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When it comes to combining sports and science, the University of Oregon ain't screwing around.
U. of O. just opened the Marcus Mariota Sports Performance Center, with some seriously high-tech goodies. This thing looks like the inside of the Touchback (the team bus of the Ionath Krakens, the main team of the GFL series). Hell, the only thing missing is the Kreigs-Ballook Virtual Reality field.
Mariotta, the current starting QB of the Tennessee Titans in the NFL, won the Heisman Trophy in 2014 while playing for Oregon. As a three-season college starter, he led the Ducks to a 36-5 record. They've dedicated this impressive facility to him.
In uniquely Oregon style, the recently opened Marcus Mariota Sports Performance Center combines sports performance, sports science, sports medicine and technology in one efficiently designed space on the ground floor of the Casanova Center. Another part of the project, the overhaul of the equipment room, is a testament to style and function.
The 30,000-foot complex was primarily funded by Phil and Penny Knight. Phil Knight is the founder of Nike.
This hip video doesn't talk about the goodies inside (I do a bit of that below), and is little more than a Nike commercial, but it's short and worth a look to get the visual scope of this joint:
So what's inside? Check out this list:
- A "recovery study" area where analysts capture athlete's baseline measurements via motion capture to identify any "deviations from a subject's normal range, which can help identify where intervention needs to occur prior to injury." So, yeah, this is MINORITY REPORT for sports injuries.
- A psychology area that includes a "bone density scanner" as well as a "neurocognitive center" that will help diagnose and treat concussion symptoms. Concussions are a big part of the ongoing plot of the Galactic Football League.
- A movement area with 16 motion capture cameras and a 40-yard running track, which has its own set of motion capture cameras and force plates. This, I believe, will allow extensive analysis of athletes' form and movement, allowing coaches to refine the process by which players do the work of their sport. That includes, probably, detailed examination of running form (hence the 40-yard track, as the 4o-yard-dash is a common measurement of speed for football. You may hear the words "he runs a 4.2 forty," where the "4.2" is the number of seconds needed to run that distance. The lower the number, the faster your player is.
- A passive recovery area, were "athletes can rest on recovery tables and utilize the popular pneumatic compression units, which assist the body's circulation in order to speed recovery and decrease muscle soreness following a competition or practice.
- Five sleep pods where student-athletes can take a nappy-poo between practices or meetings. I'm assuming these are more advanced than that smelly roll-out cot your uncle had in his basement.
- A "helmet wall" that displays the numerous helmets worn by the UO football team (and holy crap do they wear a lot of different helmets), and behind that wall (I can only pray there is a secret door a-la an Evil Overlord hideout) is a "helmet construction workshop with overhead pneumatic drills and easily accessible components, meaning a NASCAR-like repair or rebuild of a helmet is now possible."
- An equipment room with has 2.5 miles of shelving that houses gear for baseball, across, soccer and acrobatics as well as — of course — football.
- A laundry facility, called the Pond, can manage up to 500 pounds of laundry at once — yes, athletes make a lot of sweat.
While this facility will probably do a bunch-o good for the student-athletes, one of the main purposes of a facility like this is for recruiting. When high school jocks visit campus for any sport and consider playing at U. of O., you can bet they will be shown this facility as well as many others. Oregon simply does not mess around when it comes to spending cheese on top-notch facilities.


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Interrupting (or distorting) your velocity
July 21, 2011 2 Comments
How is your velocity? Do you focus on the highest priority actions in your projects? in your workday?
This Tuesday, The Daily Stat from The Harvard Business Review reported that R&D engineers completed only 73% of their planned daily tasks.
Maybe it is not applicable to software engineers, but I don't have grounding for refuting the stat in our space as well.
The short brief goes on to say that interruptions caused 58% of that lost effectiveness, resulting in about 96 minutes of lost time each day.
In my agile teams (and as far as I know a standard practice everywhere), one of the factors I consider in estimating velocity is time lost to interruptions.
So we might also figure that using a flexible velocity that doesn't rely on 100% productivity will take care of us…
Getting our priorities straight
What really caught my attention, though, was the last sentence in the briefing:
Although urgent tasks tended to be completed, the researchers […] found that less-important tasks were somewhat more likely to be completed than more-important tasks.
Slow down and read it again, if you didn't catch it. Tasks considered "urgent" DID get completed. That's good… and it is consistent with what I would have figured.
But less important tasks were somewhat more likely to get completed than more important tasks.
Do we just ignore this because, after all, we are agile software developers and our teams, coaches and customers are awesome at prioritization?
Are we better than R&D engineers, more gifted, or less "human" that we are not affected in the same ways they are?
More interestingly, I wonder why it might turn out this way? What are the characteristics of high and low priority tasks that might make this situation happen on my projects?
Has it already, and I never really analyzed the data this way?
The anatomy of low priority tasks
I have one theory about why this may happen, and if it has merit it might even be LIKELY on just about any project.
As I think back through various projects and the tasks that were not high priority, I noticed a few characteristics:
- They were often "bonus features"
- They sometimes involved using libraries not needed elsewhere in the solution, or required integration with external services (Amazon, Google maps, etc.)
- They may have involved some dressy UI tricks
- Developers generally thought they might be "easy" changes
In other words, they were the PERFECT kinds of tasks a developer might "volunteer" to do in the evening or over the weekend for the sheer joy of development. You know, the tasks a developer might pull as a "freebie" to the project.
If that's what is happening, I can imagine we might see this kind of statistic on just about any project.
Of course, that brings up other issues like what our velocity really is, and how we might address the higher priority tasks not getting done. Honestly, I can't say I have seen the same effects as HBR is reporting about high priority tasks.
But what do you think about the low priority ones? Can you think of other reasons they could be getting done at a rate higher than you might expect?


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The Bronx is home to Hip Hop, Fashion, Food, and diverse culture but it is also home to the largest number of "Food Insecure Homes" than any other borough in our city. So This year Eat nYc will UNITE all of those facets of our borough to take a stand against hunger here in our commUNITY! This is our hometown and HUNGER is not welcomed!
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- Date: September 16, 2017 from 5 – 8:30pm
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Live Performances, Fashion show, Live cooking demos and more…
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- – In 2015 Eat nYc The Bronx Food And Wine Festival Took Over the brand new $330,000,000 Mall at Bay Plaza – The First time an event like this has ever taken over an entire mall – certainly a first for the borough of the Bronx
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Detroit has a great history of multi-disciplinary design, especially during the last century. The region has significant examples of planning, architecture, innovative engineering and manufacturing that have influenced and inspired people internationally. Many of these creative individuals have had leadership positions in their fields and have helped to make Detroit a place recognized for design innovation.
In 1806, Judge Woodward created a city plan for Detroit after a significant fire. Over 200 years later, this plan continues to be recognized as a great vision for urban planning. Even though much of the original plan was not realized, what was completed created one of the most interesting and unique downtown plans of any in North America. The vision of the Woodward plan was recently strengthened with the creation of the Campus Martius Park, which was part of the original 1806 plan.
During the turn of the last century, a young Finish designer named Eliel Saarinen planned a campus that initiated one of the greatest educational communities in the world, Cranbrook. Today this planned community is known throughout the world and its inspiring planning aspects are studied extensively. This campus for multi-disciplinary design is a place where some of the best architects, industrial designers and artists in the world have been educated.
Eliel Saarinen then planned the Detroit riverfront, which lead to a revised plan by his son Eero Saarinen for a riverfront civic center incorporating a city hall, convention center, arena and a large public space. In the late 1950's, this plan was considered innovative, and architects and planners of the world took note. Much of that plan, in concept, has been implemented as the Cobo Convention Center, Hart Plaza and the City County Building.
Another significant planner, Charles Blessing was internationally known as the head of Detroit City Planning during the 1950's and 1960's. He initiated innovative urban designs like Lafayette Park where he brought to Detroit, world-class architect Mies Van Der Rohe to design the project. Blessing also established a unique approach to planning with the integration of multiple hospitals at the Detroit Medical Center and was recognized for his 3-D plans for the entire city, the first of their kind anywhere. The Detroit Planning Department was noted internationally as a forward-thinking group and attracted talented architects and planners who wanted to work for Blessing. Once again, Detroit was studied for innovation, creativity, and the willingness to challenge the norm of the day.
Architecturally, Detroit designers were innovative in the early 20th century as creators of structures that helped to usher in manufacturing expansion. Detroit architect, Albert Kahn designed structures that accommodated the technologies of the time and established a precedent for industrial buildings with his unique use of structure and natural light. These buildings were constructed around the world and created precedents that have inspired architecture to current day. At Cranbrook in the 1950's, Eero Saarinen was attracting talented designers to his firm from around the world including Cesar Pelli, Kevin Roche, John Dinkeloo and Gunnar Birkerts. In Detroit, his design team created some of the most important architecture of the century, including the St. Louis Gateway Arch, the TWA Kennedy Airport Terminal in New York and Dulles Airport in Washington D.C. Beginning in the 1960's another Detroit architect, Minoru Yamasaki, was designing significant buildings around the world. Among these projects was the iconic structure of New York's World Trade Center, which was also designed here in Detroit.
Industrial designers in Detroit create products that are used throughout the world. With the headquarters of three of the biggest automobile corporations in the world located within the Detroit region, automobile design and engineering innovations are a daily occurrence. These designs are part of common culture of our country and the world. Where do those auto-designers come from? Detroit. Today, Detroit's expanding College for Creative Studies (CCS) is a world leader in transportation design. It is recognized internationally as a place where industrial designers are educated. Currently, CCS is undergoing a vast expansion that will establish its place as a premier school for the creative arts and industrial design. As for the Cranbrook connection to this discipline, industrial design has a great legacy. For example, furniture designers Charles and Ray Eames and Florence Knoll are graduates of the educational community and are responsible for many of the furniture design icons of the century.
An additional dimension of industrial design in Michigan is the industry leaders of Herman Miller and Steelcase. These two companies are located in Grand Rapids, about a two and a half hour drive west of Detroit. Internationally known for industrial design products, this is another example of creative importance in the area.
With a history of planning and engineering innovation, and precedent setting architectural and industrial designs, Detroit has a significant legacy as a creative center. We should understand this place in history, embrace it and encourage its future growth. As we begin to recognize the importance of the creative sector in economic generation for a city, Detroit can use its historic connection and established institutions to build from. The State of Michigan needs to factor into this initiative and support the creative sector and its potential for economic growth. Clearly this is an economic opportunity that can assist the State in the need to diversify from its manufacturing base. With focused design-oriented initiatives and a concentration of design as an economic engine, Detroit can again become a leader by developing innovative solutions within multiple disciplines.
Mark Nickita, AIA, CNU, APA, BSArch, BArch, MArch is an architect, urbanist, retail entrepreneur, developer, educator and an elected municipal leader and President of Archive DS in Detroit and Toronto. Mark is the elected Mayor of Birmingham, Michigan and is co-owner of retail establishments in Downtown Detroit, including the Pure Detroit Stores, The Rowland Cafe and Stella International Cafes.


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Teacher E-BooksThursday, May 5, 2011
I found a great site that has e-books for teachers to download. There are many free books that you can download immediately. Even the books that you purchase are available for immediate download. Check it out! We all love free stuff!!
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eBay has announced it will acquire 100 percent of Magento Inc., a leading open-source e-commerce platform, of which it already owns a minority stake.
According to officials, Magento will continue to serve its customers but will also form part of eBay's new X.Commerce program. This group is meant to build "a strong, robust developer community as a resource for merchants and retailers."
Matthew Mengerick, the head of PayPal's platform team, will head X.Commerce. eBay President and CEO John Donahoe says the new team will help "meet developers' needs and drive global commerce innovation for retailers and consumers."
"The feedback we've heard from external developers has been clear," Donahoe continues. "They don't just want payments or an e-commerce site; they want access to a full set of commerce capabilities to build complete shopping experiences for merchants."
Magento says it agreed to the acquisition to pursue its vision of "being at the core of e-commerce."
"eBay is evolving to become a strategic commerce partner focused on delivering new ways for merchants of all sizes to drive innovation," says Roy Rubin, co-founder and CEO of Magento. "As the centerpiece of this strategy, they are building a global, open commerce platform that leverages the worldwide developer community. And Magento will be at the core of this new, open commerce platform, called 'X.Commerce.'"
Magento, a Los Angeles-based company that employs 290 people, will continue its operations in LA and the Ukraine. eBay acquired 49 percent of Magento in March 2010 for a reported $22.5 million.
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What to Look for in a Great Pizza
I asked our man Ed Levine what he looks for in a great slice of pizza, and he referred me to his book Pizza: A Slice of Heaven, where he says the following. I'll let Ed take it from here. —The Mgmt.
The Crust
I like my crust puffy, chewy, and pliant. A great pizza crust should be like a great football defense. It should bend but never break. The superior pizza crust is neither cracker-thin nor thick as bread. It should have a veneer of crispness and be softer and more tender on the inside. A great pizza crust should have browned and blackened char spots. They lend a needed bit of smoky flavor. I love a pizza crust with a few of those raised blisters. They lighten the overall effect of eating pizza. The interior of the crust should have the hole structure of well-made and well-baked bread.
Pizza is as simple a great food as there is. But a pizza crust becomes great not just because of the quality of ingredients but also because of the skill of the pizza-maker. It's all in the hands.
The Mozzarella
I love the clean milky taste of fresh cow's milk mozzarella (fior di latte in Italian) on my pizza. It's easy to tell if a pizzeria uses fresh mozzarella: It's white. Aged mozzarella, used by the great majority of pizza makers in this country, is that color I call "pizza yellow." Because it's aged, it has a certain tanginess. More and more pizzerias in NYC and across the country are making their own whole-milk mozzarella fresh every day.
Most good by-the-slice places use a commercial aged mozzarella made by Grande, a large cheese purveyor in Wisconsin. Mozzarella made from the milk of water buffaloes is called mozzarella di bufala. It's tangy, very creamy (it's actually wet and quite oily when it melts), slightly tart, and unbelievably delicious. It's also quite expensive (even in Italy, where most of it is made), and you'll rarely see it on a sliceria slice — except sometimes at Di Fara in Brooklyn.
The Sauce
The best pizza sauces are made with uncooked canned tomatoes, from either California or Italy, that have been strained and seasoned with salt and maybe some oregano. Pizza sauce should not be slow-cooked. It should not taste like pasta sauce or marinara sauce. Some people think you have to use San Marzano tomatoes, grown in that town in Italy, that have been designated DOP (Denominazione di Origine Protetta). They are very expensive and I have found wonderful pizza sauces made with other Italian tomatoes or even high-quality California tomatoes. Some people doctor their sauce with sugar, giving it an excessive sweetness that I don't care for. If the tomatoes used are good enough, they will be plenty sweet on their own. Fresh tomatoes are generally not used to make the sauce for pizza, though fresh cherry tomatoes are used to make the pie the Neapolitans call al fileto.
[Thanks, Ed! I, Adam, will jump in here now and say that these descriptions apply to great pizza in general, not just NYC slices, but they are great guidelines on what to look for when you're looking for great slices or pies in NYC or anywhere. —AK]
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Charles Taft
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Objectives To explore relationships between patients' self-monitoring of blood pressure (BP) and their concurrent self-reports of medication intake, well-being, stress, physical activity and symptoms. Design This study is a secondary analysis of a prospective study exploring the 8-week effectiveness of a mobile phone-based self-management support system for patients with hypertension. Setting Four primary healthcare centres situated in urban and suburban communities in Sweden. Participants 50 patients undergoing treatment for hypertension. Primary and secondary outcome measures Associations between systolic (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and 10 self-report lifestyle-related variables were analysed using linear mixed effects modelling. Results Medication intake, better well-being, less stress and greater physical activity were associated variously with lower same-day SBP and DBP. The single strongest association was found between medication intake and SBP, where failure to take medications was associated with an estimated 7.44 mm Hg higher SBP. To a lesser degree, medication intake was also associated with DBP, where DBP was 4.70 mm Hg higher in cases where medications were not taken. Well-being and stress were consistently associated with SBP and DBP, whereas physical activity was associated with only SBP. None of the symptoms—dizziness, headache, restlessness, fatigue or palpitations—were significantly associated with BP. Conclusions Our findings that BP was associated with patients' BP management behaviours and experiences of well-being and stress, but not symptoms suggest that enabling persons with hypertension to monitor and track their BP in relation to medication intake, physical activity, well-being, stress and symptoms may be a fruitful way to help them gain first-hand understanding of the importance of adherence and persistence to treatment recommendations. Trial registration number NCT01510301; Pre-results. This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.


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Maira Kalman
Julie Saul Gallery
1133 Broadway
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June 1–September 16, 2017
The county of Dorset in southwest England is characterized by rolling hills, rugged coastline, and wooded valleys. It's this idyllic landscape that serves as the subject for Maira Kalman's current show of ten gouache-on-paper paintings in the gallery's project room, which focus on the gardens and domestic curiosities of the region's stately, ancestral houses. (In the main space is a separate exhibition of paintings from Kalman's 2005 edition of Strunk and White's classic guide to writing, The Elements of Style.)
With illustrative flair and fondant-fancy colors, Cream Teas, Sherborne Castle (all works 2017) shows a Hyacinth Bucket–esque table setting in an elegant room, replete with plates of delicacies. In Hear a HA HA, Kingston Lacy, several women tour manicured pink flower beds, while in Who Didn't Love This Place, Smedmore House, a tweed-clad gentleman and his dog walk away from a group of cows relaxing before steep, seaward land. But no bucolic setting, however tranquil, is all that it seems, nor can it be a comprehensive reflection of its human denizens. What lies beneath polite surfaces is a recurrent theme in British culture, providing the basis for television series such as Miss Marple (1984–92) and Midsomer Murders (1997–), set in seemingly benign English villages that are home to treachery.
Redolent of the rose-hued intrigue in Barbara Cartland novels or the protagonists of the board game Clue, the apparent Stepford cheerfulness of these works causes unease as to how safe the summer frosting is. Who is the food laid out for in that parlor? Why are all of the faces so solemn, unsmiling? What shadowy deeds are masked by the picturesque vistas and dainty treats of English country life—indeed, by the civilized facade of anyone's?


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Bilawal threatens Nawaz of dire consequences if demands not metPakistan
Continuing his tirade against the government, Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has warned Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of severe consequences if the latter fails to meet his four demands by December 27.
His demands are formation of a parliamentary committee on national security, adopting the PPP-drafted bill on Panama Papers leaks probe, implementing the decision of the multi-party conference chaired by Asif Zardari on China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and appointing a full-time foreign minister.
Speaking to media representatives at Bilawal House in Karachi on Tuesday, the PPP chairman said that if the prime minister fails to respond to the PPP's demand for a bill to probe Panama Papers leaks by December 27, then that will spell consequences for him and his government.
"If he is not willing to respond to our demand for a bill to probe Panama Papers leaks, if he is conceding that he is not the country's democratically elected prime minister but an Amirul Momineen who is answerable to no one, then after December 27, we will teach him how to do opposition and will demand answers from him," Bilawal said.
Chiding Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif further, Bilawal said "the premier had jeopardised his children's political future by buying properties overseas in their name...he is shameless".
About CPEC, Bilawal said the project was Asif Ali Zardari's brainchild and when it was becoming controversial, the then government had called an All Parties Conference (APC) to dispel misgivings and develop consensus.
"It is our simple demand to implement the decisions taken in the APC on CPEC so we can ensure democratic accountability of the country's economy," the PPP chairman said.
He said the PPP also wanted democratic accountability of the country's foreign policy. "We want that accountability, and the first step for this is for us to get a foreign minister," he said.
"Our demands will go a long way in carrying out democratic accountability of all the institutions and to curb corruption of every kind," he said.
"I know you are tired of listening to the things I have been saying for months now but we too have reached the end of our tether," the PPP chairman said.
He added that after December 27, the PPP's Central Executive Committee (CEC) and its federal council will hold their first joint meeting since the assassination of Benazir Bhutto and decide on the party's future course of action.


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Last year Apple was joined by the former employee of CNC, Kevin Harvey. He was working in the CNC machine shop at Andretti Autosport however now he is working in the product realization lab for Apple. In the recent news vice President Chris Porritt has also left the company for realizing Apple's idea. The electric car from Apple is not yet decided upon the dates, the company isn't sure on how and when they will be releasing their car however Apple is strictly working on their deadlines. Apple's cars will be in sync with all the Apple devices. It can be easily controlled by the iPhone easily. There are a lot of awesome features which Apple is wondering about putting in their car.


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"One of the most ambitious … undertakings in the Whitney's history" is how Adam Weinberg, the museum's director, describes Picasso and American Art, an exhibition that sets out to examine the "profound impact" Picasso had on painters and sculptors stateside.
It had damn well better be an ambitious undertaking. Picasso's influence on world art—forget the United States—went beyond profound. It was all-consuming. Greater artists—Matisse, say, or Max Beckmann or Pierre Bonnard—can't claim the purchase Picasso had on the course of art or the public imagination. The contemporary scene may consider Marcel Duchamp a godhead, but Picasso was the man; the 20th century is inconceivable without him.
Picasso drove artists to distraction, particularly American artists already suffering from an acute sense of inadequacy. They felt like pikers marooned in a cultural backwater. Picasso confirmed their anxieties even as he offered inspiration. Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan, in their biography of Willem de Kooning, write of "New York artists … haunted by [Picasso's] protean fecundity, his refusal to stand still or repeat himself." Jackson Pollock exclaimed: "That guy missed nothing!"
The effort to escape from "that guy's" shadow had its most moving dénouement in the development of Arshile Gorky. In pictures like Organization (1933-36) and Blue Figure in Chair (ca. 1934-35), Gorky came to terms with Picasso by following his every move. He clearly found it rewarding to mimic the master; the understanding of pictorial dynamics evident in these paintings is never less than sophisticated. The rest of us may be frustrated by his slavish devotion, if only because of 20/20 hindsight: We know Gorky for the master he would become.
Organization and Blue Figure in Chair are included in Picasso and American Art, as are many other fine paintings and sculptures, not least additional canvases by Gorky. His elegiac The Artist and His Mother (ca. 1926-36), which channels Ingres as much as Picasso, is always good to see. Even better is Gorky's Self-Portrait with Palette (1937), which shares a gallery with Willem de Kooning's Standing Man (1942). Who was the more tenacious and frustrated perfectionist? You can feel each man dance around his tremendous facility. The pictures are thrillingly irresolute.
A handful of diminutive biomorphic abstractions by de Kooning, all dating from the late 1930's, are surprisingly whimsical and even lovable. Max Weber's one and only masterwork, the Whitney's Chinese Restaurant (1915), ranks with all but the best Cubist art. Stuart Davis' brash and ballsy Colonial Cubism (1954) trumpets its hard-won independence from European precedent. A trio of paintings by Arthur Dove are fetching, with Abstraction #3 (ca. 1910-11) being particularly fine.
Almost all of the works owe an obvious debt to Picasso, but not all of them are top-notch. Undistinguished and derivative pictures represent John Graham, a great eccentric of American Modernism and an often spellbinding painter. The Marsden Hartley paintings on view also fail to impress—then again, his finest work derives its strength more from German Expressionism.
Watching the Americans struggle with Picasso can be fascinating, even if the results aren't always cohesive—witness Pollock's jumble of Cubist fracturing and pictographs in The Water Bull (ca. 1946). Sometimes the struggle is depressing. Sculptures by David Smith falter with wobbly authority; Picasso's unfailing bravado crushes them. Smith's inclusion fits the thesis, but at what cost to the exhibition's vitality?
Even the paintings and sculptures by Picasso himself only fitfully present the artist at his best. They often reveal him at his most expedient. Difficulty obtaining loans, especially with an artist of Picasso's stature, is understandable. That said, slapdash Picasso is more interesting than most art. There is a smattering of gems and iconic images at the Whitney. In the latter category are Three Musicians (1921) and The Studio (1927-28); in the former, Bathers (1920), with its neoclassical figures and pervasive, eerie calm.
The exhibition culminates with the advent of Abstract Expressionism. By mid-century, the Americans had pretty much licked Picasso at his own game and, for that matter, the European art world. Pollock's looping drips, de Kooning's voracious women, Gorky's tender linearity and—come again?—Louise Bourgeois' psychosexual totems put the cap on America's anxiety of influence. The valedictory tone is fitting: It's the Whitney's job to champion American art.
But then the show doesn't end with the New York School. The Whitney's curators seem to think that Jasper Johns is their red, white and blue trump card. Mr. Johns does quote Picasso's imagery both overtly and covertly, yet his dour art has absolutely nothing to do with Picasso. Mr. Johns' longstanding (and long-depleted) artistic strategy is a Dadaist's game of hide-and-not-really-seek. Superficially appropriating art is the opposite of absorbing its lessons or understanding its structure.
Mr. Johns was not Picasso's "sympathetic [American] interlocutor," as the curators insist. The lifts from Picasso (a weeping woman here, a shadowy figure there) are exploited for their emblematic status—for their ubiquity rather than their artistic power. Like the American flag, maps, beer cans and his penis, Picasso is just another notch on Mr. Johns' well-worn belt of ready-mades. Mr. Johns comes to Picasso from outside and never makes it in. The famous Spaniard—not his achievement—is all Mr. Johns knows.
Robert Rauschenberg, Tom Wesselman, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg and Andy Warhol all make appearances, yet it is Mr. Johns who sinks the show. Given how meager Mr. Johns' art is in substance, it's impressive how leaden it is.
The conclusion of Picasso and American Art is so drably monolithic that it betrays the skimpiness of what precedes it. For a thorough understanding of Picasso's role in shaping American culture, get the catalog; you'll find flesh on the bone there. As for the Whitney, better it should take on Duchamp and American Art; that's where the museum's heart really belongs.
Picasso and American Art is at the Whitney Museum of American Art, 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street, until Jan. 28, 2007.


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- Hometown: Denver, Colorado
- Field of Study: Programming Languages
- PhD Advisor: Jan Vitek
Benjamin Chung is a PhD student in the Programming Languages program at Northeastern University's Khoury College of Computer Sciences, advised by Professor Jan Vitek. Other than programming languages, Benjamin's other research area includes software engineering, and he is in the Northeastern Programming Research Laboratory (nuPRL), located in 308 West Village H.
A resident of Denver, Benjamin spent his undergraduate studies at Carnegie Mellon University where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree. Benjamin hopes to have a future that continues in academia, or an industrial research laboratory, following the successful completion of his PhD program.
What are the specifics of your graduate education (thus far)?
So far, I have been focused on evaluating existing work in my research area, and I have been creating a systematic comparison of that existing body of information.
What are your research interests?
At the moment, I am mainly interested in gradual typing, as it provides a bridge between the requirements of easy and quick coding using untyped code and more structured but slower coding using typed code.
What's one problem you'd like to solve with your research/work?
Dynamic programming languages commonly use "cut-outs" to compiled languages to enable high performance. I would like to allow programmers working in untyped languages to be able to write fast, typed, code within their language that provides similar performance to the compiled equivalent.
What aspect of what you do is most interesting?
I am interested in bridging the gap between academic gradual typing ideas and practical gradual typing systems, which generally trade off soundness for performance. Doing this is quite tricky in many respects, involving aspects of formal verification in addition to the type systems you might expect.
What are your research or career goals, going forward?
I want to continue in academia or go to an industrial research lab after I finish my PhD.


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The police officer, who was not identified, was taken to Norwalk Hospital for treatment of minor injuries, police said.
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News & Tips on Toronto Real Estate » Toronto real estate is in Gridlock.
Toronto real estate is in Gridlock.
Ever heard of real estate Gridlock? Spring 2016 has been crazy in every sense of the word. Crazy low inventory, crazy number of buyers and subsequently, crazy prices - in every price range. Read more here, of the recent commentary from a TD economist.


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Hey Everyone
Today is Superbowl Sunday
Who is everybody going for?????
I am an Indianapolis Colts fan.
Anyway, come on colts, hope everyone is well
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Superbowl Sunday
Hey Everyone
Posted by DogzRock! at 3:45 PM 4 comments
Thursday, February 4, 2010
100th Post
Hey Everyone
I was looking at my blogger dashboard and realized that this post is my 100th post!!!
It has taken a while due to my 7 month absence but finally i'm in triple figures!!!
My favourite part of the whole blogging experience is the comments from everyone!!!!!!
It is grrrrrrrrrrreat to meet dogs from all around the globe!!!
Thank you to everyone who has ever commented or followed my blog I coukldn't have got to 100 posts without all of you guys.
That's all for now
Posted by DogzRock! at 3:46 PM 7 comments
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Hello Everyone
Travis Here.
I had a pretty relaxing day today hung around the gardens while the humans went off to their various places. Hopefully I will get a walk later on!!!
Maxdog over in South Africa is having a lot pf trouble at the moment so be sure to head over there. If you don't know his blog address just click on the link above. Hope he gets better soon.
Posted by DogzRock! at 12:05 AM 4 comments
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Back In Business
How has everyone been, lately I have been so busy and just not had time to blog.
I am very sorry but have decided as my goal from February 2010 is to try and blog as much as possible!!!!!!!!!!
I have been up to lots of adventures lately, I have been on lots of walks, I especially like walking across the Western Australia foreshore which is grrrrrreat fun!!! also the humans grandmother has come over from their home country, Wales and is staying at our house for FOUR WHOLE WEEKS how exciting is That!!!!!!!! (One of the many reasons I have been busy) Also Happy New Year, Merry Christmas and happy birthday to all of you who have had one in the time I have been absent!
How are all your blogs going it's good to see you have all stuck by me as followers even when I have been busy I will promise to try and get round to everyone's blog!
Anyway please try get round to seeing this post and pleassssssseeeeee comment and give me updates and what I've missed so I can get straight back into the wonderful world of dog blogs and everyone else who has a different type of blog
Anyway all for now
I promise to write soon
hope you forgive me for being away,
P.S a couple of months ago the humans got some new pets (yet more competition, sighhhhhh) who are of the crustacean variety, they are in fact, Hermit crabs here is a pic of one of them (Sebastien) and just a few shots of me, your canine friend for life:)
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Saturday, July 4, 2009
I'm Back!!!!!!!!!!
Hey Everyone
Sorry I haven;t been around for AGES but I have been very busy and have not had time for blogging,I will try to get around to blogging some more!
How are you all???
Hope to see you around
Have a pawsome Day
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Saturday, May 30, 2009
Supa Saturday!!!
Hi everyone
Last week's supa saturday winner was.........................
Maggie And Mitch
The new nominees are................................
Rocky Creek Scotties
For the love of twilight
Country Corgi
Also country corgi gave me an award.
This award is open to anyone who wants it
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Question Of The Week Wednesday
Hey Everyone
Due to a power cut yesterday I was not able to do where in the world is Travis Tuesday so I will just do the question of the week.
The question is
What is your favourite thing to do???
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The community technology preview, or CTP, of SQL Server 2005 SP2 was released at the company's SQL PASS conference in Seattle last November.
According to Microsoft statements, SP2 provides support for data compression, additional business intelligence capabilities and security updates relating to Common Criteria. It also includes manageability enhancements and the ability to access information in other databases, including Hyperion's Essbase and Oracle.
But perhaps most notable is support for Vista and Office 2007.
For example, Microsoft's statements say, add-ins for Excel 2007 and Visio 2007 let users tap into data mining capabilities provided by SQL Server Analysis Services. Additionally, SP2 also provides integration between SQL Server Reporting Services and Office SharePoint Server 2007's Report Center feature.
SQL Server 2005 SP2 is available for download here.
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By House On The Rock © 2015 (Source: Anonymous)
By House On The Rock © 2015
As the world celebrates Mothers day, we cannot let the occasion slip by without a shout out to every mother out there who has given her best to nurture young lives and given up so much today, to ensure that their children have tomorrow assured. To every mother and potential mother, we salute your labour of love. Your sacrifices will not go unrewarded. Happy Mothers Day. This allegorical story below, captures the essence of a mother's role.
The young mother set her foot on the path of life.
"Is the way long?" she asked.
And her Guide said: "Yes. And the way is hard. And you will be old before you reach the end of it. But the end will be better than the beginning."
But the young Mother was happy, and she would not believe that anything could be better than these years.
So she played with her children, and gathered flowers for them along the way, and bathed with them in the clear streams; and the sun shone on them and life was good, and the young Mother cried, "Nothing will ever be lovelier than this."
Then night came, and storm, and the path was dark, and the children shook with fear and cold, and the Mother drew them close and covered them with her mantle, and the children said, "Oh Mother, we are not afraid, for you are near, and no harm can come," and the Mother said, "This is better than the brightness of day, for I have taught my children courage."
And the morning came, and there was a hill ahead, and the children climbed and grew weary, and the Mother was weary, but at all times she said to the children, "A little patience and we are there." So the children climbed, and when they reached the top, they said, "We could not have done it without you, Mother." And the Mother, when she lay down that night, looked at the stars and said: "This is a better day than the last, for my children have learned fortitude (courage in pain or adversity) in the face of hardness. Yesterday I gave them courage. Today I have given them strength."
And the next day came strange clouds which darkened the earth–clouds of war and hate and evil, and the children groped and stumbled, and the Mother said: "Look up. Lift your eyes to the Light." And the children looked and saw above the clouds an Everlasting Glory, and it guided them and brought them beyond the Darkness. And that night the Mother said, "This is the best day of all, for I have shown my children God."
And the days went on, and the weeks and the months and the years, and the Mother grew old, and she was little and bent. But her children were tall and strong, and walked with courage. And when the way was hard, they helped their Mother, and when the way was rough, they lifted her, for she was as light as a feather; and at last they came to a hill, and beyond the hill they could see a shining road and a golden gate flung wide.
And the Mother said: "I have reached the end of my journey. And now I know that the end is better than the beginning, for my children can walk alone, and their children after them."
And the children said, "You will walk with us, Mother, even when you have gone through the gates."
And they stood and watched her as she went on alone, and the gates closed after her. And they said: "We cannot see her, but she is with us still. A Mother like ours is more than a memory. She is a living presence."
By House On The Rock © 2015 (Source: Anonymous)
PHOTO: Happy Mothers Day
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Seems like I'm one of the very few who found the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony to be utter crap and about as entertaining as watching the freezer defrost. Switch on the TV and all you'll hear are gushing media channels fawning over how great and amazing and wonderful the opening ceremony was, a spectacular success and a real triumph. Cue live interviews with braindead sheeple who are too stupid to realise they're being taken for mugs by the business sponsors behind the whole corrupt circus that exists purely to make money from gullible idiots.
It's the same with the printed press. Previously sceptical papers that couldn't criticise the games hard enough as a monumental waste of money are now lavishing the plaudits on director Danny Boyle for putting on the Best Show Ever. Now I've nothing against Danny Boyle, he comes across as a very nice chap on TV but his films suck. Trainspotting was crap, a film about druggies interspersed with contemporary pop-culture references to make it cool, Slumdog Millionaire an overrated piece of melodramatic slush that has the same feel good factor you get with a kick to the groin and the less said about 127 Hours, the better. I'll give him 28 Days Later though, that was a good movie.
Back to the feeble opening ceremony, there were precisely four, and only four, redeeming pieces; the opening sequence with James Bond and the Queen although it would have been a lot more entertaining if it really was Liz and the parachute failed to open; Mr Bean's comedy skit; the soundtrack that showcased the best of British music talent despite the presence of the Sugababes; and finally Becks roaring up the Thames in a speedboat with the Olympic flame.
The rest of it was mostly mediocre multicultural claptrap; a mish-mash of potted history through the industrial revolution taking in Brunel that will have been lost on anyone who's attended Britain's finest dumbed-down educational establishments during the last 15 years; a homage to our very own NHS that not so much came across as a blatant piece of lefty propaganda as it did advertise to the world that the UK health service is free to all and everyone's welcome; some rubbish new-age style arty dance crap that was accompanied by a singer nobody's ever heard of warbling a funeral dirge; gangs of irritating teenage hoodies advertising the latest mobile phones and using social media to tell a pointless love story; and lets not forget the hordes of children that seemed to be peddled at every possible opportunity to perhaps invite sympathy or more accurately, ensure that the whole Olympics charade plays the cynical "games legacy for our kids" card full tilt.
The Sir Tim Berners-Lee tribute was a nice touch but even he must have felt a bit of berk sitting out there tapping on a keyboard in front of a global audience of billions. As for the flying Mary Poppins, cavorting imbeciles around the Maypole, embarrassingly twee costumes, Lord Voldemort wannabe, that stupid baby face sculpture thing made of what looked like string and the live farm, it was not so much a spectacle as it was a fine display of half-assed British eccentricity and drivel. Or to put it another way, there were more sheep in the audience than there were in that damn farm.
To cap things all off, that old geriatric duffer McCartney was wheeled out to sing off key and murder what little atmosphere remained in the stadium from a pliant crowd that would have been satisfied with a third rate Punch and Judy show. Why they have to get this old fool out at every opportunity singing the same tired old rubbish is a mystery although I suppose we should be grateful they didn't go with the infinitely worse Rolling Stones.
Most atrocious of all though, was surely the daft decision to announce everything in French before English. WTF? Did Napoleon conquer Britain? Has this green and pleasant land been overrun by a bunch of self serving cheese-eating surrender-monkey toads? It was an absolute disgrace and further proof if any is needed that the IOC is nothing more than a jumped up bureaucratic jolly for its members to swan around the world staying in the best hotels, dining on the finest food at the expense of the mug host country that's been stupid enough to bid for the games and bow to their every whim.
So in short then, hats off to Danny Boyle for organising what was largely a damp squid, the guy will definitely be knighted in the honours list and deserves to be for agreeing to stage this ridiculous waste-of-time extravaganza.
And to anyone who thinks I'm a miserable old goat and that London 2012 staged the "Best Opening Ceremony Ever", well all I can say is firstly, you're easily pleased and would probably be entertained by the opening of a supermarket; and secondly, next time that hospital or school in your neighbourhood closes, or pensions are cut yet again, or our troops are sent abroad ill-equipped to fight a phoney foreign war or your local sleazy expense-fiddling MP bleats about there not being any money left in the kitty to pay for vital infrastructure projects, just remember how much this whole rotten Olympics jamboree cost the taxpayer.


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At First Church we offer many opportunities for children birth through 12th grade to learn and grow in faith and be part of our welcoming faith community. Jesus welcomed all the children and so do we. We long to make sure that nothing stands in the way of your child worshipping and learning with us.
We are excited to partner with you, to help the children in your life learn about and experience their faith and develop values and practices that will last all their lives. It is our hope that families grow together on their journey to know, love, and serve Jesus Christ.
We welcome children and youth to start with us at any time of the year.
- If you are a first time visitor we encourage you to:
- Check your worship bulletin for the most up to date info about our plans for children that day.
- Meet Pastor John or Kate Byers who can connect you with others and provide helpful information.
- Meet one of our Nurture Board members who can also answer questions and provide information.
- Complete a Registration Form so that we can keep your children and youth safe and continue to provide you with information.
- Speak to Pastor John, Kate Byers, or a Nurture Board member about any special needs your child or family has.


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Tired of Annoying Pests in Oak Ridge?
There are many reasons why we feel the need to obtain help from specialists in certain areas of life. It is a good idea to learn how to do certain things like changing a plug or perhaps other little odd jobs around the house, but when it comes to getting rid of nasty critters around your home, a DIY attitude might not be the best approach. Many people have different reactions to home pest control that varies from embarrassment to annoyance at paying a high cost for pest control services. It is an issue that needs to be dealt with, as it will escalate no matter which bug or pest you are dealing with. Here are a few worthy reasons why you should invest in pest control for your home in Oak Ridge.
Diseases are a risk without pest control services.
Whether you need the help of a rodent control specialist or just someone that specializes in ant control, it is important to take the step and get the right person for the job. It is unfortunate that many of the creepy crawlies we have to deal with in our homes carry diseases that can be detrimental to the whole household. It is unfortunately worse when you are dealing with a roach problem as it poses a risk for you and your family and as one of the most diverse creatures it is in your best interest to find the right Oak Ridge TN pest control services to deal with the problem.
Being itchy just isn't fun.
Some insects bite and that is an uncomfortable and annoying sensation to deal with. Termite control in Oak Ridge TN is a necessity for damage to your wooden structures but getting pest control to deal with bed bugs almost seems like a must. You don't want to get to the point where you are forced to get rid of bedding and furniture to deal with the problem.
Damage to your home and furniture.
Rodents cause damage, and it is no shame to call out the specialists in rodent control to take care of the problem for you. Having your shoes chewed up in the back of the cupboard or perhaps your precious wooden furniture damaged is something no one would like to experience. There are times where the common mouse trap just won't do the job.
Sometimes a good spring clean just doesn't cut it .
There are too many people that believe a clean or wash will solve the pest problem that you are experiencing in your home in Oak Ridge. With many instances you might need to have the problem identified. This requires the services of a knowledgeable termite control or rodent control company, depending on the problem that you are experiencing.
In short, it is in your best interest to invest in good home pest control to take care of an issue that isn't pleasant and that can be quite embarrassing at times. Call us today for a free quote.


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Um … so, it's been what, a month? Yeah, sorry about that. Thanks to those of you who sent messages in my absence. Life has gotten sorely in the way of comics and blogging, though it hasn't necessarily been a horrible break. Moving house, working hard, and other events have conspired to take me away from you, Sleepers, but I have every intent to rectify this. Starting with …
Will you be there this weekend? I'll be in attendance on Saturday getting my ticket at the door, and I'm pumped. Look for a review of the event here in the following week. I also have some other goodies in store for you, including an analysis of area comic shops and a special guest post.
Keep your eyes open, and keep reading.


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MANILA -- A Central African man has confessed to the killing of a Filipino woman found inside a suitcase dumped in Cairo, Egypt, almost two weeks ago, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Wednesday.
The Philippine Embassy in Cairo reported to the home office, on Wednesday, that Egyptian authorities have arrested the woman's confessed killer, the victim's co-worker from the Central African Republic. Details of the arrest were not immediately available.
"While under police custody, the suspect confessed that he committed the crime and that it was premeditated," the DFA said.
"The suspect and the victim were co-workers," DFA spokesperson Assistant Secretary Raul Hernandez said in a press briefing on Wednesday.
"The police's findings were corroborated by the pieces of information provided by the victim's friends," said the official.
The DFA did not release the names of both the victim and the suspect as well as their place of work in Egypt.
The confession set aside any possible links of the Filipino woman's death to the ongoing violence amid worsening political instability in Egypt, which had prompted the Philippines to evacuate some 6,000 Filipinos from the Arab country.
Hernandez said the woman's relatives in the Philippines were informed of her death on August 21. Egyptian authorities might release her body in two weeks, said the official.
The woman's body was found in a suitcase at a dump in Cairo's Nasr City on August 18, a day after her friend reported her missing. She was last seen on August 12.
Repatriations from Egypt continue, meanwhile, with 15 expected to arrive from Cairo on Friday and nine leaving for Manila on September 1. (Inquirer.net)


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PepsiCo (NYSE:PEP) was able to beat consensus expectations on both revenue and earnings in the second quarter, helped by the strength in the snacks business. A shift away from sugary drinks has resulted in weakness in the North American beverage business, which continued in the quarter, although the rate of decline has improved to -1%. On the one hand, consumers are shifting towards healthier food and beverages, while on the other, PepsiCo's Frito-Lay (FLNA) business, which primarily sells salty snacks, is performing quite well. Consequently, the continued weakness in the North American Beverage (NAB) segment did not hamper the company's results as much in the second quarter, as its other segments, particularly FLNA, were able to deliver strong growth to offset the weakness.
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Factors That May Impact The Performance In The Future
1. Increased Marketing Spend For Core Beverages: While PepsiCo has moderately increased media spend over the past three years, its biggest competitor – Coca-Cola – has done so by a substantial margin. While this has benefited the latter, PepsiCo has struggled as a result. In response to this, the company has allocated increased media to trademark Pepsi. It has also launched a new "Pepsi Generations" campaign, with PepsiCo improving sales and market share as an outcome. On the other hand, this step has pressured the operating margins of the company, offsetting any benefit received from the productivity initiatives implemented by the company to induce cost savings. Moreover, the company faced higher transportation and commodity costs, which were other factors that resulted in the operating profit falling 16% for the segment in the second quarter.
2. Focus On Healthy Snacks: In order to meet the evolving needs of customers globally, PepsiCo is shifting its portfolio to a wider range termed as "Everyday Nutrition Products." The company now derives approximately 45% of its revenues from these "Guilt Free Products" indicating that it has transformed its portfolio toward healthier products according to the new customer preferences. These products include "diet and other beverages that contain 70 calories or less from added sugar per 12-ounce serving and snacks with low levels of sodium and saturated fat" as well as "everyday nutrition products" – products with nutrients like grains, fruits and vegetables, protein, unsweetened tea, and water. Frito-Lay is also pushing toward a premiumization of its products to fuel its revenue and margin growth. Consumers have been moving away from eating unhealthy products, which has put pressure on the volumes. Hence, by concentrating on premium brands, there can be a shift from low-priced, high-volume products to the high-priced, low-volume range, which may result in top and bottom line growth.
3. Acquisition Of Brands Such As Bare Foods: The acquisition of Bare Foods fits perfectly with PepsiCo's plan of focusing on its 'Better For You' portfolio. Moreover, it also provides the company with a line of products that are already doing well. Consequently, PepsiCo would not have to undertake the considerable investment needed to build the products from scratch, as well as the marketing dollars needed to establish a customer base. On the other hand, for Bare Foods, it could not have been a better offer. The brand gets to operate independently, while having access to PepsiCo's immense distribution network, and vast coffers needed to increase production and the marketing of its products.
4. Growth Of Healthier Beverages: With the growth of its beverage business slowing down, as a result of sluggish soda sales, the healthy products segment will be a focus for the company in the future to drive its sales. PepsiCo's tea portfolio, with brands including Lipton and Pure Leaf, has grown retail sales in the range of mid-single digits to as high as 21% over the past 17 quarters. In enhanced water, both LIFWTR and the newly launched Bubly have grown nicely. KeVita, PepsiCo's line of premium organic live probiotic beverages, grew retail sales 50% in Q1, following 66% growth for the full year 2017, and continued its strong performance in this quarter. The growth of these brands is highly important for the company, as significant growth here may help to offset some of the weakness in the core portfolio.
5. Importance Of Frito-Lay: Frito-Lay North America (FLNA) grew revenues by 3% in the first quarter, driven by 2 percentage points growth of price, and one of volume. While Frito-Lay North America (FLNA) contributes to roughly a quarter of the company's revenues, its share of the total operating profit is about 42%. We expect the strong growth rates of FLNA to continue in the future, boosted by the segment's foray into new products and healthy snacks. For example, due to the success of Lay's Poppables, launched in 2017, FLNA extended the Poppables product line-up with the introduction of new Lay's Poppables Honey Barbecue and a 12-count multipack of Poppables Sea Salt. The company has also extended the Simply sub-line (which offers natural and organic versions of popular snack brands) by introducing new package varieties with the Simply variety pack and a three-flavor lineup of single-serve packages for Simply Lay's, Cheetos, and Doritos offerings. To address consumers' desire for greater flavor and product variety in single-serve multi-packs, PepsiCo launched a 20-count Family Fun mix that includes a variety of products, including Lay's, Cheetos, and Ruffles, with an expanded mix of flavors, which helped drive 10% net revenue growth in the overall variety pack business. The company also launched Ruffles Mozzarella 'n Marinara and Doritos Blaze, which helped to improve Ruffles and Doritos sales by 10% and 6%, respectively.
6. Focus On The E-Commerce Space: With online grocery shopping rising at a phenomenal pace, PepsiCo is placing a big bet on the online space. The company is making an increasing effort to address the growth opportunities across eGrocery, pureplay, urban grocery delivery, direct-to-business, and direct-to-consumer models. Keeping this in mind, the cola giant has developed a team of roughly 200 e-commerce professionals which has been tasked with capturing growth in this rapidly growing segment. PepsiCo's efforts seem to be working well, as the company has witnessed tremendous growth through its e-commerce channels, with its digital business garnering approximately $1 billion in annualized retail sales.
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Drake's Dealership pub deserves a test drive in Oakland
There's not much at Drake's Dealership that's small. The new Oakland project from Drake's Brewing Co. inhabits a former Dodge dealership, the scale of which is immediately apparent in this 10,000-square-foot, 350-seat outdoor beer garden and indoor restaurant. Large groups of drinkers swarm communal tables as young parents snap pictures of their toddlers posing in front of distressed brick walls. Deciding where to sit in this bustling beer temple can feel as burdensome as choosing just one of the 32 brews on tap.
Fortunately, the beers themselves are size-adjustable. All are available in 4-ounce pours ($2) as well as either 12- or 20-ounce glasses ($6.50) and often also growlers and six-packs. Flights will come soon. Most beers are Drake's own, brewed at its facility in San Leandro, but guest beers rotate in and out, too.
The beer haven is located within the Hive, a collection of renovated historic spaces at 23rd Street and Broadway in Oakland, alongside other businesses like Numi Organic Tea, People's Barber and flashy Mexican restaurant Calavera, which is the subject of Anna Roth's Eat Up review Thursday, Sept. 17. The latest project by John Martin, who also owns Drake's Brewing Co. and Berkeley beer joints Jupiter and Triple Rock, the Dealership serves as Martin's test kitchen, a place where he can try out new and experimental Drake's beers that might not be available outside the brewery and its bare-bones on-site taproom.
Martin's beers showcase bold flavors, with a fondness for hearty levels of hops. Pale ales are a specialty, ranging from Aroma Paloma, a seasonal IPA that sings of tangerine and tropical fruit, to the compulsively drinkable 1500 — a spicy and deliciously bitter American Pale Ale that employs hops unapologetically. These are not quiet beers.
And there's a lot more here than IPA.
Consider the sour, racy Oaklander Weisse, a riff on the German wheat beer Berliner Weisse. Or the ultra-crisp Dry Stout, a mocha-laden beer poured from a nitro tap. If you're in the mood for wine, you'll have to have it beer style: either from a can ($15, from Oregon's Underwood) or on tap.
"Refined pub fare" may sound like a cliche — what isn't refined these days? — but the Drake's menu nevertheless successfully weaves together the likes of warm pretzels, many-flavored fries and muffaletta sandwiches with frequent appearances of duck confit. The spicy fries, with togarashi and Sriracha mayo, cry out for bitter beer.
Wood-fired pizza, fashioned in the oblong, thin-crust "New Haven style" originated by Frank Pepe at his Connecticut pizzeria, is the centerpiece of the menu. Pies arrive in steel pans, and are more delicate than you might expect; if Pepe were here, he'd consider them appetizers.
The joy of drinking at Drake's Dealership is in its scope — the inexhaustible beer options, and the contagious energy of the spacious open-air garden on a sunny day. Large parties are not likely to feel crammed here. The atmosphere encourages a long stay. Come early in the afternoon, linger in an Adirondack chair while the sun is still out, try small pours of four or five different beers and fill up a growler before heading home after dark.
Esther Mobley is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @Esther_mobley
Esther Mobley is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @Esther_mobley
To order: 1500 ($2/4 ounces; $6.50/20 ounces), Oaklander Weisse ($2/4 ounces; $6.50/12 ounces), spicy fries ($6), Lori's pizza ($14).
Where: Drake's Dealership, 2325 Broadway, Oakland. (510) 833-6649. www.drinkdrakes.com.
When: 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m. Sunday-Wednesday, 11:30 a.m.-1 a.m. Thursday-Saturday.


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Somehow, someway I wish we could truly show you exactly how crazy it is around here before the CHA show. Unfortunately, pictures are still so this is the best I can do! ;) So, here we go. The massive list of things to do includes a booth makeover, putting together press kits, photo shoot for the catalog, designing the catalog, painting the booth, more painting, crate repairs, planning press releases and sneak peeks, preparing make-n-takes for the show, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. This is a glimpse at the studio tables today. This place is a mess, well, a very organized mess. But nonetheless, a mess. We have received samples of 99% of our new CHA products and have LOTS to do!
Consider this your first official peek. I know it's not much, right? But......one of the newest collections I designed is Family Dynamix. Why such a name? Well, as many of you know Bella recently has experienced the loss of a loved one. 3 months ago today, our entire lives changed. 3 Months ago today we lost someone that we loved, and our entire family dynamics changed. So I thought it would be nice to reconnect with the importance of family and how, sometimes in the darkest of skies, it is within our own families that we see the brightest of stars! Bright, being the key word here! The Family Dynamix collection is full of bright colors, playful icons and more! I can't wait to reveal it to you soon!
With all the samples that have arrived we are busy preparing products packages for all our booth designers: out-of-state, international and the local girls too! Here's a look at the front doorway, the pacakges for our local girls are ready for pick-up. They will be in and out today and tomorrow!
The booth planning takes hours upon hours. I make and design a plan, and the Bella team (and contractors) execute all the changes, dimensions, colors, details, etc. in the warehouse before we pack it up for California. Here's a peeks at some of the plans. You can see some changes to the booth and also how much detail work goes into planning the project assignments for all the designers! We must make sure we have layouts/cards/mini books for every designated spot!
Deliveries are coming almost daily. The warehouse is also a mess as we shift, stock and label everything in the next couple weeks so that we are ready to ship out the products on time!Okay, now that I've come up for some air, I have to dive back into that MASSIVE list of things to do! If you're coming to CHA later this month, we can't wait to see you! And, if you can't make it, we hope you'll be there in spirit with us as we bring you updates from the show each day, right here at the blog!
One more thing....be sure to follow some of the past 2 weeks of blogging...as tomorrow we will be announcing winners from all our giveaways that have been ongoing!
Have a Happy Thursday! Stay busy and be productive! Goodness knows we are!


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Children's Sessions
(age groups apply)
Greycoat Hospital School
Weapons: Foil Epee
Wednesdays from 18:00 to 19:30
Greycoat Hospital School
Weapons: Foil Epee
Saturdays from 13:30 to 16:30
Greycoat Hospital School
Weapons: Foil Epee
Cost: £200.00 per child, per term (sibling discounts apply).
In light of recent announcements by the UK government, including the advice to avoid all non-essential social contact, we have taken the decision as a club to cancel all fencing training, effective immediately.
There will be no adult or children's fencing sessions at Central London Fencing Club until further notice.
We hope that it will be possible to re-open the club for a short period before the summer break, and are monitoring the situation.
However, we realise that this may not be possible, and we will keep you informed nearer the time.
Regular fencing sessions for children in central London.
Boys and girls aged 7 and above can learn fencing with us in central London (mixed sessions). Fully experienced coaches with DBS checks, all equipment provided.
Term dates, age groups and fees
Registration form
How the children's sessions are structured / term dates
Children's fencing sessions are structured on a termly basis, with fixed term dates. There are 3 different terms (each roughly 12 weeks) per year.
Strict age groups apply.
Roughly, the terms are:
- Mid-January to late-March (Spring term)
- Late-April to beginning of July (Summer term)
- Mid-September to mid-December (Autumn/Winter term).
Age groups
Please refer to the Information sheet for parents for further information regarding age groups.
The children are split into 2 different age groups:
• U9- U10 (boys and girls - mixed)
• U11-U12-U13-U14 (boys and girls - mixed)
More about children's fencing
Children learn how to hold a weapon, footwork, bladework, how to attack, how to defend, fencing tactics and international rules. All children take part in 'electric' fencing as soon as possible.
All of our coaches working with children have an up-to-date DBS disclosure, and the children are supervised at all times. We have dedicated coaches who supervise the children and offer advice on how to improve their performance. All of our coaches have attended sessions on first aid, and safeguarding and protecting children.
Parents and guardians are welcome to stay at the club, if they wish, and observe the sessions from the Gallery. All parents are excepted to abide by our Code of Conduct for Parents/Guardians and behave in an appropriate manner whilst at the club.
We also have a volunteer Club Welfare Officer, Tim Brookes, whose focus is to act as an alternative point of contact, should you have any concerns you wish to discuss in relation to child welfare.
Find out more and watch a session
You and your child are welcome to come along and watch a children's fencing session to see if they think they might enjoy it (no pre-booking required, just turn up to a relevant session – please check age groups and relevant dates first).
If your child would subsequently like to join the club, registration and the termly payment is then due immediately. All children must be fully registered for each term, for insurance purposes. No exceptions can be made.
Unless informed otherwise, all sessions will be run at Greycoat Hospital School, 97-98 Regency Street, London, SW1P 4GH. Click here for a map.
Clothing and fencing kit
For the sessions, children simply need to wear comfortable sports clothing and trainers (shorts not allowed, legs must be covered).
All fencing equipment will be provided during the sessions. It is recommended that all children bring a small bottle of water with them to each session.
Fees and payment
• Fees are payable on a 'per term, per child' basis.
• Payment (in full) is due no later than the start of term, by cash or cheque only.
• Cheques are payable to 'Central London Fencing Club'.
• Please write child(ren)'s name(s) on the back of the cheque.
• For each term, the cost per child is £200 per term.
• For children from the same family, the fees are: 1st child = £200 per term. 2nd child = £150 per term.
• Any additional children from the same family will be free of charge.
• If your child attends a school where we run fencing sessions, a discount applies. Please ask for details.
Waiting lists
Should classes be full, a waiting list system will operate. Please speak to the Club Manager for details, if needed.
Competitions for children
If your child is interested in taking part in fencing competitions, we can explain how to do this and, if suitable, a coach may be able to accompany them on some occasions (in addition to parents/guardians) to competitions, in order to encourage and advise them on their performance.
Parents wishing to enter fencing competitions will first need to register their child with British Fencing (a small annual membership fee applies). This is a condition of entry for fencing competitions, for insurance purposes.
For any children taking part in fencing competitions, their own fencing kit is required at your own expense.
Competing is not suitable for some children. If you have any questions about fencing competitions, please speak to Jean-Christophe (Head Coach) in the first instance.
Friendly/informal competitions at the club
In addition to more formal externally-run competitions, we run a friendly/informal competition at the club on the last Saturday afternoon of each term for children.
These events help children to get more fencing 'match' experience, learn how to referee, learn how to run the scoring sheets (poules), and to have the opportunity to fencing with new opponents in a familiar environment.
How to register (& term dates)
• Read the information sheet for parents which includes term dates, age groups, session times, and fees
• Complete the registration form (one form per child, per term)
• Complete your payment (by cash, cheque or bank transfer). Full termly payment is required at the start of each term.
To find out more, please feel free to come to the club and have a look and an initial chat (during scheduled children's fencing session times only). Click here for the venue.
Alternatively, you can email us with any questions you may have.


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Kinvara Juvenile Club will host their opening competitive match of the year when we play host to neighbours Gort in the Brendan Linnane Cup on this Sunday 6th march at 1pm.
This cup is a prestigious competition and every year all clubs in South Galway play in it. It is hosted by the Gort GAA club in memory of Brendan Linnane who died many years ago as a young man.
Kinvara have only won this cup once before and that was in 1984.
This year we are drawn in the first round of this straight knock-out against Division A side Gort. This will be a tough challenge for our lads, especially as its our first outing for the year. We have lost 11 lads from last years squad who reached the county final, however there is plenty more lads taking their places. With a good strong squad, expect all lads to be vying for their place on the team, with no-one guaranteed their place. In fact, Manager Ollie Bergin as stressed that if any of the older lads are not putting in the effort, that they will be dropped and replaced by the younger lads.
So best of luck lads!
The squad is:
Ollie Nilan, Gary Kilkelly, Sean Linnane, Alan Keane, Patrick Whelan, Owen Whelan, Oisin Fahy, Thoms Fordham, John O'Donohue, James Cronin, Joe Tully, Liam Byrne, Mark Deegan, Keelin O'Rourke, Conor O'Shea, Patrick O'Gallachoir, Colm Keady-Tabbal, Neil Huban, Sean Cahill, Brendan Connolly, Gerard Linnane, Cathal O'Dwyer and Peter Mulleady.
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