Proper tools is required; Reasonably Bruised & Sored after yesterdays chainsaw (lumberJack) massacre @HakeCape garden –beware all trees out there!
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The Big Apple Tour

Report from “The Big Apple Tour” with Tech Data.

31 mars - 4 april 2011

Tech Data, “multisupported” by Microsoft & HP, stroke on the big drum for an exciting and interesting trip to New York last week. The event was an indirect consequence of Itera Networks beating our productbudget for 2010 by a wide margin. 
Loyally, supportively & voluntary represented by undersigned..

Mia Norrby, HP Software Marketing Manager, Marketing & Communications at TD Tech Data had coordinated and composed a solid program with both business & leisure.

HP introduced all their new battleships for the PC and server market together with their new operating system “Web OS”, which suppose to be one of their initiatives and a sharp weapon in the fight against Apple's new "Power Position". “Web Os” is a framework for Multi device Integration & communications, providing wireless charging and personal "Tagging" functionality for all our different platforms, both privately and professionally. http://www.palm.com/us/products/pads/touchpad/index.html

HP also played a big blow for the “Care Pack” sales which is a strategic margin enhancer and service guarantee booster, which frequently are added in conjunction with Hardware purchase. More new "iPad killer" is also in the pipeline in collaboration with Microsoft OEM solutions, which Christopher Frisell, OEM Sales and Marketing Manager dedicated, declared.

Tech Data's Swedish General Manager Michael Kristiansson & team described their Global business and talked about further expansion of their high efficient distribution Hub in Jordbro, south of Stockholm. Mathias Persson from HP also initiated the Roadmap for Storage solutions from HP. 

Intense and interesting discussions on market trends were also executed frequently between sessions.

In addition to the well designed Info schedule and presentations, we were also visited some really nice restaurants with both Mexican and Asian theme, together with some prerequisite Night Clubbing.  All topped with some selected leisure activities as a visit to NHL hockey and Baseball at the New York Yankees new "Temple" arena in the Bronx, just north about a "neo commercialized" Harlem.

There was also some spare time for shopping, "City slicking" and recreation in a sunny New York covering mandatory staging posts like Time Square, Central Park and 5th avenue..
The trip ended on Sunday with brunch and shopping in Greenwich Village just around the cozy blocks of Soho.

And as icing on the cake, we had a spectacular trans-fare via helicopter to the airport in New Wark, with an impressive view of New York from a clear blue sky.

The schedule was tight and was only forced once by “Elton John”, with his Entourage, who in celebrity mannerisms brushed past our company on the helicopter pad.

Home again on Monday morning, directly to the office from the airport, quite "Jetlagged" but incredibly pleased ;D

  

 

At the controlls

Jonas Barle

Unusual Words #1

Euphony - a bearable or agreeable sound.

Potential "SummerTalk" with out the talk..

1.     Kraftwerk – the Robots
2.     Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene
3.     Kraftwerk – the Model
4.     Depeche Mode - Enjoy the silence
5.     Dead Can Dance - The Host Of Seraphim
6.     Visage - Fade to Grey
7.     The Cure - Pornography
8.     Shriekback - this big hush
9.     Mike Olfield – Omadawn
10.   Walter Carlos - Title Music From A Clockwork Orange
11.   Kraftwerk-Numbers/Computer world
12.   Coil - dark river
13.   Yello - Desire
14.   Lisa Gerrard - Sanvean (I am your shadow)
15.   Skinny Puppy - Worlock
16.   Velvet Acid Christ - Ghost In The Circuit
17.   Wumpscut - Thorns
18.   Depeche Mode  - Photographic
19.   Franky goes to Hollywood - the power of Love
20.   Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy
21.   New Order – Blue Monday
22.   DAF "Der Mussolini"
23.   Vangelis - Ask The Mountains
24.   Art Of Noise - Moments In Love
25.   Junior Boys - The Equalizer
26.   Sven Vath - L'Esperanza
27.   Portishead - Only you
28.   Front 242 - Headhunter
29.   Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead
30.   Plaid - Eyen
31.   Prodigy - No Good (Start the Dance - Original)
32.   Antony & The Johnsons - Cripple and the Starfish
33.   Man With No Name - Azymuth
34.   Heimataerde - Du Fehlst Mir
35.   Autechre - Basscadet
36.   Beautiful Pea Green Boat - Paperhouse (Goldcoast mix).wmv
37.   Guy Gerber - Timing
38.   Björk - All is full of love
39.   Human League don’t you want me
40.   Soft Cell - Tainted Love
41.   Rammstein - Morgenstern
42.   kruder & dorfmeister - Speechless
43.   Kirlian Camera - K-Pax
44.   Clock DVA - Sound Mirror

"Autoreplay" by Peter "Sleazy" Cristopherson

   

"I am on retreat in a Parallel Universe. One of my favorites, in fact. Here, Herod had a migraine on the day he was supposed to order the Crucifixion of Christ; it never happened, and so Christianity never got off the ground. The Wright Brothers both died of the Measles in childhood, and Churchill was hit by a coal truck at the age of 31, so Germany won the Second World War... Fortunately the high-speed trains between Hoxton (great Capital City of Albion) and the heart of Siamese Empire, run on time! I am currently meditating on the pinnacle of one of the few mountains remaining above sea level. I will probably be able to read your email from the Other Side, via the Dark Mirror, but my reply will not reach you till next Monday 6th July 2009, your Earth Time at the earliest. Please have patience."
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"Fate" by Peter "Sleazy" Cristopherson

"I don't think there's such a thing as fate really. I don't think there's such a thing as chance either, but that's different. Fate implies that a certain thing is bound to happen, but I don't think that's the case. To rely on logic, then obviously whatever's going to happen is going to happen. But at the same time, the implication that it's out of your control is obviously rubbish. At any point you have a myriad of choices, whether it's running and jumping out of the window or not. Obviously things happen as a result of circumstances that one could not possibly foresee and that is what one calls chance." (Peter "Sleazy" Cristopherson, "Tape Delay")
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Hermann Hesse

"From my thirteenth year on, it was clear to me that I wanted to be either a poet or nothing at all."
(Hermann Hesse in his "Life Story Briefly Told")

Hesse's first major breakthrough as a writer came with the novel Peter Camenzind in 1904, which was followed by Unterm Rad, a book teeming with autobiographical references that remains one of his most important works even today.

With books such as Der Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, and, of course, the later work, Das Glasperlenspiel, Hesse secured himself a firm place in the history of world literature. In 1946, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Even during his own lifetime, his works had already been translated into all of the world's major languages. Yet only in the past thirty years have his works generated a response unlike that given to those of any other writer in the history of German literature. Hesse is generally considered to be the most translated German author since the Brothers Grimm.

In America and Asia in particular, he has millions of readers. Worldwide, over 100 million copies of his books - now translated into close on 60 languages - have been published, with German-language editions accounting for just under a quarter of this figure. Even today, Suhrkamp Verlag produces 30,000 copies of books by Hesse each month.

Hesse is a source of great fascination for each new generation, and younger readers, in particular, see his books as a challenge enabling them to examine their own identity and the eternally relevant question of the meaning of life. In an age of increasing disorientation, Hesse's oeuvre combines ethics and aesthetics, tradition and modernity, with an open and forward-looking view of the world. 

Biography

Throughout his life, Hermann Hesse was a seeker. This is reflected not only in his outstanding literary works, which in 1946 won him the Nobel Prize, but also in his resume.

In his home town of Calw, where he was born on July 2, 1877, he spent his youth in the bosom of his family - formative years that found their way into many of his books. Maulbronn, Tübingen and Basel were among the other places Hesse lived. In 1904, he moved to an old farmhouse in Gaienhofen on Lake Constance to embark on a career as a freelance writer.

In 1911, he made a journey to India, and moved to Switzerland a short time later, living first in Berne and later in Montagnola (Tessin), where he entered his most prolific period as a writer, and where he also died in 1962.

The task of overcoming personal crises is one of the defining elements of Hesse's work, though other issues such as religion and politics also feature prominently.

 

Hermann Hesse`s works    

• About Hermann Hesse
• Audiobook editions of Hesse's works
• Biography
• Calendar
• Hermann Hesse as editor
• Hermann Hesse as painter
• Hesse readers
• Individual editions

• Letters

• Materials on Hesse's life and works

• Special gift editions

• Works

Machiavelli

Machiavelli: A short introduction

An introduction to Niccolò Machiavelli’s life and thought, including his influence on politics and political theory.

• Background
• Literary career
  • The Prince
  • Discourses on Livy
  • Mandragola (or the Mandrake Root)
  • Florentine Histories
  • Other works
• Later influence
• Further reading

Background

Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527) was born in Florence as a lawyer’s son. He was educated according to the humanist ideals of the Renaissance with the focus on Latin and the classics, but beyond that, few details are available about his childhood and youth. It is known that he spent his youth in a city with continuous political instability and tumults: notable events include the Pazzi conspiracy and its aftermath, the end of Medici rule, and the reign of the Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola. The fall of the friar was a formative experience for Machiavelli, and it is used as an example in The Prince (Chapter VI).

Soon after Savonarola was toppled and burned, Machiavelli entered public office in the Florentine republic. Under the titles of Secretary of the Second Chancery and Secretary to the Ten of Liberty and Peace, he was assigned different kinds of tasks. Among the most important of these were diplomatic missions. During these, he had the opportunity to learn from many of the most skilled leaders of his time in Italy and neighboring regions, and some of his writings from this period are duplicated in The Prince as well.

In 1512 the Medici returned to Florence, which meant the end for the republic. First Machiavelli lost his job; the next year he was accused of conspiring against the new government and was tortured. Although he was freed soon, Machiavelli found himself unemployed with no political future. He decided to go into voluntary exile in the countryside, and in the following years he occupied himself with thinking, reading and writing.

Literary career

Machiavelli’s experiences as a young man are reflected in his works. First of all, the instability of Florence was a major cause of his passion to understand how states are managed. Secondly, his humanistic education is evident in the Discourses on Livy, superficially a commentary on the work by the Roman historian but in practice—as some argue—an original work of political philosophy.

The Prince

The Prince (Il Principe) is Machiavelli’s most famous book. It is also one of the most famous works in the history of political philosophy, although it is perhaps not as philosophical as the Discourses.

The fame of the book rests on its objective and pragmatic approach, even to the point of cynicism, to political action. Machiavelli makes observations about the actual conduct of political leaders and looks at whether or not they achieve the results they set out to achieve. He then uses these considerations as a basis of practical recommendations, and these recommendations frequently go against common morality. Does the end, political stability, justify the means?

It is not obvious what Machiavelli wanted to achieve by writing The Prince. In the dedicatory letter he appears to be requesting a job working for the Medici government, but it has been noted that he undermines his own case by some of the advice he gives in the work (Chapter XXIII). Particularly the ending of the book has been interpreted by some to mean Machiavelli’s ideal was a unified Italy, and that he justifies his immoral advice with patriotic aims.

Discourses on Livy

Discourses on the First Ten Books of Titus Livius (Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio) is in many ways a different work from The Prince, although how different it actually is has been a matter of dispute. In the second chapter of The Prince Machiavelli himself makes a distinction between the books in terms of subject matter: while that book is about principalities, the Discourses is about republics. Nominally a commentary on Livy’s work on Roman history, the Discourses has been read as a rather abstract book: the historical examples Machiavelli uses are meant to teach the reader more general, eternal truths about the political reality.
Machiavelli has a lot to say about how a republic should be managed. The book is divided into three books with different themes: first Machiavelli talks about the internal structure of the republic; after this he reasons about matters of warfare; finally he returns to the theme of The Prince, individual leadership.
According to the classical view of Plato and others, all constitutions tend to degenerate into worse ones. This is because of their essential weaknesses. Aristotle thought the problem could be solved by having a “mixed” constitution, and Machiavelli agrees with this conclusion, but for different reasons: in contrast to the classical philosophers, Machiavelli suggests that the main task of political institutions is to deal with contingency. In general Machiavelli has in mind a picture of a republic with a vibrant, free political culture, and in which dissent is not only tolerated but institutionally channeled to further the common good.
Machiavelli believes in military might in foreign policy. “Necessity” is an important concept for him, and he uses it to determine whether or not the republic should fight a war: necessary wars should be fought, others not, and the republic should always be prepared for a necessary war. A crucial point is that offensive wars can be necessary as well. Thus Machiavelli argues not just for having a strong army; he also advocates using it for imperial purposes. Again, Machiavelli relies heavily on the example of the Romans—even in technical matters, although military technology has surely made advances since the Roman Empire.
Republics too need strong leaders. In the third book of the Discourses Machiavelli explores the twofold role virtuous individuals play in political culture. First, they inspire and beget virtue in others, and citizen virtue as well as military virtue is vital in protecting the republic from internal as well as external dangers. Although Machiavelli has confidence in the multitude, individual leadership is necessary in some particular affairs. The second function of virtuous men is to prevent corruption. All peoples tend to become corrupt in time, and this is because they gradually lose their fear and respect for the law. Therefore a founding father figure is needed to perform “excessive and notable” executions to refresh people’s memories.

Mandragola (or the Mandrake Root)

During his lifetime, Machiavelli was best known as a playwright, and the Mandragola is his most original play. In this comedy Machiavelli applies his views to ordinary, seemingly nonpolitical life: Callimaco, a young man, is attracted to young Lucrezia, who is unfortunately married to Nicia, an older man. Thus Callimaco agrees to a plan devised by the Machiavellian figure Ligurio to gain access to Lucrezia.
As this is a work of fiction, and not a long one to read, I will not reveal the whole plot here so as not to spoil anyone’s fun. The Mandragola is regarded as a classic of Italian literature, illustrating Machiavelli’s versatility as an author. It touches on many of the themes common to his political works: people’s ambition to get what they want, the gray areas in moral life, criticism of the church and so forth. But here his irreverent attitude is more visible than in his more “serious” works.

Florentine Histories

In 1520 Machiavelli was finally rewarded for his efforts: the Medici assigned him the task of writing the history of Florence. The Florentine Histories (Istorie fiorentine) is his longest work. It includes the period between years 375 and 1492, but the main focus is on the events that took place after 1434.

In the work Machiavelli follows the ideals of humanist historiography. He is not just reporting facts in a chronological order, but also adds to them and interprets them. The goal is not just to tell everyone “what really happened”, but also to find in particular historical incidents universal moral lessons: history is meant to elevate the reader. Particularly notable are the invented speeches by important historical figures.

The Histories is Machiavelli’s last major work. It was completed in 1525 and presented to Clement VII, the Medici pope. In 1527, Rome fell, the Medici were again forced to leave both Rome and Florence, and Niccolò Machiavelli was again unemployed. He died later that year, and was buried in the Basilica di Santa Croce.

Other works

In addition to those already mentioned, Machiavelli wrote several minor works, including shorter political and historical texts, poetry and plays. The most important of these is the Art of War, a dialogue on military affairs. The Life of Castruccio Castracani is interesting as a stylistic prototype for the Florentine Histories. In his poetry as well as his correspondence there are alternative formulations of some of the views he presents in his two major political works. The Exhortation to Penitence, one of his last writings, is a sermon and thus a curiosity among Machiavelli’s works.

Later influence

During the last 500 years The Prince has been a favorite of numerous political leaders—Louis XIV, Napoleon Bonaparte and Benito Mussolini being among the most famous in the long list of powerful men. Because of the purely technical lessons one can learn from the book, it is useful to all politicians no matter what their ideologies are. This may have contributed to the popular belief that the book is just a manual on how to gain power by any means necessary, with no regard to how you should use that power. This is the Shakespearean view of the man as the “murderous Machiavel”.
There is also the long tradition of interpreting Machiavelli’s works as patriotic exhortations. The idea can be found in Hegel, and during the 19th century Italian Risorgimento Machiavelli was recognized as an important early proponent of Italian unity. According to the patriotic view, the final chapter of The Prince can be taken to summarize all of his work. Many see in the Discourses the seeds of modern republicanism. Jean-Jacques Rousseau even puts forth the theory that in the Discourses Machiavelli presents his true, republican view, while The Prince is a satirical work. But it has to be said that Machiavelli’s republicanism is not based primarily on moral principles, but also on amoral considerations: a republic is simply a more powerful and enduring political and military machine. Machiavelli’s legacy is the strongest in political science. Many authors have claimed that his goal was above all to understand and explain political phenomena in scientific terms. Although this is a controversial statement about his true aims, his influence on political science is unquestionable. If he did not yet separate politics from ethics, he paved the way to those who did.

Further reading

The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy has Cary Nederman’s academic introduction that you should definitely have a look at, particularly if you want to study Machiavelli more seriously.

Transcendency

  
 

The realisation that everything is transitory and that we create out of a need within to express something inexpressible something extraordinary that from time to time we catch a glimpse of whether it be the praetor natural ,the resurgent atavisms or the Lvx of Gnosis as in the end we all die, we can not take anything with us. Its only the artefacts of that existence that remain if they are to survive they must be imbued with the spirit of how we felt and these must connect to the living for the living to perceive there transcendency. A Newton

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Project Manager/Technical Project Manager;
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November highlight

A windy, rainy and cold day in November at Dagshög on the coast of Bjärehalvön in Skåne, suddenly the clouds resolves...

3 day Business & leisure trip to KL

I just got back from a great visit in Kula_lumpur, Malaysia.
Excelent business venture and some refreshing leisure at the local Club_Soda. I also made a rappid Sunbath, lagoon & pool trip to Port_Dickson. And topped the trip with a quick stop in Bangkok, where I enjoyed some thrilling thai fights before traveling back home.

Great training

Just arrived home after a great Karate training session, allot of dynamical pads kicking, basic combat training and some excellent Katas; Pinan Godan, Shinto, Seishan and Nahanchi al blended with some heavy physical exercises. Some times its the small things that makes the day complete...
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