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Footlight Players to stage 'Fiddler on the Roof'
By Bob Craig Post-Tribune correspondent June 5, 2013 2:40PM
"Fiddler on the Roof," which was written by Joseph Stein with music by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, will be staged from June 7-23 by the Footlight Players, of Michigan City. | File photo
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The Footlight Players, of Michigan City, will open "Fiddler on the Roof" on June 7 and continue with shows through June 23.
The classic Broadway musical is set in the little village of Anatevka, where a poor dairyman tries to instill in his five daughters the traditions of his tight-knit Jewish community in the face of changing social mores and the growing anti-Semitism of czarist Russia.
Written by Joseph Stein with music by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, "Fiddler on the Roof" is based a "Tevye and his Daughters" by Sholem Aleichem.
Filled with rich historical and ethnic detail, "Fiddler on the Roof" has touched audiences with its humor, warmth and honesty and has become a part of the cultural fabric.
The universal theme of tradition cuts across barriers of race, class, nationality and religion.
"Fiddler on the Roof" features many memorable songs including "Sunrise, Sunset," "If I Were a Rich Man" and "Matchmaker, Matchmaker."
Directed by Robert W. Komendera, the cast includes Sharon Angelina, Shelby Attar, Rachel Best, Laurel Blankenship, Howard Brenneman, Paloma Calvin, Kristen Campbell and Noel Carlson.
Emil Cripe, Deb Dashiell, Emmy Dashiell, Jordan Dashiell, Lilly Dashiell, Molly Dashiell, Alice Dickey, Alicia Ebaugh, Emmanouel Fokianos, Andrew Gordon, Conor Gordon and Roger Hughes are also in the cast.
Others in the cast include Eva Huss, Michaela Kisner, Pat Kunze, Larry Langley, Merle Miller, Amanda Monson, Dan Moser, Ethan Moser, Lexi Moser, Wes Moser, Susan Quiriconi and Alyssa Rosslli.
Kevin Sherman, Cheyenne Sims, Amanda Sixbury, Matt Stafankiewwicz, Rachel Steigley, Michael Thomas, Annabell Turner, Jan Weinig, Mary Whybrew, and Christine Wiegand are also in the cast.
The Footlight Theatre is at 1705 Franklin St., Michigan City. Call (219) 874-4035 for reservations. Information: footlightplayers.org.
Blues man comes to town
The Chicago Street Theatre in Valparaiso will present a special performance by blues musician Anthony Gomes at 7 p.m. June 9.
Gomes, a Canadian native who now resides near St. Louis, is one of the most popular artists in the contemporary blues world.
"Anthony has a firm grasp on the roots of the blues," series promoter Paul Braun said. "But he definitely adds his own sound, and that sound is what connects so thoroughly with his audience.
"This is a rare chance to see one of the finest blues players alive in a comfortable, intimate setting where Anthony gets to make a connection with the audience.
"Come to this show, you will come away a changed person. His music is that powerful."
Local artist Jef Sarver will open for Gomes.
More information is at anthonygomes.com.
The Chicago Street Theatre is at 154 W. Chicago St., Valparaiso. Information: chicagostreet.org or (219) 464-1636, Ext. 1.
'Pursued By Happiness'
The Towle Theater in Hammond has announced local auditions for the upcoming production of the dark comedy "Pursued By Happiness" at 7 p.m. July 14 and July 15 at 5205 Hohman Ave.
Running from Sept. 6-22, "Pursued By Happiness" follows the unexpected meeting of two 40-something biochemists that begins a whirlwind romance.
But when it's time to meet the parents, a series of shocking revelations test the couple's new relationship.
Information (219) 937-8780 or towletheater.org.
Bob Craig is a freelancer writer.

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Dec 6th 2011 2:36PM Quick question for the Priests that know what they are doing. Is it possible, or can it at least be possible , to heal the LFR Raids with the Atonement spec. Thats my healing spec for Dungeons because most of the groups I run them with have a Pally and a Druid in the mix. I like Atonement a lot, the "splash" healing is just fun to me, that and I figured since most of the new raid bosses are semi fixed location without a lot of movement , Smart heals and splashing would work.
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CHENNAI: City-based Polaris Financial Technology, which offers software products for banking and financial services companies, is moving ahead with the proposed demerger of the BPO business into itself.
The shareholders of its wholly-owned BPO subsidiary Optimus Global Services would meet on April 9 in Chennai, during which the formal approval for the demerger would have to be obtained as per the directions of the Madras High Court.
The shareholders of Optimus would be given one share in the new entity (Polaris ) for every 200 shares held in the company. No new shares would be issued in the demerger.
Optimus has been incurring losses and had a net loss of Rs 3.16 crore in FY11. Polaris had a net profit of Rs 187 crore during the same period. The demerger would help in developing and delivering new products in a cost-effective manner, Polaris said.
It would also help reduce losses incurred by the BPO arm due to the under-utilisation of assets. "The demerger would help eliminate bottlenecks in delivery and consequently facilitate increase in clientele and revenues," the company said.
Utilising the infrastructure available with the demerged company (Optimus ) would reduce additional requirements from units of Polaris.
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Melbourne's median house price has stabilised in the quarter to 30 September, however sought-after suburbs continued to increase in price, the REIV said today. REIV chief executive officer Enzo Raimondo said that following the 2.1 per cent growth in the previous quarter and the increase in auction numbers, the median house price had now moderated. Mr Raimondo said REIV's median house price data shows that on 30 September, the city's $649,000 median house price remained the same as at the end of the financial year. The median apartment price was up slightly – 1.2 per cent over the September quarter – to $503,000. "But price growth was variable across the city, according to buyer demand," Mr Raimondo said. "A number of suburbs saw significant increases, especially Melbourne's middle suburbs." Mr Raimondo said that the middle Melbourne median house price of $727,000 was up 1.5 per cent and the apartment median for those suburbs, $551,000, was up 4.7 per cent. He added that the trend was reflected in particularly strong results in Melbourne's north and east. Coburg, to which buyers have turned after being priced out of Fitzroy North, Northcote and Thornbury, was up 16.7 per cent, with a median house price of $828,750. And Balwyn, highly sought after for its access to desirable schools, was also up 16.3 per cent, with a median house price of $1,761,500 Other suburbs to show good capital growth this quarter in the middle suburbs were Mount Waverley (12.5 per cent) and Doncaster (11.9 per cent). In Melbourne's outer suburbs, growth in Noble Park (14.3 per cent growth) was followed by South Morang (11.7 per cent), Box Hill North (10.9 per cent), Seaford (10.6 per cent), Wantirna South (10.3 per cent), Forest Hill (9.4 per cent) and Craigieburn (9.4 per cent). "As buyers have been priced out of the higher priced suburbs, they have looked for more affordable options further out, but with infrastructure such as schools and shopping," Mr Raimondo said. He added that the increasing popularity of auctions in recent months has been borne out in house prices at auction. "There were 8165 auctions in Melbourne in the September quarter this year, compared with 7079 in the same quarter last year," he said. "This increase was reflected in the results for homes sold 'under the hammer', with the median price for auctioned houses rising by 2.2 per cent and for apartments by 1.8 per cent," Mr Raimondo said. To find out more
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HOW OLD IS THE EARTH? Radioisotope data from meteorites and moon rocks indicate ages of 4.5 to 4.7 billions years before the present, and scientists consider this time to represent the beginnings of our solar system. It is curious that the oldest rocks found on Earth have radiometric ages of only 3.8 billion years old.
These ancient rocks may record one of the first mountain building events of the young planet Earth. Earth has been a dynamic planet for a long, long time. Continents have come together and broken apart several times before Pangaea, the most recent time when all the continents were together as one. Top
RODINIA ROCKS! All continents were united in a supercontinent called Rodinia. 1.7 billion years ago and began to break apart 1.5 b.y. ago. This time of continental breaking and stretching was accompanied by volcanic activity. During this time Illinois was on the edge of the continent. Volcanoes may have dominated our landscape - violent, eruptive volcanoes, like Mt. St Helens, whose rocks are similar to those found very deeply buried beneath the Illinois corn fields. Top
The separated continents began to move together during what is called the Grenville Orogeny, 1.2 b.y. ago. As the continents pushed together, sediments and rocks got compressed and pushed upward. Lofty mountains probably marked the zone of joining, creating another supercontinent, Pannotia.
THERE'LL BE A WHOLE LOT OF SHAKIN' GOIN' ON! Years of erosion followed, and 1.15 b.y. ago the sutured supercontinent once again began to break apart. Cracks developed along what is now the Gulf of Mexico and up what is now the Mississippi Valley. Cracking continued along the Gulf but not along the Mississippi Valley; the continents separated, leaving behind a "failed arm" or aulacogen, which would be an area of weakness for the rest of geologic time - a zone along which one of the world's largest rivers flows; a zone we know as the New Madrid Earthquake System. Top
DISCOVERED - LIFE ON EARTH! During the ages of volcanism associated with plate motion, the earth's atmosphere slowly changed to one that could support primitive life forms. Among the oldest fossils are stromatolites, found in rocks 3 b.y. old. The fossil record in Illinois, however, did not begin until the Paleozoic Era, which began 542 m.y. ago. During the earliest Paleozoic, the Cambrian Period, the Midwest was emergent, so Cambrian rocks are scarce. It was not until the end of this time that the Cambrian sea slowly covered Illinois with a thin blanket of sand.
By the beginning of Ordovician time (490 m.y.) the sea had deepened in the Midwest, and Illinois was the site for the chemically deposited limestones and dolomites that are so abundant today.The Appalachian Mountains were on the rise during the middle Ordovician Period, as the continents began to come together to form Pangaea.Sandstone and shale began to wash into the shallow Illinois sea as rivers carved away at the emerging highlands to the east. The St. Peter Sandstone that resulted from this sand now forms the ridges near Starved Rock and Matthiessen State Parks and around Oregon, Il. Top
TROPICAL ILLINOIS! The next time period, the Silurian (455 m.y.), is well represented in Illinois. Silurian limestone is the dominant type of bedrock of northeastern Illinois. Life flourished in widespread warm seas. Illinois ws equatorial during the Silurian,and reef development, teeming with sponges, corals, and shelled organisms, was extensive, extending from what is now the Ozarks to New York. Along I-80 outside Chicago is a large quarry, the Thornton Quarry, which is in the Silurian reef limestones and dolomites.
By the late Paleozoic all the continents gradually united to form the last super continent, Pangaea. Because of the mountain-building activity during part of the Devonian Period (405 m.y. ago), Illinois was emergent, and the sedimentary record is absent. But by late Devonian, the seas had returned. A deep basin had developed in the Midwest, called the Illinois Basin, and black, organic-rich sediments were carried into the stagnant basin forming a thick layer of black shale found in Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky.
During the Devonian the evolution of amphibians began. Until the appearance of these vertebrates, the Devonian landscape was dominated by insects, spiders, and primitive plants. The diversification of life on land was underway.Top
GET THE LEAD IN! Widespread seas returned to the Illinois area during the Mississippian Period (355 m.y. ago). The resulting limestones are thick and rich in fossils, such as crinoids (sea lilies) and shelled organisms. Trilobites, on the decline since the Devonian, would soon be extinct, as the more adaptive fishes replace them in the ecological niche.
Near the end of the Mississippian, the structural effects of the rising Appalachians were felt in Illinois in two ways. The lead and zinc mineralization around Galena occurred at this time, as hot brines moved upward through the rocks, carrying lead and zinc with them. Millions of years later, French explorers to northern Illinois discovered lead ore (galena) mines used by the Native Americans. These deposits proved to be very important during the westward expansion of a fledgling nation. Illinois' first industry developed from the mining and processing of the lead for ammunition. These limestones are the sites of many of Illinois' caves and karst topography.Top
COAL-CAN YOU DIG IT? Rivers flowing from the rising Appalachians carried sediment that was deposited throughout Illinois. Broad deltas spilled into the Illinois Basin, setting the coastal floodplain environment for a very important time in Illinois history: the Coal Age.
By Pennsylvanian time (300 m.y. ago), the final stages of the Pangaea plate collision resulted in a gradual uplift of the continent and withdrawal of the Mississippian seas. The Illinois region was left a coastal swamp, similar to the Everglades, the Dismal Swamp, or the Louisiana Bayous. Luxuriant forests covered the flat Illinois landscape. The area was along a coast with a large river meandering back and forth, forming sandy deltas which frequently change abruptly from one place to another. This river emptied into the Illinois Basin, forming a vast and wandering delta/swamp environment. The resulting accumulating organic deposits formed vast coal deposits, of great economic importance, which underlie about 2/3 of the state. Top
CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON! Much has been learned about the life forms of the Pennsylvanian Period in Illinois from the fossils from Mazon Creek. Special conditions of rapid burial and preservation have resulted in fossilization of both soft-bodied and hard-shell sea creatures and many terrestrial plants and animals. The area of Mazon Creek was along a coast, with both swampy, forested areas and shallow coastal marine zones. Organisms found in Mazon Creek concretions include jellyfish, hatching fish with egg sacs, clams, insects, amphibians, shrimp, crabs, and, of course Illinois own curious Tulley Monster. The Tulley Monster is a shrimp-like animal found nowhere else but the Mazon Creek area of Illinois. It is the state fossil.
Pennsylvanian sandstones and Mississippian limestones have been carved into the interesting formations seen at Garden of the Gods in Shawnee State Forest, in the southern part of the state. Top
METEORITE HITS CHICAGO! Following the Pennsylvanian Period is a huge gap in the Illinois geologic record. Illinois may have been emergent during the Permian Period (280 m.y. ago) and throughout most of the Mesozoic Era. Rocks of the three periods of the Mesozoic (Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous - the age of dinosaurs) are absent in Illinois, except for a small deposit of Cretaceous sediment in the southern part of the state. Some very important events occurred during this time which affected Illinois.
Many meteorite impact craters formed during the Mesozoic Era. As a matter of fact, some scientists attribute the triggering of the splitting of Pangaea and the Cretaceous extinctions of dinosaurs to cataclysmic meteorite impacts. Two such impact structures exist in Illinois, buried under hundreds of feet of glacial debris. One, which may be of Ordovician age, is near Glasford, Il. The second underlies Chicago's neighbor, Des Plaines. It has been determined to be post-Permian, and may be part of the Mesozoic meteorite madness. Top
VOLCANO EXPLODES IN ILLINOIS! The Cretaceous was a time of volcanism as well as impact in Illinois. A line of five volcanic crater-like features, called cryptovolcanic structures, extends westward from Illinois into Missouri. All of these are roughly circular, are associated with faults and fractured rock, and are accompanied by unusual (in Illinois) igneous rocks and mineral deposits. Magma deep below the surface moved upward, releasing gas and hot liquids in violent explosions in some areas. One of these places is the Hicks Dome cryptovolcanic structure, in the southern part of the state. During its formation it produced mineral-rich fluids that moved upward through rocks in southern Illinois near Rosiclare, leaving behind the beautiful and valuable deposits of fluorite, the state mineral.
The Cenozoic Period began 63 m.y. ago. Pangaea continued to move apart, as it continues to do today. In the West the moving plates crumpled the edge of the continent causing folding and faulting of rock and sediment and the formation of the Rocky Mountains. The Early Cenozoic was not as exciting in Illinois, however, as the general period of non-deposition of the rock record continued. Illinois was emergent at this time, except for the southern part of the state, where 400 feet of sand and clay were deposited by rivers as they emptied into the the shallow sea. These clays, called "Fuller's Earth." were found to have very absorbent properties, and, in 1947, a new Illinois industry was created around the mining and processing of this clay for catbox litter! Top
ILLINOIS PREPARES FOR BLIZZARDS! The Cenozoic Era was the beginning of modern life. Mammals occupied the air and water, but dominated the land; this was the Age of Mammals.Many types of mammals evolved, including human life forms, whose appearance would ultimately dominate and change our planet forever. The warm bloodedness of mammals allowed them to be more adaptive to changing environments and to be better able to survive harsh climates. During the Late Cenozoic, the Pleistocene, conditions changed and, in more northern latitudes the climate became colder as the Great Ice Age began.
The surface of Illinois was profoundly affected by the Ice Age, as massive glaciers moved across the state. The rolling plains comprising most of Illinois are made of hundreds of feet of glacial deposits. Ponds, bogs, and lakes dot the till which filled in valleys and covered most of the state with sands, gravels, and soil. Bluffs of wind blown glacial silt, called loess,developed along the Mississippi River Valley. The glaciers blocked rivers and caused them to change their direction of flow; they gouged out other river valleys, widening and deepening them. These would fill with water from the melting glaciers to form the Great Lakes.Not all of Illinois, however, was covered by glaciers. Near Galena, there is a driftless area around Apple River Canyon State Park. Top
GIANT ANIMALS RUN WILD! The thick, fertile glacial debris that covers the state makes excellent farmland. There is more than corn, however, that comes out of the glacial till. Mastodon and mammoth fossils have been discovered in Illinois. Fossil evidence indicates that stag moose and giant beaver, bison and tortoises roamed the grasslands and forests that stretched before the ice sheets.
The area around Chicago is not directly covered by glacial material. Chicago is flat; much flatter than our fertile rolling prairies. This is because Lake Michigan was once much larger than it is now, and the area occupied by Chicago was a mucky lake bottom. As the ice sheets advanced and retreated, the level of the lake lowered and rose. Islands, such as Blue Island, and spits appeared and disappeared with the rise and fall of the water level. The last and final retreat of the ice sheet left us with the magnificent lakeshore we have today. Top


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Dec 12, 2011 in Food Network Community Toolbox on FoodNetwork.com
"I am a huge fan of tastykakes being from outside of Philly. I moved down south 17 years ago and I always had to rely on family & friends to send me them as a treat. Well, they are finally down south & i wanted to try this as a way to celebrate. It is AMAZING!!!! My husband is not a krimpet fan and loved this bread pudding. It was so moist and yum..."


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Classic Nantucket-Style Grilled Fish Steaks
Epicurious | 2005
Taming the Flame: Secrets for Hot-and-Quick Grilling and Low-and-Slow BBQ
Makes 4 servings
- 4 seafood steaks, such as yellowfin tuna, halibut, swordfish, or sea bass, about 10 ounces each, 1 inch thick
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- Kosher salt
- Freshly ground pepper
- Lemon wedges, optional
1. Build a charcoal fire or preheat a gas grill.
2. Coat the steaks on both sides with mayonnaise. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
3. Place the fish on the cooking grate over direct medium heat. Cover and cook, turning once halfway through the cooking time, until the fish is opaque but still moist in the center, about 10 minutes.
4. When done, let the fish rest for 3 to 5 minutes. Serve with additional salt, pepper, and lemon wedges, if desired.
my notes
- Calories858
- Carbohydrates0 g (0%)
- Fat70 g (108%)
- Protein54 g (107%)
- Saturated Fat19 g (95%)
- Sodium775 mg (32%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat2 g
- Fiber0 g (0%)
- Monounsaturated Fat21 g
- Cholesterol187 mg (62%)
recipe at a glance
type: Quick & Easy
main ingredients: Seafood, Halibut, Fish, Swordfish, Tuna, Mayonnaise
cuisine: American


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Jun 28, 2013 2:38 PM by Associated Press
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Two of San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit's largest unions have given notice that they plan to go on strike.
The unions gave notice of a possible strike late Thursday night. It would start when their contracts expire at 11:59 p.m. Sunday.
The notice does not guarantee that employees will strike. Negotiations are scheduled to continue.
Josie Mooney, a negotiator for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 1021, said Friday after a news conference that both sides want to avoid a strike.
Employees want a raise and protection for health care and pension benefits. The transit agency says it needs to control costs to help pay for improvements.
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Given the factors mentioned above, many institutional investors have reduced the size of their in-house investment teams, more still are increasingly relying on strategic partnerships with preferred asset managers who assist with board support/ presentations, trustee education, and other 'non-investment' activities such as asset/liability studies. Others have become fixated on reducing their cost bases and squeezing managers' fee loads. Some investors have even moved towards full or partial outsourcing of their portfolios. Taking the pressure off in-house teams to manage investment boards and committees, reducing operating costs and employing investment specialists in complex strategies – such as hedge funds – are the main drivers.
This week Pensions & Investments published the results of its investment consultant Research Advisory Panel which considered the trend towards investment outsourcing. The results show a clear preference for asset managers as preferred outsourcing partners followed by investment consultants (who according to Create Research's Investment Innovations white paper are seen by investors to be horribly conflicted by their advisory work). Specialist outsource CIO firms/ individuals remain very niche. According to data from IAM, $1.76 trillion was outsourced by insurance companies alone as of December 31, 2010. A little over 2/3rds has come from general accounts with the remainder from separate accounts. BlackRock, Wellington Management, PIMCO and GSAM dominate these mandates.
The large players have business lines dedicated solely to servicing insurers and pension funds and armies of marketers and investment analysts to provide education, board and committee support. At the other end of the spectrum, smaller, high quality asset managers dedicated to institutional clients have carved out a niche for themselves in this area. In addition to delivering outstanding risk-adjusted performance, these businesses do a lot of heavy lifting for their clients: portfolio analysis, completion portfolios, custom analytics and asset/liability modelling etc. You won't see their names in too many surveys but the top tier fund of hedge fund businesses – Aurora, Grosvenor, Paamco, K2, Blackstone and Unigestion – are good examples of asset management businesses with strong customization capabilities.
Several of these businesses also offer investors the ability to co-invest in underlying hedge funds or to take investment exposure through managed accounts or funds of managed account portfolios. Given the growth in managed accounts as well as the increasing success of seeding/ capital acceleration businesses and emerging managers, I was surprised not to see this trend confirmed in Prequin's 2011 Investor Report (Hedge Funds). It may be of course that the survey did not capture allocations via funds of managed accounts. Managed accounts provide greater transparency into underlying positions, superior control over the assets of the investment vehicle and enhanced liquidity. In some cases managers are providing their clients with access to live reporting portfolio management and real-time chat functions with PMs via the internet.
With in some cases over two decades of experience building customized solutions and focusing on the entirety of the client experience, asset managers focused on finding solutions rather than product pushing are well positioned to gain market share, particularly from public and corporate pensions. It will be difficult for more niche managers, such as start-up outsource CIO firms, to compete with these better resourced managers, particularly for pension mandates. Perhaps it is more in the family office space that the niche outsource CIO firms will find traction. Then again it is a tough ask to compete against the private banks and FIO business lines established within independent asset management firms.
Meanwhile traditional asset managers are building out alternatives capabilities and alternatives shops are increasingly branching out in the long-only world. Institutional investors will increase their buying of ETFs as asset allocation tools and pressure asset managers to bring down pricing and increase reporting on funds and managed accounts. I firmly believe that it makes sense for the large players mentioned above to offer the full range of long only, hedged, active and passive strategies. They have the scale, expertise and infrastructure to deliver end-to-end investment solutions.
If there is anything to take away from Create Research's backward looking, lumbering, new white paper on asset management innovations, it is that the 2000s were dominated by a siloed approach to product development, driven by thinking, reflected in the paper itself, which is rooted in the style bucket thinking of yesteryear. For institutional investors, their asset managers and investment consultants, the challenges of tomorrow require an investment philosophy grounded not on long-term return assumptions from individual asset classes, but instead in commonsense principles of deep value investing, liability, volatility and liquidity management, and unconstrained implementation.
During the last decade many of the larger asset managers outsourced their back-office functions as well as distribution to third parties. The smaller players would be well placed to focus on delivering robust risk-adjusted performance in their flagship strategies, enhancing their investment processes as required, and avoiding the temptation to launch new products that promise access to the latest market trends and pools of advisor directed retail wealth. Smaller managers should focus on innovating in value-added areas: asset/liability modelling, customization capabilities, deep client service engagement and creative, original, thought leadership.
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[...] 3. An Industry-wide Change in Asset Allocation Philosophy: In line with 2, the industry as a whole has woken up to the flaws of style bucket investing and the volatility brought by over-exposure to long-only equities. I covered this in a recent post. As investors embrace a more dynamic and flexible investment philosophy that looks at portfolio level exposures and liabilities, they will continue to tailor asset allocation and implementation routes.4: The Institutionalization of the Asset Management Industry: Asset managers have continued to evolve their business models to meet changing investor requirements. At the big end of town, the pure institutional players are focused on delivering investment solutions across the full spectrum of risk factors. The smaller, more niche players, are becoming increasingly sophisticated at high end client service. Education, modelling, completion portfolios and customized solutions.A more detailed version of this post and references to source material can be found here. [...]
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The present estate winery, vineyards and gift shop are located on 830 acres of beautiful rolling hills close to the Blue Ridge Mountains. The Barboursville Vineyard presently has 126 acres of vineyards and continues to expand. Under the direction of Luca Paschina, General Manager and winemaker, Barboursville consistently produces quality wines that have won international recognition.
The Zonin family of Italy, brought their strong commitment to produce quality wines to Virginia in 1976. They were the first in the state to plant and successfully establish the revered vitis vinifera vines.
Wines - 21 including Chardonnay, Barbera, Malvaxia, Pinot Grigio, and Sparkling Brut.
Opening Times - Monday to Saturday 10 to 5 pm, Sunday 11 to 5pm.
Tasting Fees - $4.00 per person, includes glass and tasting of 16 to 20 wines (on your next visit, bring your glass and there is no charge for tasting).
Food - Light fare. You can also enjoy fine dining at the Palladio Restaurant, which promises classic dining based on the finest, locally-sourced produce available, paired with world class wines from their vineyards in Italy and Virginia.
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To provide a basis for an ecological approach to wetland boundary determination in the New Jersey Pinelands (Pine Barrens), we characterized the vegetation, soils, and water levels along pitch pine (Pinus rigida) dominated upland-to-wetland gradients. Our analysis revealed a transition zone of subtle vegetation change where the water-table depth ranged from 30 to 60 cm from the surface. This zone was also characterized by a transition from moderately or somewhat poorly drained soils to poorly drained soils. We suggested that although the use of vegetation to delineate wetlands in the Pinelands is usually sufficient, a multi-parameter approach that relies on vegetation, soils, and hydrologic criteria should be used in areas of broad or subtle upland to wetland transitions where distinct changes in vegetation do not occur.
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The College of Architecture at Illinois Institute of Technology has announced the establishment of the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP) which will recognize distinguished architectural work in North and South America.
The MCHAP is awarded to the best architectural work completed in the preceding two years, and a second prize, the MCHAP for Emerging Architecture, is awarded to outstanding built work by an emerging practice. The recipients of both prizes will receive a cash award and have a role at the Illinois Institute of Technology the following academic year.
The recipients of the biennial prize will be named by a jury of professional architects, curators, writers, and editors. The prize aims to laud projects that elevate the quality of the built environment, capture the power of imagination, and recognize the circumstances of the human condition. The prize seeks to create a dialogue and develop a network among designers, scholars, and urban thinkers, and to build a bridge between students and the professional practice.
The first MCHAP ceremony will be held this fall. For more information visit mchap.org.


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Dreamcast Portable 3: the New Handheld Champion
We've featured a variety of SEGA Dreamcast portable mods over the years, and up until now, I thought this one from China was the best. But you've got to hand it to modder Techknott. His portable is super slick, and I think it's my new favorite Dreamcast portable. (No, the Dreamcast Boombox doesn't count.)
One look at Techknott's Dreamcast portable, you can tell this guy knows his way around casemodding. Of course, it doesn't hurt that this is his third generation Dreamcast portable. The handheld has a custom-made CNC acrylic case with MDF walls, and a built in original Dreamcast control pad on front and triggers on back. The display is a PSone LCD, and if you look carefully under the screen, you'll notice he's even built in an a VMU (in addition to a removable VMU slot). The CD player is mounted on back for playing original discs, while there's an SD card slot in front – presumably for playing games stored in flash memory.
He's even managed to keep two additional controller ports, and a multi-A/V output for playback on a big TV too. Of course, the whole point of building one of these is to play Dreamcast on the go, and with 4500mah of battery power under the hood, Techknott can play without wires (although he hasn't yet revealed how long the batteries last). You can check out Techknott's Dreamcast Portable 3 in action in the video clip below:
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Speyeria zerene myrtleae
Formerly widespread on the San Francisco and Marin peninsulas in California, the butterfly is now only known from four populations in northwestern Marin County and southwestern Sonoma County. Habitat loss due to residential and commercial land development has extirpated these butterflies from parts of their range and may threaten some of the remaining populations. Changes in natural fire patterns, introduction of exotic plants, and successional changes in the plant community and grazing have reduced the availability of host plants. Silverspot butterfly larvae are also extremely sensitive to pesticides.
Myrtle's silverspot (Speyeria zerene myrtleae) is a medium sized butterfly in the brush foot family (Nymphalidae). Wingspan is approximately 2.2 inches (5.6 cm). The dorsal surfaces of the wings are golden brown with numerous black spots and lines. The ventral surfaces are brown, orange-brown and tan with black lines and distinctive silver and black spots. Larvae are dark-colored with many sharp branching spines on their backs. Myrtle's silverspot is larger in size and also lighter in color than the closely related Behren's silverspot (Speyeria zerene behrensii).
Life History
Females are single-brooded and lay their eggs in the debris and dried stems of violets (typically Viola adunca), the larval food plants. After hatching, the caterpillars wander a short distance and spin a silk pad upon which they pass the winter. The caterpillars immediately seek out the food plant at the end of their diapause in the spring. After 7-10 weeks, the larvae form their pupa within a chamber of leaves drawn together with silk. Adults may emerge in about two weeks and can live for three weeks. The adult flight season may range from late June to early September. Adults feed on nectar from flowers including gumplant (Grindelia rubicaulis), yellow sand verbena (Abronia latifolia), mints (Monardella spp.), bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare), and seaside daisy (Erigeron glaucus).
Myrtle's silverspot is found in coastal dune or prairie habitat. Populations were formerly found in dunes and bluffs from San Mateo County north to the mouth of the Russian River in Sonoma County. The populations south of the Golden Gate apparently have been extirpated by urban development. Four populations are known to inhabit coastal terrace prairie, coastal bluff scrub, and associated non-native grassland habitats in western Marin and southwestern Sonoma counties, including the Point Reyes National Seashore. Adult butterflies are typically found in areas that are sheltered from the wind, below 820 feet elevation, and within three miles of the coast.
Conservation Status
No comprehensive range-wide surveys or monitoring have been conducted. Surveys are needed to confirm stable population status given in 1996 report – current status is unknown. As noted in a 1998 report, land ownership has changed at one site; the Service does not have information regarding the status of the site. No new information has been submitted for 2001 supporting a change in status.
Conservation Needs
Measures for habitat improvement may include eradication of invasive exotics such as iceplant (Mesembryanthemum spp.) and European beach grasses.
Working with landowners
This butterfly is in serious need of action on its behalf by the public, including working with private landowners on whose land most of the population survive.
Education sheets available at zoological facilities (e.g. zoos, aquariums, botanical gardens with butterflies, butterfly houses, natural history museums) or events at which BFCI partners participate are a valuable way to disseminate information about imperiled butterflies.
When schools and other youth organizations study biodiversity and species extinctions they typically use examples of charismatic megafauna (e.g. bald eagles) or exotic creatures from the tropics. However, vulnerable species found within the state or ecoregion in which students live provide an excellent opportunity to develop curricular materials with a direct link to the students' home region. In addition to classroom studies, students may be able to visit sites to see the butterflies, as well as talk to the scientists and land managers involved in the species' conservation.
Educational activities that school students and community members could do include:
- studying butterfly (insect) life stages;
- researching the special habitat needs of the Myrtle's silverspot;
- corresponding or meeting with the biologists managing current Myrtle's silverspot sites;
- visiting Myrtle's silverspot sites during adult flight season;
- visiting captive breeding programs;
- assisting scientists with on-site habitat management;
- propagating and growing host plants for planting at butterfly sites or use in captive breeding programs; and
- writing letters to decision makers to ensure that the Myrtle's silverspot receives adequate resources and protection.
Insufficient information available at time of publication.
Captive Rearing
Insufficient information available at time of publication.
Recovery Plan
Recovery Plan for Seven Coastal Plants and the Myrtle's Silverspot Butterfly (10.6MB pdf), September 30, 1998.
The Myrtle's silverspot butterfly is included in a recovery plan for seven coastal plant species that was finalized in 1998. As these species share the same habitat in many instances, the recovery goals are shared by all of the species.
According to the recovery plan the Myrtle's silverspot can be reclassified to threatened status when:
- The habitat of the northwestern Marin County/southwestern Sonoma County population of this species is protected in perpetuity.
- Two new populations have been discovered or re-introduced at suitable sites that have been protected in perpetuity.
- Adequate funding for management of all sites is assured and adaptive management plans have been developed and are being implemented.
- Annual monitoring has shown the five populations (three existing, two new) cumulatively to have a total of more than 10,000 adults in each of ten years, with no individual population having fewer than 200 adults in any year and no recent severe declines.
The delisting criteria for the Myrtle's silverspot are as follows:
- Nine populations of the species have been established (three existing, six discovered or re-introduced) on habitat protected in perpetuity. If appropriate sites have been identified in the screening and prioritization process, at least two of these populations should be south of the Golden Gate.
- Adequate funding for management of all sites is assured and adaptive management plans have been developed and are being implemented.
- Annual monitoring has shown the nine populations cumulatively to have a total of more than 45,000 adults in at least eight years, no fewer than 10,000 adults cumulatively in any year, no individual population having fewer than 100 adults in any year, and no recent severe declines.
Recovery Priorities
The recovery strategy for the Myrtle's silverspot butterfly includes the following measures:
- Protect habitat where remaining populations occur.
- Identify and establish vegetation management that benefits the native ecosystem of larval host plants and adult nectar sources.
- Re-introduce populations of the butterfly to prioritized areas.
- Control illegal collecting.
- Conduct or fund research to identify critical recovery needs or actions.
- Monitor existing populations and survey historic and un-surveyed locations.
In order to accomplish the interim objectives and formulate primary objectives, the following recovery activities are listed in the plan:
- Preserve and protect populations at all known, new, and reestablished sites.
- Establish three new, self-sustaining viable populations on suitable secure habitats of at least two hectares.
- Conduct ecological studies to develop management recommendations, determine larval and adult host plants, physiological requirements, demographics, and other biological/ecological studies, and to determine criteria for declassifying and delisting.
- Develop and implement public information and education programs.
- Enforce laws and regulations prohibiting illegal take and enforce land use plans and ordinances.
More Info
- USFWS Recovery Coordinator/Contact: Jim Browning, Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office 2800 Cottage Way, Room W-2605, Sacramento, California 95825. Phone (916) 414-6600
- Entomological Consulting Services, Ltd.: Richard Arnold, 104 Mountain View Court, Pleasant Hill, California 94523-2188. Phone (925) 825-3784
- Hammond, P.C. and D.V. McCorkle, 1983. The decline and extinction of Speyeria populations resulting from human environmental disturbances (Nymphalidae: Argynninae). Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 22(3): 217-224.
- Launer, A.E., D.D. Murphy, J.M. Hoekstra and H.R. Sparrow, 1994. The endangered Myrtle's silverspot butterfly: present status and initial conservation planning. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 31 (1-2): 132-146.
- Steiner, J., 1990. Bay area butterflies: The distribution and natural history of the San Francisco region Rhopalocera. Master's thesis. California State University at Hayward.
- Thelander, C. ed. 1994. Life on the edge: a guide to California's endangered natural resources. BioSystem Books. Santa Cruz, CA. pp. 436-437.
- U.C. Berkeley, Essig Museum of Entomology. California's Endangered Insects Myrtle's Silverspot page.
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. 1988. Recovery Plan for Seven Coastal Plants and the Myrtle's Silverspot Butterfly (in PDF). Portland, OR.
- Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office Endangered Species Division Myrtles silverspot resources
- USFWS Myrtles silverspot resources


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The real definition of Organisational Development?
18April 14, 2011 by Neil
If there is one term that I hear more and more, but means less and less it is "Organisational Development". I'm not sure I was ever taught what it meant all those years ago when I sat my IPD exams nor did I ever witness anyone talking about it as I cut my teeth in the profession. Yet in the last couple of years I seemed to have been invited to more conferences, training days, seminars and webinars on Organisational Development than anything else.
But the thing is….and not for the first time…..we don't seem to know what we're talking about.
At a recent conference I attended, the session on OD was the most popular of the lot. Not because of the quality of the speakers, they were neither spectacular nor dismal, but because we were all there hoping someone was going to tell us what it was all about (for the record: they didn't, so I'm none the wiser).
One of the biggest mistakes that we make, in my small and completely humble opinion, is the confusion between OD and OD interventions. Typical of the profession, we are happy getting down and dirty with the practicalities and less happy talking about the more ethereal overall concepts. One of the questions raised by a delegate prior to the conference was how to evaluate the success of an OD programme. I guess my answer would be that the problem is the question not the evaluation.
I'm not a big believer in making things complex, there are theorists out there who will tell you the models and thinkers that are best positioned on OD….when I have time to read, it is not going to be on that topic. I tend to take a simple view of all things HR and that includes OD.
If you look at the development of a human it is an organic (by definition) process. We know that humans develop differently; at different speeds, in different ways and with different results. Within a lifetime there are various stages of development and we "do stuff" to support and aid that development. Whether that is early years stuff, learning the first words etc. Whether that is educational stuff, schooling, further or higher education. Or indeed, whether it is more experiential stuff such as the first job.
And this "stuff" is the group of interventions that support development, sure they can be evaluated and measured (if you absolutely feel the need to) but in themselves they are not the development. You can measure exam results, but what is done with the learning is the important thing. Likewise in Organisations, there are interventions that support the development but these in themselves, I would argue, are not Organisational Development.
Instead the overall journey that grows and develops and organisation and the big and tiny interventions as well as the less substantive, but no less important, natural development and growth of the organisation through experience, trial and error, but – and this is an important factor – in a semi-cohesive progression towards an agreed general strategic direction. That for me, comes closer to trying to encapsulate this concept of OD.
And if that all sounds woolly, I guess that is because to a certain extent I think it is. On the other hand, we could just go back to measuring process badly. Because we know how to do that.
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Hi Neil,
Thanks for once again giving me something interesting, thought provoking and difficult to disagree with to read over my morning porridge. It's becoming something of a habit.
We produced a podcast last summer under the title "HR and organisation development: separate past, joint future?". You can listen to it here:
I'd be interested in your view (and those of other readers) as to how helpful this is to the point you're making.
Without wishing to sound like a stuck record, I think there's an awful lot of overlap between what you're saying here (and over at XpertHR), and what we're saying in the Next Generation HR research (www.cipd.co.uk/nextgen) – particularly on the importance of both shared purpose and the development of a more insight-led approach to HR (http://www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/pm/articles/2010/11/hrs-future-is-as-the-insightful-function.htm), drawing heavily on the intersection between organisation savvy, contextual savvy, and business savvy.
Robert Blevin
I love your language Neil around organisational development being a journey in the context of the business strategic direction.
Too often organisational development is viewed solely through the lens of the HR function. So it's not surprising that the business (let alone HR) either doesn't fully understand or even appreciate OD. How can it then form part of the businesses strategic direction?
I see organisational development as the responsibility of the organisation and in particular the management and leadership of the organisation. This includes raising awareness, building understanding and encouraging curiosity in organisational development in its broadest sense, not just training or leadership programmes.
An "Insight-led approach" is arguably what most OD functions have been doing or trying to do but I've also seen how insight can be constrained by passion for metrics.
So being OD savvy seems more appropriate and encompassing but isn't this already a responsibility for all of us?
Hi Neil,
Good post!Like you, I have been thinking about OD. For example:
Your distinction between what an Organization does as it organically develops toward its strategic direction ("true" OD) and what an Organization Development specialist does (OD interventions), is intriguing…and one that many would agree with, I think.
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I think OD is the past, the present and the future of organisations if you accept that there is potential in everyone, and that human behaviour is a major factor in organisational performance. It's the past because of experiences, stories, and what happened shapes how we view the world and react to stimuli, it's the present because it's tomorrow's stories happening today influenced by yesterday, and it's the future because we can help people to define their future stories, the experiences they will have and the way an organisation will achieve it's potential. OD is in my view both a philosophical set of values and beliefs about how organisations work, and the method of growing the potential to increase effectiveness. It's a deep methodology that views the whole system, and it doesn't just involve leadership values workshops and restructures or other mechanistic processes. It's a way of engaging the organisation in dialogue. The act of engaging in organisational development is the way of helping people understand it, which is why it feels opaque because it's something people need to learn about like any art or science. HR has too much involvement in policy and procedure to be an influencer – as a function I mean, sure you can do it individually, but HR is a command and control system, just as surely as OD is a way of running organisations.
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Really enjoyed this thought provoking post. I am an OD Director, 16 years in HR and this year after mind boggling research in to what IT is, I decided for the sake of my own sanity that OD is about driving organisational performance. Most recently I notice Learning leaning in to the space as it strives to connect initiatives to business agenda and measure outcomes. It's all the same in my view. Here are my thoughts on definition:
Be human
Be connected
Think holistically
Understand the organisation thread….history, current state of affairs, therefore informing next steps
Did I mention be human?It's generic, it's vague, but that is OD. It is what is needs to be based on the environment. I think.


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