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Australia – What's New?
Wines from Australia are no stranger to most of us, roaring into the U.S. market with high demand back in the mid-to-late '90s. At least part of this seemingly sudden demand was driven by the interest in wines with high scores tendered by the Wine Advocate and Wine Spectator publications. Add in the fascination for New World wines from non-domestic sources, an affection for the name Shiraz, and wine labels featuring lots of "critters," and you had a recipe for success.
Fast forward about 10 years or so, and it became evident that the landscape had changed. Not only were there fewer Australian wines on the shelves, but the more exclusive (and higher priced) wines seemed absent from the marketplace. There were also fewer in-store tastings of Australian wines, and in general, demand seemed to have declined. So, what happened, and where is Australian wine now?
Join us as we talk with Angela Slade, Director of Wine Australia, North America. We'll cover the last couple of decades in Australian wine, as well as the current market shifts the folks from Oz are making.
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Benjamin Cokelet
Founder of PODER (Project on Organizing, Development, Education, and Research)
2010 Global Fellow
Develop civil society stakeholders in Latin America as corporate accountability guarantors by effectively utilizing business intelligence, transparency technology, and grassroots organizing.
Ben Cokelet founded PODER to empower civil society groups to organize for corporate accountability. Tired of corruption and illegality thwarting human rights, Ben leveraged 12 years of experience in the U.S. and Latin America as an advocate, trade union organizer, researcher, scholar, and social entrepreneur to revolutionize corporate accountability as a citizen-led movement capable of achieving broad economic, environmental, and social impact. Ben has received a Catherine B. Reynolds Fellowship in Social Entrepreneurship, as well as an Ashoka Fellowship. He and his family reside in Mexico City.

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Product placement is nothing new in movies or TV. Insert a fast-food logo or a certain car in a scene and you've made a subtle (or maybe not-so-subtle) pitch for the brand.
Now a group in South Florida is using the concept of product placement to market Miami. In this case, the product is the city itself.
And the placement is in a series of short fictional films, with various neighborhoods serving as the backdrop for stories about out-of-towners discovering the destination.
The films, collectively called the Reel Miami Project, will be marketed online and through social media with the goal of promoting tourism.
Films for Miami Beach and Wynwood were released this week, with films featuring South Beach, Downtown Miami, Coral Gables and the Everglades set to follow.
Bacardi, the liquor company whose U.S. headquarters is located in Miami, is providing some of the financial backing. Each film will feature the company's signature rum, along with local business partners like hotels, restaurants and bars.
But because the movies tell a story and attempt to engage viewers the way a narrative film might, without a straightforward "buy this" or "visit us" message, creator and producer Frank Kelly says the project is more movie than ad. The focus is on storytelling, not story-selling. The brands, he says, are shown in a way that seems natural.
"First, we entertain viewers," said Kelly. "We want people to come in and watch the films, simply for the pleasure of viewing a good movie. And then the idea is that a wife in Berlin or Birmingham reaches out to her husband and says let's go down to Miami and explore Wynwood."
The project uses social media to attract viewers to its website, Facebook page and YouTube channel — http://www.reelmiamiproject.com, http://www.facebook.com/reelmiamiproject and http://www.youtube.com/user/ReelMiamiProject .
But the project also offers viewers a way to connect with the product — that is, Miami. On the Reel Miami website, viewers can find links to help them book vacations similar to those in the films or even create their own custom trips.
"There's so much more to Miami than just Ocean Drive," Kelly said. "And I thought that with this format, we can truly expose this city for what it really stands for."
The Miami Beach film follows a couple on a weekend getaway. Their adventure begins when they pick up the wrong luggage at the airport, sparking a series of high-society stops meant for a mysterious stranger.
The Wynwood film follows a different couple as they visit Miami for a wedding. After learning the nuptials might be cancelled, they decide to explore Wynwood, an emerging arts district. The audience soon learns the couple is at a crossroads in their own relationship.
Fro Rojas, who directed the Wynwood film, has experience directing commercials but consciously avoided shooting the film like an advertisement.
"There are some brands, like Bacardi, where you see half the bottle, and you know it's Bacardi," Rojas said. Besides, he added, having every bottle turned perfectly toward the camera would take audiences out of the story.
While blending products and locations into the narratives will be important to the project's ultimate success, Carlos Gutierrez, director of the Miami Beach film, said the first priority is to showcase the Miami area and individual neighborhoods.
"We always talked about Miami being the third principal character in each film. It shouldn't be just background noise," Gutierrez said. "What happens to these characters is sort of a mirror image of what's happening in these neighborhoods. I don't think what happens to the characters could happen to them in their hometowns."
Elizabeth Beirnes, marketing manager at Casa Moderna, said her hotel's appearance in the Wynwood film went far beyond a simple commercial or promotional video.
"This actually portrayed what our neighborhood is like and the type of people that come to this area," Beirnes said. "So it really showcased not just our hotel — which is what we were going after — but all the offerings in this new part of Miami."
Thomas Meding, the area vice president of The sbe Hotel Group, said he's happy that the SLS Hotel was included in the project's first film, but he foresees the value of his early involvement increasing as more films are added.
"The goal really is to showcase Miami in the films overall," Meding said. "And then of course while we would like to keep SLS on the top of their minds, it really encourages viewers to create their own Miami or Miami Beach experience."
Deborah Breiter, a professor at the University of Central Florida's Rosen College of Hospitality Management, said there's good data to suggest that featuring a location in a movie or TV show can help drive tourism.
"This is a really soft sell," Breiter said. "People buy with their eyes. Destinations are no different."
Breiter said the social media aspect of the Reel Miami Project should give it an advantage over a film that might be seen on television or in a theater. The videos can be re-watched and shared, allowing viewers, as well as their friends and family members, to daydream about their vacations and imagine themselves in these places. And oddly enough, knowing the videos are marketing tools upfront will likely make people more receptive to them.
"I think a lot of people have become very cynical about product placement in movies." Breiter said. "But when you go to the web and you're searching and you start to see these beautiful videos of this destination, you're more engaged because you're searching. You're not going to think so much about the product placement."
Breiter also pointed out that breaking down the project into six parts to focus on different areas follows a larger trend in the travel industry.
"A lot of destinations are trying to expand their images," Breiter said. "Orlando doesn't just want to be the theme park capital of the world. Miami doesn't want to be known just for South Beach. We're always trying to find different types of tourists who might not have thought of our destination beforehand. Film, media, videos, they're a great way to help enforce an image, polish an image or even introduce a new image."
And while the Reel Miami Project is just now being introduced to the public, its creator already has his sights set outside of South Florida.
"The business model is to take this model to other cities," Kelly said. "I'd love to do the Reel Phoenix Project, the Reel Savannah project, the Reel Dallas Project."
Online: The Reel Miami Project, www.reelmiamiproject.com


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GIVEAWAY: Rouge Bunny Rouge
I am having another giveaway now that I have reached 200 followers. I really appreciate all the comments and being part of this friendly beauty community.
This time I have bought a RBR Long-lasting Eye Shadow in Periwinkle Cardinal. This is a shade I have and use a lot, I don't tend to see this mentioned much but its a beautiful wearable green.
Here are the rules:
1.To enter you must be one of my followers and just submit a comment on this post.
2.The giveaway will close on the 10th January 2011 5pm UK time, and the winner will be picked via a random number generator. I'll announce the winner on my blog so that you can email me your address details.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Sunday it remained committed to reaching a diplomatic solution to the presence of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in Ecuador's London embassy, after both countries took steps to defuse a row over his action in taking refuge there.
Assange has been living in the embassy's cramped quarters for more than two months since fleeing there to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning over rape and sexual assault allegations.
The Latin American state's leader said on Saturday that Britain had withdrawn a threat to enter the embassy to arrest Assange, to whom Ecuador has granted asylum, and that he now considered the "unfortunate incident" was over.
President Rafael Correa was responding to a British assurance that it was not threatening the embassy and that Britain was committed to the Vienna Convention, which protects the inviolability of diplomatic premises.
"We remain committed to the process of dialogue we have entered into and we want that to resume with the government of Ecuador," a British Foreign Office spokeswoman said.
Britain provoked a furious reaction after telling Ecuador that an obscure British law allowed it, under extreme circumstances, to remove the embassy's diplomatic status, exposing Assange to immediate arrest by police.
Ecuador accused Britain of planning to storm the embassy and demanded it withdraw the threat.
Britain said it had not meant to threaten Ecuador, a plea that fell on deaf ears, prompting it to send Ecuador a formal communication on Thursday confirming that the embassy was safe.
The communication was copied to diplomats at a meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington on Friday which discussed the spat.
A British diplomat attending the meeting invited Ecuador to resume "constructive discussions" on Assange, the Foreign Office said. "We believe that our two countries should be able to find a diplomatic solution," the unnamed diplomat added, according to a transcript issued by the Foreign Office.
Britain says it is determined to fulfil a legal obligation to send Assange to Sweden.
Correa responded to the British diplomatic approach by saying in a weekly media address on Saturday: "We consider this unfortunate incident over, after a grave diplomatic error by the British in which they said they would enter our embassy."
The OAS had condemned the British threat, and South American foreign ministers backed Correa's position that Britain's warning was unacceptable and could set a dangerous precedent.
Correa says he shares Assange's fears that if handed over to Sweden, he might be extradited to the United States to face charges over WikiLeaks' 2010 publication of secret U.S. cables.
U.S. and European government sources say the United States has issued no criminal charges against the WikiLeaks founder and has made no attempt to extradite him.
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Intel prices up updated Core 2 Duos, Quads
Steering into the mainstream
Just how much is Intel planning to charge for its revamped Core 2 Duo desktop processors, due Q3? Not as much as you might expect, it would seem, if the latest information coming from motherboard-maker moles is to be believed.
We've reported before that Core 2 Duos supporting a frontside bus clock of 1333MHz are due to ship later this year. Models on the roadmap include the 3GHz Core 2 Duo E6850 and the 2.66GHz E6750. The previously listed E6650 appears to have been dropped in favour of the E6550, a 2.33GHz part that runs over the current peak FSB speed, 1066GHz.
New to the roadmap - as listed by Chinese-language site HKEPC - is the E6450, which is essentially the E6550 but lacking support for Intel's Trusted Exectution Technology, formerly known as 'La Grande' and a key component of the chip maker's vPro business computing platform.
The E6540's price isn't yet known, but the E6550 is said to be set to be priced at $163. The E6750 will apparently come in at $183 and the E6850 at $266. That compares to the current top-of-the-line Core 2 Duo E6700, priced now at $530, though it's expected to fall to $316 on 22 April.
Intel's current four-core desktop chip, the 2.4GHz Core 2 Quad Q6600 will have its price cut to $266 in Q3, after falling from $851 to $530 on 22 April, it's said. The 2.66GHz Q6700 - due to debut in Q3, according to past roadmap leaks - will initially ship for $530. These price points, and those of the dual-core E6x50s, are clearly intended to drive the multi-core parts into the mainstream during the latter half of the year.
Q3 is also expected to see the arrival of the 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo E4500 - another new roadmap edition - at $133. Q2's 2GHz E4400, which will also debut at $133, will see its price cut to $113 when the faster chip arrives.
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FEDERAL WAY, Wash. (AP) -- A Washington state man accused of making an email threat against President Barack Obama and brandishing a shotgun at officers who came to his door is scheduled to appear in federal court.
Secret Service spokesman Brian Leary says 31-year-old Anton Caluori was arrested Tuesday at an apartment in Federal Way for investigation of making threats against the president and assault on a federal officer.
U.S. attorney's spokeswoman Emily Langlie says the threat was sent to a general purpose FBI email address.
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As part of her "A Greener Southampton" initiative, Councilwoman Christine Scalera has incorporated a "Green Business Spotlight" into the program to highlight local businesses that are environmentally conscious. The first business honored by Councilwoman Scalera was a New World Home & New World Barn, and December's honoree is Corwith's Auto Body in Water Mill.
Corwith's Auto Body has been family owned and operated in the Town of Southampton since 1978. They built a new facility in 1991 and have worked to be as environmentally conscientious as possible.
"In addition to all existing regulations affecting the auto body industry, we have taken proactive measures to recycle and be energy efficient," said owner Charlie Corwith, "This includes adding specialized cardboard and metal dumpsters to our regular carting services, sending automotive fluids to a recycler and doing in-house recycling of paint thinner products." Corwith added that virtually all the automotive parts that Corwith's uses comes wrapped in cardboard, so there is a significant benefit to using a specialized cardboard recycling dumpster.
Furthermore, they have taken advantage of a past LIPA incentive upgrading interior lights with energy efficient lighting, and replaced their exterior lights with energy-efficient LED units. They have also recently updated one of their key mechanical components, an air compressor, with a more energy-efficient rotary screw unit.
"I am extremely proud of this program and that we are able to showcase our local businesses and their efforts to go green," said Councilwoman Scalera, "Corwiths Auto Body is an excellent example of a business that goes above and beyond what they are required to do in the auto industry in an effort to protect the environment."
For more information on "A Greener Southampton – Green Business Spotlight" or to submit your business for consideration email firstname.lastname@example.com and for more information on Corwith's Auto Body please visit http://www.corwiths.com
Businesses that would like to be considered need to demonstrate at least one of the following criteria:
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2 - Waste Reduction/Recycling
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4 - Pollution Prevention
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*** Examples of this would be offering reusable bags, energy efficient lighting, installing bike racks so employees and customers can ride a bicycle rather than driving, etc:
The selection committee will choose a business for the "A Greener Southampton - Green Business Spotlight" on a quarterly basis to start and the selected business will be featured on the "A Greener Southampton" website, the Hamptons Visitors Council website and featured in the local press. For more information on "A Greener Southampton - Green Business Spotlight" or to submit your business for consideration please email Green Business or contact Councilwoman Scalera at 631-287-5745.


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Gorgeous Gray Napa Valley Kitchen
Stainless-steel appliances inspire a sophisticated palette in a California showhouse
Here in the heart of California wine country, designing kitchens for entertaining and enjoying fine wines is a given. "Everyone here collects wines. That's why we live here," says Napa designer Christine Teicheira.
Wine certainly played a starring role as Teicheira and fellow designer Lauren Tapper fashioned an elegant kitchen in a bungalow on the estate of the Charles Krug Winery, owned and operated by the Peter Mondavi family. The century-old residence was updated and redesigned as the 2013 Traditional Home Napa Valley Showhouse.
The charming one-story cottage has been home to Mondavi families since the 1940s, when Peter Jr.'s grandfather, Cesare Mondavi, purchased the Charles Krug Winery. Peter Jr. and his wife, Katie, lived there for about 10 years in the 1990s. The home now serves as an entertaining venue, so the kitchen needed to be "functional and spacious," Peter says. "We wanted a social gathering space as well as a kitchen."
Working within a tight time frame (the showhouse was due to open for tours in just weeks), the designers got creative fast. "There wasn't time to tear out walls and replace cabinets, so we painted and reworked the existing cabinets," Teicheira says.
Upper cabinets on the cooking wall were removed, which made the room feel more spacious. Base cabinets on that wall were rebuilt so that a new 36-inch-wide gas cooktop could be centered, creating needed work space on either side.
New stainless-steel refrigeration units, including a 42-inch-wide refrigerator, an undercounter wine refrigerator, and a wine station boosted the kitchen's functionality. As operators of Napa Valley's oldest winery, the Mondavis were particularly delighted with the wine station, a built-in system that preserves and dispenses wines.
Teicheira took cues from the stainless-steel finishes and had the cabinets painted a deep blue-gray, currently one of the hottest colors for kitchens. "I wanted all the appliances to blend into the cabinetry," Teicheira says, creating a serene and uniform backdrop. Glass knobs add a bit of glitter.
"We're seeing a lot more gray cabinets, and people are mixing gray with brown surfaces," says the designer. The secret to pulling off a gray kitchen is having plenty of natural light, she adds.
Peter and Katie were active in choosing appliances and materials, even conducting their own wine-spilling tests on several countertop surfaces to choose the most stain-resistant one. "There will be a lot of cooking in that kitchen, and the countertops have to stand up to acidic foods and especially wine," Peter says.
The winner was a brown granite with a slightly textured finish that maintains its good looks no matter what's spilled. "The leather finish has a deeper polish than honed surfaces, and it gives the countertops a soft, velvety touch," Teicheira explains.
One of the kitchen's glamour statements is a chevron-patterned tile backsplash made with polished white marble and narrow mirrored strips behind the cooktop. A similar but different-sized chevron tile design highlights the 8-inch-high sink wall backsplash.
Textured white woven shades on the windows softly filter light and complement the white-painted window trim and marble tiles. The crowning touch is a petite crystal chandelier. "It adds some glam," Teicheira says.
Photography: John Merkl
Produced by Jenny Bradley
Interior Design: Christine Teicheira, NV Design, 1506 Main St., Napa, CA 94559; 707/251-5598, nvdesign.com, and Lauren Tapper, Lauren Pique Designs, Sonoma, CA 95476; 951/532-5283.
Gray Kitchen
After its whirlwind face-lift, the kitchen now is the toast of the winery and a cozy entertaining hub.
Cabinetry; flooring: existing.
Wall and cabinetry paint ("Chelsea Gray" #HC-168); ceiling paint ("Super White"): Benjamin Moore, benjaminmoore.com.
Cabinetry hardware ("Clear Crackled Glass Knobs" #444869); rug runner ("Floral Medallion Flat-Woven Floor Runner" #473552): World Market, worldmarket.com.
Countertop ("Brown Antique" slab granite/velvet finish #GR1242-SL54V0); backsplash ("Captivate Border" #MB1203-CABDP0 with "Dark Olive Narrow Liner" #MB1470-NL12H0): AKDO, akdo.com.
Sink ("Stages"/Stainless Steel, 45-inches, #K-3761-NA); faucet ("HiRise" 2-hole deck mount bridge kitchen faucet #K-7337-4-S); side spray ("HiRise" independent side spray with valve #K-7344-4-S); soap dispenser ("HiRise" stainless soap dispenser" #K-7346-S): Kohler, kohler.com.
Dishwasher ("Renaissance" 24-inch, #RDW24S): Dacor, dacor.com.
Shades ("Alustra Woven Textures Roman Shades" in "Origins"/Cottonwood #RLWT with UltraGlide retractable cord lifting system): Hunter Douglas, hunterdouglas.com.
Flowers ("Potted Agapanthus" #207919622): Z Gallerie, zgallerie.com.
Woven Shades, Sink Zone
- The delicate weave of the white "Alustra Woven Textures" Roman shades from Hunter Douglas filters sunlight without darkening interiors. The UltraGlide operating system has a retractable cord mechanism to adjust shade height. That keeps dangling cords out of sight, which is more attractive and safer for children and pets.
- Kohler's "HiRise" faucet makes filling and cleaning big pots easy, and the faucet's bridge design is a nod to the history and heritage of the 1940s cottage. The side spray has an independent handle valve so it operates like a mini pullout faucet. A wood cutting board fits over the extra-deep "Stages" stainless-steel sink, simplifying food prep.
Paint Power, Wine Keepers
- Why gut a kitchen when paint can do the trick? This kitchen's layout was efficient and the existing cabinets well built, so the designers gave the room a face-lift, painting the walls and the previously cream-colored cabinets with Benjamin Moore's "Chelsea Gray," a warm blue-gray hue that complements the stainless-steel appliances.
- The Napa Valley house is on the estate of a winery so, of course, the kitchen caters to wine lovers. An undercounter wine cooler keeps wine handy with five pullout racks that store 53-plus bottles. Temperature in the unit is adjustable. Above the cooler is the WineStation, also from Dacor, which preserves and dispenses wine from open bottles.
Wall ovens ("Classic 27-inch Epicure Double Wall Oven" EORD227SCH); warming drawer ("Renaissance 27-inch Epicure Warming Drawer" #EWD27SCH): Dacor, dacor.com.
Refrigerator ("Discovery Integrated Built-In Refrigerator," 42-inch #DYF42NDI); refrigerator handle ("Epicure"/Chrome #AFEB142H2CH); wine station ("Discovery WineStation" #DYWS4); wine cooler ("Epicure 24-inch Undercounter WineSteward" #EF24RWCZ1SS): Dacor, dacor.com.
Wineglasses (by Schott Zwiesel): available from Sur La Table, surlatable.com.
Baskets above refrigerator: vintage wine boxes.
Sip & Save
The Discovery WineStation uses argon gas to preserve open bottles of wine for up to 60 days without loss of flavor or aroma, allowing you to sample and save wines at your leisure. The stainless-steel temperature-controlled unit holds up to four bottles in regular and magnum sizes. Spouts dispense the wines in controllable portions (adjustable up to 8 ounces) while keeping them safe from oxidation. Lighted displays provide information such as the wine type, year, and variety. The unit requires no plumbing, which makes installation easy.
Discovery WineStation: Price: $6,090, Dacor, dacor.com.
Tile & Stone, Appliances
- A chevron-patterned mosaic made with AKDO's Calacatta white marble and narrow mirrored tiles creates a stunning backsplash behind the cooktop. A variation on the chevron pattern is repeated on the narrow backsplash strip along the sink wall. The countertops are brown granite with a must-touch "velvet finish."
- Stainless-steel Dacor appliances update the kitchen's efficiency and make entertaining here a pleasure—thanks to a 42-inch built-in refrigerator/freezer, a six-burner gas cooktop with a quiet remote blower, double wall ovens, and a warming drawer. An integrated dishwasher quietly and efficiently handles cleanup.
Cooktop ("Discovery 36-inch Gas Rangetop" #EG366SCH); hood ("Renaissance Integrated Hood Liner" #IHL42, "Renaissance Remote Blower" #REMP16, "Renaissance" power pack for blower #IVSR2): Dacor, dacor.com.
Backsplash ("Captivate Mosaic" #MB1203-CAPTP0 with "Calacatta Narrow Liner" #MB1203-NL12P0); countertop ("Brown Antique" slab granite/velvet finish #GR1242-SL54V0): AKDO, akdo.com.
A dining peninsula that extends from the cooktop bisects the kitchen and offers a sunny sitting spot in the middle of the action. A cut-glass crystal "Camille" chandelier from Ballard Designs illuminates the area with a dash of glam.
The neutral palette is enlivened with richly colored tableware: gold-fluted chargers, "Avani" floral placemats and napkins, and hammered flatware. Barstools and other accessories also from World Market.
Fine Finish
Wood floors were refinished and trim painted a crisp white. The white swinging door opens to the dining room.
Countertop ("Brown Antique" slab granite/velvet finish): AKDO, akdo.com.
Hanging light ("Camille Chandelier" #LC659): Ballard Designs, ballarddesigns.com.
Counter stools ("Chase Stool with Removable Back" #467601); floral placemat and napkin ("Avani"); napkin rings ("Shiny Brass Scroll Napkin Rings" #346040); charger ("Gold Fluted Chargers" #433761); flatware (hammered silver collection); jug holding flowers (discontinued): World Market, worldmarket.com.
Dinnerware ("White Alabaster Dinnerware"): Pier 1, pier1.com.
Wine Reserve Area
Wine and a decanter sit atop the wine reserve from Perlick, ready for company at a moment's notice.
Wine reserve ("24-inch Signature Series Wine Reserve," Stainless Steel, glass door, hinged right #HP24WS-3R): Perlick, perlick.com.
Decanter ("Thumb Decanter" #409498); tray (pewter and mercury glass square tray, discontinued): World Market, worldmarket.com.
Lamp; mirrors: designer's collection.


text: Sony has abandoned its attempts to find a new home for comedy Happy Endings. The low rated series was canceled by ABC after a season in which it aired on three different days (Tuesday, Sunday and Friday.) Sony hoped that like Cougar Town, the show would find a home on cable. Unfortunately, USA and several other channels passed. TVLine reports tha, with the cast's contract due to expire this weekend, t the studio that has eked out renewals for so many marginally rated shows has officially given up on Happy Endings.


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Toby's Dinner Theatre of Columbia is offering what has become a seasonal favorite — Irving Berlin's "White Christmas, The Musical" in evening and matinee performances through Jan. 8.
Not just another holiday show, "White Christmas, The Musical" is also a celebration of the American popular song as defined by its prolific composer Irving Berlin. The show gives us with such favorites as "Blue Skies," "I Love a Piano," and "How Deep is the Ocean," along with introducing lesser-known Berlin tunes.
Based on the 1954 film starring Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney and Danny Kaye, the stage musical originated in San Francisco in 2004 and has played limited runs on Broadway and in many U.S. and Canadian venues.
As in the movie, the plot centers on successful song-and-dance team Bob Wallace and Phil Davis, who served in World War II under tough Gen. Henry Waverly. Wallace and Davis learn that Waverly, now retired, has bought a Vermont inn that is attracting few guests — especially during a winter heat wave.
To attract visitors to the general's inn, Wallace and Davis decide to put on a show, and in the process get to know Betty and Judy Haynes, whom Waverly has hired to do their nightclub sister act at his inn.
Toby's bright production is co-directed by David James and Lawrence Munsey, who treat the script with warm nostalgia and deliver a series of fabulous musical numbers. These two terrific song-and-dance men also bring their bright talent to the starring roles of Bob Wallace (Munsey) and Phil Davis (James).
Munsey plays well off James' portrayal of Phil Davis and also creates distinctive chemistry with Janine Gulisano-Sunday's Betty Haynes that qualifies him as a romantic leading man who touches hearts with his soulful "How Deep is the Ocean" to create a major musical highlight of the evening.
As Phil Davis, James is equally strong and characteristically making his every skilled dance move look easy with added pizazz in his heartfelt delivery of treasured favorites like "White Christmas" and "I Love a Piano" that prove why James has twice won the Helen Hayes Award.
Choreographer Paula Lynn creates a succession of fabulous dances — some exciting, energetic tap dancing numbers reminiscent of 1930s and 1940s Hollywood musicals, others evoking the romance of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
Adding to this production's overall glamour are the fabulous costumes designed by triply talented Munsey.
Alternating keyboardists Pamela Wilt and Reenie Codelka lead their musicians in every great tune.
Leading lady and four-time Helen Hayes Award nominee Gulisano-Sunday reprises her role as Betty Haynes, bringing special glow to her warm delivery of "Count Your Blessings." She later adds a torch-song poignancy to "Love, You Didn't Do Me Right" in her major number. Gulisano-Sunday's Betty has substantial rapport with Munsey's Bob, although she is overqualified to play the tired routine of the on-and-off-again relationship with Bob.
Also reprising her role as Judy Haynes is Julia Lancione, who adds stylish charm to the Betty and Judy "Sisters" duet and later adds sharp zesty humor to "Falling Out of Love Can Be Fun" trio with Betty and Martha. In addition to her heartfelt singing, Lancione delivers some nifty dance moves and creates notable rapport with stage partner James.
Jane Boyle is a comic standout in the supporting role of Martha Watson, the busybody manager of General Waverly's inn, and she also proves she can belt out a tune with Ethel Merman-style brass in "Let Me Sing and I'm Happy" that brought loud and sustained audience applause.
Samn Huffer reprises his role as Waverly, creating a tough officer who in a grateful speech expresses his admiration for his troops and a tender spot for his granddaughter Susan.
Granddaughter Susan Waverly is played alternately by Kaila Friedman and Jacqueline Kempa.
All the supporting players in this production's large 30-member cast contribute to the overall magic. And special kudos to the 10-member dance ensemble who rate top marks for their amazing, energetic dancing and well-attuned choral harmonies.
Theater owner and artistic director Toby Orenstein offers us more than a holiday gift with Irving Berlin's "White Christmas," which celebrates America's most prolific songwriter.
When asked about Berlin's place in American music, composer Jerome Kern famously replied, "Irving Berlin has no place in American music — he IS American music."
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To learn about IMD, visit the website. You should download three PDFs from the website: "MBA Program Brochure," "MBA Class Profiles," and "Class and Placement Overview." I will refer to these below. In addition, if possible, I suggest either attending an information session or visiting. Getting an alumni perspective would also be particularly helpful. Review the website completely and by all means read the MBA Diary to get IMD students' perspectives. Japanese applicants should also look at IMD Japan Club 2012. To learn about IMD faculty perspectives, please visit Tomorrrow's Challenges.
7/6/09 UPDATE: I also suggest reading my Q&A with a former client who is a member of the Class of 2009. I think this interview will provide you with some key insights into IMD.
IMD's small size sets it apart from other top programs, as its brochure states: "90 Exceptional People Who Will Shape The Future of Business." While it is not easy to get into IMD, it has an acceptance rate of 28%, it has an 86% yield, one of the highest yields worldwide. (If you get into IMD, chances are quite high that you will go there.)
When you think about IMD, two keywords to focus on are "international" and "leadership." Based on my experience working with clients admitted there for the Class of 2011 (See here for a testimonial), Class of 2010 (See here for my client's testimonial), and Class of 2009 (See here for my client's testimonial), I can say that IMD is looking for those individuals who both already have and aspire to increased capacity in both being international and being leaders.
Like its bigger rival INSEAD, IMD is truly an international program with a very diverse student body and faculty. You can actually view all of the Class of 2009 as well as read a statistical summary of their backgrounds on PDFs found on the IMD site. Doing so will certainly help you understand that IMD students are incredibly diverse and multilingual.
The IMD program is focused on making leaders, not managers. It also is not designed for those who want to develop expertise in a business subfield. IMD makes the program's focus very clear on page 2 of the PDF version of their brochure:
Top executives of leading multinational companies tell us clearly: they need leaders, not managers. Leaders with the insight and ability to address issues and problems that are more complex and changing more quickly than ever before. Leaders who are confident, creating their own solutions to these emerging issues with integrity and high ethics. Leaders who understand themselves and how they interact with others. Leaders who understand the needs of their organizations and their business environments. Leaders who can drive change through innovation. Leaders who can move their businesses forward. The single aim of the IMD MBA program is to develop these leaders.
If you are not looking for an education focused on leadership, do not apply to IMD, but if you are, IMD offers a very intensive one-year leadership education:
The program starts with a foundation in the core business courses, e.g. accounting, finance, marketing and operations. This helps you to understand all of the functional areas of the organization and how they work together. It continues with real-world projects and additional courses that allow you to apply what you have learned in the classroom to real leadership situations
A review of the program structure makes it perfectly clear that it is not a degree for those wanting expertise in a particular business subfield (e.g. finance or marketing) because there is actually only one three-week period of study available for electives.
Considering the above, I will analyze IMD's 12 "essay questions." I have taken the questions from the online application. While there are 10 questions that are called "Essays" in the application, there are actually 12 such questions. I think IMD's "essay" designation is incredibly confusing for no particular reason. As you will see the first two questions below are clearly essays, whereas some of IMD's "essays" are more administrative questions.
Position sought after graduation
Please give us your short term career goal post MBA (up to 5 years). Describe how the IMD MBA will help you achieve this goal and how you will approach your job search. 2000 Characters Maximum.
Curiously, the standard why MBA /Short term goal only is not called an essay, yet clearly it is. It is also the single longest essay in the entire set of IMD questions. THIS QUESTION DOES NOT FOCUS ON YOUR LONG TERM GOALS. It is about a post-MBA plan and how IMD will help you carry out that plan. The focus should be on your plans and not your motivation for those plans. Certainly mention the motivation, but conceptualize this as a very practical question regarding your 5-year plan post-IMD and how IMD figures into that plan. Don't forget to answer "how you will approach your job search?" because this is an important part of your plan. IMD is looking for applicants who can take charge of their own careers and drive them, not people who expect a career services office to simply take care of them. Explain what resources you can leverage to launch your post-IMD career.
">If you are having trouble formulating your plan, you might want to go through a formal analysis of why you need an MBA.
You can use my GAP, SWOT, AND ROI TABLE FOR FORMULATING GRADUATE DEGREE GOALS for this purpose (see below). I think Gap, SWOT, and ROI analysis are great ways for understanding what your goals are, why you want a degree, and how you will use it. (Click here for the Businessweek MBA ROI calculator. Click here for a GMAC report on MBA ROI. )
(To best view the following table, click on it. For a word version, please email me at email@example.com)
How to use this table:
Step 1. Begin by analyzing your "Present Situation." What job(s) have you held? What was/is your functional role(s)? What was/are your responsibilities?
Next, analyze your present strengths and weaknesses for succeeding in your present career. REMEMBER:WHEN YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT YOUR STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESS DON'T ONLY THINK ABOUT WORK, THINK ABOUT OTHER ASPECTS OF YOUR LIFE. In particular, some of your greatest strengths may have been demonstrated outside of work, so make sure you are accounting for them.
Strengths: What are you good at? Where do you add value? What are you praised for? What are you proud of?
Weakness: What are you bad at? What are you criticized for? What do you try to avoid due to your own limitations? What do you fear?
Next, analyze the environment you work in right now. What opportunities exist for your growth and success? What threats could limit your career growth?
Step 2. Now, do the same thing in Step 1 for your "Post-Degree" future after you have earned your MBA. IF YOU CANNOT COMPLETE STEP 2, YOU HAVE NOT SUFFICIENTLY PLANNED FOR YOUR FUTURE and therefore you need to do more research and need to think more about it.
Step 3. If you could complete step 2, than you should see the "Gap" between your present and your future. What skills, knowledge, and other resources do you need to close the gap between your present and future responsibilities, strengths, and opportunities?
Step 4. After completing Step 3, you need to determine how an MBA will add value to you. It is possible that an increased salary as a result of job change will be sufficient "ROI" for the degree to justify itself, but you should show how a degree will allow you to reach your career goals. How will the degree enhance your skills and opportunities and help you overcome your weaknesses and external threats? If you can complete Step 4 than you should be ready to explain what your goals are, why you want a degree, and the relationship between your past and future career, as well as your strengths and weaknesses.
The above table will also help you answer such common interview questions as: Where do you want to work after you finish your degree? Why do you want an MBA (or other degree)? What are you strengths? What are your weaknesses? What are your goals? Thinking about these issues now will help you to develop a fully worked-out strategy for how you will best present yourself both in the application and in an interview.
After going through this formal process, review what you know about IMD again. In your answer to the question, please focus on showing how IMD will help make your post-MBA future objectives a reality. BOTTOM LINE: Conceptualize this as a business plan with IMD as a partner who will help enable that plan.
Most important achievement
What do you consider to be your single most important achievement and why? 1230 Characters Maximum
This question is not called an essay either, but it is. Clearly you need to write on something different from the two topics you cover in Essay 1. See my analysis of HBS Essay 1 as it applies to this question and also to Essay 1. My analysis of HBS will also help you choose and differentiate between the topics in the this essay and in Essay 1.
The 10 Essays
Each essay answer is quite short, just a maximum of 1230 characters with spaces for each required answer. Essay 1 requires two separate answers. Each answer would be a maximum of about 200-300 words each.
Essay 1: Two situations of importance to you
Situation 1
Situation 2
You have 1230 characters for each Situation. On the online application they are treated as separate answers, so I suggest you treat them as separate essays.
I don't necessarily suggest answering this question first due to its open-ended nature. Instead, first determine what topics you will write about for Essays 2 through 5. Essay 1 is what I call a "balance question" because you can use it to make sure that you are emphasizing all of your most compelling personality characteristics, background, and strengths in your application. Given the limited space in Essay 4 to write about strengths, I think it is fine if you briefly mention a strength in Essay 4 that is substantially proven by one of the situations you write about in Essay 1.
While situations of importance to you may not be accomplishments, many applicants will use this essay for that purpose. If you write about accomplishments, please see my analysis of HBS Essay 1 as it would apply here. I think most applicants will consider it to their advantage to have at least one of these situations be an accomplishment. Of course, you will have already written about your "single most important achievement."
Essay 2: Failure to reach objective
Please comment on a situation where you failed to reach an objective and what you learned from it.
INSEAD asks almost the same question, so if you are applying to both, excepting for possible differences in word count, you could use the same topic.
This is a fairly standard failure question. That said, I think it is important to remember that the objective you fail to reach might very well be your own personal objective and not one imposed on you. You might very well succeed from the perspective of others, but fail from your own perspective.
It is critical that you learned something meaningful about yourself. And your learning about yourself should be important, otherwise why tell admissions about it? Therefore the key constraint of this question is that whatever the failure is, you have learned something important from it. While not stated, you may very well find that one way of showing what you learned is to discuss how you applied your lesson to a new situation.
I would, in fact, argue that the heart of any sort of "failure question," whether it is an essay question or an interview is what you learned. Also depending on what your role was, how you reacted is also very important.
The basic components of an answer:
1. Clearly state what the objective was.
2. Clearly state your role.
3. Clearly state your failure.
4. Explain what you learned.
The word count is limited, but, if you can, show how you applied what you learned to a new situation because the application of abstract learning to a new situation is a key indicator of real learning.
Essay 3: Leadership
Describe a situation where you had to demonstrate strong leadership skills. Explain how effective you were and what you learned.
Obviously, given the centrality of leadership to IMD, use your best (or one of your best) leadership story here. This should be a story where you demonstrate your strengths as leader, have a concrete result, and are able to provide IMD with an interpretation of your actions.
I have developed the following grid to help you outline leadership stories. The categories this grid employs may go beyond any particular school's essay requirements. Filling it out completely will help you write about your leadership in a way that will convince admissions of your leadership potential.
CLICK TO ENLARGE. EMAIL me at firstname.lastname@example.com if you want the original excel version.
How to use the grid:
1. Decide on a specific story.
2. Identify the most significant things you did in the situation, these are you action steps.
3. For each action step identify:
- What skills or qualities you demonstrated to complete this step.
- The strengths you demonstrated to complete this step.
- The kind of leadership you demonstrated.
- What you still need to learn about leadership.
5. After completing the chart you will see that some aspects of your action steps may be repeated. If there is a total duplication and nothing new is shown, either you need to redefine the action step or you may decide not to focus on it very much.
6. Once you think you have two to four fully worked-out action steps, start writing your essay.
7. Next, start re-writing. Eliminate duplicate points made between action steps. Make choices about what parts of each action to step to highlight. Given that there are usually word limits, you will have to make some decisions about what to include.
Simply providing a description of your actions, is not enough. Think about what it signifies about you. Think about what your actions reveals about your leadership potential. State what you learned.
Finally, thinking and writing about leadership is an important part of preparing for interviews because you can be certain that you will have to talk about leadership. So you might find that the parts of the outline you jettison now will become valuable when you will want to have alternative stories for your IMD interview.
Essay 4: Describe yourself
How do you imagine your superior would describe your strengths and weaknesses to someone who does not know you?
With a question like this I think it is important to understand that you are actually being asked to think about your strengths and weaknesses more objectively than you might otherwise. In particular, you need to judge yourself from the viewpoint of a hypothetical supervisor who is describing you to someone who does not know you.
My suggestion is to think about what your supervisors in the past have mentioned to you as both your strengths and weaknesses. Don't feel obligated to focus on that exclusively, but just make sure that your strengths and weaknesses are ones that your superior could recognize.
Obviously the strengths and weaknesses under consideration are mostly, though not necessarily exclusively, of a professional nature. Given the word count, I suggest focusing on no more than about two strengths and two weaknesses. I would try to give fairly equal consideration to both weaknesses and strengths.
I find that many applicants resist writing about their own weaknesses. Yet, to do so reveals self-awareness and maturity. While I think it is necessary to practice good judgment when writing about weakness, I think it is also important that you provide something beyond the routine.
One standard defensive strategy that many applicants seem drawn to is to write about knowledge areas where they are weak. While this can be OK in some cases, it tends to lack any real depth. One thing to avoid is to discuss a skill that you need for the future, but don't need now as a weakness. It is not a weakness because up till now you have not needed it.
Strengths are easier to write about, but do keep in mind that you want to be specific about them. Given the limited space here, you might find it helpful to write about a topic here that is discussed in greater detail in another essay.
Some questions to ask yourself:
1. Does the strength demonstrate one's potential for future academic and/or professional success? If so, it is a probably a good topic. If not, why does IMD need to know about it?
2. Is a weakness fixable? If you are writing about a weakness that cannot be improved upon through your program at IMD, why do they need to know about it?
3. If your strength or weakness is not related to leadership, why does IMD need to know about it?
Essay 5: International Exposure
Describe a situation where you successfully worked across cultures and/or nations.
A new question for 2010!
What this is not: It is not a culture shock question, so chances are if you were thinking you could use your INSEAD culture shock essay here, you probably can't. If you have absolutely no international experience, it will be impossible to answer this question. However, most everyone has international experience and it need not be outside of your home country: It just needs to involve dealing with a different nation or culture. The point is that it has to be an accomplishment story involving an international component. For many applicants to IMD, this will be easy because a significant percentage of their work will be international. Working across cultures or nations, may mean something professional, but if you don't have such a story, think of a successful experience you had that involved more than one culture or nation. For some applicants this essay will be about a major accomplishment, but for others it will simply be about being effective in an international setting.
Essay 6: Differentiators
IMD receives numerous applications per year. Give us four bullet points that clearly differentiate you from this applicant pool.1230 Characters Maximum
In a Class of 90, there is no room for letting in someone who can't function well and does not have something distinct to contribute. I like this question because it forces applicants to really think about their core selling points. Clearly, there will be significant overlap with other essays. Think of this as more than an executive summary because really it is a your "elevator pitch" to IMD. What are the key statements that IMD really needs to know about you that will make them want to invite you for their interview?
Essay 7: Alternatives
If you are not admitted, what alternatives will you consider?
This question is designed to test both your real motivations and your ability to develop a plan for meeting your own professional objectives. Therefore I think it is important to consider it in relation to your answer to"Position sought after graduation" above. How will you still work towards your five-year plan without an IMD MBA?
While a successful answer to this question can certainly include the fact that you have already been admitted elsewhere, that would not be a sufficient answer. You would also want to explain why IMD would be a better choice for you than that other school.
Some think about stating they would reapply. If you are not company-sponsored, that certainly is an option. If you are, it is probably not.That said, simply stating that you would reapply is not enough, instead you need to think about how you will move forward to accomplish what you would have tried to accomplish at IMD.
Essay 8: Finance
Please explain how you intend to finance your studies at IMD. What would be your budget?
This should be treated as more of an administrate rather than an evaluative topic. You just need to state your plan for financing your education. Stick to the facts and make sure what you write is easy to understand and will in no way be a source of concern to the admissions committee.
Essay 9: Disability / illness
Do you have a disability or illness that could affect your performance at IMD? If so, please explain.
If you have no disability or illness of significance, you need not answer this one. In that case, just write "Not Applicable" or words to that effect. If you do have a disability or illness, then I suggest taking the time to contact IMD first, so you can get a better idea about how to best answer this question. If some sort of special arrangement would be necessary for you, please contact IMD to make sure that they can provide it.
Essay 10: Additional Information Optional question: Is there any additional information that is critical for the Admissions Committee to know which has not been covered elsewhere in this application?
While I suppose it is possible to answer this question with "No," in most cases I would not recommend doing so.
For some applicants who have to discuss something negative such as a low GPA, the topic for this essay will be clear enough. Just make sure your answer is a clear and believable explanation and not an excuse.
For those who have nothing negative to write about, think about one or two topics that you believe would help admissions to understand you and support your admission. Be careful that you do not pick a trivial topic.
There is no MBA interview that compares to the day of trial that IMD puts potential applicants through. Reading a report of an IMD interview makes me feel exhausted. The particular style of group and individual interviewing and observation they do, is truly impressive and totally necessary given their class size and reputation. The IMD interview eliminates those who will not be able to survive in a very intense program. From what I can gather, IMD appears to interview a very large percentage of those who apply and dings a large percentage of those it interviews. Given the unique nature of the program (Super small size, total focus on leadership, and location), I think it is likely that IMD is getting an extremely high percentage of qualified applicants.
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Université du Québec
Montréal, Québec, Canada
Requirements: Students must be a citizen of the country of the home institution and have a good to excellent academic record there. Also, students are expected to have a solid hold on French, unless they are following a program of studies in the language.
Financial Responsibilities: Students are responsible for transportation costs to and from the host institution, incidentals (such as materials for class, books, etc.), health insurance at the host institution, room and board, and any extra expenses. Tuition is paid to the home institution and scholarships for tuition still apply.
Room and Board: Established in the late 1960s and early 1970s, UQ is an expansive university system with ten different campuses available on which to study. The campus population ranges from 42,000 students at UQ at Montréal (UQAM) to 3,000 at Rouyn-Noranda. Some of these campuses provide on-campus housing, and all have off-campus housing available nearby. The campuses provide cafeterias for student's use. Most students opt to attend the campus as Trois-Rivieres.
Classes: The Université du Québec offers over 500 undergraduate and graduate programs, including arts, education, language, literature and communications, science, management, social sciences, and humanities, to name a few. UQAM is on a semester schedule.
About Montréal: The average temperature for Montréal from October to January is between 55°F and 5°F, which is about the same as Ohio's. Canada is considered one of the safest countries to live in, with an excellent public transportation system in the more populated areas. The country offers hundreds of national parks and opportunities for outdoor activities abound. The campus of UQAM is in the heart of the Latin Quarter of Montréal, which means international students get the dual advantage of studying with natural French speakers and absorbing some of Montréal's most vibrant cultural atmosphere. Canada is bilingual, with each province choosing its official language. The official language of the province of Québec is French. Canada has its own currency and the exchange rate is usually in favor of the United States dollar. American citizens enter the country with a passport, but students staying longer than 180 days need a student visa.
Visit the official Université du Québec website at http://www.uquebec.ca. For more information regarding the Trois-Rivieres campus, visit their website at http://www.uqtr.ca/informationgenerale/english.shtml.


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RACOONCTL(8) BSD System Manager's Manual RACOONCTL(8)
racoonctl -- racoon administrative control tool
racoonctl reload-config
racoonctl show-schedule
racoonctl [-l [-l]] show-sa [isakmp|esp|ah|ipsec]
racoonctl flush-sa [isakmp|esp|ah|ipsec]
racoonctl delete-sa saopts
racoonctl establish-sa [-u identity] saopts
racoonctl vpn-connect [-u -identity] vpn_gateway
racoonctl vpn-disconnect vpn_gateway
racoonctl show-event [-l]
racoonctl logout-user login
racoonctl is used to control racoon(8) operation, if ipsec-tools was configured with adminport support. Communication between racoonctl and
racoon(8) is done through a UNIX socket. By changing the default mode and ownership of the socket, you can allow non-root users to alter
racoon(8) behavior, so do that with caution.
The following commands are available:
This should cause racoon(8) to reload its configuration file.
Unknown command.
show-sa [isakmp|esp|ah|ipsec]
Dump the SA: All the SAs if no SA class is provided, or either ISAKMP SAs, IPsec ESP SAs, IPsec AH SAs, or all IPsec SAs. Use -l to
increase verbosity.
flush-sa [isakmp|esp|ah|ipsec]
is used to flush all SAs if no SA class is provided, or a class of SAs, either ISAKMP SAs, IPsec ESP SAs, IPsec AH SAs, or all IPsec
establish-sa [-u username] saopts
Establish an SA, either an ISAKMP SA, IPsec ESP SA, or IPsec AH SA. The optional -u username can be used when establishing an ISAKMP
SA while hybrid auth is in use. racoonctl will prompt you for the password associated with username and these credentials will be
used in the Xauth exchange.
saopts has the following format:
isakmp {inet|inet6} src dst
{esp|ah} {inet|inet6} src/prefixlen/port dst/prefixlen/port
vpn-connect [-u username] vpn_gateway
This is a particular case of the previous command. It will establish an ISAKMP SA with vpn_gateway.
delete-sa saopts
Delete an SA, either an ISAKMP SA, IPsec ESP SA, or IPsec AH SA.
vpn-disconnect vpn_gateway
This is a particular case of the previous command. It will kill all SAs associated with vpn_gateway.
show-event [-l]
Dump all events reported by racoon(8), then quit. The -l flag causes racoonctl to not stop once all the events have been read, but
rather to loop awaiting and reporting new events.
logout-user login
Delete all SA established on behalf of the Xauth user login.
Command shortcuts are available:
rc reload-config
ss show-sa
sc show-schedule
fs flush-sa
ds delete-sa
es establish-sa
vc vpn-connect
vd vpn-disconnect
se show-event
lu logout-user
The command should exit with 0 on success, and non-zero on errors.
/var/racoon/racoon.sock or
/var/run/racoon.sock racoon(8) control socket.
ipsec(4), racoon(8)
Once was kmpstat in the KAME project. It turned into racoonctl but remained undocumented for a while. Emmanuel Dreyfus <email@example.com>
wrote this man page.
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Every decade or two during the past one hundred years, a point of inflection has occurred in management thinking. These breakthroughs are akin to the S-curves of technology that characterize the life cycle of many industrial and consumer products: Introduction ? Acceleration ? Acceptance ? Maturity. Each big idea catches hold slowly. Yet, within a relatively short time, the new approach becomes so widely accepted that it is difficult even for old-timers to reconstruct how the world looked before.
The decade following World War II gave birth to the "strategic era." While the tenets of military strategy had been evolving for centuries, the link to commercial enterprise was tenuous. Before the late 1940s, most companies adhered to the tenet "make a little, sell a little, make a little more." After the war, faculty at the Harvard Business School (soon joined by swelling ranks of consultants) began to take the discipline of strategy seriously. By the late 1970s, the array of strategic concepts (SWOT analysis, the five forces framework, experience curves, strategic portfolios, the concept of competitive advantage) had become standard ordnance in the management arsenal. Today, a mere twenty years later, a grasp of these concepts is presumed as a threshold of management literacy. They have become so familiar that it is hard to imagine a world without them.
It is useful to step back and reflect on the scientific underpinnings to this legacy. Eric Beinhocker writes:
"The early micro-economists copied the mathematics of mid-nineteenth century physics equation by equation. ['Atoms'] became the individual, 'force' became the economists' notion of 'marginal utility' (or demand), 'kinetic energy' became total expenditure. All of this was synthesized into a coherent theory by Alfred Marshall — known as the theory of industrial organization."1
Marshall's work and its underpinnings in nineteenth century physics exert a huge influence on strategic thinking to this day. From our concept of strategy to our efforts at organizational renewal, the deep logic is based on assumptions of deterministic cause and effect (i.e., a billiard ball model of how competitors will respond to a strategic challenge or how employees will behave under a new incentive scheme). And all of this, consistent with Newton's initial conceptions, is assumed to take place in a world where time, space (i.e., a particular industry structure or definition of a market), and dynamic equilibrium are accepted as reasonable underpinnings for the formulation of executive action.


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CPJ's meeting in Mexico on Wednesday with President Felipe Calderón cannot be more timely. A joint delegation with the Inter American Press Association will discuss Mexico's fast-deteriorating press freedom climate.
Joel Simon, our executive director, wrote in the preface for CPJ's recent report on Mexico, "Silence or Death in Mexico's Press": "Plomo o plata. Lead or silver. It's a well-worn phrase in Mexico, one that's all too familiar to the country's journalists. It means, simply, we own you. Take our plata (slang for money) and publish what we tell you. Or we kill you."
And the killing is rampant. Journalists across Mexico continue to lose their lives in the line of work, caught between criminals, cartels, and corruption. The consequences are literally silencing the media, with murder and self-censorship shutting down reporting. More than 30 journalists have been murdered or have gone missing since December 2006. Something has to change.
With the IAPA, we have long advocated for federal intervention to address a problem that is preventing Mexican citizens, including journalists, from exercising their right to freedom of expression. CPJ's principles on federalization--first introduced to Calderón by a CPJ delegation in June 2008--are still on the table.
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ROCKFORD — The city has gotten an early bump in revenue from meters installed in four downtown parking decks.
The hourly parking income is part of an effort to make the city's parking system, which has lost money in each of the last 11 years, pay for itself.
The meters were first installed in May at the city's busiest deck, the Concourse Deck next to the BMO Harris Bank Center. Since the automatic meters replaced live attendants, monthly revenue jumped 40 percent, according to sales data provided by ABM Parking, the city's parking manger.
Over the past four months, meters were also added at the Wyman and State streets deck, the State and Main streets deck and at the Pioneer Deck next to the Coronado.
September marked the first month all four decks charged for hourly parking. The decks sold $12,038 in hourly parking passes in September, up from an average of $6,088 a month before the meters were installed.
Money gained will be used to help pay for needed repairs to the decks, said Tim Hanson, director of public works.
The city had to close two floors and cut off large portions of its parking spaces within the decks because of crumbling cement. Ultimately, city officials plan to build a new structure.
"We're going to be about $300,000 in the red this year," Hanson said. "Right now one of our busiest customers is Winnebago County. And we're going to be losing them next year, because they're building a new lot."
Since June, the city has charged for parking in the decks on weekends, but early data shows that drivers aren't buying it.
Of the $34,156 in hourly passes sold at the decks since June, just $208 has come on weekends.
On top of the new hourly parking revenue, aldermen will consider raising monthly parking permits from $43 to $50 a month. A final decision will be made early next year, when the City Council passes its annual budget.
The newly formed downtown parking committee, which consists of business owners, residents and city staff, is pushing the City Council to offer discounts for downtown employees.
Under the proposal, the employees would pay $20 a month to park in one of two downtown street lots.
Ald. Tom McNamara, D-3, who's ward covers downtown, thinks the city is wasting an opportunity to lure businesses with cheap parking by trying to get the parking system to pay for itself.
"We don't need it to pay for itself," McNamara said. "Look at places like the airport where it's an asset that people don't have to pay for parking. We should be doing everything we can to help businesses start and expand."
Greg Stanley: 815-987-1369; email@example.com; @greggstanley


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Opinion: To Breck council: 'Ask not what your town can do for you, but what you can do for your town.'
Breck council looks to benefit itself
What a disappointment to learn that the Breckenridge Town Council wants to give themselves taxpayer-paid health benefits. How self-serving can you get? Service on the town council has long been motivated by a desire to serve our community; it's largely a volunteer role. Apparently that tradition is now being corrupted by greedy members that want to extract something more for themselves. These part-time roles are already being paid generously with the added benefit of free access to town recreational facilities. Let's not go down the road where local officials take more and more while draining the public's money. Politicians tend to rationalize anything, but this type of self-dealing is unacceptable. If there are current council members that just can't seem to pay their bills and make ends meet, then ask them to resign so they can pursue a real job that does not require sucking on the wallets of tax payers. To all Breckenridge Town Council members: Ask not what your town can do for you, but what you can do for your town. Otherwise, go away.
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In conjunction with Rhizome's brand new curated page on Kickstarter, we are featuring select projects from the site on the blog. If you would like to let us know about your fund raising efforts on Kickstarter, shoot us an email at editor(at)rhizome.org
► Phonebook 3: directory of independent art projects & spaces
PHONEBOOK 3 is a directory of independent art spaces, programming, and projects throughout the United States and a collection of critical essays and practical information written by the people who run them. Previous issues of PHONEBOOK published in 2008 and 2009 focused mainly on alternative spaces. PHONEBOOK 3 will expand to include public programming, unconventional residencies, alternative schools, and community resources; all of the projects that form and support art ecologies across the nation, as well as historical documents marking their past.
The directory organizes art spaces into four categories depending upon the primary tools they provided to artists and their community including SPACE to show art, TIME to present performances, a PLACE for artists to stay and make work, and RESOURCES in the form of physical materials or research archives. Each section of the book includes commissioned essays by creative arts administrators and organizers providing individualized accounts of innovative and relevant strategies to keeping projects afloat. These essays will focus on art spaces that have made the transition from small and temporary to large and permanent while maintaining the values and principles they began with. Also included will be short essays interspersed throughout, describing practical bits of skill-sharing and personal reflections as well as historical documents from art spaces and residency programs that have shaped and expanded the definition and function of independent and alternative art spaces in the United States over the last 100 years.
► Beyond Digital: Morocco - what if the DJ were the NGO?
Beyond Digital: Morocco is a research and production project consisting of video documentation, digital media workshops, and public performances managed by artists DJ Rupture (Jace Clayton), Maga Bo, Photo Editor of The Fader magazine John Francis Peters, and Taliesin Gilkes-Bower on location for the month of June in Marrakesh, Morocco. The project focuses on how creative adaptations of global digital technologies in Morocco are helping to transform youth culture and suggesting powerful alternatives to Western concepts of digital literacy.
► Smarthistory — Art. History. Conversation.
Smarthistory.org is a Webby-award winning, free and open educational resource for the study of art history. Smarthistory was created by two art historians, Beth Harris and Steven Zucker, each with twenty years of teaching experience, who saw an opportunity to use conversation and the web to make art history accessible to their students. The Smarthistory website currently covers more than 300 works of art and is fast becoming a viable alternative to the commercial textbook.
n 2010, Smarthistory.org was visited more than half a million times by visitors from more than 150 countries. Nearly one hundred universities, libraries and museums now recommend Smarthistory and instructors are increasingly adopting it in place of the expensive survey textbook. Even if you're not a college student, Smarthistory is a great resource, and we want to keep it that way.
► The Hyrtl Simulacrum: Reconstructing a Past
Jeanne Kelly is creating reconstructions of several skulls from the Hyrtl exhibit, a collection of one hundred and thirty-eight human skulls on display in the main gallery at the Mütter Museum in Philadelphia. The skulls are from the later half of the nineteenth century and most originated from central and eastern Europe. Dr Hyrtl recorded the names, birthplaces, occupations and causes of death directly onto each skull. With this information, Kelly, a visual fine artist with a background in forensic art, will be using CT scans of the skulls, along with Photoshop, Maya and other computer graphic programs to complete both two and three dimensional reconstructions of eight individuals from the collection. She will create stereolithographic sculptures and a narrative for each character that will be told visually through miniature dioramas.
The Manual is a new, beautifully crafted journal that takes a fresh look, in print, at design on the web. Published three times a year—with the first due this summer—each issue will have six substantial, beautifully illustrated feature articles, along with several additional pages of rich material.
The articles focus on bringing a greater depth and maturity to our craft and profession, with contributions in the first issue from wonderfully talented artists and writers such as Simon Collison, Frank Chimero, Liz Danzico, Dan Rubin, Jon Tan, and the Web Standardistas.
► The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment
The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment (MADE) needs a space in the San Francisco Bay Area. All funds raised here will be used exclusively for the rent and utilities associated with a ~1000 sq ft space near BART for 6 months to a year, depending on the rent we find. Additional funds will keep the space open longer.
A space will enable us to showcase videogame artifacts and educate the public about the artistry, craftsmanship and inspiration that go into the creation of videogames and digital works of art.
This space will also act as meeting place and event venue for the local community. There are several ongoing game related community events in the Bay Area that need a reliable and free space to continue their missions of bringing people together. That means LAN parties, demo scene events, and artist talks.


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Mickey Spagnola's the NFL-approved beat writer for DallasCowboys.com, and this role calls for him to be an occasional pre-game host during Cowboys broadcasts on local affiliate KTXA.
Ah, those call letters. Spagnola found that part to be a bit of a stumbling block before tonight's Dolphins-Cowboys matchup, and you can see him clearly wracking his brain for the answer, only to provide viewers one of the weirdest faces ever upon giving up. [KTXA]
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Interview With NYC Mayoral Candidate Bill Thompson
New York City mayoral candidate Bill Thompson talks about his campaign and gives his final pitch to voters ahead of Tuesday's Democratic primary.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Manti Te'o is one of four draft picks who've signed contracts with the San Diego Chargers.
Te'o, the linebacker from Notre Dame, was picked by the Chargers in the second round after slipping out of the opening round in part because of a poor performance in the national championship game against Alabama.
Te'o also was part of a girlfriend hoax that drew national headlines.
But the Chargers' new brain trust, general manager Tom Telesco and coach Mike McCoy, said they weren't bothered by the scrutiny Te'o has been under the last four months. The Chargers even traded up in the second round to pick the linebacker.
Also signing four-year deals Thursday were third-round pick Keenan Allen, a wide receiver from California; sixth-rounder Tourek Williams, an outside linebacker from Florida International; and quarterback Brad Sorensen, a seventh-rounder from Southern Utah.
First-round pick D.J. Fluker, a tackle from Alabama, and fifth-rounder Steve Williams, a cornerback from Cal, remain unsigned.
Te'o became the butt of national jokes after it was revealed he was duped into an Internet romance with a girlfriend he never met.
The too-good-to-be-true story began with Te'o's incredible performances after learning his grandmother and what he believed was his girlfriend had died within hours of one another in September. Te'o said it inspired him to play his best football all season, and it was so compelling that it helped turn Te'o into a Heisman Trophy contender as he was leading the Fighting Irish to an undefeated regular season and into the national title game.
On Dec. 26, Te'o notified Notre Dame officials that he had received a call from his supposedly dead girlfriend's phone three weeks earlier.
The school investigated and – after Deadspin.com broke the story of the fake girlfriend – athletic director Jack Swarbrick announced at a news conference that Te'o had been duped. Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, 22, later said he created the online persona of Lennay Kekua, a nonexistent woman who Te'o said he fell in love with despite never meeting her in person.
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While the $US199 price tag on Microsoft's 4GB Xbox 360 slim model might seem attractive, Halo: Reach owners eager for a little online co-operative multiplayer campaign play are finding out the hard way that you get what you pay for.
Kotakuite Captain Fuzzy brought the issue to our attention yesterday. After picking up his copy of Halo: Reach, he decided to spend a little time online going through the campaign with friends, only to find that his 4GB console wasn't capable of doing so.
When I tried to join them, we got a message saying, "One or more players do not have a hard drive which is required for this playlist." Apparently, the 4GB Xbox 360 slim will not allow online co-op because it has a "Memory Unit" and not an HDD. Adding my 16GB flash drives didn't help the case either, I still got the "hard drive is required" message. I can still play online vs games, but any co-op like campaign or firefight are locked out to me.
The support section on Xbox.com has updated with information on Captain Fuzzy's problem as well, giving the following answer to the issue:
One or more players do not have a certified Xbox 360 hard drive attached to their Xbox 360 console. Some multiplayer aspects of Halo: Reach require an Xbox 360 certified hard drive.
While my copy of Halo: Reach doesn't list the hard drive as a requirement, it does contain the line "features and requirements may change without notice", which effectively covers Microsoft's arse in this situation.
The only real recourse Halo: Reach players have now is to pick up an Xbox 360 slim hard disk, which retails for $US129.99 at GameStop. That brings the grand total for their Xbox 360 to $US329.98, roughly $US30 more than just purchasing the 250GB Xbox 360 slim in the first place. So much for getting a bargain.
And while we're on the subject of depressing Halo: Reach news, we're currently looking into issues with bad game discs that are currently the subject of a very long forum topic on Bungie.net. Thanks to Jackson, Bill, and everyone else who brought this other issue to our attention.
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City Council candidate question of the week. Week 8 - occupancy rates
September 23, 2013
Each week through the general election, The Breeze will ask the candidates for Cape Coral City Council an issue-related question....
Carefully read each answer and the ones who do not have a clue as to who or with what they will fill the vacancies stand out. Create an instrument, have the city manager wave a magic wand, get together with groups? Which ones? Please some of these answers try one's patience.
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Two incumbents still "don't have a real plan". Nothing new, same old same old "we have to", but no defined plan.
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Richard Leon, you wrote seven sentences. Only two of your sentences have a subject and a verb. It is sad that you graduated from high school and you can't write a sentence correctly. There is very little substance to your comments and your comments are written on a fourth grade writing level. Compare your writing to any of the other candidates. The others appear to have the ability to communicate more clearly. Perhaps you should be using proofreaders and tutors.
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Certainsmile, What Richard wrote is entirely correct. He was stringing phrases together to make a point. In several of these, the subject was implied.
You understood him,didn't you?
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Richard Leon was clear and concise. Sullivan and Leetz just used the issue to further their cause of "we tried and they never listen". Never, ever have a true answer either one of them and they have had four years to get something"anything" going and have failed.
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Lolita are you NUTS? You state that the incumbents just used the answer to further their cause. They answered their questions honestly and to the point to seek reelection. Just as the other answered the same question to seek ELECTION. Time to wipe the drool off your chin once again!
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Certainsmile: He got your attention didn't he? This is often used as a marketing style to grab attention which it did. I have heard Richard speak and know he is concise and well-spoken. I often cringe in Council meetings as I hear mispronounced words, words used incorrectly and rambling fragments. Or even worse, can't understand what is being said.
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Ms. Sawicki: Glad to see someone who understands the Covey business model. It has been used quite effectively in larger companies and public service areas.
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Oh Bulb...Always such a kind person. You never change. Leetz has done nothing in four years and Sullivan is still on the train,but it hasn't left the station, yet Oh, but Leetz does raise animals.
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Lolita you were chanting the same old song before the primary election. Are you looking for kindness? This is not the place. I think you you get what you give, Because you are not so kind yourself. Seems like you can give it as opposed to take it.
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