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Another Blast from the Past. This one is mostly overtaken by events. The sale of CodeGear makes the whole thing moot. But I thought you might enjoy a trip down memory lane. Things certainly have changed for the better. This was originally published on January 6, 2006.
Another Blast from the Past. This one is mostly overtaken by events. The sale of CodeGear makes the whole thing moot. But I thought you might enjoy a trip down memory lane. Things certainly have changed for the better. This was originally published on January 6, 2006.
Every situation, properly perceived, becomes an opportunity. ~ Helen Schucman
Yesterday I went on a sales call with two of the Borland sales reps for the region. Before hand, we met at a Dunn Brothers coffee shop to get our ducks in a row, talk about the client, etc. The meeting went well – the Borland guys are very knowledgeable, professional, and clearly know what they are doing and what they are talking about. The client could probably benefit from Borland's tools and hopefully there will be a deal done. I learned a lot about sales from the meeting. (Sales is not my strong point.)
The interesting part of the whole day was the epiphany I had while meeting with the Borland guys at the coffee shop. Sales guys are into revenue generating. They need to maximize the revenue that they get per hour of effort spent in getting revenue. That's their job. That's what Borland wants them to do, they are rewarded financially based on that, so naturally, that is what they do. I don't blame them. Opportunity costs are very real, and they have to choose where to expend their efforts.
If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door. ~ Milton Berle
The big thing I learned from the sales guys is that Delphi isn't even on their radar. They aren't given a commission on Delphi sales. That's frustrating. But here's the thing: even if they were given a commission on Delphi sales, I doubt very much that they'd sell much of it at all. Remember opportunity costs? Opportunity costs drive the salesmen to concentrate on the Fortune 100 to the Fortune 500 crowd, and the sad fact that we Delphi developers need to accept is that the market for Delphi amongst these large companies is very small. Those companies have probably already chosen their tools – either Java or Microsoft or some other open source solution – and while a concerted effort to sell Delphi into that market might work, the opportunity costs are just too high to make the effort worth it for a Borland Sales Representative. Delphi's traction is slim in that arena, but the traction for StarTeam, CaliberRM, and Together is very high. (Remember, it's all about revenue per man hour. Dollars per man-hour selling Delphi is pretty low. Dollars per man-hour for CaliberRM, StarTeam, and Together is pretty high. So, as a result, the Borland sales force doesn't sell Delphi and they do sell the enterprise products. This should not be a surprise.)
Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish. ~ Ovid
When we were at our TeamB conference in November, Boz Elloy basically said the same thing. He told us that "Fortune 100/500 companies don't want Delphi. It's a waste of time for us to try to sell it to them". (My fellow TeamB'er Dave Nottage blogged about that meeting as well. For the record, Boz explicitly gave us permission to publicly discuss the meeting.) Boz drew a diagram with three levels: the "channel", SMB, and Fortune 500. He basically said that they only try to sell Borland Core into the Fortune 500. (This is why you won't see Delphi having anything to do with Core. Core is Borland's Java platform, based on Eclipse, with perhaps some .Net mixed in, but only in the form of plug-ins to Visual Studio.Net) For the Small/Medium Business market, they offer Borland Developer Studio and the ALM solution. And the "channel" is sites like Programmer's Paradise that simply sell Delphi for Borland. For Borland, Delphi only really exists in the bottom two arenas. It simply doesn't exist in the highest bracket – but not to a level that would make the effort selling there worth it. (So, if you are a Delphi guy, and you hear stuff about "Borland Core", just ignore it. I has nothing to do with you. Even though every fiber in your body screams out "Why isn't there anything about Delphi on the 'Core' pages!?!", resist said temptation and simply let it all roll off your back. Core just isn't your deal. Now, when you hear "ALM", your ears should definitely perk up, but Core? It's nothing to us Delphi guys. Let it go.)
Now, as I said, all this is very frustrating to a Delphi user. But if you step back for a minute, it makes perfect sense. Sales guys need to generate revenue, and so they spend their time doing that. Double the sales force won't alter this equation. It's purely a strange outcome resulting from the structure of Borland's product line. We Delphi dudes can bitch about this (and Lord knows we will), but the key thing is to get past the bitching, accept reality, and try to figure out a way to deal with this unfortunate situation.
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. ~ Albert Einstein
Okay, so I'm past the denial and anger stages (and I encourage all of you to get over the hump into acceptance as well), and ready to move on to trying to figure out what can be done to promote and expand Delphi. Every cloud has a silver lining. For every window that is closed, a door opens somewhere. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. (Someone stop me before I break my cliché meter). I really believe that there are any number of effective ways to market and sell Delphi given all of the limitations that we've already talked about.
The first thing to do is to examine the lay of the land. The thing that jumps out at me is this gaping hole that exists in the market. Delphi is sold almost exclusively in the channel. The folks that buy from the channel are, to a large degree, the little guys like us. We buy one, two, five copies for our development shop. If a medium-sized company wants to buy Delphi, they have to go to the channel as well. Unless they run into a Borland Partner that sells product, they won't get any personalized service. Delphi isn't sold into the Fortune 500 companies. But between the real little guys and the real big guys, there is this gaping hole where Delphi is useful and where lots of opportunities lay, but no one appears to be interested in taking advantage of these opportunities. These medium sized companies are ripe for the picking. I presume that many of them have modest development organizations. I presume that many are still evaluating .Net technologies. Many of them are using Visual Basic 6 – a product that has basically been abandoned by Microsoft. They know they need to make a move to newer technologies, but they aren't sure about it all. They aren't pleased with Microsoft, and would be willing to hear about products from a tools vendor that is almost compulsive about backwards compatibility and ensuring that old code can be moved forward. They might be interested in hearing about a company that is continuing to focus on RAD development in the Win32 space.
In addition, I also look out, and I see products flourishing that don't have any corporate backing (Think Ruby, Python, or Perl). These products are known and used, despite not being hawked by professional salesmen. How do they do it? They use the Internet. They use word of mouth. They use "guerilla marketing" techniques that cost very little and can reap large rewards. I see no reason why Delphi can't benefit in the same way.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized. ~ Sun Tzu
Here's an idea. Offer a free copy of Delphi Personal to any Visual Basic developer that will go on his blog and post a picture of himself holding a sign that says "I'm a VB developer and I want to try Delphi," or witty variations thereon. If there is no Delphi Personal, send them a trial disk and a t-shirt. Something. Have them email their links to Borland so they can be posted on a webpage at www.borland.com. Get some buzz going on the VB community about Delphi – even if some of them get mad. Remind disgruntled VB developers that Borland has always and steadfastly promoted backwards compatibility and will never abandon them. The transition from VB 6 to Delphi isn't all that much harder than the transition from VB6 to VB.NET, so there has to be plenty of sales to be had in this arena. Give away a copy of Delphi Architect to the guy with the coolest, funniest, or most outrageous picture.
How about an affiliate program? If you click on the link in the upper right corner of this blog and buy a copy of FeedDemon, I get a kickback. Hence, I take every opportunity I can think of to mention the fact that if you click on this link and buy FeedDemon, I get a kickback. Good for me, good for FeedDemon. I'm also constantly hawking Amazon products as well. (Heck, I'd be a NetFlix affiliate, but they turned me down!) Now, wouldn't it be cool if we had a similar program for Delphi? Of course it would. You'd put a link on your blog, wouldn't you? Wouldn't you like to make a little cash selling the product that you love so much? Of course you would! Can you think of a reason why Borland shouldn't have such an affiliate program? I sure can't.
Finally, it would be great if, in addition to an affiliate program, it was fairly easy to become a value-added reseller (VAR) for Delphi. As a guy who's company tried to do this, I can tell you that it was really, really difficult to sell Borland products for Borland. We had to front the cash for all purchases, and deal with a maze of bureaucracy to get product delivered to customers. It sure would be nice if we simply had a vendor ID number that we could use to order product for our customers online. It sure would be nice if Borland recognized and knew the consultants that actively want to sell Borland products. It was way, way to hard for us to sell Borland products, and if it is one thing a company ought to do, is make it easy for your fanatical supporters to sell your products.
If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade. ~ Tom Peters
Delphi has a great opportunity to make a lot of traction in the current market. There is a big transition to .Net going on, and many, many organizations haven't yet made the move. Many, many organizations still want to do Win32 development, and Delphi is really the only path from Win32 to .Net, as well as the only RAD tool still actively supporting Win32. Opportunities are only valuable if they are seized, and as Sun Tzu noted, they multiply when they are seized.
The problem of course, is that Delphi is caught between two worlds. It's stuck somewhere in between the grassroots, individual developer market and the big money, big company enterprise market. Delphi's position inside Borland makes it a bit of a red-headed step child. I think the product needs more autonomy to thrive. (That's why the idea of Delphi being sold and becoming part of a separate company was pretty appealing to me.) Delphi's bright light all too often is left back in the garage, and it needs to be brought out and allowed to illuminate the marketplace. The mistake that Borland makes, I think, is in utterly ignoring this gaping hole. If you go to www.borland.com, the content will vary, but you'll almost always see information about Core and about items of interest to Enterprise-level decision makers. What you won't see is "Small/Medium Businesses Click Here" or something like that. There practically nothing there for them. If Delphi is going to be treated differently than the Core/Java offerings, then there at least ought to be a place on the Borland website where the people that Delphi/BDS/ALM is aimed towards can go and get information. Again, there's that gaping hole. The information may be there, but it isn't utterly obvious how to get to it.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises. ~ Demosthenes
If there is one sure thing in the marketplace, it's that gaping holes will be filled with something by someone. Right now, it seems like that gaping hole left by Borland and Delphi is being filled by Visual Studio and Microsoft. Sure, Microsoft has a huge budget to market to these folks, but if ever in the history of free enterprise there was a time when you can go crazy and market a product with little or no cash, it's now. With the advent of the Internet and the shrinking world it creates, all bets are off. The opportunity is out there. What can Borland and the Delphi community do with it?
So today, Embarcadero DOES have significant marketing activity around Delphi. What we were seeing in the 2002-2006 era, was the end of the old market and the beginning of a new online market. Where is Programmer's Paradise today? More or less gone. The "Channel" as we knew it is gone, and the "Borland" and its products are mostly gone. Apparently "Silk" still sells well for Borland/MicroFocus.
I for one am happy with the ending of the borland saga. Borland ignores its compilers and sells off its compilers. Pascal is so dead, and gone, says Borland CEO. Borland gets bought by COBOL compiler company. Delphi developers, enjoy rich flavorful pint of irony.
Warren Postma
Every situation, properly perceived, becomes an opportunity. ~ Helen Schucman
Interesting quotes. You've probably heard that the Chinese glyph for "crisis" is a combination of the glyphs for "danger" and "opportunity". (Which may actually be true, or may be an urban legend. Either way, you've probably heard it before.) Some people say that this is because every crisis is dangerous, but also prevents an opportunity to those with the wherewithal to seize the moment.
But the more I observe the world, more more I believe that that interpretation has got it backwards. When danger comes around, and some greedy idiot tries to turn it into an opportunity, that's usually the trigger that causes the situation to deteriorate until it becomes a crisis.
Mason Wheeler
Mason -
Hehe -- your cynicism becomes you.
OK, maybe you've just got a slightly different dictionary than I do, but I don't see what's cynical about calling people who enjoy exploiting harmful situations for personal gain "greedy idiots".
(Cynical would be if I claimed that everyone is actually that way and some just do a better job of hiding it than others. Which I know some people believe, but I don't.)
It would be interesting to know what would have happened if Borland had done 6 years ago what Embarcadero are doing now (that is to say - investing in Delphi's future)
Alister Christie
Alister, would be much different.
Borland would not layoff senior people in exchange of junior developers in Romania and Spain.
Borland executives made mistakes, but they never had a terrible CEO like Wayne Williams, this guy is a champion.
Warren Programmer's Paradise is gone because Embarcadero want to sell everything directly in United States, their strategy in US is kill partner and take all the money, WRONG strategy since they can't be everywhere. They try that in other regions, but they find out that would kill the business.
We miss Borland times so much, salaries, enviroment, team work, benefits and so on much better. In todays world, Borland could invest ALM profits in Delphi and everything would be different for Delphi, but this is not the case.
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"Warren Programmer's Paradise is gone because Embarcadero want to sell everything directly in United States, their strategy in US is kill partner and take all the money, WRONG strategy since they can't be everywhere."
Er, people have been calling for Borland/CodeGear/EMBT to ditch their 'partners' in that sense and sell directly for years.
That said, remind me who finally put Delphi.NET out to grass...?
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Spring will come again…'til then get a dose of floral inspiration from Golden Gate Park's Conservatory of Flowers.
I am always inspired by folks such as SF's own Victoria of sfgirlbybay.com, who are able to turn a little patio space into an urban retreat.
The Conservatory's Potted Plants Gallery is sure to inspire those of us with limited backyard space (ie: patio). Get ideas for your own urban retreat or check out one of the upcoming exhibits. For the entire month of February, the Conservatory is celebrating the Lunar New Year with plants sure to "boost all visitors' chances for good fortune and wealth in 2008" and who can't use a little more of that!
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I love this place! I've seen their CHOMP exhibit twice, and hoping to come back.
thanks for the post Bethany. Would love to do more patio (or in my case window) gardening
i keep forgetting to ask them about their policy on photoshoots....it's an AMAZING place.
As a fellow AT:SF blogger finalist and a long time employee of the Conservatory of Flowers, I felt compelled to comment!
Thanks for blogging the COF Bethany! Good Luck!
p.s. Aside from our special exhibit, we have a collection of rare/exotic tropical plants--most of which would not survive outside in the bay area climate.
Love the inspiring pics! My own patio needs some tlc. I am off to the COF for some more ideas!
Thanks Leah! Lucky! What a fun and beautiful place to work! This weather has been making me think it's spring already! Perfect for more exploring of Golden Gate Park!
Been to SF many times but missed these beautiful gardens. Thanks for the info Bethany. So beautiful!

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The problems of troubled young males are well known to society. New, and existing, initiatives hope to make a difference in problems that affect us all. Some say the solutions are, in some cases, well within our grasp.
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Senate Bill 377 — the Preservation of Religious Freedom Act — failed to get traction this year, as companies such as Delta and Home Depot said it would hurt business and cost jobs, presumably because it would have allowed private businesses to decline on religious grounds to serve gay people. But discrimination was not the intent, sponsors said. Today, two lawyers look at a compromise solution, and an author parses the definitions of discrimination over the years and, on this issue, makes his case.
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Keep it moving. That is the best way to ensure Georgia's long-in-coming effort to deepen the Port of Savannah eventually gets done, even while every entity involved seemingly agrees the necessity for the work is, or should be, a foregone conclusion.
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Karen and I made pumpkin bread on our bake-fest 2 weekends ago. It is sooo good! I heat it up a little, spread some butter on it and enjoy! Mmmmm....good! I plan on making more and freezing it. Then I can have yummy pumpkin bread whenever I like.
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HDFC Bank Ltd. Stock Upgraded (HDB)
- The gross profit margin for HDFC BANK LTD is rather high; currently it is at 62.30%. Regardless of HDB's high profit margin, it has managed to decrease from the same period last year. Despite the mixed results of the gross profit margin, HDB's net profit margin of 17.00% is significantly lower than the same period one year prior.
- The stock has risen over the past year as investors have generally rewarded the company for its earnings growth and other positive factors like the ones we have cited in this report. Looking ahead, the stock's rise over the last year has already helped drive it to a level which is relatively expensive compared to the rest of its industry. We feel, however, that the other strengths this company displays justify these higher price levels.
- HDFC BANK LTD has improved earnings per share by 22.0% in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. The company has demonstrated a pattern of positive earnings per share growth over the past two years. We feel that this trend should continue. During the past fiscal year, HDFC BANK LTD increased its bottom line by earning $5.75 versus $4.55 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($5.76 versus $5.75).
- The return on equity has improved slightly when compared to the same quarter one year prior. This can be construed as a modest strength in the organization. Compared to other companies in the Commercial Banks industry and the overall market, HDFC BANK LTD's return on equity exceeds that of both the industry average and the S&P 500.
- The revenue growth came in higher than the industry average of 0.0%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues rose by 27.0%. Growth in the company's revenue appears to have helped boost the earnings per share.
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You might have the wrong LNB Type try in Dish Setup try 11300 or 10700 LNB Type then try to manual scan with ALL option in Scan Mode so it scans FREE and Encrypted channels. Let us know how you go
Hi mtv, thanks for the quick reply.
I selected Optus B3, put in all the values given by Lazer for D2 and its given me about 4 channels so far, but no ERT.
These are my settings from my box, I've copied them directly as they display:
(Here's to hoping I give you guys more clarity on my situation - Massively appreciate the help so far!)
Dish Setup
Dish: 1
Satellite: 152.0' Optus B3
Transponder: 12608 H 22500 3/4
LNB Power: 13/18v
LNB Type: 9750/10600
22KHZ: Auto
Switch Type: None
Option: None
Scan Satellite
Optus B3 Scanned Free Channels:
Ch 1 PPIO (Russian?)
Ch 2 DMC (Thai)
Ch 3 CYC (Christian Youth Channel)
Ch 4 MRTV (Asian?)
That's all the channels I get, there are no others.
Scan Transponder
Dish: 1 Optus B3
Frequency: 12608
Polarity: Horizontal
Symbol Rate: 22500
Code Rate: 3/4
Scan Mode: Free Channel (Tried All Channels, but can't view, Paid Obviously)
Network Search: Enabled (Also Tried Disabled, no difference)
PID Search: Auto PID
USALS Setup
My longitude: 11.9'E
My latitude: 44.9'N
This is all the info I have, I'm hoping there is something I'm missing or is out of place, hoping I can be corrected to get this working?
I hope this helps, if there is anything else you want me to check and list, I'd be more than willing, if possible maybe someone could give me the correct settings, that I could add in? I'm really lost Once again Thanks for all the help so far
You might have the wrong LNB Type try in Dish Setup try 11300 or 10700 LNB Type then try to manual scan with ALL option in Scan Mode so it scans FREE and Encrypted channels. Let us know how you go
Last edited by Lazer; 20-09-10 at 08:16 AM.
JR, The first thing that needs to be addressed is something that may be causing you confusion. What the STB actually says and what the STB actually sees coming from the dish can be two different things. For example, if you do a scan when your receiver is set to Optus C1, but your satellite dish is actually pointing to another satellite, say, Intelsat 8, it will happily scan in the channels and list them under C1. In other words, your receiver has no way of knowing what satellite it is pointing to and relies on you being correct. Those satellite entries that you see in your setup are only pre-edited groups that are there for convenience and can be changed to anything you want. It isn't a matter of selecting an entry, doing a scan and getting the listed satellite. In fact, if you did that you would only scan in the same channels from the satellite that your dish is pointing to over and over again, but, listed under a different group each time. Am I making sense ?
Now that you understand that You should be in a position to understand that if you can only see the 4 channels listed above then your dish is either out of alignment, the LNB skew needs to be tweaked or the LNB settings need to be corrected based on what kind of LNB it is that you are using and the default value created after the reset, or a combination of all three.
Have you moved the dish at all?
Was this a Foxtel (C1/D3) setup and you decided to go free to air (D2)?
In any case, those channels you listed above are in fact on D2 (frequency 12706 H) and all are coming from the single transponder (transmitter) 16L, which tends to imply that your dish is not aligned to the entire satellite.
P.S. By the way TelePadrePio is an Italian network, not Russian, although they do often transmit some religious services in other languages.
Last edited by Optima Collins; 20-09-10 at 12:44 PM.
Good to hear
Hi everyone, great to hear you got yours working Chucknorris
As for me - Jackpot - got it working too ....But?
Lazer I tried the LNB to 11300 and it didn't work, now I couldn't seem to get anything - it would say looking for signal ...?
I put in single user and manually added 10700 LNB Type option and it worked.
Only thing is I now don't have the other channels like Turkish, German or RT News, etc. My parents speak and understand Turkish and German, even tho there Greek, so if possible I'd love to give them these channels too.
I use to have them as well as ERT before I stupidly did the factory reset, any ideas on what I could do to get them as well?
Just to note, when I selected single user to manually add the 10700 LNB, I noticed an option for Duel User which allows:
LNB Lower Frequency
LNB Higher Frequency
LNB SW Frequency
Would this option allow me to add a wide range so I could find more channels? And if so what do you recommend I use, in terms of frequency?
So far your help has been Stella and I am very grateful
Also To Optima Collins, thanks for the further clarification, the dish was pointing in the right direction and I had all the channels apart from ERT before I did the factory reset. I never moved the dish and it was not a Foxtel C1/D3 setup. I had this specifically installed for just free to Air.
Hope this makes sense, once again - THANK YOU EVERYONE
The LNB you got on your dish is a 10700 one so the rest of the low and highs aren't really needed if its already working
Check out this site it lists all the frequencies you can add to get the rest of the channels
Last edited by Lazer; 20-09-10 at 08:55 PM.
as per the pm I have replied to, the details are the same for all boxes
Hi all
I'm trying to help my sanity by finding the ERT channel for my M_I_L.
I, and a few others have tried re-scanning so all the original settings have been lost.
I have zero knowledge on sat boxes; could someone kindly guide me through the process-step by step. (she has a Strong SRT 4653 box; I think re-setting all settings might be the way to go)
Use that as a guide and use the frequency as posted above
Last edited by Lazer; 12-10-10 at 07:49 AM.
Hi Lazer
how do I re-set all settings to "default factory" ? I think given that so many people have messed with this box that would be a good place to start.
Make the satellite settings to Optus B3 or Optus D2 whichever is in the list and try scan again you might have to change the LNB settings aswell
I re-set the unit to its factory default and re-scanned (using the instructions a couple of posts up ), but now pick up nothing. There are obviously other settings that I need to input but have no idea where to start.
I checked ERT and all the ther channels on D2 today... all working fine.
So there is no issue with signals, so it's either decoder/dish/LNB settings or a combination of them.
First, you have to ensure your dish and LNB are correctly aligned for the satellite you are trying to receive. eg: D2
If it was working on D2 previously and you haven't moved anythig, then it should be ok.
Next, you must match the settings of your decoder to the local oscillator frequency of the LNB you are using.
The two most common LNB LO frequencies are 10.700GHz, sometimes shown as 10700, and 11.300GHz (11300).
The matching value, depending on the LNB you are using is entered in the dish settings in the installation menu.
If your decoder doesn't have Optus D2 in the list, use Optus B3 (Optus D2 replaced B3).
Select single LNB, power on, enter the LNB LO (10700 or 11300)
Exit out of that.... you will be prompted to save the settings.... yes.
Then select blind scan and ok.... this will scan the entire satellite and tune all available channels.
You can always delete any channels you don't want later.
If you don't have the correct LNB LO entered, the scan will not work.
There is another type of LNB, universal, but we won't worry about that type for now..... unless you tell us that's the type you have.
bodgie (13-10-10)


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Sipapu will be open everyday starting this Friday, and we expect to open 3 lifts (Lift #1 and both of our magic carpets) plus another beginner route. We've also completely rebuilt our terrain park, moving it further down Thumper. It will now be located on the skier's left hand side of the slope on the fall line, between Lift #1 towers 1 and 2. We'll have a long rail, a long box, a jump and a small rail. This will be much improved over what we offered beginning Opening Day.
What our trail network will look like starting this Friday. The trails marked in orange are what we opened on November 16. The trails marked in pink are what we've opened since then.
We were able to open Rufous for a few days last week, although we anticipate making snow on that run in the upcoming days, so we will not have that run open as of Friday. Depending on snowmaking and the snow we receive out of this next storm (we've heard reports of 4"-8" expected), we'll open this as quickly as we can. Snowmakers are currently wrapping up making snow on a section of our mountain we call Midway. Although this name doesn't appear on our trail map, it refers to Sassafras from where Rufous connects all the way around to just before the upper entrance of Paul's Folly.
Also, we're very close to having Howdy and Beep Beep ready to open. If you or anyone else would like to help us open more terrain and would like a free lift ticket, we're looking for folks to track pack the snow! Find me on the mountain this weekend if you are interested.
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Wayward Wind
To just go wherever you want
Something or anything but be idle.
To just go wherever you want
Uninhibited, you just-
To where you want to, your heart wants to-
No rhyme or reason except that
tugging deep down in your gut
urging you forward.
It doesn't really matter much where or how you get there there.
Just that you-
Something or anything but be idle.
it won't be easy, or nice, or even make you want to keep doing it.
Whatever it is-
But much like anything else, it will become a burden.
But grow beautiful-
How are you supposed to know what type of wind you will be.
A gentle wind to caress those you care for.
A gale that will blow through and not pay mind
A zephyr that will go where and when it wants
Or just be-
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I keep realizing I haven't mentioned the horrifying tragedy in Burma and then realizing I'm not sure what I could possibly say about the horrifying tragedy in Burma. But I suppose one thing to say is that, as is usually the case in these situation, you've got a natural disaster which is then compounded by bad, unaccountable government (sort of like Katrina amped-up by a few orders of magnitude) of the sort that really only an autocracy can bring you. It's a reminder that we should be fairly confident that, over the long haul, democratically governed nations can survive and prosper in ways that it's very difficult for dictatorships to do.
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Alexandra Health offers multi-disciplinary and holistic care for the patient's total well-being. Established on 1 April 2008, we are a healthcare cluster in the north that currently manages the 590-bed Khoo Teck Puat Hospital. As part of an integrated healthcare system to serve the community in the region, Alexandra Health system will build and oversee the Yishun Community Hospital, Admiralty Medical Centre and a Woodlands Integrated Healthcare Campus. This integrated healthcare network will be operational from end December 2015 to 2022.
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Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH), a 590-bed general and acute care hospital, opened in June 2010. KTPH combines medical expertise with high standards of personalised care, set within a healing environment, to provide care that is good enough for our own loved ones. From intuitive wayfinding to logical clustering of services, KTPH's design is focused on providing a hassle-free experience for patients.
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Yishun Community Hospital (YCH), opening in 2015, will cater to the sub-acute and rehabilitation needs of patients in the North. The 428-bed YCH will relieve acute care resources at KTPH and enable a more seamless and faster transfer of patients from acute to step-down care. YCH, sited next to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, is slated to open by end 2015. The 428-bed community hospital will provide intermediate care for convalescing patients who do not require the intensive care services of an acute-care hospital. YCH will serve the community in the north, where patients can benefit from the integration of the two hospitals in terms of physical proximity, information flow and treatment plans. In this way, the patient's recovery will be a well-coordinated, hassle-free experience.
Located in the Admiralty neighbourhood, the Admiralty Medical Centre will enable residents to have easy access to these high-quality healthcare services right at their door-step:
Ready in 2017, community nurses and other healthcare professionals will use the centre as a base to reach out and care for the chronic disease patients, engaging them to better manage their conditions. The proximity of care is especially beneficial to the elderly and home-bound residents in the neighbourhood.
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Whether you are like this woman who has a stash of spring sling-backs hidden
under her bed...........
Or if the weather has simply inspired you to want to get out and move more,
experiencing Universal Principles of Movement through the spring support
(not resistance) of the Pilates reformer, can engage the sense of suspension, and the shock-absorber-like resilience of your own body's spring-like mechanisms.
The Achilles tendons can be
imagined as little spring-loaded mechanisms
to take the spring feeling that you can connect to through
the footwork on the
Pilates reformer
and transfer that sensation
of spring to the sacrum.
If you like, review the video of the previous Pilates Iconoclast weblog post entitled
"The Spring in Your Step Could Be The Achilles." The video at the end of this post will build on that utilization of the springs on the Pilates reformer to create that feeling of buoyancy and spring through the sacrum and beyond.
Just like the little springs inside
things like this
remote control,
the battery must load on to the spring in order for the other end to connect to its receptacle in order to receive the charge.
For anyone needing to know exactly what a sacrum is,
here is one for you to peruse...... actually,
this is a plaster cast
of a sacrum, aligned
with my actual
sacroiliac joints.
Most people are well aware of the
dimpled areas that reflect the sacroiliac joints,
but have little knowledge or functional awareness
of the massive stability that the sacrum
in between those joints encompasses.
Also note the tiny tail bone at the end of the sacrum here.
If you like, review the "Footing" Pilates Iconoclast weblog post
for the connection between the tailbone and the heels.
It is more apparent
on a physical level
that if the Achilles
are crunched, and not
uncoiling in a way as
to assist the lengthening
of the sacrum,
the sacrum will be
crunched as well.
Many people, when arching the spine, don't ground down
through the feet, and thus
crunch both the Achilles and
smash the sacrum up into
the lower spine.
In my Pilates studio,
we use sandbags on
the feet to give a
feeling of groundedness
And hands or fists laid on the feet can also assist in uncoiling the Achilles
Extension (what most people know as arching) of the spine is crucial to postural support, and general health of the spine. Proper, functionally supportive extension of the spine must involve the feet.
Although the following video accompanying this Pilates Iconoclast post involves the Pilates reformer, I am including it here to give an inkling of how the springiness of the Achilles enabled partly through the springs connected to the Pilates apparatus moves from the feet to the sacrum to the lumbar spine and on into the ribs.
Spring is here!
The foot work on the Pilates reformer isn't merely for the feet - or even just for the feet and legs. When Backbone and Wingspan Universal Principles of Movement are applied to the Pilates exercises, and the client is given instruction with keen imagery and guided with sensitive hands-on, the springs (which are usually thought of and utilized as resistance) on the Pilates reformer become resilience tools to convey to the muscular and skeletal and joint system the body's own capacity for resilience.
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Wire | Help Keep the Holiday Lights On
Posted on 8/05/14 by DPJ Staff » No Comments
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The city of Phoenix and Phoenix Community Alliance have teamed up to encourage community sponsorships to continue "Lights on Central Avenue," a Phoenix tradition of displaying lighted holiday decorations along Central Avenue, from Camelback Road to Baseline Avenue. During recent years, funding has diminished and community support is vital to continue this tradition.
"One of my favorite memories as a child is when my family would take my mother's yellow station wagon and drive down Central Avenue to look at the holiday lights. Learning that the holiday lights may not be a possibility due to funding was heartbreaking. I am hopeful others in our community enjoy this tradition as much as I do and together we can keep this tradition alive," said Councilman Michael Nowakowski, District 7.
Each sponsor will be recognized with a banner(s) featuring the organization/business name and logo to be displayed along Central Avenue, along with recognition in the city's "At Your Service" newsletter, distributed via the city's water bill, and on Councilman Nowakowski's PHXTV show, among other recognition. Sponsorship opportunities cover specific portions of Central Avenue, and start at $1,800.
For more information on this sponsorship opportunity, please visit phoenix.gov/rfp and click on the "Lights on Central RFS" link. Statement of interest forms must be submitted no later than 2 p.m. Arizona time on Friday, Aug. 22, 2014. For specific questions, please email email@example.com or call 602-262-7654. Question and answer deadline is 5 p.m. Aug. 8.
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Valley Metro and Partners Link Light Rail to Neighborhoods
Posted on 7/29/14 by Jill Bernstein » No Comments
Human beings rely on all kinds of tools to survive in our complex world and a good map is one of our most basic tools for understanding where we are and where we want to go. Maps help us get our bearings, step confidently into unfamiliar territory, and discover hidden byways and shortcuts through the larger landscape.
In an urban environment, a good map is a welcome mat inviting us into the unique neighborhoods that make up the specific landscape of that city. Public transportation and easy-to-use destination maps make perfect partners for pedestrians who want to experience the true spirit of a city.
Recognizing this, Valley Metro developed new destination maps, which were installed at light rail stations in late spring. Hillary Foose, Valley Metro's Director of Marketing & Communication, spearheaded the initiative by partnering with the City of Phoenix, Artlink, Inc. and Local First Arizona to provide a unique level of local neighborhood-specific detail that would communicate the rich destination options just steps beyond each station.
She was looking for what urbanists refer to as the "fine grain" elements of the city to provide a richer sense of place for residents and visitors alike.
"We wanted destinations to be very local," said Foose. "That's what makes our system interesting; we can point people to the local gems that they can walk to from each station."
The new maps are easy to read, and each station features a "you are here" circle showing the destinations within a five-minute walk of that station. And the plan is to update the maps twice a year. Very cool.
In addition to these station maps, Valley Metro has gone the extra mile to link residents and visitors to the many arts and culture destinations accessible from the system.
The Valley Metro Arts & Culture Destination Guide was published in March and features fifty destinations between Phoenix and Mesa.
Each page of the guide features a simple map highlighting each station stop and the major cultural attractions within easy walking distance. There are photos, venue descriptions and contact info that make it easy to use and more valuable than a compass for those who want to explore all of their arts and culture options.
Savvy visitors from around the Valley and beyond can use the station maps in combination with the Arts & Culture Destination Guide to explore, shop, eat, and experience what makes our corner of the world so special.
Next time you use the light rail, take a minute to download an Arts & Culture Destination Guide and scope out the station destination maps before you step off the platform and venture out into the hood. You'll be amazed at the urban treasures you'll discover in your own backyard.
Images courtesy of Valley Metro
Wire | Lisa Sette Gallery Opens in Midtown
Posted on 6/10/14 by DPJ Staff » No Comments
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Summer Show, "Hello Midtown!," Showcases Local, National, International Artists
The Lisa Sette Gallery – which offered experimental and contemporary art for 28 years on iconic Marshall Way in Scottsdale – will blend its artwork and reputation with another work of art – an Al Beadle-designed midtown architectural classic – with a soft opening of its new location and the inaugural summer show, "Hello Midtown!" on Saturday, June 14. The reception, from 1-4 p.m., is open to the public.
A formal grand opening is being planned for the fall. Regular gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, 12-5 p.m. or by appointment.
The gallery's new location – the sleek, low-slung and semi-subterranean building at 210 East Catalina Drive – features expanded gallery and exhibit space, a full kitchen, additional storage and convenient parking adjacent to the 3,500 square foot building. The venue is the architectural twin of a building just across the parking lot to the east that is the home of PS Studios, a graphic design firm owned by Sette's husband, Peter Shikany.
StarkJames principle Wesley James preserved the Beadle building's original structure. The most striking change is a sun-protective fabric scrim that wraps around the building and "allows us to set the stage for what will be a beautiful transformation when the fabric is lit from the exterior for evening exhibition openings and special events," James said.
Sette said the new location also will "provide intimate exhibition areas and greatly improved back of the house spaces for that are ideal for hosting salons, artist events and diverse arts programming."
"After 28 remarkable years in Scottsdale, we're moving to a location that reflects the important artistic, cultural and geographic growth of the city's urban core," Sette said. "Our new home will offer tremendous opportunities to introduce and engage new audiences to the original and intriguing forms of expression of the artists the gallery represents."
"Hello Midtown!" will spotlight the diverse works of local, national and international artists from the Lisa Sette Gallery roster including Damion Berger, Rachel Bess, Huang Binyan, Enrique Chagoya, Kim Cridler, Binh Danh, Claudio Dicochea, Angela Ellsworth, Alan Bur Johnson, Jessica Joslin, Siri Devi Khandavilli, Mark Klett, Mayme Kratz, Carrie Marill, Matthew Moore, Marie Navarre, Doug and Mike Starn, Anthony Velasquez and Masao Yamamoto.
There is no fee to attend the opening reception. For more information, visit www.lisasettegallery.com.
Photos courtesy of Lisa Sette Gallery.
This story was updated 6/12/14.
ASA Students Take Center Stage
Posted on 5/22/14 by Katrina Becker » No Comments
Downtown Phoenix is home to Arizona School for the Arts (ASA), a unique campus where the performing arts are deeply infused into an academically rigorous curriculum. Next week, on the evenings of May 28 and 29, the ASA Showcase 2014 at the Orpheum Theatre offers a special opportunity for the public to sample the range of student talent.
Leah Fregulia Roberts helped found ASA in 1995; she started as a curriculum specialist and English teacher and worked her way up to her current position as Head of School.
"This is a dual program," says Roberts, describing ASA's mission as a college preparatory and performing arts school with top-ranked academic programs. English, social studies, math and science form a required core program beginning in the 5th grade. "Middle school students have to take a fifth academic class split between piano for half the time and what we call 'life skills,' which is really academic skills, college planning, et cetera for half the period."
"High school has the same academic core," she continues, "but they replace piano and life skills class with foreign language. …So they're getting the most rigorous programs that all college prep kids are getting — the only difference is that their additional programs all center around the performing arts."
Since ASA students must take piano and choir classes through the 8th grade, says Roberts, "Music is really the foundation." Older students can choose to focus on an instrument, choir, dance, or theater arts, but those core programs remain equally important.
"I know we have a reputation for the arts," says faculty member Johnathan Robinson, "but the academics are actually very, very good and strenuous as well." Robinson is pursuing his doctorate in clarinet performance at Arizona State University, and he's taught single reed and bassoon studies at ASA since 2011.
"I'm always amazed by the kids because they're very articulate," he says. "They get the best of both worlds…public speaking and performance…it transfers over into the music as well. The academics definitely help the arts."
Robinson believes the nurturing atmosphere of ASA sets the school apart. "It's the culture," he explains. "It's a very communal-type base where everyone knows everyone, so we're all very supportive of each other, and I think the students benefit the most from that."
Despite ASA's reputation for elite arts and academics, cutthroat behavior isn't a problem, says Robinson. "It's never a super-competitive environment — all the kids applaud for each other after all their tests…I guess they realize where their strengths lie, and what they need to work on to fix it…. I think that…speaks to the culture itself, that we're very accepting of what we can and can't do."
ASA students also enjoy the benefits of partnerships with numerous other arts organizations like the Musical Instrument Museum and Phoenix Chamber Music Society, says Head of School Roberts. "That's the special sauce on top of a really great arts program," she says with a smile. "They get exposure to all these other artists…and performances across the Valley." In this past season, for example, ASA students appeared as the children's chorus in Arizona Opera's production of La Bohème.
Graduating senior Max Beckman looks forward to jazz studies in upright bass performance at ASU, but he's already spent a semester in a combo with Scottsdale Community College, and he plays in a community band with Young Sounds of Arizona.
"I'm very active outside of ASA," Beckman says. "I have two regular gigs, one at Carly's Bistro…and one at Copper Star Coffee." He's attended ASA since the 5th grade. "I like…the freedom that you have to build your own arts curriculum," he adds. "I'm choosing to go on with my art forms…I think I was pretty lucky because of that." At school Beckman participates in Jazz Orchestra, Jazz Combo, and Symphony Orchestra, as well as serving as a teacher's assistant with low strings.
On May 28 and 29, he'll play with all three ensembles in ASA's Showcase 2014 concerts at the Orpheum Theatre, the school's annual end-of-year production. "We're playing a pretty cool orchestra piece — it's called The Firebird Suite [by Igor Stravinsky]," Beckman says, "…and then the jazz combo is playing some cool jazz and hard bop tunes, like Blue Rondo à la Turk and St. Thomas."
"It's the opportunity for the students to showcase their arts achievements for the year and for us to really highlight what's been going on in our programs," says Roberts, "and it's also one of the few times…when we get to integrate the arts amongst one another…whether it's in the massed choir or one of the bigger bands or the combined orchestras; the entire ballet program performs, so it's every student on the stage."
"There's always a theme," she continues. "This year [it's] the four elements: earth, water, fire and air, so all selections will embody one of those elements in some way." Roberts sees the elements as analogies for ASA's "essential building blocks" of academic quality, arts quality, a culture of safety and excellence, and community partnerships. Although the students perform regularly throughout the year, Showcase is "the big fundraising performance of the year," Roberts adds.
Each night features a different program, but both evenings will include an ASA Theater Department production of Bertolt Brecht's 1944 play The Caucasian Chalk Circle along with ballet performances set to excerpts from Handel's Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks. Wednesday, May 28 offers a piano arrangement of Wagner's "The Ride of the Valkyries," and Thursday night includes orchestral performances of Tchaikovsky's popular waltz from The Sleeping Beauty and Manuel de Falla's "Ritual Fire Dance."
"It's kind of…a kaleidoscope of everything that we do throughout the year," describes faculty member Robinson. "You get a tasting of every arts area that we have to offer…it's like the best of the best." ASA students finished their final exams on May 21, leaving them free to focus on Showcase rehearsals.
Olivia Freeman, an ASA graduating senior and saxophonist who plans to attend Chicago's DePaul University, is currently sitting first chair in Wind Ensemble. "We're playing Vesuvius [Thursday night]," she says, "…a very interesting piece and very intricate — there's a lot of little melody lines within the bigger piece."
Freeman entered ASA from the public school system. "There was a huge difference," she says. "When I came to ASA I was asked to analyze…my thought process. It was basically asking me to think in a whole new different way, so that was obviously a tough transition at first, but now I think it's helped me in the long run through problem-solving…." She adds, "I've learned how to work in a group successfully."
Head of School Roberts points out that, although the waiting list for ASA can be quite lengthy after the 5th grade enrollment, openings for new students often become available between the 8th and 9th grades. "Sometimes…people forget to take another look at us in high school," she says. Showcase 2014 is a great opportunity to see ASA's students in action.
All photos courtesy Arizona School for the Arts.
If you go:
Event: Arizona School for the Arts (ASA) — Showcase 2014: The Four Elements
Where: Orpheum Theatre, 203 W. Adams:
When: Two different programs are scheduled:
- Pre-show — ASA Jazz Combo performs outside each night at 6:15 p.m.
- Concert: Wednesday, May 28, 7 p.m.
- Concert: Thursday, May 29, 7 p.m.
Tickets: Purchase tickets here. Tickets are $55/$40/$25, with proceeds benefiting ASA
Opus II: Brand New Music at Phoenix Art Museum
Posted on 5/11/14 by Katrina Becker » No Comments
It's hard to imagine how exciting it must have been to attend the 1913 premiere of Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, which ended in a riot because of the disturbing rhythms and incendiary musical patterns. Even Beethoven – now considered a staid staple of classical music – was once regarded as somewhat revolutionary in his harmonies.
A concert titled Opus II features premiere performances of works by members of the Arizona State University Society of Composers, Inc. (SCI) in the informal, inviting setting of Phoenix Art Museum, offering the chance to perhaps hear from a modern-day Stravinsky or Beethoven.
"The partnership with the museum is great," says SCI president Collette Sipho Mabingani, "because…we have the same mission: exposing the public to this music that sometimes is not accessible." Mabingani was born and raised in South Africa and obtained degrees at Grand Valley State University and Central Michigan University before earning his doctorate in music composition at ASU.
"I started with [percussion] performance," he says, "and…you have to improvise, so you get this idea of creating…and I got tired of playing other people's music. I love experimenting with new kinds of music, so I still try and discover something I've never heard before." At Opus II Mabingani will perform his own composition, a solo autobiographical work using rhythms reflecting his personal journey from South Africa to the West, including Latin cadences.
Other composers will use various configurations of a "Pierrot ensemble" of flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, and piano — named after the instrumentation used by Arnold Schoenberg in his landmark 1912 melodrama Pierrot Lunaire (Moonstruck Pierrot) –- plus saxophone.
"Even though it's been around for over a hundred years," says SCI public relations manager Elliot Sneider of the ensemble, "there's something always new about it, for some reason. There's a lot you can do with it, so it's kind of fun to work with." Shortly after Sneider wrote his dissertation analyzing blues in the music of Aaron Copland, Maurice Ravel, and George Gershwin, he composed Big Hands Blues for piano, then arranged it for Opus II.
"I…was drawn to jazz when I was very young," he says, "…this pull to jazz composers like Charles Mingus and Thelonious Monk, and the idea of having these structures that…allow for improvisation."
Sneider studied composition at New England Conservatory of Music and New York University, then received his DMA from ASU, where he was initially intrigued by the work of professor James DeMars. "I have a jazz background," says Sneider, "so for me there's always been a pull to accept other cultural music and 'how do I bring things together?'" He continues, "I found he's someone who has…made a career dealing with those issues, and so that's why I wanted to study here."
"He [DeMars] composes in the same way that I do, which is what we call 'intercultural music'," says Mabingani, who also found his advisor's compositions appealing. "But he uses Native American music with Western music, combines it and makes it his own…so I just fell in love with the way he writes."
"I think all of the composers at the school really have something unique to bring," adds Sneider. "Usually you choose your composer and you work only with that person, but here [at ASU] they not only encourage but require you to…work with all of them for a much broader experience."
"There's no one dogma, or one style," says Israeli composer and Doctor of Musical Arts student Gil Dori. "I really got into the music of [ASU professor] Glenn Hackbarth — he's…into the music on the electronics side, and that's what I'm interested in doing too." Dori came to ASU for his master's degree after graduating from Haifa University, which he describes as "really heavy on composition…the best composers in Israel."
For Opus II, Dori wrote a work called Shevarim; "in Hebrew it means 'fragments' or 'shards,' he explains, "but it's also one of the calls of the shofar [ram's horn], and really that's a work based on an old Eastern European Jewish folk tune…it just slowly emerges through this texture." The piece is a duet for saxophone and bass clarinet, and Dori enjoyed integrating sound effects like tongue smacks, clicks, and breathing through the instruments.
Visit the Phoenix Art Museum this afternoon to hear these new works by Mabingani, Sneider, Dori, and other ASU composers — it's free with museum admission, and the program promises previously unexplored treasures.
If you go:
Event: Opus II — ASU Society of Composers recital
When: Sunday, May 11 at 1PM
Where: Phoenix Art Museum
Cost: Free with museum admission
UPDATE (5/11/14 12:47PM): Here's a live streaming link if you can't attend the performance: http://ustre.am/1dGp0


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