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This recent collaboration was initiated by Haripriya Raghavan, an ardent musician and music promoter in northern California for many years..
I still remember the initial meeting with the Conductor of the Symphony, Michael Neumann at Haripriya's house where we exchanged views on Western and Indian classical concepts and I showed him some examples of compositions I had arranged for orchestras before.
Then there was the formal meeting with Cathy Taylor, Executive Director of the Symphony when dates and other important logistics were finalised, almost 2 years ahead of time.
This kind of planning and professionalism is very much in tune with my own thinking and it gave all of us ample time to go back and forth on instrumentation, choice of compositions, fine-tuning of the arrangements etc.
To me, each such assignment is a learning curve and this was no exception. I learnt so much more about how Western composers and listeners approach music, what yardsticks they apply to measure the quality and viability of a composition, what are the factors one needs to pay attention to during arrangement, what kind of music sounds are easy to us but can be difficult to them and vice versa, what are the things that can make the music sound wholesome and so forth.
From the Symphony's standpoint, I was the first Indian and second non-American composer ever to collaborate with them and they were open to learning how Indian, especially Carnatic classical music worked.
I was very keen to not only compose fresh pieces for them but also introduce great classical composers from India and have their works presented on the same platform as the Mozarts or the Beethovens.
For this concert, I chose Tyagaraja's Niravadhi sukhada in Ravichandrika and I am glad to say that this is perhaps the first ever time that a full Western Symphony orchestra has performed the work of a master classical composer from India.
My two compositions for this concert were
(a) Maltz, a folksy, glitzy piece based mostly on Major scale (closer to raga Mand initially before changing over to a general medley).
(b) The Haunted Brook, a unique composition in world music based only on descending sequence of notes, based on raga Hamsanadam. This is part of my descent trilogy. I also have a similar composition in pure Carnatic style - Sada nin padame in raga Chakravakam, which in turn was inspired by maestro Ilayaraja's piece using only ascending phrases, Kalaivaniye in the film Sindhubhairavi.
A short clip of Haunted Brook was posted by a listener in that concert recently at You Tube:
If you notice, in this clip the two Carnatic artistes - Charumathi Raghuraman and Anand Anantha R Krishnan did not play but they had active roles in the other compositions and my solos (Raghuvamsha - Kadanakutoohalam and Appa rama bhakti - Pantuvarali).
The Sacramento Symphony artistes did their best, given that this was their first exposure to Melharmony and Indian styles. They excelled in their own repertoire of composers such as Edward Elgar and Kromsky. I had some Indian dancers present a couple of Oottukkadu Venkata Kavi's compositions - Shri Vighnarajam bhaje (Gambheeranattai) and Neelavanam (a folksy chindu).
Melharmony - as you all recall - was first conceptualised by me during my collaboration with artistes of the BBC Philharmonic.
Melharmony aims to bring new scales/modes, rhythmic and compositional forms to the West and bring new textures and sounds to Indian listeners. With an intent to "showcase harmony with an emphasis on rules of highly evolved melodic systems such as Indian classical", Melharmony has won critical media acclaim in many parts of the world and also generated academic interest in conferences such as Society for Music Theory.
I am glad that such collaborations are able to 'export' many key Indian concepts to mainstream Western audiences and with all your good wishes, I hope to continue such efforts over the years. What I have done so far is just a humble beginning...


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I live at ground zero for urban drilling.
We have about 60 padsites in our 99 sq mile town here in Arlington TX.
Our state and local governement will not enforce these two laws....
1) TEX LG. CODE ANN. A§ 253.005 : Texas Statutes – Section 253.005: LEASE OF OIL, GAS, OR MINERAL LAND
"(c) A well may not be drilled in the thickly settled part of the municipality.."
2. Texas Administrative Code, Title 30, Part 1, Chapter 101, Subchapter A,
Rule 101.4, Environmental Quality, Nuisance
No person shall discharge from any source whatsoever one or more
air contaminants or combinations thereof, in such concentration and
of such duration as are or may tend to be injurious to or to adversely
affect human health or welfare, animal life, vegetation, or property, or
as to interfere with the normal use and enjoyment of animal life, vegetation, or property.
We had a drill spill in Lake Arlington, our drinking source, a couple of years ago. We also have about 100 drilling laterals under our lake that are at migration risk for seismic events and or cement failures.
We have had maybe a dozen gas release emission events over the last few years that I am aware of.
The following are the items lacking in our URBAN oil and gas drilling ordinance….................
1. Use electric rigs & and use nondiesel compressors and fracking and lift compressors and compressor stations (but do not use field DIRTY GAS). Blowdowns of compressors whose excess goes to the storage tanks should have Vapor Recovery Systems rather than venting.
2. Video tape ALL cement casing pours when it comes back up to the top through the annulus so that there is proof of an even pour and ensure all wells have electric bond log tests.
3. All drilling mud farming (private & commercial) and brine "road spraying" should routinely test soil and shallow ground water for toxins.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQTtI94GGd8&feature=player_embedded Brine spraying
4. We need the industry to invent technology to keep the toxic, silica dust on the padsite-those pathetic pillow case looking socks aren't getting the job done. Ban the use of Hydroflouric Acid.
5. Mandate ventless, emission free flowback tanks by using pressurized flowback tanks instead of open hatch frack tanks....
6. Global Warming isn't waiting 2.5 years for the EPA mandated Green Completions equipment.... no venting ...wait for the pipeline. Ensure condensers are used on glycol units.
7. The pipeline should be in place FIRST before fracturing so that flowback doesn't sit in the ground for months festering bacterial sulfide growth to sour and damage the well and sicken people.....
8. The setback away from people should be substantial. Rural method drilling is not acceptable in urban areas. An environmental tester who has a Phd said that the health effects are being seen downwind from about 1,800 – 2,500 feet. Local and state gov. need to test for methane leaks with FLIR cameras.
9. Have zero tolerance for underinspected, or faked Waste Disposal Injection Well casing pressure tests. Don't risk eventual migration of toxic fluids into our drinking supplies.....
10. State entities overseeing oil and gas should regulate how close old wells are to new wells....
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Imagine having to outsource a process or product to third party sub-contractors or vendors in the middle of your project. What type of contract do you draft out for the third-party service provider?
Situations like these are why project managers need to have a good understanding of contracts to be able to handle contractual negotiations effortlessly.
There are three basic types of contracts:
Fixed Price Contracts:
These are also known as Lump Sum contracts. The seller and the buyer agree on a fixed price for the project. The seller is bound to accept high risk in this type of contract. The buyer is in the least risk category as the price is already fixed and the seller has agreed to this. There must be fully detailed specifications, checklists, project scope statements from the seller side which the buyer will use.
Often, sellers may try to cut the scope to deliver the projects on time and within budget. If the project is finished on time with the desired quality, the project is over for that contract. However, if the project is delayed and there are cost overruns, then the seller will absorb all the extra costs. Fixed price contracts are typically used in government based projects. Advantages of fixed price contracts include minimizing risk for buyers. The major disadvantage of Fixed Price Contracts is that the seller starts cutting scope in order to finish on time and within budget.
Below are a few types of fixed contracts:
- Fixed Price Incentive Fee (FPIF) – If project ends sooner, an additional amount is paid to the seller.
- Fixed Price Award Fee (FPAF) – If the performance of the seller exceeds expectations, an additional amount (say 10% of the total price) will be paid to the seller.
- Fixed Price Economic Price Adjustment (FPEPA) – The fixed price can be re-determined depending on the market pricing rate.
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What you will do when the scope of the work is not clear? Fixed price contracts would be out of the question since you are not sure what you need out of the project. In such cases, ideally you would need to opt for cost reimbursable contracts.
Under a cost reimbursable contract, the seller will work for a fixed time period, and will raise the bill after finishing work. A major drawback of this type of contract is that the seller can raise an unlimited or unknown amount which the buyer is compelled to pay.
This is why cost reimbursable contracts are rarely used.
Below are a few types of cost reimbursable contracts:
- Cost Plus Fee (CPF) or Cost Plus Percentage of Costs (CPPC) – The seller will get the total cost they incurred on the projects plus a percentage of fee over cost. Always beneficial for the seller.
- Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) – A fixed amount (for seller) is agreed upon before work commences. Cost incurred on the project is reimbursed on top of this.
- Cost Plus Incentive Fee (CPIF) – A performance-based extra amount will be paid to the seller over and above the actual cost they have incurred on the projects.
- Cost Plus Award Fee (CPAF) – The seller will get a bonus amount plus the actual cost incurred on the projects. Very similar to a CPIF contract.
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Unit price contracts are what we call an hourly rate. For example, if the seller spends 1,200 hours on a project, and his or her charges are $100 an hour, the seller will be paid for $120,000 by the buyer. This type of contract is typical in freelance work. The main advantage of this type of contract is that the seller will make money for every hour he spends on the project.
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Oliver Bierhoff defends Germany's decision to rest key players for the friendly with Denmark.
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Low (pictured) is resting first-team regulars Jens Lehmann, Michael Ballack, Philipp Lahm and Torsten Frings for Wednesday's friendly in Duisburg.
But his move has come under-fire from Olsen who says it 'shows a lack of respect' to the Danes.
However, former international striker Bierhoff, now managing director of the national team, defended Low's decision to field some of his young talent.
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There's no entry fee, but participants must preregister at www.redcloverrovers.com by Wednesday, Nov. 25, if they wish to be included in the results. Those who don't preregister can still run but won't be given a bib number.
Participants are also asked to bring a nonperishable food item for donation to the local food shelf, along with a second item (canned goods, baked goods, dessert, something Thanksgiving related, etc.) for post-race awards. Runners will be able to choose one of the food items as their reward after they finish.
This race comes after the town's summer Fun Runs and the annual Bill Powers Memorial Firecracker 4-Miler. Jason Dunklee, a 1992 Brattleboro Union High School graduate, prevailed on July 4 and was followed by Rob Lind in second and Norwich freshman Ryan Gilligan in third. Dana McClelland, Heather Conarroe and Natalie Quintero were the top three female finishers in that Memorial Park to Brattleboro Town Common race.
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New movies this weekend include Kung Fu Panda 3 (review), The Finest Hours (Chris Pine, Casey Affleck), Fifty Shades of Black (Marlon Wayans), and Jane Got a Gun (Natalie Portman, Joel Edgerton, Ewan McGregor). There's something for everyone — comedy, action, and drama. We saw Kung fu Panda 3 and loved it. Continue reading for summaries and trailers of the new movies for this weekend.
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Kung Fu Panda 3 (review)
In 2016, one of the most successful animated franchises in the world returns with its biggest comedy adventure yet, Kung Fu Panda 3. When Po's long-lost panda father suddenly reappears, the reunited duo travels to a secret panda paradise to meet scores of hilarious new panda characters. But when the supernatural villain Kai begins to sweep across China defeating all the kung fu masters, Po must do the impossible — learn to train a village full of his fun-loving, clumsy brethren to become the ultimate band of Kung Fu Pandas.
The Finest Hours
A heroic action-thriller, The Finest Hours is the remarkable true story of the greatest small boat rescue in Coast Guard history. On February 18, 1952, a massive nor'easter struck New England, pummeling towns along the Eastern seaboard and wreaking havoc on the ships caught in its deadly path, including the SS Pendleton, a T-2 oil tanker bound for Boston, which was literally ripped in half, trapping more than 30 sailors inside its rapidly-sinking stern. As the senior officer on board, first assistant engineer Ray Sybert (Casey Affleck) soon realizes it is up to him to take charge of the frightened crew and inspire the men to set aside their differences and work together to ride out one of the worst storms to ever hit the East Coast.
Fifty Shades of Black
An inexperienced college student meets a wealthy businessman whose sexual practices put a strain on their relationship in this parody of the popular film/novel 50 Shades of Gray.
Jane Got a Gun
Jane Got a Gun centers on Jane Hammond, who has built a new life with her husband Bill "Ham" Hammond after being tormented by the ultra-violent Bishop Boys outlaw gang. She finds herself in the gang's cross-hairs once again when Ham stumbles home riddled with bullets after dueling with the Boys and their relentless mastermind Colin. With the vengeful crew hot on Ham's trail, Jane has nowhere to turn but to her former fiancé Dan Frost for help in defending her family against certain destruction. Haunted by old memories, Jane's past meets the present in a heart-stopping battle for survival.


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This is a new recipe that a friend gave me last week. She makes it quite often and her family really loves it. It is a very easy, quick recipe to put together and the olives give it a very different taste from other chicken enchilada dishes I've tried.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 (12 ounce) canchunk chicken
- 1 (8 ounce) can cream of mushroom soup
- 1 (8 ounce) jar Cheese Whiz
- 1 (10 ounce) candiced tomatoes and green chilies (ROTEL)
- 1⁄2 cup celery, chopped
- 1⁄2 cup onion, chopped
- 1⁄2 cup bell pepper, chopped
- 1⁄4 cup green olives, chopped
- 4 cups nacho cheese flavor Doritos (crumbled slightly, but not crushed)
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- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Line the bottom of a 9 inch pie plate with 3 cups of Doritos saving 1 cup to crush and sprinkle over the top.
- Saute onions, bell pepper, and celery until tender.
- Mix all remaining ingredients together well. Spread over the chips.
- Top with the remaining cup of crushed chips.
- Bake in preheated oven at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes or until heated through.


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Posted on September 26 2016
1. STOP using your nails as tools
We're all guilty of this some time or the other. It's tempting to use your nails to open staples, scrape off labels, unfasten key rings... the list is endless. Even though your nails may seem strong and don't bend or break when you subject them to this torture, our advice would be to stop it! Use the right tools for the job at hand and spare your poor nails.
2. STOP wearing nail paint - (for too long)
While we love beautifully manicured and painted hands and feet, it's never a good idea to constantly have your nails covered with enamel. While you probably remove the polish from your finger nails a lot more regularly, pedicures last much longer because toe nails grow much more slowly as compared to the nails on your hands. Make sure to give your nails some air by keeping them bare in between your colour appointments.
3. STOP peeling away your chipped manicure
Yes it looks unsightly, but rather than peeling off or picking away at your nail enamel, just take the whole thing off with a nail enamel remover. Picking at your nails just makes them weak and brittle
4. STOP starving your nails
Your nails are a very accurate reflection of your diet. Make sure you eat a balanced and nutritious diet complete with protein and vitamins (vitamin B12 and D are especially important) for healthy and strong nails.
5. STOP exposing your nails to chemicals
Household cleansers, detergents as well as dishwashing liquids contain harsh chemicals which cause your skin to dry out and also damage nails. Wear gloves while using these chemicals to protect your nails. If you do expose your nails to these cleansers, make sure you rinse and clean your hands afterwards and then apply a good, soothing cream to replenish and feed your nails.


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Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients using an interactive, self-guided fatigue management resource, developed by researchers from the University of Alberta in Canada, reported lower fatigue and improved cognition after three months, showing that fatigue self-management tools can contribute to the treatment of this common MS symptom.
The pilot study, "The Interactive, Fatigue Self-Management Resource: The Road from Development to Testing to Hope for a Potential New Fatigue Management Tool," was recently presented at the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC) 2016 Annual Meeting June 1-4 in National Harbor, Maryland.
The meeting, attracting both MS researchers and clinicians from all over the world with four days of clinical and preclinical symposiums, is considered one of the most important MS-related meetings throughout the year. The session, "Comprehensive Care in MS and Symptom Management," in addition to the fatigue study, included a number of presentations focused on care improvement.
Fatigue affects up to 90 percent of MS patients, and self-management tools have been frequently employed. But these approaches suffer from a number of drawbacks, as the patient often needs to be involved in a structured program.
Such programs do not always fit a patient's learning style, or do not tackle particular factors that contribute to a patient's fatigue. Also, structured programs require access, which isn't easy for many for many patients.
In an attempt to try another approach, the research team developed an interactive, self-guided fatigue management resource, allowing individuals with MS to personalize their approach to fatigue management. The tool requires active learning, which might contribute to better outcomes.
The resource consisted of an interactive Power Point presentation, which was tested in 35 MS patients with mild to moderate fatigue. The tool allowed participants to learn more about fatigue in MS, to assess and track their own fatigue, as well as identify contributing factors. Such factors could be the presence of depression, sleep problems, drug side effects, lack of physical activity, and strained mental processes.
The patients also had access to practical and evidence-based strategies for fatigue management that they could explore at their own leisure.
Using three different questionnaires and interviews, researchers investigated changes after three weeks, and again after three months.
The team found that patients using the self-management resource experienced less fatigue, including cognitive and psychosocial fatigue, and fewer cognitive difficulties. Patients also showed greater knowledge about fatigue mechanisms, and had adjusted their expectations and behavior. This was also reflected in increased self-confidence and improved quality of life, as well as better communication with other people.
By Magdalena Kegel
Multiple Sclerosis News Today
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Bulk storage racks are used in warehouses to enhance flexibility of accessing objects. There are organizations that use large equipment or raw materials. It includes manufacturing industries, cargo handling industries, Supermarket Racks, etc.
Heavy duty bulk storage racks are useful to all kind of organizations. The racks used in household versions are entirely different from racks that are used in warehouses. You may have seen various types of storage racks used in the grocery store. The shape of these racks will vary based on the dimensions of products aggregated in it.
All products manufactured in organizations won't be the same in its size and shape. Hence, industries have to select racking system according to the size and shape of the products they manufacture. Designing or buying bulk storage racks & Supermarket Racks without defining exact requirement and proper measurement may end up in the waste of money. Hence, organizations are recommended to take a precise measurement of all the products they need to organize in warehouse before placing order for bulk storage racks.
Available space of the warehouse is the next prominent thing on which organizations have to focus on when buying storage racks. The exact dimensions of the room must be measured to get suitable storage racks.


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Jetix was a world wide Disney owned programming brand, airing as either a programming block (e.g. in the US, Canada, India, and the Arab World) or as an individual channel (e.g. in Latin America, and several European regions, including the UK). In 2009, the brand ceased to exist, as it was merged with Toon Disney to create Disney XD.
- Jetix (block) - The US programming block, airing on ABC Family and Toon Disney from 2004 to 2009.
- Jetix (UK) - British network, replaced by Disney XD in 2009.
- Jetix (Canadian block) - The Canadian programming block, airing on Family Channel from 2006 to 2009.
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- Jetix Concept Animation - a now defunct Disny animation studios, providing some of the Jetix programming.


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Island faces teacher exodus
Teaching unions have also seen council documents showing that all 341 teachers in the island's five high schools would have to reapply for their jobs under the proposals, because their schools would be closed.
The scheme, reported in The TES in March, would see 16 middle schools extended by an extra year, spanning Years 5 to 9. The high schools would be replaced with a federation of five 14-19 learning centres, enabling the council to offer a wider range of courses and the new work-related diplomas.
Isle of Wight Council has calculated there will be no forced job losses in the reorganisation, but council papers reveal 120 high school teachers and the same number of support staff would have to take jobs in middle schools, where they would lose the opportunity to teach GCSE or A-level.
A National Union of Teachers poll of half of the island's high-school teachers found that around 70 per cent would consider leaving if the plans went ahead.
Headteachers have already warned that the island has recruitment problems because of its distance from the mainland, its dowdy image and poor academic record.
Uncertainty about the future of the island's education system is being exacerbated by the sudden resignation of councillor Patrick Joyce, cabinet member for education on Isle of Wight Council, and his deputy, although neither departure is connected to the changes.
The Isle of Wight has long been locked in debate over the fate of its middle schools, which are popular with parents. The island's Conservative council won the last election on the basis it would retain them.
David Porter, island secretary for the NASUWT, said: "There is clear documentary evidence stating all high-school teachers will have to prepare CVs. They will be technically redundant and must reapply for fewer posts in the new learning centres.
"If those left over refuse a post in a middle school, they will be deemed to have resigned."
Steve Beynon, the Isle of Wight's director of children's services, said no statement on the impact on staff would be made until after the proposals had been considered at full council in October.
He added: "Whatever changes are made, there will still be the same number of pupils to teach and any figures quoted by unions are merely speculation."


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ZACHARY - Lightning is suspected as the cause of a fire that destroyed a two-story home outside the city limits Wednesday, Zachary Fire Chief Boyce Smith said.
Smith said neighbors reported hearing several lightning strikes in the Plainsland Drive area off East Plains-Port Hudson Road before the fire was reported about 3:15 p.m. by the occupant of the home.
"We saw several lightning strikes as we were on our way to the fire," said Smith.
He also reported that a thunderstorm caused high winds and heavy rain in the area.
The fire left a man, woman and their adult son homeless, he said.
The American Red Cross was called to assist the family, Smith said.
The Baker Fire Department assisted Zachary firefighters in extinguishing the blaze.


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Ultra Foods is redefining the warehouse format with its new concept store.By Jim Dudlicek, EnsembleIQ
Since opening its first location in 1981, Ultra Foods has positioned itself as a low-price leader throughout its market area, which includes northwest Indiana and northeast Illinois.
?The difference between Ultra Foods and other big-box low-price supermarkets has always been our fresh departments and our extensive variety,? says Dave Wilkinson, president of Ultra?s parent company, Highland, Ind.-based SVT LLC, which also operates the Strack & Van Til and Town & Country banners. ?When we had the opportunity to open an Ultra Foods in Prospect Heights, we decided that this was the perfect location for us to take our fresh departments and the variety we offer in center store to an even a higher level, separating us even further from those competitors.?
To be sure, this northwest Chicago suburb?s new-format Ultra Foods market? a former Omni store, vacant for a decade ? explodes most folks? concept of a warehouse store, which is typically characterized by stacks of palleted product, limited selection and rudimentary service. And the Prospect Heights location offers about 20 percent more variety than even a typical Ultra Foods.
Entering the 87,000-square-foot store, visitors are first greeted by the value aisle, piled high with dry grocery items, paper goods and liters of pop, with signage proclaiming ?Ultra Savers? pricing. ?We?ve got 10,000 Ultra Savers every day throughout the building,? notes Joe Kolavo, SVT?s VP of perishable operations.
But shoppers also encounter a table displaying the ?Cookie of the Month,? made fresh daily by the in-store bakery, offering a hint of what the grocer calls the ?Ultra Difference.? A few yards further into the produce section, and it?s clear that this difference from most other warehouse-format stores continues to be redefined upward at Ultra Foods.
Hot or Cold, Just Right
For starters, the expansive produce section includes some 1,200 items. ?This is our largest-variety produce department,? says Andy Raab, SVT SVP. ?A lot of international, lot of specialty items. We make our own salsa and guacamole.?
Colavo adds, ?We have three people dedicated to our cut-fruit program ? it?s a daily process.?
Additionally, there are multiple varieties of mushrooms, and up to four types of kale. ?Our goal is to have an organic item in every single category,? Kolavo says.
While Ultra purchases much of its produce through SVT?s majority owner, Joliet, Ill.-based Central Grocers, ?we also go to the market in downtown Chicago to get spot deals,? Raab notes.
Astride the produce section is the in-store bakery, which makes most of its wares from scratch. ?That?s a key point of differentiation,? Kolavo stresses. ?We bake cakes. We mix, bake and hand-decorate cakes every day in our bakery. Just about every one of our competitors purchases a frozen cake made somewhere other than their store. The same is true with our doughnuts.?
Raab adds, ?If the case runs out of bread, we can have fresh bread made in 10 to 15 minutes.?
The store?s delicatessen offers more than 125 sliced-to-order varieties of luncheon meats from the service case (dominated by Dietz & Watson and Greenridge Farms) and another 100 self-serve deli meats, including many ethnic offerings from local and regional suppliers.
?We roast our own beef and turkey overnight, slow-cooked to our recipes,? Colavo says. Store Manager Gerry Schroeder adds, ?You get quality beef at a much lower price.?
Salads are prepared from ?our recipes,? Colavo explains, with some made entirely using scratch on site, others at an off-site commissary from recipes developed by the store?s deli director. ?You won?t find these salads at our competitors,? he says of the 50 rotating varieties. ?All are custom to our stores.?
Also in the deli is ?Larry?s Legendary? fried chicken, made with ?only fresh, never frozen chicken,? Colavo says. Dinnertime shoppers can pick up to-go dinner bags featuring fried ($11.99) or rotisserie ($9.99) chicken with two sides from the hot bar, plus rolls. An additional heated case, located near the checkout lanes for the convenience of evening commuters, merchandises rotisserie birds with stuffing mix and 2-liter pop.
Colavo says the hot food bar has been well received by shoppers, who also offer ?a lot of comments on our variety.? Also popular is the fresh-made sushi, which Raab says accounts for three of the store?s top 30 items.
Perhaps a bit slower to catch on is the store?s elevated dining area above the deli, which looks out onto the produce section. ?We?ve toyed with it over the years, but this is the first in-store seating we?ve had,? Wilkinson says. ?I?m not sure if we?re getting the message out enough that we have it ? we need to communicate that.?
The message is reaching students at nearby Hersey High School, where an open campus allows youngsters ? the next generation of grocery shoppers ? to come to the store for lunch and hang out in the café for an hour or so to enjoy the television and free Wi-Fi, Colavo says. At the base of the stairs leading up to the café is the beverage bar, offering fountain pop, gourmet coffee and other drinks that can be enjoyed on the spot or while roaming the store.
Daily Grind
Ultra Foods carries Certified Angus Beef exclusively, and the store?s signature butcher shop item is ground beef at four leanness levels, including a 97 percent ?ultra lean? grind that Colavo says is unique to the banner. ?Our butchers cut subprimals and grind fresh every day,? he says. ? We only sell our fresh ground beef for one day, so our customers are always able to purchase fresh, healthy, great-quality product.?
In addition, the butcher shop makes 20 types of fresh sausage. The rotated varieties, some of them seasonal, are made with Farmland all-natural pork. ?It?s much leaner than anything prepackaged,? Colavo says of the preservative-free links. ?It requires a lot more labor and cost, but our customers enjoy the variety and freshness.?
Also unusual for a warehouse store are five lines of chicken: organic/certified humane, Miller Amish (natural and organic), Sanderson Farms, Perdue, and the store?s own hand-trimmed poultry, which includes boneless, skinless breasts along with meat precut for tacos and stir-frying.
Meanwhile, the seafood counter offers ?a minimum of 20 fresh fish selections every day,? Colavo says, noting that the store will even prepare seafood purchases ? grilled, baked or fried ?at no extra charge while customers shop, and call them when the orders are ready. ?A lot of people are uncomfortable preparing seafood,? he says. On PG?s visit during Lent, the store offered seafood dinner specials for the observance, including tilapia, ocean perch or lake perch with fries and coleslaw for $7.99.
The meat case includes organic beef and pork, grass-fed beef and fajita kits featuring beef or chicken with vegetables, plus Chiappetti brand veal and lamb. All family packs of meat are offered at 10 percent off.
Variety Show
More typical of the warehouse format is an extensive center store, though less typical is such a vast selection of product types and brands, plus a dedicated aisle for organic, natural and gluten-free products.
?Our variety in center store is significantly more extensive than most other supermarkets,? says Bob Wasiuta, VP of grocery merchandising. ?We carry more than 1,000 gluten-free products, 500 non-GMO items and more than 1,300 organic products throughout center store, frozen foods and our dairy department. We carry 12 full lines of imported pasta, and an extensive variety of other international foods.?
Colavo adds, ?Our back room is significantly larger than most, for forward buying to extend the savings as long as we can.?
Schroeder says the store?s extensive variety hasn?t gone unnoticed by shoppers. ?We?ve received some of our most positive comments about these areas,? he notes, pointing out the aisle devoted solely to Hispanic foods, in addition to a more diverse international aisle. ?It?s variety you?re not going to see anywhere [else] in a big-box store.?
Eastern European and Asian products dominate the wide selection of specialty sauces, coffees, cookies and other delicacies. The store recently added a 4-foot section of Greek foods in response to customer requests within the first two months of opening. ?We?re constantly listening to our customers,? Schroeder says.
And the store is reaching out to shoppers as well. Schroeder says Ultra Foods uses its own people to sample products, and makes sure they taste the products first so they?re better equipped to discuss them with shoppers. ?Most customers have been able to taste our products,? he says.
The store has an extensive beer, wine and spirits section featuring many craft beers, including a cooler from which shoppers can assemble mix-and-match craft 6-packs. ?We?re one of the few stores to have this in the cold section,? Schroeder says, adding that Polish beers are also big sellers because of the local ethnic population.
Raising the Bar
The Prospect Heights store incorporates several design aspects aimed at saving time, labor and energy, explains John Ritchie, director of facilities. These include prefabricated cooler panels, LED lighting, high-efficiency fans, doored cooler cases, curtained open cases and a low-maintenance polished concrete floor.
The latter feature was most welcome during the recent harsh winter in the Chicago area, as it was easy to keep clean and thus prevent customer falls. ?During this horrible winter, our floors looked better than most stores? floors,? Schroeder remarks. The store also has an emergency generator to protect perishables in the event of a power outage.
Just the nature of the store itself presents its own challenges. ?With the significant addition of variety throughout all of our perishable departments as well as center store, closely managing inventory and product rotation is even more critical,? Schroeder says. ?While our customers tell us they appreciate the extensive variety we carry, and that variety is definitely a point of differentiation between us and our competitors, it does add cost to our operation.?
But the challenge seems to be paying off. ?Easily the most rewarding part of opening this store has been all of the positive comments and compliments we have received from our customers,? Schroeder says. ?We believe that customers who enjoy shopping at a bigger-box grocery format value all of the ?Ultra Diferences? we offer. They appreciate the fact that they are able to save on their grocery bill without sacrificing all of the variety and full-service fresh departments.?
According to Wilkinson, Prospect Heights officials were overjoyed that a new grocery store was coming to the site, the lease on which Dominick?s (which owned Omni) finally gave up 10 years after the old store closed, when parent company Safeway decided to leave the Chicago market last year. And the project gave Ultra Foods some new lessons that will be shared among the banner?s 16 other stores; at the time of PG?s visit, Ultra?s Downers Grove, Ill., store was being converted to this format, with the Lombard, Ill., location soon to follow.
?We challenged our Ultra Foods merchandising and operations teams to take things to a new level at Prospect Heights. We gave them the latitude to test and try new concepts, categories, products and merchandising techniques,? Wilkinson says. ?We all learned from this experience, and we are already applying many of the successes we have realized at this location into a number of our other stores. Prospect Heights, in a good way, forced many of us out of our comfort zone and challenged us to take a new look at how to raise the bar in existing and new locations to better satisfy our customers.?
?This was the perfect location for us to take our fresh departments and the variety we offer in center store to an even a higher level.?
?Dave Wilkinson, president, SVT
?With the significant addition of variety throughout all of our perishable departments as well as center store, closely managing inventory and product rotation is even more critical.?
?Gerry Schroeder, store manager
?The Prospect Heights store forced many of us out of our comfort zone and challenged us to take a new look at how to raise the bar in existing and new locations to better satisfy our customers.?
?Dave Wilkinson, president, SVT


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Well I think this technique is so pretty, love the tone on tone colour and a great choice of stamps too :)ReplyDelete
Thank you for joining us in our colour challenge at Seven Hills Crafts this month :)
Jenny x
Great job Mac. Your card is so pretty and colourful. Great way to stretch the use of your sprays by watercolouring with them. xxReplyDelete
What a BEAUTIFUL and fresh card, love how you have used all the colours.ReplyDelete
What a wonderful card - love the background you have created and the stamping and colouring is exquisite.ReplyDelete
Lovely background, I love the colors you chose. Sorry for not visiting lately, I am not blogging much lately , just posting.ReplyDelete
Wow!! Such a pretty card with all the pastel colors used beautifully! I had been away on a vacation, so had been a bad bloggy friend! :)ReplyDelete
GORGEOUS!!! I love how this turned out Mac, way to go with those stamps!! Love your fresh summery palette, it's like a bowl full of sherbet! So fun and beautiful with that wish sentiment too! hugs :)ReplyDelete
What a gorgeous water colored background, embossed flowers and dimensional word.ReplyDelete
Hugs Diane
So pretty and I love the way that the sentiment blends in with the rest of the card. Crafty hugs, Sandra XReplyDelete
This turned out beautifully, love the colours. Cara xReplyDelete
Ooooh! I wanna try this technique! It is really beautiful! and I just love the "hidden" die!ReplyDelete
A fun teechnique and the result is gorgeous. Your flowers are lovely. Brilliant idea to add a sentiment this way!ReplyDelete
I meant technique:)ReplyDelete
OOOh my word this is GORGEOUS!!! I love your coloring and embossing on this!! Really love your sentiment too!! I can't be missing out on all of the creations that you've made for the camp...so I MUST have a look at them!! :) I have really missed seeing your blog my friend! HUGSReplyDelete
Beautiful Mac, love the colours, the softness of this card, the inset die cut, the shimmer, the stamps used (repeat after me 'I will not buy more stamps'). another card to CASE.ReplyDelete
This is so pretty. Thanks for playing along with the Craft Stamper challenge xxReplyDelete
The inlaid popped up die cut sentiment is super cool! I'm glad you had fun experimenting! THANK YOU for helping me to celebrate my 30th birthday!ReplyDelete
Absolutely wonderful card--love everything about it!ReplyDelete


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Hello again, My Horse. I am so happy to see you, out here on this howling tundra which I just teleported to for some reason. The last time I saw you, you were in a stable outside a city hundreds of miles away. But with your perfect horse instinct, you knew where I would be the next time I needed a ride somewhere, and here you are. You are the best horse, My Horse.
You always try to fight my enemies for me, even when they're a dragon or something. And then you get scared and run away. Sometimes you get in my way first, and I accidentally hit you and then the dragon sets me on fire while I'm trying to get you to stop standing in front of me. Then, after I kill it, I have to spend ten minutes running all over the place trying to find you again, and I want to hug you and tell you I'm sorry and you were a good horse for trying to help.
You never have a problem galloping all day, even when I'm maxed out on inventory. I didn't go overboard on the Body slider but I am still pretty damn built with my shirt off, I figure with plate armor and all my weapons we're talking 250 lbs at least. And I'm not even mentioning these other ten complete suits of armor which I looted off those bandits, and which I assume I folded up small and stuffed down my pants, because I don't appear to have a backpack or pockets or anything. You don't care. You are the strongest horse in the world.
So I try to make things as nice as possible for you, My Horse. When I leave you outside a city, I make sure I get right inside the stable before I dismount, so at least you'll be under cover while you stand around for days until I need you again. I know this doesn't mean a lot because it seems to snow right through the roof anyway, but maybe it helps a little.
I'm sorry I treat you the way I do. I'm sorry I never take your saddle off and I'm really, really sorry I never feed you. I'm glad you sometimes look like you're eating grass when I leave you to stand around alone for weeks out in the wilderness, and I assume you drink from streams or puddles in places that aren't covered in six feet of permafrost. Sometimes I'll take one of these apples I keep finding in caves and drop it on the ground in front of you, in case you eat apples when I'm not there. Maybe when I'm in a city, you eat hay in the stables and somebody takes your saddle off and brushes you and everything. I hope so. Maybe you enjoy the company of your friends there, or even spend some quality time with a nice lady horse. Or a man horse. I admit I do not know which you are.
I want to be nicer to you, but I don't have any option. I mean there literally isn't any option besides Ride My Horse. But you seem to be okay with that, because you keep coming back. Unlike everybody else I hang out with, you never, ever Gets Tired Of Waiting And Leaves. You just turn your head and look at me and make that pbpbpbthhhh rubbery-lip-blowing horse noise, and I want to give you a big hug and pat you on the nose, as long as nobody is watching, because I have tundra-cred to maintain here.
In many ways, My Horse, you remind me of my first two horses, My Horse and My Horse. I named you after them. Some people might say that's not very original, but I am a Viking hero guy who goes around hitting people in the face with axes for a living, not Mr Fancy Name Writer Man. My Horse and My Horse were good horses too. I owned them many years ago when I was just starting out in the hero biz, way back when I was apparently the same age I am now. I still feel guilty about what happened to them. No, I mean, nothing happened to them. They are 100% still alive and very happy, and the thing that happened to them will never happen to you, because I think I'm better at aiming power attacks now, and I'm definitely better at maintaining a good camera angle so enormous sheer icy cliffs don't look like a small, gentle slope right up until you gallop over the edge.
Horses go to Sovngarde, right? I'm pretty sure they do.


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TORONTO, June 5 (Reuters) - The rebounding U.S. housing market has not yet entered bubble territory, but has corrected enormously, Richard Fisher, president of the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank, said on Wednesday.
"I don't think it's a bubble yet but it has corrected enormously so my personal view would be to slow the rate of acceleration (of bond buying)," he said in an interview with Canada's BNN television.
The central bank official, who has advocated that the Federal Reserve scale back its quantitative easing program, also said financial markets have begun to discount this possibility.
Market participants have been closely watching the comments of Federal Reserve officials as signs of stronger U.S. economic growth have raised the prospect the Fed's hefty U.S. monetary stimulus program could be curtailed in coming months.
Fisher, a longtime critic of the Fed's current bond-buying program, said in a speech in Toronto on Tuesday evening that the U.S. central bank is poised to evaluate and potentially make changes to the stimulus program.


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