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Be an Orientation Leader
Orientation Leaders and Mentors Wanted. Each year, entering students tell us that much of their most informative and valuable information comes from other students. As someone who has been there, your advice can be critical to the success of our incoming class. As an Orientation Leader, your tasks may include leading a lunch or dinner discussion with a group of students on the first day of Orientation (Monday, August 18, 2008); helping take ID photos; or answering questions and giving advice. As a Mentor, you will be paired with one or two first-year students to provide one-on-one advice and guidance about adjusting to the law school experience.
If interested in being a Mentor: Fill out the online form linked to this page by July 14, 2008. You will be contacted with your match information no later than the first week of classes.
If interested in being an Orientation Leader: Please e-mail Jenna Moroney. We will follow-up closer to the start of the school year with teh schedule and plan of events
Be the Next Student Orientation Coordinator
We are looking to hire one enthusiastic and motivated student as Student Orientation Coordinator. The Student Orientation Coordinator(s) will assist Dean Sowle and Jenna Moroney with Orientation planning and implementation starting later this semester and continuing through the summer.
Duties include:
--Recruiting student mentors and matching mentors with new students;
--Assisting with the revision of the Law School Survival Guide;
--Coordinating with SBA to plan the student organization fair;
--Helping organize panel presentations and other events;
--Assisting with the creation of mailings sent to incoming students;
--Working with vendors and other external organizations;
--Working with various departments regarding scheduling and events; and
--Assisting with the implementation of Orientation week in August.
This paid position requires a time commitment of 5-10 hours/week. This is a great opportunity for someone planning on going to summer school or working part-time during the summer. To apply for this position, please submit or email a letter describing your interest to Jenna Moroney by Friday, May 9, 2007.
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Review: El Dorado Single Barrel Demerara ICBU Rum
Posted by Arctic Wolf on September 30, 2010
The Uitvlught Sugar Factory was founded in the 18th century on the west bank of the Demerara River. El Dorado Rums, (produced by Demerara Distillers Ltd in Guyana), have introduced a Single Barrel rum using only distillation and fermentation techniques of the Savalle Still (using the same traditional methods which have been employed for 250 years). As the barrels from this still were originally marked with an ICBU marque to identify the rums from the Uitvlught Sugar Factory, this rum is labeled El Dorado Single Barrel Demerara Rum ICBU. This bottling is part of a series of Single Barrel offerings available as part of the El DoradoRums Connoisseur's Range.
I consider this somewhat of an artisan offering which gives the rum aficionado a glimpse into the particular characteristics of Demerara rum from a particular still, in this case the Savalle Still. Rum from this particular still would normally be blended with many other rums from the other Demerara stills and from other barrels types to construct a quality Demerara blend. The original distillation techniques of the Savalle Still produces a very particular flavour profile, and this review will be a reflection of that particular characteristic flavour profile which the Savalle Still imparts.
Here is an excerpt from the review:
"…The oak is strong, but the sweetness of the brown sugar spices balances the sharpness of the oak and citrus zests. There is no bitter aftertaste to spoil the experience. As well, flavours of caramel, toffee, and vanilla all lie in moderation under the oak spice as does a slightly charred nuttiness, and flavours of toasted coconut…."
You may read the full review here:
Review: El Dorado Single Barrel Demerara ICBU Rum
as well I came up with a great cocktail called Savalle Row!
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Green power roundtable: Exploring green impacts of electrical distribution systems
Energy efficiency is a buzzword for building owners and engineers' clients. Demand for distributed generation (DG) and renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar, is growing rapidly. Here, a group of experts discuss the impact that DG (10 MW or less) and renewable energy sources, which are connected to the utility at the distribution level, have on distribution system reliability.
Meet our green power roundtable participants
- David G. Loucks, PE, CEM, manager, Power Systems and Advanced Applications, Eaton, Pittsburgh
- Barry Powell, vice president, Low Voltage and Products business unit, Siemens Industry Inc., Norcross, Ga.
- Paul Smith, technical marketing manager, Critical Power business, GE, Plano, Texas
- Tom Walker, PE, senior engineer, Automation Systems, S&C Electric Co., Chicago
Q: How have the characteristics of electrical distribution systems changed in recent years, and what should engineers expect to see in the near future (1 to 2 years)?
Loucks: Today's electrical distribution systems are smarter, more connected, and better able to provide the information needed to help operation and maintenance personnel identify and correct problems for more reliable and efficient operations. For example, predictive diagnostics now includes medium-voltage insulation monitoring that can detect and locate insulation degradation in real time, so that maintenance personnel can fix the problem and help to avoid downtime and equipment damage. Equipment environmental monitoring is helping to identify adverse conditions. Advanced centralized monitoring—both in-house and with contracted third parties—provides an overview of power and energy systems and delivers specific information to keep facilities operating efficiently and reliably. Sophisticated intelligence involves advanced protective relaying and automatic throw-over schemes to maintain service continuity. There is also more reliance on environmentally friendly vacuum switching technology that avoids the use of sulfur hexafluoride, which may contribute to the greenhouse gas effect. There is a commensurate increased need to perform transient voltage studies, especially for low BIL devices such as motors or dry-type transformers. Additionally, there is a higher percentage of power electronic loads, so there is more harmonic distortion. Harmonic, grounding, and voltage flicker analyses are helping sensitive circuits operate effectively.
Powell: The trend for increased arc flash protection of personnel has impacted low- and medium-voltage power distribution designs. Another trend is the need for increased energy efficiency, which has resulted in a need for increased transparency of energy usage within the power distribution system.
Walker: New and innovative approaches have increasingly been introduced by electric utilities over recent years to gain better and smarter utilization of distribution assets. At the heart of this revolution is the superposition of telecommunications on the power system. With this comes an abundance of opportunities to apply intelligent devices for the monitoring and control of the distribution system. Monitoring is a crucial component of the improved view of operating conditions enabling faster, more effective response to problems. Remote control by distribution operators enables response that may delay or eliminate dispatch of physical crews. Even better, fully automated systems bring the concepts of self-healing and asset optimization to reality.
Among the initial trials and pilot efforts, there have been successes that now provide a meaningful basis for utilities to establish plans moving forward on a larger scale. Over the next couple of years, many of these success stories will result in larger scale deployments of mature smart technologies that have met expectations.
Q: Describe the various green electrical generation sources, such as wind and solar, you've provided for nonresidential buildings, and their challenges and opportunities.
Loucks: With a robust services organization and a range of balance of system solutions for utility and commercial (and residential) installations, Eaton is improving costs and system performance, and reducing dependence on fossil fuels. Eaton has installed a number of solar PV systems on both our own and customer facilities, ranging in size from a 20 kW solar parking canopy to a 3 MW system on multiple buildings.
Solar PV systems typically do not supply a building's total electrical requirements, but rather offset the electrical purchases from the local utility. Solar PV systems also generate solar renewable energy credits, or SRECs, that can be used to offset GHG emissions.
Powell: Siemens provides solar microinverters for commercial and light industrial markets. These solar microinverters have a slightly higher upfront cost. However, for financially savvy customers, microinverters provide a greatly reduced long-term cost of ownership for solar installations. According to a recent study, by providing 7% to 10% more energy, solar microinverters provide a faster payback due to greater energy cost offset. In addition, microinverters provide lower cost maintenance requirements because of the distributed nature of the system itself and a standard 25-year warranty.
Smith: GE's Critical Power business provides telecom service providers with products, engineered solutions, and services designed to operate from a nominal -48-V dc power supply. Traditional telephony specifications call for 99.999% availability, so battery backup on the dc bus is standard operating procedure. Cell sites in remote locations require the same level of power availability, and solar energy is a favored renewable source for these locations. Conversion of the dc energy obtained from the solar panel directly to the -48 V required by the battery and load eliminates conversion steps and maximizes efficient use of this energy. The battery maintains availability of load supply and stores energy during daylight or sunshine hours for use when the sun is not shining. In cases where the solar energy is insufficient to power the load, a standby generator is used to supplement this energy. The combination of the energy from the standby generator on the dc bus with battery storage forms a simple and reliable system.
Q: What trends are you seeing in distributed generation sources?
Loucks: According to the Solar Energy Industry Association, the average installed price for a nonresidential commercial solar photovoltaic system in the U.S. fell from $4.31/W in Q2 of 2012 to $4.18/W in Q3 of 2012. For projects above 100 kW, the final project prices were consistently in the $2.25/W to $2.75/W range. Also, the Federal Investment Tax Credit is helping to offset project costs in the U.S. with a 30% tax credit for residential and commercial solar systems. This tax credit is available through 2016. Further, many states provide various financial incentives. These can be accessed through www.dsireusa.org, a U.S. Dept. of Energy sponsored site.
Powell: The number of distributed generation and renewable energy installations is growing rapidly globally. Solar PV and wind are the most widely used forms of renewable energy in facilities/campuses as well as eco districts.
Walker: Stepping beyond automation of the classic components of the distribution system, this better, smarter grid also incorporates distributed resources that can be controlled independently or collectively to have a dramatic impact on the balance of supply and demand with regard to both power and energy. Initial efforts tended to focus on a small number of larger installations. The trend, however, is toward incorporation of more, smaller installations. This trend crosses the spectrum of distributed resource offerings: demand response alternatives; renewable generation, such as photovoltaics, Volt/VAR management as a means of reducing consumption, and energy storage. The trend is toward highly distributed deployments. A crucial aspect of this is the aggregation of these many small distributed resources in the manner that benefits the power system as a whole; at the generation, transmission, and distribution levels.
Community Energy Storage (CES) is an interesting example of this. It aggregates many, small storage facilities that provide benefits at a higher level while meeting local needs. The small units are installed near customer service points on the low-voltage side of distribution transformers. Here, they can address local needs and can also be controlled as a fleet to respond to feeder and substation level concerns. They may even be called to service for major system events that require capacity curtailment, which could be accomplished by shifting customers to local storage rather than dropping loads.
Q: What payback period are engineers and building owners requesting for renewable electrical generation projects?
Loucks: The payback for a solar PV system varies widely based on the local electric utility rates. In addition, many states offer various financial incentives, which are summarized at a DOE-sponsored website (www.dsireusa.org). In some states, such as Hawaii and California, paybacks can be less than 2 to 3 years. Eaton looked at several solar projects in Ohio and Pennsylvania that were in the 8-year payback range. However, most nonresidential solar projects in the U.S. are now financed through Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), where the building owner typically puts little or no money into the project upfront. Instead, the building owner agrees to purchase the power produced by the solar PV system for a period of time (typically 20 years). With a PPA, there are various energy procurement scenarios possible, including either fixed costs or indexed rates adjusted to the local utility rates.
Powell: It varies. Most private customers want grid parity in energy cost and would prefer a PPA that guarantees this.
Smith: In the telecom service-provider market, there is considerable pressure to maximize the return on investment (ROI), especially in power equipment, which is not considered revenue generating. Typically, ROI periods are expected to be less than 3 years and preferably less than 2 years. Current costs of solar panels do not lend themselves to achieving these short payback periods, especially when compared to the fairly typical $0.10/kWh available from the utility grid. When the alternative is the investment of installing grid power to inaccessible sites or generators with the associated fuel and transportation costs, solar energy begins to be a more attractive source.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Steve Spurrier likes what undefeated South Carolina has accomplished so far. He knows, though, the third-ranked Gamecocks have plenty of games left that will determine how special the season turns out.
South Carolina (6-0, 4-0 Southeastern Conference) jumped up three spots Sunday to its highest position since 1984 after a dominating 35-7 victory over No. 14 Georgia on Saturday night. The Gamecocks reached a number of milestones, winning their school-record 10th straight game and taking three straight from the Bulldogs for the first time with the sort of performance that fuels national title talk.
``We realized if we won the game last night, this could happen,'' Spurrier said.
Spurrier handled those sky-high expectations in much of his 12 seasons at Florida from 1990-2001, bringing his alma mater a national championship in 1996. Spurrier says this group of Gamecocks is his most complete and mature group since he took control of things here in 2005. All that doesn't guarantee perfection in the unpredictable world of college football.
``We certainly like where we are right now, but we're smart enough to know it's still a difficult, difficult road for us,'' Spurrier said.
That starts this week with the Gamecocks heading to No. 9 LSU to face a Tiger team angry from its season's first loss at No. 4 Florida earlier Saturday and carrying the advantage of a night game at Death Valley where the home team rarely falters.
The fired-up LSU atmosphere even stung Spurrier before, his 1997 top-ranked, defending national champions stumbling to the Tigers 28-21.
``They'll be ready for us,'' Spurrier said. ``They're ready for everybody.''
Part of Spurrier's success at South Carolina is his steady approach from week to week. When he arrived, he thought too much time was spent tracking state rival Clemson and not focused on the Southeastern Conference and got both players and fans to lock on to chasing a league title.
He also knew the Gamecocks couldn't let the state's best players such as receiver A.J. Green head off to Georgia like he did before Spurrier arrived. So Spurrier landed the past four winners of the state's ``Mr. Football'' award given South Carolina's top prep player. Those included last April's first-round draft pick in cornerback Stephon Gilmore and current Gamecocks stars tailback Marcus Lattimore and defensive end Jadeveon Clowney.
Lattimore and Clowney showed their worth against the Bulldogs. Lattimore gained 109 yards - he has 467 yards and four TDs in three career games vs. Georgia - while Clowney led a defensive effort that held the SEC's highest scoring team coming in without a point the game's first 58 minutes.
Clowney said the noise from a record 85,199 people at Williams-Brice Stadium was so overwhelming, Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray had to tap his center on the backside to get the snaps off - and it gave South Carolina defenders the chance to tee off. ``I couldn't hear, so I knew they couldn't hear,'' Clowney said, laughing.
Georgia coach Mark Richt said South Carolina certainly played every bit as well as the LSU team that overwhelmed the Bulldogs, 42-10, in last year's SEC title game. Continuing that level of play is the big question, Richt said.
``There are still some mighty big tests for them as there are for all of us in our league,'' he said Sunday.
Georgia linebacker Jarvis Jones said the Gamecocks quickly got ahead by three touchdowns in the first quarter and the Bulldogs couldn't catch up.
``Being down 21-0 in the first quarter, that's hard'' to come back from, Jones said. ``Especially by a team in the SEC.''
Spurrier has a rule in place, like many coaches, that his staff and players get 24 hours to celebrate success or flush out failure. Then it's back to work, no matter what happened in the previous game.
``That's the way this team works. That's the system coach Spurrier has in place and that's the way the players will handle it,'' South Carolina defensive coordinator Lorenzo Ward said.
It might be hard to totally forget this one, especially with happy students and fans on campus telling the Gamecocks how great they've been. Spurrier understands and accepts that, too.
The last time Spurrier's Gamecocks enjoyed this large a spotlight came in 2010 following a stunning 35-21 win over then top-ranked Alabama. South Carolina then lost a week later, 31-28, at Kentucky, a defeat Spurrier blames more on a stalled second-half offense than players not being ready. ``I blame the coaches for that one,'' he said.
This time, the Gamecock feature better, older leaders who've kept the team even-keeled through the high times and the low. ``You really don't ever know anything until you go play the game,'' Spurrier said. ``But we've got some good leaders.''
Leaders, Spurrier thinks, who'll keep locked on to the next opponent while understanding that success won't guarantee anything beyond that. ``We do have a chance for a big year,'' Spurrier said. ``If we continue on doing what we're doing.''


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Throughout her career, Diana Krall has tried to avoid becoming just another silky-voiced cabaret-jazz nostalgia act. She spends a lot of time putting together her albums, often arranging songs around a central concept and emphasizing her piano improvisations as much as her vocals. She's also been slipping more contemporary pop into her repertoire of standards, an evolution that culminates in The Girl In The Other Room, which stacks seven Krall originals alongside covers of songs by Mose Allison, Tom Waits, Joni Mitchell, and Krall's new husband, Elvis Costello.
Costello also collaborated with Krall on the new songs, adding his typically bittersweet, evocative lyrics to melodies with Joni Mitchell-like ethereality. The results sound similar to Costello's somewhat dreary 2003 torch-song collection North, albeit much prettier. Already familiar with the flexibility and tension that jazz requires, Krall breaks the sorrowful mood of her own songs by adding sprightly piano, and by singing with more color.
As for the album's covers, her take on Mitchell's "Black Crow" is wonderfully dreamy, but she can't do much with Waits' "Temptation" or Costello's "Almost Blue," both of which were partially frozen when they were composed. Their presence on the record seems more conceptual: The Girl In The Other Room is mostly about the perils of scrambling toward a new relationship while life is already in shambles—an arc that Krall traces in the final four songs, all originals.
"Narrow Daylight" addresses how feeling bad can be addictive, while "Abandoned Masquerade" explicates how hope can be carried like a secret, and "I'm Coming Through" announces the full-fledged return of good times. And, in the gorgeous "Departure Bay," Krall compares her previously shattered emotional state to her coastal hometown, to be visited but not lived in. The Girl In The Other Room represents an experiment for Krall, and not an entirely successful one, but at the end of the record, having demonstrated the confidence to explain herself, she comes out with some of her most persuasive music yet.


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Q&A: Ashton Kutcher talks about becoming 'Jobs'
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It's clear from Ashton Kutcher's tone — even though he's sitting 2,500 miles away in New York — that the 35-year-old actor and technology enthusiast holds an unflinching reverence for Steve Jobs, the Apple co-founder he portrays in the film "Jobs," opening Friday.
When he speaks about embodying the notoriously demanding Mac mastermind during a recent video conversation on Skype, in which Kutcher was an early investor, he's resolute and thoughtful. It's the antithesis of his goofball on-screen personas in TV series like "That '70s Show" and "Two and a Half Men" and in films such as "Dude, Where's My Car?" and "What Happens in Vegas."
For Kutcher, he says it was imperative that he personify, not parody, the well-documented mannerisms of Jobs, who died in 2011 of pancreatic cancer and will also be profiled in an untitled Sony film by Aaron Sorkin. Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, who's played by Josh Gad in "Jobs," has been hired as an adviser on the upcoming Sorkin film.
With "Jobs," Kutcher hopes his performance is as much a lesson about entrepreneurship to today's youth as it a profile of a man who revolutionized technology.
AP: You don't paint a spotless portrait of Steve Jobs in this film. How did you balance playing a man that's obviously an icon but also has flaws like everyone else?
Kutcher: I think Steve cared about the end result and wasn't worried about being liked and knew he would eventually be liked if his creations were properly executed. He was very blunt, but it's because he cared. I tried to look at his faults as his gifts, and I tried to understand it and not judge it. I think the way that guy received love in life was by creating products that people loved, and when they loved the products, they thereby loved him.
AP: How did you mentally prepare for the scenes where Jobs goes into beast mode and he's yelling and combative?
Kutcher: He was never just senselessly combative. I think there was something he desired, and he had a goal and passion for his consumers that were driving his frustration. He wanted the people around him to care as much about the result as he did. I think his frustration was in an effort to motivate people to care.
AP: Why do you think now is the right time for this story? It isn't too soon?
Kutcher: As time passes, I think the tales get taller. He'll become more glorified for the things he did right, and more vilified for the things he did wrong. We had a great opportunity to tell a story about a guy with an exponential amount of resources to inform us about what really happened — or as close to what really happened as they can recall.
AP: How do you feel about Steve Wozniak declaring some scenes weren't accurate after he saw footage of the film?
Kutcher: Steve Wozniak is being paid by another company to support their Steve Jobs film. It's personal for him, but it's also business. We have to keep that in mind. He was also extremely unavailable to us when producing this film. He's a brilliant man and I respect his work, but he wasn't available to us as a resource, so his account isn't going to be our account because we don't know exactly what it was. We did the best job we could. Nobody really knows what happened in the rooms.
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The United States will open a foreign commercial services office in Perth, paving the way for even more international investment in Western Australia's booming economy.
The US is already the largest investor in WA - ahead of countries like China and the UK - and the new office is expected to expand that investment.
US Ambassador to Australia Jeffrey Bleich said the state was "at the heart" of the entire export strategy for the US in Australia.
"We believe in WA and now we're even better equipped to help WA through services that reflect fair trade, a fair go, honest dealing and high quality," he told reporters in Perth on Wednesday.
Mr Bleich said the new office showed that US companies, such as energy giants Chevron and Apache, had confidence in the state's economy well into the future.
"These aren't five-year deals, these are 30, 40, 50-year plans," he said.
"I think that is a reflection on the fact that we don't see this as a boom.
"Prices will go up and they'll go down a little bit, but in terms of prosperity relating to these resources, we see this as a very long term proposition and so we're putting the infrastructure in place to meet the demand."
There will also be opportunities for smaller businesses to invest, Mr Bleich said.
He said having stronger economic ties created an opportunity for the US and Australia to look at forming firmer alliances in other areas.
The US already has foreign commercial services offices in Canberra and Sydney.
Mr Bleich said the US had similar offices in Asia, but the addition of Perth was one of the biggest and most rapid expansions it had undertaken in one country, following the opening of the second for the US in Canberra last year.
"I think it's just a recognition of the economic realities in the world," he said.
"This is the area where the greatest economic growth and demographic change is occurring in the world - here in the Asia Pacific.
"We have no better partner in the world than Australia, because it has the same standards that we have."


text: Hi list, I usually just lurk on this mailinglist, but i think it time to share some experience about not having Cooling... I have been running a cluster (of variable size depending on the season) in an average room without AC for several years. Not by choise, I must say, but my request for AC was rejected, and it took years before the necessary infrastructure was present to move to another room that already had AC installed. It is a horrorstory. During summer (yes, I'm on the sunny side of the building) temperatures in excess of 35° Celcius. During winter, even with the (small) window open while it was freezing outside, I couldn't get the temperature below 20°C. I just could not get rid of the generated heat, despite that this is a chemistry building and the ventilation replaces the air 7 times per hour (or is it 15 times? can't remember). Note that other rooms in this part of the building tend to be chilly in winter because it's so hard to heat them with the ventilation taking out the heated air. The first summer I had a failure rate of over 60%. Some motherboards failed, plenty of powersupplies failed, I had 10 brandnew disks that ran so hot at times i couldn't put my hand on them at these ambient temperatures. 5 of them failed in the first 6 months, the other 5 a few months later. Some CPUs just stopped working. Some memory modules burned out. I have 2 or 3 nodes where i can reproducibly crash certain jobs or get faulty results just depending on the temperature of the room. I found that during the hot season, new computers ran for about 3 months, then started to go awry. In an attempt to get rid of the hot air, I attached flexible airducts to the exhaust of the powersupplies (where most of the hot air comes out) and the ventilation sucked the hot air out directly. This idea actually works pretty well for a DIY solution, especially as we have uber-ventilation given that this room used to be a chemical lab. I might actually implement this also for our new cluster (in an AC-ed room) just to reduce the AC-requirements. On average, it reduced the temperature in the room several degrees, but I had to let go of the idea because I still had to fix nodes too often and handling the airducts was a bit too cumbersome to do on daily basis (some nodes are still attached to this system). The next summer, I wisened up, and preemtively turned off some of the slower nodes. This time failure rate of the remaining nodes was _only_ 45%, but I think this is partly because I just stopped fixing nodes at a certain point (ran out of spare powersupplies )-: ) and left the faulty nodes turned off waiting for the colder season. After more than two years, I now have access to an AC-ed room; I plan on building a completely new cluster, as all the current hardware has been overheating and is prone to produce faulty results because of this despite that the room is cooler now than in summer. My advice: don't even think about trying HW replacement instead of cooling. - Failure rates are horrible at temperatures above 30° ambient: I lost thousands of euros by failures. - Downtime is also killing you: my scientific output has dropped to less than 30% compared to before these heating problems started. With a bit of bad luck, I won't get a new grant because of this. - TCO is horrible due to the operator time: you have to manually walk over to the cluster, take out the node, figure out the problem, fix it, get spare parts or contact the warranty supplier,... this takes too much time especially given the high failure rates. I never worked as hard as during these last 2 years, and as I said, scientific output was still strongly reduced. - You will have difficulty with warranty. Some components you can get replaced without questions as they show no obvious signs of abuse, but I had MoBos with several components blown and blackened. No way you can claim this is not caused by overheating. After you send in a couple of these, you start to get questions... - The biggest killer of all is the non-visible problems. At certain moments I started to get different results on different nodes for the same job. A job would crash at 28°, but run OK at 24°. I get unexplainable outliers when calculating what should be a smooth trend. Rerunning the calculations exactly the same gives different results. You just cant trust your results anymore. OK. Better stop here, as i don't intend to rival rgb in length of a post :-) Anyway: going the HW-replacement road would be, in my view and based on extensive experience, a wrong decission. Luc Vereecken _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf


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UK Economic Development: What's the BIG idea?
We are one year on from the announcement by Prime Minister David Cameron and Cisco CEO John Chambers of the Cisco-led British Innovation Gateway (BIG) programme.
Since then we've been busy setting the foundations for our five year commitment to supporting innovation and economic growth in the UK. We now have this new website and BIG is beginning to come to fruition.
What great timing! Cisco's crucial role as the official network infrastructure provider for London 2012 is the ideal opportunity to show the world our commitment to entrepreneurship, innovation and education – BIG is the living, breathing and growing legacy of Cisco's investment in young people, communities and small businesses.
Why the BIG Initiative Matters
So why is Cisco committed to BIG? Put simply, BIG is about discovering, enabling and nurturing the businesses and talent of tomorrow. Here are three key reasons why.
Firstly, BIG is about the future.
"Building a Brilliant Future" is Cisco's programme to create an enduring social and economic legacy from our sponsorship of London 2012. Alongside major educational initiatives to inspire future generations of UK entrepreneurs and innovators, BIG will also support today's businesspeople across the UK.
Secondly, innovation is central to everything Cisco does and stands for.
It's in our corporate DNA. Having grown to 60,000 people in 25 years, we are part of the digital revolution and our success hinges on 'connecting and collaborating to innovate.' With our backing, BIG won't just enable individuals to build new businesses, but will also strengthen the fabric of the UK's 'innovation ecosystem' and help position it at the forefront of borderless, digitally-enabled innovation in the 21st century.
Thirdly, BIG reinforces the UK as Cisco's second largest market.
Adding our impetus to develop the innovation economy in the UK is in our own long-term interests — the UK's success is our success. Becoming a major supporter, enabler and partner to UK innovators will also afford us better access to great new ideas, many of which we are certain will be relevant to our core business and may well be things in which we want to directly invest.
What will BIG look like?
Geographically, physically and virtually, this is the shape of BIG:
- Innovation Centres, starting with Shoreditch in 2012
- National Virtual Incubator in partnership with JaNET, Birmingham Science Park Aston, Ravensborne and Greenwich Council features 'NVI nodes' in Birmingham and Greenwich with many more joining this network in 2012
- BIG Awards – launching on 1 February, a national innovation competition drawing on the successful Cisco i-Prize – the search for future major business ideas
On top of this, we are creating exciting new innovation partnerships such as the Future Cities Centre we are developing with UCL and Imperial College. Then there are the targeted innovation programmes with public sector partners, such as the iCity and CADI programmes which we'll be sharing more information about soon.
What will make BIG a success?
We're confident that BIG will deliver tremendous benefits for the UK and Cisco — the key ingredients are ideas and energy, engagement and participation. By making connections and collaborating with entrepreneurs and innovators — plus the people, organisations and institutions that support and enable them — we can forge ahead.
BIG is led by Cisco, but if you reside in the UK then it's also your opportunity. Think of it as a stepping stone for ideas and to achieve your ambitions, aspirations and business success. Working together we can do so much more, so get involved and join our exciting journey.
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Course Areas: Practice Skills - Clinics and Externships
Constitutional and Criminal Law
Time: 4:00p-6:00p T Location: 117 TUII
Course Outline: Death Penalty Clinic explores the substantive law, investigative techniques, and post-conviction appellate remedies applicable in capital (death penalty) and non-capital cases. Lectures will cover topics such as: Texas criminal statutes, state/federal habeas law, clemency proceedings, investigative techniques, and capital trial strategy. In addition to attending lectures, students work on actual cases. Students investigate claims related to the guilt-innocence and punishment phases of capital murder trials and assist attorneys in investigating and researching legal claims.
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Many types of social reform movements took shape in the first half of the 19th century. There were Protestant religious movements, which were anti-Catholic. The newspaper in Greenfield, Massachusetts, frequently published articles that applauded the work of the various societies. This article denounces a piece that appeared in a Boston paper that called the Bible and Temperance Societies a base and hypocritical confederacy. The Gazette and Mercury called that paper a "Popish organ" and accuses the Bishop and his priests of instilling hatred and contempt for the Temperance societies into the minds of the Catholic poor. The Greenfield Gazette and Franklin Herald was the newspaper in Greenfield, Massachusetts, from June 26, 1827 to June 27, 1837. It changed its name to the Gazette & Mercury.
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LCD Soundsystem is the musical project of producer James Murphy, co-founder of dance-punk label DFA Records. The music of LCD Soundsystem is a mix of dance music and punk, along with elements of disco and other styles. LCD Soundsystem is particularly popular in Britain, with two albums reaching the top 40 of the UK Albums Chart..
On December 8, 2005 the group received nominations for two Grammy awards in the Electronica category for their self-titled album and in the Dance category for "Daft Punk Is Playing at My House".
However LCD Soundsystem are a live band, a live band that play dance music, the type that we are now very used to being played by one man and a laptop. Leader and founder James Murphy has more to do with the punk and new wave acts of the 70's and 80's than any of the usual white label fodder.
Referencing acts like Public Image Ltd ,Brian Eno, The Fall, The Velvet Underground, Richard McGuire from Liquid Liquid and Holger Czukay from Can as some of his primary influences. "I thought dance music was all about C+C Music Factory," he says, "and when I heard a piano stab or a 909, I immediately tuned out and stopped listening to it. Although, I do like old disco, Chicago house and that classic stuff from Detroit — you know, something seminal."
Murphy grew up on punk rock a played in rock bands his entire life.
A quick scan over his microphone list is like who's who of classic ribbon microphones, in fact the whole equipment list is a purist's wildest aspiration.
Murphy also had a friend modify his Fun Machine (an old organ with a filter setting in it) to help him figure out a way to play a live version of the track "Disco Infiltrator" from the last album and for use on Sound of Silver track "Us V. Them." "We have knobs that have been modified all over this light-up home organ from the '70s," he says. "You can tap into time where it can receive a pulse and stay in time, and you can also attack the filters. It sounds amazing, and we now use it on a lot of stuff.
Allot of this equipment is sadly now not in manufacture ( particularly the synthesizers ) so how do WE get the same sounds from today's available equipment?
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Apple Mac G5 running Logic Pro 7
Apogee AD-8000 A/D converter
Purple Audio console with custom-designed moving-fader automation
Samplers, drum machines
Roland MC-909 Sampling
Groovebox, SP-606 Sampling Workstation, TR-33 and TR-808 drum machines
Simmons SD8, SDSV drum machines
Various organ beat boxes
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Ampeg Portaflex B-15N bass amp
Baldwin Fun Machine organ
Bradley Jazz Guitar
Congas and percussion
Custom modular synth
EML Electrocomp 100 synth
EMS Synthi A synth
Epiphone P-Bass copy bass guitar
Farfisa Professional Duo organ
Fender 1961 Jazzmaster guitar
Hohner Clavinet D6 piano
Korg SQ-10 analog sequencer
Moog CDX organ, Rogue synth, Taurus II pedal synth
Propellerhead Reason soft synth
Roland Juno-60, SH-101 synths
Sequential Circuits Prophet-600 synth
Silvertone guitar, practice amp
Squier Telecaster guitar
Vox AC30 guitar amp
Wurlitzer 200A electric piano, Spinet piano
Yamaha CP-60 electric grand piano, CS-50 synth
AKG BX 10 Reverberation Unit
Akai MFC42 analog filter
Altec Salt Shaker mics, Tube Mixer rackmount mixer
Beyer M160, M201 ribbon mics
Coles 4033 ribbon mic
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Lexicon Prime Time, Prime Time II and Super Prime Time delay processors
Manley Reference Cardioid mic
Neumann TLM 193 condenser mic
Pendulum Tube Limiter
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Alfa Romeo's last chance
Why Marchionne's third relaunch plan for the troubled sports car brand has to succeed
|Luca Ciferri is Automotive News Europe's Editor-in-Chief.
Alfa Romeo has been a never-ending headache for Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne.
"The Alfa issue is complicated and simple at the same time. Alfa is a great, world-renowned brand, but it is selling fewer cars than planned," he told me during our first interview in October 2005.
Seven years and two relaunches later, Fiat's sports car subsidiary remains a Rubik's Cube that the workaholic CEO just can't seem to solve.
This year, Alfa will sell fewer than 100,000 cars. That would be the brand's worst performance since 1969. On Oct. 30, Marchionne announced a new plan for Alfa that calls for the introduction of nine new models in the next four years. In the past, Marchionne has been bullish with his predictions for future Alfa sales volumes.
Alfa's product offensive will begin next year with the limited-edition 4C coupe.
His last plan for Alfa, announced in April 2010, predicted that the brand's sales would rise to 500,000 vehicles by 2014. This time, Marchionne refrained from giving a sales target and declined to say much about the nine new models. The new plan is a sort of declaration of intent – with no specifics.
Not for sale
The only thing Marchionne was adamant about when we discussed Alfa last month was that, despite several recent overtures from Volkswagen to buy the automaker, he has no intention to sell. "There are some things that are not for sale. If you went to [VW Chairman] Ferdinand Piech and asked to buy Audi, he would tell you it's not for sale," Marchionne said. He also believes Piech wouldn't be willing to discuss a selling price for Audi so why should he provide a price for Alfa.
"I have zero interest in selling Alfa. Period," Marchionne said. Maybe Marchionne should keep an open mind on a sale because Alfa, with its limited portfolio, is slowly dying.
Its current range includes the MiTo, a rework of the Fiat Punto subcompact that doesn't have the same DNA as a true Alfa, and the Giulietta hatchback, which is a true Alfa but does not have a wagon variant so the brand loses countless sales in Europe.
Could you imagine Audi deciding not to sell a wagon version of the A3? No chance!
That's right – Alfa has just two models to sell. By comparison Ferrari sells five different models and Maserati offers three. Alfa's product range is also getting old. The MiTo was launched in June 2008 and the Giulietta arrived in March 2010. It's no surprise that Alfa's sales are spiraling downward.
Simple solution
To survive, and eventually to grow, Alfa simply needs product, product and more product. Some 30 months ago, Marchionne said that Fiat's alliance with Chrysler was the key to Alfa's relaunch. So far, Alfa has been helping Chrysler more than vice versa. As part of the deal to rescue the U.S. automaker, Fiat gave Chrysler the Giulietta's architecture, which has been widened and lengthened to underpin the Dodge Dart.
Starting next year the architecture, which is now called CUSW (short for compact U.S. wide), will underpin the Chrysler 200 mid-sized sedan and Jeep Cherokee/Liberty medium SU V successors.
CUSW will be extended to another half-dozen Chrysler Group derivatives in the years to come. The Americanized version of the Giulietta's architecture will come back to Italy. Starting in 2015, the platform will underpin the long-overdue Giulia mid-sized sedan and wagon. The models will replace the Europe-only 159 range that was discontinued last year. The architecture also will be used on the next Giulietta, which is due in 2016 and will be made to meet North American standards so it can be sold there.
In terms of architectures, Marchionne delivered on the promise he made in April 2010, but with a twist. Originally, U.S. production of the Giulia was supposed to start this year.
Now the car will be built in Italy to help save jobs in Fiat's home country, but output of the car won't begin until 2015.
Marchionne defends the adjustments he made to the 2010 plan by saying that it took longer than he expected to get Chrysler's problems under control. "I feel a lot more comfortable with the Chrysler of today than I did two years ago," he said. He also reiterated something he's been saying for a while: "Fiat without Chrysler would not be able to execute an Alfa plan. It's that simple."
Too late?
It can't be that simple, because if it was we would have already seen the long-promised rear-wheel-drive roadster that is supposed to remind us of the iconic 1966 Alfa Duetto Spider. This model has been planned for years. Alfa enthusiasts have been told they will have to wait until 2015 for an Alfa roadster, which will be built by Mazda in Japan as a sister model to the next MX-5/Miata. But who knows if the car will be built? Mazda and Fiat haven't finalized the deal yet.
Another car that continues to be delayed is a rear-drive flagship sedan that would reconnect Alfa to its roots. This model is not expected until late 2014 and it will be another hand-me-down from a Fiat subsidiary as it will be based on the new Maserati Ghibli large sedan. Marchionne's desire and determination to turn around Alfa appear sincere, but it seems very unlikely that a very weakened Alfa -- even with a nine-car range -- will be able to compete against brands such as Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz.
This is truly the last hope for Alfa under Fiat. To use one of Marchionne's favorite expressions, he and the company need to act "at the speed of light," if they want to save the 102-year old brand. Any more delays or second-guessing will probably lead to a sale or a collapse with the words on the tombstone reading: R.I.P. Alfa Romeo. A great, world-renowned brand that died from lack of product.
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Thor Motor Coach (TMC) was awarded the prestigious RVBusiness 2014 RV of the Year award for its Recreational Utility Vehicles (RUV), the Axis and Vegas. According to a press release, the consumer-centric design of the compact 25-foot coaches has created a new segment of compact, stylish and user-friendly motorhomes.
"Dealers are looking to Thor Motor Coach as the industry innovation leader," said Jon Krider, director of marketing at Thor Motor Coach. "Being bestowed 2014 RV of the Year by RVBusiness, we have strengthened our commitment to bring forth cutting-edge products that meet consumer needs. We continue to focus on superior quality, engineering and performance. The extremely positive dealer reception to our new products, as well as enhancements to our existing lineup, solidifies we are on the right course. We will continue to build upon on that momentum, bringing the best and most innovative products to market in the future."
TMC said that other new products that were well received in Louisville included the new 29H Outlaw toy hauler Class C built on a Ford E-Series, a full-wall slide Class C 28F with King Bed, the 32N wall-slide Hurricane and Windsport, and Tuscany 40KQ Tuscany with a unique kitchen and living space layout.
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S. Mescudi - The Joy lyrics
[Produced by Pete Rock]
[Hook: Curtis Mayfield]
Add a little sugar, honeysuckle and
A great big expression of happiness
Boy, you couldn't miss with a dozen roses
Such would astound you
The joy of children laughing around you
These are all the makings of you
[Verse 1: Kanye West]
I do it for the forefathers, yeah, the street authors
That are now A&Rs in the cheap office
Rappers that never got signed but they keep offers
Girls that's way too fine for us to keep off us
Gave her a handshake only for my man's sake
She in her birthday suit cause of the damn cake
Now there's crumbs all over the damn place
And she want me to cum all over her damn face
I never understood planned parenthood
Cause I never met nobody planned to be a parent in the hood
Taking refills of that Plan B pill
Another shorty that won't make it to the family will
If I don't make it, can't take it, hope the family will
They ain't crazy, they don't know how insanity feel
Don C just had a shorty, so it's not that bad
But I still hear the ghosts of the kids I never had
[Verse 2: Kanye West]
No electro, no metro, a little retro, ahh, perfecto
You know the demo, your boy act wild
You ain't get the memo? Yeezy's back in style
Now one room got Gidget, the other got Bridget
What's more tripped out, dawg, is they sisters
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Nah, you ain't listen, they black, they sistas
They momma named them after white bitches
So next time you see me on your fallopian
Though the jewelry's Egyptian, know the hunger's Ethiopian
Stupid questions like "Is he gon' be dope again?
Have you seen him? has anybody spoke to him?"
This beat deserves Hennessey, a bad bitch
And a bag of weed: the Holy Trinity
In the mirror where I see my only enemy
Your life's cursed, well mine's an obscenity
[Verse 3: Jay-Z]
This is my momma shit; I used to hear this
Through the walls in the hood when I was back in my pajama shit
Afros and marijuana sticks, seeds in the ganja had it
Popping like the sample that I'm rhyming with
Pete Rock, let the needle drop
I seen so much as a kid they surprised I don't needle pop
Taking sips of pop's six pack of Miller nips
Pink Champale, Ballantine Ale
Bally's on my feet help me balance out well
That and the shit I used to balance on the scale
I got it honest from the parties from my momma's
Virgin Marys try to judge her
I'm like "Where the Madonnas now?"
Give all glory to Gloria
They said "you raised that boy too fast"
But you was raising a warrior
We victorious, they'll never take the joy from us, uh
[Outro: Kid Cudi (w/ Pete Rock)]
Keep your hands up, get mine up
Don't let them take your fire
Yeah, okay
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* Shares enjoy biggest single-day gain after results whopper
* Stock still half its July 2011 peak
* Concerns easing about big bills for content, expansion
(Adds comments from Icahn in paragraphs 6-10)
By Lisa Richwine and Liana B. Baker
LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Netflix Inc
impressed Wall Street with a surprisingly strong
holiday quarter that eased near-term concerns about its costly
international expansion and its movie and TV bill, sending its
shares skyrocketing 42 percent.
The jump represented the largest single-day gain from
Netflix, though shares were still trading at just under half
their record of more than $300 in July 2011, when the company
was celebrated on Wall Street for pioneering a video service
that rocked the traditional media industry and Hollywood.
On Thursday, a string of industry analysts upgraded Netflix
shares or raised their price targets after the company reported
better-than-expected quarterly profit and strong subscriber
growth around the world. Many said Wednesday's report of an $8
million fourth-quarter profit signaled a turnaround for the
company, even though risks remained.
"The worst is behind them," said Raymond James analyst Aaron
Kessler, who raised his Netflix recommendation to "market
perform." "The margins are much better, they are getting better
marketing efficiency, the content spend is slowing."
Shares of Netflix rose $43.60 to $146.86 on Nasdaq on
Thursday, their highest level since September 2011.
One of Netflix's biggest shareholders, activist investor
Carl Icahn, saw a massive gain since he began buying shares in
September. Icahn's nearly 10 percent stake, bought for $321.4
million, has increased to $807.7 million based on Thursday's
closing share price.
Icahn told Reuters in an interview on Thursday he still
owned all of the shares he had bought, and felt Netflix was
poised to take advantage of consumers' shift toward Internet
"I felt a secular change was happening and is still
happening in the industry, and I think that's manifesting itself
as we speak," he said. "I still feel (Netflix) has a great deal
of potential."
Icahn said he had met with Netflix Chief Executive Reed
Hastings three or four times to offer advice. He praised the
company's move to produce original content and its recent deal
to stream new Walt Disney Co movies starting in 2016.
Those steps "were very constructive," Icahn said.
When Icahn disclosed his stake in October, he said he felt
the company was an attractive takeover target for another media
company. Icahn said on Thursday he still held that view.
In November, Netflix adopted a "poison pill" defense to
prevent a takeover by someone not approved by the board.
On Wednesday, Hastings and Chief Financial Officer David
Wells said in a letter to investors: "We have no further news
about his intentions, but have had constructive conversations
with him about building a more valuable company."
Even with Wall Street's newfound optimism, several analysts
were seated in the neutral camp, waiting to see how Netflix will
fare over the rest of the year amid growing competition. The
company forecast subscriber gains for the first three months of
2013 but did not give guidance beyond that.
Netflix said it is evaluating potential new markets but does
not plan to enter other countries in the first half of this
year. Some critics had accused Netflix of expanding too quickly.
How many subscribers Netflix adds in 2013 will be key to its
ability to pay Hollywood studios for movies and TV shows that
are available on the Netflix streaming service. "That's still a
key question for investors. We will see as we go through 2013
how strong the domestic streaming adds are," said Kessler, the
The dominant U.S. video rental company's shares rose as
high as $304.79 in July 2011, just before it provoked a customer
backlash with an unpopular price increase and other missteps.
Netflix stock sank to $53.80 in September 2012.
Firms that either raised their target price or upgraded
their ratings on Netflix on Thursday included Wedbush
Securities, Lazard Capital, Bank of Montreal, Macquarie, Janney
Capital, Raymond James and Barclays.
Netflix had warned investors three months ago that it was
likely to record a loss in the October to December period. But
on Wednesday, Hastings said the company had underestimated the
level of new signups over the holidays, when sales of tablets
and Internet-connected TVs helped lift Netflix subscriptions.
In its earnings report, the company predicted it would add
as many as 2.1 million U.S. streaming members in the first
quarter, more than it gained during the first three months of
last year.
Macquarie analyst Tim Nollen upgraded Netflix to "neutral"
and raised his price target to $120 from $50. The fourth-quarter
results "puts our negative view to rest," he said in a note to
But Nollen said "things to worry about" included competition
in the video streaming market from rivals such as Amazon.com Inc
and Coinstar Inc's Redbox.
"We still question Netflix's ability to drive (subscriber)
growth to sustainably keep revenue ahead of content cost
increases, and how Netflix can manage other operating costs like
marketing and tech/development as well as it did in Q4," Nollen
(Reporting by Lisa Richwin and Liana B. Baker; Editing by Nick
Zieminski, Tim Dobbyn and Richard Chang)


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Private Label Packaging Steps Out
Store-wide private label lines and premium-tier store brands dress up to compete with the nationals.
Private label products are no longer the dowdy stepsisters of national brands. In fact, the quality and variety of private label food is better than it has ever been. And to position the products vis-à-vis national competitors, private labelers are relying on packaging that's every bit as impactful as that of leading national brands.
Package graphics, in particular, are playing a central role. Retailers are turning to graphics to create a store-wide presence for their private label offerings and also to convey the quality of new premium and artisanal private label lines.
Packaging line looks
In years gone by, private label products were a cheap alternative to leading national brands, with little to no emphasis on the "brand" component of the store brand. But that's changing, and the result is a new generation of private label programs that emphasize a unified brand look across food categories.
"Retailers are asking, 'How do I create a brand that I can use across 250 categories and 3,000 SKUs so that I can tell a brand story? So if somebody is really satisfied buying my [private label] cereal and they see a similar looking package in canned goods, they'll get the same perception,' " says Todd Maute, partner at branding firm CBX (www.cbx.com), New York.
"There has been a trend as of late where retailers are going more toward 'line looks,' which are a common theme across all categories," Maute adds. "The primary driver behind line looks is … to build a common story for the brand."
This strategy drove a recent private label repositioning initiative at Longo's (www.longos.com), a Vaughan, Ontario-based grocery. Longo's is a family-owned company with 25 stores in the greater Toronto area. Working with integrated retail agency Watt International (www.wattintl.com), Toronto, Longo's executed the refresh, which resulted in a two-tier private label program.
Longo's new mid-tier private label offerings are "value" products — quality but everyday products with lower prices than national brands. The other tier, Longo's Signature, is a premium product line.
Products in both tiers are merchandised in many departments throughout the store, and the package design for each tier overcomes inconsistencies in fonts, imagery, design elements and logo placement on Longo's previous private label packaging.
Unique design elements, including color schemes and typefaces, differentiate the packaging of each tier from the other — and from national competitors. Even the Longo's logo is different between tiers. The mid-tier logo is the Longo's name in white on a ground of red, with two small green leaves (in place of an apostrophe) to connote freshness.
The Signature logo, in contrast, uses a handwritten font and round stamp. The idea is that "our family endorses it, because it has that Longo Bros. signature stamp," explains Jenny Longo, director of private brands. The Signature logo and package design were created to elevate the brand and deliver a "premium look and feel," she adds.
Longo's private label products currently comprise about 700 SKUs, about 90 percent in the mid-tier and 10 percent in Signature. The company started its private label revamp in 2009, and in the two years that followed "revised everything," Longo says. That included introducing 400-plus new SKUs, refreshing some existing SKUs and discontinuing others. "The process was intense, and it was a huge undertaking."
The results of the tiered private label program are encouraging. Longo's reports that its private label penetration in the Canadian market rose from 4.6 percent in 2008 to 8.2 percent in 2011. By 2017, the company hopes the figure will grow to 20 percent.
Sunflower Farmers Market (www.sunflowermarkets.com), Phoenix, also relaunched its 600-SKU private label line recently. The effort included a thorough packaging redesign. Sunflower, a chain of natural food stores in the western and southwestern U.S., worked with Vertis Communications (www.vertisinc.com), Baltimore, on the relaunch.
"I haven't come across a private label line that really understands its niche the way Sunflower does," says Steve Beckman, former vice president of creative services at Vertis.
"They're not an 'organic store.' They do have a lot of organic products, but that's not the mainstay of what they are. It's a farmers' market." Thus, freshness and messages like "from our farm to your table" are fundamental to the Sunflower store brand.
Beckman points out that at a traditional farmers' market, shoppers can talk with farm-stand marketers to learn about products and get recommendations. However, "you can't do that in a store. So we tried to get the products to speak for themselves, and one of the ways we did that was with really innovative copy writing and informative [elements] on the packaging. Another was with the introduction of QR codes."
The quick-response (QR) codes connect shoppers in real time, via their smartphones, to web-based product information that could influence purchasing. Sunflower is purportedly one of the first private labelers to use QR codes on packaging.
Boxes of Sunflower All-Natural Cereal display a QR code on-pack, but not all Sunflower products do. "I don't typically recommend QR codes on packaging," Beckman says, because in many cases relevant information can be communicated better using text, graphics and other on-pack design elements.
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Garrow's Law A vicious riot erupts after polling has closed in the Westminster constituency. As the crowd parts, an old man lies on the ground, brutally clubbed to death. Garrow, alone and grieving, gets pulled into a complex web of conspiracy and cover-up, of political double-dealing and the abuse of power.G
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Vera (Apt) "The Crow Trap" A murder at a remote cottage takes DI Vera Stanhope back to a place full of childhood memories and an unsolved case from her earlier career. Delving into the local politics surrounding a controversial proposal to dig a quarry, the detective team finds motives in the unlikeliest of places, shadowy liaisons and conflicting sympathies.G
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In Our Name is a low budget feature film, written and
directed by Brian Welsh, which was launched at the London Film
Festival in October 2010 and dedicated to all military service
personnel who end up in prison after trying to return to civilian
life. It was well researched through Welsh's discussions with
returning soldiers as well as his contact with the charity
Stress. It tells the story of Suzy, brilliantly played
by Joanne Froggatt, a soldier just returning to her home in a run
down area of the North East of England after a tour of duty in
The film begins with private Suzy and the fellow
soldiers from her unit returning home by train, where she is
welcomed by family and friends at the house she shares with
husband, Mark, who is also a soldier who has previously served in
Iraq, and their daughter, Cass. At first Cass is unwilling to
interact with her mother and Suzy seems able to cope with this
behaviour, until it becomes clear that all is not well in Suzy's
perception of the world. In the context of some hooliganism in
their impoverished residential area, Suzy starts to develop
paranoia that eventually becomes extreme. Her hypervigilance for
potential dangers is brilliantly portrayed, and permeates
throughout the majority of the film, as she becomes especially
fixated on protecting her daughter. Unable to get close to her
husband and unable to sleep properly, Suzy starts to drink alcohol
in greater amounts.
When her sister invites Suzy and her soldier
colleague, Paul, to attend the primary school where she teaches, in
order to talk to the children about their experiences of war, Suzy
recounts the memory that is haunting her. This revelation explains
the origins of the guilt that Suzy is feeling and the flashbacks
she is suffering as well as providing an understanding of the
importance, for her, of protecting her daughter. As Suzy's symptoms
of paranoia, flashbacks, hypervigilance, loss of libido and
depression increase, her relationship with husband Mark becomes
ever more strained. Her absence of libido is the trigger for Mark's
increasing frustration that results in him suspecting that Suzy has
been unfaithful to him. His mental health begins to suffer and his
underlying angry personality traits are revealed, with serious
In the final scenes, when Suzy flees with her
daughter and a gun that she has taken from the barracks for
protection, the serious nature of her condition becomes even more
apparent. I do not wish to describe the ending here, but suspect
that it will raise your heart rate.
As a contemporary portrait of post-traumatic stress disorder,
In Our Name offers a perfect platform to discuss the
diagnosis and management of the condition, with reference to Suzy's
symptoms and behaviour, and the effect that her condition has on
her close family. The film also depicts the difficulties that some
servicemen may have in seeking help, because they feel doing so may
jeopardise their chances of promotion. For a general
introduction to PTSD, the Royal College of
Psychiatrists has a good factsheet, but for more information about
PTSD related to military combat, the charity Combat
Stress also has lots of information, including some
The other topical issue that is raised by In
Our Name is that of gun possession and mental illness. There
are two aspects of this issue that could be further explored
alongside a viewing of the film. The first is the topic of mentally
ill soldiers carrying guns and the second concerns the process of
licensing guns to the general public who may have had or may
develop a mental disorder. For the first topic, I would recommend a
reading of the recent article published in Advances in Psychiatric
Treatment, in September 2011, by Peter McAllister, Neil Greenberg
& Max Henderson entitled: Occupational psychiatry in the
armed forces: should depressed soldiers carry guns? (vol17,
350-356). The abstract
of this article is freely available. This article describes the
work of the UK Defence Mental Health Services in detail. With
regard to the second issue, most people in the UK will be aware of
the recent
tragic events on New Years Day 2012, in which a middle aged
man, legitimately licensed to hold 6 firearms, with previous mental
health problems, shot dead his partner, her sister and her niece.
This incident has highlighted the growing debate about how gun
licences should be issued and then monitored. The medical
profession currently have no statutory role in the process, but the
BMA is involved in discussions with the Association of Chief Police
Officers about this matter. A statement of the current interim
guidance for doctors on this matter is available at the
website. The film could provide a good starting point
for a debate on this very important issue.
Perhaps the fact that the film's ending does not
resolve the outcomes for all of the main characters offers an even
better opportunity to discuss their possible futures. What is left
in no doubt, however, is the detrimental effects that serving in a
war can have on an individual's mental health and on their close
family relationships and it highlights the importance of having
appropriate care available whenever it is needed.
• More information about In Our Name
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n. - A chief ruler; a sovereign; one invested with supreme authority over a nation, country, or tribe, usually by hereditary succession; a monarch; a prince. 2
n. - One who, or that which, holds a supreme position or rank; a chief among competitors; as, a railroad king; a money king; the king of the lobby; the king of beasts. 2
n. - A playing card having the picture of a king; as, the king of diamonds. 2
n. - The chief piece in the game of chess. 2
n. - A crowned man in the game of draughts. 2
n. - The title of two historical books in the Old Testament. 2
v. i. - To supply with a king; to make a king of; to raise to royalty. 2
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Stampede's Win Streak Snapped In Omaha
RALSTON, NE -- The Sioux Falls Stampede saw their three-game winning streak come to an end Wednesday night when they fell 5-3 to the Omaha Lancers at Ralston Arena.
Leading 1-0 heading into the second period, Sioux Falls allowed five unanswered goals in the second and were unable to recover. Dennis Kravchenko led the way with a goal and an assist while Charlie Lindgren stopped 20 of 25 shots before David Jacobson came in and stopped all four shots faced in relief.
Despite the loss, Sioux Falls has still won 15 of their last 18 games and are 5-2-0 on their current nine-game road trip. The Stampede are now 28-10-1 overall and remain four points ahead of Fargo for first place in the Western Conference.
The Stampede grabbed the first goal of the game 6:01 in when Dennis Kravchenko tallied his 15th goal of the season. Matt Van Voorhis ripped a shot from the left point that bounced off the back board and bounced back through the crease where Kravchenko tapped the puck into the net to give the Herd a 1-0 lead. The rest of the period went back-and-forth with teams exchanging some scoring opportunities, but the game remained 1-0 at the end of the period with Sioux Falls outshooting Omaha 13-12.
It was a nightmare second period for the Herd who allowed five unanswered goals. The Lancers scored just 52 seconds in when Trent Samuels-Thomas one-timed a pass in the slot past Lindgren to make it a 1-1 game. Minutes later, the Lancers took the lead when Robbie Baillargeon took a pass inside the left circle from Jake Randolph and one-timed the puck into the net. Tyler Hynes made it 3-1 at 9:29 and Dominic Racobaldo made it 4-1 when the ripped a shot from the top of the left circle into the upper left hand corner of the net. The Lancers poured some salt on the wound with 23 seconds remaining when Connor Chatham knocked in a loose puck in the crease to give the Lancers a 5-1 lead after two periods. Omaha outshot the Herd 13-11 in the period.
Sioux Falls showed improved play in the third and got back on the board 8:16 into the third period when Ian Mansfield tallied his first goal of the season. Mansfield took a pass in the slot from Jake Ahlgren and wristed a shot past the stick side of Omaha netminder Alex Lyon. Just over two minutes later, the Stampede struck again when C.J. Franklin scored his team leading 19th goal of the season. Dennis Kravchenko took the puck through the neutral zone and raced down the right wing boards before sliding the puck onto the tap of Franklin who quickly fired the puck into the net. The Herd controlled much of the play in the period, outshooting Omaha 11-4, but couldn't get any closer and came up short on the night. David Jacobson played in goal during the third period, stopping all four shots faced.
Sioux Falls outshot Omaha 35-29 on the night and went 0-for-2 on the powerplay while Omaha was 0-for-1.
The Herd look to rebound this Friday when they travel to Lincoln to face the Stars at 7:05 PM.
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Happy Mother's Day! 5 Moms We Can Never Forget
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The title of the eBook is "Re-think Your Content Marketing" and I am one of over 30 authors contributing to this effort lead Matt Roberts at Linkdex and his team. This is in my books an industry defining book that contains chapters from great authors like Kristjan Mar Hauksson (myself) and some good industry friends like Lee Odden, Avinash Kaushik, Bas van den Beld, Stephen Lock, Rob & Nick Garner, Matt Roberts and Kevin Gibbons to mention few.
About the eBook
"Marketing is shifting towards content creation as a primary source of lead generation and – more importantly – as a key integrated process combined with search marketing, social media, analytics and public relations. We have been talking with some great people on how marketers can innovate to stay ahead of the curve and make the most of content marketing, and we wanted to keep those conversations going and give out this free 211 page eBook. Thank you to all the below people who kindly included their opinions in this publication."
Full list of authors, people that are experts on content marketing:
Joe Pulizzi: Foreword
Lee Odden : The Speed of Change
Bas van den Beld: The Role of Content in Modern Day Marketing
Rick Ramos : 7 Reasons Why Content Marketing is the New Black
Matt Roberts: Use Content to Supercharge Your Organic Marketing
Rob Garner: If You Have a Website, Then You Are Already a Real-Time Publisher
Andrew Smith: What Can Content Marketing Learn from PR? And Vice Versa
Danny Denhard: Creating the Perfect Cocktail: Do PR, Social, SEO and Content Mix Well Together
Nick Garner: Organic Marketing Driving Social Influence
Phil Mackechnie: Breaking Down Internal Silos
Robert Rose: Be Remarkable or Fail
Kevin Gibbons: Creating a Multichannel Content Marketing Strategy
Paul Roetzer: The Art and Science of Content Marketing Collide
Michael Brito: Transforming Your Brand to the Next Media Company
Ann Handley: Does Your Content Convey Honest Empathy
Darren Fell: With Content, You Reap What You Sow
Hannah Smith: Why You Need Great Content
Stuart Tofts: How to Use Content to Diversify and Strengthen Your Online Marketing
Melissa Rach: What Makes Content Great
Sonja Jefferson and Sharon Tanton: The Year That Content Grew Up
Susan Genelius: Great Content is Shareworthy Content
Suzanne Faning: Content is No Longer King
Henneke Duistermaat: How to Write Great Content and Become an Influential Writer
Avinash Kaushik: The See-Think-Do Framework
Simon Penson: Content Strategy (Make Your Ideas Your Friends)
Andreas Ramos: The Hub-and-Spoke Model of Content
Chelsea Adams: 5 Fresh Ways to Use Content Marketing as Lead Generation
Jonathan Alderson: Measuring the ROI of Content Marketing
Stephen Lock: Frameworks to Audit, Measure & Maximise Content Marketing ROI
Gerry McGovern: Quality Content Means Measuring Outcomes, Not Inputs
Kristjan Hauksson: Content Impacts on a Global Scale