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Regional Sales and Operations Planner for Service Provider Segment
Location:San Jose, California, US
Area of InterestSupply Chain
Job TypeProfessional
Technology Interest*None
Job Id1218519
What You'll Do
Optimizes Cisco performance and customer satisfaction through demand planning excellence and customer / partner collaboration, enabling sales opportunity, process simplification, supply chain flexibility and asset velocity.
You will enable our Global Service Provider Regional Planning by:
- Demonstrating the existing Operating Model as the single source of truth or "fulfillment engine construct" within functionally organized SCO, incorporating regional lens.
- Clearing house / prioritization for our regional needs with our OPT's help. Translating sales demand to the core product engine for the Service Provider and translating core product supply availability in support of our operating plan
- Drive closure with Sales team on critical deal management or event based co-planning
- Sense needs of Region/Segment or Architecture. Exercise What-if / scenario planning and identify key customer impact & mitigation strategies
- Developing front-end demand management capabilities: Closely work with Sales plan and forecasts and Proactive demand shaping – mix decision and E&O reduction
Execute to the functional engagement model within SCO to:
- Plan and achieve revenue goals
- Drive customer excellence
- Sense future business needs
- Plan tracking & financials
- Enable sales & customer wins
Who You'll Work With
As a Regional Sales & Operations Manager you will drive Supply Chain alignment with Sales, Sales Finance and Customer Partner Services (CPS), and ensure liaison with Supply Chain for planning shipment requirements to serve customer needs and the financial plan. In partnership with CPS, you will focus on predicting and orchestrating business and customer outcomes through Sales & Operations planning, co-planning and critical deal management and operational enablement.
Who You Are
You're a trusted advisor who inspires confidence and action through communication and predictive insights. You build breakthrough partnerships and the relationships you build within Operations and Sales are deep and abiding. Your focus is bringing value and outcomes and you know how to measure it. You use big data and analytics to generate actionable customer and business insights designed to drive action.
Minimum Requirements:
- BS in Business Administration, related supply chain management field or finance. MS degree preferred.
- 8+ years of Supply chain experience (Cisco or Industry) in Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), end-to-end planning processes, sales engagement, customer co-planning, product life-cycle management, supply chain financials, and / or supply chain modeling experience.
- Strong analytical skills to assess, frame and drive data-driven decisions. Create models to analyze "what-if" scenarios for proactive planning purposes. Recognizes underlying themes and patterns and reduces complex data to a few key conclusions that can easily be understood by others.
- Understanding on drivers for the Supply Chain Balanced Scorecard and the Operating Plan framework and how supply chain decisions contribute to business performance and customer satisfaction. Understands and applies general business concepts and principles including profit and loss statements, cost-benefit analysis, and return on investment calculations to drive data-driven decisions. Able to create and use financial trend analyses and compares (quarter over quarter, year or year) to explain current performance in the context of the macro business situation, and use this insight to achieve future desired outcomes
- Deep understanding of Cisco's Service Provider customers, markets and products knowledge & experience. Understands Cisco's business models and macro business environment. Able to align internal processes with corporate objectives. Can effectively represent that understanding in relevant ways to others.
- Provides thought leadership. Sees connections between supply chain actions and strategic business outcomes. Anticipates future threats and opportunities for our customers and businesses, and makes decisions based on global business conditions and strategies. Strategies are inclusive of data and intuition and encompass whole systems thinking.
- Basic knowledge of how business is transacted through Cisco's systems and overall IT architecture. Understands and align business needs to the IT architecture and ensure they support effective execution of the business.
- As a cross functional leader without direct reports, ensures processes, systems and people operate in concert with each other. Capable of leading conversations to influence and drive better decisions with multiple partners, often at the Director and VP levels.
- Expertly presents own position despite resistance or unfavorable reactions from others. Handles problems or conflicts with others openly and directly. Has the conviction to take risks, make decisions and raise when needed to achieve desired business outcomes.
Why Cisco
We connect everything: people, processes, data, and things. We innovate everywhere, taking bold risks to shape the technologies that give us smart cities, connected cars, and handheld hospitals. And we do it in style with unique personalities who aren't afraid to change the way the world works, lives, plays and learns.
We are thought leaders, tech geeks, pop culture aficionados, and we even have a few purple haired rock stars. We celebrate the creativity and diversity that fuels our innovation. We are dreamers and we are doers.
We Are Cisco.
We connect everything - people, process, data and things. We innovate everywhere to create fresh ideas and possibilities. We make a meaningful difference that will benefit everyone - our people, our customers and the world around us.
Our technology changes the way the world works, lives, plays and learns. But our edge doesn't come from technology. It comes from our people. We're looking for the kind of people who take smart risks, thrive in diverse environments, inspire their colleagues, and are committed to having an impact on the world. Whether you create technology solutions that redefine business or build connections that strengthen the community, you can make it happen at Cisco!


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Boy's Best 'Napping' Friend! You MUST WATCH This Video—So Cute!
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So here is the story. It shall be brief.
I wanted to draw journal comics because it would force me to draw from life and I could focus on getting better at craft. I wanted to take some time to get good at this, or at least get comfortable, so that I could make full on graphic novels.
Mission accomplished. I have better skills and more confidence. Most importantly of all I have all of you.
I finished my children's book and thanks to all your pre-orders I got it printed in time for this year's convention season.
Just after I got the book printed, I hung up my pencil for a while. I have spent all of the time to now writing.
I now have my first actual graphic novel fully written and ready for pre-production. I finished it about a month ago. I have been sitting on it for a month while I catch up on some freelance gigs that have zapped my time. Among them is an anthology entry for Red Stylo Media. The anthology is called: "Shakespeare Shaken". It should be good. I'll link when I know more.
The second big gig is the start of a new marching pre-season. I will now be writing drum parts for a drumline. While I am doing that I will be checking to make sure my script is worth making a full comic. If it is worth it, I will then proceed with pre-production. Pre-production for comics means gathering reference materials and making character sketches and location sketches. After that, and once a lot of drumline writing is out of the way, I will begin with production proper.
The novel is divided into a few discrete chapters. I plan on posting the novel on here one chapter at a time. To break up the chapters I will have some journal comics between them. A few funny things have happened here and I still want to share.
In the meantime, until I get some material polished and produced, this site is going to stay dark.
I plan on updating my art-blog site more often. I would love it if you were to meet me there.
Join my facebook page or follow me on twitter, and you can see what I am up to there as well. I will put out a blast on each of these outlets when I am ready to post material again.
My tentative deadline is to have the thing done and printed by Feb of next year. Not sure how that will go. Let's all hope together.
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I get scared when I see documentation* telling you that you must do something or live data might be lost. It's far to easy to miss that documentation and suddenly you've potentially lost the only copy you have of certain files.
How about writing a settings file to the container that would get checked before certain operations (in decreasing order of importance):
* Adding or editing new container
* Deleting files
* Any write
The settings file would contain something to uniquely identify the Drupal installation. This might be the domain name of the site (although that doesn't necessarily protect dev VMs) or some random data generated when adding the first container.
(*second paragraph of "Containers" at http://drupal.org/project/storage_api )
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Hey Mother fans. I hope the time without new episodes has been easier on you than it has been on me. The past several Monday nights have been miserable for me. But now, everyone is happy. The writers are happy. The studios are happy. We the viewers are happy.
But, after all the wait, these first two episodes have left been decent at best. Maybe it's just me. Beggars can't be choosers, right?
How it went down:
Saint Patrick's Day is fun for beer and bar lovers. That means it's fun for our HIMYM gang. Like Barney does with everything, he goes over the top for this Irish holiday and shows up in a festive green suit. Ted told him he looked like an NBA player sidelined by an injury and Marshall asked him if they could play pool on him. Ted, Marshall and Lily, however, have considered forgoing the festivities (drinking excessively) this year. They are convinced that staying home drinking green tea (with caffeine) is as good as drinking green beer and green Jell-O shots.
Of course Barney can't understand why people wouldn't want to party and pleads with them to come to the bar with him. They say no, make fun of his suit some more, and Barney heads out. When Barney leaves, Ted realizes his phone has been in his back pocket dialing Marshall's phone. (This seems insignificant now, but oh you just wait.) Has Barney ever let go of something until he gets his way? I think not. Why should this be any different? He calls Ted from a cab with two hot girls (yes, they were hot) on their way to a party at a club. He tells Ted this is the last night of the world's existence because — wait for it because it's a mouth full — Nostradomas sounds like Notre Dame which is the Fighting Irish, hence the world ending on St. Patrick's Day. Ted agrees to come because he doesn't want to be bored with Marshall and Lily, who were going to go to their new apartment and have "board game night.")
As the show breaks for commercial, Future Ted tells his kids that their mother was at the party they were going to. And then, we see the yellow umbrella again. Yes, the same yellow umbrella we saw the last time "the mother" was mentioned.
After Ted and Barney debate which girl is hotter, they get into the club — without the girls. The bouncer tells them that he is only letting guys into the bar because there are so many girls in the bar. Then the bouncer tells them the girls in the club are more drunk than the girls they came with. So they ditch the girls they came with. Ted was cool with it, which isn't like Ted. He is usually more of a gentleman, but more on that later.
Meanwhile, Marshall and Lily go to their apartment to hang pictures on the wall and play board games when Marshall discovers their apartment is crooked. So crooked that they were walking downhill to the door. Robin had some great lines in this scene, saying that the apartment made her feel like she was in the last 10 minutes of the Titanic. I really hope I don't have to explain why that was funny. The scene got a little lame, I thought, when Marshall got scared to tell Lily about the problem. She wasn't noticing the lean. She was too excited about the free skateboard she found. She didn't even figure it out that she kept winning Hungry Hippos because the balls were rolling down the slope into her hippo's mouth.
Marshall made up a story about how there was a ghost in their apartment. Obviously this freaked Lily out way more than a crooked apartment would have. Hence the lameness. When they finally told Lily the truth, she was OK with it. In fact, she loved a game Robin invented to roll downhill toward the door on the skateboard.
Now, back to the bar. Ted develops this theory about his behavior. He notices that he ditched Marshall and Lily and was rewarded with two hot girls. Then he ditched the two hot girls and was rewarded with an entire club full of hot girls. To prove his theory, he orders drinks on someone else's tab. (Never, ever do this at a bar. You might as well slap your mother when you knowingly order drinks on someone else's tab without their permission.) However, immediately after he does this evil deed, he is rewarded with a group of hot chicks with "expensive tequila and very deep belly buttons." With that, Ted is convinced. He does bad things, good things happen. From that point on the champagne is flowing like Niagra Falls and Ted and Barney chant, "No tomorrow!"
Ted tested his theory again by telling a girl he just wanted to hook up. No relationship. Just a quicky, if you will. (If you're confused about this, here's a little secret. Guys aren't supposed to say these things.) In the middle of this conversation, Barney pops up from a reclined position on the floor with a girl and comments on the depth of her naval. Immediately after this, Ted's girl lets him know she agrees with his attitude and reveals that she is married. I know. Bummer. So much for his theory, right?
Barney later reveals his laws of cheating. He says, it's not cheating if:
1: You're not the one who's married
2: Her name has two adjacent vowels
3: She's from a different area code.
Guys, don't use these. Just remember, it's always cheating.
If the girl being married wasn't enough punishment for Ted's behavior, try this on for size. The guy had the tab Ted was drinking on all night found Ted. Actually, the guy's fist found Ted's face.
The next day, Ted is telling Marshall the story over breakfast. Other than leaving his phone at the club, Ted sees no problem with the way he acted. Then, Marshall lays down the guilt-trip-advice-from-a-married-guy speech. I have given this speech before. It's when one of your friends is single and partying and sometimes uses bad judgment. Since you're married, you are never tempted in the way he is, you feel you can tell him how to be a gentleman. Marshall tells Ted he is turning into Barney.
To prove it, Marshall plays voice messages that Ted's phone was leaving on his. (Remember the pocket dialing.) He plays back all 17 messages of Barney-like behavior. Ted agrees that he was a bad boy. Marshall then tells Ted about the crooked apartment. He and Lily will have to stay with Ted a little longer.
Ted goes back to the bar to find his phone, thinking about how badly he behaved the night before. He couldn't find his phone, but he did find a yellow umbrella to use in the rain. (ahhh haaa!)
As Ted is walking from the bar in the rain with the umbrella, "Future Ted" says his luck was about to change. Great moment.
The last thing we see is Barney waking up behind trash next to a dumpster. He gets up, starts walking home and says, "I'm awesome."
Remember the tramp stamp? It's still there. Ted still has his butterfly tattoo on his lower back. But he is trying to change that by having it removed at a tattoo removal clinic. This is where he meets Stella. She is his doctor for the process. She tells him she can remove the tattoo in 10 painful sessions. This is also where he meets Britney Spears. That's right. America's most troubled, and sometimes psychotic pop princess makes an appearance on HIMYM. But she is not playing herself. She has a character. More on her later.
On Ted's first visit to the clinic, he is hitting on the doctor relentlessly. She is very attractive if I do say so myself. They begin debating what the worst movie ever made is. I have never heard of the two movies they are talking about. If you have heard of Manos: The Hands of Fate or Plan 9, then you score 10 points. For whatever it's worth, my least favorite movie of all time is From Justin to Kelly. I am a huge American Idol fan, but give me a break. That was awful.
So, Ted and Stella chat and the next thing he knows he has a date with her — so he thought. He gets there and realizes he's there with all of her girlfriends and pays for all four of them. Ted felt bad until some old man in the theater made it worse by calling him a schmuck out loud. Stella said she wasn't allowed to date patients.
On Ted's next session with the doctor, he tells her he will just wait until the 10 sessions are up and ask her out then. She promptly tells him no. He got rejected before he even asked. That's tough. Ted tries to figure out why she was saying no. She's not married, has no boyfriend, not a lesbian, not partial to black guys. He's baffled. He even gets the gang to try to figure it out.
This is when Barney unleashed another one of his theories. He says it takes girls just 8.3 seconds to figure out if they want to sleep with a guy.
Barney asks Ted how the session went and he describes how he squealed like a girl due to the pain. This is when we see Britney. She is the receptionist, Abby, at the clinic. When Ted yelled in pain, she came into the room and said, "Doctor, is everything OK? I heard a woman screaming in here." She saw Ted and realized it was a guy and laughed and walked out. This wasn't the last we saw of Spears-Random Guy In Vegas-Federline-Spears. (I think that should be her official last name.)
So Ted pulled out all the stops in an attempt to woo Stella for the next 5 sessions. He even juggled for her. She still said no. Barney tells him juggling is lame and Ted quickly pointed out how lame magic is. (Barney has been known to get girls to fall for him with magic tricks.) Barney performs is magic fireball trick at the bar during this conversation and everyone scolds him for it. The kindergarten teacher comes out of Lily when she reminds him that fireballs at the bar were not allowed. She put him in time out.
Ted gets an idea to help him score with the doctor. It involves the receptionist. Yes, Britney's back. He recalls an instance when the Abby got a rude phone call from a patient. She begged him to stop yelling and had trouble hanging up on him. Stella tells her she wished patients would be nicer to her. (Britney was moderately funny in this scene. This just proved that the only thing she is good for anymore is a good laugh.) Ted's plan is to be nice to Abby in front of Stella to show how good of a guy he is. He gets coffee for her and she becomes obsessed with Ted. She said he is a knight and she should call him Sir Ted.
His plan didn't work as planned. Stella tries to hook him up with Britney . . . I mean Abby. She said Abby wanted to invite him to a bowling party with her church group but she was too shy. This is just too funny. Britney with a church group. Right. You know, four years ago we would have thought Ted would be stupid to pass up Britney. Now we think, "Thank goodness he didn't fall into that web of trashiness." OK, OK. No more bashing Britney. It's hard to see Abby the receptionist as anyone but Britney.
Ted tries other ways to win over Stella. He even tried reading a self help book he saw in her office. He found out she never read it and hates it. Then Abby brings his copy in and says he left it behind. Busted.
Barney later tells Ted that Stella is not all he thinks she is. He says she has a secret. He says . . . wait, Barney has to pee. OK, Barney's back. He says he called the office and asked the receptionist if he could see Stella. Abby didn't understand and Barney yelled at her asking if she understood English. It turns out that he was the mean patient from earlier. During his visit with Stella, Barney finds out she has Falickyolaphilia. I don't know if I spelled that correctly. I doubt it. Frankly, it doesn't matter. It's some kind of disease that she needed a hypnotherapist for. Barney says the disease is the inability to be attracted to men without mustaches. So, what does Ted do? Ding! Ding! Ding! You guessed it. He grew a mustache.
On his next visit Abby tells him she loves the 'stache. She says he looks like Magnum P.I. Stella, on the other hand, laughed. Turns out that Barney was just trying to win a bet he made a long time ago that he could get Ted to grow a mustache. Barney won $10.
Marshall visited Stella as well. She told him he has an irregular mole. He freaked out. Then Stella told him she had a little crush on a patient with a butterfly tattoo. The door is open!
On the last session, Ted tries one more time to ask her out. She said the reason she kept saying no is because she has a daughter. She says work and being with her daughter takes up her entire life. She says a two-minute lunch break is all the free time she has. She doesn't have time to date.
Ted realizes she never really told him no on the last visit. So Ted plans a really romantic two-minute date and surprises her on her lunch break. He got Aziz, their cab driver friend to help out and spent about 15 seconds for dinner, 15 seconds for a movie, 15 seconds for dessert and the rest of the time walking back to her office, 50 feet away. He got a kiss. And he should have. That was awesome. Guys should take notes.
After Stella goes inside to her office, Ted sees Abby and she starts chasing him down the street.
We later see Barney hitting on Abby. Barney tells her he will take her shopping but he has to stop by his hotel room first to see if they fixed his broken bed. Without missing a beat, Abby asks him if they can have sex on the bed before they go shopping. I think Barney just fell in love . . . with Britney Spears-Random Guy in Vegas-Federline-Spears.
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Cricket Expands its Smartphone Line up with the Samsung Indulge
June 7, 2011 | by Charles West
Carriers, Samsung
Cricket for the past few months has made valid strides in ramping up its Android phone line up. Today, Cricket Wireless (a subsidiary of Leap Wireless) announced its new offering, the Samsung Indulge. The Indulge packs a 3.5 inch display and a slide-out Qwerty keyboard. It's also powered by a 1GHz processor and Android 2.2 with Samsung TouchWiz 3.0. This is Cricket's fourth Android smartphone to date after the Huawei Ascend, Sanyo Zio by Kyocera and the LG Optimus C.
Discussing the company's growing list of Android phones, Cricket's vice president and general manager of devices, Matt Stoiber, in a press release said, "Our customers love to text and surf the web, especially using social media applications and want an Android experience with a touchscreen and a QWERTY keyboard. And the Indulge delivers with a blazing fast 1GHz processor, vivid display and a slide-out keyboard."
The Samsung Indulge is available in Cricket branded retail stores, dealers and its website. For the price of $329.99, this will be perfect for Android noobs (Beginners) getting there first taste of Android at an affordable price. With Cricket's $55 Android plan which provides users with unlimited talk, text, 411 information, navigation, international text, unlimited picture and video messaging — this will be an attractive option for those who's not into being bogged down with a 2-year contract.
Never heard of Cricket Wireless?
Well, Cricket uses a flat rate billing method, offering rate plans from $35-$45 for basic phones ($55 smartphones only) (estimate) per month before taxes by way of month-to-month contracts only; it does not require credit checks or long-term service contracts as other service providers in the U.S. Basically, it runs similar services to the likes of Boost Mobile, Virgin Mobile USA and Metro PCS.


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CENTER VIEW: #COTA Visits with the Stars at the New Dramatists Luncheon, Honoring Audra McDonald
On Thursday, the New Dramatists honored six-time Tony award winner, Audra McDonald with the 2016 Distinguished Achievement Award at its 67th Annual Spring luncheon. Held at the Marriott Marquis, the event featured musical performances and tributes from a range of McDonald's ...Read More »
CENTER VIEW: Meeting the Nominees / 2016 Drama Desk Awards
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By Steve Schonberg, editor-in-chief (@CntrOnTheAisle) SEE BELOW FOR HOW TO GET A PEEK INSIDE OF "WE LOVE HER," STARRING LAURA BENANTI, JEREMY JORDAN, MELISSA BENOIST, MICHAEL URIE, ALEXANDRA SILBER, JULIA MURNEY & MORE, LIVE FROM FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW I created Center On ...Read More »
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Afternoon Reading, The First Person Episode 1 of 3
Series of three quirky short stories by Ali Smith.
A woman shopper finds her trolley occupied by someone else's baby. When she tries to persuade others that the child is not hers, no one believes her and she is forced to take the peculiar child home. Read by Jackie Morrison.
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Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto, the Southern California retiree who denies Newsweek's assertion that he's the creator of the virtual currency bitcoin, posted a YouTube video Tuesday to thank bitcoin owners for donating more than $20,000 to him.
"Thank you very much for your support throughout this ordeal that I'm still fighting," Nakamoto said in the video. Standing beside him in the nearly three-minute clip is Andreas Antonopoulos, a bitcoin wallet service official who organized the online fundraiser.
Nakamoto also held a copy of the March 14 edition of Newsweek, which published a story claiming he was Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious creator of the cryptocurrency. Dorian Nakamoto denied he that Satoshi Nakamoto, while the magazine stood by the story.
Nevertheless, Nakamoto found himself thrust into the international spotlight and hounded by other reporters. Antonopoulos organized a fundraiser to help Nakamoto with ongoing medical bills, future legal costs and as a way for the community to say they were "sorry for what happened to you." The drive raised 49 bitcoin, which has a value of more than $20,000.
Nakamoto said he wanted to "hug" the 2,000 donors who came from all over the world and that he planned to keep his bitcoin account for "many, many years."


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Before the unveiling of my knitted interactive tree project, which is still in progress (yikes, the deadline looms), I'd like to share a peek at my process notes. I'm fascinated by the process that goes into people's creative projects, and reading Austin Kleon's Show Your Work! reinforced the importance of sharing that process for me. Kleon also curates Think Process, Not Product: A Scrapbook of Creativity Behind-the-Scenes, a collection of images where folks share their own creative processes.
Here are the index card notes that travel in my knitting bag. The text is perhaps too cryptic even for knitters. But look: purple ink, sketches, and a pretty background!
Initially I was planning on five spheres for the treetop leaves. As I was knitting, I realized three spheres seem more reasonable for the interactive element. At least, that's the direction I'm pursuing right now.
Unveiling what I mean by "interactive"…the tree will turn inside out into an acorn! I love toys with interactive elements that invite you to play. My friend Anna's Mochomochi Land designs have been really inspiring for me in this regard, like Which Came First and the Sleepy Snake & Mischievous Mouse. And then there was that time I knit a snake big enough to eat a baby.
I started working on the acorn portion of the tree on Friday, and I was having trouble visualizing the inside-out connection of the two pieces. Drawing this rough sketch helped:
More to come on this project soon – crossing my fingers I can finish without losing too much sleep. The knitted piece debuts on Thursday, July 31! If you're in the NYC area, come check it out as part of the group exhibit/performance/party PHOTOSYNTHESIZE: Creative Communion With Our Greener Teachers.
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Simian Ghost – Automation
Dream pop is great isn't it? Especially for this time of year, when summer dusk makes its slow march on winter nights. It's the perfect genre for walking around empty streets trying to find meaning in life, and going round and round till the music stops. Other times it's just nice to have a soundtrack. Whatever the case, Simian Ghost fill my dream pop needs.
Simian Ghost is the project of Sebastian Arnström, and it's typical Scandinavian pop. They released their second record, Youth, about tow months ago, and apparently they're the first Swedish band since ABBA to get a lead review in the Times, so go check it out!
Automation is a dreamy pop record. Although following a similar pattern to most kitchen sink girl-fronted indie pop, a la Allo Darlin', it is layered in reverb and accented with twinkly synths and staccato backing vocals. Arnström's soft vocals are enveloped by the shimmering soundscape, but this not so much as to hide the excellent catchy song writing at the heart of the song. Automation leads you gently along then falls down into hazy bass synths and more dreamy reverb making the track perfect for a summer evening.
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Together, we're facing another dreaded "morning after" today. In the wake of the untimely death of Robin Williams to suicide, we opened groggy eyes realizing that this nightmare actually happened, and that suicide happens. Days shy of the three-year anniversary of my dad's own suicide, I am reminded of how I felt that next day. After a night of fitful (or no) sleep, I saw that our once charming grandfather clock was still set on the time I pulled its plug the night before (because I didn't want to hear one more happy chime) and that my dad wasn't manning his usual spot at the breakfast table. The house took on a creepy silence and the dreary weather outside seemed to match our moods. No one knew quite what to do or say, let alone how to process this unexpected and shocking loss. This was real and there was no going back to sleep to shake this off.
Like people began to do when word broke about Mr. Williams, friends and strangers began to share the news of my dad's death through calls, texts, gossip, news articles and Facebook posts like wildfire, not really considering the impact on the family. (My father was around the same age and a public, elected official who took his life in a local park, which elevated our city's awareness of what happened. I couldn't hide from it…) This kind of sharing really bothers me because in the moment, most people just want to be among the first to break the surprising news. While it sounds like Mr. Williams' family was aware of his passing before the media bit, it's still very difficult for loved ones to see the onslaught of headlines and photos alongside a word like "suicide." They likely had only minutes to process what happened before having to surrender their lives so publicly to this news. I wasn't even that lucky. The local newspaper decided to post the breaking news headline while my mom was on her way to tell me in person. So, not only did I learn about my dad's death on the internet while at work (thanks to all the sharing), I feel like I was actually one of the last people to find out. This contributed to the post-traumatic stress I experienced in the days following. I truly feel for his family – and especially Mr. Williams' young daughter – for the added distress they are feeling because this is so public.
The quick media analysis of Mr. Williams' final social media posts also shook me. Coincidentally, he shared a nostalgic, loving photo of himself with his now 25-year old daughter in celebration of her birthday two weeks prior. Today, there's another young girl out there who lost her dad, her hero, to suicide. How could someone who brought so many laughs, smiles and contributions to this world do something so dark? Just days before my dad died, I'm reminded of how he took the time to remind me in our last telephone and email conversations how much he loved me, too. Though, I never saw his next act coming. I worry about Zelda and other family members who are so fresh in their grief that they don't know how life can possibly pick up from here.
Depression, anxiety and bi-polar disorder are life-consuming issues that can rob even the kindest, most thoughtful and previously "happy" people of their desire to go on. They didn't "give up" and aren't "selfish." Life became too utterly painful for them to go on living and suicide seemed like the better option. How awful to reach that point – most of us will never understand that.
Unfortunately, there still exists a stigma in our society for those who are experiencing mental illness or have lost a loved one to suicide and the cycle continues. We've made progress with many other social concerns, but this one lags behind. People feel nervous or guilty about admitting they aren't feeling like themselves. They worry they will be judged for seeking professional help for fear it shows weakness. They worry word will get out that they are taking medication and choose not to pursue it or the counseling that will help them navigate their healing. Survivors keep their stories quiet so people don't label their family or loved one as "crazy." And, most of us are too engrained in our phones, computers and lives to even notice that someone might be hurting. "This would never happen in my family," they say.
It is extremely sad and unfortunate that we lost such a talented artist and human being to suicide and mental illness. However, I am hopeful that the significance of Mr. Williams' death and the way in which he died will encourage a national conversation about what we can do to be more supportive of those who are in need. We need to eliminate the stigmas, provide more resources and be more in-tune with those around us.
In addition to sharing photos and memorable movie quotes of Mr. Williams today, let's all take an extra step:
- Check-in (more than once) on someone who hasn't been acting like themselves or who has appeared anxious, down or in distress
- Brush up on resources, for yourself or a loved one who may be in crisis, like the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-8255
- Be courageous about sharing your own experiences to demonstrate that we need to continue battling stigmas that exist in our society
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Here's a healthy treat you can feed your little monkeys after school.
Quick and simple to make and your little ones can help, mix and drop the dough onto a cookie sheet.
3 ripe bananas (I'd previously frozen my ripe bananas so they were super sweet.)
2 cups oats (I used quick)
¼ cup peanut butter
¼ cup cocoa powder
1 tsp vanilla
pinch salt
Cinnamon and nutmeg (for sprinkling on top)
Mix together and bake in preheated 350F oven for 10 to 15 minutes.
Tip: I like to bake cookies on parchment paper—simple clean-up!
Tip: If these cookies are too healthy and chewy for your taste, try adding equal part chocolate chip cookie dough.


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West Bromwich Albion and West Ham United are chasing Werder Bremen striker Marko Arnautovic.
The Austria international is prepared to leave Werder this month, having come close to signing for the Hammers earlier this summer.
Arnautovic's agents will meet with representatives of Albion and West Ham today to discuss terms.
Werder are eager to find a buyer for the centre-forward, who is not in the immediate plans of coach Robin Dutt.
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5 Kickstarter Mistakes You Should Avoid
1. Putting "You" First.
If you have not read the classic book, How To Win Friends and Influence People, now is the time!
Ironically, although we live in a highly individualistic and egocentric society, the individuals that prosper most economically are those that put other's needs, wants, and desires before their own. You think I'm joking?
Pick out a problem, need, or want that everyone faces. Let's say the desire that most people have to feel like they can reach their potential and be in control of their own life. Now, imagine an author that writes a book that inspires millions of individuals to take action and strive to live out their dreams. From having read this imaginary book, people end up having a better quality life, are grateful, and are more than willing to pay another $10 for their next book, or even recommend the book to a friend.
Although the author invested time and energy into producing the book, it is only after it has become helpful for another, that he or she prospers. By making your primary motivation to add value to other people's lives, you will receive dividends well into the future.
Instead of senselessly promoting your project to bloggers, twitter accounts, on forums, and to your social network, first seek to understand the person you would like to support your project, then state the clear benefits to that individual, and finally, go to your full lengths to help the individual before asking something of them.
For example, I get a lot of requests from people who would like me to promote their project on twitter/facebook or to do an interview. I am far more likely to do so if the person states the message as follows:
"Hi Sal- I really enjoy your content at CrowdCrux. I'm doing a film project on Kickstarter and we have seen some traction and I was wondering if you could check it out. I have a really compelling story behind this project (enter how the project came to be). I've also learned a tremendous amount from doing this project and think it could be great to share these tips with your readers. I realize that you are very busy, but if you have the time to do a quick interview, we would be extremely grateful and promote it on our website, twitter, facebook, and more. Great work on the blog and keep it up!"
Now, that's an extremely flattering message and makes me almost feel compelled to interview the person. They are a fan, understand that I try to provide great crowdfunding tips for people looking to do a campaign, and realize that I am also looking to grow my subscriber base and could benefit from the fact that they are willing to promote the article.
Clearly, this person took the time to understand my motivations and crafted the message in a way that giving them an interview would benefit me. Not only would I likely do an interview for this person, but I might even consider pledging for their campaign.
The next time you are going to put your self-interest first, stop, think about the interests guiding the person you are attempting to persuade, and then work from their interests back to yours. I really recommend the bestselling book How To Win Friends and Influence People. You can probably find it somewhere online for free if you look hard enough.
2. Poor Budgeting
There is nothing less satisfying than putting all your effort into a campaign only to have to end up owing money after filling all of your orders because you didn't not budget carefully enough. I have seen it happen, and believe me, you do not want to be in this position.
I would recommend calculating in a buffer for your campaign of at least 10% to compensate for miscellaneous costs, especially if manufacturing and shipping is involved. A good number of campaigns I have read about must sacrifice their profit margins due to costs. Don't let this be you!
3. Failure to Study Industry Examples
If you are going to write a book in a certain genre, you read books in that genre ahead of time. If you are going to create a business, you look at other businesses in your industry to see how they obtain customers, phrase marketing messages, and what their value proposition is. Even a quick glance at similar crowdfunding campaigns in your Kickstarter Category can help you craft a better video, call to action, or structure more meaningful reward tiers.
I would recommend studying a minimum of 5-10 campaigns in-depth before launching your own. When you are not under the clock to secure pledges, you can have more time to identify the factors that caused Kickstarter success or failure and really focus on those elements rather than scrambling when your project is live. Check out: The Crowdfunding Bible: How To Raise Money For Any Startup, Video Game Or Project for some example campaigns.
4. Underestimating Social Media Preparation
Unless you already have a large established audience, you need to be revving up your social media campaign (twitter/fb/google+/pinterest/LinkedIn) a minimum of three months before your campaign. It needs to take the place of a part-time job, meaning at least 2 hours per day spent on social media six days a week. This includes posting, following, sharing, and building relationships.
Until relatively recently, the only way to secure new business was to attend networking events, make use of paid advertisements, or get referrals from friends or past clients. Now, you have the entire world at your fingertips. Take some time to learn more about how to use twitter to market your campaign. This infographic is a year old from the time of writing, but you get the idea:
5. Expecting High Conversions
If you are familiar with sales and marketing, you can skip this bullet point, but otherwise check out the diagram below.
Essentially, for your Kickstarter campaign, the "marketing campaign" block will be comprised of: twitter/fb/pinterest/linkedin/g+/forum marketing, any news coverage you may receive, people that check you out from networking events, and any individuals that may find you on the Kickstarter website. Referrals includes individuals who pledge to your campaign because they saw that their friend pledged or their friend told them what an awesome campaign you have!
As you can see, despite expending a large amount of effort getting the word out, you can only expect a small number of individuals to pledge. Depending on the campaign, I'd say you can expect a .05% – 5% conversion rate overall (different reward categories will likely have different conversion rates). What is a conversion rate? If 100 people view your campaign page and 1 person pledges $30 for the reward tier where you actually receive the product and 5 people pledge $5 as a "supporter," the product reward tier has a 1% conversion rate and the supporter tier has a 5% conversion rate.
This can be good information if you are considering running a facebook ads campaign as this successful Kickstarter project did.
Remember, keep a realistic view of conversion rates, and good luck!
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There's something beyond flesh and blood, some stardust that binds us. I don't pretend to know how it works. But I have an idea that Brandon's meant to be my son. And maybe not just for his sake. I feel it in my bones as I think it, a little shiver snakes across my skin.
My car's red nose leads the way. It sniffs out the park the same way the big black dog beside me in the passenger seat does, his lunk of a head hanging out the partially open window, ears flapping and nostrils twitching. His mouth is open, tongue hanging, eyes bright. A musty-sweet scent from the cottonwoods that line the road wafts into the car. The arch of my back softens and widens against the seatback and my breath sinks deeper into my abdomen; I'm smiling right down to my belly.
I need a daily trip to the river as much or more than my energetic dog or my hyper-active eight-year-old son who sits behind me. These pilgrimages into the natural world have replaced the daily Mass I attended as a child. There, I'd pull open the massive oak door, dip a hand into a marble holy water font, bless myself – in the name of the father, the son, and the holy ghost – genuflect, and slip into a pew. For about an hour, I'd try to locate God through Latin prayers and smoky incense, through the echoes of the pipe organ and the small flat wafer of Holy Communion a priest would set on my tongue.
Walking along sandy trails on the northwestern edge of Portland, where the Willamette River flows into the Columbia is a new kind of church. I find respite from the stresses of my grown-up everyday – the demands of my office, stacks of bills, communication glitches between my partner Kim and me, the confusing, and often disturbing, behavior of our recently adopted son. In the call of an osprey or the dance of sunlight on the leaves of the gray-trunked black cottonwoods that reach high into the blue sky, in the long broad view across the Columbia as it flows to the ocean, I find something I've been searching for since I was a girl. I don't know; maybe it's god.
A jolt to my lumbar spine undoes my budding softness. Behind me, in a booster seat, sits my stranger of a son. He's just kicked my seat. Again. Though he's lived with Kim and I for over a year, since we adopted him just before his seventh birthday, he's a mystery. Quiet and moody and dark. I put up with things I might not otherwise, because of his first years in and out of foster care where who knows what happened to him, and what didn't.
He doesn't talk much. When he first moved in, he let us read him bedtime stories but now he's in a phase where he won't let me or Kim read him anything.
"Too many words," he grumbles.
We can only look at picture books. His preference is an oversized book of prehistoric creatures. His favorites are the enormous bugs of the Carboniferous period in the Paleozoic Era, followed by the early reptiles of the Triassic and Jurassic Periods of the Mesozoic Era. Each night we count giant dragonflies and massive cockroaches, we count ichthyosaurs and therapsids and early dinosaurs like coelophysis. Though these are words, he likes saying them – ick-thee-o-sores and see-low-fi-sis.
Then we move on to the familiar dinosaurs of the Jurassic Period – Triceratops, Brachiosaurus, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Velociraptor. Enormous insects and terrifying sharp-toothed reptiles are easier to talk about than people and feelings and why he kicks my seat over and over or cuts up his clothes or whacks down all the tulips and daffodils with a stick and says he didn't.
"Brandon!" My tone is sharp enough to alarm my dog, who pulls his head into the car and flattens his ears against his head. I take a deep breath, calm myself once again. The kicking of my seat is annoying as hell. It's also only kicking the seat.
"Could you please stop kicking? It hurts my back and distracts me from driving. I want us all to be safe." I'm always explaining.
Whizzing past, branches filled with fresh new leaves wave to us from the single row of trees lining both sides of the road. These black cottonwoods are Pacific Northwest natives, well suited for riparian areas along river's edge we're heading toward. Their wide shallow root systems stabilize riverbanks, slow erosion, and provide habitat for fish and wildlife. Cottonwoods don't naturally grow in straight lines along roadsides. The same shallow root system that shores up a riverbank leaves these planted trees weak and easily damaged in winter. The damage tends to manifest later, after leaves and new growth have weighted the crowns. A storm that comes when they've begun to bloom can cause injured trees to fall.
"Why?" Brandon asks.
I'm ready to dive into a mini-lecture on automobile safety and preventing car crashes when he goes on.
"Why do they do it to little kids?"
Now I'm listening.
"Do what B?"
"Why do they take little kids away from their moms?"
It's automobile magic, this talking about real things. Our best conversations are – and always will be – while seated in the car, driving somewhere, not making eye contact.
Before his 'too many words' moratorium on talking, Brandon asked a zillion questions like this. Why did social services remove him from the care of his mother? Why did he have to leave his grandparents? Why did he have to leave his foster parents? Why is he here with us? Why did his mother leave him? Why did someone take him away from her? Why do kids go into foster care? Why do kids get adopted? Why, why, why?
I do not know the answer to these questions. Not in the big, what's-the-meaning-of-life way he's asking. I know the technical answers: evidence of abuse – physical and sexual, exposure to drugs and guns, no clean clothes, not enough food, feral behavior, missing way too much kindergarten. As for the most recent foster parents, the ones he remembers, they didn't want to keep him because of his erratic and destructive behavior. I've never shared that and I never will.
I glimpse the boy I'm still trying to know in my rear-view mirror. His hazel eyes sweep the car's ceiling before he stares out the side window.
"Why," he asks in a small voice heavy with sadness, "why did god do that to me?"
My heart rolls into my throat.
I do not know what god was thinking when he plotted Brandon's early life.
"Maybe," I say out loud, rolling with the deep rumble that shimmies up my insides stutter-like, gathering tears to spill over my lower eyelids, "maybe god wanted you to be right here."
I grew up with daily Mass and Catechism, sins and sacraments. In my childhood, God was responsible for everything. I've been grown up for a while and I'm no longer sure there's a god of any kind or color or gender doing anything at all. Kim grew up Episcopalian and Jewish. At our house, we put up a Christmas tree and light a Menorah and put out a Seder plate and hunt for Easter eggs, rituals from both our childhoods that touch a deeper longing.
There's something beyond flesh and blood, some stardust that binds us. I don't pretend to know how it works. But I have an idea that Brandon's meant to be my son. And maybe not just for his sake. I feel it in my bones as I think it, a little shiver snakes across my skin.
"Do you really think god wanted me to be here?" My eight-year-old's eyes are wide and hopeful. His tone has suddenly shifted from grief to wonder. He sits up straighter. Then he cocks his head and his tone shifts to suspicion. "How do you know?"
I do not know what god wants.
"God's a mystery, B. And he doesn't speak English so I have to guess. A lot. But B, I do think you're here for a reason. I think maybe you being my son and me being your mom, well, maybe it's no mistake."
I plan to heal this round-faced boy from the trauma of his first years. What I don't know as I steer the car north and west toward my favorite place of peace, is that we only have eleven more years, Brandon and I, to work on the mom-son thing we're struggling with. The years will be full of Brandon's anger and distrust, my frustration and growing sense of inadequacy. I'll lose count of how many times he's stolen or broken something, how many calls I've taken from teachers and principals, how many counselors have given up on him and me on them.
What I won't notice as much is the way my heart stretches and grows. The way I face challenges with an expanding sense of calm. I'll grow roots so deep and strong no wind can blow me down. Not a detective calling to tell me about my son's multiple felonies, not his commitment to residential treatment, not even the dark-eye-circle insanity that will envelope Brandon at age nineteen. I'll develop a kind of magical looking glass that shows me where pain and sadness live beneath hostility and blustering anger. After Brandon kills himself, after the what-ifs and the what-more-could-I-have-dones, a shudder of realization will rise.
Maybe everything really does happen for a reason. If so, maybe in our particular mother-son relationship, it wasn't the son who needed the saving.
We fly along between the two rows of cottonwood trees. My dog's nose twitches and the smell of spring drifts in the open window. Brandon is silent for a stretched-out moment. There are no kicks to the back of my seat.
"Open my window! Open my window!"
I take the window off 'lock.' I hear the click as Brandon unfastens his seat belt and pushes up from his booster seat. In the side-view-mirror I see his head poking out the window, sandy hair sticking straight up in the stiff breeze. He closes his eyes and rolls his head in tiny figure-eights savoring the car-generated wind that jiggles his cheeks. A wide, soft smile spreads across his round face. Behind him, the windbreak row of greening cottonwood trees flickers past, the light gray-green undersides of their leaves twinkling when the breeze twists them toward the morning sunlight. Later this spring, the tight buds will burst with puffs of cotton and cover the ground with downy white. For now, blooming is just a promise.
Mary Mandeville writes in Portland, Oregon, where she lives with her partner, one son, and two dogs. Her work has been published in Voice Catcher, Role ReBoot, Nailed!, and Brain, Child. Her essay, Giant Sequoia, won Fugue Literary Journal's 2016 prose contest and is forthcoming in their journal. Two of her essays have been nominated for Pushcart Prizes. Mary is working on a book length memoir about her years with Brandon.


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I am a descendant of Pleasant Sneed/Snead who was born in Virginia and eventually came to Marshall County, Alabama. On the 1860 Marshall County, Alabama census, he was listed as living in the household of Sallie Mead 55 yrs. old and born in SC. Pleasant was 86 years old and born in VA. Others listed in this same household were John H. Mead 23 yrs old and Evan Sneed 65 yrs old and born in SC. Sallie Snead married John Mead and had Elizabeth Mead who was born in 1829 in Alabama.Elizabeth Mead married William R. King, my gr-gr-grandfather, who died on July 13, 1863 as a result of disease contracted during the Civil War.


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Prospect Notebook
Prospect Notebook: Starters Getting Ready For the Season
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Just like major league camp, the Pirates slowly build their minor league starters up to the point where they're ready for the season by the time they break camp. Typically a minor league start will go around 75 pitches in the Pirates' system. In the last few days several pitchers have hit that mark in their Spring Training outings.
Nick Kingham threw 75 pitches on Friday in his final start of the Spring.
Gerrit Cole threw 65 pitches in five innings on Thursday, not needing the extra ten pitches to get through five. Hunter Strickland had a more efficient outing on Friday, needing just 55 pitches to get through five innings.
Jameson Taillon and Stetson Allie were both around 65 pitches in their last starts.
Nathan Baker was the latest starter to get stretched out. The left-hander...
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|May 01st, 2002
|Running Time
|Ed Powers
|Ed Powers Productions
|Cherry Rain, Justin Time, Ed Powers, Fujiko Kano, Nikki Love, Leanna, Kimmy Kann, Rose Lynn
|Critical Rating
|Not Yet Rated
Vol. 211 has the luxury of resting on the laurels of an amazing 20-year-old Puerto Rican beauty named Carmen Luvana. She is blonde, cute, big-chested and extremely good at sex. Shockingly enough, her sex comes across as sincere and intimate, even with Big Ed moving around on top of her like a maimed sea walrus. Carmen has a tremendous face and an even better body that just makes you think of her for days afterwards. This volume is the usual Ed Powers fare, but Carmen makes it special.
Vol. 212 is definitely the best one out of these volumes because of the coupling of Cherry Rain and Justin Time. The very young and attractive couple team up to fuck the truly innocent Marci Mark. Mark is an 18-year-old cutie dressed in a schoolgirl outfit, and she looks incredible. The trio then proceed to have amazing sex on Ed's bed as the viewer feels almost privileged, not only to get a break from Ed's wristwatch movements, but to see attractive young people have good, fun sex in front of a camera.
After Justin and Cherry are done with the impressionable Marci Mark, Kimmy Kann is their next victim. A great blowjob ensues with Kann and Cherry Rain on Justin. The two girls share his hard cock and pass it off into one another's mouth, making for a great scene. Powers naturally comes in and finishes young Kimmy off with his usual moves, making this volume the pick of the litter.
Vol. 213 tends to fall short of the Ed Powers stamp of approval. Brittany Skye is on the box cover. She is a young blonde who falls short of expectations when it comes time to fuck. Her performance is monotone and flat, and she really doesn't look like she's enjoying herself by the time Ed drips his lovejuice from the condom onto her left tit. He always hits that left tit, like an omen or a sacred ritual for the Tit Gods.


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Catfish stays moist and meaty in this comfort-food treatment, perked up by the crunch of thinly cut scallions and shreds of mint. Adding drops of hot sauce or your favorite chile sauce works fine if you find yourself without a small red chile pepper. Serve over steamed rice, rice noodles or shredded iceberg lettuce.
Recipe adapted from "Take One Pot: Super Simple Recipes to Cook in One Pot," by Georgina Fuggle (Kyle, 2013).
Makes 4 servings.
1 1/4 pounds skinless, meaty white fish fillets, such as catfish, halibut or whiting
2 tablespoons fish sauce, or more to taste
3 tablespoons peanut oil or toasted sesame oil
3 medium shallots
2-inch piece fresh ginger root
2 cloves garlic
1 small red chile pepper (or a few drops hot sauce)
1/3 cup superfine sugar
1/3 cup coconut juice
3 or 4 scallions
Fresh mint leaves, preferably Vietnamese
2 or 3 limes
To prepare fish: Cut fish into large chunks. Place in bowl. Sprinkle with fish sauce and 1 tablespoon peanut oil or toasted sesame oil, turning to coat.
To prepare minced vegetables: Mince shallots. Place in small bowl. Peel ginger. Mince. Add to bowl. Cut garlic into very thin slices. Add to bowl. Stem and seed red chile pepper. Mince. Add to bowl. Set aside.
To caramelize sugar: In large, heavy-bottom pot or Dutch oven, heat remaining oil over high heat until oil shimmers. Add sugar, whisking constantly to form melted caramel-colored mixture. Carefully add coconut juice. (Note: This will create fierce bubbling.) Add marinated fish and minced vegetables, stirring to coat. Reduce heat to medium-low. Cover. Steam for 10 minutes or until fish is opaque and just cooked through. Remove from heat.
To prepare garnish: Meanwhile, trim scallions. Slice lengthwise into very thin strips. Cut crosswise into 1 1/2- to 2-inch pieces. Stack mint leaves. Roll tightly. Cut crosswise into thin strips. Cut limes into thin wedges.
To finish and serve: Taste and add fish sauce as needed. Stir in half of scallions. Divide among individual bowls. Garnish with remaining scallions and mint. Serve with lime wedges.
Nutrition information: One serving provides 320 calories, 25 grams protein, 24 grams carbo-hydrates, 14 grams fat, 3 grams saturated fat, 80 milligrams cholesterol, 770 milligrams sodium, 0 dietary fiber, 18 grams sugar.


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Qube Global Software is pleased to share several new video testimonials from their customer base.
This year's Qube Global Software customer conference held at The Kia Oval proved the perfect backdrop for six of our customers to give their views on the benefits of Qube Global Software's suit of products: Qube property management software, Planet facilities management software, and Horizon property management software.
Ben Cooney of (Capital Shopping Centres) joined us to discuss the benefits Horizon software brings the shopping centre owner and operator across the fifteen retail parks which span sixteen million square feet of retail lease and catering space.
The Senior Business Analyst for the Crown Estates, a client of Qube for the last 20 years, David Spratt, spoke about the flexibility Horizon provided, describing the ability to bend the software to meet the different needs of their sites, from wind farms to office blocks.
PMS Leasehold Management which is in charge of 180 privately owned properties across the country have been using Qube since 2007. Liam Furr, their Marketing and Business Coordinator, extolled the virtues of help only being a phone call away through Qube's help desk.
Suzanne Wicks, Managing Director of Hera Management Services, a property management company dealing in block and residential properties, discussed the fundamental nature of Qube software in the success of Hera Management Services.
Chris Hinton, IT Manager at the Estates Department at the University of Cambridge, sat down to discuss how the prestigious University's 1.7bn property portfolio, ranging from 800 year old grade 1 listed heritage buildings to state of the art modern fabric buildings, has benefited from the installation of Planet which has brought together information across the company.
The Estates Information Manager of Humber NHS Foundation Trust, Nik Bygate, who looks after 600,000 patients across the UK, came along to discuss how working with Planet was more like a partnership than a client customer relation.
For further information on the property and facilities management solutions from Qube Global Software please contact us on +44 (0) 207 726 3200.
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Re: HAGERMAN/COURSER
In reply to:
Re: HAGERMAN/COURSER
Douglas Hagerman 11/22/04
Although there are some truths to your ref... I believe it has been updated since 1988.
John Hagerman (UE) was (most likely):
s/o Cornelius Hegeman (and Marytie Wiltsee/Wiltse),
s/o Adriaen Hegeman (& Elizabeth Van Wyck)
s/o Denijse (Dennys) Hegeman (& Lucretia (Grace) Dollen (Darling)
s/o Adriaen Hegeman (& Caterlijn (Catherine) Margits/Catharina Margetts). Adriaen Hegeman (the progenitor of this family was b.abt.1624 Elburg Gelderland, Netherlands >Amsterdam>Midwout (Flatbush) NY.
The "Captain John" mentioned is the s/o John Hagerman (UE).
I have seen the ref. for Francis Hagerman - however, I have
no idea who he was. (doesn't appear to be a son of Cornelius Hegeman. - He MAY relate somehow to John Hagerman's wife.... Jannetje (Jane) Hegeman/Hagerman,(she is likely the sib of John Hagerman (UE) who settled in Ontario...)however -I don't have any information that such is the case.


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AGROVOC is a comprehensive multilingual agriculture thesaurus that was developed with the cooperation of FAO member countries. It is used for indexing data in agricultural information systems and is continually being improved and updated. The first version of AGROVOC was produced in 1982 and distributed to all AGRIS centres.
Vocabulary updating is done by FAO with collaboration from national AGRIS centres. Staff at the centres propose new terms for the database to FAO subject specialists for consideration. The terms selected by the experts are added into AGROVOC. In the past, an AGROVOC supplement was then published and provided to the centres. Now the updated AGROVOC is available online. The proposing of new terms and corrections also can be done through the FAO/AGROVOC web site.
Initially AGROVOC was available in English, French and Spanish but has been expanded to four more languages: Arabic, Portuguese, Czech and Chinese. The Thai AGRIS centre is developing the Thai AGROVOC by using the English AGROVOC thesaurus as a prototype.
The following describes the motivations, work plan and problems in developing the Thai AGROVOC and provides suggestions for its future.
Limitations of translating AGROVOC to the Thai Language
Data and information produced locally typically are displayed in native language. Thus to be useful they also have to be recorded and indexed in the local language. However, each language is different in alphabet characteristic and structure. Some languages are easy to process by computer while others are very impractical or even unlikely.
For the latter, basing an index on uncontrolled vocabulary and computer processing is extremely difficult. Thai language is such a case. This is because the written Thai language has no space between words; so it is very difficult to use a word-spacing program to separate words into individual and correct words. In addition, many Thai words have the same form but different meaning or different forms with the same meaning.
Because it is difficult to use a word-spacing program for making an uncontrolled vocabulary index and because an index that has been produced from automatic spacing is low in retrieval efficiency, having a controlled vocabulary becomes quite critical. The attributes of Thai language and its limitation for natural language index by computer processing make it inefficient for data retrieval and utilization. For these reasons, the Thai AGRIS staff opted in 2001 to develop a Thai AGROVOC. As mentioned previously, financial support from Kasetsart University's Research and Development Institute and technical support from FAO facilitates the project.
The project implementation has been divided into two phases: The first focused on developing the Thai AGROVOC (and the electronic agriculture thesaurus) and the second relates to adding words in the local language and other maintenance. The electronic agriculture thesaurus is the first Thai database that stores and displays agriculture vocabulary in bi-language - Thai and English.
Table 1: Objectives of the Thai AGROVOC
|Problem to solve
|Create standardized terms for indexing in Thai.
|Thai words have the same form for different meanings and the same meaning in different forms; there is no standard word for making an index.
|Provide Thai descriptors for inputting data in the AGRIS system.
|Indexing in English is not efficient and erroneous, depending upon English literacy of the person who is making the index.
|Increase data retrieving efficiency.
|A Thai word always has various meanings and various forms.
|Thai automatic word separator is very difficult and very constraining for searching.
|Existing searching does not allow efficient free text searching in Thai.
|Link Thai vocabulary with words in other languages in the AGROVOC.
|No local language technical terms and name entities relate with other languages.
|Make it more convenient and possible for every level of user to search the index.
|Users who are not keen in either English or agricultural science cannot identify agricultural vocabulary or data searching.
|Create Thai agriculture word stock in both English also.
|There has never been an electronic agricultural thesaurus in Thai.
Developing the Thai AGROVOC
Developing the Thai AGROVOC has been a kind of research and development process for the centre, with considerable exploration into integrating ICT and knowledge management to enhance the efficiency of information service. The project has involved many resource persons and information sources, as the following outlines:
37 experts in 31 fields of study with 12 lecturers and researchers working as translators;
FAO AGROVOC thesaurus;
Thai dictionary;
Special fields dictionary related to agriculture (see the appendix 2 for the listing);
Text books and document on agriculture; and
Vocabulary and index in articles and research paper for the past 20 years.
The five-year project evolved in two stages:
Stage 1 – Building vocabulary collection (2001–2003)
- System analysis
- Collecting vocabulary from technical dictionary and research papers
- Translating terms from English to Thai
- Building Thai agriculture vocabulary database
- Installing system and providing Thai AGROVOC service through the Internet
- Promoting public awareness and feedback
Stage 2 – Adding new vocabulary and maintenance (2004–2005)
- Collecting comments for each term
- Editing vocabulary
- Adding local vocabulary into the system
- Filling up new vocabulary
- Updating vocabulary collection
Figure 3: The Thai agricultural thesaurus development process
Detailed achievements of the five-year project
Stage 1
1.1. Built vocabulary collection using vocabulary database from AGROVOC (Agrovoc.mdb) version 9 Nov 2001 as a prototype. The vocabulary in the database is displayed in three languages (we used English for the prototype, totalling 28,577 terms).
Term number and term type in AGROVOC database (version 9 November 2001)
|English descriptor
|Deleted terms
|Scope note
1.2. Categorized vocabulary, descriptors and non-descriptors (except scope note), totalling 27,313 terms into 47 groups in 31 subjects, based on AGRIS/CARIS subject categorization schemes and the field of expert's specialization.
1.3. Created terms list for specialists to translate from English into Thai. Verified them with a technical dictionary.
1.4. Sent the translated vocabularies to respective experts for confirmation, editing and modifying and any translation that the subject specialists could not do. The experts could recommend other descriptors or synonyms also.
1.5. Collected the translated and confirmed vocabulary from the experts.
1.6. Added more vocabulary by selecting terms from titles and index of research papers and articles in the Thai Agricultural Database (dating back 20 years and extracting approximately 92,605 words). Extracting an individual word was done manually because there was no well organized word-extraction tool. This is because the Thai language has no space between words so it is next to impossible for a word-extraction program to extract words without errors. Take for example:It should be extracted tobut can easily come out as which does not have the same meaning.
1.7. Vocabulary from the previous step was regarded as a natural-language term. They were ranked and frequency checked. Then they were split into two groups: one was synonymous with AGROVOC and the others were defined as a new term.
1.8. Selected the suitable term as a descriptor. The rest were kept as non-descriptors (synonym). The principle criterion was to use words that are defined and recognized by the Royal Institute. Vocabulary from a technical dictionary and text was a secondary criterion. The third was frequency of use in the literature.
1.9. Entered the Thai vocabulary (descriptor) into the Thai AGROVOC database using the same identification as terms in English by adding a new field for Thai terms. As synonym was recorded separately in another table to be used later as a non-descriptor.
1.10. Checked word redundancy and relationship and corrected errors.
1.11. Submitted the vocabulary to experts for re-verification and re-editing.
1.12. Modified them according to the experts' recommendation and corrected errors.
1.13. Processed a preliminary Thai AGROVOC.
1.14. Installed the system to provide service and get feed back via the Internet.
1.15. Evaluated the system, verified terms and their relationship.
1.16. Edited data and processed Thai AGROVOC first edition.
1.17. Installed a public feedback system with Internet access.
1.18. Launched the service, promoted it through public relations campaigns and disseminated it to interested groups of people for comments.
1.19. Submitted the Thai AGROVOC to FAO.
Stage 2
2.1. Collected comments and opinions from the public; summarize and edit data.
2.2. Assembled proposed terms obtained from the public; as in step 1.7, accepted vocabulary were taken either as new words or as synonyms.
2.3. Confirmed those new words with experts, created a relationship with existing words and then translated new words from Thai to English.
2.4. Added terms with relation into Thai AGROVOC database by creating new term identification.
2.5. Recorded vocabularies, checked redundant terms and corrected errors.
2.6. Submitted the Thai vocabulary to the Royal Institute for them to promulgate it as an approved Thai agriculture vocabulary.
Existing words are regularly modified and new words are added to keep AGROVOC up to date. Adding new words is possible when there is a suggestion from users and by developing thesaurus maintenance tools that automatically add words and create a relationship.
Figure 4: Process of extracting Thai agriculture terms
Critical factors for success of the Thai AGROVOC project
Several elements worked together toward the success of the Thai vocabulary project:
Body of knowledge from a variety of sources;
Contributions from experts and subject specialists;
Intelligence tools from system developers;
Collaboration from agencies in the network and their recommendations;
Feedbacks from users;
Managerial capability of system administrator; and
Sufficient budget.
Constraints of the Thai AGROVOC development project
Several difficulties were encountered in the development of the project:
Incompatibility between local information and vocabulary. Many descriptors in the AGROVOC are not available in the local scope of knowledge or are incomprehensible to local people. On the other hand, there are also countless local terms, especially the names of plants, animals or other local beings, that do not appear in AGROVOC.
Difficulty of defining new terms in Thai. Many terms in the AGROVOC have never appeared in Thai so there is a necessity to define them. This endeavour is really burdensome. Defining new terms needs expertise and mutual collaboration from experts in that very specific field. Finally, each term has to be officially accepted and registered as new.
Inconsistent language structure. In Thai, there are not singular or plural. Therefore the meaning of word with "s" and word without "s" cannot be displayed differently as English terms in AGROVOC. For example, the terms "seed" and "seeds" have different meanings in AGROVOC.
Incompatibility of meaning and synonymous words. Some words possess more than one meaning in English but mean only one thing in Thai. For example, "corn" and "maize" are separate in English but in Thai they mean the same thing and have only one Thai term. On the other hand, there are Thai terms with different meanings but only one term in English, such as and which in English refer to "buffaloes".
Very time consuming. The endeavour has to utilize countless experts in many fields in addition to a lot of personnel for word extraction and data processing.
Maintenance. Adding words and changing relationships are extremely difficult due to the lack of an efficient tool.
Shortfall. Some original terms in AGROVOC, as prototype, are not up to date; also, their relationships are incomplete, unclear and inadequate.
FAO should update the AGROVOC by restructuring, improving and editing the vocabulary.
FAO should design a clear procedure for identifying identifiers and the data structure to facilitate the entering of additional local vocabulary into the system.
It would be very helpful if FAO developed efficient tools for AGROVOC maintenance. This would allow member countries to regularly maintain the vocabulary system on their own.
As such, the development of a national AGROVOC to completion is very critical for local users to effectively access the widest global knowledge base. Efficient tools for maintenance and automatically updating thesaurus terms are necessary and waiting to be developed.
Thai AGROVOC public hearing
The Thai AGRIS Centre has developed an Internet public feedback system that allows users, specifically experts, academics and agricultural scientists, to voice their opinions or suggestions, confirm the exiting terms and propose new terms (http://pikul.lib.ku.ac.th/). They can verify vocabulary or even suggest new words. This process is expected to continuously improve the quality of the Thai AGROVOC, especially in terms of comprehensiveness, accuracy and relevance to the Thai agricultural body of knowledge.
However, developing the Thai AGROVOC is still an uncompleted attempt. Further integration of technology with expertise in agricultural sciences and information science is needed to enhance the efficiency of AGROVOC for knowledge discovery.


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We need a little bit of help with this one.
It is a finely made brass arts and crafts candle chamber stick. Very similar in form to those made at the Keswick School of Industrial. Looking at I would guess that it would had a removable sconce at the top. This one is marked Youghal A M W ?? It is decorated with an entwined design of mythical beast a bit like the Book of Kells.
Youghal is in Ireland and may have been associated with the Five Mile Town artisans. This is not an area that I know a lot about and ask for any comments on it's history and makers.


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. "Thai Enduro Tours" is a registered tour business located in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and under Thai / Austrian management.
Being long-time dirt bike enthusiasts - we expanded our company many years ago from a computer programming business to a bonded registered inbound tour operator.
As required by Thai law, they are registered with the Tourism Authority of Thailand under the license number 24/0037.
http://EnduroTours.com (English)
http://EnduroTouren.com (Austrian-German)


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THQ has officially confirmed that former WWE and UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar will be a playable character in November's release of WWE'12. The company released a trailer of his involvement. According to reports, THQ contacted the former WWE superstar in January, asking for his permission to be involved in the project.
Lesnar, who was reportedly very excited over the project, decided to wait until he received permission from the President of UFC, Dana White. White went ahead and approved it, but noted that it would be strictly his WWE likeness, and no involvement from his MMA days would be involved.
"I love WWE and I have nothing but love for Vince McMahon — I'm totally okay with Brock being in the game," White recently told celebrity tabloid website TMZ.com. You can view the trailer below:
As noted previously, Brock Lesnar will be involved in the upcoming November 22 release of the video game WWE'12. Promoting his appearance with IGN.com, Lesnar praised the company and his involvement with the company in the early part of the last decae.
"It's one of those things where… it's part of my history. Without the WWE, I probably wouldn't be where I am today," the UFC star said. "I wouldn't have the high visibility, I wouldn't have had the leverage to come into the UFC. I would have had to do it all on my own. I'm no idiot when I say that when I was with the WWE, the visibility from that company and what they did on a global network for 'Brock Lesnar' as a whole, put me on another level."
Regarding a WWE return, Lesnar didn't rule it out, saying that he would consider a return.
"It would have to be under the right circumstances," he says. "I don't know if Mr. McMahon and I could come to the right circumstances. If it was good for me and good for him I think that we could do something. At the end of the day, my life, my character and my profession – I take them very seriously. At the end of the day, if it doesn't help me or my family out, and it doesn't make sense for me to do, then I don't do it. Everything would have to fall in the right place, but would I consider it? Absolutely."
He further elaborated in an ESPN interview, admitting that he probably will wrestle one more match for WWE.
"I think I will. I think under the right circumstances I will," he told Jon Robinson. "I think if Vince McMahon and I were able to sit down at the same dinner table and break some bread that we could come up with some kind of game plan. At the end of the day, I'm an ultimate fighter. That's who I am and that's who I'll always be. I was an entertainer but at the end of the day, I'm still as real as it gets. I think a lot of things have to fall in the right places for something like that to happen."


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What is Balance Method Acupuncture?
August 26, 2010
The Balance Method is a series of acupuncture systems rooted in the concept of healing the body by balancing meridians. This method has been developed by Dr. Richard Teh-Fu Tan from classical Chinese texts. The basis of the Balance Method relies on a two step process. First, determine which meridian should be needled according to the five systems. The five systems include the organ specification, yin and yang quality, anatomical location, Chinese clock positions, and hand and foot associations. Secondly, the mirroring and imaging formats assist in point selection along a chosen meridian. Among the many types of pain treated successfully by the Balance Method are migraine headaches, fibromyalgia, sciatica, musculoskeletal pain,numbness, tingling, burning,and aching pain. Also, internal conditions such as nausea, asthma, edema, irritable bowel syndrome, insomnia, palpitations, sore throat, cough, diarrhea, PMS, menopause, and skin conditions.The Balance Method results in a rapid shift of the body into a state of equilibrium. Most imbalances are relieved within ten to twelve treatments with two to three treatments per week.


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Are you a roller coaster fanatic? If so, this is the event for you!
Cedar Fair Entertainment Company's best loved theme parks are partnering with Give Kids The World to host the 4th Annual Coasting For Kids fundraiser. Here's your chance to have fun marathon riding a signature thrill ride while making a difference in the lives of children with life-threatening illnesses!
Register here and get ready for a day of fun and thrills at Knott's Berry Farm!
Marathon will take place on: Jaguar
Registration time and location: 6:30 a.m. at the Western Employee Entrance
Event time: 7 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Meal: 6:30 - 7 a.m. breakfast; 12 p.m. Lunch in Fiesta Plaza
Awards Ceremony: 5 p.m. in Fiesta Plaza
Regular park operating hours: 10 a.m. - 10 p.m.
1st place individual fundraiser: Knott's tickets and gift basket
2nd place individual fundraiser: Knott's gift basket
3rd place individual fundraiser: Give Kids The World gift basket
Be sure to visit our Coasting For Kids event page for the most up-to-date details.
In addition to the $25 registration fee, a minimum of $75 must be raised in order to participate. Maximum number of participants: 24.
Thank you for your support and happy coasting!