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Lemon-Paprika Tilapia with Potato-Rutabaga Mash
Servings: 4 prep: 35 minutes total: 55 minutes
- 1 pound Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 1 1-pound rutabaga, peeled, cut into 3/4-inch cubes (about 3 cups)
- 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) butter, divided
- 1/3 cup whole milk, warmed
- 1 to 1 1/4 pounds tilapia fillets
- 1 1/2 teaspoons paprika, divided
- 1/4 cup chopped shallots
- 1 cup dry white wine
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh Italian parsley
- 2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
- 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon peel
Nutritional Information
One serving contains the following:
Calories (kcal) 448.3
%Calories from Fat 44.8
Fat (g) 22.3
Saturated Fat (g) 13.3
Cholesterol (mg) 114.0
Carbohydrates (g) 35.6
Dietary Fiber (g) 5.2
Total Sugars (g) 8.3
Net Carbs (g) 30.4
Protein (g) 27.5
Calories (kcal) 448.3
%Calories from Fat 44.8
Fat (g) 22.3
Saturated Fat (g) 13.3
Cholesterol (mg) 114.0
Carbohydrates (g) 35.6
Dietary Fiber (g) 5.2
Total Sugars (g) 8.3
Net Carbs (g) 30.4
Protein (g) 27.5
PREPARATIONView Step-by-Step Directions
Place potatoes and rutabaga in medium saucepan. Add enough cold water to cover by 2 inches; sprinkle generously with salt. Boil until vegetables are tender, about 18 minutes. Drain; return vegetables to pot. Stir over medium heat 1 minute to dry out slightly. Add 4 tablespoons butter; mash to coarse puree. Stir in warm milk. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Sprinkle tilapia fillets with salt and pepper and 1 teaspoon paprika. Melt remaining 2 tablespoons butter in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add fish and cook until just opaque in center, about 2 minutes per side.
Divide potato-rutabaga mash among plates. Place fish alongside mash.
Add shallots to skillet and sauté until beginning to soften, about 2 minutes. Add white wine and boil until reduced by about half, about 3 minutes. Add parsley, whipping cream, lemon peel, and 1/2 teaspoon paprika; stir until thickened to sauce consistency, about 1 minute. Season sauce to taste with salt and pepper. Spoon sauce over fish and potato-rutabaga mash.
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Goose & Gander
- Address:
1245 Spring Street
Saint Helena, CA 94574Neighborhood:
St. Helena
- Cuisine:
AmericanPrice: $30 and under
Goose & Gander
- Dining Style: Casual Dining
- Website: http://goosegander.com/
- Phone: (707) 967-8779
- Hours of Operation:
Sunday through Thursday 12-11pm
Friday-Saturday 12-Midnight
- Payment Options: AMEX,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: Bar / Lounge / Bottle Service, American
- Dress Code: Casual Dress
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Banquet/Private Rooms, Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Farm to Table, Full Bar, Gluten-free Menu, Late Night, Non-Smoking Restaurant, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Personal wines welcome, Private Room, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine
A word from Goose & Gander
Goose & Gander is a charming restaurant in St. Helena, located in Walter Martini's historic 1920 bungalow. Lunch & Dinner is served daily in the basement bar, the dining room, & in the garden. Goose & Gander is a wine country public house and a local favorite, as well as the perfect spot to host events up to 100 people.Continued
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- Diners' Choice WinnerOutdoor Dining
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Goose & Gander reviews from OpenTable diners
168 reviews since July 31, 2014
- Food4.4Service4.4
- Ambiance4.5Noise LevelModerate
great for outdoor dining (136)fit for foodies (120)neighborhood gem (99)vibrant bar scene (75)romantic (63)good for groups (61)special occasion (61)notable wine list (60)great for lunch (49)hot spot (48)late-night find (28)great for brunch (18)kid-friendly (9)scenic view (6)Show More
- The best...OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 11/18/2014Old fashioned I've ever had in my life! The drinks where simply amazing and complimented an incredibl mouth watering menu! The Pan Roasted Qual appetizer was glorious!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Disappointing ExperienceDesertGirlVIPDined on 11/17/2014We knew of this location because of the old Martini House which was consistently excellent. Experienced Goose & Gander for the first time in October 2013 and everything about it was fantastic. Food, setting, service, ambiance, special drinks, meal quality, presentation. However, our visit this past week November of 2014 it was like a completely different restaurant. The flat iron steak was tough and over-cooked. The menu left a lot to be desired. The specialty drinks tasted like there wasn't a drop of alcohol in them. Our server wasn't rude, but was less than enthused with his job. The music was horrific and ruined the ambiance that used to make this place special. Seems more like a billiards sports bar with the experience we had, except it was missing the pool tables. Disappointing experience, to say the least.
- Visiting from NYClindsDined on 11/16/2014We absolutely loved it. Everything was delicious and the cocktails were unreal.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Usually great, but...SBRGBCAVIPDined on 11/16/2014One of our favorites. Came early for dinner (5:00 PM) after visiting Pride Mountain Winery and our visit coincided with a staff meeting (during dinner time). Service was fair at best and we were never properly entered into their reservation system. Open Table notified us that we had been "no shows". Not an O.T. issue; fault lies with G & G. Food was good as usual although a medium prime rib came as rare. We will definitely return but not at 5:00 PM!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- travelforfoodDined on 11/10/2014The menu was somewhat limited. Sat near open kitchen and majority of entrees were hamburger. Flat iron steak cooked well, but unadorned. Salmon nondescript.
- Great night outOpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 11/8/2014We had a group of 6 people and each of us said we would return. We chose to forgo our table upstairs for a table downstairs in the bar. Great decision! The fried olives and pistachio appetizer was memorably delicious! I had the salmon and ate every bite. A couple others had the burger (one thought it was too greasy and the other person loved it because of the greasiness). The cocktail list is a little pricey at $13-15 a drink but I thought it was worth the cost. I had their version of a Moscow Mule and my friends had old fashioneds. Overall great meal and ambience!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- great spotdine4funDined on 11/8/2014We ate outside and the space is lovely, food and service was great, it was a busy Saturday night and they managed the crowd well.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- GREATcocktailsDined on 11/8/2014We went to G&G on the afternoon before our evening dinner reservation, just to check it out. We were visiting from out of town. Didn't think I'd EVER get my husband out of there! The bar is in the basement, yet has a GREAT kind of "old world" meets "trendy" atmosphere. The restaurant is in an old Craftsman style house with lots of dark paneling and a lovely fireplace even downstairs in the bar. The list of cocktails was mind-boggling and very creative. The bartenders were friendly and very forthright in sharing their recipes with us. Very good quality spirits. We had a great dinner that night and spent time in the bar afterwards, and again the next afternoon (no, we're NOT achoholics!!). Just felt very welcome and comfortable there. Our only negative experience was when we were seated for dinner outside. We were intially seated at a table just outside the door right next to an area where the servers bustled from the kitchen. VERY active and not condusive to an enjoyable evening, especially considering I'd made reservations a month earlier. However, when we asked to be moved, we were quickly accomodated to a table further outside on the main patio, which was very nice. Just too bad we had to ask! We left our appetizer choices to our server, Auri, and the shrimp he selected was REALLY GOOD, as were the meals we chose. We can't wait to go back and have already recommended it to our friends and family.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Fabulous Meal and Great Wine ListDennisDined on 11/2/2014It was our first time at G&G. Reviews were positive so tried it for ourselves. We had a great time and reviews were accurate. We started at the Bar downstairs and had seats at the bar to watch the magic of the mixologists. After drinks, we went upstairs to be seated inside, a bit cool outside. My wife had the signature grilled Octopus salad and I had the baby arugula salad. I tried a taste of the grilled Octopus and may come back soon just for that salad, smoky flavor from grilling over oak fire, tender with just the right amount of dressing. For the main course we had Sturgeon and Pork T-Bone. Both were outstanding. We chose a bottle of Pisoni Pinot Noir from Gary's Vineyard, a perfect pairing.Special Features:
- As good as promisedEATS4BB3VIPDined on 10/30/2014Took my niece (the CIA student) because she heard G&G had good burgers, indeed, they do. The Arugula & Asian Pear salad, and the Grilled California Sturgeon were excellent. The Peanut Butter Chocolate Tarte had TOO MUCH chocolate and not enough peanut butter for MY taste. Our server, Dwight, was very good.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Simply a MustGeneqVIPDined on 10/30/2014Guess what....great exotic cocktails in the middle of the wine country. That's the bonus that goes along with a delightful menu. Our group of four started with a couple of Cucumber Collins which were as lovely as they were refreshing, a champagne blush, and the best Arnold Palmer I ever had. We treated ourselves to the roasted bone marrow and the crispy olives. These two dishes alone made us want to return to try all the other starter dishes. The arugula pear prosciutto salad along with the cream of mushroom soup was one splendid lunch choice while the rest of us enjoyed on of the best burgers ever teamed with duck fat fries. Cannot wait to return to try the more adventurous offerings. You cannot go wrong here.Special Features:
- Oysters and pateClpskiDined on 10/29/2014My husband had oysters and we shared a meat platter and a cheese platter with a bottle of wine instead of having a full dinner. Everything was great including the service. We sat outside and enjoyed the warm evening and sunset. We went several nights later and had a great dinner including great service again. Portions are large and the food is very good. The pate is homemade and out of this world. We will definitely return.Special Features:
- Beautiful, comfy, but limitedDateNightVIPDined on 10/25/2014Food was solid. Beautiful presentation & flavor. Only downside is a somewhat limited menu. Lots a meat choices not much else. Very cozy ambience.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Amazing cocktailsFoodmanVIPDined on 10/24/2014The food was interesting and different. Chef almost seemed as if he was trying too hard Lots of meat and preparations with meats and fat Not a lot of non-meat options The bar tenders were creative and amazing...probably the highlightSpecial Features:
- great serviceTobyfoodieDined on 10/24/2014When we book our reservation we stated that it was our aniversary, well big surprise that every body in the restaurant known that we were celebrating! Got champagne, dessert and more things courtesy of the restaurant! Then we decide to go the bar and the ambience was awsome! Great drinks and njce people!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great o-t spot n Saint HeleaBillVIPDined on 10/24/2014Great spot in he summer for outdoor dining, or winter indoors. The staff is attentive but no overbearing.Special Features:
- Local Gem!LuvFoodDined on 10/23/2014We dined twice here this week and really enjoyed both our lunch and dinner! The options were imaginative and tasty!Special Features:
- Pleasant end of day of wine tastingMiltonDined on 10/22/2014Fun appetizers, great mushroom soup, convivial atmosphere.Special Features:
- I just got a miss..DS360Dined on 10/18/2014I think normally this restaurant would be great. I think we just hit a bad patch with the kitchen. I heard they are famous for their burgers. 3 of us ordered them. All were bone dry and burned. If cooked properly I'm sure they would have been awesome. Very thick. But I think the line cook just had a bad patch. Overall seemed like a nice place. Service was good. My one-time experience with the food wasn't super hot, however.
- Great place!TravellerDined on 10/15/2014Eclectic bar feel- very cool. Great drinks.. The food was great the atmosphere was great and all the staff were frindly and eager to please! We really enjoyed our whole experience at the G&G!Special Features:
- Beautiful patio with gastropub foodottawamirchiDined on 10/13/2014You can sit out amongst the flowers on the patio, soak in Napa on a local level, and eat some glorious food. A succulent burger with bone marrow, and the corn croquettes with a smooth red pepper aioli were fantastic.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Stupendous!JonelDined on 10/11/2014We made plans to have late lunch after sone wine tasting at the recommnedation of my sister who has visited the restaurant many times & knows the owner. She was dead on with her recommendation my friends & I loved the food & the service was perfect. I will be back for sure!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Consistently greatSergeiSaysVIPDined on 10/10/2014I'm a regular and never disappointed. Consistently high caliber in all ways - service, ambiance, food. A never miss!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Feel good serviceOutside42Dined on 10/10/2014We were well taken care of in an unpretentious manner - creative cocktails and high quality food.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Comfortable StylehelenagrubberDined on 10/10/2014Went on a Friday nite rather early, not to crowded. Had great service from a nice gentlemen. We ordered a couple Old Fashion's, they were large and yummy. My husband even ordered another to go with our burger. I had a glass of cold Chardonnay. We ordered the shrimp with polenta appetizer as well as the cheese and salami sampler, both were fantastic. The shrimp still had the shells on them so be careful, a little messy. We split the hamburger with duck fries and thoroughly enjoyed it! I would recommend this resturant, a lot on the younger crowd shows up here.Special Features:
- Great cocktails...will be backCbDSmDDined on 10/9/2014We stopped in for cocktails and appetizers before heading to another spot for dinner. The Bali old fashioned was great and the portion was better than I expected. Sometimes with specialty cocktails you wind up with a giant ice cube and 2oz of liquor. Not the case here, great drink. Our server was knowledgable and very friendly. We will definitely be back the next time we are in St. Helena for a full meal.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- TandTVIPDined on 10/9/2014We were greeted at the door and taken to a very nice spot in the garden. The service was very good. We are locals but had not been here to eat. Some neighbors recommended it. The food was very good. The mushroom soup was so rich I couldn't eat it all but it was delicious! The fried olives were a nice way to start our meal. My husband had the special steak sanwich dip. It was huge and he didn't finish it but loved the au jus to dip into. I finished off with the arugala salad. Great find. We will return to try other items on the menu. Nice cocktail choices. We stuck with wine but will definitely return at cocktail hour one day soon. Thanks for a great lunch.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Very Good and FriendlyGeorgeDined on 10/7/2014This restaraunt was recommeded to us by someone who likes good food, and they did not disapoint us. The courtyard is great for spending time and they have a decesent wine list. The owners are walking around to make sure everything is correct, that shows the attentinion to detal that comes out in the restaurant.Special Features:
- Always a wonderful experiencecphsfVIPDined on 10/6/2014I've gone to Goose & Gander many times at the bar, but only once or twice for a full dinner. This last experience, we were able to sit outside on a gorgeous Napa Valley evening. The house made pasta with clams and chorizo were to die for, and even something as 'simple' as chicken is incredible. The drinks always take a bit of time, but when you taste them you realize why: slowly handcrafted with incredibly fresh ingredients. Wonderful.Special Features:
- Love the burgerVllyGrlDined on 10/4/2014Our group took a break fro wine tasting to enjoy lunch here. They were very accommodating to large groups, as we had 8 people. The burger is phenomenal and so were the prawns. Meat and cheese plates were a great starter...the pate was delicious.Special Features:
- FairFoodandwinegirlDined on 10/3/2014This was recommended to us, so we were excited to try something casual but delicious. The food was mediocre...nothing special. The service was nothing to write home about. I had hoped for more and was disappointed.
- Almost excellentNapaValleyFoodieVIPDined on 10/3/2014We dined at G&G for my partner's birthday. I told the hostess who confirmed the reservation AND the hostess upon arrival that it was her birthday. I expected only a candle in our dessert, not a Mariachi band, but it didn't happen! The food was very good, but the rosé was served at room temperature. It should have been properly chilled or I actually should have just refused it. It took our entire meal to cool off, and I went for several minutes with an empty glass waiting for service. Not good. Some of us living in St. Helena know food and wine and have reasonable (or high) expectations from a high-end restaurant like G&G. The mushroom soup was superb as always, and the salmon was perfect.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great find in St. HelenaTampaHoosierVIPDined on 10/2/2014This was our first visit to Goose & Gander and what a pleasant surprise. The downstairs bar offers great ambiance and exquisitely crafted cocktails. We dined outside in a beautiful setting underneath a persimmon tree. The muted din of music and the conversation of others around us was not overwhelming and made conversing easy without seeming too quiet or stuffy. The wine list is well curated with a good, but not overly large, selection of high quality wines at many different price points. We ordered several small plates in lieu of a more traditional lineup. Everything was expertly prepared and plated. All dishes were absolutely delicious but two days later we are still talking about how wonderful the spanish octopus was.Special Features:
- GreatfamouswineDined on 10/2/2014Great lunch! Been there for many dinners but this was the first time for lunch.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great find in NapaFoodie1984Dined on 9/30/2014The service is excellent. The food is delicious. Their pork chop is amazing.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- ExcellentMollyDined on 9/28/2014Good service, good food, beautiful setting. The only small thing was the loud music which they turned down after a couple a requests. Otherwise a very nice fine dining experience. Would recommend to anyone. Plus they have a very cozy bar downstairs.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OpenTable Diner Since 2007VIPDined on 9/27/2014The food, always great. The service, always lacking. Server was very nice but very slow in everything she did. Unfortunately, the service does keep me away, I don't dine at G&G as often as I would if the service was better.Special Features:
- Everything great!OpenTable Diner Since 2008VIPDined on 9/27/2014Really enjoyed our dinner on Saturday night. The outdoor patio is a must. The only disappointment was that I asked twice- once when making a reservation and once to the host while we were there- for a birthday candle in our dessert. We were assured that there would be, but it was missed. A bummer but oh well, will still highly recommend this restaurant to friends and family.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Amazing Dinner!!JdubDined on 9/21/2014Incredible apps , octopus and corn croquettes -perfection. As always best burger in Napa Valley, the addition of bone marrow is a must. Incredible service by back waiters and our beautiful and talented server Aimee!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Wonderful vibe!KatarinaVIPDined on 9/20/2014Goose and Gander is a happening place. It has a great vibe in all three main areas: upstairs dining room, bar downstairs, and outside. Comfortable, casual, spacious, and quality décor with a duck club feel and view on to the kitchen upstairs. There is energy aplenty, but thank goodness it is not deafeningly noisy. The food was solid, and our server - Shelly - was wonderful. Very nice they have an elevator for handicapped friends. We will definitely go back.Special Features:


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Episode description: Recipes include: tandoori salmon (washed with garlic water and marinated in spices, yogurt, and chickpea flour); two traditional Indian charcoal-grilled breads made from the same dough: naan and flaky; and Persian-inspired saffron chicken tikka kebabs.
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Adam & Eve/DDB has picked up the estimated £50 million pan-European ad account for Sony Electronics.
Sony: McCann was incumbent
The agency won the business, which will be run from its London headquarters, after a competitive pitch.
The incumbent was McCann London.
Sony called a review of the creative account in November last year.
In 2013, McCann created "volcano" to promote Sony's 4K TVs. The spot echoed the award-winning "balls", by Fallon in 2005, but featured petals instead.
In May, Sony shifted its global advertising business for Sony Mobile from McCann London to Adam & Eve/DDB as part of a shake-up of its global agency relationships.
The company also handed the global media planning account for its mobile arm and the European media business for its electronics division to MediaCom after a competitive pitch process.
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US job market still limp
The US economy added 103,000 non-farm jobs in December, but just as in November, American employers added significantly fewer jobs than economists had been expecting. In this case, those who make such prognostications had predicted 175,000 new jobs (net) to be created. The good news, according to the December jobs report …
Take the figure reported by Uncle Sam and double it and you've got something cloe to the real unemployment figure.
The corp. payola must be nice because despite the jobs crisis no one on the hill or in the media talks much about some of the biggest causes of unemployment in the USA, outsourcing and VISA abuse.
'Something close to the real unemployment figure'
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics actually does report that; in their scheme of unemployment figures, it's identified as U-6, whereas the usual "official unemployment rate" figure, cited by President, legislators, and media alike, is called U-3. U-6 includes a broader range of people who haven't been able to find work, and who've given up looking out of despair; it therefore usually runs around 1.5-2x the 'official' U-3 figure, which is probably why it doesn't get as much play in the news -- who wants to talk about 16% unemployment and bring everybody down? (I do believe in fairies, I do believe in fairies, I *do* believe in fairies...)
Of course, you have to take any figures you get from the BLS with a grain of salt, because they cook the numbers. For example, that gain of 103,000 jobs we posted in December? That didn't actually, you know, *happen*, not as such; what actually *happened* is that the BLS removed about four hundred thousand people from the unemployment rolls entirely, as 'no longer part of the labor force' -- which of course means that they're no longer counted against the unemployment numbers. By my admittedly unsophisticated reckoning, it would appear that, had the "not in labor force" adjustment been made, we'd be talking about coming out of December three hundred thousand jobs behind, not 100k ahead.
As for the rest: Corporate payola has become the fourth branch of our federal government, and most people on the hill and in the media (and in the White House) have little knowledge of and less interest in what it's like for people who don't live in Versailles-super-Potomac. Of course they're not talking about the real problems; they're much more interested in using the deficit and a so-called need for "austerity" to screw working people over that much harder.
Finding an IT job
At the moment, I am a technical handyman, with a range of generalised IT skills in a bunch of unconnected technologies. Small amounts of programming experience (enough to find TDWTF amusing), and no formal qualifications worth mentioning, just a solid interest in tech and the ability to learn. In other words, not that employable on paper.
Given how thoroughly shocking an inept some "qualified" IT staff can be, I was wondering if it would be worth my time emailing IT companies to ask for a trainee position as a programmer or sysadmin. Putting heavy emphasis on the fact that I can learn quickly to pick up whatever specialised technology they actually need. (Rather than wasting my time learning technology X and hoping employers want it at a later date).
Would that work? Or am I barking up the wrong tree here? Is there something specific that I should be learning now to greatly improve my employability in future? I know I could just lie and reel off a list of the top 10 most popular programming languages on my CV and bullshit my way in like all the bad guys do. I can talk the lingo. But I would genuinely rather stack shelves than cheat my way into a job.
Trouble is, does the honest approach work? (question not rhetorical)
It sorta worked for me
I started with my current employer as a phone support goober for $9 an hour, and moved to programming after showing I could do it by dint of an epic 13-hour hacking run to fix something that'd stumped the people working on it for weeks. (It took thirteen hours because I was learning how to PHP in the process. I already knew how to Perl, though, which was a pretty significant advantage as Perl:PHP::Legos:Duplos.)
Actually, come to think about it, if I were to give you a single piece of advice on what to learn, I'd say this: spend some time picking up the basics of a few common languages such as C, Python, PHP, Perl, Java -- not working toward really in-depth knowledge of any of them, so much as giving yourself a broad base on which to build. This'll pay off more if you get a job with it, but I'd argue it's worth doing in any case, for at least a few languages; it's amazing how useful the ability to put together little programs, especially little interpreted programs in a language like Perl or Python, can be in just making a computer more pleasant and straightforward to use. I'd also spend some time getting acquainted with Linux and network administration, if you're interested in going for sysadmin-type jobs; as with the programming languages, it's not so much about getting super in-depth as it is acquiring a basic knowledge of how to get around and do things.
Then, once you've got a survey-level knowledge of some technologies in common use in the fields you're looking to enter, you'll be able to combine the possibilities you listed: you can use the honest approach *and* rattle off a half-dozen languages and platforms in your CV, while also noting that your knowledge of them is at a level that'd make you a good trainee/intern/junior/dogsbody-level worker.
My other advice would be: you're more likely to have success with smaller companies than with bigger ones. Applying to a place with a massive HR department is something like playing DDR on the super-extreme-heart-attack difficulty level; if everything in your CV isn't lined up exactly how they want to see it, it's very likely they'll round-file it and that'll be the end of that. The smaller the company (as long as it seems solvent and likely to remain so, that is), the better your odds of getting a chance to talk to a technically knowledgeable person and getting a chance to show that you have chops enough to be worth hiring -- and consider also, if you aren't able to find anyone looking to take on a trainee, that you might be able to take a support position or similar to get your foot in the door and a chance to show you know what you're doing.
Well, hell, it worked for me, anyway. Here's hoping you find the kind of position you're looking for.
no more government jobs
Considering that the incoming Repulsicons and douche baggers are bound and determined to cut government spending I'm sure we can look forward to increased unemployment as they trim state and federal payrolls by the hundreds of thousands to balance budgets. It will be a minor consolation to those newly unemployed that these same "collect-a-check-aholes" are making plenty of bucks and have a very nice medical plan and retirement lined up whilst their unemployment payouts will shrink to new record low levels as Christian charity by the government nails them to a cross.
@AC / Finding an IT job
First, it definitely is not about a large number of technologies and languages. Rather, you should focus on developing your skills in one "ecosystem". Example: Python, Apache, Postgres and Linux. Or C++, TCP/IP, Postgres, BSD.
While you apply with potential employers, develop an open-source project. As soon as you have an initial prototype, put it on line for the potential employers to review. Expect them to question your style, documentation and some constructs which might turn out to be security issues. Don't worry too much about the feedback, it will only help you improving your skills.
But please don't sit around doing nothing. That will deteriorate your skills.
Of course you can also extend existing projects with useful features.
Vote For Sarah Palin
..she will be able to finish the job George The Illiterate started. The dreams of the hillbillies of self-government will be fulfilled. No militia will have power for more than 10 miles to the north and to the west. The five million Americans will wear leather suits like the people did 300 years before them.
Go Sarah ! Go For Stone Age !
i'll tell you one thing
If I hit the lottery tomorrow I would invest 0 into my online businesses. Why?
Because our government feels they have control of the internet. I was told by our uplink the other day that youtube does nothing wrong (in regards to copyright) however we were not able to host a site that "may do the same thing youtube does".
So it's good to see what kind of country we live in.
Give me a million, i'll take the 500k after taxes and dump that sucker right off-shore. I know it's pennys compared to what the bankers with our tax money have but it's 500K that will never be spent here.
So why start or fund an internet business only to have the government meddling it's hands in it? Let the government manage what it does best. The USPS, Amtrak, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, social security, all real winners.
Lawyers have it bad too, it seems
Is Law School a Losing Game?
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Hamid Karzai names areas to be handed to Afghan forces
Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai has named seven areas of the country which will pass from control by foreign troops into Afghan hands from July.
They are the relatively peaceful provinces of Kabul, Panjshir and Bamiyan, the cities of Herat and Mazar-e Sharif and the town of Mehtar Lam.
But he also named Lashkar Gah, capital of the volatile Helmand province.
The handover is seen as a critical step in a transition of power before foreign troops end combat operations in 2014.
"The people of Afghanistan don't want that foreigners take responsibility for security any more," President Karzai said.
This is the first step in a long process of withdrawal, which will begin in July when the first tranche of foreign troops is set to leave Afghanistan.
After that, in these areas, the primary role of foreign troops will be to train and equip Afghan security forces, he said. Nato troops will cease to engage in battle.
Nato Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen welcomed the announcement by President Karzai: "This represents the next stage of Afghanistan's journey, not the destination," he said in a statement.
But he added that "every step of the way will be determined by conditions on the ground".Transition 'risk'
Speaking at the National Military Academy in the capital, Kabul, President Karzai was keen to stress the entrenched nature of the commitment: "Transition means taking responsibility for both security and development."
This speech was about reasserting Afghan control over the country's destiny. President Hamid Karzai had an optimistic message: that this transition is the true beginning of Afghan leadership and ownership.
He said the aim is to successfully implement the transition process by the end of 2014, heralding a new phase of the international community's engagement in Afghanistan. He does not want to be dependent on foreign forces forever.
The rhetoric was nationalistic without being aggressive towards the West: it set out his vision of security and life after 2014.
He was eager to draw a line between Afghan priorities and aspects of foreign engagement: "Private security firms, detentions of Afghans by foreigners and night raids on Afghan houses by foreign forces should end," he said.
But he acknowledged that there was a common interest to eliminate terror. He said that if the West wants to end terror, they need the Afghan people.
In this speech to gathered military dignitaries President Karzai made it clear that this will be most effective if Afghans control their own security.
President Karzai said that the handover would eventually be extended to individual districts outside of the cities named. The entire province of Kabul, including the capital of the country, would come under Afghan control - but the restive district of Surobi would remain in foreign hands.
"Afghanistan has been burning for 32 years," President Karzai said.
He said that the war against terror should not be fought in Afghanistan's villages but should be taken to the havens and sanctuaries of the insurgents.
But he also urged militants to join peace negotiations.
"I once again urge the armed opposition to stop their attacks and killings and join the peace process," he said.
Residents of the areas set to be handed over have been responding to the announcement.
''I am happy and sad at the the same time. I am not fully satisfied that our troops will be capable of securing the country. I am happy because we'll get our own sovereignty,'' Muhammad Ibrahim Chajirwal from Helmand province told BBC Pashto.
But, Abdul Sattar, a policeman from Herat province, said he was prepared: "I am fully ready. I'll secure the country.''Renewed offensive
The BBC's Quentin Sommerville in Helmand, which has seen the worst of the violence over recent years, says that despite rising casualty numbers, the surge of extra American troops and tens of thousands of new Afghan police and soldiers have improved security in a number of areas in the country.
But, our correspondent says, this transition comes with a risk.
Although much improved, the quality of Afghan police and soldiers is patchy - and many people fear they will be unable to withstand a renewed summer offensive from the Taliban, our correspondent says.
Lashkar Gah in the insurgency-wracked province of Helmand has been the focus of a massive coalition operation to rid the area of militants.
British and US troops, supported by other Nato forces, have spearheaded that initiative and experts say there have been improvements in security. But hundreds of soldiers have been killed in these southern areas.
Analysts say that it is only to be expected that these regions will once again be the focus of a lot of activity as the Taliban will be planning to seize them back.
And the conflict remains a bloody one: a record number of civilians and security personnel were killed in Afghanistan last year.
More than 2,700 civilians were killed in 2010 - up 15% on the year before. More than 800 Afghan army soldiers and 711 coalition troops were killed in 2010. More than 1,200 Afghan police died in the line of duty.
A UN report on civilian deaths said that the Taliban were responsible for 75% of all deaths. The proportion killed by Afghan and Nato forces fell, accounting for 16% of civilian deaths.
The UN says the remaining casualties could not be attributed to any one side in the conflict.


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[With today's release of You Need This Music, renowned hitmaker Nottz produces his top five reasons why you should go out and support his debut solo album.]
1. Authenticity At Its Best
There's too much rap out here and so you need some good music, real hip-hop, boom bap and you cannot deny it. Every record is a single. I'm getting a lot of good feedback on the records. It's crazy. The people I have on it, I didn't really have to go out and reach out to them. These are people that really rock with me and so I didn't have to chase them down and they ended up helping paint the picture with me. They really helped me get what I needed to get across.
2. Hip-Hop Starts In The Heart
This record is a really heartfelt project. Everything is coming straight from my heart. When you listen to the album, every song has substance to it. I'm not just producing on it. It really shows people that I can rap; I started out as a rapper. I can really make songs. I'm not on the record busting my gun, I'm not on the record selling dope, none of that and just making it pop. It's a really good album.
3. Producers Show You How To Do This, Son
This represents bringing real hip-hop and real rap to where it belongs. To my understanding, everything revolves. It's crazy because we go back to the Kid N Play days and we look at Soulja Boy and the rest of them dudes but that's what we grew up on like back in the day. If you go and listen to those Kid N Play songs and you listen to it now, you'll be like, "That was wack," but everything happens for a reason.There's so many records now that the producers are [still] working and doing the [sole] production [on an album]. It'll be dope producers doing the whole record. You got the Classic album that I did for Rah Digga. It's the time for this right now. The title of the album should speak for itself.
4. I Got Bills To Pay
You need the physical copy in your collection and there's too many Internet hackers. It's really messing up sales for everybody. You can download anything off the Internet, you can get anything you want from the Internet, you don't even have to move. People don't want to go out and show their support no more. It's crazy. You gotta remember, this is our job. This is what we do, this is what we eat from. We don't do it for free, we gotta pay these bills. We gotta keep the lights on and keyboard on. Then you got dudes out here just leaking records out left and right. It's crazy.
5. Right On Time
This is something I should have been done [already]. This should have been done like 10 years ago. Really, ten years ago. My manager told me I should do this and I've been so trapped doing music for other people and I stayed away from the rap. I started out rapping because no one would give me beats so I started making my own. This is something I should have been doing. The people need this. I want to bring this overseas and let them get a taste of this and I know they'll eat it up.
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I was recently reading two books by my favorite leadership guru, Dr. John C. Maxwell. The books were, "How High Will You Climb?" and "Sometimes you Win, Sometimes you Learn". In one of those books there was a story about two people talking about adversity in their kitchen. I'll paraphrase:
They put on three pots of water and starting them boiling. The boiling water is adversity.
Into one pot they put carrots, the next eggs, the next some coffee grounds. After talking for a few minutes they took these things out of the water to see how adversity affected them.
The carrots had lost their crunch and gone soft. They fell apart when squeezed.
The eggs had turned hard. The outer shell cracked under pressure and became sharp and spiky.
The coffee changed the water around it into a delicious and energizing drink.
People are the same way in adversity. Some go soft and are easily squished, others become hard and spiky towards others. But some embrace their circumstances and change them into something better.
I must confess I am an egg more often than I am coffee, but reading Dr. Maxwell's thoughts is causing me to pause and evaluate my responses to adversity this week.
I'm introducing a lot of technique to students right now, especially 4-mallet Stevens Technique and Marching Percussion. I find that students can either get through this initial period and on to music making very quickly, or can get hamstrung and struggle along for months without much measurable progress.
The difference in most cases, is understanding the interaction of Alignment and Capacity.
Alignment is getting the mechanics lined up efficiently. Because everyone is built a little differently, this is an individual exploration. As a teacher, I emphasize how it "could" feel, rather than how it "should", and look to remove things that are almost certainly NOT working, as way of aiming their self-discovery.
Capacity is the physical strength developed through repetition. It is also the sensitivity to how something feels physically.
These two things feed on each other. The better aligned technique is, the more targeted the muscle and sensitivity development is. The more strength and sensitivity there is in the system, the faster new discoveries can be made, and the longer practice sessions can last.
To discuss Alignment, I talk with my students about "Monkeys and Coffee Cups", a study of chimpanzees I read about a while back that mapped brain activity and physical regions of the hand in relation to a sensor object shaped like a coffee mug. The control group was given the "mugs" and tested, but the other group was given objects identical to the sensor "mugs" to play with for a month before testing. The chimps with a month to experience and manipulate the objects displayed 30x as many discrete regions in the hands.
I teach a lot of runners and swimmers, so an easy analogy for them on Capacity is to run or swim with boots on. The way you have to move in boots develops all the wrong muscles and movements, and the results will be less than optimal.
In my own high school experience, when I first learned traditional grip, we played the timeless classic,"8-16″ for upwards of an hour at a time. Within a few minutes I was blistering up and miserable, like so many first-timers are, and in the first week I found a LOT of different ways to hold the stick so I could preserve what little was left of my skin. Between that manipulation within the motion and the repetition, I quickly developed a very effective approach to playing, which I used to build the rest of my rudimental skills.
Bottom line: Play every day that you can, and focus on improving HOW you do it. Every day is more important than lots of hours on occasion, because the consistency is what improves strength and sensitivity. Doing it better each time is more important than doing it a lot, because the small improvements in alignment and execution will pay off bigger over the weeks and months.
If you constantly improve your Alignment, and consistently develop your Capacity, you will succeed in developing an excellent technique. Many people can advise you, but in the end, it is your personal journey to understand and use your own body that will bring you the most success. Embrace yourself and your journey!
A few months ago I started the "Rudiment Champion" challenge with my students. It only took about a week to realize a keyboard version was needed as well. I decided quickly on the name "Keymaster" because we've gotten into the habit in my program of referring to keyboard instruments and their players as "Keys"… also I love the original Ghostbusters movie :)
The Keymaster challenge has four levels. Each level has a collection of related skills, all using 2-mallet technique. It is my personal opinion that players are forced into the excessively technical world of 4-mallet techniques much too early, and generally long before they master the basic musical elements of their instrument. The Keymaster challenge, therefore, is a concise approach to mastering as many skills and fundamentals as possible before beginning more technically advanced studies.
Level 1: "Artist Scales"
I learned "Artist Scales" from Leigh Howard Stevens in 2005. They are a reaction against the kinds of scales typically played in band class, which are tailored for wind players. The challenge is to complete all 12 major scales in under three minutes following the rules on the worksheet.
Most students take between 25-30 minutes on their first attempt. As each technical or musical issue is mastered, times come down 3-5 minutes at a time, sometimes faster. It generally takes between 8-12 weeks to complete with weekly testing and correction. This is the single most valuable lesson I ever teach, because it makes students so completely accountable for results, and covers an enormous range of developmental areas: musical, technical and psychological.
Level 2: Scale Patterns
Scale patterns are about exactly one thing: breaking up the straight line from left to right to left mastered in "Artist Scales", which results in mastery of the visual layout of the keyboard.
Students generally start on Scale Patterns before finishing "Artist Scales", because the skills overlap somewhat. Students who complete "Artist Scales" in three minutes will frequently come back after 4-5 weeks of Scale Patterns and play "Artist Scales" in under two minutes on the first attempt. This is because the patterns force generalization of key layouts for each scale, which helps the brain to group and process information dramatically faster.
This skill is fundamental to sight reading, memorization, rapid learning, and improvisation, and underlies every other skill by speeding up the ability to see and create on the instrument.
Level 3: Ideo-Kinetics
Gordon Stout is a famous player and teacher, and the head of percussion at Ithaca College. He is known as one of the few marimbists who plays from music with page turners in concert. When asked about it he once replied, "By the time I've read a piece down 3 or 4 times I play it almost as well as I ever will. In the amount of time it would take me to memorize it, I could learn 8-10 more pieces." His system and accompanying book? Ideo-Kinetics.
I have six very basic exercises to begin the study of Ideo-Kinetics. Stout's book has dozens, but the principle is very simple: Know where the notes are by FEEL, not by SIGHT. The marimba is one of the only pitched instruments in the whole world that the player does not touch before playing. Even a pianist can touch the keys lightly before playing them. For us, touching IS playing. This system of finding notes accurately and consistency while essentially blind is fundamental to any level of playing beyond the most basic.
Level 4: Octave Scale Patterns
Using the material from Level 2, this final level tackles the challenges of:
- Not being able to see both notes at the same time
- Adjusting the distance of an octave as the bars get wider or narrower
Octaves are incredibly common in both 2- and 4-mallet playing. The secret is to apply pattern visualization and Ideo-Kinetics together, making it possible to simply add an octave to anything you can play. Easier said than done.
A Level 4 Keymaster is a person with a very highly tuned and tested understanding of tone production, line, groupings, body placement, and note accuracy, and has killer 2-mallet chops as well. Beginning 4-mallet technique with a player at this level is no longer about learning an instrument with four sticks in your hand, it's about applying a new technique to a familiar instrument, and reaching for the same level of mastery from day one.
I know which position I'd rather be in.
I just finished reading "Practice, Made Perfect?" in the sports section of this week's TIME magazine.
Once again, something I've been doing in isolation by accident turns up in an article and goes from a specific success to a general principle. It's a good day :)
There was a time, not long ago, when it seemed like I was auditioning for everything all the time, and almost always winning. The secret to my sudden and unexpected success was what I called "rotation". The idea was simple: Set up every piece on the audition in a circle, and walk around the circle, playing each piece once. When you get to 5 times around playing everything exactly how you want it, turn around and go the other direction. When you get that, tear the whole thing down, set it up in a different order and do it again. And again, and again, and again.
I usually took me about 100 hours to feel like I could nail an audition hanging upside down in my sleep underwater, which is what I was going for. My specific ability to play the audition became a general ability to play anything in my active repertoire exactly like I wanted, on demand, over and over and over.
These days I'm not auditioning for things very often, but I'm using "rotation" to prepare chamber music, recitals, orchestra parts, and to develop my student's practice habits, all to great effect. I've never been so efficient with my time, or had such retention in my life. I'm not anywhere near the article's "10,000 hours" with this method, but I'm seeing results I never dreamed of even 5 years ago.
Not long ago I started a challenge for some of my students called the "Rudiment Champion". Basically, it's a list of rudiments and drumming concepts, each played for one minute continuously to prove you have consistency and endurance. It's actually pretty hard to do.
I sequenced rudiments/concepts in a logical developmental order, drawing on ideas from, among other things, Bill Bachman's new book, Stick Technique, which everyone should own a copy of. I grouped forty different things into four levels, ten per level. After many iterations I landed on something I thought was pretty good.
My assumption was that most people would quit after Level 1, because it's pretty hard, time-consuming, and gets you into territory that is less and less applicable outside of marching. The challenge, therefore, was to pack Level 1 full of the most fundamentally valuable stuff I could.
Here's the Level 1 list:
- Long Roll
- 5-Stroke Roll
- 9-Stroke Roll
- 7-Stroke Roll (16th Base)
- 7-Stroke Roll (Triplet Base)
- Paradiddle
- Paradiddle-Diddle
- Tap-Accent no. 1 (Based on Flam-Accent no. 1)
- Tap-Drags
- Inverted Paradiddles (RLLR LRRL)
Upon reflection, I had to laugh at myself for starting with rolls, because so much time in my college rep classes was spent mocking early drum books for demanding that the open roll be mastered before introducing the quarter note. I TOTALLY GET IT NOW. The above list has no written component. This is drumming as a spoken (played) language. You get it by DOING it, preferably with others around you who already do it better than you do. Reading and academically understanding notes is all well and good, but in the end, it's about pronunciation and execution, and that cannot be learned without hours of repetition, trial, error, and correction.
After some time spent teaching this, I organized the basic concepts on tone production, sticking coordination, and mental focus into three pages, designed to get you through Level 1. Here they are.
Tone Production and Stroke Types
Alternating Tap-Accent, Paradiddles, and Drags
There are a few exercises on here very minimally adapted from Bachman's book and named after him. Everyone should buy his book and get the full scope of what he's doing, as it is incredible and what I have here is not representative.
In the past few years, my philosophy has become more inclusive, putting marching and concert ideas together in the same space. These sheets reflect that, and allow me to focus not only on the mechanics of how to get up and down between notes, but also the tone produced on every note. Indeed, mechanics and tone production inform and affect each other cyclically.
I'm by no means the only person doing this, and I'm always on the lookout for similar resources from people working and developing their ideas. If you know of any, please share in the comments!
Motivation and discipline are both about getting things done.
- Motivation is emotional, we work when we "feel" like it.
- Discipline is intellectual, we work because it's a good idea.
When I think about emotions that make me "feel" like doing things, my short list is:
- Love: I just REALLY want to do things I love and be with people I love.
- Happiness: I enjoy feeling happy (who doesn't?), and I find it easy to indulge in things that make me feel happy
- Hunger: The need to fill myself, physically or metaphorically, is insistent and grows continually until it is fulfilled.
- Anger: Sometimes I just really want to GET someone or GET BACK at someone. It's hard to think of anything else when I feel that way.
- Fear: I don't like bad things to happen to me. Avoiding trouble and pain is important enough to put everything else on hold until I'm out of danger.
All of those things are very MOTIVATING. I act after I FEEL. Motivation is REACTIVE, based on circumstances. If you exist in a motivation mind-set, someone or something else is always controlling you.
I often hear people talk about ways they try to motivate people. Based on my above understanding, that suggests to me what they actually mean is that they are trying to control people. That's a problem for a few reasons. First, it's temporary, and will not be sustained when the motivator is gone. Second, it's dangerous because even when it is done with love and for the best reasons, people simply resent being controlled. Lastly, it's self-centered, as if the people's achievement was about accomplishing your goal of making them do something. Working with people is about helping THEM, not satisfying your own need for control.
When I think about things that are a good idea, my short list is:
- Exercise: I feel better and have a better life-view when I'm exercising regularly
- Practice: Improving my skills, polishing my chops, and generally improving my professional facility helps me be ready for professional opportunities
- Metronomes and A/V recorders: "Honesty Devices" as I call them. Intended for daily use.
- Reading: Learning new things and having new experiences through reading keeps me in touch with the world and fills me with humility and wonder.
- Writing: Creating valuable things and passing my ideas on to others can have positive effects and start new ideas in others that I will never know about
- Adding Value: Teaching, talking, and pouring myself into others for their benefit will always have a good return. I don't know anyone who ever regretted it.
These things are not particularly emotionally energizing. They all require DISCIPLINE. As my leadership guru, John Maxwell said, "no one is excited about a paper when they're still writing it". They're VERY excited after it's done. Discipline is PROACTIVE, based on the goals, and the will of the individual. It is internal, and if you exist in a discipline mind-set, you control yourself.
"To do right is wonderful. To teach others to do right is even more wonderful – and much easier." ~Mark Twain
When I hear people talking about discipline, they're usually talking about punishment. It is not possible to "discipline" someone. The only kind of discipline is self-discipline, it's an unemotional choice made freely by a person to improve their situation. If you got someone to behave how you wanted by doing something bad to them, you didn't discipline them, you motivated them with punishment.
I find the public schools to be very motivation-heavy. Social pressure and grading creates a fear environment, and students learn how to survive, being led from one emotion to another all day, avoiding pain when they can, and generally escaping punishment as much as possible. There are plenty of individual exceptions, but that's how the system is set up. The expectation is: do as you're told, or else.
In my teaching, all my assignments are discipline-heavy, the early ones especially. I teach with a discipline-bias for two reasons: First, because so much of my success comes from consistent discipline. Second, because it makes the experience of learning with me instantly different, and quickly removes any negative school baggage from the relationship. In the first few weeks that I work with students, I see most transform from being semi-directionless, looking for instructions and an emotional charge, to being disciplined, focused, and looking for accountability. Their capacity for self-determination was always there, they were just used to not connecting with it.
The first and most important large assignment I give is "Artist Scales", which I adapted from my work with Leigh Howard Stevens. It is a colossal undertaking, but any 6th grader with a 4 octave instrument can do it if they are willing to follow the process. No one has ever finished it for me in less than 4 weeks (it's more likely to take upwards of 10), but by the time they can do it in under 3 minutes, they have a complete set of learning tools for any piece, and a disposition to match. As they get closer to 3 minutes, we cover other things as well in lessons, but we start every time with Artist Scales without fail until it's done.
Most of my worksheets, lessons and literature expectations flow from this first assignment. The patterns of discipline developed early on form the basic habits of preparation in all music, and eventually, I hope, in all of life. Some day, I would like to look at the lives of my former students, and see that they met their highest ambitions in their chosen fields because they learned their Artist Scales :D
The principal of discipline is not about punishment. It's about self-determination and a striving to achieve your personal goals whether you feel like doing it today or not. Motivation is powerful, and has its place, but it is fleeting and unsustainable. Discipline is powerful because it is sustainable, and its power grows the longer it is sustained.
If you wait to feel like doing something that is hard, you likely never will. If you do something anyway because you know it will help you, eventually the results it gives you will make you feel like continuing.
Over the past week a few ideas have come together for me and I feel ready to write about what I've been calling Growth Orientation. This is something I'm developing as a core philosophy and practice, and, as it is in development, I find it difficult to organize clearly. This week I made significant progress thanks to Tom Burritt's post on drumchattr.com.
Tom has been reading on university programs and on-line course offerings, and I highly recommend reading his post and following his links to the articles he's citing if you ever plan on attending a university (hint).
Here's what I'm bringing together philosophically:
- My undergrad at Iowa State imprinted on me the statement, "Lifelong Learning"
- I strongly prefer the "apprenticeship" model of education to the "lecture" model
- I believe the successful study of any discipline requires developing universal tools of learning
- I don't think anyone is responsible for my education but me
- I don't feel personally responsible to anyone for their own learning
- I feel the internet makes the above two statements totally reasonable
- I find goals to be highly motivating… until completed, then they become highly demotivating
- I find the pursuit of college degrees to be at the heart of some of the saddest, most financially crippling stories I've ever heard
- I think individual entrepreneurialism based on individual brilliance is the new normal, and anyone who can be replaced cheaply or easily will be
- I find myself to be better at the service of building people with information and action than I am at generating and protecting exclusive, unique content
That's a lot of disparate stuff, which is why I say I have a hard time focusing my material at this early stage. This is my current conclusion:
- Goals are temporary. The momentum gained while working on them reverses upon their completion. It is easier to talk about and remember how you were successful before than it is to be successful again.
- Growth is continual, and generates momentum the longer growth continues. The bigger you grow, the bigger you CAN grow and the bigger you WANT to grow.
- Therefore: Growth is a more beneficial focus in study over a long period, and Goals are only suitable as a temporary means to accomplish a short-term end.
- Furthermore: Because in western culture we are inundated with goal-oriented thinking all the time, special attention needs to be given to NOT making goals, but attending to steady growth instead.
Example: Marching season is over, so all my students are selecting pieces for solo and ensemble contest, because that's the next major calendar event (goal). Inevitably I am asked over and over, "what should I play?", which is a fair question, because you have to pick SOMETHING, but it's November, and contest for many people is in late February or March.
If I set a piece as a goal now, we start a cycle, where we work for 4-5 months to get ready, then play, then move on. The challenge becomes selecting a piece that will be a suitable goal, and fulfill all our needs for that entire period.
IF, however, I refuse to choose a piece, and place our focus on maximizing growth during this period, there will be, among other things, pieces getting played, and when we get a few weeks away from contest, whatever is good at that time can be used.
Now the "goal" is relegated to its appropriate place as a short-term solution to a specific problem. We need a piece to play so we get feedback at contest. We pick a piece, we play, we get feedback. Done. The real value in the 4-5 months of study is the growth, and that may very well be accomplished better without a big contest piece.
The idea of Growth Orientation is one of service: I exist as a teacher to add value to my students. The content of lessons is not substantially different than what would be used in goal orientation. The pieces are mostly similar, the instruments are mostly similar, the specifics of each piece are mostly similar, etc. What is different is the emphasis on helping students to grow as people by growing as players, rather than on setting goals for completion of material or success at scheduled events.
This also eliminates the common idea that when a piece is learned it's "done". Anything that has its value defined by helping to complete a goal loses that value when the goal is complete. Any piece used in the growth process retains its value as long as growth continues, and could be called upon again at any time, for any suitable reason.
In goal orientation, each completed goal involves an opportunity for stagnation, because a new goal is needed to continue working with purpose. In growth orientation each small instance of growth leads to greater growth, because there is always one more obvious step to take.
What I want my students to take away from this idea is simple:
- You will need to learn and grow through your entire life and adapt to be successful.
- Learning itself is a skill you develop any time you learn anything.
- You are at the center of your own learning and growth. It really is all about you!
- Once you get good at it, no one will ever teach you better than you.
- The best way to grow to a higher level is to connect with someone who is beyond you at whatever specific thing you're learning. Add their value to your own!
- Always take time to benefit others in their growth as well. It is impossible to help others without also helping yourself.
I will continue to develop this idea and write on it as it gets better. I'm using it in every aspect of my life, teaching, study and growth, and I can see its positive effects every day.
Happy growing!


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MONTREAL — Pure genius? Yacht rock? Both, maybe? Depending on who you ask and when you do the asking, you'll hear a wide range of views on Steely Dan. There are few more polarizing major bands in pop music history. I'm saying genius. And I'm prepared to fight for my opinion.
Donald Fagen and Walter Becker were first-wave baby boomers who grew up in various New York City suburbs. Both bookish outcast types, they looked to Lower Manhattan for their deliverance, worshipping at the boho altar of jazz but partaking of the burgeoning rock culture as much as any of their peers. They met at ultraliberal Bard College, and struck up a musical partnership, but upon graduation their dues-paying could not have been less cool: they toured as backing musicians with Jay and the Americans, mob-connected lounge-pop throwbacks who looked and sounded as if the '60s had never happened. Escaping that scene during the last gasp of the songs-for-hire Brill Building tradition, they took jobs with ABC Records as staff writers, in which role they scored very few covers for the very sound reason that their songs, laden as they were with funny jazz chords and surrealist lyrics, were just too weird.
Rescued from backroom limbo by simpatico producer Gary Katz, the two formed a band (named for … let's just say a toy, from William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch), signed a deal, and set out their stall with the very first song from their 1972 debut album, Can't Buy a Thrill. Do It Again was all over the radio in early 1973 and is probably playing on a classic rock station near you at this very minute, but that should not obscure what a deeply strange thing it is: an extended mambo introduction, a lyric built from crime, violence, sex, addiction and disillusionment, and not one but two extended solos — the first played on an electric sitar (!), the second on a plastic organ of the type once a standard item in suburban rumpus rooms, both exhibiting jaw-dropping chops. Somehow, some way, it worked as pop, and launched their career. It was followed quickly by another big hit, Reelin' In The Years, a song that, I'm assured by an acquaintance who knows about these things, is an actual reel. The fact that it's probably the hardest-rocking song the group ever did should be a contradiction, but in the suspended-logic world of the Dan, it isn't.
I was 11 when I heard Do It Again, and it entranced me. I ran out and bought Can't Buy a Thrill with my paper route money and it seldom left the family console turntable for months afterward (sorry, Mum and Dad.) The pattern repeated itself with 1973's Countdown to Ecstasy and peaked with 1974's peerless Pretzel Logic, an album that somehow melded Dylan in his '65-'66 misanthrope/hipster phase with the hyper-eclectic dynamism of the White Album-period Beatles.
Far too young to get what the songs were "about," I nonetheless sensed I was being given a rare peep into a very grown-up world, and besides, there was all kinds of fun to be had for a kid obsessed with pop culture and, uh, geography. As lyricists, Steely Dan have always had a great ear for the poetry of real place names: Avenue D, Magnolia Boulevard, Biscayne Bay, ("where the Cuban gentlemen sleep all day"), Muswellbrook (the perfect Aussie outback hideaway should you ever lose everything in a stock market crash), Guadalajara, Annandale. And as, well, grown-ups, they clearly knew a fair bit about drinks and drinking. The Black Cow, the piña colada, the zombie (drunk from a cocoa shell, naturally), the piña colada (years before it was made ubiquitous by Rupert Holmes's risible Escape), retsina and, yes, good old scotch whiskey. It was enough to give a kid a hangover premonition just by listening.
Any hopes of spending some paper route money on a possible Steely Dan concert back then were alas dashed when the band, never having enjoyed the road, announced they would henceforth be strictly a studio entity. It was the kind of art-over-commerce strategy that had previously been the preserve of people like Glenn Gould, the Beatles and … well, no one else, actually. Before MTV and the Internet such voluntary invisibility should logically have meant career suicide, but in fact it only enhanced their immaculately detached collective persona. For we fans, they could do no wrong. The less they courted our favour, the more we loved them.
From that point, roughly between Katy Lied and The Royal Scam, Steely Dan ceased to be a band in any conventional sense of the word and instead, intent more and more on incorporating their beloved jazz into their work, employed a rotating array of session guns-for-hire. It shouldn't have worked. It worked.
This was not Blood, Sweat & Tears or Chicago, rock bands with grafted-on horn sections. This was an internalizing, a reimagining, and the best kind of tribute. Sometimes, especially early on, the homage was explicit as with two songs from Pretzel Logic. A cover of Duke Ellington's 1926 recording East St. Louis Toodle-Oo is one of the few instrumentals that can make you laugh out loud for the sheer joy of musicianship, while Parker's Band is an unabashed fan letter all the more affecting for being written for an idol who had been dead 20 years, seamlessly dropping the names of Charlie Parker tunes — Groovin' High, Relaxin' at Camarillo — into its lyric. Sometimes it was more oblique, as when heir highest-charting hit, Rikki Don't Lose That Number, lifted its central motif from Horace Silver's Song For My Father, leading who knows how many to seek out the Blue Note original. For anyone looking to explore beyond the mainstream, Steely Dan were the perfect musical gateway drug.
More often, though, as they entered the imperial phase encompassing Aja and Gaucho, jazz was simply woven into the fabric of the music, with a seeming ease that belied a legendary perfectionism. Peg, the hit single from Aja, is a perfect case study: no less than seven guitarists, the cream of the crop, tried and failed to nail the guitar solo before Jay Graydon gave them what they wanted. The result, a thing of wonder, more than justifies all the fastidiousness. As Dean Parks, another guitarist employed for the Aja sessions, remarked, "Perfection is not what (Fagen and Becker) are after. They're after something that you want to listen to over and over again. So we would work past the perfection point until it became natural, until it sounded almost improvised. That's quite an amalgamation. And it's interesting to note that it can be a hit."
After the fraught sessions for 1980's Gaucho, Fagen and Becker might have sensed they had taken their approach as far as it could go; certainly they felt the need for a break, and quietly stepped aside. In their long absence, though, their presence somehow grew and grew, aided by, among other things, the introduction of the compact disc, and by some unexpected shout-outs. SoCal punk icons the Minutemen, of all people, covered Doctor Wu on their classic Double Nickels on the Dime album, and they weren't indulging in some prank. They did it straight, as a salute from one group of musicians to another. Then, in 1989, when De La Soul built Eye Know's chorus out of Peg, an unlikely affinity was heralded. Steely Dan, it turned out, were beloved by the hip-hop nation, a culture that recognized razor-sharp style and rhythmic suss when they heard it. Soon after, 3rd Bass's Wordz of Wisdom used Everyone's Gone to The Movies, and the Dan-sampling floodgates were opened to Ice Cube, MF Doom, Organized Konfusion and countless more — most prominent, perhaps, being Kanye West, that one-man pop-culture barometer who sampled Kid Charlemagne on Champion from his 2007 album Graduation, having secured clearance from Fagen and Becker by sending them a handwritten request.
Maybe because they'd been feeling all the love, Steely Dan reconstituted as a recording entity in 2000. The resulting album, Two Against Nature, didn't shake the Earth — when it was named Album of the Year at the Grammys, there was a distinct sense of an aging voting block attempting recompense for past snubs. Eminem, for one person in the building that night, didn't seem to know what to make of it. But it sure was good to have them back.
Another thing Fagen and Becker did, even before they started recording again, as if regretting all those stay-at-home years, was start playing live. In an irony of Kraftwerkian proportions, these former Bartlebys of rock have become veritable road warriors: the tour that brings them to Montreal this week is part of a months-long jaunt that would exhaust bands half their age. A cursory Web-surf indicates set lists that should leave no one disappointed. Leave your yacht in the dock, ladies and gentlemen. The Dan are in town.
Steely Dan Theatre appears in concert at Théâtre St-Denis, 1594 St-Denis St, on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 8 p.m. For ticket information, visit ticketnetwork.com/tix/steely-dan.
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Posted by Katlyn on Monday, March 25, 2013 at 5:46pm.
"distance from the high point to the low point is 30cm"
----> your a value is 15
so far: d(t) = 15 sin ( ???? t)
5 cycles takes 4 seconds
so 1 cycle takes 4/5 seconds
then 2π/k = 4/5
4k = 10π
k = 5π/2
so far: d(t) = 15 sin (5π/2)( t ± phase shift)
since you didn't say where you want the object to be at t-0 , I will assume at the mean positon of zero
so .....
d(t) = 15sin (5π/2)t
since you only had data affecting the amplitude and period I will go with the above.
since the period is .8 seconds we should have a value of -15 at the 3/4 mark
3/4 (.8) = .6
set your calculator to radians and evaluated
15 sin (5π/2)(.6)
( I get -15)
Im sorry I do not understand. How did you get 15 and the period .8 seconds how did you get the 5pie/2please explainI am so confused!!!:(
I assumed you were familiar with the basic general sine function
y = a sin kŘ
where a is the amplitude, and k is such that
2π/k is the period of the curve.
To be able to do the type of question above, you just MUST know that terminology.
Check with your textbook or your notes.
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7 Celebs Who Are So Glad They Married Non-Famous Folks
George Clooney isn't the only one—and with good reason.
By Molly Klinefelter
George Clooney
The ultimate bachelor of Hollywood first met British lawyer Amal Alamuddin when they were working on a Syrian human-rights project. He's dated many famous women before, but he seems lately to have had a change of heart regarding his privacy. For example, he's very anti-Twitter, stating, "I don't think you need to be that available." And Amal, a brilliant lawyer, takes him outside of his very public Hollywood realm. "On an intellectual level, they are equals," George's mom, Nina, told the Daily Mail. "That is very important to him. Amal's world couldn't be more different from the Hollywood lifestyle."