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From my desk, I can see a wall calendar with glossy images of happy farmers. For March, a group of Mozambican fisherman haul seine. For May, an Ecuadorean woman in a traditional wool sweater and felt hat harvests massive collard greens from her greenhouse. On December's page, two Turkish women hoe a field with their children in tow. Microcredit is a common theme-a farmer gets $50 to increase her herds or fishers get money to upgrade their nets. Women are central characters.
What ties all these scenes together is an organization called IFAD, the International Fund for Agricultural Development. Most people probably haven't heard of it, but its impact is huge. That's because 75 percent of the world's poorest people live in remote, rural areas in Africa, Asia, and Latin America-exactly those hard-to-reach areas where IFAD does its work, and that most other development groups overlook. People living in rural areas are less likely to have access to schools, health care, clean water, and toilets.
That doesn't mean that the world should write off rural areas as backwaters. In fact, part of the reason that IFAD was set up (after the 1974 World Food Conference) was the strong evidence that countries that invest in their rural areas have made some of the best progress in raising incomes everywhere. (And the realization that hunger results not so much from a lack of food, but more from poverty.) The growing prosperity of millions of small farms in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan following World War II, and in China in more recent decades, inspired the dramatic economic booms those countries enjoyed. In contrast, persistent poverty in sub-Saharan Africa correlates with stagnant farm production and low investment in rural areas.
Today, IFAD's portfolio includes 192 projects in 115 countries. Its budget totals about $400 million per year, roughly one-fiftieth of U.S. spending on pet food. IFAD has been particularly effective in drought-prone areas, which haven't shared in the agricultural success of wetter areas with irrigation.
Unfortunately, over the last two decades, governments and international aid organizations have consistently reduced their investments in rural areas. In six West African countries, the average government spent just 4.1 percent of its budget on agriculture in 1980 and an even more meager 1.7 percent in 1998. U.S. agricultural assistance to Africa has declined an estimated 5 percent in real terms since 2000.
Right now, United Nations officials are discussing whether to replenish IFAD's funding for 2007-2009. IFAD's mission is more relevant than ever, as we approach the Millennium Development Goal of halving the proportion of people living in extreme poverty by 2015. With tight national and UN budgets, funding IFAD's work in full is money well spent.
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Following some tightness in the upper back (a regular problem) I went for a sports massage with a therapist used by Joe. Usually after such a session I feel great and virtually pain free. However the only thing to report after this uncomfortable visit was nerve entrapment and extreme discomfort, to the extent that I was unable to sleep, drive or swim.
After some forced rest and alternative treatment I eventually returned to training. This last week we have had 5 swims in the River Tees, the temperatures have ranged from 47f/8.3c to 50f/10c. Sunday 22 April Amanda and I decided to swim to the 'pipe bridge' from our start location at Preston Park a distance just short of a mile, we made it to the bridge in around 27 minutes and were happy with the step up to an estimated 55 minutes at this lower than normal temperature. We turned at the bridge and then the problem became apparent, we had failed to notice the flow as a result of which we had a tough time getting back to the start. After 70 minutes and well over due, we crawled out of the water in a bit of a state. We had certainly pushed the boundaries. Amanda drove us directly to the gym where we had a great recovery in the steam room and sauna. Our teeth chattering whilst everyone else was sweating. We had some strange looks that for sure.
We now make a point of checking the strength of the river flow and direction and plan accordingly...better late than never. All but one session since has found the river almost still. That said, yesterday was one of the days where the river had more characteristics of an endless pool. Limited for time we swam for half an hour and hardly covered much more than 150metres.
Charlie walked the river bank and took the picture below
To summarise this weeks outside swims:
21 April River Wharfe Wetherby 35 minutes at 49f
22 April River Tees 70 minutes at 47f
24 April River Tees 57 minutes at 50f
25 April River Tees 55 minutes at 49f
27 April River Tees 25 minutes at 47f
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The Secret Behind SOPA Defense: Insist That It Doesn't Say What It Actually Says
from the sort-it-out-later deptI'm beginning to notice a disturbing pattern in those who defend SOPA (formerly the E-PARASITE Act, until someone realized just how bad that looked). The text of the law makes massive changes to the regulatory framework of the internet, to the point that it raises some serious constitutional questions (should it ever actually pass). However, wherever that happens, they put in a little note insisting that the law doesn't do what the plain language says it does. Take, for example these little bits right at the opening:
(1) FIRST AMENDMENT- Nothing in this Act shall be construed to impose a prior restraint on free speech or the press protected under the 1st Amendment to the Constitution.Of course, you can claim that all you want, but if the actual text of the bill does both of those things... well, then that's a problem isn't it? It's the same thing with the streaming portions of the bill, where it's unclear if the authors of the bill even recognize how their bill will be interpreted. Or, sometimes, it comes in the form of defenders of the bill just outright misstating what's in the bill; such as the repeated claims by people involved with drafting the bill that it solely focuses on foreign "rogue sites," when the bill actually has sections that focus on domestic sites as well -- including ones that clearly are not "rogue."
(2) TITLE 17 LIABILITY- Nothing in title I shall be construed to enlarge or diminish liability, including vicarious or contributory liability, for any cause of action available under title 17, United States Code, including any limitations on liability under such title.
But, one of the more bizarre situations comes in the growing conflict between the State Department and the rest of the Obama administration on SOPA/PIPA. We've heard from multiple people within the State Department that they're horrified by SOPA, explaining that it will undercut a significant amount of their Internet Freedom efforts around the globe, and completely wipe out any moral high ground (already tenuous) that the US had on the claims of keeping a free and open internet. In fact, we found it odd to see VP Joe Biden (who undoubtedly fully supports SOPA) reading a speech that was probably intended for Hillary Clinton to read, in which he stated a bunch of arguments in favor of not regulating the internet, to avoid stifling innovation and not breaking what works today. Large sections of his speech could be used -- verbatim -- as arguments against SOPA.
Realizing that they were going to run into all sorts of trouble for this, Rep. Howard Berman tried to cut this obvious conflict off at the pass, by asking Hillary Clinton to put forth a statement that the State Department supports enforcement of intellectual property rights, and doesn't see a conflict between internet freedom and enforcing intellectual property. We've already seen some in the pro-SOPA camp use this to claim there's no conflict with SOPA at all. First of all, this isn't true. The text of Clinton's statement makes no direct reference to the overreaching and overly broad nature of SOPA. It just talks in generalities. So, when Clinton says something like:
There is no contradiction between intellectual property rights protection and enforcement and ensuring freedom of expression on the Internet.It's kind of a meaningless statement, because everything depends on the specifics. Can you enforce IP rights without compromising freedom of expression online? Most (though not all) would argue yes. But can you also enforce IP rights in a way that everyone agrees restricts freedom of expression? The answer is clearly yes. For example, if the policy to protect IP rights was to simply "shut down all .com sites," I think everyone would agree that's going too far. Point being: whether or not a particular enforcement scheme violates free speech rights is dependent on the details. And, it's worth noting that Clinton's statement was penned prior to SOPA being released.
But, in the end, we're left with the same situation I described at the beginning of this post. Just because Clinton says there's no conflict, that doesn't mean the actual text of the bill agrees with that. You can't just insist that what the plain text of the bill says isn't in the bill. That's no way to regulate.
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Forgive me for being a little late to the party, this should have been posted earlier. That said...it does not diminish from how cool a story this is.
Earlier this month, Ryan Moore won the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open (longest name ever for a golf event!) out in Las Vegas. He did it one week after being inducted into the Las Vegas Golf Hall of Fame (Moore went to UNLV). But that's not even the coolest part of the story.
Moore won playing in his own company's shoes (True Linkswear). Moore co-founded the company a couple of years ago. The President of the company, Rob Rigg, ran a marathon (his first marathon) on the same day, in the same type of shoe Ryan wore to win a Tour event. Bizarre.
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (Oct. 8, 2012) – Late Sunday afternoon in Las Vegas, Ryan Moore won his second PGA TOUR event and his first since co-founding TRUE linkswear, which he's been wearing on the PGA Tour for more than two years. Earlier in the day, TRUE co-founder, Rob Rigg, completed the Portland Marathon in his TRUE shoes. The incredible feat was made possible by the new TRUE sensei platform, which is featured in the new TRUE sensei and proto models.
"What a crazy and amazing weekend for our company," said Moore. "I really thought the novelty of Rob running a marathon in golf shoes would be pretty unique and would generate some buzz for our brand. Winning a PGA TOUR event the same day just takes it to a whole new level. It really speaks to the comfort and versatility of these shoes."
Moore wore both styles in recent weeks as he rose up the FedEx Cup rankings and then won the season's first Fall Series event, the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, with a 24-under par total.
Running in his first marathon, Rigg completed the Portland Marathon in a time of 3 hours and 48 minutes. He also will compete in the New York Marathon next month in the sensei.
"As far as I can tell, I was the only person running in golf shoes," said Rigg. "I've been running in our shoes since we founded the company and completing the marathon was just a natural progression in my training. I'm really excited about this new sensei platform. I've been running in them and wearing them on the course all summer, and my feet have never felt better."
TRUE became the first company to build a golf shoe on a barefoot platform. By removing the midsole of the shoe and providing a wider toe box, the foot is able to operate naturally throughout the swing. The sensei platform builds off of TRUE's original sole design, but features a new spike configuration. The sensei platform provides durability and the thinnest sole in golf (only 2.5 mm), while maintaining slipper-like comfort.
The TRUE sensei is the first shoe by TRUE with a mesh upper. Many TRUE customers were starting to run and work out in their shoes and asked for a style with a more breathable upper. The TRUE sensei will be available on Nov. 4th at select retailers and online at www.truelinkswear.com. It will be available in four color options and will retail for $99.
The TRUE proto features the same sole platform as the sensei, but with a waterproof leather upper. The proto will be available in January of 2013.
About TRUE linkswear
TRUE linkswear, a Scottsdale-based footwear and apparel company, created the first golf shoe built on a barefoot platform, allowing the golfer to truly "Feel the Course," while enabling them to walk 36 holes right out of the box in total comfort. TRUE was inspired by the emerging minimalist trend in running, where many shoes have shifted away from highly-engineered structures, such as arch supports and heavily-cushioned heels, to a shoe that better utilizes the anatomical features of the foot. TRUE brings this nature-engineered approach to golf by creating a shoe built on a barefoot platform featuring a wide-toe box so toes can function naturally through the swing, which encourages proper weight transfer, balance and natural stability. TRUE has emerged as a leader in the minimalist movement in golf, which has recently been adopted now by some of the world's largest brands. Many customers have proclaimed TRUE as "the most comfortable shoes" they have ever worn due to the unique construction method. While many companies tout a "barefoot" experience, they still feature large midsoles that separate the player from the ground. Only TRUE offers the thinnest sole in golf (2.5 mm), while still providing the durability to stand up to the most avid player. TRUE products are now available at many national retailers, including Golfsmith, PGA Tour Superstores, Edwin Watts and GolfTown in Canada. For more information, visit www.truelinkswear.com.


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There's a school of psychology which holds that happiness is subjective. Good or bad things happen in life, but people return to the same base level of happiness.
This theory, while up for debate in extreme cases, was established in regard to common life events by a 2008 article by Andrew E. Clark, Ed Diener, Yannis Georgellis, and Richard E. Lucas in The Economic Journal.
Studying twenty years of survey data from Germany, researchers found evidence that people adapt completely to marriage, divorce, widowhood, birth of child, and layoff.
Death of a spouse, for instance, is a terrible event characterized by a radical drop in happiness, but in the year that follows happiness rises, and within two years happiness returns to normal and may even rise above the baseline (as the subject gets caught in another hedonic cycle).
A similar hedonic pattern follows most negative events—and positive ones too. People get over it.
Below is a set of charts from the paper, used with permission from Wiley (buy the full paper here).
You may be surprised to see what events produce increases and decreases in happiness. Note, however, that in almost every chart happiness level reverts to the baseline. The only exception to reversion was in the case of male unemployment, which seems to induce unhappiness as long as it lasts.
We came across the marriage chart in Thinking, Fast And Slow by economist Daniel Kahneman.
While the chart may seem to suggest that marriages get worse over time, Kahneman says this is not the case and rather that people start to take marriage for granted. Ask a recently married man how happy he is, and he will likely think about his marriage and say he is happy. Ask a long-married man how happy he is, however, and he is less likely to think about his marriage and more likely to think about his job, health, or other concerns and may answer less positively.
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We are low-key, low-frills, high-fun, and high-camaraderie. No swag, no awards, and no whinning! We will ask everyone to bring some food to share at the aid station and will supplement with some other treats and Tailwind Endurance Fuel. Race results will go to Ultrarunning Magazine, Ultrasignup and Realendurance.com. Ideal trail race for those new to trail running as well as veteran ultra runners, as many people are yet to discover the location and trails. Distances offered: 10K, half-marathon, 50K and 50M. BE SURE TO BRING A BOTTLE TO CARRY HYDRATION! In order to reduce our waste and footprint of this event, aid stations will not be providing disposable cups for drinks.THERE IS NO RACE DAY REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT! NO REFUNDS! NO TRANSFERS! NO DEFERRALS!
The DCR Great Brook Farm State Park in Carlisle, MA is stunning and will be a perfect New England fall setting for a beautiful trail run. The course is a 10M loop, is relatively flat, 100% runnable and have the usual roots, rocks and other "trippables" with which to contend. This is a great course for first-time trail runners as well as veterans who want to set a PR. 50K and 50M starts at 6:00 am, all other races start at 8:00 am. 50K and 50M runners may want to start with a headlamp. Mandatory trail briefing at 5:45 am for the 50M/50K and 7:45 for the 10K/Half Marathon.50M/50KThe course will consist of 10 mile loops with aid every 3-4 miles. 10 Mile Loop10 Mile Elevation Profile50K runners will do one loop around the open field at the start of the race before rejoining the 10 Mile Loop.Half Marathon/10KThe course will consist of 10 kilometer loops with aid only at the Start/Finish.10K LoopHalf Marathon runners will do one loop around the open field at the start of the race before rejoining the 10K Loop.
Participants must start their final 10 mile loop for the 50K/50M by 3:45PM. Additional cut-off times will be enforced at the aid station/road crossing.
Runner check-in and bib pickup for the 50M/50K is from 5:00 - 5:45 A.M.Runner check-in and bib pickup for the 13.1M/10K is from 7:00 - 7:45 A.M.
50 Mile runners may have a pacer for loops 4 and 5.50K runners may have a pacer for loop 3 only.
Volunteers are what make TARC events so fun and also run so smoothly. Running one of the shorter races? Hang around and help out. Even if you can't make it on the day of the race, there are still opportunities to get involved!Volunteer form


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As an aspiring or beginning guitar player there's no doubt that you already have a good deal that has inspired you to get to this point. The truth is however, that we all need some more to inspire us from time to time, and this can be at any time of our guitar playing careers! I, for example, was very inspired to play the guitar in my early years by Flamenco and Classical guitarists, but when the Beatles and the British invasion happened, the inspiration for me to play a lot more guitar was certainly kicked into high gear! This also was especially true in terms of going from strictly acoustic playing to more electric guitar.
We all love to emulate our guitar heroes, and this has always proved to be a great training ground. I know that for myself, even though there were times when I wanted to sound like B.B., or Chuck, or Buddy or Clarence, I would focus on them for added inspiration. The only thing was, I always made sure to keep my "inspirers" spread out, and therefore, my influences would be of a broader nature.
This is something to really keep in mind as you develop into a more complete player; the fact that you should be widely and deeply influenced by many guitar heroes. I know for example, when I found out all about The Beatles and Stones, or Jimi Hendrix, Mike Bloomfield or Eric Clapton in the early days, I right away wanted to be inspired by those who inspired them. So, almost immediately, listening Stones meant I was listening to Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley, which in turn meant I was suddenly listening Muddy Waters, T-Bone Walker and even earlier players. Son House and Robert Johnson were suddenly the real inspirations for me as the result of listening to some Elmore James!
As I was also falling in love with Country guitar playing thanks to Country rockers such as Zal Yanovsky of The Lovin' Spoonful and Clarence White of The Byrds, so too was I loving their influences, such as Doc Watson, Merle Travis and Chet Atkins. So, be sure, as I did, to always go for the inspiration that keeps going further and further back in time, as you keep searching for the true roots of what is inspiring you! There is really no end to what might suddenly deeply affect your particular style and makeup as a musician, and this is the true beauty of how we can shape our own guitar-playing destiny!
In the early days of your "playing out", as folks like to call it, you may find that you'll be happy to play just about anywhere people will be willing to hear you play! The earliest gigs these days seem often to be school-oriented, and they may include things such as "Battle of the Bands", or similar types of slightly competitive, but fun events. It's hard when you're very young to play in bars due to the booze being served and certain laws prohibiting you from playing there, but there are times you can "sit in" in situations like that.
It's so important that you gain the experience wherever you can of performing in front of people. I mean, I have really played literally everywhere! From outdoors in front of bar-b-que restaurants, to mental wards of hospitals, to swimming pools during the Asbury Park riots and way beyond…I have see it all! Some of it was not rewarding at all, but it all depends at what point of your career these things happen. Regardless, the experience does make you a better player, and like I have always said, one good thing usually does tend to lead to another in this business. Above all else, you truly want to be heard, and nothing beats the "live" experience you gain when playing in front of the public!
Sometimes, even when you think you've seen it all, another strange gig will suddenly appear, and make you feel like "what am I doing here?!" The ones like that which occur for me these days are like when someone wants me to play during some cocktail period at an event or something, and I realize I am only "background music" at that point! But I simply grin and bear it, realize it's for the money (which is hopefully good enough), and just accept the fact that these folks don't know I am world-respected guitarist. Usually, in those kinds of situations I can win people over, and actually turn it into a rally fun gig for all of us! The important catalyst is usually if these is at least one person really "tuning in" to what I do….that always makes me play better, and become far more happy and outgoing as I go along.
This will be important for you in your early years too, as I'm sure that when you play you're going to have your initial group of friends, fans and family to help be there to support you. People love to do this, especially when they know just how much of a difference they can make to you and your performance, and most of all, to your happiness!
So, keep on playing wherever you can, and above all, make sure that no matter what the venue, you really make it count. In the end, it all does!
I've noticed that in my Tuesday Gibson chats, I often get questions about nervousness during performing or recording. Obviously, for many of you, especially the un-initiated, nerves can be a problem when first starting to perform live, or even when sometimes going into the recording studio.
I can recall many times in the beginning of my performing days when a bad case of nerves would take over, and really impede my performing abilities. What an awful feeling! Especially when I was young, and totally feeling sure and confident about my playing, it was really terrible to suddenly realize that some unexpected nervousness was taking me over. I also recall the time when I was able to finally hit the stage and overcome the problem, and Artie Traum's comment that I played so well, and that I was no longer "the same old nervous Arlen!" Well, that was quite a triumphant moment for me, as I felt that I had truly overcome the nerves that had so controlled me for what seemed like so long! I feel that there were several factors at play in terms of what was making me nervous. Number one, I was new to the role of being a "backup", or "sideman" musician, and playing with folks who I viewed as much older, more experienced musicians than myself…..people who actually "made records!" Number two, I was still only 18 years old, and literally everything was new to me. I mean, I had been performing for 2 years prior to that, fronting my own bands in many situations, but I had more control of those situations, and only had to live up to my own expectations at that point. In this case, I was now thrust into the real "professional" world of playing in front of more sophisticated audiences, and playing with more sophisticated and experienced musicians who expected a lot of me.
Of course, I was only 18, and had now left school and moved to Woodstock, another first for me, even though I had lived in Philadelphia before that when I was at school, living with my band, Steel, and trying to play any kind of gig we could possibly get. But now, in a new, more established world and community such as Woodstock, I was now a part of a whole new musical community that had a different feel to it. Eventually, things totally evened out, and I was able to channel that nervous energy into totally positive performing energy, something I have maintained to this day!
It's a very common situation, to be nervous and to have an "edge" before a show; it's up to you to be able to learn to re-direct that energy into pure drive and power once you hit that stage! I guarantee that any very experienced, veteran professional will tell you that even to this day, they have the pre-performance jitters, and that they can re-channel that problem into pure positive energy when they hit that stage! Remember, no matter what you may go through, the stage can be a "refuge" from the reality of everyday life, and it can really start to feel like home, which is what it always should be if you want to be a real musician!
Songwriting is really not for everyone, but I do believe there is a song in everyone, if they take the time to listen to their "inner" voice. I know that most of us have these ideas sort of "floating around" inside of us, and once in awhile they can come out in a coherent and fascinating way!
I found that in my early days, the minute I had enough chords to work with, which weren't many, I instantly wanted to be able to write a song with them. I can even remember performing that song on the handball court of the bungalow colony we used to summer at in the Catskills when I was just 10 years old, singing and playing it for everybody. It's a great thrill, and it's never really too soon to start writing, if you have "it" in you.
Again, this is another example of what it's like to "make the most of what you know", and to put it to good use. Instrumentals are fine, and that's basically how many of my songs stay, or at least stay a long time that way before I finally put lyrics to them! I find that lyrics usually tend to come all at once with the music many times if I really have something I want to verbally say, and this "immediacy" helps in the creation of a song. You may find that this "spontaneous" approach might take hold of you if you're in the creative mood, or an instrumental riff may get stuck with you, and last a long time just like that, long before you end up writing lyrics to it. And hey, you may never write lyrics to it, and it might just end up being a great instrumental piece! Another thing to keep in mind is how many professional songwriters really "put in the time" every day to really work at their craft. I like doing it this way, too, especially when I know there is specific reason to finish the song, like there's a recording session waiting or an artist who's waiting for that specific piece to be delivered to them!
I have 2 new albums I'm working on now that will be largely instrumental, and of course, I am constantly re-interpreting other songs with lyrics into instrumentals, like I just did on my new all Simon and Garfunkel and all Dylan albums.
So, try your hand at writing, and see where it leads you…you just never know what may be inside of you, perhaps the next big hit!
I always say it should never be practice, it should just be "playing", but regardless of your feelings in this direction, it is certainly important that you start to establish a certain degree of regularity to your practicing, or playing, routine.
First, and certainly foremost, you must truly love to play. This is after all, why you are playing the guitar in the first place! If you just want a fast ticket into "Rockstardom" this is not the way to get there. Certainly, if you do want a degree of "stardom" you better get pretty good at the guitar, though that certainly has never been the only thing that gets you there! Plenty of folks who have the right look, sound and whatever else have made it as rock stars, perhaps only knowing three chords on the guitar, but if you really want to be recognized for your playing, you better play a lot!
I know that I have always possessed the will and the drive to be the best I can be on my instrument, and my passion for it has always pushed me onward. I never needed any "push" to play, but rather have taught myself, and always felt guilty if I let myself not play enough. I am always stopping into music stores to have a little guitar workout if I happen to be far away from home, and am not traveling with a guitar.
I used to love to play when I got home from school when I was first developing as a player, and my parents used to regularly find me asleep with my guitar in my hands, with the record I was playing to skipping at the end! I would come home from school on the bus, and literally be dreaming up licks and song ideas that I couldn't wait to try when I got home! In high school, all of us players used to get into the habit of bringing our guitars to school and jam, and even have jam sessions after school at various friends' houses. This was a great time of rapid-fire learning for me, and is a great way for you and your guitar-slinging buddies to improve on all fronts!
So, please try to be sure to play at least a little every day, and be sure to try and teach yourself something new, or at least exhaust the possibilities of what you already know as much as possible. If you intend to start doing a little teaching to others, that's also a great way to improve your "chops", because it'll literally force you to play for X number of hours each week. I know that helps me tremendously!
For the un-initiated, going to and dealing with a music store can be a pretty intimidating experience. Many shops have attitudes that are of epic or legendary proportions, and they have literally become known for it! Many times, it's really only meant as a joke, or in a lighthearted manner, but there are even stores that will have signs put up that say things like "no Stairway to Heaven allowed", due to the fact that too many beginners sit down and play that as their first choice! I can recall sitting in a tiny Matt Umanov guitar shop on Bedford St. in Greenwich Village in the early '70s, and having them point to a sign for "no Anji" when I sat down and started playing that classic finger style piece! Talk about obscure!
Going into these shops, especially the hectic ones on 48th Street in NYC was a little intimidating for me in my early days, but I was always a lot better than my age, so I always knew that once I started playing, they'd show me some respect. In fact, I used to love to walk into a shop, grab a guitar, and then put on a show! Before you knew it, I'd have a ton of people listening to me. To this day, I love doing this, especially if I'm on the road somewhere and have no access to a guitar for some practice. I simply make sure to visit the local music store, and have a little picking session. Sometimes, it even results in a jam session with several other pickers!
The bottom line is to not be intimidated, and to go into a shop with a sense of purpose. This will make the salesman take real notice of you, and actually tend to your needs! I suppose they don't really appreciate it if you just go in simply to play and not buy anything, but that's the price they have to pay for having a music store; folks are going to come in, and they may simply end up playing as opposed to being a paying customer! In the end, you are always in charge, especially if you seem like you may want to buy something.
I remember being at the extremely intimidating and legendary Manny's Music in Manhattan in 1967, and a guitar I had ordered and had a deposit on had finally arrived after 6 months. I came in, practically had to beg to play my own guitar, which by the way, came in the wrong color, bent a string, and the nut broke right out of the guitar! Needless to say, the nasty sales people suddenly gave me back the $200 hold I had put on it, and I went around the corner and found a wonderful 1952 Les Paul that was $250 less, and really introduced me to what a truly great guitar was!
So don't be afraid to walk into those music stores…it should always be a positive experience. And remember, they are there to serve you! Have fun in your shopping sprees!
Really a great way to acclimate yourself to performing as well as gaining very valuable semi-professional experience is to be open to going to some of the countless "jam" or "open mic" nights that are available.
Club owners have realized for a long time that this can be very lucrative for them, as they literally have a "captive" audience full of performers who want to get a "shot", as well as many of their supporters, who may tag along as support.
These occasions can sometimes be quite daunting, as you never know the kinds of egos and other problems you might have to put up with, plus, it can be rather nerve-wracking for the un-initiated. I happen to like the "jam" format best, as it allows you to really shine if you are able to, while you can also just sort of "fade into the woodwork" if so desired, if you don't feel ready to "step out" and really be heard in a forceful way yet. Regardless of which stance you take, it will always be a learning experience of some kind, and you should take something away from the evening that you can always remember that will help shape you. I can remember being so wide-eyed in my early days of sitting in and jamming. I was always very confident, even a bit cocky (which can't hurt!), and my licks and style always managed to really "stick out" and be heard. There were, and still are of course, many funny situations that can arise from these "jams" and you just never know when and where they might occur.
I can remember one time being asked by my friend, Mick Taylor, the wonderful guitarist who'd been in The Rolling Stones, to be with him at a jam night at the Lonestar Café in NYC. As we sat there having some drinks at a back table, I can recall he and I watching a jam that was occurring before we hit the stage. Each guitar player took a turn with a solo, and Mick would say after each one, "he's fine", "he's no problem", "he's okay", until this one really loud and obnoxious guy played, and Mick said "HE'LL be a problem!" It was so hysterical, because it almost caused us to walk out. Imagine you've got me and a former member of the Stones sitting there, hoping to have some fun on a "jam" night, and we may not even play due to someone's attitude onstage! Just shows you, your "stature" is really irrelevant when it comes to being able to handle a touchy situation such as an ego-filled "jam" or open mic night. It's always best to first try to "size up" the situation, and then decide if it's worth it for you to "dive in" or not. I have known many top musicians who for one reason or another, have "chickened out" of these kinds of situations simply because they were not up to handling the abuse! So be careful, these can be very productive learning experiences, but we never want them to be conter-productive!
As you continue to grow as a musician, it's always critical to make the most of what you know at any given time. This will only serve to help you learn even more as you go along, and make you a better teacher too, if that is also part of your musical makeup. I feel that it is important to "exhaust" as many possibilities as possible from any given technique or style before you move on to the next higher level of whatever it is you are doing.
Sometimes, this happens right "in the moment", as it often did for me. A good example would be like when I was doing some guitar solo overdubs for someone's recording, and they would keep making me do more and more takes. This, although it can be a frustrating process, can also cause you to "hyper-exhaust" possibilities rather quickly, since you are trying many ideas over and over again, and usually as a response to another very specific request! You know, the old "hey, can you play that more like Clapton?, " or "can you remember what you just did, and give it a more complex ending?" These kinds of things, although sometimes maddening, can also serve as a good training ground for the fledgling guitarist, and if you keep a positive attitude, as I always tried to do, it can't help but make you a better player! I helps you "think on your feet", which is the single most important tool for any aspiring player who really wants to be an improviser. The act of "thinking on your feet" again is something that can apply whether you have 20 years of experience, or 2 weeks of experience…it's all up to you to maximize this as much as possible, and to please yourself, as well as the audience, the producer or whomever else you may be involving in your creative process.
So once again, hang in there, and be sure to fully utilize what you know, to the maximum of your creative abilities. It'll always pay off in the long run!
One of the things I truly try to stress to students is the fact that you should never try to know too much, too fast. Or a better way to put it is to say, "Be happy with what you already know!" I mean, I can remember maybe only knowing a few riffs or positions on the guitar, and being so overjoyed with that I could even describe it! Of course, I was also learning and developing a great ear at a rapid rate, but I believe in getting the most out of whatever you know at that particular time on the guitar. If you think about it, that's a great way to keep "moving forward" in your learning process; to always nearly exhaust everything that's possible within what you know, so you can then move on to the next level.
It's amazing how simple some folks can stay, and how much they can derive success from it. One time, John Prine actually said to me, "Arlen, can you teach me a new chord so I can write another song?!" If that doesn't say it all, nothing does! This also follows suit in terms of my ability to teach, because it seems that the minute I knew something on the guitar, I right away wanted to teach it to others! That process also only helps to improve your playing, as I've always learned more and more from the act of teaching!
So, in the truest sense of the word, really be happy with what you know. Make as much music as you can with as little need for complexity as possible, and you'll always make good music. I can even remember instantly writing a song with the first 4-chord progression I knew, and loving it. It's the creative process you always want to nurture, and training your ear that is the best outcome of any work you do. Always do the best you can, with as little or as much as you know….remember, it's all in the "plus" column!
There's a reason we all play this thing…and a reason you started to. The guitar itself is an extremely seductive and attractive instrument, and I found that very early on, I started to really fall in love with this beautiful creature! The shape, of course, is sensual, as is its sound and the way the sound can be coaxed out of it. No other instrument can be so bent, vibrated, squeezed and generally loved when it comes to making pure sound with it, and the types of guitars can vary as much as those sounds!
In my early days as a player, it was always about having that ONE special guitar. Collecting never really occurred to me until I started wanting to make other sounds out of the guitar, and that I noticed how certain types were associated with certain music. I also was simply falling in love with the sheer variety of lovely guitars that were available, and of course the more you see, the more you want. I started with a classical Favilla guitar, then a wild Ideal 4-pickup Japanese was my first electric, then I traded that in on a Guild Starfire III, and finally a 1952 Les Paul that changed my life. This was a guitar that for the first time showed me what a really great guitar should play and sound like, and I still have it and love it to this day. I got that guitar in 1967, when I was 15, and it was just when there was a serious blues "boom" taking place. I was in the High School of Music and Art in New York, where there were a lot of us fledgling guitarists at the time, and all I kept hearing about was "Les Pauls". I barely ever saw one before the day I found the '52 with my Dad, but he and I both at that time started to fall in love with not only the guitar's sound, but we really loved their looks! We used to go and hang out at Dan Armstrong's shop in NYC, and literally have to step over all the vintage Les Pauls lying around on the floor! There was something about the shape of them, as well as the overall look that was just so attractive and appealing. I also was falling in love with B.B. King's music, and as a result, really wanted an ES-355. I can remember putting a deposit on one at Bronen's Music in the Bronx, but being unable to continue to pay for it…wish I could find that old receipt for that 1966 beauty, but I sure doubt that it's still on hold for me 40 years later!
So as you go along on your path as a guitarist, there is no doubt that many guitars will be vying for your attention….the question is whether you can really take the plunge into collecting or not. I would say that you should first be attracted to the guitars of your guitar heroes, and also keep in the extreme variety of types available to you out there. You'll be able to make an awful lot of varied music with one good instrument, but sooner or later, more guitars will be calling your name! Have fun in your quest!


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A former union official went to the home of former prime minister Julia Gillard and gave cash to workers doing renovations, a royal commission into union corruption has heard.
Ralph Blewitt, the former secretary of the Western Australia branch of the Australian Workers' Union, told the commission he had $10,000 or $20,000 in cash when, in 1994, he went to Ms Gillard's Melbourne home to meet Bruce Wilson, his union boss and Ms Gillard's then-boyfriend.
In an extraordinary opening day, the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption heard the payment was one of a series of cash deliveries drawn from a secret fund and flown across the country by Mr Blewitt.
The cash was from the Workplace Reform Association – a secret entity allegedly set up by Mr Blewitt and Mr Wilson with legal advice from Ms Gillard, who was a lawyer advising the AWU at the time.
Allegations surrounding the fund dogged Ms Gillard's political career, although Ms Gillard has maintained she knew nothing about any impropriety.
Mr Blewitt told the inquiry Ms Gillard was at home when he arrived for the 1994 meeting, and the future PM directed him to the back of the house to find Mr Wilson.
Mr Wilson was in the kitchen or veranda where three men in "workers'-type overalls" were doing renovation work, he said.
Mr Blewitt said Mr Wilson asked him to pay one worker $7000.
"I counted off $7000, gave it to that gentleman. He stuck it in the front pocket of his bib and brace overall and went back outside to join the other two workers," he said.
He said he gave the rest of the money to Mr Wilson, but Ms Gillard was not present during the handovers.
In an eventful day, Mr Wilson was spotted outside the commission building on Monday after a meeting with his barrister, and shoved, swung a punch and shouted abuse at a news photographer who took his picture.
Mr Blewitt detailed a series of flights in which he carried cash, drawn from the Workplace Reform Association, from Perth to Sydney to give to Mr Wilson.
In one 1993 example, Mr Blewitt took $50,000 that he gave to Mr Wilson at a Travelodge hotel in the inner-Sydney suburb of Camperdown, the commission heard.
Mr Blewitt also said that $93,000 from the fund was used by Mr Wilson to buy a $230,000 house in Melbourne in 1993.
The commission heard the Workplace Reform Association was established without the knowledge of the broader AWU in 1992 to receive payments from construction firm Thiess, which had a major infrastructure project in Western Australia.
Mr Blewitt said he submitted invoices to Thiess, including one for more than $25,000, to cover the cost of a union-appointed workplace safety adviser, but no work was ever done.
Mr Wilson told him the association's purpose was to raise funds for union elections, he said.
Mr Blewitt said he was instructed by Mr Wilson to regularly withdraw cash and keep it until it was time to deliver it to him in Sydney.
Once, he had so much cash at his WA home, Mr Blewitt buried almost $10,000 in his yard and the money was water damaged.
He followed Mr Wilson's orders because he was afraid for his job, he said.
Mr Blewitt, 69, flew in from his home in Malaysia for the hearing and will continue giving evidence on Tuesday.


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Asthma medication linked with arrhythmias in children, young adults
Use of inhaled anticholinergics (IACs) has been associated with an increased risk of potentially dangerous heart arrhythmias among young asthma patients, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The medications are commonly used to help control asthma flare-ups, and recent studies have shown that they may be an effective treatment option for routine asthma management.
The study will be presented at the ATS 2012 International Conference in San Francisco.
"In our study, we found that the use of IACs was associated with an increased risk of arrhythmias in young individuals with asthma," said study author Todd Lee, PharmD, PhD. "Obviously, this finding raises concern because of the recent interest in use of anticholinergics in asthma."
Anticholinergics help prevent spasms that cause asthma flare-ups, and may also help prevent the buildup of thick mucus that can accompany exacerbations. The National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) recognizes anticholinergics as a "quick relief" medication for patients with asthma, and there has been interest in using IACs for maintenance therapy in asthma following recent favorable clinical trial findings.
"Previous studies of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have suggested a link between these medications and increased cardiovascular risks, but that association has not been tested in a population with asthma," said Dr. Lee. "Our objective was to evaluate the association between IACs and arrhythmias in young persons with asthma."
To conduct their study, the researchers reviewed data collected between July 1997 and April 2010 by the IMS LifeLink Health Plan Claims Database, to identify 283,429 asthma patientsfrom five to 24 years of age. From these patients, the researchers looked for individuals who were new users of asthma controller medications, including inhaled corticosteroids, long-acting beta-agonists or leukotriene modifiers, or IACs, and who had continuous enrollment in the IMS system for at least six months prior to having the control medication dispensed. Individuals with a history of arrhythmias or congenital heart disease were excluded.
Based on the selection criteria, 7,656 cases were identified and matched to 76,304 controls.For each case, up to 10 controls were matched based on age, gender, geographic region and the date when the controller medication was initially dispensed.
In addition, the researchers identified four "types" of IAC exposure: active, immediate past, past and never, and dosage was measured for patients who had been exposed to IACs. When determining any association between IAC use and arrhythmias, the researchers also controlled for asthma severity, concomitant use of other asthma medications and medications with anticholinergic effects, and other existing illnesses.
At the conclusion of their study, the researchers found that active use of IACs was associated with a 1.56-fold increase in arrhythmia risk compared with non-active users and non-users of IACs.
The risk of arrhythmias varied based on the type of anticholinergic, as well as the dose. Active users of the anticholinergic ipratropiumhad a higher risk of arrhythmias, while the risk estimates for active users of tiotropium and active users of a combination of ipratropium andshort-acting beta agonists(SABAs), another type of asthma medication, were not statistically significant.
In addition, active users of IACs on high doses had a 69 percent increase in risk compared to non-users, while the risk for active users on low doses was not statistically significant.
"While we did find an increase in the risk of events associated with the use of anticholinergics, the overall number of events we found was relatively small," Dr. Lee said. "Therefore, the absolute risk of an event for an individual patient is relatively low.
"In addition, most of the patients in our analysis that were using IACs were using ipratropium and not tiotropium, which has been the focus of the recent studies," he added. "It will be important to determine if the risk we observed with ipratropium is seen in patients using tiotropium when there is more use of tiotropium in the asthma population."
Finally, Dr. Lee said the results of this study may aid both clinicians and patients in deciding which asthma medication to use.
"Because of the potential risks with other asthma controller medications, it is important that patients and providers are aware of all of the potential risks and benefits for each of the classes of medications so they can make more informed treatment decisions," he said.
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Playing piano-style single-note lines on his Hammond B-3 organ, Jimmy Smith revolutionized the use of the instrument in a jazz combo setting in the mid-'50s and early '60s, and he was still the next big thing on the block when he recorded two LP volumes live over the course of two afternoon sets and three evening sets on August 4, 1956, at Club Baby Grand in Wilmington, DE. Smith had already tracked three successful studio LPs for Blue Note Records at sessions held earlier in the year in February, March, and June, and the time seemed right to present him in a concert setting where the full whirlwind force of his speedy playing could be best appreciated. Working with guitarist Thornel Schwartz and his longtime drummer Donald Bailey (who worked with Smith throughout his Blue Note years), Smith is 90 percent of the show here, bursting out with amazing rapid runs on the B-3, filling the air from one end of the room to the other as only he could. This first volume is drawn from the three evening sets, opening with what was actually the last selection of the night, a zippy, headlong version of "Sweet Georgia Brown" and highlighted by a nearly 12-minute version of Horace Silver's "The Preacher," a piece Smith has already made his own. It's all Jimmy Smith in full flight, bubbling over with cascading notes and breathless detours, and if his studio work is generally more structured and considered (but only a little more so), this set shows him in what was his natural habitat, astounding an audience in a small club. Bailey keeps up with things and Schwartz gets a word in now and then, but this is Smith's show all the way.
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The Incredible Jimmy Smith at Club Baby Grand, Vol. 1
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The Surgeon General states that there is no safe level of tobacco smoke exposure. Tobacco smoke can contribute to an increased risk of respiratory infections, cancer and even death in children. Parents who smoke can help protect their children by adopting and following a strict smoke-free car policy.
In the study, "Parents Smoking in Their Cars With Children Present," in the December 2012 issue of Pediatrics (published online Nov. 12), researchers interviewed 795 parents about their car-smoking policy and behavior, and if they expose their children to tobacco smoke in their cars.
Seventy-three percent of the parents admitted that someone had smoked in their car in the past 3 months. Of the 562 parents who did not have a smoke-free car policy, 48 percent smoked in the car when their children were present. Most parents adopted a "strictly enforced" smoke-free home policy, but only 24 percent of parents had a strictly enforced smoke-free car policy. Few parents who smoked (12%) were advised by a pediatric health care provider to have a smoke-free car.
This is the first known study to examine the rates at which pediatricians address smoking in cars, and due to the low number of parents counseled on this issue, study authors conclude that pediatricians should address tobacco use with parents and encourage them to have strict smoke-free home and car policies to help reduce tobacco smoke exposure of children.
Parents who smoke can help protect their children by adopting and following a strict smoke-free car policy.
Study author Dr. Emara Nabi-Burza comes on the Healthy Children Radio show to discuss her research and what it means for parents.
Segment 1: Do You Smoke in the Car With Your Children Present?


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- 1 (15 ounce) can artichoke hearts, drained and chopped
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- 3/4 cup mayonnaise
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- 4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
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- In a medium bowl, mix together the artichoke hearts, Parmesan cheese, mayonnaise, and garlic salt. Place chicken in a greased baking dish, and cover evenly with artichoke mixture.
- Bake, uncovered, for 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until chicken is no longer pink in the center and juices run clear.


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Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, programs authorized under this subpart that serve Native American (including Native American Pacific Islander) children and children in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico may include programs of instruction, teacher training, curriculum development, evaluation, and assessment designed for Native American children learning and studying Native American languages and children of limited Spanish proficiency, except that an outcome of programs serving such children shall be increased English proficiency among such children.
(Pub. L. 89–10, title III, § 3216, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title III, § 301, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1716.)
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Bullets or ballots? That's the stark question now facing Zimbabwe ahead of its runoff presidential election on June 27. The vote is more than a contest between President Robert Mugabe and opposition challenger Morgan Tsvangirai. It is a battle for the country's faltering democracy.
"We are prepared to fight for our country and to go to war for it," Mr. Mugabe warned this week. "We are not going to give up our country for a mere X on a ballot. How can a ballpoint pen fight with a gun?"
Amid such threatening talk – and reports of intensified violence – the only hope that the people's choice will prevail is if election observers step up to create a safe climate for voting.
As a reporter who covered Zimbabwe for more than 20 years, I witnessed the country's hopeful rise and tragic deterioration. In 1980, it emerged from a bloody race war that ended the white minority rule of then-Rhodesia to become a stable democracy and one of Africa's most stable and prosperous economies.
But in the past 10 years, its economy has shrunk in half and hyperinflation tops 1 million percent. Life expectancy, meanwhile, has dropped to 36 years, one of the world's lowest. Once known as Africa's breadbasket, Zimbabwe has depended on food aid for the past seven years. Now it's reeling from state terror as Mr. Mugabe, in office for 28 years, clings to power.
The people of Zimbabwe badly want to restore their democracy but, as things stand, the crucial poll on June 27 cannot possibly be free and fair.
Mugabe has unleashed sweeping state violence that the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party says has killed more than 65 of its supporters, with hundreds more tortured and thousands displaced. Mr. Tsvangirai, the MDC candidate, has been repeatedly detained and harassed, while top officials of his party have been jailed and numerous rallies banned. Tsvangirai has not been able to campaign on local radio, television or in daily newspapers, all of which are controlled by the state.
The roll of registered voters is a mess, with partial audits showing 20 percent of the voters are either deceased or listed more than once. This allows ample opportunity for vote-rigging, as the elections are administered by military officers who firmly support Mugabe. Tsvangirai could boycott the runoff on grounds that conditions are grossly skewed against him. But that would only allow Mugabe to claim an unopposed victory. Tsvangirai has said that speaking to supporters – many with broken limbs and fractured skulls – convinced him to stand strong.
Yet the situation is not completely hopeless. Zimbabweans are so fed up with Mugabe's ruinous rule that they may vote overwhelmingly against him and even the most blatant rigging will not be able to mask his loss. That is what happened in the March 29 elections when the conditions were almost as unfair, yet the MDC succeeded in winning control of parliament. Tsvangirai won more votes than Mugabe, but he did not reach the 50 percent majority needed to avoid a runoff.
International observers can play a vital role in helping Zimbabweans to vote their choice. Mugabe has tightly restricted these observers, allowing missions only from the 14-nation Southern African Development Community, the African Union, and a few other friendly nations.
While the African observers have in the past indulged Mugabe by endorsing flawed elections, they are becoming more critical. Reports of the recent violence have spurred the Africans to double the size of their delegations to this election.
This week, the United Nations sent a high-powered African envoy, Haile Menkerios, to assess the situation. Although special observer missions from the United States, Britain, and other European countries have been barred, their diplomats in Harare can view the polls. The presence of serious observers should force Mugabe's thugs to curtail their violence. This will create a climate of safety and encourage people to vote.
The observers can also see if Mugabe sticks to the transparency of the March 29 elections. All votes were counted in front of observers at the polling stations where they were cast, and the results were publicly posted on the spot. This prevented state agents from fiddling with the votes.
Pressure from fellow Africans and the UN, as well as from the US and Britain, may convince Mugabe that patience with his oppression is wearing thin. He may accede to abide by enough standards of electoral fairness to allow the will of the Zimbabwean people to be registered.
If Tsvangirai wins this election, despite all the unfair advantages Mugabe enjoys, it will be a historic victory for democracy in Zimbabwe and, indeed, for all of Africa.
• Andrew Meldrum, a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, reported from Zimbabwe for The Economist and The Guardian between 1980 and 2003.


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What's new in Project Web App (Project Server 2010)
Applies to: Project Server 2010
Topic Last Modified: 2011-04-13
The version of Microsoft Project Web App that ships with Microsoft Project Server 2010 includes an improved user interface and several robust new features. Together, these updates provide an intelligent business application that supports integrated project and portfolio management capabilities, scalable collaboration for both small teams and enterprises, and an extended platform that integrates with related Microsoft technologies.
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Improved user interface
Integrated project and portfolio management
Scalable collaboration
Extended platform
Improved user interface
Project Web App offers a significantly updated user interface, including the Ribbon and a streamlined project editing grid.
Introducing the Ribbon
Project Web App now uses the Ribbon, which helps you to quickly find the commands that you need to complete a task. Commands are organized in logical groups that are collected together under tabs. The new versions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010, and the Microsoft Project 2010 client program are also using the Ribbon, providing a seamless interface across all programs.
Enhanced project editing interface
With a new grid-based project editing interface, you can now update project data in the same grid and Gantt Chart view that you use to review your project data. Data entered into the grid is validated upon entry, and the overall experience is much more streamlined. This updated grid is used throughout Project Web App, including the Project Center, task updates, preview pages, the Resource Center, and resource assignment views.
Integrated project and portfolio management
Changes in integrated project and portfolio management include end-to-end demand management and portfolio analysis solutions, and the ability to manually schedule tasks and effectively schedule using a top-down approach.
Manage project proposals
The new demand management functionality in Project Web App enables you to implement an end-to-end proposal submission and approval process that uses templates, a Web-based proposal submission form, project lifecycles, and business strategies. Once a proposal is approved, you can easily create a project schedule based on the proposal and assign resources.
Analyze proposals for your project portfolio
Project Web App offers new portfolio analysis features. You can now analyze project proposals using business drivers, high-level cost constraints, and high-level resource constraints before you make approval decisions.
User-controlled scheduling
In Project Web App, project managers can maintain control over their project plans and minimize unexpected changes using manually scheduled tasks. Factors such as task dependencies and calendar changes will no longer automatically adjust task dates when user-controlled scheduling is enabled.
Top-down summary tasks
At the beginning of the planning phase, project managers may only have some high-level information on key deliverables and major milestones of their projects. Using Project Web App, projects can be divided into high-level phases based on the overall timeline and budget. This means that dates for individual work items do not necessarily need to line up exactly with dates for the high-level phases.
Scalable collaboration
A major goal in developing this version of Project Web App was to provide teams with tools customized for their size and maturity. To achieve this goal, improvements were made to help simplify submitting and approving timesheets and task status. In addition, user delegation was added to support an uninterrupted collaborative experience.
Single entry mode for timesheets and task status
Project Web App offers a new unified mode for entering time and task progress. If your organization chooses to use this single entry mode, you can complete your timesheet and inform your manager of your task status with a single view.
Approval Center for timesheets and task status
In addition to being able to enter time and task progress in a single location, those with the appropriate permissions can now approve timesheets and task updates in a single view.
User delegation
The new user delegation feature in Project Web App enables one user to act as another user, regardless of permission-level differences. For example, if an administrator has a planned vacation and needs someone to fill in for her while she's away, she can identify a team member as her delegate, and that team member will have all of the administrator's privileges.
Extended platform
Project Web App offers an extended platform, including departmental custom fields, the ability to create multiple OLAP cubes that have department support, and end-user reporting that uses Excel Services.
Departmental custom fields
Departmental custom fields, or departments, enable you to define, at a resource, task, or project level, which fields are required or not required. This helps to filter information displayed throughout Project Web App, so that information is focused on what is applicable to each department. While this is not a security feature, it can help to simplify the interface for Project Web App users.
Multiple OLAP cubes with department support
Project Web App enables you to build more than one OLAP cube. In addition, you can now filter cube data by department.
Business intelligence with Excel Services
In this release, Excel Services in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 is integrated with Project Web App to make it easier to create business intelligence views. As part of this integration, blank data-connected spreadsheets and predefined views are provided. The data available for reporting has also been expanded to include timesheet custom fields, project properties, and portfolio planner and optimizer data.


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Camille Walala
14 Jul - 24 Sep 2017
NOW Gallery, Greenwich Peninsula's cultural platform for exciting design, fashion and art exhibitors, is delighted to welcome renowned digital print designer Camille Walala as its 2017 Design Collaborator. From 14th July – 24th September, WALALA x PLAY, an interactive abstract installation and immersive maze will capture the imaginations of NOW Gallery's audience this summer.
WALALA X PLAY welcomes visitors to explore, examine and enjoy a labyrinthine network of corridors and enclosed spaces in a 'temple of wonder' created by Walala Studio. A key part of this installation will be an imaginative puzzle which invites the solver to identify the inconsistencies between two otherwise identical images. WALALA x PLAY brings this concept off the page and into three- dimensional space, inviting visitors to linger and explore colour, shape and scale, contemplating formidable pattern to find the differences.
Due to high demand the installation now has ticketed entry for Fridays - Sundays. NOW Gallery is open 7 days a week. On Monday - Friday's the gallery is open from 10am - 7pm.
What are my transport/parking options for getting to and from the event?
NOW Gallery is on the right, next door to North Greenwich Tube. North Greenwich tube on the Jubilee Line is 15mins from Green Park in one direction and Dalton and East London in the other.
North Greenwich bus terminal is next to the gallery, with buses covering London and North Kent.
What can I bring into the event?
No food or drink to be taken into the maze.
All shoes must be removed.
Pushchairs can not be taken into the maze.
Please do not run around the maze.
Children must be supervised at all times. Each adult can only take a maximum of two children into the maze.
How can I contact the organiser with any questions?
Message us via facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NOWGallerySE10/
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Footage Of Lethal Beating Deleted From Seized Phone; Sheriff Asks FBI To Take Over Investigation
from the a-step-in-the-right-direction deptWell, this is rather unexpected. After sheriff's deputies seized cell phones containing footage of David Silva's death at the hands of nine law enforcement officers, the assumption was that Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood's promise of a full investigation would result in little more than some officious noises being made and declarations that the recordings were "inconclusive" or "unrecoverable."
That this is the most common assumption shows how far the trustworthiness of law enforcement has fallen. This precipitous drop in trust is almost inversely proportionate to the increase in recordings captured by members of the public. Law enforcement has long been in control of the cameras and this power shift has resulted in some very ugly behavior. The expected mode is cover up and obfuscate, abusing the power that comes with the position.
The unsurprising part of the David Silva beating is this: when one of the phones confiscated by law enforcement (one without a warrant, the other after an illegal nine-hour detention) was inspected at the Sheriff's office, Sheriff Youngblood discovered the footage had been deleted.
The surprising part is that Youngblood decided to call in the FBI to head up a parallel investigation into the death of David Silva. Even better, he had the phones flown out to the FBI's Sacramento office for analysis. This is a rather unprecedented move. The general response from local law enforcement to situations like these is to close ranks and make vague promises and statements about "justice" and "truth." Instead, Youngblood opted to turn the investigation over to a more neutral party (and one with better tech tools).
The fact that this story has attracted national interest probably pushed Youngblood to consider other options. There's little chance the Sheriff's department would be able to control the narrative (or contain the fallout) at this point and with potentially damning footage being deleted by a law enforcement officer, there's no chance for redemption without making the investigation more neutral.
This isn't to say the FBI isn't capable of covering up misbehavior, but in this instance, it really doesn't have much of a stake in the outcome. If the footage shows what eyewitnesses have described, there shouldn't be too much of a question as to where the guilt lies.
The deputies named by the department have been put on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation, and Sheriff Youngblood has stated that these officers have been receiving death threats and negative email. This, too, is an expected outcome. The court of public opinion creates a lot of judge/jury hybrids. Naming the officers involved is a small but significant step towards a transparent investigation. Hopefully, the FBI's involvement will continue in this fashion, rather than take a turn towards the opaque.
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When Anthony Bourdain took to Reddit to answer reader questions, we expected drug references and some hate for the Travel Channel, but professing his love for Quebec was the icing on the cake.
The TV personality, author and chef's recent 'Ask Me Anything' (AMA) segment on the user-generated website had Bourdain doing what he does best: Telling it like it is. He also showed some appreciation for Canada's food scene in the process.
One Redditor asked, "Hey Tony, where would you rank Joe Beef in your list of favourite restaurants? And where would you rank Montreal among other "food cities"?
Bourdain responded with some glowing praise.
"I LOVE Joe Beef, LOVE Montreal. And think Martin Picard is a genius. I'm all about Quebec," he wrote.
"How was your visit to Montreal? Did you enjoy McMillans [sic] spots?" another reader asked.
"Dave McMillan and Fred Morin are brilliant, bon vivant, scholarly chefs par excellence. AND they look good in Speedos. If you are lucky enough to have them as friends, you are very lucky indeed. HIGHLY recommend JOE BEEF and LIVERPOOL HOUSE in Montreal. They are my mentors in Quebec," Bourdain responded.
Bourdain's appreciation for Montreal's cuisine is well-documented.
"It's the most uniquely Canadian food in Canada," he told the Canadian Press last year when explaining why heading to Montreal for an episode of 'The Layover' was a must.
And in October he took Maclean's magazine to task for overlooking eateries Joe Beef and Au Pied de Cochon in its 'Best Restaurants Of Canada' issue.
"It speaks of a personal agenda so deranged or corrupted as the [sic] throw the entire enterprise into disrepute. Both restaurants are in fact, Canada's best and most Influential cultural ambassadors," he wrote in a widely-circulated email.
Bourdain also visited Toronto last year, checking out everything from the city's knife-sharpening skills to drinking bourbon out of a hollowed out bone.
But there's no question that Montreal is where he's met his true food soulmates, as mid-February Twitter escapades revealed him taking in a Canadiens' hockey game, going ice fishing and eating on a skating rink, all while accompanied by famed chefs Martin Picard, Frederic Morin and David MacMillan. He'll be back in the city on May 5 for his "Guts and Glory" tour.
But to get up close and personal with Bourdain, you don't have to go much further than the rest of his AMA, as he shares tidbits about his worst drug experience and hate for Paula Deen.
Check out some of the best (or at least the most entertaining) responses in the slideshow below: