guilt, the Oswego County Humane Society is always in need of dry cat and kitten food for its foster cats and for low-income families in our county.
There will be a collection cart at the Fulton Price Chopper until May 4.
Stop by to chat with OCHS volunteers and make a donation if you can so you will have nothing to feel guilty about. And thanks for all you do already!
The Oswego County Humane Society provides spay/neuter services and assistance, fostering and adoption of animals in urgent need, humane education programs, and information and referrals to animal lovers throughout Oswego County.
Our office is located at 265 W. First St., Oswego, NY.
Phone: (315) 207-1070.
Email:[email protected]
Website: www.oswegohumane.org
Because People and Pets Are Good for Each Other!


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Liquorice is a perennial plant which grows to a height of around 1 metre, usually in hot regions. A well-known confectionery, the liquorice sticks that we love to suck are in fact made from pieces of the plant's root. Liquorice root contains a number of active ingredients including glycyrrhizin; this gives the liquorice properties known to have a beneficial effect on the liver and digestive system. Although famous for its soothing properties, it does however have one drawback which is that glycyrrhizin may cause high blood pressure. It must therefore be consumed in moderation, particularly in the case of people with allergies.


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Manicures and Pedicures
We offered a wide selection of treatments for the natural nail, both from CND and Nailtiques.
For the ultimate pamper for hands and nails.
CND Spa Manicure have fresh sense of citrus fruits with antioxidant vitamins C and E, helping to correct damage whilst smoothing and firming the skins appearance.
Your will recieve an exfoliation and heated mask of the hand and forearm, plus cuticle work, file and a polish of your choice (including a French polish option).
Creative Spa Pedicures contain a variety of relaxing, natural elements from the ocean. Quartz crystals, nature beach sand, kelp and mineral salts exfoliate, nourish and smooth the feet.
Includes heated foot spa, foot and leg exfoliation, cuticle work, massage and a file and polish.
Deluxe: As above plus extended massage and heated mask.
The Nailtiques Manicure repairs and encourages the health and growth of the natural nails. It is a prescriptive treatment that your therapist will advise and design to your specific needs. In your treatment you will recieve a hand and arm massage, cuticle work, file, shape and a polish of your choice,including French Polish option. (Mini manicure does not include a massage.)
For your manicure or pedicure we will use the revolutionary Vinylux polish. It comes in over 70 colours and is just like ordinary nail polish except:
- It drys in 8.5 minutes
- It last up to 7 days on fingers & 7 weeks on toes
- Non Smudge
- Non Chip
- Stays super shiny
Removes with acetone based nail varnish remover.
This industry changing nail polish is almost too good to be true. Released 4 years ago to critical acclaim, many other nail companies have tried to copy it. No fully patented, they all claim to be Shellac but there is only 1 CND Shellac Power Polish, and you can get it with us! We have over 100 colours and it is applied to the fingers or the toes like a polish but it sets under the UV light like Gel.
- Dry when you leave the salon
- Non Chip,
- Non Smudge,
- Stays super shiny
All of this for up to 14 days and it still removes in 10 mins with no damage to your natural nail.
Calgel Nail Extensions & Natural Nail Overlays
Calgel is applied to the natural nail, like polish, Calgel is completely safe to use, and a pleasure to wear. It has been developed to not contain the chemicals and ingredients found in some other products, which seal off and inhibit the natural nail.
The natural nails are able to respire and grow healthily under the protective layer of Calgel, so the natural nail does not deteriorate underneath. To keep toenails and fingernails perfectly groomed, even as they grow, Colour Calgel can be easily painted over and removed without damage.
Calgel is very versatile as there are many different finishes you can choose from; Clear, French Manicure and a choice of over 40 different colours.
Application of a new extension to every nail. We can sculpt our extensions to your natural nail so they a more natural looking. We also offer extensions with tips and a Calgel overlay over the top. Your choice of Shellac colour is then applied to finish. Please request your desired type of extension at time of booking.
Application of gel overlays to your natural nail.
Maintenance and backfill to existing gel nail extensions. Also individual nails can be repaired if damage occurs between maintenance appointments.
Maintenance is required every 2 - 3 weeks, depending on the clients needs.
This will remove any gel that remain on the nail and provide and full Nailtiques treatment manicure. Removal of other gels and acrylic applied by other salons may cost more, please enquire for an accurate price.
Nail Art
We offer a generous selection of different designs for fingers and toes from classy to the wicked. Log on to our Facebook or Instagram pages to see pictures of some of the designs that we have done.
If you have an idea that you do not see then bring in a photo and we will endeavour to re-create it!


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We went to Valley of Fire for Presidents Day for a little hike. The kids just love trying to climb the tallest rock they can find. And explore every hole and crevice. They could spend days on one hike alone.
This trail was fun because there were quite a few petroglyphs to look at.
On our way home, I made the kids change to get pictures. They always hate this, but I beg and bribe and usually they cooperate for a few minutes.
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Fiji Water has re-opened its doors in the Pacific nation which gave the popular drink its name, less than 48 hours after announcing its closure.
On Monday, the company, owned by California entrepreneurs Lynda and Stewart Resnick, said it was closing its facility in Fiji, cancelling orders from suppliers and putting on hold several construction contracts in the country.
Fiji Water made the call to pull the pin because they'd been singled out for a massive tax increase by the government, led by self-appointed prime minister Commodore Frank Bainimarama.
But on Tuesday afternoon Fiji Water lawyers Craig Cooper and Marigold Moody met with Cdre Bainimarama and Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, and had a change of heart.
This morning the bottling factory on Yaqara Island, in the north of the island group, re-opened, according to a statement from Fiji Water.
The company agreed to comply with the government's new tax rate of 15-cents per litre on companies extracting more than 3.5 million litres of water a month - up from the current one-third of one per cent rate.
Fiji Water is the only company extracting that much water.
"Moving forward, Fiji Water is committed to working with the Fijian government, and remains dedicated to helping the country's economy and its people," the company said in a statement.
On Tuesday, Cdre Bainimarama said the company had "adopted tactics that demonstrate that Fiji Water does not care about Fiji or Fijians".
Following formal discussions, the prime minister said the call to re-open indicated Fiji Water's confidence in the stability of the military-led Pacific nation.
"(The) government is pleased that Fiji Water has decided to come on board and show its commitment to the country and its people," Cdre Bainimarama said in a statement.
The short closure came shortly after the interim government made a decision to deport an American executive of Fiji Water, David Roth, who allegedly interfered in the nation's domestic affairs.
Mineral water is the fourth largest foreign exchange earner in the country behind tourism, sugar and remittances.
Fiji Water has re-opened its doors in the Pacific nation which gave the popular drink its name, less than 48 hours after announcing its closure.
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Read this tip to make your life smarter, better, faster and wiser. LifeTips is the place to go when you need to know about Dating Tips and other Date topics.
Not everyone is comfortable sharing their feelings with their dating partner; it's a tendency that can be traced back to childhood. If your girlfriend or boyfriend's family were not big 'sharers' of their feelings, chances are your date won't be comfortable sharing his or her feelings with you. Regardless of your date's family history, the best way to begin the process is with baby steps. Start by sharing each other's day. Talk about your plans and activities. Then transition into your feelings about those activities -- a less threatening thing to share -- before moving into your more innermost feelings and thoughts. Over time, the two of you may feel comfortable sharing thoughts about each other -- qualities you like, elements of your relationship you like or want to change, and how much you love each other.
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The big news this week for Apple wasn't the new 3G iPhone. It was the business model behind the next-generation iPhone, and the threat it poses to Research in Motion (RIM). Apple's model depends on developers. RIM's model depends on devices.
If history repeats itself, the developers will win. Just ask Microsoft.
More on that in a minute. For now, consider the superior TCO (total cost of ownership) argument that Apple now has for both developers and end-users. Many enterprises are going to find the cost/benefit analysis of RIM vs. iPhone favoring the iPhone. RIM's BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) solution costs $5 to 10 per mailbox per month (for Exchange), plus an additional $10 per mailbox per month for BES, which includes a combination of licensing plus the cost of administering BES. Not so cheap.
The iPhone? It's still going to cost $5 to 10 per mailbox per month (for Exchange or Zimbra or whatever your mail service happens to be), but the extra $10 charge is wiped away. Gone. This leaves the enterprise with a two-times price advantage for the SaaS/iPhone world, which doesn't even include the cost of the device, which also continues to plummet.
Again, RIM's business model depends on extracting maximum value from each device/user, and it does so to good effect. Apple's business model is shifting to be about ubiquity of devices, and then the monetization of the applications.
Which will be better? Well, that depends on how one feels about developers and their impact on markets.
Microsoft's success stems, in large part, from cultivating a worship of developers. Back when Microsoft was firmly grounded as a platform company, it drove the vast majority of its revenue through partners. The company has lost its way a bit in the past few years with regard to developers, but one can still attribute its long-term success to a focus on developers/partners.
Let's go back to Zimbra, given that it stands to benefit enormously from a switch to the iPhone, even despite its support for the BlackBerry.
Zimbra supports a wide range of devices (Windows Mobile, Symbian, BlackBerry, Palm, iPhone, etc.). Now, while Zimbra will support iPhone 2.0 as soon as Apple releases its 2.0 iPhone software, the company is mobile device agnostic. The company prefers standards-based protocols, but works with a variety of phones.
Even so, Apple is going to create real challenges for the RIM business model because it makes RIM's insensitivity to developers so glaringly obvious. For a company like Zimbra (or Oracle/Alfresco/Name your favorite ISV), developers have a choice: Support BES (which requires an upfront and significant cash outlay on their parts, a new Windows-based server, partnership, etc.), or support the iPhone. Requirement for iPhone support? A free SDK and an iPhone. That's it.
Now, it's likely that Zimbra et al. will support both. This is business, after all: Corporations exist to make money, and will do whatever is legal and necessary to do so. But I'm betting that iPhone support will happen first to an increasing degree. That's not good for RIM.
It's also not good for RIM just how cumbersome and costly it is to set up employees with BES support. Many will chafe at the burden of introducing a new Windows-based BES server with a bunch of new licenses and administration required. Companies will discover that the iPhone may well be cheaper, easier to administer, and offers a comparable feature set through ActiveSync plus the iPhone.
There's a duopoly of Exchange and RIM today, but the iPhone promises to crack that wide open. With the iPhone, we can finally have choice in messaging servers and an awesome new enterprise-class device. Now we just need Apple to use an open standard for sync...but that's another blog post.


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As users unbox their new Apple Watch units today, customers who bought the Sport version are receiving a bit of a surprise. The inductive charging cable bundled with Apple Watch Sport is actually made of plastic rather than the nice metal finishes of the more expensive stainless steel and gold watches.
The material is very similar to other Apple accessories which have white gloss exteriors. It's unclear why the Sport does not get the fancier cable: it may be simply for cost-saving purposes to maximize Apple's bottom line or it may be a design choice to better match the materials of the Watch itself.