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More good report presentations yesterday in CoPhi, including one from Michael and another from Jon that independently observed something important about how we live now: many of us are so busy crafting and projecting Platonically-ideal social media versions of ourselves that we're actually lost in cyberspace. Danger, Will Robinson: those "friends" are not reliable, those experiences are not real.
Michael said we're like Plato's cave-dwellers, mistaking our own projected "forms" for reality. Jon said real Forms are all around us. Both were really saying, I think, that reality is immediate, embodied, personal, and subjectively experienced. I concur. So would William James, who said "the only form of thing we directly encounter, the only experience we concretely have, is our own personal life."
"Impersonal experience" is an oxymoron. Virtual experience is better, but still not as direct or immediate or concrete as a walk in the woods or a face-to-face in exterior space. Or a hurricane, lest we forget that reality is not always more pleasant. But it is always more honest. More real. As a very old philosophy primer puts it:
If we ask the plain man, What is the real external world? the first answer that seems to present itself to his mind is this: Whatever we can see, hear, touch, taste , or smell…
So, I vote for the "plain" empiricists, as opposed to the flighty and speculative rationalists… for Aristotle over Plato, Locke and Hume (but not Berkeley) over Descartes and Leibniz. (But I like Spinoza, determinism aside.) I will continue to tweet and blog, but will also continue to resist full immersion in the second-hand, mediated world of clicks and strokes. Step away from the keyboard.
And now I really must turn to an immediate and concrete encounter with that pile of student essays. I'm sure it'll be real.


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VICTORIA — The B.C. government offered an official compromise Thursday to the close to 60,000 residents holding out against smart meters, saying those who are willing to pay a meter-reading fee of about $20 per month can keep their old analog meters in place.
But the new compromise is a temporary one, with the government saying digital meters will have to be installed across all homes within about 10 years, at which time the certifications on the old analog devices officially expire.
"We are going to get to a point where everyone has a digital meter," Energy Minister Bill Bennett said Thursday.
"What we're saying is, 'We're going to take a little bit more time.' "
Bennett explained that those who don't already have a smart meter will be able to either keep their old analog meters in place, or get a smart meter with the radio transmitting feature disabled.
"Some folks are absolutely opposed to having a smart meter. We could say, 'thou shalt have a smart meter' and we have decided we're not going to do that," he told reporters Thursday.
Bennett said people will only be able to keep an analog meter for as long as its Measurement Canada seal is valid. A ministry official said the seals on analog meters last for 10 years.
Bennett said after that seal expires, the remaining holdouts will be offered a digital meter with the radio transmitter disabled, which they can maintain for as long as they continue paying the extra meter-reading fee.
"We'll allow people to keep their analog meters until they wear out, if that's what they want to do," he said. "But we're moving forward toward our overall goal, which is to develop a smart grid in this province."
The new measures are meant to accommodate customers who have expressed significant concerns about the radio signal emitted by the meters.
Bennett said the measures will not be available to those who already have a smart meter installed at their homes.
Sharon Noble, director of the Coalition to Stop Smart Meters, said what Bennett proposed Thursday was unacceptable.
"It's encouraging that the government is finally seeing that we need some accommodation, that our concerns are justified. But I don't think it's gone far enough," she said in an interview.
"I'm not satisfied with saying I can only keep my analog meter temporarily. And I don't think many people will be," she added.
"Neither are we satisfied with the idea that we're going to have to pay not to have something dangerous put on our house."
Bennett said those who opt out of a fully enabled smart meter — either by keeping their old analog meter or taking a non-transmitting digital meter — will have to pay a monthly fee of about $20. This is because BC Hydro would have to send someone out every two months to read the meter, as opposed to the smart meter, which uses wireless signals to transmit regular readings.
Bennett said those who hold onto their analog meters will also have to pay another yet-to-be determined administrative fee to compensate BC Hydro for maintaining an antiquated billing system.
And he said those who opt for the non-transmitting digital smart meter would have to pay an additional one-time fee of about $100 to have the radio transmitter in their meter disabled.
"We don't think, in terms of fairness, that the 96 per cent of people that have taken smart meters should pay the cost of these two opt-out options," he said, explaining all of the proposed fees would have to be approved by the B.C. Utilities Commission.
"So people who want to opt out can. They will not be forced to have a smart meter," he said. "But they have to pay the costs."
Thursday's announcement comes a week after Bennett first floated the idea of offering the ability for homeowners to opt out of smart meters.
New Democratic Party energy critic John Horgan said Thursday's compromise shows there was no need for the Liberals to have pushed an artificial deadline on the $930-million smart meter initiative.
"It puts the lie to the notion that we had to have every single house in British Columbia affixed with a smart meter," he said.
"Clearly that wasn't the case. We put people through undue stress and hardship, in many instances people buying barricades for their homes to keep BC Hydro contractors off their property," he added.
"There are people who are legitimately anxious about the technology and they should have respected that from the start."

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The following tools are suitable for mounting spherical plain bearings:
- a mounting dolly (fig. 2) or length of tubing; the ring with an interference fit should generally be mounted first
- a dolly having two abutment surfaces (fig. 3) for simultaneously mounting the bearing on the shaft and in the housing
for larger numbers of bearings, suitable tools can be used in combination with a press (fig. 4)
When mounting spherical plain bearings, consider the following:
- Never use a hammer or pin punch to drive a bearing in place, as either could damage the rings (fig. 5).
The mounting force should never be directed through the sliding contact surfaces (fig. 6). This could damage the sliding contact surfaces and/or expand fractured or split bearing outer rings, which can cause an increase in the mounting force required.
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heat non-split housings before inserting the bearing
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The Bozeman Public Library began as the Young Men's Library Association in 1872. It was housed in a room above the Alward Drug Store at 118 East Main Street. In keeping with Victorian standards of the day, women were restricted to using the library room on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays from 3-5:00 pm while the men could only use it on Tuesday and Saturday evenings from 7-9:00 pm. The tax- supported Bozeman City Library opened in 1891 with rooms on the second floor of the new City Hall & Opera House.
Head Librarian Belle Chrisman appealed to Andrew Carnegie in September 1901 for funds to build a permanent library. Carnegie endowed the City of Bozeman with $15,000 to construct the building at 35 North Bozeman. Built in 1902-1903, the Carnegie Library served the community for over 75 years until the second library was opened at 220 East Lamme in 1981. A book brigade of 1,200 volunteers moved some 14,000 books from the old building to the new on July 14, 1981. The 22,000 square foot facility was the stage for the advent of computerized library services in Bozeman. The Library celebrated its Centennial year in 1991.
In 2001, taxpayers approved a $4 million bond referendum for a new facility; the money was used to purchase the 14.3 acre former Milwaukee Railroad property on East Main Street. After five years of fundraising and planning, a new 53,000 square foot Library opened at 626 East Main Street in November 2006. The new Library achieved a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) silver level certification, the first public building in the state to be certified LEED.
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Garmin has veered off of the road to launch two satnav series targeted at pedestrians.
Garmin's Nüvi 1200 and 1300: walk, not drive
The Nüvi 1200 and 1300 series – which together comprise eight models in all – are compatible with CityXplorer maps, which Garmin claimed offer "pedestrian navigation capability" for selected tourist destinations throughout North America and Europe.
The models also support a public transport mode that allows pedestrians to plan their route using the bus, tramway, metro and/or train network in the two continents.
"The personal navigation device is no longer just for the car – take it with you wherever you go," said Dan Bartel, Garmin's VP of Worldwide Sales.
Garmin has remembered that pedestrians don't have the luxury of an in-car mount and so has claimed that all eight models have a thin-and-light form-factor that enables the satnavs to be easily carried in a pocket or purse.
All models do, of course, also provide standard road-centric navigation and have an eco-mode that suggests fuel-efficient driving routes.
All models in the Nüvi 1300 series boast a 4.3in touchscreen display, while the 1200 series' models come with a smaller, 3.5in display. Free lifetime traffic alerts and lane assistance features are also available on some models, but all include a text-to-speech feature.
The price of each model mainly depends on the included maps, but prices range from $450 (£319/€359) for the Nüvi 1370T to $200 (£141/€159) for the Nüvi 1200. All models will be available during Q2. ®


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Release Date: 2012 |
Album Rating: 4.5Right up there with Axe to Fall and Petitioning The Empty Sky...it's not quite on the same level as Jane Doe though.
Digging: Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways
Album Rating: 4.5It's no secret
Album Rating: 4.0Great starting point for those un-converge-ians.
Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound OffI didn't realize Sowing dug Converge
Very nice review
Headpounding and brutal.... that's pretty much it
Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off"after seven albums they still have what it takes"
This is their eight album, unless you don't want to count Halo in a Haystack for some reason
Great review, I'll check this out today.
Album Rating: 4.5@Trebor: I wasn't counting this album, because I'm saying after seven albums
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Album Rating: 4.52012 started off so slow, but now between Swans, Converge, and GY!BE it's shaping up to make 2011 look like a 5th grade flute contest
Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound OffAlbum is everything I hoped it would be. Great review, although I felt like you were pushing the whole "deranged" thing a little strongly.
Album Rating: 4.5It is pretty crazy though, in a good way
Album Rating: 4.5I'd say Axe to Fall was more "off the wall" in a deranged sense than this is, but fuck Converge has always been nuts in the best kind of way
Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Offgreat review
Album Rating: 4.5album rules so hard, great review
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Never understood the hype around Converge. I'll stick to Botch's We are The Romans. Good review - I'll maybe listen to this but Jane Doe was almost awful, Axe to Fall was very good and You Fail Me was alright. Expecting a 3.0-3.5
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Album Rating: 4.5This is great, good review too
Album Rating: 2.5Band has ran out of fuel.
Botch will foreva BEE the best metalcore band.
Yeah but the album just is "ok," some riffs are incredible and there is a lot of talentfull playing going on. I just can't connect with the album - Like; I've read the lyrics and it is still just good at best even though the lyrics are interesting. Sorry :[
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Thursday, September 2, 2010
Conference on The American Experience in Southeast Asia, 1946-1975
The conference features remarks by Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clinton, Former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger, Former Deputy Secretary of State John D. Negroponte, and Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard A. Holbrooke, and leading Vietnam War scholars.
This international conference features a panel on "The View from Hanoi: Historians from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam." It also features at least one legal history paper. Stephen Griffin, Tulane Law School, is presenting: "The Legal Justification for the Vietnam War: Backwards and Forwards with Nicholas deB. Katzenbach."
More information about the conference is here. The full program will at some point be posted here. It will be held in the East Auditorium, George C. Marshall Conference Center, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC. You can register for the conference here.
Of special note to those who can't attend: the conference website includes links to great resources on the Vietnam War. There is much to find on the site, but I found particularly helpful the suggestions for further reading, which links to this excellent and thorough bibliography.
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- Patrick S. O'Donnell said...
I agree, the Moïse bibliography, which I've consulted on several occasions, is excellent.
I'm wondering if any of the panels will discuss why it is that Kissinger is still a free man. I'm thinking in particular of the sort of material found in Christopher Hitchens' The Trial of Henry Kissinger (2001). The fact that he is not under indictment for war crimes and/or crimes against humanity mocks our sincere efforts to establish the specific legal and moral principles of international criminal law in an evenhanded fashion, shorn of the vices of Realpolitik and the lingering effects of post-colonialism and imperialism.
Kissinger's career exhibits impunity with a vengeance, and it becomes one more item in the arsenal of complaints of those who argue, like Daniel Zolo in Victors' Justice: From Nuremberg to Baghdad (2009 in English), that
"it's time we abandoned our faith in the UN's ad hoc criminal tribunals, in the reheated medievalism of 'just war' theory, and even in the notion of universal human rights, a doctrine increasingly weaponised and called 'humanitarian intervention.' International law has failed to prevent countless atrocities, and the great powers suffer no significant penalty for launching wars of aggression, 'preventive' or otherwise" (Chase Madar in the London Review of Books).
On the Right, it also provides succor to Eric Posner "and other Anglo-American nationalists who, for reasons of their own, are impatient with the admonitions of international law. Like Zolo, they see it as inescapably an instrument of politics, but they draw very different conclusions, disparaging international law as a passive-aggressive means of curtailing American power, a cheap trick practised by European elites and other anti-American cosmopolitans" (Chase Madar).
And then there's Negroponte: as ambassador to Honduras from 1981-1985 "he played a key role in US aid to the Contra death squads in Nicaragua and shoring up the brutal military dictatorship of General Gustavo Alvarez Martínez in Honduras."
Let's hope our scholars in attendance aren't prone to fawning over the presence of individuals well-versed in the dark arts of "dirty hands" justifications in international politics.
I leave you with Kissinger's remark apropos the illegal bombing of Cambodia (which, to be sure, did not begin with the Nixon administration) that was a critical factor in the rise of the Khmer Rouge:
"In a burst of anger on December 9, 1970, Nixon exploded: 'I want them to hit everything. I want them to use the big planes, the small planes, everything they can that will help out there, and let's start giving them a little shock.' Here's an early warning signal of the 'shock and awe' strategy of a generation later. Kissinger relayed the order: 'A massive bombing campaign in Cambodia. Anything that flies on anything that moves.'" (From Mark Selden's chapter in Yuki Tanaka and Marilyn B. Young, eds., Bombing Civilians: A Twentieth-Century History, 2009).
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Our recipe recommendations for what's in season.
While they freeze better than many vegetables, green peas are definitely at their best in the spring when they can be pulled straight from the pod. Fresh peas have a crisp texture and a bright, sweet flavor. And don't forget the pea tendrils: the thin, young shoots from the pea plant are crisp, earthy and especially good when sauteed.
The popularity of peas dates backs thousands of years. Originally found in the Middle East, peas are now popular across the globe in dishes such as Aloo Matar, an Indian dish of curried potatoes with peas, to the infamous British dish Mushy Peas. Even Thomas Jefferson knew how good peas were: he grew no less than thirty varieties on his Virginia estate.
When you're choosing your peas, remember this: Green peas know the benefits of a good snuggle. The best tasting pods will be vibrant green in color and full of peas with little empty space. Shake the peas gently. If you hear any rattling, try the next pod.
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The Good Wife Review: Losing Their WillMatt Richenthal at .
So, following events on "Live From Damascus," where there's a Will, there's no longer a way to practice law on The Good Wife. At least not for the next six months.
Aside from allowing me to use that incredibly witty pun, though, there's something missing from this Will storyline. It should be a major deal, right? It was treated that way last night, certainly, with Will's future at the firm up in the air, despite Diane's assurance that there will be a place for him again in half a year.
But the punishment hinges on an incident from 15 years ago. We've heard plenty of references to this $45,000 heist and its eventual replacement, but we weren't there for it. We didn't know Will when it went down.
As a result, I can't say I feel particularly invested in the crime or subsequent suspension. There's a feeling of detachment here. We're just being told about something Will did and, moreover, we're being told about how he was ratted out... by Wendy Scott-Carr, a character no longer on the show.
For such a significant development, a great deal has taken place off camera. Viewers haven't really been part of any of these actions. Sure, I'm curious where this is all going and what will happen now with Will out of the Lockart/Gardner - sorry, Lockhart & Associates - picture, but I'm disappointed at the way The Good Wife arrived here. It was just thrust upon us.
Similarly, the case of the week wasn't especially engrossing, even if it did involve a couple welcome guest stars in Jonathan Groff and John Benjamin Hickey.
Sometimes, The Good Wife focuses more on being relevant than being engaging - and this felt like one of those times. The Syrian revolution and the role a tech company played in it felt like too obvious of an attempt to mirror real life events from last year and how Facebook shaped them in countries such as Egypt.
This was especially trye when it came to Judge Abernathy and his Occupy Wall Street references. Those were all just really odd and really forced. We all love the use of big names behind the gavel - and who has ever not loved Denis O'Hare in anything?!? - but it can be distracting and simply unrealistic when these judges dominate a trial due to odd personality quirks.
But what saved "Live From Damascus?" Eli, as always. He's now working with two women who both irritate and attract him, giving him plenty of chances to be his lovable, bombastic, awkward, annoyed self.
What did everyone else think? Did Will's suspension feel sudden or well-earned? Is it just an excuse by the show to let Alicia take over that tax case involving Kalinda? What could that possibly be about? Once again, due to the Oscars, the show takes another break next Sunday, so we'll find out more on March 4.
Matt Richenthal is the Editor in Chief of TV Fanatic. Follow him on Twitter and on Google+.


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Reminder: Check out Canadian Week in Review every Monday for the latest in Genealogy, Heritage, and History news in Canada. It's the ONLY news blog of its kind in country!
Sunday, August 4, 2013
New workshop at Toronto
They are planning a full day of lectures on Saturday, 26 October on Tracing Forward – Searching for Relatives in Recent Times – a day designed to provide researchers with new ideas, strategies and tools to help them trace members of their expanded family trees, people who might still be alive or recently deceased.
This is a brand-new workshop topic for Toronto Branch and we're quite excited about it – we expect to have program and registration details available on our website in the very near future.
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Today, Marine Conservation Institute, along with many environmental organizations, released their federal budget recommendations for fiscal year 2013. Working with many partners, Marine Conservation developed the recommendations for funding the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
As the US government attempts to restore fiscal responsibility, Marine Conservation Institute and many other marine conservation organizations argue that drastically cutting funds for vital ocean and coastal conservation programs is not the answer to our nation's financial woes. However, the message isn't resonating with the lawmakers on Capitol Hill. As we deliver this document to these lawmakers, we hope they will begin to understand the importance of conservation.
Marine Conservation Institute is dedicated to maintaining healthy, living oceans for us and future generations. We hope you will take part and contact your elected officials to stress the importance of restoring and protecting our ocean treasures.
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The American government is utterly oenny wise and pound poor. The amount of funding necessary to continue this critical work in green investing in so tiny compared to the massive spending in such areas a defense budgets and farm subsidies.


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You will see velvets, silks, metallic colors, collars, and army-style jumpsuits on this collaboration of H&M and Olivier Rousteing. When asked why he brings back his past designs; Rousteing remembered how it feels like to be 20 years of age and feels the desire to buy designer clothes. He wants to deliver a more affordable or we may say, a lower price collection to the public through his collaboration with the power house retail clothing company, H&M.
Currently, the collections are exclusive to bloggers, media, and Rousteing's fashion friends only. However, fans can line up on Nov. 5th to get some pieces of these hype collaboration pieces at selected H&M stores. Are you lining up? Let me know!
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Guillermo Scott Herren is fiddling, shuffling in a chair, twisting from left to right, from a stack of blank CDs to a laptop, pen in hand, scribbling.
"I was supposed to make all these radio mixes, but I am losing track of what sort of mixes I'm making, and I don't want to give Gilles Peterson, or whatever his name is, a mix full of shit he can't play on the radio… stuff that's nasty and…y'know… hang on, one second… I'm scattered as hell."
He puts everything down, shifts his computer to one side, takes a sip of water from one of two peculiarly large glasses on the desk we're sat on opposite sides of in a quiet room at Warp HQ. The man better known to DiS readers as Prefuse 73 focuses. Minutes earlier he was venting: we walked into a shitstorm of vitriol aimed the way of a music-cum-lifestyle-cum-fashion magazine that dared to take a pop at a good friend of his, Dan Snaith aka Caribou.
"Did you read it?" he asks? I shake my head – the 'it' in this instance a review of Snaith's Andorra album. "I don't know what issue it was in – I was just reading it while I was eating my lunch. But that magazine… sheesh."
But I don't think you're meant to take their music reviews all that seriously…
"They do use pseudonyms, they do hide!" he says. "For me, though, I would stalk whoever wrote it. I mean, they didn't just give it a bad review – they said something like the record was about some bald dude realising their girlfriend was leaving them for their best friend. I was like, WHOA. I would, like, head straight down to their office. I would find out exactly who wrote that shit."
So you're not keen on journalists looking beyond the music an artist makes, shifting attentions to aesthetics?
"It's weird, 'cause Dan and I, and Four Tet, did this thing for Jockey Slut, and this motherfucker (the journalist) comes on tour, to Boston and New York, and this dude seemed like he wasn't even into the music in the first place. I read the whole interview – we read it together – and the dude was basically more concerned with… Well, he totally annihilated the way Dan looks, like his appearance. Four Tet, he said was just boring as hell. And about me, he's like, 'So this is the dude that creates this futuristic hip-hop? And he's wearing clothes that are tight and has hair that's just a gigantic afro mess?' Like, what the fuck is this guy's problem. For me, I always question things; like, 'Wait a minute, when did we piss this man off? Is it 'cause we didn't let him ride in the van with us?'."
On topic: Prefuse 73's Preparations (review), his latest album for Warp, is out on Monday October 15. It's very good – a patchwork of sourced sounds and electronic flutters of a heart lying in the innermost shadows of a laptop. It's hip-hop, but not as you – you being the man buying the Kanye album 'cause of that maverick Daft Punk 'sample' – know it; it's glitch-riddled but soulful, bursting with spirit but oddly alien. Much like what's preceded it, then, albeit a step onwards. Everything congeals so much thicker these days; everything feels more organic, less mechanised, like songs are crafted from fallen trees rather than Japanese microchips.
"I don't actually know how to use computers to make music," states Scott Herren, immediately dispelling the notion that he's a geek with one too many cut 'n' paste programs on his travel-around flip-up friend. "I can play with iTunes and use my e-mail; I can use Word, but that's about as qualified as I get. I don't know how to do anything on a computer right."
But you can DJ, right? That's how you started. It's often – and mostly wrongly – assumed that electronica and hip-hop artists can DJ. I recall El-P telling me he can't for shit…
"Yeah, I can DJ, and I did start as a DJ. But I got tired of it, really quick. A lot of my friends, to date, are really into DJing, and I do DJ a lot – I fly to DJ shows and back sometimes, like I'm about to go to Brazil, to DJ."
That's a bit of a trek just for a date with a mixer and a couple of CD decks…
"It is, but I have a son to think about, y'know, so fuck it if I get tired. I can wing it to some extent, but being 'on' for two weeks, answering questions – by the time you get somewhere to DJ it can be like, 'Oh fuck, people bought tickets to come see me do this… To see me DJ, for an hour'.
"I don't really play my own stuff – I have kinda invented my own rules for when I DJ, and one of them is not to play too much of my shit, unless it's a mix tape for the radio or something. If I'm trying to promote something obscure, that I'll do; but live DJing is a totally different situation. I'll play anything and everything, and I'm totally not prepared. That's why I have all these CDs with me – I can't bring all my vinyl over to Europe. CD decks and a mixer, I'm fine, although a guy who I am DJing with, I told him: 'Forget the CDs, bring vinyl'. Some people, y'see, expect a certain visual, and you don't get that with CDs. I am just scared of being so tired I fall onto the decks!"
I guess it's less of a concern, though, if you mess up through tiredness when DJing – you can replace the needle, or skip to the next track, whatever. Live, though, a mistake sticks, and it's your material that's on show. Just how does the Prefuse 73 sound manifest itself live, by the way?
"We have a few electronic tricks, but we're all musicians first – it's a live show, and we play within the spectrum of the beats. The secret to the Prefuse live show is taking the beats apart – decisions are made based on what we leave in, what we can't do live, and what we just leave out. People want to hear the beats, so they're low in the mix so a drummer can improvise on top. There's an awesome fight with how we set it up, so that we can get free with it but that the crowd will get the songs.
"There were a lot of people on the last tour expecting a typical hip-hop show, and they left early. I was playing drums through the whole set, alongside another drummer – it was hard as hell, but people saw the live show and were like, 'What the fuck is this?', and having it heavy and industrial – that's what we were into at the moment. We wanted to give people something stunning, something unexpected. We wanted to give people what they wanted, but with a twist, with some different shit."
There is something of a traditional hip-hop album in the Prefuse catalogue: Surrounded By Silence, released through Warp back in 2005, saw Scott Herren leave his then home town of Barcelona to stay a while in New York, to work with rappers including Beans, Aesop Rock, GZA and the aforementioned El-P. He's remained in the city since, anchored by commitments to his son and son's mother.
"I lived in Barcelona for five years, but worked on Surrounded By Silence in New York because it was convenient – everyone I wanted to work with was there – but I got kinda stuck there. I still have a place in Barcelona, but the next thing you know I've got the mother of my kid going, 'Um, I think I'm pregnant… what do you wanna do?'. So that kept me there. But now I want out. I was in Spain five days ago, and that was not a good idea – it hit me over the head: that's where I want to be. You can walk around Barcelona at 3am and not get fucked over or shot."
It's Scott Herren's parental duties that keep him on the road – a place where he's clearly not at his happiest. Income's essential, and touring equals pennies in pockets. But the touring life's not something he's keen to pursue indefinitely. An already hectic schedule weighs heavy on his mind, scratching at his neuroses.
"If it was up to me, I wouldn't tour at all, and just play one-offs and festivals that seem cool, or shows with my friends that'd be like family reunions." His eyes roll, fingers clench; he's visibly distressed at the prospect of his upcoming US dates. "Playing night after night, senseless shows in the US in the middle of Bumfuck Nowhere with five people in the audience… to sell three more records? What's the point? Get in your car, drive to the next biggest city. I only asked to play five shows this time in the US. I've ended up with 30. After here I tour the US straight away, and from there it's Japan and Australia… and I have a son to take care of. His mother's in a band too, on tour with Blonde Redhead, so things are getting tight. Nobody's listening to me though, and someone needs to listen to me before I put my foot down and cancel shows. I don't want to do that, but does anyone in the office want to take care of my kid for a month? Of course not. It's not their responsibility, but it's definitely mine, and I want to be a good father. I am way more concerned with my son than being a musician and putting out a good record."
A noble position, no doubt, but one at odds with the perception, cliché though it is, of a touring life littered with sexual liaisons and hedonistic extravagance. "The funniest thing is that the other day a person that plays with me, DJ Nobody… he doesn't understand it, but he and the Battles guys were like, 'We don't understand it, but the girls come out for Prefuse shows man… what the FUCK'. There have been crazy amounts of girls, and he's married… and that's when they come out, right?"
But that's not for you, at least not anymore?
"I'm not rolling with no crazy 21-year-olds who wanna get crazy, go party and get groupies. I'm done, man. I'm totally unable to be with anybody, I've just given up. I am not with my son's mother –I make a bad boyfriend. I'm too busy, I'm always gone."
And when you're gone you generally keep expenses to a minimum, save for a decent hotel to spend the night in after a show, right?
"I do insist on good hotels. That's my one rock star bad habit. I tour for no money – I usually go on tour to comply with Warp's wishes, and to make them happy, and to promote the record and make fans happy – but I don't want to be in any shitholes. Put me in a bling hotel, and I'm gonna be happy. I want to wake up and feel good in the morning, 'cause you can feel shit on tour. For me that's worth it. People are like, 'Yo man, that's stupid – you're not gonna come home with any money'. But I don't want to make money this way – I don't want to make money as an entertainer. I am a musician, and a producer – I'm not a clown, and if I tour it's because someone asked me to, not 'cause I have to go tour.
"Just to be able to have an hour off to watch TV in my hotel, that would be luxury. The hotel I'm in now, though? MAN… I was drinking there, and the guy I was with – he was drunk as shit already – sees something move, and I'm like, 'Yeah, that's a mouse… thanks for putting me up here'. No New York style rats though."
You know, in London, you're always something stupid like only ten feet away from a rat or something? There're loads of them in this city.
"Really? Oh man, don't. I can't stand rats. In New York, where I live right now, you're always jumping over rats."
Prefuse 73's Preparations is out on Monday through Warp. See him on tour here:
14 Dublin The Village with The Field, Hexstatic
15 Leeds Room 237 with Beans
16 London Scala with Chrome Hoof
17 Manchester Academy 2 with Battles, Dirty Projectors
18 Oxford Zodiac with Beans


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Game #70: Dodgers at Jays pregame
Los Angeles (40-30) at Toronto (33-36)
at 7:07 p.m. ET at Rogers Centre
Today's lineups:
Rafael Furcal, SS
Juan Pierre, CF
Nomar Garciaparra, 1B
Jeff Kent, 2B
Luis Gonzalez, LF
Russell Martin, C
Olmedo Saenez, DH
Wilson Betemit, 3B
Andre Ethier, RF
PITCHING: LHP Hong-Chih Kuo
Alex Rios, RF
Vernon Wells, CF
Troy Glaus, 3B
Frank Thomas, DH
Aaron Hill, 2B
Gregg Zaun, C
Matt Stairs, LF
Curtis Thigpen, 1B
John McDonald, SS
PITCHING: RHP Roy Halladay
NOTES: According to manager John Gibbons, RHP A.J. Burnett (shoulder strain) is expected to come off the DL on schedule for a start Thursday, June 28 in Minnesota. … Toronto officially parted ways with RHP John Thomson, giving the pitcher his unconditional release. … RHP Ty Taubenheim, who is starting for Burnett on Saturday, was in attendance with the Jays. … According to GM J.P. Ricciardi, LHP Gustavo Chacin (shoulder) might begin a Minor League rehab in roughly two weeks and could be back with the Jays by mid-July. … Ricciardi also said he believed LF Reed Johnson (back) could be beack around the All-Star break in July. … As far as RHP Brandon League goes, Ricciardi didn't sound too optimistic that the reliever would be back in Toronto's bullpen before the All-Star break. Gibbons had stated recently that League could be back before the end of the month. … The Jays optioned RHP Lee Gronkiewicz to Triple-A and recalled RHP Brian Wolfe.
That enough notes for you all today?
What're your thoughts on the January trio of signings of Thomson, RHP Tomo Ohka and RHP Victor Zambrano? Thomson and Ohka are officially out of the picture (Ohka was released on Monday) and Zambrano is in the Minors trying to convince the Jays to bring him back to the bigs. Obviously, young pitchers like Shaun Marcum and Dustin McGowan (minus last night's debacle) have made the ineffectiveness of the winter signings practically a moot point, but things definitely haven't gone according to the original plan (do they ever?). Have Marcum and McGowan made the Thomson/Ohka ordeal a non issue? Or are you as Jays fans still disappointed that adding those veterans to the mix didn't work out. Sound off…
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pitching wins ball games. Pitching should have been the top priority during the 06 off-season. It's nice to have a big name like Frank Thomas, but signing the Big Hurt wasn't necessary. With all the money given to Thomas, JP could have used that money and picked up a solid starter (and they were available). Instead, he picked up three guys, who clearly were all falling apart. The only reason why Okha made the team was b/c of a good spring training. He fooled a lot of people. Regardless, the Thomson/Okha ordeal is still an issue. It's another reason why JP should be fired at the end of this season.
Far as I'm concerned the best possible scenario has been realized with the emergence of Marcum/McGowan.
From what I read when Zambrano signed, it's a deal with a $3 million?? option for next year which if healthy (it was dumb to think he was ready less than a year after his 2nd TJ surjury) could be worth it if you're sure he's healthy. Isn't Towers making 3 mil this year?
Next years rotation:
Janssen, or Chacin if you leave Janssen in the pen.
The problem was, there were no good FA pitchers to sign. People keep saying Riccardi made a bad move by getting Thomas instead of a pitcher. But when two of the best pitchers on the free agent market were Ted Lilly and Gil Meche, do you really want to give them the 5 year overpaid contracts they got?
JP signed Okha, Tomson and Zambrano to small incentive based contracts. It was insurance. Basically, having 5-6 potential pitchers for the 4-5 spots was better than having 2-3 potential pitchers.
As it turns out, Mcgowan and Marcum ended up getting the spots. But had they been even worse than the three in question, then Zambrano or Okha would have a spot.
I'd rather see them lose that 5-6 million and have that money free next year than sign someone like Meche or Lilly for a big 5-6 million a year 5-6 year contract.
I agree with the Thomas thing. We overpaid for him, as for Ohka, Thomson, and Zambrano, they didn't work out. JP figured that, otherwise they woulda made alot more money and wouldn't have incentive driven contracts. Got a question for all you JP and Gibby haters out there. When you make a mistake at work, how many people jump all over you and threaten to have your head on a platter??
After all this time why do people still think that there's a chance JP is ever fired?
He's got the job for as long as he wants it.
I didn't mind the signings at the time and I understood what J.P. was trying to do.
J.P. DID try and go after some of the bigger names (i.e. Lilly and Meche) but they simply didn't want to sign in Toronto. Even if they did I didn't think signing them to a long term contract for that kind of money was a good idea anyway.
J.P. instead signed 3 lesser pitchers to short and cheap contracts and hoped that one of them (at best 2) would have a good year. It didn't work out that way and so what? at least now they don't have the longer term contracts of a meche or Lilly and can instead use that money to get a better pitcher for '08. From what i've read the potential free-agent crop will be better to choose from, and the way the younger guys are pitching the jays probably wont feel as big a need to overpay as they otherwise might have.
It's not as if we didn't go after Lily and Meche, it's mainly that they chose to sign with other clubs. And they are both getting around 10 mil/yr, and for a #3 starter, that's outrageous. Thompson, Oka et al were signed to help us hold our breath until our young arms were ready, and the pleasant surprise has been that we had these guys step up sooner than expected, probably because of the experience they got last year filling in for Haliday, Burnet, Chacin, and Towers. So, it didn't cost much money, it covered the bases at the time when we didn't know what our young guys were going to do, and, who knows, the added competition may have pushed our guys along faster.
As for Frank Thomas, I still say that at the end of the season, he will have 30-40 dingers, with a batting average around .300. If that's not worth 9 mil, how can you justify 10 mil or more for a #3 starter?
To set the record straight, Thompson and Zambrano were signed for $500k each, Okha was $1.5 mill. These signings were insurance signings with a hope 1 of 3 would work out. I think JP bet that either Marcum or Janssen would make it as a starter, and if he got lucky they both would. The insurance policy was in case he got 1 only.
Remember, at the time, JP felt the bullpen was set, with Ryan as closer, League as setup, and the rest filling the roles. All he wanted out of one of these three signings was a couple of months until McGowan was ready. Remember McGowan is out of options this year, so he either had to make it or loose him. What he needed was more innings as a starter and that was at AAA.
Then the roof caved in and Ryan, Romero and League were gone, the bullpen looked like it was going to be a disaster. To be fair, I don't think JP or anyone else could have forecasted how good Janssen was going to be as a reliever. Accardo was a known quantity and they knew he would be good. By the way anyone remember JP traded Hillebrand and Chulk for Accardo-what a steal that was.
So in the final analysis, what we have is a bullpen with the 2nd best era in the AL, and that's without Ryan and League. The starting rotation of Halliday, Burnett, Marcum, McGowan and Chacin rivals anyone in the AL and 3 of those guys are low cost-how good is that?
Hey guys, this is smart management-you should praise JP for this not attack him.
My only concern would have been if they hadn't started Marcum and McGowan. Doing so has given us one of the best starting rotations in the American League.
The Thomas signing, by year end will look like a bargain-just like Ryan and Burnett's signings from last year look like a bargain now.How's 2 HR's in 2 nights with a slam tonight-the big hurt is about to put the big hurt on a lot of pitchers.Frank gets hot and the team gets hot.He absolutely terrorizes pitchers. The option of pitching to Glaus or Wells isn't a picnic either.
Hey, I don't like how Gibby handles the pitchers, but JP is one of the best-we're lucky to have him.
Remember, this past off-season was sort of thin on quality pitching and the Blue Jays HAD to get something in an attempt to save their young guns. Unfortunately, 2 out of 3 didn't work out so far. Tick…tick…tick Zambrano. There's no doubt they need another starter. But look on the bright side, I think the young bullpen has done a **** of a job. They need to wake up their bats. Oh yeah, and get healthy.
Thank you gsumner, my thoughts exactly. The thing I like about Riccardi is that he's locked up his key players long term, he hasn't traded away any prospects, and he's built a club that is going to play good baseball for years to come. You can't predict injuries, but you can put guys in a position to succeed, and Riccardi has done that very well. If we ever get our guys healthy, I don't think 10-12 games back is an insurmountable obstacle for this team. If we fall short this year, we can bring the same crew back next year and they will be that much better.
I can't agree with Gibby not managing his pitchers. Look at how early he's been pulling Marcum even when he's throwing well – he protects the young guys. Burnett is a seasoned player who should know his own limitations – if fatigue was even the problem. You can't ask a manager to pull a veteran pitcher who has been throwing ace stuff day in day out for the last month (with unfortunately little run support) – which is why AJ has so many pitches anyways. If you want to criticize for that, you criticize Arnsberg – he's the guy working with the pitchers on the off days, the bullpens and so forth and can monitor that better – 100 pitches every five days won't hurt a guy at this level, it's if he wasn't managed properly in between that there may be an issue. Besides, Burnett has a history of issues…he's never been healthy a whole year, so if all it is is a fatigue injury and we get him back right away, let's just be thankful.
You are right that 100 pitches every five days shouldnt bother a guy at this level. That is my whole point. Burnett threw 375 or close to that number the previous 3 outings. Burnett does have a history of arm trouble and has been one of the aces of the staff.
So knowing all that-why leave him out there for an average of 125 pitches per game-3 games in a row. Pitches get injured when they get tired.
The decision on whether he stays or goes is Gibby's, not Burnett or Arnsberg.
That is where I have the problem with Gibby. Don't be so sure he'll be back when stated, I say he'll be back when he steps on the mound. Remember Ryan only had a back problem, then a sore arm then tommy john


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Answering the Dreaded Salary Question
October 7, 2009 at 8:15 pm 23 comments
"How much did you make at your last job, and what are you looking for now?" It's a question that comes up sooner or later in nearly every job application and/or interview process, and one that can cause panic and confusion in many job-seekers' minds. How should you answer such direct questions? Should you just reveal your actual salary history, or should you try ignoring that part of the question, leaving it blank on an application, or putting $1.00 in that space? Should you say a number that you are looking for and pray that you haven't either guessed too high (pricing yourself out of the opportunity) or too low (leaving money on the table.) Or, should you try to dodge that part of the question also, saying things like: ""I need to know more about the position before I can answer that question …" "I'm more interested in the job responsibilities, and not worried so much about numbers at this point …" "Well, it depends on the total package …"
I recently attended a meeting of a large, well-known job-seekers group. The topic was how to answer that dreaded Salary Question. The advice given by the group's leader focused on a philosophy that has been heard for years. Basically, he told the group to try to not answer the salary question at all, using any of several tactics (like the examples described above) designed to avoid revealing your prior salary or stating exactly what salary you are looking for. He framed it as an adversarial negotiating game, much like Poker, and actually said: "The first person who says a number loses." While that philosophy may have value (many people have used it very successfully over the years) I feel it is rather "old school." Times have changed, and in today's candidate-flooded market, new approaches need to be considered.
At a recent HR Panel Discussion at that same job-seekers group, the panel – consisting of HR professionals from three Fortune 500 Companies – was asked how they reacted when encountering candidates who avoided the salary question, or simply refused to reveal their salary history and/or articulate their salary needs. The answer was unanimous: they all said: "next candidate!" In other words, if a candidate didn't answer the salary question directly, they would immediately be eliminated from consideration at those companies. There were simply too many qualified applicants for every opening for them to want to deal with someone who couldn't give them that basic information. Now, is that true of every company? Probably not … I would imagine that smaller companies would be less likely to react so quickly and harshly. If you are dealing directly with a smaller company's owner or hiring manager, you might find a more forgiving attitude. But certainly this is a huge cause for concern among job-seekers.
1) Working with 3rd Party Recruiters:
3rd Party Recruiters represent the needs of the client companies who pay their fees … but they also represent their candidates and their needs. If there is a large disconnect between a person's prior salary history and the range a company has defined for a particular job, it is usually a waste of everyone's time to pursue that match. Sure, there are exceptions to this – for example, relocation to a place with a very different cost of living. However, I almost always ask every candidate I work with exactly what they made at their previous jobs, and what they need to "make a move" (if they are currently working) or what they are looking for going forward if they are not currently working. If a potential candidate dodges that salary history question or flat out refuses to reveal what their actual income was at their previous jobs, I would simply explain that I can not represent them and move on. Matching candidates to job opportunities is a very complex process — sometimes more of an art than a science. However, certain nuts and bolts information about a candidate (specific skills, years of experience, and yes, salary history) are critical to know at the beginning of that matching process. If someone doesn't trust their recruiter with such basic information, there would be no basis for a working relationship. [Read "The Real Truth About Working with Recruiters" for more on how to best use recruiters.]
2) Working with HR Professionals or Company Recruiters:
If directly asked what your prior salary history was by a company representative – I say answer the question! Don't ever lie or exaggerate. (The truth will always come back to bite you!) If the question is part of an online application, you sometimes have the choice of leaving those fields blank (or putting "$1.00," saying "Negotiable," etc.) That might work sometimes … but may also be a reason for whoever reviews your application to simply pass on you without ever telling you why. I know … you don't want your history to "pigeon-hole" you into a low number that is below what you want or need. But there is a risk associated with either way of dealing with it. The bottom line is the same as the answer to #1 above: If there is a large disconnect between a person's prior salary history and the range a company has defined for a particular job, it is usually a waste of everyone's time to pursue that match. Sooner or later, you'll have to reveal your salary history – it's inevitable. If that information ends up being perceived as a red flag for the company, they'll want to know up front … not after spending a lot of time with you on phone or inviting you in for face-to-face interviews.
3) "What salary are you looking for?"
This is probably the toughest question to deal with. Again, I say answer the question! However, give a range – a span anywhere between a $5 and 15K spread is typical – rather than a specific number. It always helps if you know the range that the company has defined for the job you are applying to. Whenever possible, try to get that information beforehand. Barring that, use your common sense, do some research, and try to guess the range based on industry knowledge. The bottom line is: you should know in your mind what number is at the bottom of your acceptable range – the number below which you wouldn't even consider accepting a job. It's what you need to pay your bills. The bottom of your stated range should never be below that number. It could be a bit higher, but should also jive with your salary history. (If you are currently working, that low number would logically be slightly higher than your current salary — but not so much higher that you seem greedy. Most potential new employers would expect you to prove yourself before they'll just hand you a "raise" from day one!) Don't assume that the lower number you give is the one they'll focus on and offer you. Most companies will want to pay people somewhere in the middle of both your and their range, and won't simply low-ball you if they truly want you. If your "middle" and their "middle" overlap, then you've hit their sweet spot!
Another strategy that works well when asked "What salary are you looking for?" is to turn the question around and say: "I'd be happy to answer that question … but before I do, can you give me an idea of the salary range that you have budgeted for this position?" Then just wait for an answer! If they won't reveal that information first, then simply give your range and then immediately ask: "Does that range match what you had in mind for this position?" You will most likely get a good idea right then and there if you've hit that "sweet spot" or not.
Most companies also balk at hiring people at a salary that is significantly higher than their prior salary history suggests. I'm sure there will be heated disagreements on this one, and I'm also sure there are stories out there from people who have made huge jumps in salary that will seem to disprove this – but those are rare exceptions. This is the way most companies (especially the larger ones) behave – like it or not. Based on my many years of experience, and discussions I've had with many knowledgeable colleagues in both staffing and HR, I can state with great certainty that in a candidate-flooded market like the one we are in today, big jumps UP in salary are rare. Lateral moves or jumps DOWN are actually more common – but not so far down that you would be thought of as selling yourself short and be a risk for bolting to a better job when the economy picks up.
So, to summarize: I say do not avoid the salary questions. Answer them directly and with as much confidence as you can. You can't escape from or expect to hide your own salary history. HR people and recruiters will have much more respect for you, and be more willing to engage with you, if you are simply honest with them. Just be prepared to discuss it intelligently, and armed with the best company and industry information you can. If there are extenuating circumstances that explain either why you've been underpaid in the past and now desire more, or conversely why you are now willing to take a cut in pay, be prepared to articulate those issues as well.
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Hi Michael,
I agree 100%. Many very good qualified candidates that if you avoid to answer they can just go to the next applicant.
Thanks for your input.
very good info, thank you very much!!
Good comments on the salary question, mostly targeted at getting as much as possible in the offer.
Please comment from the other direction that we are seeing in today's job market. E.g., you are applying for a job that is in a lower salary level than you had because jobs are so few and far between. If you provide your last (high) salary, you could be eliminated for because you are too senior and expensive for the role.
Your realistic article is greatly appreciated. I recently experience a large corporation stealth layoff targeting higher salaries in order to outsource the work at lower cost. It opened my eyes and I'm actually grateful, as now I can reassemble, from posts such as yours, a much more realistic picture and hopefully also reassemble my career.
Thanks for the article on the 'salary question'. I work with MBA students in Europe. They are from many countries. Any suggestions on how to handle to salary question when their last job was in, say, South America or China where salaries (converted to Euros) look very low compared with European levels?
Hello Michael:
Thanks for your honesty, I believe in stating a salary, however in this market it can also work in reverse, if I made more, not less than a targeted position. I feel I have been quickly eliminated due to a potential employer seeing higher figures and thinking, this person wouldn't be happy in this position, when in fact I am willing to consider a lower salary to secure a job that I truely like. Sincerely, Cheryl
I enjoyed the blog!
I would add incompetent recruiters who tell you that you can't do the job based on your resume when you know without a doubt you clearly can do the job. I would also add companies who tell you that they have no openings when common sense tells you that every company has openings because there are people occupying jobs who simply aren't performing.
Man, you hit the nail on the head!
The ones I identify with the most are:
8. Lengthy online applications that must be filled out before you can submit your resume to a job posting. – These are such a pain to get through!
6. Mass "Networking Events." – I have been to a couple and they are a complete waste of time.
2. Companies who ask for your complete salary history and salary requirements before interviewing you. – I always feel really uncomfortable with this. I also don't like just giving just anybody my SSN.
I have been unemployed for eight months the job search seems like an exercise in futility sometimes.
Thanks for your post. I enjoyed it.
Tim Moore
I know this may fall on deaf ears, but it has to be said.
1. Especially in the world of startups, salary can be confidential. In every company I headed operations either the NDAs we signed before joining, or NDAs I instituted, strictly prohibited sharing compensation information with anyone but IRS and your banks. We paid people on the value they provided to us and it is no ones business how we valued them.
2. I have never provided salary history in my life and that never caused a problem. And if a company passed on me due to me not divulging proprietary information, than I really want nothing to do with that kind of company. Life is short to work for unprofessional people.
3. I see more and more real recruiters agree with me on this, if you, as a recruiter, need my salary (or compensation as a partner in my previous venture) to make a judgment on my value, I question your professional skills as a recruiter. Real recruiters I have worked with could not care less about your resume or your "salary history", they knew the right questions to ask both client and candidate to find the perfect match for the needs of the company. Unfortunately many recruiters are like real estate agents – have no business being in the profession.
4. Lastly, please don't BS saying you, as a recruiter, work for me (the candidate). I don't pay your fee, you don't work for me and don't expect me to share any confidential information with you. You work for the employer and you will receive as much as it is professionally fit. Yes, market is full of candidates, but I know people of my value and caliber are not that plentiful, therefore we do not need to tolerate unprofessional conduct.
1. Anything is possible in the world of starups. Those are unique circumstances.
2. In larger business world, salary discussion/disclosure is a normal part of the hiring process and not view as out of bounds. It seems silly to miss out on job opportunities because you feel salary history is somehow "proprietary" information.
3. I agree with you to a point. Good recruiters will know the going "price" for certain professionals and will be able to match candidates and companies primarily on other factors. However, salary history is part of the equation. One example, it plays into the candidate's expectations and his/her perceived value – which will affect his/her initial interest in a given position and long term fit.
4. True, I work for my client's interest first but that doesn't mean I am not also working for my candidate equally as hard. These are not mutually exclusive aims. I am always looking for win/win/win situations. While there are some shady and unprofessional recruiters out there I have encountered very few in real life.
It is great to have a rare and valuable expertise/skill set, but at the end of the day the employers set the rules and there are always other candidates.
I agree with John Craig, lack of follow up from the potential employer is very frustrating.
I agree that the research is a big deal. You can check industry standards, but also where you expect to live. You can cite your experience, but if you're asking for something 50% than their range it'll be a tough sell.
A follow-up I have is: how do you get the salary information for the applied job up front from the company?
Hey Michael,
Excellent post. I've spent some time with a career coach who must be "old school" on the dreaded question "How much did you make/how much do you hope to make?" I found it interesting that recruiters were put off by an evasive answer when, more often than not, they're unwilling to be upfront about the salary range on a posted job. What's good for the goose should be good for the gander.
Any tips on getting them to give an applicant some idea of the salary before both parties spend hours filling out forms and interviewing? There's a company here in Nashville who spent 3 hours interviewing a friend of mine (who is 6-figure material) only to be offered a $23,000 position at the end of the process. That's insane.
Bob DeMoss
Hi Micheal,
I came across your LinkedIn profile on one of the groups we share.
I totally agree with you. Negotiating for a job while hiding current salary could result in total waste of time if you are making more than what the company could offer you. So I guess the best strategy (most of the time) would be to reveal the current salary.
By the way, you have written excellent blog posts which are filled with wisdom! Please keep blogging; I am looking forward to other blog posts of yours.
Manny Siddiqui
Nice work, as usual, Michael!
Hi Michael,
Thank you for the informative blog. I found this article particularly useful.
But what about a case where someone's previous salary is well below the average range for the position? For example when switching into a larger firm in a generally higher-paying industry. Is there a way to justify a 50-60% salary increase?
Could you recommend a way to handle such a situation? Especially when dealing with a 3rd party recruiter, whose compensation may be based on the candidate's offer.
Thanks again!
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It was a big year for Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, so it made sense for the duo to open this year's 'The Grammy Nominations Live!!' concert with their breakthrough hit 'Thrift Shop.'
The duo began the performance outside of the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, making quite the entrance through the auditorium and onto the stage.
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You may think your boss is a bit of a blowhard, but when was the last time you threatened suicide over the way s/he treats you? Well, that's exactly what 300 employees of Foxconn, the Taiwan-based contract manufacturing partner to many of the world's tech giants including Microsoft and Apple, did on Jan. 2.
The employees were protesting the working conditions of Foxconn in China after the company failed to make good on promised compensation. In lieu of the raise, the workers were told they could quit with compensation or retain their jobs without a pay increase. Most quit and never saw a dime.
The factory was shut down, and production on the likes of the Xbox 360 slowed.
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You'd think Foxconn would learn, since this isn't exactly a new experience for the company: in 2010, nine employees committed suicide during a five-month period, which led to much news coverage (and, following the media coverage, higher worker salaries).
Of course, even with that media coverage, Xbox and iPod sales didn't decrease.
Yesterday, Microsoft and Foxconn claimed the worker unrest has been quelled and agreements have been reached (refusing, of course, comment on the whole mass suicide threat part of it).
Ironically, and a little sadly, this was all happening during the Consumer Electronics Show, which offers many gadgets folks at Foxconn and similar companies are making.
Considering the frequency of these problems, it would be pretty surprising if there weren't more problems this year, but for now the companies claim it's been resolved.
There were no causalities (a pretty damn sad statement to have when discussing a protest), but not all the workers stayed on with the company, according to the New York Times.


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|Oracle® OLAP DML Reference
11g Release 2 (11.2)
Part Number E17122-05
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Within an OLAP DML program, the ARGFR function lets you reference the arguments that are passed to a program. The function returns a group of one or more arguments, beginning with the specified argument number, as a single text value. You can use ARGFR only within a program that is invoked as a command, not as a user-defined function or with a CALL statement.
Note:Typically, users use an ARGUMENT statement to define arguments in a program, thereby negating the need for using the ARGFR function to reference arguments passed to the program. For more information on how to use ARGUMENT to define arguments that are passed to a program, see "Declaring Arguments that Are Passed Into a Program" .
Return Value
The number by position of the first argument in the group of arguments you want to reference.
ARGFR(1) returns the first argument and all subsequent arguments,
ARGFR(2) returns the second argument and all subsequent arguments, and so forth. When there are fewer than n arguments, ARGFR returns a null value. ARGFR also returns a null value when n is
0 (zero) or negative.
Example 7-22 Passing Arguments Using ARG and ARGFR
Suppose you have a program that produces a sales report. You want to be able to produce this report for any product and any period of months, so you do not want to limit the
product and
month dimensions to specific values in the program. Instead, you can use the LIMIT command using ARG for the
product argument and an ARGFR function for the
month argument. This way, these items can be specified when the program is run.
When ARGFR is included in the LIMIT command preceded by an ampersand (
&), Oracle OLAP substitutes the values of
&ARGFR before the command is executed and, consequently, treats the whole argument as a phrase of the LIMIT command. The
salesrprt program has a LIMIT command that includes
DEFINE salesrpt PROGRAM PROGRAM PUSH product month district TRAP ON cleanup LIMIT product TO UPCASE(ARG(1)) LIMIT month TO &ARGFR(2) LIMIT district TO ALL REPORT grandtotals DOWN district sales cleanup: POP product month district END
The command line for the
salesrpt program must include two or more arguments. The first argument is the product for the report, and the second and subsequent arguments are the months. In the
LIMIT month statement, the
&ARGFR(2) function returns the months that were specified as arguments on the command line.
The following statement executes the
salesrpt program, specifying
Mar96, and
Apr96 for the values of
salesrpt 'Canoes' 'Jan96' TO 'Apr96'
The statement produces the following output.
PRODUCT: CANOES -------------------SALES------------------ -------------------MONTH------------------ DISTRICT Jan96 Feb96 Mar96 Apr96 ------- ---------- ---------- ---------- --------- Boston 70,489.44 82,237.68 97,622.28 134,265.60 Atlanta 56,271.40 61,828.33 77,217.62 109,253.38 Chicago 48,661.74 54,424.94 68,815.71 93,045.46 Dallas 35,244.72 40,218.43 46,810.68 64,031.28 Denver 44,456.41 50,623.19 57,013.01 78,038.13 Seattle 67,085.12 74,834.29 87,820.04 119,858.56 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- 322,208.83 364,166.86 435,299.34 598,492.41 ========== ========== ========== ==========
The following statement specifies the first three months of 1996.
salesrpt 'Tents' quarter 'Q1.96'
The statement produces the following output.
PRODUCT: TENTS -------------SALES------------- -------------MONTH------------- DISTRICT Jan96 Feb96 Mar96 -------------- ---------- ---------- --------- Boston 50,808.96 34,641.59 45,742.21 Atlanta 46,174.92 50,553.52 58,787.82 Chicago 31,279.78 31,492.35 42,439.52 Dallas 50,974.46 53,702.75 71,998.57 Denver 35,582.82 32,984.10 44,421.14 Seattle 45,678.41 43,094.80 54,164.06 ---------- ---------- --------- 260,499.35 246,469.11 317,553.32 ========== ========== ==========


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Black Friday takes a dark turn around the country with fights, shootings and even pepper spray incidents. NBC News' Kristen Dahlgren reports.
Violence erupted at Black Friday sales across the U.S. with one bargain-hunter left critically injured after being shot during a robbery and 15 other people injured when an angry shopper used pepper spray.
Updated 5:30 p.m. ET: Several of the incidents took place at Walmart stores as millions of Americans loaded up on holiday purchases. A spokesman for the company told NBC News that "overall, it's been a very safe event at the thousands of Walmart stores open for Black Friday."
"There were a few unfortunate incidents, but otherwise we've heard positive feedback from our customers and associates," he said.
Update 12:17 p.m. ET: A robot removed a suspicious device that led to the evacuation of a Walmart store in Cave Creek, Ariz., Maricopa County, sheriff's deputies said.
Deputies told KPHO-TV of Phoenix that they had reason to believe the device might have been an explosive and said whoever left it in a refrigerator at the store Thursday could face felony charges. Police dogs swept the store for further possible devices, they said, and the store reopened late Thursday night, KPHO reported.
Update 11:57 a.m. ET: An off-duty police officer used pepper spray on shoppers at a Walmart in Kinston, N.C.
Kinston police Sgt. Roland Davis said an off-duty officer whom the store had hired to help with security used the chemical while trying to make an arrest during a disturbance. Unconfirmed reports said as many as 20 peopl ewer affected.
Holiday shoppers are flocking to stores with hopes of snagging Black Friday deals. Courtney Reagan reports from the Greene Town Center in Dayton, Ohio.
Updated 10:55 a.m. ET: A Rome, N.Y., man was charged with disorderly conduct after a fight that broke out the moment Black Friday shopping began at midnight, NBC station WSTM of Syracuse, N.Y., reported.
Several shoppers at the electronics department at a Walmart store were pushed to the ground, and several fights broke out, Oneida County sheriff's deputies said. Two shoppers were taken to a hospital for minor injuries.
Updated 10:39 a.m. ET: Police said they were investigating a possible shooting in the parking lot of Valley West Mall in West Des Moines, Iowa, NBC station WHO reported. There was no immediate report that anyone was injured.
Police got a call of shots fired shortly before 4 a.m., when the mall opened. They wouldn't say whether they had a suspect, and they reassured shoppers that the mall is safe..
Updated 9:50 a.m. ET: A 55-year-old shopper was shot and wounded during a robbery near a Walmart in Myrtle Beach, S.C., NBC station WMBF reported.
Tonia Robbins, 55, was shot in the foot after two men demanded her purse shortly after 1 a.m. ET Friday as she stood by the trunk of her car with friends.
Updated 9:45 a.m. ET: An explosive device was found at a break room at a Walmart in Cave Creek, Ariz., according to reports Friday.
Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said a suspicious package was found inside a refrigerator in the store break room on Thursday. The store was evacuated as a precaution while deputies investigated the package.
Updated at 9:40 a.m. ET: A Black Friday shopper was shot and critically injured during a robbery outside a Walmart in San Leandro, Calif., early Friday, police said.
Police patrolling the parking lot found a victim suffering a gunshot wound and a possible suspect being detained by family members of the victim.
Police said the victims were walking to their car with their purchases and were approached by multiple suspects who demanded the merchandise.
A fight ensued and one suspect pulled out a gun and shot one of the victims. Some of the victims wrestled down one suspect as the other suspect fled the scene.
The victim who was shot is in critical but stable condition at a local hospital. The suspect in custody is an adult male in his mid '20s, but it is not known if he was the shooter.
Updated at 7.30 a.m. ET: An angry woman used pepper spray when Black Friday bargain-hunters tried to cut in line at a crowded Walmart store in Los Angeles late Thursday, leaving 15 people with minor injuries. The incident occurred shortly after 10:20 p.m. PT (1:20 a.m. ET Friday) in the San Fernando Valley as shoppers looking for deals were let inside the outlet.
Shawn Lenske, a Los Angeles fire department spokesman, said the injuries were due to "rapid crowd movement."
Video uploaded to youTube shows shopper recovering after one woman allegedly doused them in pepper spray as they battled for bargains at a Walmart in Los Angeles. NBC's Kristen Dahlgren reports.
NBC News reported police said no more than 15 were hurt, 10 of them for the effects of inhalation of pepper spray.
Police Lt. Abel Parga said a woman used pepper spray, then left. Parga said police were looking for the woman and no arrests have been made.
"It was an unhappy customer,'' he said.
A witness told Los Angeles' NBC4 that the incident started as people waited in line for the new Xbox 360.
The witness said a woman with two children in tow became upset with the way people were pushing in line. The witness said the woman pulled out pepper spray and sprayed the other people.
NBC News quoted a police officer as saying the flare-up was triggered when a crowd rushed toward merchandise following a "big reveal" of items that had been hidden by draping.
NYT: Friday's deals may not be the best
One section of the store was cleared while patients were treated and the pepper spray dissipated, Parga said. People were seen pouring out of the store, but customers were allowed back in to continue shopping.
The dispute came as as stores opened their doors at midnight — a few hours earlier than they normally do on the most anticipated shopping day of the year.
Story: Crazed weekend launches crucial retail season
Herald Square in New York was bustling at 6 p.m. ET Thursday, the Associated Press reported, with shoppers looking to snag discounts at Old Navy and other stores that were open on the Thanksgiving. By 9:45 p.m. ET, more than 300 people were waiting outside a Best Buy in New York before it opened at midnight. An hour later, nearly 2,000 were in line at another Best Buy in St. Petersburg, Florida, ahead of its midnight opening.
Retailers hope the earlier openings will make Black Friday shopping more convenient for Americans who are more likely to be worried about high unemployment and the other challenges they face in the weak economy.
A Texas couple is set to tie the knot after meeting three years ago while waiting in a Black Friday shopping line at Target. KXAS-TV's Amanda Guerra reports.
Black Friday is important to merchants because it kicks off the holiday shopping season, a time when they can make 25 to 40 percent of their annual revenue. It's expected that shoppers will spend nearly $500 billion during the holiday shopping season, or about 3 percent more than they did last year.
PhotoBlog: Black Friday shopping starts on Thursday
"It's a good move to try to get shoppers to spend sooner, before they run out of money," says Burt Flickinger, III, president of retail consultancy Strategic Resource Group.
About 34 percent of consumers plan to shop on Black Friday, up from 31 percent last year, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers, and 16 percent had planned to shop on Thanksgiving Day itself. For the weekend, 152 million people are expected shop, up from 138 million last year.
Update at 5:45 a.m. ET: Authorities say gunfire erupted at a North Carolina mall as holiday shoppers gathered, the Associated Press reported.
The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office said detectives were looking for two suspects after gunfire rang out at Cross Creek Mall in Fayetteville early Friday. No injuries were reported.
The first shots were fired around 2 a.m. outside the mall near a food court entrance. Investigators say several more shots were fired after one of the suspects ran inside the mall.


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This manual goes through Spinach input structures in the order that most people would be preparing their inputs. Because the library keeps evolving, it is always a good idea, before using a function, to look into the source code for any extra options that might not have made it here yet – the code was written to be very readable and is extensively commented. To bring up the source code of a function, click on its name and press Ctrl‐D (Windows) or Shift-Cmd-D (Mac).
Please have a good look inside the examples directory – it is likely that a calculation of your type is already there and may be used as a template. With very non‐standard calculations, it may be a good idea to send an email to Ilya Kuprov, we are always interested in expanding the example set and would write a template for you. Likewise, if you had written something that may be of general usefulness to other people, send it to us – we would integrate it into Spinach and make sure it is preserved and maintained.
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