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If you're ever around kids for any extended period of time – or even a not so extended period of time – you'll observe firsthand that they come up with some interesting, unique, hysterical and brutally honest observations about the world as they perceive it. My own offspring are no exception. When I find myself grinning or pondering something they've said, I jot it down, to remember, reminisce and share with others, here. (And perhaps to use as leverage at a later date.)
Four-legged friends
• Our always-appropriate son asked my husband and me, "What do you get when you breed a bulldog with a Shih Tzu?" It took a moment for our brains to leap where his had already gone, but the answer to his little "joke" amounted to a double parent sigh.
• We watched a documentary on the origin of domesticated animals and one son asked, "If the first dogs were wolves, how in the heck did that turn into a wiener dog?"
• As an equal petportunity household, we give plenty of brain time to cats, as one child demonstrated when he said, "I wish people were like cats, because then we'd have nine lives and we wouldn't have to worry about dying if we jumped off a bridge or high building without a parachute."
General Economic News
Today the state economic forecast was released and it contains some good news. The state has a projected surplus of almost $1.1 billion. After the school property tax recognition shift is repaid, along with a loan from the state airport fund, $825 million remains on the bottom line. I've included some general fund information below that was taken from the Minnesota Management and Budget website located at www.mmb.state.mn.us.
Minnesota's Budget Outlook Improves
Changes in forecast general fund revenue and expenditures for the current biennium have increased the projected balance for FY 2014-15 from $47 million to $1.086 billion. Forecast revenues have increased $787 million (2.0 percent), while projected spending is $247 million (0.6 percent) lower. A net reduction in general fund reserves added an additional $5 million to the bottom line. K-12 Shifts Completely Repaid, $825 Million Balance Remains. As in recent forecasts, current law requires any forecast balance be used to repay K- 12 shifts. The first $246 million of the balance will be used to complete repayment of the K-12 school property tax recognition shift. Additionally, $15 million is transferred to the state airports fund, restoring money originally borrowed in 2008. This forecast completes repayment of accounting shifts from prior budget solutions, reducing the forecast balance to $825 million.
It's human nature. We want what we don't have. It's a condition that often follows us through life.
To get what we perceive we don't have – or didn't have during childhood – sometimes, as adults, we overcompensate. When she was a girl, my mom had only one doll. As an adult, she collected dolls to the point of near hoarding. Some people fill their china cabinets with china. My mom filled hers with Baby Tender Love, Thumbelina and Swingy.
Other people overcompensate with an overabundance of shoes, cats, comic books, PEZ dispensers, sports memorabilia or anything else one can purchase on eBay. For me, it's all about pillows.
It's no accident that holidays featuring lights are celebrated in December. This month Venus and Jupiter – and possibly one comet – crank up the wattage for us.
In early December, Venus shines as bright as it ever gets. Hanging like a lantern over the sunset horizon, our brilliant sister planet begins the month as a thick crescent, its face about 30 percent lit. By the end of the month, the crescent has lengthened considerably and thinned to a mere
5 percent of the planet's disk. These changes happen because Venus is circling in for its next pass in front of the sun; soon it will drop from the evening sky.
American Education Week
We recently observed American Education Week Nov. 18-22. This special week provides us the opportunity to recognize the accomplishments and service of the public schools and all its educators. The EV-W faculty and staff met for breakfast Wednesday,
Nov. 20, and recognized the following paraprofessionals, teachers, clerical staff, board members, and maintenance staff for their dedication and years of service to the district:
• Educational Excellence: Judy Blonigen, Adam Teicher, Lori Unterberger;
• Leadership in Education: Karen Svhihel-Buermann, Becky Kuechle;

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It's downright exhausting at times. It can take years to do. Starting a strategic meetings management program is a tough job that's often met with even tougher resistance across a company.
But if you asked Tom J. Tolvé, CMP, senior manager of meeting operations at Novo Nordisk, Princeton, N.J., if he'd do it again, he'd probably say yes. Tolvé co-led the effort to put an SMMP in place back in 2005 and has helmed the program through various evolutions over the past four years. As a result, he and his team have cut meeting costs by an average of 15 percent.
Opportunity Calls
It began in 2005 when Novo Nordisk's executive team wanted to get a better understanding of the company's spend on meetings and "they just couldn't do it," he says. "That really catapulted the decision that yes, we need this project." Having come from Bristol-Myers Squibb, which had a strong SMMP in place, Tolvé seized the opportunity to initiate the program.
"The first thing we did was benchmark against industry colleagues and find out what worked and what didn't from those who already had plans in place," says Tolvé. "Then we collected all this industry data and compiled it into best practices for the company."
The next step was to get support and feedback from other areas of the company. He assembled a task force of people who had some involvement in meetings, including admins who planned meetings as part of their jobs, as well as those on the clinical team who were responsible for meetings but didn't actually do the planning.
It took Tolvé and his task force more than a year to finalize the standard operating procedure (SOP) he had drafted and get senior management's approval. And it took another six months to complete a phased rollout of the program to each department within the company. By April 2007, the entire company was on board, and the SMMP was a mandated process that everyone was expected to follow.
50/50/50 Rule
"The primary purpose of the SMMP is to make sure that everyone is working within the same guidelines for sourcing and working with our preferred partners, says Tolvé. In a nutshell, if an event has at least 50 cumulative room nights, 50 attendees, or a budget of $50,000 or more, it must be registered through Tolvé's department.
There are also sections in the SOP stipulating the process for registering a meeting, how to handle room-rate commissions, procedures for canceling a meeting, guidelines on food-and-beverage spend, maximum allowable room rates, and timelines for when each step of the process must be turned around, such as reporting post-meeting attendee data.
With the SOP finalized and the SMMP implemented across the company, finally Tolvé could breathe a sigh of relief and give himself a pat on the back. Well, not quite. His work was far from over. "You write something and put it into action, and then you have to revise it 137 times because you realize what sounded good on paper is never really realistic when it comes to execution," says Tolvé.
Guidelines on turnaround times and spend all were revised as the process got going. In addition, the team made the decision to centralize the sourcing function. "When we first developed this program, we did not have a dedicated agency to do all of our sourcing. We realized that was a mistake, and so we went to bid and brought in one agency [Robbinsville, N.J.-based Meeting Alliance] to handle all sourcing."
Another important component of the program was marketing it to everyone in the company. "We didn't have a fun name for this program," says Tolvé. "We were calling it the Novo Nordisk Centralized Meeting Consolidation Program. That doesn't exactly roll off the tongue."
The team decided to rename the program MeetingSource and began changing all collateral to reflect the new name. It was a big endeavor, says Tolvé of the effort to rebrand the program, but it was worth it.
Good Cop, Bad Cop
Getting people — especially admins — to actually use the system has been one of the biggest struggles. "Let's face it," says Tolvé, "hotels have a great way of wooing potential clients, and there are a lot of people who enjoy being wooed."
Not surprisingly, admins did not react positively when they were told they would no longer benefit from hotel perks. "When we first rolled out this program, there were some people who wanted nothing to do with me and this system. They would see me coming and walk in the opposite direction," he recalls. "We definitely had people who tried to circumvent the process."
Getting people to register their meetings through the system often requires a dose of education. "We play good cop, bad cop a lot with our legal and finance departments," he adds. "When a contract comes to legal for review and it hasn't gone through the appropriate channels, they red flag it — same with accounting. It really then becomes an opportunity for me to educate this person on the process."
Another ongoing struggle is getting people to comply with timelines for reporting post-meeting data. Oftentimes communication and education about the business reasons behind data reporting are enough to get people to comply with the process, but when that approach doesn't work, Tolvé often relies on what he jokingly refers to as "the scare tactic."
"If an internal person is really behind on the deadline for reporting, we will go right to his or her manager and explain the business reason for needing this data," he says. If the offender is a third party, referencing the agreed-upon contractual terms is usually enough of a motivator to get results.
Compliance Incentives
But it's not all "follow the program or else." Tolvé has also been known to offer rewards to those who adhere to the system and meet deadlines. "Last year I ran an incentive where everyone who submitted their post-meeting data within the 45-day timeframe was entered into a drawing to win a weekend in New York City and dinner for two."
The best PR for the program, however, is word-of-mouth, he says. "Nine times out of 10, when someone registers a meeting, relinquishes control of the sourcing process, and gets aligned with the preferred vendors in the company, they end up coming back to me and saying, 'You were so right, I still got to be involved, but I didn't have to do the grunt work.' They tell a friend and before you know it, more and more people are singing our praises."
Partner with Procurement
Another important facet of Tolvé's job is proving the SMMP's value to procurement. And while meeting managers and procurement executives have been known to clash at many companies, that is not the case at Novo Nordisk. "I'm blessed when it comes to my relationship with procurement," says Tolvé. "They really respect [the expertise] that I bring to the table, and all they ask is that I keep them in the loop."
To strengthen the relationship, he proactively submits a monthly report to procurement detailing all the metrics his team has captured for meetings companywide. "Basically the report is a summary of trends," he says. "If I see a sharp increase in one area [such as cost per attendee], I will do an analysis to determine the reason and include this in the report."Next Page: Money Back
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Metrics Tolvé measures and reports monthly to procurement include the number of new meeting requests received, the number of meeting requests logged per department, and the number of completed meetings. For the meetings in which post-meeting data has already been submitted, Tolvé also reports back to procurement on the number of attendees per meeting, average cost per attendee, total spend for the meeting, total savings achieved, and savings as a percent of the actual cost.
Money Back
Achieving measurable cost savings isn't enough for Tolvé — who has also found ways to generate revenue through his department. When Novo Nordisk uses third-party agencies to plan its meetings, the commission from the hotel is split between the third party and the company.
He also has negotiated preferred agreements with some smaller hotel chains, audiovisual companies, and destination management companies in various cities. "The contracts stipulate that we will get anywhere from a 3 percent to an 8 percent rebate when we use these vendors," he says. The funds are reinvested into the meetings department to offset the cost of the online meetings tool as well as the purchase of meeting materials, such as folders and badges.
Brand Teams
Tolvé has developed another revenue stream by allowing internal brand teams to sponsor certain aspects of company meetings. While this option would not be suitable for an investigator, CME, or advisory board meeting, he has offered it for internal sales meetings and speaker trainings.
"We will let a brand team sponsor the breaks or even the entire event," says Tolvé. "Each brand team is always jockeying to get their brand seen and make sure our sales reps understand the messaging." This offers them a chance to reinforce that message in other areas of the event outside of the meeting room or training session. The brand team pays a certain amount to Tolvé's department for the privilege and, in turn, their brand is represented throughout the event — on napkins, ice sculptures, banners, and the like. "The money simply gets transferred from their cost center into ours."
In addition to reinvesting the funds into his department, Tolvé uses the money to support the company's corporate social responsibility initiatives. "We have made donations to local organizations such as Cradles to Crayons, (which helps support low-income and homeless children) and are in the process of embarking on a larger scale CSR program with the funds that we will generate in 2009."
Next Step: Small Meetings
The next step: expanding the program to include meetings that come in below the current 50/50/50 rule. "We are looking into implementing a small meetings tool to get a tighter capture on that spend," he says. But it's really a question of being careful what you wish for. "There are not always enough resources to take it to that level [of detail]." Based on his track record, it's probably safe to say he'll find a way to get it done.
Novo Nordisk's Turnaround Times
Meetings that have 50 attendees, 50 room nights, or a budget of $50K must be registered via Novo Nordisk's online meetings software tool. Here is the chain of events that a meeting request goes through once registered in Novo Nordisk's online system.
Within one business day: Someone from sourcing reaches out to the meeting requester to set up a "qualifying meeting" where both parties will discuss the details of the request and qualify the need to have the meeting.
Within two business days of holding the qualifying meeting: Someone from sourcing will send a written recap of that conversation to the requester confirming everything that was discussed. Sourcing will also begin sending leads out to hotels at this time.
Within six business days of when leads are sent out: Sourcing responds to meeting requester with availability and options for holding the meeting.
Within three business days of venue selection: Sourcing obtains a meeting contract from the selected venue and turns it over to Novo Nordisk's legal department for review.
Within five business days of receiving the contract: The legal department must review the contract and turn it over to the meeting requester.
Within two business days of receiving the contract from legal: The meeting requester must sign off on the contract and return it to the meetings department.
The meetings department then logs the signed contract into the system and returns it to the person who will be responsible for planning the meeting.
Post meeting follow-up: 45 to 60 days after the meeting wraps, the meeting host or business owner must log post-meeting data into the system. This includes attendee demographics, spend per attendee, and other qualifying data, which will be used by the meetings team to compile monthly reports to procurement.


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The just-drinks Interview - Edrington CEO Ian Curle - Part II
23 January 2014
In the first part of just-drinks' interview with the CEO of Edrington, Ian Curle set out why his company was bringing its global distribution in-house and investing heavily in its The Macallan Scotch whisky. In part two, Curle talks about his company's unique ownership structure and shares his thoughts on the next possible golden era for Scotch.
GLOBAL: Edrington head says resillient Scotch entering unique era
23 January 2014
The CEO of Edrington has said that broad-based demand for Scotch whisky has given the category a momentum "that we haven't seen before".
The just-drinks Interview - Edrington CEO Ian Curle - Part I
21 January 2014
Late last year, just-drinks travelled to New York to interview - for the first time - the CEO of Edrington, owner of the Cutty Sark, The Famous Grouse, Highland Park and The Macallan Scotch whisky brands, Brugal rum and Snow Leopard vodka.
US: Bourbon boom marches on in on-trade, as vodka dips
15 January 2014
Bourbon, blended American whiskies and Irish whiskey were the only spirits sub-categories to see volume growth in the US on-trade in 2013 as clear spirits lagged, according to latest figures.
Product Launch - TRAVEL RETAIL: Edrington's The Macallan Masters of Photography: Capsule Edition - Daido Moriyama 'Remix, Remixed'
9 December 2013
Edrington's The Macallan Masters of Photography: Capsule Edition - Daido Moriyama 'Remix, Remixed'
UK: Edrington to up The Macallan capacity with distillery build
28 November 2013
Edrington is to build a new GBP100m (US$163m) distillery and visitors centre for The Macallan Scotch whisky brand, which will see a "significant" capacity rise for the single malt.
Product Launch - GLOBAL: Edrington's Cutty Sark Prohibition Edition
28 November 2013
Edrington's Cutty Sark Prohibition Edition
UK: Edrington posts full-year loss after Brugal write-down
1 July 2013
Edrington has hailed a strong full-year performance despite a GBP274.8m (US$418.4m) write-down of its Brugal rum brand that pushed profits into the red.
GLOBAL: Edrington Group confirms GBP10m distribution shake-up
17 June 2013
Edrington Group has unveiled more details of its distribution changes, announcing a GBP10m (US$15.5m) investment for new structures in the US, Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
US: Edrington Group calls time on Rémy Cointreau distribution deal
12 June 2013
Edrington Group is ending its long-standing US distribution agreement with Rémy Cointreau and is expected to take it in-house.
just the Facts – The Power 100 2013
24 May 2013
Earlier this week, brand valuation consultancy Intangible Business released the results of its latest survey of the world's spirits brands. Here's a look at the top ten, along with the methodology used to draw up 'The Power 100'.
Product Launch - ONLINE/UK: The Edrington Group's The Macallan Coronation
23 May 2013
The Edrington Group's The Macallan Coronation
Research in Focus - Whisk(e)y: Growth Opportunities in All Markets
30 November 2012
Wherever it comes from, the prospects for whisk(e)y remain very bright indeed. But, while many producers are targeting the emerging markets, Yoanna Ilieva, alcoholic drinks analyst at Euromonitor International, maintains that opportunities still exist in the most developed of regions.
UK: Sales, profits stay strong in Edrington Group H1
15 November 2012
The Edrington Group has hailed the performance of its single malt Scotch whisky portfolio for driving its half-year numbers.
Comment - Spirits - Scotch: Age Ain't Nuthin' But a Number?
27 September 2012
An online row broke out among the Scotch whisky fraternity earlier this month. It all kicked off with the launch of The Macallan Gold from The Edrington Group, and its cousins Amber, Sienna and Ruby, all set to follow next year. But wait, asked some observers; how old are they? Ian Buxton is equally quizzical.
Product Launch - UK/GLOBAL: Edrington's The Macallan Gold 1824 Series
14 September 2012
Edrington has unveiled the first expression in its four-strong 1824 Scotch series.
UK: Former Bacardi man joins Edrington's The Macallan
7 August 2012
The Edrington Group has confirmed the appointment of a new global marketing manager for its The Macallan single malt whisky brand.
UK: Edrington hails healthy FY, despite exceptional drag
10 July 2012
Edrington has posted a healthy set of numbers for its fiscal full-year, as emerging markets drove profits.
FRANCE/UK: Bruichladdich move to have little impact on Remy Cointreau bottom-line - analyst
9 July 2012
Remy Cointreau's possible acquisition of Scotch whisky producer Bruichladdich is strategically positive for the French firm, but unlikley to make a big difference to its bottom-line, an analyst has argued.
UK: Edrington signals South-East Asia intent
4 July 2012
Edrington has South-East Asia in its sights as it seeks to expand from its China stronghold.
Product Launch - GLOBAL: The Edrington Group's Cutty Sark Storm
28 June 2012
The Edrington Group's Cutty Sark Storm
UK/GLOBAL: Edrington Group readies Macallan 1824 Series extension
26 June 2012
The Edrington Group has lined up a brand extension for its The Macallan Scotch whisky brand in the UK, ahead of a global roll-out next year.
Product Launch – UK: The Edrington Group's The Macallan Diamond Jubilee
1 June 2012
The Edrington Group's The Macallan Diamond Jubilee
Product Launch – TRAVEL RETAIL: The Edrington Group's The Macallan 1824 Collection Limited Release MMXII
2 May 2012
The Edrington Group's The Macallan 1824 Collection Limited Release MMXII
UK: Edrington Group switches distillery managers at Macallan, Highland Park
18 April 2012
The Edrington Group has confirmed a change of distillery managers at two of its whisky facilities in Scotland.
Product Launch - UK: The Edrington Group's The Famous Jubilee, Special Edition Reserve
30 March 2012
The Edrington Group's The Famous Jubilee, Special Edition Reserve
Rebranding in the Drinks Industry - Part III - Rebranding Case Studies
14 March 2012
It's case study time in this month's management briefing. In this, the penultimate part of Richard Woodard's look at rebranding, we see the right - and the wrong - way to do it.
Comment - Spirits - Taiwan: The Future for Whiskey?
13 March 2012
There's a large and very prominently displayed sign at the entrance of Kavalan's visitor centre in their distillery at Yi-Lan, Taiwan. "The New Homeland of Whisky", it reads. Now, it would be easy to dismiss that as marketing hyperbole or simple self-aggrandisement, were it not that around 1m people a year see the sign.
Comment - Spirits - What Will (Not) Happen in 2012
17 January 2012
This week is prediction week on just-drinks. On Thursday, Chris Losh will give us his annual, tongue-in-cheek forecasts for the coming year. Today, however, Ian Buxton, consider what might happen in brown spirits in 2012.
ONLINE: Edrington Group launches The Macallan Facebook app
30 November 2011
The Edrington Group has upped the social media presence of its The Macallan Scotch whisky brand, with the launch of a Facebook application.


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ABC's summer cop drama Motive has been renewed for a second season, TVGuide.com has confirmed.
The Canadian drama, which stars Lauren Holly and Kristin Lehman, was already renewed by Canada's CTV. In America, the first season capped off with...read more
Sometimes a healthy diet gets you nowhere.
On this week's episode of ABC's Motive, a nutrition guru (guest star Cameron Bancroft) is found dead in his hot tub — and it's the result of some vigilante justice, according to Kristin Lehman, who stars as Det. Angie Flynn.
ABC's Motive returns from a brief hiatus on Thursday, and star Brendan Penny says the episode, titled "Against All Odds," may present a moral quandary for viewers.
"I think in all of our episodes, you can kind of relate to the decisions of the killers at times," Penny, who plays young Det. Brian Lucas, tells TVGuide.com. "I like this one a lot because this is one of the stories where you really, really, really do sympathize with the killer."read more
Bleeders movie trailer - starring Rutger Hauer, Roy Dupuis, Leni Parker, Kristin Lehman. Directed by Peter Svatek. Genre: Horror
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A man recently dumped by his girlfriend tries to find love at the new singles hotspot, the local dog park.
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A traitor is plotting to assassinate the President of the United States...and he's closer than anyone could imagine. Longtime Secret Service agent Pete Garrison (Michael Douglas) finds himself the prime suspect in the deadly scheme. With his former protege (Kiefer Sutherland) leading the manhunt to bring him in, Pete races to save the commander in chief and clear his name.
There's never been a traitor in the United States Secret Service...until now. And the evidence points to Pete Garrison (Michael Douglas), one of the most trusted agents on the force. Now on the run, with two relentless federal investigators (Kiefer Sutherland and Eva Longoria) hot on his heels, Garrison must fight to clear his name and thwart an attempt on the President's life before it's too late!
From Oscar-winning screenwriter of The Usual Suspects, this wickedly off-beat mix of crime, comedy and gunplay stars Ryan Phillippe and Academy Award winner Benicio Del Toro. Convinced they'll score big money fast by kidnapping a young surrogate mother (Juliette Lewis) carrying the child of a wealthy Southwestern couple, the two small caliber crooks soon run into major problems. Realizing too late that they're in over their heads, the kidnappers fight to keep their plan from unraveling amid rising time of bloodshed, mind games and greed.
This wickedly off-beat mix of crime, comedy and gunplay stars Ryan Phillippe and Academy Award winner Benicio Del Toro. Convinced they'll score big money fast by kidnapping a young surrogate mother carrying the child of a wealthy Southwestern couple, the two small caliber crooks soon run into major problems. Realizing too late that they're in over their heads.
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While investigating the murder of a teenage boy, Angie's experience and training are challenged to right the wrongs of the past and catch a killer before he can kill again.
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Angie's home life is about to change forever as she comes to grips with her son Manny heading off to college. But there's little time to reflect on her new empty-nester status as a brutal crime focuses her attention on another young man. While investigating the murder of a teenage boy, Angie's past comes back to haunt her in the form of the homicide that inspired her interest in police work. Navigating a maze of red herrings and investigative dead ends, it takes all of Angie's experience and training to right the wrongs of the past as she races against time to catch a killer before he kills again.
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Two brothers. One murder. A famous boxer is found stabbed to death in his own gym. For Flynn and Vega, there's no lack of suspects - a disgruntled ex-boxing protégé - the wife? Everyone seems to have a motive. But when Angie digs deeper, she finds the victim's paraplegic brother, a business partner in the gym, all too eager to take over the family business.
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When a controversial, outspoken priest is found bludgeoned to death and his church ransacked, Detectives Flynn and Vega find themselves adrift in a sea of suspects. From the realm of the church and spirit to the seedy world of organized crime, Angie's investigation reveals that even the best intentions can lead to murder, and that the motive for the present-day homicide may lie in a decades old crime.
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At 86, Mel Brooks is still the life of the party, a consummate ham and peerless joke-spinning storyteller. "I've come to stop the show," announces the irrepressible comic dynamo as he does just that, breaking into song mid-interview and reinforcing why PBS' American Masters titled its latest must-see career profile Mel Brooks: Make a Noise (Monday, check tvguide.com listings). His brilliant career in TV (Your Show of Shows, Get Smart), the movies and Broadway makes him an overdue American Masters subject, and his unflagging comic energy keeps everyone amused — including an intrusively visible camera crew. "I'm head over heels in love with myself," Brooks says, only half-joking.
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On ABC's new police procedural Motive, the question at the start of each episode is not who committed a crime, but why. But the looming question on the minds of the show's cast and crew is whether the Canadian show, which was the highest-rated series premiere in Canada last season, can find equal success in the States.
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The Killing returned Sunday night, taking the two more steps toward finally finding out who killed Rosie Larsen. (That's official, too: The murderer will be revealed in the Season 2 finale.) So what have we learned since last year's open-ended, infuriating-to-some season-ender?
When we last left off, Councilman Richmond (Billy Campbell) had been revealed as Orpheus, a frequent Beau Soleil client, and a man without an alibi. Before he could be formally arrested, Belko (Brendan Sexton III), friend of the Larsens and unstable would-be Larsen, shot the councilman. Meanwhile, Detective Linden (Mireille Enos) who was almost en route to her fiancé learned that the most damning evidence against Richmond, a photo filed by Detective Holder (Joel Kinnaman), was a fake.
On the set: The Killing returns with more twists
Moments later, when Season 2 picks up, a royally ticked off Linden has exited the plane with Holder in her crosshairs. Here's what we learned in the course of our own investigation of The Killing's two-hour premiere:
You'd think they'd killed somebody.After a season crammed with multiple suspects and red herrings, AMC's moody cop drama The Killing signed off without revealing who strangled teen beauty Rosie Larsen, and many fans and critics cried foul.The producers were blindsided by the reaction.
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An Ode to Joy: 7 Simple Ways to Live a Happier Life
Since it's still the beginning of a new year, I'm trying to remember to embrace happiness in each and every day. Because being happy isn't a state, y'all -- it's an attitude. For most of us, happiness is something we have to remember to go after daily, or we can get too muddied down with all of the trappings of adulthood and responsibility. So how about you join me in grabbing some happiness in every day…from appreciating the littlest things to reveling in the fun and silly? How can you do this? Glad you asked! Check out my slideshow of 7 tips for a happier life; it'll make you smile! - By Alli Worthington
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Providence Reformed has new pastor by David Lias Members of Providence Reformed Church, 830 Madison Street, Vermillion, will find that their new pastor possesses knowledge and talents in several unique fields.
Rev. Robert Grossmann, a Hosmer native, spent his teen years in California, and studied chemical engineering at the University of California at Berkeley, graduating in 1960.
He became a pastor in 1963, following in the footsteps of his father, who also was a clergyman, by attending Westminster Seminary in Philadelphia.
Grossmann has been active in public affairs, especially in the field of mental health. Besides being an engineer, he's an amateur radio operator and a pilot who owns his own single-engine airplane.
Vermillion worshippers will find that their pastor is well grounded in more than these pursuits. His church background is extensive.
Grossmann is a third generation minister in the Reformed Church in the United States. He has served a number of pastorates in Iowa, Kansas City, MO, and in Pierre, Herreid and Mitchell.
He is also a professor of theology in ministry and church history. Grossmann taught for eight years at Mid-America Reformed Seminary in Orange City, IA, before it was moved to Chicago. He now serves on the seminary's board.
He and his wife, Pauline, moved into the Providence Reformed Church's parsonage in early July.
"We're still stumbling around boxes," he said, laughing. "I've got a lot of books."
Grossmann's transition to the Vermillion community was made easier by a group of student volunteers earlier this spring. The church's parsonage had sat vacant for a time, and was in need of a good sprucing up to make it habitable.
Paint was peeling in the house, both inside and out. Several years' worth of dust and cobwebs had collected, and the structure's full basement was in bad shape because a sump pump had failed during a heavy rain sometime in the past.
Paint on the basement's floors and concrete block walls was peeling and discolored.
The list of things that needed to be done to make the house habitable seemed endless.
That all changed April 28. The home received a big boost, thanks, in part, to the mere fact that Jon and Shelly Meyers, two of Providence Reformed's regular Sunday worshippers, both attended and graduated from Unity Christian High School in Orange City, IA.
Jon, a University of South Dakota student, and Shelly, a secretary in USD's School of Business, keep in close contact with their alma mater.
The Meyers put the word out that the high school students' help would be more than welcome in Vermillion.
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They began to make the neglected house look more like a home.
Grossmann is excited about the future of the church and its ministry in Vermillion, thanks, in part, to decisions made by a regional governing body of the church, known as a classis.
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HighwayCrossingFrog said 03/07, 02:03 PM
1. punter
you just kick the ball down the field and no one really cares if you punt the ball 10 yards short.
2. Kicker.
Just make the occasional 45 yarder. And you will have a 20 year career.
The Pats almost never have a decent RB. And they make the play offs ALL THE TIME.
4. Closer.
Rivera goes down. Yanks don't miss a heartbeat and cruise to the play offs.
Its not that hard to find a dude that does 5 and a half minutes of work.
5. Goalie.
Its pretty easy to find a half decent goalie, in soccer, at a cheap price.
Most of its luck anyway. They don't have a clue where the ball is going to go off a deflection.
Theres like only 10 decent QBs in the league.
Then there are 10 that kind of su-k-c.
And the rest are horrendous.
Only 10 QBs on the planet. DAMN!
2. Defense in NFL. Theres a lot of running backwards and eyes in the back of your head stuff.
3. Striker!
Theres nothing easy about putting the ball in the back of the net. Or there would be more goals scored.. Plus these guys go in funks ALL THE TIME.
4. Starting pitchers. These guys go in funks all the time.
And it has that one vs 9 feel to it.
5. point guard
YODA said 03/07, 03:20 PM
You said "ALL OF SPORTS", but you stuck with the 'Big Four' sports...except you used soccer instead of hockey due to your eurotrash heritage.
Understandable, but unforgivable.
Either way, you scored a 6 out of 10.
Not bad, but not great.
Here's where you went wrong...
In the EASY section:
Running back's have a high-injury risk and a short avg career length. They take a pounding. So, no.
Also, what you said about soccer goalies doesn't sound convincing or logical.
In the HARD section:
Many starters only pitch only once every five days and too many managers keep them on overly strict pitch counts (and I know you weren't talking about the Cy Young days when they'd pitch all the damn time).
Strikers are made up of the children who weren't athletically talented enough to play a real sport. Ha. Just kidding. But it's true.
Here's my list:
1. Punter
2. Kicker
3. Pinch-Hitter/Pinch-Runner
4. Closer
5. NBA - end of the bench guys
1. Boxer (or leave QB if individual sports don't qualify )
2. Catcher
3. Hockey Goalie
4. NFL Defense (non-specific Froggie entry, but whatever I guess)
5. NFL Offensive Line
Best O' Luck, Froggie.
HighwayCrossingFrog said 03/07, 03:57 PM
Your number 3 choice.. Not to crazy about it..
batting is hard.. No other way around it..
Even if you are a GREAT batter.. you get out 70% of your at bats..
That means dealing with a lot of frustrations..
If you want to be a great pinch runner.. You have to steal..
Nothing easy about stealing.. I want to say they have something like a 50% success rate..
NBA end of bench guys?
Thats super random dude.
Thats like saying its easy to get a 40er fattie floridian in bed, on spring break, at the hard rock cafe!
I think the average 5 year old could have figured that out.
I think RB is easier.
BRANDON JACOBS; What do you want me to do coach?
COACH; I want you to get the ball. Run straight for 5 metres and then fall down!
Very scientific stuff.
Yes, for the average joe.. I would agree with you.
But you have to remember these dudes are mean mother-in-law-Fers!
They probably get off on it.
They were just born differently.
If they weren't fighting on the ring.
They'd probably be getting into fights back at the Hard Rock cafe. With the 40er fattie floridian on spring break.
So for them fighting is therapeutic.
YODA said 03/07, 04:48 PM
You are a sick man, Froggie.
Fortunately you also seem stable and harmless.
I'm not saying baseball is easy (otherwise catcher wouldn't have made it onto my Top 5 hardest list). Baseball is a 'game of failure'. Pinch runners and pinch hitters make the list because of how infrequently they're used. Simple as that. They get **** paychecks for sitting around a LOT.
Alright, I see in the comments section that you want to change the topic on the fly from "easiest positions" to "not particularly important positions".
Our lists still fit for the most part either way. Although, you probably weakened your own position even further with your oddball 'running back' choice.
Maybe it's just very bad timing on your part, Froggie. You'd think that right after a running back - ADP - edged out Peyton friggin' Manning for an MVP award and helped drag a mediocre Vikings team to the playoffs that RB wouldn't be one of your go-to choices as "not particularly important".
What more can I say? Maybe you were just "born differently" but I'm pretty sure you've hit up that Denny's-Hard Rock Cafe-IHOP cougar safari on MANY desperate lonely nights.
Fess up.
HighwayCrossingFrog said 03/08, 05:52 AM
Im guessing there are a lot of similarities between a hockey goalie and a soccer goalie..
A lot of goal keeping is just blind luck.. They have no idea where the deflection is going..
Its not particularly hard to find a cheap keeper, who knows how to save most of the shots..
Then you can use that money to buy better pieces to the puzzle..
My list?
You can buy all of my easy list, for cheap prices, and still be effective..
How many great teams have had basically no running game..
If anything, having a great RB, will take attention away from your more important passing game..
Trying to build your team around a RB is suicide..
(when I said defensive position in NFL, I meant the dudes that cover the wide receivers, I guess cornerbacks and safeties).. These are the positions that you really need to have eyes in the back of your head..
Point guard is hard.. Cause you are basically the QB of the basketball team..
The people with the most vision, Rondo and Jason Kidd, etc etc.. Are the point guards..
Fess up to over-indulgence-at-the-hard-rock-cougar-cafe?
Well on the plus side, I got to save a couple bucks on birth control:)
YODA said 03/08, 03:47 PM
I don't believe that the safeties and corners have it harder than the guys that play in the trenches.
And I think you're talkinig out of your arse when it comes to runningbacks.
They need to be exceptionally well conditioned; they work for speed, agility, strength, and explosiveness. They take a beating during the games getting hauled down by multiple players coming from varying angles. We shouldn't be discussing this one.
A hockey goalie is one of the most crucial pieces in putting together a Stanley Cup team. You need the skills, stamina, and the mental consistency. I don't know if it's the same deal in soccer but I can't imagine that the goalies are the ugly stepsisters you make them out to be.
Yeah, point guard is hard. You have to have outstanding awareness of how the play is developing and be able to manoevre amongst much bigger guys. Like I said, it's not like you flunked your own test. It's simply that for every good answer like 'poing guard', you follow it up with something daft like 'striker' or 'running back'.
Impressive retort with the birth control by the way.
Being an NFL RB is easy HCF? HOLY CRAP!
Tell that to Earl Campbell
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Being an NFL RB is easy HCF? HOLY CRAP!
maybe, not particularly important would be a better adjective..
But whatever..
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maybe, not particularly important would be a better adjective..But whatever..
Um, just because the Pats haven't had a 'decent' RB doesn't mean the position is easy or not important. Ask Brady if he'd like to play without a RB...
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Um, just because the Pats haven't had a 'decent' RB doesn't mean the position is easy or not important. Ask Brady if he'd like to play without a RB...
Right! It's just the opposite. It's so hard of a possition that it's hard for NFL teams to find a good one let alone a great one. And as Yoda already been mentioned, they take a pounding and are over the hill at age 30! The average career of an NFL RB is a little over 3 years.
Jim Brown was overrated. HaHa
Aren't all Browns' overrated by the definition of being a Brown's player??? ;^D
Aw dammit, I gotta agree with a $tealer$ fan!?!?What in the wide wide world of sports is going on here? HaHa
Cats and Dogs getting along....
That's it, now I'm REALLY ANGRY!!Say your prayers icehole. hey, have you ever seen the movie Johnny Dangerously?
No, I haven't.
Flling over right.
Say your prayers icehole. hey, have you ever seen the movie Johnny Dangerously?
Wait a minute! Was Joe Piscopo in that????
That's it, now I'm REALLY ANGRY!!
You knew that a Steeler and Brown's fan getting along just couldn't last for long :^D
Being an NFL RB is easy HCF? HOLY CRAP!
Maybe with a great O line and a pass heavy team. But some guys have made the most of mediocre to bad lines. Alot going on in football, no player is doing it on their own.
Proplr are mesing up their film quotes...
Johnny Dangerously, Farging icehole bastages
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prMALError result = esNoErr;
/* case 0:
(*theData)->pixelFormatSupported = PrPixelFormat_BGRA_4444_8u;
case 1:
(*theData)->pixelFormatSupported = PrPixelFormat_VUYA_4444_8u;
// These pixel formats are only available in Premiere Pro 2.0 and later
case 2:
if ((*theData)->version >= 9)
(*theData)->pixelFormatSupported = PrPixelFormat_BGRA_4444_32f;
result = esBadFormatIndex;
/* case 3:
(*theData)->pixelFormatSupported = PrPixelFormat_VUYA_4444_32f;
result = esBadFormatIndex;
return result;
So we are down to the one and only PrPixelFormat_BGRA_4444_32f
I wanted to see what happens.
But I didn't got the feeling it wasn't working, because it still showed the YUV sign in the effects tab.
So I messed around with this: Banished some other lines of code so it would only support 8u.
Well, at some point all the signs (32-bits and YUV) where gone in the Effects tab.
Now I want them back. But I can't...
I keep reloading the plug-in by restarting PP - nothing
I'm holding shift at the start of PP to refresh all the plugins. - nothing.
Redownloaded the fresh SDK pack, recompiled the cross dissolve with nothing changed - nothing.
started to get frustrated...
told the plugin not to cache itself, but to reload each time pp is started by adding:
case esCacheOnLoad:
result = esDoNotCacheOnLoad;
to the selector switch: PREMPLUGENTRY DllExport xEffect (short selector, EffectHandle theData)
looked at the ~/library/adobe/premiere pro/5.5/plugin loading.log and found:
Loading /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Common/Plug-ins/CS5.5/MediaCore/Cross_Dissolve.bundle
The registry tells us not to cache so the plugin will be loaded from disk.
Loading from disk...
This plugin was recognized by loader 3dbe9220-aa71-4c9d-9342-4c239a83a825.
- So this is OK. - but then again it doesn't change anything with the recogition for being 32-bits enabled
So the SDK Cross Dissolve transition listed in the Effects tab still isn't showing me the 32bits sign, even with a freshly compiled original that should support both 32-bits color and YUV.
What am I missing here?
Getting a step closer:
It seems that deleting the:
wil get PP to update the 32-bits color and YUV icons behind the plugins in the effects tab
Now the code above with only the PrPixelFormat_BGRA_4444_32f as being supported by the plugin doesn't work.
A) PP doesn't show a 32-bits color icon.
B) it acts as if the plugin would still support PrPixelFormat_BGRA_4444_8u (or YUV_8u) and doesn't launch the RenderDissolve32f function.
"Starting in CS4, plug-ins no longer need to support 8-bit BGRA at a minimum. If required, Premiere can make intermediate format conversions in the render pipeline, although these inter- mediate conversions will be avoided if possible."
But It seems PP still requiers me to have my transitions to be 8-bit BGRA supported. True?
Is it time for me to get into ScaleConvert()?
The list of supported pixelformats is stored as an array so you have to start with an index of 0.
Simply commenting out the handling cases won't work – it'll just fall through for those cases.
You need to modify the PixelFormats[] array that is originally created so that Premiere knows what PixelFormats are supported.
That means that you'll end up with a
PixelFormats[] = ; only
Once you've done that change you can change the handling function too…
static prMALError GetPixelFormatsSupported(EffectHandle theData)
prMALError result = esNoErr;
if( (theData)->pixelFormatIndex == 0 && (theData)->version >= 9)
(*theData)->pixelFormatSupported = PrPixelFormat_BGRA_4444_32f;
result = esBadFormatIndex;
return result;
Thank you Rallymax,
You have been very helpfull.
This solved my issue.
I keep testing and trying things to improve my skills.
Now stangely the SDK guide says plugins no longer need to support BGRA8 at minimum.
But for a transition to work properly, I found it still needs to handle BGRA8 in order to show the transition in the effect-control-window.
Otherwise PP gives a serious error.
Anyone knows if this is correct?
Unfortunately plugin development isn't as easy as we all would like but at least it is open for us to develop on.
I suspect that the Editing Mode you're in has a Player that doesn't support BGRA_4444_32f and does (because of legacy) support BGRA_4444_8u thus the preview window requires BGRA_8u support to work.
If you do want to support BGRA_4444_8u then you should be able to make common code by converting the 8u to 32f and then continuing your plugin as 32f. (Likewise you should do a YUV_32f to BGRA_32f –although if you don't know a lot about rec601 and rec709 colorspaces I HIGHLY recommend that you DO NOT start doing this).
Here's a quick mock up off the top of my head…
float The32fFrame = (float)TheFrame;
int do_32f_to_8u = 0;
case PrPixelFormat_BGRA_4444_8u:
// Flag to un-convert at the end
do_32f_to_8u = 1;
The32fFrame= malloc(heightrowstride4);
// Convert 0..255 (_8u) buffer to 0.0…1.0 (_32f)
// Change this to SSE|2|3|4 intrinsics for a 4x or 8x speedup!
for(int h=0;h<height;h++) // Height
for(int w=0;w<width;w++) // Width
for(int p=0;w<4;p++) // Plane
The32fFrame[4hrowstride+ 4*w + p] =
(float)TheFrame[4h rowstride + 4*w + p]/(float)255.0);
// Now fall through and process as BGRA_32f
case PrPixelFormat_BGRA_4444_32f:
return WHATEVER THE ERROR CODE IS FOR UNSUPPORTED;
//Run a loop that un-does the floating point conversion if necessary.
// Change 32f back to 8u
for(int h=0;h<height;h++)
for(int w=0;w<width;w++)
for(int p=0;w<4;p++)
TheFrame[4h rowstride + 4*w + p] =
(unsigned int)((float)255.0 * The32fFrame[4h rowstride + 4*w + p]);
return prNOERR;
· Where "rowstride" is the actual stride of the row, not the frame width.
Oops a mistake
The32fFrame= malloc(heightrowstride4);
Should be
The32fFrame= malloc(heightrowstride4*sizeof(float));
This too…
for(int h=0;h<height;h++) // Height
for(int w=0;w<width;w++) // Width
for(int p=0;w<4;p++) // Plane
new version with "w" to "p" fix…
for(int h=0;h<height;h++) // Height
for(int w=0;w<width;w++) // Width
for(int p=0;p<4;p++) // Plane
Thanks Rallymax,
This is clear to me.
And a fast way to get the 8bits compatibility.


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Try to sell you an over priced new that can be fixed rather than replaced
Scam – They wouldn't tell me the cost of a new water heater until they came to my house and charged me a $75 fee. The rep had a book that listed the prices, which they clearly could have quoted me over the phone. Turns out it was $3000 for a new tank. I had another plumber quote me $600 for the same tank over the phone. And I was still out the $75 just to learn that Gillece is a rip-off. To me that's a scam.
Great experience with this company. Good service and reasonable. Called Gillece last Friday to come check our air conditioner. We tried to start our central air for the first time this year and it didn't work. Glad we got this done early, now we are good for the year!
Why do so many reviews sound like ads? – Why do all of their many negative ads read like they were written by real people, but the positive ads sound like they are expertly written to include details about their latest special and a nice story about emergency service or treating seniors well? I highly doubt that these are real reviews based on how many bad reviews are out there on other sites and complaints to the BBB against them. They tried to rip me off for thousands, buyer beware and do more research!
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"The purpose of the scavenger hunt is to help immerse the public in the history of the Copper Country," he said.
Baker said an information packet with the list of the 12 sites and a map can be picked up at all Copper Country Intermediate School District schools, the Calumet Visitor Center or the KNHP headquarters building, both on Red Jacket Road in Calumet Township.
On the list of locations, Baker said there are questions participants must answer. There are bonus questions, also, such as what was the other profession of Calumet & Hecla Mine Company Superintendent and President Alexander Agassiz, who was trained in zoology.
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Christina Lynn Barksdale, 26, was in municipal court Tuesday evening for a hearing on a prior shoplifting charge. Barksdale was there with her friend, Andrea Kristin DeCarlo, 20.
While at the courthouse, the women were both visibly intoxicated, Jacksonville police Chief Tommy Thompson said.
Additionally, court officials told police they caught Barksdale stealing from the women's restroom: She took two rolls of toilet paper, a can of Lysol and a bottle of soap, Thompson said.
As a result, Barksdale was charged with theft from a public building, a misdemeanor, and with public intoxication. Police also charged DeCarlo with three misdemeanors: possession of a controlled substance, being a minor in possession of alcohol and public intoxication.
Then, on Wednesday morning, Thompson took to Facebook about the incident, which he called "the talk of the department."
"I thought maybe we need to let the general public know," Thompson said.
He wrote a post about the arrests and the women's alleged behavior at court. The first post, published Wednesday morning, didn't include their names or photos, but asked Facebook users if police should post names and photos.
More than 600 people have liked the post, and more than 100 have commented. One commenter asked for the names and photos to be released so businesses could be aware of potential shoplifters.
That prompted Thompson to post on Facebook a second time, with the women's photographs and identities.
The chief said Facebook is a public forum, and he wanted to keep people informed of what was happening in their town.
The posts have received mixed reviews. Several of the comments found the incident humorous or defend police for posting the photos. Others thought police may have gone too far and even ask for prayers for the two women.
Thompson said the posts have drawn the most Facebook attention the Police Department has ever had. Asked if he would post something like this again, Thompson said he would, "if it's something out of the ordinary."
Thompson said Jacksonville police haven't developed a social media policy. Some other local departments with Facebook pages and Twitter accounts have developed such policies. At the Anniston Police Department, it's protocol to only post felony arrests.
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"The fear of having your face posted all over social media would be a deterrent," said George.
DeCarlo was released from the Jacksonville City Jail on Wednesday. Attempts Monday to contact her were unsuccessful.
Barksdale remains in jail and could serve up to six months and pay a $500 fine, police said.
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