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Cavalier is pleased to announce a normalised profit after tax of $6.3 million for the financial year ended 30 June 2016.
Net profit after tax was $3.1 million following one...
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Cavalier Bremworth has announced an exclusive Australasian deal with Italian sustainability pioneers Aquafil that will see New Zealand carpet being made from fishing nets and other recycled nylon waste.
Aquafil are the creators of the world's ...
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In line with its 13 April proposal to consolidate its manufacturing operations in Napier, Whanganui and Christchurch and having now completed the staff consultation process, Cavalier Corporation confirms that it will be ...
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Cavalier Corporation is proposing to restructure its manufacturing operations in Napier, Whanganui and Christchurch.
This includes:Consolidation of woollen yarn spinning operations (currently in...
Cavalier Corporation advises with deepest sadness the sudden death of Ron Cooper, General Manager of its Cambridge-based wool procurement business, Elco Direct, yesterday.
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Thank you, Paul.
The year to June 2015 proved to be another challenging year for Cavalier. It involved some major decision points for the Group as we continued to adapt to an ever changing environment.
During the year, we completed a ...
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Thank you, Sarah. Good morning, everyone.
First, a quick reminder of the Group's operations and principal activities, comprising:Broadloom carpets – sold under the Cavalier Bremworth and Norman Ellison brands ...
The Directors of Cavalier Corporation are pleased to confirm the appointment of Paul Alston to the role of Chief Executive Officer.
Paul joined Cavalier as Chief Financial Officer in November 2012 and was appointed Interim Chief Executive Officer in...
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2 October 2015
In response to the necessity to downsize and streamline the corporate structure following the recent sale of the Ontera tile manufacturing operation, Brent Wollaston - Chief Executive Officer of the Cavalier Carpets ...
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Cavalier Corporation has released its 2014/15 annual report which is now available to download.
Please see the Results and Reports section to download the 2014/15 Annual Report.
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The Commerce Commission yesterday issued its second draft determination maintaining its earlier draft determination in March 2015 to allow the proposed merger between Cavalier Corporation's 50%-owned Cavalier Wool Holdings Ltd (CWH) and the wool ...
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On 28 August 2015, Cavalier Corporation reported on a number of key strategic initiatives aimed at reducing debt and costs. These included the outsourcing of its Australian broadloom carpet logistics and the consequent release of its Sydney-based ...
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Further to the announcement on 27 August 2015, Cavalier Corporation advises that the transaction to sell the Ontera business to Milliken has now been completed.
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28 August 2015
Cavalier Corporation Limited today announced a reported loss of $25.7 million for the 12 months ended 30 June 2015. As signalled in our announcement on 3 August, we have reviewed the carrying value of certain assets and as a result ...
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27 August 2015
Following on from the announcement made on 3 August 2015, Cavalier Corporation announces that a conditional asset sale and purchase agreement has been entered into by Ontera (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cavalier ...
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3 August 2015
Cavalier advises of a number of changes that support the re-focus on core business and debt reduction included in our updated strategy and business plan signalled to the market in our 20th May announcement.
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20 May 2015
The Board of Cavalier Corporation advises that normalised earnings for the 14/15 year are likely to be at, or slightly below, the lower end of the previously advised earnings guidance range of $1 to $4 million tax-paid...
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27 March 2014
The Commerce Commission yesterday issued its draft determination, approving the merger of the scouring assets of 50%-owned Cavalier Wool Holdings Ltd (CWH) and New Zealand Wool Services International Ltd (NZWSI). The ...
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20 February 2015
The Directors of Cavalier Corporation have announced that for the first six months ended 31 December 2014, the unaudited group profit after tax is $32,000, representing a $3.4 million reduction on the same period ...
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24 October 2014
Cavalier Corporation advises that after three months of trading, while volumes have been consistent with previous year, margins are under pressure, and the Company is unlikely to achieve – on a normalised basis...
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21 November 2014
At Cavalier Corporation's pre-Annual Meeting Board meeting today, Directors concluded that their current estimate of normalised tax-paid earnings for the 2015 year was in the range of $1 million to $4 Million.&...
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22 October 2014
Cavalier Corporation's share in the Cavalier Wool Scour business will reduce with the merging of its operations with New Zealand Wool Servcies International Ltd.
Cavalier Wool Holdings Limited (CWH), an ...
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Cavalier Corporation advises that Sarah Hipkiss will assume the position of Chief Financial Officer from 1 September 2016.
Sarah has been a KPMG audit partner since 2011 and is a highly experienced senior finance professional with expertise in ...
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2018 Mentorship Program Kick-Off: Savannah Edition
We'll be kicking off the mentorship program the evening of April 12th, immediately following the AIA Savannah chapter meeting (7pm-ish). The location will be at JW Buckley and Associates - just a few blocks down from the chapter meeting location.
We would love to have a mix of students, young professionals, and seasoned architects to place in groups - so please encourage your peers to all sign up!
If you plan to attend, please sign-up below so we know who to expect and can put you in a group that will best fit your experience level. Thank you and we can't wait to see you on April 12th!


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(Mobility/Oly Skill/Oly Strength)
Mobility: 5 Min
Banded YWTLs
Warm-up: 15 Min
With a Partner...
400 m Row/Inchworm Complex
30 Partner Med-ball Sit-ups
20 Partner Med-Ball Squat Toss
10 Partner High-five Burpees
3 Rounds - 10m Banded Broad Jumps (Purple/Red/Blue)
Skill: 10 Min
Snatch Grip Bar Dismount from Overhead to Hang
Note: From the overhead, lean back slightly allowing the bar to come strait down fast elbows over the bar reestablish hook grip.
Snatch Medley
Strength: 30 Min
6 Rounds E4MOTM
Min 1-3: 3 Snatch Medley
Min 4: Rest and adjust loading
Snatch Medley = High Hang Snatch, Low Hang Snatch, Touch-and-go Snatch, Overhead Squat.
Snatches should be Squat Snatches if possible, otherwise Split with OH Lunges for OHS
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In a recent Dear Colleague Letter (NSF 16-115), the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced interest in novel approaches to manage, integrate, and analyze large and complex neuroscience data sets, as exemplified by data coming from the BRAIN Initiative. NSF has a number of standing core programs and solicitations that, with this announcement, encourage researchers with expertise in data science to partner with BRAIN Initiative or similar projects to enhance the dissemination and utilization of these data sets.
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English Language Arts and Reading
The ESC Region 11 English Language Arts and Reading team seeks to provide professional and customized learning experiences for your school and district. In addition, we also offer instructional coaching services across all grade levels and can address any questions or concerns you may have.
We look forward to partnering with you as we serve and lead throughout Region 11.
Newly Adopted K-12 ELAR TEKS
Kindergarten through 8th grade English Language Arts and Reading TEKS were adopted in 2017 for classroom implementation during the 2019-20 school year. Revised TEKS for 9th through 12th grade will be implemented during the 2020-21 school year. ESC Region 11 will be offering a variety of curriculum support options for districts, campuses, and teachers beginning in the spring of 2018 and throughout the 2018-19 school year.


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Introducing a Flex Charting trend line component
How to draw trend lines on Flex Charts? Actually, you just have to add the trendline drawer component on the annotation section of your charts.
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So what's up with this series title, "Advent of the Nones?"
I suppose the easiest way to explain it is to break it down into its component parts.
Advent: Put very simply, this is the time some Christians observe before Christmas, when we await the Nativity, the birth of Jesus. We store up hope in our hearts. We light candles. We observe any number of traditions, including the Nine Lessons and Carols, fasting, singing Handel's Messiah, and on and on. But the important part is the waiting, the storing up of hope, the anticipation of a miracle breaking through.
Nones: Put even more simply, the "Nones"—and I'm out here advocating for a better name for this group—are those of us who are unchurched. Some of us have unchurched ourselves; others have been unchurched rather against their will. For the vast majority of us, it's been a combination of both processes culminating in a life without an organized faith group or a spiritual tradition of any kind to which we hew.
Wait. Didn't you just refer to "we" when you mentioned Christians? And again when you referred to the "Nones?"
Why yes I did, Nancy Noticer. Because things are never simple, are they?
See, most of us Nones comes from a spiritual tradition of some kind. We were raised in a faith tradition or at least familiarized with one at some point. And yet, at some point, that faith tradition didn't really pan out.
For me, it was several. I started life in the Church of Christ. When I made a conscious decision to live a life of engaged faith—known in some circles as "conversion," "getting saved," or "giving your life to Jesus"—I did so in a nondenominational evangelical church setting and among people who came from Pentecostal traditions. And though I quickly was drawn to the Presbyterian Church in America and was a member of it for nearly four years, I attended a Southern Baptist church one summer when I was home from college. When I came out as gay, I spent some time among the nice folks at Metropolitan Community Church. The divinity school I dropped out of is affiliated in some way with the Episcopal Church (hey, don't judge me for not knowing. I DROPPED OUT). When Brian and I got together, we joined a United Church of Christ and became Congregationalists for a little bit. Also, I lived in Catholic countries for six months when I was twenty and quite came to love the Holy See (even if it doesn't love me back). There are many things I love about Buddhism, and though I've adopted a meditation practice, I'm not a good fit with the Buddhists either. So, yeah. IT'S A RICH TAPESTRY.
None of those things stuck, each for various reasons that could make their own series of posts. Some of those reasons were theological. Some were cultural. Others were about how I don't like being yelled at during six-week sermon series on Bible prophecy or the written works of present-day politicians.
Christianity forms the basis of my theological ideas, such as they are. But in thirty-seven years, I've never found a church I both wanted to be a part of and that would have me in my rawest, realest form. For me—and, I suspect, for many Nones—Christianity's like that friend you made at camp who's always wanting to hang out, and you're like, "Dude, camp was a long time ago. I like you and all, but let's be real about what this is. And anyway, you were kinda mean to me a bunch, and you posted some really incendiary shit on Facebook during the election, and I'm having trouble letting it go."
So there's the scene: A None who mostly considers himself a Christian and has a Buddhist-style meditation practice recommended to him by his therapist, who himself was a Christian minister.
So Then What's a "None?"
In much the same way the word evangelical has been co-opted and poorly redefined by a media that never really understood the term or the community from which it came—everyone I know who once aspected it to themselves no longer does so—the term None is problematic. And not just because it sucks and sounds like Nun.
Because us Nones—SERIOUSLY YOU GUYS, HELP ME BRAINSTORM A BETTER NAME—don't self-identify as unchurched because we don't believe in anything. Some of us are agnostics, sure; some athiests. But most of us are just people who haven't found a communal, formal spiritual connection. Many, like me, never really found it in the church of our raising and spent many years searching for it, never finding it anywhere else either.
Maybe we even do believe. Maybe, as I said in my last post, we store up all these things in our hearts, noticing the little things our own higher power puts in our way: signposts, intuitions, tiny miracles, chances to help, little crucibles to discover who we are. We work hard to cultivate things like love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. We get really distressed at injustice and don't have a lot of patience for religious types who seem to get off on it—or even those who don't seem to have much to say about it. We can't stand hypocrisy. Sometimes, we're jerks about these last two things, and we know; we're trying to do better. We're working on our mental health. We're concerned about how many of you aren't.
We're astonished by science; inspired by great art, music, and literature; hopeful for a society that treats our fellow humans fairly no matter their race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, hair color, unfortunate tattoo choices, or love of Nickelback. In general, we're not the kind of people who need to feel like someone is less than we are in the Grand Scheme in order to feel okay in it. And we might even believe in a Grand Scheme; it's just we don't really trust church to lead us to it. We've heard too many church people chide us for not behaving better only to turn around and behave worse than we'd ever dreamed of doing. Some of us have had believers up in our faces, yelling, spittle at the edges of their mouths, about how there's no absolute truth, you can't pick and choose what you want from the Bible (answer: Yes you can. Jesus did.), and if we don't shut up and get in line, we're going to end up on the wrong side of a certain bepitchforked fellow and spend eternity with Hitler and Bebe Rebozo.
Well, nertz to that, we say. Many of us spent half our lives chasing our tails in pursuit of God only to find out the people who sent us on that chase had no problem endorsing a serial sexual predator or two when it served their political interests. That made all that talk about how "There is an absolute right and an absolute wrong" and "Scripture is black-and-white; there is no gray area" a little hard to take. So we opted out, and we're probably not opting back in. We like it here. It's calmer; fewer people yell at us or hold impossible expectations they themselves are unwilling to try to meet.
What Are You Waiting For?
So then, why Advent, again?
I guess I'll stop speaking for other Nones now. For me, it's about waiting. About hope. Do I believe God is going to ride in on a fiery chariot and suddenly make everything okay? I don't know. Part of me wants to believe that, but a bigger and better part thinks that's our job. Maybe God put us here, on this little stretch of green grass between birth and death, to fight this great good fight for ourselves. To grow within us the courage and love to always try to do what's right. To love this world without shame, hesitation, regret, or a lusting after power. Maybe we're here to build the fiery chariot.
So, this Advent, I'm waiting for signs that humanity's story isn't one of being stuck, fixed, static. I'm waiting to see us do something amazing. I'm waiting for the little lights to show up right when I need them, for God to do a little showing off, for the clouds of hopelessness to part and the sunlight to peek through the cracks.
So this series, this "Advent of the Nones:" It's a way of writing my way through where I am spiritually, describing what I hope for, what I see coming, of laying out some signposts for the unchurched. It's a little like a Christmas chore I did recently.
Brian and I were putting up our Christmas tree, and the dreaded moment came to untangle our lights. It took an hour of backtracking, pulling impossibly large glass bulbs through little loops in green wire. But even tangled up, the lights were enchanting, spinning through each color of the rainbow, shining there on the floor, just waiting to throw all those photons, all that joy, into our little house—onto the art on the walls, the photos of us from years past, the ornaments, the friends who came to our Christmas party, the dog, the presents, and out into the night.


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I met up with the Urban Sketchers of Chicago on Saturday October 29, 2016. The designated meeting spot was in front of the Blick Art Store downtown. I was running late because I walked north instead of south after spending the morning painting at Millennium Park. I missed the group so I took to wandering to see what would catch my eye or find any other sketchers. About a block or so west I stumble across the Chase Plaza and there below me is the wall I saw Chagall making when I was a wee little on. For some reason I can never remember exactly where this sculpture is located so every time I come across it I am pleased to see it. My connection with this wall is from one of my earliest Childhood memories. I was about four walking with my Mother on our way to the Art Institute when she points down at a man glueing bits of glass to the wall below us. She states that he is Marc Chagall.
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The GER Society (www.gersociety.org.uk) has made available DVDs of the full run of The Railway & Travel Monthly from 1910 to 1922. Similar in style to The Railway Magazine, the R&TM offers a wide range of pre-grouping railway information. The two DVDs are fully word-searchable, and cost £15 plus postage.
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Interregional project: "Ecological building and purchasing"
The GVV (municipal administration union) took part in an EU-promoted, interregional project. It had been started by the environmental association of Voralberg and included all 96 towns and municipalities of the Austrian Bundesland Voralberg. The goal of this project was to bring together the potential of the towns, their know-how and skills in order to create a shared pool of resources and generate synergies for further development and qualification.
The following objectives were set:
1. Ecological qualification of the building and purchasing management through cooperation at the city level. The potential of as many communes as possible should be concentrated through a network to provide its members with the following benefits:
- Sharing the state of knowledge as well as new know-how in ecological construction and procurement with the civil servants working in the responsible departments.
- Providing help with allocating ressources for planing and construction or reconstruction of public buildings based on ecological criteria.
- Providing assistance with the procurement of goods and services in the office sector.
2. Reducing the complexity and cost of calling for proposals and the placing of contracts by using electronic procedures and databases in regard to construction projects. This is necessary as additionally focusing an ecological aspects would otherwise increase complexity and cost.
Tools were developed which provide their user with support in specifing a call for proposals and the evalution of received proposals, therefore reducing the time needed and making it easier to reach environmental goals.
Also the development of "Öbox", a database providing interested parties with an environmental rating of construction parts, was continued. Originally the project was started to help architects and building owners fulfil certain environmental standards to secure financial support from the Voralberg government.
3. Unification of different ecological standards for public buildings and, as a result, a standardized ecological evaluation of building products.
If ecological and energetic standards are even applied during construction or reconstruction of public buildings, they often differ. As a consequence, the susceptibility to errors increases in both the planing and construction phase. It follows that unified standards are essential to further the awareness and acceptance of focusing on ecological aspects in both, the public and private building industry.
The following institutions have taken part in this project:
- Town Constance, main office and department of construction
- Environmental Assosication Vorarlberg
- Town Ravensburg, main office
- Town Bad Säckingen
- GVV (municipal administration union) Donaueschingen
- Environmental Specialist Agency, St.Gallen
- Energy-Institute Vorarlberg
- EZA Allgäu
Project duration
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As a sponsor, you will receive high profile exposure to over 1000 people attending from throughout the international simulation community – many of whom have rated the Congress (and previous SimTecT and SimHealth conferences) as a high point of the international simulation calendar. The ASC is promoted broadly throughout the Asia Pacific region as well as further afield globally.
Being featured in the Congress program, on the app, website and other marketing literature, as well as having a company product in delegate satchels are all great ways to leverage your sponsorship and build brand recognition.
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With less than a third of the 2018-2019 NBA regular season left to play, we check out the futures odds for NBA MVP. The NBA hasn't played a single regular season game since last week but the MVP odds have still managed to shift, with Giannis Antetokounmpo gaining significant ground on James Harden. We look at the case betting for and against Harden.
In Mid-December the race for the MVP trophy seemed like it had several serious contenders including Antetokounmpo, LeBron James and Kawhi Leonard.
At that point in the season the Rockets were 12-14 and Harden had averaged a very impressive but still human 30 points per game. Then Harden exploded for 50 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists against the Lakers, and he hasn't slowed down since. The Rockets then reeled off nine wins in their next 10 games to vault themselves back into the playoff picture and Harden's scoring has been nothing short of amazing, putting up 41.5 ppg in his last 31 games, beginning with that triple double against L.A.
James Harden over his last 12 games:— Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) January 4, 2019
40.1 points
9.0 assists
6.6 rebounds
64.0 true shooting percentage
Rockets are 11-1, went from the 14-seed to the 4-seed
Legendary run by Harden. Saved Houston's season and making a run at a second MVP. Unbelievable. pic.twitter.com/PqB5MzCMck
Those scoring feats initially separated Harden from the rest of the pack in the futures odds for NBA MVP. However, after the All-Star game things have changed with the Bucks Antetokounmpo jumping back into strong contention for the award.
A matter of fact the most recent futures odds from the SuperBook at Westgate has the Greek Freak tied with The Beard for top spot:
Regular Season MVP (odds current as of Feb. 18, 2019)
James Harden 10/11
Giannis Antetokounmpo 10/11
Paul George 8/1
Stephen Curry 30/1
Joel Embiid 30/1
LeBron James 30/1
Kawhi Leonard 50/1
Kevin Durant 50/1
Eric Osterman, manager of the SuperBook broke down the shift in MVP odds for us. "We see the MVP race as a pick 'em now, after Giannis' performance in the All-Star Game," Osterman says. "With the perception of what he did on that stage. If he continues to play like that, we can see voters giving him the edge, or at least have him at equal value to Harden."
With the MVP race starting to look very close, we take a look at the case betting for and against Harden's chances to take home the hardware for the second year in a row.
The Case against Harden
This historic trend
While Harden's 36.6 ppg average is absolutely staggering, there is actually a historic trend of absurdly high-scoring seasons not being rewarded with MVP trophies.
Before this year, only 10 times in NBA history has an NBA player averaged 35 or more points per game over a season. In just two of those years (Wilt Chamberlain in 1960 and Michael Jordan in 1988) did that player also take home the MVP trophy.
Team success
One of the biggest factors that contributes to a player being awarded the MVP award is team success. Over the last 35 years, 33 MVP winners were on teams that finished with the No. 1 or No. 2 seed in their conference. The only two exceptions to that were Russell Westbrook two years ago, and once again Michael Jordan in 1988 (and Jordan's Bulls team was a No. 3 seed).
Currently Harden's Rockets team is fifth in the Western Conference, just one game ahead of both San Antonio and Utah in the standings. If Houston falters down the stretch and finishes with the sixth or seventh seed, do voters start second-guessing Harden as the MVP choice?
Other worthy candidates
If there were no other players truly deserving of winning MVP this year, this would be an absolute lock for Harden regardless of the points raised above. But the truth is Antetokounmpo ticks all the boxes for an NBA MVP. The Greek Freak is averaging 27.2 ppg on 58.1 percent shooting, along with 12.7 rpg, 6 apg and plays excellent defense while leading a surprise team to the top of the NBA standings. If Harden wins this year it certainly won't be for lack of competition.
The Case for Harden
Improved defensive play
No, Harden isn't going to be mistaken for Gary Payton anytime soon but he's also not the defensive joke he was for much of his career. He's third in the league in steals per game with 2.2 this season and has come up with key defensive stops in crucial points of close games.
Scoring efficiency
It's not just about raw numbers in today's NBA, it's about advanced metrics as well (which is kind of why Carmelo Anthony can't seem to find a job these days). When it comes to those, Harden's scoring becomes even more impressive. Harden has a true shooting percentage of 62.2 this season. By comparison in Jordan's two seasons with 35+ ppg his true shooting was 56.2 and 60.3 percent. In Kobe Bryant's 2006 season where he averaged 35.4 ppg his true shooting was 55.9 percent. Harden isn't just scoring an incredible amount of points, he's doing it efficiently.
Supporting Cast
Unlike many of the other MVP candidates, like Paul George, Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant, Harden hasn't had much help around him. Harden went on his record-breaking tear only after Chris Paul was sidelined with an injury and he's also played much of the year without Clint Capela as well. He's often had to put the Rockets on his back for extensive stretches of games and frankly the Rockets would be well out of the playoff picture if not for his ridiculous scoring.
The Verdict
"What we're thinking is Harden's style of play isn't conducive to what voters think of for an MVP," Osterman says. "Giannis has the complete game, and that's what voters look at. We weren't taking any bets on Harden at -250, and we were seeing money on Giannis."
The last sentence from Osterman is telling. Part of the reason for the sudden and drastic change in odds is that few bettors were willing to back Harden on that line. We weren't too keen on taking Harden at anywhere near -250 either but at these recent odds things are looking much better for those liking Harden's chances.
While previous legends were snubbed for the MVP award in extremely high-scoring seasons, Harden has been more efficient than all of them.
James Harden is sitting No. 1 all-time in scoring rate right now, on pace for the only season in NBA history over 35 points per 75 possessions. (!) He's doing it on better efficiency (relative to league) than the next 3 guys. pic.twitter.com/QLvdlYN1wo— Ben Taylor (@ElGee35) January 23, 2019
When it comes right down to it, Harden's feats have been the biggest story of the season so far and he is without a doubt the most likely player to win MVP, barring an injury or end of season team collapse.
When looking back on recent history one of the biggest mistakes that MVP voters made was chooing Steve Nash over Kobe Bryant and his 35.4 ppg in 2006. This time we think they get it right and take Harden and his once in a generation caliber of performance.


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Guatemala in 2015
Hi guys!
At the beginning of November 2015 I was SO blessed to be able to go to Guatemala. Ali, creator of Nena & Co (their website here), invited my friends Tessa (find her blog here) and Zoe, and I to Guatemala to help bring awareness and to experience her company's journey. Nena & Co is a company based in Utah and Guatemala, working with Guatemalan artisans to create hand-woven textiles that are used to make all of their products. This method provides Guatemalan mothers with honorable incomes and time to care for their children as they work from home. All of their products are designed with functionality and style in mind, embodying the free spirit. SO dope right?!
We flew late at night on Halloween, thank goodness they didn't have a time difference from Utah so there was no jet lag! First thing we did when we got there, got their version of McDonalds LOL! Fast food for the win. Finally we made it to the beautiful home where we stayed (see pictures below of this AMAZING house) and went to bed so we would be all rested for a super LONG day the next day.
Like I said before, we arrived at night so it was super dark and I couldn't see what the landscape was like, I was SO curious. When Tessa, Zoe, and I woke up the first morning we threw on some sweats and ran up to the rooftop of our home for the week..... HOLY fjka;fjafdkl;a;flkdjal. THIS PLACE WAS UNREAL. We literally couldn't believe our eyes.. we could see not one, not two, but THREE volcano's from our rooftop. Yes, VOLCANO?!!!!!! Still blows my mind. I had NEVER seen anything like this before, one of the most beautiful things ever. Every building there is a different color, everything is so bright and colorful and fun and full of culture. We went back downstairs, rushed to get ready and downstairs to eat breakfast. First thing on our agenda for the day was the Day of the Dead Kite Festival. Guatemalan's take the Day of the Dead very seriously, they go all out. The kites were HUGE, the kids would run until they got the kites up. Zoe and I almost got run over (keep reading to find out why the term "run over" is ironic) by the kids running to get their kite up. After we looked at all the kites and explored the festival and saw a few dead pigs being roasted (EW!!) we drove a few hours to one of the biggest markets in Central America. EVERYTHING WAS SO COLORFUL, I loved it. We went to pick out some old fabric for Nena & Co to turn into a vintage, one of a kind bag for us. I am so excited for the one I picked and I can't wait to get it and show you all once it is done! Side note.... can we talk about Guatemalan babies for a second... yes, all of the babies... ALL OF THEM... CUTEST THINGS EVER, seriously, Tessa and I were dying at every single one. Everywhere we went was SO busy because of the holiday (Day of the Dead) which made this whole experience so invigorating, so much energy and culture and excitement everywhere we turned. After the market, we went back to the hotel we were staying at just for the night (because the market was about 3 hours from our house) to rest up and get some energy. That night we went to the cemetery there because they were having music and celebration for the holiday and we were so interested to see how they celebrate the Day of the Dead. Their cemeteries are SO cool and SO colorful (like everything else) I wish every single one of you could have been there.
After a LONG first day, I couldn't think I could fall more in love with Guatemala, oh boy...The second day, everything just got even better. Today was the day that we had the privilege to go to Yolanda's house to see behind the scenes of the process and learn how they actually hand weave the fabric's that Nena & Co use on their bags. We all had different teachers, giving us one-on-one lessons on how to hand weave the fabric. Yolanda was my teacher, and even though we couldn't fully communicate because we don't speech the same language, I fell in love with her. She was the happiest soul I have truly ever met, she was so smiley and so grateful for everything that Nena & Co has done for her. Because of Ali and Nena & Co, Yolanda was able to build a home for her and her family to live in and work out of, this home was made brick by brick with their bare hands, roofed with a tarp for cover. After weaving lessons, we drove a few hours to Lake Atitlan, had lunch (and about 12 limonada con soda's, my new obsession), and then took a boat ride across the lake. Being able to go out in the middle of this lake and be able to see the scenery and landscape of Guatemala from a distance was so amazing, and SO beautiful (still blown away by the real life volcanos). Once we got all the way across the lake, we explored the little artisan town at the bottom of one of the volcanos. We went to this place that had medical plants, and they taught us all about different herbs and how they can help you with things like headaches and colds, so interesting!! After, we went to a few different shops, explored some more, then headed home on the boat to go back to the house.
The last few days were spent around our house and neighborhood shooting tons of different looks for Nena & Co's look book. Tessa and Zoe modeled, along side Natazha another one of our fabulous friends. Time in-between shooting was spent venturing around the markets and streets around our house.
A trip like this truly changes you...I can't even put into words how grateful I am to Ali and everyone else at Nena & Co for all of the eye opening experiences and adventures this trip gave me.


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Chicago Spotlight: A Conversation with Sean Ali/
DeShawn Ali, better known as DJ Sean Ali in the world of House Music, is a DJ/Producer and Label Owner. His genuine love for music started at an extremely early age. Just like most families in the city of Chicago, he was introduced to a variety of genres of music in his household. When his father was not around, he would take his dad's albums, read the credits, and listen to the music from start to finish. There was blues, jazz, gospel, R&B, soul, rock, new jack, and everything under the sun. It did not matter to him because he just simply loved music across the board. DJ Sean Ali was introduced to house music as a teenager in the mid-80's. Out of all the genres of music that he loved, there was something about House Music that he became fascinated with and passionate about. What he loved was that it had a taste of every type of music all rolled up into one. He became influenced by legendary house heads like Lil Louis, DJ Les, Danny Calco, Nu-Wave, and Alley Cats. He has a great respect and admiration for what they brought to house music and for what they were willing to pass on and share with him. He went from spinning at block parties to skating parties, school parties, block parties, to family reunions, you name it. His name soon started to become the buzz in the house music world of fellow DJs. Soon after, he would be sought after for weddings, and booking gigs at major venues like Zentra, Betty Blue Star, Funky Buddha Lounge, Smart Bar, Prop House, China Club, and Jun Bar. He thinks of himself as a stress reliever for the public. His skill has taken him to many places as well. He has traveled to places like Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, NY, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic. He is also highly respected by his peers as well because he has taken his craft to new heights and he is constantly expanding and giving back the way others gave to him.
To date, Sean Ali has multiple chart topping releases beyond "Sacrifice, such as "Still Standing" with co-production by Terance James featuring Thea Denee, "Electricity" remix off the Soul Element EP, featuring Sheree Hicks, "Hypnotic" EP featuring Sheree Hicks, including a bonus track called "Magic", "Dream Come True with co-production by Terance James Featuring Sheree Hicks, "Miles Away" EP and "Green Light" featuring Sheree Hicks which made top 20 on the soulful charts, "Present To Win," Featuring RaShaan Houston, "Love Is In the Air" Remix, produced and written by Sean Ali and Sheree Hicks, featuring vocals by Sheree Hicks as well, all available on traxsource.com. Recently, along with Sheree Hicks, Sean was co-writer of Sheree's new release on House 4 Life records, the title track "Celebrate" which also had remixes by Doc Link of Liberate Records, J. Caprice, and Milty Evans.
I had a chance to speak with him about his various projects and the evolution of his career.
Black Widow: Can you tell me a little bit about your background and what part music played in your life growing up?
Sean Ali: My father was good friends with a lot of musicians and singer/songwriters from back in the day. He would take me to the record store or the musicians would come to the house. I was immersed in old school music because it was always played in the house. My dad loved to play his records. I wanted to learn more about the artists that I was listening too, where it came from and who produced it. I was always into it. That was the beginning of my musical journey.
Black Widow: I totally relate. My grandparents were jazz musicians performed with some of the greats at The Apollo and Club Delisa and we used to have a ton of people at the house! My grandma would host parties at her home with some of the singers and dancers and I would listen to their stories. It was fascinating.
Sean Ali: Right, Same here. There were times Jerry Butler, the "Chi-Lites", some of The Artistics, and others were at our house too. I had no clue who they were until I was older.
Black Widow: So your dad was an avid music lover?
Sean Ali: Oh Yeah, he was also a photographer and worked with George Daniels at all his events too. My dad was right there taking photos and show them to me… Keith Sweat, Run DMC, LL Cool J. He would be at concerts and parties all the time. I couldn't help but like music. My dad is my role model, so I take after him in many ways.
Black Widow: So when did you discover house music? What drew you to it?
Sean Ali: Good Question! So, Byron Stingley stayed like a few homes down from me and Lil Louis lived around the corner.
Black Widow: Oh wow! I had no idea!
Sean Ali: Yeah we are all from the same neighborhood. When I would listen to music at home, I always listened to both sides. I noticed the B-side would have a groove to it. So when I would go to parties in the neighborhoods or go around Lil Louis crib (they'd play music in the back a lot), and it would be the same music I heard at home but the B-side versions. I'd go home and dig through all the records that had a faster tempo on those B-sides and listen to them all. A lot of my friends in the neighborhood didn't really go to house parties because they thought it was strange. You know we were more…you know… thuggish! [LAUGHTER] The house scene was preppy then!
I knew I liked the music so I decided to check a party out and I remember walking in and watching how they were dancing, how they got along and interacted with each other, how they played the music and I was sold!
Black Widow: Do you remember the first party you went to?
Sean Ali: Wow! Yeah, it was at a friend's house. He was deep into house music. He was a few years older than us. That's when I really experienced it. It was around 1984/1985 and I was maybe 15 years old. I heard every disco song ever at his house. I was bugging him, who sings that? Every week he'd play music at the house and I was like a student taking notes, writing down the artists who were on these records. As far as some of the larger parties, I think my first party was at the Bismarck. I used to go there on a regular. I was too young to go to Sauer's and stuff like that. I know folks say they were there but I'm only 45 you know what I'm saying?
Black Widow: Same here! I was too young to go to any of those spots!
Sean Ali: Yeah I wasn't even trying to get into those parties. [laughter] I've been to COD's before, but I never experienced The Underground and Original Warehouse and stuff like that, but my uncles and aunts would go. I was going to the Bismarck, The New Warehouse, the Alcatraz and Elbo Room.
Black Widow: So when did you did you decide you wanted to DJ and how did you learn?
Sean Ali: About 1990/91, my neighbor was DJing and we lived across from each other. My bedroom window faced his bedroom window. DJ Boxx used to live upstairs from him.
Black Widow: Get out! All of y'all lived around each other! That's crazy!
Sean Ali: I moved to Forest Park and in our building, we would always hear someone playing house music and we would be like who is that? All the DJs were in the city on the southside and we were in Forest Park, so it was unusual to hear house music like that. I asked a friend who he was, and he told me his name was TJ and I said, I need you to introduce me to him. I wanted to sit down with him. Even before that, I would go to friends' houses and try and mess around a bit on equipment but back then people didn't want you messing up their turntables' trying to scratch and do tricks like that. I had my own equipment, but I needed someone to show me how to get started. I had a friend named Lester and Dannon who would show me the ropes but I was more comfortable with TJ because he was younger, around my age. I'd go to his house and chop it up with him and borrow records and get a feel for it. I still wasn't serious about it though because I was too busy going out.
Black Widow: Enjoying the parties and music!
Sean Ali: Yeah I was enjoying it more than I was playing it back then. I got serious out it late 90s/2000s. I stepped away from it for a while and got into hip-hop a bit then I started promoting parties; like Ice Bar and stuff like that. The money was good but the gangs, drug money and stuff like that took me away from it. It went a different direction and I had to leave it. After I left hip-hop, I didn't know where I wanted to go. I knew I didn't want to go stepping every night but I still loved that club scene.
Black Widow: Yeah, you didn't want to deal with all that extra stuff. I get it.
Sean Ali: Yeah and when I got married, I moved up north and started hanging with Chris Underwood and feeding myself back into the game a little bit but because I was up north, I was at Betty's, The Note, Ventra, Red Dog…
Black Widow: See that's where I was going because I was living up north back then too in Wicker Park. So I didn't start coming south to party until about 10 years ago. Everything I did was north back then.
Sean Ali: Same here! I think the Dating game was the first time I think I was at a south side spot. Maybe around 2007.
Black Widow: So when you got back into it, who were some of your influences?
Sean Ali: Oh Wow…whew! I know people always say Terry Hunter but he was always one of my favorites. I loved his taste in music, how he produced music and how he selected and played music. It was always on point and I was never disappointed on the dance floor. Vick Lavender as well, He was another one. Vick was going to give you that soulful journey. Dimitri from Paris, Lil Louis, Gene Hunt, Gene Farris, Lil John, Grant Nelson, Masters at Work, Joe Clausell…it's so many, I hate to feel like I'm missing someone. It was dope because everyone had their own style and people weren't trying to be like one particular person.
Black Widow: When did you decide to get into producing?
Sean Ali: About 2006 I think. I knew how to program and produce because I was doing hip-hop tracks. I would always buy equipment, beat machines, keyboards anything that was coming out. I remember a friend was telling me I could make house music on this equipment. So, I started playing around with it and creating sounds, but I never put it out or took it seriously per say. You know I never asked a "Terry Hunter" to check it out or a "Farley" to listen and/or play it.
It wasn't until I started to see the opportunities to get gigs dry up a bit that I realized I had to be more than a DJ. To get that visibility as a house artist, you really had to be multi-faceted. I knew I had to step my game up. DJ, Producer, Label owner…I had to at least do two out of three. I wasn't even thinking about a label yet.
Black Widow: So the label came after?
Sean Ali: Oh yeah, I had to get the producing down first. I hooked up with a friend who was already doing great music. We decided to link up and create "Sol4orce" around 2009. That's around the time we linked up with Sheree (Hicks). We started working on some tracks but we would only give them to a few people. We were still nervous about giving them to bigger name DJs at the time. We didn't know if the music was strong enough yet. We realized we needed some vocalists. So, we got Lafayette Parker to do a song for us in 2010 and we tried to shop it to a few labels. I wrote the song and I remember telling my brother, we got a hit! This a runner right here! [LAUGHTER]
I remember telling folks "yo… when you see Terry (Hunter) or Ron (Carroll), let em know I got some heat!" [LAUGHTER] Thinking they are going to call me or approach me like "Hey I heard you got some heat, let me hear it" …. [LAUGHTER] That's not how that works!
Black Widow: Nope…not at all! [laughter]
Sean Ali: I remember asking a cousin to find Sheree on Facebook because I wasn't even on Facebook at the time. We've known each other for a long time. She wasn't even thinking about doing any house music back then!
Black Widow: Right! That's what she said when I interviewed her!
Sean Ali: Yeah, I reached out to her and told her what I was doing, and she told me what she was doing. I had to convince her that she could do house music. I told her about the sound that I was hearing in house music and sent her YouTube videos of Stephanie Cooke because I knew she would like her style and she loved it. So, I sent her a track and the next day she sent over the vocals and that's how I got my first song with Sheree Hicks. It's so dope because it was a song I was confident in too.
Recording with Sheree was so intimidating initially because she was already out here doing her thing with some big names. I was on pins and needles. I used to travel with her back in the day so I knew she worked with some big name cats and here I am in a studio apartment with her and engineers that were scared to mess up. [laughter] "you push the button…nah you push the button"…
No one wanted to mess up so I stepped in. I remember after it was done, she said, "I don't like it, it doesn't sound right. I was like WHAT! [laughter] I knew I could learn from her. I couldn't' act like I knew everything or like I was too good to learn. She knew people that would help me and teach me. I knew we had something special and she took me to another studio with professionals and hooked me up with a cat named Chris and he really knew what he was doing. The way he recorded her vocals left me speechless.
Black Widow: That's dope that you understood that I'm new to this and I can still learn...
Sean Ali: It was a great experience and from that one song, I was ready to get it out there. I was confident now and I had Sheree Hicks so I was feeling myself. I remember running into Stacy Kidd at Green Dolphin and telling him about it. I sent it to him and he took a listen and loved it. He wanted to put it out and that was it after that. It was called "Sacrifice". Sheree had this subtle and smooth voice and I knew the music was going to be different from what other producers were doing.
Black Widow: What made you decide to start a label?
Sean Ali: I got tired. Once I found my niche, I was doing songs daily. We were building our catalog and we were tired of sitting on it. We wanted to get it out there. When you go through a label it's always, "I can't do it for three months, or change it or I don't like it" and then if you do put it out, you aren't getting paid what you think you should. It got to the point where I had to learn the business side and start to handle that.
Black Widow: It was the way you controlled your art…Artistic and financial control?
Sean Ali: Yeah I wanted to know what I made, what I sold, and what's happening with this music especially on the financial end. I wanted to see the numbers. That was one of the reasons I decided to run a label but I wasn't sure how to go about it or even if I had time to do it. Distributors, artists, contracts, other people's business and stuff like that. I met up with RaShaan Houston and then I met Munk Julious and we clicked right away. He was about business 100%. He was like start that label.
Black Widow: You had to learn the in's and outs of the business…not just the creative stuff?
Sean Ali: Yeah absolutely. Sheree and I were at the same place at the same time. We met Josh Milan around that time too. I would send him stuff and ask for advice and he said the same thing…start your own label. I had Munk, Sheree, and Josh telling me the same thing, so I was like, yeah, it's time. He had just started Honeycomb Music and he had someone call me and explain it to me.
Black Widow: I love that! So many people act like we don't share information and that we don't help one another with different endeavors but that really isn't the case. It's a lot of people that want to see everyone make it.
Sean Ali: Exactly!
Black Widow: That says something about the quality of people you keep around you.
Sean Ali: Yeah Definitely. Once I did and started getting paid…that was it. I was all in! That's how "Sounds of Ali" was born. It's been 4 years and counting now…
Black Widow: And you have no regrets do you?
Sean Ali: None at all! I love it. It's just so dope because people ask me my opinion and want to shop music to me from all around the world. I love it! It means a lot.
Black Widow: Are you partial to a particular sub-genre of house music?
Sean Ali: This is hard. I love good house music…just good music. It doesn't matter to me. It can be deep house, jacking house, techno house, soulful house…it just doesn't matter the sub-genre. If it's good, it's good! If it's produced right, with great sound and melody, dope artistry, it can happen in any genre in house music. I just love good house music.
Black Widow: I love that answer! That's it!
Sean Ali: I do produce a lot of soulful house music because I love a lot of jazz sounds. That's part of my background. That's what I grew up listening to but I can groove to anything as long as it's good.
Black Widow: Good music just moves you!
Sean Ali: Look, I've seen you dance before and your reaction to music. So I know you get what I'm saying. I see what music does to you and I see how connected you are to the music as an artist and as someone who just loves music. I saw you watching Dawn (Tallman) perform and you were in tears!
Black Widow: Yeah I had a moment! Like For real!!!
Sean Ali: Good Music…that's what it does! That's power! People try to be cool but I don't care…it does something to you.
Black Widow: I'm drawn to music that moves me.
Sean Ali: That motivates me! When I see that, that motivates me to go back into the studio and get to work. I want to touch the heart and soul of people. I just enjoy all of that and it's not just soulful house that does that. That's just good music. It affects people in so many ways; even with the spoken word…it touches people. For example, I love Ursula Rucker…
Black Widow: OMG! I can't believe you mentioned her! She's literally my favorite modern day poet! I'm a huge fan of hers.
Sean Ali: Yeah she's dope. I just dig her vibe! You know It can be done and what you and (Dee Jay) Alicia did with "Rough", you guys took it up a notch and gave it more energy with that strong afro vibe and those drum beats.
Black Widow: Thank you so much! That's so dope of you to say! What's coming up for you in 2018?
Sean Ali: Monk Julius has joined the production team. You can create better with more hands! We are working a lot together on various projects, including some Afro tracks to show our versatility. We also are working with Tasha Larae from Arrested Development along with DJ Pope out of Baltimore on a track coming out on Quantize. We have Lester Jay coming out too. We got a couple of tracks out now on Traxsource. Actually, we have one coming out the same time as you guys. Jaleal Meadows is an artist under Chic Soul Music and we did two songs off of his EP that's coming out on the 20th.
Black Widow: That's what I love. It's so much new music coming out of Chicago right now.
Sean Ali: I love it when we all have releases coming out. It's good for Chicago. Terry (Hunter) got joints, Mike (Dunn) got joints, Greg (Winfield) has a #1…
Black Widow: If you look at all of the artists just right now from Chicago on the charts, it's so different but it's all dope!
Sean Ali: Right! Everything!! Soulful, Jackin, Afro, we are out here!
Black Widow: Yes we are creating…Chicago is creating good music!
Sean Ali: So much and we all make the city shine! That's what it's all about!
Black Widow: What does it mean to be a Chicago artist and represent your city?
Sean Ali: Wow that's major! It means the world to me. I'm going to represent Chicago anywhere I go. You have to understand that Michigan Avenue used to be full of record labels back in the day. It's so many musician's from here who impacted the music world from so every other genres too. Chaka Khan, Curtis Mayfield, The Chi-Lites, The Stylistics, Frankie Knuckles, Ron Hardy…it's so many! You can go on and on! Chicago is not just the mecca of House Music, we are a huge part of Music Culture! I feel like a millionaire being from Chicago…our history is just so rich!!! Growing up in the house scene, you have access to people who are considered legends. We have access to so much talent here! It's a blessing.
Black Widow: Indeed we take for granted the quality of musicians and artists we have here and the access we have to them. That's something that you don't get anywhere else! Thank you so much for speaking with me and I wish you nothing but continued success and growth!
Sean Ali: Thank you! It was my pleasure. I love what you are doing with the site and with your music. I can't wait to check out "Fenix"!
Black Widow: Thank you! I'm really excited about the song! I appreciate that!
Thanks for checking out my latest interview with a musical creative from Chicago! I hope you enjoyed it.
Until next time, see ya on a Dance Floor!
Black Widow
You can find Sean Ali at the following:
- On Traxsource
- On YouTube
- Facebook: Sounds of Ali Music
- Twitter: DJseanAli
- Instagram: SoundsofAli


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ON AIR - All Request Saturday
with Ben Murray
One of Ireland's most famous jockeys, Pat Eddery, has passed away at the age of 63.
The County Kildare man was champion Flat jockey 11 times and a winner of 14 British Classics. During his career he rode more than 4,600 winners, famously, the King George the Sixth and Queen Elizabeth Stakes and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe of 1986 on Dancing Brave.
He also won a brace of Gold Cups and was also champion jockey in Ireland in 1982, 27 years after his father Jimmy had won the title for the second time.
Eddery's last Group 1 win came on Balmont in the 2003 Middle Park Stakes, shortly before he retired from the saddle.


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While I agree that social is the important focus of new media, I often am asked if it is only for personal use. I use social media for many of business interactions, and with
great success!
Social media is for the most part opt-in. If I don't want to have you following me on Twitter, I block you. If I don't want to connect with you on LinkedIn, I don't accept you request. But, if I want to build a community of like-minded people who want to learn about a product or service, research its origins, discuss its use or any other number of topics, social media is a great way to to build my own network. Make them fans—but don't shove your product or service down their throat. That's why I blog. I want to share insights, build community and generate some conversations.
A great example is a new blog written by my client Scott MacDonald. Scott owns the Rocky Mountain Soap Company store in Victoria, BC. His blog—Natural Matters—explores all kinds of things, from the science of natural products to like-minded organizations. He is interesting, well researched and a great writer.
If you are on Vancouver Island and want to learn some basic tools and see how they are applied, come to a great luncheon and education session called "Social Media Marketing in Action: Using Social Media to Build Brand and Generate Leads." Darren Barefoot and Julie Szabo of Capulet Communications will show how social media can fit into an organization's marketing mix. Ling Chan of the Vancouver Opera will show us how she's used blogs, online outreach and Twitter to reach new audiences and generate over 1,000 followers.
Social media is like any other social interaction. Mind your manners, learn the language and rules of the community, then have a good time.


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The New Yorker, October 3, 1953 P. 21
Comment on a publisher adivising author that he is sending a book by a writer who is "a very sensitive, talented, some what neurotic, delightful fellow. According to Webster's New World Dictionary, a neurotic fellow is one afflicted with "any of various psychic, or mental, disorders, characterized by special combinations of anxieties, compulsions, obsessions, phobias, and motor or sensory manifestations, such as ticks... "Granted the writer has ticks, & is somewhat disordered and dis organized, should his publisher advertise this? How would a publisher like it if one of his author's hired a sandwich man to patrol the Ave. of the Americas wit a sign reading, "Such-and such a publisher is mentally disturbed and keeps washing his hands all the time for no reason?"... We don't care whether the people whose books we read are delightful or not. Was Proust delightful. James? Homer?


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LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Industrial gases firm Air Products and Chemicals APD, +1.30% lowered its fourth-quarter earnings view, citing a fire at a Korean facility, the impact from Hurricanes Gustav and Ike, the strengthening of the dollar vs. the U.K. pound and the euro, a slowdown in both semiconductor foundry and liquid crystal display manufacturing and a weakening of the manufacturing environment in Europe, which was partly offset by a favorable tax rate. It now sees fourth-quarter earnings per share from continuing operations between $1.24 and $1.26, down from $1.37 to $1.42 that it previously expected. Analysts polled by FactSet Research had expected a profit of $1.40 a share.
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Expert offers business basics for artists to retail shop owners
Wednesday, October 21, 2015 2:00 AM
Pittsburg, KS
Artists, restaurateurs and retail shop owners can all learn how to be better businesspersons through two workshops offered by the Kansas Small Business Development Center at Pittsburg State University on Thursday, Oct. 29.
Marc Willson, a consultant with the Virginia SBDC and a retail and restaurant expert, will conduct two workshops in the Center for Innovation and Business Development Conference Room on the first floor of the Shirk Annex on the PSU campus.
The first workshop, "Art as a business," runs from 9 a.m. until noon. Willson will talk about the business of art, including how to sell art without selling one's soul, embracing and understanding the business side of selling art, marketing and advertising, building a brand and creating a business plan.
At 6 p.m. that same day, Willson will lead a workshop on "Staying relevant to a changed customer." In that workshop, Willson will give an overview of today's economic climate, share information from a Harvard Business School study on how consumers change their buying habits in a deep recession, how to differentiate and define one's customers, marketing and the use of social media and the basics of owning and operating a restaurant.
The cost of each workshop is $35 per person and registration is requested at least two days before the event. PSU students with a valid ID may attend at no charge.
During the day, Willson will do walk-throughs at a couple of downtown businesses and will give owners feedback, based on first impressions, traffic, fixtures, lighting and displays.
Willson will give similar KSBDC presentations in Chanute on Wednesday and in Fort Scott on Friday.
For more information, call the KSBDC at PSU at 620-235-4921.


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"Frozen" is the 14th episode of the third season of The Suite Life on Deck.
At the beginning of the episode, Cody tells Bailey that he is flying to Antarctica to visit Dr. Albert Cork. His excitement is short lived when Zack and Woody tell him they are going to tag along with him. Zack wanted to go snowmobiling, while Woody wanted to go to the South Sandwich Islands, even bringing a jar of mayonnaise with him to "do [the] research." While on their way to Dr. Cork's labaratory, Cody is pushed off the snow mobile and hiked 80 miles. While there, Dr. Cork abandons Cody, Zack, and Woody. They ice fish for a week, only catching a minnow (which Cody apparently had trouble reeling in) and 18,000 plastic bags. Woody has grown facial hair and his jar of mayonnaise has become the personified "Ms. Mayo" by now. Then, Cody discovers a paramecium that is 440,000,000 years old. Woody eats it, but it's a millionth of a calorie. They then try to huddle together for warmth, but quickly depart when they find "The Abominable Snowman" at the door. They throw everything they armed themselves with at him, to no avail. But Woody sacrifices Miss Mayo and smashes her on the "Snowman's" head, causing him to drop to the ground. Woody and Zack try to skin the beast, but they find a zipper and take off the costume to find Dr. Cork inside. It is then that Dr. Cork walks in covered in snow. The boys then discover Dr. Cork went out to get them bagels and lost more toes to frostbite. In the end, they snowmobile back and actually find a real prehistoric beast, and yet again push Cody off to gain speed.
In a side story, Bailey and London discover London's favorite designer, Arturo Vitali is retiring. London and Bailey try desperately to inspire Arturo to design, but to no avail. London then locks Vitali in her cabin and nails the door shut. London is then forced to wear goofy and absurd outfits more than once. When Bailey opens the door, Arturo says he is inspired and needed to be left alone. At the end of the week, Arturo reveals his new collection that was inspired—not by London—but by Bailey from some of her farm-related accessories. Arturo presents "Hick Chic" as his new collection. London goes into a hissy fit, not wanting to look like Bailey.
- Zack: I always thought mayonnaise would end your life, not save it!
- Zack: You know it's not a floating sandwich.
- Woody's relationship with Miss Mayo may be a reference to Chuck's relationship with Wilson the volleyball in the 2000 drama, Cast Away.
- Cody and Bailey seem to have resolved their constant arguing and are acting normal again.
- During Arturo's latest fashion show, the catwalk music was "Cotton Eye Joe" in instrumental.
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SYDNEY magistrate Graeme Curran has been committed to stand trial over alleged historical child sex offences dating back to the 1980s.
Magistrate Curran appeared before the Downing Centre Local Court this morning where he waived his right to a committal hearing and will now face the NSW District Court in July.
The 67-year-old has been charged with nine counts of indecently assaulting a boy between 1981 and 1983.
Today Victorian magistrate Felicity Broughton appeared in court via video link and committed him to stand trial.
"Mr Curran, you've waived your entitlement to a committal hearing," Magistrate Broughton said.
"That's correct, Your Honour," Magistrate Curran said.
"You're now committed to stand trial at the NSW District Court," Ms Broughton said.
He is due to face the NSW District Court on July 6 where it is expected a date will be set for his trial.
Outside of court magistrate Curran declined to answer why he had waived his right to a committal hearing.
Committal hearings in the local court take place in order for a magistrate to assess whether there was a reasonable prospect a jury would convict an accused, based on the evidence presented.
Police set up Strike Force Stantke in 2014 to investigate reports that a boy had been sexually assaulted in the 1980s.
Magistrate Curran's position was suspended after he was charged in November last year.
The well-known magistrate was sworn onto the bench in August 2002 and has sat on cases at Burwood, Blacktown, Mt Druitt and the Downing Centre.
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At the end of last month, North Korea's foreign minister Ri Yong-ho said that the U.S. had "declared war" on the authoritarian state and was "right" to shoot down American planes. -South Korea vice-ministerial strategic dialogue was last held in June 2014 in Washington.
A statement from FireEye said: "North Korea linked hackers are among the most prolific nation-state threats, targeting not only the US and South Korea but the global financial system and nations worldwide".
It remains unclear whether North Korea is holding official celebrations for the party anniversary or if its leader Kim Jong-Un is making any public appearances for the occasion.
Rhee, now a member of the National Assembly's committee for national defence, said about 80 percent of the hacked data has not yet been identified, but that none of the information was expected to have compromised the South Korean military as it was not top classified intelligence. Defense officials refused to comment Wednesday.
In late September, B-1 bombers flew the first mission this century north of the demilitarized zone (DMZ) that divides North Korea and South Korea. Pyongyang belatedly responded by relocating some of its military aircraft to its east coast, the National Intelligence Service then said.
During Tuesday's drills, the US bombers, which flew from the Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, staged simulated air-to-ground missile striking drills off the peninsula's east coast before flying across the country accompanied by the two South Korean fighters.
"Flying and training at night with our allies in a safe, effective manner is an important capability shared between the U.S., Japan and the Republic of Korea, and hones the tactical prowess of each nations' aviators", U.S. Air Force Maj.
The drills were conducted not long after Lee broke the news about the alleged cyberattacks to reporters.
The newspaper described Gates as expressing profound concern during a speech relayed live at an International Bar Association conference in Sydney, citing Trump's tweets about North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as becoming excessively inflammatory. Trump said. "That's the way it works".
Pyongyang has denied responsibility for the cyberattacks in its state media, criticising Seoul for "fabricating" claims about online attacks.
Separately, the Navy said a USA submarine that is capable of firing Tomahawk cruise missiles and torpedoes made a port call Saturday at the US base in the South Korean city of Chinhae.
"In my discussion with Secretary (Rex) Tillerson and Foreign Minister Kang (Kyung-wha), the aim was to ensure a peaceful negotiated outcome to the current tensions", the Aussie foreign minister said after being asked about how likely it was the countries would use military options against North Korea.
CNN reported that depending on the level of detail in the stolen plans, the hack could pose serious challenges for the US-South Korean alliance.
Seoul says North Korea has repeatedly staged cyberattacks on South Korean business and government websites.


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A worldwide study has revealed the huge impact that future heatwaves will have on cities around the world from 2031 to 2080 if current trends continue
In the most extreme cases, temperatures in cities like Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne will soar. This in turn will cause a 471% increase in deaths related to heatwaves when compared to the period of 1971 to 2010.
Researchers from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia devised a model that analysed heatwaves in 412 communities across 20 countries from the years 2031 to 2080.
Citing climate change as the single biggest reason for an increase in global temperatures, the study forecasts that tropical and subtropical areas of the planet will be hardest hit. Followed by Europe, the United States and Australia.
'Future heatwaves in particular will be more frequent, more intense and will last much longer,' explained Monash Associate Professor Yuming Guo, the lead author of the study which was published today in the journal PLOS Medicine.
'If we cannot find a way to mitigate the climate change (reduce the heatwave days) and help people adapt to heatwaves, there will be a big increase of heatwave-related deaths in the future, particularly in the poor countries located around the equator,' he said.
The scientists undertook the research in the hope of helping decision makers plan for the global rise in temperatures.
'This research, the largest epidemiological study on the projected impacts of heatwaves under global warming, suggests it could dramatically increase heatwave-related mortality, especially in highly-populated tropical and sub-tropical countries,' said Professor Antonio Gasparrini, from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
'The good news is that if we mitigate greenhouse gas emissions under scenarios that comply with the Paris Agreement, then the projected impact will be much reduced.'


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I finally get foursquare—it makes places into social objects.
That's a nice soundbite, but the rest of it: places have always been social abstractions, codified as objects in books, maps, vacation photos, etc. Those old objects have for the most part just been grafted onto the web without anyone developing a new object. The location-based social apps made check-ins the social place-object. Interesting.


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Show 103 some views from Mike Crawford and an irreverent chat with Alan and Pete Founds about their coming season.
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I count myself lucky to know all three of the men featured on this show, every time I learn something new and there are always laughs on the way. This sport is way too expensive not to be taken very seriously indeed as all three agree.
Please come to the Team Founds launch at the Coach House Hotel in Chester city centre on
15th of March and have a drink with me and the boys!!
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Show 102 a TT chat with Bruce Moore.
Bruce is an all-round legend in my view, the man can drive and do the other thing without missing a beat, he's a top aircraft trades man and can build a bike with his eyes closed. He's had both types of luck in his life but still comes out smiling and I'm a fan!
We talk about his life and times at the TT and he gives me his view in the new rules. Listen to the end for a surprise guest (DS).
As always my thanks to everyone involved in making this show, it's good to be back!
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General Secretary for the ACU and Clerk of the course at the TT Gary Thompson is a smart guy. Following the introduction of age limits in other classes at the Manx, Gary has introduced a forty year old age limit for all newcomers at the Sidecar TT. But it's not all bad news as Gary explains.
Roy Hanks, with fifty (!!) TTs and ninety seven starts under his belt has to be the foremost authority on the sidecar TT, Roy is also a director of ACU Events Ltd and on this occasion doesn't agree with Gary. These lads are close friends but sometimes you can't agree about everything.
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Seven Night Stay in a beautiful French Luxury Farmhouse, proceeds to Riley Clay's fundraising campaign
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This auction is for a week's stay on any available date after July 10th 2017 in a fantastic period farm house situated in the beautiful area of Chalus near Limoges in France, a great area for motorcycle touring. The local area is packed with history and was the site of the battle that claimed the life of England's king Richard 1st. The house has been freshly renovated to an exceptionally high standard by legendary Sidecar builder Mike Richards and if you know Mike you will know he is meticulous in everything he does, the house is a dream!
Read more: Seven Night Stay in a beautiful French Luxury Farmhouse, proceeds to Riley Clay's fundraising campaign
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It's been quite a journey to this the hundredth show, I've met so many people, people that have become my friends and I've had a huge laugh doing it all. I'm a lucky chap in as much as this whole SideCar Radio lark has given me an opportunity to raise money for charities, friends and the Hospital Radio show that I do most Friday nights.
This show is different to any that I've done before, please listen and please help.
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Show 99 Kev 'Taffurelli' Jones, 'Dismount' Dave De Mott 'Rent Boy' and the one and only 'WinDog' in a Christmas Special.
I travel all over the country to get these shows together and I always have a ball with the guest racers that are kind enough to talk to me but this show has been a blast.
Taff would tell you that a small mistake at the altar of Sidecar racing almost cost him his life but the real story is how this star passenger has come through to this point, where he is already planning how he will help a new team in the coming season.
'Dismount' Dave has made the huge plunge into racing sidecar production, the man has got huge talent and I can't wait until I can try one of his superb bikes!
Winnie and Rent Boy are banter central, these guys know how to party and man they know how to race too. Next year will see them lining up with me and quite a few old favourites on the BHR SideCar Radio BEARs grid, please come and support us!
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As many of you already know, long time close friends and team mates Jim Hamilton and Mick Fairhurst of 'Borderline Racing' have suffered the cruelest of blows out in Chimay last week. Guest rider Scott Lawrie and Mick were setting the track alight in the races after a problematic practice, it was said by one seasoned European sidecar pilot that in more than twenty years of road racing he had never seen anyone 'beat those chicanes' like Scott and Mick!
In the second and final race it was time to put the Scottish hammer down! A little half spin and recovery was not enough to slow the lads below the leaders pace on lap six and all was looking good when Mick, on one of the long straights, happened to look up inside the fairing only to see 'the racers nightmare' flames!
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I'm a country boy and I sometimes feel a little bit shocked when people lock themselves in their houses so you can imagine my surprise when I got to the Pirates front door and found it swinging! I knocked, knocked louder and called out and eventually Phil and Michelle came to the door with a big smile and drinks in their hands and we were off to a great start!
Ian 'Sidecar Bloke' Johnson joined us for a great dinner and the conversation and wine flowed easily. There will be a return visit to get some life stories soon and maybe a CRMC race meeting too!
My thanks to all the Pirates who helped make this show!
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Show 89 Gary Bloke and a 2016 preseason round up.
All the way up to North Yorkshire for a friendly chat with TT passenger, cleaner and window licker Gary Bloke.
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Regular listeners to the show will know how much I think of this team and all the people in it, I feel that without Team Founds Sidecars wouldn't be the same, on top of all the fun they bring, they're winners too!
We talk of the pinnacle of Alan's driving carrier in winning the British FSRA F2 championship and of Pete's plans to try for it this season.
A date for your diary is 24.03.2016 just later this week when the whole of Team Founds will descend on the Coach House Inn in the centre of Chester to meet all us fans and entertain us on a truly grand scale, see you there!
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In the Kings Head in Louth (where I did my famously bad Radio two interview) I sit down with a team who really tick the boxes. At just eighteen and nineteen Lizzie Quinlan and Joe Gaunt are the youngest team in British sidecar racing and they love it!
There's only so much I can say here, please listen to them on this show
THEN consider helping them and the future of Great British sidecar racing - their go fund me page here https://www.gofundme.com/nhq9xb9g
On the way home I call into Cadwell Park and talk to Open Tracks Dave 'the Doughnut' Woodall.
Read more: Show 87: All the way to Louth to meet Lizzie Quinlan, Joe Gaunt, Sam Tully and Dave the Doughnut.
Show 86 I chat with Eddie Roberts about the coming season at Mallory Park and to British F2 champion Tom Peters about his coming year out.
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Mallory Park was looking quite fragile just two years ago when I first interviewed Eddie Roberts and Stuart Hicken but those boys have risen to the enormous challenge, taken the place by the scruff of it's neck and put it back as a top British track!
Tom Peters tells me of his racing carrier and massive success in the TT and British F2 championship, the highs and lows and his reasons for taking the 2016 season out of racing.
Show 85: in a packed show I meet with the boys at Lumley Engineering, superstar driver Lee Crawford and our own Lady SideCar!
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Almost all the way to the edge of the world, Highbridge in Somerset I meet and chat to Paul and Richard Lumley in their Aladdin's cave of a workshop, if you like the sort of back street ingenuity that allowed this country to lead the world in motor racing then you should go take a look (phone first). The plans for this season and their international collaboration with a TT team from across the pond, it's going to be a great season!
I had to return to team ARC a long way north and while I was there I grasped the opportunity to talk to Lee Crawford about his plans and preparations for this his second season at the sharp end of the British F2 championship.
Moving west to Lancaster I call in on my team mate Lady SideCar for an update on her remarkable journey back to fitness and maybe racing.
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Jo Williams discusses the life and times of her friend, renowned lady passenger Mich Judkins. From a very young age Mich was in the thick of it with the multi bike 'Judkins' team. Life can put a person through the wringer and it's a testament to Mich that she is still part of the racing foreground supporting and being a big part of the current success that surrounds Team Founds.
I find myself again in the Oswestry Motorcycle Road Racing Museum talking to team boss Phil Morris. 2016 is a very exciting year for the team and Phil tells me of their plans for an attack on the superbike TT!
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