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CHARLOTTE, N.C. ( TheStreet) -- At a historic meeting on Wednesday, flight attendants from US Airways ( LCC) and America West formally merged their union chapters, nearly eight years after the two carriers merged, and prepared to step into another merger into a bigger airline where their union's future is at stake. "It's a historic day," said Veda Shook, national president of the Association of Flight Attendants, who attended the meeting in Charlotte. "US Airways has been through this rodeo five times prior; it has had many successful mergers. And America West, (which) has been the little airline that could, is poised to take over and become the world's largest airline." The America West management team, headed by Doug Parker, is expected to run the merged carrier. Roger Holmin, who was elected president of the merged US Airways AFA chapter, added: "We've been called 'east' and 'west' for eight years. Today is a milestone: We are one." The union will have local chapters in Charlotte, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Washington. The local presidents elected Holmin, who took office May 2, to fill out a term that runs through Dec. 31. Another election for a full term will take place this fall. Contract negotiations following the America West/US Airways merger were delayed for years. First, the airline delayed because it focused on a contract agreement with pilots, which it said could not be reached due to a lingering seniority dispute. Once the possibility of a merger with American took shape, talks sped up, but flight attendants twice rejected tentative agreements. On the third vote, in February, flight attendants finally ratifieda contract that included a $1,700 signing bonus as well as profit sharing and increased pay. Veteran flight attendants have recently received checks for $3,000 to $5,000. Now the union's attention will turn to assuring a smooth merger for the airline and for the union itself. AFA's US Airways chapter has about 8,000 members including about 2,000 from America West (Of the members, about 7,000 are active members), while the Association of Professional Flight Attendants, which represents American flight attendants, has about 16,000 members. Shook said her intent is to work out an arrangement with the larger APFA to "find a meaningful pathway forward." That would be far better, she said, than the two other choices. One would be to "walk away, which is not really an option," she said. Similarly, "to fight it out, duke it out" makes no sense because it would involve "fighting with someone who is like us" in representing flight attendants and working people, she said. Added Holmin: "We're interested in doing what's in the best interest of all the flight attendants." The APFA is also "looking forward to an amicable solution," a spokesman said.
As unions lose members, unity is a particularly appealing path, Shook said. She praised the agreement announced Tuesday between the International Association of Machinists and the Transport Workers Union to jointly represent workers at the two carriers. Shook also noted that the TWU and the Communication Workers of America, which includes the AFA, are exploring ways to work jointly in the future. An effort by the Teamsters to raid mechanics at US Airways and American "doesn't make any sense," she said, adding: "I don't get it. Less than 7% of the private sector is organized. Raiding another union's membership is not a path to prosperity." Follow @tedreednc -- Written by Ted Reed in Charlotte, N.C. >To contact the writer of this article, click here: Ted Reed


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There is palpable excitement in the voice as it cries out , almost in orgasmic fervour, " I'm coming, I'm coming". And come he does, rushing through the door of the living room , no ordinary living room, this being the living room of Narendra Modi. Amit Shah skids to a halt and looks questioningly at the man. The man himself is silent , sitting in an almost cowering manner in front of the television set. Unbidden, an image of Seeta , of Seeta Aur Geeta fame, flashes before Shah's eyes. However, Seeta had a wicked chachi, with flashing kohl rimmed eyes, to bully her into that state , but Modi ?
Modi looks at his confidante with stricken eyes and then points, first at the television set and then at his chest. Shah follows the finger and looks ,first at the T.V and then at the chest. The television has Rajdeep Sardesai predicting a huge tally for BJP and for Modi in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. A puzzled Shah looks askance at Modi. At long last NaMo opens his mouth but only to whisper, " chhati ". Blushing delicately, Shah looks approvingly at the famed chest. " Yes, I know, and so does the whole world and its aunt, that it is a chhappan inch chest that you strut around with." " Amit, the vital stats have now changed. The chest is no longer 56- it has increased to 65 inches ". " How did that happen?" " It is all the fault of the opinion polls. Every time Sardesai added a seat to my tally, my chest expanded. By the time Sardesai came to the end my chest had expanded to this size."
" So, it is 65. How is that a problem?" Modi looks at Shah incredulously. " Problem? Not one but many. Firstly, everyone, specially staticians, will say that I fudge figures and stats. Secondly, I will become the laughing stock- who has a chest of 65 inches? not even Arnold Schwarzenegger ! lastly, what do I wear for my next rally? I have to leave in exactly fifteen minutes and none of my kurtas fit me."
The next five minutes proved why Amit Shah is indispensable to the Czar of Gujarat. He rushed to pick up the television remote , changed channels in a fast and furious manner , finally settling on a channel. Silently, he moved away so that Modi could also view the channel. Another opinion poll. Two minutes into the viewing the chest started deflating and was back to its original size by the end of five minutes.
You want to know what the opinion poll predicted ? BJP short of the magic figure by 25 seats. Desperately needs allies.
Modi as P.M = no allies.
But BJP manages to form the government. How?
Advaniji as P.M = allies.

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My recent webcast with Jaron Bradley was recorded and a link is available below. If you have been looking for an excuse to get more familiar with Windows PowerShell, have a look.
What Malware? Hunting Command Line Activity
There is a reason hackers use the command line, and it isn't to impress you with their prowess. Throughout the history of Windows, the command line has left far fewer forensic artifacts than equivalent operations via the GUI. To make matters worse, the transition to Windows 7 and 8 has spread PowerShell throughout the enterprise. While it makes our lives easier as defenders, it does the same for our adversaries. Every time you marvel at the capabilities of PowerShell, you should fear how your adversaries may use that power against you.
In this CrowdCast we have collected tips and tricks from our incident responders describing how they are countering the command line threat. Learn to identify when it is in play, extract commands from memory and network packets, and see what is new on the horizon from Microsoft to make tracking command line activity easier.


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An engineer turned investment banker turned wedding photographer turned stand up comedian, Nishant, clearly knows what he wants to do in life. He's been doing stand up for a year now, and in this while has won stand up competitions at IIT Delhi, Vir Das's Pyjamafest 2014,Canvas Laugh Club Mumbai and Radio One Delhi's LOL season 2 . He's performed in various cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Mohali, doing pub gigs and shows for companies and institutes like Microsoft, Taco Bell and the Indian School of Business. He's also been featured in the list of "Top 5 upcoming Delhi comedians"..
he is good in comicstaan
One of the finest stand up comedian
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SFTP access for wordpress uploads
Trying to upload theme and media files with filezilla through SFTP. I can't login with www-data. It doesn't accept the password. When I try to login with the www-data username in the console, it closes the connection immediately.
You probably should use your regular user, and just add that user to www-data group.
From a command-line:
sudo usermod -a -G www-data $USER
then check it worked by running:
id $USER
you should see a list of all groups that user belongs to, www-data should be listed


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Monday, July 28, 2008
Bed Bug
Sunday, July 27, 2008
We all scream for Ice Cream!
As you can tell...it was well worth the wait! Gary & Libby took Justin's new buggy for a ride around the Welch's yard. Gary is pretty sure that Libby needs one of her own for Christmas. We'll see......
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Zoo Crew
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Happy Birthday, Dear Libby!
We got Libby all set up and ready to go, when Gary discovered that the disk that I had in the video recorder needed changed. Libby waited very patiently for several minutes until we worked out our technical difficulties. She passed the time by sampling her Nemo cake!
For the past week, Libby had been singing, "Happy Birthday", but I couldn't help but panic when all of her family turned their eyes to her to sing! I was waiting for a 2-year-old melt down, but much to my surprise, Libby stood next to her cake and grinned the whole time. Blowing out the candle. She never quite got it, but she gave it her best. Libby & Ally pose...each with green/blue teeth! They are such great friends!
Libby got tons of amazing gifts! Lots of money to go in her college fund, clothes, books, toys, an awesome recliner from her Mimi & Pop, 2 more pearls on her necklace from Momma & Daddy, along with a table and chairs...and Nonna & Pop got her a tricycle! We almost didn't get her off of it! She kept demanding that people "push me!". It was a hit! Thanks everyone!
Libby's 2 Year Pictures
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Sunday, July 6, 2008
Practice Makes Perfect
Tonight after her bath, Libby & I were discussing what she was going to do in Shena's wedding. I decided to tear up a napkin and place it in a basket so she could practice her little heart out. Lets just hope she does this well when the big day is here...right Shena??
May the 4th Be With You
This weekend we headed down to the camp for a long weekend. The Sengs & The Welch's joined us for a relaxing weekend. Kayla & Libby spent most of the weekend fighting over toys, food, golf carts...well, just about anything you can name. I guess the "only child" syndrome really showed though this weekend. Also, now Libby has so much more of a voice (she speaks pretty clearly when Kayla is doing something that she doesn't want her to do). This picture was so funny to me, because while I was taking their photo, they were both questioning who had more Cheetos.
Speaking of winning, Friday night after we ate the most delicious hot-wings of all times (hats off to Gary!) we decided to kick back and play some cards. Anyone that knows us, knows the name of the drinking game that we played for hours...but being a G-rated blog, I'll leave that part out.
We all love drunk Gary.
Saturday, July 5, 2008
A Lazy Saturday Afternoon
After our potiential buyers left, we decided to go out on the lake. Libby had not napped for the entire day thus far, and was not the best 2-year-old on the boat. She did enjoy swimming with her daddy, though. The Sengs After the boat, it was time to head back to the cabin for some napping, relaxing, bathing and golf cart riding. It didn't take long before Sarah passed out in the hammock. Libby playing with her "Little People" (which is her favorite thing to play with!)
Check out those faces!!!
Ai-Ai Captain
Gary's only regret? He said he should have eaten it with a ladle, instead of this puny spoon that he used! And yes...he ate every bite!


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Usually Amazon Web Services, which many consider to be the leader in the infrastructure as a service (IaaS) cloud computing market, is pretty hush-hush about the internal workings of its massive cloud.
But recently an anonymous person who claims to be a former AWS engineer gave an in-depth, inside look at AWS's cloud during a question-and-answer session on Reddit. (Reddit moderators routinely authenticate the credentials of "I am a (IamA) ... "ask me anything" (AMA) participants.)
[ MORE AMA:Bill Gates does Reddit, talks cheap cheeseburgers, his new Surface Pro and eradicating polio]
The engineer says he used to work on OS/software issues at the cloud division of Amazon.com, and he now gets paid more to do development outside of AWS. Reddit has verified his identity, but not provided his name. Given the breadth and depth of his responses in the post, he seems to know what he's talking about.
Read the full post here. Below are some of the highlights.
Amazon uses a lot of secret sauce
Amazon customizes both its hardware and software that make up its cloud. Most hardware nodes run one of a variety of flavors of "Amazon Linux," for example. The company's Amazon's Elastic Block Storage (EBS) service is also custom-built. "It's simply just a lot of commodity disks with 100% custom written software running the show. Keep things cheap that way. EBS volumes are true block devices underneath, they're not sitting in some filesystem."
Working on Amazon's cloud isn't all it's hyped up to be
The engineer says he and a friend were both disappointed in the "mundane" tasks they were doing at AWS. But, it did pay off. "Putting Amazon SDE (software development engineer) on your resume is quickly turning into the same thing as putting Google SDE on your resume. So, while you may feel it's boring, the real reward will be the job opportunities in the future." He did not make more than $100,000 working there, and he says the stock plan isn't great. Employees do get a 10% discount, up to $1,000 worth of purchases at Amazon.com. "The company's core values include 'frugality' and that's just the word 'cheap' wrapped up in a bow."
AWS can guarantee some pretty hefty security
One questioner asked if AWS can support Level 4 data security, to which the engineer said yes, but at a cost. AWS recently released a new hardware security module (HSM), which is literally a piece of hardware that sits in its cloud to provide extra security for customers through encryption of Elastic Block Storage (EBS) volumes, and Amazon Machine Instances (AMI), two of the major offerings from AWS. This allows customers who are willing to spend the money to deploy these systems across their infrastructure to achieve HIPAA, SOX and ITAR compliances.
"The cloud" isn't really a new technology and is a lot of marketing hype
"The cloud, [is] an 'interesting' concept, because in a lot of ways it's still just a VPS [virtual private server]," the engineer says. "Sure it has some redundant features, but the definition of cloud is fairly dynamic and bent to fit whatever a company wants to sell as a 'cloud.'"
How Virtual Private Clouds (VPC) work
Amazon breaks up its hardware nodes into two major categories: "On-demand" and "Virtual private cloud" (VPC). The company has recently encouraged more use of the VPC option, making it the default setting when customers spin up virtual machines. VPCs have dedicated IP addresses for customers, he says, whereas on-demand instances have IP addresses slotted to those specific hardware nodes.
What to do if you're having problems with "noisy neighbors"
Because AWS is a multi-tenant cloud, some users may have problems with "noisy neighbors," or other customers eating up compute capacity on a shared server. The engineer says for $7,500 a month, Amazon will guarantee they will be on dedicated hardware, and not just have the IP addresses segmented through the VPC. Noisy neighbors are usually only a problem for larger customers though, he says. "If you spawn 20 instances, odds are, you'll be on 20 HNs, if you spawn 100 instances, odds are you'll see yourself share about 20-30% of the HNs. Though you won't actually see it."
Is AWS good for small-scale workloads?
Yes and no. AWS was designed for big workloads, but small workloads can work there as well, the engineer says in response to a question about hosting about a dozen Web servers on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). The more important question is not small or large though, it's how dynamic the workload is. AWS, and the cloud in general, thrive in being able to scale capacity to demand. "AWS is meant to scale with user load, [so] by definition you need a user load that is dynamic enough to justify putting the cost into developing a 'Cloud Architecture' for your app," he says.
On the competition for AWS from Microsoft Azure, Rackspace and Google
They're all basically on the same playing field now, in this engineer's opinion. "If it was a Venn diagram there would be major overlap. The places outside the overlap is what differentiates all the individual companies," he says. Competition in the cloud industry is good for consumers, and will continue to drive down costs and drive up quality.
He considers Google to be a serious threat to AWS, but not Azure. "Anyone who thinks there is a 'cloud war' currently and AWS is seeing any type of real challenge is just fooling themselves. Nobody can compete currently with the size of AWS, they were the first in and will be the last out. Google however will make it rain a bit, I've been using their cloud platform a little bit lately and I have to say. It's ... impressive."
Is EBS Optimized, a premium service for Elastic Block Storage, worth it?
EBSo adds a quality of service marker to packets, he says, and by doing so will "significantly smooth out your EBS experience under heavy load instantly ... EBS Optimized instances are totally worth it if you need hardcore disk i/o."
Disks are the biggest limiting factor for increased network power in the future
This is not related directly to AWS's cloud, but the engineer makes the point that read/write capabilities are not keeping up with network traffic speeds. "We live in a world where our CPUs, memory, networks and video are many times faster than our disk throughput. What good is gigabit Internet if you can only write to your disk at 250Mb/s?"
Network World senior writer Brandon Butler covers cloud computing and social collaboration. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com and found on Twitter at @BButlerNWW.


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Book Club: The Desire Map for August 2016
Join Douglas Humphries and Kayla Hollatz to chat about our August #createlounge book club choice, The Desire Map by Danielle LaPorte. In this episode, we talk about the evolution of the book club, setting goals with soul, and choosing your core desired feelings.
- an inside look into Douglas's new published book, Fire in My Bones
- how the book club has evolved and why we're bringing it to the podcast
- why we chose to start the book club with the authors we consider the 'holy trinity of creative living'
- why we need to overcome other people's expectations to understand what we desire
- how to set goals with soul and how this exercise is different from other goal setting techniques
- what core desired feelings are as defined by The Desire Map
- what core desired feelings Douglas and Kayla have chosen for 2016
- our process for finding our core desired feelings
- how to put your core desired feelings into action with action steps
- D: "Get away from expectation and get into what we really want and why we want it." (Tweet it!)
- D: "Why don't we pursue what we feel and whether or not we achieve that, we'll still get what we're going for?" (Tweet it!)
- K: "Someone's criticism is more of a reflection of them then it is of you." (Tweet it!)
- D: "If you operate inside out, then that is going to bleed out into your surroundings." (Tweet it!)
- K: "I need to know where I feel most centered." (Tweet it!)
- K: "Think about what your personality is, how you want to feel, and be super unapologetic about it." (Tweet it!)
- D: "Approach your desires with confidence." (Tweet it!)
- D: "Understanding who we are at our center is not selfish. It's vital." (Tweet it!)
- K: "No choice you make is ever a life sentence." (Tweet it!)
- Fire in My Bones
- Book of Jeremiah
- #createlounge Instagram challenge
- Allison of Painted Summers
- #createlounge book club
- #createlounge Twitter chats
- Big Magic
- Daring Greatly
- Fire Starter Sessions
- The Desire Map
- Shonda Rhime's TED Talk
- Thesaurus
- The Life Changing Magic of Tidying


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Anne Hathaway 'Living on Hummus and Radishes'
(NEW YORK) -- There are diets and then there are diets.
Take, for example, actress Anne Hathaway, who in preparation to fit into her Catwoman suit for The Dark Knight Rises and play the tuberculosis-ridden prostitute Fantine in the upcoming film version of Les Miserables, the 29-year-old actress subsisted on a 500 calorie diet of radishes and hummus.
"I'm on day six of detox," she told the latest issue of Allure magazine, adding "this diet makes me break out, so I love that. Nothing like living on hummus and radishes and then be all, 'And I got a pimple. Yeah!'"
On top of that, she's been working out.
"The Catwoman suit. It was a psychological terrorist," she said. "... the suit, thoughts of my suit, changing my life so I would fit into that suit ... it dominated my year. I went into the gym for 10 months and didn't come out."
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Join us Friday evening for a Holiday Happy Hour as we kick off the holiday weekend with cookies and music. DJ Uncle Dan will be spinning tunes with a sprinkle of holiday cheer, and we'll have cookies.. and beer! Feel free to bring your own tasty treats to share and wear your best/worst Christmas sweater for a free 10oz beer!
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Earlier Event: December 20Gowanus Suds and Sounds
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Watch Dance with Peter Episode 12 Show – As we all know that the vision of "Dance with Peter Episode 12" was conceived out of the need to redefine dance and its competitiveness. The TV Talent show brings into existence a novel dimension to dancing, its rudiments, the intrigues of competitiveness and an exciting display of talents as well. The Talent show witnesses Peter Okoye making his debut as a judge/mentor in Reality TV series. Dance Queen Kaffy, Flex and an international superstar guest.
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Two dates define Poland's recent history: 1989, the end of Communism; and 2004, entry to the European Union. On the music scene, the first date meant the beginning of commercial radio and TV, and major record labels establishing a base in the country. The second date opened Poland up to major international tours and provided ease of travel both ways for artists. Unfortunately, by 2004 the worldwide record industry was already in deep crisis, although record sales in Poland actually continued to rise until 2012. This is only one example of the country trying to catch up for the lost decades.
Last year, another symbolic event took place with Radiohead guitarist Johnny Greenwood taking to the stage and the recording studio for a collaborative project with Polish classical avant-garde composer Krzysztof Penderecki. Most of Poland's internationally recognised musical stars are from the worlds of contemporary classical music and jazz, such as violinist Michał Urbaniak and singer Urszula Dudziak. In fact, the young generation of jazz musicians in Poland are more adventurous than their rock counterparts.
The fall of Communism in 1989 heralded an explosion of the local music scene in Poland. The new wave of bands and artists enjoyed enormous popularity, strengthened by new national commercial radio stations and music magazines. In spite of western pop music finally becoming available in local shops, it was homegrown music that enjoyed the biggest success. About the only survivor from that period is Kasia Nosowska, lead singer of the band Hey and a highly original solo artist in her own right. The winner of more than 30 Polish music awards, she is still taking surprising turns with every new project.
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The post-Communist Polish rock scene has never been that distinctive – it actually produced more truly original gems during the underground punk explosion of the early 80s. An exception are Myslovitz, the biggest Polish alternative rock band of the 90s and 00s. Coming from a small Silesian town, they swam against the tide with their high-pitched vocals and cinematic, brooding guitar music. In 2003, the video for their song The Sound of Solitude – directed by Oscar-winning cinematographer Janusz Kaminski – broke on MTV Europe, but the band struggled to gain an audience outside Poland.
Disillusioned, Myslovitz have recently split, with frontman Artur Rojek devoting his time to one of the most interesting festivals in Poland. Originally located in his hometown area until moving to Katowice in 2010, OFF festival features a mix of the best Polish artists with alternative acts from all over the world. Among this year's local crop are Abradab, formerly of the hip-hop group Kaliber 44, now a successful solo act; Baaba Kulka, an idiosyncratic project of a top indie singer performing only Iron Maiden material in drastically different versions; Paris Tetris, an indie supergroup mixing different styles; Igor Boxx, one half of the Ninja Tune-signed duo Skalpel, who fuses electronica with jazz, dub and krautrock; Jacaszek, a truly distinctive artist, who combines sampled trip-hop beats with a string quartet; and Kobiety, a psychedelic pop group.
OFF is also a great example of the local authorities helping out with public funds to stage a seemingly non-commercial and highly artistic project – and in turn making it a succesful enterprise on a commercial scale. This phenomenon is becoming more and more common in Poland recently, with local councils enjoying new economic freedom and actually spending money for a worthy cause.
The Warsaw music scene is mainly defined by its club culture. It's here that dance music took over in the 90s, as the city's underground techno scene forged strong links with Berlin. Now local techno artists such as Jacek Sienkiewicz line up alongside Carl Cox and Richie Hawtin at the first ever Polish edition of the Ultra music festival.
Hip-hop had a very late start in Poland, with Liroy becoming the first Polish rapper to enjoy national success in 1993, although over the years he has become something of a parody of himself rather than a father figure. The best wave of original hip-hop artists appeared in the late 90s with OSTR and Kaliber 44 being prime examples – the latter are now having a major documentary filmed about them.
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Later on, the Polish hip-hop scene went highly commercial, melding with pure pop. The surviving originals have become respected musicians, no longer associated exclusively with hip-hop. Perhaps the only truly original local genre has its roots deep in Polish folk music. In the early 80s, a Polish emigree to Norway called Andrej Nebb formed De Press, a punk outfit incorporating Polish folk elements. They even moved to the UK for a while after enjoying minor acclaim there. Now cherished as Polish music legends, De Press inspired probably the most original Polish project out there at the moment: Warsaw Village Band. The winners in 2004 of the BBC Radio 3 world music award for best newcomer are still touring the world with their highly original mix of Polish folk and contemporary styles.
Now, however, Poland is unfortunately catching up with The X Factor and the talent show phenomenon. A sign of the times is the fact that the singer of the internationally recognised Polish thrash metal band Vader has ended up as a judge on one of the shows. Yet while stifling the opportunities for more original music to gain widespread attention, the talent shows have produced at least one true original. Monika Brodka won the third series of Polish Pop Idol in 2004 aged 16 but has lately revived her career with an ambitious album of highly original material rooted in the folk music of her childhood. Granda was a huge commercial success, and Brodka has just released a follow-up EP recorded in Los Angeles that promises good things.
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She's an unique example, but other artists are beginning to think in global terms. L.Stadt, a band from the town of Lódz, are now well known on the American festival circuit. With a new album and single imminent, they are on their way to bigger things. Lukasz Lach, the brains behind the band, comes from a musical family. His sister, 23-year-old Iza Lach, has recently released a pure pop album; surprisingly for the Polish pop scene, it's actually very good and original (she even made a track with Snoop Dogg. They are the new global generation, and the future of the Polish scene.
Live act to watch – Kamp!
A stylish electro-pop trio who released their debut album in late 2011 after gaining popularity on the European festival circuit.
DJ to watch – DJ Eprom
The world turntable champion in several categories. Has collaborated with the best Polish hip-hop act, Fisz and Emade.
Venue – Stodola
One of the oldest rock venues in Warsaw and still the best. Hosts a mix of Polish and international acts. Coming soon: Marilyn Manson and Dead Can Dance.
Club – 1500m2
Warsaw's premier underground hosue and techno club with a stark warehouse feel. Future visitors include Vitalic, Ladytron and Soul Clap DJing in tandem with local heroes Catz n Dogz.
Hangout – Cafe Kulturalna
Located in the centre of Warsaw in the imposing 200m-high Palace of Culture. There you can meet anybody who is anybody on the Polish music scene.
• Piotr Metz is the editor-in-chief of Machina.pl and hosts a long-running show on Polskie Radio Trojka.
Tomorrow: continuing our exploration of Polish music, Sam Richards talks to DJ duo Catz n Dogz.


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Initially conceived as a novelty for children, this flip book also does very well in the specialty and trade markets. Each page is sliced in thirds, trisecting every illustration and allowing for zillions of schizophrenic (or 'zany' if you prefer) characters… or, if not zillions, at least 13,000, as noted on the cover. It is to the great credit of the illustrator—not to mention the printer and the production coordinator—that each character is neatly severed in exactly the right place on each page.
Meticulously tweezered into existence by Carin Berger, every character is a collage of vintage paper ephemera and magazine scraps, resembling in this way the surface of my desk, and also, my brain. Matching up a piece of ephemera to perfectly complement the character beside it has, in fact, counted as one of the more delightful experiences of my career in childrens book design.


text: Reblog: mariess: Bye bye pixels …an interesting point, but mostly valid when applied to photos - text (and vector art) is a different story. The original post's claim that magazines print at about 300dpi appears to be referring to the general rule that photos should be prepared at 300pdi. However, those photos are then run through a halftone screen at approx. 133-175lpi. There are a number of other factors that make it hard to directly compare the printed page with device screens, but the message of the above post is quite correct. Text in print remains significantly higher quality than on digital devices. While photos start at 300dpi and are cut down into halftone screens for print, text begins it's life as a series of vectors and is output at the native device resolution for the printer which can run in the thousands of dpi for offset printing. I'm painting with broad strokes here (both for brevity and because I am pulling rough numbers from memory) but as amazing as some of the new displays are, they've still got some catching up to do. While I disagree with the claim that digital screens are surpassing the printed page (strictly in terms of resolution), I would agree that the print and digital design workflows are converging. I think we will see that this convergence is going to be driven by new and improved tools for creating content as much as by improvements in the devices used to consume content. June 01, 2010


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Classical guitar has two new faces in Katona Twins
Peter and Zoltan Katona gave new faces to the art of the classical guitar in their concert at First Church Sunday afternoon for Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota.
The gifted twins provided impressive expertise and charm to their program, which included both familiar classics by Spanish and Spanish-influenced composers and arrangements of Broadway and television favorites. Their eclectic choices were more than justified by the audience members, who were heard to whisper "wow!" several times during the program.
Mass in B Minor highlights BachFest Sarasota
The music of Johann Sebastian Bach will be all over town this weekend for BachFest Sarasota, presented by Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota. The programs include "Intimate Instrumental Bach" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Church of the Redeemer, which will also be the site for Friday's noon concert "Pipe Organ: King of Instruments."
Artist Series Concerts will host new music festival
Say the name: Johann Sebastian Bach. Your mind conjures visions of a man in a powdered wig with the jaunty theme of William F. Buckley's "Firing Line" playing softly in the background.
Artist Series Concerts' season opens with a lively 'Piano Grand II'
Lightning striking twice in the same place may be a phenomenon to most of us, but for the thousand or so people in the Sarasota Opera House Saturday night, it certainly seemed a possibility as "Piano Grand II" opened the 22nd season for Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota with a repeat extravaganza of flying fingers and sumptuous Steinway sounds.
Five pianists take stage for Artist Series' 'Piano Grand' concert
Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota starts its 22nd season with "Piano Grand II," the return of last year's sold-out event. The performance features five pianists — Don Bryn, Joseph Holt, Andrew Lapp, Thomas Purviance and Jonathan Spivey — playing five grand pianos. The program will include Tchaikovsky's "Capriccio Italien," Bach's "Brandenburg Concerto #3," Ponchielli's "Dance of the Hours" (which appeared in "Fantasia") and Sousa marches.
Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota Presents PIANO GRAND II at the Sarasota Opera House this Saturday
They're back! Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota launches its 22nd season with an exuberant reprise of "Piano Grand," a performance featuring five world-class pianists-Don Bryn, Joseph Holt, Andrew Lapp, Thomas Purviance and Jonathan Spivey-and five Steinway & Sonsconcert grand pianos.
Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota Announces 2017-2018 Season
Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota enters its 22nd season bringing a diverse selection of musical experiences to the region with a dynamic line-up of established and emerging classical, cabaret, jazz and pops artists.
Suncoast Music Scholarships Competition Awards $22,000 to Local Students
Suncoast Music Scholarships awarded $22,000 to eight talented young musicians from Sarasota and Manatee counties to be used for music education expenses. The scholarships are a partnership between Sarasota Music Cluband Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota.
Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota Announces 2017-18 Season
Last year's Artists Series Concerts of Sarasota season was a peripatetic one, due to construction at the organization's usual home venue, the Historic Asolo Theater. But as managing director John Fischer points out, "that turned out to be a blessing in disguise," as the series expanded its audience by performing elsewhere, especially at the Venice Performing Arts Center.
Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota's 2017 National Competition for Piano
Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota presents its 2017 National Competition for Piano, Saturday, April 29, at the Beatrice Friedman Symphony Center, 709 N. Tamiami Trail. The finals competition begins at 7:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public but tickets are required. Tickets are available online at www.artistseriesconcerts.org. For more information, call 941-306-1202.
Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota Receives Grants for Education Outreach Initiatives and Programming
John Fischer, managing director of Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota, announced that organization was recently recognized for its education outreach initiatives with two significant grants. The Huisking Family Fund of the Community Foundation of Sarasota County awarded Artist Series Concerts $1,000 and the John J. Weiss Memorial Fund at the Community Foundation of Sarasota County awarded the organization $3,500 to be used for its educational programs.
Maria Wirries sings Cole Porter for Artist Series
There's simply something wonderful about the music of Cole Porter, the songwriter whose urbane love songs continue to resonate with singers and audiences more than 50 years after his death.
The Songbird Returns: Maria Wirries sings Cole Porter
In 2008, Maria Wirries shook the rafters with a flawless rendition of "New York, New York" at a talent contest at the Players Theatre. Needless to say, she won. She was only 10 years old. But she already had the complete attention of the area arts community.
Sisters bring 'Sibling Revelry' to Artist Series
Sisters and singers Ann Hampton Callaway and Liz Callaway built something of a cult following with their 1996 Rainbow and Stars nightclub act "Sibling Revelry," which celebrated the unique sound the they create individually and together.
Arts groups join together to promote Festival of French Music
When he was planning the current season for Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota, Joseph Holt knew he wanted to focus on a certain country or a genre of music. He settled on France and then discovered that other organizations were coincidentally making similar choices.
Sarasota Festival of French Music celebrates revolutionary legacy of French composers
Artistic evolution is rarely slow and steady — and it's never in a straight line. Cultural growth is punctuated by sudden explosions. A happy (or unhappy) few creators supply the spark. Usually, just a handful of artists, musicians, writers and performers in the right place and the right time.
Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota: "Music in Literature" with the Calidore String Quartet
Music and literature are intertwined in this performance of art inspiring art. Tchaikovsky's first string quartet reportedly brought the author Leo Tolstoy to tears; while Beethoven's impassioned middle period writing inspired Tolystoy to pen his novella, "The Kreutzer Sonata." In turn, Tolstoy's novella inspired Janacek's quartet of the same title.
Five grand pianos equal crowd pleaser
It's been done before. Carnegie Hall and Eugene List used to present Monster Concerts featuring a multitude of pianos with lots of grand hands playing great music, from Gottschalk to Grieg. But it's rarely been done with such finesse and fun as the Piano Grand! concert that opened the Artist Series Concerts on Sunday afternoon to a packed crowd at the Sarasota Opera House.
Five pianists team up for 'Piano Grand' at Sarasota Opera House
The Artist Series Concert season will begin with a five-way high-five on Oct. 9, as five world-class pianists team up with five Steinway & Sons grand pianos to bring about favorite classical works, arranged for the group.
Artist Series spreads out the season
Faced with an obstacle, turn it into an opportunity.That's the idea behind "Music on the Move," the Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota's 2016-2017 season, which was revealed to donors and media at a gathering at the Hotel Indigo Friday night.
From casual soiree to season series
When Lee Dougherty Ross and her husband, Jerold, moved to Sarasota more than two decades ago, they had no plans to start a new musical organization. Jerold had enjoyed a successful business career in arts management, including as the owner of a classical music radio station and a key member of the board of an opera company; Lee, who debuted with a professional symphony as a solo pianist at 12, had made a name for herself as an accomplished vocalist, appearing at Carnegie Hall, on Broadway, and internationally.
Cellist Amit Peled joins Artist Series Concerts
Israeli cellist Amit Peled joins with pianist Noreen Polera for an "Homage to Pablo Casals" for the Artists Series Concerts April 9 and 10 at the Historic Asolo Theater, 5401 Bay Shore Rd., Sarasota.Their program includes Faure's Elegie; Saint-Saens' Allegro Appassionato and Beethoven's Variation in E-flat Major.
Akropolis Reed Quintet to perform this weekend
The Akropolis Reed Quintet will present a program of works by Debussy, Rameau and young composer Joel Puckett at two Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota this weekend. The quintet (Tim Gocklin, oboe; Kari Dion, clarinet; Matt Landry, saxophone; Andrew Koeppe, bass clarinet; and Ryan Reynolds, bassoon) was founded in 2009 at the University of Michigan and in 2014 became the first ensemble of its kind to win the Fischoff Gold Medal.
Music Review: Artist Series Concerts 20th Anniversary
The Artist Series Concerts, a series that has graced Sarasota for two decades, set out to celebrate its 20th anniversary with an evening of varied entertainment this Memorial Day weekend at the Historic Asolo Theater.
Singers cheer 'Jerry Herman's Broadway'
Spending a couple of hours rehearsing for a "Jerry Herman's Broadway" concert put actor and singer Jason Graae in a great mood.
Edward Alley named board president of Artist Series Concerts
After nearly 20 years, the Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota has two new board members: A new board president and a new board member. Begun under humble circumstances in the lobby of founders Jerold and Lee Dougherty Ross' lobby of their Lido Key condo complex, the organization has expanded to become one of the most successful classical music organizations in Sarasota.
Adrienne Danrich to close out Artist Series Concerts season
Soprano Adrienne Danrich's tribute to the accomplishments of two opera legends, "This Little Light of Mine: The Stories of Marian Anderson and Leontyne Price," will conclude the Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota season with concerts on Saturday and Sunday.
Tsang and Neiman to present Artist Series Concerts
Cellist Bion Tsang and pianist Adam Neiman will present an Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota program at 7:30 p.m. April 18 and 19 that includes Faure's Elegie, Op. 24; Beethoven's Sonata in A Major, Op. 69; Rachmaninoff's Sonata in G minor, Op. 19; and Ponce-Heifetz's "Estrellita."
Cozy Classical: Artist Series Concerts reach 20 years of performances
In 1996, recent Wisconsin transplants Jerold and Lee Dougherty Ross began hosting soiree musicals in the lobby of their Lido Key condo. The unofficial yet intimate concerts were an offshoot of Dougherty Ross' lifetime of music performance and study.
Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota expands its reach in 2014-15 season
Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota is expanding its reach for the 2014-15 season, with concerts planned in North Port and a weekend festival devoted entirely to the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg."We always try to do one special thing each year, which this year is the Grieg Festival," said John Fischer, executive director of the performance series.


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Since Old Town Sacramento is situated on the Sacramento River, the Delta King Riverboat, which is permanently moored there, was the location I found most enjoyable to listen to music, and "people watch". The cool "delta breezes" coming off the river kept audience members comfortable as the performers belted out their rhythms along the water. There are hundreds of music festivals held throughout the U.S. each year, but it would be hard to top the Sacramento Jazzfest. Isaiah 23: 16b says "...play the harp well, sing many a song so that you will be remembered." I will for sure remember the songs of Sacramento, and I would definitely recommend putting this on your list of "future expeditions" if you have not yet done so! Miles of smiles! Tricia
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Friday, May 15, 2009
Return Expedition to South Dakota's Wall Drug
The Husteads were people of faith, and had probably read Jesus' words recorded in Mark 9:41 that say "For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward." A survey of the Wall Drug Enterprise of today makes it clear that the Husteads have not lost their reward! Besides a huge shopping emporium, there is a "Traveler's Chapel" that is beautifully furnished, and serves as a reminder of the source of all blessings this family has received. I would definitely recommend a stop at the world-famous Wall Drug. You can read more about the world's largest drug store at http://www.walldrug.com/ or phone 605-279-2175 for hours of operation. Miles of smiles! Tricia
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Saturday, May 9, 2009
"Motherly Moments" from Custer State Park Expedition
In recognition of Mother's Day, 2009, (May 10), it seems appropriate to focus on a "Motherly Moment" I was able to capture in a photograph during a recent expedition to Custer State Park in South Dakota. The photograph brings to my mind, the promise we read in Isaiah 66:13a (KJV) that says "As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you;"
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What's New in ShoWorks 2016!
Click here for the minimum requirements of ShoWorks 2016.
Top 30+ new features in ShoWorks 2016 (see ShoWorks 2012 further down for more features)
Cloud/Internet features
Create entries and check-in with any mobile device or web browser at a kiosk, print entry tags, back tags, or receipt (more coming soon!).
We have taken the previous version of ShoWorks and expanded the compatibility, not taken away, allowing this time a deeper compatibility coverage than ever before (past three versions of Microsoft Office and Microsoft Windows including the newest releases of both Windows 10 and Office 2016).
Stunning Themes
The number of themes has almost tripped, allowing beautiful homescreen and interface appearance including the ability to build your own theme using your photos.
Livestock Traceability and RFID
New fields added like Electronic ID, Premise ID, and UAID (Universal Animal ID) have been added, allowing identification based on global standards and easy scanning with a compatible RFID Bluetooth reader (wand) which pairs with the ShoWorks iPad app as well as the LivestockTags.com iPhone reader.
Breed storage
Breeds can now be preloaded and stored and managed across multiple divisions, allow drop-down selection at data entry both locally, online, and on the iPad.
View uploaded photos and PDFs
ShoWorks now connects live to FairJudge allowing you to view digital photos that exhibitors have uploaded as well as livestock health papers uploaded to LivestockDocs.
Multi-column Spreadsheet Wizard
The spreadsheet wizard now allows for multiple columns importing at the same time (formerly just one column).
Faster Entry Tag Printing
You can now mark batches of entry tags for printing, which automatically resets the marks upon printing, allowing staff to easily one-click the latest batch of entry tags without cumbersome filtering.
Publish both Judging and Sale results
The former "publish results" has been enhanced not only to an aesthetically beautiful layout for the public, but now includes options to publish sale/auction results in addition to regular judging results all to Facebook, Twitter, Saffire and your own website.
Better Back Tags
Reduce the number of tags per exhibitor by consolidating them by class, division or department, Also, large QR Codes print (optional) on the back tags, allowing for quick scans as they enter/exit the ring.
Signatures on checks
Easily insert check signature(s) for your checks to avoid hand signing hundreds if not thousands of premium and auction checks.
Premium Proofing Totals report
A new report was added that comprehensively looks at all premium calculations (both straight and sliding) to provide you with an accurate estimation of potential premium payouts.
Duplicate class checks
A new utility searches for possible duplicate classes in your division structure.
Adjust checks both ways
Users can now let ShoWorks automatically adjust exhibitor checks based on over or under payments made by the exhibitor, whether the exhibitor owes the fair or fair owes the exhibitor.
Add-on Wizard allows "goal" capturing
Specify a goal $ amount for the sale and buyers can add this amount to their auction purchases.
Adjust Buyer Bills between…
Add or take away $ amounts from buyer bills based on how much they owe from their auction purchases.
Financial Inspector
We have added new scenarios and conditions to look for where ShoWorks will find human "mistakes" that were made upon entry (like typing in $ amounts that are too large or small based on past trends and averages), preventing checks and bills from being incorrect.
Department Activity Report
Similar to the Exhibitor and Club Activity report, the Department and Division Activity report shows all financial transactions related to each department including both entry fees and exhibitor fees like gate passes, etc.
Increased data input field size
Many of the fields that had too small of character limit (such as "status", user defined text and lists, division sponsors, etc. were increased to their maximum physical allowed length by Microsoft, allowing the fair to store more information.
Clean up online data entry
In addition to the existing "Proper Case" action, a new "UPPERCASE" option has been added to the right-click menu which changes data to the desired case.
Stable code
The dependency on Microsoft's "mscomctl.ocx" was finally removed, which was a headache forcing some to frequently re-run an update patch for restoring the startup of ShoWorks.
iPad: Streamline with RFID readers
Scan RFID (Electronic ID) livestock tags using a Bluetooth EID reader (by Allflex), easily locating entries for judging, check-in and check-out.
iPad: Exhibitors print their own entry tags and back tags or receipts upon check-in
Kiosk printing now allows printing of large back-tags and continuous receipt layout, in addition to the existing entry tags. Printing defaults are now setup prior to the exhibitor's interaction
iPad: Easily move entries
Move entries to different divisions or classes (optional).
iPad: "Check-out Mode" for traceability to theft prevention
Allows scanning of entries upon their exit which records date/time and the device/person that scanned them.
iPad: Faster kiosk check-in
Kiosk workflow has been totally redesigned, allowing for a much smoother and faster exhibitor check-in.
iPad: Control the data collected at kiosks
Kiosk now allows "required" fields, allowing you to force exhibitors to complete additional data at check-in. An option has also been added to prevent exhibitors from changing data once they have confirmed an entry at check-in.
Online: Feedback and ratings
Stay on top of what your exhibitors say about your fair experience. Similar to Amazon ratings (5 star with comments).
Online: Trends and Stats
Monitor your online activity with graphs showing the trends of this year's activity compared to last year.
Online: Responsiveness
A new platform independent re-written website gives a fresh new look to a stable familiar standard that adapts to whatever device the visitor has, whether web browser, tablet or smart phone.
Online: Exhibitor mobile Check-in
The public is used to and has come to expect to be able to check-in with their mobile devices. If you are using the iPad kiosks for self-check-in, exhibitors can pull up their QR Code online and hold their phone in front of the kiosk to recognize them and being the check-in process.
Online: Easier data entry
Let exhibitors duplicate/copy entries into other divisions and classes.
Online: Division and Class "caps"
Limit the number of total online entries on a division-wide or class-wide basis. Also limit the number of entries any single exhibitor can make either in a division or class.
Online: Receipts now built-into your local ShoWorks
We found that many people would print individual online receipts. Now this can be done locally, allowing quick access to printing entire batches of online receipts.
Online: Entry deadlines are now verified
Prior to uploading and going live online, ShoWorks reminds you if any divisions have illogical entry deadlines (greater than 6 months expired), preventing embarrassing hassle of your online exhibitor experience.
Prior features introduced in ShoWorks 2012:
- Judge or check-in your entries on an iPad tablet.
- Self-check-in for your exhibitors via kiosk (using an iPad mounted in stands).
- Print QR Codes (barcodes) on entry tags for quick scanning (using an iPad as the scanner).
- Publish results directly to Facebook, Twitter, Saffire , or your own website within 3 clicks.
- Set class limits for exhibitors.
- Many new preset reports including payment discrepancy, back tags, buyer cards, coop cards, etc.
- New wizard to update divisions and classes all at once with our most powerful wizard to-date.
- Update any field in all or selected departments, divisions or classes at once.
(examples: Entry deadline, entry fees, premiums, sale info, online configurations, etc.
- Find and "bump" any date values by one year.
- Sort and renumber all or selected departments, divisions or classes at once.
- Copy classes from one division into many other divisions at once.
- New wizard to adjust checks for flat amounts, %'s, and deductions for owed entry fees.
- New wizard to adjust bills for flat amounts, and %'s.
- New wizard to adjust sale for flat amounts, % of sales, % of add-ons, % of unit price, and per pound.
- Display Tag ID and easy-to-read ownership in bills, invoices, and sale reports.
- Find records in menus using drop-down from the field of your choice.
- Print content sensitive reports (both preset and custom) directly within menus.
- Create Microsoft Excel spreadsheets in one click from both the report wizard and quick entries.
- Improved online entry data uploading during high traffic times.
- Sell general admission tickets online and configure directly in ShoWorks.
- Personalize your ShoWorks with 12 beautiful themes.
- Allow clubs and schools to login and approve entries.
- Online Media - Upload photos, videos, music and PDFs for entries.
- Online Media - Judge, score, and comment on entries online, anywhere, anytime.
- Online Media - E-blast entry tags and online judging results.
- Online Media - Display top placed photo entries via slideshow on your own website or monitors.
A quick glance:
Prior features introduced in ShoWorks 2009:
Interface Features:
- Scalable interface to take advantage of larger, more popular monitors (yet still work on most smaller ones). Minimum display size is now 1024x768 (as opposed to the former 800x600). Basically, the larger screen size you have, the more ShoWorks will adapt.
- Customizable interface. That's right!
- We mean the ability to rename fields on your menus (don't like the term "Class", no problem, rename it to "Lot" with ease).
- We mean the ability to fully customize your own menus (add, remove, re-arrange the form with the fields you want - no more padlocks).
- We mean dragging, resizing, and arranging columns in spreadsheet view and ShoWorks remembering your arrangement.
- Hybrid menus - that show the traditional menu with fields (one record per screen) plus a spreadsheet type view on the bottom of the menu that has all records as a list for fast/easy management. Very nice - one of our favorite features!
- Active menus (move among menus and keep your place). For example, you may be working on a particular record in the Divisions menu, then need to flip to the Exhibitors menu. When you go back to the Divisions menu, your cursor on the same record is right where you left it to pick up where you left off.
- Intelligent searching. Now, a generic search box where as you type, ShoWorks narrows down the records on "every" field. For example, start typing "Cal" and ShoWorks narrows records down to those including Calvin as a first name, Calhoun as a last name, Calgary as a city, Callamazoo High School as a school... Just keep typing and the more you type, the narrower the results get. Type in 307 and records are narrowed down with 307 as an Entry Number, 307 as an Exhibitor Number, 307 as an area code...and you get the idea.
Data Features:
- Lots of User Defined fields (71 new fields to be exact).
- New "import and merge latest changes" wizard, updating, merging and importing records from another ShoWorks data file without needing a network.
- Automated offsite backups to protect your data from any disaster.
Functional Features:
- Report grouping (organize your custom reports by dragging and dropping into groups).
- Three times as many preset reports as prior versions, including refinements in existing preset reports. Click here for a 33-page sample of preset reports (PDF).
- True Sliding Scale Premium Scheduling. This will save lots of time on premium management. The former method of points and premiums is still available and can be used cooperatively with the new method.
- E-blast manager.
- Flexible sale commissions to exclude add-ons.
- Split sale purchases easier by using a built-in assistant
- Paperless buyer billing and payments (e-blast their bills and they click a link to pay online with a check or credit card).
Online Features:
- Create multiple entries (multi-class) for those exhibitors with many entries all in one click.
- Flexible fees to charge by exhibitor or by entry.
- Online buyer payments if you also have an auction.
- Gather valuable feedback from your exhibitors with a customizable survey at checkout.
- Customize the entire site exactly to your fair's needs with "skins" that match your fair theme.
And almost 1,000 other enhancements and tweaks based on years of feedback from hundreds of fairs across North America.


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Women in Business: Career Coach or Mentor: Who Best Suits Your Needs?/
Thinking about a career change? Check out the Women in Business blog, "Career Coach or Mentor: Who Best Suits Your Needs? It looks at the difference between a Career Coach and a Mentor and the benefits of each. Lauree Ostrofsky provides tips for making the best choice for you.
Now that we understand the difference between business coach and mentor, Lauree Ostrofsky, CPC, Communications Consultant & Certified Coach gives us these tips to make the best individual choice:
Choose 3-5 things you want from this expert. For example, to be promoted, to switch industries, to learn a new skill, to be seen as a leader within your organization. Then, put a star next to the one you want the most. Yes, these should be in writing. That way the list can be posted as a visual reminder. Also, the act of writing makes this more of a commitment.
It's easier to determine who fits your requirements by knowing what they are. The list you start out with and the one you end up with by the time you speak to the expert can change drastically. Getting down your thoughts now helps determine what you really want to put your energy towards, so when you begin working together you both are focused on the same thing (and therefore are more successful).
Talk to at least 1 mentor and 1 coach. There are lots of gray areas between mentors and coaches. And while skill sets are important in choosing one professional over another, it really comes down to a personal connection. This is true of relationships, even sales, of any kind.
Take the number one thing that you want, and ask the mentor and coach how they would each help you get it. Pay attention to your gut reaction to what they say. Which one really understands you and your needs? Which one asks the right questions to learn more?
Even if the conversation is just about work, keep in mind that you may share private or personal information with them at some point. Who do you feel the most comfortable and are able to talk openly with?
Be prepared. For this relationship to be fruitful, your participation is mandatory. What you bring to it—those 3-5 bullets for instance and a main goal for your time together—will go a long way. There may be homework, things for you to consider or activities to try in between meetings. There may also be challenges to the way you think about things, especially how you see yourself. All of this is in effort to get the goal you have mutually agreed on at the start of your work together.
As you can see, it's not a cut-and-dried situation. The solution to finding the right help is defining your needs and then seeking out the proper person to provide you guidance. Expecting results from someone without the qualifications, experience or resources to get you there is a recipe for disappointment. As the professionals advise, find the right person for the job and you'll attain your goal.


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Evenings for Educators: An Evening with Author and Illustrator, Will Hillenbrand
March 18, 2015 - 04:00 pm to 07:00 pm
4–7 p.m. (registration and refreshments 4–5 p.m. program begins at 5 p.m.)
Art and storytelling collide during this literary-themed Evenings for Educators. Meet author, illustrator and native Cincinnatian, Will Hillenbrand. In 2012, Hillenbrand's book, Bear In Love Won Parents' Choice Silver Honor and his book Off We Go! was listed in Kirkus Reviews as one of the Best Picture Books Of 2013 For The Youngest Children. Additionally, from October 25, 2013 - January 6, 2014 his illustration work was honored through an exhibition at the Main Library Atrium of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. Having worked in his field for more than 20 years and completed over 50 books, Hillenbrand has a wealth of knowledge to share regarding his inspiration, creative process and career.
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Howard Greenberg Gallery has brought in artist Jungjin Lee for the holidays. On display will be not one but two different photo sets by the Korean.
Jungjin Lee's photography is imbued with elemental vastness and wonder. A former assistant of Robert Frank, she creates meditative landscapes with a unique interplay between image and material, capturing moments in time that are uniquely her own. Using a multilayered process that integrates elements of painting, Lee's photographs exude a materiality not often found in photography. She aims to find "a fundamental essence of things being captured through my intuition, the inner state of my mind, beyond my thinking."
Lee was one of twelve renowned photographers who traveled to Israel and the West Bank between 2009 and 2013 to create work for This Place, a major traveling exhibition initiated by Frederic Brenner, which will be exhibited at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach from October 15, 2015 – January 17, 2016 and the Brooklyn Museum from February 12 – June 5, 2016.
Of her work in Israel and the West Bank, Lee has said, "What I am searching for in my photographs is something about life. It's about the solitary state of being human. Life changes on the surface, like an ocean. You have the constant movement of water on the surface, but deep down, at the core there is no movement."
Unnamed Road/Everglades will be exhibited through December 12, 2015.
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We should do all of the above for starters. However, nobody should separate outside line of sight from the rest of the party. It might still be around somewhere close by and we do not want to picked apart by some sort of ambush predator.
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You order your men to look around whilst you ask the guard some questions, and they step to it with gusto. Konnie disappears around a corner, his nose to the ground, whereas Tommy, Kvelar and Khami ready their weapons and step into the mausoleum.
Johakim for his part begins examining the food bowl and the surrounding area for any more, uh, biological clues.
"I'm afraid I can't tell you much sir, I wasn't allowed near the mausoleum, none of us where. The manor has been a right state since she went missing though. Everyone is on high alert. We cannot afford to show any weakness, lest the other houses pounce."
She goes quiet for a moment. Looks away into the horizon. Sighs. "Look sir, we aren't supposed to talk about it, aren't supposed to divulge the Lords business with outsiders. I could lose my job, but if I don't I could lose my neck.
Master will go even madder without Flopsy around." Another sigh.
"I haven't seen Flopsy up close but I know her to be roughly the size of a mountain lion. Diet of insects and carrion. The Lord usually drags it here himself.
I believe her to be unique to this area, otherwise I doubt master would care for her as much as he does."
"As for enemies, well, take your pick. It'd be easier to hand you a list of friends."
You nod your thanks and go to find your men, to see what they have found.
"What the guard says checks out, the bowl is filled with carrion and the area is curiously devoid of insect life. Tried poking through a few rocks, expected to find ants or what have you. Nothing. Right curious. Haven't seen much else though."
You hear some commotion from inside the mausoleum and decide to investigate yourself.
Kvelar greets you by the entrance, presenting you with the evidence found thus far.
"Got some pieces of scale littered about the place and the remains of what I assume to be food. This place seems to have been a nest. No signs on struggle in here, just an awful smell and unidentifiable goop."
"Only other thing of note is the altar further in, seems dedicated to Lolth, judging by the spider web motif, but I'm no Cleric. Nothing else alive in here in either case. Not surprising considering our clientel."
Not seeing anything else of interest, you take the men outside and begin scanning the perimeter.
You find Konnie sitting on a rock outside the mausoleum smoking a pipe. You are about to scold him for giving up to easily when Tommy suddenly yells out "Hey! Over here! Tracks!"
A long, slithering trail. Perhaps a meter wide, with thick rectangular footprints on the sides. Next to them, giant footprints, obviously laid down by a humanoid but at odd intervals and angles, as if dancing.
All around the cemetery you find the weirdest trial yet. Pockmarks in the ground as if a congression of porcupines had held a roller derby convention.
They converge with the other trails and disappear, leaving only the thick slithering tracks leading towards the fence surrounding the area.
Is there anything you wish to do before following the tracks to the best of your abilities?
|# ? Oct 18, 2015 13:28
Ask the guard for a bag of insect before going
|# ? Oct 18, 2015 13:42
Examine the footprints. Does the middle creature seem quadrupedal? Do the prints look like claws or paws? Do they have any other defining charasteristics?
Do the humanoid footprints seem like the creature that made them was wearing shoes? Can say, Johakim estimate the size of the creature based on those footprints?
Also, Examine the pockmarks. Do they have anything, like spines inside of them (use tools or tweezers or something do dig around, don't put your finger in strange holes)? Anything else of interest?
|# ? Oct 18, 2015 13:45
You examine the footprints closer. It is clear that there are three distinct sets, but only one pair seems to have spent any significant amount of time in the area, judging by their quantity..
The thick, trailing track with the large rectangular footprints on the side have no other defining characteristics.
They remind you of the caravan loading areas of Tukatt Hold, where large boxes would settle into the soil before being hoisted onto the trade-cart heading for market places unknown.
The humanoid footprints are indeed shoe prints, and judging by their size whatever left them must be quiet large indeed. Perhaps three meters tall? Something seems off about them though, but you can't rightly tell what.
The pockmarks litter the area but are concentrated outside the entrance to the mausoleum next to the foodbowl. Examining the granite structure closer you find a few scratches have even been made into it's surface.
When asked about a bag of insects, the guard replies that you are free to take whatever is left in the bowl.
|# ? Oct 18, 2015 14:47
Tell someone else to carry the bowl so we have bait to lure Flopsy back when we find them.
|# ? Oct 19, 2015 00:26
You arrange for the food bowl to be contained expediently and set of to follow the tracks. They lead you first to the wrought-iron fence where, predictably, there is some considerable damage. In that a large section is simply missing.
The guard, who has been following your group around up to this point just sighs and turns to leave, muttering all the way about the incompetence of her fellows and the poor state of the manor in general.
Examining the 'entry wound' more closely you realize the wall has been smashed through by something both large and strong, presumably the heavy slithering trail that continues through here.
You follow the tracks away from the mansion, away from the city proper into a lightly wooded area on the edge of town. Just enough for cover, but too small to hide the dangers of The Forest which weights ever on your mind.
From the deep gouges cut into the soil in straight but parallel lines you surmise that Flopsy was taken here and loaded into a heavy cart, which then sped off with her into the distance.
You know the pet-napping to be at least two days old. You also know whatever took her would have to be relatively hefty. The clearing you have found is devoid of other clues, much to your chagrin.
Looks like you have some travelling to do!
Do you continue, following this mysterious cart to wherever it may have gone?
Or do you do something else?
|# ? Oct 19, 2015 21:40
Continue on, preferably on horseback.
|# ? Oct 19, 2015 21:42
keep goin
|# ? Oct 19, 2015 21:43
On the Pet-Nappers Trail
You discuss the situation briefly with your men. Everyone agrees you should continue so you get back on your horses and take off.
Ah yes, the horses. They have thus far been skipped over, but they are all part and parcel of a successful monster hunting business. Not all monsters live nearby after all, and you must have some way to transport yourselves, your loot and trophies to wherever adventure awaits. The horses in your possession are nothing special, no barded war-horses here, but they get the job done.
Your journey takes you to one of the roads heading out from Braav to the Empire proper. It's the first time you've taken this route, but Kvelar is more familiar with it. Sparse highland with long, winding gravel roads snaking to the horizon and beyond. Hills, giving way to mountains in the distance and a industry and civilisation where environment permits.
Just as the sun begins it's descent the tracks you have been following veer off the beaten path, around a hill and further into the wilderness. Another hour passes until you finally arrive at your destination.
Nestled cosily in a shallow valley stand a multitude of dilapidated carts and wagons clustered like firewood around the great hearth that is the multicoloured, striped tent that occupies the centre of the scene. Strange but muffled noises can be heard from inside of it, but there is no activity as far as you can tell on the outside. Some of the wagons have large, empty cages, others look live living spaces (house-wagons, if you will) but the overall impression is one of ruin, abandonment.
No one has seen you yet. How do you proceed?
|# ? Oct 19, 2015 23:52
|# ? Oct 19, 2015 23:56
So, Flopsy was abducted by a circus.
I'm just spitballing here. We don't know which one is Flopsy but we can conceivably get a look at the animals, write down their descriptions, get a message back to the Lord, ask which one is Flopsy.
|# ? Oct 19, 2015 23:57
RandomPauI posted:
So, Flopsy was abducted by a circus.
Or try calling their name to them.
Alternatively, this circus has stolen private property, we should charge in, kill the owners and become a traveling circus. That's legal, right?
|# ? Oct 20, 2015 00:08
1. Kill all the people.
2. Return Flopsy.
3. Give all the other monsters to the alchemist.
4. $$$$$$
|# ? Oct 20, 2015 00:29
Night sneak attack
|# ? Oct 20, 2015 00:41
You all are seriously underestimating the danger of circus folk, carnies are gonna mess you up.
|# ? Oct 20, 2015 00:48
Are they set up in an area close to a populated village?
|# ? Oct 20, 2015 00:51
The closest village you know about is Braav. Kvelar pipes up to mention that Sockne is a few days travel to the west. You have been going mostly north for this excursion.
Remember you may at any time ask your crew their opinions of the matters you face or perhaps delegate some task to them what befits their skills.
For convenience and new players, this is your best estimate of your current crew and their capabilities.
Thorgrim Ironscript <-- This is you
Novice Axedwarf
Competent Accountant
Novice Gnomespeaker
Fine-quality leather armour
Bog-Standard military surplus Battleaxe
Kvelar Ironscript
Talented Axedwarf
Competent Crossbowman
Adequate Axedwarfsmanship trainer
Novice archery trainer
Fine-quality leather armour
Master-Crafted Dwarven Heirloom Battleaxe
Bog-standard quality handcrossbow
Konnie 'Cowfoot' Loman
??? 'Dagerteer' (claims expert)
Decent Quality Leather Armour
??? Quality daggers
Johakim 'The Chisel' Loman
??? Combat Medic
Decent Quality Leather Armour
??? Quality Medkit
Tommy 'Woodhead' Loman
??? Clubuser
Decent Quality Leather Armour
??? Quality greatclub
??? Chainwielder (claims mastery)
??? Quality Chainmail
??? Quality Iron Chain
|# ? Oct 20, 2015 01:20
The evidence tells us that Flopsy is most likely an arachnid of some sort. The pinhole style footprints were all over the pet house, reflective of long term occupancy. The larger lizard creature is some sort of beast of burden, used to pull the cart. Given the carnival location, I suspect the eccentric elf's creature will be used as part of a freak show or menagerie attraction.
Follow the scent of dung to find the animal trainer's enclosure.
|# ? Oct 20, 2015 01:24
So what does our crew think of this circus thing? Is it actually a harmless circus or are these bandits?
|# ? Oct 20, 2015 01:52
Yeah, let's take our time with this, and not blindly charge a bunch of people who's combat capabilities we know nothing about.
|# ? Oct 20, 2015 12:30
Ironscript Tyrannofauna Extermination Company on-site meeting - Petnappers Circus - Exterior
If this is a circus, where are all the people? Why camp so far from the road, from town? No, these must be bandits looking to extend their threat with ferocious beasts.
We should be wary, lest they overwhelm us with tamed or mad-starving monsters.
"Well, whoever they are they gotta sleep sometime, right? I saw we wait until deepest night, then we sneak in and and bash their skulls in. That usually works."
"Forget it, I ain't sneakin in to some monster-infested bandit carnival without some solid intel. I say we wait until someone feels the call of nature, then we knock him out, interrogate him and slit his throat. Not necessarily in that order."
"Whoever they is they had the gall to break and enter into a guarded drow-lords compound. Successfully I might at. A direct approach is suicide, maybe diplomacy is an option? Otherwise, burn em out and ambush the stragglers. Hope whatever Flopsy is is fireproof."
Kvelar is quiet through most of the discussion, but adds his input towards the end: "We should send someone in to investigate. Don't want to be taken by surprise."
|# ? Oct 20, 2015 16:34
Sexy frog would be perfect for this mission now...
|# ? Oct 20, 2015 16:36
Gadget guy with a mechanical trinket could work, him showing up like he wanted to interview for a job.
|# ? Oct 20, 2015 18:41
Cowfoot has the right idea here. Observe from a safe distance then nab somebody when the opportunity reveals itself.
|# ? Oct 20, 2015 19:40
Sapphira posted:
Cowfoot has the right idea here. Observe from a safe distance then nab somebody when the opportunity reveals itself.
This, but let's do it during nighttime when there are less people awake, and thus less people to get suspicious when a person takes a bit too long to return.
|# ? Oct 21, 2015 12:20
Sapphira posted:
Cowfoot has the right idea here. Observe from a safe distance then nab somebody when the opportunity reveals itself.
Yes, but let's make sure the "knock him out, interrogate him and slit his throat" parts ARE in that order.
|# ? Oct 21, 2015 17:32
The Ambush
Taking everyone�s input into account, you decide that waiting until nightfall and possibly capturing someone when/if they exit the tent is the safest option.
You spend the next two hours scouting the perimeter of the compound, looking for a good place to base your ambush. Something with cover, yet still within a reasonable distance of the central tent.
If it wasn't for the constant, muffled noise coming from it's interior you would swear this circus was abandoned. Most of the carts and wagons outside are in a severe state of disrepair. They don't look capable of transporting much of anything any more. Most have pieces missing or broken, but they still provide some solid cover and thus you decide to set yourselves up amongst them.
Some more time passes. Suddenly, there is activity. Someone is exiting the tent. From the distance all you can tell is that whoever it is is wearing mostly green but has enormous, red shoes on their feet. Some sort of clown?
Thanks to your prudent planning, the cover of night and the complete lack of patrols in the area you may set up your forces anywhere in the following Battle Grid(tm) except in the two squares immediately next to your foe in all directions or the inside of the tent, as you would have been detected had that been the case. The shaded areas provide full cover and block line of sight except at the very edges otherwise the terrain is minimally impeding. Melee combat can be entered from adjacent squares. For the handcrossbow in Kvelars position, the distances involved are so small that he can pretty much fire from anywhere he has line of sight. Range is a non-issue.
1: Write-In: Where are your forces located?
2: Write-In: What is your plan of attack?
Swedish Thaumocracy fucked around with this message at Oct 21, 2015 around 19:42
|# ? Oct 21, 2015 19:31
Multi pronged attack
Theif at B4 sneak tp backstab crown.
Fighter A at E10 follow up when the clown turn toward theif.
Fighter B at A10 follow up when clown turn toward fight B.
Medic at E4 step in to heal if neccasary, otherwise follow up attack the clown.
Dwarf hide on top of the tend at A4 and surpise air axe the clown if neccasary, but save it for any reinforcement.
|# ? Oct 21, 2015 19:45
Nyaa posted:
Multi pronged attack
Cool battle plan but no, since our plan was to capture and interrogate a guy not kill the first guy that comes out. We should take advantage of our surprise and the fact this person is alone. Let's have Konnie at B4 and have him sneak up on the guy, do the whole 'put a knife on his throat from behind' shtick, threaten him to be either silent or dead etc. and then take him to another location where we can interrogate him. Will post other locations later, since I feel them less relevant at the moment.
Theantero fucked around with this message at Oct 21, 2015 around 20:00
|# ? Oct 21, 2015 19:56
Nyaa posted:
Multi pronged attack
this plan
|# ? Oct 21, 2015 21:31
Theantero posted:
Cool battle plan but no, since our plan was to capture and interrogate a guy not kill the first guy that comes out. We should take advantage of our surprise and the fact this person is alone. Let's have Konnie at B4 and have him sneak up on the guy, do the whole 'put a knife on his throat from behind' shtick, threaten him to be either silent or dead etc. and then take him to another location where we can interrogate him. Will post other locations later, since I feel them less relevant at the moment.
Let's do this.
|# ? Oct 21, 2015 21:46
Break its legs, then interrogate it. Then double tap and burn the body after harvesting
|# ? Oct 21, 2015 21:51
The Clown
You had previously ordered Konnie to lay in wait behind the tent, to ambush anyone that came out when he deemed it most safe.
The clown shuffles forward with erratic, heavy motions. From your vantage point you can barley make out the detail but it appears to be walking roughly in your direction.
Konnie pounces from his hiding spot! Rushing up to clown, masking his noise in concert with it's resounding footsteps. If you didn't know where he was to begin with, you are certain you could never have spotted him.
<Konnie moves up to c6>
�Stick em up!�
The clown spasms violently, exploding with silent rage at the thief that dared disturb its trip. It's arms shoot forward into a ferocious push, but the nimble thief dodges it at the last minute, slicing the clowns arm up in the process.
That didn't seem to cut it however. The clown is still advancing on Konnie, and he seems pressed. The rogue screams a fineable expletive and backs up aggressively, trying to get any sort of attack in under the flailing onslaught, moving towards Johakim to try to get some backup.
It seems he bit of more than he could chew. What do you do?
|# ? Oct 21, 2015 23:25
Have Khami advance from behind, and try to trip the clown.
Give the clown one final chance to surrender when/if he goes to ground, hopefully he will get in line after he realizes he's outnumbered.
If not, have Konnie slit his throat and drag this corpse out of the way.
Tommy should advance if the clown struggles and put him out of his misery if Konnie can't cut it.
Kvelar should take aim at the tent entrance and ready to shoot any clownforcements.
|# ? Oct 21, 2015 23:34
Is that an . . . undead clown?
|# ? Oct 22, 2015 00:33
Could be, we better burn it after we chop off its limbs
Wentley posted:
Is that an . . . undead clown?
|# ? Oct 22, 2015 01:10
|# ? Oct 22, 2015 01:29
|# ? Sep 15, 2019 16:08
Round two, fight!
You sense Konnie is in trouble, so you order a charge. The plan is to capture the clown alive, but ancient wisdom says plans rarely survive contact with the enemy.
Everyone bursts out of their hiding spaces more or less simultaneously, but Tommy is the first to engage. He swings his great-club wildly, missing by inches.
The clown, occupied as it is with Konnie ignores the strike and wanders after him mindlessly.
Khami sprints from behind the tent, swinging his chain above his head hoping to lasso his target, whereas Kvelar is charging it's flank. Johakim for his part is standing back for now.
You steel yourself for the first real combat of your life. But what exactly are you fighting?
You are closer now, and the moonlight reveals the face of your adversary.
It's visage shakes you to the bone, and you hesitate, interrupting your charge.
In but a moment, everyone will be fighting. Do you have any last minute orders?
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