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UPDATE 2-Italy's Poltrona Frau shares soar on bid from U.S. Haworth
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* Italian armchair firm to sell to U.S. office furnisher
* Shares rise 18 pct, more than double on the year
* Ferrari family's exit puts some business at risk -analyst
By Isla Binnie
MILAN, Feb 5 (Reuters) - U.S. office furnisher Haworth agreed to pay 2.96 euros ($4) a share for a majority stake in Poltrona Frau before acquiring the rest of the company in a deal the Italian upmarket armchair maker hopes will increase its access to international markets.
Shares in Poltrona Frau soared over 18 percent on Wednesday after Charme Investments, Ferrari Chairman Luca Cordero di Montezemolo's holding company, and fellow Italian investor Moschini S.r.L., said they would sell their stakes to the family-owned U.S. group.
Haworth will then launch a mandatory takeover offer for the rest of the shares at the same price and delist Poltrona Frau from the Milan stock exchange. No value was given for the deal, which Thomson Reuters data puts at about 240 million euros.
Michigan-based Haworth, which employs 6,000 staff and has 600 dealers worldwide, has revenue of $1.4 billion euros while Poltrona Frau made 247 million euros in 2012.
"We can speed up our growth in North America and in countries like China and India ... thanks to this agreement," Poltrona Frau Chief Executive Dario Rinero told Reuters.
"Together we can make more than $2 billion (in sales), and benefit from each other's logistics and distribution networks."
Poltrona Frau makes over 40 percent of its sales in Italy, where consumer spending remains strained as the economy struggles to emerge from recession, and said in September that sales in the Americas, identified by consultancy Bain & Co as the luxury industry's growth engine, had dropped year-on-year.
Italy's luxury goods sector is seen as a bright spot in the still fragile economy, and firms are attracting interest from foreign buyers, with three bidders in the running for 20 percent stake in fashion house Versace, for example.
Poltrona Frau had seen its shares more than double in a year, before Wednesday's rise.
Haworth's offer values the whole company at about 415 million euros, according to Reuters calculations, about 13 times forecast core earnings for 2013.
The exit of Charme, which owns 51.3 percent, could endanger some of Poltrona Frau's fastest-growing business in the future, said a Milan-based analyst who asked not to be named.
Poltrona Frau makes about 27 percent of sales through its "Luxury in Motion" division, which creates leather seats and interiors for yachts, aircraft and car brands including Ferrari, Maserati and Fiat. Revenue from this segment grew 35 percent year-on-year in the first nine months of 2013.
"Part of Poltrona Frau's business is generated through groups that are close to Charme," the analyst said. "The old shareholder has a good network of connections with Ferrari and Fiat."
Before moving to Ferrari, Montezemolo was chairman of Fiat and used to run Italy's main business lobby Confindustria.
Rinero dismissed the suggestion the company could suffer after Charme, which started building up a stake in Poltrona Frau in 2003, retreats from the scene.
"We have been active in this division for 30 years," Rinero said. "The clients we have secured in recent years came to us because they recognise the quality of our products."
As part of the deal, Haworth has an option to sell back a 4.2 percent stake in Poltrona Frau each to Charme and Moschini.
The transaction is due to be completed by the end of April 2014, subject to approval from antitrust authorities.


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RNH makes the Oilers … Pens cut roster, put Crosby and 4 others on IR … Roster notes for the Blackhawks, Isles, Preds, Sharks and Leafs
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- Joanne Ireland of the Edmonton Journal: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins will start the season with the Oilers. RNH was skating with Ales Hemskyand Taylor Hall.
"Ryan will start the season with us," said Renney. "We all understand the parameters there that he can operate within before we have to make a real concrete decision. Again, we'll do it a game at a time, but he has had a very good camp."
When Sam Gagne returns from injury, Anton Lander could be sent to the AHL. Lennart Petrell could be the casualty when Ben Eager returns from a concussion.
- Seth Rorabaugh of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: The Penguins have their roster set at 23 players. They sent Alexandre Picard, Brian Strait and Jason Williams to the AHL, Joe Morrow to back junior, and put Sidney Crosby (concussion), Dustin Jeffrey (knee), Nick Petersen (concussion), Robert Bortuzzo (knee) and Boris Valabik (knee) on the IR. Defenseman Brooks Orpik could be close to returning.
- Chris Kuc of the Chicago Tribune: The Blackhawks cut their roster to 27 yesterday by sending Jimmy Hayes, Marcus Kruger, Peter LeBlanc and Brandon Pirri and Dylan Olsen to the AHL. They have 16 forwards, 8 defenseman and 3 goalies still in camp. Viktor Stalberg will likely be put on the IR. Jeremy Morin and Philippe Paradis are possible candidates to be sent to the AHL.
- Brett Cyrgalis of the NY Post: The Islanders placed both Nino Niederreiter and Trevor Gillies on the IR with groin strains. Niederreiter was expected to make the team, and not be heading back to junior. He had been playing on the top line with John Tavares and Matt Moulson. The Isles still have 26 players on their roster. Jay Pandolfo is still in camp on an invite.
- Josh Cooper of the Tennessean: Predators forward Mike Fisher practiced with teammates for the first time yesterday after undergoing offseason shoulder surgery. Fisher did say that he won't be ready for the season opener, and has not been cleared for contact yet. Defenseman Ryan Ellis was assigned to Milwaukee of the AHL so he can better understand the pro game. The Preds put Kyle Wilson on waivers.
- Mark Emmons of the San Jose Mercury News: The Sharks assigned Justin Braun, Benn Ferriero and John McCarthy to Worcester of the AHL. Goalie Antti Niemi is looking like he'll be able to go for the season opener. The Sharks still have 28 players on their camp roster, Antero Niittymaki and James Sheppard will be put the IR, leaving 3 moves that will have to be made.
- Mike Chambers of the Denver Post: Matt Ducheneis entering the final year of his entry level deal, and is likely to get a nice raise.
"If I take care of business, that's a reward. That's not something that you aim for. It's not a destination. It's a byproduct," he said matter of factly.
Duchene has 1 more point in his short career than Islanders John Tavares, who recently signed a 6 year, $33 million deal. Duchene agent, Pat Brisson (Tavares' agent as well), hasn't talked extension with the Avalanche yet.
- James Mirtle via twitter: The Red Wings have signed Fabian Brunnstrom to a 1 year, 2-way deal.
- James Mirtle via twitter: Maple Leafs center Tim Connolly is 50/50 for the season opener. Matthew Lombardi will start the year on the 4th line. Kevin McGran via twitter: Leafs defenseman Cody Franson will be the teams 7th defenseman to start the season.
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@Joseph, good call, and he's playing on the 1st line with toews and sharp.
As for franson sitting out, to me that makes the statement that they are just playing komisarek to up his value so they can trade him, because by no means was franson the worst of those 7 in training camp
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Book Review: Waltzing with Bears
I read this book very early in my career, and I thought it would be useful to read it again as a refresher to risk management. Waltzing with Bears is a book that focuses on the identification and management of risks within the software industry. It's filled with a number of stories answering the question, "Why should we care about risk?" as well providing a number of strategies and tools for handling risk.
Although a lot of the advice is still applicable today, I think it is true that some of the recommendations are commonplace today. They recommend, for instance, an incremental delivery approach to software (Hello agile software development!) without a specific reference to a methodology as a way of mitigating risk.
They also present the idea of estimate (un)certainty and using the idea to make better commitments to others. They also warn against default behaviour that is still rife in our industry: e.g. making a commitment to others based on an optimistic estimate hoping for a series of breaks when it is clearly high risk, which later leads on to the project death march, or a huge loss of quality.
Reading the book the second time around, I picked up a few other interesting models I don't remember so clearly from the first time around including the use of probability profiles (a graph that shows the shape of our estimates and the uncertainties) to understand when and where to give estimated dates. There's a useful section around risk-storming for people who have never been to a risk brainstorming session, but that wasn't particularly new for me. Another one is the use of the Monte Carlo simulation for calculating the impact of risks. After reading that section however, I feel like I still don't fully understand it and I would need to practice applying it for me to fully understand how that works.
Although the examples used in the book are relatively old now, there are still powerful stories about how people failed to manage risk, what they could have done instead and what the consequences were (e.g. Dallas Airport Baggage system!) I also like their practical experience shared when they talk about the cultural side of risk (e.g. how transparent or open and organisation is) and when it's dangerous to share your view of risk. This sort of advice is often missed from books where the authors provide a very one-sided dogmatic approach without the consideration of contexts.
Overall this is an easily digestible book that introduces the idea and the importance of managing risk together with tools to help you achieve it, all set in the software industry context.
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Clean Tests: Isolating the Database
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Isolating the database can be pretty difficult to do, but I've settled on a general approach that allows me to ensure my tests are built from a consistent starting point. I prefer a consistent starting point over something like rolled back transactions, since a rolled back transaction assumes that the database is in a consistent state to begin with.
I'm going to use my tool Respawn to build a reliable starting point in my tests, and integrate it into my tests. In my last post, I walked through creating a common fixture in which my tests use to build internal state. I'm going to extend that fixture to also include my Respawn project:
public class SlowTestFixture { private static IContainer Root = IoC.BuildCompositionRoot(); private static Checkpoint Checkpoint = new Checkpoint { TablesToIgnore = new[] { "sysdiagrams", "tblUser", "tblObjectType", }, SchemasToExclude = new[] { "RoundhousE" } }; public SlowTestFixture() { Container = Root.CreateChildContainer(); Checkpoint.Reset("MyConnectionStringName"); }
Since my SlowTestFixture is used in both styles of organization (fixture per test class/test method), my database will either get reset before my test class is constructed, or before each test method. My tests start with a clean slate, and I never have to worry about my tests failing because of inconsistent state again. The one downside I have is that my tests can't be run in parallel at this point, but that's a small price to pay.
That's pretty much all there is – because I've created a common fixture class, it's easy to add more behavior as necessary. In the next post, I'll bring all these concepts together with a couple of complete examples.
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Next Gen DevOps and Software Testing
Much of what Grant outlines in his book will ring familiar to software test practitioners. I and others have long espoused the value and indeed the criticality, of positioning software test practitioners as an embedded part of the 'application development team', ensuring cross-team process synergy1. A term I use in preference to names such as Dev team, the Test team, Ops team, Support team, etc. which serve only to reinforce the 'silo' us-and-them perspective. The concept of having these as teams who operate in a non-integrated way is less and less meaningful in context of today's perspectives on efficient development approaches. Clearly defined practice domains remain important, the sheer scale of today's IT profession requires a level of specialisation, but this is not the same as being siloed.
Taking this further, as we mature the adaptive, pragmatic, delivery focused approaches that are justifiably popular at this time, and possibly emerge into a post-Agile paradigm, approaches that were established in an era where predictive development models were overlaid onto functionaly siloed teams are, I would suggest, as good as irrelevant.
Services or Products?Except for the most trivial of application development related work, it simply isn't possible to deliver anything meaningful, from a technology, business or market perspective, without cross-domain collaboration. This is true because of two key factors; a) large scale application complexity is now so high, that no single person or team can perform all practices effectively and, b) the integrated nature of technology and cross-over of practice areas means that practitioners in one field will already be working in a cross-domain manner.
However, we also need to shift perspectives and come back to another key point in Grant's Next Gen DevOps book, that rings true for us as software test practitioners and ask; are we delivering a discrete set of software testing services in support of some application development work or are we providing a suite of testing practices, alongside other practice areas, in broader support for the delivery of a software product requested by the business?
If we think more broadly than our technology domains, considering also other domains across the wider business and reflecting on why we're employed by the business, it will be evident that we're not really engaged in testing some development output, but instead we're testing an aspect of a product the business has requested. With even a trivial reflection, it's apparent that all of these practice areas for given domains need to be drawn together to support not just application development, but to support product development from conception to retirement, in context not of the Software Development Life Cycle, but instead of the Product Development Life Cycle2.
ConclusionIn conclusion on these limited points; while Next Gen DevOps is proposed as a model for DevOps, it discusses many concepts that run parallel to our area of concern, that of the role of software testing practice in the broader business context when delivering software products requested by the business.
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[1] Crowther, Mark, (2005) "Cross Team Process Synergy" [online] Available at: http://cyreath.co.uk/papers/Cyreath_Cross_Team_Process_Synergy.pdf[Accessed 02-mar-15]
[2] Crowther, Mark, (2009) "Life Cycles – Course 1, Session 1", pp. 3-4
Conference organizers, try harder. Conference participants: shop!
I just received a flyer in my snail mail for yet another conference where four out of the five keynote speakers are white men and only one is a woman. Are you kidding me? And this is a testing conference. Testing is a field that does indeed have lots of women, I would guess a significantly higher percentage than, say, programming.
I know the organizers of this conference and they are good people who aren't purposely discriminating against women (or minorities, for that matter). But they aren't trying hard enough, either. I've personally sent long lists of women I recommend to speak at their conferences. True, most of these women aren't "known" keynote speakers – maybe because nobody ever asks them to keynote. These women are highly experienced testing practitioners who have valuable experience to share.
This same company has an upcoming testing conference with no female keynoters, so I guess this is an improvement. But I'm not letting them off the hook, and you shouldn't either.
What do you value more: a highly entertaining, "big name" keynote speech? Or an experienced practitioner who competently helps you learn some new ideas to go and try with your own teams, but maybe isn't as well known or flashy?
You probably don't get to go to many conferences, so be choosy. Choose the ones with a diverse lineup of not only keynoters but presenters of all types of sessions. In fact, choose conferences that have lots of hands-on sessions where you get to learn by practicing with your peers. We have the choice of these conferences now. And I hope you will leave your favorites in comments here. I don't want to make my friends unhappy by naming names here, but email me and I'll give you my own recommendations. (Another disclaimer – I'm personally not looking for keynoting gigs, so these are not sour grapes. I don't like doing keynotes, and I know my limitations as a presenter).
The organizations sponsoring and organizing conferences are pandering to what they think you, their paying audience, wants to see. If you're going to conferences to see big names and polished speakers, and you don't care if the lineup is diverse, go ahead. If you want a really great learning experience, maybe do some more research about where your time and money will reap the most value for you.
I'm not trying to start a boycott, but I am saying: we are the market. Let's start demanding what we want, and I know these conference organizers will then have to step up and try harder.
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Summary of five years
"What have you been doing these last few years?" was the question Péter Halácsy asked me during my visit to Prezi. I was there to for the CTO equivalent of a developer exchange: learning how things were done at Prezi, sharing my observations, and then speaking at the Budapest Jenkins meetup. Prior to my visit Péter had come to this blog to learn more about me, only to learn that I'd not been blogging. I'm resolved to get back into the blogging habit this year and I decided I'd take the time to fill in the gap for any future Péters. In part this will recapitulate my LinkedIn profile but also describe some of what I felt was most significant.
The primary reason I only posted a single post after 2009 was that I joined Urbancode in a marketing/evangelism role and I posted almost everything I had to say under their masthead. In my two and half years there I had a great time spreading the word about build automation, continuous delivery and Devops. I was able to visit a wide range of companies, learn first hand about the challenges of enterprise organization, and then turn this information into new content. At Urbancode we developed a very good flow of information and almost every month we had a new webinar, a newsletter, and maybe a white paper. My primary content collaborator was Eric Minick and he has kept up those evangelizing ways at IBM following their acquisition of Urbancode.
After I left Urbancode we made a family decision to try living in London for a few years. I reached out to Douglas Squirrel and he brought me into TIM Group to do continuous delivery, infrastructure and operations. In my time there I've become CTO and Head of Product and I've really enjoyed the opportunity to apply what I know, both about product development and about organizational change. I've been almost equally as absent from the TIM Group development blog, but I have managed to share some of our experiences and learning at a few conferences including GOTO Conference 2012 (talk description & slides: A Leap from Agile to DevOps), London Devops Days 2013 (video of talk: Crossing the Uncanny Valley of Culture through Mutual Learning), and XPDay London 2014.
During my time in London Benjamin Mitchell has been one of the biggest influences on my thinking and approach to organizational change. Benjamin has been a guide to the work of Chris Argyris and Action Science. It has been what I've learned from and with Benjamin that has inspired me to start the London Action Science Meetup.
Finally, I couldn't recap the last few years without also mentioning Paul Julius and CITCON. Since I last mentioned CITCON North America in Minneapolis on this blog in 2009 we've gone on to organize 16 additional CITCON events worldwide, most recently in Auckland (CITCON ANZ), Zagreb (CITCON Europe), Austin (CITCON North America), and Hong Kong (CITCON Asia). For PJ and I this is our 10th year of CITCON (and OIF, the Open Information Foundation) and it has been fantastic to continue to meet people throughout the world who care about improving the way we do software development.
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How to get the most out of Given-When-Then
This is an excerpt from my upcoming book, Fifty Quick Ideas To Improve Your Tests
Behaviour-driven development is becoming increasingly popular over the last few years, and with it the Given-When-Then format for examples. In many ways, Given-When-Then seems as the de-facto standard for expressing functional checks using examples. Introduced by JBehave in 2003, this structure was intended to support conversations between teams and business stakeholders, but also lead those discussions towards a conclusion that would be easy to automate as a test.
Given-When-Then statements are great because they are easy to capture on whiteboards and flipcharts, but also easy to transfer to electronic documents, including plain text files and wiki pages. In addition, there are automation tools for all popular application platforms today that support tests specified as Given-When-Then.
On the other hand, Given-When-Then is a very sharp tool and unless handled properly, it can hurt badly. Without understanding the true purpose of that way of capturing expectations, many teams out there just create tests that are too long, too difficult to maintain, and almost impossible to understand. Here is a typical example:
Scenario: Payroll salary calculations Given the admin page is open When the user types John into the 'employee name' and the user types 30000 into the 'salary' and the user clicks 'Add' Then the page reloads And the user types Mike into the 'employee name' and the user types 40000 into the 'salary' and the user clicks 'Add' When the user selects 'Payslips' And the user selects employee number 1 Then the user clicks on 'View' When the user selects 'Info' Then the 'salary' shows 29000 Then the user clicks 'Edit' and the user types 40000 into the 'salary' When the user clicks on 'View' And the 'salary' shows 31000
This example might have been clear to the person who first wrote it, but it's purpose is unclear – what is it really testing? Is the salary a parameter of the test, or is it an expected outcome? If one of the bottom steps of this scenario fails, it will be very difficult to understand the exact cause of the problem.
Spoken language is ambiguous, and it's perfectly OK to say 'Given an employee has a salary …, When the tax deduction is…, then the employee gets a payslip and the payslip shows …'. It's also OK to say 'When an employee has a salary …, Given the tax deduction is …' or 'Given an employee … and the tax deduction … then the payslip …'. All those combinations mean the same thing, and they will be easily understood within the wider context.
But there is only one right way to describe those conditions with Given-When-Then if you want to get the most out of it from the perspective of long-term test maintenance.
The sequence is important. 'Given' comes before 'When', and 'When' comes before 'Then'. Those clauses should not be mixed. All parameters should be specified with 'Given' clauses, the action under test should be specified with the 'When' clause, and all expected outcomes should be listed with 'Then' clauses. Each scenario should ideally have only one When clause, that clearly points to the purpose of the test.
Given-When-Then is not just an automation-friendly way of describing expectations, it's a structural pattern for designing clear specifications. It's been around for quite a while under different names. When use cases were popular, it was known as Preconditions-Trigger-Postconditions. In unit testing, it's known as Arrange-Act-Assert.
Key benefitsUsing Given-When-Then in sequence is a great reminder for several great test design ideas. It suggests that pre-conditions and post-conditions need to be identified and separated. It suggests that the purpose of the test should be clearly communicated, and that each scenario should check one and only one thing. When there is only one action under test, people are forced to look beyond the mechanics of test execution and really identify a clear purpose.
When used correctly, Given-When-Then helps teams design specifications and checks that are easy to understand and maintain. As tests will be focused on one particular action, they will be less brittle and easier to diagnose and troubleshoot. When the parameters and expectations are clearly separated, it's easier to evaluate if we need to add more examples, and discover missing cases.
How to make it workA good trick, that prevents most of accidental misuse of Given-When-Then, is to use past tense for 'Given' clauses, present tense for 'When' and future tense for 'Then'. This makes it clear that 'Given' statements are preconditions and parameters, and that 'Then' statements are postconditions and expectations.
Make 'Given' and 'Then' passive – they should describe values rather than actions. Make sure 'When' is active – it should describe the action under test.
Try having only one 'When' statement for each scenario.
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Reducing Teamicide with Lightning Bolt shaped Teams
To gain some perspective, let's take a moment to review Tuckman's model that discusses the gelling process. Established by Bruce Tuckman in 1965, this model has four sequential phases (e.g., Forming, Storming, Norming, and Performing) that teams go through to effectively function as a unit, know each other's strengths, self-organize around the work, with optimal flow, and reduced impediments. In relation to teamicide, if a team hasn't yet achieved the performing state, they will have invested in the time and team building effort without actually gaining the benefits of a performing team. The irony is that while companies focus a lot on return on investment (ROI) in relation to the product, they inadvertently achieve no ROI since they disband teams and not allowing them to achieve performing.
The next question is, why does management disband teams? Do they not understand the harm they are doing to their organization when they disband teams? Do they not respect the benefits of a performing team? Or maybe they apply a move the team to the work method, when they really should be applying a move work to the team method. Exploring the "move team to the work" method, this may occur because either there is a "form a team around a project" mindset or there is a belief that teams don't have all of the skills or disciplines needed to handle the new types of work.
So how do we solve this problem and gain the most from performing teams? The first change that must be made is to move to (or experiment with) applying the "move work to the team" method. This assumes that we have teams that have the skills and disciplines to handle a variety of work. Therefore, the second change is to invest in building Lightning Bolt shaped teams. These are teams where each team member has a primary skill, a secondary skill, and even a tertiary skill.
The shape of a lightening bolt has one spike going deep (primary skill) and at least 2 additional spikes of lessor depth (secondary and tertiary). The purpose of having various depths of skills is for the team to be able to handle a broad range of work and for team members to be able to step up and fill gaps that other team members may not have or need help with. Note: some have used the term "T-shaped" teams, but I find that the lightning bolt shape is more apropos to the several spikes of skills and the various depths that are needed.
To create a lightning bolt shaped team, takes an investment in education. This takes a commitment to educate each team member in both a secondary and tertiary skill. As an example, let's say that a developer has a primary skill of programming code. As a secondary skill, they can also learn how to build database schemas and as a tertiary skill, they can write unit tests and run test cases. The long-term benefit is that if the team members can develop additional skills, there is a greater likelihood that a team can work on a much wider range of work and then they can be kept together allowing the organization to gain the benefits of a high performing team. This can reduce teamicide and increase the organization's ability to produce more high quality product.
Have you seen teamicide occurring in your organization? Have you seen the benefit of allowing a team to remain together long enough to become a high performing team? If so, what level of skills were or are prevalent on the team?
The Rule of Three and Me
If you can't think of at least three things that might be wrong with your understanding of the problem, you don't understand the problem. If I can't think of at least three different interpretations of what I received, I haven't thought enough about what it might mean. At work I challenge myself to come up with ideas in threes and, to keep that facility oiled, when I'm not testing I challenge myself to turn the crap joke I've just thought of into a triad.
By providing constraints on the problem I find the intellectual joking challenge usefully similar to the intellectual testing challenge. Here's an example from last week where, after I happened onto the first one, I constrained the structure of the others to be the same and restricted the subject matter to animals:
- If I had three pet lions I would call them Direct, Contour and What's My.
- If I had three pet ducks I would call them Via, Aqua and Paroled On The Basis Of Good Con.
- If I had three pet mice I would call them Enor, Hippopoto and That Would Be Like Turkeys Voting For Chris.
Reliable database tests with Respawn
Creating reliable tests that exercise the database can be a tricky beast to tame. There are many different sub-par strategies for doing so, and most of the documented methods talk about resetting the database at teardown, either using rolled back transactions or table truncation.
I'm not a fan of either of these methods – for truly reliable tests, the fixture must have a known starting point at the start of the test, not be relying on something to clean up after itself. When a test fails, I want to be able to examine the data during or after the test run.
That's why I created Respawn, a small tool to reset the database back to its clean beginning. Instead of using transaction rollbacks, database restores or table truncations, Respawn intelligently navigates the schema metadata to build out a static, correct order in which to clear out data from your test database, at fixture setup instead of teardown.
Respawn is available on NuGet, and can work with SQL Server or Postgres (or any ANSI-compatible database that supports INFORMATION_SCHEMA views correctly).
You create a checkpoint:
private static Checkpoint checkpoint = new Checkpoint { TablesToIgnore = new[] { "sysdiagrams", "tblUser", "tblObjectType", }, SchemasToExclude = new [] { "RoundhousE" } };
You can supply tables to ignore and schemas to exclude for tables you don't want cleared out. In your test fixture setup, reset your checkpoint:
Or if you're using a database besides SQL Server, you can pass in an open DbConnection:
using (var conn = new NpgsqlConnection("ConnectionStringName")) { conn.Open(); var checkpoint = new Checkpoint { SchemasToInclude = new[] { "public" }, DbAdapter = DbAdapter.Postgres }; checkpoint.Reset(conn); }
Because Respawn stores the correct SQL in the right order to clear your tables, you don't need to maintain a list of tables to delete or recalculate on every checkpoint reset. And since table truncation won't work with tables that include foreign key constraints, DELETE will be faster than table truncation for test databases.
We've used this method at Headspring for the last six years or so, battle tested on a dozen projects we've put into production.
Stop worrying about unreliable database tests – respawn at the starting point instead!
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If you're looking for a place to discuss the latest innovations in test automation, then charge your tablets and pack your gumboots - the eighth GTAC (Google Test Automation Conference) will be held on October 28-29, 2014 at Google Kirkland! The Kirkland office is part of the Seattle/Kirkland campus in beautiful Washington state. This campus forms our third largest engineering office in the USA.
GTAC is a periodic conference hosted by Google, bringing together engineers from industry and academia to discuss advances in test automation and the test engineering computer science field. It's a great opportunity to present, learn, and challenge modern testing technologies and strategies.
You can browse the presentation abstracts, slides, and videos from last year on the GTAC 2013 page.
Stay tuned to this blog and the GTAC website for application information and opportunities to present at GTAC. Subscribing to this blog is the best way to get notified. We're looking forward to seeing you there!
GTAC 2014: Call for Proposals & Attendance
The application process is now open for presentation proposals and attendance for GTAC (Google Test Automation Conference) (see initial announcement) to be held at the Google Kirkland office (near Seattle, WA) on October 28 - 29th, 2014.
GTAC will be streamed live on YouTube again this year, so even if you can't attend, you'll be able to watch the conference from your computer.
Presentations are targeted at student, academic, and experienced engineers working on test automation. Full presentations and lightning talks are 45 minutes and 15 minutes respectively. Speakers should be prepared for a question and answer session following their presentation.
For presentation proposals and/or attendance, complete this form. We will be selecting about 300 applicants for the event.
The due date for both presentation and attendance applications is July 28, 2014.
There are no registration fees, and we will send out detailed registration instructions to each invited applicant. Meals will be provided, but speakers and attendees must arrange and pay for their own travel and accommodations.
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The deadline to sign up for GTAC 2014 is next Monday, July 28th, 2014. There is a great deal of interest to both attend and speak, and we've received many outstanding proposals. However, it's not too late to add yours for consideration. If you would like to speak or attend, be sure to complete the form by Monday.
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This week is an exciting week for the Northern California SharePoint Community, as both SharePoint Saturday Silicon Valley 2015 and SharePoint Saturday Sacramento 2015 have been officially announced. I am proud to once again be a part of both events and look forward to working with the local SharePoint communities to make each event a valuable experience for all involved. We are all working diligently to make both of these free events full of great sessions that will include SharePoint experts, MVPs and MCMs. SharePoint Saturday Silicon Valley 2015 will take place May 30th at the Microsoft … [Continue reading]
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I recently penned an article for SPTechCon commenting on Microsoft ending public facing sites for SharePoint Online and Office 365 (SPO/O365). At the time I wrote the article Microsoft had recommended 3rd party solution, yet had not endorsed any specific replacement solution. Two days after my article Microsoft endorsed two 3rd party vendors. Thanks to Scot Hillier and Todd Baginski for pointing me to Microsoft's updated knowledge base article. I would like to take a moment to review the recommended solutions, shedding some light on potential paths forward. In a nut shell, Microsoft had … [Continue reading]
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The first ever SPTechCon Austin is less than two weeks away! January has definitely flown by but I'm looking forward to getting out of California for a few days. I'm always happy to be involved in the SharePoint community, especially through presentations and classes. For SPTechCon Austin 2015 I'm introducing a brand new session on Display Templates as well as presenting on another new topic of mine, building SharePoint Apps using the "MEAN" Stack. If you haven't registered yet, there is still time. Save an additional $200 by using the discount code "OVERFIELD". I look forward to seeing … [Continue reading]
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This week at SharePoint Fest Chicago I will be unveiling a new and much awaited for session, SharePoint Apps and I "MEAN" It. I choose to do this session because there has been quite a bit of talk about how the provider hosted SharePoint App model may work with any backend technology, but I only see people building C# apps on Azure. I wanted to see would could be done with fully open source technology, on a JavaScript based full stack. This session is targeted towards developers who will be looking to build SharePoint 2013 Apps. In the SharePoint 2013 app model you are able to combine your … [Continue reading]
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Essentially all public facing SharePoint sites, including those hosted on SharePoint Online or on-prem SharePoint 2013, require a method to hide the suite bar / ribbon for anonymous users. The SharePoint Online oslo master page does an OK job of this … [Continue reading]
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Below is the winning essay of the 2015 Worth the Trust Young Adult Amateur scholarship. Congratulations to Rebecca Barber, and best of luck in the future!
John Marshall, the organizer of Fresno Horse Trials in Area VI, tells us what their program looks like in 2015, and Katie Coleman offers a natural skin remedy for horses.
Below is the winning essay of the 2015 Worth the Trust Adult Amateur scholarship. Congratulations to Kate Vane, and best of luck in the future!
Is your membership current? Before you start competing, make sure your membership is current for the competition season. Visit the USEA's Online Services and renew or fax your application to the USEA at (703) 779-0550 or call us 703-779 0440 (2).
The Young and Future Event Horse article series is being provided through a partnership between Mythic Landing Enterprises, LLC., and the USEA.
Ocala, Florida - Multi-Olympian Karen O'Connor has been appointed the new coach of the Mexican Eventing Team and will assume the role immediately. The appointment will involve O'Connor training the team for major events including the Pan American Games in Toronto this summer and the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games in 2016.
Rob Burk, COO, tells us what we can look forward to in 2015 from events to awards and everything in-between. Caitlin Silliman shares her plans for her new partnership with the 2014 East Coast Young Event Horse Champion and offers us this week's Training Tip on transitions.
His thoroughbred bloodlines were excellent, but his days in the winners' circle were long over. So how did a tapped-out fairgrounds racehorse in southern Illinois, bought for just $750, end up qualifying for the Rolex just two seasons later? It all comes down to his owner and rider, Leah Lang-Gluscic.
Richard Meade (GBR) OBE, triple Olympic gold Eventing champion, former member of the FEI Bureau, FEI Eventing Committee and Chairman of Group II (Northern Europe), has passed away after a battle with cancer. He was 76 years old.
He became the first British athlete to win individual Eventing gold at the Munich 1972 Olympic Games, after making his Olympic début in Tokyo eight years earlier.
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Athens Olympic Eventing Individual Gold Medalist Leslie Law, who has been named the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Eventing Developing Rider Coach, believes there is plenty of knowledge and talent in the US and explains why he is looking forward to his new role. Leslie also offers our Training Tip of the Week.


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Mummys car refuses to start, so while Daddy and Neko-chan go off to borrow a jumpstart apparatus for the dead battery, Mummy indulges in a quick photo shoot with her favourite model. Thank God its Sunday, not Monday!
Sunday evening. Daddy brings the kids out to Legoland again so they can stretch their legs and have some fun. Neko-chan again drives super safely, after which both kids have lots of fun running and climbing around The Shipyard.
Note: Front doors (and back doors too) are frequently 'double-layered' in these parts. We have a 'normal' sturdy wooden door, but there's an additional grille layer in front. People here typically leave the wooden door open all day for ventilation and light, but lock the grille gate with a padlock. The wooden door closes when there's no one home, when it's mosquito hour (7 to 8pm) and when the family turns in for the night. So yeah, my kids have found another use for the grille gate... =)
Supplies in EXIF, thanx for looking!


text: CustomsDistrict director named GRAY(U.S.A.), WATSON INC. W.D.(Don) Sherman, previously district director MARINESURVEYDEPARTMENT Customs Portland, Oregon,has been appointed district in General PetroleumProductV/Is Casualty Monitoring of Tanker director of the HoustonCustoms District. Condition and Valuation Port Operations Sherman in beganhis career with U.S. Customs 1961as a Surveys Crude Oil WashingMonitoring OnHire/Off Hire Surveys Squeeze Dry Operations CustomsExaminer in Boston. He has been honored with Bunker Surveys Inert Gas Operations numerous Customsawards for exceptional performance. Stability Trans-Shipment Marine Consultation is Sherman a native of Connecticut. Heis a graduate of Hatch and Cargo Stowage Surveys Bunker Surveys General Supervision the University of Connecticut and the University of Grain Surveys Michigan,wherehe earned election to Phi Beta Kappa. DamageCargo Surveys General Average Charter Party Disputes DocumentSurveys elects Sismanson Hellenic American Container Inspections CARGOINSPECTION PETROLEUM Hellenic AmericanAgencies Inc. has elected Evans U. DEPARTMENT PRODUCTS as Sismanson president. of Measurement Quantity/ ConsultancyServices Quality Sismanson the assumes presidencyafter havingspent over SampNng and Testing Evaluation of Ship and Shore Operations Procedures a quarter of a centuryin the shippingbusinesswith Hellenic Extensive Reporting mostrecently as senior vice president of Hellenic American International offices in Mexico, Europe,WestAfrica, Agencies Inc. Middle East and Far East. Inquiries via Houston office. rl I iii FURTHERINFORMATION SENT ON REQUEST Houston Office New Orleans Office WAREHOUSES SUNBELT 9001Airport Blvd. Suite 608 Houston, Texas 77061 2805Division St. Suite 102 Metairie, Louisiana 70002 Formerly Myers Warehouse Tel: (713) 943-1167 Tel: (504) 456-7078 (713) 943-0183 TIx: 784501W. 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Kelley Parker 713/654-7335 WAREHOUSES SUNBELT Formerly Myers Warehouse THE HORNE CO REALTORS bS0 Aleen St. Phone: (713) 672-8095 June 1983 51 JUSTONE THE OF CAM'CHAIN QUALITY LINES THAT WECARRY. iVn~Rgn WIRE 8, CHAIN SLINGS ¯ GEARFABRICATED ¯ TO ORDER REPAIR SERVICE ¯ LASHING HOUSTON& NEW ORLEANS TO: WIRE AND CLIPS ¯ SECURINGCHAIN AND RIO DE JANEIRO ¯ SANTOS LOADBINDERS¯ ALL STEVEDORING PARANAGUA SUPPLIES INCLUDING NETS, ROPESLINGS, BUENOS AIRES ¯ MONTEVIDEO OTHER PORTS ON INDUCEMENT 8, NYLONSLINGS, COOLERS CUPS e CONTAINER GEAR ¯ IN FACT ANYTHING containers deep Breakbulk, and tanksavailable. FOR THE MARINE iNDUSTRY Genera/Agent UNITED STATES NAVIGATION, INC. (212) 269-6000 FOR RELIABLE, PROMPTAND EFFICIENT Gulf Agent SERVICEJUST CALL US AT: RIISE SHIPPING,INC. LONE STAR MARINE, INC. 2005 McCARTYDRIVE, HOUSTON OFFICE: OFFICE: 609 Fannin St., St¯. 417 Canal Place One, Ste 2208 Houston, Texas 77002 NewOrleans, La. 70130 77229 P.O. BOX 24245 ¯ HOUSTON PHONE: (71 3) 229-8671 PHONE: (504) 581-5721 TWX:(910) 881-5029 TWX:(810) 951-5020 (713) 674-2502 PHONE: CABLE: RIISE CABLE:RIISE TELEX:161745 IEHL, ~o-~A.Y AGENTS STEAMSHIP AND BROKERS "Service has been our trademark for over 77 years" ROAD * HOUSTON, TX 77092 * (713) 2855 MANGUM 688-7700 REPRESENTING HAPAG-LLOYD ...................... Gulf/South Atlantic~Continental Ports/UK/Scandinavia HAPAG-LLOYD ......................................................... Gulf/South Atlantic/Far East SCINDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD .............................. Gulf~India~Bangladesh KOCTUG ............................... LINE Gulf/South Atlantic/Turkey 8, East Mediterranean MEXICAN (TMM) LINE ............................................. Gulf/East Coast South America NAVIERANEPTUNO ..................................................................... S.A Gulf~Peru FARRELL ..................................................................... LINES Gulf~Mediterranean P.M.& O................................ Gulf/South Atlantic/East Malaysia/Brunei/Micronesia NAVICON ......................................................... LINE East Gulf/Panama 8, Ecuador AFRICAN SERVICES LINER .......................................................... Gulf/West Africa HOUSTON¯ NEW ORLEANS ¯ GALVESTON ¯ BEAUMONT¯PORT ARTHUR ¯ ¯ ORANGE MOBILE ¯ BROWNSVILLE ¯CORPUSCHRISTI ¯ MEMPHIS¯ DALLAS ¯ ST. LOUIS ¯ ATLANTA ¯ SAVANNAH¯ DENVER¯ CHARLOTTE CABLE ADDRESS: BIEHL, HOUSTON ¯ TELEX 794-220 eTWX 910-881-1710 52 Port of Houston Magazine BROKERS ~oMBOUSE WARBERS CBS I:REIGB~ FOREIGN FOR I CustOm Brokers and i~embers: N-atl~°nn~lat~On of America Inc. '~orwarderS Assv- 1oc. ,~Comp~~J New orleans 44:z ha~ St NewOrleanS, -^.. ~ - ~.o r~.nA', 581-33zu to. 70130 Telephone..~.~',~,~n¯ Te]ex: 58-4zoo 1'WX: 810""/0~'~"- "~J T7002 ~4OUStOl~ e 2000 HoustOn, Tex- Mobile p.O. Box2242, t~obi~e, AIo. 36601 FMC NO. 597 "20S~433-8474 ~ "re ~, ept~one Afterseveral in years the freight forwardingin- her dustry, Elba De Melohas opened owncom- of panyunderthe name Texas Cargo,which will be consolidating,crating andforwarding cargo and in overseas, is located the southwest of area the city. Ms. De Meloreceived her business degree fromBogota BusinessCollegeandhasat- tended international traffic, banking and marketing at of courses the University St. Thomas andUniversityof Houston. with After working the of in U.S. Department State (AID) overseas Co- lombia andAfghanistan,andwith the Italian she government, settled in Houston.Sheis a of member the ITMA HACA and organizations in Houston. Norton, Lilly names Latin sales manager Norton, Lilly & Co., Inc. has ap- pointed Robert H. Jackson as general manager,sales and marketing, for the Latin American division. Jacksonhas many years of experience in Latin American trade havingspent 14 years with MooreMcCormack Lines in various executive capacities, most An information-packedmanualdescribing the na- recently as assistant vice president of will tion's third largest port complex bepublished this marketingand sales. fall! This is the only comprehensive and widely distributed annual publication that details Houston's port & industrial facilities, servicesandcompanies. Co. J.F. Moran shifts Don't miss out on this excellent opportunity location in Houston to advertise your companyand its services! J.F. MoranCo., Inc., customhouse PUBLISHER brokers and international freight for- Gulf CommerceInternational, Inc. warders, has moved near HoustonInter- 1111 North LoopWest¯ Suite 520 ¯ Houston,Texas77008 continental Airport and expandedits 713-880.4512 services. The newlocation at 770 Bradfield, of Suite 575, includes 3,000-square-feet warehousespace for handling air and oceanfreight. June 1983 53 OCEAN FREIGHT BILL AUDITING One of the new services of- ferred by SHIDELER & ASSO- CIATES, INC. to the exporters throughout the Southwest. /kSSO San cable their When Francisco's carsresume travelsupand the down city's steephills nextyear, by Bros. Co., theywill beridingonsteelrails transportedLykes S'~eamship Inc., through Port the of The Houston. cablecarshave out been of servicesinceSeptember 1982 of whilethe system undergoes The is renovation. system scheduled reopen May, to in 1984. rails for the French-built were in renovation stowed Seabee coveredhopper barges were that on the loaded board S.S.DOC- TOR for The LYKES thetransatlanticvoyage. rails were in and unloaded Houston transferred to Southern rail trip Pacific carsfor theoverland to San The one Francisco. rails weigh toneach areand 60feetlong.The for was agent theship Maurice Inc., Pincoffs of Houston, international a 102-year-old and marketing distribution that in and company deals steel,energy-related agricultural products. International Transportation Con- suiting Servicesis our specialty. Serv- TELEX An International & Domestic ing Houston since !976, we offer the following services to firms shipping MessageService Bureau international cargo: Why pay for a telex machine you don't always use? We Can Save You Money ¯ fiB Auditing eRate Quotations service for telex owners-- Emergency eCargo Movement Studies ~-~.~i~~ Callus when your machine or line is down, eRouting Guides eFull DomesticServices i U "X'C'i-- eTransportation Management ----,------- 713-I 29-8320 or,n,orma.,onca"orwr,tes..o F ASSOCIATES, INC. ///] ~ Servnces, Inc. I/I/ 13101 Northwest FreewayIII1 A Dillinghom Maritime Company ~))) Suite 315 Towing~ Tr_na sPor.tation )))] r/l/ Houston, Texas 77040 Operations & Marketing I~11 IIII (713)460-9440 (713} 531-1112 ,_Telex: 775665 ((ll Jill Telex 77-4132 11767 Katy Frwy., Suite S00 Houston, TX 77079 llll !t[ Port of Houston Magazine 54 by Anothernewvessel owned the ChinaOcean ShippingCompany, the Yugang, J. purser;Edward Klauke,operations of manager the Gulf region M/V HE, QING called at Houston recentlyonits maiden voyage. vessel The for Norton,Lilly & Co., Inc., which support provides in services Houston was built in West and Germany launched this year. TheQING is 558 HE Paul of for COSCO; Jones, manager CALCO Agency, Ship Inc., U.S. and The feet long with a 93-foot beam. 18,734 d.w.t-ratedvesselhasa con- Canadageneral for J.R. agents COSCO; Curtis, director of operations for of tainer capacity 1,153 The TEU. ship is part of COSCO's all-water,direct the Port of Houston Authority; CaptainDeng Wei, andTom Kiger, West servicefromthe U.S.Gulf to the People's of Republic China. at Shown the Gulf general for manager Norton,Lilly. traditional maiden voyage at Cut ceremony Barbours Terminal,are Sun GRAIN VACU-VATORS FOR SALE OR LEASE NEW OR USED...WITH OR WITHOUT ACCESSORIES NATIONAL WATTS LINE TEXAS WATTS LINE 800 433-3113 800 792-3016 Box 9 207 North Main Rogers, TX 76569 Houston, TX 77077 A/C 817 642-3227 A/C 713 227-5472 NtAYFIELD SALVAGE, INC. JOBS BY THE HOUROR BY THE JOB. CONTRACT SHIP AND BARGESPECIALISTS. June 1983 55 Delta Bonded Warehouse Co. _I 5534 Armour Dr., Houston, Texas 77020 (713) 675-2533 * TWX(910) 881-1514 U.S. CustomsBondedSpace FreightConsolidation/Distribution Trucking,Bonded U.S. Bonded Courier & & Shrink StretchWrappingPalletizing Facilities: 80,000Sq. Ft., Railroad Siding, Sprinkler System, Central ReportingBurglar Alarm Linda Faulkner recently joined PoseyInterna- tional, Inc., to headup marketingand sales for the licensed customhouse broker and interna- TARGET AIRFREIGHT firm. Faulkner a native tional freight forwarding is and Domestic International Houstonian with nine years experience in the Air Freight transportationindustry. Beforejoining Posey,she for worked a local truck line, servingfive yearsin . IATA Agent Cargo administration and two years ~n sales. Posey's 16,000-square-foot customs bonded warehouse . Air Consolidator features two lO-ton overheadcranes. The com- 713/449-4949 213-776-6210 212/656-5427 415/872-0550 panyis located at 7218Clinton Drive in Houston, 404/762-6171 312/437-2380 ATLANTA CHICAGO HOUSTON LOSANGELES NEWYORK SAN FRANCISCO telephone (713) 672-1985,telex 792-940. INDUSTRIAL & MARITIME CLINIC HUGOR. GONZALEZ& ASSOCIATES STAFF: R. Hugo Gonzalez, M.D. M.D. BaltazarA. Benavides, F. Steven Hotze,M.D. de Oscar la Rosa,P.A.C. CONSULTANTS: Jean Cukier, M.D.-Plastic Surgeon J.G. Keatts, M.D..Opthomologist B.W.Henderson, D.D.S.-Dentist Norris Dental Center8, Associates 13125 EAST FREEWAY TEXAS HOUSTON, 77015 (713) 453-5646 ¯ Yellowfevercenter Tour Our Clinic At Your ConvenMnce immunizations ¯ All passport e Open hr. dailyM-F 151/2 HOURS: MaN. THRUFRI. waitingTime ¯ Reduced 7:30 AM TO 11 PM Sat. 8 AMTO5 PM ¯ OnSite: X-Ray,Lab,Pharmacy, FEEDER EyeExam, P.F.T., Audiometry 56 Port of HoustonMagazine Nedlloyd begins Paktankcompletes terminal project calling at Aqaba PaktankCorporation has completeda st6rage facility in the United States. $20million expansion project at its Deer Witha combined storage capacity of 11 NedlloydInc., agents for Nedlloyd Park terminal on the Houston Ship Lines has announced it has extend- that million barrels, PaktankCorporationis Channel. one of the largest independentliquid to ed its Houston Middle East service to The expansion, begunin early 1982, include Aqaba,Jordan, on a 17-dayfre- tank storage companiesin the United increases Paktank'sstorage capacity by States. quency. onemillion barrels, creating a combined Nedlloyd Lines uses four modern storage capacity of 5,182,000barrels at ro/ro containerships, in the service. T. Smithappointsassistant VP the facility. Athird ship dockalso has Mini-landbridgeservice to the Middle beenbuilt whichincreases capacity to Stephen L. Pfeiffer has been named East is available fromSeattle, Portland, three ship and 12 barge positions. assistant vice president, corporate San Francisco and Los Angeles via The terminal is Paktank's largest development,of T. Smith & Son, Inc., Houston. petroleum, petrochemical and chemical stevedorecontractors. '~i'i ~--~.......... /,/ ., ":: ~......... ..... ~ ........./ , F Houston/Singapore: 35 , \\ \, ,/ days; Jakarta: 39 days. Savetime.., save dollars.., ship H6egh. HOEGH HOEGH LINES GAMA SERVICE Nedlloyd: NewYork 212-432-9150; DOES IT FASTER Columbus: CHICAGO Strachan: HOUSTON NEW ORLEANS 312-939-4857; 713-683-3500; 504-827-8600; MOBILE205-433-5401 ; SINGAPOREAND INDONESIA.., DALLAS 214-747-0648; TranspacificTransportation Co.: DIRECT FROMU.S. GULF SAN FRANCISCO 415-393-9100 CONTAINERS /RO, ,KBULK From US Gulf to North Europe. 713-683-3500,NEW HOUSTON ORLEANS 205-433-5401, 504-527-6600,MOBILE MIAMI305-551-7444, NEWYORK ATLANTA 212-269-6262, 312-427-2907, 404-873-2543-4,CHICAGO 214-747-0648, DALLAS 901-526-5153, LOUIS MEMPHIS ST. TULSA 314-231-3389, 918-492-2721. June 1983 57 Independent Marine Surveyors xNo~LD MAR/ ~;., ,. ..... ,~ . ......... .,- ASsocIATES, ~aC Reliable and Experienced 24-Hour Service GENERALMARINE SURVEYING- PROMPT REPORTS Hull Deadweight Bunker Container Inspections CargoOn-Off Hire Salvage Port Captain Assignments Containers All Project Cargos Specialist for Loading ¯ Stowage ¯ Securing ¯ HeavyLifts ¯ Consultants for Design ¯ Economic Studies ¯ Acquisitions ¯ Grain Stability Calculations Captain Bill D. Case,President WORLDMARINEASSOCIATES,INC. 324 World Trade Bldg., Houston, Texas77002 Thetransportation industry in Houston recently selected a court com- 713-223-3306 TELEPHONE: TELEX: WOLMAR 774229 to posedentirely of queens help celebrate National Transportation Week. NewOrleans Office Baton Rouge Office Shown aboveare Effie Hindsof C & H TransportationCo., Inc., Ms. Land, Suite 401 BGM Office Bldg. (left), and TeresaVest of Alamo Express,Inc., Ms.Sea. Ms. Air and Ms. NewOrleans Federal Bldg. Suite 101 4948 Chef Menteur 1821 WoodaleCourt in Transportationare shown the photo on the pageat right. U.S. Secretary NewOrleans, La. 70126 Baton Rouge, La. 70806 Tel: 504-g28-5610 of Transportation Elizabeth Dole wasthe guest speaker at a luncheon Tel: 504-943-$544 which cappedthe week's events. ALSO FOR SALE OR LONGTERM LEASE: 2.4 Acres less than a mile from port main Cut gate, on Barbours Blvd., with rail; cleared & level. Call Mitchat ouroffice for details. 58 Port of Houston Magazine The of varioussegments the transportation industry in Houston observ- Associates,chairman the Houston of of observance NTW; Mayor Whit- Week edNationalTransportation last month with Trans 83, Expo a public mire; Karen of Huffman Pecten Chemical Co., Ms. Transportation;and and exhibit of transportationequipmment servicesat the UnionStation of & EdieBaughmanC.S. Greene Co., Inc., freight forwarders, chairman depot¯Mayor Kathy of cut Whitmire Houston a ribbonto open event, the of externalactivities for NTW.StandingbehindMayor is Whitmire Aubrey whichdrewan estimated at 10,000people.Shown the presentation a of Elliott of St. RegisPaper of Club Co., president the Transportation of of are, proclamation the week from left, MildredIrby of Phillips Petroleum Houston. other queens The by selected transportation clubsin observance Co., presidentof the Women's Transportation Club of Houston; Janice are on of the week shown the page left.at of Throop Red ArrowFreightLines,Ms. Air; JohnShidelerof Shideler& IIIlSSai wneeBl~ O0 00' D iRECTTRUCKSERVICE FOR MARINE CONTAINERS AND GENERAL COMMODITIES BETWEEN ALL U.S. PORTSAND ALL U.S. POINTS IN: HOUSTON Express/Full Container 71 3-452-3201 Service TERMI NAL LOCATIONS BALTIMORE ................... 301-485-1220 WESTAFRICA U.S.GULF TO~FROM CHARLESTON ................. 803-552-2970 HOUSTON ..................... 713-452-3201 GENERAL AGENTS JACKSONVILLE ................ 904-353-9342 MIAMI ......................... 305-592-1835 Southern Star MOBILE........................ 205-438-2706 NEWARK ....................... Shipping Co., Inc. NEWORLEANS................ 201-589-1480 504-279-6461 245 Park Avenue 212/867-3252 NORFOLK ...................... 804-460-4654 NewYork, NY 10167-0248 TWX: 710-581-4290 RICHMOND .................... 804-788-4739 Cable: Sostarship New York SAVANNAH .................... 91 2-964-2225 PHILADELPHIA ................ 609-298-7760 HOUSTON CORPORATE OFFICE 1076 HARRISBURG PIKE I N. ATLANTIC OFFICE SALESI P.O. BOX810 ONEWORLD TRADE | i 713/672-2402 TWX: 910-881-5083 PA CARLISLE, 1 7013 CENTER SUITE 8519 | | (800)233-4440 [ | Telex: 790971 ~ 0)233-7565 N.Y., NY10048 (212)432-1866 JOHN PAPALIA ~" JV June1983 59 Kh(~ V.A.Miller & Company recentlyhelda well- "Galves~or~ l~adio" attended to the reception celebrate fourthan- niversary of the foundingof the customs centrallyin the Houston/GalvestonKh¢ your24 hour Located area is and brokerage a move new into offices at the a day seven day a week High Seas Public Coast Radiotelegraph sameaddress.Virginia of Miller, owner thefirm, to Gateway Ships Worldwide. is shown those seated.Among attending were, Edna H. Murray, Manager from Givens left, Robert of thelawfirm of Givens, Kelly & Shaw; TerryBrideof Foster-Wheeler l~adio KL(~, llTc. Energy Corp., Mike of Hargreves Empire-United P.O. Box 115 Co., Stevedoring Anne of Harrison First CityNa- TLX:762555 Karl of tionalBank, Birkner K-FOB in Enterprises 713) 331-4929 Arcadia, Texas Dallas, Annalore and G. Birkner, Harry Kellyof 409) 765-7744 77517 TWX: 910-880-4695 Givens, Kelly & Shaw. 409) 925-1844 RCA:203177 The National .Shipping Company t~ ~t'm o | t4 | A I'll I~ I ~ The only Saudi line with Saudi v¯ ~wv,w ¯ ~.,aoww ~ Arabian Governmentparticipation General Agents U.S. Gulf Agents F.W. Hartmann& Co., Inc. E.S. Binnings,Inc. 17 Battery Place 7th Floor, World Trade Bldg. NewYork, N.Y. 10004 1520 Texas Avenue (212) 425-6100 Houston, Texas 77002 RELIABILITY-- That's what it's all about. General Agency for the U.S.A. The National Shipping Com- lhe Middle East...the kind of Each ro/ro ship has a capacity pany of Saudi Arabia offers a reliability that only a Saudi own- of 1250 teu's...a stern ramp that long-lasting commitmentto the ed shipping line can guarantee. handles loads up to 1,000 tons...a exporters, freight forwarders, F.W. Hartmann & Company, ramp opening that accom- and importers shipping between Inc., with over 30 years in the modates cargo up to 23 feet high the U.S. Gulf, East Coast, and trade, has been entrusted with the X 40 feet wide. Port of Houston Magazine 60 DUTCH HARBOR KETCHIKAb ~HILADELPHIA SAN JACKSONVILLE MIAMI When it comes to comprehensive service, Kerr a bill of lading released in Anchorage, Dallas or Steamship Company, Inc,, has the edge over its Miami, we can do it, If you have a special cargo competitors hands down, The professional person- handling problem in Boston, Baltimore or British nel staffing our extensive network of offices in the Columbia, we can solve it, If you have a sales lead major ports and hinterland market cities of North in Charleston, Chicago or Cranford, we can pursue America are in constant communication to cut the it, No matter where you are, or what your problem red tape out of your cargo movements.If you need is, we've got you covered. RRSTEAMSHIP COMPANY, INC. Steamship Agents, Terminal Operators, Stevedores Suite 5130, OneShell Square American General Tower, Suite 1500 NewOrleans, La, 70139 2727 Allen Parkway Telephone: (504) 566-0500 Houston, Texas 77019 TWX: 810-951-5030 Telephone: (713)521-9600. TWX: 910-881-2753 June 1983 61 Representatives of the Ethiopian Marine E.S. BINNINGS, INC. Transport Authority (EMTA) recently toured Port of HoustonAuthority facilities management as part of a training program. Shownare Kinfu Ship Agents, Stevedores, Terminal Operators Zinabu, head of the Port of Assab work shop; GetachewMikre, head of finance for EMTA; Grancolomblana -- Colombia of RobertCrandall, general manager marine ter- The National Shipping Co. of Saudi Arabia StarmenShipp|ng Ltd. --Heavy Lift Service World Wide minalsfor the Port of Oakland;J.R. Curtis, direc- AmericanHeavyLift ShippingCo. -- AmericanFlag HeavyLift Service tor of port operations for the Port Authority; Feleke Tessema, head of purchasing and stores HOUSTON,TEXAS--World Building .......................... Trade (713)225-0531 for EMTA;Israel Tekle, headof legal services for NEW ORLEANS,LOUISIANA--WhitneyBank Building ........... (504)586-0700 EMTA;NegaNegere, head of maritime manage- GALVESTON,TEXAS--U.S. National BankBuilding ............. (713) 762-8423 mentfor EMTA; Jerry D. Kotecki, Port Authority MOBILE,ALABAMA--619 CommerceBuilding .................... (205) 433-2616 midwestern sales manager, and Seifu ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI--817 Street ............................ Olive (314) 241-5294 Haileyesus,headof foreign purchasingfor EMTA. DALLAS,TEXAS--Cotton ExchangeBuilding ...................... (214) 748-8856 MEMPHIS,TENNESSEE--Cotton Exchange Building .............. (901) 527-6511 BINNINGS CABLEADDRESS 24 HOUR ALL PERSONNEL ARE EQUIPPEDWITH RADIOS 7 DAY SERVICE FOR PROMPT SERVICE STEWARD, DECK AND ENGINE STORES ¯ BONDED STORES REPAIR SERVICE ¯ NAVIGATIONAL& SAFETY EQUIPMENT COMPUTERIZED OPERATIONS FOR EXTRA EFFICIENCY EXCLUSIVE REGISTERED AGENT FOR CASTROL MARINE LUBRICANTS MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL O MEMBEFI ASSOCIATION MARINE OF OF NAI"IONA SERVICES SHIP SUPPLIERS ~ ASSOCIATION~ k MEMBER NATIONAL ASSOCIATE OF OF DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION WHOLESALER SUI)I)IX THURMOND (~O)ll)ANY, INC. THE COMPLETE SHIP CHANDLERY CABLE P.O. BOX 45726, HOUSTON, "THURMOND" TEXAS77045, TEL. 713-224~)008, TELEX791-141 Port of Houston Magazine 62 Timeis money. of Thosewhounderstandthe true meaning this expression are the onesthat profit fromit. InbesaAmerica's modern industrial terminal facility can save you both time andmoney. OurJacintoport waterfront location has the dockingcapabilities to handlevessels up to 770feet in length. Steel or project cargo can be by handledin a time-efficient manner our two large dockside gantry cranes, which havethe capacity to lift 25 metric tons each. Whether your cargo is to be loaded or dischargedfrom the vessel, Inbesa or Americacan provide you with ample warehouse storage space in or either our 87,000sq. ft. three-baymetal warehouse our outside sq. storage yard whichcovers an area of 800,000 ft. that Remember time is money and Inbesa America has the reputation for saving you both. Location: 16335Peninsula Texas Blvd., Channelview, LandArea: 29acres at located Jacintoport Dock: Length: 502', Draught: 31' All waterfront has property been so up dredged, vessels to at 770'longcanbeberthed dock. Warehouse: 3-baymetal building Length: 402.5',Width:216' of Width each 87,000 ft. bay:72' Surface: sq. Dockside Each has crane the lifting capacity (2) of 25metrictonseach. Cranes: Inside lb. 4-20,000 overhead cranes Cranes:(5) lb. 1-40,000 overhead crane Outside sq. 800,000 ft. compacted Storage is with Yard: All property fenced, 24-hr.onsite security. are There twdrailroadtracksat dockside. P.O.Box190 TX Channelview, 77530 / (713)452-0063Telex:792633 t In what may be maritime history. Bay Houston Towing Compan), christened the four newest of members the fleet all on the same day. Left to right." The Captain WD.Haden, the W.D Haden, 11, the Barbara H. Neuhaus and the Mark K A FAMILY AFFAIR. The biggest harbortowing horse-power Captain W.D. Haden, company the Texas Gulf Coast on bears family names. is nofaceless corporation. It's Doingthe j ob better than Bay-Houston Towing. Andit's anyone else can is more than a ownedand operated by the challenge. Hadens,a family that has been It's a familytradition. involved in the towingbusiness for over 100 years. That'swhy their fleet of diesel TOWING BAY-HOUSTON CO. 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Under Armour Women's SpeedForm Apollo Running Shoe
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December 19, 2014
Wonderful shoes!
I had to get inserts for arch support. Otherwise great! Very comfortable and true to size.
August 13, 2014
Nice shoe
I ordered these shoes for my daughter. She loves them. Very light weight but offers some support. Very breathable and comfortable.
August 4, 2014
Fantastic running shoe!
These shoes weigh nothing and feel like second skin on your feet. I absolutely love these shoes and I am tempted to buy several pairs of them to keep on hand when the pair I have now wear out. Highly recommend!
July 1, 2014
Love the shoes!!!
I am a runner and I love these shoes. They are weightless and comfortable.
May 11, 2014
This shoes are the best shoes you could ever get. They are so light and pertty they have some ask me colors
May 10, 2014
ok of sneaker
Wsn't really pleased with this sneaker-- no arch support-- uncomfie to do long runs in. Was really exicted to try them, but def not my favorite -- to be honest, i would love to return them
March 17, 2014
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A very pleasant, peaceful hotel, with friendly and helpful staff. A bit of a 'rabbit warren' to find your room but once you did it was clean, very comfortable and well appointed. Not a large room but certainly not small. Well heated ! Breakfast was great and plentiful. Reception staff were very helpful and friendly. Great little 'local' bar at... More
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- Also Known As:
- Clubhouse St Peter Port
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- La Collinette Hotel Apartments & Cottages Guernsey/St Peter Port, UK


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Dudley Vallot from Shreveport, LA
February 26, 2013
Business Traveler
February 26, 2013
Business Traveler
The reasonable rates brought me in and I'll be back.
every thing was great.
I.ll recomend it to my friends.
Mark from Ladson, SC
January 14, 2011
Business Traveler
January 14, 2011
Business Traveler
Staff was personable.
Older motel - not well renovated.
All rooms were described as having hair driers, irons and coffee makers. None of this was true.
September 14, 2007
Business Traveler
September 14, 2007
Business Traveler
It was terrrible, noisy, no coffee pot and no alarm clock. No iron. Dirty.
Would never recommend this place to anyone.
It was probably the worst hotel I have ever stayed in.
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