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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

All Hallows' Eve

Halloween had its beginnings in an ancient, pre-Christian Celtic festival of the dead. The Celtic peoples, who were once found all over Europe, divided the year by four major holidays. According to their calendar, the year began on a day corresponding to November 1st on our present calendar. The date marked the beginning of winter. Since they were pastoral people, it was a time when cattle and sheep had to be moved to closer pastures and all livestock had to be secured for the winter months. Crops were harvested and stored. The date marked both an ending and a beginning in an eternal cycle.

The festival observed at this time was called Samhain (pronounced Sah-ween). It was the biggest and most significant holiday of the Celtic year. The Celts believed that at the time of Samhain, more so than any other time of the year, the ghosts of the dead were able to mingle with the living, because at Samhain the souls of those who had died during the year traveled into the otherworld. People gathered to sacrifice animals, fruits, and vegetables. They also lit bonfires in honor of the dead, to aid them on their journey, and to keep them away from the living. On that day all manner of beings were abroad: ghosts, fairies, and demons--all part of the dark and dread. Samhain became the Halloween we are familiar with when Christian missionaries attempted to change the religious practices of the Celtic people.

All Saints Day, otherwise known as All Hallows (hallowed means sanctified or holy), continued the ancient Celtic traditions. The evening prior to the day was the time of the most intense activity, both human and supernatural. People continued to celebrate All Hallows Eve as a time of the wandering dead, but the supernatural beings were now thought to be evil. The folk continued to propitiate those spirits (and their masked impersonators) by setting out gifts of food and drink. Subsequently, All Hallows Eve became Hallow Evening, which became Hallowe'en--an ancient Celtic, pre-Christian New Year's Day in contemporary dress.

Happy Halloween Everyone!

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Sponsorship: STAKED by Sandra Edwards

Are you looking for a smart and sexy time travel book, then look no further than STAKED. I've read this story and absolutely loved it especially Dexter Stone--oh, la la!

Book blurb:
Ava Valentine is a time-traveling bounty hunter from the distant future. She's chased her fugitive back to present-day New York City, where she anticipates an uneventful capture even though she's a little on edge because she's meeting a new contact.

Dexter Stone is a mysterious soldier of fortune who's agreed to take Ava to her bounty--for a fee. What Ava's not expecting is to get mixed up with a man she suspects is a vampire!

After a run-in with an unsavory character from Ava's past, she and Stone are forced into an uneasy alliance. But very soon she'll discover she could be Stone's saving grace--or his downfall.

Reviewer’s comments:
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5 stars – “This book kept me reading from first page to last. I couldn't put it down. I love the new spin on the vampire angle, and the time travel element leaves the mystery lover in me begging for more.”

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“When do you think we'll arrive at our destination?” She threw an easy and unassuming question at him in hopes that he’d drop his guard a little.
He shrugged and thought about it. “Couple hours or so. Three tops.” He turned to her. “But since you’re from south Jersey, you should know that. Right?”
“Well, it’s not like I’ve been there lately.” She shrugged. “So I can’t really judge travel time because I don’t know what the traffic’s like.”
“Makes sense.” He gave a concurring nod and then went silent. They passed a sign signifying a rest stop one mile ahead.
“Hey,” Ava said. “Can we make a pit stop up ahead?”
“Seriously?” He rolled his eyes. “You want to stop now? Do you realize how much time we’ll waste by stopping?”
“Five minutes,” she said. “Five minutes isn’t going to make or break us.” She wasn’t sure if he’d stop or not. Stone didn’t exactly strike her as the accommodating type.
He didn’t say whether or not he’d stop, he simply turned his attention back to the road ahead and handled the steering wheel with one hand.
Ava tried willing him to stop. Aside from needing to pee, she wanted to splash a little water on her face. Maybe it’d shock this detrimental fascination with Stone out of her system. It’d slammed her back at Louie’s, even before he’d crossed the threshold. She hadn’t wanted it then and she was no closer to accepting it now. The sooner she acquired Cole and reimbursed Stone, the quicker she could escape the spell Stone held over her. That was one thing she could look forward to if Stone bypassed the rest stop exit—getting away from him that much faster.
Stone barely slowed down prior to veering off the freeway at the precise moment he was about to bypass the exit. Knowing now that they’d be making the stop left her with mixed feelings. She needed to use the bathroom, but there was something to be said for getting away from Stone as quickly as possible.
The parking lot was nearly deserted and cloaked in the nighttime’s darkness. Most of the street lights were out, right along with the outside lights on the building. It was hard to see whatever might be lurking in the shadows.
Ava scanned the area as she opened the car door but couldn’t decide if the eeriness swallowing her up was from real trouble or just her nerves. Well, she had to pee; plus she was sure that she and Stone could handle any mortal trouble hiding in the darkness.
She closed the car door with an easy push and surveyed the area. The night’s warm air held the faintest hint of a breeze. She just wasn’t sure if it was enough to fuel the goose bumps that’d begun to pebble her skin. To be on the safe side, she and Stone had better stick together.
Ava glanced over her shoulder at Stone strolling up the sidewalk about two paces behind her. “You think you could come inside with me?” she asked. He threw her suggestive look. She didn’t have the patience for his antics right now. “Look...I can’t say that sexing it up in a neglected john at some rest stop along the highway really turns me on.” She tried to project her impatience onto him with a glare. It must have worked because he rolled his eyes, drew a heavy breath and moved toward her. “Can you just go in there with me? These kinds of places give me the creeps.” It was best to let him think she needed a hero. But the truth was, if they were going to get backed into a corner, better to do it together.
Stone moved in front of her, shaking his head. “No matter how long I live,” he said. “I’ll never understand women.”
“Right back at you,” she said with a bite to her tone.
Stone stopped at the door, cracked it open about a foot and scanned the interior before entering. After a second or two he pushed the door open and beckoned her to follow.
“You’re safe, my lady.” He fanned a grand gesture about the outer area of the ladies’ room. Clearly making fun of her.
Ava didn’t know why, but that wounded her ego. She headed straight for the sink and turned on the cold water. Luckily, it was instantly cold. She cupped her hands, filled them with the chilled water and splashed her face. Then she did it again for good measure. As she suspected, it didn’t do that much good.
She pivoted on her heel and moved toward the nearest stall. Slamming her hand, palm out, against the door, it thrust open. Once inside, she flipped the latch. It helped knowing the bathroom stall served as a kind of barrier between Ava and what tempted her. If she kept telling herself that, maybe she’d believe it by the time she was done.
She dropped her pants to her knees, well-aware of Stone’s presence and what she’d allow him to do without much persuasion on his part. She went about her business, hoping it’d distract her from the sexual attraction coursing through her body where it all seemed to be gathering beneath her belly.
This was so not good. Ava couldn’t afford to give herself to some vampire. Especially not this vampire. The one who could convince her to give up all her secrets with a mere touch.
Finishing up, she stood and pulled her pants back up around her waist.
“Ava...?” There was a certain sense of wariness in Stone’s voice. “You about done?”
“Yeah,” she said, pushing the stall’s door open. “Keep your shorts on.” She went to the sink to wash her hands.
“Listen,” he said softly, moving closer to her. “I don’t want to alarm you, but there’s trouble outside.”
“Trouble?” She turned off the water and shook her hands a couple of times before wiping them on her pants. “What kind of trouble?”
Their eyes met and for a second it looked like he might actually say the word vampire. But he didn’t. He kind of left that part out when he said, “Five or six of them. I don’t know if I can fight them all off, but I’ll stand a better chance in here...where we can’t be surrounded.” He wasn’t paying much attention to her. Instead he was canvassing the room, taking in every inch of it. Finally, when his gaze landed back on her, he gave a half smile. “I’ll do my best to keep you safe and get you out of this alive.”

Sunday, October 28, 2012

The Symbol of Scary Things by Michelle Snyder

World of Symbols
Michelle Snyder, M. Phil, Symbolist
Halloween, or Samhain, the ancient pagan new year, is celebrated at the beginning of winter, a time when everything dies. Corn stalks, harvest sheaves, and scarecrows are all symbolic of the rituals and tradition of the harvest, the basis of the Samhain or All Hallows Eve celebrations. In agriculture, scarecrows are responsible for keeping the birds away. Other common Halloween symbols - cats, snakes, and owls - were depended upon for keeping grain stores rodent-free. In order to suppress pagan agricultural industry, these animals were demonized by the church, associating them with all things evil.
Samhain was a time when the gates to the underworld were believed to be opened and spirits roamed the earth freely.  Offerings of fruits and vegetables were made to honor the dead. Over time, a night to remember and honor the dead became a night of fear of the dead; a day when fairies and ghosts were about. This required masks to hide from the fairies and ancestor-worship rites to placate the spirits. Skeletons are symbols of the dead and a favorite Halloween decoration. Samhain was a night when the dead could cross over and communicate. This was an important time for divination, as any information about the nature of the coming winter was valuable.
Goblins, also a Halloween symbol, are not ghosts. Goblin is actually the French name for Fairy Folk or Fair Folk, the descendants of the white-skinned blonde Maglamosian people; northern Europeans who, because of their knowledge of astronomy and natural sciences, were feared and powerful, and gained the reputation of being able to do magic.
A very popular activity at Halloween is carving pumpkin faces and lighting them from inside with a candle. These scary faces are sentries designed to scare off evil spirits; legends of the demon Jack probably originated from sightings of bog and marsh “lights” that looked like lanterns being carried. Referred to as Jack-O-Lanterns, they were caused by combustion of methane and marsh gasses.
The most common Halloween character of all is the witch. The word witch likely comes from a word meaning wise one. Pagan witches have many traditions. It is said that at their annual celebration they would marry, initiate new witches, and dance about on branches or broomsticks. Old pictures of witches show them worshipping a horned figure, most likely Cernunnos, the Celtic god of the woods, a Green Man. When the church attempted to stamp out or change all pagan celebrations Cernunnos became a devil figure. Later, witches were imaged with wings like a bat’s; bats fly at night and sleep hanging upside down, lending them to be associated with scary things.
Kids love to dress up and go out to Trick or Treat. Viewed as extortion by some, the tradition actually comes from a time when poorer families went house begging, offering prayers for the dead en exchange for food and money. This was called “guising” (disguising” oneself and knocking on the doors of the affluent) Those who gave were blessed with good luck, those who were stingy were threatened with bad luck. Trick or treat is actually a later American phrase and was known as a time of pranks that were supernatural in character, such as taking apart something large and putting it back together on a roof, or fixing a door so it wouldn’t open. People gave candy to avoid having pranks played on them. As the popularity of pranking died out, candy was still given to groups of children who visited their neighbors in costumes to get some goodies.
Early Christians disliked Samhain’s association and connection with the supernatural, and spread the belief that spirits of the dead were delusions from the devil. Eventually the Celtic traditions became associated with the Christian hell, and were greatly feared. Today, less moral significance and more theatrical emphasis is enjoyed by those who practice Halloween traditions. As it is with December to January New Year celebrations, in Pagan and Wiccan traditions Allhallows Eve is considered a good time to make a new start or begin new projects.

Friday, October 26, 2012

Book Tour Blast: TAMING THE WOLF by Stephanie Nelson

Taming The Wolf

Attacked by a wolf while hiking, Anna Avery's life just got a little hairier. Living in the Big Horn mountains in Wyoming, with a group of werewolves who are more animal than human, Anna must try to hold onto her human side. It's not easy when the alpha continues to persuade her into his bed, while another wolf is chomping at the bit to become her mate. To top it all off, dead bodies are showing up and it just so happens that Anna was the last to see them alive. She'll have to work to prove her innocence and taming the wolf who bites first and asks questions never. This book is not intended for readers under 18.

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Thursday, October 25, 2012

New Release: RAPUNZEL by Saffina Desforges

From the award-winning international best-selling author Saffina Desforges (Sugar & Spice, Snow White, Anca's Story) comes the second book in the sensational Rose Red crime thriller series.
Rose Red takes British crime thrillers in a new direction, with fast-paced, action-packed detective fiction, each based on the theme of a classic fairy tale. Forget plodding police procedurals. Think 'Ashes to Ashes' meets James Patterson's 'Women's Murder Club' with Lee Child's 'Reacher' thrown in for good measure. Think sassy female Sherlock Holmes, 21st Century style!

Cass 'Red' Rose is a feisty female cop fighting the usual battles that go with being a senior detective in London's Metropolitan Police and having a defence lawyer for a partner. While one fights to put them away the other is fighting to get them off.

With the Huntsman safely behind bars, and newly promoted to DCI, Red is faced with a new challenge. Someone is murdering men in the city and leaving a particularly nasty calling card in their mouths.

Of course, things are never that simple for Red. Throw in a suicide jumper on a bank holiday weekend, the kids being abducted, the partner's ex wanting custody, DC Jez Harris's new girlfriend, and the small matter of inheriting an illegal Smith & Wesson, and it's just another day in the life of a Met police officer. Oh, and did we mention Rapunzel's?

Set in modern-day London, Rapunzel is a fast-paced, gritty urban thriller that will leave you wondering whether fairy tales really do have happy endings.

Rose Red Book 1: Snow White is out now!

Rose Red Book 2: Rapunzel. This is it!

Rose Red Book 3: Beauty & the Beast coming early 2013.

Rose Red Book 4: Red Riding Hood coming late 2013

And if you can't wait that long, watch out for the new Rose Red Rhymes short story thriller series.

Book 1: Rose Red Rhymes: Ring-a-Ring O'Roses will be available October 2012.
Book 2: Rose Red Rhymes: The Night Before Christmas will be out in time for the Holidays.
Book 3: Rose Red Rhymes: Hush, little baby will be out in the New Year
Book 4: Rose Red Rhymes: Hot X Buns, well, you can guess the rest...

The series will continue throughout 2013.  All the pace, action and thrills of the full length novels, and just right for keeping up with Red and the team while waiting for the next book.

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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Coming Full Circle With the Wheel by Michelle Snyder

World of Symbols
Michelle Snyder, M. Phil, Symbolist

In our culture we take wheels for granted. They are on every vehicle we see; daily living without wheels is now unimaginable. The wheel symbol has been used repeatedly all over the world from the oldest times we know of to the most modern. The word wheel can be traced to the ancient word for spindle-whorl – a round disk with a hole in the center, used for spinning threads. The concept of the sun as a wheel was widespread in antiquity, and the wheel is often used as a solar emblem. The oldest wheels have four spokes. There are also six, eight, and twelve-spoked wheels. All are astronomically associated.
Wheels indicate movement. The rim of the wheel divided into sections illustrates the passage of time. The divisions are astrological, symbolizing the passing of seasons and the cycles of the heavens. The Wheel of Signs - the zodiac - denotes the revolution of a year. Mithraic wheels symbolize the sun’s movement in the heavens. The Buddhist solar wheel symbolizes the passage of time and cosmic forces.
Representing solar power, the sun in the center and the rays as its spokes, a solar wheel symbolizes the chariot of Helios (Apollo) and is an emblem of Dionysus. It is an attribute of all sun gods and their earthly delegates - sun kings. The winged wheel indicates swiftness of time passing. In Greek symbolism a six-spoked wheel is an attribute of Zeus (Jupiter) as sky god. In Egyptian mythology man was fashioned on the potter’s wheel of Khnemu - the intellect. Wheeled crosses sometimes symbolize the sun; the Celtic cross has a wheel at the crossed bars, symbolizing winter solstice (See Ch. 7: Symbology, Decoding Classic Images).

Horse-drawn chariots became a great weapon, combining high speed, strength, durability, and mobility that unmatched by infantry. Chariot racing became a sport in the arenas of Rome. The use of wheels has facilitated wealth and power. In Ireland a wheel brooch is bequeathed from one ruler to the next.

Mandalas, a type of wheel, are used in meditation. Some have images of deities in the center to help the initiate focus on the divine. Medieval cathedrals often have a rose window, called Rota - Latin for wheel. The wheel symbol is associated with the rose in the West and the lotus in the East - both patterns of the mandala.
In alchemical symbolism the wheel contrasts the movable (the perimeter) and the fixed (the center). The Wheel of Fortune tarot card is based on the number two: contrary forces, the duality. The turn of the fateful wheel is irreversible once set in motion, floating in an ocean of chaos; the two halves symbolize constructive and destructive forces of existence. As some are considered lucky in love, and some unlucky, the Wheel of Fortune exemplifies the eternal cycle of good and bad luck, prosperity and poverty, stability and change - constantly subjecting mortals to the turns of Fate; the Wheel of Life raises them up and brings them down. The goddess Fortuna is occasionally shown standing on a wheel.
In mystical thinking the wheel represents the Unmoved Mover. The Taoist sage is he who attains the central point of the wheel and remains united with the Origin, bound at the center. The sage, the Unmoved Mover, can move the wheel without himself moving. The Buddhist wheel represents the dynamism of peaceful change, destiny, fate, karma, and sovereignty. It is associated with the lotus and the chakras. The Wheel of Law, Truth, and Life is one of the eight emblems of good luck in Chinese Buddhism.

As the world turns is a contemporary phrase with an ancient meaning: We are all riding around the sun on this chariot called Earth. What a trip!

For more history and context of symbols, visit Michelle’s blog and website, watch her YouTube video: Lost Civilizations: the Green Man.

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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

THE SILVER CROSS is on book tour + prizes

I'm very excited to announce that I have signed THE SILVER CROSS with Promotional Book Tours for a month-long virtual tour around the internet. Best of all, there are prizes!! Enter to win a $50 Amazon gift certificate or a digital copy of the book. The contest (via rafflecopter) is listed below so be sure to complete all the tasks for a chance to win! The schedule of blog stops is also listed below. Looking forward to meeting lots of new readers!

The Silver Cross

The Silver Cross

There are two things Boston detective Lacey Gardner knows about killing vampires. Slicing off a head or a hit directly to the heart are the only surefire ways to kill one. Silver is their Achilles heel. A vampire never wears silver. When she meets bartender extraordinaire, Damon Harte, her heart does a quickstep for the dark hunky guy. She's learned the hard way that having a love interest in her line of work can be heart-wrenching. She's kept to herself for years, but something about Damon captivates her and draws her to him. When she learns Damon's devastating secret, she knows what she has to do: kill the man who has stolen her heart.

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Monday, October 22, 2012

Guest Post: Education Debate by Nancy Wood

The Education Debate: Great Authors that Never Went to College
Young, novice writers often wonder whether pursuing a college degree is necessary in order to become a best-selling author or professional writer. Not surprisingly, there have been many heated debates about this topic in the writing community, especially when it comes to creative writing degrees, and I often interject my own opinions into these discussions whenever they come up. Sure, pursuing a writing degree may seem like a logical path to becoming a cultured, accomplished writer, but is it the only path? Well, you'll have to answer that for yourself. While you ponder that thought, however, here is a list of wildly successful writers who never attended college.

Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury is one of the most well-known science fiction authors in the world, but he never went to college. It's not that Bradbury didn't want to, though; his parents didn't have enough money to pay for the tuition. Instead, Bradbury took to selling newspapers in Los Angeles during the day and teaching himself about literature and writing at night. “I never went to college," he once famously said. "I went to the library.” His most famous work is without a doubt "Fahrenheit 451."

William Shakespeare
He is without a doubt the most well-known writer of all time, composing over thirty-eight plays and one-hundred-and-fifty-four sonnets, but Shakespeare's formal education ended early in his childhood. He attended the King Edward IV Grammar School, but left the school when he was fourteen in 1578. Shakespeare's education ended at that point. It didn't seem to affect his writing career, however. Shakespeare went on to write spectacular works like "Romeo and Juliet," "The Tempest," "King Lear," "Much Ado About Nothing," and numerous others without a college degree.

Mark Twain
Mark Twain wrote nearly seventy published works in his lifetime and is known as a great travel essayist, journalist, and fiction writer. His professional education ended before he even reached fifth grade, however – although it wasn't by choice. Twain's father's unexpected death sparked the famous writer's decision to drop out and take care of matters at home. He was invited to join a writer's group at Yale later in life, which he gladly accepted. If you haven't already, read his greatest work: "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."

Jane Austen
Jane Austen is beloved by generations of readers, both male and female, and it didn't take a college education for her to attain all her literary success. Although, Jane attended school in Oxford, she ended up leaving at the age of 11 to be homeschooled by her father. Austen went on to write six novels and twenty-nine fictional works. You probably know her from titles like "Pride & Prejudice," "Emma," and "Sense and Sensibility."

Maya Angelou
Despite the fact that she has over thirty honorary degrees from colleges and universities around the world, Maya Angelou never attained a college degree. She received a scholarship to San Francisco's Labor School for drama and dance, but eventually dropped out to become a cable car conductor. Her over 60 works, including poems, autobiographies, essays, children's books, plays, and screenplays, have found a worldwide audience.

Stieg Larrson
Before he wrote the famous "Girl With a Dragon Tattoo" series, Larrson was a hard-working journalist and magazine editor at Expo. Though he didn't live to see the phenomenal success of his trilogy, Larrson was already an accomplished journalist in Sweden. His books have been adapted into films in both Sweden and the U.S. Larrson died from a heart attack in 2004.

F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald is well known for works like "The Great Gatsby" and "The Beautiful and the Damned," but not many people know that Fitzgerald never received a degree. He attended Princeton University in 1913, but never finished. Although he was immensely involved in the university's writing community, he neglected the rest of his university coursework. Fitzgerald was placed on academic probation by the university and dropped out in 1917 to join the U.S. Army during WWI.
Is writing a gift, or is it something that must be studied? Each writer is different in their styles and techniques, so, if you ask me, there is no universal answer to that question.

Nancy Wood is a freelance education writer. Nancy loves writing about education trends and often muses about what the classroom of tomorrow will look like. She also gives tips to aspiring college students. Feel free to send some comments her way!

Saturday, October 20, 2012

Kitty Funnies

Haven't done one of these posts in awhile. Everyone needs a good chuckle now and then. Enjoy!

Definitely John Lennon!

I vote for Option B!

We've all been there!

 And last but not least, this is why cats rule!

Friday, October 19, 2012

New Release: TASTE OF FEAR by Jeremy Bates

Book blurb:
American movie star Scarlett Cox and her husband, hotel tycoon Salvador Brazza, head to Africa to get away and resuscitate their ailing marriage. When robbed of their money and passports, they seek help from the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam—on the very day Al Qaeda chooses to bomb it. In an eyeblink they're taken hostage and whisked across the border deep into the Congo, one of the last truly wild places left on earth.

Battling terrorists, deadly wildlife and cannibalistic rebels, Scarlett and Sal must find a way to survive in a violent, primeval world. And the only person who may be able to save them is the assassin sent to kill them.

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Thursday, October 18, 2012

Character Interview with Julian de Laurent from THE MARRIAGE BARGAIN

Today’s post is with best-selling author, SANDRA EDWARDS. Welcome Sandra. The floor is yours.

First, I’d like to thank Debra at Two Ends of the Pen for the guest post spot. Today, I’m going to interview Julian de Laurent. He’s the hero of my contemporary romance The Marriage Bargain.

So, here we go....

SANDRA: Julian, thanks for dropping by. Can you share a bit of your background with us?
Julian: Sure. I’m the firstborn child of Maurice and Naoma de Laurent. My mother died when I was five, and I’ve been groomed since birth to take control of the family business. I have a younger brother Andre, and a younger sister Lecie.

SANDRA: Sounds like a lot to place on one person’s shoulders.
Julian: Oh, I’m used to that. But my father can be a handful at times.

SANDRA: Is he not yet ready to fully turn over the reins?
Julian: No, he’s quite happy in his retirement. It gives him plenty of time to interject himself in other people’s affairs.

SANDRA: Sounds like he needs a hobby.
Julian: I’m afraid he has one. Me.

SANDRA: Care to elaborate?
Julian: He wants me to get married!

SANDRA: Are you seeing anyone who’d fit the bill?
Julian: Oh, he’s got someone definite in mind, but I’m not interested in getting married. At least, not for real.

SANDRA: Is there any other way?
Julian: You’d be surprised.

SANDRA: Will your father get his wish?
Julian: Not if I can help it.

SANDRA: From what I’ve heard about your father, he’s not going to rest until he has you married.
Julian: I’m one step ahead of him.

SANDRA: How so?
Julian: He wants me to marry Madeleine, but I’m going to make that an impossibility.

SANDRA: Intriguing. You’re not going to kill her, are you?
Julian: No. (he mocks me) I’m not going to kill her.

SANDRA: Well, there aren’t many ways to make getting married an impossibility.
Julian: It’s kind of hard to get married if you’re already married, now isn’t it?

SANDRA: But you’re not married.
Julian: (laughs) not yet.

SANDRA: You’re going to marry someone else so you can avoid marrying Madeleine?
Julian: That is the plan.

SANDRA: How is that going to solve anything?
Julian: I’m going to hire someone to marry me temporarily.

SANDRA: Are you sure that’s a good idea?
Julian: It’s better than getting married for real.

SANDRA: Well, you know what they say about the best laid plans. I hope you know what you’re doing.
Julian: Don’t worry, I’ve got it all figured out.

SANDRA: If anybody can pull this off, it’ll be you.
Julian: You know it. Hey, look, this has been fun, but I’ve got to get going.

SANDRA: Where are you off to in such a hurry?
Julian: America. I’m going to find me a bride!

Thanks Sandra for a great interview with Julian. Please feel free to drop by the blog anytime.

I’ve read the book and it was delightful. You can read my review here. Want to know more about The Marriage Bargain? Check out the generous excerpt at Sandra’s website


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So I’m in the 21st Century Learning Center . . . and what am I doing?  BLOGGING!

The opening session was Amy Tan & her story was lovely.  Her main point:  Invisible Strength.  And I was inspired by her story.

Then I went to a session with Kylene Beers, Bob Probst & Sara Kajdar.  It was all about teaching reading to struggling readers.  A big part of their message included using technology to reach all readers.  And the examples all included free programs that could be run from one computer.

Book trailers (like movie trailers) using MovieMaker or imovie.  Using Garage Band to record literature circle conversations.  Using Podcasts to broadcast world wide via itunes.  Using to talk to other classrooms across the country.  Using GoogleEarth to take a “Literature Field Trip.  Amazing, mind-stretching ideas.  Here’s a link to Sara’s site with info on all of these!

Two Key Points:

  1. Use technology to solve authentic problems in our classrooms (Sara).
  2. Replace the “3 R’s” with the “4 C’s” (Kylene).  CREATE.  COLLABORATE.  CRITIQUE.  COMMUNICATE.

Okay, I’m off to listen to Nancie Atwell. 🙂

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League Cup - City stroll into final by brushing aside hapless West Ham

League Cup, Boleyn Ground – West Ham 0-3 Manchester City (Negredo 3' 59', Aguero 24')

League Cup - City stroll into final by brushing aside hapless West Ham

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Manchester City went through the motions to comfortably book their place in the League Cup final, running out 3-0 winners on the night and 9-0 on aggregate, taking their goal total for the season to 106 in the process.

After swatting aside their opponents 6-0 a fortnight ago, Manuel Pellegrini still named a strong and attacking line-up including Alvaro Negredo, Sergio Aguero and Jesus Navas. Sam Allardyce had little choice to do so after injuries had decimated his squad, particularly in defence, but Andy Carroll made his first start since his return from long-term injury.

City started where they left off in the first leg. A cross from Marcos Lopes found Alvaro Negredo in far too much space in the box after just three minutes, and he headed home with ease. James Tomkins was the defender most at fault, and boos rang out around Upton Park.

After 15 minutes the lead was almost doubled, Jussi Jaaskelainen tipping an Aguero shot around his left-hand post, but the Argentine striker had to wait less than ten more minutes for redemption. Played through by Lopes, Aguero danced round a couple of hapless defenders before dinking over Jaaskelainen from ten yards.

On the hour mark, City made it three. Negredo looked to have overrun the ball, but that would do disservice to the Spaniard's strength. He got first to the ball, and lifted it over Jaaskelainen.

The game rather petered out as Manchester City slowed the tempo down almost to walking pace, whilst Allardyce and West Ham would have simply been happy at no further damage. However, Manchester City fans and manager will be concerned to have seen Negredo holding his shoulder in pain after a challenge with Tomkins in the final stages.

The 9-0 aggregate win is the biggest recorded in a League Cup semi-final.

3' – GOAL: West Ham 0-1 Manchester City. Ah, not the start they wanted. Cross from Marcos Lopes on the left, and Alvaro Negredo is completely free and heads home.

6' – DISALLOWED GOAL: Harsh on West Ham, but Kevin Nolan is offside as he volleys home past Costel Pantilimon.

16' – FINE SAVE: A diving stop from Jaaskelainen. Sergio Aguero runs from deep after Taylor loses the ball in midfield, and the Argentinean forces the goalkeeper to tip wide.

24' – GOAL: West Ham 0-2 Manchester City. Sergio Aguero gets his goal, and that's eight on aggregate. Fantastic work from youngster Marcos Lopes, who stabs it through to Aguero. He beats a couple of weak challenges before dinking it over the goalkeeper.

59' – GOAL: West Ham 0-3 Manchester City. You think that the chance has gone for City as Negredo overruns the ball, but the strong striker still gets to the ball first and dinks it over Jaaskelainen. Brilliant.

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Six goals in his last six games now for Sergio Aguero

Costel Pantilimon is yet to concede a goal during this League Cup run.

West Ham have won as many games in the League Cup as in the Premier League this season.

Can Allardyce hang on to his job? Big Sam talked about gaining some pride before the match, but was left with little apart from more problems. His side have won as many League Cup games as Premier League matches this season, but now the focus will turn to whether the reported 13th highest paid manager in the world can halt a rather alarming slide. One suspects that he is fast running out of time to save himself.

Marcos Lopes (Manchester City): Alvaro Negredo scored a brace, but Marcos Lopes set up two of City's goals as the only youngster in the visitors' line-up impressed mightily alongside his peers. The watching Manuel Pellegrini will have been convinced by both Lopes' ball control and confidence as he gave Razvan Rat a torrid time.

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WEST HAM: Jaaskelainen 6, Nolan 6, Tomkins 5, Rat 5, Carroll 7, Taylor 6, Morrison 6, Diarra 6, Diame 7, J.Cole 6, Johnson 6, C.Cole 6, Downing 6, Collison 6... Subs: Cole 6, Downing 6, Collison N/A.

MANCHESTER CITY: Pantilimon 6, Clichy 7, Nastasic 6, Lescott 7, Boyata 6, Lopes 9, Fernandinho 7, Garcia 6, Navas 5, Negredo 8, Aguero 8, Rodwell 6, Jovetic 6, Kolarov 6... Subs: Rodwell 6, Jovetic 6, Kolarov 6.

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Title: Memorial Day

Author: Bryan Serwatka

Published: May 2012

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Goodreads Description:

The Central Texas military community has always known the painful sacrifice of losing loved ones at war, but America remembers the area for its harrowing tragedies: the 1991 Luby’s Cafeteria massacre in Killeen, the failed ATF Waco siege in 1993, and the 2009 mass shooting on the Fort Hood military base. At the end of another school year and the beginning of another long Texas summer, three individuals find their fates entwined as each desperately tries to break the patterns of their pasts.

Young high school teacher Tom Woodbine meets a recent divorcée named Andy in a chance online encounter that will forever change him. Nearby, one of Tom’s former students, Susan Ortega, finds herself held captive by a life of burden and devastating loss. A tale interwoven with dreams, déja vu, and reminiscence, Memorial Day follows a week in the lives of Tom, Andy, and Susan as they freely surrender to the possibilities of the present.

My Thoughts:

I have a couple of issues with this book.

First, I didn’t feel all that attached to the characters. I don’t know why, I just couldn’t feel much for them. I wanted them to be happy, definitely, but I didn’t feel much else. Not even in Susan’s flashbacks.

Second, I’m not sure if the dreams that were in the story were relevant to the story itself. The only one that was was the final one that Andy had at the end. I feel like there was something significant there, but it was very confusing.

Third, the ending was really confusing. I’m not even sure I understand what happened at all. Was Andy dreaming of killing his ex-wife and then living his life with Tom? Or… what? Did his dad end up caring?

Fourth, how did they fall in love so quickly? They’re instantly spending 24-7 together, and it’s so unrealistic.

I did enjoy it, for the most part, though. With a bit of expanding, it has a lot of potential.

Rating: 4/5

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Coming to you, from Louisville, KY!  It’s the ValentineCast with your Forever Lazy couple, J and Renee Valentine.

Intro Music – Who Loves Me by Pretty Lights – http://www.prettylightsmusic.com/#/home

Today is Monday, January 21, 2013 and this is Episode 91! Shakespeare’s representatives are here! Reggie and Dana AKA Mr. and Mrs Melyana!

Dana AKA The Credentials and Reggie AKA The Color live in Colorado and are the cohosts of the wonderful Shakespeare Sound! Oh and Shakespeare, of course. Can’t forget him!

Dana has been professionally trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Reggie has been professionally trained in the art of love.

“Reggie does a killer impression of Tina Turner from Beyond Thunderdome.” –From the site
“Dana can juggle three small oranges.” –From the site

Weekend Wrap-up (9:01)

  • Forever Lazy. Literally
  • Borderlands 2

Tech (Gadgets, Computers, etc.) (17:50)

  • Blu-Ray Player

Media (Movies, Games, Books, Television Shows, Music) (31:00)

  • Movies By Chance: Result:  145 – Dive
  • Movie for Next Week: 116 – The Double
  • Finding Nemo
  • American Idol
  • Atari filed for Bankruptcy
  • Borderlands Revisited
  • Bioshock
  • Got Giraffe Calves! Time to grind.
    • Working on Spawn of Onyxia
  • Stuff You Should Know TV Show
  • Eighties Movies had song themes

Food (1:15:00)

  • Weight Loss Update – Week 29
  • J : 1.2; 73
  • Renee: 1.6; 73.4
  • Total – 2.8  ; Grand Total: 146.4
  • Frogpants total –  2201.1 pounds for 235  people. That’s 9.37 pounds per person.
  • French Press (Thanks Strumpet!). Changed J’s life

Odds and Ends (Bumper provided by Johnny Feisty)

Podcast of the Week (Until we run out of Podcasts)
WowCast by Jeppy

The Shakespeare Sound

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You can reach us by email at thevalentinecast@gmail.com. You can also see our blog at valentinecast.com.  The podcast Twitter feed is ValentineCast. You can also call us at (415) 758-2278 Video can be seen at http://youtube.com/ValentineCast  J’s Twitter feed is theCaoboi and Renee’s twitter feed is theIceflow.

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I spent 20 years in the United States Navy. My opinions, beliefs and thoughts are guided, in large part, by my experiences during that time. I am also shaped by the love I have for my family, wife and children especially. For the most part, I am conservative in my view. I imagine I am not conservative enough for some and overly conservative to others but so be it. I hope that what I have to say interests you.

  • I am a firm believer in the Constitution.
  • I believe that judges should enforce the Constitution, not try to legislate a new one.
  • I believe that the United States is the land of equal opportunity, not necessarily equal results.
  • I believe it is the role of the federal government to protect its citizens and make policies that enable them to succeed, not provide everything for them.
  • I believe in the separation of Church and State, but not the absence of God from the public place.
  • I reject the mentality that the right to bear arms only applies to state militia. It is the people’s path to protecting themselves from a tyrannical government.
  • I reject that America is a collection of individual cultures. I embrace that America is its OWN culture .
  • I believe that life begins at conception and the taking of an innocent life is not a religious issue, it is a moral issue.

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AVO reported that on 13 August low-level steam-and-ash plumes from Okmok were visible on satellite imagery drifting SE at altitudes of 3-4.6 km (10,000-15,000 ft) a.s.l. During 14-17 August satellite observations were hindered due to cloud cover; seismic levels fluctuated possibly indicating that steam-and-ash emissions continued. During 18-19 August, ash plumes were seen on satellite imagery at altitudes of 3-4.6 km (5,000-15,000 ft) a.s.l. The Volcano Alert Level remained at Watch and the Aviation Color Code at Orange.

Source: Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO)  – “Reports provided courtesy of the Smithsonian’s Global Volcanism Program and the US Geological Survey’s Volcano Hazards Program.”

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Willamette Neighborhood Association February 11, 2009 Meeting was called to order by Beth Kieres. Introductions followed. Treasurer’s report: $2,333.33. Clarification is requested as to the amount that is yoga class money. Beth will also inquiry as to the balance of the WNA annual funds from the City. New Business Rhonda Coakley from Advantage Office Suites on Blankenship introduced that business which has available executive suites for rent or lease and other support for local businesses. Willamette Neighborhood Association vision update 2009 Stephanie Nicoletti briefly discussed the original document, which was adopted and presented to the city council in 2003. The basic elements were again reaffirmed at a WNA meeting this winter and now we need to reexamine the specific tactical planning within the goals for this year. A sub committee is meeting next Sunday to draft that document and ideas are welcome from the NA. 1) It was proposed that the City be encouraged to have historic resource person/ preservation officer on staff to deal with planning issues and code enforcement in the historic and business overlay zones. 2) We would like the code reexamined that allows for higher ratio of square foot footprint of building, including auxiliary and garage units, to overall lot size in the historic district than elsewhere. Anyone with other specific ideas to suggest for inclusion can review the vision statement on the City website and email the WNA. Jerry Offer, representing OTAK, presented a proposal for its client, Arbor Homes, for revision of the subdivision at Arbor Cove changing 6 lot lines to increase the lot size in order to build duplexes or patio homes as they as called. The area is zoned 4.5 and single family homes or duplexes are allowed. The increase area would come from the conservation easement area, which is not buildable and would be protected from individual usage by the homeowners’ agreement. This application will go to the Planning Department in March and the Planning Commission in May and there will opportunity for public comment. Brad Hosmar from Arbor Custom Homes presented a design sketch of the homes. They would be mixed in with the single family homes, and appear similar in design and square footage. They would have a single car garage only with parking required in the garage; the units would not be mirror images of each. The developer’s goals are to offer more variety of homes. These will be smaller and at a somewhat lower cost. A meeting has been held with the homeowner already in the subdivision. Concerns were voiced about additional parking needs and possible impact of duplexes on one of the streets. A motion was made seconded and passed that the WNA in general supported the concept but had a number of concerns. The group requested that alternative lots be considered to minimize possible parking impact and maintain curb appeal with varied architectural appearance at the curb. Jerry will bring any further changes to the plan to the WNA and added that there will be opportunity for comments at the public meetings. Announcements Gail Holmes announced that there will be a meeting of the merchant group looking into Main Street grants at Bullseye on 2/12 at 5:30pm. This is the early exploratory stage of involvement in the program. There will be a training session 3/19 and 3/20 in Lake Oswego for further help with developing the grants Midge Pierce will continue to look at year long activities to celebrate the Oregon 150th birthday. Our project for May 16 is to work on the beds on WFDr and repair the damage done by the storm to the centennial pathway in the park. Beth has applied for the $100 grant for that. Elizabeth Rocchia commented on the book Willamette Landings that had a lot of interesting historical information on the area Meeting Adjourned Next Meeting March 11 7pm Elizabeth will see about getting the bank meeting room on Sunday 2/22 1pm-4pm for the vision group Submitted, Stephanie Nicoletti, acting as Secretary


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About the Whatcom Poetry Series The Whatcom Poetry Series is a non-profit organization with two poetry programs. The WPS is one of the main points of contact for the exchange of ideas and information about poetry among individuals and groups within the Whatcom County poetry community.

Poetrynight began as an open mic at Stewart’s Coffeehouse in 1995. It has moved venues several times over the years and now resides primarily in the basement of Bellingham Public Library. One thing that has not changed is poetrynight’s commitment to providing opportunities for new and established writers to share their work. Poetrynight often hosts featured poets as well as awarding the biennial Ken Warfel Fellowship, which awards $1,000.00 to a Washington state poet who has made substantial contributions to their poetry community.

Founded in 2006, the Sue C. Boynton Poetry Contest is a free annual event held each spring and open to Whatcom County, Washington, residents of all ages and all levels of experience. From each year’s submissions, two judges, respected Washington poets, select 25 winning poems. Walk Award poems are displayed for a year on the Sue Boynton Poetry Walk in front of the Bellingham Public Library (one of a growing number of permanent poetry installations in the U.S.); beautiful placards of both Walk and Merit Award poems are displayed for a year inside Whatcom Transportation Authority buses that serve routes throughout the county. Winning poets are invited to read at a public awards ceremony in May.

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I am pleased to annouce that the college has received a tax exempt certificate from New Jersery.   This provides an exemption from the purchase of goods, meals, services, room occupancies and admissions that are directly related to our tax exempt purpose.   The tax exempt certificate can be found on the Forms page or click on this link.

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This document describes how to set up your Arch system so MySQL Databases can be accessed via Java programs.

Installing MySQL

install package mysql available in the Official Repositories.

There are now two "fixes" you have to make. Firstly edit the file /etc/my.conf to allow network access. Find the line with skip_networking in and comment it out so it looks like this

Finally start mysql up with :

# /etc/rc.d/mysqld start

Installing JDBC

JDBC PKGBUILD is currently in AUR repository.

You can also download it from http://www.mysql.com/products/connector-j/ and

( x=mysql-connector-java-*-bin.jar; install -D $x /opt/java/jre/lib/ext/${x##*/} )

To access mysql's command line tool,

$ mysql

Creating the test database

The following commands create a database and allow a user 'paulr'. You will need to change the user name to whatever yours is.

create database emotherearth;
grant all privileges on emotherearth.* to paulr@localhost identified by "paulr";
flush privileges;

Now press Ctrl+D to exit the command line tool.

Creating the test program

Use an editor to create a file DBDemo.java with the following code in it. You will need to change the username and password appropriately.

import java.sql.*;
import java.util.Properties;
public class DBDemo
 // The JDBC Connector Class.
 private static final String dbClassName = "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver";
 // Connection string. emotherearth is the database the program
 // is connecting to. You can include user and password after this
 // by adding (say) ?user=paulr&password=paulr. Not recommended!
 private static final String CONNECTION =
 public static void main(String[] args) throws
   // Class.forName(xxx) loads the jdbc classes and
   // creates a drivermanager class factory
   // Properties for user and password. Here the user and password are both 'paulr'
   Properties p = new Properties();
   // Now try to connect
   Connection c = DriverManager.getConnection(CONNECTION,p);
   System.out.println("It works !");

Running the Program

To compile and run the program enter

javac DBDemo.java
java DBDemo

and hopefully, it should print out

This is the database connection
It works !


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The graphic card is supported by the xf86-video-intel driver package from the extra repository. The Xorg server makes use of this automatically. There's no need for a Xorg configuration file.

pacman -S xf86-video-intel

Heat issues

According to a forum post you should set some power saving options in /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf or add them to your kernel line in your menu.lst.

options i915 modeset=1
options i915 i915_enable_rc6=1
options i915 i915_enable_fbc=1
options i915 lvds_downclock=1

As well you could suffer of Kernel Power Regressions.

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Country United States of America

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City Worcester

Date of founding

Last Updated 2014-03-09
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Free, open to all students of Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

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The CollabLab is a student organization that promotes maker culture and collaboration at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) by encouraging an facilitating extracurricular student projects. We operate a member-run Makerspace(AKA Hackerspace) located in Higgins Lab 005 to serve as the central workshop for student projects on campus. This lab provides the tools, materials, workspace, storage, training, and other resources necessary for a wide variety of technology-related student projects. In addition to the physical Lab, the CollabLab organization fosters collaboration between inventive students at WPI. By bringing together a variety of people with unique skillsets and expertise to work on projects under one roof and facilitating virtual networking through our website we aim to encourage entrepreneurship, knowledge-sharing, and cooperation among the WPI maker community.

This Hackerspace has a 3D Printer

This Hackerspace has a Drill Press

This Hackerspace has a Hot Air Rework Station

This Hackerspace has a Soldering Iron

This Hackerspace has a Air Compressor

This Hackerspace has a CNC

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Poetry hacklab
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Country Italy

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City Palazzolo Acreide

Date of founding

Last Updated 2012-05-24
Website http://poetry.freaknet.org

irc.dyne.org -ssl port 9999 #freaknet

Snail mail

Via Carnevale 17, Palazzolo Acreide, Italy
96010 Palazzolo Acreide

Number of members

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Membership fee

Size of rooms

Location 37° 4' 0", 14° 54' 25"
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Poetry Hacklab was born during a late night brainstorming in 2002. The main idea was to join together poetry and programming.

This hacklab hosts regular meetings and has many projects actives.

The most important project is the Working Computer Museum: not only a simple collection of historical and power machines, but a resource for a sort of multiple learning platform; it can be visited in real and used actively, also from remote - some computers are connected to internet, there are free accounts, so they can really be "used". The basic idea is to revert the classical museum structure where objects are "dead" under a glass table or in a closed shelf, to let people USE, LEARN and HACK on those ancient computers. This obviously have many implications: using old computers can break them, so the activities are well organized to prevent damages of any kind.

At Poetry Hacklab, as part of Freaknet and the dyne.org network, we're working on our project called Netecology, about people and their relationship with quality of life: there we discussed problems related to life style and rhythms nowadays. The result of the realized laboratory projects will be a sort of Techno-Eco-Village, created using our skills to join together electronics, computing and ecology. The village will host a program for artist in residence to give to people what they need to "retire" for study reason or for finishing a project, all the necessary peace and quality of life to do so.

Topics of our study are:

  • Biologic Food and agriculture.
  • Development of "Green Energy": wind, solar, photovoltaic, etc.
  • Recycling: materials, electronics, structures, etc.
  • Buildings: how to make walls, ceilings, habitations, architectural projects.
  • Survival tips: tools, edible plants, how to find food/water, orientation, etc.
  • Edible plants around us. The local people KNOW what is edible, healing. Recover the historical memories and traditions of the residents.
  • Relative courses and workshops. ex.: how to recover materials, structures to produce energy at low cost using low-tech technology.

Other projects and activities:

  • Polli Fritti: Hardware and Software for a free wireless network to be spread in the town and in the rural areas, using modified hardware and the Netsukuku network structure. The title means "Fried Chickens", and it's a joke about creating so powerful antennas that can be used to fry birds directly in the sky, making them fall all over the city (it's only a joke! :)
  • Troppo caffe' poco cervello: a 3 or 4 day meeting in wich people can join together, to work on a particular project and have massive brainstorming, or to do some hacking session on computers and hardware, or simply to have fun in the lab with our computers and stuff. This goes on for all day and night. People are encouraged not to sleep at all: the meaning of title is "Too much coffee, too little brain" :)
  • Online gaming: Some night at Poetry Hacklab we open our space to people that came in to enjoy free videogaming and our activities.

Other activies includes poetry sessions, painting, coding, courses, lectures and other things.

Parts of the Poetry Hacklab:

  • Exibition of hardware and software (a part of the museum itself)
  • Library for books, schematics and manuals
  • Software Library for old software, tapes, cd-roms, disks, images, backups...
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Minutes of the Open A11y Expert Handlers SIG Call 2008/08/18

  • Neil Soiffer (NS/chair)
    • Pete Brunet (PB)
    • Vladmir Bulatov (VB)
    • Glenn Gordon (GG)
    • Gregory J. Rosmaita (GJR/scribe)
    • Janina Sajka (JS)
      • regrets: Alexander Surkov

Agenda Review

Approval of Last Meeting's Minutes

Minutes of Expert Handlers Conference Call 2008/08/18

Resources for Review:

Brainstorming with Glenn Gordon of Freedom Scientific, continued

GJR: needs to amend last week's minutes with GG's clarification

NS: good call last week

NS: comment from Glenn - hopeful that whatever came up with would allow AT to differentiate itself to add "value added" proprietary -- does IAccessible2 and other specifications allow that

GG: not turn-key solution - providers of data which we can adapt to what suits AT; EH wants AT to be transparent in some cases - harder to figure out how to inject something useful when sent a speech or braille string

JS: if successful and end up with spec that provides set of interfaces whereby EH can be injected into AT and provide services for certain types of content - wouldn't be a math expert, a music expert, etc. - specification for a common API to plug together

GG: hypothetically, someone has written music EH; would like to add an additional bit of usability through AT; if EH gives us info in black box, doesn't give AT much room for enhancement

NS: not interested in going to level of detail to do own EH

GG: might or might not; MSAA is LCD of interfaces; can get info from MSAA or go to IE DOM and get broader, richer set of info, worth to Freedom Scientific to provide interface for that; may want to include EH for math because of prevalence; want to be able to build upon what EH offers us

VB: AT tech - explore, but user wants control or may not want control; expose something in DOM for exploration by user; EH may do speaking job by self

GG: not out of questions, but implies there is another option, i want to figure out what other option might work

VB: AT may have approximate interface to DOM - up to user or AT technology what to expose

GG: understand intent of EH WG to make easy

NS: what is intermediate ground? GG mentioned AT adding property info to speech generated from EH

GG: thought was EH rather than marking up for TTS, would mark up with set of well known attributes; someone has to do mapping to say some script is in different voice for subscript - speech string from EH could convey "this is subscript" AT could then say "always handle subscript in X manner" so user has control

NS: tagging that indicates part of structure from which it came

JS: list of tags to which can assign different presentation

GG: would change from discipline to discipline; left hand in one voice and right hand in another voice, user wants control;

JS: if tool doesn't provide, would make sense

NS: one concern of mine is: given the small resources AT vendors have, providing intermediate string they need to process, would that pose higher barrier to accessibility; alternative come-back, but not only way

GG: other form could then be an alt rendering, or pass-back to EH and have it process it

NS: bilateral path - get something back, another process either renders to returns to EH

GG: if make explicit part of process, alt will get lost

NS: every markup will have different things that are potentially configurable; some way to standardize markup for those things you want to do; standardize way to discover

JS: generate or dynamic

NS: how to know fraction or numerator coming back

JS: handler says "here is a list of things that are high level and things that describe them"

NS: group A writes handler for MusicXML and group b writes handler for MusicXML; too much choice?

JS: going to be at least 3 interfaces: expose navigation points (organized list even in case of non-hierarchical info and what are neighbors) -- something else that tells what could do in speech and how to speak them; same for braille, and possibly for fonts and magnification; synchronize via SMIL-type method

NS: don't think need to expose navigation points; navigation complex in SVG - 20 different ways to navigate from one place to another

JS: value added - VladmirB's tool does great job of that

JS: have choice

NS: chemistry formula, thousand navigation points in formula

JS: if linear list, useless - if group, and EH shows groupings, can navigate among 20 and then dive down into details

JS: flat lists are part of problem

NS: proposing generic navigation - tree that corresponds to navigation hierarchy

JS: tree is probably easy-to-agree-on useful structure

GJR: explains Access module model - especially the @order attribute added at request of SVG WG

GG: SVG hard - what are lines trying to convey

JS: user doesn't care about the individual strokes of a glyph -- don't care about strokes that compose character, but the character itself

VB: shouldn't force ourselves to generalize everything into one plane; no one forces us to make every ML act the same

JS: powerful - can deal with multiple circumstances that way

VB: specific case can be supported via certain property

JS: if can't map to model, may be in trouble as far as generic handler interface

VB: AT asks EH for model - EH says here it is; AT if don't have EH, do what can;

GG: another wrinkle: braille user moving by expression - expression short enough to accommodate expressions to left or right; might want to highlight current expression but also context

JS: agree - analogous to what would do on-screen for magnification

GG: not enough to add expert handler - not enough to say what is current one

JS: what level, what are siblings, can i localize, granularity

GJR: targetrole - can be very specific, but needs to be in document source

NS: may be that part of structure - measure may be element in markup, like fraction in MathML, so might not need to add role for all those things

NS: what happens when there is an implicit role?

GJR: default behavior is to respect markup language's native flow; implicit roles could be marked up using ARIA (either on-the-fly or through a mechanism such as that offered by [ Access Monkey]

NS: EH returns a DOM to AT that is different from DOM that is actually there - abstract DOM that synthesizes roles

GG: like that, but don't know what high-level functions on that DOM would be

NS: roles don't form a tree necessarily

JS: not necessarily; or may be different from tree in other contexts

NS: SVG non-connected tree with overlap, what not tree like in music case

JS: don't know how many top level parallel tracks one has - everything from single note part (solo piccolo - just sequence of notes arranged into bars and on up), but for full conductor's score, have multiple voices - in print are over-sized books - one measure typically takes a full over side page

NS: could filter data down, to what user cares about

JS: filter in different ways - couldn't braille all at once - piccolo player part manageable - if want to hear in context, synthesize all other parts, make piccolo center

GG: synthesize the sound of the piccolo or the notes

JS: sound -- MIDI model so get sound in context

JS: in sync with playing of 8 measures synthesized with MIDI want your part to stream by in braille display

JS: time is always a factor with music

GG: shows notes visually, but no real-time conversion to braille?

JS: some developers working on that - don't know if "real time", but mark Hakkinen worked on this

GG: as AT developers, like DOM approach, but danger in this - if custom DOM for each domain, then how is that different from saying parse domain specific content yourself

NS: navigation implicit

GJR: Element Traversal may be of assistance here

GG: couldn't you select multiple axes get list, and navigate up/down next/previous

JS: would work in music - other need is group these four in sync

GG: how in math? single axis?

NS: think only single axis for math - line broken?

GG: reasonable to say in math case if at top level and navigating by expression, when request expression, get a + b and a has sub-expressions, would get top-level expression

GJR: need to indicate that there is sub-grouping when navigating top level

NS: a + b as expression - Raman's Aster can do variable substitutions

JS: detail - a squared minus c squared equals b squared - not something you'd navigate to; could have 50 expressions to it

GG: parenthesized expression - move by parenthesized expression rather than within

NS: has been some studies on making math accessible; do people pay attention to structure, number or operators - use broad mixture of techniques; less emphasis on structure - focus tends to be on numbers and operands

NS: here is an expression spoken, what do you remember? people don't remember structure, but components of expression (numbers and operators)

NS: potential DOM filtered by roles to look at various axes of things to separate out what user wants; one DOM

GG: one DOM - like channel on mixer - want linear path through part 1 but not other 7, as opposed to all 8 -- different ways of navigating

NS: how would user say "i'm interested in piccolo" and not other stuff

GG: that is where AT stands out- not purview of EH provider; EH can provide ideas, but where ATs function different from one another but consistent across domains

NS: if provide DOM, no AT would actually do anything with it;

GG: if DOM can be structured generically enough to accommodate generic

GJR: Element Traversal specification: : This specification defines the ElementTraversal interface, which allows script navigation of the elements of a DOM tree, excluding all other nodes in the DOM, such as text nodes. It also provides an attribute to expose the number of child elements of an element. It is intended to provide a more convenient alternative to existing DOM navigation interfaces, with a low implementation footprint.

GG: CDF who implements interface

NS: if no compound DOM this would be pointless

GG: axis not part of this; presumes only 1 way to walk; no semantic info about breadth of child; at top level or three levels down?

NS: if have axis to pick out piccolo part, what doing for that? nothing

ACTION GJR: current work summary of XQuery to handlers list

NS: perhaps EH needs utility function that provides what AT needs

GG: people will do minimum implementation - needs to be tied to provision of sufficient

NS: don't want EH to do it its own way?

GG: right

NS: what to do with DOM - restructure or throw out some of groupings; EH could clean up DOM and present structured or flat one; for math, there

VB: over-write SVG with what want to be rather than parse SVG;

NS: another meeting on 25 august - break for labor day

GG: willing to do one more - should i wait until after some

NS: 8 September 2008 will have GG back


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Novel Antigen-Cloning Technique May Boost Efforts to Develop a Melanoma Vaccine

Novel Antigen-Cloning Technique May Boost Efforts to Develop a Melanoma Vaccine

April 14, 2007

(PHILADELPHIA - April 15, 2007) - In recent years, researchers have worked to develop a number of vaccines to help the immune system fight tumors. Cancer vaccines are not intended to prevent cancer; rather, they are used to boost immune responses to preexisting tumors. Unlike traditional chemotherapy, vaccines have relatively low toxicity and, potentially, a high degree of efficacy.

To date, these vaccines have rarely been designed to directly stimulate one of the body's most critical immune responders, the helper T cells. Though helper T cells contain receptors on their cell surfaces that are capable of recognizing and binding to tumor-related antigens, scientists have been stymied by the complex and time-consuming process required to isolate and clone the antigens for vaccine development.

In working to identify a key tumor antigen in melanoma and other cancers, scientists at The Wistar Institute have now developed a novel way to clone an antigen recognized by a helper T cell. Already, the researchers have used the new cloning technique to identify a new tumor antigen called ribosomal protein L8, or RPL8. Findings on the new cloning method and the newly identified tumor antigen will be published as a Priority Report in the April 15 issue of Cancer Research.

The new antigen-cloning approach may allow scientists to design vaccines capable of directly stimulating helper T cells, aiding the development of vaccines not only for cancer but also for infectious diseases, says Dorothee Herlyn, D.V.M., senior author on the study and a professor in the Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis and Immunology programs at Wistar.

"Most of the melanoma vaccines currently in development work to activate a type of white blood cell called cytotoxic T-lymphocytes, or CTL," says Herlyn. "Though CTL have the ability to destroy cancer cells, they don't have the ability to call upon the full capabilities of the immune system, as do the helper T cells."

The new tumor antigen discovered in her lab, RPL8, is an ideal vaccine candidate because it has the potential for eliciting both helper T cells and CTL responses, Herlyn says. RPL8 is a protein involved in protein synthesis and is also expressed in normal cells. Herlyn's study shows that RPL8 is over-expressed not only in melanoma, but also in breast cancer cells and gliomas, the most common type of brain tumor, indicating that it has potential as a vaccine for patients with these tumors.

In their study, the researchers used their new cloning technique to clone copies of the RPL8 antigen from a melanoma. The scientists then showed that a peptide of RPL8 could stimulate a response in helper T cell clones and lymphocytes in four out of nine melanoma patients. The antigen created no response in cells taken from healthy donors.

The study also showed that RPL8 might contain multiple regions that are capable of eliciting an immune response, suggesting that RPL8 may be an ideal vaccine target for patients that display this antigen in tumors. According to Herlyn, these findings are important because there aren't many vaccines in development to trigger a helper T cell response for many types of cancer.

"Most of the cloned melanoma antigens that are known to target helper T cells are mutated and individual-specific, meaning that they may work in treating a single individual but will be ineffective in treating a large percentage of patients," Herlyn says.

Herlyn notes that the new antigen-cloning technique developed for this study is a major advance over the cumbersome method previously required to accomplish the task, and she anticipates that experimental vaccine developers will find it of significant value in their work.

Both the new and the old methods begin with the same steps. In order to identify and clone an antigen, researchers start with a melanoma cell or other cell of interest likely to contain relevant antigens. Based on the genes in that cell, they then make a complementary DNA (cDNA) library. Using the resulting cDNA library, the investigators can then express sequences of individual genes in recipient cells to find the cell or cells with cDNA able to stimulate T cells.

The old approach to cloning antigens adds an additional layer of complexity to the process. It requires knowing which cellular marker, or class II human leukocyte antigen (HLA), serves as a restriction element for specific T cells. Researchers must clone this restriction element and other class II HLA and transfer them into recipient cells, along with the cDNA library.

With her new technique, Herlyn expresses the cDNA library in bacteriophages that are incubated with B cells from the same patient from whom the T cells were derived. Because B cells are antigen-presenting cells, once they have picked up, or "eaten," the phages, the B cells will express the peptides that are encoded by the cDNA library. The new process eliminates the need to transfer the HLA genes into recipient cells and match the genes to each T cell type as it permits the B cells to present the peptide to the T cells in context with their own HLA class II.

Herlyn and her group now plan to use the RPL8 antigen to develop a melanoma vaccine for patients with advanced disease. "And because the RPL8 antigen is expressed by breast cancer and gliomas, we may be able to develop a vaccine that could be used to treat these types of cancer, as well."

The lead author on the study is Rolf K. Swoboda at The Wistar Institute. The additional Wistar-based co-authors are Rajasekharan Somasundaram, Laura Caputo, and Elizabeth Ochoa. Co-authors Phyllis Gimotty, Patricia Van Belle, Stephen Barth, David Elder, DuPont Guerry, Brian Czerniecki, Lynn Schuchter, and Robert Vonderheide are affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania. Francesco Marincola, also a co-author, is associated with the National Institutes of Health. The research was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health and the Commonwealth Universal Research Enhancement Program of the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

The Wistar Institute is an international leader in biomedical research, with special expertise in cancer research and vaccine development. Founded in 1892 as the first independent nonprofit biomedical research institute in the country, Wistar has long held the prestigious Cancer Center designation from the National Cancer Institute. Discoveries at Wistar have led to the creation of the rubella vaccine that eradicated the disease in the U.S., rabies vaccines used worldwide, and a new rotavirus vaccine approved in 2006. Wistar scientists have also identified many cancer genes and developed monoclonal antibodies and other important research tools. Today, Wistar is home to eminent melanoma researchers and pioneering scientists working on experimental vaccines against influenza, HIV, and other diseases threatening global health. The Institute works actively to transfer its inventions to the commercial sector to ensure that research advances move from the laboratory to the clinic as quickly as possible. The Wistar Institute: Today’s Discoveries – Tomorrow’s Cures. On the web at www.wistar.org.


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This week, when you comment on our blogs, you’ll automatically be entered to win the new book “Love Does” by Bob Goff.  Brandon Heath wrote a song about it, too, which we’re playing lately on WJTL.

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Here’s more about the book from its website:

“Love Does shares powerful stories coupled with eye-opening truths and empowers anyone who longs for a better world and a richer faith.

You don’t need another Christian message or a self-help book. You need to have your paradigms about the world shifted into truth. That’s exactly what you get in Love Does. Have you ever noticed that the real change in your life-the growth that sticks and becomes a part of you-never happens with a program or the sheer grit of your best efforts? It happens over time, like a glacier slowly carving valleys through the mountains.

In this book of compelling stories coupled with eye-opening truths, author Bob Goff shows you a new way to live, a way that’s drenched with the whimsy of God’s love and the spontaneity of following where he leads when he says “Go!” In this book, you learn what it looks like to be secretly incredible and advance God’s kingdom everywhere you are and wherever you’re going.

For anyone who’s wanted to change the world but thought they needed money, a committee, and permission to get started, Love Does shows what can happen when you decide to do instead of planact instead of strategize, and fiercely, invisibly fight for the possibility God has gifted you to uniquely see.”


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COLUMN: This Time, Its Legit

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Really, it's a shame that WKU had only 13 scholarships for the 2012 class.
For the first time in the Willie Taggart era, this class was legitimately the top class.
That's no disrespect to the past two classes. Both the 2010 and 2011 classes, ranked as the top classes in the Sun Belt Conference each year, were stocked full of quality players.
Think of how the players who have come out of each class have fared so far.
From the 2010 class, linebacker Andrew Jackson has turned out to be a terror on defense for opposing offenses. He sat out the 2010 season as an academic redshirt, but after becoming eligible last fall, he was the anchor of a completely rebuilt defense.
Then there's Kadeem Jones, who provided a running lane or two for Bobby Rainey this past season. Rainey didn't need much help, but Jones helped keep at least a few tacklers off the all-American running back.
Others, like linebacker Xavius Boyd, offensive lineman Cameron Clemmons and quarterback Brandon Doughty, have shown glimpses of what lies ahead.
From the 2011 class, there's John Evans, who electrified as a returner, with a kick return for a touchdown and a burst of speed that left trails of black smoke.
Wide receiver Boe Brand and tight end Mitchell Henry were also big contributors on offense last season.
But there was always some explaining to do with the past two classes themselves.
I can't even keep track of how many times I've been asked, 'What makes this class the best in the conference?'
I'd have an answer, as I was always defending's rankings, but I still had doubts myself.
With the 2012 class, there's little doubt.
The Toppers certainly achieved quality this year, albeit not quantity.
That might be the only thing keeping WKU from the top class in the conference for a third straight year. And that's through no fault of WKU. The 2011 senior class was just smaller.
This year's class saw seven three-star signees, including the highest rated signee WKU has had in the Rivals era, three-star defensive tackle Tyrone Pearson, who along with being rated the No. 5 player in Kentucky and No. 36 defensive tackle in the country, is rated as a 5.7 three-star. That's borderline four-star.
WKU has never had a player rated at 5.7.
Then there's three-star running back Anthony Wales, the No. 6 player in Kentucky and the No. 14 all-purpose back in the country. Not to mention, Wales is third all-time in the state for most rushing yards in a high school career.
Back on defense, three-star Palmetto (Fla.) linebacker Daqual Randall is ranked as the No. 32 inside linebacker in the country.
But three-star wide receiver Austin Aikens, though he doesn't have rankings to go with his stars, might be the most valuable of the additions. His lightning-quick speed, 6-foot height and 42-inch vertical leap give WKU the receiver it desperately needs.
Of the additions, he could have the biggest impact off the bat.
Then, WKU could have the top recruiter in the conference for the second straight year. Assistant coach Raymond Woodie reeled in seven signees, five of them three-stars, in Aikens, Randall, defensive end Calvin Washington, defensive back Brett Harrington, defensive tackle Devante Terrell, sleeper running back Leon Allen and offensive lineman Forrest Lamp.
Make no mistake, this is a talented group. The addition of players like in 2012 should give Topper fans plenty of hope for big things to come, including improving on last season's 7-5 mark.
This year happened to come when Arkansas State signed an impressive class itself, earning itself the top class in the conference.
But look at the quality.
WKU is the victim of a numbers game this year. With just 13 signees, the lowest of the nine Sun Belt members, The Toppers are still the second-highest rated class.
WKU's 2012 signees turned down an impressive list of schools. Randall and Wales decommitted from Louisville. Pearson decommitted from Kentucky. Aikens turned down Missouri, Cincinnati and others to sign with the Toppers.
It won't be long until WKU is pulling signees away from even bigger programs, which means some four-star signees along the way. The Toppers are already getting former four-star transfers, in defensive back Jonathan Dowling and quarterback DaMarcus Smith.
If you've been waiting for a legitimate signing class, this is it, because this class has the players that a No. 1 recruiting class would have.
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Query: McBride

Member Mark Reid received the following query from Connie Davis (N8ivtexan@msn.com) in September. His response is below.

At 11:16 AM 9/30/2010, you (refers to Connie Davis) wrote:
I am looking for a birth record for James Madison McBride, 4-30-1910 and John William McBride, 5-27-1912 or 1913. The death record I am trying to find is for Martha Emaline McBride, DOD 6-1-1908 in Winnsboro.

Mark’s Response: Martha Emaline (mother) McBride is buried in Winnsboro City Cemetery. The stone reads: 29 June 1831 – 1 June 1908
Her husband, James Monroe (father) McBride is adjacent. His stone reads: 7 Sep 1819 – 18 Oct 1903

Here is a quick find. Maybe more later.
Birth records are more difficult for us, but we will keep looking for additional information for you.

If you have additional information, please comment to this post at the comment link below. You may also contact Connie at her email address above.

My apologies to both Connie and Mark. This message was forwarded to me by Mark a long time ago. It just fell between the cracks in my email checking system. dh

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  • n. Land having a cover of trees and shrubs.
  • adj. Of, relating to, or constituting woodland.
  • adj. Living, growing, or present in woodland: woodland flowers.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

  • n. land covered with woody vegetation.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to a creature or object growing, living, or existing in a woodland
  • adj. Having the character of a woodland

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • n. Land covered with wood or trees; forest; land on which trees are allowed to grow, either for fuel or timber.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to woods or woodland; living in the forest; sylvan.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  • n. In forestry. See forest, 1.
  • n. In phytogeography, a vegetation composed of woody plants, regarded by Schimper as one of three grand types of climatic formation (compare grass-land, 2, and desert ).
  • n. Land covered with wood, or land on which trees are suffered to grow, either for fuel or for timber.
  • n. Synonyms Woods, Park, etc. See forest.
  • Of, peculiar to, or inhabiting the woods; sylvan: as, woodland echoes; woodland songsters.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • n. land that is covered with trees and shrubs

wood + land (Wiktionary)

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  • Loveliest of trees, the cherry now
    Is hung with bloom along the bough,
    And stands about the woodland ride
    Wearing white for Eastertide.

    Now, of my threescore years and ten,
    Twenty will not come again,
    And take from seventy springs a score,
    It only leaves me fifty more.

    And since to look at things in bloom
    Fifty springs are little room,
    About the woodlands I will go
    To see the cherry hung with snow.

    --A.E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, 1896

    June 20, 2011


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EMC World 2009, The Case of the Incredibly Shrinking Momentum

This year was the second year where I “felt” that there were less Documentum sessions than the older traditional Momentum conferences.  This is strange as there are more components to Content Management and Archiving, Documentum, than there were even two years ago.  Luckily, I have the conference handbooks for the last three EMC World conferences and I can check numbers while I watch a new repository build.

The EMC World 2007 conference, while under EMC World’s wing, still felt like the session count wasn’t that far off.  I remember a few grumblings, but nothing documented, so I’ll just use that as a baseline with the understanding that the previous year was at least as good.  I believe 2007 was the year that the long-standing pre-conference tutorials vanished, so calling it even is a throwing EMC a bone.

Let’s See Some Numbers

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EMC World Orlando, 2009 Edition

Well, I finally broke down and registered for EMC World.  This year it is May 18-22 in Orlando. I got my hotel reservations months ago and wasn’t in a rush for the actual registration as the price has yet to change. I don’t need a free gift for registering early. In this economy, it is all about the Benjamins and the impact on the balance sheet, so no discount, no early registration push.

I was thinking about talking about my plans for EMC World, which looks pretty good, but the I realized something…This will be my 10th Documentum User Conference!  So I have decided to flash back a bit to the previous conferences.

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SharePoint and Documentum, Patience is a Virtue

Well, the time has come to talk about the elephant in the room, SharePoint.  It was a slow conference for me regarding SharePoint.  I didn’t attend any normal sessions on it as I was usually being pulled away by other items.  I did get a lot of time with Andrew, Erin, Craig (yes, Craig), and a boatload of partners talking about the SharePoint problem.

Problem?  Yes, problem.  The problem is that nobody knows what to do to make everyone play together.  I’ll tell you right now, playing together is required.

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Will the Real Mark Lewis Please Step Forward

I was reading the recent article by Alan Pelz-Sharpe over at CMS Watch titled High Stakes for Documentum. It makes a lot of interesting points regarding this year’s EMC World from the perspective of an outsider. I don’t want to discuss the conference any here, you can read all of my posts for my thoughts. I do want to address the comments from Alan in his article regarding Mark Lewis.

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New EMC World Page

I recently realized that I have over 20 posts so far for EMC World 2008. I was also noticing that many of my “older” posts were getting hits that seemed counter-intuitive to the topic in question. With the number of posts still growing, I wanted to put a simple page in place for people to find all my posts on EMC World for 2008, 2007, and all future iterations.

You can either click on the link in this post or you can look up at the header and click on the page link there.


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