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Truth and dissent: Robert Peters' minority report
They have gathered and deliberated evidence for two years, but in the end members of the Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission never fully agreed on what led to five violent deaths on Nov. 3, 1979.
The commissioners released the executive summary of the report at a ceremony on May 25 at Bennett College. A few conclusions published in that summary are attributed to a majority of the commissioners instead of the unanimous approval required for consensus. Commissioner Robert Peters dissented on findings that lack of police presence was the biggest cause of violence that day, said Executive Director Jill Williams. Each of the commissioners disagreed with the majority opinion in at least one section of the full report, she added.
All the commissioners except for Peters felt so strongly about police culpability that they published the statement despite his disagreement. This majority is again cited in a finding that this police negligence was intentional and in another that the Ku Klux Klan posed a larger threat than the Communist Workers Party.
'"There were a couple of places where we had at least one commissioner who felt there wasn't enough evidence to make a statement,'" said Commissioner Pat Clark. '"The only fair thing to do was note that one commissioner disagreed in a few places.'"
Six of the seven commissioners comprised the majority referred to in those findings, Clark said. All of the commissioners wrote reflections on the process that functioned in part as clarifications of minority opinions.
Peters, a lawyer, wrote that his professional background gave him a different perspective from the other commissioners and offered detailed legal explanations pertaining to each of the contested statements.
Peters' reflection does not rebuke the other commissioners. Instead he embraced the notion held by the rest of the commission that there are multiple truths influenced by class, race and personal experience.
'"It is nothing short of the result of an honest effort to seek consensus and still not have anyone compromise their views,'" said Commissioner Cynthia Brown. '"It's not just about splitting hairs, it's also about keeping your principles.'"
Brown offered her own example of the negotiations over every line in the final report. The rest of the commissioners wanted to condemn gun possession outright, but Brown stood by her position advocating armed self-defense for certain populations. In the end, they settled on the statement that if no guns had been present on Nov. 3, 1979, it is probable that no lives would have been lost.
In his reflection, the Rev. Mark Sills included a Sufi story about a group of blind men who touch an elephant and describe their experience as honestly as possible. In spite of touching the same elephant, each man conjures different words for his sensation. For one it is like a snake, another compares it to the trunk of a tree and the last describes the elephant as a large, heavy stone.
'"Perception is a hundred percent of reality,'" Brown said. '"The truth is very complex and subjective.'"
Peters' reality as a retired professional in the criminal justice system includes a profound respect for the rule of law, according to his reflection. He acknowledged the imperfection of the legal system, but stopped short of condemning it as harshly as some of his fellow commissioners. He also wrote that no evidence supports rumors of conspiracy and that the judge and lawyers involved in the criminal cases performed professionally, a minority opinion among the commissioners.
The entire panel approved the vast majority of findings presented in the executive summary, said Commissioner Barbara Walker.
'"Consensus really means that everyone can buy into it,'" she said. '"We were unified on so many things. Generally the discussion came down to matters where there was a great deal of interpretation of the law.'"
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I'll briefly be closer to your part of the country soon! I'm coming to Wellington next month for research, visiting Archives, etc (as well as a field trip or two). Looking forward to it - too long since I've been in Wellington. I've never lived there, but my family did before I was born, so I've always felt a special link with the place.
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Cally Banham talks Christmas with 1120KMOX - St. LouisPosted At : December 9, 2019 12:00 AM
Announcing the re-release of Cor Christmas, an instrumental collection of sacred and secular carols featuring the soulful sound of the English horn, performed by Saint Louis Symphony Solo English horn player Cally Banham. Featured on the album are Banham's own ensemble Cortango, Adam Maness Trio, and Trombones of the Saint Louis Symphony, and harpist Allegra Lilly and percussionist William James.. Cor Christmas presents a varied journey through popular Christmas tunes, presented in a fusion of classical and jazz styles and reimagined in new and sonorous arrangements! In conjunction with the 2019 re-release, Cally sat in on today's (December 9 ) 1120KMOX- The Charlie Brennan Show with Amy Marxkors. Listen to the segment p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #4d4d4d}
Derek Bermel talks Migrations and GRAMMY nominations with classical radioPosted At : December 9, 2019 12:00 AM
Three world-premiere recordings from Grammy nominated composer and clarinetist, Derek Bermel entitled MIGRATIONS was recently released on Naxos The album which scored a 2019 GRAMMY nomination, includes Bermel's Migration Series for Jazz Ensemble and Orchestra (2006); the song cycle Mar de Setembro (2011), with texts by Eugénio de Andrade; and the three-movement orchestral A Shout, a Whisper, and a Trace (2009), in performances by the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra, saxophonist Ted Nash, clarinetist Bermel, Brazilian jazz vocalist Luciana Souza, and the Albany Symphony under its music director, David Alan Miller. In conjunction with the new release and GRAMMY nomination, DB has made himself available to speak with classical radio TODAY!!, December 9, 2019. Watch for our tweets throughout the day
The Hilliard Ensemble, Jan Garbarek 'We Are The Stars' from 'Remember Me My Dear' makes 'The Best of Echoes 2019'Posted At : December 9, 2019 12:00 AM
The end of the year is coming and that means it's time for the Best of Echoes 2019. Join us as we play our Top 25 albums from this past year. It's sure to include music by The Hilliard Ensemble & Jan Garbarek 'We Are The Stars' from Remember Me My Dear. 25 years on from the release of Officium, the groundbreaking alliance of Jan Garbarek and The Hilliard Ensemble, comes a live album from their unforgettable final tour. Remember me, my dear, named for the Scottish ballad which concludes the concert, was recorded in October 2014 at Chiesa della Collegiata dei Santi Pietro e Stefano in Bellinzona, in the Ticino canton of Switzerland. The album embodies all the special attributes of this unique alliance between the Norwegian saxophonist and the British vocal ensemble. SEE THE 12/9 PLAYLIST
If you're still trying to choose the perfect soundtrack to accompany the festive period 'Christmas Carols with Libera' could be the one / CLASSIC fM: Album Of the WeekPosted At : December 9, 2019 12:00 AM
Throughout the week Classic FM's presenters bring you the best new recordings, including world exclusives and premiere broadcasts of latest releases. This week: John Suchet's Album of the Week is Christmas Carols with Libera. John plays a track from his featured Album of the Week at 10.15am every weekday. If you're still trying to choose the perfect soundtrack to accompany the festive period – maybe this could be the one. The all-boy English vocal group Libera returns with another Christmas album, following a succession of highly popular festive CDs. This latest release is made up of 16 festive favourites to get you into the Christmas spirit, including 'Once in Royal David's City', 'Carol of the Bells' and The Snowman's 'Walking in the Air'. Directed by British composer Robert Prizeman, Libera is made up of boys from the London area, all between the ages of seven to 16. The group regularly performs across the world, and has attracted a large following from the US, the Philippines, South Korea and Japan. Join Classic FM for a month of musical festivities. SEE THE PAGE
PublicRadio90's Classiclectic interviews Angele DubeauPosted At : December 6, 2019 12:00 AM
Pulsations, the new record from Canadian violinist Angele Dubeau, infuses time, rhythm and heart. The music (coming from modern composers like Olafur Arnalds, Jean-Michel Blais and Craig Armstrong) was selected by Dubeau, and strives to evoke imagery and emotional intensity. The contemporary sounds of these composers could fall into the post-minimalist movement, but putting the works into a box of genre or group could take away from the experience that the album (and the singular works) aim to instill. Classiclectic host Kurt Hauswirth had a chance to speak with Angele where they discussed the importance of modern composers, as well as the challenges and rewards of working as a classical violinist. LISTEN
Carr-Petrova Duo with 'Novel Voices' for classical radioPosted At : December 6, 2019 12:00 AM
The Novel Voices Refugee Aid Project, created and directed by the Carr-Petrova Duo, is a project designed to give voice and visibility, through music and film, to the lives and struggles of both local and international refugee communities, and to encourage audiences and artists alike to become connected and involved. Since August 2018, it has brought free, interactive classical music concerts and workshops to displaced populations while increasing awareness of and raising support for both U.S.-based and international refugee-aid programs. in conjunction with the project and recording, Molly and Anna have made themselves available to speak with classical radio today, December 6, 2019. Watch for our tweets throughout the day.
Ahh ... that's better! Bing Crosby's original Christmas settings, remixed with newly-recorded orchestral arrangements for the LSO / Classical Music SentinelPosted At : December 6, 2019 12:00 AM
I don't know about you, but every year when I play my Bing Crosby Christmas recordings I can't help but feel that the background vocals, and particularly the orchestral accompaniment, always sound slightly anemic and unidimensional. But now with the magic of audio technology, Crosby's original vocals have been remastered and remixed against fresh new recordings of backup singers and the wonderful London Symphony Orchestra. As Kathryn Crosby herself notes in the booklet: "Hearing Bing's voice with these completely new, beautifully recorded, orchestral accompaniments makes it seem as though he's back after all these years. It's magic." Like using Photoshop software to brighten up an old faded photograph, this type of digital audio manipulation breathes new life into the music. Now I've never really been a proponent of tampering with audio. I've heard digital remasters of older analogue recordings that were actually detrimental and personally, I believe that analogue sounds more natural. One glaring example is a digital remastering of a famous analogue recording of the Alpine Symphony by Richard Strauss on one of the most iconic classical music labels in which the software doing the transfer completely removed the sound of the "wind machine" because it was considered noise. And obviously whoever did the quality assurance tests didn't know the work very well as it was commercially released with this major flaw. But in this case the end result is quite amazing. And of course, this may not be "classical" music but it certainly is a "classic" when it comes to Christmas recordings, to be enjoyed once again! Tracks include It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas Sleigh Ride Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! White Christmas (feat. Pentatonix) I'll Be Home For Christmas Jingle Bells (with The Andrew Sisters feat. The Puppini Sisters) Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Do You Hear What I hear The Christmas Song Little Drummer Boy (with David Bowie) Twelve Days of Christmas (feat. The Puppini Sisters) Winter Wonderland The Christmas Song (feat. The Tenors) White Christmas (Bing solo) SEE THE Classical Music Sentinel PAGE
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Sei Solo - JSBach, The Sonatas and PartitasComposed three centuries ago, Johann Sebastian Bach's set of six works for solo violin stands as one of the holy grails of the instrument's literature – perhaps the holiest.
Alexandre Desplat :
Little Women OMPSSony Music announces the release of LITTLE WOMEN (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK) with music by Academy Award®, Golden Globe® and GRAMMY® Award-winning composer ALEXANDRE DESPLAT.
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Bing at ChristmasOn the anniversary of the untimely death of the world's first 'multimedia' star Bing Crosby, October 14th sees his longtime record label, Decca, together with his widow Kathryn and their children, Harry, Mary, and Nathaniel Crosby, announce the release of the brand new album, Bing at Christmas, via Decca/UMe.
Jon Batiste :
Chronology Of A Dream - Live@The Village VanguardThe inimitable musician and bandleader, Jon Batiste, sets to release Chronology Of A Dream: Live At The Village Vanguard on November 1.
Ola Onabule :
POINT LESSSocially conscious singer/songwriter Ola Onabul? has built an enviable career as an international touring performer and has now turned his attention to the North American market with a newly recorded collection of original songs.
Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra :
I Shouldn't Be Telling You ThisJEFF GOLDBLUM WITH BRAND NEW ALBUM FEATURING - SHARON VAN ETTEN • FIONA APPLE • ANNA CALVI • INARA GEORGE • GINA SAPUTO In DUETS WITH JEFF GOLDBLUM - OUT NOVEMBER 1 ON DECCA RECORDS "I'm crying with ecstasy over this new album.
Ludovico Einaudi :
Seven Days Walking - Day SevenFollowing his sold-out, seven-night residency at the Barbican in early August, Decca announces the release of 'Seven Days Walking: Day Seven', and the climactic seven-volume collection from composer and pianist Ludovico Einaudi – his most ambitious album project yet, with seven albums released over as many months.
Third Coast Percussion :
FieldsGrammy Award-winning ensemble Third Coast Percussion plays music by international R&B and pop music star Devonté Hynes (aka Blood Orange) on their newest album, Fields, marking Hynes's recording debut as a classical composer.
Libera :
Christmas Carols with LiberaThe boys who make up the choral group Libera are normal South London kids aged 7 to 16 years.
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The Afterlife"Bridging the gap between experimentation and accessibility" (Rolling Stone), The Comet Is Coming announces the digital release of the group's highly-anticipated mini-album The Afterlife, via Impulse! The Afterlife will serve as a companion piece to the group's breakout album Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery and the lead track "Lifeforce Part II.
'Happiness Does Not Wait' from Angele Dubeau - La Pieta is the KUSC: Download Of the WeekPosted: November 13, 2019 12:00 AM | By: Admin
Pulsations is the very latest from the Canadian group, La Pieta and their leader, violinist Angele Dubeau. ("She has a flair for finding and recording the works of remarkable composers, thus placing her at the center of the post-minimalist movement", La Scena Musicale.)
Pulsations, the violinist's new album, brings together works that evoke strong images and possess a profound emotional intensity. In addition to the excellence of her playing, she has a flair for finding and recording the works of remarkable composers, thus placing her at the center of the post-minimalist movement, one of the most relevant musical genres of our time. The public's increasing interest for some of these composers whose works are featured on Pulsations tells us that we are witnessing the emergence of a golden age for this contemporary music.
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With a career spanning over four decades and an impressive discography of more than forty albums, Angèle Dubeau continues to leave her mark in today's music world. Her virtuosity brings her on the most prestigious stages and she continues to be awarded international prizes for her recordings and to receive honors for her career.
Pulsations, the violinist's new album, brings together works that evoke strong images and possess a profound emotional intensity. In addition to the excellence of her playing, she has a flair for finding and recording the works of remarkable composers, thus placing her at the center of the post-minimalist movement, one of the most relevant musical genres of our time. The public's increasing interest for some of these composers whose works are featured on Pulsations tells us that we are witnessing the emergence of a golden age for this contemporary music.
Angele Dubeau & La Pieta
In December 2017, with two sold-out concerts at the Maison symphonique de Montréal, the tour celebrating Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà's 20th anniversary came to an end. This tour of thirty-three concerts was, for the violinist, an opportunity to thank her Quebec fans for the support they had given her throughout her career.
It was on that tour, during the concerts at Palais Montcalm in Quebec City, that Ovation was recorded. This new album features a retrospective program composed of works by the likes of Einaudi, Richter, Glass, Enescu and Saint-Saens and which have been landmarks of the first 20 years of La Pietà's career. The album also showcases a violinist at the top of her form and a concert where magic and perfection are in symbiosis.
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Angèle Dubeau has always stood out for the quality of her playing, her adventurous musical undertakings and her irreproachable artistic journey. An artist very much her own and a musician of her time, the violinist has often found a source of inspiration and an important influence in contemporary works. The new album Max Richter: Portrait by Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà is a striking addition to the Portrait series, music of great depth and acute sensitivity.
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Having personally done the research for this directory, choosing a variety of film music extracts, I had in mind to revisit their original version are bringing another dimension of sound with my violin and these wonderful musicians that I lead and around me. I also worked closely with various composers and arrangers that I thank and congratulate. Thank you to all the team for Analekta trust over the years the support and expertise worthy of the greatest. My reason for being as a musician is my audience and that is that I realized that 40th, oops, double I said, 41st album. - Angele Dubeau
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Ludovico Einaudi - Portrait
Portrait is a string of recordings presenting contemporary composers with a unique musical signature. Ludovico Einaudi is one of them. A music that captivates the listener, a sonic landscape to discover"says Angèle Dubeau. Driven by the works of this grand and prolific Italian composer, the internationally renowned violinist shares once again her passion with the excellent musicians of her string orchestra, La Pietà. For her 39th album in career, Angèle Dubeau offers a unique revisit to Ludovico Einaudi's music, "changing its texture, rethinking its character, while bringing a new sonic dimension."
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"BLANC like purity and serenity. BLANC for luminous music that can bring interior peace through its strength and powerful evocation. Fully charged emotions that reflect the strange solitude found in illness. After months of battle against cancer, music has been my focal point, it has brought me comfort, tranquillity and sometimes, an essential escape. This music is of Brubeck, Dompierre, Golijov, Hisaishi, Morricone, Mozetich, Munsey, O'Connor, Phillips, Sakamoto, Schyman and Stevens. A music without artifice, real and filled with hope. This album tells my story, the story of a woman like many others who had to fight against illness and, serenely, came out of it stronger." The Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation Thanks You Thank you. By buying this album, you will be helping the Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation to finance research and innovation, to support women affected by breast cancer and make breast cancer health a priority thanks to initiatives in education and awareness.
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Philip Glass Portrait
Canada's internationally acclaimed and best selling violinist, Angele Dubeau, along with her chamber ensemble La Pieta, turn in a resolutely contemporary direction for their new album on Analekta: a musical portrait of Philip Glass. The prolific American composer has had an extraordinary and unprecedented impact upon the musical and intellectual life of his times. Here, Dubeau paints a dramatic portrait of Glass with some of his most significant works for strings.
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After nearly 50 years of tying my shoes in a way that makes the laces stick out in weird ways, I've finally started tying them in a way that makes them neatly lie flat across my shoes.
I've been bothered by my "askew" shoestrings for as long as I can remember. When I was a kid and first learned to tie them, I was happy I'd just figured out how to tie them. But the way they lay — all scrunched up and crooked — really bothered me.
I told my dad once, and he said I could tie them differently, by looping the shoelaces around in the opposite direction. At the time, it was too much for me to wrap my head around. It didn't make sense to me. Plus, I'd only mastered the motion (and muscle memory) of tying them properly in the one way I knew how.
And I was afraid I'd lose the tenuous skill I'd already learned.
Years later — nearly 50 years, to be more accurate — I've finally decided to tie them in the way that makes the loops lie flat across my shoes. They're less likely to trip me up, that way. And I like how they feel better than the old way.
I've been doing this regularly, for the past couple of weeks — making the concerted effort to tie them in the way that makes them neat and tidy.
But you know what? I keep going back to the old ways. Back to the old habit of tying them in a way that's really second-nature to me, after doing it that exact way for all these years.
And that's taught me, yet again, about how and why TBI / concussion can be so difficult to recover from. The "wiring" that you've trained to use in a certain way — habits of thought and action, movements of your body, ways you think about things, routines of sleeping and waking — may have changed in ways you cannot see, but it's all switched around, so you have to find new ways of doing things that you're used to doing in one certain way… since forever.
And no matter how well you train yourself to do things the new way, no matter how much conditioning you have, no matter how well you like the new way, no matter how badly the old way has been disrupted, your brain and your body are still going to try to do things the old ways, the ways that they think they still know how to do.
They don't, of course… or maybe they need to be intensely retrained. But they don't realize it. And that's one of the hallmarks of TBI: not knowing what's messed up, until it's too late (and then, sometimes not even realizing it yourself).
No matter how convinced I am of the new way of tying my shoelaces… no matter how much I may like the new way of doing things… no matter how much I used to hate the old way of doing things… that's what my brain and body and muscle memory are used to. It's what they feel comfortable doing. Even if it doesn't work.
So, I have to keep after it. Like all of us who are dealing with somewhat broken brains / disrupted wiring. Our systems will go for the way that they think is easiest and what's most familiar. They just don't know it won't work out.
And that's what we have to keep learning and relearning and readjusting to, over and over again. No matter how long ago the injury happened.
It takes a ton more work and effort and attention and focus and determination to recover — even from a "mild" traumatic brain injury. That's what most people don't understand… but every long-term survivor knows, all too well.
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I used to work as a florist's assistant, conditioning the exotically scented lilies flown in from Kenya and arranging bouquets while the real florists took care of the funeral letters and get-well-soon baskets. Bouquet-making was huge fun, like painting with flowers. Sometimes customers wanted bold and colourful, at others frothy with pastels. But when an order came in labelled "No xanths", you knew something classy and restrained – dare I say it, middle class? – was required. Chrysanthemums were the slightly naff cheap fillers that bulked out the backs of the bouquets, and I, too, soon learned to turn up my nose at them. I prided myself on being a "no xanths" kind of girl.
As with the best gardening epiphanies, my change of heart came from a non-gardening source: a portrait, Candy Darling On Her Death Bed, by Peter Hujar, in which Darling (male-to-female transsexual, Warhol superstar, pure 70s New York cool) gazes beautifully and heartbreakingly from her hospital bed. And from the shadow behind her bed emerges a vase filled with tall-stemmed, huge-headed, pure white flowers: chrysanthemums of unassailable glamour. In a glance I realised I'd done them a disservice.
The real joy of chrysanths for the gardener is their late-blooming power. And at a time when you have to fly in any other scrap of colourful petal from abroad, chrysanthemums will still be blooming on the average chilly British allotment. Pop them in an unheated greenhouse or polytunnel, and you'll be giving away big bunches for Christmas.
The trickiest thing is tracking them down. The most varied sources are nurseries that sell to the old boys who grow for competition. Buy rooted cuttings about now – I found mine via chrysanthemumsdirect. co.uk, which lists 25 different groupings, from "early spray" to "late incurved" via "fantasy series" and "late anemone". Perplexing. Other good suppliers include woolmans.com, hallsofheddon.co.uk and frankcharlton.co.uk.
If you're growing outdoors, as I do, the key is to plump for early varieties (later ones need the protection of a greenhouse, not for the heat, but because, as the weather worsens, it will do too much damage to December blooms). Mine, all from the early categories, were 'Misty Purple', 'Misty Cream', 'Allouise Orange' and 'Allouise White', two of which I hoped would fulfil the "tall and pale with long stems" glamour-chrysanthemum brief. While I didn't pay them enough attention to get exactly the effect I was after, I did get big, beautiful, late-season flowers that I'd be proud to put in a bouquet.
How to grow
When rooted cuttings arrived in early spring, I planted them into pots in the greenhouse and kept them watered. Don't be put off if you don't have a greenhouse – keep the worst of the weather off them for this early patch, perhaps by putting them in a sheltered corner and covering with horticultural fleece.
The advice is to plant out 30-45cm apart after the last of the frosts have passed, but chrysanthemums are fairly tough plants, and a touch of light frost won't damage them as it would a dahlia, say.
After a couple of weeks, you need to "stop" the plants by removing the main growing point (it's fine just to nip it off with thumb and forefinger) to encourage branching, giving you four or five main stems per plant. Then let them grow for a bit, before the next decisive bit of pinching out.
If you are growing a "spray" variety, you want bushy stems of small flowers – to achieve this, pinch out the tips when they reach the height at which you want them to branch. And if, like me, you're after big, glamorous blooms on long stalks, buy large-headed types and do the opposite – disbudding, which involves removing any side branches. The only tricky thing is remembering to do it.
My attempts were a bit sloppy last year, so my blooms were somewhere between the two. I'll try harder this year.
Gravity is the chrysanthemum's enemy, so stake and stake well. Push a cane into the ground next to each plant and tie in as they grow. Spray types may need two canes each.
Cut the blooms with good long stems when they are close to fully open and they will last in a vase for weeks; these are easily among the longest-lasting cut flowers.
Dig up the plants at the first sign of frost, wash off the roots, and store in dry compost somewhere cool but frost-free until spring, when the cycle begins again.


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Three incredible interviews make up our latest SmileCast! One story shines the light on an absolutely courageous young woman who overcame drugs and homelessness to become the passionate leader behind what is known as the teen project. The teen project's goal is to provide housing for young people who have aged out of foster care. The second story, "Totally Tubular, showcases the talents of a young woman who creatively builds different items out of inner-tubes! Our final story is of a company called Nika, through the selling of its products, it raises and donates all of its profits to the effort to bring the world clean water.


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Now, I've recently been writing a fair bit on the benefits of automation and the advantages of SaaS, but let's face it – I will never know as much as Robert Al-Jaar, on these domains. And so, I was lucky enough to sit down with Robert and ask him a few questions on automation and its place with business practices. The following is the essence of our conversations (mildly edited for length and clarity):
Even before getting to the benefits of automating business processes, can you give me your breakdown of how they're categorized in real-world business settings?
Generally, business processes can be categorized as:
Ad-hoc: These are unplanned processes without pre-defined structure or routing to which you must react on an ongoing basis. We can classify many administrative processes as ad-hoc processes.
- Collaborative: Creative marketing projects, product development projects, and HR recruitment campaigns are examples of collaborative processes where participant roles are well defined but the flow of work is not rigid.
- Production: Production processes are workflows where tasks are performed repetitively and in high volumes with the goal of delivering a specific value to the business. In these types of processes, structure and routing are very-well defined. Manufacturing, insurance claims, and loan processing are examples of production processes.
Those sound remarkably broad. Are there other classification schemes?
Yes. One may want to look at processes from the perspective of automation, BPA – business process automation (BPA - defined as "the automation of complex business processes and functions beyond conventional data manipulation and record-keeping activities, usually through the use of advanced technologies"). So, through an automation lens, we can look at processes across three dimensions:
- End-points
- Vertical
- Location/organization
Could you elaborate on these dimensions, beginning with the end-points dimension?
The end-points dimension refers to the participants involved in the automation at the edges of the process. There are three possible scenarios at play here:
- Person-to-person: In this scenario, the process to automate is among people or groups of people. Examples include performance reviews, approvals for expenses, and HR processes –most administrative type of processes can belong to this category.
- Person-to-machine: Here aprocess is connecting people to machines. An example is that of a citizen interacting with a website to apply for a driver's license, or of a customer interacting only with a website for purchase transactions, a la Amazon.
- Machine-to-machine: In this type of process automation, participants are machines. This is often referred to as Straight Through Processing (STP). It occurs when your business is set up to run on auto-pilot, with machines operating on pre-set algorithms and instructions at the speed of the Internet. A good example is that of financial services where a bank would have invested in computer systems that automate the mortgage process or the insurance process – effectively, with STP, your company's IT resources make money for you even as you sleep!
Wait. Back up. How do you automate person-to-person processes?
These processes start and end with people who may also use machines, but the key participants are people. Take, for example, the act of completing an expense report. Someone has created a digital expense report template, stored it in the cloud for use by employees, and set up rules for its use. An employee may then access the template on the cloud, fill it out, and email it through her computer. The expense report is then routed by email to the manager who approves it. Effectively, the end-to-end process between these two people involved (person filing the report and person who approves it) is an automated person-to-person process.
Got it. Thanks! What about the vertical dimension?
This is a reference to business processes that are specific to particular industries. For example, the lending process in banking is specific to the financial services vertical.
I think we can contrast this dimension to "horizontal" processes - processes that are used across industries in very similar fashion such as filing expense reports, procurement, or contract management.
Of course, the crown jewel of "horizontal" processes is probably the customer acquisition process. The essence of this process is almost uniform across all industries (with minor variations) where an online channel is used for customer acquisition. Importantly, customer acquisition is arguably the primary process that relates to revenue growth and market expansion, as opposed to efficiency or cost savings. Automating this customer acquisition process makes companies agile and responsive to changing customer and market needs. Very powerful with a high ROI potential.
Whoa. I can honestly say that I've never thought of the customer acquisition process in that way! And the location/organization dimension?
Well, the location/organization dimension is a reference to where business processes begin and end. For example, we can look at business processes that are:
- all internal to one organization (intra-organization)
- between two organizations (inter-organization)
- among multiple organizations (extra-organization, ecosystem)
The reason to consider this dimension is because it gives us a framework with which to understand the complexity of the business processes inherent to a given company when we embark on a BPA initiative.
Can you give me the main reasons for considering automating business processes?
Certainly! There are many benefits of automation, in fact. Automating your business processes should lead to one or more of the following benefits:
- exceptional customer experience; improved customer perception
- improved agility, flexibility, scalability - innovation
- greater efficiency and productivity, leading to competitiveness and speed-to-market
- gaining deeper insights, which permit you to make faster and more consistent decisions
- greater market and thought leadership
- global reach
- improved compliance and risk management
- lowered costs and heightened profitability
Basically, when you automate your business processes, you've taken the first step towards better business results for your company. Start with BPA to automate the execution or flow of processes. Done right, you get more process efficiency. What you also get is visibility over the automated processes. After all, you can't automate without first somehow tagging every asset or service in the process. With this visibility, you've gleaned a much more complete picture of your company as a whole, enabling better decisions and better actions. Effectively, you get much better control.
How does this relate to Cimpl?
Excellent question. You know Cimpl's motto, right? "Connect. Clarify. Control." Well, with respect to BPA, what do we have for business process… "automation; visibility; control." Automation is about connecting things and people together. Visibility is about clarifying what the business process is doing and what state it's in. And control is control! So with Cimpl, our customers get a SaaS solution that enables them to easily automate their IT asset and telecom expense management processes in order to connect all their technology expense data together, to gain visibility over their assets and related business processes, and to effect optimal control over how they deploy their assets in order to maximize ROI and business value. Absolutely fantastic, wouldn't you say?
To be continued in Part 2
Robert Al-Jaar had an illustrious 25-year career creating and leading software product and services divisions at multiple technology and consulting companies. He has delivered phenomenal results in product innovation, software development, product management, and professional services for Silanis, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, Netscape, and Digital, among other top firms.


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OMG! This Baby Rhino Thinks He Is A Goat! [VIDEO] Cuteness Overload
Meet LittleG (Gertjie), a baby white rhino. When his mother
Meet LittleG (Gertjie), a baby white rhino. When his mother
I really love apples. They are so crisp, sweet, juicy
These are truly epic times we live in! Faster &
This is a shout out to all the amazing Moms in the world, to give thanks for doing the best you know how to each day, for giving so much of yourself, and for simply loving your child. We are not handed manuals on how to raise our children, but the most important ingredient doesn't come from a manual anyway… it is found only in the heart, the soul, the entire essence of our beings… and that is LOVE. Pure, raw, unconditional Love.
If this poem moves you, you are obviously of Love, and I thank you.
Poem by Annie Reneau
Sometimes I cry for you, little one.
Sometimes I cry because the world is so big and you're so small, and I worry—Oh, do I worry—about your smallness in this big world.
Sometimes I cry because you're so big and I'm so small, and the bigger you get to me, the smaller I get to you, and I worry—Lord, how I worry—about my smallness in your big world.
Sometimes I cry because this love is too big and my heart is too small, and a bursting heart feels—strangely, painfully—an awful lot like a breaking one.
Sometimes I cry because I'm overwhelmed by the beauty of you.
Sometimes I cry because I'm overwhelmed by the weight of you.
Sometimes I cry because in the process of gaining you, I gave up a version of me, and though I wouldn't change that even if I could, sometimes I miss me desperately.
Sometimes I cry because your skin is so soft, and your eyes are so bright, and your soul is so new, and your heart is so open, and I'm sad. I'm sad that your innocence will crumble from experiences brutal and necessary, because you are as painfully human as the rest of us.
Sometimes I cry because you need help in ways that I can't help you, and helplessness as a parent feels—strangely, surprisingly—an awful lot like sheer terror.
Sometimes I cry because as a mother I have no choice but to put on my big-girl panties every day, and both of those things—having no choice and big-girl panties—can be really, really uncomfortable.
Sometimes I cry because I am so unbelievably tired—not sleepy, but tired—that I can't do anything else.
Sometimes I cry because I hear God in your giggles.
Sometimes I cry because your very existence evokes a joy so profound that smiles and laughter can't quite reach it.
Sometimes I cry because this blessing is so big and my cup is so small and the overflow has to go somewhere.
Sometimes I cry because all of these things—the love, the worry, the sadness, the beauty, the bursting, the big-girl panties, the blessing—it's all too much to take. Just too, too much.
So sometimes I cry for you. And for me. And for this big world. And for a thousand other terrible, wonderful, desperate, beautiful reasons that you won't understand until you're a parent.
Sometimes I cry for you, little one. Big, cleansing tears.
— written by Annie Reneau —
Annie writes about motherhood and other hilariously beautiful things. On good days, she enjoys juggling life with her husband and three children. On bad days, she binges on chocolate chips and dreams of traveling the world alone. See her blog @ http://MotherhoodAndMore.com
Ok now to lighten it up a little and give you a smile:
Little Mama's Boy (A Little Drummer Boy Mom Parody)
Watch near the end for a cute surprise 🙂
Video is Also by Annie Reneau
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It looks like the new word verification has been a hot topic on quite a few blogs recently. I've noticed quite a few bloggers that have finally turned it off. Thank goodness!
Evidently there were quite a few that didn't realize they had it turned on. I double checked mine just to be sure. I'd have been awfully embarrassed if mine had been on after all the complaining I did about it on others blogs.
When I checked my account, I decided to look through some of the "spam" comments that blogger had caught for me. To my surprise I found three comments that Rick made that were in the spam folder. I don't know why they singled Rick out. There was nothing in his comment that resembled any spam. I guess I will check them once in a while from now on.
If you are still one of those bloggers who use the comment verification, and want to turn it off, but don't know how, check out Rick's blog for detailed instructions. I know a lot of bloggers that are still reading, but not commenting on blogs with word verification/aggravation turned on. Me included!
I noticed a lot of people turned theirs off yesterday, but this morning I ran across two that hadn't. grrrrr No comments left my me!
It was cloudy yesterday and we got some light rain off and on. There's a cold front trying to come through and we may get some more rain tomorrow. It's okay though, we really need some rain, and we're no longer dependent on the week-ends for our fun.
Al worked Thursday and Friday, and I kept busy around here doing those procrastinated paperwork type things. When went to the gym Thursday and evidently both of us overdid it a bit, because we were both a bit sore that night
I mentioned in my last blog post about a flock of birds around here that I haven't been able to identify. They buzz around in a huge group and never sit still long enough to photograph. I did manage to get some long distance shots of them in the air. I'm hoping Judy, or someone else can help me identify them.
They aren't as large as they appear in the photographs. They have a yellow belly, and there are hundreds of them all together.
The pictures are bad, but they were moving so fast and were at a pretty good distance. I'm pretty sure they are not Cedar Waxwings.
Any ideas?
I ordered a dash cover for the motor home, a couple weeks ago from Rv Toy Store. I immediately got a receipt showing my order was placed, but there was no shipping date or tracking number like I normally get from online purchases.
I waited a sufficient amount of time with no tracking number, or order, so I sent them an email for a status. They never bothered to respond, so I called them. It turns out that the company they use to make these dash covers doesn't have a pattern for our motorhome and I was out of luck. Really? Thanks a lot!
I always post about products we buy and like, so I thought I'd post about one we don't love! I don't think I'd ever purchase anything from them after this experience. It could have been a fluke, but they lost any future business from me.
I really want a dash cover to protect the dash from little kitty claws, so I found another place that's actually on the Lazy Days premises. Lazy Days uses them for a lot of their custom work, so I know they'll do a good job. The place is Wade Rv. They are more expensive, but they custom fit the cover to the motor home. The only problem is that they need the motor home there to make a pattern.
That means a day spent at Lazy Days and a $350 bill. We can't do it until we leave here anyway, so it gives me a chance to look around. We may have to leave here a day before we head to the Keys and get that done.


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Occupy REBNY Jan. 19, 2012
If anyone represents the 1%, it is REBNY, the Real Estate Board of New York, an organization of landlords and developers who are constantly trying to take more money out of the pockets of working families and taxpayers.
They are demanding a $257 Million tax break, while we struggle under unfair rent laws, foreclosures continue to take away our homes, and schools, seniors and hospitals all face severe cuts.
Let's SPEAK OUT AND FIGHT BACK!
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WHO: You, plus many tenants and advocates for working families
WHAT: Protesting REBNY's attacks on working families, weak rent laws and landlords' outrageous demand for a quarter BILLION dollar tax break
WHERE: The NY Hilton Hotel, 53rd St. at 6th Avenue in Manhattan
WHEN: Thursday, January 19th at 6 PM
- No more Massive Tax Breaks for the 1% ! Don't pass J-51 !
- End Vacancy Destabilization of Rent Regulated Apartments
- Pass MCI Reforms Now!
- Stop the Landlords' "Preferential Rent" Scam
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According to the Pioneer Press this morning, it is reported that two NFL officials have said that Vikings receiver Sidney Rice is likely to receive the Vikings Transition Tag later this month with linebacker Chad Greenway being the likely recipient of the franchise tag.
This move comes as no surprise, as Greenway remains a pro bowl quality player and the Vikings will likely want to focus all their assets in terms of a long term deal for all-pro running back Adrian Peterson whom is entering a contract year.
Sidney Rice had a stellar 2009 season, breaking out for 1312 yards and 8 touchdown receptions. The 24-year old has shown signs of brilliance throughout his career, but the big issue has been his health and keeping himself away from injuries.
A second round (44th overall) pick out of South Carolina, Rice has since sharpened his game by utilizing his 6'4" frame. Since the 2008 offseason, Rice began working with the likes of Larry Fitzgerald and it has since changed his game and effectiveness.
However, like prior seasons, Rice lost time in 2010 by having hip surgery prior to the season and ended up missing ten games. As a result, we now find ourselves questioning Rice's true value. The transition tag allows the Vikings a chance to evaluate Rice over a single season to find his true worth and to wrap him up long term. It has become evident that the Vikings wish to keep Rice and it will be truly interesting what they decide to do going forward.
With a transition tag, Rice would be due the average of the top-10 salaries in the league, which was $8.65 million in 2010.
Greenway has been solid ever since being drafted in 2006 in first round at 17th overall. His numbers over the years have been nothing short of spectacular, yet he has yet to be selected to his first Pro Bowl. He had seven sacks, seven forced fumbles, five interceptions, has averaged around 100 tackles a season with 109 solo tackles this past season alone, and 145 with assisted tackles.Since tearing his ACL in the preseason of his rookie season, he's played in 64 games since.
The Franchise tag, as stated earlier, would simply be a means to get Adrian Peterson into a long term deal and keep Greenway in Minnesota. As could be imagined, Greenway will likely not argue having a high pay in 2011. If 2010 is any indicator, Greenway could be due somewhere around $9.68 million.
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Yesterday, President Obama formally vetoed legislation authorizing the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, a decision that was celebrated by environmental groups across the country. So, with that in mind, let's take a look at a promising environmentally-friendly energy alternative: offshore wind power.
The Case for Offshore Wind Farms in the United States:
- The wind is faster and the area is bigger offshore so turbines can be huge and they will generate more power than land-based wind farms.
- One gigawatt of offshore wind power capacity generates an average of 3.4 million megawatt-hours (MWh) of electricity annually. Generating that amount of electricity with fossil fuels would consume 1.7 million tons of coal or 27.6 billion cubic feet of natural gas, emitting 2.7 million tons of carbon dioxide annually.
- Wind power off the shores of the U.S. and Great Lakes has four times the energy potential of the entire U.S electric power system.
- According to a report from the Department of Energy, the offshore wind market in the U.S. could create up to 200,000 jobs and drive more than $70 billion in annual investments.
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Our prediction for this Serie A match:
History tells that Sassuolo never managed to beat Napoli. During the transfer period Napoli managed to keep Hamsik in their squad and reinforced with Romania super star Chirichis. We expect Napoli to be able to compete for a top 4 position in the Serie A table. Sassuolo on the other side will have to set all sails in order to stay in the highest Italian league.
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Bruxelles Champêtre 2017 - Slow Food Brussels Village
Slow Food Metropolitan Brussels participates in the event 'Bruxelles Champêtre', this Sunday 17 September 2017 - which also happens to be Car Free Sunday in Brussels.
Together with producers out of Brussels, we are organizing a fascinating Producers Village with "Taste Workshops", featuring good, clean and fair Belgian products.
Will be associated to us in this village : Pistolet Original, Permafungi, Little Food, Belgobon, Ferme Nos Pilifs, Lili Bulk , Bugood Food, Vin Naturel, Chocolero, Comme ma grandmère, Vidya Ayurveda, AP Piola, Hoeve Cuvry, Claude Pohlig Cuisine Potager et Peter&Lila.
And as last year, SFMB will host an information booth and a bar for which we need your help as volunteers. If you are available, thanks for registering here : http://www.sfmb.be/bxlchamp/ben.html
As volunteer, you will receive a free access to all of the drinks of our bar as well as a lunch to the Slow Food Truck of your choice.
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Louis Vuitton "Malle Mars" Apollo 11 Commemoration Trunk
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"Malle Mars"
Apollo 11 Commemoration Trunk
In commemoration of the 40th Anniversary of Apollo 11's first lunar landing, which takes place on Jul 20th, Louis Vuitton has designed a custom-made "Malle Mars" trunk. The robotic, space age-looking piece opens in multiple places, unveiling a variety of compartments and drawers, fully equipped to carry various essential items.
The trunk will be on display this coming Monday, at the Rose Center for Earth and Space at the American Museum of Natural History, being exhibited with other NASA memorabilia. History-making astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Jim Lovell and Sally Ride will be in attendance along with Louis Vuitton North America president and chief executive officer Daniel Lalonde.