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Bautista's blast helps Jays top Twins

May 13, 2012 - 2:46 AM Minneapolis, MN (Sports Network) - Drew Hutchison tossed six solid innings and Jose Bautista laced a go-ahead solo home run in the sixth frame, helping the Toronto Blue Jays down the Minnesota Twins, 2-1, in the third test of a four-game set.

Hutchison (2-1) surrendered a run on three hits and four walks for Toronto, which has won three of its last four.

Adam Lind added an RBI single while Casey Janssen picked up his second save of the season with a 1-2-3 ninth.

"More than anything the two guys that are showing some signs of life are Lindy (Lind) getting that base hit and Jose (Bautista), who loves hitting in this ballpark," Toronto manager John Farrell said.

Former Blue Jay P.J. Walters (0-1) made his Twins debut and allowed two runs on six hits in six frames. Minnesota has lost six of its last eight.

Minnesota struck first with a run in the fourth. Brian Dozier and Joe Mauer registered consecutive one-out singles and after Josh Willingham struck out, back-to-back walks by Ryan Doumit and Trevor Plouffe pushed across Dozier.

But the Blue Jays responded and went ahead after plating a run apiece in the fifth and sixth frames.

In the fifth, Colby Rasmus smacked a two-out double and Lind followed with a single to center field, plating Rasmus.

Bautista drilled a two-out screaming line drive that just crept over the wall in left field to give Toronto a 2-1 advantage after six.

The umpiring crew originally ruled that the ball stayed in play, but after review, it was evident that it cleared the wall before one-hopping off the fencing that protects the spectators. It was Bautista's 10th homer in 10 career games at Target Field.

"I felt okay out there but two outs, nobody on base and both runners scored, I've got to do a better job of finishing those innings off," Walters said.

Francisco Cordero, who was demoted from the closers role after blowing his last three save opportunities, spun a scoreless seventh.

Janssen needed 12 pitches in the ninth to seal the win.

Game Notes

Minnesota was 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base...Bautista's homer was his eighth of the year...Farrell earned his 100th victory as a Toronto manager.


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When Google acquisitions go wrong: the disappointing story of Urchin

Just because the big G rolls up with a truckload of cash doesn't mean that …

In March of 2005, Google acquired Urchin Software Corporation, a San Diego-based web analytics company. A few short months later, Google Analytics was unveiled, which was based on "Urchin On Demand," Urchin's javascript-based "Software as a Service" (SaaS) web traffic analytics solution. Urchin customers were generally thrilled about the acquisition, because it was assumed that it meant great things were in store for all of Urchin's customers. In reality, Urchin's core customers have been ignored, product development has stopped on everything but Google Analytics, and companies are wondering why Google took the money and, well, ran.

The problem stems from the apparent fact that Google's interest in Urchin Software Corporation was limited to its SaaS offering. Google has since developed Urchin On Demand into a real powerhouse analytics suite, and given its ease-of-use and cost ("free"), it's amazingly popular. The problem is that Urchin's other analytic tools have been ignored since the acquisition took place, but they weren't supposed to be.

Urchin's most popular analytics software was a server-based log analysis suite known simply as "Urchin." Urchin 5 came in a variety of flavors, priced according to tiers. It could be had for as little as $900, or you could easily pay more than $10,000, depending on the features and support you needed.

Urchin's log-based analysis gave webmasters access to data that is not available to javascript-based solutions (particularly: info for/on non-javascript clients, server-side application errors, custom user tracking, and more). Many customers would much rather have Urchin updated than turn to Google Analytics. Yet Urchin is still sitting at version 5.7, even though version 6 was in testing in late 2004, just before the Google acquisition.

In the wake of Google's purchase of the company, inquiring customers (including Ars Technica) were told that support and updates would continue. Companies that had purchased support contracts were expecting version 6 any day, including Ars. What really happened is this: Google focused its attention on Google Analytics, put all updates to Urchin's other products on the back burner, and rolled out a skeleton support team. Everyone who forked over for upgrades via a support contract never got them, even though things weren't supposed to have changed.

The support experience has been awful. Since the acquisition, we have had two major issues with Urchin, and neither issue was solved by Google's support team. In fact, with one issue, we were helped up until the point it got difficult, and then the help vanished. The support team literally just stopped responding.

As InfoWorld points out in a report on the situation, Google won't comment on if or when an update is coming. The report cites customers who are worried that this means Urchin may be "discontinued." Here's a news flash: when it takes 2.5 years to get an upgrade out that was due shortly after the Red Sox won the 2004 World Series, it's already effectively "discontinued."

Many companies desperately want to believe that Google still takes Urchin seriously, however. I suppose when you pay more than $10,000 for software and support contracts, it's painful to watch a third party walk right in and destroy the value of that software purchase by failing to provide meaningful support and turning its attention elsewhere. "Them's the breaks," as they say: the support contracts never guaranteed upgrades.

Of course, after buying the company, Google is free to do with it as they see fit. It's a shame, however, because Urchin's tools were indeed some of the best, and Google Analytics is not a drop-in replacement. We've long since given up hope of ever seeing 6.0, but given the fact that Google still offers a trial and still directs people to resellers for 5.7, perhaps we shouldn't give up hope just yet.

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Fashion vs. Style

Fashion versus Style…

Fashion and style, like cat and dogs are two totally different things…

Fashion is exciting invigorating and it can be impersonal. You see fashion in the stores, on the runways, in the newspaper and on the magazine rack. Fashion is art. Fashion is consumer oriented. Fashion is always changing.

Style on the other hand, is personal, an artform, It is a choice, a statement, a form of creative expression. It is exciting! It needs fashion, yet can exist without it. Style is what you say to the world.

It’s easy to get wrapped up in fashion and lose out on style. To let your choices be dictated by the masses, instead of making a decision yourself.

When fashion and style merge it is amazing! Choosing the fashion you want to incorporate into your own personal style can be the most invigorating thing. Choosing the designers, you want to come back to year after year… The magazines and websites you draw inspiration from, and the boards you follow on Pinterest…

Style is something that is 100% you! Style makes you consider what is uniquely you and challenges you to bring that to the table consistently.  It’s a confidence builder and an individualizer. It’s one way you say to the world, “look out world  here I come!” without saying anything at all.

Fashion and style, walk hand in hand. Like sisters they may be related; but they couldn’t be more different.

Break Your Style Rules

The conventional fashion rules are a thing of the past. After all who hasn’t worn white after Labor Day, black with navy or mix your metals silver with gold…

Style rules are a different thing altogether. These are the boundaries we give ourselves when we go shopping and when we get dressed. In my own life I have and had many style rules, the one that was the most fun to break was about maxi dresses. I was convinced that I could not wear them. That there was no way it would look good on someone who is just average height and has curvy hips. But that could not have been further from the truth! One day while thrifting I found the “one” a funky 70’s maxi that was perfect! It looked great and I felt wonderful. I learned one very important lesson just because I didn’t think that I could wear a maxi dress didn’t mean I could. Since then I have tried many things and have gained a new appreciation for trying new clothes, and being experimental in my style.

Now one thing I keep in mind when breaking the rules is my body shape. I believe in working with your body not against it. So here’s the basic formula for breaking your style rules… Think of one thing you avoid like the plague, maybe it’s maxi skirts. Keep it in the back of your mind when ever you go shopping or borrow something from your friend or family member. When you try it on have an open mind with an attitude of playfulness and experimentation. After all you just may find your new favorite thing to wear!

Looking Back and Looking Forward Part 5

2013-2015 were huge huge transition-ary times. In 2013 I was working through cosmetology school and graduated in August of that year the rest of that year and 2014 were spent trying to figure out my life.  I decided to quit this blog on Nov 4th (I think) of 2014 and all lay dormant until I started deleting posts… Come next post I will be unveiling the new direction of the site…  Since I am a  sentimental person I couldn’t just let my dear, departed, deleted posts go without a proper homage… So here is part 5 a recap of posts and my life for the last 3 years! I barely blogged during this time.

2013 The year I finished school and tried to figure out where I stood in the world of hair… Ultimately I realized that hair and I were never to be people and fashion are my passions in a way that hair will never be and never has…. This year was also a year of personal upheaval my sister was in a very bad accident and was in the ICU for a few months and the hospital for many more but she has bounced back. She is such an inspiration to me and many others…

Jan 7th 2013 Wore this to the hospital to visit my sister… Things in life may be up in the air but two things to remember, God is always in control and you can dress up for any occasion. =)

Artfully Artista

Jan 9th 2015 Sunday, church outfit! I was in LOVE with this top it’s so pretty. Never underestimate the power of a sunny color during a less than sunny time in life.

Jan 15th 2013 My Birthday Dress!!! Yes I wore this on my Birthday but I also wore it just because it was fun to wear…  it was very fitting with my 90’s fashion dreams of the time.

Jan 30th 2013 Another outfit I wore to visit my sis while she was in the hospital… I felt like a million bucks in this look =)OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Feb 6th 2013 Twas not so cold winter that year and I always love to wear my Levi’s denim when I head out and about… To be honest I would probably wear something pretty similar to this right now.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAMarch 25th 2013 had to capture the shoulder of this blouse they were sequins which at the time was quite exciting… Details are fun!

April 10th 2015 What I wore to Church. The jacket is pretty fab and I still love to wear it out and about ❤

September 3rd 2013 4 days after I had just graduated from Aveda Institute. So I did a post showing off my portfolio. I did a photoshoot with a beautiful  classmate of mine Ciara and earlier I was a model in school runway show I was a lizard lady and it was pretty awesome! All photos were shot by the talented Brian James.

Me as the lizard lady… Twas a fun experience.

October 8th 2015, Beach day with a friend =) Good times and pleasant memories.

Asrtfully Artista Soooo cool!

November 30th 2013 I turned 23!!! I had some dear friends over to celebrate the coming of another year. That birthday dress was so fun to wear and  the print is out of this world ❤

2014 was a year of self discovery and overcoming fears… and I only had 1 post that year from May of 2014 the outfit that I wore to my brothers scholarship dinner.

so here it is… =)

Vint LBD

2015 Was an interesting year I had huge dreams and plans that I did not know how to bring into reality… So I studied my heart out and got stuck on the hamster wheel of knowledge consumption because truth be told taking action can  be hard it requires a totally different mindset than consuming information. But I did accomplish some pretty cool things… In Feb I helped with the costume design for a student film my friend Trevor put together. You can watch it here! I never thought I could design mermaid tails but I can and I did! It was while I was working on that film that I realized how much I love styling and how I love to style for woman and there lives, more than for stories and but rather for life… I am so glad I tried that and did something new.


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Suspension in Scotland

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For the past 17 years i have been into body mods and have always wanted to try Suspension but i can’t seem to find any groups in Scotland only in England. Could you tell me if there is any groups Scotland and how i could go about doing it?

Well i dont know of any groups in Scotland, However, you are right! There are groups in England which is very close to you and worth travelling the short distance there for. I would recommend giving Matt Kirk a ring over there. (He can be reached at Fools Gold, 011 44 1892 522275).
If you dont want to head to the land of the queen, Id also recommend heading over to Ireland and meet up with the PMP suspension team for some fun. I was just over there working with them and man, is it beautiful over there. Definitely worth a trip to suspend. You can reach them at

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6 Responses to “Suspension in Scotland”

  1. Me too,i heard its got something to do with scots law and how you can be charged with abh

    al on July 24th, 2012 at 1:22 pm
  2. Also, you could always look into bringing a team to Scotland to do your suspension if travel isnt an option for you.

    cere on July 25th, 2012 at 3:20 pm
  3. Thanks for the advice been in contact with them i am going to try arrange a night in Glasgow as it as not been done yet so kill 2 birds with 1 stone

    implantedggow on August 2nd, 2012 at 5:09 pm
  4. Hey, has this night been organised yet? Too late?

    eejit on October 1st, 2012 at 5:31 am
  5. Suspension (along with various ‘heavier’ forms of mods such as scarification, branding and dermal punching) is actually illegal in Scotland. It’s not widely advertised, and many of these practices do go on, especially in the bigger cities, but suspension is a big no-no up here I’m afraid. Definitely agree with trying to get in contact with Fool’s Gold, as if you were found to be carrying that kind of thing on up here the repercussions would be heavy.

    Heid. on January 1st, 2013 at 1:22 pm
  6. We run monthly suspension events in lonond (look up state of bliss on facebook). We have had many requests to suspend people in scotland, but alas the laws as they stand now would mean that all the crew involved could be charged with gbh and all our equient confiscated.

    Tam Smith on July 9th, 2013 at 3:34 am

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#blogamonth So many “news”

A new year…
A new group of students…
New curriculum…
New colleagues…
New mandates…
How do we begin anew? How do we begin anew with all the “news” we encounter?

Yes, so much to do.

Do a little more each day than you think you possibly can. ~Lowell Thomas

At the end of the day before leaving work or finishing up at home, I ask myself, “What must be ready to be successful tomorrow?” I organize for that, keeping in mind the larger goals as well. I consider broad goals and small steps; my lessons and projects have essential questions, and I know a path for myself and the possible path for the students. Daily lessons are not needed in advance; they develop based on our progress and goals we set to respond to our questions and to our feedback to each other. Of course, for all the requirements for committees, I guide my work with the big goal, the big question to answer, and keep a running set of tasks, collaborations, reflections, documentation, to stay focused and responsive with colleagues. Google Apps keeps all this shared, ready, and organized.

I strive to do the best I can, yet I keep in mind that we are not perfect and mistakes will occur. I check things over, but know when to stop; I am professional, but not a perfectionist; I know I can do better tomorrow. We are all still learning; we’re human.

So, I go boldly and scatter seeds of kindness, encouraging those I work with, students and staff, to build community, to grow better together.

I know, for myself, my students, and my colleagues, that life happens.

These two ideas are key: life happens; mistakes happen. But there is no problem so great that we cannot fix, solve, or cope. These are lessons learned and ideas discussed frequently — until the students begin to share and encourage each other.

This flag hung in my classrooms for thurry-one years: a story for myself and my students. A first grade student brought his flag to me in tears because he had colored one fat red stripe at the top. “I ruined it,” he stuttered. I grabbed a white piece of paper and held it in my hands, asking him, “What could we do to fix that?” The sobs and a head shake, “ I don’t know.” I smiled, gently moving the white paper in front of me while looking at the red stripe. “I wonder how we could fix this?” I asked again. I waited. After a few tearful moments, the young boy said, “I could cut a white stripe and tape it there!” And that’s what he did. We support each other in solving problems, not to do for others, but to guide them to their own solutions.

Life is a journey — live to enjoy the struggle and make the world better. And then, all the “news” are welcome.

We have a lot of “news,” and our attitude and our relationships move us forward.

A new year… welcome!

A new group of students… I’m glad you’re here.

New curriculum… Let’s see what we can make of this together.

New colleagues… Welcome; let me know if I can help.

New mandates… Bring ‘em on! We’ll do more and better!
How do we begin anew? Focus forward. I can. You can. We can. And Thank you.

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Evidence of Sikh prisoners (listed) languished since 1984 in Indian jails;

Sikhs all over the world are connecting and supporting mission of bhai Gurbax Singh to get Sikh prisoners languished in Indian jails since 1984. Just see support from UK, Australia and Germany to-day.

Sikhs in Melbourne, Australia gathered outside the Indian consulate to raise their voice to release Sikh prisoners.

Sikhs in Germany to protested in front of indian consulate and raised their voice in support of mission of Bhai Gurbax Singh and demanded immediate release of all Sikh prisoners languished in Indian jails who have completed their awarded punishment or without trials for many years.

BRAVO BRITISH SIKHS leading again. They sat on five day Fast in support of Bhai Gurbax Singh.

he key has been thrown On behalf of SOPW, 5 Gursikh veer have begun a 5 day hunger strike outside the Indian High Commission in London UK. This is a continuation of the peaceful protest started by Bhai Gurbaksh Singh on 14th November, to demand the release of all Sikh prisoners who have served their sentences but continue to be locked up, as if taway.

Please show your support for:

Bhai Ropinder Singh Khalsa
Bhai Davinder Singh Khalsa
Bhai Harvinder Singh Khalsa
Bhai Gagan Singh Khalsa
Bhai Manroop Singh Khalsa

and please make your way down there now at :

India House, Aldwych, London WC2B 4NA. Take part in the 101 Hours of Continuous Sri Chaupae Sahib & Jaap.

The British Sikh youths are already sitting on 24 hrs Fast to support chainwise to strengthen the cause of humanity and to support the mission. They are always in support of we indian Sikhs. I, Ajmer Singh Randhawa, always thankful to British Sikhs on behalf of Indian Sikh community for their kind support, help, charity, fight with anti-Sikh elements and their presence in need of hour.

December 10, 2013 at 9:16pm

Death Sentence to Sikh Political Prisoners

1. Prof. Devinderpal Singh Bhullar (Since 1995) Tihar Jail, Delhi

2. Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana (Since 1995) Central Jail, Patiala

Life Convicts Sikh Political Prisoners

Maximum Security Jail, Nabha

1. Lal Singh (Since 1992)

2. Dilbagh Singh (Since 1999)

3. Swaran Singh (Since 1991)

Model Jail, Burrial

4. Lakhwinder Singh (Since 1995)

5. Gurmeet Singh (Since 1995)

6. Shamsher Singh (Since 1995)

7. Subheg Singh (Since 1995) Central Jail, Ludhiana

8. Nand Singh (Since 1993) Central Jail, Patiala

Central Jail, Amritsar

9. Baj Singh (Since 1993)

10. Hardeep Singh (Since 1993)

11. Waryam Singh (Since 1991) Central Jail, Pilibhit, UP

12. Gurdeep Singh Kherra (Since 1990) Central Jail, Gulberg, Karnatka

13. Gurmeet Singh Fauji (Since 1995) Central Jail, Bikaner

Tihar Jail, Delhi

14. Jagtar Singh Hawara (Since 1995)

15. Paramjit Singh Bheora (Since 1995)

16. Daya Singh Lahoria (Since 1995)

7/10 Years R.I. or Under-trails Sikh Political Prisoners

1. Bapu Dr. Assa Singh 94 Years (District Jail, Hoshiarpur)

2. Bapu Maan Singh 69 years (Central Jail, Ludhiana)

Model Jail Kapurthala

3. Bapu Harbhajan Singh 84 Years

4. Bapu Balwinder Singh 61 years

5. Bapu Mohan Singh 72 years

6. Bapu Saroop Singh 64 Years

7. Bapu Avtar Singh 76 years

8. Bapu Sewa Singh 73 years

9. Jaswant Singh UK

10. Balwant Singh

11. Kashmir Singh

12. Kulwinder Singh

13. Ashu Singh

Maximum Security Jail, Nabha

14. Bapu Gurjant Singh 71 years

15. Harjinder Singh Kali

16. Kulvir Singh Barra Pind

17. Harnek Singh Bhapp

18. Balbir Singh Bira

19. Bakhsish Singh Baba

20. Gurpreet Singh Khalsa

21. Harminder Singh

22. Daljit Singh Coach

23. Amrajit Singh

24. Kewal Singh Sondh

25. Darshan Singh Baba

26. Jagmohan Singh

27. Gurmail Singh Boba

28. Jaswinder Singh

29. Gurjant Singh

30. Manjinder Singh

31. Jasbir Singh Jassa

32. Ravinder Singh Rinku

33. Parshotam Singh Bunty

34. Avtar Singh Materi

35. Pargat Singh Bhalwan

36. Harjant Singh DC

37. Gurjant Singh

38. Sukhwinder Singh Sukhi

39. Kulwant Singh Bant

40. Sukhwinder Singh Boxer

41. Sandeep Singh

42. Harpinder Singh Chehal

43. Piara Singh

44. Satnam Singh

45. Lovejeet Singh

46. Avtar Singh

47. Sandeep Singh

48. Mandeep Singh

49. Ajmer Singh

50. Balwant Singh

51. Satnam Singh

52. Amrik Singh

53. Daljit Singh

54. Lakhbir Singh

55. Rana Partap Singh

56. Maninderjit Singh

57. Tarandeep Singh

58. Karamjit Singh Bunty

59. Sarwan Singh

60. Jatinder Singh Happy

61. Dharam Singh

62. Kashmir Singh

63. Labh Singh

64. Harwinder Singh

65. Gurwinder Singh

District Jail, Nabha

66. Bibi Sukhjinder Kaur

67. Surinder Singh Thikriwala

68. Baljodh Singh

69. Parminder Singh

70. Narinderpal Singh

71. Sukhjinder Singh

72. Surinder Singh

73. Harpreet Singh

Central Jail, Patiala

74. Mohinder Singh

75. Kulwant singh

76. Warayam Singh

77. Bhupinder Singh

Tihar Jail, Delhi

78. Baljit Singh Bhau

79. Tarlochan Singh

Central Jail, Sirsa

80. Shivraj Singh

81. Balkaran Singh

82. Bhai Amarjit Singh

83. Nirmal Singh

84. Gurpreet Singh

85. Raju Singh

86. Gurbinder Singh Sonu

Central Jail, Amritsar

87. Pal Singh France

88. Narain Singh Chaurra

89. Makhan Singh Gill

90. Sukhdev Singh Chirra

91. Nishan Singh

92. Gurmukh Singh

93. Darshan Singh

94. Jagtar Singh

95. Sukhwant Singh

96. Sukhdev Singh

97. Sher Singh Bhutal

Amfula Jail, Jammu

98. Malkeet Singh Bhotna

99. Jagjeet Singh

100. Surjeet Singh

101. Harbans Singh

(TOTAL 119)

Prepared by:

Advocate Jaspal Singh Manjhpur

District Courts, Ludhiana

{Press Sec. SAD (PP)}

Released by:

SAD (Panch Pardhani), Dal Khalsa

Sikhs For Human Rights, Lawyers For Human Rights International

On 10th December 2013 (International Human Rights Day)

at Gurdwara Sahib, Sec-34, Chandigarh.

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Video Stream Will Be Available for Gustavus vs. St. Olaf MIAC Men’s Soccer Championship Match on Saturday

The Gustavus Adolphus men's soccer team will play St. Olaf College in the MIAC Post-Season Tournament Championship on Saturday, November 3 at 1:00 pm in St. Peter. The winner will earn an automatic bid in the NCAA Tournament. The Gustavus athletic department will video stream the match so interested parties can watch and hear the game over the internet. Gustavus student Scott Slarks will handle the play-by-play duties. The broadcast will begin at 12:50 pm.

Gustavus Women’s Hockey Versus UW-Stevens Point Selected As National Women’s Game of the Week by USCHO

US College Hockey Online (USCHO) will begin its fourth season of the Women's Game of the Week by broadcasting the Gustavus women's hockey game against UW-Stevens Point Saturday, November 3 at 2:00 pm in St. Peter. Gustavus is ranked #3 in the USCHO Preseason Poll, while UW-Stevens Point is ranked #7. This match-up is one of two Division III games broadcasted this season by USCHO. Brian Schulz, a broadcaster at the 2001 and 2004 World Women's Hockey Championships, will handle the play-by-play duties.

Football Games Can Be Heard on Gustavus Web Site

Audio webcasts of all the 2003 Gustavus football games can be heard here on the Gustavus athletic web site.


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Column: The State of the Marvel Universe

An All New All Different Marvel Universe Begins

By: Shawn Warner

October has been a busy month for The House of Ideas, the maverick masterminds at Marvel has turned out a multitude of new number ones over the past two weeks; perhaps the biggest of these is the Marvel Point One which serves as an introductory to the narrative that will run through several of these new books. Of these visionary versions of old favorites one of the most inspired and imaginative is the new Contest of Champions. Written by Al Ewing with some mind melting visuals provided by Paco Medina this series has the feel of a video game franchise which is understandable when you get to the end of the first issue to find all of the video game tie-ins. The story doesn’t tread much new ground nevertheless it does entertain particularly fun is the British Punisher in action. The premise is one we have seen before, in fact back in the original Contest of Champions series but, it’s the promise of seeing these new takes on our favorite characters go head to head in battle that makes this book so engrossing and certainly worth the price of admission.

All-New-All-Different-Marvel-Mighty-Thor-1Marvel has gone to great lengths to make this All New All Different era more than just a universe wide reboot; what the powers that be at Marvel are trying to sell us is that these new books are the result of events taking place in continuity thus these changes are organic and permanent, at least for now. The new versions of iconic heroes like Daredevil and the Hulk are much more than simple costume updates or origin tweaks, in some cases the changes go to the core of the character. Take Thor for instances, now that this is not a spoiler we can freely speak about Thor’s gender change being much more than superficial. Thor is now Jane Foster and that speaks to the very essence of who Thor is beyond gender. Jason Aaron has done such a fantastic job of handling this change that what could be jarring or even off-putting worked like a charm. His take on the new Thor is nuanced and genuine and while I definitely miss Thor Odinson being the wielder of Mjolnir, I can appreciate and enjoy this new chapter in the epic saga of one of Marvel’s mightiest. Jason Aaron has been quite busy not only handling the writing duties on Thor, Aaron’s first issue of his new Doctor Strange series hit the racks last week and boy is this one a heck of a lot of fun. Aaron’s take of Stephan Strange is much more human than we have seen the Sorcerer Supreme before. He appears somewhat less self-assured and though the many of the changes are subtle they alter the dynamic of the character in a way that makes this series feel completely fresh. Chris Bachalo is at the top of his game here, giving this series an imaginative look that befits the mystical subject matter. This one my favorite book the week it came out and I am very enthusiastic about future arcs.

All-New-All-Different-Marvel-Uncanny-Avengers-1AGerry Duggan and Ryan Stegman brought out the big guns on their new Uncanny Avengers number one. This is most assuredly one of the most eclectic rosters in Avengers history. We get Brother Voodoo, Quicksilver, Rogue, a geriatric Steve Rogers and Deadpool to name just a few. From the cover it appears that Spidey will be playing an important role on this team however after reading the first issue I’m not so sure we will be seeing the Friendly Neighborhood Web-Slinger in action as an Uncanny Avenger, especially as long as Deadpool is a card carrying member of the team. This book is a lot of fun as well; Duggan does a bang up job of crafting kinetic dialogue full of humor and energy. His work with co-writer Brian Posehn on the last Deadpool series was more comedic in tone but, this iteration of the mouthy Merc certainly is no slouch when it comes to knee slapping jocularity. The diversity of the team makes for a really dynamic chemistry which I am positive will provide more than enough mayhem to fuel the first several arcs. Ryan Stegman’s art continues to evolve and impress. His character designs are imaginative and innovative giving this book an extremely vivacious feel.

All-New_All-Different_Marvel_Point_One_1_Marquez_B_VariantThe All New All Different Marvel Universe is definitely upon us; along with the new number ones I’ve already mentioned some of the other titles making their debut so far are the Amazing Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2099, Guardians of the Galaxy, Invincible Iron Man, The New Avengers as well as a special zero issue to launch the new Avengers line written by Mark Waid, James Robinson, G. Willow Wilson, Al Ewing and Gerry Duggan with art by Mahmud Asrar, Leonard Kirk, Gerardo Sandoval, Kenneth Rocafort, Ryan Stegman and Victor Ibanez. This issue highlights the various teams including A-Force which will also be getting a new number despite the fact that the recently launched title is only five issues old. The coming months are full of All New All Different debuts which promise to illuminate the fallout of Secret Wars. The Inhumans, Daredevil, The X-Men and The Hulk all have debut issues coming very soon which will certainly redefine exactly what the Marvel Universe will look like going forward. There will be lots of new elements but hopefully there will be enough of that old Marvel magic to keep things authentic and retain the feel of the old 616 and Ultimate universes that kept us all engrossed and captured our collective imagination for almost 80 years. So True Believers, if you are like me you will be continuing to say, even after all the smoke clears and this new, different universe is fully actualized, Make Mine Marvel, excelsior!

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Unsolved Ubuntu Problem: /dev/sda* was not cleanly mounted + sulogin: cannot open pasword database!

Today I got error while entering my Ubuntu 12.04 OS. The error was caused bya “/dev/sda5 was not cleanly unmounted, check forced“. The last program I used is ext2fs for Windows 7 when I am booting on Windows OS. That is may caused on my harddisk, or may be another reason resulting problem on my Ubuntu booting process. Another error keyword is Inode 4268653, i_size is 211656, should be 217088. As trial error solution I do fsck in drive which contain error i.e /dev/sda5 using the following,
sudo fsck /dev/sda5

Let’s see it works or not, here is the screenshot of my terminal, I choose yes for all options.

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 After that try,  I boot again and whoa, I still cannot enter to my Ubuntu OS, the error message said; sulogin: cannot open password database. By some googling, I found an article by geek in superuser.com to copy passwd, shadow and gshadow file from /etc/ in other Ubuntu or boot via CD or FDD, I tried those tricks and continued by booting process in my Ubuntu OS.

Now, the error message has gone, but I only entered the text mode only, without ability to acces x window, or graphical mode.
Then, I did my faults. I copy all file from /etc/ in bootable Ubuntu FDD to my/etc in hard disk.  It caused a new error message. What’s wrong? Now a new error message appeared again after some bootings; sytem run in low-graphic mode. Although I ever experiencing this kind of problem, but at this time it is unsolved with my previous solution explained in this page. The only solution is to do new installation of Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS.

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Bali Losing its Zest

Prolonged Draught Destroying Bali’s Orange Orchards in Kintamani
The prolonged drought affecting much of Bali is threatening hillside fruit orchards around Kintamani. Bali Post reports that most of the orange trees at the village of Pinggan in Kintamani have already died in the scorching heat that has been unabated by the very late seasonal rains. Meanwhile, local agriculturists warn that the loss of perennial fruit crops is likely to only 0worsen if seasonal rains fail to come soon.

Dead trees and dry conditions also have many worried about the growing threat of bush fires. A local farmer, Wayan Duarsa, said on Monday, November 3, 2014: “We are forced to eradicate or cut down orange trees that are already dead. If we allow them to stand our losses will only increase further.” He said the current dry season has stretched into a drought, killing many local crops, including orange trees.

“I can confirm that hundreds of tree have died,” he said, “with more trees in the thousands showing sings of extreme distress.” Worst affected are lands stretching between the villages of Pingan to Banjar Paketan. In Pingan, both orange orchards and labu siam (Chayote) plantings are succumbing to the drought. The destruction of chayote crops, according to local farmers, demonstrates the extreme severity of the present drought.

In the past, chayote crops have proven resilient to the effects of a long dry season, but the current dry weather condition is largely unprecedented in its length and resulting destruction.

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In St. Germain v. Benhaim, 2014 QCCA 2207, the Quebec Court of Appeal revived a seldom applied approach to causation in medical malpractice cases by applying an “unfavourable inference” of proof of causation against the defendant physicians who failed to diagnose a patient’s lung cancer.
The facts of the case are tragic. The patient, an active and seemingly healthy middle-aged non-smoker, received a chest x-ray in November 2005 as part of his annual physical. The radiologist assessing the scans noticed a lesion and recommended another scan. Another x‑ray was taken in January 2006 and the radiologist again recommended another scan. The third scan was not taken until December 2006 during the patient’s annual physical. By this time, the lesion had grown. At that point, the radiologist, suspecting cancer, sent the patient for a series of tests. The tests revealed, in January 2007, that the patient had stage IV cancer that could no longer be treated. The patient died in June 2008.
The trial judge found that the family doctor and the radiologist had committed a fault by failing to compare the patient’s 2005 scan with his previous records and by failing to take reasonable steps, in 2005, to determine if the lesions were cancerous. She found, however, that the plaintiffs had failed to prove on a balance of probabilities that the cancer would have been treatable had it been diagnosed in 2005, preferring the evidence of the defendants’ expert that the cancer would already have been at stage III or IV in November 2005. In other words, the trial judge found that the plaintiffs had failed to establish causation.
The Court of Appeal reversed in two sets of concurring reasons. Kasirer, J.A., writing for the majority, held that the trial judge erred in law in failing to apply an “unfavourable inference” of causation against the defendants. The “unfavourable inference”, first set out by the Supreme Court in Snell v. Farrell, [1990] 2 S.C.R. 311 and confirmed in a Quebec medical malpractice setting in St. Jean v. Mercier, [2002] 1 S.C.R. 491 provides that in certain cases, “very little affirmative evidence on the part of the plaintiff will justify the drawing of an inference of causation in the absence of evidence to the contrary” (Snell, p. 329).
The majority found that the conditions were met in this case.
First, because of the physicians’ negligence, it was impossible for the plaintiffs to prove, scientifically, by direct evidence, the stage of the cancer in November 2005. Staging, in order to be reliable, requires a biopsy. No biopsy was taken because of the physicians’ negligence.
Second, the plaintiffs did adduce authoritative medical statistics that 78% of cancers that are discovered fortuitously – as was the case here – are discovered at stage I. This statistical evidence was sufficient affirmative evidence to support an unfavourable inference of causation. In the majority’s view, the expert evidence adduced by the defendants was no more than a hypothesis and was insufficient to establish that the deceased was in the 22% of late-stage, fortuitously discovered cases.
Kasirer, J.A. was careful to explain that the unfavourable inference does not create a veritable presumption of causation. The burden is relaxed, but not shifted. The ultimate burden of proving causation on the balance of probabilities still rests with the plaintiff, in keeping with the curative function of extra-contractual liability. However, the unfavourable inference addresses the “potential unfairness of holding plaintiffs to an impossible standard and relieving doctors of liability by reason of their negligence” (para. 169). The need for such an evidentiary tool is heightened in an all-or-nothing legal system that does not recognize loss of chance.
Fournier, J.A. came to the same conclusion on causation in his concurring reasons, but via a different route. He found that the trial judge had erred in her appreciation of the evidence and that the appellants had succeeded in establishing fault on a balance of probabilities, without resort to any negative inference. In his view: “Il n’y a pas d’allègement du fardeau de preuve du fait que la faute des intimés empêche de faire la preuve directe de l’un des éléments essentiels de la responsabilité.” (para 63).
The majority of the Court of Appeal did not invent the unfavourable inference in St. Germain. However, as Kasirer, J.A. noted, since St-Jean – which did not actually apply the negative inference on the facts – its application in Quebec has been “rare”, and sometimes wrongly confused with a reversal of the burden of proof.

Whether the unfavourable inference will be more frequently or more widely applied in the future will undoubtedly depend on what the Supreme Court has to say in St. Germain. Stay tuned!

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    Thanks dude! Do you know if I can find step by step instructions anywhere? I want to do something like this site. All pages in wordpress except one page in bbpress.

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4 Quick Impressions, Performed In Sucky Haiku, Are Mad Tough To Do

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Just for April 1st,
A post in quirky meter.
Fear the bad results.

I think she’s showing what some of my readers feel right now.

Shigofumi was
not as deep as I had hoped.
Chiaki’s still awesome.

And some of them are probably ready to kill me right about now.

Mokke was superb
The unknown was fun to see
Live on dear sisters

And he’s actually crying for me. Wow.

true tears entertained.
Bittersweet endings are nice
when done well. This was.

Hiromi does change,
Noe looks toward the future,
And Shin learns to fly.

And Akio comes to clean up the mess. Notice the bat.

And at last CLANNAD.
I loved the message it held.
Family is life.

The relative lack
of forced sympathy as well
was so refreshing.

Will I repeat this?
Too much thinking and few skills
With this tell me no.

I won’t quit my day posting. 😛

And for those who are still confused about the Anime Blog Awards, this should help. For those that aren’t giving it a chance before it’s even really started, please do. You never know what can happen. :3

9 Responses to “4 Quick Impressions, Performed In Sucky Haiku, Are Mad Tough To Do”

  1. 1 The Animanachronism April 1, 2008 at 12:21 pm

    I applaud your haiku, although I don’t think they really work very well (or at all) in English (Ezra Pound was a liar).

  2. 2 Michael April 1, 2008 at 12:49 pm

    You made me feel that I need to watch Mokke.

  3. 3 digitalboy April 1, 2008 at 1:39 pm

    w00t for mokke, not so much for true tears >_> (resisting urge to fanboy spiel). And yeah, Shigofumi, not deep, still fun.

  4. 4 lanie-emon April 2, 2008 at 7:51 am

    Wow, I’m impressed, to say the least.

  5. 5 Owen S April 2, 2008 at 11:26 am

    Great method of presentation, and timely reminder that I should catch Mokke some time later, if Shinsen ever completes it. Did AnonymousSubber get better at their Divx encoding skills?

  6. 6 TheBigN April 2, 2008 at 3:31 pm

    Animanachronism: Haiku in English seems off. But that makes sense.

    Michael: In case you’re wondering, that pic is not indicative of the series at all. Just to let you know. 😛

    Owen S: Not really, but that sort of thing doesn’t bother me, as you know.

    I don’t think I really did these well, so it’s kind of embarrassing hearing these positive responses. It’s hard to try and sum everything up in 17/34 syllables, and I applaud those who are able to do that with no problem. :3

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Ed. note: BBG readers, please welcome Dan Sterlace to the team. Formerly of Sabre Noise, Dan will be a weekly columnist here with a bit of a Drew Magary-on-Kissing Suzy Kolber bent to his writing.

Hey Buffalo. You excited? You know you are.

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I’m excited. I’m kicking off my inaugural post at BBG after what I consider a fun run over at Sabre Noise, and the first thing I get to talk about is the post-analysis of the post-deadline analysis that’s got jumping beans in everybody’s pantaloons. Holy crap, #DarcyDidSomething is the Twitter search of the week, and we’ve got Puck Daddy rating the Sabres GM as a “winner” of the trade deadline. We’re hearing analysts on TSN talk about how our team got better. If you’ve looked around, you might even see some Vancouver Canucks fans who are irate about the big trade that stripped them of their Calder Trophy candidate of a center.

What’s important now is we play it cool…and contain ourselves.

Two things happen when we get over-stimulated. First, we start looking for things to be angry about. Second, we start to over-analyze everything until we’re at each other’s throats over what line the new guy is playing on.

The number of callers and tweets and comments that gripe about losing size and grit was somewhat expected. This Sabres squad is under-sized, and they’ve been bullied in the playoffs two years in a row. But if you look at it from an analytical point of view…losing Paul Gaustad and gaining a first round pick was an absolute no-brainer.

Guys. The best case scenario with Goose if he stayed was that he’d re-sign for less money. The worst case scenario would be that he’d walk out the door and the Sabres would get nothing in return. Now I’m not saying he will be back, and I’m not even taking this time to say he should (nor shouldn’t) be back. But it’s an option that comes with a first round pick. This is having your cake and eating it too.

That’s me talking about someone who’s been my favorite player since 2005. Take your heart out of the equation and use only your brain. The only way the Gaustad trade looks better is if Nashville tanks the rest of the season and that first round pick moves farther up the draft.

Instead we’ve got Bucky Gleason talking about the value of the fourth rounder that went to Nashville:

If you think the fourth-round pick Buffalo required to complete Paul Gaustad’s trade mattered little, here are eight notable players Buffalo selected after the third since 1997: Gaustad, Ryan Miller, Brian Campbell, Nathan Gerbe, Patrick Kaleta, Ales Kotalik, Dennis Wideman, Jan Hejda, Chris Butler.

That’s what we get, folks. Darcy Regier absolutely fleeces the Nashville Predators, and a day later we have Buffalo’s greatest wind-bag blowing about how a fourth round pick can make it in the NHL. Yes, Bucky, a 4th can end up doing well. Derek Dorsett was taken in Round Seven. Adam Burish went in Round Nine. Hell, Ville Leino wasn’t ever drafted, and he ended the Sabres playoff hopes last season.

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Holy crap, Bucky. It’s almost like the draft is a crap shoot. It’s like 3o teams do their best to guess the damn future or something, and they place their bets on a bunch of teenagers and hope that the kids pan out and don’t screw up.

Speaking of kids that screw up, the Sabres moved the delinquent and under-achieving Zack Kassian as part of a trade to try to address the much-coveted playmaking center. Surely the Buffalo sports media only had good things to say about that, right:

Darcy Regier pointed toward prospect Marcus Foligno as a player who played a similar style to Zack Kassian…So why wasn’t the left winger, terrific for the past month in Rochester, summoned to help the struggling Sabres for more than a game? Kassian failed to score in his final 21 games for Buffalo going back to Dec. 7. And if they were showcasing Kassian, why did the Sabres promote Corey Tropp for their four-game road trip over Foligno?

Jesus! It’s like playing Jenga. They move out a kid that they clearly had a problem with, upgraded the center position, and all it does it cause us to whine and cry some more. And yes, I’m saying “us” and not just Bucky. He is absolutely the pandering heart and soul of the masses, but he needs to have an audience to pander to. Even the most well-meaning and positive-minded of us have been caught in a wake of excitement and boundless energy because the Sabres won on deadline day.

How could I blame anyone for being so pumped up? Fans have been thirsting for an overhaul of the Sabres’ core players since Danny Briere and Chris Drury left. That fumble by management left such a bruise on our proverbial skin that we’re left with a sort of post-traumatic stress disorder where we have to search for the bad in every move they make. Whenever something looks good, we have to turn it upside down and inside out and Bucky has to point out the centers they’ve drafted in the first round that didn’t pan out:

Buffalo has chosen four centers in the first round since 1997 — Tyler Ennis, Marek Zagrapan, Jiri Novotny and Artem Kryukov. Zagrapan and Kryukov never played a shift in the NHL. Ennis is the only one of the four who spent a full season in Buffalo.

Wait. Hold it. Didn’t Bucky just say earlier in the same exact article that the Sabres have hit on players in the fourth round or later? Are you even allowed to do that? Are you allowed to kvetch and moan and complain about some first round misses mere carriage returns after warning fans of the very important value of that fourth round pick that we gave to those dirty Nashville Predators?

Come on, man. Chill the hell out.

Right about now (looking at the time, it’s 7:15pm), they are fielding their newest acquisition. Cody Hodgson is a center, he’s a playmaker, and he isn’t smaller than my eleven year old nephew. All three of those things are considered “steps up” for this Sabres team. But in the two days and four hours we’ve had him, I’ve seen or heard the following (none of these are exaggerations):

  • What’s his trade value?
  • Can we give him a contract extension?
  • Is he going to fight anyone like Kassian did?
  • Can he turn in to an 80 point center to replace Derek Roy?
  • What if we trade Hodgson and both first round picks for Malkin?

It’s to the point where we as a fanbase have trouble dealing with good news. Let the kid skate one full game – hell, let him skate a few – before we start dissecting every moment of his play and place a price tag on his head. Against Anaheim he’ll start skating center with Tyler Ennis and Drew Stafford. And you know what? Knowing Lindy Ruff, that will change before I finish writing this sentence. So just relax, chill out, and maybe try to enjoy what’s left of this season.

We’ve got our date to the prom. Turns out she’s kinda popular and the Vancouver fans are ticked off she’s going with us. Her dress is nice, her parents are cool, and she’s got all the things we think we want. Now is not the time to start acting like madmen and trying to trade her off for the really good looking English teacher with the short skirt, nor is it time to start talking to her about a house and babies.

We can start doing that next week.

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  1. Ham permalink
    03/01/12 12:59 AM

    I like your writing style. Welcome to BBG.

    • Dan permalink*
      03/01/12 10:53 AM

      I appreciate it, thanks. I’ve thought for a while that this blog would be a fun one to write with.

  2. 03/01/12 10:24 AM

    Well said…sometimes the worst part about being a Sabres fan is having to deal with Sabres fans. I encourage my brethren to try to be hockey fans first, and Sabres fans second…and for god’s sake please chill on all the negativity so that the rest of us can enjoy some friggin hockey!

    • Dan permalink*
      03/01/12 10:54 AM

      You’re spot on, though it’s important to remember why exactly so many Sabres fans are high-strung. It seems whenever the guys at The Buffalo News or WGR start saying “calm down” they get pretty condescending, as though Buffalo fans don’t have a right to get excited. Of course we do! The city’s sports curse runs deep in our veins, so it’s important to remember that we’re a very easily riled bunch.

  3. 03/01/12 2:29 PM

    Sweet article man. I love the way you wrote this article and I couldn’t agree more with your opinion. Keep up the good work!

    • Dan permalink*
      03/02/12 11:36 AM

      Thanks! Hopefully you’ll still enjoy the way I write when my opinion takes a sharp left turn (it will).

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AR in Oakland Cemetery

Letting the dead tell their stories

May 8, 2007

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A popular project in our Mixed Reality Experience Design class was to have the students use Augmented Reality (AR) technology to introduce visitors to the history and architecture of Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta’s oldest cemetery.  Cemetery’s are a fascinating place to learn about the history of a city;  Oakland has residents from all major events that have happened in Atlanta and the United States, including soldiers, slaves, businessmen, politicians and famous authors and atheletes.  Depending on the experience, the student envision experiences where the user might wearing headphones or a head-worn display, and carrying a portable computer and tracking devices while walking among the graves.  They would see and listen to the stories and (imagined) voices of various historical figures. Students often imagine having visitors tailor the experience to suit their interests, or contribute their own thoughts and experiences to a growing database of historical documentation.

The Voices of Oakland prototype, created using DART (the Designer’s Augmented Reality Toolkit) and evaluated using the “Wizard of Oz” approach with volunteer participants, grew out of these class projects.

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Whoever is doing this in Auchentibber….please, please stop. It’s not only destroying the environment, looks absolutely terrible, but it is angering many residents in that area of High Blantyre.

Dumping tyres on your property, is one thing, but just discarding them all over those beautiful fields, which is surely one of our most beautiful areas in Blantyre, is just downright wrong. I know this has been reported to local authorities and environmental services.

With a lot of exciting things happening in Blantyre at present, this is a low point and currently Blantyre’s shame.

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Hello! My name is Michelle Unruh. I’m a junior from Goessel, Kansas studying music education. I am pretty involved at Bethel, which keeps me very busy. I’m involved in many musical ensembles on campus. I play bass clarinet in the wind ensemble. I also am an alto in the Concert Choir and Woven, Bethel’s student-led women’s a capella ensemble. I also enjoy taking piano and organ lessons. This year, I am also directing a choir at a church in the area, which I am really looking forward to!

I just finished my second summer in a row at Camp Friedenswald in Cassopolis, Michigan. Last year, I was on rotational staff and worked as a counselor, maintenance, and in the kitchen. I really enjoyed my summer, so I decided to go back for a second summer. This past summer, I spent ten weeks on the leadership staff. I was on the worship team and played guitar for Campfire and Quest, our morning worship time. I also helped to plan skits, devotions that each cabin used daily, and the summer’s theme, Rooted and Growing (Ephesians 3:16-17). In my spare time, I enjoyed leading activities such as Greased Watermelon or Whipped Cream Whiffleball, taking campers on pontoon rides on Lake Shavehead, going on hikes in the Peaceful Woods, or just relaxing on the beach. I had fun getting to know the other staffers as well as the campers that came to Camp Friedenswald. Being at camp was quite exhausting at times, but it was such a rewarding summer job. This was definitely a summer to remember!

I’m so excited for this semester! I have finished my general education courses, and I’m really enjoying all of the music and education classes that I am enrolled in. We’re halfway through our first week of classes, and the homework, assignments, and projects are starting to pile up. I had a really great summer working at Camp Friedenswald, but it is so good to be back at Bethel College with my fellow Threshers. I’m excited to see what this semester has in store for us!


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We’ve just gone blazing past item 9500000 in our database and we’re closing in fast on ten million items identified!  How can you get in on the excitement?  By participating in our contest, of course.  You can either successfully guess the day we upload the 10,000,000th item, or you can be the one to submit it for consignment.  Here are the rules: 10,000,000th Item Contest

Write a comment to this blog post BY DECEMBER 28th guessing the date that our 10,000,000th item is uploaded onto the site, what category it will be, and what brand.  You don’t have to guess the day it goes up for sale, just the day it gets deposited into the seller’s account.  Make sure to include your COMC username so you can be eligible for the prize!
“Categories” for the purposes of this contest are: Baseball, Football, Hockey, Basketball, Other Sports, Non-Sports, and Gaming

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We’ll pick the winner by first seeing how many people had the correct date, and then using category and brand as subsequent tie-breakers.  If two or more people tie on all three picks, we’ll decide the winner randomly between them. One entry per household, and staff aren’t eligible (that wouldn’t really be fair since we’re the ones doing the uploading).

PRIZE: The winning guesser will receive $100 in COMC store credit!  What’s more, we’ll also discount the processing fee for the consignment batch with the 10,000,000th card by up to $100 (batches with a consignment fee of less than $100 will be refunded the full cost of their processing).

Fine print: Again, one entry per household (although the same person could conceivably win both halves of the contest by submitting the 10,000,000th card and successfully guessing the upload date).  To enter the guessing contest you need to post your guess as a comment to this blog post and not to any other post or to Facebook or Twitter.  Entries must be posted as comments to this blog post by no later than 11:59PM PST on Friday December 28th to be eligible and must include your COMC username.  The $100 processing discount for the batch with the 10,000,000th item is only awardable if you agree to sell us the card for reasonable market value.  These rules are subject to change if we realize we forgot something or if there’s some kind of loophole we missed.

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Windows 8 in the Enterprise

Microsoft recently released the Release Preview of Windows 8 on their way to a final release later in the year. This new reimagining of Windows is the most radical change to Windows in a long time. There has been a lot of talk about the new design, some good and some bad. I recently delivered session at Windows Dev Camps and I have attended many local sessions on Windows 8. The biggest complaint I heard was that Windows 8 is not enterprise ready. In this post I am going to show how I believe Windows 8 is enterprise ready.

Where is my Start Button? StartScreen

The first thing that users noticed is the Metro design. Once you are logged in you are taken to the new start screen. This screen displays a list of tiles that seem to be alive with data. This provides the user with potentially important information at a glance, without launching any applications. The usefulness of the information is up to the developer as they control the content of their tiles. This new start screen puts the user in control by allowing the user to select which applications get pinned to the screen. The start screen experience has been optimized for touch but can easily be used with a keyboard and mouse. In fact all you have to do is just start typing.

Another complaint I hear is why can’t I boot to the desktop? At the time of GA most applications will be Win32 especially enterprise applications. Most users will be spending a majority of their time working with desktop applications. It should be a reasonable request to launch into the desktop mode. My guess is that Microsoft is trying to emphasize the Metro environment and want users to get used to working from the start screen. As of this post Microsoft has said that they no intension of enabling any settings to allow user to boot to the desktop. Though a minor inconvenience (having to click the desktop tile), it should not be a barrier to migration.

StartButtonOn the subject of the desktop, another complaint I hear is that the start button has been removed. I can’t believe how attached people have come to that button. It was surprising to me. I personally haven’t relied on the onscreen start button in years. I always use the keyboard start button, which still works by the way. In fact most of the keyboard shortcuts that you are used to in Windows today, work in Windows 8. Here is a good list of new Windows 8 shortcuts that you will want to learn. There have been hacks that have re-enabled start button and the classic start menu. Microsoft has said that they will be removing this capability in a future release of Windows 8, so users should not rely on it being there in the future. But the muscle memory should remain. If the user moves the mouse to where the start button should be they will get a thumbnail of the start screen. All they have to do then is click.

Metro Applications are not Enterprise Applications.

There have also been complaints that Metro applications are not enterprise applications. How can you say that when no enterprise applications have been written? It is true that on day one when Windows 8 releases, there will be very few enterprise applications available. It is up to us developers to come up with these applications. The thing to remember is that not all enterprise applications are going to make good Metro applications. It may make sense to piece out different sections of an enterprise application. Just a Microsoft reimagined Windows; we have to reimagine our enterprise applications.

There are going to be challenges in developing enterprise Metro applications. The first hurdle to overcome is the sandbox runtime environment. Metro applications are isolated from system resources and other applications when they are running. There is no ADO like libraries in WinRT so there are no direct connections to enterprise data stores. Metro applications are rich immersive experiences that place content before chrome. Metro applications can’t access applications running on the desktop.

So how do we overcome these challenges? We have to look at our applications differently. Components that are going to make good Metro applications are, ones that do a discrete set of functionality. Large monolithic enterprise applications, which are heavy on data entry, are not going to make good Metro applications. If part of the data entry is data entry is conducted in the field, especially if that data is collect on paper today, you have an autonomous piece of functionality that would make a great Metro application. That data can then be up loaded to the “cloud” and the heavy lifting can still be accomplished using a desktop application.

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This is just one example of how an enterprise application can be reimagined to take advantage of the different form factors that Windows 8 will ship on.

New Form Factors Coming

Windows 8 is designed to run on different form factors from a 10” tablet up to an 82” touch screen that can register up to 100 touch points. Many of the device manufacturers are starting to announce their initial Windows 8 lineups. Here are a few that I find interesting:

These new form factors are shipping with a lot of different capabilities that open the door to may new possibilities when it comes to developing enterprise applications.

Windows 8 is the most prolific change of Windows to date. A reimagining of the operating system is leading to a reimagining of enterprise applications. There will also be a learning curve to get become more productive in this new environment. I have been running Windows 8 on a touch enabled laptop since the Developer Preview and have grown to like it. IT organizations supporting Windows will have to adjust to supporting this reimagining.

Where Microsoft has been lacking is in focusing on the enterprise story. The need to do a better job conveying what organizations can expect. How does ActiveDirectory play with Windows8? Can I use my infrastructure to host roaming profiles instead of SkyDrive? And many other questions. I believe that there is a wealth of potential it is just going to take some work to get there but in the end I believe that we will be in a better place because of the change. The possibilities are endless so go out and reimagine your enterprise to take advantage of the last technologies out there.

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  2. pauliom says:

    My issues it that’s just too plain frustrating to use with a mouse;
    I have major worries about Win8 with corp clients, most of mine do not have laptops let alone ‘clever’ hybrid mobile devices.

    • dmd0822 says:

      The thing to keep in mind is that the workforce that is coming up expects to have these rich user experiences that span devices. My three year old daughter can navigate around an iPad almost better than me. One of the problems I see is that most enterprise software has been around for a while and is usually engrained in an environment. Older user (ones that did not grow up with a computer in their hand) is used to “Battleship Grey” user interfaces. There is going to be a learning curve for users and a learning curve for developers. Microsoft has reimagined Windows now it is our turn to reimagine what an enterprise application can, taking advantage of the technology available.

      • pauliom says:

        I love that Win8 machine can be used as a desktop or a tablet. The ipad is a great travel device but, IMO, next to useless for most day-to-day apps. So the thought I can take my ‘screen’ onto the train, watch a training seminar, play some games, read books, etc is great. Then once I’ve lugged it to work I dock it and off I go on my 1600×1200 monitor with a zillion windows open. Brilliant. But, by forcing Metro on to my 1600×1200 non touch screen my experience is a nightmare. Give me the choice, detect the device, make it a preference I don’t care…just accept the two different scenarios are..different. If not, just create MS iOSDroid for ARM and make win7 the last desktop OS. I do see your argument for a new UI ( but MS need to face reality…they can’t do a Apple.

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        Microsoft can’t please everyone. The new Metro UI is going to take some time to get used to. Like I said I have been running it on a laptop for a while and after while I was used to it. The Metro start screen faded to the background after a while. It seems the hardware vendors seem to be on board and eventually larger touch screens will be the norm. When that happens then I see the Metro start screen really screaming. If there are enough complaints them maybe settings such as “Launch in Desktop” will make their way in but I doubt it. Microsoft seems driven to make Metro the start experience.

        I don’t think that making tablet software and making Win 7 the last OS makes sense. What I am interested in hearing is the Enterprise scenarios (ActiveDirectory, Domain Roaming, etc.) from Microsoft. These are built into Windows. So out of the box you should be getting all that Enterprise goodness out of the box. I think that IT organizations are going to love the fact that they can control/lockdown a tablet in the same manner as desktop…because it is a desktop!

        I am also interested in seeing how the next version of Office embraces Metro. If they have both Metro and Desktop versions I can see Metro apps really taking off. So there is real promise around Windows 8 in the Enterprise. It will be interesting to see how Microsoft responds to all the calls to revert to the old start menu, return the start button, and start in desktop mode.

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  4. Marc says:

    How can you be shocked that there’s such a reliance on the start menu? Thats absurd. The start menu IS what defines a MS operating system. The point was to clean up the desktop. Why would you want it cluttered up with files, folders, and shortcuts? I work in IT, and after showing it around to some coworkers (who were not IT pros) the initial response was “hey this looks cool.” Once those same individuals tried to start actually using the OS, it quickly turned to irritation and frustration. Win 8 is cumbersome, convoluted, and confusing. Ive never liked Apple but if this is where MS is heading, Apple might have a new fan….that or Linux….I am open to either at this point.

    • dmd0822 says:

      I am not shock that there is such a reliance on the start menu. There will be a learning curve no doubt but just about everything you can do in the start menu you can do in the start screen. The biggest challenge is going to be to IT organizations that have to field support calls. There will be a lot of them early on. But in order to innovate things have to change, time will tell if this innovative change will stick. I can understand why Microsoft wants to change and not provide a means to display the old functionality. I have two reasons why they wouldn’t. One they want to claim high adoption rate, and two they to get away from supporting legacy. There is going to be a lot push back and it will be interesting to watch how Microsoft reacts.

      Change is sometimes needed. Take the iPhone for instance. When it came out, the user experience was excellent. In six versions of iOS, that experience have had minor incremental changes. The UI is starting to feel dated. In fact I saw a cartoon showed the iPhone UI side by side with Windows 3.1 and there was not much different. I am starting to hear this from a lot of iPhone users. Could the reason Apple does not want to shake things up be because they fear reprisal from the large user base? As the user base gets younger and younger, I think that you will see more change. These kids today grow up with these devices in hand and as such their expectations are going to drive innovation. Only time will tell if these changes will succeed but if Windows 8 was just a minor improvement over Windows 7 then everyone would be complaining that they are not being innovative.

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Madrid’s Best Boutique Accommodation: Hotel Meninas

David’s Been Here is touring all the top hotels and best stays in Spain’s city of Madrid. In this short video, David brings us to his favorite boutique hotel in the capital, the member of Epoque Hotels – the Hotel Meninas. Located in the heart of the city center, Hotel Meninas prides itself off comfort, class, customer care and an exquisite location. Only two blocks from the Royal Palace and a short walk from most major attractions, this boutique hotel is the perfect stay for anyone looking to have a memorable time in Madrid. With a variety of accommodation options and a wonderful staff...
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Madrid - the grand capital of Spain, vibrant and imposing, immortalized in Almodovar’s genial and eclectic movies. Easter is one of the best times of the year to discover Madrid. Sunshine, religious and gastronomic traditions and shops full of new items for the new summer/spring season. Religious traditions The calendar of processions in Madrid is extensive. It begins on Palm Sunday (March 24th) with the procession of the Christ of Faith and Forgiveness (Basilica Pontificia de San Miguel) and ends on Holy Saturday (March 30th) with the procession of Solitude (Royal Church of San Ginés...
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TRADITION… Festive shopping The Plaza Mayor is the meeting point and the heart of Madrid at Christmas. Nativity scenes, Christmas trees and other paraphernalia are found here. Numerous cafes around (like the mythical San Gines) offer comforting traditional hot chocolate with churros and dozens of shops in the square are perfect to find original gifts for Reyes, from hats to fans made by hand by expert artisans. More information FASHION… Wearing christmas The big Christmas news this year in Unique Hotel Madrid is certainly the Christmas Tree dressed exclusively for the hotel...
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Intur Palacios San Martin, Madrid – a Palace with the Essence of Madrid

The Intur Palacios San Martin will make you feel like a native Spaniard with its unique location along with the beauty of Madrid right outside your doorsteps. At one time, it was the United States Embassy located in Madrid which then was remodeled into the Intur Palacios San Martin. This amazing boutique hotel is a unique place where each room has its own classical style along with plenty of lighting which is available through large windows.  You have from an amazing 94 rooms, all with their unique touch of high ceilings. Due to many of these features, it is of no surprise that it has received...
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Hotel Meninas in Madrid Celebrates Halloween

The Hotel Meninas, a member of Epoque Hotels, is housed in an exquisite historic building of the XIX century in the historic centre of Madrid, right by the Opera. The Hotel Meninas is a unique hotel in Madrid that celebrates Halloween. The front of the building, the common areas, and the entire staff of the Hotel Meninas are decorated and dressed-up as movie characters. You can expect to see Jack-o-lanterns all over the hotel and you can expect to see the Director of the Hotel Meninas, Pedro Alonso, also participating along with the Hotel Meninas staff. The Hotel Meninas celebrates Halloween with...
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New Resources: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (January 16, 2017)

mlklogoMartin Luther King, Jr., Day falls on Monday, January 16, this year. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a federal holiday designated by Congress in 1994 as a day of service. The holiday falls on the third Monday of January; King’s actual birthday was January 15, 1929.

The Georgia State University Library has many resources for learning more about Martin Luther King, Jr’s life and impact, the broader civil rights movement, and on building on the Civil Rights Movement’s legacy into the 21st century. Our newest acquisitions include:

cover, Lewis V. Baldwin, Beyond the Public Veil: The Humanness of Martin Luther King, Jr.Books on Martin Luther King, Jr.

Government Sources

Broader sources on the Civil Rights Movement, newly acquired, include:

cover, J. Michael Butler, Beyond Integration: The Black Freedom Struggle in Escambia County, Florida, 1960-1980

And, on how to build on the legacy of civil rights activism into the 21st century, see these resources (among others!)

These are only our newest resources. We have many more resources about King and the Civil Rights Movement.

  • To find resources by King in our library type “King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968″ into the search box on the Catalog tab or the Advanced Discover Search b (both on the library’s homepage), and select “Author” from the dropdown menu.
  • To find resources about King, try the same search, but select “Subject” from the dropdown menu.

The GSU Library also provides access to a number of databases which include many documents and other materials created as part of the Civil Rights Movement; these databases are accessible to GSU students, faculty, and staff (Campus ID and password needed):

These websites are examples of freely available digital collections of similar materials:

Finally, the federal government’s Corporation for National and Community Service website for Martin Luther King Day of Service website contains toolkits and other resources for locating and carrying out service projects for January 16.

Please note that the GSU Library will be closed on January 16, but our databases are accessible from off campus with your GSU Campus ID and password.

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Notes From Tools Of Change

Good morning everyone. I thought I would share some of what I learned at the first day of Tim O’Reilly’s Tools of Change Conference. I took an enormous amount of notes but to be honest the most important thing I heard all day was that Publisher’s Weekly has partnered with Netgalley to allow publishers to send and track galleys electronically. This is huge. Galley production is not only expensive but it is also wasteful. Many if not all galleys end up in the garbage and it is, therefore, difficult to know if they are actually reaching the desks of reviewers. Hopefully, with Netgalley, publishers will be able to cutback on the amount of paper they waste creating galleys and further encourage the publishing industry to go green.

There is your public service announcement for the day.

I also heard a lot of discussion about communities. Douglass Rushkoff initiated this conversation by talking about social currency. In his presentation Rushkoff talked about how most internet activity isn’t about interacting with a computer, rather it is about using a computer to interact with other people. Therefore, publishers must seek out ways (cough, cough, like this blog) to encourage their audiences to use books as an excuse to interact. (Please feel free to interact with me below and let me know how you think this could be implemented.) One example that pops to mind is LibraryThing.

Kathy Sierra continued this conversation by talking about creating passionate users. She told an interesting anecdote about searching for a high-end camera to purchase. On one company’s website she found detailed tutorials about how to use shutter speeds to take beautiful pictures. She was so impressed by the web content she purchased the camera. Sadly though, the camera arrived with only a standard instruction book, where to put the batteries etc…. But the lesson still resonates. Kathy became a passionate user by appreciating the potential of shutter speeds. The question is how can we translate this to publishing? For starters we can help build communities around our books. That way readers can take their passion and use it to help others understand the material.

Next I heard Seth Godin speak. I am already a huge fan of his blog but it was interesting to hear him explain how he turned his readers into viral marketers by providing free content. He believes that the content is key and that books are souvenirs true fans will be willing to pay for. While I am not sure I am convinced that the book has become a souvenir, I was impressed with the clever ways Godin found to attract fans. For one book release Godin offered a free copy of the book for the cost of shipping and handling through Fast Company. When the book arrived, it came in a Godin themed milk cartoon, perfect for starting conversation with your co-workers, who would then also purchase the book.

More thoughts to come but in the meantime check out some of these cool sites, which all build communities of passionate users:

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