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Michael Robinson's continuing study of raga forms leads to this meditation on the revered Hindu god Shiva. The title, meaning "Bearer of Ganga," describes how the sacred Ganges River supposedly flows through the hair of Shiva as it travels from heaven to earth. The result is a fluid reflection, based on an elegiac melody with trumpet and kawala timbres accented with sparkling bells and rainsticks.
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I believe in the power of brand awareness, brand strategy, and brand acceleration when it comes to retaining customers for a product in the tech industry. This belief stems from my own experience as the co-founder of SiSTEM, a VR startup. My team and I spent almost a year perfecting our product before the initial release of the beta version. The only thing we missed was creating a brand that would encapsulate the product, the vision, and the company as a whole. The brand creation process proved to be effective with an increase of interest of the same product by customers and investors. Our target audience were able to connect with the mission underlined by the product. Justin Kan, a partner of Y Combinator and co-founder of Atrium and Twitch said: "[Tech] Startups mostly don't compete against each other, they compete against no one giving a shit." This statement speaks directly to the importance of brand awareness. According to Kan, brand awareness should be a defining goal for any tech startup.
Through my research, I found that there are two major brand strategies that were used by exemplary tech companies: product-focused and visionary-focused brand strategy. Microsoft creates software products that fixate on the specs and quality of the product. Their brand strategy is to shine the light on the superiority of their solutions, especially, to their business clients. As for the visionary-focused brand strategy, it is displayed in companies like Tesla. When I watch Tesla's product launches, the crowd is excited about the person presenting more than the product. Elon Musk, represents the vision Tesla is trying to create in the world. That brand strategy proves to be effective too; for example, George Hotz, creator of Jailbreak and Comma.ai. His startups focused so much about what he believes and what he is all about to the extent that now he would ask questions like: "If I build this, wouldn't you buy it?"
I would like to end this article with a summary of what I have come to realize. As a tech founder, I do believe that the product needs to be in good condition, but not necessarily perfect. Brand creation and brand awareness, whether with a product-focused or visionary-focused strategy, are equally important to the success of the product. Remember you are competing against people not caring about your product. Finally, as the customer base grows, keeping those customers in sync with the brand through a brand acceleration strategy is equally needed as debugging and upgrading the product.


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19 Dec Storyboarding the "Movie" that will Shape Your Business in 2018
Written by Guest Blogger Bob Kelley, CEO, Adaptive Business Leaders (ABL) Organization – What kind of movie will characterize your organization in 2018? Will it be family fare unfolding in familiar places, with well-known actors, and a predictable plot line? Or film noir, studded with dark scenes occurring in unfamiliar territory? Or a fast-paced action adventure in which you emerge as the superhero? Storyboarding can help us pre-visualize how our movie will unfold. As business leaders, we shape the scenes, through the development and delivery of products and services, which create valuable experiences for those we serve. Hopefully these experiences will continue to be valuable for existing, and new customers in 2018, and beyond. Our people are counting on us for this.
As scene shapers, we typically use a combination – if not equal parts – of Hindsight, Oversight and Foresight to ensure we continuously sell (or provide) the things that our customers, clients, and patients believe they need. Based on over 30 years of leading ABL's Technology CEO Round Tables – and tracking the acceleration of Technology, unquestionably I see the scene changing. For business people today, the coming year will demand that we apply more Foresight to our movies, and be much less focused on Oversight or Hindsight. Not surprisingly, Foresight is always more challenging to envision and depict.
As someone with a strong interest in business history – and experience running tech-empowered companies, I've seen this movie play out several times before. In more recent years, during the "dot com" era. And earlier, during the "computer revolution," when there was a tremendous need for Foresight to shift the focus of the organizations I led, from where we'd been to where we were going. Then, as now, tools like storyboards, scenario planning, and simulations helped with this process of shaping new solutions for our customers.
Today, Foresight infused with Knowledge about the foundational technologies of the Advanced Digital Industrial Revolution – like AI, Machine Learning, IoT Devices, Robots, Drones, AR, VR & CRISPR – will be a key element in developing the storyboards, scenarios and simulations that will ensure the effective delivery of your product/service solution. Fortunately, we'll soon have access to a front-row seat to learn how these rapidly evolving technologies are already shaping this latest Revolution, when Dave Berkus, our own "Mr. Trend," presents: "THE NEW INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: POWERED BY THE LATEST TOP TECH TRENDS."
As you contemplate the storyboards and plot for your organization's coming attraction: a new product/service "solution," Dave's insights will help you fashion the questions to pose to your customers, clients and patients. These questions might include, "If we could provide you with a solution like ___(based on these fast-evolving technologies)_____, when would you want it and how valuable would it be to you?"
If you're looking to sharpen your Foresight, plan now to be with us in Long Beach, the afternoon of January 24th, to attend Dave's premier presentation of "THE NEW INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: POWERED BY THE LATEST TOP TECH TRENDS." Chances are strong it will help you design a movie with a happy ending for 2018 and beyond.
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"You have at your best followed the example of Joseph Smith, as described by Arthur Henry King, in a talk published in his book, _The Abundance of the Heart_. In that book, Professor King recounted his experience in first reading of the First Vision as it appears in the Pearl of Great Price. Arthur Henry King reminds us that he was not a member of the Church at that time and that his education had taught him to be critical. He thus represents the very people to whom you may be most helpful. This is what he said:
"'I wasn't inclined to be impressed. As a stylistician, I have spent my life being disinclined to be impressed. So when I read his story, I thought to myself, this is an extraordinary thing. This is an astonishingly matter-of-fact and cool account. This man is not trying to persuade me of anything. He doesn't feel the need to. He is stating what happened to him, and he is stating it, not enthusiastically, but in quite a matter-of-fact way. He is not trying to make me cry or feel ecstatic. That struck me, and that began to build my testimony, for I could see that this man was telling the truth' (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1986, pp. 200-201).
"A clear declaration of the truth is powerful enough, because truth exists and there is a Spirit of truth to confirm it. Because you believe that, your writing shows a trust in the clear declarative statement, without jargon, that would bless scholars and their readers in every field.
"Your work of highest value is to lead the children of God to discover the true origin of the Book of Mormon and thus let its message of Jesus Christ change their lives. Because of that, my hope would be that you will keep your focus on that scripture and on the aspects of it which are significant to the question: 'Should I pray to know if this book is truly the word of God, written and abridged by prophets on plates delivered by an angel to a boy who could only have translated them by the power of God?'
"Joseph Smith's account of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon is miraculous. The only place to go to verify a miracle is to God. I pray that your work and your example will lead many to go to Him in the earnest prayer of faith."
- Henry B. Eyring "The Marketplace of Ideas," annual F.A.R.M.S. banquet, 13 October 1994
Click here to read the full address
President Eyring was speaking in this address to members of the "Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies" (FARMS) organization. He encouraged their use of the Book of Mormon to help bring interest and conversion. He also taught of the power of pure and simple testimony in reaching out to those who are sincere in heart.
I heard Dr. King speak about the matter Elder Eyring references. King was a brilliant British scholar, a renowned Shakespearean expert, who understood language. He compared Oliver Cowdery's flowery, educated description of the translation process, contained in a footnote of the Pearl of Great Price, with Joseph's simple and pure narrative. It was a profound lesson to me of the power of pure and simple testimony.
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For the past several months, numerous Samsung Galaxy Note 9 users were complaining about the Play Store error 406. The actual error message goes like this, "App could not be downloaded due to an error. (406)" which usually appears during the downloading and updating process. This could be caused by corrupt Play Store cache and data, unstable internet connection or the device itself has a minor firmware issue.
In this article, we will tackle this error and try to formulate a solution. We will consider every possibility and rule them out one after another until we can figure out what it's all about and what needs to be done to get rid of it. If you're one of the owners of this device and are currently being bugged by the same error 406 while trying to download or updated an app, continue reading as this article may be able to help you one way or another.
Before anything else, if you have other issues with your device, try to browse through our troubleshooting page as we've already addressed several issues with this device. Odds are that we've already published a post that tackles similar problems. Try finding issues that have similar symptoms with what you currently have and feel free to use the solutions we've suggested. If they don't work for you or if you still need our help, then fill up our questionnaire and hit submit to contact us.
Troubleshooting Galaxy Note 9 with Play Store error 406
We have encountered this problem in the past so we know what you need to do to fix it. You don't need to do complicated procedures to get rid of it. With that being said, here are the basic troubleshooting procedures you need to do…
First Solution: Perform Forced Reboot
It is always possible that the cause of this Play Store error is a minor firmware issue or even just a glitch. There were cases that we've encountered in the past that got fixed by simply doing the forced restart. For those who don't know yet, the forced reboot is actually a simulated battery removal. It refreshes your phone's memory as well as reloads all apps and services. This is how you do it on your Note 9:
- Press and hold the Volume Down button and don't release it yet.
- While holding down the volume button, press and hold the Power key as well.
- Keep both keys held down together for 15 seconds or until the Galaxy Note 9 logo shows on the screen.
After the restart, launch the Play Store and download any app to see if the error 406 still pops up, if it still does, then move on to the next procedure.
ALSO READ: Samsung Galaxy Note 9 can't connect to Wi-Fi after Android 9 Pie update
Second Solution: Clear Play Store Cache and Data
Clearing the cache and data of the Play store means that you're resetting the app back to its default settings and configuration. If it's just an issue with the app, then this procedure will definitely fix it and don't worry, none of your apps or files will be deleted if you did this. This is how it's done:
- Swipe down from the top of the screen to pull the notification panel down.
- Tap the Settings icon on the upper-right corner.
- Scroll to and then tap Apps.
- Find and tap Google Play Store.
- Tap Storage.
- Touch Clear data and then tap OK to confirm.
After resetting the Play Store download any app and see if the error 406 has been fixed. If it continues to occur, move on to the next method.
Third Solution: Reset Network Settings
It is also possible that this problem was caused by an inconsistent or unstable internet connection. Such is the case with some of the cases we've encountered in the past. It is imperative that your phone has a stable connection because installing or updating an app means downloading huge amount of data. To rule this possibility out, follow these steps:
- Swipe down from the top of the screen to pull the notification panel down.
- Tap the Settings icon on the upper-right corner.
- Scroll to and tap General management.
- Touch Reset.
- Tap Reset network settings.
- Tap Reset settings.
- If prompted, enter your PIN, Password or Pattern.
- Finally, tap Reset.
After doing this, try downloading an app and see if the error 406 still shows up. If it still does, then you have no other choice but to reset your phone as it could be a result of a serious firmware issue considering the Play Store is a core application.
ALSO READ: How To Fix Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Stuck On Updating Software
Fourth Solution: Perform Master Reset
If all else fails, the last thing that you can do is to reset your Galaxy Note 9. This will delete all files and data stored in the internal storage like: contacts, music, photos and etc. So, before you can do the steps be sure to backup everything so that you can easily restore when the issue is fixed. After backing up and the device is set and ready, don't forget to remove your Google account to be sure that your phone won't be locked out. Here's how to reset your phone:
- Turn off the device.
- Press and hold the Volume Up key and the Bixby key, then press and hold the Power key.
- When the Galaxy Note 9 logo shows, release all three keys.
- Your Galaxy Note 9 will continue to boot up into the Recovery Mode. Once you see a black screen with blue and yellow texts, proceed to the next step.
- Press the Volume down key several times to highlight 'wipe data / factory reset'.
- Press Power button to select.
- Press the Volume down key until 'Yes' is highlighted.
- Press Power button to select and start the master reset.
- When the master reset is complete, 'Reboot system now' is highlighted.
- Press the Power key to restart the device.
I hope that we've been able to help you fix Play Store error 406 on your Galaxy Note 9. We would appreciate it if you helped us spread the word so please share this post if you found it helpful. Thank you so much for reading!
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Despite a few highlights on the horizon, we can all agree that Wii is in its final throes for hardcore gamers, but there are bright lights waiting to be translated: Pandora's Tower, The Last Story and Xenoblade Chronicles. Of those three however, only Xenoblade has a Western release confirmed, and even that is currently only announced for Europe. As you can imagine, Wii fans are unhappy about this turn of events, and they're making their feelings heard.
The official Nintendo Facebook page has been flooded with comments demanding the three games, with several fans taking it a step further and requesting other unreleased games. Here's a sample of comments:
J. Noble Gibbins: Good day, gentlemen and ladies of Nintendo. I am here to inquire about the--oh, how do I say this--lack of Xenoblade. It seems it will be getting quite the rousing cup of tea over in Europe, but none of such delightfulness in the States.
Myriam Maon: Nintendo wants core gamers to come back to the WiiU - what kind of message do you think you are sending them by not localizing Xenoblade and Last Story in the US? By not bringing Xenoblade and Last Story to the US you are losing any credibility you had with lots of core gamers. Why should core gamers believe things will be different with the WiiU that they were with the Wii when even Nintendo doesn't bother bringing its most praised "hardcore" games to the US?
If you want to lend your voice to the growing throng, several dedicated players have created Operation Rainfall, a campaign to prove to Nintendo the desire to purchase that exists for these games.
We'll keep you updated on the release status of these much anticipated games.
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Packing Tips to Get You Moving
By Maggie Dokic on January 7th, 2010
Categories: For Buyers, For Sellers
Packing Tips to Get You Moving
Packing is one of those dreaded but necessary chores of moving. Not only is it time consuming, but it sheds light on how much we really have accumulated since the last move. But it can be a manageable task by starting early and having a plan.
Don't wait until the last minute.
Moving is stressful enough. Give yourself at least six weeks, which gives you enough time to pack a few boxes each day.
Take inventory of your items to determine how many packing boxes you will need. As a rule of thumb, use small boxes for small, heavy items such as books and canned goods; medium-size for bulkier, not so heavy items like linens and pots; and reserve larger boxes for very bulky lightweight items such as lamp shades.
Obtain boxes from a moving company or collect sturdy boxes from local supermarkets and liquor stores. Also, consider investing in specialty boxes, such as wardrobe and mirror/painting cartons. Wardrobe boxes are specially designed to transport clothing on hangers and mirror/painting cartons adjust to fit large sizes.
Besides boxes, make sure you have marking pens, packing peanuts or bubble wrap, strong 2-inch wide packing tape, and unprinted newspaper. The ink from printed newspaper can rub off onto your individual items.
Pack strategically.
Plan out how you will pack up your belongings. Decide what needs to be packed first such as seldom used and out-of-season items. Then work your way up to everyday items, like dishes.
It's also a good idea to pack one room at a time. Places like your attic, basement, garage and storage closets are a great place to start. Clearly mark on each box the contents and the room it will go in at your new residence. For fragile items, clearly mark "fragile" on the box and a directional arrow to indicate the correct upright position.
Decide what you will need to access as soon as you arrive at your destination. Write "Open First" on these boxes and load them onto the truck last or put them in your car. You also should pack a box with essentials for your first few nights, such as prescription medicine, toiletries, a telephone, clothing, towels, toilet paper, and bed linen.
Make sure to protect your belongings.
You'll want to make sure that your belongings get from Point A to Point B in one piece. To avoid damage, follow these packing techniques.
Computers: Before packing your computer, back up your data on either an online service or a portable hard drive. If possible, pack the computer in its original boxes and packaging. If you no longer have them, use a box with shock resistant insulation or create padding at the bottom and all around the sides. If you will be using packing peanuts, wrap the computer in a plastic bag so the peanuts won't get inside and damage the computer. Place the CPU in the center of the box with the motherboard side lying flat on the bottom. Protect the top with more padding. Make sure the computer is a tight-fit in the box. Use this technique for your monitor and printer. Don't forget to remove the print cartridge and paper from the printer. This same procedure can be used with other electronics.
Glasses and stemware: Stuff a bit of paper inside a glass, wrap the stem, and then wrap each piece individually. Place glasses face down on a 3- to 4-inch cushion of crumpled newspaper. Top off the box with 2 to 3 inches of crumpled paper.
Plates: Create a 3- to 4-inch cushion of crumpled paper in a sturdy box or dish pack. Wrap up to four plates at a time by taking two sheets of newspaper, place a plate slightly off center, fold paper over the plate, then stack a plate on top of the covered plate. Fold paper back over the second plate and repeat this process until four plates are wrapped. Now wrap the bundle and place it on end in the box. Continue to fill the box with bundled plates, and then top it with 2 to 3 inches of crumpled paper.
Large furniture pieces: Have large plastic bags or shrink wrap on hand to protect furniture. Use rags, blankets, comforters and towels for padding.
Artwork and mirrors: Wrap all pieces individually with bubble wrap or cardboard. For artwork framed behind glass or mirrors, tape an "X" across the mirror to keep pieces in places in case it should break. Place each piece in its own flat, fitted box and fill in any space with crumpled newspaper.
A few other tidbits.
- Avoid damage from leakage by packing your liquids (including medicine) in leak proof containers such as zippered plastic bags. Plastic bags also come in handy for small odds and ends.
- Keep box weights to 50 lbs. or less.
- Use masking tape to secure lids to jars and bottles; hold down moveable parts; and affix nuts, bolts, screws or nails to associated items.
- Place a sock filled with coffee grinds or baking soda in your washer, freezer, and refrigerator to prevent odors.
And remember, this is the time to get rid of things you no longer need/use. There's no sense in taking items to your new home that no longer serve a need. If you have a lot of stuff call a charitable organization to arrange for a pick-up. Otherwise plan on dropping these items off at a place like the Goodwill Industries on your own.
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Do your children do chores in your household?
Do they do them willingly and without being asked and reminded repeatedly?
Take heart; mine don't either.
To that end, I wish I'd had "chore charts" to use with my son and daughter when they were younger. At SchoolFamily.com, we've created some terrific chore charts that can be printed out and used with children as young as 3 and as old as 17. Each of our six charts is tailored to a specific age group: 3-4 year olds; those ages 5-6; 7-9; 10-12; 13-14; and 15-17. Best of all, they're customizable with your own chores in addition to the ones we've listed.
Over the years, I tried using "job" charts with my kids, but they were never as clear and specific as these charts. Mine were rudimentary. I taped them to a wall or pinned them to a bulletin board, amid great fanfare with my kids, and they were quickly forgotten after a week or so (sometimes less).
I've heard child development experts—and my husband—insist that having kids be responsible for chores makes them more responsible in general. It also shows them that taking care of a household and having it run smoothly (well, as smoothly as it can) only works if everyone does their part.
Without the use of chore charts, the routine in my household occasionally runs like a well-staged, highly emotional melodrama, with performances several night a week:
It's late afternoon on a weekday:
ME [To my high school daughter, age 16]: "Sweetie, would you please unload the dishwasher and clean the kitty litter after you finish your homework?"
HER: [Initial silence]
ME: [Voice rising slightly] "Did you hear me?"
HER: [Voice rising significantly] "I know. I HEARD you and I said I WOULD."
ME: "Well, okay. I didn't hear you respond."
HER: "I'll do it in a MINUTE."
Three to four hours pass and it's now mid-evening:
ME: [Spoken in a sing-songy voice, trying to avoid a meltdown] "Sweetie, the dishwasher and kitty litter still need your attention."
HER: "Man, why do I have to do EVERYTHING around here?"
ME: [Restraining my urge to suddenly have her become homeless] "We all do our part, and if you'd just done it when I'd asked, you'd ..."
HER: [Interrupting me] "I WAS BUSY."
ME: [Heavy sigh. Awash with feelings of ineffectiveness as a parent; fury at this child; realization that if I'd just done the chores myself, they'd have been done hours ago; and annoyance at myself for even considering doing them myself. Repeat.]
ME: [Note to self: "PRINT OUT chore charts.]
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Lenin, James Joyce and Dadaism — All in the Style of Oscar Wilde In Tom Stoppard's Exuberant "Travesties" at McCarter's Matthews Theatre
Tom Stoppard's Travesties opened in London in 1974, came to the United States and won both Tony and N.Y. Drama Critics Circle Awards for Best Play in 1976 and is currently at McCarter's Matthews Theatre in a dazzling production directed by Sam Buntrock. It is a wildly extravagant intellectual feast.
"I want to marry the play of ideas to farce," Mr. Stoppard explained. "Now that may be like eating steak tartare with chocolate sauce, but that's the way it comes out. Everyone will have to decide for himself whether the seriousness is doomed or redeemed by the frivolity."
It is Zurich in 1917, during the First World War, with Lenin preparing to return to Russia to lead the Russian revolution, James Joyce is in the process of writing Ulysses, and Dadaist Tristan Tzara is challenging the world of European art. The ideas come thick and fast here, though a constant barrage of puns, limericks, and word play, a smattering of song and dance and recurrent reminders of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest might, as Stoppard suggests, be smothering the seriousness of those ideas in chocolate sauce.
With so many historical, artistic, and literary allusions, this tour de force of hyperactive wit provides extraordinary riches for the mind. In this vein of Wildean farce and George Bernard Shaw's comedies of manners and ideas, Mr. Stoppard has produced an impressive array of masterpieces over the past five decades, from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (1968) through The Real Thing(1982), Arcadia(1993), Coast of Utopia (2007) and many more. Nowhere, however, do the farce, allusions and intellectual ideas spin more wildly over the top than they do here in the pyrotechnics of Travesties.
Mr. Stoppard's feat of relentless verbal dexterity, extraordinarily clever plotting to get Lenin, Joyce, and Tzara together through the reminiscences of a minor consular official, Henry Carr, who narrates the play, all in a spoof of The Importance of Being Earnest is surely a composition of genius. The McCarter production is worthy of this genius — also admirable, impressive and delightfully inventive in its staging and in the eight sterling, high-energy, high quality performances of its distinguished cast of eight.
Whether audiences will unreservedly enjoy this play is another question. Such rich fare can be overwhelming. A number of patrons left at intermission last Saturday night, slightly more than halfway through the three-hour show. The fast and furious pace of allusions, ideas, and farce are challenging to say the least. Theater-goers looking for traditional dramatic virtues of plot and depth of characterization will be disappointed. Some diners find both steak tartare and chocolate sauce, not to mention the combination, too much for the palate.
Travesties focuses on the character of Henry Carr (the redoubtable James Urbaniak), old man, sitting in his apartment, still in Zurich in 1974, and remembering, with questionable reliability, back to 1917: "Great days … Zurich during the war. Refugees, spies, exiles, painters, poets, writers, radicals of all kinds. I knew them all."
The role is fabricated partly from history, partly from Mr. Stoppard's fertile imagination. A Henry Carr did work as a consular official in Zurich and did in fact play the role of Algernon in a Zurich production of The Importance of Being Earnest produced by The English Players of which Joyce was the business manager at the time. He and Joyce did clash over money matters surrounding the production and their dispute did end up in court.
As Mr. Stoppard wrote in the program notes for the original production, Travesties is a work of fiction which makes use, and misuse, of history. Scenes which are self-evidently documentary mingle with others which are just as evidently fantastical. People who were hardly aware of each other's existence are made to collide; real people and imaginary people are brought together without ceremony; and events which took place months, and even years, apart are presented as synchronous."
Mr. Urbaniak embraces this character with panache, both the irascible, forgetful old man ("… you may or may not have noticed that I got my wires crossed a bit here and there, you know how it is when the old think-box gets stuck in a groove and before you know where you are you've jumped the points…") and the urbane young swain.
He transitions seamlessly from the long monologues of an old man's reminiscences (a la Krapp's Last Tape) to the vibrant setting (a la The Importance of Being Earnest with an added dose of politics and aesthetics) of Zurich and Carr's encounters — political, personal and romantic — with Joyce (Fred Arsenault), Tristan Tzara (Christian Coulson), Lenin (Demosthenes Chrysan), Lenin's wife Nadya (Lusia Strus), Carr's eccentric butler Bennett (Everett Quinton), his sister Gwendolyn (Susannah Flood) and a young librarian, Cecily (Sara Topham), whom he falls in love with and later marries.
Mr. Coulson's Tzara, with scissors in hand as he cuts out his words to scramble his poetic creations, is a fascinating, credible figure, vehemently defending his radical aesthetic theories, as he simultaneously pursues his romantic and personal ends.
Mr. Arsenault's James Joyce, working on Ulysses, described here by Tzara as "derived from reference to Homer and the Dublin telephone book of 1904," brings this unusual literary figure and his avid limerick-making to vivid, memorable life.
Mr. Chrysan's Lenin and Ms. Strus's Nadya are both formidable, authoritative characterizations, seen from a certain distance here — Mr. Carr had little or no actual interaction with the Russian revolutionary. Their dialogue and his speeches are almost entirely taken from historical documents.
Ms. Flood's Gwendolyn and Ms. Topham's Cecily both perform admirably in their embracing of the wild (and Wilde) world of this play and in encountering, with flair and poise, the erratic male characters who surround them. Ms. Topham is particularly strong, articulate, and striking throughout, as librarian, Leninist, and romantic interest, then wife, to Carr.
The incomparable Everett Quinton contributes a delightfully bizarre performance as Carr's edgy, class conscious butler Bennett.
Production values here are of extraordinarily high quality. David Farley's breathtaking set creates the huge shelves, dark wood paneling, and even a winding staircase between levels of the realistic Zurich library, then transforms so swiftly and effectively to Henry Carr's small apartment, with clear, specific distinctions between 1917 and 1974 versions.
Mr. Farley's colorfully fashionable costumes, historically specific and expressive for the period and the particular characters, along with David Weiner's dramatic, varied, and nuanced lighting, all provide firm grounding and clarification in the creation of the worlds of this play. The renowned David Shire has composed the appropriate, appealing music for the production.
Yes, some knowledge of Europe during World War I, Lenin and the Russian Revolution, Joyce, Tzara, and artistic movements of the early twentieth century is helpful here; but this luminous, dynamic cast, each character aflame with his or her particular passion, and the lucid, imaginative, intelligent direction of Mr. Buntrock (director of an award-winning revival of Sunday in the Park with George in London and New York, 2005-2008, and Take Flight at McCarter two years ago) keep the whirling words and actions moving along on track and in focus. This superb production delivers Mr. Stoppard's Travesties — jam-packed with word-play, literary allusions, and historical references — with a dazzlingly light touch that assures entertainment even when confusion might defy comprehension.


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PCI Gaming Authority (PCI) d/b/a/ Wind Creek Hospitality (WCH), an authority of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, and Bossier Casino Venture (Holdco), Inc. (BCV), owner and operator of the Margaritaville Resort Casino in Bossier City, LA. today announced that PCI and BCV have entered into an agreement whereby PCI will acquire 100% of BCV's interest in the property, subject to certain closing conditions, including the approval of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board. The purchase price has not been disclosed.
Situated adjacent to the Louisiana Boardwalk, a 500,000 square foot retail, entertainment and dining complex overlooking the Red River, the property features a single level, 26,600 square foot casino, offering more than 1,200 slot machines and 50 table games, including high limit gaming areas. Resort amenities include a 395-room hotel, six food and/or beverage venues, a spa, fitness center and pool, meeting and conference space, a 1,000 seat multi-use performance hall and parking for over 1,500 vehicles. Since opening in June 2013, the property has won numerous awards in many types of design and service categories from a variety of regional gaming and hospitality publications.
Jay Dorris, President and Chief Executive Officer of WCH, commented; "We are proud of the quality and attention to customer service that characterizes our three successful gaming operations in the State of Alabama. We believe that Margaritaville Resort Casino in Bossier City is a great fit with our operating philosophy and will provide us the opportunity to further establish Wind Creek Hospitality as the premier operator of first class casino resorts in the Southeast."
Paul Alanis, Chief Executive Officer of BCV, stated: "Our strong management team has performed beyond my expectations in delivering a consistent, quality entertainment experience for all of our loyal customers. More than anything else, this has enabled us to succeed in a highly competitive environment and quickly become a market leader. I am extremely supportive of this transaction as I believe the Poarch Creek will continue our philosophy of quality customer service and their ownership will be of great long term benefit to our employees, our customers and the community."
Tribal Chairwoman Stephanie Bryan added: "PCI's success has been key to our ability to improve opportunity and increase services to our tribal members. This acquisition will further our goal of building a great company, providing superb customer service, dedicated to and appreciative of its employees and committed to the communities in which we operate. We look forward to becoming an important contributing member of the Bossier City/Shreveport community."
Innovation capital, LLC acted as exclusive financial advisor and Jones, Walker LLP acted as legal counsel, to PCI. Macquarie Capital and Houlihan Lokey Capital Inc. served as financial advisors, and Latham Watkins LLP acted as legal counsel, to BCV.
- The parties anticipate that the transaction will close prior to year-end.


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Searching for God
We start at a certain place of faith. And often that shifts. The faith of our childhood often does not withstand the challenges of adulthood. And so we search for a new starting point.
What was your view of God? How has it changed? Are you searching for a new starting? A new, adult view of God?


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Scheduled backup to firewire drive on networked computer
I'm scheduling a backup to a volume on a firewire drive on another computer on a wireless network. The user's guide makes it sound like a snap but there were all kinds of issues to overcome. I pieced together hints from this forum and information from lots of other websites. In hopes that it will save someone else with the same need about 10 hours of work, I'm posting it here.
If anyone knows of easier or better ways of doing this than I've found, I would certainly appreciate detailed pointers.
Remote Computer (with attached backup drive)
This computer needs to wake up and mount the backup volume on the external disk before the source computer tries to mount it. I couldn't get it to mount remotely (from the source computer) any other way. Unexpectedly, I found that this cron event woke the computer up, so it was not necessary to set up a separate wake event. If it doesn't wake the computer for you, see the wake stuff for the source computer below.
Edit the crontab file ( /etc/crontab ) by adding this line. This would call for the mounting on Monday, Thursday and Saturday (1,4,6) at 1:00 am (0 1). Complete the disk* identifier with the identifier that Disk Utility gives it when it is mounted (get info).
0 1 * * 1,4,6 /usr/sbin/diskutil mount /dev/disk*
By the way, you will probably have to use the crontab command to read the edited file into the cron program. In theory it is supposed to update automatically but I guess I don't know how to make that happen. So just typing "crontab crontab" if you are in /etc works, or "crontab /etc/crontab" if you're not.
Source computer
On this computer, a cron event to mount the remote drive did not reliably wake up the computer, so the first step is to get it to wake up. You can do this with the Energy Saver prefs pane Schedule function. If you need a more flexible schedule (like Monday, Thursday and Saturday at 1 am, you can set it using pmset (power manager settings, which modifies the same settings file that the Energy Saver scheduler does) in Terminal with a command like this:
pmset repeat wake MRS 01:00:00
EITHER: An undocumented (as far as I know) feature of SuperDuper is a place to add Applescripts that will fire before or after a copy job. Go to ~/Library/Application Support/SuperDuper!/Scheduled Copies ("~" refers to your home user folder). Here you will find your copy schedule file (assuming you already created it). Control-click on it and choose Show Package Contents. Then you will see a file called "Copy job.applescript". Open this in Script Editor, and you will see the comments clearly indicating where the pre- and post-backup scripts go.
One possibility is putting this script in the pre-backup slot:
OR: You can also mount the remote volumet with a cron job. Open crontab (see instructions for editing under Remote Computer above) and add these lines:
1 1 * * 1,4,6 mkdir /Volumes/Stuff
If you want to unmount/eject the volume when you're done, you can put the following applescript in "Copy job.applescript" (the post-backup slot) as shown above:
tell application "Finder"
Quite an ugly hack job, huh?
If you test this, expect SuperDuper to take about 5-10 minutes or so to mount the disk image on the remote volume. I don't know why that takes so long.
A few things:
- First, this is not generally necessary. I back up to a network volume daily, as do many other users, without any of this complexity...
- Second, the mount is being done by the system. Since 10.4.10 (as I recall), they're scanning the entire volume before it mounts to ensure it's not an invalid volume and thus a security risk. Not much we can do...
Thanks for the reply. Regarding mounting by the system, I don't understand the implication, how that relates. Are you talking about mounting the disk image, and giving an explanation for why it takes so long?
As far as the unnecessary complexity, I would need more detail to learn where I'm going wrong. Here are some of the needs I was trying to meet.
1. Isn't it necessary to make sure the remote computer is awake before beginning the process? We don't want the computer to run awake all the time.
2. Doesn't the firewire drive, specifically the volume containing the image, have to mounted on the remote computer before you can mount it on your source computer? That computer user doesn't want the drive permanently mounted. It has a standby mode so it goes to sleep itself unless it is mounted.
3. I know from the User's Guide that the source computer has to be woken up before SuperDuper can do its thing. I mentioned Energy Saver and pmset, a more complex but flexible alternative.
4. Mounting the target volume on the source computer - this I gather from the Guide should be done by SuperDuper. It wasn't happening in my case. If you can help troubleshoot that I would be grateful. I described two alternatives for getting this done.
5. Unmounting the target volume after the backup - I'm pretty sure SuperDuper doesn't do this, so I mentioned a little insertion for the Copy job.applescript to do it.
So for the 5 things I addressed, as far as I know SuperDuper only is supposed to do one of them. Of course you could avoid all this by leaving the the volume mounted on both computers all the time, and leaving the computers running.
I don't mean to suggest you're "going wrong", Jim. In fact, I don't think you've gone wrong in your case, nor did I say your complexity was unnecessary. What I said is that this is not generally necessary...
Most users don't need to take these steps (there's a broad mix of users in this forum).
(Yes, I was describing mounting the image and why it takes so long: it's being scanned for validity.)
As far as the destination not mounting: did you receive any errors? The remote volume is mounted by resolving an alias to the mount previously established: this should cause the system to mount the network volume (using authentication from the keychain).
Tnx, Jim
Actually, the manual mounting might be helpful in my case as well. I have a network volume (SMB) that requires a username and password. I need to schedule as root so the backup always runs (daemon support would be spectacular!). However, I can't seem to add the username and password to the root keychain. Instead of the normal "login" keychain, it prompts me for the password to something called "X509 Anchors" keychain, and the root password doesn't work! In fact I have been unable to ever figure out what this password is! Anyway, long story short, I'm going to try this manual mounting and see if that fixes my problem.
It would also be great if we could have access to the shortcuts that SuperDuper! uses to mount network shares! I then could add the username and password directly to the shortcut. Could that be a potential future addition as well?
We don't use shortcuts, as such -- we use an Alias, and you can't store a password there.
Ah. Well, then, I guess the next best thing would be daemon support. Although, I guess I might have the same problem, since the daemon would likely run as root?
Does anyone know how I can store a username/password for a SMB share running as root? Or some alternative so I can run the backup when no one is logged in? The machine in question is a multi-user system and usually there is no one logged in when the backups should occur.
A daemon isn't going to change this kind of thing, no... but you can pre-mount a volume yourself using cron...
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There is no question that the war on drugs is a failure. In spite of decades of prohibition laws, threats of fines and/or imprisonments, and massive propaganda campaigns, drugs are available and affordable. The Mental Health Services Administration — a government agency — has reported that marijuana, ecstasy, and methamphetamine use has recently increased. The government's GAO has even said that the D.A.R.E. program has had "no statistically significant long-term effect on preventing youth illicit drug use."
There are, however, some things that the war on drugs has accomplished. It has drained $40 billion a year from the federal treasury. It has made criminals out of hundreds of thousands of Americans (754,224 Americans were arrested for marijuana possession in 2008). It has destroyed financial privacy. It has unnecessarily swelled prison populations (over half of the federal prison population is because of drug charges). It has turned America's inner cities into war zones. It has greatly eroded civil liberties. It has corrupted law enforcement. It has ruined more lives than drugs themselves.
The war on drugs enjoys wide bipartisan support on both the federal and state levels. Sure, some states have relaxed marijuana laws and made marijuana legal for medical use, but always under the watchful eye of state regulators and tax authorities.
But in these days of budget crises, on both the federal and state levels, the war on drugs is expanding. The latest addition to the list of controlled substances will be bath salts.
White House drug czar Gil Kerlikowske has issued a bath salt alarm because the synthetic stimulants mephedrone and methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV) are being sold as bath salts. It turns out that instead of using these bath salts in the bathtub, people have taken to swallowing, snorting, injecting, smoking, and otherwise ingesting them.
Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) plans to introduce legislation to ban these drugs disguised as bath salts as federally controlled substances. "The longer we wait to ban the substances, the greater risk we put our kids in," said Schumer.
Several states have already banned or are considering legislation to ban the dreaded bath salts. In my state of Florida, the attorney general, Pam Bondi, has banned them for ninety days of her own accord because the Florida attorney general has the power to temporarily ban a substance if it is found to be an immediate threat to consumers. It will now be a third degree felony to sell products containing MDVP. According to Bondi, energized bath salt is "right up there with cocaine and heroin." She claims that MDVP makes you "think you're seeing monsters and it also makes you think that you can fly, and there are a lot of balconies out there for spring break." Health effects supposedly include increased heart rate, nosebleeds, hallucinations, severe paranoia, seizures, and kidney failure. Florida Senate president Mike Haridopolis says that Florida legislators would work to ban the substance this spring. That is a mouthful coming from a man who claims he "has stood up for Floridians against more government."
The issue here is not how high one might get from the use of these bath salts, how many monsters one might see, how many ways a person might damage his health, how easy it might be to purchase the bath salts, how cheap it might be to infuse the bath salts with the stimulants, how many spring breakers in Florida might jump off hotel balconies, or even if one sniff of bath salts might kill you.
The case against the banning or regulating of narcotic bath salts is the same as the case against banning or regulating marijuana, crack cocaine, or crystal meth.
First of all, the federal government has no constitutional authority to ban or regulate drugs. Drug warriors may wish that it did, but no amount of wishing, desiring, or wanting the federal government to have that power can override the Constitution.
Two, government in general should not have the authority, constitutional or otherwise, to ban or regulate drugs. Period. The reason for the government intervention, whether it be for public health, child safety, moral sensibilities, or community standards, is irrelevant. It is just not the business of government to intervene in this fashion.
Three, to be consistent, government at all levels should, and drug warriors should support, the banning of alcohol and tobacco since they are two of the leading causes of death in the United States. It is the height of hypocrisy to call for drug prohibition and not the prohibition of other harmful substances.
Four, recreational drugs are far less likely to kill you than physician-prescribed drugs. According to some articles in the Journal of the American Medical Association, over 100,000 people die every year from drugs prescribed and administered by physicians. Over two million Americans a year have in-hospital adverse drug reactions. The war on drugs is completely misdirected.
Five, drug prohibition and regulation are incompatible with private property, individual liberty, personal responsibility, and free markets. Indeed, drug prohibition and regulation are anathema to a free society. The war on drugs is a war on liberty.
The libertarian case for drug freedom is consistently straightforward: There should be no laws at any level of government for any reason regarding the buying, selling, growing, processing, manufacturing, advertising, use, or possession of any drug for any reason.
This does not mean that libertarians advocate the use of hallucinogenic drugs. This does not mean that libertarians don't think that employers could require that their employees not use drugs. This does not mean that libertarians don't think that parents have the right to forbid their children from using drugs. This does not mean that libertarians don't think that using drugs could be harmful to one's health. This does not mean that libertarians don't think that getting stoned is immoral. This does not mean that libertarians don't care if someone has a drug problem.
The real issue is not even about drugs.
It is just not the business of government to ban or regulate what someone decides to put into his mouth, nose, or veins. It doesn't matter if it's immoral, unhealthy, sinful, hazardous, stupid, disgusting, or death inducing. The legislators and bureaucrats who make the decisions to ban or not to ban and to regulate or not to regulate are not parents, nannies, doctors, priests, psychologists, guards, monitors, or gods — or are they?
Once you elevate government to such a level that you allow it to determine what you can and can't ingest or regulate the circumstances under which you can lawfully ingest something, there is no stopping its reach, as Ludwig von Mises explained over fifty years ago:
If it is true that government derives its authority from God and is entrusted by Providence to act as the guardian of the ignorant and stupid populace, then it is certainly its task to regiment every aspect of the subject's conduct. The God-sent ruler knows better what is good for his wards than they do themselves. It is his duty to guard them against the harm they would inflict upon themselves if left alone.
Although the war on drugs doesn't need to be expanded, it likewise doesn't need to be scaled back, made more consistent, made more effective, or made more efficient. For the sake of freedom, it needs to be ended — completely, quickly, and permanently.


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Man gets 4-plus years in counterfeit sporting tickets case
PHILADELPHIA – Federal prosecutors in Philadelphia say a man has been sentenced to more than four years in prison in the sale of counterfeit tickets to sporting events, including the Super Bowl.
Prosecutors said 45-year-old Eugene Smith of Lithonia, Georgia, was sentenced Monday to 51 months after being convicted of conspiracy, wire fraud and trafficking in counterfeit goods.
Authorities said Smith had a "leadership role" in production and sale of counterfeit tickets, including Super Bowl games in Houston and Minneapolis. Prosecutors said the scheme that "involved sophisticated printing that mimicked the authentic tickets' markings and hologram."
The government argued that the face value of the counterfeit tickets was at least $170,000 but the actual resale value of the tickets, particularly the Super Bowl tickets, "far exceeded their face value."


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La Quinta Holdings Inc Shares Drop on CEO Departure
What: Shares of hotel company La Quinta Holdings Inc dropped as much as 17% Friday morning after the CEO's sudden departure was announced.
So what: A press release from La Quinta said CEO Wayne Goldberg's departure came about via "mutual agreement," but its sudden nature has investors and analysts wondering if there's really more to the story. Keith Cline, the company's chief financial officer, was named interim president and CEO. A company filing with the SEC said La Quinta entered into a "separation and release agreement" with Goldberg that includes entitling Goldberg to "a lump sum cash severance payment equal to three times Mr. Goldbergs base salary and bonus, as set forth in his employment agreement with the Company treating Mr. Goldbergs departure as a termination by the Company without 'Cause' or by Mr. Goldberg for 'Good Reason,' for a total of $7,560,000."
To make matters worse, management also lowered guidance for the full year. Revenue per available room growth guidance was lowered a full percentage point to a range of 3.5% to 4.5%. Pro forma adjusted EBITDA was also lowered slightly to $393 million to $400 million for the year.
On a positive note, the Board of Directors did approve an acceleration of share buybacks to the tune of $100 million.
Now what: There seems to be more mystery than anything surrounding La Quinta's shares today. Goldberg had been with the company for 15 years and was CEO for nearly a decade, so leaving abruptly is certainly a surprise.
I would like to say that the drop in shares despite only a small reduction in guidance is a buying opportunity, but the company's enterprise value is still 13 times EBITDA and growth appears to be slowing. That's not a good enough value given the company's uncertainty so I would wait for answers before jumping into this hotel chain.
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Let me tell you about a great American.
Margarita lives in Indianapolis, and was a strong student throughout high school. She took on attending college with a passion - though it is rare in her neighborhood. She applied and enrolled, and when money ran out and she could no longer afford college, she took on part-time work at La Plaza, an organization that serves the city's Latino community (and, proudly, is a grantee of the Walton Family Foundation). Rather than forgoing college because of the daunting cost, she chose a less expensive option, enrolling at Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis, where she is studying computer engineering.
A hard worker. Resilient. Motivated to serve her community. Well positioned to contribute to our economy.
This kind of American should not be forced into the shadows.
Margarita - not her real name - is a Dreamer. She was brought to the United States as a child. She's lived here since early childhood, and knows no other country. But she's undocumented.
Under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, Margarita lived with the assurance that she would not be deported. But with today's action by the Trump administration, that protection is gone.
Losing these protections will uproot Margarita's entire life. She will no longer be eligible to work and will have to give up her job. She will no longer be able to attend college, and will have to leave school reluctantly for the second time. She will lose her driver's license and no longer be able to drive.
Immigration policy is complicated. The question of protecting Dreamers isn't. Whatever you may think about immigration, it makes no sense for our country to push people like Margarita - law-abiding young people who contribute to our communities - into the shadows. Currently, nearly 800,000 young, undocumented immigrants receive protection under DACA, which requires young people to stay in and finish school. Some 95 percent are in school or employed. Bipartisan estimates of the cost of ending the policy are in the hundreds of billions of dollars over a decade.
This issue is affecting young people and their families in our communities all across the country, and has touched me personally. As a former teacher and school leader, I am proud to know and have served many Dreamers. They are hard-working, smart, passionate students, teachers and young adults who bravely stepped forward five years ago when DACA launched.
They are living the classic immigrant story. They know they have to be better and work harder. Nothing is handed to them or given easily. They know they have more to prove and have the longest odds. My experience as a practitioner is that all of these factors have only motivated the Dreamers I know to overcome obstacles and beat those odds. This is what it means to be an American.
When I was the principal of Bronx Lab School, we gave students a platform to learn about how the government works and let them focus on one element of public policy. The entire school chose the Dreamer issue in order to highlight the contributions of undocumented immigrants in our high school community. The result of this exercise was a celebration of this small but mighty group of students who inspired their classmates every day.
Every child deserves a real chance to succeed, no matter where they are from. This belief guides our work at the Walton Family Foundation, which is why we help high-quality schools across the country grow to serve more children, many of whom are Dreamers.
It is also why we cannot turn our back on these young people. Elected officials must create a policy solution and prevent the students, teachers and young adults affected by DACA from becoming the target of a political battle. And our schools must remain safe, stable learning spaces for all children and teachers.