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"Fiddler on the Roof," a gem from Broadway's Golden Age of musicals, is a celebration of life and its challenges. Trying to balance life – like a fiddler on a roof – Tevye attempts to hold onto his traditions despite the sweeping social change that is threatening his town's very existence.
The production is directed by Kris Bates with music direction by Ed Rosenblatt. Rosenblatt's musicians include Bill D'Andrea, Nicole Chubet, Tim and Ben Johnson, Sue Meissner, Rich Santanella, Isabella DiFusco, Ralph Bushnell, and Adam Arcano. The Steeple Players creative team also includes choreography by Merriah Currao, artistic direction by Lori Holm, and technical direction by Rich McCarty.
Fiddler on the Roof first appeared on Broadway in 1964 and swept the Tony's with nine "Best" awards including Best Musical for a score that features "Matchmaker, Matchmaker," "If I were a Rich Man," "Sunrise, Sunset," and "Do You Love Me." The film adaptation was released in 1971 and scored three Oscars including Best Score Adaptation for John Williams. It also won the Golden Globe for Best Picture.
A portion of the proceeds from the "Fiddler on the Roof" production will go to support the tuition for the Tanglewood Summer Music Festival at BostonUniversity for a young 'Fiddler'- Southington's violinist Jacob Dziubek who played in the pit for the 2011 production of Sound of Music.
Shows on May 16, 17, and 18 will be performed at 7 p.m. There will be a special guest appearance at the Saturday, May 18.
The show will be performed in the historic meetinghouse of the First Congregational Church of Southington located at 37 Main St., Southington, CT. Tickets are $10 – and can be purchased at the door, or visiting the church office.
For more information, call the office at (860)628-6958. Advanced tickets are highly recommended. Seating is limited.

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Located in the picturesque village of Hathersage, just 10 miles from Sheffield, The George Hotel offers Free Wi-Fi and has an excellent 2AA rosette restaurant. Formerly a 500 year old inn, this highly rated Derbyshire hotel in the heart of the Peak District has been transformed into a relaxing haven in which to unwind. Featuring contemporary décor and award winning cuisine by chef Helen Haywood, the George retains its charm and character whilst offering every modern amenity.
Early in 1997 the entire hotel was completely renovated, whilst its original character was preserved by tasteful retaining of stone walls, oak beams, open fires and antique furniture. All bedrooms feature en suite private bathroom with shower, Free Wi-Fi, lounging area, study desk, computer points, remote control television, direct dial telephone, clock radio, trouser press and beverage facility. Superior rooms are generally larger rooms with robes, minibars, DVDs and extra toiletries. The George's Restaurant has recently undergone an extensive refurbishment, bringing an up to date feel, with cool colours, wooden flooring and feature lighting. This more contemporary approach complements completely Chef Helen Haywood's approach to his cooking - modern in style, using fresh ideas and only the freshest of ingredients, presenting quality and flair. The restaurant has 2AA rosettes for quality. Please note: The restaurant is very busy, therefore it is essential to pre-book your table by phoning the hotel directly to avoid disappointment. Room service is available during restaurant hours. The hotel is an ideal base for visiting stately homes in the vicinity, i. e. Chatsworth, Haddon Hall and Hardwick Hall. Walkers are spoilt for choice as the hotel is set in beautiful countryside. An additional 5% service levy will be charged on all goods and services supplied during your stay, for distribution directly to staff.
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I wanted to share a simple wreath that I made that I used for both St. Patrick's Day and Easter. I used the same technique with fun fur that I used on my Halloween wreath. But instead of using black, I opted for this lovely spring green shade. I think it looks like grass.
For St. Patrick's Day, I hug it with a green houndstooth ribbon and suspended a shamrock in the middle.
Once it was time for Easter decor, I switched the ribbon, and added some foam eggs and the cutest little rabbit.
This wreath is really a lot of bang for the buck! For the rest of spring, I might remove the rabbit and eggs and add some flowers. But for now, it looks pretty with some other simple Easter decorations.
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Dino Esposito is a consultant and author who specializes in Windows development.
ASP.NET is a stable, mature, and productive Web development platform, but the 8-year-old framework is showing signs of age.
One alternative is MonoRail, a variation of the classic Web Forms model based on views (the HTML output) and controllers (methods executed in response to requests). MonoRail's views are produced by an ad hoc engine that uses a source template and input data to produce the HTML.
With MonoRail, you don't focus on pages as you do with Web Forms. Instead, you focus on the actions being taken from the page (methods on a controller class) and its user interface (markup and data placeholders in the view). This leads to separation of concerns (SoC), where the functions of each feature in the program overlap as little as possible, and higher testability.
But you have to abandon ASP.NET to get more control over HTML and SoC. It's possible to produce better ASP.NET Web Forms pages that have an increased level of testability and SoC by handcrafting code-behind classes to place code in a separate file. Nevertheless, the ASP.NET runtime environment isn't designed with extensibility in mind, and the Page Controller pattern that it uses inherently leads to black-box solutions that limit developers' freedom.
Another ASP.NET alternative is the Model-View-Controller pattern. It's used to create the Web Client Software Factory, a collection of reusable components and libraries for building Web clients that rely on the MVC pattern to generate the UI. WCSF comes with Visual Studio templates, automated tests, and wizards for speeding up development. But it's a productivity tool for complex, mostly enterprise-class applications and may not be appropriate for run-of-the-mill Web development. That's why the preferred option is ASP.NET MVC.
ASP.NET MVC At A Glance
ASP.NET MVC 2.0 is a free Web framework that gives you control over your HTML and URLs, facilitates Ajax scripting, and encourages test-driven development. Based on the ASP.NET runtime environment, ASP.NET MVC makes developing Web apps a significantly different experience from using Web Forms. It uses a Web-oriented variation of the MVC pattern, and version 2.0 works with both Visual Studio 2008/.NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2010/.NET 4.
ASP.NET MVC programs also use controllers and views, but you have to decide how to pass data to the view and expose your middle tier to the controllers. Each request is resolved by invoking a method on a controller class. No postbacks are required to service user requests and no viewstate is required to save the state of the page. Finally, server controls aren't necessary to produce HTML. However, ASP.NET MVC is still based on handling HTTP requests, except that the URL string is treated differently, and any resulting action is expressed by developers using methods on controller classes instead of postbacks.
In ASP.NET MVC, all incoming requests are channeled through a single component -- the MVC HTTP handler -- in a front controller approach. It contains the logic that parses the URL and decides which controller will service the request. The controller is a plain class with public methods; each method executes a task following a user action and subsequent HTTP request.
The big change in ASP.NET MVC from ASP.NET is that a URL indicates an action to take, not a file to process. Each URL contains routing information for the front controller to identify the target controller. Set in the root directory's global.asax application file, mapping rules are an important part of the application. You organize the application around a few controller classes each with a set of methods. Action and production of the response are distinct steps that distinct subsystems take care of. This provides true separation of concerns because processing logic and generating responses are distinct components.
Improved testability follows from SoC and also from a design change of the MVC HTTP handler. ASP.NET intrinsic objects such as Request, Response, Session, and HttpContext are abstracted to interfaces, and the handler uses them only through the interface. This means that base classes for these objects are available. Full testability is guaranteed and doesn't require you to spin up the whole ASP.NET runtime.
Finally, ASP.NET MVC is neither bound to server controls nor to other rendering technologies. It generates responses through an object that implements a given contract -- the IViewEngine interface. The default view engine supports the familiar ASPX syntax and server controls. Any view engine you plug in may provide its own syntax for the view and could use any markup syntax. Subsequently, as a developer, you're given all the tools you need to gain the level of control over HTML.
Control over HTML: A Wider Perspective
One of the arguments often made to contrast ASP.NET MVC and Web Forms is that the former gains you much more control over the generated HTML markup. Honestly, this statement is hard to prove wrong. However, some considerations apply that may shed a different light over classic ASP.NET.
ASP.NET server controls are great and fast, but you can hardly control (and fix) the markup they produce. Nothing, but really nothing prevents you from writing classic ASP.NET pages using plain HTML elements and code blocks. If you really do so, you automatically get total control over the markup that your page outputs.
However, if you write an ASP.NET page without using server controls you lose the benefits (and niceties) of postback events and the overall Web Forms model. In classic ASP.NET, programming without server controls and postback events just means hitting the metal; not simply getting closer to it. ASP.NET MVC has a more flexible architecture for rendering and provides ad hoc tools for simplifying and smoothing HTML generation, less powerful than server controls, but also much less obtrusive.
ASP.NET MVC 2 just blinks at improving a lot in this area by providing a new family of HTML helpers that support templates and are, in a way, closer to server controls in terms of programming power but still less obtrusive.


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Airport Terminal Gate MapsFind your airport departure gate NOW! Airport Terminal Maps shows your arrival gate and your departure gate highlighted on a "you are here" style map so you can quickly determine the route and time to get to your gate. When your flight lands, simply select the airport, choose your arrival/departure gates and Terminal Maps will show a detailed airport terminal map with your arrival and departure gates highlighted allowing you to easily find your way to your departure gate. We will be adding more airports based on user suggestions with future updates.Directions: 1. Choose your airport. You can either scroll through the list or type in the airport name or code. 2. Select your arrival gate. 3. Select your departure gate. 4. Tap the "View Terminal Map" button and a detailed terminal map will be displayed.That's it you'll see a detailed terminal map of the airport with your arrival gate highlighted with a red teardrop and your departure gate highlighted with a green teardrop. The map can be viewed in either landscape or portrait mode. You can also zoom in/out of the terminal map using standard iPhone functionality. You now have a detailed terminal map in your hand to help you easily navigate the airport terminal to your departure gate.Planmaps currently includes the top 23 of the top 50 busiest U.S. Airports. We'll be adding more soon * Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Int'l. (ATL) * Chicago/O'Hare Int'l. (ORD) * Dallas/Ft. Worth Int'l. (DFW) * Los Angeles International (LAX) * Denver International (DEN) * Las Vegas/Mc Carran Int'l. (LAS) * Houston/G. Bush Intercont'l. (IAH) * Phoenix Sky Harbor Int'l. (PHX) * Charlotte/Douglas Int'l. (CLT) * Philadelphia International (PHL) * Detroit Metro Wayne Co. (DTW) * John F. Kennedy Int'l. (JFK) * Minneapolis-St. Paul Int'l. (MSP) * Newark International (EWR) * Salt Lake City Int'l. (SLC) * Washington Dulles Int'l. (IAD) * Boston/Logan International (BOS) * LaGuardia (LGA) * Miami International (MIA) * San Francisco Int'l. (SFO)
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Star Wars Celebration V is underway and already news is pouring out. Disney has released the brand new Star Tours video, that wants you to visit the beautiful death-trap Alderaan. Check out what the upgraded Disney ride holds for you.
Disney will relaunch the Star Wars ride Star Tours [now with 3D] in 2011. But apparently this film doesn't have much to do with the actual ride itself, it's merely a teaser.
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The Parrot Asteroid Development Experience
I have been interested in car computing since it was more popularly called telematics. The first in-car app I wrote was back in the late '90s using a laptop and a first-generation Sierra Wireless Edge network modem. It was a Java-based application that grabbed weather and news from the Internet and ran these through a Text-To-Speech engine so that my eyes didn't leave the road while driving. Other than the bulky size and power hunger of the laptop combined with the limited cellular network bandwidth, it did a pretty good job overall.
Nearly a dozen years later, that original vision I had for an in-dash telematics device has been fully realized. Parrot, the company behind the imagination-capturing AR.Drone, has released the first Android-based in-dash car computer. The Parrot Asteroid is an in-car multimedia infotainment system that provides a foundation for an in-car real-time computing experience. The Asteroid ships with a standard bundle of five apps for the US market: Maps (GPS+Data = Google Maps), TuneIn (Streaming Internet Radio), Wikango HD (a subscription-based speed trap detection app), Roadtrip (a points-of-interest app that compliments the Maps app), and Weather (local forecasts).
Figure 1: The Android-Based Parrot Asteroid
Asteroid uses Bluetooth to pair with your phone for hands-free calling, and the dual-microphone accessory helps to improve the noise cancellation for crystal clear hands-free phone conversations. Also included in the package is a GPS puck for placement near your windshield to improve GPS signal reception.
Figure 2: The front of the Asteroid.
Asteroid can also play back the expected variety of Android-supported audio formats (MP3, OGG, WMA, etc.). Music sources include standard iOS (iPhone, iPod, etc.) devices, USB-based players, SD cards, A2DP-compliant Bluetooth stereo, and even traditional line-in sources. Asteroid allows you to navigate to a particular album, song, or artist by voice selection. It has a 4x55W built-in MOSFET amplifier 6xRCA preamp-output and a subwoofer output that packs a punch. Music can also be equalized using on-screen music playback and sound shaping controls.
Figure 3: The back of the Asteroid.
While the more electrically and auto-mechanically inclined should have no trouble installing the Asteroid on their own, Parrot recommends having a trained, authorized service center perform the installation. Fortunately, its installer network is fairly extensive in the US. I only had to travel a few miles from my home to have a local authorized dealer install the Asteroid into my vehicle. Many thanks goes out to Marty Deane, his assistant Chris Eyers, and the team of professionals at Soundz Plus in Warrenville, IL, a Parrot Certified Installer. Without their assistance and friendly recommendations, the installation process would have taken much longer on my own. It was their expert knowledge that helped resolve a particularly odd issue with my automatic antenna that most others (including me) would have been defeated by. Yet another reason why going to a certified Parrot installer is the best way to ensure a fully functional and operationally satisfying experience.
Figure 4: Installing the Asteroid will likely be faster and more effective with help from a Parrot Certified Installer.
Since the Asteroid does not have a built-in 3G radio, you have to supply your own via a USB modem. Fortunately, with the Asteroid's version 1.5 software update, you can also tether your mobile phone as an alternative, which is what I did. The new version also supports Bluetooth network sharing, and that worked equally well for me. In fact, it became my preferred means of bridging the Asteroid to the Internet via my mobile phone's Bluetooth Internet sharing capability. Since I was already connecting my phone to the Asteroid via Bluetooth for audio, contact list, and phone call operation, the Internet sharing option was a welcome feature. That said, it's too bad that the Asteroid does not include built-in WiFi to allow you to connect to WiFi hotspot modems or sync up with your home network when you pull into your driveway. The WiFi feature is currently only available in Parrot's FC6100 OEM module exclusively for car and equipment manufacturers. Perhaps a future version of the Asteroid will have this useful capability.
Normal Operation
Using the Asteroid is a straightforward process. Scroll to the on-board app you want to execute using the single large dial. Press the dial to launch the app. Pressing the Home icon located toward the upper right of the dial returns you to the main menu. When playing music, you can press the play/pause icon toward the lower left corner of the dial to pause playback. To the lower right of the dial are the skip back/forward buttons. The 3.5" display beautifully renders 24-bit color, but it's not a touch screen (even though it begs to be touched, and the fingerprints all over the display made by friends and family continue to prove this point). As such, the interface takes a few minutes getting used but quickly becomes intuitive once you've explored Asteroid's applications and settings.
Development Experience
Now that I have this Android OS-driven stereo installed in my car, it's time to see what else it can do besides pair with my phone, play music, and show maps. I have had an app idea in my head ever since my early telematics experiments, but it wasn't until the Asteroid came on the scene that I have been able to give the app a proper context. Here's the idea, spawned from watching lots of James Bond and other futuristic car sci-fi movies. I call the app Virtual Road Rage. The basic premise being to pepper my driving experience with sounds of highly penetrating explosives when offending vehicles drive to slow, cut me off, or otherwise raise my ire. Instead of venting silently at the other driver's callousness or incompetence, I want to unleash a torrent of voice-activated sonic destruction, giving me the simulated satisfaction of giving into my primal instincts. By triggering the action via a voice-activated directive of "Fire", Virtual Road Rage will come to life with a targeting-style graphic on the Asteroid display. Then it will randomly play back one of several audio files ranging from hellfire missile or rocket launches, machine guns, and the like followed by a variety of bass speaker popping explosions.
Building the app was straightforward courtesy of the Asteroid SDK, available here for download. The SDK isn't as polished as other Android-centric SDKs I've worked with, but since Asteroid is based on Android 1.5, developing an app for the platform is simple once you get the hang of the recommended approaches to displaying lists, radio buttons, pop-ups, and selection menus. Examples of these are available in the Asteroid developer forum, along with a more recent example of using Asteroid's Text-To-Speech engine.
Since Virtual Road Rage is a very basic program (essentially, a soundboard-style app), packaging up the audio and video files as resources was the easy part, as was calling the Android media player intent for AV playback. One compromise I had to make from my original design specification was changing the voice activated "Fire" command to an on-screen "Launch" button instead. This was because the Asteroid firmware version 1.5 that I used did not expose Parrot's multimedia voice recognition. Hopefully future releases of the firmware and SDK will open this important hands-free functionality as an Android Intent that can be easily called from apps like mine.
Another change I had to make to my design was how to manage the sound effects. Android has a library called android.media.SoundPool that was intentionally designed to manage an array of sound effects, primarily for use in games. Since this has been around since the Android 1.5 SDK release, I assumed it would also be in Asteroid. Unfortunately, it isn't. Another staple Android multimedia library not supported in Asteroid is video. So much for calling on Android's
VideoView class to watch videos watch while driving. Hey, maybe that's why Parrot opted to yank the functionality from Asteroid after all!
As a result of these constraints, my app had to be altered to rely on Android's audio
MediaPlayer class instead of the
SoundPool and using the Parrot push-button dial to trigger the playback event. I also had to scrap the idea of playing back a video simulating a virtual explosion and instead converted the entire screen to an image button that toggled between android:drawable "normal" and "pressed" states. The Launch button is displayed in the normal view, which is replaced by a static image of an explosion when the button is pressed.


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Jim Cavan Breaks Down Knicks' Recent Success
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What's Up with Andrea Bargnani's improved defense?
Seeking an additional opinion on the Knicks' recent hot streak, I called up the pragmatic Jim Cavan (@JPCavan) of Knicker Blogger (ESPN's Truehoop Network) and Bleacher Report to discuss Andrea Bargnani's improved defensive numbers, Raymond Felton's mystique, and Carmelo Anthony's spike in assists. Take a listen.


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"There's strong. And then there's Army strong." --U.S. Army recruiting advertisement
You've probably seen and heard that line more than a few times of late; probably thought that it's a catchy marketing phrase. Well, it's more than that -- because I've met people that are living proof of the truth contained in those words, folks like Sean and Diane McEndree.
I first met them back in August 2005, with Sean still recovering from wounds sustained in combat over in Iraq. A veteran solider turned truck driver, Sean re-upped after 9/11, joining the 96th Transportation Division out of Ft. Hood, TX. "I saw all these young kids getting ready and I knew they'd need every experienced hand they could find," he said. His employer at the time, National Carriers, helped him get back into the Army in 2003 so he could help out - going back in as an E-4, the same rank McEndree reached when he left the service the first time - finally getting deployed in February 2004.
In August 2004, his convoy got ambushed as it paused to dismantle a roadside bomb. Perched on the back of an armored tandem axle deuce-and-a-half guarding the rear of the convoy, Sean opened up with his twin 50-caliber machine guns as bullets, mortars, and rocket propelled grenades (RPGs) rained down on them.
At some point, his truck took a direct hit -- he can't remember from what -- and the explosion threw him 30 feet. His good friend and platoon Sergeant, Barry Meza, dragged Sean to safety and got him medical attention -and none too soon. "I took a lot of shrapnel through my back from the explosion," Sean recalled. "It broke three of my ribs, shredded one lung and parts of my liver." Awarded the Purple Heart, he needed a year to recover from his wounds -- rehabilitation helped along by his wife, Diane, an ex-soldier herself -- but those injuries also marked the end of his Army career.
His good friend, Sgt. Meza, however, suffered a worse fate: Returning to Iraq for a second tour, Meza died in combat Dec. 19, 2004.
When I met the McEndrees back in 2005, Sean had gamely returned to trucking as an owner-operator for National Carriers behind the wheel of a sharp black Peterbilt dubbed "Fallen Heroes." With his friend Meza's name emblazzoned on the nose, Sean wanted to turn his truck into a "rolling memorial" to those who'd lost their lives in Iraq. He wasn't sure how, but just by talking with him, you knew he and Diane would find a way. They'd also just learned Diane was pregnant with their first child together (they each have three from previous relationships) so things were really looking up.
Then fate decided to deliver Sean another roadhouse punch.
As a "bull hauler," Sean shuttled big steers cross-country. But in September 2005, a new guy he worked with forgot to set the pin in the trailer door and a monster bull got loose, stomping Sean all to hell -- putting him back in the hospital with a separated hip and broken femur. Laid up for a year and half, the McEndrees had to sell their truck and Sean feared his driving career was really over for good this time.
Yet, in true Army fashion, they didn't give up. After moving back to Copperas Cove, TX, Sean "got that twinkle back in my eye" and started looking to drive again. After hooking up with Freymiller Inc. hauling refrigerated goods as a company driver ("Hauling freight that doesn't move on it's own and try to kick you," he stressed) Sean and Diane revived their old operating authority - Veterans Express LLC - and got a new truck on a lease-purchase plan in January this year, which promptly went into the hands of the Chrome Shop Mafia (made famous by the show "Trick My Truck" on the Country Music Television channel) for a four-week, $39,000 paint job and show truck upgrade.
Various veteran groups - from the Order of the Purple Heart to the Wounded Warrior Project - along with other sponsors chipped in funds along with $5,000 of the McEndree's own money to pay for his rolling memorial, appropriately called "Fallen Heroes 2." Sean wasn't sure what the design on the truck should look like, so he talked things over with Ryan "Ryno" Templeton, the famed painter with the Chrome Shop Mafia. "I gave him some of my ideas and he ran with it," said Sean. "And it turned out better than I could ever hope."
With Barry Meza's name again on the nose, Sean's new Peterbilt features a mural of Arlington Cemetery with a giant American flag at half mast -- all set against an eye-popping sky blue background. The Purple Heart medal is prominently displayed on the sides of the sleeper (as it should be) and the interior is decorated with American flag curtains and coverings hand stitched by Diane -- all of this happening while they raised their newborn son Sean Jr. and took care of their other children.
It's quite a truck but Sean and Diane aren't done yet, as their goal is to put together his own fleet -- "Three trucks ought to do it," Sean told me -- and eventually give Fallen Heroes 2 to Sean Jr. (Who apprently is already calling it "my truck.") All of this while still dealing with the aches and pains from two sets of injuries that should've put him down for the count. Needless to say, I am rooting for them to accomplish that goal.
For more photos of Sean and Diane's rig, go to www.fallenheroessemi.com. You can also drop them a line at [email protected]
And if you see him on the road or parked somewhere -- "Fallen Heroes 2" is hard to miss -- make sure to say hello. He's doing a great job representing America's armed services out there.


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A Morenci FFA member advanced to the final six in a state discussion meet sponsored by the Michigan Farm Bureau.
David Stutzman, a junior member of the TECH Center FFA club, was among the top three at the Nov. 11 regional competition in Blissfield, qualifying for the state competition Dec. 3 at the state Farm Bureau meeting in Grand Rapids.
Stutzman advanced through the preliminary round into the finals and finished in the top six. Waldron's Mackenzie Price was the state champion.
During the competition, contestants discuss a topic and are judged on constructive criticism, cooperation and communication. Ideas and information are exchanged with the goal of solving a problem.
Judges score each participant on their opening statement, closing statement, delivery, problem solving, analysis of the topic and cooperative attitude. Double points are awarded for cooperative attitude.
The two topics and discussion points given this year were:
• What effect will increasing costs have on American agriculture, and how can farmers manage the increased costs?
Points: Transportation and fuel; Production costs (fertilizer, seed, feed); Labor; Share of the food dollar.
• Is there validity to the food vs. fuel debate with the use of agricultural products for bio-fuels over food?
Points: Efficiency; Animal feed costs and human food costs; Increasing imports/decreasing exports.


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I'd been toying with the idea for a while now wether to drop IE6 support or at least charge more for making it look as the designs intended. I opted for the charging extra idea because as bad a browser as it is; clients need the sites you design for them to be visible to as many people as possible and all the time IE6 still commands a reasonably high user base then IE6 will continue to survive and be a pain in the proverbial.
The time it takes to bug fix things in IE6 is a real resource hog and at least this way i get to charge for my time as opposed to making a loss on a project.


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Meet Talia Joy Castellano, a spunky, smart and lovable 12-year-old who applies eye shadow masterfully and artistically, as if her lids were an empty canvas.
Castellano is the star of a YouTube series offering tutorials on makeup application and her helpful tips and bubbly personality have earned her channel, taliajoy18, over 100,000 subscribers. This tenacious seventh grader is also battling two types of cancer and this week her videos became more serious when she started talking about the details of her disease with her fans.
In an August 8 video titled "VLOG, idk what to say" she shares that she can either go through a highly risky bone marrow transplant or skip the procedure and likely live for only four months to a year.
This is probably the most serious vlog I've done. I received bad news about my cancer spreading to my bone marrow…Basically there aren't a lot of options for treatment anymore…Yes, I'm scared.
Anyone who has stood by the side of a friend or relative fighting cancer has probably often wondered what's going on inside that person's head. What does cancer feel like?
This little girl who has endured over five years of surgeries, radiation, chemotherapy, stem cell transplants, and blood transfusions will tell you exactly what it feels like to face a terrible disease. In a casual tone, sometimes referring to her viewers as "bro" and frequently using the word "like," she speaks from the heart and tells all. Her articulateness, knowledge, strength and upbeat attitude will blow you away, make you cry and lead you to see life a little differently.
One of her fans wrote in (and there are literally thousands upon thousands of comments like this on all her videos):
WOW!I just saw you on channel 11news this morning and I looked you up. I'm so happy I found you, you are so brave and strong!! You have inspired me in so many ways, I want to thank you.. You really touched my heart!GOD BLESS YOU always xoxoxo
Castellano's videos are raw and unprofessional. Sometimes she's simply sitting in front of her laptop and talking. But her sweet voice, her pretty and expressive face and her ease in front of the camera make her a first-class talent. Hollywood are you watching?
Diagnosed with cancer over five years ago
When Castellano was diagnosed with neuroblastoma in 2007 and started undergoing chemotherapy treatments she lost her hair but she refused to put on a wig. She found herself wearing a lot of makeup to distract people from her bald head. Makeup became her wig.
"When I put on my makeup I feel like I can embrace those features that I really like about myself," Castellano shares in a video. "I feel if someone's looking at me, they're looking at my makeup, not looking at my bald head."
Her love for eye shadow, mascara and lipstick led her to create YouTube video tutorials on makeup application and Castellano quickly gained a huge following. Her videos are entertaining, her personality lovable and her tutorials are incredibly helpful. Watch a few below:
The tone of Castellano's videos changed when she got real about her disease. Preleukemia recently showed up in her bone marrow and doctors are saying she has four months to a year to live—unless she undergoes a bone transplant, which would be the most major treatment she has undergone yet.
In her August 7 YouTube video, Castellano shares:
There aren't a lot of options for treatment anymore. The thing they want to do right now is a bone marrow transplant, and that is going to be one of the toughest things I'm going to have to do, if I do it…Right now where I'm leaning is not doing it because I really don't want to go through with it because the chances of surviving are fewer than surviving. If my body rejects it then I'm screwed. Right now I'm on a load of chemo so it will keep me stable. It won't knock it all out. If we don't go through with it they told me four months to a year.
In the meantime Castellano plans to keep up with her makeup tutorials:
Having cancer has been a gift yet a horrible, horrible, terrifying thing. But I've gotten so many benefits from it…Having a YouTube channel and having to inspire people and having people look up to me and explaining to you guys how I love and adore makeup, using it as my wig and having so much self-confidence to go out to the grocery store without a wig… It's just amazing.


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I'm sure you are in the very, very, very, small percentage of Tennis fans that hate Nadal. I am talking .000000000000000988 x10 That's a very cozy group to be in my friend. That's like you and a mirror type cozy.
Why hating on him?
Will we see Rafa play till the end of the year? Love him or hate him, the tour needs him back in full fitness.
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The SEC has charged a Silicon Valley executive with tipping off Raj Rajaratnam about a stock short opportunity.
The agency alleges Kris Chellam tipped Rajaratnam in December 2006 with confidential details indicating Xilinx Inc., a programmable device company, would fall short of revenue projections it had previously made publicly.
The complaint describes Chellam as a "close friend" of Rajaratnam's, adding that at the time of the tip-off he had significant investments in Rajaratnam's Galleon funds and was looking to get hired there.
That eventually happened, in May 2007.
Chellam, who lives in Saratoga, Calif., has agreed to pay more than $1.75 million to settle the SEC's charges. The settlement is subject to court approval.
Rajaratnam was convicted of insider trading and sentenced to 11 years in prison.


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Just over 10 years, and it has finally happened.
Hitachi Data Systems intends to acquire our baby, Pentaho.
I couldn't be more excited. Pentaho is the fast, maneuverable Destroyer coming alongside the Hitachi Battleship, eagerly pursuing dominance of the IoT and Big Data space. I can't think of a better fit for us as a company ready to do big things in a big market, or as a culture of innovators, entrepreneurs and talented, hard-working engineers. So many people have committed themselves to the Pentaho vision for the past decade, people I know like family. Congratulations to my Pentaho family, and Hello Hitachi.
Looking forward to all we will achieve together :)
From Pentaho: http://www.pentaho.com/hitachi-data-...cquire-pentaho
From the CEO: http://blog.pentaho.com/2015/02/10/a...r-pentaho-hds/
Pedro Alves: http://pedroalves-bi.blogspot.pt/2015/02/big-news-today-hitachi-data-systems-hds.html
From Hitachi: https://community.hds.com/community/innovation-center
Bloomberg: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...software-tools


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Miracle of Sound: The New Black Gold (Deus Ex: Human Revolution)
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The New Black Gold (Deus Ex: Human Revolution)
Search my electric soul for the hidden man within.
Excellent song, loved the game even if it couldn't quite live up to the original.
Think you did the series justice with the style of music in this one, good mix of synths with the rock and the vocals were really well done.
Awesome song as usual, can't wait for next weeks song. I'm really hoping it will be Dark Souls.
Up there with your best, absolutly stunning, also I loved how you didnt stray too far from the soundtrack of the game.
Amazing work. Now I have to check your other songs as well. This one receives The Jensen seal of approval.
"Search my electric soul for the hidden man within" - I just love this line. Keep up the good work. And the beat in the background stayed true to the transhumanism theme of the game. It feels like this song should have been in the game, at least in the credits. Maybe we could mod it in the game if the song was released in mp3 format.
A tad laggy. I imagine it's because of the Wednesday afternoon traffic rush, but I didn't feel like sitting through another obnoxious Slim Jim commercial to reload.
Anyway, besides that one issue, it was a pretty enjoyable song. I look forward to seeing what you do next.
Great song, fit the atmosphere of the game quite well. But I didn't recognize some of that footage. Was that some of the pre-release stuff?
Very nice! I liked the careful use of video clips and as others said taking the time to match your style to the game.
not gonna lie, i think that just topped my favorites of yours, that was great and definitely caught the vibe i got from the game.
Something of a chilling feel to that one - sounds a little like lux aeterna from Requiem for a Dream...
*Damn actual shiver during the song * will probably put up there with Deus Ex theme song and Hong Kong market tune in my mind
although the gold and black title make it feel like its going to be a more light hearted song about the game look rather than something very poetic :P
Yeah, it's a reference to human Augmentation being the new great commodity, or 'Black Gold' - I thought the idea fit in nicely with the colour scheme. :)
High praise right there :)
Yeah, I ended up using a fair bit of trailer footage for this one. The songs mood and lyrics seemed much more focused on the setting and Jensen coming to cope with his argumentation than on the gameplay, and I was able to pull some better visuals from there than the footage I captured.
The sudden realisation of this connection made my mind blow a little bit
You're on a roll Gavin! Redemption Blues was sw33t, and this is just as awesome!
About a minute in I was already planning my comment. Something along the lines of, "Lovely lyrics, but the sound somehow doesn't quite fit the tone of the game."
However, it all ended up coming together nicely by the end. I really couldn't say why, since my knowledge of music amounts to, "Noise sound nice in ears." But damn if this particular noise didn't sound really nice.
So yeah, guess I'm a five-minute convert.
Ahh, fantastic song. With this, Redemption Blues, and Normandy, the next album is going to kick some serious ass.
very good song, i think the electronic/synth songs are where your strenghs are keep up the great work
Damn, this rivals Trip to Vegas for me. The lyrics were excellent too. Hell, everything was good, everything worked together so well. I always love your more electronic sounding songs.
Petty complaint - you didn't pronounce the first c in electric very clearly. Really petty complaint.
Wow! Just... WOW!
A great tune. Could use a few nice guitar riffs though.
A favourite song for a favourite game. Gavin, you have done yourself -and all of us- a great service in this song!
Loving the new song ^_^
I think you captured Jensen pretty well in this song.
Wow, this was really impressive.
Damn, this was good.
Was looking forward to DX: HR song. To say you beat my expectations would be an understatement...I have a new favorite till your next song!
Right, then. "Trip to Vegas" has just been evicted from my custom-built "#1" pedestal.
If there's anything I would have done differently... I probably would have tweaked the chorus to end on a minor chord instead of a major one; especially that bridge between verse and chorus set me up for a decidedly oppressive overtone, rather than the (imo) vaguely upbeat one it turned out to be.
Damn you Gavin, it was hard enough to stop playing this game without this song making it even more awesome! :P Great song, keep up the great work :)
Amazing. Simply amazing. I wish I could say more, but damn, this was awesome.
Think it might be my new favorite. Didn't think anything could top Wheatly's Song for me.
Jensen would be proud!
Beautiful video, loved the gold "The Escapist" starting animation!
Beautiful song!
Must you make picking a favorite out of all your songs so difficult? Not that I'm complaining, but seriously, another great song week after week makes it difficult to wait for the next!
Music writers try to make their songs short so people don't get tired of it which MoS does pretty well.
OT:Currently MoS is in a tie with Jonathan coulton at 1st place of my tastes
Excellent song, but the commercial music that came after made, well not a good effect. Not your (or really Escapists) fault but really that was a turn off, some commercials give me gag reflexes... this one did..
Great text only thing I'm missing is some outside chorus maybe, but that probably would be hard and/or cost money...
I feel like I've said this comment many a time before, but another amazing song MoS! Great work!
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Nintendo will wait 6 months before deleting your cloud saves if your subscription lapses
Cloud saves are one of the newest features to come to the Nintendo Switch now that Nintendo Switch Online is active.
Subscription headlines
PS Plus coming to Vita with software update 2.00
PlayStation Vita's system software update 2.00 will add PS Plus functionality to Sony's handheld. Current PS Plus subscribers will be able to enjoy extra benefits on Vita with no extra cost from November 21.
Miyamoto: Nintendo not "active" enough in online space, subscription fees a possibility
Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, and Nintendo's Wi-Fi Connection. One of these things is not like the others. According to Nintendo mother brain Shigeru Miyamoto, however, Nintendo's offering won't remain the F-student of the online world forever. Will that mean subscription fees? Maybe. Bet you can't guess who Nintendo's been cribbing notes from.
Sony again mentions "monthly fees" in relation to PSN
SCE technology platform boss Masayuki Chatani has told Nikkei that Sony will "face difficulties" if it continues to rely on the "sell-and forget model". "Servers and the like have running costs… after we sell the hardware, though, we continue to sell products such as content and services," he said. "We expect to see considerable growth […]
Hirai - Current PSN service to remain free, subs for "premium content and services"
Stand down, soldiers. SCEE's just sent us a Kaz Hirai quote which confirms that online PSN gameplay is to remain free. The comment's from a business meeting at which it was confirmed that subscriptions are on the way to PSN. "SCE will further increase sales by offering users new entertainment through the combination of hardware, […]
PSN to get "new revenue stream from subscription"
Oh dear. Slide 39 in this Sony presentation – headed "Media/Investor Conference," and dated November 19 – appears to admit that some kind of subscription service is on the way to PSN. PSN is listed as one of the key advantages of PlayStation 3, as it's to provide a "new revenue stream from subscription". The […]
No plans to change WoW pricing in the US, says Morhaime
Speaking to MTV at the Wrath of the Lich King launch this week, Blizzard boss Mike Morhaime said that the American subs rate for World of Warcraft won't be changing in the US any time soon. "The monthly rate for WoW in the United States has not changed, and we're not planning any changes to […]
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Mankiller returned to Oklahoma newly divorced with two children, and most of the family's belongings stashed in her car. She took an entry-level job with the nation, but rose quickly within the leadership on the strength of her organizing and community outreach skills. She recalled that some Cherokee thought they would be "the laughing stock of all tribes" with a woman as chief. "I did fairly well in debate in both high school and college," she said, "and it was really interesting because I was unable to even get in a dialogue with people about this issue."
Given her personal history, it's not surprising that Mankiller was best known for her programs to make the Cherokee self-sufficient. It's a theme she discusses in her 1993 speech, "Rebuilding the Cherokee Nation," delivered at an American Indian conference held at Virginia's Sweet Briar college. What can you learn from this famous speech?
- Call Me Wilma, Not Chief: In her introduction, Mankiller said that "very, very few people" back home call her "Chief." Many of her speeches start like this, and it's a great way to set the tone for the informal speaking style that follows. The conversational voice she uses--peppered with words like "gonna," "SOB," and "so anyway"--make it easy to settle into her words. It's more story than speech, although her topics are serious and her expertise is evident.
- The Past is Present: "We had non-Indian friends throughout the South who helped us, who took up our cause and tried to protect the Cherokees and work with us. Some of our friends spent time in jail..." The "we" that Mankiller refers to in these sentences are not the friends that surrounded her in 1993, but the Cherokee of 1838 facing President Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal policy. The language lends immediacy to a speech that contains significant chunks of historical background, and allows her to make a smooth transition to the present-day challenges of the Cherokee.
- Speak for Yourself: In this speech there are numerous examples of Mankiller pushing back against expectations of her as a woman and as a Cherokee. Early in her career, she admits that low self-esteem kept her from speaking up in meetings, and that people said "real hurtful things" during her first run for deputy chief. But Mankiller persisted in her efforts, and she notes that "what caused me to have faith in myself to speak up was that my desire to do something and contribute was stronger than my own fear of speaking up."
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Without a doubt the key market development over the last week or so has been the major change in Google's search algorithm. Taken together with Google's commitment to take greater account of social media, this signals a profound change in the terrain of SEO and online marketing more generally. Organisations that already use social media in concert with websites other channels to pursue genuinely useful content-based marketing will have little to fear. Content farms and organisations who play the game more cynically will have to change tack pretty sharpish.
- Google Announces Massive Search Algorithm Change
Google just changed its search algorithm and effectively declared war on Content Farms like Demand Media. The change has only taken effect so far in the US, but will be shortly rolled out across all of its search domains. Google aims to filter out sites that are simply there to capture traffic and sell premium ad-space whilst promoting sites with genuine original content.
Given Google's recent spat with Bing over the quality and reuse of search results, as well as Google's overall dependence on primacy in the search market, they simply couldn't afford to allow the quality of search results to continue to decline.
Silicon Alley Insider
- Google Social Search Integrates Twitter, Quora and Flickr
Internet users are relying more and more on location based services and peer recommendations than general search results. Accordingly, Google has updated their social search to feature three new levels of integration, including Twitter, Quora and Flickr.
The general search landscape is being transformed rapidly by the inclusion of social media. This will present a challenge for SEO-conscious enterprises, who will need to depend more on the genuine provision of useful content across social media as well as more traditional web-based content outlets, rather than simply producing content to feed the SEO-machine.
- Apache Chemistry Official
The Apache Chemistry project, the open source implementation of the Content Management Interoperability Specification (CMIS) standard, left the incubator stage and was promoted to a full Apache Software Foundation project.
Though many commercial vendors have offerings permitting the repurposing of CMS based content, this open source project heralds the mass adoption of more formal content reuse techniques. Technology only offers the fulfilment of cross-platform content – the bigger question is how to intelligently manage the different contexts of information use across desktop, smartphone, tablet and in-app content re-use.
- 20% of Employees Use Smartphone at Work
Almost 20 per cent of employees use a smartphone for work, up sharply from 13 per cent just a year ago, according to new research from Forrester.
Corporates need to start acting in order to take advantage of their staff use of smartphone through a sensible knowledge and content management strategy, rather than simply reacting to the threat such expansion in use might present.
Mobile Marketing News
- 140 Million Android Portable Devices by End of 2011
There will be an installed base of 140m Android portable devices, including smartphones and tablets, by the end of 2011, according to IMS Research forecasts. The market intelligence firm says the recent unveiling of Google's Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) operating system for tablets, along with enhancements to Android Market, will do much to enhance growth prospects for this segment.
Apple may be in the driving seat at the moment in the tablet market, but Google are almost certain to dominate in the longer term – the main question is how well they can tie together that base with their undoubted flair for open exchange of content and information.
Mobile Marketing News
- Apple Subscriptions for Publishing Apps not SAAS
Apple's new subscription rules, which take a 30% cut of all subscriptions done through the app, apply to content publishing apps and not SaaS apps, Steve Jobs has said in a new email. Whilst this does, on the face of it, seem like good news, the lack of definition between publishing apps and SAAS still leaves a very significant room for commercial interpretation on the part of Apple
Given Apple's track record for frequently changing tack on Apple Store guidelines, one wonders whether this 'clarification' really makes anything very clear. Apple seem to operate very much in the moment when it comes to guidelines, so this conceptual ambiguity only serves to leave yet more guideline gerrymandering on the cards.
Silicon Alley Insider
- Windows Phone 7 Update a Disaster
Microsoft just rolled out an update to Windows Phone 7, and what should be routine has turned into a fiasco. For some phones, the update just fails and you have to reboot the phone (without the update) — for other phones, the update "bricks" the phone, i.e. turns it into a paperweight.
Following so close on the heels of the contraversial link up with Nokia, it would seem that a disastrous mobile OS update is about the last thing that Microsoft needs right now
Silicon Alley Insider
- HP Touchpad on Sale in April?
As with other tablet suppliers, the rumour mills are put into full operation to maximise marketing message in advance of launch, so any announcement should be accepted with caution. Current noises-off suggest an April launch for the HP Touchpad, with its Palm-derived WebOS.
If there is one thing that Apple is good at, it is the creation of desire and its subsequent prompt fulfilment – when they have a product launch, they have stacks of product ready to buy. Other tablet suppliers who are yet to release their big product are suffering from prolonged pre-release rumour mongering – the boy who cried wolf syndrome. Nevertheless, HP's release of the Touchpad and its subsequent progress are sure to be of significant interest – will they steal a march on Microsoft given the latter's late entry into the tablet market.
- Chrome Browser Becoming OS within an OS
Little by little, iteration by iteration, the Chrome browser is quietly morphing into a full-fledged multitasking operating system in its own right. The release of functionality this week shows an aggressive policy aimed at eventually supplanting Microsoft's Office suite and eventually Windows itself. The announcements included support for new file types in Google Docs, the ability to run background apps and, perhaps most significantly, Google Cloud Connect, which allows users to sync Office documents to Google Docs. Chrome browser is slowly becoming Chrome OS on another OS.
Perhaps the biggest attraction of Google's Chrome model is the sheer mobility it encourages. You could move between totally different machines in different locations, with a different OS and hardware and still be confident that provided you can install the browser, you can do whatever you need to without the headache of installing apps and ensuring versions match up. As very fast broadband becomes more widely adopted, its hard to see how this proposition won't be attractive to many users. Others may talk about the cloud, but Google is still the only company who define what that means to everyday users.
Tech Crunch
- Google is Getting Strict About Android App Payments
Google has suddenly pulled the popular Visual VoiceMail app from the Android Marketplace, seemingly because of a dispute over in-app payments, according to GigaOm. After two years with no problems, Google notified PhoneFusion on Tuesday that it was pulling the app for a violation of section 3.3 of the distribution agreement for the Android Marketplace, which requires developers to use Google's payment system for in-app payments. Visual VoiceMail is free, but the company sells add-on services like transcription through its Web site.
Although Google have made their own subscription platform a lot cheaper – only a 1/3 of the cost – of Apple's. However, by beginning to act publicly on subscription rule enforcement, Google run the risk of validating Apple's model and thereby strengthening its hand. This risk seems to be outweighed by Google's desire to capitalise on the the runaway success of Visual VoiceMail.
Silicon Alley Insider
- 2011: Year of the Solid State Device (SSD)
Disk manufacturers are putting a new spin on an old product: Solid State Drives. New technology, increased power costs, space limitation, and new business requirements are driving advances in storage. Solid State Drives (SSDs) are part of that new technological push toward more efficiency, increased agility, and higher demand.
Solid State Devices (SSD) based systems offer rapid startup and reduced mechanical complexity compared with hard drive based systems. With the continuing long-term downward trend in the cost of memory, it is hardly surprising that offerings like the MacBook Air appear attractive. Will this year be the year of the SSD?
This Week's Excitement
- More Evernote
I got my API key through for Evernote this week, now I can start playing around with its Edam API, to create some more interesting ways to interact with the content.
- More MVC and Razor
Microsoft's new version of their MVC framework (MVC3), including a new way of including dynamic functionality, called "Razor", hits all the right notes. They have basically been watching what their development community has been doing and then adopting all the best practices – which is as it should be.
- Google Trends
I'm sure most of you have tried out Google Trends – it had only grabbed my passing attention – but there is no doubt that it is a tool of major importance in trying to gauge interest in particular issues over time – it is also a brilliant way of assessing the likely effectiveness of your keyword alternatives in SEO.


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The upscale grocery store Hubbell & Hudson in The Woodlands will close in March.
Its adjoining Bistro restaurant will remain open and expand into the former grocery space, said Bistro hostess Angie Pacheco.
Hubbell & Hudson Management wrote a letter to the Texas Workforce Commission stating it was closing the high-end grocery store "because of economic conditions," resulting in the layoff of 80 employees.
The expanded area will include more tables, a bigger bar and possibly a sandwich bar, she said, and details are still being worked out.
After the grocery store at 24 Waterway Avenue closes in March, construction will start on the restaurant's expansion, she said.
A Whole Foods moving in at the planned Hughes Landing development nearby.


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1. Troll
Special Agent Ned Dorneget from NCIS cyber operations assists the team when a Navy ensign who worked in the Office of Naval Intelligence is murdered. Also, the team discovers that Jake and Gibbs have become good friends, on NCIS, Tuesday, April 28 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT), on the CBS Television Network. Pictured left to right: Emily Wickersham, Mark Harmon and Michael Weatherly Photo: Patrick McElhenney/CBS ©2015 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved


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A newspaper article about "Count Week" at the Bradford Public Library. "The last week of October was "count week" at the Bradford Public Library. Each year the province requires that we report on what happened during the year..."
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February 01, 2011
By Paul Feinberg
Kathryn Ullrich ('92) understands that career paths aren't guided by some occupational GPS, with a specific set of directions to steer one from where they are to where they want to be. Through her own experience navigating her own career path and as an executive recruiter and director of alumni career services at UCLA Anderson, she knows that the journey is more like traveling cross-country with a map and a compass - they are tools to use as a guide but with the understanding that the route could change at any time.
Ullrich has just completed her first book called Getting to the Top, Strategies for Career Success. She was recently interviewed to discuss the book and how her own career has informed her work.
Kathy, how did you decide to go into executive recruiting and career management coaching? We presume one doesn't grow up dreaming of being a headhunter ...
I figured out in my early 30's what my career vision was, I wanted to be a successful business woman and mentor others. Believe it or not, I was doing jury duty in West Los Angeles when I was working in strategic consulting. A judge let us out early and I started thinking about what to do in the rare day off: bike ride down the strand, get my car washed, and what else? My mission in life popped into my head. I realized that strategic consulting would not lead me to becoming a successful business woman so I transitioned to software product marketing, running a business line. The company I was working for was acquired by another company that was not known for a commitment to work-life balance. As I started up my ensuing job search, I was asked, "Have you ever considered executive search?"
How did you make the decision to move into executive search and career management?
I recognized that executive recruiting was like the prior consulting I had done, except it revolved around people, not strategy. It gave me the path to the success I wanted and a way to help other people. I could interview executives and share what I learned with others.
I feel like I have married my experience in strategy consulting with executive recruiting to help people understand careers from a strategic point of view. Whether in business or in a career, you can't meet your objectives without knowing where you are headed and what to do to get there. So I started interviewing people, both in recruiting and in the Getting to the Top® career development program. I interviewed executives in different functional positions, VPs of marketing, VPs of sales, CFOs, and CEOs, and looked at their career paths. Knowing how others got to the top helps me in coaching clients on how to position themselves to get to similar positions.
Tell us a little about the book ...
Getting to the Top starts with thinking strategically about careers and takes a functional look at careers in marketing, sales, product management and business development all the way up to paths to chief executive officer. I did groundbreaking research to determine where executives in different functions came from and what backgrounds they had to reach those levels. I also summarized the lessons from the five years of Getting to the Top® career development programs into a career pyramid of leadership skills needed at the top. The book ends with advice for putting together a customized career action plan for readers to work on their own development for career success.
The book also deals quite a bit with leadership skills. What are the keys to transitioning into a leadership position?
The book points out that as you move up in your career, you go from doing to leading. Imagine the marketing manager who is used to doing. You get promoted because you're doing things well and when you move into leadership you're suddenly rewarded for leading, not doing. Executives share how they learned to delegate and empower a team and let go of details to improve at leading.
Since the book takes a functional perspective, I also detailed which skills require mastery at the executive levels, and what some of these distinguishing skills are by functional area. Using business development as an example, at the entry level you might negotiate a 100,000 dollar deal. At the VP level you might negotiate billion dollar deals. So, you had better learn to negotiate at the entry level because you're going to need that skill at the executive level.
What was it like to write a book, to distill into a manuscript what you've learned as a career consultant?
I actually started the process two and a half years ago. I started with a ten week webinar series on preparing to go to Book Expo America that taught attendees how to write a book proposal and how to talk to publishers. The proposal helps you to hone both the potential audience and the book itself, it's like writing a business plan. The research came from five years of Getting to the Top® programs and compiling the best of those programs. Plus, I have combed through thousands of resumes for the book. Believe me, no one wants to repeat that research, but my stats class taught me you need the right sample size, so I went through thousands of resumes for each career path category.
What's the best advice you can give to your fellow UCLA Anderson alumni?
I advise our alumni to think strategically about their careers and to take responsibility for their own career development. In the old days, people joined organizations and worked their entire careers at companies like IBM, with life-time employment. Today we move between companies as our careers progress. With more movement between companies, there is less incentive for corporations to invest in career development for their employees. And, entrepreneurial companies offer little in career development unless you work for a great boss. So, you've got to take your own responsibility for your career because no one else is going to do it for you.


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Ronald Duncan and Benjamin Britten
Ronald Duncan meets Benjamin Britten
Duncan and Britten met in 1936: but when – and where? Was it in London, or was it in Cornwall? There are three different stories – and one of them has macabre overtones.
In his first autobiography, Duncan wrote that "Britten and I met at the Mainly Musicians Club in a basement behind Oxford Circus", and started work immediately on what became the Pacifist March, published in 1937 for the Peace Pledge Union: both men were pacifists.
But in Working with Britten, a late publication, Duncan tells a different story. They met at Britten's flat (apartment) in the Finchley Road, which he shared with his mother Edith and his sisters Beth and Barbara. Only after that did they meet regularly at the Mainly Musicians club in Argyll Street.
Then there is a third story, the one accepted by both Britten's biographers. Now the two men meet on holiday together near Newquay in Cornwall, where Britten is staying at a bungalow owned by Ethel Nettleship, a cousin of Ida Nettleship, who was the first wife of Augustus John, the painter. Duncan then writes:
A few days later Ben's stay at Crantock was seriously marred. One of John's son's was drowned off the coast. This tragedy affected Ben deeply and lastingly.
The son who drowned was Henry John. Yet Britten cannot have met him.
Henry John: his death in Cornwall
Britten's rented bungalow was at Crantock, across the River Gannel from Newquay. Staying in Crantock in the summer of 1936 was Henry John, Augustus's son by his first wife Ida (she died after giving birth to him in 1907). It is not clear whether Britten and John were staying at the same bungalow, but it is possible. In any case, John disappeared in late June before Britten arrived in early July.
Henry was a divided personality, torn between his wish to become a Catholic priest, his own powerful sexuality, and his liking for the unstable Olivia Plunket Greene. Olivia had been visited by the Virgin Mary, who enjoined chastity. In June that year she sent Henry a six-page letter explaining why she could not have sexual intercourse with him. He went down to Crantock, she did not.
On 22 June he cycled to "a desolate stretch of the cliffs" and was last seen walking with his aunt's dog. His body was washed up at Perranporth on 5 July.
Although Duncan writes that Britten was deeply upset by this event, neither of the Britten biographies – those by Paul Kildea and Humphrey Carpenter – mentions this supposedly long-lasting distress, nor indeed Henry John at all.
Britten in Cornwall
Britten, it is evident, had an extremely pleasant time. "At the beginning of July he escaped to Cornwall, renting a chalet at Crantock from a Miss Edith Nettleship", Carpenter writes. He spent the first two weeks alone, completing Our Hunting Fathers. On 13 July he wrote in his diary about the "Utter bliss" of being able to bath naked on the rocky shore. There is only one ominous note in this entry about the sea in Cornwall:
[P]leasant – if cold, & cold because one mustn't go in deeper than one's penis because of currents & what not (there have been umpteen tragedies round here).
It does not seem that Henry John's death had made any particular impact. What really upset Britten at this time was the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, on 17-18 July.
The composer Lennox Berkeley then made a highly enjoyable visit, leaving on 30 July. (Carpenter 84)
Duncan must have arrived after this.
Duncan in Cornwall
(BB with Briony, Rose Marie and RD, in Clovelly)
Texts by Ronald Duncan © Ronald Duncan Literary Foundation


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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- President Barack Obama again is using the great equalizer in American society during his campaign to pass a budget before the U.S. falls off the so-called fiscal cliff. Yes, he released a YouTube video. Obama wants to align himself with middle-class families whose taxes would rise if Congress fails to extend George W. Bush-era tax cuts before the fiscal cliff, when tax-relief measures and deep spending cuts will automatically go into effect. "So, we're doing #MY2K today, right? And, so, what the middle-class tax cut means to a typical family -- $2,000 -- what it would mean to them," Brian Deese, a White House economic expert, said in the video. "You guys do realize you don't need an economic expert to explain that -- it's pretty straightforward." The video then introduces four different people with the title "Not an Economist" under their names. The White House deployed a similar tactic during this year's payroll tax extension debate that unfolded in Congress. This time around, the White House has said the typical middle-class family would see income taxes rise by $2,200. The latest video shows what people would do with the extra money next year. The president has traveled the country to promote his proposal for a "balanced approach" to deficit reduction. Part of his argument has been to say taxes will rise if Democrats and Republicans fail to reach an agreement. The GOP doesn't oppose tax cuts for the middle class -- House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) and his party have said they would extend them. But Republicans don't want to raise taxes on the wealthiest 2% of society. "The problem is we talk about income taxes, and that's important, but the bottom people that don't have any income are still paying sales tax, they're paying gasoline taxes and they're paying Social Security taxes," said Berkley Bedell, a former Democratic Congressman from Iowa who recently published the book Revenue Matters: Tax the Rich and Restore Democracy to Save the Nation. "What we've done is reversed the situation where the wealthy get richer and richer and richer because income taxes have been cut so much."
Still, Boehner said Wednesday that a compromise is possible. "We're ready and eager to talk to the president and get to work with him to make sure that the American people aren't disadvantaged by what's happening here in Washington," he said at a press conference. Obama spoke to a business roundtable of CEOs on Wednesday, saying Democrats were prepared to make "some tough decisions" on spending, something dear to Republicans. After the speech, Boehner's office released a statement with the headline: "Is the White House Walking Away From Fiscal Cliff Negotiations?" The House speaker's office posited the question based on the president's comment during the roundtable discussion that the budget can't be done without revenue, which is language for new taxes. GOP leaders won't consider raising taxes on any American, regardless of income. Boehner released another statement Wednesday afternoon that challenged the president's refusal to accept the Republican proposal. "If our offer is not acceptable to the president, then he has an obligation to show leadership by presenting a credible plan of his own that can pass both houses of Congress," Boehner said in the statement. For the moment, that is to say, on Dec. 5, fiscal-cliff talks appear to be stalled. And it doesn't take an economist to tell you that. -- Written by Joe Deaux in New York. >Contact by Email. Follow @JoeDeaux


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Round Goby
What do Round Gobies look like?Round Gobies are bottom-dwelling fish that were introduced to the Great Lakes from central Eurasia via the ballast water of large, ocean-going cargo ships.
Why are Round Gobies considered a nuisance?With their introduction into the Great Lakes, Gobies have created significant economic and ecological impacts. The four areas below explain these impacts.
- Food Chain Impacts: Fishery managers have found that Gobies have been able to compete successfully with native, bottom dwelling fish such as sculpins and darters. Fishery managers have found substantial reductions in local populations of sculpins in areas in where gobies have become established. The Goby invasion has impacted the food chain of recreationally important fish such as smallmouth bass and walleye.
- Direct Predation: While gobies may compete with sculpins for food or drive them from their preferred habitat and spawning area, laboratory experiments have shown that gobies will eat darters and other small fish. This finding is of concern, because gobies have also been shown to feed on the eggs and fry of lake trout, which has been observed in laboratory experiments. Combine this with the already limited reproduction of the lake trout in the Great Lakes and the potential collapse of an economically significant fishery is possible.
- Contaminants Transfer: On the positive side, round gobies eat large quantities of zebra mussels, another invader that is causing an increasingly large number of problems because of its huge reproductive output. As filter feeders, Zebra mussels, consume toxins that are found throughout the Great Lakes. Zebra mussels are an important component of the gobies' diet in their native range; and, in laboratory studies in North America, a single round goby can eat up to 78 zebra mussels a day. However, it is unlikely that gobies alone will have a detectable impact on zebra mussels. The round goby is expected to be one of several species (including ducks, crayfish, diseases, and other fish species) that eventually will reduce the abundance of zebra mussels. The concern about this fact is that Gobies are preyed upon by several sportfish species (e.g., smallmouth and rock bass, walleyes, yellow perch, and brown trout). Because the diet of round gobies consists predominately of zebra mussels, there may be a direct transfer of contaminants from gobies to sport fish, which could increase the health concerns about eating fish.
- Nuisance Competition: One of the more annoying impacts of Gobies is their aggressiveness with regard to recreational fishing. These fish aggressively take bait from hooks. Anglers in the Detroit area have reported that, at times, they can catch only gobies when they are fishing for walleye.
How do Gobies affect recreational users?Anglers – Recreational anglers are most affected the most by Round Gobies. Specifically, gobies compete with popular gamefish and aggressively take bait from hooks.
Where are Round Gobies currently found?In 1990, round gobies were found only in the areas adjacent to the St. Clair River: Lake St. Clair and in the first 2 km of the upper Detroit River. By 1995, they had spread to Duluth-Superior Harbor, in Duluth, Minnesota (Lake Superior), Montrose Harbor north of Chicago (Lake Michigan), and Ashtabula River in Ohio (Lake Eric).
What is the potential for Round Gobies to spread elsewhere in U.S.?Because the gobies have entered into the Mississippi River drainage, their range will naturally expand beyond the Great Lakes. However, anglers need to learn how to identify Round Gobies and not use it as bait. Preventing this practice will help to reduce the spread of gobies.
Short term benefits of round gobies don't override long term impacts
- Zebra Mussel Predator - Round gobies eat large quantities of zebra mussels, another hitchhikers that is causing problems because of its huge reproductive output. Zebra mussels are an important component of the gobies' diet in their native range; and, in laboratory studies in North America, a single round goby can eat up to 78 zebra mussels a day. However, it is unlikely that gobies alone will have a detectable impact on zebra mussels.
- Game fish Prey - While gobies are preyed upon by several sport fish species (e.g., smallmouth and rock bass, walleyes, yellow perch, and brown trout), there may be a perception that gobies are beneficial for fishing. However, because their diet consists predominately of zebra mussels, there may be a direct transfer of contaminants from gobies to sport fish, which could ultimately harm humans who consume their catch.
How can I prevent the spread of Round Gobies?Learn to identify gobies. To enable biologists to track the spread of round gobies, up-to-date information on new sightings is needed. Your assistance is extremely important. If you catch a round goby outside the areas noted on the map indicating goby range, preserve the fish either in alcohol (grocery store rubbing alcohol is fine) or by freezing it. Then contact your state fisheries management agency or a Sea Grant institute. Be prepared to describe when and where you caught the fish (the name of the lake or stream, and the nearest town). New sightings can be confirmed only by identification of a captured fish. Verbal reports cannot be used because sculpins can be easily mistaken for gobies.
What else can I do?
- Follow procedures to eliminate the spread of all nuisance species.
- Help inform others.
- Get involved in policy and legislative solutions.


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9.5 Dance & Dine
Every Wednesday night Cabana Beach is marked by Astoria's 9.5 Cold Wine. The Astoria 9.5 Cold Wine is a very special wine because of its devastating appearance. But what really distinguishes 9.5 is her taste. Unique, and overwhelming. Very fruity and full, balanced and a great bubble. So on Wednesday nights Cabana Beach is the place to be. With live music by Gino & Friends and Italy's best sparkling wine for a special price, you can spend your evening in the lounge or on the dance floor. Interested in the lounge? Make your reservation for a great night with bubbles and the famous Chef's Bites.
Datum: 17 april 2019
Tijd: 21:30
Locatie: Cabana Beach


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LONDON, Oct 19 (Reuters) - European drugs regulators said on Friday that evidence suggesting a link between GlaxoSmithKline's Pandemrix flu vaccine and a sleeping disorder called narcolepsy is "insufficient" and does not lead to any new concerns.
Pandemrix was designed to protect against the H1N1 pandemic flu which spread around the world in 2009 and 2010. At least 30.8 million people in Europe were vaccinated with it during the pandemic.
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) began a review of the vaccine's safety in 2010 after Finnish researchers presented evidence suggesting it might be linked to a rise in cases of narcolepsy, a rare condition which causes a person to fall asleep suddenly and unexpectedly.
"After careful consideration, the (committee) concluded that the data presented by the Finnish researchers are preliminary and that the evidence presented so far is insufficient to allow conclusions to be drawn," EMA said in a statement.


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I am sure "self searching" used to mean something very different. Now, of course, it means banging one's own name into Google and hoping for plaudits. In a recent bout of "self searching", I found a nice mention of the essay I wrote for Whiskey and Philosophy, which was published by John Wiley & Sons last year.
I decided not to publicise that book at the time it hit the shelves because Wiley were so laughably miserly with their pay and because they did not inform me of this until after I had spent days writing for them.
Enough time time has passed for the pain to dull and for my ego to get the better of me. Farenheit173.com liked my essay:
That said, the best essays in the book are excellent: Andrew Jefford's, Ian Buxton's and David Wishart's essays on whisky's history, provenance and authenticity; Ian Dove and Burnham/Skilleås on whisky tasting notes and Chris Bunting on Japanese whisky.
(As did the editors, who I do not blame for the wage niggles. And these two chaps on Amazon: 1,2. One of them even elevated me to Messianic status, which seemed to be taking things a bit far.)
Almost makes me feel it was worth my while writing the damn thing!


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The Hope College Concert Series will feature Stationary Travelers during the series' second annual Hope Artist Show on Friday, April 27, at 8 p.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
The Hope Artist Show offers an evening focused on the talented artists and bands in the student body, and each year features a different group. The yearly show emphasizes community at Hope and in the local area, and various students will be involved to a greater extent in order to make the show happen. In addition, each show is documented with both quality video and audio so that Hope might build an extensive collection of Hope artists, and so that these concerts might be experienced again many years from now.
Stationary Travelers consists of seniors Jack Droppers of Maitland, Fla., Colin Rathbun of Ada and Garrett Stier of Davison, and junior Mike Bass of Hudsonville. Droppers, Rathbun and Stier formed the band as Hope freshmen, with Bass joining the group the next year. The band's music has become intimately familiar to many Hope students, and the band's show in the Good Time Donuts parking lot in downtown Holland is part of Hope College lore.
Stationary Travelers will play on the Dimnent stage facing the choir loft, while the audience will be located in and around the choir area. The unique reverse-stage format is designed to offer an intimate and exciting environment for the show.
Senior Laura Hobson of Flushing, a pianist and vocalist, will open the night with her own original music.
Following Hobson, Grand Rapids band Patchwork will take the stage with its mixture of rootsy folk and entertaining, energetic songwriting.
Tickets for the concert are $5 for the general public and free for Hope College students, and are available at the ticket office in the main lobby of the DeVos Fieldhouse. The ticket office is open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and can be called at (616) 395-7890. Public tickets are also available for purchase online at https://tickets.hope.edu/ticketing. Any remaining tickets will be sold at the door.
The DeVos Fieldhouse is located at 222 Fairbanks Avenue, between Ninth and 11th streets. Dimnent Memorial Chapel is located at 277 College Ave, at the corner of 12th street and College Ave.
Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and the opener will begin at 8 p.m.