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Harlem Delegation Visits White House to Protest Lynching – August 1, 1917
July 28 marked the 100th anniversary of the Silent Protest Parade when 10,000 African Americans of all ages marched silently up Fifth Avenue to protest lynchings in America. As they stepped solemnly past thousands of onlookers, the only sounds were the muffled tat-a-tat of a drum and the scrape of shoes across pavement.
Men, women and 800 children had gathered to declare their outrage over the May 15 lynching of 17-year old Jesse Washington in Waco, Texas and the July 2 riot in East St. Louis, Illinois where white mobs murdered more than three dozen African Americans and attacked hundreds.
Silent Protest Parade July 28, 1917 (NYPL Digital Collection)
Today marks another important date related to that demonstration of defiance. On August 1, 1917 members of the NAACP's New York chapter executive committee traveled from Harlem to Washington, DC to lobby President Woodrow Wilson for support of legislation to make lynching a federal crime.
The group was led by NAACP field secretary James Weldon Johnson and included entrepreneur Madam C. J. Walker, realtor John Nail, New York Age publisher Fred Moore and Rev. Frederick Cullen. They had been assured of a noon meeting with Wilson, but when they arrived at the White House, they were told he was occupied with other matters. Wilson, who had praised D. W. Griffith's racist movie, "Birth of a Nation," and instituted segregation in federal offices, had long displayed his disdain for African Americans and their concerns.
Anti-lynching petition delivered to the White House on August 1, 1917 after the Silent Protest Parade in New York. (Credit: Madam Walker Family Archives)
The delegation presented the petition to Wilson's secretary, Joseph Tumulty, then traveled up Pennsylvania Avenue to Capitol Hill where they met with the few members of Congress who were receptive to their cause. Several months later Congressman Leonidas Dyer — whose St. Louis district was just across the Mississippi River from East St. Louis — introduced a bill that would have required the crime of lynching to be tried in federal court as capital murder. The Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on January 26, 1922, but was blocked by a Southern Democratic filibuster in the U.S. Senate and never brought to vote.
Beginning in 1882, more than 200 anti-lynching bills were introduced in Congress, but to this day not one has been enacted. In 2005, 80 U.S. Senators approved a resolution apologizing for the U. S. government's failure to enact this legislation. But it was an apology and not a law.
Even in the 21st Century, there was insufficient will to declare that #BlackLivesMatter.
John Shillady Letter to Madam Walker on May 10, 1919 (Credit: Madam Walker Family Archives)
The NAACP continued its campaign against lynching. During a mass meeting at Carnegie Hall in May 1919, Madam Walker pledged $5,000 to the anti-lynching fund. In his May 10, 1919 letter to Walker, NAACP secretary John R. Shillady noted that it was "the largest [gift] the Association has ever received."
For more information about the Silent Protest Parade:
Equal Justice Insitute: "A Century after the Silent Protest Parade, Racial Injustice Persists" (July 28, 2017)
Beinecke Library Display July 2017
Black Americans in Congress: "Anti-Lynching Legislation Renewed"
On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C. J. Walker by A'Lelia Bundles (pp 203-217)
Happy Birthday, Langston Hughes! (A'Lelia Walker and Langston Hughes)
Happy Birthday, Langston Hughes and Happy Black History Month 2016!
For my A'Lelia Walker biography, I'm in the midst of simultaneously writing three connected chapters right now focused on late 1925 through 1926 about white novelist and music critic Carl Van Vechten's entrance into Harlem and how the community above 125th Street begins to pivot from being inward and self-affirming — and comfortable with that — to the insertion of and fascination by the white downtown, Prohibition-era gaze.
There's a lot more that I'd say if I had more time this evening, but I didn't want to let Langston's birthday and the beginning of Black History Month pass without taking the opportunity to forecast some of what I'm discovering about A'Lelia Walker's relationship with Langston.
I am very, very grateful to Langston Hughes for giving me a biographical profile and interpretation of A'Lelia Walker that has guided me for many years as I have learned about her and researched her life.
Langston's The Big Sea, Arnold Rampersad's The Life of Langston Hughes Volume I and Emily Bernard's Remember Me to Harlem
Here's what Hughes wrote in his memoir, The Big Sea: "It was a period when local and visiting royalty were not at all uncommon in Harlem. And when the parties of A'Lelia Walker, the Negro heiress, were filled with guests whose names would turn any Nordic social climber green with envy."
His description of one of the parties she hosted in her 80 Edgecombe Avenue apartment captures the spirit of the era: "A'Lelia Walker was the then great Harlem party giver, although Mrs. Bernia Austin fell but little behind…At her "at homes" Negro poets and Negro number bankers mingled with downtown poets and seat-on-the-stock-exchange racketeers…A'Lelia Walker was a gorgeous dark Amazon…A'Lelia Walker was the joy-goddess of Harlem's 1920s."
What he wrote has been critical to me because many authors and scholars have written about her in a quite two-dimensional manner. But Langston knew her, so I am inclined to give more credence to his interpretation.
Langston Hughes's "The Weary Blues" was published in 1926 after Carl Van Vechten introducer Hughes to Alfred Knopf.
My research of the last decade for my in-progress book, The Joy Goddess of Harlem: A'Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance, has allowed me to track when they met.
On January 31, 1926 –when A'Lelia Walker couldn't attend Langston's book signing at the Shipwreck Inn at 107 Claremont Avenue near Columbia University — she gave mutual friend and author Wallace Thurman two copies of Langston's new book, The Weary Blues, with a request for him to autograph them for her.
A few days later, Thurman wrote to Hughes: ""Dear Langston. . .Madam Walker was tickled pink over your inscription. She just must meet you, and will try to arrange to do so as soon as you return."
In late February, Hughes wrote to Van Vechten about an upcoming trip to New York (from Lincoln University in Pennsylvania where he was still a student): "I think I'll be in New York Friday. Of course, I want to come see you sometime during the weekend, if you'll let me…and also this trip I am supposed to meet A'Lelia Walker. Last time, she sent two books for me to autograph for her, but I didn't' get to see her."
Between 1926 and 1931, Hughes attended many of A'Lelia Walker's parties at her Edgecombe Avenue apartment and at The Dark Tower on 136th Street. On March 1, 1930, he sent this postcard to her from Havana, Cuba, a place they both loved. " Dear A'Lelia — I think you would adore Havana. (Have you been here?) The people are marvelous, bars and dance halls everywhere and a too-bad beach. All the leading artists and writers and actresses are treating me royally." A'Lelia Walker, indeed, had been to Cuba in 1918.
When A'Lelia Walker died in August 1931, Langston Hughes wrote this poem, which was read at her funeral.
To learn more about A'Lelia Walker, please check out some of these blog articles about her
A'Lelia Walker and Atlantic City 1924
Discovering The Joy Goddess of Harlem
Happy 148th Birthday to Madam C. J. Walker!
Today — December 23, 2015 — is the 148th anniversary of Madam C. J. Walker's birth!
She was born Sarah Breedlove on December 23, 1867 in Delta, Louisiana on the same planation where her parents Owen and Minerva Anderson Breedlove had been enslaved. The first child in her family to be born after the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, her birth was greeted with much hope and promise. But the Breedlove family's reality was bleak.
By the time Sarah was seven years old, both parents had died. At ten, she moved across the Mississippi River to Vicksburg, Mississippi with her older sister, Louvenia, and her brother-in-law, Jesse Powell, who was so cruel, she would later say, that she "married at 14 to get a home of my own." Another blow came with the death of her husband, Moses McWilliams, when she was 20. Now with her two-year old daughter, Lelia (later known as A'Lelia Walker) to raise, she moved up the river to St. Louis, Missouri where her older brothers worked as barbers.
She struggled for the next decade working as a laundress, doing the back-breaking work of washing clothes by hand in tubs and without indoor plumbing. At the end of some weeks, she'd made as little as $1.50, but her dreams for her daughter made her persevere. One day while her hands were buried deep in soap suds, she despaired that life might never get better. But the solution to her problems eventually came when she developed a shampoo and ointment to heal the scalp disease that was causing her to go bald.
Madam Walker died at Villa Lewaro in May 1919.
By the time she died on May 25, 1919 at Villa Lewaro (her mansion in Irvington-on-Hudson, New York), she had founded the Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company and become a millionaire, some say the first self-made American woman to attain that level of financial success.
There is much more to her story of course. How she discovered, developed and marketed her "Wonderful Hair Grower." How she employed thousands of women as Walker sales agents and beauty culturists. How she spoke up to Booker T. Washington at his 1912 National Negro Business League Convention. How she gathered more than 200 women together for one of America's first national conventions of women entrepreneurs in 1917. Her prominence as a philanthropist and patron of the arts. Her friendships with Ida B. Wells, W.E.B. DuBois, Mary McLeod Bethune and James Weldon Johnson among others. Her $1,000 contribution to Indianapolis's YMCA and $5,000 to the NAACP's anti-lynching campaign. Her activism on behalf of black soldiers, young women and the rights of African Americans.
Her legacy of entrepreneurship and philanthropy still empowers others. She is often mentioned by businesswomen in America and beyond as an inspiration. Her company is discussed and critiqued in a Harvard Business School course. Dozens of students across the nation prepare projects about her every year for National History Day. Countless young girls have dressed up as Madam Walker for Black History Month and Women's History Month. She is the subject of numerous documentaries, public service announcements and news stories. Several organizations host annual Madam Walker awards luncheons. The Madam Walker Collection of photographs, letters and business records is the most popular collection at the Indiana Historical Society. She was featured on a U. S. postage stamp in 1998. Recently her name was touted as contender for the $20 bill. There are two National Historic Landmarks associated with her life: Villa Lewaro in Irvington-on-Hudson, New York and the Madam Walker Theatre Center in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Here are some of the books in which she has been featured or mentioned in the last couple of years.
Angella M. Nazarian's Visionary Women (Assouline Publishers)
Cynthia L. Greene's Entrepreneurship: Ideas in Action (Cengage Learning)
Faith Ringgold's Harlem Renaissance Party (Amistad)
James J. Madison and Lee Ann Sandweiss's Hoosiers and the American Story (Indiana Historical Society)
Martin Kilson's Transformation of the African American Intelligentsia 1880 – 2012 (Harvard University Press)
Diane Radmacher's Famous Firsts of St. Louis: A Celebration of Facts, Figures, Food & Fun
As we approach the 150th anniversary of her birth, we can say there are more exciting announcements to come in the new year. Stay tuned!
Other blog posts that might interest you
A Family Perspective: Celebrating Madam Walker's Legacy
Madam Walker's 1917 Convention: Entrepreneurship and Protest Politics
Madam Walker's Mansion: The Future of Villa Lewaro
Madam Walker's August Garden
Woodlawn Cemetery — Burial Place of Madam Walker — Designated National Historic Landmark
Madam Walker Visits the Brothers Dumas in Mississippi
Madam Walker Black History Month 2013
To learn more about Madam Walker, visit our official Madam C. J. Walker website at www.madamcjwalker.com
To order On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C. J. Walker and Madam Walker Theatre Center, visit my website at www.aleliabundles.com
Here's a link to videos about Madam Walker.
Check out Madam Walker on Facebook.


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The Center for Intercultural Dialogue serves as a clearinghouse in multiple ways; one is to provide links to sites that publish podcasts or videos on topics related to intercultural dialogue. A few examples are shown below – please email suggestions for others, providing links to websites.
UNESCO Crossings Institute for Conflict-Sensitive Reporting and Intercultural Dialogue, University of Oregon, brings together 2 different pursuits: intercultural and inter-religious dialogue on the one hand and conflict-sensitive journalism on the other. They produce a series of podcasts, including Understanding conflict-sensitive reporting practices in Kenya.
Baum, Noa. (2018). Beyond labels: Bridging differences through storytelling. (When Israeli-born Noa Baum moved to the U.S. and unexpectedly formed a friendship with a Palestinian woman, she realized the importance of listening to the story of the "other" – even if that other is the enemy.)
Kumar, Nish. (15 February 2018). The Mash Report, Series 1, Episode 5. (A funny but all too true section on immigration starts at 11:24 and ends at 16:32.)
Ramsey, Francesca. (2018). Will multiracial kids end racism? MTV Decoded. (One of a series of podcasts addressing a wide range of questions having to do with race and other uncomfortable topics in a bright, cheerful, and clearly stated manner.)
Lorenzo, Rocio. (2017). How diversity makes teams more innovative. Ted Talks. (A study of 171 companies showed that "more diverse companies are simply more innovative," but only with 20% or more diverse employees.)
Lozada-Oliva, Melissa. (2015). My Spanish. Button Poetry. (Brilliant discussion of bilingualism, with a focus on heritage Spanish.)
Coffee and Cocktails: Podcast for Researchers, a project of ETE: Exploration Through Education, founded and edited by by Ann Wand of the University of Oxford, has several episodes related to intercultural dialogue: Episode 3: Translanguaging in Senegal; Episode 5: The use of Camfranglais amongst the diaspora.
Tales from a Multicultural Classroom. JAMK University of Applied Sciences, Finland. (Student prepared videos on intercultural communication topics.)
Identibuzz. ("an inclusive activity in which different cultures can intermingle and experience the dynamics of a collaborative exercise, and can express themselves and get their opinions across, from their own points of view, creating a shared story about their reality and identities.")
Code Switch: Race and Identity Remixed. National Public Radio. ("a team of journalists fascinated by the overlapping themes of race, ethnicity and culture, how they play out in our lives and communities, and how all of this is shifting"; provides thoughtful dialogues about race/ethnicity/otherness).
In Jerusalem, a chorus for peace. Great Big Story. (The YMCA Jerusalem Youth Chorus brings together Israeli and Palestinian teens to create music and promote dialogue.)
Black Violin. (2015). Stereotypes. VEVO. (A wonderful demonstration of how to destroy stereotypes by playing against typecasting.)
Newton, T. (2011). Embracing otherness, embracing myself. July 2011, TEDGlobal2011.
TV2 All that We Share (Denmark) A brief (3 minute) brilliant demonstration of how easy it can be to show people what they share with those they usually think of as Other.
Migration Matters (Germany) produces "bite-sized video courses" on migration topics.
Absolutely Intercultural (Denmark and Germany based) podcast about all things intercultural with over 250 episodes so far.
Adichie, C.N. (2009). The danger of a single story. July 2009, TEDGlobal2009, Oxford.
Bautista, Adrian. (2012). So where's home? A film about third culture kid identity. Senior Thesis, Georgetown University.
Close Up: Empowering a community through Participatory Action Research (a Prezi from Uganda)
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Like most blades, HP's new BL495c G5 server blades have two processor sockets. Unlike most blades, they have two integrated 10GbE NICs, 16 DIMM slots for a max of 128GB of RAM, and two solid state drive bays.
Like most blades, HP's new BL495c G5 server blades have two processor sockets. Unlike most blades, they have two integrated 10GbE NICs, 16 DIMM slots for a max of 128GB of RAM, and two solid state drive bays. You can fit 8 of these things in 6U, or 16 of them in 10U. With dual quad-core processors, that could give you 128 cores and 2TB RAM in a 10U space!
More information is available in an InternetWeek article from Friday.
Being at VMworld in San Francisco last year i was lucky enough to speak with a couple of vendors and talk to them about their virtualization platforms, its gonna be great as these virtualization products hit the street..
I recently got a new Dell m1000e chassis. It can only do 64GB of RAM and the nic's aren't 10G (yet) but the switches can do 10g. I'm pretty impressed so far, tons of improvments on the lights-out board and chassis management. Its really interesting to see how well blade technology has evolved in the last couple years. I used to be very anti-virtualization on blades, but now it's starting to make more sense.
The thing that I'm just not sold on is power consumption. The Dell chassis is really good so far at regulating power consumption and cooling based on work-load (so does the HP I'm sure) in relation to density, but it will take me a little longer to really compare the numbers against 2U servers.
the servers support 10gb now but how about the Virtual Connect? your still limited to 1gb on the switch? has anyone heard how they are planning to accomplish that limitation? im not hearing any one talk about that?
My question is will it all support FCoE.
what vendor did the 10g chip?


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Exploring the Spine
Vancouver Island Spine Trail offers unique recreation opportunities for adventurers from near and far
By Kerry Hale • June & July 2016
Gil Parker knows a thing or two about hiking and rock climbing. A climber for 45 years, he has bagged several hundred summits in the United States, India, Nepal, Russia, Georgia and Canada, with most of his homegrown climbs in the Rockies and on Vancouver Island. His vast outdoor experience was put to good use as a former western vice president of the Alpine Club of Canada, of which he is a life member. Now he is also president and founder of the Vancouver Island Spine Trail Association (VISTA).
Parker first came to Vancouver Island in the late 1960s, but it was the six-year period from 1999 to 2004 that was a pivotal time for Parker and his future ambitions. During that period, he hiked approximately 85 per cent of the 4,300 km Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada. It was also during this time that he developed the idea for the VI Spine for Vancouver Island—a 700-km public non-motorized trail system running from Victoria to Cape Scott.
"The Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) traverses mountainous terrain east of Los Angeles, the Mojave Desert crossing, high mountain passes in the Sierra Mountains, the volcano country of Oregon and the Cascades of Washington State," Parker explains. "Each section has its challenges, but in all cases a long-distance hiker has to not only walk the trail, but also plan for food resupply pickups at eight to 12 day intervals and ensure an adequate water supply is available."
His vision of the Spine Trail began with creating a challenge for long-distance hikers, but rapidly expanded to include non-motorized travellers such as runners, mountain bikers and equestrians in suitable areas. The resulting concept links many existing trails, joined in continuity by new sections, to provide athletic and healthful challenges to citizens of Vancouver Island and to increase tourism interest and development.
While Vancouver Island terrain is somewhat similar to parts of the Pacific Crest Trail, there are many different challenges to construction and use of the Spine Trail. "Along the route are six different Regional Districts and several municipalities, each with their own interests and regulations," says Parker. "In our case we have less parkland along our route than the PCT, and more privately-owned forest land, with the attendant access issues. First Nations bands have traditional rights over much of the Crown land on Vancouver Island, whose opinions deserve inclusion in construction and operation phases. Free access to backcountry land is the major challenge to VI Spine."
The project is being developed by VISTA, a part of "Hike BC", the BC wing of the National Hiking Trail (NHT). Over the past 30 years the NHT has incorporated such significant trails as the East Coast Trail in Newfoundland, the Bruce Trail in Ontario, the Alexander MacKenzie route, and the Nuxalk/Carrier "Grease Trail" from Bella Coola to Quesnel.
The VI Spine trail does not have the historical cachet of the Camino de Santiago in Spain, or the notoriety of the 2,200 mile Appalachian Trail, which runs along the eastern US from Georgia to Maine. At the same time, however, the VI Spine provides unique exposure to the concept of a "working forest" in some areas, and in others to untouched wilderness equally beautiful and challenging to any of the world's great trails. The route traces mountain ridges, passes through forests and alongside lakes. Many Island residents are unaware of their own mountain environment or the far reaches of northern lakes. "Often they become aware of their own special hinterland only through reports of overbooking of the West Coast Trail, or increasing tourist use of the North Coast Trail," says Parker.
VISTA's director of operations, Terry Lewis, agrees. Lewis became a Director in 2014 after acting as an informal representative in the Comox Valley for several years. The last decade has seen him busy building trails on the slopes above the Comox Valley for both mountain bikers and hikers. Accordingly, it was a natural segue for him to get involved with Spine Trail operations. An ostensibly humble man, he speaks with contagious enthusiasm and the assurance of knowing the trail will succeed in becoming one of the standout trails in all of North America.
As director of operations, his job embodies a hand-on approach. He readily concedes there have been significant challenges—"It has been difficult to get volunteers in remote areas," he says. But, he goes on to add, "It's spectacular, diverse, awe-inspiring countryside. Once complete, the trail will appeal to all lovers of the outdoors. We believe people will come from all over the world to visit the treasures of this trail."
The start of the first leg of Sarah Sead's Spine Trail run. VISTA Board member Terry Lewis, left, fellow runner Sandra Hardy, centre, and Seads at the Sooke River Road Trailhead south of Shawnigan Lake. Photo by Sarah Seads
The VI Spine website speaks of a bold vision for a true homegrown adventure. "A signature recreation destination in Canada, the Vancouver Island Spine Trail will span from Victoria to Cape Scott. Traversing wild coasts, ancient and working forests and joining island communities, the trail will be a month-long journey in its entirety. Not exclusively for specialists, the trail will be an amenity for Island residents and a venue for connecting them. By 2019, Vancouver Island will have a unique recreation opportunity and a showcase for its communities."
VISTA is employing three different strategies to build trails, including use of existing trail, collaborating with local organizations, and starting from scratch. A collaborative approach is proving beneficial as it spreads the project workload, but working from scratch will be used extensively, particularly in some areas north of Campbell River. Each section of the Spine Trail has to be approved by regulatory bodies and/or landowners, which can be a slow moving process. As such, much of the early efforts were directed at gaining access to existing trails.
There are five proposed sections of the Spine Trail. Section One is from Victoria to Cowichan Lake, starting at Clover Point and following the Trans Canada Trail to the town of Lake Cowichan. Currently there are gaps in the trail along the Malahat and along the south side of Cowichan Lake.
Section Two of the trail heads from Cowichan Lake to Port Alberni, and includes the Tuck Lake Trail, Runner's Trail and Alberni Inlet Trail. Section Three starts with the Log Train Trail and then winds along the crest of the Beaufort Mountains to Cumberland, although the exact route through this stretch has not been decided on.
Section Four runs from Cumberland to Strathcona Dam, west of Campbell River, from the Puntledge River along Forbidden Plateau, climbing Mt. Becher into Strathcona Park then northwards along the ridge east of Buttle and upper Campbell Lakes. The final section from Strathona Dam to Woss and then onto Cape Scott is less defined, although VISTA has recently completed a feasibility study to locate a suitable route from Strathcona Dam to Port McNeill and on to Port Hardy. From this point, the trail will run north to Shushartie Bay then link up with the existing North Coast Trail to the end point at Cape Scott.
VISTA is very cognizant of the need for a respectful approach regarding First Nations traditional territories. "The Vancouver Island Spine Trail Association encounters many areas where the trail will cross land which is part of the traditional territories of First Nations," says Parker. "The intention of VISTA is that the trail will ultimately benefit First Nations as well as other citizens of Vancouver Island, and will attract tourists from outside the Island. There will be benefits to local citizens directly, and to any organization that wishes to support tourism as well."
Early on, the Board of VISTA made a decision to limit the amount of work on trails on traditional areas to planning and flagging only, with detailed trail construction and clearing to occur only after support of the project is indicated by the appropriate First Nation.
In initial sections of the VI Spine Trail work in 2011, contacts were made with the Ditidaht First Nation prior to work on the Tuck Lake Trail west of Cowichan Lake. VISTA requested information on any archaeological sites or cultural values of the land traversed. Later, VISTA worked with the Tseshaht First Nation to connect the trail to the Runners Trail—constructed in 2012—and has carried out trail maintenance subsequent to that time.
"In the current plans for trails in the north part of Vancouver Island, we are working with the 'Namgis, and Kwakiutl First Nations, and with the Nanwakolas Council, which represents several First Nations," Parker notes. "The Board of VISTA believes that a cooperative approach will result in a good working relationship, and shared values and benefits from the VI Spine Trail."
Comox Valley ultra marathon runner Sarah Seads is a huge advocate of the Spine Trail. Throughout this year Seads, the owner and founder of local fitness business Equilibrium Lifestyle Management (ELM), will be exploring and documenting sections of Spine Trail. As new sections of trail are completed, Seads will be running deeper and deeper into the heart of Vancouver Island, documenting each leg and creating trail reports to help others plan and complete their own adventures on the trail.
"I have known about the Spine Trail for years," says Seads, "but this year the Spine committee has really made a lot of progress with the trail. They just keep persevering to realize their vision. Once completed the Vancouver Island Spine Trail will create a lasting legacy for islanders and adventurers from around the world."
Seads just completed her second adventure on the trail—a 37 km jaunt from Port Alberni Inlet to the Log Train Trail, a mostly undulating single track with some short technical sections requiring scrambling over rock. "What an absolutely beautiful trail!" she says. "Very few people on Vancouver Island know about this trail network and even fewer tend to make it out to this stage of the Alberni Inlet Trail. The extra drive and shuttling required to make this route a point to point makes it a bit more challenging to access but it is worth it. This leg of the Alberni Inlet Trail was absolutely breathtaking.
"The trail was constantly surprising us with its changing ecosystems. In a matter of minutes it switches from cool, lush fern gulleys to hot, dry rocky bluffs home to red twisted arbutus groves. Don't plan on setting any records on this trail because you will need to stop over and over to take it all in. I believe I only just scratched the surface of what this beautiful area has to offer."
Seads' ultimate goal is to raise awareness of the Vancouver Island Spine Trail Association and their epic 700 km trail vision.
The VISTA website homepage quotes Briony Penn, a well-known Canadian environmental activist, adjunct professor of environmental studies at the University of Victoria, and the Liberal Party of Canada's candidate for Saanich-Gulf Islands in the mid 2000s: "The West Coast Trail has proven there is demand for pilgrimages into the wilderness. The time is now to create the world's next pilgrimage joining up the last of the ancient forests and rugged coastlines of the entire length of Vancouver Island."
Gil Parker, still hiking, still full of vision and zest, agrees. "I had a bold vision. It's slowly but surely being realized and once complete, this trail is truly going to be something else."
For more information about the Vancouver Island Spine Trail and how you can help make VISTA's vision a reality, visit vispine.ca.
To follow Sarah Seads adventures on the Trail visit her blog at wildseads.blogspot.ca
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The High Court of Justice's display of deference to the planning and construction laws should not impress anyone. In its denial of the Khan al-Ahmar residents' petition against the demolition of their village, whose houses were built without a permit, the court chose to join a system based on discrimination and oppression.
The Civil Administration serves as the Israeli government's tool to strengthen and expand its grasp of the West Bank's occupied territories, by restricting the Palestinians' rights and evicting them. This practice is a systematic violation of international law, and is based, in essence, on discriminating against the Palestinians compared to the settlers, and on abusing the Palestinians, which runs contrary to Israeli law as well.
In its ruling to stick to the dry letter of the planning and construction laws, while ignoring the Civil Administration's overall method of operation, the High Court has given a bad name to fair and just trial, which it is in charge of carrying out.
The High Court of Justice is now at a crossroads. The legal basis for Israel's acts in the West Bank's lands has always been shaky, but now it has been totally destroyed by the government. First, the argument that the settlement enterprise is the act of individuals has been proven groundless. It is the act of a state that breaks international law, which prohibits an occupying state to settle its citizens in the occupied area. Second, the principle that Palestinians' private lands must not be expropriated has been violated. Third, the legal viewpoint, that the Jewish settlement on "state's lands" in the territories is temporary, and therefore legal as far as international law is concerned, has been smashed on the rock of reality and Israel's policy. Nothing is more permanent than this false transience.
Unless the High Court recalculates its route, it may find itself an active partner to the government's illegal policy and to a blatant breach of international law. It will lose its esteemed status in Israel and the world. The High Court should not console itself with the idea that at least the rightist government will be pleased by its verdict. Ultimately, it will not be able to satiate the government's criminal greed and will have no choice but to strike down laws that openly flout decency and justice, like the land-theft law known as the "regulation" law.
Jewish folklore tells the story of a man who was given a choice between two punishments – either to eat rotten fish or to be chased out of town. The man chose to eat the fish, but ended up being chased out of town as well. The High Court of Justice may find itself in the same predicament.


The seat has been polished.
This is the old one, notice the great patches put on the top.
Sorry the photo is upside down but here is basically how it will look.
The bump is so it clears the back of the light mount.
The plate mount still needs finishing and paint.
It still needs paint and a battery strap put on.
This guy is a hell of a fabricator, welder and over all good guy.
Pull a wheelie or burn rubber and the Nanaimo RCMP aims to cool your jets.
Officers will be cracking down on all aspects of vehicle misuse during a yearlong safety project.
The RCMP cited statistics showing that 25 per cent of road deaths in the Nanaimo area last year involved motorcycles.
Motorcyclists can expect to be pulled over for brief inspections, the RCMP said.
Anyone caught driving more than 40 kilometres per hour over the speed limit or doing wheelies and other illegal manoeuvres can be fined $368 and have their motorcycles impounded for a week, police said.
Officers also will be using sound-level meters to monitor muffler noise from motorcycles.
A plan by Nanaimo RCMP to target motorcyclists and pull them over for spot inspections is "dead wrong," says the province's transportation minister.
Blair Lekstrom, an avid motorcycle rider, took aim at the Nanaimo plan while announcing motorcycle safety awareness month at the legislature Thursday.
"I would think if they are pulling you over just because you're on a motorcycle, that's dead-wrong in my mind," said Lekstrom.
"Two-thirds of . accidents where motorcycles are involved are caused by the driver of the vehicle."
Nanaimo RCMP announced last week that motorcyclists can expect to be pulled over for brief inspections by police as part of a year-long enforcement campaign targeting motorcycle safety.
As many as 25 per cent of road deaths in Nanaimo last year involved motorcycles, police said. Officers also will check the noise emitted by motorcycle mufflers to ensure they don't exceed the 91-decibel limit.
Motorcycle enthusiasts are already calling the campaign unfair.
"I don't think it's right that anybody should be pulled over randomly because of the mode of transportation they choose," said Adele Tompkins, executive director of the B.C. Coalition of Motorcyclists. "It's discrimination."
The Nanaimo RCMP statistics don't mean much, she said. "If 25 per cent of the accidents are our fault, well, the other 75 per cent are somebody else's. ... So why is it always the negative on the motorcyclists? They never ever want to look at the car driver."
Nanaimo RCMP Cpl. Gary O'Brien said the enforcement campaign is no different from frequent projects that focus on commercial vehicles, drinking and driving, or the use of cellphones while driving.
"We never do random checks," he said. Police want to check motorcycle licences, helmets and noise issues on the bikes.
Tompkins and dozens of motorcyclists gathered at the legislature Thursday for an annual event in which they provide rides around the grounds for MLAs.
Among the politicians who participated were NDP leader Adrian Dix, Health Minister Mike de Jong and Solicitor General Shirley Bond. Bond, the province's top cop, refused to wade into the Nanaimo debate.
"I don't want to comment on the strategy of the Nanaimo police department until I have a chance to talk to them about their rationale," she said.
The motorcycle coalition said it plans to raise issues of increased police enforcement with provincial officials like Bond.
"In the past year we have been, in my opinion, targeted more than ever," Tompkins said. "It will come on the table."
Bond said she's prepared to have that discussion.
"We'll talk about the issues they are concerned about in terms of police enforcement. But I also want to talk to the RCMP and municipal police forces about their view on that," she said.
OH YA! Happy Hump day too!


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The national side defeated Germany 5-4 in the Tokyo Olympics bronze medal match on 05 August to end a 41-year Olympic medal drought.
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The Miller Group was founded in 1990, and we've put those years of experience to work for clients who value a digital marketing company that's battle tested, and willing – actually insisting - to be measured on performance; a digital creative agency that won't be out-thought, and can't be outworked. One dedicated to growth, but never surrendering to bureaucracy.
If you make marketing decisions for a middle market company, and you've outgrown your small marketing company, or outsmarted your big one, you've come to the right place.
Elkay Plastics is one of the largest grocery store distributors in the U.S. They largely focus on supply side [commodity] products and services. When they acquired the North American distribution rights to a new cooking bag, they turned to The Miller Group. We worked with their sales and marketing team to develop the "Ready.Chef.Go!" brand name, tagline, logo and complete identity program, along with consumer-facing point of sale materials, consumer and trade ads, digital and social media solutions. Ready.Chef.Go! cooking bags can be found at seafood departments in supermarkets across the country. Some grocers have even claimed as much as a 40% increase in fresh fish sales, since instituting the program.
Halloween is the biggest event of the year for Goodwill Southern California. That's why we focused on creating a new attitude for the brand dating back to 1902 - one that strongly connects with Goodwill's 18 -- 34 year old target. Our online ads, wild postings, college kiosks and newspapers, TV (cable, YouTube, viral) and word of mouth marketing campaign generated the highest sales volume for Halloween in the history of the organization.
It's that time of year when shoppers turn to Goodwill for their Halloween inspiration. The Miller Group, a Pacific Palisades, CA based digital boutique agency recently produced a new :30 spot for Goodwill Southern California's 85 stores.
When you're one of the largest credit unions in the state, incremental growth is a challenge. So when Centra Credit Union asked us to develop a branding campaign aimed at millennials, whose knowledge of credit unions is limited, we needed to find a universal message that was both engaging and relevant. People in their 20s and early 30s share certain values. They appreciate authenticity and transparency. But they often have trouble "adulting" – or keeping it all together.
Centra's new multi-platform campaign – including digital, social, experiential and outdoor – acknowledges this struggle. And provides young people a real solution: dozens of products and services to start them on their way to financial independence.
Health Strategies Group (HSG) serves large bio-pharmaceutical companies and third party payers through its sophisticated syndicated research and market access analyses. The firm completed extensive internal brand positioning work, as part of a more aggressive move into proprietary research and consulting. They turned to The Miller Group to guide the differentiation of the brand, and to cause clients and prospects to look at Health Strategies Group in a different way. The solution? The agency developed a creative strategy designed to overcome assumptions about HSG – suggesting "the picture often changes the more closely you look at it". The agency used the design talent of international graphic artist Noma Bar in HSG web design and trade print, using illustrations that communicate a different picture when studied.
Creating the branding for high-end, all-natural Lotus pet food turned out to be one of our most gratifying assignments. We came up with the name and corporate identity, designed the packaging, developed in-store materials and launched dozens of promotions. Today, Lotus outsells every other brand in Centinela Feed & Pet's 15 Southern California stores. And sales are thriving in independent pet stores throughout the U.S. and internationally.
"Their work was very professional and organized, particularly on the day of filming."
The Miller Group created a digital advertisement. They filmed a variety of visuals and edited the content into a final video. Additionally, they provided the stylists and actors.
The Miller Group's expert team inspired confidence throughout the project by communicating clearly from the start. Their responsiveness, focus on customer service, and ability to work within strict budget parameters justified the investment and made them a valuable partner.
I'm the director of marketing and media relations for Goodwill Southern California. A nonprofit organization, we use the proceeds from our 85 stores and 46 donation centers to help people find jobs.
What challenge were you trying to address with The Miller Group?
We wanted to create a digital ad for Halloween, which is a really big season for us.
The Miller Group created and executed a digital ad. They provided us with extensive resources before the day of filming. They enlisted a stylist who worked with our team to shop for Halloween outfits in our stores. On the day of the filming, they also provided a videographer, a photographer, and actors. They even brought a drone to get aerial shots inside the store. Finally, they edited the footage into the final video.
Our main point of contact was Renee (president & executive creative director, The Miller Group).
How did you come to work with The Miller Group?
Goodwill Southern California worked with them going back to 2010 before I joined the organization. They'd actually made another digital Halloween ad for us that went viral. We'd been talking about doing some additional work with them, and decided this project made sense because of our history.
The project took place from June–August 2018.
We haven't officially launched the ad yet, but we're impressed with their process. Their work was very professional and organized, particularly on the day of filming. They're committed to ensuring that we achieve a great outcome. All of their provided resources were terrific. They also did a great job editing the video. We're really pleased with their work.
How did The Miller Group perform from a project management standpoint?
They're so responsive. It was a smooth process from start to finish. We communicated mostly through email, in addition to a few conference calls. Their style was both relaxed and professional, so it was easy to work with them.
They put their clients first, always listening to our feedback and our input. They were extremely focused and time-efficient on the day of filming.
As a nonprofit, we don't have huge budgets, and we didn't want to feel lost working with a big agency. The Miller Group made us feel like we were a critical project for them. They did a terrific job and were wonderful to work with.
Keep the lines of communication open, and respond to them as quickly as possible. Stay on top of the back-and-forth communication required in a collaborative engagement.
"They quickly understood my client's key strengths and did an exceptional job of communicating them visually."
The Miller Group provided a range of branding services during a re-positioning campaign. They created a new logo, designed and developed a website, and managed art direction on the set of a photoshoot.
Half a decade later, the end-client still greatly appreciates The Miller Group's work. They managed resources effectively and always made sure that they were in line with project priorities. Their ability to identify and visually convey the end client's strengths sets them apart in the industry.
I'm the president and founder of Proactive Marketing, Inc. We deliver strategic marketing initiatives to B2B professional services firms that include branding services, building and managing marketing infrastructures, and communication and business development coaching.
For what projects/services did your company hire The Miller Group?
We needed a creative agency to come up with a new logo to represent our client's services, as well as design and build a flexible, compelling website.
We wanted to re-brand our client and position them as the premier provider in their industry in the U.S.
The Miller Group provided logo development, web design, web development, and art direction during a photo shoot.
We worked with as many as five people from The Miller Group.
My client was very happy with the results, which remain relevant five years later.
The Miller Group's account executive did an exceptional job of keeping their team on track.
They quickly understood my client's key strengths and did an exceptional job of communicating them visually.
The Miller Group was an integral part of strategizing multiple marketing campaigns. They filmed TV commercials, wrote copy for radio ads, advised media buying, and produced design concepts for print material.
The Miller Group produced high-quality deliverables that reliably increased sales. Designs from a particular campaign captured the imagination of nation-wide audiences and received industry awards. Incredibly versatile, they're capable of providing solutions across a multimedia-focused campaign.
I'm a former marketing communications manager for a nonprofit organization.
People only saw us as a nonprofit retail store, but we served companies in addition to the average consumer. We needed help targeting the right media and communicating our mission through marketing campaigns.
The Miller Group worked with us to strategize and develop marketing campaigns. The advertising efforts included on-air commercials that they'd film at some of our flagship stores. Then, they'd pay to run the spots on television. They were crucial to developing our radio ads, both in facilitating media buys and writing creative ad copy. They also assisted our print, outdoor, and point-of-sale advertising by providing design concepts.
Their creative director was involved in the decision-making and attended most meetings. There were always 3–4 people working with us at each juncture.
I put together the RFP and submitted it to numerous vendors that seemed to fit our scope and creativity requirements. The Miller Group met our criteria regarding budget, proximity, and a successful track record. Also, we quickly developed a good rapport.
We spent between $200,000 and $1 million.
We worked together September 2008–September 2009.
We saw sales increase in correlation to the new advertising, especially when commercials or radio ads were released. The Miller Group was directly responsible for one of our most successful Halloween campaigns. They designed a series of Halloween characters that used our logo and it was very clever. It was done with a low budget and ended up winning a lot of creative awards. More importantly, it captured the attention of not just our particular market, but grew into a national campaign.
They were very efficient, met deadlines, stayed within the budget, and their creative work always exceeded expectations. Reliably accessible by phone, they were patient as this was the first time our company outsourced advertising work. As a result, they had to go through a rigorous procedure of presenting to executive-level staff and guiding us through the learning process. Overall, they were fantastic.
They're extremely versatile as they covered nearly every aspect of our marketing efforts and often proposed new solutions. I can't imagine they could've slashed budgets any more than they did. They gave us more value than what we paid. Their unique ideas were edgy, but never distasteful. The deliverables felt modern and brought the company's marketing efforts to the next level.
The challenge was adapting the practices of an advertising agency with the bureaucracy of a nonprofit. However, they did great. I can't recommend any improvements.
During the initial meetings with their creative director, provide an honest assessment of where your company is and what your goals are. After that, let them take the lead and that'll make the project work for you. They're definitely equipped to handle it.
Overall Score They're a great group and have a big heart too. Taking on nonprofits and smaller organizations shows that they're invested in the community.
They were reliably ahead of schedule.
They always give us a lot of bang for our buck.
We're always happy with their creativity and suggestions.
"They take the time to know our business and understand our objectives."
The Miller Group conducted market research and developed a brand strategy proposal for an event company's new service launch. The proposal included design, launch, and promotional ideas.
The recommendations revolutionized the company's promotional strategy, and even sparked new ideas for expanding the service. The Miller Team impressed with their diverse talent, meticulous research process, and insightful questions. They transformed abstact data into actionable suggestions.
PSAV is a $2 billion enterprise focused on event technology, providing specialized equipment, and the trained experts who operate it. PSAV operates from more than 1,500 global locations.
I am the director of marketing and communications.
What was the business challenge that you were trying to address when you approached The Miller Group?
We needed their help determining how to differentiate the brand of a particular operating unit.
Please describe the scope of their work, what specific services did The Miller Group provide?
The Miller Group interviewed internal stakeholders to determine the true nature of the project, and then established further research with external stakeholders. Using the information they got from these interviews and desktop research, TMG proposed a new set of iconography that would bring a currently underrated service to the forefront of the market. The proposal included recommendations on the artwork, launch, and promotion of the new "brand."
What was your process for selecting The Miller Group?
Before this project, I'd had a rich and lengthy experience of successful projects with The Miller Group. I originally found them through a trusted colleague at the Marketing Executives Networking Group (MENG).
Can you give us a general estimate of the size of the initiative?
The project was between $20,000 and $50,000.
When did the project begin, and when was it completed?
We started March 1, 2015 and finished on the beginning of June.
The project resulted in a unique approach to publicizing our creative services branch to customers and prospects, and may eventually result in building new services offerings from this business unit. We expect to launch the results officially in September, after some test marketing and final adjustments to the new messaging in August.
How did they perform in terms of the quality of their work?
Very well. The Miller Group is a multi-talented team focused on quality research, interaction, planning, and creative presentations on final recommendations.
What differentiated The Miller Group from other companies?
The Miller Group tends to challenge us with penetrating questions. They take the time to know our business and understand our objectives, they expose challenges and opportunities we didn't know existed, and they back up their recommendations with data.
Looking back on the project, do you have any constructive criticism? Is there any area that they could improve or you would do differently?
A very minor complaint: they started with one point of contact but, as the project evolved, we started having multiple contacts. I would have preferred to keep it at one.
"[W]e increased our company's market share every year, and they deserve a lot of the credit."
The Miller Group built a marketing strategy for a cooking equipment retailer. The campaign included print ads, brochures, and flyers, as well as training programs and sales pitches.
The retailer's market share increased considerably each year that the campaign was in use. The Miller Group became a trusted strategic partner, making valuable recommendations and providing strategic services to continue growing the business.
Before I retired I worked for The Wolf Range Company, a manufacturer of commercial refrigerators, ovens, and cooking equipment used in the food services industry, hospitality industry, schools, et cetera.
I was president of the company.
What was your goal for working with The Miller Group?
Our goal was to increase our company's market share.
They were responsible for developing our marketing plan. Our campaigns were mostly focused on print advertising, brochures, flyers, programs etc. (This was back in the nineties, and we were hardly doing any online marketing.) They also worked on the sales pitch and the training programs for our manufacturers rep, which was hugely important to our success.
I honestly don't recall how we found them, but we interviewed at least five or six agencies. We chose them because we felt a strong compatibility with their people. We felt they would be a fit, and that proved to be correct.
It was well above $200,000 annually.
The results were fantastic. During the six years we worked with The Miller Group, we increased our company's market share every year, and they deserve a lot of the credit for that.
Is there anything unique or special about The Miller Group that really makes them stand out?
Originally, we saw them as our ad agency, but they evolved into something much more than that. They really became a part of our marketing team, and they performed a lot of services above and beyond the normal advertising agency.
They became a sounding board for our marketing department, and became an integral part of it.
In addition, I think what also set them apart was Renee Miller herself. She has one of the most intuitive marketing minds of anyone I've ever worked with. Her team was great, but Renee was above and beyond.
They always met the deadline.
"[T]he depth of their expertise...sets them apart."
The Miller Group coordinated a range of promotions for a bank's regional rollout. The campaign included direct mail, radio and television, print, and outdoor advertising.
Every new location that was promoted with the campaign opened successfully and performed well in the following months. The Miller Group's deep marketing knowledge and proven expertise helped them craft a campaign that integrated long-term strategy with effective, affordable design.
The company I was with when I worked with The Miller Group was the regional bank based in southern California, focused primarily on the consumer market.
I was the senior vice president of marketing.
We were opening some new branches in different areas of California, and we brought The Miller Group in to help with the rollout.
It was really a multi-faceted campaign. We did direct mail, on-air advertising, print work, some outdoor, and radio. It was a wide-ranging campaign that was coordinated by The Miller Group.
I interviewed a lot of different agencies. I'm not sure how I came to them to begin with, but what interested me was that they were small enough to be easy to work with, so I knew I'd get the attention I needed yet large enough that they could do everything I needed them to do. I know it's cliché to say that, but it's so true.
The overall campaign was more than $2 million. I'm not sure what portion of that went directly to The Miller Group for their services.
The results of the project were very positive. All the branch openings were successful, and the branches went on to do very well in their marketplace. I think everyone agreed that the strategy we devised with The Miller Group was the right one. The rollout happened during the course of several years, and we continued to work with The Miller Group through the whole process.
In addition to all the basics, such as being adaptive to our needs and meeting all of our timeline and budget goals. I think it's the depth of their expertise that sets them apart. They've been around more than 25 years, and can really do everything, from the strategy and concept work, all the way through the implementation. They have a deep understanding of marketing, they're not just an ad agency. They're truly a strategic partner, which is great.
Not that I would see. It was a wonderful relationship, and we did well together.


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Why does this not work in Windows?
B) Even a for loop trying to make successive open's does not work.
C) Files quoted well, all backslashes accounted for.
What can I do to make this $output_file visible to windows?
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I've heard of Mailbox Peak being one of the torturing hike in Seattle Area since I moved here, and I have experienced it today.
It started off in a very lushy forest, and switchbacks started after about 0.5 mile. We are lucky it was a very sunny day with no chance of raining. The trail was very torn, being in spring time, the snow melt made the trail very soft and muddy. Most tree roots are exposed on the trail, making it difficult to place your footsteps.
But the reward came after you got above the tree lines. You can see the entire valley, and as far as Mt Rainier in the horizon. We got to the Mailbox Peak and enjoyed our lunch break. It was an awesome day.
Don't shoot, we come in peace!
No, it's not your torn shoelace, it's dead snake.
Think twice before you start on the trail!
The lushy forest will give you a false impression of what is coming up.
The green is so amazing !
A few patches of snow is still there on top in June ????
It's little rough for my trail runners.
This is the only flowers I saw on the entire slope up Mailbox !!
That is the peak ... finally!
Yes, she carried the 1 yr old up here, ..., so you should be able to do it !
We were the volunteer Postal Service workers, who delivered to the Mailbox Peak on Sunday.
Mom was securing the baby boy before heading down.
Description: Mailbox Peak, located between the Snoqualmie middle-fork and southfork drainages, is the North-West end of a range that includes Mount Defiance, Bandera Mountain, and Granite Mountain. There is a fire-fighter training center located at the south east foot of Mailbox Peak and trainees often use the rigourous path for physical conditioning. The last time I visited the summit, one of them had carried up a solid iron street corner fire hydrant and left it next to the mailbox. I have heard of another time when they carried a full-length ladder to the summit and back.
Mailbox Peak is not the sort of hike that is chosen for a fun, easy outing. The grade of the trail makes it one of the much more difficult hikes in the I-90 corridor. Often in Spring and early summer you will see mountaineers lugging full heavy weight packs up and down to condition for Mt. Rainier or Mt. Baker trips. Although this hike is a real challenge, mountain folks retain they're sense of humor with an inside joke. Mailbox Peak actually has a mailbox on top with a summit log and a changing assortment of mail in it. What does the mail consist of you wonder? Well, go see for yourself.


SCNA: Why Salespeople should attend!
The 2011 SCNA (Software Craftsmanship North America) conference concluded just a few days ago, and there was a large audience turnout as well as an impressive list of speakers and presenters.
As anticipated, the attendance was 99% software developers. I made up a portion of the remaining 1% of non-developers, representing as a salesperson for 8th Light.
I was excited to attend the conference, meet new people, absorb new technical concepts (this was a stretch for me!) and hopefully come away with a more in-depth understanding of the intricacies of developing processes and strategies.
I assumed becoming more technically adept would make me a better salesperson in the software development field, and was excited for the educational aspects of attending a conference like SCNA.
I certainly learned more about developing over the course of the next few days, but what I didn't fully anticipate was the overwhelming creativity of the developers. SCNA attendees are truly a unique and inspiring group of craftsmen. They use Agile methodologies and strive to be cutting edge, pioneering thinkers.
As I listened to the presentations, I came to realize the synergies between my sales techniques and the techniques of a software developer/craftsman. I spoke with many attendees at SCNA and came away with the knowledge that the strongest path to selling software is doing so through the "eyes" of the craftsman.
By attempting to inhabit the vision of the practitioners of the craft, I can more clearly engage in the kinds of detailed conversations, negotiations, and collaborations that benefit both my clients and myself.
It is an act of imagination that bridges the goals of 8th Light, with their clients, and allows me to fulfill the most important aspect of salesmanship: acting as a conduit for strong relationships.
We love thinking through challenges, and solving our customer's problems is our greatest focus.
Craftsmen and salespeople are truly "out of the box" thinkers, and often times our creative energies manifest themselves in skills and interests beyond our primary careers.
We aren't exclusively salespeople and developers—some of us are writers, teachers, artists, and musicians. We share a common bond in our desire to create and practice creative activities.
Our greatest joy is to work for and with people who acknowledge and reward our creativity. We thrive in environments where we can embrace our self-starting tendencies, and where we are managed in the most minimalistic ways while still receiving support and encouragement for our efforts.
Most sales people acknowledge their strength with people skills and see technology as a learning curve, while the craftsman acknowledge their technical skills as strengths and people skills as a learning curve.
We embrace experimentation, which leads to innovation. We acknowledge that failure and risk-taking are a part of our journey to success and refuse to be encumbered by failures; instead, we accept them as educational opportunities that propel us toward further achievements.
In thinking about my experience as one of the only salespeople at SCNA, I had the amazing fortune to connect with developers and craftsmen from around the world, and, as expected, I came away with a greater technical understanding.
More importantly, though, I found myself transitioning from the role of a passive observer or outsider to a participant actively engaging in exciting conversations in which I made connections between my skills and the practices, priorities, and points of view of software developers.
The conference became less about a chosen career and more about a community of original thinkers inspiring new connections and approaches to a creative life. I look forward to SCNA 2012, as well as encouraging my sales colleagues to attend.
Margaret Pagel is an enthusiast, conversationalist, and life-long Wisconsin Badger fan.


From 25-27 October, I was most fortunate to attend the 2017 International Womens Forum (IWF) World Leadership Conference in Houston Texas, with 20 other fabulous Aussie members of the International Womens Forum Australia (www.IWFAustralia.com).
I am a Founding Member of IWFA, which is part of the global IWF organisation (http://iwforum.org) dedicated to building better leadership across careers, continents and cultures, by investing in the future of women's leadership.
The absolute highlight of our Conference was the truly inspirational Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton who was inducted into the IWF International Hall of Fame at the Gala Dinner on the last evening. Her message to each of us was to speak up and speak out, to keep moving forward, and to remember how important it is to bring young women along with us as our future leaders.
Together with hundreds of IWF leadership participants, I was totally inspired by speakers and moderators who are great and passionate women from almost everywhere on earth.
Outstanding women such as Dr Ellen Oacha, the Director of the NASA Johnson Space Centre; Mary Glackin, Director of Watson Content and The Internet of Things Platform at IBM, and our own Zoe Daniel, Washington Bureau Chief for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation covered socially important topics such as Global Health, Energy Economics, Women in Space, the Mars test Expeditions, Investing in the Future, and Ideas Remaking the World.
The achievements and social contribution of these CEOs, Chairs, Vice-Presidents, Professors, Directors, Brigadier-Generals and Lead Economists continue to change the world for the better.
As an attendee of the 2017 World Leadership Conference hosted by the incredible women of IWF Houston, I had a rip-roarin', hum-dingin' time not only at the Conference but also through a multitude of culturally and intellectually stimulating experiences in the incredibly diverse city of Houston, Texas.
I am proud to say we will be hosting next year's IWF Cornerstone Conference in Melbourne from 2-4 May 2018. We expect more than 600 IWF leaders with their families and guests to come DownUnder to experience our business, cultural, educational and culinary highlights in beautiful Melbourne and surrounds!
We are so excited that our Conference theme will be "Evolution to Revolution" and will be tackling global issues through the lens of women's leadership. We will create an international spotlight on Victoria and Australia, and generate a platform to critically engage with, and learn from accomplished and aspirational women leaders from across the globe.


Make this versatile hand-woven basket a storage staple in your home décor. Mix and match various sizes, colors, and patterns to curate a personalized collection. Use them for everything from a planter to organzing kitchen tools to office organization. Each purchase empowers artisans at Kasigau in Kenya.


A SMALL Coast town will be treated to the Hollywood experience this Saturday when a star-studded red carpet gets rolled out.
Director Chris Sun is holding the premier of his latest horror flick Boar, in his home town of Nambour, which features the likes of John Jarratt, Melissa Tkautz, Hugh Sheridan, Bill Mosely, Ernie Dingo and Simone Buchanan.
Mr Sun's latest film is set in outback Australia, but was predominately filmed in the Coast's hinterland.
Lurking within this picturesque setting is a dark and terrifying threat - a beast of staggering size with an uncontrollable desire for blood and destruction.
Driven by its insatiable appetite for carnage, it defends its territory with brutal force and savagely takes on any who get in its way.
Councillor Greg Rogerson said he was thrilled Mr Sun had chosen home turf to premiere the film as it was a "fantastic opportunity to showcase Nambour's lively, quirky and innovative creative scene".
"After it was proposed that Nambour could host the premiere, we pulled out all the stops to ensure that the town comes alive for what will be an exciting one-off event," he said.
"Our support is all part of energising C-Square and the Town Square as entertainment hubs in accordance with the Nambour Activation Plan.
Locals are invited to come down to watch the stars walk the red carpet from 5pm and take a selfie with an eight-foot replica Boar.
C-Square will also host a bar, live music and food truck as part of the night's entertainment.
Currie St between Howard and Low streets will be closed from 4pm.


OK, admit it. Farts are funny. Well, maybe not while you're riding in an elevator full of people or sandwiched between two people in the backseat of a car. But what is more uncomfortable than the eerie quiet following the sound of a fart ripped in public? That's exactly what Atomic Fart is all about.
Atomic Fart turns your iPhone into a virtual sound box full of various flatulent sound effects. Free for the partial version or $.99 for the full version, Atomic Fart boasts 30 high-quality fart sounds. What's more, with Atomic Fart you can activate a timer or motion sensor that will let 'er rip in your pocket or wherever you hide your iPhone. That way you can sit back and watch people around you squirm at the sound of a "pants stainer," "juice anyone?" or "what just happened?" custom-made Atomic Fart.
The partial version will have the occasional advertisement pop up on the bottom of the screen, while the full version gives you more features including a drum set that lets you either play your fart machine freestyle or in the form of a "Simon Says" game. Atomic Fart isn't for everyone. It may take a twisted mind to enjoy. Nevertheless, Atomic Fart has a place on our list of the strangest of iPhone apps.
The next app to make the list borders on the verge of disturbing. If you're a fan of black magic, it may be right up your alley.


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What better way to celebrate a mid-week Valentine's Day than to support the dogs and cats of the Pacific Northwest?
Join us for this unprecedented joint celebration and fundraiser for two of the Pacific Northwest's most nurturing organizations: My Way Home Dog Rescue and the Animal Rescue and Care Fund.
The evening's events will include:
A silent auction chock full of terrific options, including some weekend getaways.
Raffle baskets and prizes drawn throughout the festivities
A special 50/50 raffle where we split the kitty (so to speak) with you, or you can choose to donate it back to MWH and ACRF
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Enjoy a running slide show throughout the evening, highlighting the heartwarming success stories enjoyed by each group.
Bountiful veggie appetizers and delectable cupcakes will be provided. All manner of beverages are available for purchase from the venue's fully stocked bar.
You won't want to miss this incredible night of soul-nurturing and inspiring celebration!
Tickets must be purchased in advance through EventBrite $40/each (plus EventBrite fees). We have limited venue capacity so we encourage you to purchase tickets early. We are so looking forward to sharing this wonderful evening with you!
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About My Way Home Dog Rescue: My Way Home Dog Rescue is a 501(c)(3) comprised of volunteers. We are committed to improving the quality of dogs' lives by focusing on a few dogs at a time and helping to match dogs to adopting homes. Our goal is to make matches that last a lifetime. We pull dogs from over-crowded shelters. Most dogs are fostered in volunteer homes, and we find them wonderful forever homes. Primary costs are for veterinary care of the dogs in our care.
About Animal Rescue & Care Fund: Animal Rescue & Care Fund was founded in 1975 as a registered charitable organization. Our mission is to rescue, shelter, and care for homeless cats and place them in permanent responsible homes and to promote and support spay/neuter for all companion animals. ARCF is a small, grass-roots organization serving the Portland metro area, volunteer-driven and funded entirely by donations.
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Lottery history goes back to Ancient China, where the first recorded games were played between 205 BC and 187 BC. These games helped fund important government projects like the Great Wall of China. The first lotteries were also conducted during the Roman Empire as a form of entertainment at dinner parties. Emperor Augustus even organized the first commercial lottery to raise funds to restore the city of Rome. Despite the long history of lottery games, today many people still choose to play the game in person.
The history of Hongkong Pools games isn't as long as other countries, but it is shorter than those of many other countries. Although prohibitions remained in place for a long time, online lotteries came about as a legal way to increase accessibility to the lottery. Today, seven jurisdictions offer online lottery games. As of 2015, eight states offered them, but Minnesota's lottery program was halted before it could get off the ground.
Online lotteries have been around for several years, but didn't have the mass appeal of a physical lottery. In the Hongkong Pools, the first online lotteries appeared in 2012. Today, many states allow players to play lottery games on their smartphones and tablets. There are even lottery apps that let players play games from other countries. These apps offer an immersive experience with the lottery. Many of these games even pay out real money. While some of these apps are designed for the online version, others are designed for offline play.
While most states have approved online lottery sales, the future of the game is far from guaranteed. Online lottery sites use geolocation technology to detect attempts to purchase tickets from outside the state. With a growing number of lottery websites offering online sales, more states will likely follow suit in the future. The internet also allows people to buy tickets for national lottery games such as Mega Millions and Powerball. In addition, online lottery websites can also facilitate multi-state draws.
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Hi, so a friend of mine recently broke her phone and got a new one but she wants to recover all the photos and data from the old phone.
But the problem is the old phone has its screen all cracked and ripped apart and won't even start. The screen is just black and nothing shows on it so i can't plug it on my laptop and get the photos out of it.
This might be stupid but i tought about cloud as a solution but i don't know how cloud works i never used it.
So how does cloud work? Or is there any other method to save that data?
the cloud solution only works BEFORE it breaks. if it won't turn on, then there is no way for it to connect to a network and upload it's data to any cloud service.
now it is possible cloud back-up is already turned on and the pics and such are already saved. google photos and such are defaulted to back up automatically. same as iphones. try logging into the google or icloud account and see what may have been backed up.
otherwise if it won't turn on at all, then you're only option is a recovery service which is not cheap and only worth it for really valuable data. it involves removing the memory chip from the phone's motherboard, and installing it onto another one to get to the stored data. not easy and not cheap at all.
i would also assume if she is like 99% of the world, pretty much every pic was posted in real time to facebook, instagram, twitter or whatever social media she's addicted to. most likely the majority can be redownloaded from those sources as well.
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Aga Khan Museum and Amarrass Records Launch New Docuseries 'Searching For The Blues'
Founders Ankur Malhotra and Ashutosh Sharma talk about creating three episodes about Rajasthani music
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Sarangi veteran Lakha Khan in New York City. Photo: Courtesy of Amarrass Records
What does Rajasthani music have in common with the blues? According to record label Amarrass' co-founder Ankur Malhotra, it's more about the emotion than anything else. He points out when veteran sarangi artist and vocalist Lakha Khan sings "Dardaan di Maari Dilri Aledi," it's blues. "He's full of pain. [It's] a man singing in praise of the gods, but also you can hear his lament," Malhotra says over a video call.
Whether it's stories of a married woman's laments of things she'd left behind at her father's home or other human experiences, Amarrass co-founder Ashutosh Sharma was going village to village, tracking a lot of these traditional songs out in Rajasthan. Sharma says, "You'd go into each village… even if they're singing the same song, that guy had his own blues, it's his rendition. What he gave to that song was completely different from the next village. In more than one way, you're going down the Delta, similar to how one would find blues musicians along the Mississippi Delta."
That's the nomenclature behind the new documentary series Searching For The Blues – airing in three parts starting June 6th, commissioned by the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto. It serves as a showcase of artists like Lakha Khan but also of Amarrass' work over the last decade to give artists from Rajasthan a distinct identity. Sharma says, "Our entire work has been trying to create these identities. We want to say, 'You may have heard Rajasthani music, but have you heard Lakha Khan?'"
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Streaming on YouTube as well as on Aga Khan Museum's webpage, Searching For The Blues was originally intended as a live concert with Lakha Khan in Toronto. With the pandemic still looming large, the label and the museum pivoted to a docuseries structure. "Their premise spoke to the museum's wider goal of fostering understanding and appreciation that Muslims have made to world heritage," says Amirali Alibhai, head of Performing Arts at the Museum.
Watch the teaser to 'Searching for the Blues' below.
In trying to provide Rajasthani folk artists with livelihood during the pandemic, Malhotra and Sharma were coordinating digital concerts and subsequently began filming earlier this year in February, even using phone cameras for the series. A "glaring" technological divide between rural and urban India was certainly visible, according to Malhotra. Sharma adds, "The youngsters under 15 are involved in the production part of the work because they know how to use the phone much better. Like Lakha ji's granddaughter is involved in the production." It might prove challenging to remotely teach people about auto-focus and lighting, but Sharma feels that it's presented an opportunity to rural youth. Even though bandwidth and mobile data speeds might be an issue at times, Amarrass know they've adapted. "At times we've done it so well that people have commented on some livestream saying, what kind of miking are you using? It was Oppo, that's all we had!" Sharma says with a laugh.
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Through the course of three approximately half-hour episodes, the series introduces Lakha Khan, the Amarrass journey over the last decade and also pays tribute to musicians who passed away, including kamaicha exponent Sakar Khan, singer and dhol player Rukma Bai and vocalist Nihal Khan. Malhotra adds, "Episode three, we kind of delve more into the future and ask about the next generation. Dane Khan [Lakha's son] is accompanying Lakha ji on tour and has also learned how to play the sarangi. So that's also going to be featured in that third episode, father and son both playing this instrument together," Malhotra adds.
Given that performances and touring are still tough to plot out for the Amarrass roster, the founders are sifting through several recordings by all their artists – young and old – to figure out more releases. There may be even an accompanying soundtrack to Searching For The Blues. Sharma says, "We have some 50 hard drives each we are going through."
The first episode of 'Searching for the Blues' airs tonight at 10:30 PM IST. Tune in on Facebook and read more about the series here.
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Tri-Valley College and Career fair in Livermore
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More than 100 colleges participated in the Tri-Valley College and Career fair taking place at Granada High School to answer any questions students might have,
Jocelyn Hsu, Staff Writer
The 2022 Tri-Valley College and Career fair took place at Livermore Granada High School on October 24th, welcoming all high school students from the bay area to visit. More than a hundred college representatives introduced diverse programs to the event.
"TIn terms of the students out here at Livermore Granada, there are some of the most talented students. Especially for individuals wanting to come in for business or psychology and sciences, that's where we see a lot of students coming in from. Our program seems to be such a right fit for them and encourages more to join our program," said Carlos Leyva, Senior Admission Counselor at Chapman University.
Universities of California
College representatives traveled to Livermore from all over the country to inspire and encourage talented students to apply to the college they introduced when coming close to college application season.
"For the University of San Diego, a lot of students came from California and all over the world. We always wish to expand our student population and diversity. So that's why we're up here to make sure high achieving and excited students get to know us," said Katie Engoe, Senior Admission Counselor of University California of San Diego.
Many famous and competitive California Universities also attended the fair to show why they are the best choice for students.
"We have a very esteemed business program, currently ranked #6 in California. And engineering is always ranked top 15-20 in California. We also have the number one beautiful campus around the nation, very inspiring," said Engoe.
Other than academic universities, California College of Arts focuses mainly on arts and design and introduces programs for students who wish to pursue an art major.
"What helps us differ from other colleges is that we are purely a design school. We provide animation, architecture, film, and illustration programs, giving the student the opportunity to live and work in a creative environment. Students applying to our school should provide a portfolio because we look more for their potential instead of being perfect at the moment,'' said Annie Huang, California College of Arts Representative.
Alternative Pathways
Simply going to college after high school is definitely not the only pathway. Representatives from the U.S. military introduced the uniqueness and benefits that came along with serving in the U.S. military.
"We are one of the military branches here, we are the department of security, serving the life-saving service. We are looking forward to seeing students who want to serve in the military and have some adventure and experiences outside of school. If you are involved in military services, we provide tuition assistance which the coast guard pays for your college tuition while you serve," said Christin Lopez, Representative of U.S. Coast Guard.
Many concerned parents decided to attend Tri-Valley College and Career fair with their children in order to get more information about what their future might look like.
"I'm here with my junior daughter, we wanted to visit multiple schools to see what's available out there. I'm really excited that so many schools came and made students feel very welcome," said Jackie Pratt, Parent of Granada High School Students.
Younger Students
Sophomore students also attend college and career fairs to get a head start on seeing what colleges they might be applying to in the future.
"My parents are crazy about me getting into colleges, they are concerned about it. This fair really answers my questions that I have towards the future and I get to know a lot of different colleges," said Ridha Awasthi ('25), a student at Granada High School.
Even though most students tend to aim high, finding the best-fitting universities is always one of the most important criteria when making decisions.
"If there is a device I can give any student a plan to apply for different colleges in their senior year, it would be to not lose yourself, always to keep your unique self, you shouldn't feel like you have to change to appeal to a specific school or fit into a crowd at universities. If you have to, that university is probably not the right fit for you," said Leyva.
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