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Rentech, Inc. and Fluor Corporation have signed a contract under which Fluor will provide front-end engineering and design (FEED) services for the Rialto Renewable Energy Center being developed by Rentech.
Under the agreement, Fluor will perform FEED services for the facility and the supporting infrastructure for the project. The Rialto Project, a commercial biomass gasification facility, will use green waste as feedstock to produce both renewable synthetic diesel fuel and renewable electric power.
"We are very pleased that a firm of Fluor's stature was our leading bidder and will be our FEED partner for our Rialto renewable energy project. Fluor's experience and expertise in gasification and Fischer-Tropsch projects will help us move quickly and efficiently through the design stage," said D. Hunt Ramsbottom, president and chief executive officer of Rentech. "We believe the Rialto Project will change the energy landscape. Our project is an example of how innovative domestic technologies can create environmentally superior alternative sources of drop-in, certified renewable synthetic fuels and base-load power from waste materials, while creating much-needed domestic jobs," he added.
Rentech expects to file major permit applications for this renewable energy project during the first half of this calendar year.
The Rialto Project will use key technologies, including the Rentech-SilvaGas biomass gasification system and Rentech's Fischer-Tropsch synthetic fuels conversion technology. Final product upgrading will be provided by UOP, a Honeywell company.
The Rialto Project is designed to produce approximately 640 barrels-per-day of renewable, ultra-clean synthetic fuels and 35 megawatts of base-load renewable electricity (enough to power approximately 30,000 homes), from urban woody green waste, such as yard and tree trimmings. The life-cycle carbon footprint of the fuels and power is expected to be near zero, and the renewable power meets the requirements of California's Renewable Portfolio Standard.


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Halo trickster interviews: FrogBlast
Next in our series of interviews with Halo trick gurus, we bring you the Queso Grande: FrogBlast. If you've been around the Halo tricking community for more than five minutes, you've heard of this fellow, and I am extremely glad to have had the chance to meet up with him in the HIH virtual lounge for some coffee, Skittles, and hard hitting questions. Well...sorta. Anyhow, let's do it.
: Give us some details about yourself. Who exactly is FrogBlast?
: My name is Rob Thibadeau (pronounced Ti-ba-do.) I am a 23 year old student at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh PA.
: You were Metafire at first right? How did 'FrogBlast' come about?
: Yes, Metafire had been my name for a long time. The name comes from the free-to-read online book Metafire (
). The name 'FrogBlast' is based on a quote from an old Bungie game- Marathon 2. The Simulacrums in Marathon 2 would yell strange things, including "Frog Blast the Vent Core," as they would run towards you and explode. When I picked the name, it had nothing to do with the potential trickster meaning (where frogblast=grenade jumping). I just liked the name. You can read about the quote more at the
''Sounds in Marathon''
: Did you start playing Halo as soon as it was released, or did it take you awhile to find out about it?
: I had my copy of Halo in-hand before the Xbox was released. I had been a lurker at
for a long time thanks to the Marathon trilogy and had been keeping track of Halo.
: Was Halo tricking a result of having beaten the game on every difficulty, and having nothing else left to do (boredom, for lack of a better word)?
: I''m not sure boredom is the right word. The right word would probably be freedom. I know that sounds cheesy. If I were bored with a game, I would just stop playing. Halo gives the players freedom to do a great many unique things, but it is so well built that it isn''t breaking every two seconds. Other games restrict players from going anywhere off the beaten path, or they are so full of bugs that any particular bug is boring because you are constantly bombarded by them.
: Can you list a couple of things about Halo that 'pulled you in' and kept you playing it as time went on?
: Well, I've mentioned that Halo players have the freedom to do many things in the game. This certainly kept me playing. As for being pulled in, I think it was due to a wonderful balance between a lighthearted and a serious atmosphere. The seriousness comes naturally from things like saving the universe and defeating the overwhelming alien forces (hey, it would be serious if it happened). But the entire game is laced with lighthearted things like silly grunt chatter, marines on ghosts and "This cave is not a natural formation." The balanced atmosphere also lends itself well to tricking. If the game is too wacky, then blasting a warthog 200ft in the air probably doesn't seem so crazy. If the game is too somber, the warthog jumps might be refreshing, but playing for hours on end might leave a player feeling MORE depressed than he already does for spending several hours in front of the TV.
: What was it that got you started with Halo stunts and tricks? Was there a certain event that got your attention?
: Absolutely. The key event for me was visiting the Gameplay Tricks section at HBO and reading the Ben Kane/Greg Mouland 'Halo Exploration' (
click here
). Some of the tricks were explained, but some weren't; I followed the directions provided and had to work out the rest for myself. After that experience, I was hooked and wanted to keep exploring the maps.
: What was it that kept you interested in Halo tricks? In other words, what would drive someone like you to spend countless hours messing around with the physics engine of a video game? Is it a mental challenge, or something else? =)
: The mental challenge is a big part of what has driven me to do the things I do. I love to have a goal in mind (a place I want to go) and then I try to think of a way to get there. The mental event of figuring something out is just as rewarding for me as actually pulling something off. What keeps me interested is that things work out in Halo. The physics allow for a great diversity of results. For example, no two grenade jumps ever seem quite the same, but I feel like I can control the results with careful adjustments. The end result is accomplishment rather than failure, and that keeps me coming back for more.
: I know that in those early days (like now), you were very active in the
HBO forums
. What part did the Halo community play in your desire to keep finding and doing things in Halo?
: The Halo community (namely
and now HIH) plays a huge role in so many ways. The community is an audience for tricks, it is a place where I can cultivate ideas, and it is simply a place where I can talk to like-minded people. I usually get carried away talking about how great the community is. It is just filled with so many cool people, and being involved enhances the game experience tremendously.
: Out of all the things you've done in the first Halo game, what would you say was the most difficult/ most time-consuming? Was it reaching the bottom of the Halo map?
: It is hard to recall, but I would have to say that the most difficult and time-consuming thing that I did in Halo: Combat Evolved was trying to push a Shade to the end of the 343 Guilty Spark map. This is something that I have never gotten around to finishing. The goal was to shade-jump to the top of the tower at the end of the map. Reaching the bottom of the Halo map was definitely the most memorable and complicated thing I've done. The trick involved 30 steps, careful grenade counting and checkpointing, multiple warthog launches, and ended with "removing" a banshee's AI and riding it to the bottom. After all that work, finding out that I could simply drive to the bottom in a Warthog was the icing on the cake.
: Speaking of that trick in particular, I think that there were a few people that contributed ideas to it. My question is, did you ever team up with guys to do some tricking (co-op), or did you always do these things on your own?
: I have teamed up with local friends in the past, but the vast majority of what have done in Halo has been on my own. I actually don't often enjoy trying to do Halo tricks with other people. The reason being I am absurdly patient and like to take my time with things, and I usually feel like the people who play with me are about to fall asleep from boredom. I do like to play in co-op because it offers advantages over solo. For example, building a grenade pile in co-op is much easier than building one in solo.
: Is there any certain thing that caused you to drop out of the Halo scene for a year or so?
: I hate to destroy whatever mystery exists here. I really just needed to take a break from many things, not just the Halo community.
: Are you a 'gamer', or just a Halo fanatic?
: I''ve been playing video and PC games all my life. My first game system was the original Nintendo, and I have owned nearly all of the popular game systems since Nintendo''s debut. The only other game that I have played nearly as much as Halo is GoldenEye 007 on the Nintendo 64. I loved that game, and spent lots of time in it searching for glitches and tricks. If you would like to see my youthful GoldenEye chicanery, you can check it out
right here
: Speaking generally here, what are some of your thoughts on Halo 2 (gameplay, quality, tricking, ect.)?
: I think Halo 2 is great. I hold firm to the opinion that continuing a series in games, movies, or any other form of entertainment does NOT mean you should copy and paste the original. Halo 2 did not come into my house and destroy my copy of Halo: Combat Evolved; I can still play Halo:CE whenever I want. Halo 2 is a different game in terms of gameplay and tricking, but I like the variety. The sword makes Halo 2 a very different and new tricking experience. The sword gets you through glass and to the bottom and top of levels when combined with a variety of enemies, vehicles and weapons. Going through walls is another story. Bungie has apparently made it very difficult to survive a trip through a wall or into the ceiling (at least in single player, which is not where it seems most important.)
: Lastly, what is 'utfoo'?
: Utfoo is another name borrowed from Marathon 2. It is taken from a Juggernaut terminal picture reading "Dreaded Utfoo Heavy Assault Craft." The picture also contains a more amusing name for the Juggernauts: "Big Floaty Thing What Kicks Our Asses." There is no special meaning; it is just another reminder of my favorite game trilogy. :)
: Any additional thoughts?
: I just want to send extra special thanks to Ducain for all that is High Impact Halo. The site, and all the people there are wonderful. "Halo tricks have a home" indeed.
-Rob Thibadeau
(aka FrogBlast)
So there- you can't say you've never talked to FrogBlast. =) Also, you can check out [See note below regarding his website] to see all of his Halo 1 and Halo 2 tricks. Thanks very much Rob.
-Ducain (02-24-05)
Note from Ducain 7/14/06
For many of us, Frogblast embodies what Halo tricking is all about. This guy, in the early days of Halo 1 and Halo 2, seemed to explore everywhere and find everything, and did it all with a great attitude, and just enough drama to be entertaining. His website went down sometime back, and with the help of LouisWu (of halo.bungie.org) and Mythica, we were able to assemble a complete mirror of Utfoo, exactly as it was, with every image and video intact.
You can visit his mirrored site here:
Enjoy it as much as we have. :)
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U.S. Equal Employment
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Bipartisan Five-Member Commission Again at Full Complement
WASHINGTON -- Christine M. Griffin was sworn in today as a Commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), bringing the bipartisan panel to its full five-member complement for the first time in more than a year. Ms. Griffin was nominated by President George W. Bush on July 28, 2005, and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Nov. 4 to serve the remainder of a five-year term expiring July 1, 2009.
"Christine Griffin brings to the Commission a wealth of talent and experience in employment law and disability issues that will serve the American public well," said EEOC Chair Cari M. Dominguez, noting that Ms. Griffin worked at the agency in the mid-1990s as a senior staff attorney. "On behalf of my fellow Commissioners, I welcome Commissioner Griffin back and look forward to working closely with her."
Ms. Griffin joins Chair Dominguez, Vice Chair Naomi C. Earp and Commissioners Leslie E. Silverman and Stuart J. Ishimaru on the five-member Commission. Commissioners are appointed to staggered five-year terms, with the President designating a Chair as the agency's chief executive officer and a Vice Chair. The Commission makes equal employment opportunity policy and approves litigation in consultation with the General Counsel.
"It is an honor to be appointed to the agency responsible for ensuring that all people are treated equally in the workplace," Ms. Griffin said. "Employment is the key to the American dream and no one should be deprived of an employment opportunity because of discrimination. This is an exciting opportunity and I am eager to begin working with the Chair, Vice Chair, my fellow Commissioners and all of the dedicated EEOC staff here at headquarters and throughout the nation."
Ms. Griffin's experience in labor and employment law includes positions in both the public and private sectors. Most recently, she served as the Executive Director of the Disability Law Center in Boston, from 1996 to 2005. The Law Center provides legal advocacy on disability issues that promote the fundamental rights of all people with disabilities to participate fully and equally in the social and economic life of Massachusetts. As Executive Director, she provided leadership for the Law Center's 25 employees and conducted its overall management, including programmatic and fiscal planning, priority setting and implementation, and fundraising.
Prior to that, Ms. Griffin served from 1995 to 1996 as an Attorney Advisor to the former Vice Chair of the EEOC, Paul M. Igasaki, advising him on legal matters and policy issues. Ms. Griffin's other federal work experience includes serving in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Boston, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and the U.S. Army.
A native of Boston, Ms. Griffin is a graduate of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy and served as its Interim President from 1993 to 1994. She is also a graduate of Boston College Law School and, upon graduation, was awarded a Skadden Arps Fellowship at the Disability Law Center. Ms. Griffin has served on many boards and task forces, including the national Social Security Administration Ticket to Work Advisory Panel, the Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council and the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education. In December 2005, Ms. Griffin was selected as one of the nation's eleven "Lawyers of the Year" by Lawyers Weekly USA newspaper.
EEOC is the federal government agency responsible for enforcing the nation's laws prohibiting employment discrimination based on race, color, sex (including sexual harassment and pregnancy), religion, national origin, retaliation, age and disability. Further information about the Commission is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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- Most people order from Invitrogen. Ask Melissa for the excel sheet with which to order, and return it to her filled in.
- They ship for free, and have a good price.
- IDT is the synthetic biology industry standard.
- Janet and Amanda use IDT for larger oligo orders because it is cheap, we can enter orders ourselves, and they are delivered the next day if you order by 3pm. (Technically next-day delivery is not a rule, but it is true 99.9% of the time.)
- Janet routinely gets primers the next day, even when the order is submitted at 5pm (7/24/2012)
- We have two accounts:
- One (in Ginger's name) ships for free to the biochemistry store no matter the order size.
- When you go to pick them up, know that it is under Ginger's name, and the budget number they should be billed to.
- The other (in Melissa's name) ships to the lab for free for orders over $50.
- IF you don't make the $50 cutoff, shipping is ~$13. Conveniently when you check out they quote $0.35/bp so it is not hard to meet the $50 minimum; the price is adjusted to $0.14/bp after you finish checking out.
- One (in Ginger's name) ships for free to the biochemistry store no matter the order size.
- Ordering through invitrogen includes free delivery to the lab no matter the order size, but usually takes ~ 2 days.
- Don't bother with same-day oligo orders. It just costs a lot extra to have a guarantee that your oligos will arrive ~10:30am the next day when you order by 1pm. Sometimes they come in the afternoon, though.
- Click "ship order when complete" not "ship items as available" because then you will lose your free shipping privileges.
- If you are wondering if your primer will ship the next day, you can log in and look at the order history. They update the website within a few hours to "shipped." You can ask customer service (chat or phone) if your status is "in production" and they can track it down if it is important.
IDT prices
When ordering to Biochemistry store on campus:
- username: lidlab
- Free shipping +
- Tubes:
- 25nmole $0.18 (up to 60 bp)
- 100nmole $0.37 (up to 90 bp)
- 250nmole $0.58 (up to 100 bp)
- 1umole $1.06
- 5umole $7.65
- 10umole $14.42
- Tubes:
- Ultramers:
- $0.678/bp for the smallest synthesis scale
- Plates:
- 25nmole $0.13
- 100nmole $0.20
- 250nmole $0.34
- 1umole $0.70
Ordering through "mtsl" account:
- Free shipping if order price is >$50, or ~$14 if order price is <$50 +
- Tubes:
- 25nmole $0.15 (up to 60 bp)
- 100 nmole $0.35 (up to 90 bp)
- 250 nmole $0.55 (up to 100 bp)
- Ultramers (up to 200 bp) in tubes
- 4 nmole $0.55 (discounted past the $0.678/bp University of Washington price)
- 20 nmole $1.50 (we don't have a "deal" on this scale of ultramer)
- add PAGE purification to your ultramer: add $105/ultramer (don't do this for Gibson cloning)
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He had to wear a hat
Chris Kirkpatrick got married this weekend in Florida and all members of NSYNC were there, including Justin Timberlake, even though none of the boys were invited to his wedding. But then again, if he agreed to come, it's like he's doing Chris a favour, non?
Here's how Lance Bass described the wedding prep. Apparently Chris is really tight and didn't want to spend money on dressing his crew:
"What's really hilarious to me is that we went to get fitted for our tuxes at Men's Warehouse -- and he got us the cheapest tuxes there he could possibly get, which I think is so Chris and very lovely. I mean that's just who he is. I think it's hilarious to know that Justin Timberlake is going to be in a Men's Warehouse tux ushering the wedding."
To me, this is smart. Chris Kirkpatrick's large money making days are OVER. He has to hang on to as much of it as he can now, and invest well. For the next 50 years, if not more. So if that means JT has to walk around for a day in Men's Warehouse instead of Tom Ford…so be it.
But OF COURSE he had to put a hat on, right?
Look, there's the groom and all his groomsmen and OH! Who's that standing out in a hat, apart from everyone else?
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A page of links to free online genealogy lessons (also available from our Links Page on this website) is located at http://www.symbaloo.com/mix/freegenlessons.
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35 / Victoria BC Canada / www.Trust36.com
Tell us a little bit about your work.
Drawing in sketchbooks is where it mostly all came from. Drawing tons as a kid and later hanging out with other friends who were into drawing ...we'd just sit around a table talking and drawing in our books... Then the pages became a wall...and then a canvas. Now I illustrate and design for a living by day...and paint at night...and sometimes sleep a little in between. The work itself is all over the board...kinda like looking at the wall of a group artshow...I can collaborate with myself.
Lots...The pool is deep...Classic Animation, Robert Crumb & the Zap Comics crew, West Coast Native Art, Psychedelic Poster Art, Barry McGee, Phil Frost. Mike Giant, Doug Cunningham, Jeff Soto, Hans Fear (Ghost), Robert Hardgraves, Ben Tour, Luke Ramsey, Harley Smart, James Jean, Skate Art ( Jim Phillips & Marc McKee ), Jackson Pollock, The group of Seven....the list is huge... Juxtapoz magazine has been a huge source of inspiration for me from the day the first issue dropped... also I rarely create art without a soundtrack and I find that what I'm listening to influences the style and how I create.
Describe your process for creating a new piece.
Aside from my job as an illustrator where I'll spend a fair bit of time on concept, layout, rough sketches etc. I most often just dive into the piece. I'm learning to let go and work less controlled. I also paint with two other artists Sean McLaughlin and Blythe Hailey ( The Woodpile Collective ). The majority of our work is painted in tandem, the three of us painting together on the canvas and it's never pre-concieved. Painting with the Woodpile Collective has opened up a whole new process for me. We paint through and over one anothers work, the idea of letting go of what you just put on the canvas as soon as your brush leaves it, takes some getting used to but it is always rewarding and the end result is almost always successful. Check out the Woodpile Collective at www.Woodpile.ca
Day job?
I work for myself doing illustration and design work under the name Artificial Flavour, working mostly in the board sports industry designing art for hardgoods and softgoods. I also have a pretty regular gig doing Illustration for TransWorld Surf and Skateboarding magazine as well as a really great Craft Brewery, Phillips Brewing here in Victoria which is rewarding in many ways. An artist needs his fuel.
Best thing that happened to you this week?
This interview is pretty cool, Thanks!....and I've been having a great summer with my wife Sue and my two boys Graeme and Ian, we've been camping and spending lots of time at the beach.
Tools of the trade?
Aerosol, Acrylic Paint, Mechanical Pencils, Huge jar of Markers, Scanner, K Series Pentax Asahi SLR & Canon Powershot Digital Camera.
Art show in Vancouver (Abracadabra show) at Little Mountain Studios Sept. 19th- Oct. 19th ( check out the Abracadabra book at www.anteism.com ) and looking to seal a Woodpile Collective show for Portland hopefully... and then maybe SF?
The best and worse thing about Fecal Face?
The best thing about Fecal face....are the the opening photos and studio tours,
feeling in touch with what is going on in SF and the artworld outside of my little canadian city.
The worst thing about Fecal Face...hmmmm... I guess how the bathroom cam kinda lags when it's streaming live.
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Sons of Anarchy 4.13 – To Be, Act 1
After last week's cliffhanger left many wondering if Clay was dead, tonight's episode was quick to clarify things by confirming that, while he was definitely wounded, Opie hadn't succeeded in killing him. (Surely a shot to the head or the heart would have been the way to go, but then there wouldn't be a need for a two-part season finale.) Of course, Opie could have easily finished the job if Jax hadn't shot him in the hand, but at that point in time, Clay was still innocent until proven guilty in his mind, despite Opie's insistence that we was telling the truth. Jax wasn't ready to buy into that theory just yet, and promised Opie that he would get to the bottom of Piney's murder, to which Opie mockingly replied, "Just what I need. Another promise."
It probably wasn't the best idea for Jax to pin the shooting on "some black guys," but no one could have expected that Tig would take the news so personally. I can understand why he feels like it might be his fault after turning his back on Clay, but to just retaliate on the Niners like that without any proof they were even responsible was really stupid. Tig was lucky to get out of that situation alive, because you can be sure that's not the last we're going to see of the Niners. Though Laroy made it out in one piece, his wife/girlfriend/someone important was killed in the initial attack, and two more of his men died in the ensuing chase. Geez, just when all the gangs in Charming we're starting to play nice with one another and Tig had to go and mess it up.
Meanwhile, Gemma looks like she's finally done protecting Clay (either that, or she just wants to be on the winning side) and decides to open up to Tara about all the horrible things that Clay has done lately. It was obviously just a ploy to make her feel guilty about using John Teller's letters as leverage, but it worked, because Tara gave Gemma the key to the storage unit where they were hiding all along. After reading through the letters, however, Gemma took out the ones that implicated her and Unser and handed the rest over to Jax, which ultimately led to her spilling the beans on years of secrets – from Clay's initial attempt to kill JT by sending him into a Mayan ambush, to rigging his bike to crash, to shooting Piney in the cabin and even putting out the hit on Tara.
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Facebook Approaching 50 Percent Share Of Social Logins [STUDY]
Facebook is the number one choice for social login and its gains over the past two years have it now approaching 50 percent penetration among social login services, a new study shows.
In analyzing at the 365,000 websites that use its services, Janrain reports that 45 percent of consumers use their Facebook accounts to login on third-party websites — a number that's been increasing steadily since the first quarter of 2010.
As the graph below shows, Google was previously the top social login service, but it's a fairly distant second place now with 30 percent market share.
Janrain further breaks down its data into separate industry niches and reveals that Facebook has more than 60 percent of social login share on music-related sites, but only 43 percent on retail websites.
Social login is increasingly being seen as one way to reduce friction — especially on retail sites — because it means web users don't need to create (and remember) new accounts at multiple websites.
The stats are similar on mobile applications, with Facebook having 49 percent overall share of social logins, compared to 25 percent for Google and 14 percent for Twitter. That data and more are available on Janrain's blog post.
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About 20% of companies in the S&P 500 index have released earnings for the first-quarter reporting season. Of these, fully 80% topped Wall Street's forecasts, according to Howard Silverblatt, senior index analyst at S&P.
That compares with a beat rate of 67%, on average, over the past five years–and just 49% at this point during the fourth-quarter reporting season.
Notable companies reporting upside surprises Thursday included Bank of America (BAC), Microsoft (MSFT) and Philip Morris International (PM). On Wednesday, the list included eBay (EBAY), Abbott Laboratories (ABT) and American Express (AXP).
The percentage of upside surprises, although high by historical standards, doesn't necessarily suggest the U.S. economy has entered a new phase of faster growth.
Rather, the major difference with the fourth quarter is that estimates for the first quarter "declined enough for the actuals to be able to beat the estimates," wrote Mr. Silverblatt in a Thursday email.
Earnings reports have been strong for all sectors so far, but they are particularly strong for healthcare, where 22% of companies have reported, and 92% of these have beaten estimates, with none falling short of them. Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY) reports April 26; Merck (MRK) April 27; and Pfizer (PFE) May 1.
Earnings growth may play a large part in determining whether share prices move broadly higher from here. The S&P 500 recently traded at 13 times projected 2012 operating earnings, on par with its historic average but lower than its average valuation of the past two decades. Earnings going into the first quarter reporting season were expected to rise just 5% year-over-year, versus 16% growth in the first quarter of 2011.
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It reads like another 'Jam Tomorrow' spiel, or more specifically Jam in 2018 as long as you give us a barrowload of cash now.As far as moving XH558 if this was a better option, is there a low loader out there with the capability of carrying the Vulcan whole?(Bridges & flyovers aside!)
.........Then of course if there is no sign of the funding for ETNA a year or three down the line the airport might offer the designated site to somebody else for commercial use and 558 will be put out to grass in the open, assuming of course there is still a space available somewhere by that time - that could be when the real crunch comes (not literally I hope!).
Not sure if anyone else has mentioned this yet but the application is now live on the Doncaster MBC planning website and the associated documents have now been loaded.http://planning.doncaster.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=OW61G9FXJRD00Only had a quick look at the Design and Access statement so far and its a shame no one proof read it
I don't think anything could move her whole - too heavy for the airlander and that's about all that could cope with the wingspan. That's why I feel we might have to resign ourselves to her being static only in the medium term if the hangar doesn't happen.


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"Hentai Kamen" goes live-action with an assist by Shun Oguri
Today it was announced that Keishuu Andou's satirical comedy manga "Hentai Kamen" has been made into a live-action film. A trailer was also released.
The idea to make a live-action adaptation reportedly came from actor Shun Oguri, who was a big fan of the original manga. After learning of this, Yuichi Fukuda decided to direct the film and collaborated with Oguri on the screenplay.
Originally serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump, the manga revolved around a young man named Kyosuke Shikijo who unleashes his full physical potential as a heroic justice-seeking pervert when he wears a pair of panties over his face as a mask.
The movie, titled HK: Hentai Kamen, was originally teased back in November before screenings of Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, but no additional information was revealed at the time.
Ryohei Suzuki stars as Shikijo. Although it will be his first starring role, he was seen as the perfect choice due to his physical stature and extreme dedication. At 186cm, Suzuki is well above the average height in Japan. He also dedicated a full year to intense training on par with a professional athlete, cutting his body fat while putting on 15kg (33lbs) of muscle. As additional preparation, he reportedly spent a good deal of time practicing all of Hentai Kamen's poses from the manga.
Joining Suzuki will be Fumika Shimizu (Kamen Rider Fourze) as Aiko Himeno, Ken Yasuda, Jiro Sato, Takashi Tsukamoto, Yoshinori Okada, and Shunsuke Daito.
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"Gun goguma, gun goguma!"
This is the cry of the street venders during the winter - tempting everyone to try their baked sweet potatoes. I would hear this cry during the winter, when I walked home from school, when it was already dark since I had to stay late for extra study sessions. They tasted so good! They were warm, sweet and filling, especially since I was so cold and hungry walking home from the bus station.
Goguma are usually harvested during the fall. When they're available, both my husband and I eat at least one medium size sweet potato a day. Both because I like how they taste, and because they are considered packed with good nutrition.
Koreans long knew that it has very good nutritional value, but it taste quite good too – one sweet potato and a cup of milk can be your breakfast. It's one of the few vegetables that has protein, vitamins, calcium, potassium and complex carbohydrates, unlike regular white potatoes.
My health-conscious sister, who lives in Korea, also claims sweet potatoes are very good for you, but recommends eating it with the skin on, and also in the morning. I suppose so, the carbohydrates, complex or not, doesn't get consumed to well when eating at night.
I usually eat it steamed or baked, like the street venders. Besides steaming or baking, Koreans prepare it simply, frying it with some flour and egg, or adding it to stews.
If you'd like to try goguma for yourself, head to an Asian grocery store. The Korean sweet potato is different than a yam: it's not as orange, and not as narrow and tubular like a yam. It's kind of like a lumpy white potato, and also the flesh is yellowish white. The flesh of goguma is also not pasty as a yam when it's cooked, it's a little bit more firm. Koreans call it "goguma" (???) and I believe Japanese call it satsuma-imo. I believe there are many many varieties but I think the two kinds are similar.


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Saturday, October 31, 2009
The inexorable dominance of cloud computing
Cloud computing is not just one more way to deploy information systems. It represents a total shift in how IT resources are delivered and ultimately will replace most of not all internally-maintained IT infrastructure.
At least that's the view of Nicholas Carr, who gave a talk at a one-day conference on cloud computing organized last week in London by Google. If you've read Carr's work in the past, his presentation will be familiar. One main point: the on-premise deployment of systems such as Oracle and SAP today are analogous to the on-premise factory power-plants of the 19th century--ultimately replaced by public electric utilities. So, it will be with utility computing.
Carr also gets a little bit into IT budget ratios, which we track closely at Computer Economics. His analysis is spot on and is a strong argument for why cloud computing ultimately will prevail over on-premise systems.
Near the end of the presentation, Carr presented five models for adoption of cloud computing:
You can view Carr's 30 minute talk here:
- Internal clouds: large organizations take advantage of cloud computing technologies by moving their own large IT infrastructures to a cloud computing model.
- Cloud as supplement: organizations retain their on-premise systems but use cloud computing to deploy new IT capabilities.
- Cloud as replacement: organizations forgoing their own IT infrastructure altogether and going with cloud computing for everything. So far this is appealing, naturally, to smaller businesses.
- Cloud as democratizer: cloud computing allowing individuals to have their "own data centers," leading to an explosion in innovation.
- Cloud as revolution: cloud computing reducing the cost and increasing the accessibility of data processing, leading to new ways of embedding IT in new products and services.
What about the major on-premise software providers, such as SAP and Oracle? Can they make the transition to cloud computing? Although both SAP and Oracle have cloud computing initiatives, such as SAP's Business ByDesign and Oracle's On-Demand CRM, I'm not hopeful. They have too much invested in, and receive too much of their margin, from their legacy products.
Consistent with this view, at the end of his presentation, Carr looks at cloud computing as a disruptive technology, a la Clayton Christensen. I was glad to hear that, as I've long felt that cloud computing strongly qualifies as a disruptive technology that does not give hope to the current market leaders in enterprise software. But that's the subject for another post.
From time to time I bring up issues that buyers should be aware of in evaluating SaaS providers--for example, business continuity concerns. But in the long run, I'm convinced these issues will be worked through. The transition will take some time, but the economics are too strong for cloud computing not to prevail. Therefore, even today, buyers should consider every IT decision in light of the options available in the cloud.
Update, Nov 1. Be sure to read the first comment on this post, from former SAP executive Nenshad Bardoliwalla, who essentially confirms my point.
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Out of recession: US economic review and forecast
Maria Simos at E-forecasting has put together an excellent slide show on her firm's forecast for US economic activity, in light of history since the mid-1800s. This is a must-see for anyone interested in where we're headed in the near future.
Bottom line: we're already out of recession.
Some key points:
There is much more on consumer spending, export and imports, and global trends.
- US GDP is estimated at 3.6% growth in Q3, marking end of recession
- Six month growth rate in September is at 0.5% growth--first time positive since August 2008
- US leading indicator has gone up six-fold, growth rate above the long-term trend
- US GDP growth will peak in the 3% range, then stabilize at 2% through 2012
- Manufacturing sector growth has already hit bottom and has started to rebound
- Inflation will worsen due to increases in the money supply
You can view the whole slide show below. (Skip quickly through the first 20 slides to get to the good stuff starting on slide 21.)by Frank Scavo, 10/27/2009 08:03:00 AM | permalink | e-mail this!
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
Oracle's roadmap for Fusion Apps
In the last part of the last keynote at Oracle Open World yesterday, Larry Ellison finally gave some specifics concerning Oracle's Fusion Applications, its next-generation of business software.
Technology foundation and user interface
These are the areas where Fusion really shines. The product is completely architected from the ground up on Oracle Fusion middleware, with a service-oriented architecture, allowing it to interoperate with existing Oracle applications as well as competitor applications and even custom systems, as long as they adhere to open standards. Fusion apps also incorporate role-based design, embedded analytics, and unified communications features, such as presence-awareness and chat.
The best summary I've seen so far about Fusion apps comes from Forrester's Paul Hamerman.
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Those counting on Fusion to be a comprehensive successor for Oracle's existing products, however, will be disappointed. According to Ellison, when Fusion first reaches general availability, it will not provide the breadth of functionality currently available in Oracle's existing portfolio. This has been self-evident, but now Oracle has made it official.
Specifically, Fusion will only address the following horizontal functions:
Ellison specifically mentioned manufacturing (both process and discrete) and public sector as two sectors that would not be addressed by Fusion Apps, at least initially. But it would also appear that any Oracle customers or prospects looking for industry-specific functionality (e.g. retail, life sciences, etc.) would not find Fusion to be a complete solution.
- Customer Relationship Management
- Project Portfolio Management
- Governance, Risk, And Compliance
- Human Capital Management
- Financial Management
- Procurement
- Supply Chain Management
The roadmap: "Fusion + Other Stuff from Oracle"
Here's the big disappointment. In nearly the last sentence of his keynote, Ellison indicated that Fusion apps would be available "next year." That would be 2010. So literally, Oracle could release Fusion apps next December--14 or 15 months from now--and still meet Ellison's timetable. Until then, for most customers, Fusion is just a roadmap.
As Hamerman puts it,
Although Oracle asserts that the apps are "code complete," the product is in what Oracle calls "in-house beta." Customers have been brought in to test applications installed on Oracle premises as part of this program. There are no live customers currently, but early adopters are signing on as we speak.On the other hand, you could spin the Fusion timetable in positive light. The fact that software sales are depressed right now as a result of the recession means it is a good time for Oracle to be making this transition. In addition, I would rather see Oracle take the time to get it right with Fusion than rush it into general availability only to suffer a loss of credibility when new customers encounter problems.
But even when Fusion does reach general availability, most Oracle customers will need to consider Fusion apps along with industry-specific modules from existing Oracle products. Unless an organization only needs the horizontal functionality in the bullet points listed earlier, we're talking about Oracle selling Fusion apps in combination with other Oracle products. A manufacturing industry prospect would need to buy Fusion apps plus manufacturing modules from Oracle's E-Business Suite or J.D. Edwards, for example. A retail industry prospect would need to buy Fusion apps, plus Oracle's Retek products. "Fusion + Other Stuff from Oracle" will be the roadmap, at least until Oracle can roll all that industry-specific functionality into Fusion.
Compounding the problem, Oracle's existing products are a moving target. From other information gleaned during Open World presentations, it's clear to me that Oracle's development organization is not standing still with its current portfolio. For example, I saw some very deep CRM functionality recently introduced for municipal government in Oracle's E-Business Suite. I don't know when Oracle would be able to incorporate such functionality into Fusion.
From the quick screen shots and demo scenarios presented during Ellison's keynote, it appears Fusion apps will be a great product. But the limited functional coverage of the initial release for Fusion means, as I noted, that most Oracle customers and prospects will need to sign up for Fusion in combination with other, existing, Oracle products. For existing customers, the more straightforward path would be to simply stay with Oracle's existing products, for which Oracle has promised to continue support under its Apps Unlimited program. And new sales prospects may find "Fusion + Other Stuff from Oracle" a muddled sales pitch.
Update: Merv Adrian blogs that he was less impressed with the Fusion news than with the news on Oracle's database and BI offerings.
Update: Jim Holincheck has a good post with lots of details about the functionality included in the Fusion's Human Capital Management (HCM) module.
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Salesforce.com: more than an itty-bitty application
I'm spending a couple of days at the Oracle Open World conference this week and decided to find out a little bit more about Salesforce.com and its relationship with Oracle. Why? A couple of weeks ago, Oracle's CEO Larry Ellison made some not-so-kind comments about the term "cloud computing" in general, and Salesforce.com in particular.
Ellison said,"Let's look at [Salesforce.com's] technology," he said. "They buy computers. They rent a room. Uh, they put the computers in the room. They buy electricity and plug it in. They then buy an Oracle database to run on those computers and then they buy Oracle middleware to build their applications. Oh, excuse me, and then they build this little itty-bitty application for salesforce automation. ... Most of the technology at Salesforce.com is ours."Stripping away the hyperbole, let's break down Ellison's analysis. He thinks that the value of Salesforce.com is in its IT infrastructure, most of which is provided by Oracle. The CRM application is just a small part of the total solution and therefore a small part of the value that Salesforce.com's customers receive.
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Let's stipulate that in terms of lines of code, the application layer is a small part of the overall technology running at Salesforce.com. I don't know what the percentage is, but let's assume it's 5%. Does that mean that the application only contributes 5% of the value that customers derive from Salesforce.com? I don't think so. Strip away the application, and Salesforce.com customers get nothing. Furthermore, it would imply that all a software vendor needs to do is build its application on Oracle technology and it will deliver value. That argument, of course, is ludicrous.
Of course, Oracle technology can be used to build on-premise solutions as well as software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions, such as Salesforce.com. Is there anything special about SaaS in terms of delivering customer value?
Cloud computing delivers innovation
Yesterday, to answer these questions, and also to have a little fun, I took my Flip video camera and set out with my fellow Enterprise Advocate, Vinnie Mirchandani, to see how cloud computing was represented at Oracle Open World.
There are a lot of vendors on the exhibit floor offering cloud computing and SaaS solutions. But finding one willing to go on camera to talk about this subject wasn't easy. So, I was happy when Kendall Collins, Chief Marketing Officer at Salesforce.com, agreed to an interview. I'll let Kendall speak for Salesforce.com in this four-minute clip:
What is striking to me in this short clip is the single example of how cloud computing delivers value in a way that's just not possible with an on-premise system. The salesforce-to-salesforce functionality that Kendall describes above is only possible when multiple organizations are resident on a multi-tenant system. To achieve this sort of functionality with an on-premise system would either require extensive EDI links, or custom systems using Web APIs. In any event, it would most likely take an organization years to develop such a system using on-premise deployment.
This doesn't mean that cloud computing is the best solution to every problem. Many SaaS providers do not yet have the out-of-the-box functionality to match an Oracle E-Business Suite, for example. But that may be changing. As SaaS becomes a more accepted means of software delivery, these solutions will become more mature, displacing on-premise systems in more organizations.
And this might prove to be the real threat to Oracle, which might explain Ellison's hyperbole on this subject. It's possible that years from now, Oracle will be mainly known as an infrastructure provider to the Salesforce.coms of the world, who deliver the real value.
Update, Oct. 14. Bruce Richardson reports on the presentation by Marc Beniof, CEO of Salesforce.com at Oracle Open World.by Frank Scavo, 10/13/2009 08:05:00 AM | permalink | e-mail this!
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Sunday, October 11, 2009
Live from Oracle Open World 2009
I'm attending a couple of days at Oracle's user conference in San Francisco this week. Tonight, Larry Ellison and Scott McNealy took the stage as a united team representing Oracle and Oracle's latest acquisition, Sun Microsystems.
Larry Ellison, true to form, spoke mostly about Oracle's competition, specifically IBM, claiming Oracle's database running on Sun processors are faster than IBM's DB2. He reassured Sun's customers that Oracle would invest even more in Sun's products than Sun has. And, he also said the right things about continuing to invest in MySQL, Sun's open source database management system.
So, for Oracle and Sun fans: plenty of red meat. For the rest of us, we'll need to wait to see how the Oracle/Sun combination plays out in reality. And, those of us on the enterprise software side of the house would really like to hear about Oracle's progress on its Fusion applications roadmap.
In the meantime, take a look at what its like at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, with thousands of Oracle Open World attendees streaming into the Ellison-McNealy keynote.
Update: On Monday, several analysts present at Oracle Open World recorded videos of their first impressions of the conference:
Here's Vinnie Michandani:
And Ray Wang's take:
Finally, here are my thoughts:
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