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|Stripers and Coastal Gamefish Stripers, Blues, Inshore tuna!
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|Welcome back and looking forward to your reports.. I will look for you on South Beach this spring.
Oooooppps, I hit the wrong key.
Thanks Juro, It's good to be back and a big "Hello" to everyone else I had the pleasure meeting at Nickersons!
I'd agree with you 100% about the satisfaction of catching those smart, educated resident Bass in July and August.
No easy fish in that group.
I think the reason most of us love those guys is because we are challenging our ability level as an angler against the tuffest fish of the season. And to fool just one is an achievement.
Can't wait!!
Best fish's,
P.S. This is not the best photo, but it shows a pod of them in the center of the picture, cruiseing the beach.
Randy -
Thanks for your continued sponsorship of the FORUM and your entertaining reports. I hear Ray Charles is one heck of a fisherman, he just casts toward the vibes!
Those late summer bass are my absolute favorite. You might not have them stumbling to hook themselves but each fish you hook is very satisfying indeed.
After a long winter we deserve May fishing!
1,000's of Bass !!!
Southeast Cape Cod Inshore Wade Saltwater Fly/Spin Fishing Report's and Ramblings:
I hope you find my reports and articles entertainingly informative and mildly educational
I'll be posting daily fishing reports w/ photo's of the S.E. part of the Cape from a wade angler's perspective after May 21.
Sight Fishing the Outer Cape Cod Beaches
May 1, 2002 it was sunny and the surf was forecast to be 1 to 3 feet. As I walked out towards the open ocean on this cold blustery morning, memories of past surf sight fishing adventures filled my mind. Seeing thousands of Bass in a tide, watching them run almost between your feet. Fish (20-28 inch?s today) eager to inhale my almost perfectly cast fly or sluggo. It was all almost too easy.
What would today bring? All of the above.
If you?re the type of angler that loves to sight fish to some of the dumbest fish of the season than read on. Most flats anglers believe that sight fishing is a summer game, which can be done only on the flats. They say, May 1, the waters to cold, not on the flats yet, can?t sight fish until end of May. If I was to tell you all that presently there is a major migration of bass moving up the New England beaches that can be easily sight cast too with flies and lures would you believe me? This is some of the finest, easiest, world class sight fishing and it?s happening NOW, in your own backyard. Need a guide, nope. Need a boat, nope. Need to cast 60 feet, nope. Even Ray Charles could sight cast to these fish. So there?s even hope for Juro, Todd and the rest of you. (he-he)
First off, if you enjoy crowds, this is not for you. I walked about 3 miles that day and saw 1 person who was out for a long jog. I owned that beach! My only steady companion?s were the shimmer of the sun on these crystal clear water?s, the light colored sand beneath my feet, sound of the surf, a strong West wind that was being blocked by the high sand dunes, the adrenaline that kept racing up my back and over a 1,000 striped bass that passed me by during my tide.
If you have heart problems, than I would forego this type of fishing. It?s so peaceful and serene that when all of a sudden you sight 500 bass 100 yards down the beach and slowly approaching, your heart will start to race with the anticipation of what?s about to happen. The closer they get, the more your heart reminds you why you love this sport. For many years I?'ve experienced this reoccurring migration and my heart still races. Will this be a school of all keepers? Well they be blues? Will they come with in casting range? Will I flub up my first cast due to the excitement and have to go racing down the beach to get back in front of the school to present my fly again?
Here are a few helpful tips to help you along the path to hooking up in paradise
One of the simplest tips I could give you is if you don?t see them, don?t cast. They are simply not there. One of the best parts of this type of fishing is it?s a great time to stand up high on the dunes and chat with your friends. Keeping a watchful eye down the beach. When you see a large black blob moving slowly towards you, its time to walk to the shoreline and prepare to cast. Simply throw it out in front of or even right on their heads and get ready. It?s that simple. Any type of retrieve, at any speed, with any fly, lure will produce some action. There are NO smart or spooky fish in this bunch. It?s like taking candy from a baby. The best part is being able to see the follow, take, head shakes and then the run.
What direction should you be looking? Hmmmm lets see, that?s a tuff one. 100% of the fish are migrating up the coast line towards the North presently. I look in one direction only and that?s to the South. All of the outer Cape beaches either run North or South so you?ve got a 50-50 shot of getting it right. (he-he)
The 2 main ingredients you need to enjoy this banquet are sun and fairly calm seas for best results. What fly should you use? I find the ones that are beat up, falling apart; old ones that are gathering dust or the ones you tied and are too embarrassed to show to your friends work the best. Why use your nice ones when it does not make a difference to these fish. Big, small, bright or natural colors all work. Save your nicer ones for later in the season when you HAVE to match the hatch. Save your fluorocarbon for those educated resident bass in July and August. 9 foot - tapered to 16 lb. test works fine for me if I'm fly fishing or for spinning I'll go 12 lb. (The lighter your mono, the further you can cast your lures)
If you love to sight fish your quarry. Then its prime time to hit any outer Cape Cod beach for some of the finest and easiest sight fishing known to man.
Best Fish?s,
Randy Jones
5/5 Fishing Report and Ramblings:
Sunday morning caught myself surfing the Saltwater Web sites, sipping coffee, day dreaming of surf, blue bird skies, crystal clear water over light colored sand flats,
girls in bikinis (see photo- www.yankeeangler.com - fishing reports) - errrr I mean, cruising blues and bass on the shallow flat's.
5 fish - 2 o'clock! , throw it 12 O'clock, 50 feet ! O.K. , let it sit there, dont move it, stay low, here they come, get ready, Now strip it, strip it! faster, 2 fish just broke from the school, strip it - strip it, their nose is on it, there on it, keep stripping, their on it, He ate it! Ye-haa!! What a honk'a!!!
(John Halnon Photo's)
Some keepers are on Nantucket and a few select Cape area's.. Some lucky anglers are hitting 20-30 fish (schoolies) per hour of fishing in some Cape Cod locations.
Squid are presently making there migration around the Cape. Blues are showing up also. Whenever you have squid and schoolies the Blues are always close behind. Guess what fly I'd be throwing.
Lots of bait around. Look for a few pods of mackerel and shad to be present also.
(John Halnon Photo)
It's good to be back!
Randy Jones
(See Photo)
Andrew and (nine year old) brother Matt catches a keeper. It takes two to hold it up for the photo.
4/25 Early Saltwater Striper Report: Some keepers have been caught South of Cape Cod. Schoolies are arriving daily on the Cape. South side best. Tidal rivers, creeks, mud bottom preferred habitat. If you can find some warm water (55 degree's is best) then that's the spot to fish. Sinking line with a slow retrieve works best. Then throw on any old bright fly. If the slow retrieve dose not get them, then try a quick 1-1/2 foot strip. Bass need to be 28 inch's or better to keep them. The migration has started earlier than most anyone can remember. These are new, fresh fish.
Stay tuned for more important lessons learned on this never-ending virtual fishing trip with your host Randy "The Yankee Angler" and friends.
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Still working on the palindrome problem. Still no solution in sight.
Right now, I've got a system where I'm producing data from word interactions but the process for it is too slow when applied to the dataset (1.7 megs) that it needs to be applied to. Right now it's too slow to handle a tenth of that within four hours.
I'm working on ways to speed it up, but I have a feeling they're few and far between. My first try is a binary encoding of whether or not a word contains various letters of the alphabet (because then I can apply an operation to both and find out whether the words contain any common letters. If two words don't contain common letters, they sure as hell don't need lengthy regex comparison.)
Could be that I'm duplicating effort here, that the regex engine does this already, etc., but I don't think so, and even if it does, it's doing it 6 times or so, and I'm just trying to do it once.
The other side of this problem is that the hash insertion is taking longer and longer for each successive word. With a hundred, it's a non-issue. With over a billion...I'm thinking I'll need a database. I've got MySQL on this machine, and if I really had to I could install something else, so I'll noodle that around, implement it, run it on my test data, and see what happens. If it looks appreciably faster I'll throw it at 1/10 the amount of the full dataset, see what that looks like.
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No the RFM12BP (and lower power RFM12) uses a completely different RF chip. Although there are probably arduino code for it somewhere on the intarwebs since it's been around for a while.
What differences are between RFM22-S1 and RFM22-S2? Only the crystal size?
Today I received the Zitron PCB's, look much better in my hands than here in the pictures ! Now just need to buy the RFM22.
#define OUTA 18#define OUTB 19unsigned int duration = 500;void setup(){ pinMode(OUTA, OUTPUT); pinMode(OUTB, OUTPUT);}void loop(){ digitalWrite(OUTA,HIGH); digitalWrite(OUTB,LOW); delay(duration); digitalWrite(OUTB,HIGH); digitalWrite(OUTA,LOW); delay(duration);}
// rf22_specan// A simple spectrum analyser for the RF22// Uses the RSSI measurement to plot signal strength// against frequency// Specify the start and and requencies and the step size below.// The output is suitable for a VT100 terminal emulator// Note the baud rate is set to 115200 for better performance,// but you can change this to suit your needs//// TO DO: add some interactivity// Copyright Mike McCauley// modified to work with PC program// Zitron#include <RF22.h>#include <SPI.h>#include<stdlib.h>#define redLED 18#define greenLED 19char temp[51];uint8_t rssi;// Singleton instance of the radioRF22 rf22;void setup() { pinMode(redLED, OUTPUT); pinMode(greenLED, OUTPUT); Serial.begin(115200); if (!rf22.init()) Serial.println("RF22 init failed"); rf22.setModemConfig(RF22::GFSK_Rb2Fd5); rf22.setModeRx(); // Defaults after init are 434.0MHz, modulation GFSK_Rb2_4Fd36 digitalWrite(greenLED, HIGH);}float Start = 430;float End = 460;float Step = 0.1;float freq;void loop(){ ProcessRx(); for (freq = Start; freq < End; freq += Step) { rf22.setFrequency(freq); digitalWrite(redLED, LOW); delayMicroseconds(6000); // Let the freq settle digitalWrite(redLED, HIGH); rssi = rf22.rssiRead(); Serial.print(rssi, DEC); Serial.print(","); //Serial.println(dtostrf(freq,0,3,temp)); } Serial.println(); //Serial.println("");}void ProcessRx() { byte n = 0; byte m = 0; char* sptr1; char* tempstr; if (Serial.available()) { temp[n] = Serial.read(); while ((temp[n] != '\n')&&(n<50)) { if (Serial.available()) { n++; temp[n] = Serial.read(); } } //Serial.println(temp); tempstr = strtok_r(temp,",\n",&sptr1); do { switch (m) { case 0: // Wheel 1 Start = atof(tempstr); break; case 1: // Wheel 2 End = atof(tempstr); break; case 2: // Wheel 3 Step = atof(tempstr); break; } m++; } while (tempstr = strtok_r(NULL, ",\n",&sptr1)); }}
Hi I loaded both versions now and they seem to work great . thanx , one question , they PC application seem to very slow updating the graph
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|Warmwater flyfishing Bass, pike and even muskies in your backyard
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|very interesting. I had no idea that they were, in a word, "native" to that area. I had always placed a dogfish as a warmer water creature. Just shows that I don't know everything! Still a catch of a lifetime!!!
Thanks for your comments guys- I did a little search and turned up some info on bowfin. If you are interested I've attached a URL and a couple of clips from the page on bowfin. The first paragraph seems to explain how I caught one - the pond it was in is a bay off of Lake Ontario. I know a fisheries biologist who says they are relatively common up here. The second paragraph describes the fish as being capable of gulping air. --My office mate told me a story about a bowfin he caught years ago- they landed it- got it in the boat where it came of the hook and slithered under the seat. The story goes that 4 hours later the fish was still alive - for all that time no one would reach in to grab it because it would slither out hissing at them! Sounds like a tough fish to me. Fortunately the one I caught was a bit more docile!
Millions of years ago the family Amiidae contained many species and had nearly a global distribution. Gradually members of this very ancient lineage became extinct until today only a single species, Amia calva, remains. Amia's distribution is restricted to North America, covering the majority of the Mississippi basin, extending east along the Gulf Coast, covereing the entire peninsula of Florida and extending north up the Atlantic Coast to the Pennsylvania/New Jersey section of the Delaware River. As with many North American aquatics, Amia migrated east through the Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence River basin into Lake Champlain.
Amia is an easily recognized fish. It has a single continuous dorsal fin that runs from the mid-body almost to the tail. Amia's tail has a single lobe and appears to be nearly circular. There is frequently a black spot at the base of the tail near the dorsal edge. Amia has a rather large head with two barbels projecting anteriorly from its nose. Unlike most of the other fish Amia's swim bladder functions much like a lung, allowing this fish to gulp air when dissolved oxygen levels become dangerously low in the weed beds where it lives.
|i would speculate that Q is right on the money. Certianly not a native fish to your neck of the woods. I have caught a few "dogfish" on the fly before, and they can be tenacious fighters. Western Ky has a healthy bowfin population, especially in inlets and oxbows of the ohio and Mississippi. Eastern Ky has a few in its north fork of the Ky and the Big Sandy, where the water tends to be a lot more tepid than the mountain streams. All and all, still a great catch!!!!!!!!
Interesting catch! It's always fun to add a new (or should I say very old?) species to the life list. I remember several years ago someone caught a bowfin while ice fishing in a lake in my town. The species is not native to that lake and they speculated that someone had netted some baitfish from another body of water and got a juvie bowfin in the mix, and then dumped the leftover bait into the lake here. Good thing they didn't release a male and female so they could breed!
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You've caught a fish that's prehistoric! Can't say that I've ever caught one, but that must have been a truly unique experience.
A rare fish to add to your lifelist.
New species for me
I just had to share this one with you guys- I caught it up on a small bay off of Lake Ontario back in June. What a surprise for me. We were fishing for pike when I felt a thump on the deceiver pattern I had tied on. I couldn't figure out what it was at first- a bullhead I thought?- when I got it in I realized what it was - a bowfin!
Has anyone else ever caught one of these on a fly- or at all? I have fished this particular bay/pond quite a bit but never caught anything like it before. The only other time I have seen one was in an aquarium run by the DEC up on the St.Lawrence.
I still can't catch a carp though!
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Caesars Entertainment (CZR) announced a first-quarter loss wider than analysts expected, and revenue that came in below estimates after Wednesday's bell.
Net loss per share came in at $1.74 a share on net revenues of $2.14 billion; revenues were down 2.9% from the year-ago period. Analysts had expected, on average, a loss of $1.46 a share on revenue of $2.19 billion.
Caesar's stock fell 4.5% in Wednesday's trading session, and is down 7.1% this week. In latest postmarket action, it was down 3.5%.
From the earnings statement:
"During the first quarter, we made significant progress in expanding and upgrading our existing facilities, particularly in Las Vegas," said Gary Loveman, Caesars Entertainment's chairman, president and chief executive officer. "We opened the Nobu Hotel and restaurant at Caesars Palace, began the conversion of the former Bill's Gamblin' Hall & Saloon into a luxury lifestyle resort to be known as Gansevoort Las Vegas and continued work on the Linq retail, dining and entertainment experience expected to open in phases beginning in the fourth quarter. We also continued with room upgrades at The Quad Resort & Casino and Bally's Las Vegas.
"On the other hand, Atlantic City continued to struggle with economic and competitive pressures and a slow recovery from the impact of Hurricane Sandy, while a nationwide slowdown in casino customer spending as the year began and the strong growth recorded in the 2012 first quarter resulted in an unfavorable comparison for the 2013 first quarter," said Loveman.
Not everyone was entirely down on the company after earnings, however. In a note published after the announcement, RBC Capital Markets analyst John Kempf wrote
At first glance, CZR results were a touch better than our estimates. Property EBITDA of $488.5MM declined 8.5% Y/Y but was 3.7% better than our $471.3MM estimate and the consensus estimate of $471.0MM. The variance was primarily attributable to better than expected results in Atlantic City and from its Managed, International and Other segment, despite Y/Y declines in both. Despite the slight beat, EBITDA continues to decline and the company's capital structure remains the larger issue. Of note, CZR repurchased $118.7MM face value of its CMBS debt (PropCo) for $71.8MM (~$0.605 on the dollar) during the quarter.


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The lecture, titled "John Marshall and the Myth of Marbury," will look at the Supreme Court's power of judicial review, which was established in the 1803 case of Marbury v. Madison. Clinton is the author of "Marbury v. Madison and Judicial Review," which challenges widely held assumptions about the seminal case and the origins of constitutional judicial review.
Clinton is chair of the Department of Political Science at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. He is the author of "God and Man in the Law: The Foundations of Anglo-American Constitutionalism" and currently is working on a history of the Marshall Court.
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I really like Hurst out of UNC....very good lateral movement, strong and has played exceptionally well this season.
I doubt he makes it out of the top 15, but Su'a Filo of UCLA will most likely be the best guard in the draft.
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NPGA has joined with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in calling for Congress to repeal Section 9006 of the recently enacted health care reform law before it goes into effect in 2012. Unless this section, referred colloquially to as the 1099 reporting mandate, is repealed, 40 million entities, including governments, nonprofits, and businesses of all sizes will be subjected to onerous data collection and IRS information filing burdens on virtually all non-credit card purchases totaling $600 or more with any vendor in a tax year. This includes office supplies, shipping costs, and telephone and internet services.
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...it's way over your head. Raving lunatics like you can't comprehend what sane American Constitutional believers are providing for like-minded Americans to rally around.Tea Party Patriots Mission Statement and Core Values
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By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 12:38 PM GMT on April 14, 2009
Louisiana State University (LSU) will not renew the contract of controversial hurricane scientist Ivor van Heerden, according to nola.com . Dr. van Heerden has been stripped of his title as deputy director of the LSU Hurricane Center, and will lose his job in May 2010. The Director of the LSU Hurricane Center, engineering professor Marc Levitan, resigned from that post in protest over the firing of van Heerden. LSU has given no reason why it is removing Dr. van Heerden, but said it was not because of his performance. Van Heerden, who holds a Ph.D. degree in marine sciences from LSU, was one of the most outspoken scientists on the vulnerability of New Orleans before Katrina struck in 2005. He worked extensively with FEMA, the Army Corps of Engineers, and political figures at the local, state, and U.S. Congressional levels to try to improve New Orleans' disaster readiness. In the aftermath of the storm, he provided support for the search and rescue efforts and plugging of the levee breaches, then headed one of the teams assigned to figure out what caused the levees to fail. PBS's NOVA did a nice story on him in 2006, featuring interviews before and after Katrina. He was highly critical of the Army Corps of Engineers and politicians at the local, state, and federal level for allowing the Katrina disaster to happen, and for their abysmal response to the storm's aftermath.
It is no surprise that van Heerden has been fired, as he has also been very critical of the LSU administration. His May 2006 book, The Storm: What went wrong and why during Hurricane Katrina--the inside story from one Louisiana scientist, (see my review), tells of a case in November 2005 after Katrina where two LSU assistant chancellors told him to stop talking to the press, because it was "hurting LSU's quest for federal funding across the board." Van Heerden further remarked:
A balanced view on research is lacking at many universities obsessed with competing for the big brownie points, where upper administrators' egos and boasting rights are more important than solving problems to the benefit of society at large. You would think that our work before, during, and after Katrina might have turned some heads at LSU, but not really. Witness the gag order placed on me by the school during the levee investigation a couple of months later (soon rescinded with apologies)
Van Heerden is a big proponent of building a flood protection system that will protect Louisiana from a Category 5 hurricane. He proposes doing this by restoring wetlands, building armored levees, and installing huge flood gates on Lake Pontchartrain, similar to what the Dutch use to protect their country from the North Sea. I especially like his emphasis on the importance of doing good science. He is not a fan of what politicians and business leaders do with good science:
The science is the easy part. The hard part is overcoming the narrow-mindedness and selfishness of politics and business as usual. For decades the two have undermined plan after plan to restore wetlands, build new ones, and thereby protect people and property. They have played hell with improving the existing levee system. We must do better now, or we can kiss it all good-bye for good. I was not exaggerating in the introduction when I said that politics and business as usual in Louisiana will eventually put everything below Interstate 10 underwater. Science and engineering can save the day, but not if they're censored or manipulated. If that's to be the case, just shelve them and start packing. It's over.
According to an article in The Nation, Dr. van Heerden is scheduled to testify in a trial that begins in federal court on April 20. Judge Stanwood Duval will rule on a claim by six homeowners that the Corps failed to heed environmental laws in building and maintaining the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet shipping shortcut, which they claim led to the catastrophic flooding of New Orleans during Katrina. A second trial will begin shortly after that--a large class action suit seeking hundreds of millions in damages from the Corps. When Dr. van Heerden was first asked to testify at these trials in spring 2007, LSU's then-president, Sean O'Keefe, told plaintiffs' attorneys that if van Heerden testified against the Corps he would be fired (O'Keefe had served as head of NASA under George W. Bush between 2001 - 2005, and stepped down as LSU chancellor in January 2008). According to van Heerden, the LSU president said "nobody from LSU was going to embarrass the Bush administration or upset the major Republican companies that benefit from Corps of Engineers contracts." LSU has officially blocked Dr. van Heerden from testifying as an "expert witness" in the upcoming trials, but he can still testify as a "fact witness".
Regardless of where he winds up next, I'm sure Van Heerden will continue to voice his valuable views on the science of what is best for Louisiana and New Orleans. In an interview with the Associated Press, Dr. van Heerden said Friday he would appeal the college's decision and was considering legal action. "Before going that route, I hope LSU will recognize the signal they've sent to the world is that academic freedom does not exist at LSU. The folks who are going to lose in this is LSU, not me. I will find a job rather easily. There have already been some offers."
Less politics and better science would go a long ways towards reducing our vulnerability to hurricanes. Ivor van Heerden has been a much-needed critical voice in advocating this, and I applaud his tenacity in calling it as he sees it. Louisiana very much needs Dr. van Heerden's input over the coming decades on how to move ahead to protect the vulnerable coast of the state against the twin threats of hurricanes and rising sea levels. The move by Louisiana's flagship university to silence his voice should concern everyone in the path of the next Katrina.
Jeff Masters
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It seems we want the gov. to be involved in certain aspects of our private lives...for example abortion, birth control, healthcare, (medicare, medicaid, VA.), but to keep their noses out of other areas ie., banking, business regulation, environmental concerns, etc.
It seems to me that gov. intrusion into the private sector depends on what and how they're are doing it, and how it effects you and your particular political philosophy.
Some do not want, the gov. to be involved in aspects of our private lives, for example on income or taxes paid, healthcare, banking, the environment etc.
The reality is that the gov. has been allowed,(by us) intrusion into every aspect of our private lives.
Both parties, R and D focus on this.
In the coming election I intend to side with Franco and many other Libertarians and vote for GJ.
I do not believe that he will win, but it is time to start a different direction, which starts with a small step. R's and D's no longer serve us.
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Fiona Ferguson claimed in her resignation email – which was placed online by councillors – that leader of the council Jim Currie had threatened to sack her from her Cabinet post if she revealed the details of the lie detector test being used.
The Voice Risk Analysis (VRA) software – which is known as a lie detector test – is allegedly being used by company Capita which has been employed by the council to carry out a review of people claiming single person's council tax discount.
The relief allows anyone living on their own to claim 25% of their council tax bills. Letters were sent out to those claiming the benefit last year and these were being followed up with telephone interviews.
During these interviews, Mrs Ferguson claims, the company was going to use VRA.
On Capita's website it states that VRA is "capable of identifying stress and emotion in a caller's voice pattern".
In her resignation email to Mr Currie she states that VRA had previously been reviewed by the Department of Work and Pensions which found that it was not reliable.
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I have discussed this matter with the monitoring officer. He has advised me that, as this is an operational matter in relation to a contract that the council has already entered into, he strongly advises me that I should not require that this software is not used. If, contrary to his advice, I maintain my stance that we must not use this software then officers will comply provided you also agree.In a statement Cornwall Council said that the interviews were being carried out to verify details provided by claimants.
You have made it clear to me that you will not agree. Indeed, you have said that I will be 'sacked' if I inform members that this software will be used.
That will not be necessary. Please accept my resignation with immediate effect.
May I say that I have no reason whatsoever to believe that you were aware of this aspect of the contract before I drew it to your attention. I also appreciate that you are in a difficult position in view of the monitoring officer's advice.
But I do not believe that his advice is correct and I cannot accept it on ethical grounds. I also do not believe that it will help the council to pursue fraud (which we must surely do) if the public think we are using this software.
Finally, I fear that it will be extremely damaging to our reputation.
Therefore, I am launching a petition to require any use of this type of technology to be approved by full council.
It said: "These interviews will be carried out by trained assessors who will use specialist technology to assist this process. This technology has been successfully used by a number of local authorities carrying out similar reviews. All claimants will be advised that the calls will be recorded, monitored and used for fraud prevention purposes."
- What is the problem here? It's not as if the software makes decisions. It just suggests which cases might be investigated further.
Council tax single person discount fraud costs between £60m and £300m, depending on who you believe - the DWP figure is the lowest, of course.
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Johnny Manziel thwarts Alabama once again, gentle readers. Young Master Football's Heisman Trophy victory means the Tide will be unable to complete the celebrated Switzer Sweep of winning the BCS championship, Fulmer Cup and Heisman Trophy in a single year, as Auburn did not too long ago. But 'Bama's making up for missing out on the third element of the Slam by going after the second as it does on the football field: With alarming depth and relentless tenacity.
Crimson Tide running back Brent Calloway, linebacker Tyler Hayes, defensive lineman D.J. Pettway and safety Eddie Williams have all been arrested and charged in connection with an incident in which two students were robbed, and a credit card obtained in the attack was used to purchase ... vending machine snacks? College! Charge details, per the Associated Press:
Pettway and Hayes were charged with second-degree robbery. Williams was charged with fraudulent use of a credit card and second-degree robbery. Calloway was charged with fraudulent use of a credit card.
In an extra legal flourish, Williams was previously arrested just this past Sunday for carrying a gun without a permit.
All four players have been suspended from the football team; Nick Saban offers up this statement: "The young men charged are indefinitely suspended as we continue to gather information and talk to the appropriate people. The University and football program have strict guidelines regarding issues of this magnitude. This behavior is unacceptable for any student-athlete at the University of Alabama and not representative of our football program."


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Hannibal Lecter (Silence of the Lambs) The Good Doctor should come with his straight jacket and a removable mask
Ellen Ripley (Alien(s) Movies)-the greatest chick-hero ever should come with the little girl Newt. Why the hell was Hasbro's Aliens line made without any human characters at all?
Indiana Jones (IJ Trilogy) is Hasbro doesn't produce a line of these figures, just Indy would definatley be a good Movie Maniac
John Rambo (Rambo trilogy) Ok, they made us a toy of Arnie the Terminator, so how about a figure of Sylvester "The Other Guy" Stallone? This dude oughta come with a big gun or in a bow-firing position
DeLorean (Back to the Future) true, McFarlene seems to keep their Movie Maniacs horror and action related, but they have produced lines for Austin Powers and Strange Brew. A boxed set with the car, Marty McFly and Dr. Emmet Brown would kick ***.
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By Teresa M. Walker/The Associated Press
Lionel Hollins says the Memphis Grizzlies have told him they will not renew his contract as head coach, even though he's the winningest coach in the franchise's history coming off the team's first trip to the Western Conference finals.
WMC-TV in Memphis first reported Monday that Hollins said his contract would not be renewed.
The Grizzlies did not have any immediate comment.
Hollins' contract expires June 30, and his future with the team has been unsettled since the Spurs swept the Grizzlies in the West finals. Hollins has been the Grizzlies' coach since replacing Marc Iavaroni in January 2009. He led Memphis to a better record each season since then, including a franchise-best 56-26 record this season. The Grizzlies beat first the Clippers, then top-seeded Oklahoma City in the playoffs.


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We discovered this recipe on vacation in Florida when we needed something simple to make with excellent Ahi. Excellent! We make it without skewers or watercress as a main course. Flavor is excellent, simple to prepare with complex Flavors and reasonably heathy. We made it again tonight for the 3rd time in 3 months, served with jasmine rice and a salad with red pepper and mango, with Newman's low-fat sesame dressing.
This recipe is so easy but looks impressive. I simplified it even more by using Trader Joe's wasabi mayo - no need to prep the dipping sauce! Use the best tuna you can find from your fishmonger and keep it on the rare side when cooking. Don't overdo it on the soy sauce, while my guests loved it, I thought it was a tad salty.
This was really excellent and super easy! I think the quality of the tuna is key. Got some great sushi grade tuna at our local farmer's market (although I don't think you need sushi grade since the tuna is seared). Had 2 1-lb tuna pcs which I cut into quarters and seared for about a minute total; then cut into chunks. Put chunks on arugla with mayo in a bowl in the middle. Had toothpicks and pickled ginger on the side. Would not bother with the ginger next time. Brought it to a party and everybody loved it.
I've served this on skewers for a cocktail party per the recipe. I've also prepared the fish in grilled steaks over Asian inspired salad greens with a dash of sesame seeds, a ginger vinaigrette, and the wasabi mayo on the side. Any way you serve this, it will be a big hit!
Delish--easy & great for when you have guests. I too added a couple drops of soy sauce to the mayo -- be sure to dry your tuna well so it browns quickly. Great over a salad too
Made this for a holiday party and it was a huge hit. I loved he wasabi mayo-- it was surprisingly good. An easy item to make for a party or even bring. I didn't have pickled ginger but it came out just fine.
Fabulous for a cocktail party. All of them got eaten and several people asked for the recipe. A little time intensive to assemble, but then totally done before the party starts. We served them individually on long toothpicks.
Made this for a party this week and it was a big hit. Cooked the steaks whole then sliced and kept chilled til just before the party. Very easy to skewer and serve. The wasabi mayo was great with our roast beef sandwiches and also the smoked salmon I served. Everyone loved it.
Wow! This was so good and so easy to make! Had it as a dinner entree over rice with a side of green beans with ginger and cashews (from this site). Tweaked the wasabi mayo a little bit by using part greek yogurt. Also, made a soy dipping sauce (from this site). Perfect meal! Can't wait to make them as hors d'oeuvres for a party.
With this recipe, I experimented with salmon, since it doesn't have that much fish bone. I also heated some sliced ginger with the oil just so there is no fishy smell as well as give the fish a little bit sweet taste. If we are going to serve this to kids, we could have sour cream. because wasabi has a rather strong taste for kids. Overall, I love the original recipe and will serve it again in upcoming occasions :)


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Can Rivers Deliver a Clippers' Championship?
September 5, 2013
By Mitch Chortkoff
Sports Editor
This is new territory for all of us.
Frankly, getting used to it is quite an adjustment.
The Clippers were laughed at or merely ignored for as long as I can remember, with the exception being an occasional season.
The Lakers won 16 NBA championships and ruled Los Angeles.
Now a season is approaching where the Clippers appear to have not only the better team but a better-functioning organization.
But in true Clipper fashion, a first round playoff exit last season reversed the momentum. The Clippers reverted to their old tricks, firing Vinny del Negro after he coached the team to 56 wins, including an 18-game winning streak.
So the Clippers expect more. A deeper run in the playoffs, perhaps an NBA championship.
Doc Rivers was lured away from the Boston Celtics. He has an NBA championship on his resume.
So, now what?
I'm pleased to reveal that Rivers agrees with me by saying del Negro did an outstanding job.
"Vinny did a lot of good things here and we want to continue those things," said Rivers.
"That's why I've been looking at a lot of films from last season."
However, Rivers sees areas where improvement should come. First, the acquisition of Jared Dudley and J.J. Redick should improve outside shooting so every possession doesn't depend on the excellence of Chris Paul and Blake Griffin
And some more productive reserves. Fourteen-year NBA veteran Antwan Jamison was supposed to bolster the Lakers last season but produced career lows in scoring and rebounding as he he struggled under Coach Mike D'Antoni.
He has signed with the Clippers as a free agent and gets another opportunity to provide veteran leadership.
Seven-foot center Byron Mullens isn't a big name and his acquisition by the Clippers has been largely overlooked. But he's a capable big man who should be valuable when starting center DeAndre Jordan isn't producing.
The Clippers are knocking on the door. But they need to crash through. So far they haven't done it.
"We haven't arrived so we have a lot of work to do," said Rivers.
Rivers is in the process of moving from one coast to another. He embraces the challenge of getting the Clippers to break through.
Nationally last season, the Lakers' troubles were a bigger story than the Clippers' success.
If the Clippers are going to be the big deal in Los Angeles they'll require a championship.
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This Friday, the Portland Museum of Art stages the last of this year's Artist Intervention series, a program launched in January 2012 in which local professional artists create on-site performances and installations to complement the visitor experience. We spoke with Kimberly Convery, local artist and curator of December's art walk intervention.
SO TELL ME ABOUT THE ARTIST INTERVENTION. YOU'VE BEEN DOING THESE FOR A WHILE, RIGHT? Yeah, we do it every other month. At the beginning of 2012, (Museum Assistant Director of Family and Studio Learning) Julia (Einstein) put a group of eight of us together (Convery, Clint Fulkerson, Karen Gelardi, Joe Kievitt, John Knight, Daniel Minter, Rob Sullivan, and Shoshannah White). We meet once every three months to hang out in the galleries, draw, and talk — kind of like an art society — with the intent that we become more connected to the museum collection.
AND THE EIGHT OF YOU TAKE TURNS ASSEMBLING AN INTERVENTION? Exactly. They're all different. For example, Joe Kievitt did an audio tour of his favorite spots in the museum, so visitors walked around and listened to his voice. Clint Fulkerson filmed himself making a drawing on the third floor and projected it down on the first, so visitors would come in and see it and have to go find him.
SO NOT EVERYONE BRINGS ABOARD OTHER ARTISTS. No, that's just what I wanted to do. I wanted the experience to be an interruption for the viewer. Instead of just me, another artist, drawing in a gallery, I thought, 'Why don't we make this really overwhelming for people?' So that when they come in, it's not just that I'm there; there's artists at work everywhere, you're almost tripping over them.
SO CAN YOU SHARE A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT? Some. I did the very first intervention, but I really wanted to try it again, so I got a few different people in this time, and we all have a better idea of what it's about and what we can do. For example, Jeff Badger's doing this crazy installation with Harold Philbrook: he's boxing himself in one of the windows on the staircase, and they've built a contraption and are performing inside it. And Galen (Richmond)'s hanging his circuit-bent TVs on the stairs between the third floor window and the fourth floor, and they'll be sound-reactive. We're able to get away with a lot more this time.
SO HOW MANY ARTISTS ARE INVOLVED IN THIS ONE? About fourteen, plus a performance by Hersey State on the third floor.
SO IT'LL PROBABLY BE THE SINGLE NIGHT OF THE YEAR WHERE THE MOST LOCAL ARTISTS ARE COLLECTED IN THE MUSEUM. Right.
OR THE MOST LOCAL LIVING ARTISTS, ANYWAY. Right. And it's all professional artists. No one's trying to sell anything, we're doing this because we love the museum and opportunity. Like Adriane Herman's involved and Jim Chute —
— WHAT'S ADRIANE HERMAN DOING? Well, she does these list projects, so since it's the holidays, she's doing this piece where part of it she asks people for whatever lists they have on them. But it's not set in stone; anything could happen. And unlike last time, I'm doing a piece in it too. I'm filling a room with paper chains like I did for Sacred and Profane.
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Wasan Productions and Al-Arabiya
February 23, 2006, in Samarra, Iraq
Al-Falahi, 39, and Khairallah, 36, were employees of Wasan Productions who were on assignment for Al-Arabiya. The crew was on the outskirts of the city covering the bombing of the Shiite shrine Askariya, also known as the Golden Mosque.
Al-Arabiya Executive Editor Nabil Khatib said the station lost phone contact with the crew on the evening of February 22. A fixer for Wasan Productions told the station later that armed men driving a white car had attacked the crew after demanding to know the whereabouts of the on-air correspondent.
Medium: Television
Job: Camera Operator
Beats Covered: War
Gender: Male
Local or Foreign: Local
Freelance: Yes
Type of Death: Murder
Suspected Source of Fire: Political Group
Impunity: Yes
Taken Captive: No
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I am a medical oncologist whose research and clinical activities focus on treating patients with pancreatic and hepatobiliary malignancies. I work very closely with a team of surgeons, oncologists, and radiation therapists to determine and provide the best treatment for patients with these diseases.
My research initiatives include the integration of molecular and genetic-based therapies into the treatment of pancreas cancer, developing adjuvant and neoadjuvant therapies, and identifying biomarkers that may be used to select therapy. I also teach and mentor national and international oncology fellows, junior faculty, residents, and house staff and have received numerous teaching awards.
I am the principal investigator of multiple phase I, II, and III clinical trials in pancreas cancer and have authored and co-authored many articles, editorials, and book chapters. I am also Associate Chair of MSK's Institutional Review and Privacy Board (IRB), a member of the Research Council, and Chair of the Continuing Medical Education (CME) committee.
Nationally, I am the Chair of the NCI Pancreas Task Force, a member of the Alliance GI Core Committee, and serve on the Scientific Advisory Board of the Pancreas Cancer Action Network, NCCN Pancreas panel, Board of the National Pancreas Foundation, and ASCO IMT committee. I received my medical degree from Trinity College at Dublin University in Ireland, where I was born.
- Clinical Expertise: Esophageal Cancer; Gastric Cancer; Pancreatic, Hepatobiliary, and Colorectal Cancers; Unknown Primary Tumors
- Awards and Honors: New York Magazine Top Doctors (2005-2016)
- Languages Spoken: English
- Education: MD, Trinity College
- Residencies: Internal Medicine - St. James's Hospital
- Fellowships: Internal Medicine/Medical Oncology - St. Vincent's Hospital; Medical Oncology - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Medicine - Cornell University Medical Center
- Board Certifications: Internal Medicine (Ireland)
Visit PubMed for a full listing of Eileen M. O'Reilly's journal articlesPubmed is an online index of biomedical articles maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.
Clinical Trials
Research is integral to our mission at Memorial Sloan Kettering, and clinical trials help us discover better forms of patient care and treatment. For you, this could mean access to a new therapy or therapy combination. Click to see a list of the trials I'm currently leading.
Clinical Trials Led by Eileen M. O'Reilly
- A Phase I Study of MVT-5873 Alone or with Chemotherapy in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer and Other CA19-9 Positive Tumors
- A Phase Ib Study of Immunotherapy with RO6895882 plus Atezolizumab in Patients with Locally Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumors
- A Phase II Study Comparing Chemotherapy Alone and with Radiation Therapy before Surgery in Patients with Borderline Operable Pancreatic Cancer
- Two Phase II Studies of Veliparib for Pancreatic Cancer with a BRCA or PALB2 Mutation: Gemcitabine & Cisplatin with/without Veliparib in Untreated Pancreatic Cancer (Part I) & Veliparib Alone for Patients with Previously Treated Pancreatic Cancer (Part…
Clinical Trials Co-Investigated by Eileen M. O'Reilly
- A Phase I Study of Galunisertib and Durvalumab Immunotherapy in Patients with Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
- A Phase I Study of Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy after Chemotherapy for Locally Advanced Inoperable Pancreatic Cancer
- A Phase Ib Study of PF-04136309 plus Gemcitabine and Nab-Paclitaxel in Patients with Previously Untreated Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
- A Phase III Study of Olaparib versus Placebo as Maintenance Therapy in Patients with BRCA-Mutated Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer with Stable Disease after Platinum-Based Chemotherapy
- A Phase III Trial Evaluating Both Erlotinib and Chemoradiation as Adjuvant Treatment for Patients with Resected Pancreatic Cancer
- A Pilot Study of Gemcitabine, Nab-Paclitaxel, PEGPH20, and Rivaroxaban for Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
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Drake shows off comedic talent on Saturday Night Live
Hip-hop star Drake returned to his acting roots this weekend (18Jan14) as he showed off his best impressions of rap mentor Lil Wayne and embattled baseball ace Alex Rodriguez on hit U.S. sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live. The Best I Ever Had hitmaker served as this week's guest host and he pulled on a series of different wigs and costumes as he portrayed a geeky teenager, a dorky dad at a slumber party, and an energetic Disney World employee in an Indiana Jones stunt-show-gone-wrong.
However, the highlights saw Drake spoofing a number of famous faces – he kicked off the show portraying suspended New York Yankees player Rodriguez as he was quizzed about his steroids scandal by Taran Killam, posing as British CNN newsman Piers Morgan. The segment also featured Kate McKinnon's impersonation of Justin Bieber, who had to fend off questions about his recent 'egging' vandalism controversy.
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Pimco's Bill Gross, rarely shy about sharing his views on the bond market, penned a piece in today's Financial Times that offers a sharp rebuke of the inherent leverage in corporate bond markets today and says investors are largely unaware of the consequent risks. Gross compared today's corporate bond situation to that found immediately before the credit crisis in constant proportion debt obligations (CPDOs), structured finance innovations that leveraged credit spreads while receiving triple-A credit ratings but subsequently suffered massive losses:
Today there is s similar CPDO character to many risk markets, and corporate credit serves as a useful illustration of a broader phenomenon. While spreads are not as narrow and prices as high as five years ago, hundreds of billions of investment dollars are pouring into corporate bonds on the assumption that credit spreads are the least overpriced asset class in a world of near-zero sovereign interest rates.
Gross, steward of the behemoth Pimco Total Return (PTTRX) bond fund, says that sovereign debt rating cuts have accelerated the "gold rush" into corporate credit and fueled a belief that some multinational companies are safer bets than some governments. (Barron's and this blog have written at length about uncommon risks in today's corporate bond market, most recently here and here.)


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I've not seen one episode this go-round. That sucks! Too many irons in the fire lately......
I've not seen one episode this go-round. That sucks! Too many irons in the fire lately......
¡Que la fuerza te acompañe!
Mrs. TI7 and I have recorded all episodes. We just need time away from our distractors to watch!
¡Que la fuerza te acompañe!
Jet and Cord, you're disappointing me! You're a strong team but are making too many stupid little mistakes! Get it together, boys!!
And did Caite play with her boobs on national TV?
Yee ha, Cowboys!!!! What a way to come back!
The coach and daughter just made some dumb basic mistakes. They were a competitive team, and I would've liked to see them get a little further along in the game.
Yea, Carol and Brandy are gone!!!!! They had a bad/negative/nasty attitude since day one. They acted more like first-graders than grown women, IMO.
At this point, I think it's anyone's game to win.
Glad the cops are still in it. I kinda had a feeling they would be since there are at least two more weeks of show left.
I don't know what would've been more difficult: the noodles, the model or the puzzle. I think the puzzle would've been challenging even without the wind.
I finally saw about 20 minutes of AR for the first time this season. Hopefully, I can see the next two episodes in their entirety. Looks like I've missed a good one
¡Que la fuerza te acompañe!
Wouldn't you know it! Oh, well maybe I can see the finish.
Since the layoffs at work, I'm either working my nalgas off or recuperating from the bazillion hours we have to work to make up the difference.
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Well done?
:barf: I never eat anything from a Bills fan. We'll see ya in Miami.
I'm just messin' around. THe majority of you thought it would be an easy victory. Glad we could prove you wrong.
Till next time. :peace:
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This game had me nervous all along
(vegetarian) Indian word for lousy hunter.
Thanks nublar7 for the great sig!
Yes. I take that statement back. Some thought it would be a good game.
I'm merely calling out everyone who thought it'd be an easy victory, looking ahead to Tampa Bay.
Some of you were logical, most were not.
I'm by no means saying the Bills are going anywhere this year, but crow is deserved in some cases.
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You showed class all along.
LOL!!!! Good game Bills!Originally Posted by CalDolFan10x14
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did you beat tampa?
Yup!! And.........Originally Posted by calphin
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Peacefully lost our beautiful girl Jiggy to cancer today.
Jig was an exciting girl with TONS of talent and personality. She was a daughter of FC/AFC-Cosmo and my Dancy-MH. An incredible competitor, Jiggy only handled on one mark while obtaining her JH, SH, and MH titles. She was a tough little girl. You see, Jiggy broke her leg at 7 months that required 2 rods. During her daily rehab walks Jig always had a bumper in her mouth. Then at the age of 7 Jiggy had TPLO surgery after tearing her ACL. Never did she lose her desire to retrieve or hog the Dokken duck, even while battling cancer. She was a special girl out of a breeding that produced 3 Field Champions. Unfortunately for her, she ended up staying with us and never had the chance to run field trials. Our love and respect for her is immeasurable. I will miss sitting next to her in the duck blind, sharing the seat on the 4-wheeler, and that timely 7:00 pm head butt for a scratch on the head from dad.
Rest we'll my sweet girl!!!


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Von Maur got its start like many of its department store peers: An immigrant with an American dream opened a downtown store, customers came, they shopped, the brand took hold and took off.
In the case of the midwestern upscale department store banner Von Maur, the dreamer was German immigrant J.H.C. Petersen, who opened a downtown storefront in Davenport, Iowa, in 1872. He and his sons grew the business and sold it nearly a half-century later to a partnership that included two Austrian brothers -- C.J. and Cable von Maur, whose family gained full ownership by 1937.
The concept operated under various names until 1989, when it became simply Von Maur, but was contained in Iowa and Illinois until the mid-1990s, when it expanded its geographic reach into Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota and Nebraska, then into Michigan and Ohio a decade later.
Today, under the leadership of the von Maur family -- co-chairmen Charles and Richard, and president Jim -- the privately held company is continuing to grow. The first Von Maur store in metro Atlanta opened in November 2011 at North Point Mall, joined by a second -- at Perimeter Mall -- a year later. Supplementing the 27 open-and-operating stores are full-line department stores in the works for The Corners in Brookfield, Wis.; Eastview Mall in Rochester, N.Y.; Quail Springs Mall in Oklahoma City; and Riverchase Galleria in Hoover, Ala.
Slow and steady has been the chain's mantra. It continues to open two to three Von Maur stores each year, and is growing its women's apparel specialty concept Dry Goods at about the same pace. The 4,000-sq.-ft. mall banner is at eight stores and counting.
Von Maur has plenty of hallmarks. It offers interest-free credit cards. It provides free gift wrap. Live pianists perform daily in the sweeping atriums. The shoe department is unmatched. In fact, fashion is what drives the company; that's what president Jim von Maur told me during our lengthy interview that served as the basis for this real estate cover story and for the Profiles of Leadership on page 16. For this particular feature, we talked about its real estate beginnings and what lies ahead in terms of expansion.
What was the main impetus behind leaving downtown for the suburbs?
When downtowns were no longer the centers of commerce, we knew that we couldn't remain a downtown store; we had to thrive to survive, so to speak. That was difficult, particularly in our hometown of Davenport, Iowa, because the city fathers were not happy when we decided that we needed to abandon downtown in favor of suburban mall locations.
The move to surburbia wasn't without challenges, however. In West Des Moines, Iowa, we put a store in what was the middle of a cornfield. Sales were dismal for the first several years; in fact, the company almost went bankrupt. But an unfortunate event secured our future ? a Younkers department store in the competing mall caught fire, and people started coming to our shopping center. Sales picked up, and they stayed that way. In fact, that store today is still one of our strongest in the system.
What is the typical footprint for Von Maur?
140,000 sq. ft. is standard. In Atlanta, we operate a 222,000-sq.-ft. store, and we'll re-open in Coralville, Iowa, in July with an 80,000-sq.-ft. store. We have the ability to be quite flexible, which has enabled us to leverage great locations as well as be what the customer needs us to be. In fact, we are finding that the customer prefers stores that aren't too big or overwhelming, and are more shoppable. It's easier to provide better service when a store is more compact. But in markets as large as Atlanta, you want a bigger store for more selection. It's all about finding the right balance.
What are your site-selection criteria for Von Maur? Will you ever return downtown?
It's not so much about being or not being downtown, but about being where people are living. For instance, Chicago has a large urban residential population so we wouldn't be deterred from opening downtown. But in downtown Davenport or downtown Indianapolis, there isn't that weekend activity; the nights are quiet, so downtown wouldn't be an option. We would want around-the-clock activity.
What about Dry Goods? Is its growth and expansion still a focus for the company?
Yes. We have opened eight stores over a three-year period. We hope to open two this year, but the plan is to open two to four a year. We are having a tough time finding desirable locations. We are being very choosy, but sales are trending upward and the concept is strong. We are offering that extra service level that you might not find in another mall store.
What's the typical square footage, and where are you headed with Dry Goods?
The typical footprint is 3,500 sq. ft. to 4,200 sq. ft., and if we find a vibrant area that hasn't been introduced to Dry Goods yet, there's a good chance we'll open there.
What about your short-term and long-term expansion plans for Von Maur? What types of markets are you looking for?
We want to continue at a steady growth rate of one to two a year. We also have the e-commerce side of our business that is growing extremely fast, and we are putting a lot of energy and focus into that. Dry Goods is our third growth engine, and we'll continue to grow via those three vehicles. We have Von Maur stores on the drawing boards in Oklahoma City and Milwaukee, and we would very much like to continue to grow down South. We'd love to be in Tennessee, in the Nashville area in particular, but we haven't yet found a viable location. Really, from Denver over to Pennsylvania is the area of the country that we aim to settle.


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Goal! Football, or soccer, is one of the world's most popular sports. The game has its roots in ancient China, though the modern version began on the streets of medieval England. The objective is simple: get the ball in the opposing team's goal without using your hands or arms. With simple rules and basic equipment, the sport can be played almost anywhere. But the fast-paced game requires great athleticism and teamwork.
The men's competition entered the Olympics at the 1900 Paris Games in France. The sport has been part of every Summer Olympics since then, except for the 1932 Games in Los Angeles, California. A women's competition was added at the 1996 Atlanta Games in Georgia. At the Olympics, each game is played as two 45-minute halves, with 11 players on each team (and seven substitutes).
Rules of the Game
For the preliminaries at the Olympics, 16 men's and 12 women's teams are divided into groups of four teams. Each team plays every other team in their group. For each win, a team receives three points (one point is awarded for a draw, or tie, game).
The best eight teams in the men's and women's competitions move onto the quarterfinals, where the games become knockout matches toward the final gold match. Ties are resolved by two 15-minute periods of extra time, penalty shootouts and sudden-death penalties, if needed.
Click here to read about gymnastics at the Olympic Games.