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Coming in 2019! Our first National Advocacy Conference!
Seems far off, but we're already planning it. The Conference is going to provide a forum for advocates, teachers, administrators, politicians, and other stakeholders to come together to examine how current policies and practices affect our kids and decide what policies are essential to make significant changes for the better across the country. Topics will include suspension/expulsion policies, use of school resource officers, criminalization of adolescent behavior, the use of restraints and seclusion in schools, and the populations most affected by these policies. Look to this page for future updates and announcements as we get closer.

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When it comes to Six Sigma, talk is cheap, according to the Aberdeen Group. In other words, lots of companies claim to be doing Six Sigma, but few really are.
I previously wrote about
The consulting firm defines a "true" Six Sigma company as one that:
- Must have a formal Six Sigma program
- Must have adopted DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control) methodology
- Must require black belts to produce results for certification. Simply demonstrating a body of knowledge was not sufficient without having completed business impact projects that generated real savings to the company (specifically, two projects, or one with a total impact of at least $500,000).
- Must require business impact projects to be formally validated by finance
On average, the study said, the companies with "true" Six Sigma programs produced 40 percent more savings than those without such programs.
Resistance to change (and failure to overcome it through proper training) are on the list of factors undermining Six Sigma programs. Other factors mentioned include using the wrong metrics (or not enough of the right ones) and not using technology effectively to gather and track the data needed for Six Sigma analysis.
But when you boil it all down, it amounts to this: Continuous improvement, whether lean of Six Sigma, isn't easy. It takes dedication, structure, constant monitoring and measurement, and champions at high levels. Improvement is not for wimps.
Does your company have what it takes?


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8 comments:
- teca said...
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- June 12, 2013 at 6:29 AM
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As previously reported, despite initially saying no concessions should be required to get regulator approval for its ambitious EMI acquisition, Universal bosses subsequently proposed to sell off a significant portion of EMI's European assets in order to get European Commission approval for their deal. Those proposals included offloading EMI units in various European countries, and the Parlophone and Chrysalis labels in the UK.
Though opponents to the deal continued to argue that any divestments to secure deal approval should include the sale of global rights in key catalogues, and it's thought the final proposal to be shared with national authorities next week will include the global sale of the all important Parlophone label (sans The Beatles catalogue, obviously).
Since Universal conceded that some substantial sell-offs would be required to win deal approval in Europe, some have speculated that the enforced offloading of catalogues and European units could result in some substantial losses for the mega-major, ie it would have to sell the divested EMI assets at a price lower than that it is committed to pay current EMI owners Citigroup, pro rata.
But one almost guaranteed bidder for some of those EMI assets, the boss of BMG, Hartwig Masuch, had told the Financial Times that he thinks there will be enough interest in most of the EMI catalogues and units up for sale - and Parlophone especially - that Universal should be able to sell those assets on at the price it has paid for them.
Confirming he was "very interested" in acquiring some of EMI's recording catalogues (despite the current incarnation of BMG being primarily in the business of music publishing rather than recording rights), Masuch said he had already entered into non-exclusive negotiations with Universal, and that his company's owners - German media giant Bertelsmann and equity group KKR - were "very supportive" of plans to buy a bit of EMI.
He added that if BMG was to acquire a sizable share of the offloaded EMI units, giving it an interest in sound recordings more on par with its publishing business, it would in essence create a fourth major music company, allaying - perhaps - those concerns that the demise of EMI has created a music rights industry dominated by just three major players (ie Universal, Sony and Warner - the former two of which, of course, were in part elevated to their current uber-size by each acquiring half of the original BMG major music company).
If Universal does get approval for its EMI deal in Europe, all eyes will then fall onto America's Federal Trade Commission, which is considering the proposals in the States, where there has been considerable political interest in the big music deal. Traditionally you'd expect the US competition regulators to be less severe than their European counterparts, though no one seems certain which way this one will go. No formal concessions have been proposed in America yet, though opponents to the deal have called for divestment proposals Stateside to match those in Europe.
Though some are still lobbying the FTC to block the deal outright. That includes the American Antitrust Institute, that raised concerns about the EMI acquisition just this week. Noting that a combined Universal/EMI would have had 51 of the titles in the Billboard Top 100 for 2011, the AAI said in a letter this week: "We urge the Federal Trade Commission to enjoin [prohibit] the transaction and preserve EMI as a fourth major music label in the already concentrated recorded music industry".
As the AAI mainly exists to campaign for more aggressive anti-trust regulation, its opposition to the Universal/EMI deal isn't surprising, of course. Nevertheless, Universal spokesman Peter Lofrumento issued a statement refuting the Institute's claims, telling reporters: "Our acquisition of EMI will create even more opportunities for new and established artists, expand the marketplace with more music and support new digital services. We are working closely with the Federal Trade Commission and remain confident of regulatory approval".
Elsewhere in Universal news, the major reported earnings of 88 million euros for the most recent quarter from revenues of 961 million euros. Revenues were down on the same quarter in 2011, but profits were up.
Lighty was born in New York, and first made connections in the city's emerging hip hop scene by helping out the likes of DJ Red Alert and KRS-One, at one time simply carrying records for the former. Once established in the scene, Lighty became manager for several prominent rap groups of the mid-80s, including Jungle Brothers, A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul.
His talents were spotted by early hip hop moguls Russell Simmons and Lyor Cohen, who recruited him to work for their Rush Management business in 1989. He brought the acts he already represented to the company, while also subsequently working with Public Enemy, Brand Nubian, Big Daddy Kane and Eric B & Rakim, among many others. During this time he also occasionally rapped himself.
He founded his company Violator while still working for Rush, and when the latter closed in the mid-1990s several of its clients moved over to Lighty's agency, which had become the primary project for both him and business partner Mona Scott-Young.
Violator grew into one of US hip hop's most important management firms, with spin-off divisions focusing on brand partnerships, digital projects and record releases. Missy Elliott, Mobb Deep, LL Cool J and, perhaps most notably, 50 Cent joined the roster of acts Violator represented. Meanwhile, through various major label alliances, Lighty also personally held executive roles at the likes of Jive, Def Jam and Loud Records.
Last September, Lighty announced a major new alliance with another big US talent management company, Primary Wave, a deal which created Primary Violator. Light was appointed COO of the new venture, working alongside Primary Wave execs Larry Mestel and Michael 'Blue' Williams. Light said at the time: "I am excited to launch Primary Violator with two of the most talented and respected executives in the industry. The music business is all about innovation and this strategic partnership will create a more diversified company, which will bring forth a wealth of opportunities for our clients".
After Lighty's death was confirmed yesterday, Mestel said in a statement: "We are extremely shocked and saddened by this tragic news. Chris was a friend, business partner and most of all, an icon, role model and true legend of the music and entertainment industry. He will be missed by many, and we send love and support to his family".
The New York Daily News has reported that Lighty died from a seemingly self-inflicted gunshot wound, possibly following an argument with his ex-wife. Various media have noted that recent remarks by the executive on Twitter were philosophical and downhearted, while the Daily News reckons the Violator chief was facing problems over unpaid taxes. Though there has, as yet, been no formal announcement regarding the circumstances around Lighty's death.
And here is the shortlist selected by a panel of journalists, DJs and music industry bods...
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Universal Music Publishing top man Zach Horowitz told CMU: "We couldn't be more thrilled that Billy Joel has chosen to bring his songs to Rondor and UMPG. There are few songwriters in the history of music that have created a catalogue of such hits, depth and quality. With Rondor's distinctive focus and care, and UMPG's global scale, administrative infrastructure and network of worldwide sync specialists, we are uniquely positioned to maximise the extraordinary opportunities that exist for Billy's music".
Joel himself, meanwhile, said: "Publishing is a cornerstone of the music business, one of the reasons songs live and thrive around the world years after they've been written or recorded. Rondor and Universal Music Publishing Group understand the complexities of music publishing in general and the nuances of my catalogue in particular. The successful ongoing administration of my songs is in good hands under the stewardship of Rondor and UMPG".
Confirming the deal, Tom Bohne, Senior Vice President of Universal Music Germany, told CMU: "We're thrilled that Brian, Stefan and Steve have chosen to sign with Universal Music Germany for a worldwide deal and we look forward to engaging with their loyal fan base as well as reaching new audiences through the release of their next album and special editions of their back catalogue. We firmly believe that Placebo will continue creating music that pushes the limits artistically and commercially and are happy they entrust us with their art".
Alex Weston from the band's management Riverman added: "Placebo's last album campaign, which we were happy with, had us, as management and label, juggling various licensing deals with independents all over the world. Whilst it allowed us enormous freedom and control and resulted in a continued level of success which we are incredibly proud of, the work load was astronomical and actually made us appreciate what a major label can bring to the party. We were very fortunate to have a lot of interest from some great labels and it was a complex negotiation getting to this point".
He added: "We've been incredibly impressed with the Universal teams we've so far met in London, France and various key territories, and we're delighted to be doing a deal through our German friends who we've known for many years and who have shown enormous enthusiasm for Placebo. Through them, we know the band will get the attention, commitment and worldwide reach we require for the next phase in Placebo's career".
The new venture sees Richards move further away from the drum n bass and dubstep realms he's previously inhabited, though he very much retains the distinct dark and foreboding atmosphere which all of his productions are swathed in. The new project will also have a visual element to it.
Says Richards: "House Of Black Lanterns is firstly about suspense, space and depth. More restrained than anything I have worked on before, the threat of violence is buried in deep texture rather than worn of my sleeve. Space is important to this project, both in terms of the space within these productions and the creative space. House Of Black Lanterns will be an evolving experiment bringing in shifting contributors. I'm excited to share the birth of this project, as it has been my primary focus for the last year and is my sole priority".
King Cannibal will remain a going concern as a live act - his next show a performance with the Kronos Quartet at the Sacrum Profanum festival in Poland next month - though Richards says he has no further plans to record under that name. But then, when you've submitted one of the best tracks to Björk's massive 'Biophilia' remix project, you might as well stop there, eh?
The debut House Of Black Lanterns album is planned for release early next year via Jon Convex's Convex Industries record company, while Richards has also launched his own label, Shock & Desire, for other unreleased material. A single through that label is expected later this year.
You can hear a whole load of House Of Black Lanterns material, plus that aforementioned Björk rework in this mix, which Richards has put together for The Quietus. You can also download it to keep forever and ever right here.
When questioned as to what exactly had begun, Hoppus added: "Sorry, not trying to be mysterious. Yes, this is me opening a new file for a Blink 182 song. I had three ideas today, all very different. I wish I knew how to operate Logic better. These guitar tracks sound like Frankenstein's monster singing dubstep".
The 1D quintet presented said essential details via a very well-rehearsed yet casual video message, confirming that the new record will be available to pre-order from 3 Sep "at midnight". The actual release date, if you'd rather know that, is 12 Nov.
Here he is talking about what inspired him to write it: "I was looking up at the sky on a particularly clear night and it struck me that I had never written a song about those little moments when you feel a fundamental and awesome sense of wonder and a simultaneously humbling recognition of absolute insignificance".
The track, as features backing vocals by Cold Specks' Al Spx, will be the label's inaugural release on 10 Sep. Listen to it now, if you like.
Event details here.
The film's director Brett Morgen says: "This is not an academic history lesson. 'Crossfire Hurricane' allows the viewer to experience the Stones' journey from a unique vantage point. It's an aural and visual rollercoaster ride".
'Crossfire Hurricane' will also be screened, rock n roll rollercoaster clichés and all, on BBC Two later this year, and will be available on DVD in November.
Meanwhile, speculation is rife that four 50th anniversary concerts will also take place this autumn, with some saying Richard Branson will use the flagship shows to launch a new live music enterprise. As previously reported, all four current members of the Stones were recently working together in a Parisian studio, possibly created bonus material content for an upcoming compilation.
Details here.
The band apparently also have a new single out 'later this year', which will represent the first fruits of their signing to Polydor in June.
Anyway, the dates:
10 Nov: Leeds, Constellations Festival
The rapper has opted out of Ireland's Electric Picnic, having already withdrawn from Ibiza Rocks earlier this week. Though to her credit, she did perform at the latter's sister event, Mallorca Rocks, on Tuesday.
Organisers of this year's The Cure-headlined Electric Picnic, which takes place this weekend in County Laois, have issued this statement confirming Banks as a no-show: "Following on from reports earlier announcing that Azealia Banks cancelled her performance at Ibiza Rocks, we can confirm she also has pulled out of Electric Picnic 2012 due to exhaustion. We wish her a speedy recovery!"
Ah that's a nice get well soon message, isn't it? Maybe it'll remind Banks that she's meant to be off work sick at the moment. Because with all the champagne, wine and other "strong drinks" she's been imbibing on her all-expenses-paid Spanish minibreak, she seems to have forgotten.
GATHERING, various venues, Cowley Road, Oxford, 20 Oct: Liars, Foxes, Clock Opera, Karima Francis, Lucy Rose, Fossil Collective, Swiss Lips, Wall, PAWS, Splashh, Binary, Bruno Charles, Cut Ribbons, Dan Croll, George Ezra, Idea, Indiana, Luke Sital Singh, Ottillia, The Other Tribe, The Staves, YRRS, BBATBC, Black Hats, Fine Union, Adam Stearns & The Glass Animals, King Of Cats, Pixel Fix, Poledo, Wild Swim. gatheringfestival.tumblr.com
1234 FESTIVAL, Shoreditch Park, London, 1 Sep: Gigwise will host a stage featuring The Dissidents, LoveBirds, Official Burnt Toast, The Pukes, Joseph Coward Cripis, Blast, Virginia Wing, The Phantoms, Charles Howl, Zulu, Lets Wrestle, Minny Pops, Arrows Of Love. www.the1234shoreditch.com
The set will be screened live from New York's Paradise Theatre on 18 Sep (via this YouTube link), which is also the day The Killers release their new LP 'Battle Born' in the US. We'll have it a day earlier, of course.
Rolling Stone quotes the band's bassist, Mark Stoermer, as speculating thus: "He [Herzog] has ideas for someone crowd surfing with a camera on. [And] he's gonna put cameras on Ronnie while he's playing drums".
Though Garvey is interested in bands treating their EPs as a proper piece of work, and then releasing them on good old vinyl, and he's collaborating with Fiction Records boss Jim Chancellor to set up a little label to help artists do just that.
Or at least that's what he's told Radio 4. He said this week: "We don't want disposable songs [on our EPs] - we want a 20 minute record", adding: "Young bands that are perhaps self-financing and have to make money through touring can release three EPs rather than one album. That's three times as much excuse to tour, so it's working commercially".
In an opinion piece for the Mail, May said: "In probably less than a month's time, Cameron's government plans to start killing thousands of badgers, a protected species, in 'pilot' culls in Gloucestershire and Somerset. The lucky ones will die quickly. Others, targeted by high-powered rifles on night shoots, will be maimed or wounded to crawl away to a slow, painful death".
He continued: "Badgers matter. They are a key species, an intrinsic element in our delicate ecosystem. Their removal would have as yet poorly understood consequences for other species such as hares, foxes and hedgehogs ... They are also highly intelligent, sentient creatures. So why the cull? It is being pursued on the pretext of 'doing something' about the problem of bovine TB. Yet that 'something' is immoral, demonstrably unjustifiable by science, and will ultimately cost the farmer, and you - the taxpayer - a fortune".
Brian knows his audience, clearly. Animal cruelty might not interest Daily Mail readers, but the possibility of their hard earned taxes going astray will.
The National Farmers Union - an organisation which May says in his article "admits killing badgers on this scale will not solve the problem" - has objected to May's comments. Ian Johnson, spokesman for the NFU in the South West told This Is Cornwall: "This is not political - this is an animal welfare issue and he should not be politicising the problem. Brian May is a well-intentioned, very rich misguided person. If he wants to get involved in animal welfare he should be getting involved with the scourge of TB that affects not just cattle but other species too. His comments do nothing to help a rational debate about the problem ... He's obviously a very intelligent man so I can't understand why he's involving himself with issues he does not understand".
According to Farmers Weekly, the Badgers Trust has been granted the right to appeal against the culls at a hearing next month, which will delay the culls at least until later this year.
Badgers Trust spokeman Jack Reedy said: "The court will look at the evidence and the judge will decide whether to uphold the decision to cull badgers or not. We will abide by whatever they say, but consider the terms [of the decision] if we need to".


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In the B/X game I've been running for the past few months we've introduced a number of houserules, including a system of simple 3E inspired feats. New characters get one feat at level 1, and then can select an additional feat when they reach a certain XP threshold (rather than at certain levels, as some classes require a great deal more XP to level than others). I've also introduced a rule that allows characters to 'respec' their feats for a GP cost; they only get a max of 4 feats so I didn't want to screw them over for a poor choice made early on in a character's career, plus it's a gold-sink.
Note that some feats are based on additional houserules we're using, such as granting a +1 attack bonus for dual wielding one-handed weapons.
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Carolyn S. Armstrong, 79, of Wabash, died at 11:20 p.m., Aug. 6, 2017, at Miller's Merry Manor East in Wabash.
She was born July 17, 1938, in Grant County, to Omer and Jessie Lee (Vanlandingham) Thompson.
Carolyn was a 1957 Lagro High School graduate. She married James Robert "Bob" Armstrong on Feb. 15, 1958, in Lincolnville; he died July 13, 2011.
She worked as an aide at the Friendly Nursing Home, in Wabash, and for the Wabash County Council on Aging. She was a member of the Lagro United Methodist Church, and was active in the United Methodist Women's Group. Carolyn enjoyed shopping, going out to eat, cleaning house, and babysitting.
She is survived by her two sisters, Betty (Jim) Crull of Wabash, and Shirley (Steve) Burgess of LaFontaine; niece and nephews, Brenda (Larry) Conner and Tom (Cheryol) Crull, both of Wabash, Todd (Denise) Burgess of Fort Wayne, and Terry Burgess of Marion; great-nephew, Cameron Burgess of Huntington; and great-niece, Kyleigh Burgess of Marion.
She was also preceded in death by her parents, brother, Charles Allen Thompson, sister, Vickie Lynn Marine, and her nephew, Brad Burgess.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017 at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, with the Rev. Rick Borgman officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Lawns Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call 5-7p.m. Wednesday, at the funeral home.
Preferred memorial is Lagro United Methodist Church.
The memorial guest book for Carolyn may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.


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Olivier Rex
Ronald Bryden
- Olivier by Anthony Holden
Weidenfeld, 504 pp, £16.00, May 1988, ISBN 0 297 79089 7
Anthony Holden's is the 16th book about Laurence Olivier, and his foreword tells of two more biographers, John Cottrell and Garry O'Connor, too intent on their own deadlines to discuss their common quarry with him. All this activity may puzzle the lay person. Holden's final pages report Olivier alive, as well as can be expected at 81, residing tranquilly in the Sussex countryside, still swimming occasional lengths of his pool in the altogether and attending the first nights of the three children who have followed Joan Plowright and himself into the theatre. Anyone likely to be interested in this book or its successors must remember that the actor published his own autobiography only six years ago, and a complementary professional memoir in 1986. In such situations, biographers usually hold their fire, waiting for time to unlock more secrets, death more tongues. Instead, Olivier's are behaving as if a landslide of new evidence, too hot to hold there, had fallen into their laps. What is going on?
The occasion of the scramble is indeed a windfall of new evidence, but Mr Holden is too courtly (his previous subjects include Prince Charles and the Queen Mum) to name it. He merely says demurely that he persuaded Olivier's friend, their shared publisher Lord Weidenfeld, that – how does he put it? – 'between them [Olivier's] two books did not add up to a comprehensive, let alone objective, account of one of the most extraordinary lives, in any profession, of this century.' Holden has a nice line in dry understatement, and knows this is the understatement of the decade. What he means is that he and his fellow-toilers in the biographical olive grove have been racing to make sense of the great heap of myth, obfuscation, blarney and coded revelation dumped on them in Olivier's Confessions of an Actor. Far from settling questions about himself, it raised them like flies. Perhaps it meant to. Had Olivier wished biographers to mushroom at his feet he could not have followed more closely the rules of mushroom cultivation: keep them in the dark and shovel manure on them.
The first question it raised was 'What sort of man would write a book like that?' The answer is: an actor. Olivier's Confessions are neither confession nor chronicle, but a performance, designed to amuse, impress shock, wring and harrow. Reality figures in it, but only as actors evoke reality: by selection and amplification, blowing up details which in life would be too tiny for significance until the surface of everyday behaviour seems swollen with meaning. It is a technique which enabled Olivier, as so often on the stage, to hide in the spotlight. Promising a self-portrait, he painted across his own features a Kathakali mask of violent emotions, the grinning red, black and silver face of a tormented demon. This, his text declared with great cries of guilt, was the real Olivier: but what readers took in primarily was the enormous theatrical energy and gusto of the breast-beating. It was as if A. A. Milne's Tigger, for some fancy-dress occasion, had tried to pass himself off as the doleful, droop-eared Eeyore, but been betrayed by his invincible bounciness. According to Holden, Olivier's son Tarquin told friends privately when the book appeared that 'it says absolutely nothing and gives everything away.'
This is the reason for the rush to print of Holden and his rivals. The race is to deconstruct and translate Olivier's gestic text into terms accessible to those who deal in history, not drama – to reconcile it as far as possible with fact. Here Holden comes well-equipped. He has assembled all the facts available from previous biographies, as well as scores of entertaining new ones from his own researches and interviews with Olivier's friends and co-workers. It is the largest compilation between covers of what is known about the actor, and that is its value, a real one. As a reconciliation with reality of Olivier's mythic dance of himself, it is less successful. Holden never really gives the impression of seeing a subject's view of himself as one of the facts a biographer must deal with. Rather, he treats it as something the biographer must get out of his way. It is as if Herbert Spencer or John Stuart Mill, not Mrs Gaskell, herself a novelist, had descended on Haworth parsonage to decipher the lives of the makers of Gondal.
Holden is too new to the world of theatre talk to have got all his details right, let alone arrange them into the figure in Olivier's carpet. At the first dress rehearsal of The Merchant of Venice in 1970, he says, Olivier turned up with a hook nose and goatee modelled on George Arliss's Disraeli and had to be persuaded by his director, Jonathan Miller, to evolve in the succeeding weeks a characterisation based on his own face. No one seems to have told Holden that dress rehearsals normally complete, not commence, the rehearsal process. He will surprise many who worked with Tyrone Guthrie by describing him as a 'highly cerebral' director, and amuse showbiz New York mightily with the statement that, after their star-crossed Romeo and Juliet on Broadway in 1940, Olivier and Vivien Leigh went to lick their wounds for a month in Vermont with 'the Alexander Woollcotts'. The English period equivalent would be a month in the country with the Beverley Nicholses.
Holden is sometimes forgetful, evacuating the wartime Old Vic in one chapter to Burnley, in the next to Barnsley, and poor at sums. He gives the age of Olivier, born in 1907, as 39 when he achieved his triumph as Richard III in 1944. Tarquin Olivier, born in 1936, is credited with a visit at the age of seven to Notley Abbey, bought by his father in 1945. Nor has Holden checked all the stories he takes over from previous biographers. Like most of them, he tells how Olivier telephoned Ralph Richardson in the United States in August 1936 to ask if he should accept Guthrie's offer of a Hamlet at the Vic. The transatlantic operator must have had difficulty connecting them: on 6 August, Richardson began a year's run at the Haymarket in a thriller called The Amazing Dr Clitterhouse. Still, for such a bale of facts the level of error is not disgraceful. The most damaging result of Holden's unfamiliarity with the territory he has strayed into is his acceptance of one of the theatre's hoariest clichés: that the actor with a thousand faces has no personality of his own.
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Big data analytics: Answering the unanswered questions
Legacy Business Intelligence tools don't have the capability to effectively capture and distil new forms of data, such as social media, medical notes, machine data and other forms of unstructured data. Information that often holds the answers to your unanticipated questions. To further exacerbate the problem, industry analysts currently project that over 80% of all new data will be in this unstructured format.
Emerging big data analytics solutions can now handle these unstructured data formats to create meaningful insights to help answer the questions you didn't plan for. Companies that recognize this and move with speed to gain new insights and create new connections to their customers, people and suppliers have the potential to become a disruptive force in their market. Insights that can ultimately help identify competitive advantage opportunities that create lasting impacts on top-line revenue and market share.
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Design Decomposition Discussion: Discussion of the process of design decomposition using the Decomposition Matrix.
Getting Started with the Decomposition Matrix: This provides a concise overview of the Decomposition Matrix.
Helpful Hints for the Decomposition Matrix: This provides suggestions on how to get more out of using the Decomposition Matrix.
Atomicity: The atomic-level of a decomposition occurs when no further decomposition is possible. This section describes how the Decomposition Matrix determines atomicity.
Well-Formed Business Process Diagrams: An on-going attempt to define what constitutes a well-formed business process diagram.
FAQ: Frequently asked questions about the Decomposition Matrix.
Author: Douglas K Barry
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Reported by Chandler Walter and Anna Tilley
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For those who don't want to pack up their volleyball equipment at the end of summer, there is a place to welcome you to the beach all year.
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Tagged: death
Mourning the loss of Jeremiah
It's been exactly one week since the news. Someone I held in high regard died. His name was Jeremiah. Jeremiah Small. He was a dedicated Christian, profoundly humble and deeply caring for other people. He was one of those uncommon types who saw every person as an end in themselves. When we talked together, he talked to me, not at me, and listened in the same manner. He had the qualities of a keen listener. That is probably what made him such a great teacher. He taught at a Christian school in Sulaimaniah, a city in Iraqi Kurdistan. He was on his sixth year, teaching History, English, and the like. Jeremiah was wildly popular with his students. They were crazy about him, because he was crazy about them. This teacher poured himself into his teaching and his students. He didn't aim to just give facts. He aimed to inspire. And show people the goodness of his God he loved so dearly and the awe of God's world. I could go on (two further articles from World are here and here). But it ended.
On the morning of March 1st, a Thursday, Jeremiah was opening up his class with a prayer, his pupils in front of him as normal. He thanked God for a beautiful day. Before he could finish, one of them pulled out a pistol and shot him three times. I hear he died with his hands still clasped together. The student then shot himself, and also died shortly thereafter. To this day no one knows why he did it. No note, no clues, nothing.
It is so senseless. It shouldn't have happened. His existence was important. Men like him are rare. Teachers like him are very rare. Why? It's as though it left a hole in the world that shouldn't have been there. The atmosphere itself seemed to disrupt over it. Within 24 hours of his death, a winter storm blew into Sulaimaniah. Frigid wind screamed down from the Kurdish mountains Jeremiah loved so much. Cold snow tumbled down from the frozen sky, thunder and lightening grumbled in displeasure, and grey clouds brooded over Kurdistan with their gloomy presence for several days.A winter storm so late in the year is strange. From ancient times, strange events are reported to accompany the death of great men, from Julius Caesar to Jesus Christ. Truly, a great man did pass from us.
One thing that made Jeremiah great is his love for forgiveness. He saw himself as a much-forgiven man. I keep hearing how whenever he realized his wrongness on something, he didn't tarry to apologize. Sometimes he wasn't even wrong. I found he grew up in a family where apologies and forgiveness were highly prized. His parents and some of his siblings flew out to Kurdistan to bury their son and brother. The memorial service was filled with an unusual quality, for victim of a murder – forgiveness. The teen's family was invited to the service. Mom, brothers, and his dad all voiced the same anti-bitterness medicine. Dad said this was a momentary act by a confused young man, and repeated his goodwill towards the family. When they left the podium, the teen's father came to the front and embraced them. I've never witnessed anything like this. It redefined love and reconciliation.
But its touching benefit was for the living. That day they buried Jeremiah. I regret I wasn't able to attend that one, needing to go back to my place of work.
Regrets are haunting. I have many. I wish I had a chance to get to know him more. We were both so busy. I had hoped to see him during the Nawroz holiday now upon us, where all the schools in Kurdistan let out for two weeks. So much for that. Yet I can hear his deep, kind voice saying those pleasant things if I concentrate.
I don't know how much of this post is nonsense. This is grieving. I just miss him. I will miss our authentic conversations. The way he was with kids. His smile. His voice. Everything. Times that I've seen him run through my mind like a movie. Tragedy like this makes you think. Death means "over" in our experience. The dead are gone. No more of their presence and all that goes along with it.
But two thousand years ago in the mourning of another dead man, Jesus told the mourners he himself was resurrection and life. Those who believe in him will live again (John 11.25). Tall claims. But what hopeful claims, no? These humanist platitudes of "death is a part of life" and "at least he lived (once)" are idiotic to me. How is that hopeful? May as well say nothing. Put a bow-tie on a rotting eel. Hope doesn't accept death as the victor. Hope means death isn't the end: Those who die can go right through death and out the other side to a new kind of life, one that is eternal. Jeremiah firmly believed in that hope. His conviction was that his dead bones will rise yet again. That's what made him the person he was. He believed he had a heavenly future. So he lived as though he were a heavenly man.
Yet meanwhile, I lament that this heavenly personage has left us. It's all a fool like me has to do I guess… Except maybe to be inspired by his life.
A memorial video made by a student
Facing Loss with Purpose
My long-time boss has recently suffered some heavy losses in his life. In one day, the warehouse for his company with over a million dollars worth of equipment burned to the ground; worse, his brother drowned in a lake, leaving a wife and five children – at a family reunion no less. My boss and his brothers are dedicated Christians – if you wanted to find the definition of a 'good man' it would be men like these. Generous, hospitable, friendly, excellent fathers, loving husbands. A tragedy like this can ruin your life and question everything. Some would walk away from God. But this family runs toward God – and in doing so, find a meaning, purpose, and hope in the midst of death that others simply cannot find nor understand.
Through it all, I have been impressed with how they've handled it. I want to have the same attitude when I come to that point. It was moving to hear how his sister-in-law is managing the loss of her husband.
To give an example: on the drive back from the reunion their younger son, (he's five I think) would happily chat about this and that (he's a very talkative child), but soon break down in tears. His mother would comfort and speak softly to him so that he feels better enough to chat away more; only in five or ten minutes to go back to sobbing again, and again mother comforts and loves him. This cycle continued for the drive home. She is determined to keep enough composure to put her children first and love them through the pain. My boss said something very perceptive I will paraphrase (from the best I can remember) here:
"The real test of dying to yourself is looking to help other people first – when you're the one who had the highest loss."
It reminds me of Jesus' powerful words in Mark 8.34: "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me." In the midst of bearing the cross of suffering and loss, denying yourself to love others and love Jesus must be the essence of meaning and purpose in life.


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I think it's just cozy autumn weather settling into my soul.
Or I'm ill. Tough call.
I've been spending time on the shores of Lake Erie, Ontario, which was once called "Ontario's North Shore" but now all the signs say "Ontario's South Coast," which I suspect is an attempt to bring in more tourism. Rebranding is always a valiant effort, unless it's done often, then it's just a shit product.
It's been 10 months since I quit the ol' advertising job where I had to consistently think up rebranding strategies. Since then, instead of running around the office like a nut bar, I've been running around the world like a nut bar. You got a tourist attraction? I'll be there. How about hours of urban hiking all around your city? I'll do it twice. You've got a train departing every hour on the hour and all I've got is time? I'll take the 7 a.m.
Go go go.
It's all a bit much.
Now, I'm taking a slow down. I think.
Sure, there is a giant project or two swirling around in my head. I'll have to get on that. But not today.
Instead, I'm reading The Paris Wife by Paula McLain.
|I look just like that when I'm in Paris.
It's written from the point of view of Hadley, Ernest Hemingway's first wife. And it takes place during their courtship and their time in Paris. They lived in my hood in Paris, which back in the 20s was actually a dodgy part of town. Now it's swankville and where I spent a great deal of time with the lovely Christophe.
(The world waits with eager anticipation. What happened with Christophe?!) More on that later when I'm not too lazy to write about it.
In the book, we learn how she observes Hemingway struggling through his writing.
It reminded me of something. Oh ya, the observer side of myself watching my workhorse self struggle through her writing... or not writing, as the case may be.
And the parallels don't end there, folks. While Hemingway was off mingling with famous expats Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound and F.Scott Fitzgerald, I was watching Baby Einstein videos on Repeat Play, changing diapers and napping.
Not my children. Heavens no. My sister's kids. We're hanging. It's good times.
You can learn more about Hemingway's time in Paris in his book A Moveable Feast and Woody Allen's film Midnight in Paris.
You can't learn more about this in my novel because I'm too lazy to write it.
My workhorse self opened a few documents today. Then my lazy self showed up and said Whatevs. So that was the end of that. But not before I went through some self-judgment about laziness.
I forgive myself for judging myself as lazy. The truth is this just isn't the time to do those projects. There will be time. It's just not today.Why is it, when you're aiming to be evolved and enlightened, you have to do so much self-processing?
I can't help but think as I slink through the house, What is my deal?
Am I going through a dormant stage like all the trees outside? They are performing spectacular costume changes. It's really quite something to see, especially from the swing set in the park where you can swing so high that you actually get nauseous. Trust me.
Or perhaps this is the calm before the holiday season hustle and bustle.
Or perhaps I don't know how to relax.
Ah yes, that's it. Relaxing feels the same as laziness but without the judgment.
So this is what relaxing feels like.
Feels kinda lame. And tiring.
I hope this "relaxing" ends soon because it's seriously harshing my mellow. (As if I knew what mellow felt like.) In the meantime, I'm going to sit back and admire the autumn. Why? Because I'm too lazy to bother doing anything else.
|Relaxing feels strange.


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FLIGHT International, 28 June 1962 1003 A NOT-TOO-SERIOUS APPRAISAL FROM LOSSIEMOUTH By Cdr A. J. Leahy, MBE, DSC, RN IFTU Blackburn Buccaneer getting airborne from HMS "Hermes" during recent sea trials FLYING THE BUCCANEER SOME woods coming up to port." "Half a mile away now." "That's right, and the road swings away over the railway." "Got it. "All switches made?" "All made. Should be rising ground to starboard and then the reservoir." "Reservoir coming up . .. accepting now . . . OK, ten miles to go, range running down nicely ... a touch to starboard ... coming up to pull out, caging, pulling now .. . looks good ... tracking nicely ... bombs away ... over she goes, lots of knots ... rolling out. OK, I reckon we made it." And so the crucial part of another Hi Lo Strike is over and the crew go streaking back over the rugged snow-covered Scottish countryside to Lossiemouth, a cup of coffee and a thorough de briefing of the sortie. This is the type of work which the Buccaneer Intensive Flying Trials Unit is doing at Royal Naval Air Station Lossiemouth, in the far north of Scotland. Every aircraft entering Naval service goes through a period in an IFTU; and the more complex the air craft and its role, the more varied and lengthy is the task of the unit. This task, to put it briefly, requires the unit to assess the operational role of the aircraft and formulate operating procedures for future squadrons. In command of the unit's 24 officers and 120 men is Cdr A. J. Leahy, MBE, DSC, RN, "Twenty-four officers!" you say. Yes, but not all are aircrew. There are four technical officers, a stores officer, a work-study team and a statistician (the last-named being a skilled football pool operator!). Of the pilots only Lt Cdr Anson had flown the Buccaneer before the unit formed, so the remainder of the aircrew awaited their first flight with some trepidation. Jokes like "have you had your first fright yet?" soon began to pall and within a short time everyone experienced that exhilarating feeling of having done a first familiarization sortie in a new aircraft. First impressions of the cockpit of an aircraft on which one is about to familiarize are usually rather garbled, because it differs (and who likes changes?) from the aircraft one is currently flying. In the Buccaneer, when the moment of truth arrives and the mind tends to select neutral, things are activated by the observer, who commences to read to pre-start checks. Most things come to hand easily and all switches, dials and levers are conveniently placed in a tasteful light grey decor. The engines are soon started, post-start checks carried out and the aircraft is all ready to taxi. On releasing the parking brake one's first impression is that it has not released—the aircraft sits firmly anchored to the spot. It is difficult to remember that this latest addition to the Fleet Air Arm is a large machine which requires quite a push of power to get it moving. Once under way it trundles along happily at idling revs with the tail wagging sedately as the pilot accustoms himself to the nose- wheel steering. The take-off checks are carried out and the aircraft is lined up on the runway. There is rather more to do in the Buccaneer at this point than checking fuel and noise, especially on a "first fam." With a feeling of consternation one realizes that the aircraft has failed miserably to go unserviceable and that there is nothing left to do but get airborne. The take-off run of a Buccaneer can never be confused with the "runaway train" feeling that most people get on their first Scimitar sortie, but it is adequately exciting and events are frequent enough to avoid a feeling of boredom. Nosewheel steering is used for the initial run, the wheel being raised at about lOOkt. One is very soon airborne, the undercarriage retracts with startling alacrity and the aircraft accelerates away with every appearance of being pleased to be in the air. A climb to height follows, and handling at various speeds is quite pleasant. When pulling g the aircraft gives lots of warning that it is unhappy—by means of a gentle buffet which even the most hamfisted should recognize before running into trouble. With the large clamshell airbrakes open in a fast descent it feels as if a giant hand is holding the aircraft, but with the brakes closed the tape ASI/Machmeter pointer soon slides quickly up the scale. At low-level high speed the Buccaneer is at its best. Because of the lateral offset of the tandem seats the crew have a splendid forward view. The machine simply slips through the air and in turbulent conditions the difference between it and other contemporary high speed aircraft is the difference between driving down a cobbled street in a Citroen ID with its independent pneumatic suspension and driving down the same street in a Model T Ford. Having at this stage in the flight come to an agreement with the aircraft whereby it almost does what the pilot means it to do, the next step is low-speed handling in the landing configuration. This is where the Buccaneer really differs from any other Naval aircraft: sufficient to say that if the flap, aileron droop, tailplane flap, blow, low and high, port and starboard, all work correctly there is no problem. With these lift devices the Buccaneer, weight for weight, manages to land some lOkt more slowly than do other current Naval aircraft. An airstream direction detector, with both an audio and a visual indicator, enables the correct angle of attack to be flown on the approach. When the aircraft is firmly on the ground the throttles are cut and the nose checked to give aerodynamic braking. On a first flight the Buccaneer is then liable to rear skywards to an alarming degree, behaving as if it were a Grand National runner at Becher's Brook. This pitch-up is due to the blow coming off, so that the check back on the stick is not needed to produce a reason able attitude for aerodynamic braking. The brakes are powerful, if a little touchy, and it is recommended that size 10s be kept well away from the pedals on touchdown or a burst tyre will ensue. One taxies back to dispersal with a comfortable glow of achievement and a certain feeling of relief. Soon the regulation familiarization flights will be completed and the real work of the unit can begin. Many hundreds of hours have already been flown by the IFTU in their task of operational assessment. Day and night the Buccan eers are airborne, while the technical officers and ratings work round the clock to keep them serviceable. In dispersal a Jolly Roger flies for the most part proudly—only rarely is it dejectedly at half-mast, indicating that all aircraft are unserviceable. The Buccaneer is liked by the maintenance team. Everything comes pretty easily to hand, and for the most part thoughtful design is apparent. Those with experience of other aircraft are delighted not to have to remove the engine in order to gain access to some minor part every time the bell strikes. Aircrew are particularly delighted by the low-level high sand handling and are enthralled by the many complex and exciSfg items which go together to make up a sophisticated navigation and attack system. A large number of successful day and night attack missions have already been completed; but a lot more work remains to be done before the IFTU disbands and hands over its experience to the first Buccaneer front-line squadron.
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Karen Asaro
Practicing mediator since 1980. Degree in social work with graduate work in conflict resolution studies; Coordinator of City of Virginia Beach Mediation Program; adjunct professor at Christopher Newport University teaching mediation courses since 1998; roster mediator handling child dependency cases for Virginia courts, ADA cases for DOJ, employment cases for USPS and fee dispute cases for Virginia State Bar; recipient of "Excellence in Prevention" award from Dept. of Justice for high school peer mediation program.
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Practicing mediator since 1990. President of a mediation and dispute resolution service organization (Consensus); PhD and Masters degrees in dispute resolution, social work, and counseling, and urban studies. Adjunct professor; mediator and arbitrator for public and private sector including education; roster mediator for EEOC and employment cases for USPS. Past-President of Virginia Mediation Network. Trainer for Dept of Defense.
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Practicing mediator since 2015. Extensive experience in special education, the last eight with the Office of Special Education Programs at the U.S. Department of Education. Worked closely at both the federal and local level with families, school staff members, and state and school administration. Provided curricula and delivered training for families of students with special needs and the professionals with whom they worked. Adjunct faculty at George Mason University.
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24: Legacy 1x06 "5:00 PM - 6:00 PM" Season 1 Episode 6 Promo - Using a lead, Carter and CTU narrow in on an enemy's location. Meanwhile, Amira (guest star Kathryn Prescott) comes to a crossroads as her plan nears completion in the all-new "5:00 PM-6:00 PM" episode of 24: LEGACY airing Monday, March 6th on FOX.
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I had the street fighter one growing up. Mine was more fireball based than the death scene re-enactment complex you see in the video.
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|Common Name
|Red Riding Hood Anemone
|12-18" by 18-24"
|USDA hardiness Zones
|Sun / Shade
|Full sun
|Average garden soil
|Moist, but well-drained
|Disease and Pests
|None known
|Landscape use
|Borders, foundations, containers, small urban gardens
|Market appeal / Uniqueness
|A great grower in pots and in the garden, this clumping selection will quickly fill your favorite garden spot with thick, rosey pink blooms from mid to late summer.
|Propagation Methods
|Tissue Culture
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Angela and Linda's Garden Notes:
From the breeder of the Pretty Lady ™ Series, this new thickly petaled, single flowered rosey pink selection is vigorous, filling pots quickly. Covered in blooms from late July to October, this new selection is a grower and gardener's dream with its many flowers and strong, upright stems. The fall seed heads are like little, creamy white cotton balls that last and give interest to the fall garden until a good, hard frost.


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Friday, 10 July 2015
Read to Review- Of Royal Descent (The Doyle Hawthorne series 1)
Title: Of Royal Descent
Author: Ember Shane
Series: The Doyle Hawthorne series book 1
Rating: 3/5
They say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. But sometimes, under extreme circumstances, it's exactly that which kills you that makes you stronger. And faster. And a member to a new, elite race of zombies.
Armed with a current address for his biological grandfather and a slightly unusual, yet loyal best friend, Doyle Hawthorne sets out to discover the truth about his past. But answers don't come easily, and the closer Doyle arrives to his destination, the more confusing things become. Disturbing alterations to his physical appearance as well as to his personality flicker on and off as Doyle searches for a logical explanation.
Despite the increasing severity of these uncontrolled flare-ups, Doyle is determined to keep his first date with Addy - a beautiful, young woman he has met upon his arrival into town. After narrowly subduing his raging impulses, Doyle quickly decides not even death itself can keep him from her. Unfortunately, he is about to test that theory.
Once initiated, nothing can alter the process of shading - the term given to the three distinct phases of becoming a higher classification of zombie, commonly referred to as "royals". Doyle must learn to control his tendency toward violence as well as his newfound royal powers if there is any chance of protecting those he loves from a mad scientist, the government, the colony of royals, and most importantly... himself.
My Review:
*I won a paperback copy of this book from goodreads first reads*
This book took me a long time to get into and a long time to finish and I think it was the over descriptive parts about Dylan getting ready, it is a huge pet peeve of mine and a book turn off of mine, I know people have to get ready for the day that is a given but please don't spend a bunch of pages on it when exciting and informational things could be happening instead. Despite the slow start and the fact that is felt like it took forever for the story to get going, it did get interesting and I did find myself engaged as soon as the Zombie Gene was introduced I thought that was an interesting idea and I would really like to learn more about that aspect of the story. I'm not a fan of insta love and this book hard one but I guess they were pretty cute so I will get over it.
I wish there were not so many unanswered questions by the end of this book it was a pretty long book and I thought I would get more but I guess I will just have to read book 2 to get the answers I seek.
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Buddy Belts
The Buddy Belt dog harness is hand made in Canada and our top pick for dogs with trachea problems. It's a step in type harness around the two front legs and then you buckle on top like a belt. It was originally created by Buddy's Mom as she tried everything out there for her Dachshund who had severe trachea damage. This is definitely the ultimate dog harness...human and stylish.
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The following items may be available for sale.
Prices available upon request. See: For Sale or contact Amy
#54 Bonus Soldier
The subject of this latest carving "Bonus Soldier" is a WWI Doughboy. The soldier is wearing a classic helmet & uniform. The carving has a smooth field. The subject of my nickel carving is based on the Bonus March of 1932. It was the Great Depression & thousands of WWI veterans & families came to Washington D.C. to protest. Their demand was immediate payment of the combat service bonus. The protest was met by U.S. Military force. The veterans & families were forced from Washington D.C.
#53 Pigeon Lady
The Pigeon Lady is carved on a 1937 full horn Buffalo Nickel and is shown bundled up for a cool day. She is wearing coat, scarf & kerchief. The pigeon she is gently holding is inlaid & carved in 24 karat yellow gold.
I spent a year living & going to school in NY, NY. In my free time I would often walk & people watch. In Central Park, in the afternoon, sitting on a park bench was The Pigeon Lady. She would sit & feed the pigeons. She seemed to be there daily, same time, same bench. The pigeons would perch on the bench surrounding her & fly to the ground as she threw the feed. Often she would have a pigeon climb in her lap or hands. The pigeons would sense her gentleness & trust her kindness. To most people she was just some lady in the park, but to the pigeons she was "The Lady." Submitted to FUN Show 2009
#52 Rico Bandello AKA Little Caesar
The subject of the carving is gangster character Rico Bandello from the 1930's movie classic 'Little Caesar.' The carving was carefully detailed and has a 24 karat cigar & relief background. All this done on a 1937 Full Horn Buffalo Nickel. SOLD
#51 Roaring Lion
Carving is done on a full horn 1936 Buffalo Nickel. Carving subject is a roaring lion. Carving has detailed features and a smooth field. Submitted to FUN Show 2009
#50 Rising Son
Hobo Nickel #50 is a double-sided 1935 Buffalo Nickel. The carving is titled "Rising Son." The obverse features Christ's sacrifice for mankind. The reverse is a contemporary Calvary with both copper & 24 karat gold inlay. SOLD
#49 Lost My Britches
Carving is done on the reverse side of a 1936 Buffalo Nickel. Carving subject is a comical Hobo who unfortunately had his britches stolen. This poor little fellow now has to wear a barrel. Too bad the thief didn't notice the barrel bindings are 24 karat gold. SOLD
#48 Elly Mae
Howdy ya'll! Carved on a customer's (supplied) 1936 Buffalo Nickel is Elly Mae Clampett of The Beverly Hillbillies. Elly Mae has nice features and hair. Coin field is stippled. COMMISSIONED
#47 Sid
"Sid" is engraved on a full horn 1937 Buffalo Nickel. Sid is carved with great features and a crooked brow. SOLD
#46 Turkey Stearnes
Baseball Legend & Hall of Famer Turkey Stearnes. Turkey Stearnes played in Negro Baseball League thru the 1920's & 1930's. He is one of only two men in baseball history to ever win the quadruple crown. He played for a few different teams, but spent most of his career playing for the Detroit Stars. Carving features Turkey wearing Detroit cap on obverse & Detroit Stars Logo on reverse. Carving is done on a 1926 Buffalo Nickel (one of the years Turkey played for Detroit). SOLD
#45 Boss
Carving is done on a 1935 Buffalo Nickel. Nickel is carved with detail. Boss is puffin' on a 24 karat yellow gold cigar. SOLD


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Trinidad and Tobago News
Kenrick Thomas
Thomas, Survivor Of The '50s Movement
February 22, 1998
By Kim Johnson
It's well known that the steelband grew in and out of adversity. What's less obvious is that sometimes the opposition came from within the movement, as in the case of the discrimination suffered by bands from outside Port of Spain.
For instance: Midland Syncopators from the village of Tacarigua, led by Kenrick Thomas, applied early in 1952 to join the recently-formed Steelbands Association of Trinidad and Tobago (Statt), and was accepted for membership in March of the same year. And yet the band was not invited to attend a single Statt meeting until 1955 - three years later.
The Statt president, Nathaniel Crichlow from Casablanca, was living in the village and invited Thomas to attend a meeting at the Good Samaritan Hall, Duke Street, at 9 a.m. on a Sunday.
Dutifully, Thomas and another band member, Vincent "Sneggs" Villaruel, hustled through drenching rain to arrive on time, only to find the only other person there was a short, formally dressed man whom Thomas had never seen before. The three stared at one another.
"What struck me was his dress, which I didn't expect to see in a steelband meeting. He was wearing a crash suit," recalls Thomas. "He was sitting there smoking profusely. He had dark glasses and this hearing aid - first time I see a man with a hearing aid. I didn't say anything to him, he didn't say anything to me or my friend, but I kept looking at him."
Eventually George Goddard and a handful of panmen arrived late, followed by a bustling Crichlow. Thomas asked Crichlow who the man in the suit was.
"You don't know that man?" snapped Crichlow without even breaking stride. "You should know that man!"
Crichlow started the meeting immediately, introduced Dr Eric Williams, emphasizing his academic qualifications and his status, explaining that Dr Williams had been invited to assist the Association in revising its rules and drafting a constitution.
Introducing Williams, Crichlow mentioned that he himself wouldn't like the Association to get involved in politics. Although Williams was already gathering strength to storm the political stage, it wasn't public yet and the steelbandsmen were still more dazzled by his education than yoked to this political charisma.
"At that time I was so fascinated with looking at Williams I didn't associate him with politics," recalls Thomas. "I was just thinking about him academically."
Then Williams spoke. First, he lambasted the 15 or so panmen there for their lateness. His time was very important to him, he buffed the stunned gathering. Then he corrected Crichlow: politics is in everything, you breathe politics, you eat politics, and everybody should be involved in politics. And he ended the session with an invitation to meet as a subcommittee at his home in Cornelio Street, Woodbrook.
Thomas, the only person from the East, was on that sub-committee, but after two abortive meetings the sub-committee fizzled out, and Thomas's next encounter with the steelband executive came during the 1960 Steelband Festival. His band, by now calling itself Merrystars Metronomes, had won the East Prelims and was successful in the semis, thus qualifying for the finals in Queen's Hall. This was not surprising, for the band, despite its parochialism, had the benefit of the musically trained boys in the Tacarigua Orphanage, much as Casablanca did in Port of Spain.
Two days after the semis, however, two Statt executive members visited Merrystars' panyard. "Our euphoria came to an abrupt end (They) came to our panyard at Tacarigua and without any remorse just simply threw us out of the final with the flimsy excuse that an error on the part of the computation of the judges' scores was uncovered," writes Thomas of the casual prejudice he suffered.
For all his rustic decency, however, Thomas possessed as much fighting spirit as any other panman, an he continued the struggle. In 1962, which was the next time the Steelbands Association was invited to a meeting, Thomas attended, and discovered it in turmoil, with the previous executive under attack. A vote of no confidence was passed and a new executive elected, which included George Goddard, George Yeates and, as Education Secretary, Kenrick Thomas.
Thomas soon became one of the pillars of the Steelband Association, which was renamed the National Association of Trinidad and Tobago Steelbandsmen (Natts), the adviser to George Goddard. In 1967, when the Association ran the panorama, Thomas was treasurer, and managed the competition along with north Calypso King competition, King and Queen of the Steelbands contest, the bomb and the Paramount pictures (Is Paris Burning?) Competition, and was able to realize their biggest profit ever: $8,234.13.
And yet, his rural roots were always disparaged.
"What used to humiliate me," he recalls, "is that whenever they introduced me to someone they'd always add: 'He from the country'."
It was in response to this that Thomas decided as early as 1963 to write abut the contribution of the country steelbands to the overall movement, and he jotted a few pages down.
Three decades later, in 1992, he decided to take back up the project and the result is the unpublished 235-page manuscript entitled Tacarigua's Contributions to the Evolution of the Steelband Phenomenon, starting the story with a description of his hometown, its rich cultural and racial variety, and moving on to the district's first steelband: the Dead End Kids, which was formed in 1945 under leadership of his uncle Mack "Zorro" Thomas.
Thomas's book comes from those early beginnings right down to the Seventies, when the Steelband Association was subverted by the government-sponsored Pan Trinbago, and Thomas withdrew from the fray.
It is a colourful story based on not only astonishingly detailed memory, but many interviews with pioneers in the district and the documentation Thomas preserved. What's more, it is written with a sensitivity and analytic ability rare even among professional writers, and thus is both a tribute to the vitality of the early steelband movement in the country areas, and an embodiment of its brilliance. Hopefully, a sponsor will son offer to make this marvelous testament available to the wider public by contributing to its publication costs.
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Arsene Wenger has not ruled out making signings in the January transfer window - but has warned Arsenal fans: "Don't expect miracles."
The French coach has come in for some criticism as a result of his reluctance to land big-name players, particularly in light of a trophy drought that stretches back to May 2005.
Recent comments had appeared to suggest he was once again not in the market for new players, but he insisted tonight: "It is not definite.
"It depends if somebody goes or not and whether we find on the market something that really gives us a plus - then we will of course not turn it down."
But he added on Arsenal TV: "Don't expect miracles in January; you have a high number of players who have played already in Europe and couldn't help us in the Champions League, and also clubs do not want to sell their best players.
"It's highly unlikely you find just the player you need in January. It's not about spending money, it's about finding just the right player to strengthen a squad that is already very strong."
Speculation has also surrounded the future of players already at the club, with Denilson and Nicklas Bendtner both linked with moves away.
Wenger, though, stressed there is "no truth in that at all", adding: "Most transfer rumours are created by agents or people who want to make some transfers."
The Gunners face a crucial Christmas and New Year period, with title rivals Chelsea coming to the Emirates Stadium on December 27 and Manchester City the next visitors on January 5.
City's defeat to Everton on Monday cost them the chance to go top of the Barclays Premier League for Christmas and was the latest in a string of slip-ups by leading clubs.
And Wenger said: "At the moment you play and you look around you, because you know that surprises can come from everywhere. We had another one on Monday night, Man City-Everton.
"I believe the first team who finds top-level consistency can make a difference. It's always very important at Christmas and let's hope we can do that.
"We have played at Man U, at Chelsea, at Liverpool, at Man City, and we know that our season is at the Emirates now. It is the home form against the big sides that can allow us to make the difference."