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Date: 07/10/97 at 17:55:34 From: Cathy Fyle Subject: Modern algebra Our professor has asked us to show that the natural log of i to the 1/2 is equal to i times pi over 4. I have not had complex numbers nor do I know how to go about showing this is true. Can you help?
Date: 07/11/97 at 17:27:51 From: Doctor Anthony Subject: Re: Modern algebra If you are new to complex numbers, I think your professor is expecting rather a lot of you to work with natural logs and complex numbers. However, let us see what can be done. ln(i^(1/2)) = (1/2)ln(i) Now let ln(i) = x i = e^(x) But we also have the identity: i = cos(pi/2) + i.sin(pi/2) = e^(i.pi/2) and equating the two expressions for i e^(x) = e^(i.pi/2) so the powers of e must be equal x = i.pi/2 (1/2)x = i.pi/4 (1/2)ln(i) = i.pi/4 ln(i^(1/2)) = i.pi/4 -Doctor Anthony, The Math Forum Check out our web site! http://mathforum.org/dr.math/
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Newly developed deep survey (up to 50 m in favourable ground) Python-3 GPR system has following features:
1. Low frequency operating range (100/50/38/25 MHz)
2. Built-in battery
3. Built-in Wi-Fi access point for wireless communication
4. Sample rate - 1024 samples per scan
All detailed information you can find here...
Recently we have finished development of Zond-12e Advanced GPR.
This improved version of Zond-12e GPR has:
1. Dual-channel mode.
2. Selectable samples rate (128 / 256 / 512 / 1024). Accordingly scan rate changes as 320 / 160 / 80 / 40 scans per second.
3. Build-in battery
4. Build-in WiFi access point for wireless communication.
5. Bidirectional survey wheel.
6. Leather backpack.
TRANSMIT RATE: 115 KHz.
SCAN RATE: 56 (for single channel system), 80 (for double channel system), selectable 320 / 160 / 80 / 40 (for advanced system) scans per second.
SAMPLES PER SCAN: 512 (for single and double channel systems) or selectable 128 / 256 / 512 / 1024 (for advanced system)
RESOLUTION: 16 bit
FILTERS: user selected high pass filter from set: Weak, Strong, Super strong, Customized digital filter.
DATA TRANSFER: through Wi-Fi (build in for advanced system) or Ethernet to PC.
INPUT POWER: 10.5-13 V DC 0.4 A (belt-mounted rechargeable battery for single and double channel systems) or build-in battery (for advanced system).
DIMENSION: 35x50x5.5 cm.
WEIGHT: 35x50x5.5 cm.
PERFORMANCE: Single channel or double channel.
TIME RANGE: user selected from 1 to 2000 ns with 1 ns step.
TRANSMIT RATE: 115 KHz.
SCAN RATE: 56 (for single channel system) or 80 (for double channel system) scans per second.
RESOLUTION: 16 bit
FILTERS: user selected high pass filter from set: 0.00; 400; 800 Hz.
DATA TRANSFER: through Ethernet to PC.
INPUT POWER: 10.5-13 V DC 0.4 A (belt-mounted rechargeable battery).
DIMENSION: 35x50x5.5 cm.
WEIGHT: 35x50x5.5 cm.
Zond-12e georadar is a portable digital subsurface sounding radar carried by a single operator. The unit is designed for solving a broad range of geotechnical, geological, environmental, engineering and other tasks wherever nondestructive operational environmental monitoring is needed. In the sounding process, the operator is getting real-time information as a radiolocation profile (sometimes also referred to as radargram) on a display. At the same time, data are recorded on a hard disc for further use (processing, printout, interpretation, etc.). Examples of radiolocation profiles you can see here:
Complete georadar set includes a central unit with a Notebook-type computer* mounted on a special adjustable platform, a set of antennas for various sounding frequencies, software, various accessories:
Antennas are made dust/sprayproof and may be even immersed in water for a short time. Surface antennas have vinilplastic substrates with extremely high abrasion resistance.
All georadar parameters are computer controlled, therefore many hardware operation features are described here:
Use of a specific antenna is determined by a sounding task. Higher sounding frequency means better resolution, but with more significant electromagnetic wave attenuation in the environment, resulting in lower sounding depth; and vice versa - lower frequency may lead to a larger penetration depth at the sacrifice of poorer resolution. Moreover, lower frequency produces larger initial insensitivity area ("blind" zone) of a georadar.
* As a rule, a Notebook-type computer is not included in a standard supply. Users may use their own computers for cost saving purposes.
Tests of the georadar "Zond-12e" has been carried out at invitation of the Central Bridges and Roads Laboratory (LCPC) of France at their test site near Nantes Town. All experiments have been made according to the specification drawn up by LCPC and presented in Appendix 1. On the main test site and the road test site the geordar and the antennas have been moved along profiles by one operator,in investigation of walls two operators have participated in experiments.

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When I was younger we had bonfires at my parents house just about every weekend during the summer. All our friends would show up there would be good conversations, stupid antics, and some adult beverages. It was good times. I miss those days.
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Ahhhh I loved those days of roasting marshmallows and hanging out with the neighborhood kids.


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At the end of work, I applied a spritz of GIT before leaving in the washroom. I went back to my desk to clear up to go home, and my female colleague at the next desk exclaimed:
"'tis me" I replied
"How does your wife allow you to wear that on the train home?! I would never let you wear that without being by your side!"
+1 for GIT I guess
Received a compliment on wearing Dune by Christian Dior.
There hasn't been one day where I've applied a heavy dose (over 16 sprays) of Concentre D'Orange Verte, where it hasn't been commented on very positively by a woman. Sometimes it'll be an older woman in line at the post office, sometimes the apple of my eye, other times a goodlooking total stranger, but literally everytime I've worn it heavily, lots of female compliments.
Co-sign Silver Mountain Water also, this one always yields randon comments, and has even been a neck-jerker. A little (19yr old) latina I see every several weeks or so literally jerked her head back sideways inhaling the smell in, and gave me the look I like. lol
And Tobacco Vanille always gets female compliments with even a very light application like 2-3 sprays, but I only like that one in Winter so it's been awhile.
L'Anarchiste has surprisingly and consistently gotten the best reactions from men, and not as many from women, so maybe that's something for the gay community to consider.
It's generally the sillage-rich scents or heavy applications of light scents, that has gotten mass compliments. When I go lighter on the trigger it seems the only compliments are from my GF or a woman I hug like an aunt or such. Think next time you criticise someone who applies a fresh/light scent heavily.
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so i decided to get Armani Code, and it smells fantastic. i put it on tonight, went out to a party, got three compliments from three very beautiful women.
still doesnt beat the 16 compliments i got at one wedding wearing l'instant, but i dont know if ill ever beat that record in one night
A friend of mine (local celebrity - by chance) uses Cartier Roadster as a signature scent. He gets tons of compliments for his scent literally every time he wears it.
p.s. not to mention that Roadster was my choice for him
ps for a local celebrity you could pick brut and he would get tons of compliments too
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I love JPG's Le Male, but the one that one that worked for me when I was up to no good all the time was Aqua Di Gio, can't thank the designer enough I had the time(s) of my life lol.
Having said that, it's getting a bit same old. I'm considering getting Creed's GIT. Anyone for or against in terms of the compliments or not so positive comments you guys received? I am in Australia, where can I get the real GIT at cheap price?
Oh, and I agree with you...Acqua di Gio is very well regarded by people. It's really a great smell, no matter how many people wear it.
tobacco vanille is a sexy fragrance.
while this is true, you cannot just address it like that.
the same thing goes for something like clothing. u might be a great person with alot of game, but when your "going for the kill", would u rather be dressed as a homeless man, or in your best attire appropriate for the occasion? the same goes for fragrances. Closing the deal absolutely depends on the person, but having your weapons(in this case fragrances) to come along for the battle can do nothing but help u
Yes johny19, that's what I'm thinking, it can only helps and enhances to have the 'weapons'. Runners don't wear slippers or a pair of $20 shoes to a race.
and just to add..
this is nothing to count on, but on many many occasions, my fragrances have been the conversation starter. girl tells me i smell nice, and boom..the conversation begins
I never thought I'd say this, but I got 2 back to back compliments from women within an hour of each other yesterday when wearing Wicked by Bijan. I wear it because my wife likes it, but never expect to get compliments and really have never gotten any with it before.
I get a lot of compliments when I layer a little bit of Unforgiveable by Sean John over Polo Black. Almost every time I wear them that way I get women telling me how good I smell and asking what I'm wearing. One younger woman actually told me "that's the kind of smell that makes me want to throw on some lingerie and say 'come on, let's go baby' ". Of course she had been given some good drugs to help her get through the MRI scan I was about to put her through. I'm sure it was probably the drugs talking!
I get a lot of compliments (from both women and men) when I wear Tom Ford Black Orchid.
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"I had a need for a safer, easier, more efficient way to pull hydraulic hoses through conduit and related structures," said an inventor from Bumpass, Vir. "I put my mind to it and came up with this easy-to-use tool to get the job done."
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The Fluke 434 Series II Energy Analyzer is the ideal tool for energy logging. Utilizing the new Energy Loss Calculator function, the 434 II measures the fiscal cost of energy wasted due to poor power quality. This energy monetization capability identifies the most energy-wasteful areas of your facility, enabling you to identify energy saving solutions. Add basic power quality measurements to the package and you've got yourself one powerful troubleshooting tool.
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The new 430 Series II Power Quality and Energy Analyzers offer the best in power quality analysis and introduce, for the first time ever, the ability to monetarily quantify energy losses.
The new Fluke 434, 435 and 437 Series II models help locate, predict, prevent, and trouble-shoot power quality problems in three-phase and single-phase power distribution systems. Additionally, the Fluke-patented energy loss algorithm, Unified Power Measurement, measures and quantifies energy losses due to harmonics and unbalance issues, allowing the user to pinpoint the origin of energy waste within a system.
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Fluke's patented Unified Power Measurement sys-tem (UPM) provides the most comprehensive view of power available, measuring:
These UPM calculations are used to quantify the fiscal cost of energy loss caused by power quality issues. The calculations are computed, along with other facility-specific information, by an Energy Loss Calculator that ultimately determines how much money a facility loses due to wasted energy.
Energy savings
Traditionally energy savings are achieved by monitoring and targeting, or in other words, by finding the major loads in a facility and optimizing their operation. The cost of power quality could only be quantified in terms of downtime caused by lost production and damage to electrical equipment. The Unified Power Measurement(UPM) method now goes beyond this to achieve energy savings by discovering the energy waste caused by power quality issues. Using the Unified Power Measurement, Fluke's Energy Loss Calculator (see screen shot below) will determine how much money a facility is losing due to waste energy.
UPM gives a more comprehensive breakdown of the energy consumed in the plant. In addition to measuring reactive power (caused by poor power factor), UPM also measures the energy waste caused by unbalance; the effect of unevenly loading each phase in three-phase systems. Unbalance can often be corrected by reconnecting loads on different phases to ensure the current drawn on each phase is as equal as possible. Unbalance can also be corrected by installing an unbalance reactance device (or filter), that will minimize the effects. Correcting unbalance should be basic good housekeeping in the facility as unbalance problems can cause motor failure or shorten equipment life expectancy. Unbalance also wastes energy. Using UPM can minimize or eliminate that energy waste, thus saving money.
UPM also provides details of the energy wasted in your facility due to the presence of harmonics. Harmonics may be present in your facility due to the loads you operate or may be caused by loads in adjacent facilities. The presence of harmonics in your facility can lead to:
Quantifying the cost of wasted energy due to the presence of harmonics simplifies the return-on investment calculation needed to justify purchasing harmonic filters. By installing a harmonic filter the ill effects of harmonics can be reduced and energy waste eliminated, resulting in lower operational costs and more reliable operation.
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text: "Chris G. Demetriou" writes: > > Digital Unix will run GCC just fine, so this was obviously a conscious > > choice you made. > > Actually, at the time, Digital UNIX (then OSF/1) didn't run gcc very > well at all. (It could run, but there were ... a lot of bugs.) > > If i had to wait until gcc worked well on the alpha (where "well" is > defined as "as well as the native compiler"), many would say that I'd > still be waiting. > > At the time, for the initial bootstrap, there _was_ no real choice. I'm curious -- how did you self-host the port without a compiler? Or didn't you? Also, was the DU compiler non-ANSI? Perry


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The Vine: November 16, 2012
I have a heel spur and plantar fasciitis (damn turning 40!) in my right foot. I am going to a podiatrist and getting medical attention. For a variety of reasons, I can't get a steroid injection, so treatment consists of physical therapy, orthotics, and taking good care of my foot at home (no bare feet, ice, etc.)
My question is about shoes. I work in a business-casual environment, and I'm having trouble finding cute, non-frumpy shoes that I can wear the orthotics in. I favor mary jane-type shoes with a low heel (an inch at the most) — something like these. Totally flat shoes are uncomfortable for me, and higher heels make my foot hurt a lot.
The problem is that the orthotics do lift my foot a bit — my foot sits about 1/4 inch higher off the sole of the shoe than it does without the orthotic. And in a lot of shoes, that's enough to totally throw off the fit of the shoe. The shoe won't stay on my foot or the edge of the foot hits me in the wrong spot. To make things even harder, I have wide feet, so my choices in shoes are usually limited.
I know I can just order a ton of shoes from Zappos and try them, but I was hoping that the Nation might have suggestions for me to help me narrow down my search. Can you or anyone else suggest specific shoes that will work well with an orthotic insert?
I still deserve cute shoes
Okay, this is a tremendous long shot but it will all be worth it if it pans out.
A few months ago, I was up late in Italy and flipping channels. I found an amazing movie on one of the non-Italian channels. It looked like it was from the seventies and the setting and actors were Middle Eastern. The language sounded and looked (in signs and labels, etc.) like Persian or Arabic, but could also have been Turkish or something else. Obviously since I didn't know what the language was, I couldn't understand the actors and was not following the movie precisely, but generally speaking, the plot seemed to be about two feuding crime families. It had the vibe of Danger: Diabolik! and similar seventies Bond rip-offs, with some more comedic touches. There was something very significant about a black-and-white photograph and much of the part that I saw was people struggling over possession of the photograph.
Memorably, several scenes take place in a rooftop rotating restaurant. At one point during a fight, a mysterious older man with a pseudo-military jacket and Captain Nemo facial hair appears behind the bar and throws a switch that makes the restaurant rotate very quickly, complicating the fight. Later, several people from one of the families enter the restaurant having disguised themselves as Charlie Chaplin and Eliza Doolittle, a matador and flamenco dancer, and another male-female pair that was harder to interpret but involved a lot of neon gauze. The six of them do a high-energy dance number during which they steal the photograph.
Other notable features were that one of the main guys had a ring that he wore on his finger that would leave a cut in the shape of a cross when he punched someone in the face, and his counterpart had a ring that would leave a cut in the shape of an Arabic letter; someone falls from a high building and survives by landing in a truckload of limes; and three girls, one with extremely large and heavy braids coming out of the top of her head, spend much of the movie spying through a telescope and then rescued someone by jumping through a window on a motorcycle.
I've done a fair bit of Googling, but I get stuck since I don't know the name of any of the actors, when it was made, where it was filmed or set, or even what language they were speaking. All I know is that it was one of the most entertaining things I ever saw and I need to own it and watch it over and over.
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Blanket criminal background checks that don't take into consideration when an offense occurred, how serious it was or whether it was job-related have shut out millions of people from getting jobs, according to a new study by the National Employment Law Project.
"In the right situations, criminal background checks promote safety and security at the workplace," said the NELP study. "However, imposing a background check that denies any type of employment for people with criminal records is not only unreasonable, but it can also be illegal under civil rights laws."
NELP, which advocates for the unemployed and workers rights, cited numerous examples of employers advertising for only applicants with a "clean criminal record, no misdemeanors, no felonies."
The study says that with more than one in four U.S. adults now having a criminal record, as many as 64 million Americans are basically being told they need not apply because their offense outweighs their qualifications.
Employers counter, however, that with violence and theft as real issues in the workplace, background checks are both reasonable and necessary to protect their workers and their company.
The NELP study called for fairer and more accurate background check policies to balance the demand for employee screening with the basic rights of workers competing for jobs in a struggling economy.
NELP also wants beef-up enforcement of federal equal employment opportunity laws to prevent discrimination against otherwise good job candidates.
Last month, the U.S. Labor Department announced it was providing $11.7 million in grants for programs to help ex-cons find jobs as a way to limit recividism.
So tell us …
Did you miss these other recent stories on jobs and the economy:
- 99ers aid bill revived
- Irvine cancel youth job fair after 16 years
- Teens will find tough summer job market
- Top turnoffs in job interviews
- Mitsubishi laying off in Irvine LCD TV unit
- U.S.-born workers start gaining jobs
- Low-paid jobs are biggest for growth
- Holy cow! Food prices jump 3.9% in February
- SoCal inflation hits 3-year high
- U.S. gasoline tab: $2,800 this year
- Unemployment debit cards delayed until July
- Apple store worker confesses all
- AOL lays off 600 in U.S., India
- Unemployed? Don't bother to apply
- Public sector jobs overpaid? Some yes, some no
- Should government hire the unemployed?
- California 2011 job growth 'dismal'
- O.C. employers hesitant about hiring
- Mystery solved: how bosses find new workers
- St. John Knits lays off 108 in O.C.
- U.S. puts up $11.7 million to help ex-cons find jobs
- 1.5 million Californians stuck with part-time jobs
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November 9, 2012
S.L. Alexander, Ph.D., associate professor of the Loyola University New Orleans School of Mass Communication, is hitting the road to promote her book on high-profile New Orleans court cases, "Courtroom Carnival: Famous New Orleans Trials."
Alexander will showcase her book on the Crescent City's most notorious court cases at the Mensa National Convention Dec. 1 in New Orleans and the Metairie Rotary Dec. 6.
She also recently participated in a continuing legal education presentation at Tulane Inns of Court and presented at the Jefferson Parish Bar Auxiliary in September. In October, she spoke at Tulane University to a class on Louisiana Politics taught by Tulane adjunct professor Rosalind Cook.
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text: The following reply was made to PR pkg/37135; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Joerg Sonnenberger <firstname.lastname@example.com> To: email@example.com Cc: Subject: Re: pkg/37135: LIBABISUFFIX support incomplete Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:20:11 +0200 On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 04:55:00AM +0000, email@example.com wrote: > packages which use imake to build do not really seem to work right on this 64-bit system. > Imake causes libraries to install into places like /usr/pkg/lib64 leaving the PLIST > which just uses lib completely broken. We don't do the stupid lib64 dance for pkgsrc. I also strongly object to starting that, it is a madness I don't want to have to deal with. You are using X11_TYPE=native? Is this a distro with modular Xorg? Joerg


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Hi sister, This is Maureen from Trinidad. Great encouragement! I experienced the possible ability of the Holy Spirit today. I ran out of tiles for my kitchen and the hardware told me last week that they were out of it and did not know if I will get the same tile again. I prayed and asked the Holy Spirit to find it for me. Today I got a call from the haradware stating that a man brough back the identical tile for something else. I got my 6 tiles today. With God all things are possible!
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So sarcasm/humor doesn't translate well for you on Twitter huh? Congratulations on the clicks though, no matter how stupid this post was. You must not have followed Whitlock for a long time if you actually think he was being serious, but hey, he also said he played QB for Michigan, maybe you should report on that too.
Jason Whitlock (@WhitlockJason) Says Chiefs Wouldn't Draft Richie Incognito Because of Him
Do media people have a say in NFL Draft picks? Would you be surprised if I told you they actually can? Well you shouldn't be surprised because I may have just a little intel on this subject. After all, this blog has achieved over 4 million unique visitors since it's creation.
In my time writing this blog I've been given all sorts of tips on players. Some I cannot publish, some I did. I've been told of certain college players drunken exploits, private coaching results, and more all in an effort to either build or kill buzz for certain players.
The good thing is that I am independent, so every word published here has been my own opinion with no influence from the outside.
Here is the thing though, you would be crazy to learn who pays attention to what you say when you have enough influence. Is it possible that an NFL club be afraid of the city's top sports reporter? According to Jason Whitlock, the answer is yes. The Chiefs allegedly passed on Richie Incognitio in the 2005 draft due to Whitlock's presence.
Would never happen in a properly media-policed market. You wonder why Kansas City was quiet from 1994-2010. I ran my corners.
— Jason Whitlock (@WhitlockJason) November 4, 2013
Incognito wasn't even on the Chiefs draft board because of fear of my reaction.
— Jason Whitlock (@WhitlockJason) November 4, 2013
We've all seen how Incognito has played and to put it lightly he is a loose kind of guy. Any team that brings a guy like that in their locker room either have strong leadership in place, or are blinded by the talent and don't care what the repercussions are (whassup Jaguars…)
Of course you shouldn't take Whitlock's word for gospel here. After all, Richie did get drafted to the St. Louis Rams…. who also play in Missouri.
I have nothing to add on the Jonathan Martin/Richie Incognito situation that you can't hear anywhere else. It's unacceptable behavior by a professional.
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You clearly don't follow him very closely. He was kidding. You also probably think he hates Le Batard.


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South Park Drive, Tilden Regional Park
At the start of each rainy season, Tilden Regional Park closes South Park Drive to automobiles so that Taricha tarosa, the California newt, can safely cross the road. Why do newts cross the road?
Newts are complex creatures: they produce sounds (clicks, squeaks, and whistles), regenerate missing body parts, and have an uncanny sense of direction. These private creatures spend the greatest part of their lives under logs and in animal burrows during dry months. When seasonal rains signal the start of mating season, however, they forsake their private ways and creep along, sometimes as far as two miles, to the aquatic mating pools where they were born. Although newts have been known to live more than 20 years, very few of the many eggs laid by a female during her lifetime hatch and reach maturity.
The California newt secretes a powerful neurotoxin that is one of the most toxic known to man. This poison protects them from virtually all predators, but not from the automobile. Though newts are more inclined to travel at night than during the day, walkers do occasionally see newts lumbering across the road in Tilden toward the streams and golf course run-off ponds of their origin. If you pick one up, wash your hands and, no matter how hungry you may be, don't eat it.
If you would like to see newts up close and personal, you can also go to the Japanese Pool in the UC Berkeley Botanical Garden. It's a newt rainy season hang out.
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James Hardie Industries did not seek advice about telling the NSW Supreme Court it intended to dismantle an arrangement to ensure asbestos claims could be met after the company's shift to the Netherlands, a NSW Government inquiry heard yesterday.
The 2001 restructure left the old Australian parent company as a non-operating shell company with net assets of $20 million.
The court was told when approving the restructure that the new Dutch parent would ensure the shell could "meet any potential liabilities". This was done via an issue of partly paid shares, which gave the Australian company the right to call on funds up to the value of its market capitalisation in October 2001, or $1.85 billion.
The partly paid shares were cancelled in March 2003.
Yesterday Hardie chairman Alan McGregor agreed that when the board decided to cancel the partly paid shares, he was aware the Australian company faced the threat of a lawsuit from a trust set up by Hardie to handle asbestos compensation in February 2001.
The Medical Research and Compensation Foundation started with assets of $293 million and now says it faces a $800 million shortfall. That potential shortfall, and Hardie's repeated refusal to top up the funds, prompted a special commission of inquiry headed by David Jackson QC.
When asked by Mr Jackson if any advice had been received whether it was necessary to go back to the court in 2003, Mr McGregor said: "Not that I recall."
However, he said the board did discuss and decided against making a public announcement about the cancellation.
"We sought advice about that issue and from my memory the advice and decision was that [an announcement] was not a matter which was required under the disclosure regulations," he said.
"That's not a serious answer is it?" responded counsel for the foundation, Michael Slattery QC.
Mr McGregor: Yes it is.
Mr Slattery: As you understood it, from the time of the restructure the investing public understood and creditors understood that the partly paid shares would permit a call of $1.9 billion by [the Australian company to the Dutch company]?
Mr McGregor: Yes.
Mr Slattery: The effect of what you were doing in cancelling the shares was to remove that avenue?
Mr McGregor: Yes, having satisfied ourselves that appropriate and in fact excessive provision had been made for all creditors.
He agreed that the foundation "might have a different view that $20 million was adequate".
He said Hardie had received extensive advice over the liabilities of the Australian shell but agreed that it did not cover the potential claim from the foundation.
(The Australian shell company, now called ABN 60 Pty Ltd, filed a notice that it had changed its issued capital to the register maintained by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission in March 2003. Such notices can be inspected by the public on payment of a fee.)


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The Board of Directors of the National Waterways Conference elected Port of New Orleans President and CEO Gary P. LaGrange as the group's new chairman.
LaGrange accepted the new role during the NWC's 2007 Annual Meeting in Mobile, AL, which was held Nov. 7-9.
'I am truly honored to serve this distinguished group of professionals, all of whom work hard each day to promote the importance and economic value of America's vast waterways,' LaGrange said. 'More than $750 billion of our nation's GDP comes from commerce in our nation's maritime sector and we must strive to secure the investment we deserve.'
During a luncheon speech at the annual meeting, LaGrange announced the US Senate's override of the Presidential veto of the Water Resources Development Act to an ecstatic audience.
'Most of the individuals in attendance were key players in the effort to pass our nation's first Water Resources Development Act in nearly eight years,' LaGrange said. 'This group has worked tirelessly to reach members of Congress to secure the votes necessary to override the President's veto.'
LaGrange's commitment to the maritime industry is reflected in the numerous leadership posts he's held at every level. He most recently served as chairman of the American Association of Port Authorities, an alliance of 350 ports in the Western Hemisphere. He also serves on the boards of the Gulf Ports Association of the Americas, Waterways Council, Inc., and is past chairman and past president of the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association. LaGrange, who previously led the Port of West St. Mary (La.), Port of South Louisiana, and the Port of Gulfport (Miss.), was named 'Man of Steel' in 2006 by the American Institute of International Steel and received the Leadership Award for Post Katrina by the International Maritime Association Hall of Fame at the United Nations in New York.
As NWC chairman, LaGrange succeeds Scott Robinson, director of the Muskogee City-County Port Authority, who held the post since 2005.
Based in Arlington, VA, NWC is an advocacy group dedicated to a greater understanding of the widespread public benefits of the American Waterway System. The 192-member organization, serves as the secretariat for the National Waterways Alliance, a coalition of trade and regional associations, cooperatives, businesses, industries, ports, waterways services and labor organizations that have an interest in national waterways policy issues.


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The Detroit Lions can trace their days back to the early days of the NFL. They have had ups and downs over the years and a lot of great players. Here is a quick taste of some Detroit Lions trivia.
1. Detroit Lions legend Barry Sanders had an amazing career and put up some incredible numbers as a star running back during the 1990s. Over the course of his entire Hall of Fame career though he would only play in one winning playoff game.
2. In Ty Detmer's first start at quarterback for the Detroit Lions, he would throw seven interceptions.
3. The 1989, 1990 and 1991 winners of the Heisman Trophy, signifying the best player in college football, would all end up playing for the Detroit Lions. They are Barry Sanders, Andre Ware, and Ty Detmer, respectively.
4. At the time of their founding in the late 1920s, the original name of the team that would become the Detroit Lions was the Portsmouth Spartans.
5. The Detroit Lions first hosted a Thanksgiving Day game in 1934.


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Planning the day
I usually try to start my day making some kind of selection on what I should do during the day, and in which order I should do it. At the moment I use index cards where I put today's date and write down a short todo list. I start with going through the calendar to determine if there is anything I need to prepare and to assess how much time I will have for things not in the calendar. I try to not have too many things I must do so I have slack for unforeseen things, catching up with people and teams, and so on. I write down the calendar events on a post-it and stick it to the index card and carry the card with me through the day, adding notes and actions to it as things happen.
Meeting Mr Paid Acquisition
This Monday I had a meeting first thing in the morning, a pretty rare event since most spotifiers like to sleep in. I was meeting the guy in charge of Paid Acquisitions and he happens to live just around the corner from the office and, as father of a small child, happens to be really early arriving to work.
I recently started working with Spotify's Growth organization. Growth focuses on driving monthly active users (MAU), daily active users (DAU) and engagement, increasing conversion rates and ensuring that we excel at retention as well. The first thing I did when starting to work with Growth was to sit down and have a chat with everyone working there. I want to learn what they are doing, why they are working here, what they like about it, if there is anything they would like to be different or that they are struggling with, and so on. Besides getting to know everyone better this will help me to assess how I should spend my time, what I should focus on in my work.
In today's chat I learned a lot about how we work with paid acquisitions, but that's a topic for another blog post and probably by another author.
Agile coach fika
Every Monday morning we have an informal fika meeting open to all agile coaches in the Stockholm office, and to anyone else that happens to stop by for that matter. We meet in the corner of our beautiful 11th floor cafeteria with a nice view of central Stockholm and have some breakfast. This morning there were about four or five of us and we talked about last week's Product Days, a big offsite for everyone in our Product Development organization (and then some) where both strategic and tactical discussions are being held.
The informal meeting type we call "fika" is a more and more common meeting form here at Spotify. A fika, in our definition, means that most normal meeting guidelines are reversed: you don't have to be on time or even show up, there is no agenda, no minutes, and so on. It's basically just a scheduled time in a specific place with a certain group of people invited. If you're lucky there will be sweets to the coffee. The purpose of a fika is often to offer a break where you can meet other people that shares a particular context with you, such as other agile coaches or the other members of your tribe (our name for department, kind of) to catch up and keep some sense of togetherness or team.
Somewhere between fika and meetings the "Lean Coffee" format is also growing in popularity at Spotify, in my tribe we use it in our tribe management meetings, among other meetings.
More Than Music Stockholm tribe management meeting
I work in the More Than Music Stockholm tribe. Most of the Growth squads/teams (see above) are in this tribe and we also host the squads that are working with customer services, artist profiles and the new discover view launched recently. The tribe management team consists of the tribe lead (VP of Engineering), all the chapter leads and agile coaches in the tribe. Our purpose is to optimise our tribe to deliver value for Spotify and our mission is summarized as "challenge, support and focus". We have a weekly meeting that starts with briefly going through the board before we use a Lean Coffe style approach for the rest of the meeting. Everyone can suggest topics that are written on the board, we vote (typically using three dots each) and go through the list starting with the one that got the most votes. We time box each topic to ten minutes after which we decide through "thumb voting" if we want to keep going (thumb up), go on to the next topic (thumb down) or let the others decide (thumb sideways). If we decide to keep going we use five minutes intervals between coming votes within the same topic. This format lets everyone influence the agenda and feel an ownership of the meeting and I have found that it often keeps the discussions focused and at times allows us to keep the meetings shorter than planned for.
Example of topics discussed today was takeaways from the Product Days (see above), new budget, and an experiment one squad is running with transferring responsibility for monitoring alerts from SRE (Service Reliability Engineering) to the squad itself. We also reviewed our OKRs for the first quarter and talked briefly about our OKRs for this quarter. OKR stands for Objectives and Key Results and is a tool we use to to keep us focused on the right priorities, and help aligning everyone in the organization, when needed. An OKR is an objective, for example we used "Grow high performing teams" for om of our Q1 objectives, which is more of a vision or direction, and three to five key results to help move closer to or achieve the objective, e.g., "each team should have a Definition of Awesome". OKRs can be a mix of product, technical and process goals.
E-mails, planning and blogging
Having some time between meetings I decided to check up on e-mails while listening in to one of the squads I work with discussing some scaling challenges. I am planning an offsite with this squad, the Retention squad, with team building, Q1 review and Q2 planning for this Friday, so I made sure everyone is still available Friday and went on to book venue, food, etc. There was also time for some blogging, soon to result in the introductory post in this series.
We have an awesome cafeteria on the 11th floor which makes it really easy to have lunch with colleagues you don't always meet otherwise, but unfortunately also makes it easy to just get some sandwiches and snacks and sneak back down to your desk to work, which is exactly what I did this day.
Two times a year all employees participates in a 360-degree feedback program known internally as Loops. We write a self-evaluation, request feedback from a number of peers and book a meeting with our manager. Today it was time for me to sit down with my manager, tribe lead Geoff Wilson, to review my accomplishments the last six months and to start think about the future. As most of us have weekly one on ones with our managers and many of us get continuous feedback from our peers, this meeting rarely contains any big surprises, but is rather a chance to look at the bigger picture and the long-term perspective.
Chatting with a Paid Acquisition engineer
My exploration of Paid Acquisition continued in the afternoon when I got the chance to sit down with one of the engineers working in this area. Engineers usually don't have that many meetings and many of them prefer to have longer time slots of uninterrupted work where they can focus on the task at hand. I try to avoid booking meetings that split up their days more than necessary and prefer to catch them by the coffee station and invite them for an informal chat on the spot. To be able to do this you to have plenty of slack in your calendar.
Interviewing our CPO
We did a big retrospective a while ago and I have been wanting to catch up on some things with our Chief Product Officer ever since, but our calendars haven't aligned, mainly because he's a busy guy but also because of my paternity leave and being busy organizing a hack week before that. Today we finally got the chance to sit down and I could interview him about a couple of the mysteries identified in the retrospective. Unfortunately I can't blog about this, but now I have some information to communicate to other stakeholders and, more important, a few things to improve for our next big event or release. As so many other things around big projects it concerns communicating important things early and clearly to all interested parties, there's always room for improvement there.
If interviewing the CPO had not conflicted with this weekly meeting and made me miss the start I would probably have attended our coachmeet. My colleague Daisy Pilbrow initiated this weekly "helpdesk" session with this format (copied from the meeting invite):
1. 5 min (timeboxed) – Identify topics (could be a sharing or a question or something we should sync about)
2. We pick one randomly and discuss it (no dot voting)
3. The person who wrote the note chooses when we're done (could be the whole hour or just five minutes)
4. If time allows, we pick another topic randomly and discuss it.
A nice opt-in meeting where you can get help, bounce ideas or raise awareness about what's happening in your part of the company world.
Preparing our Chicago talk
My colleague Anders Ivarsson and I have been invited to speak at the Lean Kanban North America conference in Chicago, April 28th to May 3rd. We will talk about how Spotify is actively working on staying lean and agile while growing fast. We have done similar presentations in the past but we want to develop it further and tailor it for this particular conference. Since Anders just swapped places with one of our NYC coaches for about three months we have to meet over Skype in the afternoon. Running distributed meetings via video conferencing like this is a pretty common challenge at Spotify. A lot of meetings need to happen after 15:00 (3 pm) so that NYC is awake and can participate, but before 17:00 (5 pm) or sometimes sooner because of people in Sweden who need to pick up kids or get home to their families in time for dinner. Getting the tech to work is unfortunately, 2013, not yet trouble-free.
Luckily for us, one-on-one video conferencing over Skype is pretty smooth, so we manage to come up with a few ideas on how to improve the presentation. After the meeting I summarized our thoughts in an e-mail to the conference track chair before leaving the office to go home to my family.
What am I doing alerts
One more thing. During the day my iPhone has been beeping now and then, reminding me to fill out a Google spreadsheet answering the following questions.
- Where are you?
- Who are you with?
- Emotional mood?
- What are you doing?
- Are you having fun?
- Are you providing value?
- Are you proactive or reactive?
This is an initiative by my colleague Jimmy Janlén and several coaches are doing the same thing. It's an adaptation of the "are you in flow" exercise suggested by Daniel Pink in his book Drive and the idea is to get data and reflect on what we are actually doing and if it is the same as we should, or want to, be doing.


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Cummings: GOP attack is Palinesque
Published 8:36 am, Tuesday, May 24, 2011
The top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee accused his GOP colleagues of taking a page from Sarah Palin's playbook when it comes to oil prices.
Rep. Elijah Cummings shot back Tuesday after the committee Republicans released a report accusing the administration of intentionally pushing up gasoline prices.
"Chairman [Darrell] Issa issued a report today that essentially blames the Obama administration for everything, including higher gas prices," the Maryland Democrat said at a hearing on rising fuel costs. "In fact, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has been espousing this exact same theory for several months now. The problem is that this theory has been debunked by conservatives and industry experts."
In a Facebook post last week, Palin slammed Obama for what she called his "anti-drilling mentality and his culpability in the high gas prices hurting Americans."
"Despite the president's strange assertions in his press conference last week, his administration is not a passive observer to the trends that have inflated oil prices to dangerous levels," Palin wrote. "His war on domestic oil and gas exploration and production has caused us pain at the pump, endangered our already sluggish economic recovery and threatened our national security."
Oversight committee Republicans led by Issa this week accused the administration of "pursuing an agenda to raise the price Americans pay for energy" in order to advance its renewable energy agenda. It's been a familiar theme for Republicans - not just Palin - as prices have spiked amid recent months of turmoil across the Middle East.
Meanwhile, the government oversight group Checks & Balances Project blasted Oversight committee Republicans on Tuesday for raking in more campaign contributions from Big Oil than their Democratic colleagues as they attempt to pin blame for rising prices on the administration.
Issa and other GOP committee members accepted $453,910 dollars from the oil and gas industry during the last election cycle, the group found, compared with $67,400 received by committee Democrats. The group attributed the data to the Center for Responsive Politics's website, www.opensecrets.org.
This article first appeared on POLITICO Pro at 10:55 a.m. on May 24, 2011.


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Many industries have embraced advanced marketing strategies in recent years, in order to communicate with their consumers in a way that will match their expectations and will increase their interest, … [Read more...]
Hot TV News: MPAA Reveals Top Piracy Sites; The Rise of the Cord-Nevers; Facebook Adds Multiple Social TV Features
In its latest report to the US authorities, The Motion Picture Association of America has identified Russia and The Netherlands as two hot-houses of content piracy, with a worrying trend for … [Read more...]
It's a Game of Cat and Meerkat: Fighting Live Streaming Piracy
They are the new kids on the social media block: Periscope and Meerkat, the competing apps that seek the undivided attention of the thrill-loving, share-it-all mobile users. Meerkat was the hottest … [Read more...]
Hot TV News: TV Everywhere is Getting Bigger; Kids are Binge Watching & Periscope vs Meerkat
If you thought you're the only screen addict in the house – think again. A new study shows that while we were secretly watching silly clips on Facebook, our children were binge watching on multiple … [Read more...]
Gamification: A Game Changer for TV Services?
I'm probably not the first one to think about this – but I found myself spending some time wondering how the TV industry can apply the rules and practices of gamification. Have you heard of some … [Read more...]
Measuring Viewer Engagement in a Social World – part two
In part one of our look at the challenges of measuring the audience accurately in the modern content everywhere era, we looked at some of the problems and weaknesses inherent with the old style, … [Read more...]
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One of the most pressing problems rapidly emerging in the new TV landscape is the one of who is watching. In the old days of traditional broadcast it was simple: national organisations —and they have … [Read more...]
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As sport is so premium with such a mass following, it should have specially-tailored content protection. With the World Cup about to kick off (June 12) in Brazil, the mounting global enthusiasm for … [Read more...]
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Husband kills his 85-year-old wife because he was tired of taking care of herBy Mason White 5:59 PM June 28, 2016
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A man was arrested on a charge of murder after allegedly killing his elderly wife because he was tired of taking care of her, according to police in Japan.
Saitama police said that they have arrested 87-year-old Taro Kawashima, after being accused of choking to death his wife, 85-year-old Yuki Kawashima.
Taro was charged with one count of murder. According to the police investigation, the incident unfolded on Saturday around 12:30 a.m.
Taro went into his wife's room, where she has been for the past 10 years due to an illness, and covered her nose and mouth until she stopped breathing.
Taro then called the police to say that he killed his wife. Police officers who arrived at the scene, found Yuki unresponsive in her bed.
She was taken to a nearby hospital, where she was pronounced dead due to asphyxiation. Taro was arrested at the scene.
During questioning, Taro told police that he killed his wife because he was sick of taking care of her. The couple's 55-year-old son who lives next door to his parents, said that his father was worn out.


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Axis of Evil Comedy
Posted on December 2nd, 2012 by Jenny White
I went to a benefit last night at the American Islamic Congress. A wonderful comedian, Dean Obeidallah, performed (he's been on Saturday Night Live and Comedy Central). Obeidallah, whose father is Palestinian and mother Italian, was born and raised in New Jersey. He turns his wry wit on current events and the dilemmas of being Muslim in the US. I found this clip on YouTube, but if you can ever see him perform live, he's hilarious.


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Have you ever found yourself wondering what makes people act the way they do?
A new degree option offered by the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at The University of Southern Mississippi gives students a chance to understand the world around them from a historical and critical perspective.
The Bachelor's of Science in Sociology degree was added this fall on the Hattiesburg campus based on feedback from students and an examination of different sociology programs across the country. The Bachelor's of Arts allows students to pursue sociology from a humanities perspective, while the Bachelor's of Science focuses on social science research methods.
According to department chair and sociology professor, Dr. Amy Chasteen Miller, sociologists use scientific research methods to answer many different questions about society and how people behave in it.
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Students who major in sociology will take courses like The Family, Sociology of Gender, Race and Ethnicity, Criminology, Deviant Behavior and Globalization.
Sociology faculty members like Miller work directly with students to select coursework and career-oriented internships to prepare them for life after graduation. Sociology majors typically attend graduate school or work in community service agencies, elementary/secondary schools, social services or private businesses. They also work as managers, researchers, service providers, teachers and more.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the overall employment of sociologists is expected to grow 21 percent from 2008 to 2018. Sociology is among the top 50 fastest-growing occupations for the upcoming decade.
Students can stop by the Department of Anthropology and Sociology office in the Liberal Arts Building room 430, call 601.266.4306 or visit www.usm.edu/antsoc to learn more about sociology.


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Remember 'The Brothers Grimm', Terry Gilliam's highly disappointing tale about the legendary Grimm Brothers and their adventures in Napoleon era Germany trying to help people get rid of witches and other demons as they travel from town to town. Well this one is kind of like that except with better visuals plus it has plenty of splatter effects like that movie, the same dark ages locations and setup plus it has Peter Stormare in an authoritarian role yet again.
Hansel (Jeremy Renner) and Gretel (Jemma Arterton) are a brother-sister duo of witch hunters who travel from town to town vanquishing evil in return for bounty. As kids their father left them in the middle of the woods and they found their way to the house made of sweets, only to be captured by the witch who wanted to fatten them up for eating presumably. They escaped unscathed and learnt the best way to kill a witch, burn her. Many years pass and their fame as witch-hunters spreads across the land. Business is booming for them until they come across the town of Augsburg, where there are reports of many children who have gone missing over the past few weeks. On the insistence of the town's mayor, the duo conduct investigations of their own stumble upon an old prophecy being brought about by a mighty witch, Muriel (Famke Janssen) which will happen on the night of the "blood moon†or some mumbo-jumbo like that which co-incidentally will take place in three days from when the duo arrive at Augsburg. There's also a love interest for Hansel, Mina (Pihla Viitala) who might hold secrets of her own and the back-story of the siblings themselves which might be more connected to the prophecy than they might know.
The movie's well aware of the it's less than stellar status and plays along winking at the audience, every opoortunity it gets. The 3D effects are used to hurl all kinds of objects right at your face and for once it's well done, even if not subtle at all. The splatter effects are outlandish and the acting over the top in certain cases like that of Stormare and Janssen but they seem to be having a lot of fun with their characters. That's what the movie is unapologetically sure about; it's dumb tone of things.
Forget about logic when it comes to the plot or characters, cause it's simply thrown out of window the first opportunity the movie gets. If you enjoyed Van Helsing or The Brothers Grimm you'll like this, else look elsewhere to spend your money this weekend.
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Robyn Mineko Williams danced for River North Dance Chicago and was a member of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago for twelve seasons, during which she performed choreography by numerous renowned artists including Ohad Naharin, Jiri Kylian, William Forsythe and Johan Inger, and originated roles in new works by Jorma Elo, Sharon Eyal, Twyla Tharp and Lar Lubovitch, among others. She began making her own work in 2001 through Hubbard Street's Inside/Out Choreographic Workshop and, in 2010, co-choreographed with Terence Marling Hubbard Street 2's Harold and the Purple Crayon: A Dance Adventure, designed for young audiences. She has since created multiple premieres for Hubbard Street's main company including the Art of Falling, a critically acclaimed, full evening production by the artists of The Second City and Hubbard Street and has made work for Charlotte Ballet, Grand Rapids Ballet, Groundworks Dance Theatre, Thodos Dance Chicago, Visceral Dance Chicago and The Nexus Project, presented at the Kennedy Center, the American Dance Festival, the Joyce Theater and other venues. Named one of Dance Magazine's "25 to Watch" for 2014, Williams was one of Northwest Dance Project's 2012 International Choreography Competition winners, received a 2013 Princess Grace Choreographic Fellowship and was selected as an E-choreographer for Springboard Danse Montreal the same year. In 2015 she completed a Princess Grace Foundation–USA Works In Progress Residency at the Baryshnikov Arts Center and recently received a Choreography Mentorship Co-Commission Award from the Princess Grace Foundation–USA in support of Mariko's Magical Mix: A Dance Adventure, her second full-length children's program in collaboration with shadow puppetry performance collective, Manual Cinema. Williams was named "2016 Best of Chicago - Best Choreographer" by Chicago Mag and selected as one of NewCIty's Players: 50 People Who Really Perform for Chicago in 2016 and 2018. Her collaborative performance series, Undercover Episodes, is currently performed nationally.
Choreographic Works and Commissions
"To Clear" - Charlotte Ballet, premiered January 26, 2018 at Patricia McBride & Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux Center for Dance, Charlotte, NC
"Go Lo" - University of North Carolina School of the Arts, premiered September 26, 2017 at Agnes DeMille Theatre, Winston-Salem, NC
"Cloudline" - Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, premiered May 10, 2017 at Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
"Gleam" - Grand Rapids Ballet, premiered at Peter Martin Wege Theatre, Grand Rapids, MI
"Part Way" - Groundworks Dance Theatre, premiered at Allen Theatre, Cleveland, OH
"UNDER(cover) Episode 002: Chicago" - premiered at Links Hall, Chicago, IL
"At the Apex" - Thodos Dance Chicago, premiered at North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, Skokie, IL
"Mariko's Magical Mix: A Dance Adventure" - Hubbard Street 2 in collaboration with Manual Cinema, premiered at Kennedy Center, Washington D.C.
"UNDER(cover) Episode 001: NYC/Work In Progress" - Independent Collaboration/Work In Progress with Jay T. Williams, Robert F. Haynes, and Anthony Lazarra, 2015 Princess Grace Foundation Works in Progress Residency at Baryshnikov Arts Center, New York, NY
"Fields Magnetic" - Atlanta Ballet, premiered as part of Atlanta Ballet's Wabi Sabi, Sautee Nacoochee, GA
"Waxing Moon" - Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, premiered at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
"The Art of Falling: by the artists of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and The Second City" - premiered at the Harris Theatre for Music and Dance, Chicago, IL
"The Watson" - Visceral Dance Chicago, premiered at C5, Chicago, IL
"Glint" - Visceral Dance Chicago, premiered at the Harris Theatre for Music and Dance, Chicago, IL
"One Take" - Grand Rapids Ballet, premiered at Peter Martin Wege Theatre, Grand Rapids, MI
"Saku" - Peridance Contemporary Dance Company, premiered at Salvatore Capezio Theatre, New York, NY
"Fluence" - Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, premiered at the State Theatre, Minneapolis, MN
"Grey Horses" - Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, premiered at Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
"Intercepted" - Springboard Danse Montreal, premiered at Usine-C Theatre, Montreal, QC
"Unfix" - Same Planet, Different World, premiered at Millenium Park's Pritzker Pavillion, Chicago, IL
"Emilie" - Hubbard Street 2/Juilliard Senior Showcase
"Seven" - Western Michigan University, BFA Dance Department
"Recall" - Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, commissioned by the Joyce Theater, premiered at Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
"Solletico" - Northwest Dance Project LAUNCH 7
"B&C" - The Nexus Project
"Harold and the Purple Crayon: A Dance Adventure" - Hubbard Street 2, premiered at Kennedy Center, Washington D.C.
Choreographic Awards
2015: Princess Grace Foundation-USA CMCC Award
2014: Princess Grace Foundation-USA Works In Progress Residency
2013: Princess Grace Foundation-USA Choreographic Fellowship
2012: Northwest Dance Project, winner of the Pretty Creatives International Choreography Competition
Performance Experience
2012: Aszure Barton and Artists
2000 – 2012: Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Artistic Directors: Glenn Edgerton, Jim Vincent
1999: Chicago Arts Project, Artistic Director: Jay Franke
1995 – 1999: River North Chicago Dance Company, Artistic Directors: Frank Chaves, Sherry Zunker


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Scam Alert... This Is A Very Serious Warning! ...And Good For a LaughToo
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Have you ever been the victim of title plagiarism? Well whether it was intentional or not, I can't tell you, but it sure looks fishy, with an ironic twinge of humor in the whole situation.
Keep on reading for the joke to be exposed at the bottom...
At 5:37pm on Thursday I posted an article with a somewhat lengthy title, mostly just because I could I guess. lol
"Hope Rubs Off - Hakuna Matata! No Worries... A True Life Story of Inspiration"
The very next article posted at 6:26pm. This was entitled:
"Hope rubbs off so are good actions!"
I'm truly not even sure what his title means in the English language, and though his opening sentence expounds a true principle:
"Is there anything more rewarding than giving a hand to someone without expecting anything back!" ...his actions speak louder than his words.
After a brief paragraph he refers you to a cash gifting program. This is highly illegal by standards of the Federal Trade Commission.
In their own website the FTC warns,
"Don't Get on the Receiving End of a Gifting Club "Gotcha"
Promises of quick, easy money can be a powerful lure – especially when it comes with the additional benefit of new friendships.
If you're approached about joining a club but you aren't sure if it's an illegal gifting club, the Federal Trade Commission reminds you to:
- Consider that a legitimate gift has no strings attached and is not an "investment."
- Avoid being misled into thinking a gifting club is legitimate because the ads say that members consider their payments a gift and expect nothing in return. This is an attempt to make an illegal transaction look legal.
- Be wary of success stories or testimonials of tremendous payoffs. Very few members of illegal gifting clubs or pyramid schemes ever receive any money.
- Take your time. Don't buckle under to a high-pressure sales pitch that requires you to join immediately or risk losing out on the opportunity. Remember, solid opportunities – and solid friendships – aren't formed through nerve-wracking tactics."
Oh yeah, the joke...
The funny thing about my title being apparently plagiarized is #1, he brought himself to the attention of someone who can spot a scam a mile away because Michael Dlouhy and Mentoring For Free have taught me to be a "critical thinker" and I'm the first that will alarm anybody to the facts of a scam if I know about it, and #2, the most ironic part of the whole situation... the guy who plagiarized my title, his last name is "Parrot". lol... I'm sorry, but I just thought that too ironic! (OK, if I have to explain the joke, then it wasn't that funny, so if you don't get it, don't ask.)
Well Mr. Parrot, I'm truly sorry if you were unaware that you are promoting an illegal cash gifting club. I recommend you stop and get out of it right away before you find yourself involved in the American Justice System. Everybody else, RUN AWAY from this "rewarding" opportunity!
A cash gifting club provides just about zero out of five of the "5 Pillars" Michael Dlouhy recommends for any ethical company.
Educate yourself on how to watch out for illegal or unethical scams, learn to be a critical thinker, and learn techniques to find a great network marketing company. Start a world class education on internet and network marketing by reading Success in Ten Steps and avoid ever becoming somebody's next big joke!
Your Forever Friend,
Randy Enman
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Too biased
Hi Randy, not fair to generalise cash gifting. Some are approved by FTC. And very clean since they leverage the universal law of 'giving' ... so if you're open and a giver, www.vur.me/drwhitefield/abundant is the place to be at :-)
Cash Gifting
Well with out a product that you would buy without a copensation plan attached to it, it is illegal that is the way the FTC states it. So I believe that cash gifting of any kind is veiwed the same way. People need to realise that this is a job and you actually will need to do some WORK to acheive succeess.
You Must Have Some Pretty Deep Pockets...
...if you continually give your money away as a "gift" and never get any back.
...or DO you receive money in your program? Well, no matter how you spin it or convince yourself that it's so good, if you put money in and get money back, it is "an investment", not a "gift" and the FTC says that is an illegal pyramid scheme. Go to their website and read it for yourself in black and white. No Bias About It!
Even if your cash gifting program were somehow magically different from all the others and was legal, you still totally miss the point of the 5 Pillars.
A cash gifting program of any kind, meets just about none of the 5 Pillars Michael Dlouhy states will bring you to a good company that you can build a residual income while providing a legitimate product.
What is the legitimate product a cash gifting program provides?
Would I buy that product if I did not participate in the compensation plan?
A Cash Gifting Program Meets None Of The 5 Pillars Of A Good Business And Is Illegal!
Your Forever Friend,
Randy Enman
Randy the Informer
Great Information My Friend. You are Genius!!!
your friend for Life Juanita Waterman
Why won't these people realize.....
...what Randy says is TRUE!!!
Randy, it's amazing that whenever you spout off about how something doesn't "mesh" with the "5 pillars" you get a tremoudus response! Both for and against! Keep it up buddy! You are truly a "gifted" writer.
Your Buddy,
Logan Wandell
The very concept of Cash Gifting is flawed...
Because theres always some poor fish at the bottom of the pool who are going to go hungry, its proven in the math, go get a calculator!
Great information and funny to boot.
Thanks Randy for the heads up on the cash gifting programs. We all need to be up to date on what is going around out there.
great article
Great info Randy...
Thanks for the heads up............
Your friend for life
Hi Randy,
Thank you for this information on gifting programs. Someone I know has been trying to get me to join one he is in and I just don't feel comfortable about it. Now I know why! Keep the information flowing so ignorant people like me won't fall prey to someone who uses past business associations/friendships to expand their wallets at our expense and not even think twice about it.
More,more, more !!!
Thanks Randy for posting this article. We need more articles like yours to remind people that these scammers are still out there looking for the vulnerable.
Your friend for life
David Atkinson
I just got something in the mail yesterday!
I think I must have received a cash gifting scheme yesterday in my regular mail (not e-mail). It said it was written by a lawyer and I was suppose to give $1 to 6 people on some list. Apparently, I was to go buy some list and mail this same letter to 200 people. In three months I would make $800,000.
I am glad that I have been reading a lot from mentoring for free and visited websites which explain the law about all this. It would be so sad if someone thought they were doing a great thing for their family and tried it out, only to end up in jail! There are so many people out there who would try this because they are desperate because they have lost their jobs and need money. The law doesn't care if you are ignorant of committing the crime. If you break the law, you pay the price!
Thanks for writing about this Randy. Many people believe that if it is on the internet, it must be legal, but that is simply not true.
Your Friend,
Ha! Ha! The Parrot
I don't care who you are-that was just plain funny! About this cash gifting crap-sorry, but that's what it is. I entered into one of these schemes a few years ago, and guess what! I never recieved one thin dime back from it, and followed the instructions to a tee! At least there are people out there like you who really care, keep up the good work. I will just say, kind sir, that YOU ROCK. All of the information that you freely give away just to help other people is truly amazing-thank you.
I have gotten them before
myself in the mail and I just trash them! Keep up the good work of informing the ones who don't know!
Educate the people
There are so many people that are looking for a way into a legitamate mlm business or some kind of direct marketing, and usually more often than not, these people are in a situation where they #1 are broke and need cash or #2 they need a lifestyle change, and something like "Cash Gifting" might sound appealing to an uneducated enthusiest, It is very important for people like Randy and others who understand the dynamics of this industry to educate the people who dont! thanks so much for your imput Randy and please keep educating!!!
God Bless!
Darren West
Another Point in Value
POOP DECK PETE:"Oh, good, (to parrot) Who's a pretty little Polly then? Polly want a cracker?" (reaches out to tickle parrot patronisingly under the chin. The parrot gives him a fierce nip on the fingers).
Just for Thought
Watch it!! In illegal gifting schemes, you just may get a "fierce nip" from Mr. Parrot!
You have provided us with another reason to participate in BN... VALUE.
Jim Rohn (American Writer/Speaker) once stated that,
"The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get."
My personal belief is that the most beneficial "cash gifting" program is when you use Biblical principles (Acts 20:35 -- NLT):
"And I have been a constant example of how you can help those in need by working hard. You should remember the words of the Lord Jesus: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"
Don't most successful people agree that you're happier when you give? One of the main reasons for getting involved in my own business is to GIVE.
I find benefit when Albert Einstein proclaimed that a person should,
"Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value."
Thanks for your VALUE as a person and the VALUE you contribute here on BN.
We're proud!


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Delivering the Speech
The basic aim of any public speaker should be to communicate effectively with his target audience. In addition to writing an interesting, persuasive, or otherwise engaging speech there are many things that a speaker can do to achieve the communication goal through good delivery. The skill of good delivery is perhaps the most important skill that a public speaker can master when trying to become a better communicator. The reason that delivery is so critically important is that as a skill it will be incorporated into every public presentation you ever give. Your ability to properly deliver a speech is singly the most transferable skill you will learn when studying the art of public address.
It may sound silly to stress, but the best thing to remember when delivering a good speech is that you are talking with other people. People need to feel that they are being spoken with instead of being spokenat. They need to feel that you are acknowledging their existence. In other words, alienating your audience is not a good tactic. Try to think of your target audience as your best friend. You wouldn't speak atyour best friend and neither should you speak at your audience. The audience wants to feel included in the conversation, and how you present yourself is critical in making them feel this way.
As long as you keep this one principle in mind--speak with your audience--you will be a good way toward possessing good delivery skills. There are a few tips that you should remember when trying to achieve the above principle:
- Avoid Using A Podium
Podiums create a physical barrier between you and your audience. They widen the gap that differentiates speaker and listener. This sort of differentiation is a problem because it separates you from your audience. It makes it harder for you to connect. Any sort of physical barrier between the speaker and the audience tends to limit the degree to which the audience feels that they are part of the communication process. This means they are more likely to feel that you are speaking at them instead speaking with them.
- Read The Faces Of Your Audience
When you are giving a speech look around the room and try to figure out if your listeners are understanding what you are saying. If people generally look perplexed go into greater detail. Explain what you mean by some of the terms that you are using. If there seems to be a general level of understanding then move on so that you don't run the risk of boring your audience to death with a simple concept.
- Use Interest Supports That Draw On Immediate Examples
The reason I consider this to be an element of presentation instead of speech preparation is that you should present an example that you've come up with on the spur of the moment. You want your example to be something that the entire audience can relate with. For instance, if someone just gave a speech about air pollution and you are talking about a balanced budget you might mention something to the effect of,
The trick to finding a good example is to latch onto something that your audience can really think about and play with in their heads. You want them to have an active role in your presentation by involving them with something they can immediately recognize and try to understand. It draws them into considering what you have to say.


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Luca Toni insists Juventus "are catching up" on the top sides, while Fabio Quagliarella could be back before the end of the season.
"We are catching up and now the team is really fired up, especially after the win over Inter," said Toni.
The Bianconeri visit Lecce for the 11.30 UK time kick-off and Toni is expected to start alongside Alessandro Matri.
"I invite all fans to come to the stadium to support us in this crucial moment of the campaign.
"Who do I prefer as a strike partner? Matri gives more depth to the team, while Alex Del Piero comes towards the ball and seeks the one-on-one. There's no doubting they are both great forwards."
There could be another addition to the Juventus squad, as Quagliarella is recovering faster than expected from torn knee ligaments.
"I think we can hand the player back to his club by the end of April," said Professor Mariani after a check-up this weekend.
"If all parameters are met, then he can even start light running now. I'd say something more than that should wait until the end of March, when we can have another check-up."
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text: Am Mittwoch, den 30.01.2008, 12:31 -0500 schrieb Joey Hess: > Daniel Leidert wrote: > > Why should I mirror the upstream VCS and blow up > > svn.d.o or my own VCS servers? > > Because disk space is so much cheaper than your time that I can't even > find the adjectives to describe how much cheaper it is? My current workflow is fast enough. I already explained, that I perfectly work with the debian/-only setup (without symlinking or exporting anything, as suggested by different people). So why do you argue with "my" time? Putting the whole source under VCS and checking it out makes this workflow slower and not faster IMHO. Working with quilt and this setup seems to be impossible. That's why I have concerns regarding standardizing on quilt. I read your post/blog entry. That doesn't mean, that I agree to everything. I especially cannot agree to the flame on Fedora/Gentoo/BSDs way to just hold a spec (compares to our debian/*) + patches in a VCS, beecause its what I do and what many projects at svn.d.o currently (successfully) do. It has IMO a much more natural feeling than putting everything into VCS control. I already said: Upstream has its own VCS. So why to mirror it? Then we can directly go to upstream and maintain our debian/* files inside their VCS. And this is AFAIK not the easiest/fastest workflow. Oh and yes: I understand your concerns about the different ways to maintain Debian packages and also Debian specific patches. Regards, Daniel


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Summer is here, which means the Peach Festival is back in Weatherford. Come out and experience this event full of summertime deliciousness — and fun! Stay at Weatherford KOA this summer, and enjoy the vacation you've needed all year.
The 32nd Annual Parker County Peach Festival takes place on July 9, 2016, in Historic Downtown Weatherford. The event starts at 8 a.m. and continues until 5 p.m., and it features over 200 arts, crafts, activity and food stations. Shop for unique and often handmade treasures, or you can even get an early start on your holiday shopping list.
The Peach Pedal Bike Ride offers three race lengths: 61 miles, starting at 7:30 a.m., 39 miles, starting at 7:45 a.m., and 8 miles, starting at 8 a.m. If you're been cycling and working to achieve your fitness goals, you can cross this one off your list — on vacation!
The event also features children's activities and a food competition. If you're a pro at dominoes, enter the "42" Tournament and play all the way to the top! And of course, it wouldn't be a summer event without live music. The Peach Festival features three stages of live entertainment. Admission is just $5 for adults and free for kids 12 and under.
Call Weatherford KOA to set up lodging for the Peach Festival. We'll see you soon!
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