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Anaplan's software is designed to help organizations across finance, sales and operations improve accuracy, timeliness and collaboration in their business analytics and planning. I recently attended the company's first user conference, Hub 2013, in San Francisco, which featured customer success stories and latest on product information. Anaplan has built its business on the subtleties of modeling and planning that are shared between sales, operations and finance departments, and it enables them to apply analytics to projections in revenue, sales, forecasting, territory planning, commissions, quotas and profitability – areas that are intertwined through many business processes. Anaplan's team has more than decades of experience in the analytics and planning software markets that has led to its devised cloud-based, in-memory computing software.
At the conference Anaplan customer companies discussing their deployments included Diageo, McAfee and Pandora. Anaplan also announced that both HP and Salesforce have chosen its product; these global technology companies are not easy wins, being both demanding and skeptical about using other companies' software. My conversations with many of its customers suggested that they chose Anaplan because it is easy to use and to engage with the cloud deployment, which offers a secure method to do business planning across the enterprise. Pandora gave a compelling presentation on its use of the product. It is both one of Anaplan's earliest customers and the winner of our 2013 Ventana Research Leadership Award for the benefits it has derived in planning and collaborating across the business. Pandora models and analyzes its business needs in Anaplan.
Also at the conference, finance, operations, sales and IT people from McAfee had a frank discussion of the latency and lack of efficiency in its planning process before adopting Anaplan. A member of the audience asked the McAfee speakers about the security of data from planning in the cloud. McAfee of course is in the business of security and virus software and said that this approach is safer than the company's prior practice of sending spreadsheets via email. McAfee, which won a 2012 Ventana Research Leadership Award, provided one of the most informative panel discussions that I have heard; it was probably the first time I have seen an entire team from across business lines on stage; usually you get one person to talk about a company's use of a vendor's products. By the way, we did a webinar on getting smart with planning with McAfee, and the replay is available.
Since my analysis of Anaplan last year, it has made great strides in simplifying the participation of contributors to the planning process and gaining input across the organization. Its new advances include more powerful presentation of embedded microcharts and maps, and more single-screen unified user interfaces, which should attract a range of business users who are not analysts but need to do interactive planning. Anaplan's product is now more reliable in performance and scalability for both data and users, and its patented in-memory HyperBlock architecture provides robust processing of analytic computations on models with a range of dependencies and interrelationships. At the same time Anaplan is making it easier to change model and business unit assignments, and creating new members of a model and recalculating values based on the changes is dynamic and interactive. This dynamic what-if modeling is essential for scenario planning and simulations to determine how changes could impact performance and is very efficient and saves significant time compared to other approaches that would require changes to data model or scripts to modify how calculations are performed. Our research into long range planning finds that those organizations that can perform what-if and scenario planning dynamically and to any level of iteration make better decisions in 84 percent of organizations compared to those that can only perform limited number of them. The ability to create and maintain models dynamically is the top capability requested as very useful or useful in 81 percent of organizations. Using Anaplan there is no need for complex spreadsheet approaches, which according to our spreadsheet research, could require up to 18 hours per month for spreadsheet maintenance; that's a waste of critical resources, especially when you could directly update and interact with the model and the plan and it will reduce the risk of manual errors within spreadsheets. Our research into long range planning found that when teams of 20 or more people are involved that spreadsheets are a problem in 67 percent of organizations. The product also now enables dynamic filtering using the business levels of a hierarchy to automatically show information without interruptions from intermediary screens or dialogues; this ultimately saves time and helps analysts work more efficiently.
Anaplan has a significant opportunity to change how business analysts model and plan and also how they access the tools in the cloud, where they are easily rented and configured for use by anyone in business. Many organizations still use legacy technology installed long ago, in outdated versions of products like Oracle Essbase, IBM TM1 and Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. Anaplan's main challenge is to convince such prospects of the value of making the transformation to modeling and planning that can be used across the enterprise. It should emphasize the enhanced efficiency of business processes, the time saved from more effective modeling and planning, and the faster response to conditions and actions that can be taken and decisions made. Our research into integrated business planning found that the most important reasons to change planning processes with technology are increased accuracy (for 47% of participants), better insight into performance (41%) and a shorter process (40%). Anaplan is addressing these aspects and was validated by its customers at the recent user conference. Anaplan is growing rapidly in terms of new customers. Recently secured private financing will enable the company to invest more in marketing and sales to strengthen its market position and also to support other necessary technology advancements, for example, access through tablets and smartphones, which play an increasing role in the business environment. Anaplan enables a new class of business optimization through its modeling and planning software. It not only gives analysts more power than spreadsheets but enables them to collaborate and interact across departments to synchronize planning and improve performance. In my opinion moving beyond spreadsheets for business processes like this one is a sign of maturity and reflects an organization's readiness to compete and be as profitable as possible in its chosen markets. Those in business aiming to dramatically improve its analytics and planning through dynamic modeling operated and managed by analysts should evaluate what Anaplan offers.
Mark Smith
CEO & Chief Research Officer
Organizations succeed through continuous planning to achieve high levels of performance. For most organizations planning is not an easy process to conduct. Planning software is typically designed for only a few people in the process, such as analysts, or organizations might use spreadsheets, which are not designed for business planning across an organization. Most technologies only allow you to examine the past and not plan for the future. For decades organizations have tried to focus planning on driving better results through higher participation, but they have usually failed, as technology has not advanced enough to support this business need.
Tidemark has been working to help organizations plan and perform more effectively across business, including finance and operational areas. My colleague Robert Kugel a year ago analyzed the launch of the company. Last fall it came to market with generally available applications that operate across the web and mobile technology. They are designed for business but also illustrate my point about business leading the way to cloud computing. Ventana Research awarded Tidemark our 2012 Technology Innovation Award for Finance, as the company's efforts make finance more effective and smarter in business planning operations. Tidemark's focus on the user experience engages users with easy–to-read metrics. The software's ability to update the plan and let users collaborate has gained it attention from organizations looking for a better approach to planning. Early customers such as Acosta, Chuck E. Cheese's and G&K have validated its premise of a smarter way for organizations to manage performance through analytics and planning designed for everyone in business.
Using dedicated applications to support a business process like planning is a smart idea. Our recent research into business planning found that organizations that use dedicated applications report a level of accuracy of 86 percent, compared to those using spreadsheets at 60 percent. Increasing the accuracy of the plan was the top item (47%) where change could improve the value of the financial and business planning process. More importantly, 82 percent of organizations using dedicated applications indicate they have all or most of the numbers for aligning performance through planning, compared with 39 percent of those using spreadsheets. Businesses struggle to blend planning and business analytics. Integrated business planning that encompasses every department should be available for any range of customer, operational, financial, HR, sales and revenue-related needs.
Tidemark focuses on usability, which our research into business technology innovation found to be very important in 64 percent of organizations, higher than any other evaluation criteria. Its metrics and planning processes are easy for people to read, view and understand, unlike today's typical mashup of email messages, presentations and spreadsheets, or attempts to push a set of standard charts into a dashboard view, which I have already said to be pathetic.
The new Spring 2013 release is the company's next major product milestone. It introduces the ability to present analytics and metrics in what the company calls Tidemark Storylines – visual business-focused infographics that are dynamically created to interpret and present information about the business in a past, present and future approach that I have not seen in a product to date. Beyond this tool to help inform business and provide better methods to interpret the data, Tidemark has enhanced the business modeling capabilities that make this all possible, and this is what business analysts will love about the product. By using driver-based planning and other important approaches, the application can help provide a unified view of actual and plan data along with business charts to let users examine what changes are needed or envision what-if scenarios. Addressing one of my personal rants over the last decade, the software's English statements on the analysis and analytic computations (metric or key indicator) make it easier to understand what you are examining, and you can change a statement to drive the presentation of the analytics. Tidemark's focus on the visual presentation of business analytics goes well beyond that of the majority of technology suppliers in the market today. It takes only a couple of minutes of seeing the application to understand how the intuitive and interactive charts tell the business story and don't just present the numbers.
This new release provides advancements in collaboration, with annotation and collaborative methods built in as part of the application. For years IT analysts have failed to understand that collaboration is the essence of what people do every day to drive improvement, and what those held accountable for business actually need. Our technology innovation research found collaboration to be the second most important priority after analytics, and having collaboration embedded within applications was the preferred method in 43 percent of organizations, over use of Microsoft Office or standalone tools. Tidemark provides collaboration within the context of the analytics and plan. It is able to integrate a range of comments or a document relevant to the analytics. It can securely store content to help with the need for disclosures, or any level of secured document storage, through a partnership with Box. Our recent research into next-generation business intelligence found that by using collaborative methods, organizations improve decision-making and have better communications than those that do not. I would assume that every organization would like these types of benefits for their business.
The next largest advancement is in how Tidemark allows for rapid configuration to make the application quick to deploy and use for a wide range of analytics and planning needs, no matter how strategic or operational they might be for an organization. It is not a one-size-fits-all approach; the Tidemark application can be adapted easily for any business process or planning needs.
As organizations begin to realize the drawbacks of using spreadsheets and legacy applications not designed for the planning and performance processes, they will find that almost half (47%) can get to the details faster with dedicated applications compared to those that use spreadsheets alone (21%) or those that use spreadsheets with other applications (16%). Respondents in our recent benchmark research in business technology innovation ranked business analytics their top priority (39%), in part for their importance in business planning. As organizations look at how to get better at strategic and long-range planning, they need to ensure they spend the right amount of time, as my colleague eloquently points out.
Tidemark partners with Workday to provide its products integrated with Workday's HR and accounting applications that operate in the cloud, which are rapidly replacing on-premises ERP implementations. Tidemark also takes advantage of big data related to unstructured content using new technologies like its partner Cloudera.
Just investing in business analytics to analyze the past is not sufficient for achieving higher levels of performance. Without planning it is hard to determine what business should do to improve. Tidemark uses cloud computing and mobile technology in a unique way to advance business planning across the enterprise, and is worth your time to evaluate. Tidemark provides a strong foundation, but it should provide easier access for people to try the application for a short period of time, as I believe that once organizations try it, many will become customers. Tidemark can help meet organizations' planning and performance needs and determine how a business can reach its full potential with its new and innovative release.
Mark Smith
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Video: Rafting a South Sierra classic
Cool rafting video from April 2 on Northern California's Brush Creek, a tributary of the Kern River, with paddlers Austin Nickell, Dave Krog and Brandon Sweet.
March Madness in NorCal
Oh spring, glorious spring! On April 1 the California Department of Water Resources reported that the Shasta River Basin was showing 199 percent of its average snowpack. At the end of March, Northstar-at-Tahoe reported 42 feet of snow—the ski resort's snowiest winter in 25 years. Most whitewater paddlers are frothing over the length and potential of this fresh season with the amount of precipitation feeling borderline biblical.
Landslide Poses New Access Challenges for Washington's Icicle Canyon
A landslide last week hit Icicle Creek Road, near Leavenworth, Wash., closing the road at the site of the slide and barring boater access to the upper section of Icicle Canyon, the deepest canyon in Washington state and popular Northwest Class IV/V whitewater kayaking run.
Owens River Odyssey
Return of a river breathes life into a different sort of novice paddling club
The Cali Burn Fest
Three C&K staffers come back burnt
Mile High Sea Kayaking Paddling Yellowstone Lake
The snow fell during the night, piling around the tents and covering the boats in a white shroud. I stuck my head out the door and recoiled from the cold. The thermometer read just 20 degrees. No wonder my feet were chilled.
Kayak Fishing from a Mother Ship
Southern California's best kayak fishing destinations lie far beyond paddling reach. Those places are the thick kelp beds and rocky shallows of the windswept Channel Islands, spots the most audacious power boaters avoid.
Paddling California's Mammoth Lakes
Mammoth Lakes sits in the pristine beauty of California's Sierra Mountains. Surrounded by a backdrop of fragrant pines and majestic peaks, the lakes are some of Califorinia's paddling gems. In the typical winter there could be over 100 inches of snow on the mountains and makes for some tough paddling,but it's never to early to […]
California Kayak Fishing in the WinterThe off-season packs plenty of fishing action
Feel that chill in the evening air? Even here in the gorgeous Golden State fall is here and what passes for Old Man Winter is on the way. Rather than pine for the days of summer gone by, savvy paddle-powered fishers are anxiously awaiting a splendid time of year. "The winter months are some of […]
Kayak Caving in the Channel Islands National Park
By Chuck GrahamA Canoe & Kayak Web Exclusive3/20/07 I scanned the brittle, pock-marked walls of a dark sea cave within Santa Cruz Island, one of the Channel Islands off the west coast of California. The caves harbor pelagic cormorants and pigeon guillemots where they roost comfortably in the damp alcoves. Bird-watching in the caves is […]
Owyhee River
The Owyhee River takes you on an intoxicating desert run.
Waterfalls on Colorado's San Juan River
A deluge on the San Juan River lifted a fun float into a new level.
Escalante Calling
By our fifth day of meandering down the wondrous Escalante, we are out of superlatives to describe this rarely run wilderness river in southern Utah's redrock-canyon country. We keep using the same gushy adjectives-unbelievable! mind-boggling! stunning!-as our intrepid band of six pushes south past the narrow mouth of Scorpion Gulch, a tantalizing side chasm choked […]
Reno Revival
I'd been in downtown Reno for no more than 15 minutes when I saw world freestyle champion Eric Jackson shouting encouragement to his 16-year-old daughter, Emily, as she was throwing down in the whitewater park. Reno River Festival, May 12-14, 2006 So far there didn't seem to be anything about Reno that would prompt Starbucks […]
Canoe & Kayak Destination – Oregon's John Day River
Oregon's high-desert John Day River lives up to its wild and scenic status.
Sea Kayaking by Mother Ship – Baranof Island, Alaska
Cold rainy Alaska is the perfect place to trade in your soggy tent for a comfy berth with hot showers.
Good Times on the Main Salmon
An 80-mile, seven-day run down the Main Salmon River gives paddlers postcard scenery, wide-open wave trains, and a Christmas gift that keeps on giving.

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Professor Hoopes joined the Fisher College of Business Department of Accounting and Management Information Systems in 2013. He completed his doctoral work in Business Administration (Accounting) at the University of Michigan. He holds a M.Acc. degree with a tax emphasis from Brigham Young University, where he also earned his B.S. degree in accounting. Professor Hoopes is a certified public accountant (CPA) in the state of Colorado.
Professor Hoopes teaches introductory tax accounting at Fisher to undergraduate students. He has also taught introductory financial accounting at Utah Valley University. His primary research interests are in the areas of corporate taxation and financial accounting. He is especially interested in how firms respond to changes in tax policy, and how taxpayers learn about changes in tax policy.
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U of I, Community College Open Food Pantries
By Sean Powers
The University of Illinois has opened a food pantry on campus that specifically caters to college students.
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The University of Illinois has opened a food pantry on campus that specifically caters to college students.
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By the middle of the century, the number of older people suffering from Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia will nearly triple, severely straining caregiving resources, the charity Alzheimer's Disease International says in a new study released Thursday.
By Elizabeth Shogren
The Environmental Protection Agency's second stab at a proposal to set the first-ever limits on greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants would make it impossible for companies to build the kind of coal-fired plants that have been the country's biggest source of electricity for decades.
By Krishnadev Calamur
Pope Francis, in a wide-ranging interview with 16 Jesuit publications, says "the moral edifice of the church is likely to fall like a house of cards" if it continues to focus on narrow issues such as abortion, gay marriage and contraception.
By Sean Powers, with additional reporting from The Associated Press and NPR
The U.S. House voted on Thursday to cut nearly $40 billion over the next decade in food stamps (or $4 billion a year).
By Sean Powers
The union representing teachers in the Champaign School District outlined some of its next steps, a day after its members voted to authorize a strike.
By Mark Memmott
An appeals court in Texas has overturned the 2010 conviction of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who had been found guilty of illegally funneling corporate money to Texas candidates during the 2002 campaign cycle.
By Martin Kaste
With all the talk of spying by the National Security Agency, it's easy to forget the government engages in off-line surveillance, too. In the last few years, the feds have expanded efforts to collect tips about people's behavior in the real world; they're called suspicious activity reports.
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The unemployment rate was unchanged at 9.2 percent in Illinois last month. That's one of the country's highest jobless rates.
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A new port facility for Decatur-based Archer Daniels Midland will serve as the central hub for receiving and shipping via rail.


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The Shortboard (also known as the thruster) is the most popular type of surfboard and is designed to perform quick maneuvers on waves. Shortboards are light and are easy to negotiate through the impact zone due to all areas of the board being narrowed down. The size of shortboards generally ranges from around 5'8" to 6'10".
Fish surfboards are great for surfing small waves as these boards are usually shorter but wider and thicker. They generally have a swallow tail design and a Twin (2), Thruster (3) or Quad (4) fin setup. They move quickly over flat sections of the wave and are easy to manoeuvre. Fish surfboards tend to ride really smooth, look great and are a must-have for any surfer who spends a lot of time in the water over summer. As a general guide when choosing a fish surfboard, intermediate to advanced surfers normally ride a fish that is up to 4 inches shorter than their normal surfboard. Types of Fish Surfboards include:
Retro Fish: An old school twin fin with large side fins and a deep swallow tail. These Fish designs cruise over flat sections effortly and are loads of fun.
Quad Fish: A four fin setup, sometimes with a fifth fin plug to alternate them into a thruster. The fastest of all the fish surfboards.
Thruster Fish: The standard fish. Every surfer should have one of these boards as an all round board. The three fin set-up is stable in all conditions.
Mini-Mal surfboards are perfect for the surfer who likes the feel of a longboard but wants more maneuverability. Easier to carry and manage out in the water than a longboard, Mini-Mal's ride with all the ease of a longboard. Great for kids and smaller adults looking for a great beginners board or the experienced longboarder needing something more snappy and maneuverable.
The Longboard or Malibu surfboard is a modern replica of what the sport was started on. Paddle into what ever you want and hang ten all the way to the beach. Among the most popular boards in the water, and for good reason, longboards are easy for beginners and always fun.


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Multiplication with fundamental nullspace basis
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W = fzmult(A,V) computes the product W of matrix Z with matrix V, that is, W = Z*V, where Z is a fundamental basis for the nullspace of matrix A. A must be a sparse m-by-n matrix where m < n, rank(A) = m, and rank(A(1:m,1:m)) = m. V must be p-by-q, where p = n-m. If V is sparse W is sparse, else W is full.
W = fzmult(A,V,'transpose') computes the product of the transpose of the fundamental basis times V, that is, W = Z'*V. V must be p-by-q, where q = n-m. fzmult(A,V) is the same as fzmult(A,V,[]).
[W,L,U,pcol,P] = fzmult(A,V) returns the sparse LU-factorization of matrix A(1:m,1:m), that is, A1 = A(1:m,1:m) and P*A1(:,pcol) = L*U.
W = fzmult(A,V,transpose,L,U,pcol,P) uses the precomputed sparse LU factorization of matrix A(1:m,1:m), that is, A1 = A(1:m,1:m) and P*A1(:,pcol) = L*U. transpose is either 'transpose' or [].
The nullspace basis matrix Z is not formed explicitly. An implicit representation is used based on the sparse LU factorization of A(1:m,1:m).


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I know that some of you may not have Costco memberships or even have one near you but please know that a lot of these items can be found at your local grocery store. Also, I understand that not every Costco is the same so you may or may not be able to find all of these things at your Costco. I know that it can be useful to see what other folks buy to help get you started on a whole foods diet. I also like comparing the cost. Shop around at your local stores and figure out what staples are least expensive at the stores that you frequent.
If you have the opportunity-do a tour at your local Costco to get an idea about what staples you might purchase there. If you've got several things in mind that you know you'll buy several times a year than a membership is most likely worth it. But you have to do the math for yourself.
Here's a few things that I picked up during a recent Costco trip. All are clean, whole food items that are staples in my house.
1. Organic Baby Spinach: 1 pound of pre-washed spinach for $3.99
I like adding spinach to our salads or mixing into sauces. It's fresh and crunchy. This is a huge container of spinach so I'll have to get creative on how to use it up before it goes bad. I always put a paper towel in the container to help soak up extra moisture. This helps it keep a bit longer.
2. Organic Chicken Thighs: 3.77 pounds for $14.84. It's not pasture raised chicken but it is what fits in my budget. I feel like buying the organic chicken is the next best thing…although I know that "organic" doesn't necessarily mean the chicken didn't eat corn/soy/wheat feed. It's a step above factory farmed in my opinion, but if organic doesn't fit in your budget don't worry about it. The thighs are delicious dark meat and are small enough to grill, saute, fry really quickly. I will share my favorite chicken thigh recipe with y'all soon. It's awesome! I will cook all of these at once and use them for breakfast, lunches and quick dinners.
3. Boscoli's Italian Olive Salad: 32 oz. jar for $8.49. This was a splurge for me as this is obviously not something that we really needed. I've never actually purchased it before but I did try it once in the store and loved it. The ingredients are: olives, olive oil, cauliflower, carrots, celery, sweet peppers, black olives, capers and spices. I'm hoping that the general "spices" ingredient doesn't mean MSG or any other mystery spice that they can add without technically having to list. This olive salad would make a perfect muffuletta if you ate bread…but we don't so I'll have to come up with some other way to eat it. I might top a salad with the mix or just eat it plain!
4. Kalamata Pitted Olives: 2 lb. container for $6.59. If you love olives as much as I do then I bet you like kalamata olives. They are a bit vinegary tasting, really rich and just down right tasty. I will use these olives on top of salads, in sauces, or just as a plain snack. Olives are full of healthy fats so snack away.
5. Jumbo Stuffed Tasso Olives: 35 oz. jar for $6.79. Obviously I was craving olives this trip! These buggers are an awesome snack! They are jumbo green olives stuffed with a piece of jalapeno and a piece of garlic. They are not super spicy and the garlic isn't too overpowering but the flavors explode in your mouth. I will pack a few of these for lunches for us. Again…healthy fats! They are a bit pricey but again…they are very nutrient dense and will last us a while.
6. Brussel Sprouts: 2 lbs. $4.29. Brussel sprouts may possibly be my favorite vegetable. They are easy to cook and when roasted have a nutty, rich flavor. This is a big bag of them so I'll usually roast them all at once and eat on them for several days. Cut the thick ends off, cut them in half, drizzle on some melted coconut oil, shake on some spices and roast at 400 for about 20-30 minutes. Stir them around half way through. I used tumeric on my last batch and that was delish!
7. Bananas: A BIG bag for $1.39. I realize that I had bananas on the last Costco post. Oh well…they are a wonderful carbohydrate and I feel like that is a great price for a big bunch of bananas. I liked these especially, because they were smaller bananas. I don't need a lot of sugar/carbs right now so these are the perfect size for me. If they start going bad before we can eat them all I may make some dehydrated banana chips! Yum!
8. Yoga/Workout Pants: 1 pair for $19.99. This was DEFINITELY a splurge for me this trip. I think that these pants are the first piece of new clothing I've bought since late last year. I have a pair similar to this from Costco and LOVE them. They are flare style and are so comfy! I love these in particular, because they come in size TALL! If you're a tall girl (or guy) then you know what a pain it can be to find full length workout pants (or any pants really) that are actually long enough. These are the perfect length on me. I wear them to workout sometimes but usually just wear them around all weekend. I needed another pair of them (not really). They had several different styles (all black with a colored waistband) and these are reversible to just plain black. Love these pants!
I also bought another package of the Aidell's Chicken Sausage for $13.99 (not shown).
My total for the trip was $88.80.
Have you been to Costco lately? What are some of your staples that I haven't talked about?
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No time frame has been chosen for this project. Work may be done in 2015, but possibly not until 2016.
Central Avenue Construction from 7th Street to State Street; 19th Street from Central to College Avenues.
This is a City of Holland and Board of Public Works project to update underground utilities, replace curb & gutter and repave the roadway.
Historical Fun Fact - Central Avenue currently has what we called Zuidema curbs. They are called that since they were constructed in the 1920's when the City Engineer was Jacob Zuidema. Prior to the 1920's Central Avenue was a narrow 20 feet wide. In order to widen the road, the existing curb head was cut off and an additional 4-5 feet of cement gutter pan was added. An economical solution at the time!
Construction Limits -
Central Ave from 7th St to State St and 19th St from Central to College Avenues.
Phases -
Construction will be done in Three Phases to minimize disruption to residents and businesses.
Phase I - 10th to 16th Streets;
Phase II - 16th to State St and 19th St between Central & College Ave;
Phase III - 7th to 9th Streets;
Dates are subject to change due to scope of work, weather, or other circumstances.
Start Date -
After Tulip Time 201??
Completion Date -
Fall 20??
Detour Routes -
No through traffic will be allowed. Motorists must follow the posted detour.
Central Avenue Residents and Merchants will generally be able to access their property with the exception of when excavation, concrete or asphalt work is being performed directly in front of their property.
Contact Information -
Roadway, Storm Water, Footings/Dump Drain,
Sidewalk & Tree concerns, Ben, City Eng. Asst. 616.928.2427
On-Site Inspector,
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Building a roundhouse - continued
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Roof plan
[image: Starting on the rafters]
Dafydd Wiliam and the team discussing the position of the rafters
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We've used scaffolding to assist us here. I wonder how they did this in the Iron Age?
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The main rafter poles tied at the apex
We started on the rafters yesterday. There will be 36 ash rafters in all. We will be creating ring beams and using a load of hazel rods for the purlins and sways. Come over to see the work develop this week.
Thanks to everyone who called in over the bank holiday weekend - it was great fun!
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President Obama, it's time for an urban agenda
A new study shows that families who benefit from federally assisted housing programs live near low-performing schools. Many poor, Black families are far — in proximity and otherwise — from opportunity. Millions of families live in traditional public housing, Section 8 subsidized apartments or benefit from the Low Income Housing Tax Credit. And if they receive any of these benefits, they are likely to be locked out of high-performing schools that can impact future earning potential and employment outcomes. Federal policy is reinforcing poverty.
President Obama ran for reelection with the message of creating pathways to the middle class. As the income gap widens, poverty persists and the poor are increasingly isolated in urban areas. The senator from Chicago, reelected president, needs to focus on an urban agenda.
Since 2008, 500 young people have been killed in Chicago. Eighty percent of those killings have occurred in Black and Latino neighborhoods. This year, violence rose nearly 25 percent compared to 2011. For many living in urban areas the times are perilous. The young people of color living in cities are suffering.
We need a federal jobs program that finds ways to return the chronically under and unemployed to the work place. We are now hoping to help a generation of people whose parents were never able to find work.
Cities such as Detroit, which cites unofficial unemployment and underemployment statistics at over 55 percent, need a mayor and city leadership who can articulate a plan for the city that will leverage federal dollars. What will the agencies that work with a newly organized Workforce Development propose?
The Obama administration has given us the Neighborhood Stabilization Program and we see the benefit of it in new housing starts in Highland Park on McLean and in the Strong Cities, Strong Communities initiatives but it is time to deepen the understanding and involvement in urban policy.
Since the 1950s, the federal government has spent billions of dollars on the suburbs and exurbs. The Obama administration must refocus on public transit and sending dollars to cities such as Detroit.
Federal policy also necessitates a reassessment of current spending including resources for schools and housing. How can federal education dollars be spent to improve schools accessed by those receiving benefits?
In many areas of the country, Black and Latino voters came out for the president in unprecedented numbers — even greater numbers than 2008. With little marketing dollars, direct appeals or urban platform the president garnered 96 percent of the Black vote. The changing demographics of the nation propelled President Obama into his second term. Many of these people live in urban areas and deserve a president who will address some of the most confounding poverty issues that face our country. Those living in cities such as Detroit are dealing with poor schools, inadequate public transportation, few employment opportunities and mass incarceration as the only policy solution applied.
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How to Focus Thought Leadership on Customers' NeedsBy all the awesome people who spoke at our conference
Thought leadership can be a waste of time and money if you're trying to look smart in an area that customers no longer care about. GE Healthcare had long focused on helping make hospitals more efficient (along with most of its competitors). But then the company decided to do some in-depth research with customers to see if the priority on efficiency was still valid.
It wasn't, said Bret Barczak, CMO, Service and Solutions, GE Healthcare.
Instead, the research revealed that hospital leaders were desperate for creative ways to grow and that few of GE's competitors were focusing on that need. So GE targeted its thought leadership strategy on growth.
Finding the right subject matter is important, but if you want customers to consume your thought leadership, you must know them and the ways they like to interact and consume content. Here, GE's research revealed some challenges. The target audience—high-level hospital administrators—is nearly all older, white males. Digital and social media do not interest them at all.
But they do like to network with each other. Though they tend to change jobs frequently, the administrators rarely leave the field and they form long-term relationships with peers through third-party meetings. With this knowledge, GE created a thought leadership strategy based on four pillars:
The results of the effort so far have been a clear increase in the sales funnel and increased awareness for GE Healthcare and its subject matter experts, said Barczak.
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The Grateful Dead built a following not by selling records but by letting concert-goers create bootleg tapes of the band's concerts and passing them on to their friends.
The internet is capable of doing for thought leadership marketers what bootleg tapes did for the Grateful Dead. "Create remarkable content and make it freely available," said Halligan. "Each piece of content attracts links, ranks in Google, can get tweeted. Content behaves like compounding interest."
And that's why, as unlikely as it seems, B2B marketers can learn some key lessons from the Grateful Dead. The band embraced new technologies early to create competitive advantage. It cut out the middleman and went directly to the customer. But most of all, it had great content.
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The Salem Saturday Market is a membership organization made up of the vendors at our various markets. It is run by a Board of Directors. Each year some board members are elected for two year terms, providing continuity. This year Board Members Carolyn Guthrie and Sharon-Jenkins Payne have left the board at the end of their terms. Their service was greatly appreciated by the continuing board members and the staff.
The members elected Richard Foote, Roy Lingfelter and Dana Smith as new full-term board members, and re-elected Eric Henny for another term. The Board elects the Market's officers for the coming year at the first August Board Meeting. This years officer's are:
- Chairman: Eric Henny, Henny Farms
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- Treasurer: Tina Schneider, Incredible Edibles
- Secretary: Margaret Shell, Pretty Pickle Company
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Normally I put in my office hours on Monday. This week was weird, however, and I had to come in on Tuesday instead. As it turns out -- a LOT of us had to come in on Tuesday. There is currently an intern on every open computer, one working from their iPad and another working on an art project on the floor. Five of us are crowded into our office trying to get our stuff done.
Naturally, absolutely nothing is getting done. Instead we're bouncing ideas back and forth about upcoming events and totally sensationalizing what is feasible and what will be our reality. We all keep talking louder and louder to be heard over each other. We're all but shouting back here in Stunt's office and poor Stunt is in the corner trying to concentrate.
I think he might ask us to go "work outside" pretty soon.
I suppose if you stick five 20-something year old interns in a small space that this should be expected. Good thing we're young enough to not mind sitting on the floor! (You know, even though I'm using this blog as the reasoning why I deserve a computer over everyone else!)
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Mary Baldwin College has applied for Accreditation – Provisional from the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA). Mary Baldwin College/Murphy Deming College of Health Sciences anticipates matriculating its first class in August 2015, pending Accreditation – Provisional in March 2015. Accreditation – Provisional is an accreditation status for a new PA program that has not yet enrolled students, but at the time of its initial accreditation review, has demonstrated its preparedness to initiate a program in accordance with the accreditation Standards.
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Minigore 2: Zombies Android version is out now!
We soft launched Minigore 2 Android version yesterday in Canada, France, New Zealand and Finland. We received good feedback and after some tweaks it's now ready for worldwide release!
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Android version is looking good!
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Minigore 4th Anniversary!
Minigore turned 4 years today and to celebrate Minigore 2: Zombies is free for a limited time! We got an awesome cake to show you. John and Jenny Gore are enjoying a picnic with Giant Furry:
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Mumbai's Ranji Trophy campaign would be boosted by the availability of Sachin Tendulkar to play in their quarter-final game against Baroda here from January 6-10. "He will play against Baroda and the team will be selected day after tomorrow," informed Mumbai Cricket Association's joint secretary and meeting convener Nitin Dalal on Tuesday. Tendulkar has retired from the ODI format and is free to play all the knock-out games for Mumbai provided the 39-time champions make it to the summit clash. It would be Tendulkar's second outing for his state this season after having played against Railways in the opener at the Wankhede Stadium in November. The semi-finals are scheduled from January 16-20 and the final is slated from January 26-30. Meanwhile, Mumbai are yet to know whether key speedster Zaheer Khan would be available for selection against Baroda. The senior left-arm bowler injured his leg while batting in their last league game against Gujarat at Navi Mumbai's DY Patil Stadium. "I will come to know about Zaheer's availability only after talking to the team physio," Dalal said. Mumbai, however, could be without the services of Ajinkya Rahane and Rohit Sharma, who are currently part of the ODI squad taking on Pakistan.
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Applications to the RN (BSN)-MS program are being accepted for fall (September) entry only. Spring and summer enrollment are not available.
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Applicants to all nursing programs are required to submit the electronic application and all supporting paper materials to the School of Nursing and Health Sciences. Complete applications must be received by the stated deadline date, not the post mark date, rather, the date when all materials need to be received in the SNHS Office of Admission. No application can be acted upon unless all materials are received. There is no guarantee that late and or incomplete applications will be accepted.
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Extending OpenOffice.org
Microsoft has been quite successful with pushing its SharePoint technology as a means for supporting document collaboration and version control. Until now, no direct competitors have come up with a viable alternative to SharePoint, but O3Spaces is about to change that.
Although the O3Spaces Work place collaboration software doesn't attempt to emulate SharePoint feature-by-feature, it does provide a viable alternative [1]. Two features of O3Spaces make it especially useful for mixed environments. First, O3Spaces Workplace does support the Microsoft Office suite, which is a boon for companies and workgroups that use MS Office and OpenOffice. Second, O3Spaces Workplace's competitive pric ing makes it an attractive alternative, even for shops running only Microsoft Office. The O3Spaces company has even pledged to release an open-source edition of their document collaboration solution by the end of 2007. Installation Options O3Spaces Workplace installs in three ways. The easiest way is to download a VMware virtual machine trial from O3Spaces' website. The image includes a slimmed-down version of Ubuntu with the pre-configured version of the O3Spaces Workplace software. This so lution is perfect if you want to try O3Spaces without fiddling with installa tion and configuration – provided you have hardware that is powerful enough to run the virtual machine. The full ver sion of O3Spaces Workplace comes as a Workspace Deployment Kit containing a set of scripts and server packages that you can use to install O3Spaces on your own server. O3Spaces Workplace is writ ten in Java, and it's based on the Tom cat/ PostgreSQL stack, so you have to in stall these components on your server to deploy O3Spaces. You can instead opt for a Linux distribution that includes O3Spaces. For example, Mandriva and O3Spaces have made a deal to distribute the software with Mandriva's Corporate Server 4 and Mandriva Linux Powerpack+ 2007 Spring. Finally, O3Spaces is available as an easy-to-use installer package for the Windows platform.
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this wild storm passed thru sutherlin with the forse of a roaring lion alright..knocking down power lines as well as uprooting trees all thru the town,shingles were uplifted from roofs,fences were blown down,as well as power outages ,the city it self was in the dark off and on thruout the night with only a handful of business"s being able to serve the public,outside the city was just as bad if not worse,trees down all over and still as of today having power out in some areas.
March roars in like a lion in sutherlin!
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The main façade of the house is based on warehouse architecture (called Kura in Japanese) – a familiar sight in the Japanese town where House M is built. The dark blue siding envelops the back and roof of the home – it's only broken by geometric cutouts for a window, one skylight and a doorway. The roof was constructed to shed rain and snow to, and the shape of the home (like all Kura) is based on the simple geometry of two squares and two isosceles triangles.
Since the blue siding features only one window to ensure privacy, AE5 counterbalanced the opacity of that façade with the louver façade. Facing an old persimmon tree, the louvers are arranged at alternating angles. They allow sunlight to filter into the 2 stories while keeping the inhabitants' privacy inside. The louvers also cast decorative patterns in the home, which change with the season and time of day. Inside, the louver pattern is repeated on a guard rail on the second floor mezzanine which overlooks the first floor dining area.
The bent shape of the home creates a natural courtyard that is kept private – the sides of the home serve as barriers. One side of the home features open-plan living areas, while the other side contains the bedrooms. House M's mathematical design successfully harmonizes the project's contrasting facades.
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Book your room at Best Western Great Ocean Road Inn
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Port Campbell motel with a bar/lounge
Situated near the beach in Port Campbell, this motel is close to Port Campbell Visitor Information Centre and Port Campbell Foreshores. Area attractions also include Port Campbell National Park.
Property Features
Best Western Great Ocean Road Inn provides a bar/lounge, complimentary wireless Internet access, dry cleaning/laundry services, and laundry facilities.
Room Amenities
Televisions come with cable channels. Guestrooms also feature kitchenettes, complimentary wireless Internet access, and refrigerators.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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At your hotel
Best Western Great Ocean Road Inn features tour/ticket assistance, barbecue grills, and a garden. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. This Port Campbell motel also offers laundry facilities and dry cleaning/laundry services.
Best Western Great Ocean Road Inn is a smoke-free property.
- Total number of rooms - 18
- Number of floors - 2
- Bar/lounge
- Barbecue grill(s)
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Garden
- Luggage storage
- Smoke-free property
Stay connected
Available in all rooms: Free Wi-Fi
Available in some public areas: Free Wi-Fi
In your room
- Balcony or patio
- Air conditioning
- Kitchenette
- Microwave
- Refrigerator
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- Television
- Cable TV service
- Free Wi-Fi
- Individually furnished
- Individually decorated
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
- Playground on site
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible bathroom
- Accessible path of travel
- In-room accessibility
The fine print for Best Western Great Ocean Road Inn
When you arrive
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
When you leave
Check-out time is 10 AM
How you can pay
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
We should mention
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
National Rating
Official Australia STAR Rating provided by AAA Tourism Pty Ltd
AAA Tourism Pty Ltd assigns an official STAR Rating for accommodations in Australia. This Motel property is rated 3.5 stars.


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Take a look here to see if Hairspray (Touring) is showing somewhere nearby
We got FIVE STARS from the Belfast Telegraph! How many stars would you give the show?... more »
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But can this trendsetter in dance and fashion dethrone the show's spoilt reigning princess, win the heart of heartthrob Link, and racially integrate a television show without denting her 'do?
Opening night: 22 April 2013
Closing night: 27 April 2013
Age Guidance: 5+ (no under 2s)
Approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes (including 1 interval)
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- (n.) an article of furniture having a broad, usu. level, writing surface, as well as drawers or compartments for papers, writing materials, etc.
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