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Companies do more with less: survey
Many companies are improving productivity by making greater demands on workers without providing additional resources, a survey has found.
Those companies risk employee 'burn-out', low morale and in the long term lower productivity according to the specialist recruitment firm that conducted the survey.
Robert Half's multiple-choice survey of 300 Australian chief financial officers and finance directors found 45 per cent attributed increased productivity to higher team output with no extra resources.
This compared to 40 per cent of respondents who nominated technology improvements and 34 per cent who improved processes and infrastructure.
A third of the 300 who participated said hiring additional temporary staff had improved productivity.
"In the current financial climate, driving existing employees to be more productive is a cost-effective solution," Robert Half Australia director Andrew Brushfield said on Tuesday.
"However, companies should be mindful that expecting employees to do more with the same resources may not be a viable long-term solution. If companies are overly reliant on this strategy, they run the risk of employee burn-out."
He said long work hours and seemingly relentless deadlines can lead to low morale and reduced productivity, not to mention decreased job satisfaction.
"If hiring additional staff or increasing pay are not options, there are other ways to keep staff motivated, such as flexible working arrangements and reminding staff to take holidays," he said.
However, he said there are benefits of hiring contract and temporary staff to boost productivity - bolstering resources to match workload demands without permanently increasing head count.
"Using temporary professionals is not only cost effective, but also allows employers to introduce new or specialised skills into the organisation," he said.


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Dream Circus – Fear [EP] (2011)
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Dream Circus started in 2009 as James and his brother William Powell (drums) recorded the first 2 song demo at JAP estudios in Lisbon, Portugal. Soon after they joined up with Sandro on Bass and started to build the band's live set and subsequently performing all over the country… In April 2010 Ricardo joined the band on drums, and the band began working on their first collective recording, an EP titled «Fear»… may 2010 the band records at Ultrasound Studios in Braga, Portugal with producer Pedro Mendes (WAKO, A LAST DAY ON EARTH, ANGELUS APATRIDA, HEAVENWOOD) . Fred Rosa joined the band shortly after and the band signed with Casket-Copro Records with a release date for the Ep scheduled for early 2011. Now a tight unit, playing a no frills , heavy yet melodic rock Dream Circus will be touring extensively in support of the «Fear» Ep in Portugal , and the UK… See you on the road!
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I was joined by two guests to explore how RFID is providing a better experience for library users, and what challenges and opportunities greater adoption of the technology will bring. In the UK Mick Fortune is known as Mr RFID - a key facilitator in the UK's leading position in RFID adoption in libraries, with his work with the annual RFID in Libraries Conference, the industry adoption of UK standards, and the recently announced RFID Alliance between equipment suppliers.
Skip Driessen, RFID Portfolio Manager for one of those suppliers, 3M, was our other guest. Skip has been with 3M for many years and has been engaged with library implementation of the technology since the early days of 1994.
Europe, especially the UK and Denmark, seems to be to the fore on RFID apparently because of cooperation between suppliers and libraries around the establishment of standards. The cooperation in the UK also looks to be pointing the way towards future innovation.
It was clear from the discussion, that evolved with Gang regulars John Blyberg and Marshall Breeding, that RFID needs to be adopted as part of the core processes of a library. Treating it as just an add-on for a single process, such as self-service, will not provide a ROI. Self-service and RFID are often conflated as issues, they are often closely connected but it was agreed that they are separate issues.
It is also very clear from the conversation that RFID does pose some challenges for the library systems suppliers. We heard of smart-shelving systems establishing a parallel catalogue/databases because the ILS/LMS "didn't have the horse-power to support the request traffic"; such systems pulling in enrichments such as book-jackets to provide an user enriched experience; and inconsistent implementations of the SIP2 protocol used to connect RFID systems to library systems. Skip indicated that 3M are working on version 3 of their de-facto SIP protocol/standard to hopefully help the industry evolve.
Another interesting and wide ranging discussion about libraries and the technologies that influence them that was a pleasure to chair.
A note from the Chair: This is the last episode of the Gang that I will be chairing. There are discussions underway to hopefully secure the future of the Gang. As soon as I have any further information I will post it on the LibraryGang web site and on twitter @librarygang.
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ArtGypsy wrote:Hey...........I just read through this again and thought of something.....I addressed only part of the issue..(whether or not I think it's okay to give scraps and the 'definition' of good scraps)..
but to me, there's another issue----------and each person may address it differently, depending on WHO the guests are, how often they come visit, etc., but truthfully, I would be TICKED if I asked anyone NOT to feed my dogs, my cats, MY KIDS, __for any reason_......and they KEPT ON....doing it anyway, in front of me, or behind my back.
I'm not saying I"d go all ballistic on 'em......(not in the beginning, anyway)
but if I explain why they can't>> diet, diarrhea, training,etc., then my wishes come first---This is OUR house, our Home. Guests Are Totally Optional. My 'family" is Not.
End of Story.
pitsnok wrote:I don't know about everyone else, but our dogs do NOT get table scraps... and it is so irritating when people come over and try to give our dogs people food! We just don't want our dogs to be beggers... well, we don't want them to beg any more than they already do anyway. Plus it's not good for their health to be eating chicken nuggets and potato chips!
does anyone else have this problem? It is so annoying, but I don't quite know how to go about correcting friends and family who think it's okay!
pitsnok wrote: My boyfriend's mom is the worst about it. She knows they don't eat people food, and she will sneak it to them if we are at her house, or if she is at ours. She only feeds her pug off of her plate. He won't even eat dog food anymore. She says we are being mean by not giving them what they want.
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As everyone frets about the rising cost of food, the FAO released a devastating report about the amount that gets wasted.
Roughly one third of world food production for humans is lost or wasted. Industrialized countries waste the most food.
The average American wastes 650 pounds of food in a year. This estimate includes 400 pounds of food that are destroyed from production to retail, and 250 pounds of food that are wasted by the consumer -- i.e. food that goes bad in your fridge or goes in the trash after dinner.
Poorer regions waste almost no food at the consumer level.
At the agriculture and post-agriculture level, however, large amounts of food are wasted. Thus Subsahara Africa wastes 370 pounds of food per capita.


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Price: Free
Pros: Provides access to other members Wi-Fi networks; works with any WLAN infrastructure hardware.
Cons: User must upload network's encryption key to Whisher for use by other users; member hotspots currently few and far between.
Stand on a random street corner in most neighborhoods, and you'll probably be bathing in signals from many nearby Wi-Fi networks. But when it comes to finding wireless Internet access, that may not do you a lot of good. Compared to the number of existing Wi-Fi networks, the number that are publicly available (free or not) is relatively small.
Barcelona, Spain-based Whisher Technologies is hoping its software will help make public Wi-Fi access easier to come by. The eponymous software, which is currently in beta, is designed to foster a community of Wi-Fi sharing users, enabling them to easily provide each other with access to their respective networks. Notably, it doesn't matter what type of Wi-Fi hardware you have (another Spanish firm, FON, has a similar product that requires the use of a special or modified router; recently-launched WeFi has some similar attributes, with an emphasis on mapping free access points, whether theyre run by members or not).
Accessing Whisher Networks
Before you can access a Whisher hotspot (or set up your own), you must create an account. This requires an e-mail address at minimum, though you have the option to include additional personal data in your account profile. After you've logged into your account, the software downloads a database of Whisher hotspots onto your system. Although it's encouraged, you are not required to share your own wireless network in order to access those of other Whisher members.
When you view available wireless networks through the Whisher software, those that are Whisher-compatible are marked with a red W logo. Since data about Whisher hotspots -- including encryption keys -- is contained within the software's database, when you select a Whisher hotspot to join, the software automatically passes the appropriate credentials, allowing you to connect without having to enter or even know the encryption key. In fact, Whisher users aren't made aware of the keys for networks they join, which prevents them from passing them along to non-users. Storing the encryption keys of countless networks within the Whisher software does raise some potential security concerns, but the company claims the risk is minimized by storing the keys with a strong encryption algorithm that's different on every Whisher client.
Before joining a Whisher hotspot, the software will show you both the current and average signal strengths, and will also provide an indication of the network's past availability, which can help you decide which network is likely to provide the most reliable connection. (Once connected, users can also give networks a peer rating of up to five stars.) To help you find Whisher networks in a given area, the software can plot them via Google Maps, and allows you to search by country, city or ZIP code.
I couldn't find any Whisher networks in South Florida (the software's only been available for a few months, and relatively few exist even around major metro areas), so I set up my own -- more on that in a moment. Given Whisher's beta status, the software performed acceptably, though documentation is quite sparse (the company maintains an online support forum). The software did occasionally refuse to connect to my Whisher network for no apparent reason, and other times, it summarily disconnected without explanation (in that regard, it's similar to WZC). The Whisher software also exhibited a strong tendency to crash whenever my system resumed from standby mode.
Setting Up a Whisher Hotspot
To turn your own wireless network into a Whisher hotspot, you need to register it via the client software by assigning a name to your WLAN (this doesn't necessarily have to be your SSID
As a Whisher hotspot owner, you control who gets on your network by giving it one of three access modes. The default mode is Public, which makes the network available to all Whisher users. You can also set your network to Private when you'd like to keep your connection to yourself (which kind of defeats the purpose). The third option is to allow access to only those Whisher users you've identified as Buddies.
Given how Whisher works, there can be instances where a Whisher user's database doesn't reflect the current status of your network. Say you changed your network to private, but a user's out-of-date database still shows your network as public -- in this scenario, access is granted. When the database gets updated and learns the network's current status, the Whisher software will disconnect itself. It automatically updates with each Internet connection.
Other Features
Aside from just providing Internet access, Whisher offers some ways for members to communicate and share information. For example, Whisher hotspot owners can select files from their computer (such as photos, music and video) that visitors (either all users, or just buddies) can download. Users connected to any Whisher hotspot can also communicate with people on their Buddy list via text chat.
Whisher says a new beta due in mid-June will add new communication features, including the ability to communicate via various IM systems -- Google, ICQ, MSN and Yahoo -- a la Trillian or Pidgin (formerly Gaim), and the ability to conduct Skype-like voice calls.
Whisher plans to take advantage of knowing where hotspot visitors are geographically located by providing links to local services, business establishments and other points of interest. Presumably, this will be one of the ways the company generates revenue.
A service like Whisher has a lot of potential, at the very least as a way to convert thousands of private WLAN networks into usable hotspots. It also presents an interesting method of creating a small community around a small number of access points. Whisher's value will ultimately depend on how many people register their wireless networks; universal hardware support should help in this regard, since it represents a low barrier to entry. Whisher's still an evolving work in progress, but it bears watching, and is worth a look for those interested in benefiting from a wireless access quid-pro-quo.


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(Reuters) - The Anaheim Ducks and captain Ryan Getzlaf agreed to an eight-year contract extension on Friday, taking the bruising forward off the market ahead of next month's trade deadline.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed by the Ducks but local media reports said it was worth $66 million.
Getzlaf, who leads Anaheim this season with 27 points, was set to become an unrestricted free agent in the offseason, sparking speculation that the Ducks might try to move the two-time All-Star before the April 3 trade deadline.
"We are very happy to have Ryan committed to this franchise long-term," Ducks General Manager Bob Murray said on the team's website. "He has often expressed his interest to stay in Anaheim for his entire career, a goal we share."
Selected 19th overall in the 2003 NHL Draft by the Ducks, Getzlaf has spent his entire career in Anaheim, leading the franchise to its first and only Stanley Cup in 2007 when he set a team post-season scoring record with 17 points.
Over eight NHL seasons and 534 career games, Getzlaf ranks third on Anaheim's all-time scoring list with 146 goals and 499 points.
He was also a member of Canada's gold medal-winning team at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics where he finished second in team scoring with seven points.
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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
The international community and global media are focusing a lot of attention of late on the brutal tactics being employed by the forces of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad as he battles a year-long insurgency that has recently blossomed into full-scale civil war. In the process, the Syrian opposition forces, collectively known as the Free Syrian Army, have been primarily portrayed in a positive light.
But a trickle of reports from sources in embattled Syrian towns reveal that the Sunni-led revolutionaries are guilty of at least as many war crimes as Assad, especially against the country's Christian minority.
In the latest issue of Israel Today, we wrote about how Syria's minority communities actually prefer Assad, who is himself from the small Alawite Muslim minority. They fear the alternative, which is rule by a Sunni majority that will likely align itself with the Muslim Brotherhood and other regional radicals.
Their fears appear increasingly justified.
Two weeks ago, the Catholic news agency Fides reported that it had received word from Syrian Orthodox Church sources that 90 percent of Christians in the Syrian city of Homs had been driven from their homes by Sunni rebels.
According to Fides, the Faruq Brigade of the Free Syrian Army had threatened to kill any Christians who did not leave, and then confiscated their homes and resettled them with Muslim families. The sources told Fides that the Faruq Brigade is made up at least partially by members of Al Qaeda and other Wahhabi groups.
The exodus from Homs began back in February, according to the Christian relief agency Barnabas Fund, which reported at the time that at least 200 local Christians had been massacred, while more had been kidnapped, tortured and ransomed by Muslim forces. Still more Christians were forced to act as human shields for the rebel fighters.
Church leaders called the situation in Homs an "ongoing ethnic cleansing of Christians," and said that the 1,000 Christians still in the city are living in a constant state of fear. Homs was previously home to some 50,000 Christians.
In a follow-up, the Vicar Apostolic of Aleppo, Mgr. Giuseppe Nazzaro told Fides that while he could not confirm the reports out of Homs, he had witnessed the similar targeting of Christians in Aleppo.
"Last Sunday, a car bomb exploded...in the vicinity of the school of the Franciscan fathers. By a miracle a massacre of children was avoided... only because the Franciscans, sensing danger, made the children leave 15 minutes before the usual time," said Nazzaro, who lamented by the current media silence has allowed the Islamists to advance their anti-Christian agenda.
Issam Bishara, regional director for the Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA), told the National Catholic Reporter that contrary to the picture being painted by the mainstream media, Assad's government forces are "still providing protection to the Christian communities in almost all places where the regime is still controlling the ground."
Bishara said that should Assad fall, it is almost certain that Sunni political forces aligned with the Muslim Brotherhood and radical Salafi groups will take power, as they did in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia, leaving the region's Christians even more vulnerable.
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I actually forgot that the world was going to end on Friday until my brother reminded me on Facebook. Thank goodness for Facebook because without it I would not know what socks to wear much less what day the world is coming to an end on.
Before I get to the movies you probably want to know why the world is going to end on Friday. I know I was curious so I turned to the most reliable rag I could find 'The Weekly World News' who were kind enough to educate me that the world in fact ended 5 months ago but we all somehow missed it.
Harold Camping a religious leader predicted the end of the world in May but the world just kept chugging. It turns out the end of the world is in fact December 21st. That was 'the rapture' during which all the worthy people went to Heaven.
The rest of us will now be incinereated in the fires as the apocalypse comes.
Anyone else wondering why Harold Camping and his followers are still here? Any rate now you are edumacated its time to get to the movies. I figured what better way to welcome the apocalypse then to watch movies about the apocalypse and indulge in just how bad things could be. So with no further ado here are 5 movies to watch on Friday when yes… no truly… the world is really going to end… this time.
Dawn of the Dead
You really can not talk about end of days movies and not include George Romeros original apocalyptic 1978 film Dawn of the Dead. Night of the Living Dead his first film is another great choice but Dawn of the Dead has a soft spot with me and is a film I have seen no less then 30 times.
I encourage those who have not seen it to check it out especially if you are a younger film fan who has only seen the recent remake by Zach Snyder which was a quite polished take on the original but still not the movie that started it all.
Go Canada! As a Canadian it warms my heart when a really great film comes out of the great white north. Pontypool is not for everyone as it leans more to wards a more intellectual horror fan but its the story of an apocalyptic event in a small town in Ontario that unfolds as a radio DJ is on air.
There was a terrible American version starring Bill Moseley called Dead Air do not confuse the two. Pontypool plays out like a stage play and is a truly monumental apocalyptic movie with so many fine points from its script to its cast and its overall look and feel.
Planet of the Apes
What is scarier then the world coming to an end? Mark Wahlberg saving it? Ok I joke! I am not talking about Tim Burton's remake or even the most recent one starring James Franco which was a fun twist. I am talking about the original 1968 Planet of the Apes starring the original big screen bad ass Charlton Heston.
When the world comes to an end if I have to fight off the dirty apes I am going to have a problem since my end of days stock piling did not include bananas.
Emma Stone is a babe and if the world comes to an end I sure hope that I somehow find myself camped out in Bill Murray's mansion trying to get it on… err sorry I mean get by with Emma Stone.
Zombieland is one of the funniest movies of the last decade and is an example of what great film making can and should be in a sea of otherwise lame Hollywood horror films.
The untested directors delivered one of the best film experiences in theaters for horror fans since Shaun of the Dead.
Transformers? You are probably at this point wondering what in the hell I am smoking but yes… Transformers. Because frankly all and all it is a pretty damn fun movie and if when the world ends on Friday I want to go out with a happy bombastic Michael Bay ending with the slight hope that maybe… just maybe Optimus Prime and Bumblebee might just arrive to save the day.
What movies will you be watching to survive the end of the world on Friday?


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So, a few months ago I did a five-week exchange term in Europe. The program was based in Manchester, UK, but we traveled to several places as well. After seeing a glimpse of Europe, I have to say that the UK blows every other place out of the water when it comes to shopping for clothes or cosmetic products. There's just so much variety in the brands and they're usually quite affordable. I, for one, was just excited to see with my own eyes the UK products and brands I've been reading and listening about for years now!
One of these products was Models Own nail polish. There were so many colours I wanted to pick up, but considering my excessively restrictive baggage limit, I had to resist the temptation to buy like 10 new polishes. I believe these was the only one I bought with my own money while abroad (will go into that later in another post :p).
Of course, Models Own Pro Green Envy is not part of the regular Models Own line, but the "Pro" line. Bought this at Boots at The Trafford Centre in Manchester (HUGE mall; if you're ever in Manchester you must go, maybe after seeing the stadium. Also, shout out to Amy and Arianna, who went with me! :D). Around 8 pounds I think, which is 3 pounds more expensive than the regular line. Why the price discrepancy? Honestly, I'm not sure. Are the bottles bigger? I don't have a regular Models Own bottle to compare it to. Could it be that the colours are more on-trend or edgy? Who knows.
Either way, I love Green Envy! A super dark green polish with tons of tiny shimmers. Or is it just a black polish with tons of tiny green and blue shimmers? Not quite sure, but either way this polish is beautiful. It applied beautiful in two effortless coats and dried quickly as well. No complaints here…8 pounds well spent!


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Yankee Group has been forced to retract a report on virtualisation after several inaccuracies were reported. The research company has already withdrawn the report from its website.
Virtualisation vendor VMware objected to a number of inaccuracies in the virtualisation report, which seemed to favour its competitor Microsoft. The report still being carried on Microsoft's site, although VMware has asked Microsoft to remove it from there too - as yet, this requested has not been responded to.
VMware said it didn't "send the mob guys" around to Yankee Group and that the analyst had removed the report, Virtualisation Price War: VMware's Little Big Horn? from its website.
The complaint centres on the comparisons that were used. VMware said the report didn't compare "apples with apples" in technology terms, as it lined up Microsoft's hosted Virtual Server functionality and pricing with VMware's "bare metal" offering, instead of with VMware Server. The report also double-counted licencing costs on VMware implementations, and contained inaccuracies in its price list by failing to list VMware's bundle options and its á la carte pricing compared with those of its rivals, VMware claimed.
Reza Malekzadeh, EMEA senior director for products and marketing at VMware told Techworld: "The tone is not what I would have used. Right now it is easy to bash VMware with claims that we are expensive and not listening to customers. But that is not what we hear from our customers. Instead the message we get back is that we provide adequate value, that VMware adds value to the business and that they usually get ROI in less than one year."
"The report is looking at market conditions, and is fairly accurate that we are seeing rapidly maturing market. Having more competition shows our vision is more correct and we always welcomed competition but such reports should give a proper view and we support correct and actual comparisons. In general people always go after the leader - that's why we're under attack - but we're sticking to our vision."
Malekzadeh said he'd had no assurances on when the report would be corrected.
Microsoft said: "This Yankee Group Report delivers a detailed overview of the prices and features of the major virtualisation solutions to help corporate customers make informed purchasing decisions. To ensure that our customers have the most accurate, unbiased and current information, Yankee Group conducted primary research and received no vendor sponsorship for this research."
It's not clear how the report was funded. Yankee Group has not responded to several requests for information on who paid for the report or how the inaccurate figures came to be compiled.


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Psychedelic Danish four-piece Pinkunoizu have stated that while recording their second album, they 'somehow became drawn towards working with a bending and falling feeling.' The most explicit realisation of this comes immediately at the start of The Drop, as the record begins with the sound of a plane nosediving into your eardrums. But while the title might suggest one long descent, it turns out that the album's dynamics are far more varied.
Take the opening track 'The Great Pacific Garbage Patch'. After that initial 'drop', the track floats eerily along on a bed of organ chords and ghostly vocals, with only a methodical ticking to dictate its pace. Then halfway through, the track slowly begins to rise again - the humming bassline slowly picking up the tempo, as fragments of guitar and burbling synth noise flit in and out of the track. The overall effect is transportive - indeed, many of these songs feel evocative of somehow being in a completely different place.
'Necromancer' openly displays a love for krautrock, with its motorik drumbeat and pleasant, looping synth lines. The idea of the 'drop' comes into play more subtly here, with the pitch of the synthesisers modulating to alter the mood of the song. That's only half the story though, as after a brief burst of noise, the drumbeat resumes - but this time as a backdrop for the sort of neo-psychedelia recently perfected by The Horrors, with soaring guitar tones to boot. It's a wonderful accomplishment, so much so that it makes me wonder if the band have peaked too early. Thankfully 'Moped' instantly proves that they've got more to give, mixing its baggy beat and psychedelic wall of sound with vocal interjections that call to mind The Go! Team - and without wishing to belittle what comes afterwards, this pair of tracks prove to be the record's highlight.
The record only struggles to take off when its ideas don't feel like they have enough time to be fully realised. Noticeably shorter than most of the album's other tracks, 'The Swollen Map' is a melancholy lullaby that feels like it could be the basis for something much bigger. Instead, it's relegated to serving as a prelude to 'Pyromancer' - a song that demonstrates the band's ability to juxtapose different tones, mixing mesmeric, looping patterns with untamed bursts of guitar noise. After this mid-album drop in tempo, 'Tin Can Valley' spurs things into life again. Relatively speaking, it's the most straightforward rock song on the record, built on a wiry guitar tone that's simultaneously evocative of both the west and the east - with its propulsive drumbeat and relentless energy, it could be the soundtrack to a dusty desert road-trip or a frantic kung-fu movie.
The record's last two tracks both veer off in very different directions to anything that has come before. 'I Said Hell You Said No' starts out as a slice of glamorous, orchestral trip-hop reminiscent of Portishead, before taking on a more melancholy feel in its acoustic-driven second half. That acoustic guitar sound is also carried into the final track, with the dreamy pastoral folk of 'Down In The Liverpool Stream' bringing the record to an unexpectedly mellow close.
The band have freely admitted that when they went into the studio they 'didn't have any overall concept for the record,' but the lack of a cohesive tone or style present throughout The Drop never seems like a bad thing. In fact, the band's versatility proves to be one of their greatest assets - what makes the record a success is the way Pinkunoizu harness their varied ideas and refine them into something accessible and engaging.
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Andrew falls foul of office clean-up
James Stafford
January 7, 2011
"It wasn't me, John. I don't use the photocopier." © Getty Images
The RFU have completed a highly-detailed four month report on the state of English rugby and made a host of recommendations to help move the game forward prior to the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
In announcing the report's findings and recommendations, RFU chief executive John Steele has also strongly condemned the 'culture of disrespect' he feels is holding back England's rugby progress.
The RFU commissioned the report to help put in place structures that will allow England to regain the William Webb Ellis trophy. Among the high profile changes is a scrapping of the director of elite rugby position currently filled by Rob Andrew.
Steele has also made public several of the report's key findings, including details that may be highly embarrassing to certain groups and individuals within English rugby.
"If we want English rugby to progress and take on the world we need to put our own house in order," Steele said. "We carried out a thorough review of every aspect of English rugby - everything and everyone from the national coach to the cleaning lady in my office at Twickenham was looked at. Changes must be made and they must be made quickly. And boy, oh boy, do we need to start winning on the field. Also, Doris the cleaner needs to start hoovering up properly behind my filing cabinets and not just doing the bits on the side."
While the decision to scrap Andrew's role has been the most high-profile outcome of the report, there are many other shocking and controversial findings.
"We started by looking at Rob Andrew's performance," said Aled Edwards, head of Redline Management Consultants, appointed by Steele to head the investigation. "Firstly, we quickly discovered that he was always using up the paper in the office photocopier and never replaced it when it ran out. This meant other staff members were always finding the copier empty when they went to use it and had to source their own paper, causing unnecessary administrative delays. Indeed, at least once a week Andrew would leave the copier with a nasty paper jam and run off leaving other colleagues in a pickle."
RFU officials have confirmed that Andrew's inconsiderate behaviour didn't end there either. It seems the former Wasps and Falcons fly-half was forever putting banana peels and apple cores in the paper recycling bins.
"It's frustrating when people make the effort to sort their waste and help out the planner and someone comes along and throws in the wrong kind of rubbish and ruins the whole thing," Edwards said. "It may seem a small thing, but if you let this kind of thing go in English rugby the next thing you know the head coach is turning a blind eye to that flanker who is forever missing fitness tests. From small acorns grow great trees. There has to be a zero tolerance policy in all aspects of RFU work."
Steele also slammed examples of poor practice on the training field, which could be a huge hindrance to England's hopes of reclaiming their world crown:
"We found many players are acting incredibly selfishly at national squad sessions," he said. "For example, there seems to be a core of players who grab lots of training balls during a warm up and have a little kick around among themselves. The problem is when they miskick a ball over a wall or behind some trees they simply leave it and grab another one from the ball bag.
"Those balls are often lost forever because a few players are too lazy to bother collecting them. We estimate we lose about 1.7 balls on average per national training session during a season. It also seems that at least 67% of national training sessions conclude with the dressing room lights left on after the last player has headed home. In the current economic climate that is unacceptable and a slap in the face of our paying supporters."
Martin Johnson has been told to lay down the law to his players and ensure such wastefulness does not continue.
"I wish I could say the ball wasting was an isolated incident," Steele said. "But our investigators found more examples of a lack of a respect. Over 74 pieces of chewing gum was found stuck underneath the benches in the home dressing rooms at Twickenham. I couldn't believe it. How disgusting.
"A few international players tried to blame it on reckless club players who appear in cup finals and play-offs here, but there is no way, statistically, all those gums came just from club players. If they want DNA testing to exonerate themselves they have to pay for it, we don't have the funds at the moment. And we also found some graffiti, clearly etched with a loose stud, in one of the toilet cubicles. I won't even repeat what it said. But it is clear we are never going to claim the Webb Ellis Cup with such a bunch of slovenly youths playing for England. This would never have happened in Sir Clive Woodward's day, you know.
"The 2015 World Cup is in England. The eyes of the rugby world will be on us. We need to make sure that our stadiums are up to scratch, our team is the best in the world and that visiting dignitaries don't get chewing gum stuck to their trousers at Twickenham."
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We offer over 20 different sports at Kristin. These are supported by our talented and experience team, including Head of Codes, Sport Managers, a dedicated Clubs Manager, Administration staff and Teachers-in-Charge. Alternative sports are also supported through local clubs. Our highest participation is in Basketball, Football, Hockey and Netball, and we run one of New Zealand's largest and most successful school Snowsports programmes.
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Shares of Diamond Foods (DMND) have surged today after the company announced a settlement in a shareholder lawsuit and guided its sales forecast higher.
The Wall Street Journalhas the details:
Diamond Foods Inc. said it has agreed to settle a securities lawsuit tied to its accounting woes for about $96 million in cash and stock, and the company issued a strong fiscal fourth-quarter outlook.
Diamond, whose products include Kettle chips, Emerald snack nuts and PopSecret popcorn, has been aiming to distance itself from a walnut-accounting scandal that dogged the company last year. The accounting issues scuttled a $2.35 billion deal for Pringles and led to a string of earnings restatements.
Under the terms of the proposed settlement, the company would pay a total of $11 million in cash and issue 4.45 million shares to a settlement fund to resolve all claims against it and two of its former officers filed on behalf of investors who acquired Diamond stock between Oct. 5, 2010, and Feb. 8, 2012.
Diamond Foods also said its fourth-quarter sales would come in between $196 million and $201 million, above forecasts of $187 million, the Wall Street Journal said.
D.A. Davidson analyst Timothy Ramey reiterated his Neutral rating on the company following the announcement. He writes:
The company remains highly levered with expensive debt. Total debt at the Q3 was $579 million, and thus trailing Debt to EBITDA is approaching 6.0x after issuance of the $11 million settlement...
We reiterate our NEUTRAL and are increasing our price target to $24, previously $20, or an EV/EBITDA of 11.8x our revised FY14 estimate of EBITDA. Visibility is low but the trend appears to be positive and clearly the market is happy to have this, the last of the legacy items, behind us.
Diamond Foods has gained 20% to $22.97 today, making it the best performer in the S&P 1500. Other big gainers include ArQule(ARQL), which has gained 5.2% to $2.62, Tuesday Morning (TUES), which has gained 18% to $13.42 after reporting earnings yesterday after the close, and Garmin (GRMN), which has gained 4.5% to $40.19 today. La-Z-Boy (LZB), which has jumped 4.5% to $22.20 after reporting a profit of 18 cents a share, above forecasts for 15 cents, rounds out the top-five.


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The Cowboy actor Tom Mix dies in an Arizona car accident
On this day in 1940, the famous cowboy actor Tom Mix is killed in a freak car accident near his ranch in Florence, Arizona. Driving his single-seat roadster along a straight desert road, Mix apparently ignored warnings that a bridge was out on a shallow gully and was fatally crushed by a heavy suitcase that flew off the rear shelf of his car.
Mix had been one of the biggest silent movies stars in Hollywood during the 1920s, appearing in more than 300 westerns and making as much as $10,000 a week. Unlike most of the actors appearing in westerns, Mix (whose full name was Thomas Hezikah Mix) had actually worked as a cowboy, served as a soldier during the Spanish-American War, and been a Texas Ranger, so he brought a wealth of real experience to his fictional cowboy characters.
In 1906, Mix joined a Wild West show, and that led him to begin acting in motion pictures four years later. In his many one- and two-reel western adventure films—most of which have been lost because they were released on highly combustible nitrate film stock—Mix helped define the classic image of the western movie cowboy as a rough riding, quick-shooting defender of right and justice, an image that would be copied by hundreds of other actors who followed him. Mix's real costar in his movies, "Tony the Wonder Horse," also became very popular and helped set the pattern for the "Silvers" that followed.
With the coming of talking pictures, Mix's movie career stalled. In 1933, he organized Tom Mix's Circus and Wild West Show and helped create The Tom Mix Show on radio. But despite the popularity of the radio show (in which Mix did not personally act), Mix never recaptured the success he had known during the golden era of the silent western movies. When he died in 1940 at the age of 60, he had lost most of his wealth and was largely forgotten by the public that once adored him.
Yet Mix is not entirely forgotten today. A black iron silhouette of a riderless bronco marks the site of Mix's death on the highway about 17 miles south of Florence, Arizona. The so-called "suitcase of death" is preserved at the Tom Mix Museum in Dewey, Oklahoma, along with a life-size replica of Tony the Wonder Horse.


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One of the common problems many of our readers have is the love/hate relationship with ceiling fans. Even if you have ceilings high enough for them, they aren't always at the top of the attractive list (although some are!). If you still need a breeze but aren't willing to sacrifice your lighting style for it, try a Wall Mounted Fan...
Even if you enjoy the cool breeze that a ceiling fan provides, it can be hard to give up other (usually more stylish) lighting options, just so you can have a breeze. To get around this, try considering an industrial wall mount fan.
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The Ace Group meet every Tuesday at 11:45 am at Crowne Plaza, Solihull.
Ace welcomes all visitors who get the opportunity to meet many individual businesses and share their own business's benefits and goals with the group. Visitors can attend twice in 6 months before deciding if they'd like to apply to join the group.
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The latest: Northern spotted owl
Update on HCN's coverage of owl management in the Northwest
The northern spotted owl has been declining for two decades. A Bush-era recovery plan proposed increased logging in the threatened raptor's old-growth habitat, and blamed wildfires and competition with invasive barred owls for its problems (HCN, 8/4/08, "Hostile Takeover").
The Obama administration tossed the old plan last year, citing political meddling, and asked three scientific societies to review its own draft. In December, reviewers concluded that the draft is an improvement but retains many of the old plan's flaws; it "exhibits an earnest and legitimate attempt to incorporate science," but overemphasizes wildfire and skimps on analyzing forest thinning's impacts. Although it acknowledges the importance of high-quality habitat (a change from the Bush plan), details about habitat protection won't be available until the final version is released early this year -- too late for peer review. That's a "disturbing sign that the Fish and Wildlife Service remains uncertain as to the role of 'best-available science,' " wrote reviewers.


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Gluten Free Menu of the Week: Soy-free Zucchini Stir Fry and More Recipes
This week I'm hosting the gluten-free menu swap with zucchini as the theme. I have had a love/hate relationship with zucchini for years, but I realized some time ago that it isn't that I don't like zucchini- but that I don't like some ways of preparing it. In its worst form, zucchini can be mushy and overcooked, with a slimy texture and slightly bitter taste. But it doesn't HAVE to be! Not only is zucchini great hidden in recipes like gluten-free zucchini bread, but it is also delicious grilled, roasted, or even briefly stir fried. One of my favorite sneaky recipes for zucchini haters is one of the recipes below for a zucchini crust pizza- it's hard to dislike anything with all that flavor and cheese! Below I'm sharing a tasty Chinese-Thai Zucchini stir fry and a Zucchini salad recipe. Enjoy!
Here are some of my favorite zucchini recipes from the Book of Yum:
Vegetarian Zucchini Green Chili Enchiladas
Grilled Zucchini Parmesan Recipe
Chinese Szechuan Zucchini Brown Fried Rice
Zucchini Crust Pizza Flatbread Recipe
Feel free to share the URL of your favorite gluten-free vegetarian zucchini recipe in the comments, and I'll add the link to this post!
Celiac Tips shared a recipe for Roasted Zucchini and Goat Cheese. (YUM!)
Menu of the Week
Sunday: Thai
Green Bean Pineapple Basil Stir Fry with Jasmine Rice
Tuesday: Vegetarian
Hash Brown Potato Crust Vegetarian Savory Pie
Wednesday: Mexican
Oven Baked Sopes with Zucchini Corn Filling
Friday: Vegan
Brown rice and Caribbean Pineapple beans with greens
You can find more great menus over with Org Junkie. As always, many thanks to Cheryl for temporarily housing the Gluten Free Menu Swap at her blog.
Participants in this Week's Gluten-Free Menu Swap:
Cheryl of GF Goodness has a menu with plenty of whole grain gluten-free goodness as well as an announcement about a Virtual online Recipe Baby Shower she is throwing Baby Yum! Is it bad if I say that I'd love to see you there? :)
A Modern Gal's Menu features a variety of international dishes with Mexican, Chinese, and Thai flair.
Gluten Free is Life likes zucchini roasted with EVOO and a little salt, and shares a hearty family-friendly menu using ingredients on hand.
Heather of Celiac Family plans to take inspiration from Elise of Simply Recipes and adapt a recipe for zucchini fritters this week. She is celebrating a birthday this week and contemplating chocolate, but her menu reflects her attempt to balance nutrition with her family's diverse taste buds. Happy birthday, Heather!
Angela of Angela's Kitchen is continuing strong with her walk for breast cancer training in the midst of a busy week. She's planning on sauteeing some zucchini up this week, and has also planted seeds for fresh-from the garden zucchini later this summer. Angela will host next week's menu swap with an avocado theme and I can't wait to participate!
Celiacs in the House has a very photogenic post with menu ideas as well as a link to an intriguing Martha recipe for pickled zucchini ribbons.
Esther of the Lilac Kitchen reminded me that zucchini is also known as Courgette in New Zealand or British English, and shared a menu with some local, fresh produce and comforting fare.
I'm including a Thai-Chinese inspired zucchini stir fry recipe I enjoyed for dinner last night, as well as an absolutely delicious grilled zucchini salad that premiered on the Book of Yum two years ago, when I'd just started the blog. I hope you enjoy them, and at least one of these recipes inspires you to experiment with zucchini, even if it has never been one of your favorite vegetables.
Soy free Jicama Zucchini Stir Fry
1 tbsp peanut or other
szechuan peppercorns
1 inch knob ginger, minced
1/2 small jicama, cubed
2 tsp corn starch
1/2 bunch of fresh thai basil
Heat wok on high and add szechuan peppercorns, toasting lightly. Add oil and let it heat until a white wisp of smoke curls off of it, and then add your minced ginger. When ginger turns brown, strain peppercorns and ginger out of the oil and leave oil in pan. Let oil heat again and add salt to it. When oil is curling up in smoke again, add your cubed jicama and stir fry for a few minutes or until it is lightly seared on multiple sides. Add the green beans and fry for another minute, moving around pan occasionally. Add green onions and let them soften slightly before adding cashew halves and finally zucchini cubes.
Combine veg broth and mirin (or other GF alcohol of choice) in a small bowl and whisk in sesame oil and sprinkle in some white pepper. Add some of the sauce to the vegetables in the pan and let it heat. Add cornstarch to the remaining sauce, whisk in thoroughly, and then add to the pan. Combine so vegetables are evenly coated in sauce. Let thicken to taste and remove from pan. Add thai basil and serve with rice or rice noodles.
For a variation, fill thai rice wrapper with rice noodles and stir fry ingredients, wrap up, let cool into a sealed pouch, and enjoy.
Grilled Zucchini with Tomato and Olive Salad
1 lb fresh zucchini and/or squash
1 1/2 tbsp olive oil
1 1/2 tsp fresh minced thyme
1 medium sized tomato cut in small dice
1 lg garlic clove, minced
16 kalamata olives, pitted and sliced (or regular blk olives)
1 tbsp chopped capers
1 1/2 tbsp red wine vinegar
salt, freshly ground pepper
1 tbsp pine nuts
8-10 fresh basil leaves
Heat or otherwise prepare grill or grill pan. (charcoal or propane grill is best) Cut zucchini lengthwise 1/4 inch thick, baste in 1 tbsp olive oil and sprinkle fresh thyme until evenly coated.
Combine diced tomato cubes, garlic, olives, capers, and red wine vinegar in a bowl and put aside.
Salt and pepper zucchini or squash rounds and grill until marked with grill stripes (3 minutes or less depending on heat). Place on serving platter when done, spread tomato olive mixture on top and season with salt and pepper. sprinkle with pine nuts and attractively cut basil and serve.
DH and I don't even like zucchini, and we gobbled this whole recipe up in a night. A good pizza-less "pizza"- very tasty tapa dish. Yum! Perfect for using fresh farmer's market zucchini available everywhere this year.
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