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Michael Palladino, architect of the newly completed $368 million federal courthouse highrise, will delve into the secrets of his design at a lecture at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the NewSchool of Architecture and Design, 1249 F St. in downtown San Diego.
The event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited and reservations are requested at (619) 684-8791 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
The 16-story building, opened in November at Broadway and Union Street, will be formally dedicated at 2:30 p.m. Friday.
Palladino is principal designer of Richard Meier & Partners, responsible for many world-class buildings, including the Getty Center in Los Angeles, the High Museum in Atlanta and Decorative Arts Museum in Frankfurt, Germany.
The 467,000-square-foot courthouse, containing six courtrooms with room for expansion, is located on the site of the Hotel San Diego and just west of the Edward J. Schwartz Courthouse and federal office building. President Barack Obama's proposed fiscal 2014 budget includes $61.1 million for renovations to those buildings.
On a recent tour of the new courthouse, Palladino pointed out the extensive use of natural light, arrangement of several public areas, landscaping and several pieces of public art.


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No, it's not black n gold lasagna, although that would be cool would it not?! I just call it Blitzburgsagna because I'm BRC after all
Anyways, I tried making homemade lasagna the other night and it actually turned out pretty well. Normally we just go for the Stouffers premade stuff, and it's ok but I figured it was high time to try my own.
2 jars of Garlic and Onion Ragu spaghetti sauce
2 lbs of hamburger
2 bags (2 cup size bags) of mozzarella shredded cheese
2 bags (2 cup size bags) of italian blend shredded cheese
1 small bag of pepperoni (the type you find in the deli section for homepage pizzas)
1 box any type of lasagna noodles, we prefer the high fiber Ronzoni.
1 pack of bacon, any type you like. Turkey bacon might taste alittle odd though but you could try it if you prefer that type.
Brown the hamburger in a pan like you normally would, adding onion salt and garlic salt. If you prefer you can use the powder instead of salt.
I cook the noodles first but some people don't. Just boiled them in water and alittle salt for about 10 minutes then put the first layer in the pan.
Next add a thin layer of cooked hamburger, then cover it in sauce, add a generous layer mozzarella cheese, then a few strips of bacon.
Next layer: noodles, then hamburger, then sauce, then cheese, then pepperoni.
Continue alternating layers until the pan is full.
On the very top layer before covering to cook, add one last layer of mozzarella.
I cooked ours for about 45 minutes and it was piping hot all the way through. The last 2 minutes I took the foil off so the top layer of cheese melted.
Add some fresh garlic bread and a nice garden salad and you've got a great family dinner.


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The decentralized web is about trust. You should only join Friend Camp if you personally trust Darius Kazemi with your social media data. You probably only have that level of trust if we are IRL friends or have been internet friends for a long time. Generally speaking this is a small, closed community. In the end, Darius is the arbiter of what is allowed here. If you don't have a good idea of the kind of behavior that flies with Darius, again, you probably shouldn't join this instance. In the interest of specificity, we do have a code of conduct and privacy policy which you should read.
Friend Camp features several modifications that were requested by our users.you can log in via any subdomain, which means you can log in to multiple accounts in the same browser session (for example, log in once on friend.camp and then as another user on alt.friend.camp) they are no longer called "toots", they are now "posts" if you have a locked account and you get a follow request, a reminder appears under your "post" button (on normal Mastodon mobile it is otherwise buried in a sub-menu and you might not see it for a long time) the emoji dropdown is a neutral smiley face instead of the cry-laughing smiley @mentions are rendered as "@user" for a Friend Camp user and "@user@domain" for remote users. This helps clear up when you follow two people who have the same username on different servers. there is a "never ask me again" checkbox on the confirmation for clearing your notifications — more info here When an mp3 link is in a post, we also embed an inline mp3 player. git commit here 500 characters of profile text git commit here, requested by @deerful
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A while back, Gamefly announced that they'd be getting into the game publishing business. Writer Rumble is the first game out of the gate and it turns out to be a surprisingly fun affair.
You get to pick from six influential scribes—Edgar Allen Poe, Agatha Christie, the Brothers Grimm, Jane Austen, Homer or H.P. Lovecraft—who throw words around like Street Fighter's Guile throws sonic booms. Players get a grid of jumbled letters to form words from and the words they make launch attacks against either human or monster opponents.
A variety of special powers can be equipped for each character, letting them double the damage of words or shuffle up a new pool of letters to draw from. The solo Survival Mode generates a nicely frantic pace to smacking down monsters as quick as you can. I've only been able to play local multiplayer but the vs. mode does feel a bit like a fighting game for word nerds. Not a bad nybrid to be, if you ask me.
Part of Writer Rumble's charm comes from its visual interpretations of the author characters. Poe has two raven sidekicks called Never and Moore and Lovecraft battles alongside a hulking cartoon Cthulhu. You want to make these guys badasses, despite the fact that seems to be a word that doesn't get recognized by the in-game dictionary. The game goes live in the App Store today. If you wind up getting it, it'll give new meaning to the phrase "strong vocabulary".


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so I don't visit Dawgman too often; but I do once in awhile, it definitely had the most posters. I noticed that it's Fox now and no more free boards...where's the new hotness for free boards on the Husky front? (I suppose that team in Oregon fans can pipe in to help them out too as I think educk had a pretty big free board too). I don't care about riffraff I just want high volume; and not that one ladies site please.
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In Hindu society, two forms of marriage are popular. On the basis of the first Puran. This method is called the Paurananik vidhi. And the other one is on the basis of Vedas. This is called the Vedic marriage vidhi. The Vedic marriage is done according to the law given on the basis of the Vedas.
For your wedding according to the Vedic marriage rules, you will have to bring two varmalas, fresh flowers, 2.5 meters of pink or white cloth, 500 grams sweets, Sindoor and Mangalasutra, on the day of marriage.
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Varmala Ki Kriya: The wedding ceremony commences with the exchange of garlands between the bride and the groom. The bride garlands the groom first. The exchange of garlands demonstrates public acceptance of each other for a lifetime.
Swagat Vidhi: This is basically a welcome ritual conducted by the bride. The bride offers sacred water to the groom to wash his feet.
Madhupark Se Satkar: This is a ritual where the bride offers a mixture of curd, ghee, and honey to the groom. The ritual indicates the commitment of the bride to feed and nurture her family.
Thread Ceremony and Yagna: The groom wears a sacred thread. This is the initiation ceremony and symbolizes the transition from a boy to a married man. Fire is worshipped during the yagna and alms are given away at the end of the ceremony. Fire is considered as a witness to the sacred ceremony and hence the vows are always taken in front of the fire.
Godan: This is one of the most sacred rituals followed by Hindus where a calf is given away as alms to a Brahmin.
Pratigya Mantra: This is a ritual where the bride and groom hold hands and take vows in front of the fire which is meant to make the marriage strong and sacred.
Parikrama: The couple circles the fire four times during this ceremony. The bride prays for the health and prosperity of her husband while the groom promises to protect his wife and respect all women.
Kesh Mochan: In this ritual, the groom gently loosens the bride's hair and lets it cascade down freely. He recites a mantra and assures her that he would never do anything to hurt her.
Saptapadikriya: The ends of the bride's saree and the groom's shawl are tied together, and the couple walks seven steps to signify their seven needs: nourishment, strength, wealth, health, progeny, good luck and a loving relationship. At the end of this ceremony, the older members of the family sprinkle water on the couple and advise them to be calm and good-tempered at all times.
Suryadarshan: The couple worships the Sun God during this ceremony. They pray for good health and prosperity for their new life together.
Hriday Sparsh: The couple touches each other's heart and makes a promise to be gentle with each other.
Sindoor Daan: This is a common ritual where the groom applies sindoor on the wife's hair parting.
Dhruv Darshan: According to this ritual, after the marriage is completed, the couple is supposed to see the Polestar together; as it signifies the bond, which lasts for a lifetime just like how the star is constant in the sky.
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Mahamritunjay Mantra Jaap
मंत्र- ॐ त्र्यम्बक यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धन्म। उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनामृत्येर्मुक्षीय मामृतात् !!
We worship the saints of all the world, Shiva with three eyes. Give us freedom from the death of Lord Shiva, who spreads the water in the world.
We worship Lord Shankar, who have three eyes, who communicate life force in every breath. Those who are bringing up the entire universe with their power, they pray that they should free us from the bonds of death, which will lead to liberation. Just as a watermelon gets cooked in its belly, it becomes freed from the bondage of the bell-shaped world, in the same way, after being cooked in this world-bell, we will be free from the bonds of birth and death forever.
Mahamrityunjaya Mantra is a mantra of Rig Veda.
This mantra is useful when someone in the family is unwell. In my view, Mahamrityunjaya Mantra is extremely beneficial in eradicating sins, in reducing the effect of mourning, death, fearlessness, disease, and defects. To chant or make the mantra of Mahamrityunjaya mantra is always good for everyone. But most of the time it is seen that if anybody in the family is suffering from an incurable disease, or when the possibility of avoiding any major illness is very small, you should chant this Mantra.
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The Mahamrityunjaya Mantra is one of the most prominent mantras to offer your prayers to Lord Shiva. Lord Shiva is known as the God of death in the scriptures. Therefore, Mahamrityunjaya mantra, is known as the mantra of victory over death.
Along with religious significance, the mantra is also important in terms of phonetic science. The pronunciation of the letters of Mahamrityunjaya mantra helps purify and accelerate the nerves of our body.
If a person is very sick, he is injured, then this mantra is significant to protect him from premature death. The importance of this mantra to conquer death is a matter of curiosity for many people.
Mahamrityunjay Mantra
There is no religion just behind it, there is complete tone theory behind it. It is also called the science of music. The beginning of the Mahamrityunjaya mantra comes from the letter O. Pronounce it with long voice and deep breath. Likewise, the whole mantra is read. Repeatedly. This causes vibrations in the sun and moon nerves present in the body. This causes energy to circulate around the spectrum in our body.
This communication is also on the body of the reader and the listener. The energy that is transmitted in the nerves and chakras. The vibration of these cycles results in strength in the body, disease resistance increases. In this way chanting with long voice and deep breath gives quick relief from diseases.
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Things to keep in mind when chanting Mahamrityunjaya mantra
1. While chanting Mahamrityunjaya mantra, the body and mind should be absolutely clear. That is, some kind of wrong feeling should not be in the mind.
2. You should carefully chant this mantra. If you can not speak your own mantra, then it can be chanted with a worthy pundit.
3. Chant this Mantras in a certain number. You can increase the caps over time.
4. Make a mention of this mantra by meditating on Lord Shiva's form.
5. During the mantra chanting, the sunlight should be burning throughout the entire time. You should take special care of this.
6. You must only use Rudraksha Mala while chanting this. Do not chant the mantra without a posture.
7. Face towards east direction while chanting this mantra. Chant the mantra only at the fixed place.
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मंत्र- ऊँ भूर्भुव: स्व: तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि धियो यो न: प्रचोदयात्॥
You have often seen elders praying in the school or at home often chanting the Gayatri Mantra. Om Bharbhuva: Self-realization of devotional Bhargo Devasi Dhamahi Dhiyo Yo Naa: This chant of the great-hearted, though very small, but its effect is very broad. By now you have seen Gayatri Mantra only in spiritual form, but do you know that by chanting the Gayatri Mantra you get many health benefits too. So let us know about the health benefits of the Gayatri mantra … It is the mindset of the mind. It helps with stress and anxiety.
In such a way, everything is found in it, if not, then the mind is at peace. Thus, it is very good to chant Gayatri Mantra to relax yourself. Actually, when you sit in a secluded place and chant Gayatri Mantra, vibrate in your lips, tongue, palate, throat, and scalp from the first letter of this mantra. This vibration helps relax hormones from your body, refreshes your tone and heart and helps you experience a lot of happiness and peace.
Importance of Gayatri Mantra
Increasing concentration The study of The International Journal of Yoga reveals that not only does the memory of a person chanting the Gayatri Mantra, but also memory is faster, but it is also more concentrated than other people. Indeed, the vibrations activates the muscles of three faces in your head. And these three chords are connected directly to your brain, eyes, sinus, lower part of the head and thyroid gland which improves concentration. Improves the respiratory system when you chant Gayatri Mantra, at that time you usually do Deep Breathing.
Due to Deep Breathing, your oxygen reaches enough amounts to the lungs and blood supply is also better in your body. Thus, this mantra gradually improves your respiratory system. Gayatri Mantra improves the process of blood circulation in your body and improves your respiratory system. It also has a positive effect on your heart. The heart pumps well and it helps with good blood circulation throughout the body and it reduces the heart disease.
Other benefits
Improving the functioning of nerves, chanting Gayatri Mantra puts pressure on your tongue, lips, palate and vocal cords and related areas. This vibration causes an echo in your brain, which makes your nerves function better than before. This resonance releases neurotmeter, which also helps in the movement of impulses in your body. There is no threat of depression. We all know that in the modern era man has got stress, anxiety, and depression in sauga. Because of the increasing burden of work, his happiness has gone missing. In such a way, chanting Gayatri Mantra can be beneficial for you. Since Gayatri Mantra gives you mental peace, therefore, you do not have to worry about anxiety or depression. When a person experiences inner calmness and happiness, external anxieties cannot affect his body or mind.
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Time for U.S. to Disengage from North Korea Crisis
Pyongyang has dismissed international criticism of its third nuclear test, claiming to be responding to "outrageous" American hostility. The proper response from Washington is a yawn.
The so‐called Democratic People's Republic of Korea has long been an international black hole. Totalitarian, impoverished, belligerent, irresponsible. Yet, while a wreck of a country, it has managed to confound its neighbors and the United States. Despite years of hope that it would either collapse or reform, the Kim dynasty staggers on, a system of monarchical communism seemingly immune to a changing world.
The nuclear test is the latest blow to hopes that Kim Jong‐un, the son of Kim Jong‐il, heralds a new era of modernization. But this week's events should not surprise anyone. North Korea doesn't work for most North Koreans. But it works well for the elite. Its members have little incentive to change. And while it might be nice to rule a wealthier, more powerful nation, opening up the political system risks leaving apparatchiks not only out of power, but hanging from lampposts.
The events of the last year demonstrate that North Korea intends to be a nuclear state. That doesn't mean that Pyongyang might not be willing to deal — for instance, on future bomb‐making and proliferation. However, the United States, its allies, and the North's neighbors all should be thinking about how to deal with a nuclear North Korea.
Ultimately, though, it should be evident that Kim & Co. really aren't Washington's problem. The North directs much of its ire at the United States, but America is a target only because Washington is intimately involved in the Korean Peninsula. Absent an alliance with South Korea and U.S. forces on station, North Korea would care as much about America as about Europe.
Washington should step back from the Korean imbroglio. The U.S. commitment was forged during the Cold War and was necessary to prevent the Republic of Korea from being swallowed by a North backed by Mao's China and Stalin's Soviet Union. That world is long gone. Neither China nor Russia would back the North in war, and South Korea far outranges the North on most measures of national power. With twice the population and 40 times the GDP, the South could build a military of whatever size is necessary to deter Pyongyang. Maintaining 28,500 Americans on the peninsula makes no sense for the United States
Detachment would allow Washington to rethink its approach to both North Korea and China. Today, the United States subsidizes allies that it keeps almost wholly dependent. The Korean War ended six decades ago, but American generals still formally command the South Korean forces. A bilateral treaty limits the range and payload of South Korean missiles. Work on a nuclear weapon by President Park Chung‐hee, father of the incoming South Korean president, was suppressed by Washington. America has fostered similar dependence in Japan.
Unfortunately, this policy has left prosperous and potentially powerful states vulnerable to threats from the North, another army with a country, as Prussia once was known. Antiquated security commitments have also kept America entangled, facing the risk of war because of miscalculation or mistake thousands of miles away.
The nuclear "umbrella" over South Korea and Japan is particularly problematic. Although advanced in the name of nonproliferation, this guarantee risks making Northeast Asia safe for nuclear‐armed bad guys who can be contained only by an America prepared to risk Los Angeles for Seoul or Tokyo. Washington should begin contemplating, within earshot of Beijing, getting out of the way of its allies if the North continues to develop nuclear weapons. The message to China should be: if your client state continues its present course, you may face a nuclear‐armed Japan. If that happens, blame your buddies in Pyongyang.
At the same time, administration officials should huddle with their counterparts in Seoul and Tokyo to develop a comprehensive approach to the People's Republic of China to encourage it to apply real pressure on the North to moderate its behavior. For instance, the allies should promise not to take geopolitical advantage of a North Korean collapse — most important, not to station U.S. troops in a unified Korea. Offering positive inducements while sharing the nightmare of a nuclear North Korea might move China to act.
Finally, Washington should seek to create the possibility of future dialogue. The U.S. could offer to open limited consular relations, lift travel restrictions, and relax economic sanctions. But there should be no frenzied negotiations, no strenuous effort to reach another agreement trading aid for something or other. Rather, the objective should be to encourage more normal contacts if Pyongyang desired. Washington should explain that the process eventually could lead to something more, but that would depend on the North behaving as a more normal nation.
North Korea's latest nuclear test is unfortunate, but not unexpected. Washington should offer a muted reaction, while disengaging from the permanent crisis known as North Korea. So far, allied policy has unfortunately failed at almost every turn.


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The two types of violets most commonly found on home lawns include field violet that is an annual weed and sweet violet which is a perennial weed. Violets are distinguished by their heart shaped leaves and their white, yellow, or purple flowers. Both types of violets can be extremely difficult to control.
Glechoma hederacea L. This is a perennial weed that has a creeping growth habit. It lays prostrate along the ground with square stems and roots at every node. Its leaves are round with toothed edges. A distinguishing feature of this weed is that its stems and leaves produce a mint like odor when crushed. This weed is more readily controlled than the previous two, however, like most of the weeds mentioned, it will take an ongoing effort by a lawn care professional to control it.
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NC Megachurch Moves Into New High School
A fast-growing multisite megachurch in North Carolina has moved into a new high school facility to conduct worship services.
Elevation Church, founded in 2006 and presently boasting an estimated 10,000 regular attendance, began holding worship services last month at Forestview High School in Gaston County.
"Our vision is to see people far from God raised to life in Christ. And we know that applies to people everywhere," said Ken Hester, pastor of the new campus, in an interview with the Gaston Gazette.
Forestview High is one of seven campuses Elevation oversees. The others are found in the cities of Charlotte and Matthews. The seventh campus is located out of state in Rock Hill, S.C.
Founded and led by Pastor Steve Furtick, Elevation Church began with a single campus at Providence High School in Charlotte in 2006 with about 120 regular attendees.
Elevation focuses mainly on contemporary Christian worship, but holds to a conservative theology. It extensively uses technology, such as streaming video and social media, during services and to evangelize.
By November 2010, the church had added three additional campuses so as to cope with its growing number of worshippers. In 2011, another two campuses were added to Elevation. Pastor Frank Bealer, head of the Rock Hill campus, expressed in a statement his excitement over Elevation's growth into that community.
"We are excited about what God is doing in Rock Hill. In 1 Thessalonians 2:8, Paul states that 'we gave you not only the Gospel but our lives as well,'" said Bealer.
"We want to have an immediate impact on the community by investing in the lives of individuals through our incredible worship experiences as well as partnering with some of the best organizations already investing in the people of Rock Hill."
Elevation Church, however, has not escaped the occasional controversy. In January, the church was accused by an apologist and blogger of censoring a Reformed evangelical pastor Matt Chandler's sermon during a multiday revival event.
Chris Rosebrough, blogger and host of Fighting for the Faith, told The Christian Post in an earlier interview that Chandler's sermon was never rebroadcast afterwards like other speakers' talks had been.
Rosebrough alleged that the censorship was over the theological differences between Elevation head pastor Furtick and Chandler.
Perry Noble, pastor of NewSpring Church in South Carolina, who also preached at the revival event, came to the defense of Elevation over the alleged censorship. Chandler's sermon was rebroadcast the next day.
Elevation Church did not return comment to The Christian Post by press time.


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Believe It offers a behind-the-scenes look at Nick's unlikely path to the Super Bowl, the obstacles that threatened to hold him back, his rediscovery of his love for the game, and the faith that grounded him through it all. Learn from the way Nick handled the trials and tribulations that made him into the man he is today--and discover a path to your own success.
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In today's turbulent world, your competitive edge depends on your ability to innovate. With rapidly changing markets, values, behaviors and ways of doing business, you must respond creatively to be profitable. Those who don't lead with innovation lose the competitive battle.
In 1989, I interviewed the CEOs of six companies that had just won awards from the Smaller Business Association of New England (SBANE) for "outstanding success in developing an innovative idea, method or device, with a proven correlation between its innovative qualities and its performance." Having started a consulting practice focused on planning and managing rapid growth, I wanted to explore how dedication to innovation supports successful growth.
I recently went back to talk to three of the companies to find out whether they had sustained their innovative edge over the intervening years, a volatile period in which most businesses experienced numerous economic, technological and competitive twists and turns. I also wanted to know whether their innovative capabilities were still driving growth.
In all three cases, the answer to both questions was a resounding "Yes!"
Each company I revisited has undergone impressive growth, despite major challenges, including dramatic shifts in each of their industries. Each company continues to innovate by re-evaluating, reinventing and repositioning itself in the face of every type of survival test that can be thrown at an organization by today's demanding business climate.
The three businesses I caught up with provide ideas about how you can build and sustain innovation in your own company. One key is for the thirst for continuous innovation to be driven from the top every day. Give your employees the model they need to make innovation a way of life, which, in turn, will make growth a way of life for your business. Here, then, are the stories of three highly successful organizations where innovation is the lifeblood that drives success.
Innovating Since 1989
- Kronos: Reinventing Themselves Five Times Over
- FlightTime: Offering Innovative Services for New Times
- Daddy's Junky Music Stores: Facing and Defeating Their Challenges
Plus: The 10 secrets to leading innovationand red flags to watch out for
Kronos Inc. - Chelmsford, Massachusetts
By CEO Mark Ain's count, the company he founded 25 years ago has had to reinvent itself five times to keep up with changes in technology and the market. The company was still in its first incarnation when SBANE awarded it for "revolutionizing standard operating procedures by creating an electronic time clock system tied into payroll and gaining 10 percent market share in a big-company market." At that time, the time clock manufacturer had $39.6 million in sales and 400 employees. Now a leading labor management software vendor, Kronos has $293 million in sales and 2,100 employees. Ain intends to double that figure in the next four years.
Kronos has increased its acquisitions activity at a blistering pace in the past two years. In January, the company purchased a division of one of its competitors, Simplex--Grinnell's Workforce Solutions, an addition of 8,000 customers to the 30,000 it already had. The purchase was a milestone because, says Ain, "Simplex was the gorilla in our market when we started."
Ain says a key to the company's continuous growth--and to staying innovative--has been maintaining a willingness to redefine absolutely everything about the business from its mission to his own role. For example, when Kronos discovered that companies wanted to keep track of white-collar employees the same way they track hourly employees, Kronos expanded its mission and started developing products for that market.
As for the evolution of Ain's own role: In the beginning, he was the leader who did everything and made all the decisions. Then he built a strong management team that could share leadership responsibilities. More recently, he has removed himself from day-to-day operations and primarily devotes his time to issues other people don't have the time or perspective to consider.
"We keep changing how we manage the company to reflect the task we have today, as opposed to last year's task," says Ain. "A big part of my job is to stay alert for big challenges. I focus on things like how to find the right blend of process vs. innovation and how to integrate the people and products of our acquisitions."
Ain says Kronos instills innovation as a way of life by regularly and systematically gaining customer knowledge and spreading it throughout the organization, staying abreast of technologies still two or three years down the road, encouraging employees to constantly re-examine and rethink what they're doing, and allowing them to make mistakes without being punished. "When we make acquisitions, the people who join us often can't believe the culture we have here," Ain says. "Usually we buy a company and leave the same management team in place, but we produce results that weren't possible when they were on their own. It's all because our culture empowers people. We don't shoot people for making mistakes; we just try to help them figure out how to not make those mistakes again.
"One of our dealers told me that my motto is 'If it ain't broke, break it' because whenever we seem to be cruising along, I come along and say we're going to change things," says Ain. "But I think it's important that you continue to innovate by reinventing yourself."
FlightTime Corp. - Waltham, Massachusetts
FlightTime received its 1989 award from SBANE for "identifying and capitalizing on a new niche in the business travel market." Founded in 1985, the company geared the concept of air chartering to the then untapped corporate and academic market. Then FlightTime totally reinvented itself in the late 1990s as the Internet came into its own and now offers charter reservation services online to business and leisure travelers, sports teams and corporations. The firm had sales of $27 million last year, up from $20 million in 2000.
The complex task of integrating its state-of-the-art Internet booking system has not stopped FlightTime from continuing its product innovations. Last year, it introduced Freedom Plan, a service with the convenience of private aviation and the flexibility of charter. This year, the company launched its Charter Management Program to help corporate clients create charter travel policies, boost security and reduce costs.
"A culture has been nurtured here to introduce innovative products and services to meet customer demand," says Michael Foliot, CEO and president, who joined the company in 2000. "As a small company, we can do that very well." The company has 80 employees at its Waltham headquarters and in nine offices worldwide.
According to chairman and founder Jane McBride, the method of promoting an innovative culture at FlightTime has changed over the years. "In the early days, our culture encouraged a 'wing it' management style. We used to think that was the only way to stimulate innovation," she says. "But in the late '90s, when we saw the impact technology and other market forces were going to have over the next five years, we had to change dramatically, and part of that was creating more discipline. We had to develop an organizational structure and systems for measurement and accountability."
Creative reorganization actually freed the company up to be more innovative. "It was painful to go through the soul-searching and choose to make big changes, but we had to put the infrastructure, a new management team and a whole new culture in place to allow us to keep innovating," McBride adds. Naming Foliot as CEO was part of that evolution. While McBride continues to serve as the company's chief visionary, Foliot handles operations.
"Getting ideas was never a problem for us; we always have tons of ideas," says McBride. "But putting processes and procedures in place has enabled us to get ideas through to implementation faster and to weed out those that aren't going to work. We now have criteria against which we can measure and prioritize ideas so we move ahead with the very best ones instead of taking the scattershot approach we used to take. This has made a big difference in our ability to bring innovative products to market faster."
Daddy's Junky Music Stores Inc. - Manchester, New Hampshire
The list of challenges that Daddy's Junky Music Stores has faced since being honored by SBANE for "creativity in marketing and excellent employee relations programs, as well as commitment to the community by fostering budding music careers and giving to charitable causes" could easily have brought down a less innovative company. The music equipment retailer has had to respond to big-box stores attempting to drive regional firms out of the music market, a severe recession in the early '90s that hit Daddy's home territory in New England particularly hard, and eBay's invasion into the used-music-equipment market.
But Daddy's met each challenge, and has grown from seven stores to 20, with revenues growing from $8 million to $31 million since the SBANE award. "I have a huge thirst to create things that didn't exist before, and I think it's healthy to be running scared so you avoid complacency," says founder and CEO Fred Bramante. "I just love the challenge of having problems that supposedly can't be solved."
When eBay arrived and people no longer had to go to Daddy's to trade in their guitars, it posed just the type of problem Bramante relishes. "EBay dried up the supply of used equipment that was always our strength and had an impact on sales of new equipment because customers selling their old equipment online don't come to our stores to be exposed to new equipment," he says. "We recently brainstormed solutions and now have a vice president focusing on used products. That person is charged with assuring this part of our business remains strong.
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"We also decided to close our mail order business because it was actually siphoning off the best used products from our stores. We've gone back to our core business of opening more stores, improving existing ones, and compensating store managers, who are the key to our success."
In another innovative turn that shows Bramante's flair for blending public service with promotion, he now hosts a weekly TV show sponsored by the New Hampshire Business Council. The show blends discussion of public affairs issues in the state with appearances by musicians and, of course, advertising from Daddy's.
Sustaining innovation to drive growth takes enormous and conscious effort. You, as the leader, must constantly watch for red flags that indicate your culture isn't supporting innovation. To make your company extraordinary, you must do what it takes to separate it from the ordinary. By making this commitment to continually drive innovation into every part of your business, your company will be equipped to be a perennial winner in the most important competition of all--the contest for market success.
10 Secrets to Leading Innovation
In working with leaders of innovative companies, I've identified 10 characteristics they have in common that help them drive innovation throughout their organizations:
1. They think. These leaders spend time thinking because they believe in the power of ideas and trust their own creativity.
2. They are visionary. Totally focused on the mission, values and vision of their companies, they have a clear sense of what they want to accomplish and excel at expressing those values in both the company's products and its culture.
3. They listen to customers. Customers and prospective customers are recognized as the single most important source of ideas for product or service development and improvement, market positioning, sales techniques and industry trends.
4. They understand how to manage ideas. In their constant search for innovation, they are willing to accept and develop ideas from any source--customers, employees, the board of directors and even their own fantasies.
5. They are people-centered. They hire people for their creativity and provide the best environment for that creativity to blossom. They believe employees, and their ideas, provide the company's competitive edge.
6. They maintain a culture of "change." These leaders don't just manage change; they actually seek it. They know there's always more to learn, more to try and more to improve.
7. They maximize team synergy, balance and focus. Knowing teamwork induces innovation by bringing together different points of view, these leaders manage teams to get the most creative output.
8. They hold themselves and others accountable for extremely high standards of performance. To comply with their missions of being the best, these leaders require output of the highest quality and do not tolerate anything less.
9. They don't take no for an answer. They persist and succeed when others say it can't be done.
10. They love what they do and have fun doing it. Their passion for the work and the company's growth empowers everyone.
Don't wait for these signs your company isn't benefiting from its fair share of innovation:
- You hear many more problems and gripes than ideas and solutions.
- There's a sudden increase in turnover.
- There's a lot of activity and meetings, but not much is getting done.
- The original excitement and passion have been replaced by tension and frustration.
- You hear more complaints than usual about money--salaries, raises and bonuses.
- Nobody knows what the corporate goals are or what people in other departments are doing, so they can't prioritize their own work.
- People don't offer ideas, and you're beginning to wonder how to tap into their brainpower.
- You have no idea whether people feel motivated by their work, and you doubt that people are working at their full potential.
- You haven't defined your core values; people don't know them or aren't acting in accordance with them.
- People aren't happy; they say it isn't fun to work here any more.
- There's very little genuine teamwork.
- Departments have an "us vs. them" mentality about other parts of the company and customers.
Adapted from Building the Awesome Organization (Hungry Minds) by Katherine Catlin and Jana Matthews
Katherine Catlin is founding partner of The Catlin Group, a consulting firm in Hingham, Massachusetts. She can be contacted through www.ceoexchange.com.
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- FlightTime Corp.
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- Kronos Inc.
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Kagan's First Opinion; Scalia cites Foreign Law
Just a few quick thoughts before I get back to bar studies:
- Justice Kagan's first opinion is in the first case she heard on the Supreme Court. True to tradition, it's a dog of a case.
- Justice Scalia is the lone dissent, breaking from the tradition of unanimity for a new justice's first opinion. Last year, Justice Thomas concurred in part in Justice Sotomayor's first opinion. Does two years away from the tradition mean it's no longer a tradition?
- Kagan wasted no time getting into a footnote scuffle with Scalia over the textual relevance of consulting the IRS's "Collection Financial Standards":
- Kagan, fn7 – "Because the dissent appears to misunderstand our use of the Collection Financial Standards, and because it may be important for future cases to be clear on this point, we emphasize again that the statute does not "incorporat[e]" or otherwise "impor[t]" the IRS's guidance. Post, at 1, 4 (opinion of SCALIA, J.). The dissent questions what possible basis except incorporation could justify our consulting the IRS's view, post, at 4, n., but we think that basis obvious: The IRS creates the National and Local Standards referenced in the statute, revises them as it deems necessary, and uses them every day. The agency might,therefore, have something insightful and persuasive (albeit not controlling) to say about them.
- Scalia, fn* – "The Court protests that I misunderstand its use of the Collection Financial Standards. Its opinion does not, it says, find them to beincorporated by the Bankruptcy Code; they simply "reinforc[e] our conclusion that . . . a debtor seeking to claim this deduction must makesome loan or lease payments." Ante, at 10. True enough, the opinionsays that the Bankruptcy Code "does not incorporate the IRS's guidelines," but it immediately continues that "courts may consult this material in interpreting the National and Local Standards" so long as itis not "at odds with the statutory language." Ibid. In the presentcontext, the real-world difference between finding the guidelines incorporated and finding it appropriate to consult them escapes me, since I can imagine no basis for consulting them unless Congress meant them to be consulted, which would mean they are incorporated. And without incorporation, they are at odds with the statutory language, which otherwise contains no hint that eligibility for a Car Ownership deduction requires anything other than ownership of a car."
- Does citing midcentury UK law count as a dreaded citation to foreign law? Scalia: "The canon against superfluity is not a canon against verbosity.When a thought could have been expressed more concisely, one does not always have to cast about for someadditional meaning to the word or phrase that could havebeen dispensed with. This has always been understood. A House of Lords opinion holds, for example, that in the phrase " 'in addition to and not in derogation of ' " the last part adds nothing but emphasis. Davies v. Powell Duffryn Associated Collieries, Ltd., [1942] A. C. 601, 607."
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10-24-01 Update: Version 3.5 of this software has been released, including a Windows version that sells for $180, a Linux/Unix version that comes prebuilt with manuals, databases, and support for $80, and of course the source code is still free for the Linux/Unix users. Click here for more information.
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Not be left behind in every other smartphone and tablet maker's dust, the latest iOS 5.1 beta has code pointing to quad-core devices being tested internally. Is the iPhone 5 and iPad 3 going to be bigger leap than we thought?
Historically speaking, 9to5Mac says that Apple is on track to deliver an "A6" processor that's quad-core. 2010 was single-core. 2011 was dual-core. 2012 should be quad-core, right?
A quad-core processor could help power a Retina Display iPad 3.
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That's the plan, given how other companies like Asus are going quad-core with their tablets.
A new iPad should drop in and around March/April, which is par for the course, if the last two iPad launches can be considered frameworks.
But wait just a minute, 9to5Mac says that just because Apple is testing a quad-core iGadget doesn't mean it'll make it in time for this year's refreshes. That is a possibility as well. If Apple can't procure enough components or get a battery to power those extra cores without compromise, it could be scrapped until it does find a solution. We all know how much Apple loves boasting about battery life.
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Red Sox - 220 010 010 - 6 13 0Boston took a quick 4-0 lead, but Buchholz lasted only 14 batters (2.1-3-5-3-0, 60) and the Orioles then battered David Aardsma and Javier Lopez to blow the game open by the end of the fourth.
Orioles - 034 310 00x - 11 9 1
Scoreboard: The Angels scored a run in the top of the ninth to beat Tampa Bay 5-4. The Yankees beat the Blue Jays 5-1.
The Rays lead the Red Sox by 4.5, the Yankees by 10 and the Blue Jays by 12.
Clay Buchholz (6.35, 71 ERA+) / Chris Waters (4.32, 101 ERA+)
John Farrell and Buchholz think they may have discovered a flaw in the young right-hander's delivery. Rob Bradford:
What they uncovered was that Buchholz was drifting forward upon beginning his approach to the plate with runners on base, causing problems with the location of his pitches.This will be the fourth start of Waters's major league career. Waters, who turned 28 last Sunday, is a left-hander. His minor league stats are here.
"It's more like a drift in my delivery," Buchholz explained. "When I'm in the windup I'm fine, but when I'm in the stretch, I go to my balance point, I pick my leg up and I'm already going forward. It's not allowing me to get the ball out of my glove and really be on top. ..."
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Officials report that the first phase of California's $617 million financial system overhaul concluded successfully, boding well for future targets.
California's extensive ERP overhaul is on schedule and under budget, officials report. The 11-year program, called the Next Generation Financial Information System for California or Fi$Cal, will attempt to streamline 2,500 legacy financial systems used across 124 departments. On July 1, project managers announced the first phase of the $617 million project was complete, putting the state on schedule for completion by July 2017.
Fi$Cal's goal is to create a central financial platform for the state that allows fast, easy access to information. With the first phase now complete, the system is being used with a limited feature set by about 10 percent of the state. Subsequent phases will add more users and functionality, Project Director Tamara Armstrong said.
The first phase was focused on the automation of the requisition, purchase order and receipting processes, Armstrong said. The first phase also allowed the state to establish a foundation for much of the work to be done in the four upcoming phases, such as the creation of a statewide accounting and budgeting structure, as well as the beginning of a master vendor file, she said.
The first wave was critical, Armstrong said, because it allowed the Fi$Cal team to become familiar with the business processes used by state agencies, which will help their team as they continue with the project. According to Armstrong, Fi$Cal isn't just about technology -- it's also about transforming how work is done in the state.
"Our statewide decision-makers will have better access to information in a more timely manner," Armstrong said. "The information will be standardized and it will be integrated across the state so we will have visibility at the statewide reporting level that we've never had. We will be eliminating redundancies that are performed by control agencies and the department. We'll be standardizing our processes and obviously that's going to give us better, more reliable, more accurate and more timely information at many levels in government. So there's a tremendous savings and efficiencies that are being gained by the state through our integration into a single statewide automated system and the reengineering of our processes."
Existing processes for data collection are often time-consuming and distracting for workers, Armstrong said. Fi$Cal Executive Partner Sue Johnsrud, former chief operating officer in Gov. Jerry Brown's office, noted that Brown expressed frustration with the inability to quickly uncover spending figures on out-of-state travel. Instead, they had to query each department in the state, and there was no way around it because they needed that information. When this project is fully deployed, that will all be changed, Johnsrud said.
Successfully completing the first phase of the process validated the project's methodology and shows that the state is on the right track, she added.
In addition to increased transparency, easier reporting and collection of information, and identification of wasteful spending, officials said they anticipate savings through economy of scale purchasing.
So far, the state has spent about $122 million of the projected $617 million total cost, down from an initial $1.6 billion estimate. The savings the state will gain make the project a good investment, Armstrong said.
"In the time when the state is expected to do more with its resources than it ever has, it's imperative that we leverage processes and tools that allow us to be good stewards of those resources," she said. "Unfortunately, right now that's a very challenging process in many ways. Fi$Cal, especially in this time where resources are scarce, is critical not only now but in the future to make sure that we have the information we need to make the best decisions to benefit our constituents."


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Hi. I'm available most mornings and evenings. Can you travel to UC Davis? If not I could head up to Natomas. I can hold a rally but I'll need to get back on the court a few more times to play at your level.
Hi there,
If you're still looking to play hit me up....Maybe we could play at mckinley park, or if you know some nice courts in natomas that's fine too. I'm a 3.5, so probably not as good as you, but I'm getting better. Just send me a message if you're down for it.
I'm a 4.0 and live in Natomas but work in Roseville. Let me know if you want play after work or weekends.
I live in natomas. when and where can you play
I play in Westlake in Natomas or can play in Roseville. E-mail me at ckasndude (at) yahoo.com
Kue and Ed, did you two ever got a chance to play one another?
I didn't get reply from Kue. Where are you located? I can't see your profile.
Hey boys, sorry for not replying sooner. Been away from the sport for a few months but I'm ready to get back in to the swing of things. Give me two weeks and I'll message everyone.
Thank you for yor patience.
Sounds good.
Im here in Sacramento.
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- Urban ghettos, homeless people, trailer parks are certainly not a showcase of an advanced and rich civilization.
- High criminality and violence.
- Rampant corruption, which is even legal. Politicians can be bought openly, and few people see a problem with that.
- Crumbling infrastructure. Roads are full of potholes, in particular urban highways.
- Telephone and electricity are still supplied through overhead cables that are high in maintenance.
- Cellphones cannot be used to pay in stores.
- Credit cards do not have chips.
- No sidewalks in many places.
- A quarter of all homes still use septic tanks.
- Idle police officers watching every construction site on roads.
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Is the US a third world country?
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- David Stern said...
Baggers in grocery stores shows cheap surplus labor. Though I think that phenomenon is declining.
Not sure how true the others all are by comparison with other developed countries. Murder rate is high in the US but other forms of crime may actually be lower than in Britain say.
- September 4, 2010 at 9:04 AM
The high number of hours worked, the lack of vacations, the high proportion of people with several jobs, and the many retirees still working are all signs of a developing economy.
- September 4, 2010 at 9:10 AM
Vilfredo, these are signs of a a less generous welfare state. Do you think that developed economies should have generous welfare states (normatively speaking)?
- September 4, 2010 at 11:41 AM
They certainly can afford them more than developing ones. Whether they choose to take more care of their citizens is indeed another question.
- September 4, 2010 at 4:09 PM
Stop reading my mind, Econ. Logician!
The poor is the US are a lot poorer than you'd get from the data because there's a lot less public services and of lower quality, e.g. bad/limited public transit.
Also, don't get me started on cellphones... paying for BOTH incoming and outgoing calls AND texts? 80-100$/month for unlimited service?
- September 4, 2010 at 6:27 PM
you are an ignorant fool.
we have countless illegals in my country courtesy of the liberal uneducated scum like you. this is a big country and living in a flat, drinking and fighting over a football game is not our idea of a diverse or advance culture
- September 5, 2010 at 10:05 PM
^ You are greatly overstating the influence of illegals. They are certainly not dragging the country down. They could have, for example, dug ditches for cables like in Europe, but for some reason this is not done in the US.
When I go to Europe, I am at a distinct disadvantage with my credit card. Why can we not have credit cards with proper security features so that they are truly accepted everywhere, and so that they are less abused?
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The word "eternal" means without beginning and without end, denoting a continual existence including past, present, and future. As applied to human existence, the Bible indicates that the spirit or soul is indestructible and eventually returns to God who gave it (Eccl. 12:7). This thought is expressed by Paul who attests to God's overall plan whereby God is "all in all"(I Cor. 15:24-28). Thus, one might well say that eternal life includes the present, or "Today is the first day of the rest of your eternal life."
Just as there are rewards for followers of Christ, there are judgments of the works of both believers and nonbelievers. Jesus said that all authority to judge the living and the dead is his (John 5:22;17:2; Acts 10:42;I Peter 4:5). In a sense, failure to receive blessings because of failure to ask, asking wrongly, or continued anxiety and fear by not heeding the teachings of the Sermon on the Mount are all indicative of a present judgment. As the proverbs say, "The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion"(Prov. 28:1) and "the way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble"(Prov. 4:16). As we have seen, Jesus assured his listeners that a follower of his and a doer of his words is assured of having his or her needs met and eternal life, including the glories of the resurrection-life (Mk. 10:28-30).
The New Testament sets out a concept of a gradation of regard for believers based upon their Christian good works (Matt. 16:27), their works being tested as by fire (I Cor. 3:13-15). In this respect, the epistles frequently warn believers against backsliding and the loss of reward. [Note the six warnings in the book of Hebrews 3:7-13;4:1-11; 5:11-14; 6:1-9; 10:26-39; 12; also II Peter 2:20-22] A righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward (Matt. 10:41), and one who shows compassion in Jesus' name will not lose his or her reward (Matt. 10:42;Mk. 9:41). Those who reject the Father and the Son will be judged, and punishment will be meted out for the wrongs which they have committed (Col. 3:25). They are as "cast into outer darkness where there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth"(Matt. 22:13;24:51; 25:30). Those who seek after the plaudits of men have their reward (Matt. 6:2). One should enter in by the "narrow gate" to life, for "broad is the way which leads to destruction"(Matt. 7:13-14). Therefore, one should not lay up for himself or herself material treasures on earth, but should lay up treasures in heaven, for "where your treasure is, there will your heart be also"(Matt. 6:19-21).
God is merciful, and Jesus stands at the door and knocks. If anyone hears his voice and opens the door, he will enter and they shall dine together. But there is a reckoning, and the son of man will separate the "sheep" from the "goats."Those who have helped the less fortunate and have done it for Jesus shall inherit the kingdom. Those who have not helped others have failed Jesus and will receive punishment (Matt. 25:31-46). The meting out of judgment is portrayed in Revelation depicting God as sitting on a great white throne judging the dead according to their works. The books are opened including the book of life. Anyone whose name is not found in the book of life is subject to punishment. It is decreed that the enemies of God and mankind be cast into the "lake of fire." These include Satan, the false prophet, and the beast who has opposed God, death, Hades, and "whoever was not found written in the book of life"(Rev. 20:10-15). There is also described a new heaven, a new earth, and a new Jerusalem in which there reside only those who are overcomers and those who are "athirst of the fountain." These are given the water of life freely (Rev. 21:1-27). "And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last"(Rev. 22:12-13).


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10 guitar hero day jobs
Tom Morello - exotic dancer
It's easy to forget that Slash was not born in boots and a top hat, nor did Keith Richards appear as a fully-formed rock 'n' roll pirate. Rock's biggest names once held down all sorts of day jobs to make ends meet, here we give you a window into the pre-fame worlds of 10 guitar heroes…
Newly arrived in LA and "literally starving", Morello squandered his Harvard politics degree by earning a living stripping down to his boxer shorts and making his pecs dance for gaggles of cackling harpies to the tune of The Commodores' Brick House. "All I can say is 'Thank God it was in the days before YouTube,'" the Rage guitarist reflects.
Keith Richards - sugar loader
Keef humped the sweet stuff from lorry to supermarket during school holidays. Not the sweetest gig, he recalls in Life: "It came in great bags, and sugar cuts you up like a motherf***er… You're humping it on your shoulder and you're bleeding." Keef got his revenge by writing Brown Sugar and pocketing several great bags (of cash).
Noodles - janitor
A life of mops, clogged urinals and jock morons was averted when pop-punk world domination came knocking. "It was weird," Noodles recalls. "High school kids would go: 'Aren't you that guy from The Offspring?' and I was sweeping up leaves and emptying the trash."
Eric Clapton - labourer
Back in 1962, Slowhand supplemented chumpchange on the pub blues circuit with stints on a building site, where those era-defining hands were presumably used to flick through The Sun, smoke cigarettes and wolf-whistle at passing 'skirt'.
Johnny Cash - cotton picker
Cash literally slaved in the cotton fields of Arkansas during the Great Depression. Bet you feel guilty for complaining about your overflowing in-tray now, don't you?
Elvis Costello - data entry clerk
Nothing warms up an angry young man's resentment quite like computer-based box ticking, and after a few months at cosmetics giant Elizabeth Arden, Costello had enough venom to fuel his entire career. He would later refer to the business as 'the vanity factory' on I'm Not Angry.
Jack White - furniture upholsterer
As rock's chief luddite, perhaps it was inevitable that White fell into this earthiest of old-school trades, launching his own Third Man Upholstery company. "My whole shop was only three colours: yellow, white and black," he says. "I had this yellow van, and I dressed in yellow and black when I picked up the furniture. It was pretty cool."
Slash - shop assistant
Slash set new lows for customer service at Tower Video on Sunset Boulevard, slurping screwdrivers and playing porn on the big screen. "I'm sure the customers knew what we were up to the moment we breathed on them," he writes in Slash.
Zakk Wylde - pump attendant
If you'd pulled up at a New Jersey gas station circa 1987, and had a hairy man enquire if you "want some motherf***in' petrol", you may have been filled up by Zakk Wylde. "I had nothing to lose," he recalls, "but I ended up getting my demo tape to Ozzy…"
Joe Perry - ice cream man
There's something fundamentally depressing about a future Toxic Twin serving up flakes, chopped nuts and sprinkles in a New Hampshire ice cream parlour while the wholesome laughter of excited children rings out all around him. Luckily, The Anchorage was also where Perry met Steven Tyler; and after that things got seedier, fast.


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We'll be back late Thursday, and I can't wait! Not because I want to get away from my family or the bitter cold (by the way, thanks for all those warm weather updates), but because I can't wait to grab my video camera and start filming some of the recipes we enjoyed during our stay.
First up; an amazingly easy and incredibly good no-knead ciabatta bread.
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Q. I have questions about a vaccine for snakebites: My own veterinarian has not mentioned this but my neighbor's vet recommended that they vaccinate their horses against rattlesnake venom. Last summer six horses in two-mile radius of our farm sustained snakebites, and I am trying to anticipate the upcoming season. I was told by my neighbors the vaccine is a series of three injections, and often horses develop a temporary swelling or irritation at the injection site. Can you tell me more about this vaccine? Is it effective against all rattlesnake species in the United States? Is a horse that previously has been bitten by a rattlesnake more or less likely to have a severe reaction if bitten again?
—Betty Fey, via e-mail
A. There is, indeed, a rattlesnake vaccine labeled for horses. And I must disclose that I have done collaborative research work with the company that produces the vaccine, Red Rock Biologics. The rattlesnake vaccine is made with venom from the Western Diamondback Rattlesnake, and in vitro studies showed it to be effective in neutralizing this snake's venom. We know that rattlesnake venoms, while different in many ways, are also similar in many ways and contain many similar toxins. This knowledge would lead one to believe that antibodies made against one rattlesnake venom may be at least partially effective at neutralizing other rattlesnake venoms. Scientific studies have shown that some rattlesnake venoms are more similar than others; however, a vaccine against any one venom would not likely provide protection against all rattlesnake venoms in the United States or elsewhere. So, the answer to your second question is that it is unlikely that antibodies produced from vaccination with the (Western Diamondback) rattlesnake vaccine would be fully protective against every species of rattlesnake in the United States. To my knowledge, studies of this type have not been done.
The initial vaccine series is a series of three injections given in the muscle 30 days apart. There are not specific instructions for administration location of the vaccine, but any of the usual sites for an intramuscular injection would be acceptable, including the neck or low in the semimembranosus/semitendinosus muscles (hamstring area).
I participated in the safety trial for the vaccine, and we only had a couple of horses develop injection site reactions that were very mild and resolved without any treatment.
The timing of the vaccine, in my opinion, should be such that the horse will have the highest antibody titer during the peak rattlesnake season, which may vary depending on the area of the country where you reside. This means that horses would need to receive all three vaccines prior to the beginning of rattlesnake season, with the last one being at least 10 days prior to rattlesnake season.
Your question about previously bitten horses is very good and one that does not have an exact answer. I can only provide an answer in relation to what we know in other species. From my research we know that horses do develop antibody titers against rattlesnake venom after being bitten by a rattlesnake, but we do not know how long these antibodies last or if they are protective if the horse is bitten again. People that are bitten by poisonous snakes multiple times tend to have weaker reactions each subsequent time they are bitten. When I was in private practice I treated dogs and horses bitten by rattlesnakes, and animals that were bitten more than once seemed to have weaker reactions with each subsequent bite; however, I do not have enough data currently to prove this.
The rattlesnake vaccine is rather new in the horse, and I do not believe there are any published studies as of this moment; however, we have submitted a paper on the comparison of antibody titers in naturally bitten horses with vaccinated horses.


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LACONIA, N.H. — James E. Hazelwood is a man with black leather boots planted in two different worlds.
Hazelwood, 54, wears a white clerical collar to work as bishop of the New England Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, but in his free time he dons a leather jacket, settles his 6-foot-7-inch frame onto a motorcycle, and just rides.
"When I get on a motorcycle, it's just a great sense of freedom," he said in an interview Sunday after he delivered a sermon at a local church. "And the open road really does clear my mind. I'll go for a ride and after about 20 minutes of [thinking about] all the activities and things I've got to do, after that it's just gone, and I'm in another place."
Hazelwood, a towering figure with a bald crown, a ring of close-cropped gray hair, and a matching goatee, may have an unconventional style for a man of the cloth. But his approach won him praise Sunday following his sermon at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, an appearance that coincided with the annual Laconia Motorcycle Week.
Ashley Frame, 32, said she grew up attending the church and appreciated the unusual perspective and the enthusiasm Hazelwood brings as bishop.
"I think it's always great to bring energy into a church, and I think he seems like he has a lot of energy," she said.
Hazelwood was in Laconia to socialize with other motorcycle enthusiasts but also as part of his effort to personally visit all 184 Lutheran churches in New England, a project that began when he assumed the role of bishop last September. This was stop number 126.
His sermon was based on a story from the Book of Luke, in which Jesus visits the home of a Pharisee and a woman described as a sinner comes to see him, washing his feet with her tears and drying them with her hair. Asked by the Pharisee why he would accept this devotion from a sinner, Jesus explains that those with the greatest sins to forgive will feel the greatest devotion.
Hazelwood spoke of Jesus' love of outsiders and drew parallels with motorcyclists, who are often outsiders from mainstream society. He challenged the congregation to take the church's message of grace and forgiveness out into the community, to those who might never step past the church's doors.
"We all know that . . . the Christian church is struggling, particularly in New England, where about 75 percent of people do not attend any religious community," he said. "God, through Jesus, is calling us to move from inside of our churches to outside."
The message resonated with Lee Engelhardt, 74, who founded Good Shepherd Church with his wife, Ruth, three decades ago and said he has loved motorcycles "since I was born."
"I remember the days we used to run our bikes down the street and jump on them and clutch them to get them running," said Engelhardt, who wore a leather vest and boots to Sunday's service. "Nowadays they ride like Cadillacs."
Engelhardt said he believed Hazelwood's unconventional manner and focus on outreach was just what the church needed.
"I think that's what it takes to get people into the church again," he said.
Before his election as bishop, Hazelwood was pastor of St. Andrew Lutheran Church of Charlestown, R.I., for nearly two decades, and before that he spent five years as pastor at Bethany Lutheran Church in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Since his election, he has been a member at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Providence, but he said he plans to spend each year attending a different church in the synod and will select another by this fall.
Hazelwood said he first began riding motorcycles at 13 and continued through college, but he set aside biking for many years as he built a life with his wife, Lisa, a fellow Lutheran pastor whom he married in 1986. The couple has one son, Benjamin, 26, who is an attorney in Washington, D.C.
Hazelwood said he rediscovered the motorcycling hobby only in the past three or four years and in that time has found that other cyclists are fascinated by his day job.
"They're not typically churchgoing people, but they still have a lot of interest in matters of faith," he said. "Actually, I have some of my most spiritually motivated conversations with motorcyclists."
Like the motorcycle outsiders he mentioned in his sermon, Hazelwood was a religious outsider for many years. His family didn't attend church when he was growing up in California, and he didn't discover his own faith until college, when he took a job at a Lutheran summer camp.
He said this perspective has been an asset in his ministry, allowing him to relate to people in the church and to those who might never consider joining.
"I'm in the church, but I still have this perspective of what it's like to be on the outside," he said.
"I understand very clearly that [for] people that are not a part of any kind of faith community . . . it looks very foreign. It's a very different language, it's a different culture."
The Rev. David Dalzell, pastor at Good Shepherd, said Hazelwood's approach was what the church needs now.
"He's asking questions, and he's asking us to ask questions, and I think that's great," said Dalzell. "We haven't done that before, not seriously, not as an entire synod."
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Effect Pedals & PartsAdding effects to your signal path is a great way to alter the sound of your guitar. Add reverb, delay, distortion, frequency ranges and other dynamic effects. Build a kit or purchase parts to make your own!
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The Palisades is something we said we would never do… an overdrive based on the legendary TS808! After loads of requests, we finally buckled. We ran tests with every popular clone on the market as well as several vintage originals, compared, contrasted and took loads of notes. It was exhausting but informative. In the end, we threw it all away, used our ears and came up with what we feel is the most versatile relative of the 808 available today. With 6 different clipping voices, 5 bandwidth settings and 2 gain channels, you will be hard-pressed to not find a setting that will wipe every mid-boosting overdrive off your board. The Palisades is a versatile dude that will give you years of loving companionship.
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|Hanoi in 2009
Years before President Obama announced the Pentagon program to revise the history of the Vietnam War, I noticed a rising tide of propaganda designed to have the war remembered in imperialist terms, such as the 2005 documentary series Heart of Darkness: The Vietnam War Chronicles 1945-1975. In as much as it was a low period in mass activity, at least as far as I could see, and I was flush with money from selling the family home in Atlantic City, I set out to produce a documentary that would tell the unvarnished truth about the Vietnam War in a way that had never been done before. I wanted to highlight the fact that what we call the Vietnam War was an American made holocaust. We murdered over 3 million Vietnamese; we where not the good guys in this war.
The result was Vietnam: American Holocaust, release in November 2008. I asked Martin Sheen to narrate it because, who else are you going to call when you set out to make the ultimate Vietnam War doc?
Vietnam: American Holocaust
I was working on the sequel, Vietnam: People's Victory, which I hoped to release in 2011, when the Arab Spring broke out. Before resuming work on the screenplay the morning of 14 January 2011, I checked my email and found a message from the Electronic Freedom Foundation about the revolution taking place in Tunisia and the need for my material assistant. I put the doc work on hold and never looked back. Remembering the revolution of 40 years ago would have to wait. A new era of revolutions was just then kicking off and I planned to be fully involved.
Vietnam: American Holocaust is available from Amazon.
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